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SOUTHERN RECORDER.
01 GIUEVE A OKtME.
IUIEEEDGEVIEL.E, GEOUGIA, TUESDAY MORNING* MAY 31, 1836.
No* 90—VOL. xm
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Sales of land and negroes, hy Administrators, Executors,
or Guardians, are required hy law to he held on the first
Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in tlie
forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court-house
of the county in which the property is situaie. Notices
of these sales must he given in a public gar,cite sixty days
previous to the day of sale.
Notices for the sale of personal property must he given
in like manner, forty days previous to the day of sale.—
Also, notice to the debtors and creditors of an estate must
be published for forty days.
Notice that application will be made tn the Court of Or
dinary for leave to sell land, must bo published for four
months.
All business in tin line of prirtiko, will.meet with
prompt attention at the Rkcorder Office.
Letters (on business) must he post-paid.
DURING my absence from the State,
I tot/* Iverson L. Harris will act an mv Gone-
£f*S? ra | Agent.
yMI notes now due to tne, are in his hands for col
lection.
R. K. HINES.
M«v 3 17 4t
AMES H. K. WASHINGTON, of Milledgeviile,
has been appointed, by Gov. McDuffie, Commis
sioner for the State of South Carolina, to hike ac
knowledgements of deeds, renunciations of dower,
and other instruments of writing, in the Stnte of
Georgia. 17 4t^
jVfir Spring and Summer Moods,
T HE subscribers have received their Spring and
Stnnmer assortment, which they oiler to their
friends and the public in general, on ns good terms as
any house in the place; their stock consists of all those
articles usually kept in the DRY GOODS line. They
would invite all to call and examine fur themselves.
Thankful for past patronage, they liopo hy exertion
uud attention to merit a continuance of the same.
Also, Manufacturers, wholesale and retail dealers in
TIN WARE of all descriptions. All orders thankful-
lv received und punctually attended tn.
G. ROOT & SON.
N. B. Twelve barrels of prime Apple Vinegar.
Milledgeville, May 3. 10 tf
NEW tGOODS AT COST.
T HE subscriber intending lo close his business in
ibis placo, will dispose of bis Stock of Goods,
consisting of a well selected and general assortment ol
Dry Goods, Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery, Groceries,
&,c. at coat. All persons desirous of obtaining great
bargains, are respectfully requested to call and exam
ine for themselves.
Those indebted by Note or Book accounts, are de
sired to settle the same and save further trouble and
expense. CHARLES RALL
May 17
IIead Qimktkks, Ga. )
Milledgeville, May VMh, 1836. $
GEJ% m EH.lE onm:ns.
T HE hostile conduct of the Creek Indians in Ala
bama, on the immediate borders of Georgia,
makes it proper that n sufficient permanent military
form; should he kept up on the lino of the Chattahoo
chee, to protect the people of this State from the toma
hawk and scalping knife. The Commamler-iii-Chicf
has therefore determined to raise bv voluntary enlist
ment, three battalions of militia, which, together with
the battalion now under com maud of Maj Howard,
will constitute two full regiments, who will be requi
red t » serve for the spare of three mouths on the VY as
tern frontier, unless sooner discharged. These batta
lions must consist each, of at least tour companies, nml
each company of one captain, one first und second
lieutenant and one ensign, four sergeants, four corpo
rals and sixty-four privates. It i* desirable that these
troops should be raised from the counties bordering on
the Chattahoochee ; hut as the immediate necessity for
their services will not admit of delay, they " ill be ac
cepted from any pn«*f of me State, if offered imme
diately, and before the requisite number Is completed.
It is desirable to have at least four companies of mount
ed men.
The citizens of Georgia are now invited to form
these companies, elect their offices, and report to
Head-Quarters without delay. The Volunteer t’orn-
pRnies now organized and in commission, it is in-
ken for granted, will at once fly to the standard of their
country.
By order of the Commander-in-Chief.
BOLING II. ROBINSON.
Aid d« Camp.
The Milledgeville papers, the Sentinel and Enqui
rer, Columbus, will insert the above twice.
piiblh: meeting.
T HE sum of twenty thou and dollars having been
subscribed for stock, in the new Female Institu
tion at Monticello, a meeting of the stockholders " ill
be held at the Court-house ill that place, on the fir^t
Tuesday in June next, for the purpose of electing a
Board of Directors—to consist of thirteen—and on
which day the hooka will he open for furtlicr subscrip
tions. The public generally arc invited to attend.
JOSliUA HILL, Secretary.
Monticello, May 3, 1836 17 3t
(TT The Fed. Union will publish the above three limes.
“ LOTS VOR HALE.
W E, the advertisers, having purchased the entire
in1erent of the former proprietors, in the town
of Danville Slimier county, (Jeorgia, offer lots on ad
vantageous terms. Lying at the head of steamboat
navigation on Flint River, surrounded by rich land,
fast settling up, it offers to tlio merchant, mechanic,
and capitalist, superior advantages, seldom met with.
For further particulars enquire of
\V. S. RONALDSON & Co., Danville.
March 29, 1836 H 3m
(D- The Macon Messenger, Southern Recorder, Au
gusta Sentinel and Savannah Republican will please
publish the above three months.
Imported Arabian* Sid I "Si alioinet.
T HIS beautiful Horse is now nt Columbus, where
he will permanently remain. His spring sea
son will commence the last day of this month, and
continue till the first of July next. His blood is pure,
and competent judges have pronounced him the finest
Arabian that tins been introduced into the United
States within the last 20 years. Ho was purchased
by ome of the subscribers from Captain Read, of the
frigate Constellation, by whom bo was exported from
Tunis in the fall of 1834.
Arrangements have been made to have mares kept
in the neighborhood at 37£ cents a dny, or $10 per
mouth.
N. B. For particulars, see Handbills.
SEABORN JONES.
WM. II. UNDERYVOOD.
Columbus. Ga., Feh. 12. 6 13t
GEORGIA, Jones county.
W HEREAS Little Bryant, administrator on the
estate of John W. Bridges, deceased, applies
for dismission from said estate :
This is to cite nml admonish, all and singular, the
Kindred and creditors Jof said decensed. to file (heir
objections, if any they have, within the tirntx prescri
bed by law, against the issuing of said letters of dis
mission.
. CHARLES MACARTIIY, Cl’k c. o.
January 10, 1836 m6m
LAFAYETTE HALL. I
T HE undersigned respectfully informs bis friends j
and tlio public, that he cotiliiiiiea to occupy
LAFAYETTE HALL,
in Milledgeville, where lie Hatters himself those who
favor him with a call, will find every thing provided
which can contribute to their comfort ami conve-
JIIISCELEANY.
September 24,1835
D. II. MITCHELL.
38 tf
G L O IS K fl O T K L ,
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
T HE subscriber respectfully informs her friends
and the public, that she bus removed to tlini
very convenient stand and commodious establishment,
formerly known as the Union Hotel, and which has
been occupied for some lime by Mr. Aaron Searcy.
This establishment, including the out buildings, will
lie put in a state of thorough repair, and the subscriber
is well prepare.) to accommodate Boarders,
Truiisiesit Customers, and Travel
lers. She solicits a share of public patronage, of I j F rei i Pr ; f .|, ii
which she will endeavor to render herself and her es-
stablishment worthy, by an ample stock of the best
supplies, and by the must assiduous attention to the
wants and comforts of her customers.
NANCY J. GODWIN.
January 12. 18Q6 58 tf
GEOUE 3T.J
It O M E, F L O Y D C O U N T Y. G A.
THE Subscriber embraces this method
of informing hi« friends and the public
generally, that lie has opened a Pub-
HJJUm. lie filbuse in the town of Rome.
Floyd county. Ga. on the west side of
Broad street, opposite Mr. Burk's large brick building,
"here lie flatters himself that those who favor him
with their company, will find every thing provided
which can render them and their horses c mfnrtablc.
WILLIAM K. BRIERS.
April 17. 1836. 17 fit
E N TE BTAI Ni?I E N T.
rij! HE Subscriber res[ectfiilly informs
fl. his friends and the public, that he has
opened a House of Entertain
ment in tlio town of Luwrenceville,
Gwinnett county, where be flatters him
self, that tho*e who favor him with a call, will find e*
very thing provided which can contribute to their com
fort nml convenience.
JOHN F. MARTIN.
December 21 56 enwflm
.IIOVTPELIEK SI>HIi\6§.~
TB1 HE undersigned respectfully informs the public,
1 that this pleasant summer retreat, situated six
teen miles West of Macon, on the Tbomnston road,
will be ready for tlio reception of visitors by the 10th
of June; where be flatters himself those who call,
will find every thing provided which can contribute to
their comfort, convenience and umti-emeiit.
JOHN L. WOODWARD.
May 3, 1830. 17 8t
MADISON SPRINGS.
A COMPANY of gentlemen having purchased the
entire interest of Wm. M. Morton, E*q. in this
establishment, since the |u«t season, have thoroughly
repaired and made extensive additions thereto. It
will be opened, for the BCCMiimodtition of \i«itors, on
the first ilai/ of June next, under the care of Maj JOHN
R. ANDERSON and LADY. Every effort will
be made, by the proprietors of this beautiful and
healthful retreat, to make it a desirable summer resi
dence.
IET’ A two-liorae stage will run twice weekly from
Allien*, via (the Spring*) lo Carnesville and Clarkes-
ville.
May 5 17 8r
The Augusta Constitutionalist and Sentinel, Mil
ledeeville Federal Union, Southern Recorder, and
Athens Whig, "ill give the above eight weekly inser
tion*; and tlie Savannah Georgian and Republican,
Macon Messenger, and Columbus Enquirer, four week
ly insertions, ami forward their accounts to Maj. An
derson lor payment.
AGENCY.
MILLEDGEVILLE, December26, 1835.
T HE SUBSCRIBER returns bis sincere thanks
to those who have favored him with the transac
tion of business in the Central Bank ; being now about
to remove to Columbus, he has transferred his hooks
to his son, Benjamin T. Bctliune, and Hamilton B.
Gaither, who are authorized to settle all balances due
to or from him on said bonks; nod they will attend to
the renewal of notes in the Central Bank at the usual
fee of one dollar for oa»*h renewal. He solicits the
patronage ot lus former friends and others in their be
half; he feels confident that all business entrusted to
their care, will be faithfully and promptly attended to.
JOHN BETH UN E.
December 29, 56 tf
(LJ* The other papers of Milledgeville, will insert
the above till forbidden. J. B.
A'i-r
Penitentiary.
Milledgevii.i.k. May 17, 1836.
indebted to this Institution o.i the 1st
unary last, are hereby notified, that unless pay
ment he made hy the 15th day of June next, suit will
be commenced o'rtimt them immediately.
By order of the Board of Inspectors.
JOHN MILLER, Book-keeper.
May 17 19 3t
mjOTICE.- All persons hnving demands against
the estato of Britton Price, deceased, late of
Wilkinson county, are requested and notified to pre
sent them within the time prescribed by law, duly at
tested and in proper form ; and also those who are
indebted to said e*tate, or to said deceased while in
life, are requested to make payment, without delay, to
the undersigned, and to no other person, except by
her order, as she i< the only tevnl representative of
said estate. MARY ANN PRICE. Adm'x.
May 24 19 0t*
NOTICE! NOTICE!!
M Y husband, ROBERT J. PENDRY, left me
some time in January last, anil has never re
turned. He startl'd for (he county of Stewart, and I
have not heard of him since, and 1 fear «hat some din*
aster has befallen him. Any information respecting
him will be thankfully received, by his poor disconso-
late wife. ELIZA ANN PENDRY.
May 24 19 41
[tr
the
COMMENTARIES OF NAPOLEON ON THE
CAMPAIGNS OF CLESAR.
A work of most extraordinary interest lias just
been published in Paris—the remarks of the Em
peror Napoleon upon the campaigns of Caesar!
the criticism of the greatest general of modern
times—perhaps of the world, upon the military
operations of the greatest general and greatest
man of antiquity ! Tlie observations of Bonaparte
upon the wars of Caesar—what a text hook for an
ambitious soldier! I proceed to translate for you
an article on the subject of this work from a recent
number of the • National' newspaper.
44 Napoleon, when at St. Helena,” says this
journal, conceived tlte idea nf'uniting in one
work the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Cae
sar, Giistavus Adolphus, Turenne, Prince Eugene
He said that the history of
these campaigns, eighty-four in all, was the only-
school of the art of war. lie would have conclu
ded this work by a narrative of the fourteen cam
paigns which he himself made in Europe, Africa
and Asia. A comparison of these ninety-eight
wars, would prove that the greatest generals of
every age, notwithstanding the difference of place
and of the means of war, acted on the same prin
ciples and owed their successes to the invariable
observation of the same rules.
“ Napoleon has developed this opinion in thir
ty pages, containing an admirable abridgement of
the campaigns of those great masters, with the
study of whom his youth was nourished. In this
brief sketch, evidently composed from memory,
and dictated at a single sitting, Napoleon touch
es. en passant, with the fingerof genius, the im
portant points which he proposed to develope
more fully on some future occasion. He gives
the eight campaigns of Alexander in four pages,
and the seventeen of Hannibal in two, eight are
consecrated to the thirteen of Caesar, twelve lines
only to the three campaigns of Gustavos Adol
phus, five pages to the eighteen of 'Turenne, two
to the thirteen ol Prince Eugene, and ten lines to
those of Frederic IF,; and lastly, in nine pages
be sketches his own wars; he paints and charac
terizes each operation with a single word. 'This
pinn could only he traced out and executed hy
himself. Napoleon praises without restriction,
the conduct of the wars of Alexander: he says
of «he first campaign of Hannibal against the Ro
mans, that a greater or more extensive scheme
never was executed by man; lie praises above
every thing, the rapidity, promptitude and bold
ness with which Caesar conducted his first cam
paign in the civil war. Ho says that the short
career of Gustavos Adolphus still astonishes us;
he analyses and follows step by step the campaigns
of Turenne, and shows how incomparably supe
rior he was to Montecuculi; ami for himself de-
sires'no other glory than that of having compre
hended these great men, of having pro lilted hy
their lessons, nod of having practiced their prin
ciples.
“A complete essay upon the campaigns of
Turenne was dictated by Napoleon to General
Montbolou; another, equally complete, on the
campaigns of Frederic II., was dilated to Gen.
Gourgaud. These two fragments have never been
published. The book which M. Marchnnd has
just published, adds the thirteen campaigns of
Caesar to the riches wo before possessed, nnd
gives us some reason to hope that other MSS. in
the possession of Gen. Bertrand, may yet com
plete the groat text book which Napoleon destined
to his military posteiitv.
“The preceding statements were necessary to
give a corret idea of the value of the MSS. which
M. Murchand has just published. It is not a se
parato work on Ctcsar, but tlie chapter which Na
poleon intended to bestow on this great man, in a
history commenced in a most magnificent manner,
and all the parts of which, perhaps still exist in
different hands, flow impatient will not the pub
lic be, alter the inestimable acquisition which it
lias just gained, to possess the fragments still in
possession of Gen. Bertrand ! It seems to us,
that it is almost a duty on the part of the respect
able general, to publish nt once the MSS. confi
ded lo him at St. Helena. 'These lessons right
fully belong to the generation whose fathers, dur
ing twenty years, followed Napoleon to his fields
of battle, and paid with their blood for the glory
of the Emperor. The time will come, perhaps,
when it will he fortunate for France to have medi
tated such lessons.
“ Napoleon proceeds in this review of the wars
of Julius Caesar as he did in the fragments on the
campaigns nf Turenne and Fiederic II. He de
scribes each campaign rapidly, nml in Ins pe
culiar manner ; and gives Ins own remarks,
which, proceeding from such a man, are supreme
decisions..
“ Napoleon seems never to have suspected the
high rank which pos'eritv was lo assign him
as a writer, and it certainly never entered into his
imagination to rival the so much celebrated bre
vity anti precision of the Commentaries. Ne-
veriheless, the narrative of Ctcsar was ton much
ornamented anil mixed up with loo many discour
ses, digressions and topographical details, for tlie
purpose which Napoleon had in view. He remo
dels every book of the commentaries, that he may
disembarrass himself of what is purely technical.
While engaged in lining this, he re established
the true intentions of Ctcsar, wherever they ap
pear to have been altered by copyists ; but this ar
rests him hut a moment: he has no time to discuss
wortls. lie is not a translator of the commen
taries, the slave of a text which ages have be
lieved correct, and which he himself is obliged to
respect.
4 Napoleon strives only to collect from the reci
tal of Casnr how the facts actually existed, pos
sesses himself of them, and then narrates them in
the order which suits his own mind, nnd under the.
influence of his own impressions. The narrative,
in the second book of the war of Gaul, of the bat
tle which Cesar was near losing on the Samhre,
when surprised hy the Nervii, has been universal
ly admired. This recital extends, in Casar, from
the Toth to the 29th paragraph of the second hook.
j 9 The Columbus nml Montgomery papers, by giving It is impossible fur us to insert it here; hut it is in
above three or four insertions, will coaler a favor upon ovrry one’s hands. Napoleon describes this same
i and distressed wife.
GEORGIA, Jones county*
W HEREAS Alexander nnd Hardy Sanders, ad
ministrators on the estato of Micujnh San
ders, apply for dimission :
These are therefore to cite nnd admonish nil *nd
singular the kindred nnd creditors of said deceased,
<u V® *nd appear ut my office within tlio time pre
scribed by law, to show cause, (if nny they have,)
why »aid letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand. 8th March. 1836.
.. , CHARLES MACARTIIY. CTk c.o.
March 15 ni6m
Orcein* county.
•'f Kill OK COURT, sitting lor nrdinnry purport*.,
»l May adjourned term, Saturday, 14th Muy, IBilti.
sent, their honor, Centre Heard, William Colic,
I Iminn, Stock., J ml lent.
1 Catharine W'aiion, cuarrlian of Win. 0. Wat-
, on ' *Ppll«t for lath'll of dUniM.lnii from raid guar*
Oi.indnp, haling to tlie Court that her ward win of
“o nsa—Or.iered, That utter tig moutlii' puhliesllnn
"'.dm rule in the Southern Recorder, letter* ol dii-
minion he granted, unlit., .nllicleiil enure lie ulimto
W> tile contrary, In term, of the law-rof which .11
CooMrnad will take nollde.
«. eslrael from the minole. ef Court, I lilt
M'y. 1WI. THOS. W. GHIKES, e. «. o
**»r ir ia m 6m
every one’s hands. i\npoleo
battle of the Sambre, in about a fifth of the space.
NOTICE* I * We find in this description the same military
f OST, on the road loading from Wallace’. p„, t i lanc.nge, eaact hut highly coloured, severe nml
j Office, Jones county, to Perry, n note of hand, j earnest, with which we have been familiarized in
given to mo’ somo time time nhnut February last, by j the recitals of Rivoli and Mantua. The language
John French, for I? 44 &0 Any person finding such ! nf Carsar itself does not paint—does not bring be-
note, and forwarding the same lo Hie above Pust Office, j f nre the reader the great scenes of war, with the
will receive the thanks of the subscriber. , .ame fire and thesame truth. The long disputed
I., U. GARDNF.R. j battle of theSamhre is moreclear and more stiik-
Mnv 18 “ | i n g in the recital of Napoleon, than in the narrn-
A NDIUDW, of Virginia, the distinguished sou i live of Caesar. The recital of Napoleon occupies
of Sir Charles, belonging In Col. Wm. it John- j | lvn pages : that of Caesar fills moie than ten. It
.no, of Virginia, and Messrs. T. II. Howard, of Co. j w jj| (, e recollected that what the ancients most ad-
lumbiis, and A II. Kenan, of Milledgeville, will ro- ■ m j re ,| j,, t he writings of Ciesar, was the brevity,
main the present spring and fall seasons at the stab e | ( j )e lt renalh, t,nd the boldness ol the style, the
of Mr. Konnn, nt Milledgeville. A» « racer. I pirn Ctrsnris. Tacitus calls him tummus aucto-
ken of h, I he Inghost"res'^n? to Andrew will ; rum. f/ivus Julius, the divine Ctosnr. the greatest of
bekepl St .4II) per month, nnd receive every atlsntion historians, the historian, llie grandeur of whose
—they will lie under the immediate care of the propri | actions permitted him tn despise those beauties of
elor. The seaion will commenro lit of Fchrinny, ! style, which professional writers, and Tacitus him-
uud end Isl July. Terms. I he same as last season.— self were forced to cultivate. Cicero said of the
Handbills will b# shortly sent out. ^ I commentaries, that their glorious author ‘only
Imniary I'J ,r ** ” | pretended to leave materials for history, and that
I.nnil for Null*. i h" had thus laid a snare for those who attempt to
ms nr. subscriber oiler, for .ah. |*».l acre, of' adorn themselves with borrowed ornaments.- At
B IjiiuI 77. r > seres ol which, known ns the Mill the expiration of two thousand years, the com-
tract, hnving a Grist and Saw Mill there.in anil an mentaries fell into the hand* of a man wliotn life
ex. eilei.t shoal for a notion farlniy, situated In Hie h, M | been still more active, and whose destiny still
4lli distiiet Coweta nmiuiys H00 In Hie bill district I m ,„ e extraordinary than Cwsar's, and lo whom it
Coweta county, joining tbs town of Neivnnn, where,
nn Ilia subscriber now lives, nnd on w hich William
Rsleshcrry furm-ily lived. Persons wishing to pur-
r base ere Invited lo eismiue the premises.
BKNNITT II. CONVKR8.
April H *"
has hern permuted, not to extend and ornament
Ins writings, hut to compress them, and lv render
them still mflie dramatic, more instructive, and
dearer, even by abridging ihent.
- llut we repeat It. title wee never the pretention
line firmness. Tauntingly she was asked to sing,
1 I used lo sing” said she, “fur tny father; bis
spirt; may bo permitted to hover near, and respond
to the song of his child.” She sung n little bal
lad composed hy herself in prison. The words
were as follows
Tlio sun lias tinged the western elty,
And cast its shadows 'far around ;
To God I raised the orphan’s cry—
He heard the suund.
When through the gloomy cell I tread,
1 raise toy feeble voice and sing
To him who is the orphan's God—
lie knows no wrong.
And there is hope for misery’s child.
Where despnt’s banners never wave—
Where monster’s virtue ne’er beguiled—
God’s power can save.
She ceased. The demon was convulsed with
rage, and ordered her hack tn await her wretched
fate. Silently she followed her conductor, but in
passing a dark hall, her hand fell upon a sleeping
sentinel’s sword. She grasped it—lie awoke not
—and in her own dungeon it drank the blood
of the same being who first deprived her of li
berty.
\V Oman's imagination is ever feitile. Quick as
thought she was arayed in the g ob of the fallen
soldier, nnd presented herself before the common
jail, demanding certain prisoners for tlie gratifioa-
cation of his master. Their names were given,
and some of Poland's bravest officers worn n-
gain at liber'v, and among them lair Adeiia’s
brother.
of Napoleon. He was never ambitious of being
compared with llic hern and the author nfthe com
mentaries. He remodelled the narrative of Ctc
sar for his own use, for the satisfaction of his own
mind, and for the easier understanding of the ob
servations which he desired to make, not on the
writer, but on the great captain. To write well, tn
narrate with spirit, clearly and logically, what had
been executed with vigor, method, reason and ge
nius, appeared so natural to Napoleon, that lio
never thought for a moment oC any comparison
that might he made of his style with that ol Cie
sar; to insist any further on this point, would be to
mistake the character of the work just published
hy II. Mnrchaml.
"Napoleon never thought there was any occa
sion after the commentaries, for a new history of
Caesar; but he wished to avail himself nf the com-
I mentaries, to prove that Caesar had the same mnx-
j inis nf war with Alexander and Hannibal; that
| his secret, like that nf the two great generals who
| preceded him, was that of keeping his troops uni-
I ted—of having garrisons in but a small number of
! places; of keeping places of depot for his sick,
his prisoners, his hostages and ammunition:—
that of not permitting oneself to he vulnerable on
any side, of moving with rapidity upon important
points, passing, according to circumstances, from
the defensive to tlte offensive—finally, nf aban
doning to friendly or conquered populations, and
to the reputation of one's arms and (lie terror
spread by them, the care of maintaining his com
munications. This is what Napoleon was the
first to seek in ■ lie commentaries of Caisar. He
wished that litis small number of war maxims
should be deduced from the campaigns of Ctcsar,
ol Alexander, Hannibal, Frederick li, and should
serve lo protect his own against the aspersions
of his enemies, and of those envious and mediocre
minds who had contested with hint even the science
of war. It is chiefly in Cresar and in Alexanderthnt
he imagines that he has found the demonstration
of this principle of war, which he himself applied,
for mote than twelve years, with so much audaci
ty and success, to leave to his allies and lo the
reputation of his arms, the care of maintaining his
communications. He had it much nt heart lo
prove, that if his fidelity to this principle was so
fatal to him in 181-2, 1313 and 1814.it was only
due lo the elements which were unchained against
him, and to unparalleled treasons. The same
conduct was near destroying Ca:sar at Phnrsalia, at
Thnpsus. and at Munda. Caesar was more fortu
nate tliao Napoleon.’’
A TALE OF POLAND.
*’ God tempers the wind to shorn lambs,” said
a Polish captive, as she was led by a menial to
his master's palace. This girl was one of those
patriotic females enrolled as a corps to provide
food and raiment for the valiant suffering sons of
degraded Poland. Eighteen years had not kissed
her cheek, yet to her, discretion paid homage.
The sword of the oppressor had already drank the
blood of her father; the yawning gales of a Rus
sian prison had interred iter only brother; and grief
for the loss of those whom she so justly loved had
made her motherless. Still her spirit drooped
not, nor did she bend when the stnrm passed over
her. She considered it a necessary offering to pur
chase tlie emancipation of her country, and stifled
each selfish feeling. I need not say she was beau
tiful; hut she was incomparably «i. Virtue,
beauty, and ill* graces, it would seem, had strug
gled for the supremacy. Like a guardian angel
she appeared to preside over the destinies of her
country; and m the hour of danger she was ever
near, nerving with new energies the sinking sol
diers, by herenergelic appeals to that God hy whom
thq weak are mad« strong. ** [ would, said she,
that the helmet were fitted ro a woman's brow, that
I might become a more active participator ir. this
glorious achievement—that I ion might gather un
failing laurels for my country in the struggle that
awaits her. Again the prowlers for prey, com- , ,, , . . , , .
..landed by the (ell tyrant, are at nuV frontiers. ! _ e , . r L" e . r .. r ^l! . e ." C f,‘?.^
Hitherto God lias wrought wonders for us. The
most sanguine expectations of oor friends have
been more that realized, while oor enemies have
witnessed ihc destruction of their fun lest hopes.
\ our wives and daughters, determined to share
your dangers, are already equipped, armed with
faith and hope in heaven. They go forth to ad
minister consolation to tlie sick and dying, and to
bind up their wounds. Let the effort.’tlieii, sweep
from the minds of our foe every expectation of our
country’s downfall. Then wronged, insulted Ro
land will be registered among the independent tin?
lions of ihe earth.”
This appeal to the hearts of the officers was re
ceived not in the usual manner, with loud cheegs.
Every knee was bent, nnd every pye was raised to
heaven, and their voices blended in supplicating
the piotecting arm of omnipotence, in behalf ol
themselves, their country, and this heaven born
spirit, vailed in mortality. The day dawned, nnd
they were ready to receive their enemy. They
met, and dreadful was the conflict. Olien were
Ihe l’oles repulsed, hot as often did they return lo
(lie contest, shouting •• liberty or dentil." Their
soil was enriched hy the blood of her dear
est sons, but the cry of Victory mingled with
tlie songs of the convoy that beckoned them away.
The enemy fled in wild disorder after a protracted
struggle.
Wearied with the toils of war, the soldiers re-
tired to the camp ; nor were their women less in
want of rest. The fair Adclia was alone insensi
ble of faiigne, and she was still intent on her er
rand of mercy. “ Life,” said she. *‘ may still lin
ger in some of the fallen; and even in life's last
agony, 1 may point (hem to a crucified Saviour.”
Superstitious feelings she had none; but ir, the
midst of her humane exertions, her arm was sud
denly grasped hy a ruffian, ivlm in the hour of! upon the snow crowned hills,
danger had fled from the enemy’s posts. Thisof- j little, hut his grief was tlee|
fering he knew would ensure his pardon, nnd pro-
cure for him future favors from the Russian Com
mander. whose watchword was “beauty nnd boo
ty,” and lo this ninnsterdid he hasten with this de
fenceless, but invaluable girl.
During this trial her fortitude, was invincible,
anil the dignitj of her manner awed even those to
whom she was presented. The Russian officers
in the starless night, lingerie. I command yon, dolf in Ihe empernr'e own finest. What limit if
nor think tn bribe a polish maiden!" lie left j there to wnman's wit, when aided hy roman's *f-
lier swearing vengeance; and in tlm execution of, fectinn ? Clnrinda prepared the repast with her
which he ordered a menial tn bring her forllt for j owr, hands, serving up n dish which she rement-
the amusement of the soldiery, well knowing that j liered to l\avo been a favorite with her father of
female delicacy shrinks from the public gaze. Sho which, ton. lie had never eaten exceot when it was
entered the camp, caltn nnd collected, for il sho prepared by his daughter's ligpds. Scarce half he
had female gentleness, ir was united with niaseu- [ tasted the food ere the tears began to tall, fast nnd
bitterly, fur her whose memory time nor anger
could destroy, nnd he eagerly inquired from whon*
Ilia voting hostess had learned lo prepare that
dish ?
The princess and her husband fell at the ord 1
man’s feet. The emperor was still a father; hi*
kind heart remembered only (hat his daughter <ra*
before him ; all was forgotten and forgiven: he
named tlic’place Helingenstadf, or the Abode of
Rliss; (in duple commemoration of his daughter
anil his dinner;) lie carried the hnppv family with
hint to his palace; ate his favorite meal as often
as lie wished lo his dying day ; and built the Rfed
Tower, as a marriage gift for his daughter. The
lovers built a church where their hrtt had stood,
and when they died they were buried within it*'
walls. *
The above legend look its origin from the fnct
that Selingenstailt witnessed the loves, and still
preserves the remains nl'Egmhard and Emme, the
secretary' and daughter nf Charlemagne. Tradi
tion has made a sad mistake in the names of ell
the parties hy taking Charlemagne for Nero, nnd
the lovers for Ludolf and Clnrinda. The Red
Tower, (now sadly dilapidated,) was Ihe residence
of the lovers after Charlemagne saved the honor
of his favorite daughter hy giving her hand tn his
secretary, F.ginlinrd built a church on the spot,
nnd Ilia hones and those of his beloved, repose in
a massy antique sarcophagus on an antique monu
ment beneath its roof.
FROM THE NEW TOUR MIRROR.
CHARLEMAGNE'S DAUGHTER.
Some centuries ago, there was an EmperorNe-
rn, (nn relative nf him nf Rome) who came, after
the manner of the times, to cell brain his Christ
mas holidays at Frankfort. He was devotedly
fond of the chase, and held nearly an equal ufl’ec-
tion for his daughter, a maiden over whom some
seventeen summers had lightly flown. She was,
indeed, if there he truth in legendary report, a ve
ry delightful, beautiful, and innocent creature.
But her charms were even less than the rare puri
ty of her mind—the soil and gentle cltnrntJcr nf
her feelings. Born in a cottage, she would have
cheered the peasant's lot—brought up amid the
magnificence of an imperial court, site won the
envy of one sex, and the earnest admiration of
the other. Such beauty of person ami goodness
of heart could not remain unknown ; and, being
an only child, many of the princes of the empire
put in iheir claim for her hand. But ihe lady’s
heart was pre-engaged, and she paid liiile atten
tion to tlm compliments of her many royal wooers,
Clorinda, thus was sho called, had si t her affec
tions far beneath herself in rank. Like
" The king’s daughter ol Hongnrie,
Who loved u squire of low degree,"
the daughter of the Emperor Nero had given her
heart’s first lave to a young man, one of Iter fa
ther's huntsmen.
It is impossible lo say how the secret was dis
covered, but certain it is that the princess was
placed in close confinement, and her lover would
have been summarily and severely dealt with, but
he had taken flight, and pursuit was useless, ho
one knowing in what direction he had fled. To
do Ihe young man justice, lie had nnlicipitrd the
discovery nf a serret dear to him as his life, and
taken steps accordingly. Deep in the hidden
haunts of the Spcssart he had found a cave—pro-
s asec-
tiek—nnd lie had made the best provision in his
power for that derisive step which, love whispered,
the princess wontd not refuse-to take, for his sake
and her own. While she. in tears, sat in the eoli-
! Hide of her chamber, her Ludolf was busy in nia-
j king preparations fur her rescue.
! Whenever princesses fall in love with their fa-
| ther's huntsmen, it is usual for royalty ro be niter-
ly appalled. Accordingly, (he emperor was in a
most magnificent passion, and gave strict orders
that tlie prinre*g should he confined tn her cham
ber. The next morning, however, lie made the
discovery—just a few hours too late—that the
bird had flown—like love, when
“ He opened the window and flew- away."
The poor old emperor pined after her so hitter r ln *!’* sa,uo ve '" s i n "' v mingleu in one entrant
ly, that not an unmarried lady o/' the comt lint "£*""• 4
would have been glad to have consoled him. hail ' ' va3 " ,ur "'' 10 scenes of iloodshed and mt-
be offered her Ins hand. But much to the disap. “"T* '»>» f"" n,c ,n th « 8 ° al * 1,n . J n(ITer ln
pointment iff their philanthropic intentions, his I "f'er-liln did 1 raise my hand against a savage
majesty did not see how lie cm,Id alone for the «' ilho “ l «»»'"« lo " ,inl ‘ h « mother and her twins,
loss of a daughter by taking a wife. their heads cleft asunder.’ —Paulding's Lift of
The princess and her Ludolf (who had assisted H asliwglon.
her nut of her confinement) Iiveil as happily * be-
BRADDOCK’S DEFEAT.
All accounts agree that ihe unfortunate Brad*
dock behaved with great gallantry, though with
little discretion, in his trying situation. He en
couraged his soldiers, and was crying out with hie
spunking trumpet, • Hurrah, hoys! loselhe saddle
nr win the linnfe .''—when n bullet struck him, sod
he fell to the ground, exclaiming—* Ha! boys I I’m
gone !' During all this time not a cannon had
been fired by the British forces. It was tt Ibis
moment, that one xvho wrs with him at Ihe time,
who is still living, nnd on whose humble teslimo.
mony I rely even with more confidence than on
the more imposing authority of history, describes
Washington—• I saw him lake hold of n brass
field piece, as if It had been n stick, lie looked
like a fury : he tore the sheet lead from the touch-
hole ; lie placed one hand on the muzzle, the o-
liter on the breech; he pulled with this and push
ed with that, anil wheeled it round as if it had
been nothing. It tore the ground like a bar-share,
[a kind of plough j The powder monkey rushed
up with the fire, and then the cannon began ta
hark, I tell yon. They fought and they lought,
nnd the Indians began to hollow, when the rest of
tlm brass cannon made the bark of the trees fly.
and tile Indians camp down. That place they call
Rocky Hill, and there they left 500 men dfBd on
the ground.'
Some idea nf the cruelty and suffering which
were exercised and felt in the three years of sa
vage warfare which announced the defeat of
Brnddock. may he gathered from the subjoined
sketch, which was obtained from the lips of
Washington, and is now first presented to th*
public :
‘One day,* said Washington, ‘as we were tra
versing a part of the frontier, we came upon a sin
gle log-honse. standing in the centre of a little
clearing, surrounded by woods on all sides. A*
we approached, we heard the report of a gun, th*
usual signal of coming horrors. Our party crept
cautiously through Ihe underwood, until we ap
proached near enough to see what we hadalretdy
foreboded. A smoke was slowly making its way
through the roof of the house, while nt the earn*
moment n party of Indians came forth laden with-
plunder, consisting nf clothes, domestic utensils,
household furniture, nnd dripping scalps. We
fired and killed all hut one, who tried to get away,
hut was soon shot down.
‘ On entering the hut we saw a sight that,though
we were familiar with blond and massacre, struck
us. at least myself, with feelings moro mournful
than I hail ever experienced before. On a bed in
one corner of the room, lay a young woman awim-
mini.' in blond, with a gash in her forehead, which
almost separated the head in two pails. On her
breast lay two lubes, apparently twins, less than »
twelve-month nId, with (heir heads also cut open.
Their innm 'nt blood which had once flowed
neatlt the greenwood tree.’ as if there had never
been such tilings as courts and l ings, emperors
and principalities. They loved one another ear
nestly and well, and (hut this was long ago) had
no wish to retain to the crowds of society. Even
if they had, there would have been no safely in at
tempting ii, fur linw could either hope liirlorgive-
ness 1 Meanwhile, the loss of his daughter had
fallen heavily on the emperor, filic was the sole
living tiling tn which his hopes had long been
linked, and all the father and the man were shaken
hy the uncertainty of her fate and her absence
from those places over which her smiles threw a
radiance, beautiful as the last lints of dying dny
The old man said
Bride would not
permit him tn yield to ripen lamentations, but in
secret lie shed many a tear. His household gods
woie shiveied by his hearth, and. like Rachael
mourning fur her children, lie would not he com
forted.
He quitted Frankfort, and many years elapsed
before lie again saw the place with which were
linked so many and such sad recollections. He
had assembled under the pretence of concerting I had laid aside his usual spurts—the huntsman's
measures to renew the engagement; but in fact j spear had rarely been held by him s'nce that day
tospomlilte night in riot and dissipation. The ! on which he Inst a daughter; and it was with
Commander-in-chief of his Majesty's forces, ! somo surprise that the court heard him announce
struck by the beauty of his captive, ordered her j that he would hold a hunting match on the next
into confinement, secretly determined on a pri- i morning.
vale interview to convince her of his power. For | Five years had lessened his endurance of fa-
this pmpose, even before the fumes of the wine tigne. and it was with some pleasure that at ihe
had passed away, he was at the door of her cell. | close nf the day, when tlte ardor of the elmse had
Catchiru a Flea.—An English lady who
lived in the country, and was about to have »
large dinner party, was ambitious nf making a*
great a display ns her husband's establishment, a
tolerably large one. could furnish. Ro, that ther*
might seem no lack nf servants, a great lad, who
had been employed only in farm-work, was trim
med and ordered to take his stand behind hir
mistress's ehair, with strict injunctions not lo stir'
Horn the place, nor do any thing unless she di
rected him; ihe lady well knowing that although’
no footman enuld make a better appearance ae a*
piece nf still life, some awkwardness would be in
evitable if he were put in motion. Accordingly.
Thomas, having thus been duly drilled and re
peatedly enjoined, look his post at Ihe head of
the table behind his mistress; and fora while hw
found sufficient amusement in looking at the
grand set out. nnd staring at the guests. When
lie was weary of ihis, and of an inaction to whiehr
lie was so little used, his eyes began to pry about
nearer objects.
It was nt a time when our ladies followed the'
French fashion wf having the hack and shoulder*.-
under the nmfleof the neck, uncovered much lower'
than accords either with the English climate or
with old English notions; a lime when, as Lan-
dor expresses it, the usurped dominion of the
neck had extended from the ear downwards, al
most to w here mermaids bornme fish. This lady
was in the height of lowness in that fashion, and
between her shoulder-blades, in Ihe hollow of
the back, and nut far from the confines when
She was kneeling in prayer. In behalf of Poland I separated him from his suite, he found himself bp- nakedness and clothing met, Thomas espied a'
did she fervently anti humbly ask that her captivi- j side a rustic hut, nt tlte door of which two love- ! flea. The guests were two much engaged with-
ty might in some mysterious way aid her country-! ly children were playing. To dismount from his i 'he business and courtesies of the table, to sew
men. She was concluding by imploring lorii* ! w-earv steed, to enter the cottage, and to request ! what must have been worthy seeing, the transfigu-
tude to hear the repeated insults of her enemies, j refreshment, was but the wnrk of a moment, and j ration produced in 1 linmns s countenance by do-
and by entreating protection from the snares of instant preparations were made for his repast. j light when he saw so fine nn opportunity ofeiiow-
the wicked. The emperor had fallen upon Ihe residence of i * n S himself attentive and making himself useful.
•* Be mine," said he, “nnd my arm shall afford 1 his long-lost and still-loved daughter. Ludolf 'I lie lady was ton much occupied with her com-
that protection yon will seek in vain from nny J was a successful deer stealer, and the fruits nf the | l ,iin J' 111 l ee l 'he flen ; hut to her horror, she felt
other power." She rose saying, "I worship j earth furnished them with other food. Besides, [ Jh* great finger nnd thumb of Thomas upon her
neither fronts nf brass nor feet nf clay; my trust is
in Israel’s God." •• Prating lool, your life is in my
hands, and dure you defy me ?”
•• True, you may adlme, hot the Christian fears
not death, and in that you will only respire
me lo those sainted parents nf which Russian
butchery bus deprived me. Go, pander liir it
baser monarch, and no lunger disturb my devo-
lions.”
Tlirents nnd persuasions were alike fruit
less.
There Is no deed.” saiJ she, " from which you
or your nation would shrink, but my toother would
think lightly of his life purchased ut the expense
nf hit sister’s virtue. V our deeds sre written in
blood, and ovety triumph but deepen* Ihe etsi*.—
Your glory may dasale fur • while, but it will s«
Ludolf lino learned that the emperor had quitted ; hack, and to her greater horror heard him e»-
Fraiivfort soon after the flight of the princess, nnd | claim in exultation, to the still greater amuse-
felt little hesitation in visiting the market there, to menl of the parly—a vlea ! a vlea ! my lady,
exchange deer und other sktus lor necessaries, nml | egod, I’ve cautcht’en The Doctor, wot. III.
sometimes for a few of the luxuries to which his ;
Clorinda had been accustomed, and which site ! Oriciis aj„—” Mr. Sailor," said an old lady!* *
had left for him. Frugal in tnrir habits anil dr- > weatherbeaten tnr, who had called at her house f*e
sires, they had lived happily without a wish lor
clinugo.
Tlio grneefnl ghl had hudilod into tlio glorious
maturity of womanhood ; and, larllicr rliauged hy
her rustic attire, the emperor did aol know Ins
cliild. . Hhe knew him nt a single glance, nnd
there came quick-throbbing mumnrict of the past,
and wild hopes of Ihe future.
Th* sol* repast which (heir tilnation permitted
•n III* instsot was tom* sentton, poiehtd by Lu-
luncheon, " you insist see a great many curioslti**
nt sea ?". •• O yes." said Jack, snd immediately
commenced telling of the grosl leviathans of Ihe
deep. " But how do these great fish lieeT” que
ried the old Indy. “ O,” said Jack, " much >• th*
large fish lim on land—hy detouring th* small**
one*." •• llut they don’t eal them raw. dn lh*y ?"
•>U no." ws* lit* reply, " "try fifth Ask sorriss m
htUlton hit tail for tooking jhmttMt (W.
II ) 'Airgraph.