Evening star., 1916-05-28

inspector. Columbian Brigade. in the
war of 1872:
Cockburn selected convey Napoleon to
St. Helena. duty which he discharged with toll
cradle decency. not insulting the illustrous cap
tive more than once twice during the passage.
On one occasion he sarcastically remarked. In Ma
Chesterfield,'' from which 1t would that
Cockburn regarded himself disciple Of that
philosopher. Napoleon. however. after he had
had the opportunity to contrast Cockburn with Sir
Hudson Love- spoke favorably of the admiral
and said OF him to 0'Mesra: He is not a man
OF bad heart: on the contrary. believe him to
be capable of generous action: but he is rough.
overbearinG, vain. choleric and capricious never
consulting anybody; jealous of his authority
1t. and sometimes violent without dignity" On
another occasion. comparing Cockbnrn with
Lowe, he said: "Cockburn was at least straight
Forward and sincere He was q man. an English
man: but. my God. for this Iowe) +,
nature intended him for a bad hangman."
In the American literature on the
British campaign against Washington
the references to roads are many, but 1t
Is seldom easy to determine which par
t1cular road is meant. In the narra-
tive of Gen. Winder. addressed to the
chairman Of the congressional commit
tee of investigation. are read refer
ences like the following:
Lieut.. Col. Tilghman. with his squadron Of
Dragons was dispatched by way Of the wood
harass and impede their march by every possible
means. to remove or destroy forage and pro-
r,son sen1e from ,n sef9,s the and gain intel
toward Benedict BY Piscataway. it being wholly
uncertain what route the enemy would take If it
was his intention to to Washington
occupied the night in writing letters and
light ordered light detachment from Gen
Smith Smiths brigade under Maj. Peter. the regulars
resulaD to proceed % toward @ % Sotinsham ssna'fs fo
meet the enemy. had learned that Col thigh
with had hs fallen on the Of
evening before and had, during the night. sent
mn.,s1 him an order to proceed upon the road from
Marlborough to Nottingham and meet at the
chapel.
turned into the road to the woodward and
on the Marlborough road to watch the enemy's
movements on that road and give informa ton
person Of the neighborhood whom l knew and
on whom could rely, Informed that there
quented. leading from Nottingham to the waod.
yard. and joining that on which then was
ana two miles nearer the woodward.
Opening a new road. changing the
course of road or abandoning a road
were not matters of such Importance
and prolonged discussion as now In
the Johns Hopkins University Studies
in Historical and Political Science is a
volume on Money and Transportation
in Maryland by DIR. Clarence p. Gould.
and the Rambler quotes this:
Little more was done in road construction
Than to ciear away the trees and undergrowth
and here and there. where the necessity was
i.r;Sa sres1 and the traffic warranted, to build a
brlose or causewsy. The small cost of roads
is best attested by the willingness with which
people undertook to construct new roads or 10
change old ones. A Queen Anne's county ne
llti9n says OF proposed road. "As the
ROAD viii not be over Ave miles long, it will
be no expense" Very frequently indyidnais a
presenting petitions that roads be changed IN
dertook to do the work at their own cost The
.rNlsl reasons assigned in many of these pc
@ @ttions thro" an interesting light upon the