The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-03-18
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NARsHAL NEY AdAIN.-We have been
kindly furnished by gentleman of this
city with three copies Of papers contain
ing lengthy account of this distin-
guished officers career in this country,
after his exit from France, and rs IN
article published some time ago in our
paper and copied by the press through
out this State and elsewhere, excited
considerable interest, we condense from
these papers few incidents connected
with the life of this remarkable man,
which go to establish more fully the fact
OF his identity. The correspondent,
who signs himself Eastern Orange, F." in
the papers above alluded to. thus writes:
"When I came from Alabama to Davie
County, N. c., in 1929, there was n mys-
terlous person teaching school near
Mocksville, in that County, calling him
self Peter Stewart Ney He was re-
garded by the literary and everybody
else as finished gentleman and scholar.
he seemed to be perfectly ut home in
any branch of science known in that
day: He seemed to understand well the
Scotch, French, italian, English, Latin,
Greek, Hebrew, Russian and Polish
languages. He said he could read, write
and converse in all of them. He was
frequently put to the test in at least some
of them, as Latin, Greek. French,
Scotch and Hebrew He was acknow-
lodged, by those who professed to un-
derstand the Hebrew, to be superior
Hebraist.
''Mr. Ney taught in other places. At
Mr.. Plasebo Houst0n's, in Iredell, the
Houstons, Youngs and others, the most
wealthy and respectable citizens of Iredell
County, were his pupils; a part of them are
still living. He also taught in Asheville,
Buncombe County, N. @. In that place,
the Pattens and others, of Buncombe,
and Mr.. Lloyd Jones, OF Caldwell were
among his pupils, and never, till memo
ry fails, will they forget Potter S. Ney.
MIR Ncy was man about five feet
ten inches high, heavily set and COM
pactly built; he weighed about ITO or
18O pounds, and was Of extraordinary
muscular development. He had every
appearance OF huge, rough Scottish
Highlander, of symmetrical proportions,
well adapted to energy and endurance:
qualities which MIR. Ney possessed in a
high degree. He was more adapted to
Herculean strength than to agility. His
back was straight, shoulders broad and
little stopped; head we'll balanced, the
top bald, the back and sides of the head
covered with hair once auburn, but then
little silvered; his nose was straight
and very large, with massive end; his
mouth large and broad, lips firm, the
under apparently n little thicker than
the upper; complexion Aorid, face full
and pitted with smallpox, countenance
little down, but stern, thoughtful and
Intelligent; his eyes not large, but rather
brilliant Indicating n strong perceptive
and penetrative intellect.
Zone evening, Mr.. Ney received a
letter from France informing him of the
death OF his wife, and also of the death
of some influential Frenchman, whose
name do not now remember, through
whose influence Mr.. Ney said he still
hoped to be restored to France Upon
receiving this information, Mr.. Ney be-
came wild, frantic and almost ungo-
vernable. He wept like a whipped
child, and the large tears found their
way rapidly down his pale cheek, and
his wailings were terrible. While he
was in that condition, he attempted
suicide, and did many things to excite
the fears of the family. He could not
be trusted alone. While he was in this
state of mind, the writer, with several
others whom [ might name, spent a
night with him. I never can forget that
night. He raved of France, Napoleon,
his wife and family, Moskwa, Waterloo,
&C.; called for Phesinac, issued his com
mands, sketched his past history, gave
an account of his birth, connection with
the family of the Stewards and his rela-
ton to the Buonapartes. He told ns
how he came to be such favorite with
Napoleon, how he arose to be one of
Napoleon's cabinet and marshala, and
how he came to be Prince of Moskwa,
and how he reached the climax of his
glory. He told US of the consultations
of Napoleon and his cabinet that plan
ned the battle Of Waterloo. While he
re-fonght, that night, that ever memora-
BILE battle, one could fancy he saw the
Lion of Naples, (Napoleon,) with his
cleaning legions, rushing here and there
to battle; that he could see the intrepid
Ney, on foot, flying along the lines,
Drawing his men to the slaughter; that
he could hear the roaring infantry, the
pealing artillery and the clashing steel
in the mortal combat; that he could feel
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