Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-06
A VERY OLD NEWSPAPER.
The Treasure Which Has Fallen
Into Murat Halstead's
Hands.
Cincinnati Commercial.

We are indebted to a friend for a
genuine copy of the London Times,
bearing date of October 3, 1898, which
has long been in possession of his
family. 1t is in an excellent state OF
preservation, yellow with age, but still
as legible as If printed a year instead
Of eighty-four years ago. The Times
was then -four column paper, as neatly
made up and as perfectly printed as the
London Times of to-day. The frs.
page is filed with advertisements, the
second With the announcement of the
glorious victory obtained by Admiral
Nelson over the French feet near Ro.
setts, followed by the rather dry Official
dispatches OF the admiral himself
giving in detail the names and number
of the enemy's ships taken or de-
stroyed, and the number of officers
seamen and marines killed or wounded
on the British side, and some briei
local accounts Of how the news was
received in London. On the third
page are eytraets from letters from
Ireland giving an account of the pro-
gress Of the British troops in putting
down the rebellion there. The fourth
page is given up to court news legal
and advertisem anis.
There IS as.-&lng similarity, it will
be observed, iu The general situation
Of England at that time and the pres
ent-war in j Ypt and rebellion in
Ireland; the old tropbleain a modified
shape come back to plague the Eng.
lish after the lapse of nearly cen.
tury.
The battle of The Nile which put an
end to Napoleon's dreams of conquest
10 the East, was fought on the lst Of
August off the mouth OF the Nile, and
the official dispatch of tho admiral,
who was slightly wounded on the head
during the engagement, and in which
he announces that Almighty God has
blessed his msjesty's dreams in the
late battle by great victory over the
feet of the enemy" bears date OF
August 3. 1t was forwarded overland
by Capt Uowe, and received at the ad-
miralitY Office in London October 2,
and was given to the public In the
Times October 3, or quite two months
after the great victory. Now, by the
aid Of the telegraph, the news of such
a victory would be flashed to the ut
termost parts of the earth before the
smoke of battle had cleared away OF
the flow of blood had been stanched
in the wounds of the victims. AS the
dispatches of Nelson have passed into
history it is not necessary to reproduce
them. EditoFially the Times, after
reoounting these details of the action,
says
Captain Cove had brought over a
variety of important information re-
specting the handling OF the Freneh
at Alexandria and their progress
toward Cairo, II is known that they
landed $1,000 infantry and 800 cavalry
at Alexandria, and we have heard it
stated from very responsible authority
ludl uOt nOlo Pudu lAtVVu m6u nave
reached Cairo. Certain it is, that
independent Of being harassed by the
Arabian horse, the French have lost a
great number Of men by disease,
principally from the badness of the
waters. General Bonaparte was on
very bad terms with his officers, who
we're generally dispirited and out Of
humor with the expedition. y
"The victory gained by Admiral
Nelson is one Of those events which
will be less considered with respect tC
the glory which the British arms
derived from it, than as it relates t
foreigu politics, and giving confidence
to those who are on the pointof enter
ing on new war with the French
Republic. Already we know that
considerable army Of Russia il ap
preaching the Austrian territories L
give confidence to the, we fear, ye
undecided politics Of the Emperor o
Germany; Russian feet has arrived
lah COnstantinOple, on its passage t,