, 1879-02-13
MARSHAL NEY.
The Duke Of Elohingen and Prince Of
Moakva--Tlo Bravest Of tho
Brave.
!" why Could 1 Not Die for France !"---
hid He Die In North Cnrolinn7


Michel Ncr, tue 'caaInR hero Of inc Napoleon'c
era. History tecosaa as 'ae1tnat ~ Massna' aeY
was papie!y tnot LOT tFeason. 1ie eel'e1 (WHICH
u echefat ne1e5 .!As ae was not e1aentea' W.
t""t ~ caeapeo " A'neica an" 'autht senooi III
'au ~. luz" naeA"ooah o. Fise'a'a anu Nostn eas-
oi'na' "na hnaiiy ulco III Rowan county, OF tms
s.a'e' ID oasea upon t'c sa'hcF mys'eF'ous
history Of refined and cultivated Frene!'man,
who, In his sober moments, called httnself
Peter 8tuart Ney. In order to thoroughly
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posslp'e, II tne history Oh lhat strange
man can bo Identified Win That nj the re-
nowne'i French soldier, Herald representative
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.'"'.pns seohhu oi 1c'c1 stuart +sey'-a.o,
hasing spent week collecting facts bearing
upon tho subject, md interviewing agcd per-
n,s nuujls, viii now rive tl,o rcsult. Of III, In
aulf'es lor "nat t1ey arc WORTH
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~ '.o t'ue iIe''u y, '"e i"o "''" ucA'4 vi ns ~
crest Marshal. Michel Ney WAS born 1au. ~
17Do, in sarro Louis, Lorraine, twenty-five m'les
northeast ot Metz uo,Y prussIan territory. lie
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wa y. ".s'u w. ns., n' o.',a.. 5,s'
"eA "a'oe' "au'o t'a' ''"s "ee's e'1s .''0 ~
reuts were In humble circumstances OF life. AZ
ille upc Of IS Ney entered tue army, in 1877, as
,,,s.nr. and here bgpaa ouc Of the most brilliant
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ss army ns @ Taught his W way from the rank. to tl,s
rradc Of General Of Division when only 30
yoor. of arm t17&N. nul at tile npe of 15 1,p was
JIna'11 a snrsai fiRi}i). ills mnily hoIr.brenlth
escapes, ] lis coSincss n battle, Ills innate
nrrrssary ia dwell upon them here. While
HripaJtcr General he distinguished himself MS
Dscrdori. Altcmktrchen, ns'o Montabour. With
leo cavalry he tooll goo prisoners Hl attained
possession Of "urznusg., AZ The baltic Of
In furious charge pissed through tho Austrian
l!nes. Hero he was wounded ~ the head. and
bcenminc cntanrlcd nndcr. his horse t6olh
having fa1leu), lie was tramplea over BY retreat
manner which makes. his cscapo from
death mystery. At Worms, Frankentha!.
Frankfort, htuttgarl, and Zurich, he maintained
tllc bright reputation ho hatI Enined, nntl alter
cyrn more brilliant Ills services ut 1lohcnlin-
den, Mt Elchtugcn, at Anstcrlltz, at Jena At
MagtlcberEt his ealnpasel' ia Spain IN 1SE!, MS
conduct ut FrlcdluM, at borotlRos AMI at Mosk-
va, Ills eommanl Of the rear suard during the
famous rctreat from Moscow, Ills victories ut
Lutzcn, Bautzel, md Dresden, hundreds ot bat
Ties OH the soil Of France, ai1d lls charge at the
heat OF the 1hn0ub "Olu huAEHt' NJ hHtGElOut
all stnt,p him the grcatcst soldier of his agc,
unl strengthen the verdict 81 tilat crand army
VI heroes Who named hin " tho braycst Of tile
braye.''
NEY's SUPPOSED EXECUTION.
Aftcr thn alu]tcatton Of Napolcon, Ncy re-
nanen ii, Paris In almost cut,ru secjtsou. lind
ims com uanIoushju in books atul outet l{sBtpu-
fIn,. ia rave In turtlal adhesion to lie
ism,rbnn tjynasty. but after Uonoputto re-
tnrnrI t 10 Frnncc from Elba the braycss OF
IT, ,,rax",, nnI n1a,,, ts s1d tnostSr md hi.
inwon tho ycarlc u1,til tic star of lie empire
forcy"r snt al Waterloo. The ailfrs, oftcr they
asse,uh,oI IN rnris cmn,,Je5 snn,r victim IL
sa appease tI,rr anger. MY wt.s "a prominent cx-
",,i1In outl le wos nrcnrdinrIv nrrafrncli before
1i,n Ct,,amher nj pocrs. 0f wIirli he was mem
smr, on Charge vi treason, pronounced gui!ty
a'mi fhcrn enmss ti,c ,Mrt yhjrF tho ncn,ie II
ths r scction n. rast. believe Il, bo iusc On tho
~ DIV NJ l1eren,lcr, ISIS was uubIIcly shot In
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at,,t+ nrnssed 10 ttc niatnn,, ri soidors irnwn
nr' ~ IN lin btomiy work. M fo]lows: Firc
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~ rt ns "u.or,fon I. ,nc onr ,vrh ia ,,o,v
uc,i' md tn" occt Of Ihs ar;iclu is to show