Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-12-05

..;i'' - MARSHAL NJ Ell
..'AAfter the return Of Nsyco = froo Nh
in 1915. Marshal Ney.l utouumsndet
an army in the south Of Fs6e, rsjoissi
his old general. In doini - he -
more the follower than thu ~ for ID
army had no sooner heer1 =. NspSlsos
than they clamored to join do gath
ering around him. Ney. eise lssh
obeyed the impulse. and 81 llspolssa
duriag the hundred dsp e n ~ lbr
Iser neal and lion-like oo1l1 ehS hns.
sst of the brase. AZ ~. .sdveu
times disnosuted. blsek ii 3suises -
covered with mod. b stS taeht n Il
sheal os tAs. fmpesial guasssulsu every
other corps iusshe Vicinity was inactive from
the failure efsannunitiou. ..
After Waterloo. believing that the caus,
Of the Emperor wss lost. he returned t.
Paris. and going to the House Of Peers
he said. in bis frank, soldicr-like way:
Nothing remains for Us. gentlemen,
but to negotiate for peace. The Bourbon.
must be restored !; and. % for myself, ]
am bound for the United States"
This too frank avowal gave great offense
to the ministers, who at the end of the
session. reprsached him wasnly for hi.
indiscretion-
.Ah, gentlemen he replied, Il am moi
one Of those who think Of their interest Al
all Zines and above all things. Wha,
shall l gain by il? II Louis the Eigh.
h. -ls IL
ny duty 10 to think Of my cOuntry's vel
fare .a.r .,.....,. ......
In few weeks. as every one knows
Napoleon surrendered, aud the Bourbon
King reigned in his stead. Ney fed from
E1ris. intending to seek momeutary ref
uge in Switzerland; bu. on the way hs
received letter from his wife, informing
him that he was one Of the nineteen gen.
erals exempted hy name from the amnesty '
proclaimed BY the King. and strongly ur.
ging him not to attempt to get out Of the
country at present. but to direct his course
toward o chateau in the south of France,
near the Pyranees. belonging to one Of her
relations. Tho roads to Switzerland, she
said. were. so closely watched that be
would be likely to be taken if he attemp.
ted to cross the frontier.
This advice. which be adopted, proved
fatal to him. Arriving safely at the cha.
teau. he remained concealed for several
days. Almost the only article of value
which he had brought with him in his fiish,
was a curious and spcndid sabre which
General Bonaparte had given him, many
years before, in Egypt, requesting him ,e
wear it when ever he went into. action
One day he carelessly left this snowy wca.
pom lying upon sofa in the great draw.
ing. room Of the chateau. While it Ia,
there lady of the ncighborhood called a
the chateau. aud her attention, on enter.
ing the drawing room vas attracted T.
this ssord, which abe examined. Tb,
next day. while visiting another lady, shs
spoke Of it and described it. II was vel
known in France that during his Egyptian
campaigns. Napoleon presented to each o
his favorite officers, such as Dessaix, Kle
bcr. Murat. Ney aa1 Others, one of ,h,
sabres captured from the Mamelukes, &C
companying the gift zita the request t,
wear it on days Of battle. Hence, it va
known that few of the Oldest generals o
the Emperor possessed such sabres.
Suspicion was aroused. The tidine
brought BY the lady from the chateau foun,
their way to the ears Of the Prefect, VII,
dispatched fourteen soldiers to arrest tn,
owner Of the Egyptian sabre. whoever b.
might be. At the moment of their arriv
al in The courtyard. Ney happened to b
walking about in it. aud it was to hin
that the officer in command first SPOKE
Fourteen days after be was in prison a
Paris awaiting his trial for treason. Hi
wife hastened to meet him, and when the
met. the warrior. to the astenishnent O
the guards. bursted into tears.
DO not be surprised said he, Il hav
no courage when my wife and children
/, are concerned
. Three months after he was summone,
for trial before a military commission, com
posed of distinguished marshals and gen
erals, many Of whom had served undc
Napoleon. Unfortunately. Marshal Ne
declined to be tried BY thi. tribunal al,
asserted bis right. as q peer of France. I
be tried by the House Of Peers. Their
is no question that the military court woul,
have dealt with him most leniently; prob
ably would have deprived him Of his com
mission, aud sentenced him to some tri!
ling. formal punishment The peers wcr
Of different temper. and he had alread
given them offense By his 'demeanor afte
Waterloo. The trial lasted fifteen days
;; at the end of which. in the absence of ,h
accused. one hundred aud twenty -eigl
members voted for the penalty Of death
f. : seventeen for bsnishment. and Eve refus
cd to vote at aia. The prisoner was brough
in and the President Of the House pro
! nounccd the sentence. which condemne,
him to die on the morrow and to pay th
Gus, Of the trial. Upon his return to pri
son that nigh. he slept soandly until fv
e O'Clock in the morning, when his wife en-
q: tered. and they had an Interview Of th
y most touching character. Socn aitcr min
e o'clock he rode with two officers and
: priest 10. The place Of execution. lie v,
J executed in the usual military manuer.-
o To the last moment the wife Of the unfol
e tunats sc,eier continued her efforts to ssy
n bis life. The officers Of the court put hs
: of under various presexss until they kne
e that the execution had taken place. The
4 one of them approached her and said =
d Madame, the aaiie1ce which you ask
y the King wsuld now be without otjee,
!. al Z. :. ~
II Il 10 asserted that every married 70.
e ives twelve pears longer thsn . bsehelo
e but whether IL means years or setual z,
fsgience has noe hem diseevegsd.