Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-13
THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN.
From the Correspondence OfNa-
pOfeOn lie Grand,

The twenty-fourth volume of Napo-
/ Icons Correspondence has just bsen is-
SUED. IL coRtains the letters of the Mos
COW period, half OF them addressed to
/ Gen. Berthier, AdjutanG General of the
! Grand Army. There is not q single let
ter in this volume addressed to the EN-
press, though we find that NJ. de Montes-
qutG, who died the other day Due de
/ tezenssc, wss ordered to carry dispatch
/ TO her Majesty, revealing the terrible re-
suit OF the Russian cam mpaign. Though
! lt must have been heavy business di-
rectlng the march of more than
! 800 900 men through strange
! country yet a few days befJre the
battle of Smolensko, Menval was di-
rected to write to NJ. Barber "The
Emperor desires to have some amusing
| books. IfyOu have any good new now
els, or old ones which he mas not read
or agreeable memoirs you would do well
to send them, as we have leisure mo-
ments difficult to employ" Before
many months all his books were in the
HANDS Of the Cossacks, and he had to
apologize to the King Of SSxony for not
being able to return certain works bor-
roWed at Dresden. One of the first
things which the Emperor did when he
COW was to send his Mameluks RJus-
tam to buy some frivolous books
wherewith TO beguile the road to Paris.
Napoleon expresses his ideas on finance
in letter to Count Mollier, 10Th of Au-
gust, 1872 He writes:
Z" 1 have received the treasury balance
for the first Elk months of the year, but
have not had time to give it much at.
tentiOn. AS for the 40 000 900 francs ex-
trsordinary they will be covered by 40,.
900, 600 from the Roman States, or by 40
900 900 produced by the country. For,
ss the Treasury finds budgets for the ar
my, the receipts of the army go to the
Treasury. 1 have levied 1000, 900 rou.
bles on Courlsnd, ETC., etc.
NAPOLEON"
After SmoleDsko, Napoleon writes to
brother and dear father-in-law, the EN-
peror of Austria, praising the conduct of
Prince SchwartZenherg, and asking for
him the grade of Field Marshal. He
also takes the OppOT tunity to thank his
Majesty for his kindness to the Empress
in Bohemia: " She is now at ST. Cloud,
and every one finds her fat and we'll"
He afterwards announces to his father
in-lsw the result Of the battle of BOradi-
no, and asks for reinforcements. By a
piece of objectionable negligence the
famous regulations which Napoleon drew
up at Moscow for the guidance of the The
atre Francois do not appear in this volume
but in revenge We tiSd decision and
a letter concerning press legislation,
both dated Moscow, which are impor.
tant, Count Montalivet having pro-
posed the suppression of a historical
work, In which the reputation of q MEM
Der OF the royal family of England was
outraged, the Emperor decides that the
censorship has taken wrong direction
in wishing to make itself responsible for
for all printed mstter. "My intention
is that every thing be printed, absolutely /
everything, except obscene works, and !
works tending to disturb the tranquility /
OF the State. The censorship should pay
no attention to anything else.u And /
on the day following, the Emperor
wrote letter to the same effect to the |
Minister of tue Interior
After q short stay in Moscow came the |
retreat, and the first letter in which Ma
poleOn betrayed his feelings was dated /
from the right bank Of the Beresins, and |
to his foreign Minister at Will I
na. He wrote:
L have received your letter of No
vember 25th, in which you make no
mention of France, and give no tidings
of Spain. Yet I have been without news
for fifteen days-no cOurier-in total OBJ
scurity, The army is
there remained about go 600
mem, but disbRnded in a fearful man
ner. 1t would require fifteen days to re-
but how obtain fifteen days
Cold and privatiOn have disbanded this
army. We shall march on wilma; but
shall we be able to hold that place ? Yes,
II we are unmOlested for q week; but II
at once we shall not be able to
resist. Provisions provisions provls-
ons without which there is no saying
10 what horrors the town will not be
by this undiseiplined mass. In
The present state of affairs / think my
presence necessary in Paris. Let me
nave your opinion. NAPOLEON
On the Sd Of December appeared the
ast bulletin, ia, which the state of la
irande Armee is faithfully given. 1t
thus:
Our cavalry is so cut up that we have
been obliged to unite such officers as had
horse left to form four squsdrons of $50
men each. Generals serve as captains,
,OlOnels as sous officers. This sacred
qusdron, commanded by Gen. Grouche,
never loses sight OF the Emperor His
Msjesty's health was never betteru
Two days later Napoleon handed over
he command of the army to Murst,
md set out for Paris, where he
arrived on the 18th Of December.
IN his way back he told Keller
nan that he had committed great ,
ault in exposing his poor soldiers to such
! climate, but that he would soon have
OO, 600 men under arms. On the 2Sd Of
December he'wrOte to the Minister of Ma |
inc: M. le Comte Decres, 1 desire that
'ou will cause sli the land forces now in
.arrison on board your ships to be dis I
mbArked In order to serve in the active
rmy," and this order was afterwards
to sailors.
ILL-MADE fortunes, like ill.made can
lies, are apt to smother their own splen-