The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-15

mont. An hour before only Yelling
ton had exclaimed In the intensity OF
his anxiety for the result, would TO
God that night or Butcher would Gomez
by n march simply wonderful and al
most incredible, Blucher, pulling his
artillery through marshes ind morassca,
did como up, and ho struck the French
column just ut tiesupreme moment, for
Napoleon was manGvuring to prccipi-
tato his whole strength, reserve and all,
on tho squares OF the allies that thus
far he had tried in vain to break. This
plan OF his was wholly Disconnected
whom first Blncher, then Bulow's corps,
and ut last Killers command, one by
one, got into line and began TO got in
their destructive work on his entire
right wing. II was then that he deter
mined to put his Inst man into tho fight
and stake his everlasting fate on the
hazard OF tho dies. llc staked all on
tho Imperial Guard that hadncvcr been
known to fail-that could be trusted to
do or die to the lust man-and thoy
wont In with that whirl which, as Victor
Hugo has told us, mado tho very earth
tremble under the i%ierceness OF their
rush on the allied centre. But it was
oil In vain. There was the ''sunkcn
road on which they had not calculated,
and when even there they pressed on,
over and above tho dead and dying OF
their column, ind prccipitatcd them.
selves on the ullicd squares, they were
received as before, first with bullets and
then with bayonets, and ut last they
broke and fled in utter rout, and lie, the
great Napoleon, whose word, like
Cesar, had yesterday STOOD against tho
world" seeing that the Old Guard were
broken into utter fragments, gave vent,
In all tho pent mp agony OF his soul, to
those memorable and historic words,
Tout cSt perdu' Sdurc qri pdlV" s
An EXPERIENCE WITH THE GUIDE.
After We had traverscd what VIC con-
sidcred tho specially representative
portions OF the field, and fclt that We
had had enough walking for the present,
VIC came to tho pyramidical mound,
the great towering monument that,
made MS it is wholly out OF earth, will
outlive the prehistoric pyramids OF the
Nile, for they arc not OF earth, except
as stone is earth, and will some day
crumble b. the never ceasing attrition
OF tho seasons. There is a stairway
slope OF 227 steps up TO the top OF this
pyramid (which has u base OF say 800
feet in circumference and the wall; to
tho top Ito the great granite block OIL
which the huge bronze lion lies con-
chant and looksfar away toward Francel
is not, to q tired traveller, MI inviting
ascent. But We had come 1000 miles
from the Ohio valley, and had been 4
long time coming, and might never
como again, and there was only one
Waterloo 10 gee, SO We said one to the
other we will 60 up by easy stages. stop
pingt to blow as may be necessary, and
see this iield-this immense arca-from
centre to circumference. So VI began
the ascent, stopping q moment or two
every fifty steps, and finally we gained
the top, where a grizzly old guide who,
like Simon Stylitca, lived up there all
day long mot TO do penancc. but to
"do" travellers), was in wait to receive
us. "Ah, m%essucrs; | am 70 guide, and
with much plazureI will explain 70 field"
"Oh," We said, Eve have just got
through with our guide. We came up
to enjoy the air and the view" "Ah,
so, m%essuers; but you zee | am here
t~wanty-three years, and am able to ex-
plain very much to you. Ze Gin'ral
Sheridan, from Amerique, he COON up
here, and l explain every thing to him.
For one franc | explain everything to
wu." "Well," we said, go ahead; we
will hear you explain" With this
permit he broke loose in his broken
English, and i'll five minutes had us all
in n middle as to every incident OF the
battle. We had to tell him at last that
lie really ought to read up and inform
himself about Waterloo. 1t was chiefly
when We knew things OF ourselves that
We could apply any OF his explanations.
His refrain, every few words, was
"Na, pcL-e on" "Blu-haar" and "Wcl-
%lingIoa," and on these words he beat
the ton-tom in a way that made us
tired
However, We got q good view OF the
whole scope that was included in the
scene OF operations. Tho landscape is
gently undulating and you can see
severa! miles in every direction. We
could plainly see tho white house in
which Napoleon slept (f he did sleep
ut thnt time) the night before the battle.
| We could imagine the magnificently
stern array OF tho opposing forces rs
they moved to meet each other on
every part OF the field.
MAGNIFICENT SIGHT.
What Il sight it must have been us the
French lin1 movnl forward for tho
| opening attack at eleven o'clock OH that
Sunday, Just rs the sun CANT out.
What q tragic scene it must have been,
tho wreck and ruin, the dead and
wounded, OF that magnificent army, at
the close OF the day. By changing a
word or two here and there in Byron's
description OF the destruction OF Sem
nacherib's army, it will apply to the
poor French who fell in such over
whelming numbers at Waterloo on that
day:
Like the Leaves OF the forest when summer Is
green
That host with their banners that morning were
Like lea'cs OF the forest when autumn hath
That host that evening lny withcred and strcwn;
For the nigel OF death spread his wings on the
blast
And brcathcd on the face Of each soldier. he
passed; % ~ aap.
And the eyes Of the warrior waxed heavy and
chill,
There lay the trooper, distorted and pale,
The dew on his brow and the mist on his mail,
And there lay his stced, with nostrils NIL wide,
But through them there rolled not the breath OF
his pride:
The foam OF his gaspinEs lay white oil tho turf
And cold as the spray OF the rock.bcAling surf.