The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-08-05

calling, those olden times, and declar
ing that Jack Frost ccrtaiuly had
hand in one wedding at least.
l..-.. From the Weekly Recold,I e.
Marshal Ney-fEis Capture
and Death. ...
What tragedy that incident o.
French history was. After the battle
of Waterloo, Marshal Ney concealed
himself in chateau near Aurillac, be.
longing to Mons. de Cantaloubre, his
kinsman, When he quilted Paris, he
imprudently carried with him mag
nifcent saber which Napoleon had
worn In Egypt and had given the Mar
shal. He one day blot it down from
his chamber to the drawing room to
show Mons. de Cantaloubre ard his
family. 1t was forgotten on the sofa
of the drawing room. Visitors from
Aurillac made their appearance while
it was lying there. Its form and rich
ness (it was covered with precious
stonesl attracted their attention, They
spoke of it at Aurilac. An ardent
royalist heard them and exclaimed :
There are but two such sabers In
France-one belongs to Ney, the other
to Murat. Ney must be concealed in
the Chateau de Bessoins."
He secretly organized band of vol
unteers, ardent royalists as himself
The postmaster at aurillac. who was
Mors. de Cantaloubre's brother, heard
that tie extreme royalists were organ
izing in order to arrest Marshal Ney.
He set cut at once to warn them. AS
the least dalay might be fatal, and as it
was necessary his movements should
escape notice, he set out on foot, and, 4,
although the night was very dark, he
went across fields to reach the chateau
the sooner. " hen half the distance
had been accomplished, he fell down
into broad deep ditch and broke his
leg. He could not move. There he
lay during the whole night. At sun
rise the next morning the band of roy
alsts appeared at the chateau. They
did not know Marshal Ney. He was
alone in the yard when they made
their appearance They asked him
where was Marshal Ney. He might
easily have given them false direction
and have fed. He replied You
seek Marshal Neyl I will show him
to you. Follow me !" He carried
them to his chamber. Once in it he
said 81 am Marshal Ney." They
arrested him and carried him to Auril-
lac This happened on the 9th of
August, 1915, one month and nineteen
days after the battle of Waterloo.
He was brought to Paris lie reach
ed it on the 10Th of August As he
came up to Paris, he and the gen.
darmes who guarded him for refresh
ment at the wayside inn. While they
were refreshing themselves band of
soldiers of the imperiul army, sent to
their homes, entered the inn. They rec
ognized Marshal Ney, and exchanged
significant glances with him, to let hin
know they could deliver htm from the.
gendarmes. The latter themselves
seemed averse from the duty imposed
on them The Marshal smiled and
shook his head. HIS wife and four
children come to meet him. They met
some miles from Paris. The scene was
heart-rending, and despite himself,
tears trickled down the soldiers cheeks
The officer who commanded the gen.
darmes said : -.
"You weep, Marshal"
Ney answered "I am not weeping
for myself sir; my tears are for that
widow and those orphans"
The day Ney reached Paris, Colonel
Labedoyere was shot. Ney was tried
before the Chamber of Peers There
were one hundred and sixty-ono p GERS
present. . i.l'- ..
He was found guilty by a unanimous
vote. Upon the question ofpunishment,
one hundred and thirty-nine peers voted
for death; twenty-five voted for exile.
The vote was taken at half-past eleven
O'Clock, on thcs6th OF December, 1915.
When the Secretary of the Chamber
of Peers went 10 acquaint the prisoner
with sentence, he began thus: Senteuce
of Monsieur lie Due d'Elchingen,
Prince de la Moskowa, Marshal Of
France"--Ney interrupted him with;
"Monsieur, say Michael Ney, and soon
a little dust" When the Secretary
ceased reading. Ney simply said in a
tone Of command; 81 wish to see my
wife tomorrow morning at five o'clock.
1 hope no one will take the liberty of
announcing to her&y tate. shall do
that" The following morning his wife
and four children and their aunt, Mime.
Cannot, came. His wife was nigh dis
tracted with grief.
To console her, Ney said: All hope
is not lost; go ask my pardon from
the King, he will not refuse you,
1 dare say" The Chamber of Peers
had not delivered sentence an hour
when the Duke de Richelieu (then
of Foreign Affairs) asked
Louis XVII to pardon Ney. The
King replied: "Were weak enough
to pardon Marshal Ney my family
would never forgive me and you your
self would be alraigned for high trea-
son." The Marshal's wife went at
once to the Duke de Duras, one of the
Kings frst Chamberlains. The King
was unable TO see her. She returned a
few hours afterward and was told.
''The audience you solicit has no
longer any object" 1t was in this
way she heard of her husbands death.
She tainted. She was carried homo