Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-01-05
Alexandria Gazette
T.. Y. and the Letter Nj.

made the following discoveries OF the wonder
,ul powers of the letter VI Marbef was the
first TO recognize the genius of Napoleon |: ut
tn. Military College Marengo WAS the hrSi
prea. battle won by General Bonalartc. and
Mrl,s made room for him in Italy. Mortlor
w,s one of his best generals Morcau betrayed
him. and Murat was the first martyr to his
cal,sc. Marie Louise shared his highest tor
,uu.s +; Moscow was the abyss of rum INTO
which he fell. Mctternich vanquished hlm IN
the field of diplour,cy. Six narSlIIlS. Mis-
,rna. Mortier Marmont. Mac, ,lonaid,, Mural
Money and twcntysix generals OF the dl!l-
.o,l under Napoleon l. had the letter VI l"r
their initial.
Marat. Duke of Bass,llo was thc most trust
el roun,,Ior, His first battle WIS that nt Mon
,,.uo,tc. his las, Mont st. Jean, aS the trtnSn
term Waterloo. He Won the battles "t Mill
l,.smo. Mon,lovi Mnntmir;lil. and Montereau,
then cam, the sturlnin@ of Montnlartrc. Milan
was th. first enemy capital and Moscow the
last into which he marched victorious. re lost
Eyvpt through Mcnou. and employed MlolllS
to like Plus VII prisoner. Aiallet c'nspre;l
uy,in~t him Murat was the first to desert nm.
then Mannont Three nE his Ministers We're
Mar.l Mmtilivet. and Maliicu his first cham
i,crlain MAS Montt~lui4u. Ills last hating
,lar, wis Malnaisnn H. surrendered to Cap
panions in st. Helena Were Nontiul"n AMI his
valet Marlland \.
If W. turn to tn c,:e,:: of his nephew. Ma
rocon III. we find tie same letter no les
prominent and il is said that the captive "t " IT.
h,l,shole attaches even, greater nniurtance to
it, n,vstic iuilurncc than did his uncle HIS
f;mpr.,s WAS Countess Montljo; his greatest
friend wa, Mnrny TIL, taking OF Aa'aAnif
aud the naueinn-vcrt Were the exploits "' INC
Cr,ncan war, peculiarly French lie pailt"
his first battle Of the Italian campaign at Ma
rpuro, although it was not fought until after
the, cnraramcn. of M,ntcbcl!o, at Magenta.
McNahon for his important services III this
battle WAS named the Dukc Of Magenta rs
P,lliSsirr had for Il similar merit received thr
title of the Duke of Malakoff Napoleon II
then made his entry into Milan anl drove The
!AuStrians out of Marignano.
After the fearful battle on the Millclo uf Sol
tnrino he turned back before the wallis OF Maii,
tu,. Thus up to 1860 since when The letter "
would seem Ia have been nmin'n vi rI!''
Passing over Mcxico anil Maxm'llan W 49,
how vain l,ar,. been his hopes. founded n' II lh'
three VI $ of the present war-Nar:hal McMa,
hon. Count Montarl,al. and the Mitralcl'se
Mayr,u,. wlS to have been the basis Tor the
further nperatiollS uf the French army. but.
pushed back first to the Mo,cllc, its doom was
sealed ON the Mc,s,. at Sedan. Lastly We have
to notice the ial! of Metz and all these late dis
astcrs are owing to another VI. which Is mimi,
cal to the third Napoleon. and this Is 4 capital
M-Moltkc.
SPOTTED TAIL. the chief of the Brule In
dials of Dakota Territory, has writtcna letter
to Mr. William Welsh, Of Philadelphia. IN
which he states what he and his pcop bic and ms
white relations desire He says his first wish Is
for a missionary for his people. Then he de
sres to remove early us possible IN the srrlhS
to their farming reservation on the W hlte river.
and he wants his halfb breeds and white relations
to en with him He wishes the goods AND III
tolS intended tor his people to be- sent to fort.
Laramie He wants his people to Keep their
money among themselves and to learn to work,
and in order to insure this result, he requests
the Government to keep bad white men off the
reserve He thinks it would be well IT, IN the
interest of peace and Friendship, four of his
head men and four of Red Cloud head men
could 90 to Washington each year. lie says
that he has three villages, of which the chiefs
are himself, Black Bear, and Red Leaf These
villages together comprise 515 lodges. tie
would like to have gtlns and ammunition tor
hunting and to procure skins for nlocasslns and
for their lodges He wishes that frce-trade
should he allowed among themselves and to
have no outsiders permitted among his people
His conclusion is Il strenuous protest against
bad whites and whiskey the twin curses OF
the Indian races. lie says: I'VE would IKE
large garrisons Of soldiers kept at Laramie. and
also on the Missouri river, to keep off bad whites
and whiskcy. To us whis6ey is death. -.
WARNING.-A Mr.. Macy, in New York,
has recently been earning an unenvable reputa-
ton, by causing the arrest at his store OF seye-
raj ladies of high responsibility, whom he or
his assistants have thought proper to suspect OF
robbery. :.
Some days ago he had Mrs. Phelps arrest.
ed charged with stealing paper of candy; of
dy was so alarmed and mortified at her arrest
that she appears to have lost all Self-command,
and actually permitted herself to be taken to
the Tomts before she summoned her friends to
her aid Her innocence OF the vile charge
against her was then quickly established but
the investigation discovered the fact that the
fellow Macy had frequently before caused the
arrest ofladics on charges as ungrounded as
that against Mrs Phelps.
How he has managed to escape the punish
ment he deserves from the natural protectors OF
these ladies is matter of ast constituent.
folk J0urn0L
TERRITORY oE:NEw NIExICo.-Tt is stated
that New Mexieo1is growing rapidly, and will
soon ask for admission. to Congress, This Ter
ritory, which was formerly one of the States o
Mexico, hes south of Utah and west OF Kansas
There are many Indian tribes located there
numbering in alkthirty OF forty thousand souls
The greater portion Of the Territory is noun
tanious, though there are tracts along the bank
of rivers of great fertility. The Spanlard
visited New Mexico nearly a century before th'
settlement of Plymouth, and settlements were
made by them nearly three centuries ago, 'lh'
Territory was conquered by tho United State
troops during the Mexican war: AND was eede.
to the United States by the treaty OF 1878. q
large portion of the white inhabitants are Q
Spanish descent. !.
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