The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-06-28
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Aarshal suvoroG.

Tile stories told OF MarsIlhl nuNoiVi
display, better than whole pages OF dc
srriptions, the wonderful way N wllicl
he coltrived to adapt himself to The
rude spirits with whom he hid to deal,
without losing one jot Of his utllorily
What Napoleon was to the French
army. S,lyorotl was to that Of Russia;
now testing with soldier, and now
rebuking 4 general one day sharing Il
ration of black bread beside blvolac
fire. and the next speakingas an equal
TO princes and potcntates. In fact, the
two great sponsors of Russian wit
form Il most picturesque contrast.
Bahkiptf his Very much the character
ora spaniel in Il lion'S cIgc--admiring,
eyen while mocking his formidable
mtron-beliaying toward him with i
ialf-waggi h, laIf-atlectionatc iami-
liarity-perptually offending, and
forgiven. Suvorotf comes before tls as
an nncrowned king, ono whose author
itv needed no outward symbol; an ai-
tocrat of Natures making, full of 4
rough, hearty familiarity, that was in
no danger of breeding contempt, and
surrounded by men who enjoyed the
b,ahoaic, Willie they dreaded the dis
pleasure of the little pug-nosed grlmy
man. who was In their eyes the incar-
nation Of carth!y power and grandeur.
1t must be owned, however, that in
his own peculiar vein Of pleasantly,
the Old ma,lshal more than once met
with his match. One of his favorite
Jokes was to confuse man by asking
him unexpectedly. "llow many stars
are there in the sky ~
On one occasion he put this question
10 one Of llis sentries, Oh 4 bitter Janu-
ary night, such rs only Russia can pro-
due. The soldier, not a whit disturb
cd, answered coolly, "Wait a little,
and LII tell yon;" and he deliberately
hpgan to count, "One, two, three" "
81. In this way he went grayely on
to a hundred, at which point Slyeroif,
who was already halffrozen, thought
it high time TO ride oil, not, however,
without inquiring the name OF lis
ready reckoner. The next day the lat-
ter found himself promoted, and the
story which SilvoroH told with great
glee to his staff speedily made Its way
through the whole army.
On another occasion one of his gen.
erals OF division sent him a sergeant
with dispatches, at the same time re-
commenting the bearer to SuyoroifTs
notice. The marshal, as usual, pro
cpeded to test him by series of wlim-
seal questions; /; but the cateehumen
was equal to the occasion.
How far is it to the moon?" asked
SIWoroif.
Two Of your exeellency's forced
marches, answered the sergeant.
III your men began to give way in
q battle, what would you do?"
I'D tell them that just behind the
enemy's line there was a wagon-load
Of corn-brandy.'
Supposing you were blockaded and
had no provisions left, how would you
supply yourself!
From the enemy" "
How many fish are there In the
sea?"
. As many as have not been caught" :"
And 50 the examination went on,
till Suyorotf, finding his new aeqlmint-
ance armed ut all points, at length
asked him as a iinai poser, =" nat Is
TIE difference between your coioiei
and myself :
Lii, no n,I.. u.o'ASe !. ~, - ~ eu a'nt nv
e, s.'nl'o ~, 49," h;,, @ iiamn',
Las only to say the worl!"
Suyoroff. struck by his sbewtlness
kept his eye upon the man. and in no
long time after actually gave linn the
specified promotion.
Slryoroif always affected the utmost
breyity both in speaking and writing,
tle terseness of his dispatches being
sInost nnliyaIed. The correspondence
with Prince Totemkin. relative to the
assault of Islnail, is uuiaue in military
history. Potemkin.copying the brevity
of Ills general, wrote to him thus
" Marshal. you will take Tsnail within
three days. At whatever cost. PoTrM-
KIM The dav after the letter arrived
Snvoroff carrietl the town by storm.
with 1 lnss Of fifteen thousand men to
him2elt aud tlijrty-eigl,t thol,saud to
tho ensmv--s,,m,ning nm fla E.arf,,l
iyagpdv Il, one 'logwerel ,.annlet Which
iiter,liv t,.,nslats1 rms ~ f5IIows
~ e,,.1 NJ,
,ai, a,se uu ~, @ "nI tpa,s l".,I y ~ ',i'o
l'hiai s'A ell anu 'l''re oe'
The anecdotes of the gr3at MarslaFs
ecceiitricltics-llis habit OF wandering
about the camp IN diguli:e, his whim
Of giving the signal for assault by
growing like a cock, bis astounding
endurance Of heat and cold, his savage
disregard Of personal comfort and
lieatacss--are beyond calculation; but
perhaps the most Characteristic Of all
!; II, la, 1-tln ~ tl,n