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VOLUME I.
MISCELLANY.
MY ADVENTURES.
BY COL. MAXWELL.
This writer is not the Maxwell to whom
the public are indebted lor “Wild Sports
ol the West,’’ and so many amusing
volnmes. it is necessary to note this dis
tinction as both wt iters are in tlie army,
and their styles resemble each other as
their names. Colonel Maxwell is just as
dashing, as lively, and as reckless in his
“Adventures” as his namesake is in “My
Lile,” and a dozen other bustling narra
tives. This humour, we fancy, is more
natural to Mr. Maxwell as an Irishman
than to the colonel as a Scotchman; but
a military education at a time when the
army was not maintained lor show has
made them both dare-devils, very fond of
excitement and adventure, very careless
ol morals, and not at all squeamish either
in sentiment or expression.
Colonel Maxwell from an early period
kept a copious diary, and these volumes
Leing extracted from it have the ibree,
freedom, and liveliness of reality. They
relate to occurrences in Italy from the
commencement of 1814, till after the bat
tle of Waterloo, the author having been
stationed at Genoa during the greater part
of that period. The English were uni
versally popular in the Italian slates at that
time, and officers were courted and caress
ed by all classes. The houses of the
chief nobility and merchants were freely
open to them, and, if the “Adventures”
of Colonel Maxwell are to he implicitly
received, the ladies were of their favours
most free and bounteous. Never had an
Englishman such opportunities of seeing
lile in Italy as timing tlie time the excite
ment attending on the Bttlish successes
lasted, and the author seems to have avail
ed himselt of those opportunities to. the
full. His book is in the rollicking Harry
Lorreqner style, with plenty of fun among
Italian signors, and love-making with the
principesses; hut it contains many pas
sages of even historical interest, and
abundance of anecdotes. We must make
some allowance, we suppose, iiir the dis
position ol soldiers accustomed to the
license of military life, and who loved
fast, because it was very uncertain wheth
er they might live long. Some of his ex
pressions are odd enough, as, speaking of
a lady, “she dropped bis arm like a hot
potato." The description ol an Italian
prineipessa is, “she was like a winter’s
day, short and dirlij .” To exptess the
growth of his leader passion tor an ac
complished young belle, he writes, “I felt
rather simony about Lady Charlotte.”
These phrases, much more familiar than
elegant, are of perpetual occurrence.
The lew first pages warn us that the
colonel is somewhat of a tire eater. He
commences with his residence in Messina.
Shortly after his arrival the inhabitants
were alarmed by
A Great Eruption of Mount Etna. —
“ There had not been so great an eruption
tor many years, and various parties set
out during the day ami next night to wit
ness it. Seven distinct craters had been
formed,
“Bursting Iriini seven mouths that gtiped like hell,’
and, to ajld to the grandeur of the confla
gration, all of them were iu and about the
commencement of the woody region, and
within ten miles of the great crater.
1 obtained leave to visit the scene, and
when 1 arrived at Tormina, whence the
view of the mountain is most striking and
magnificent, the appearance was awful;
but when 1 approached the stream ol liquid
lava, upwards of three miles in breadth,
and heard the deafening sounds ot the
largest of the newly Ibrmed craters, it ap
peared as if ten thousand cannons were
roaring—
•‘As if theeaith threw siars to heaven.”
Some of the rocks that were thrown up
were larger llian the largest castle in
Sicily. It was us if some giant magician
had taken seventy-ibur gun-ships, and
tossed them high in air, as a juggler does
his balls.
It happened to he a cloudy dark night
which exhibited this grand and feartul
scene to greater advantage. The awful
llixtd of liquid stone filled up valleys and
climbed over mountains, carrying all be
fore it, and houses and cultivated grounds
were swept off and covered up in tearful
succession. As the fiery stream issued
from the wood region, where it had lirst
burst forth with terrible grandeur, women
and men were seen kneeling, beating,
their breasts and wailing. I’riests were
in attendance, crucifixes were carried,
saints and saintesscs invoked, the efficacy
of eacli br-mg tried in turn ; and at last a
ceieufw! e d one,who hau oeCi 1 lucky enough
to arrest the progress Ci a 2 rcat erupi.d.'!
many years before, was sent tot 10,11
Catania. I think it was Saint Juseppe.
A party of us sat down by Vic side of the
burning lava, lighted our cigars, and gazed
in wonder and admiration at the sublimi
ty of this indescribable scene. The con
tents -■*' our haversacks were produced,
and we bivouaced for the night close to
the flaming torrent, and watched all night
the progress ot the never to he forgotten
spectacle around us.”
It is not said that the cigars were light
ed at the lava, yet we imagine that even
sitting by the side of the burning torrent
must°bc admitted with great allowance
for latitude of expression. The colonel
cared for water as little as tire. W hen
lie was heated with racket-playing, and
j could not cool himself by iced lemonade
PRO PATRIA ET LEGIBCS.
MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1815.
sufficiently soon, he plunged into the
ocean, he tells us, outside the port of Mes
sina, and “ pretty close to old Charybdis."
In company with some other officers
our author left Florence for Elba, where
Bonaparte was at the time playing the
emperor on a small scale. With a few
omissions, we extract a clever description
of
Colonel Maxwell's interview with Napo
leon.—Let us here formally record, that it
was on the 19lh of October, 1814, at
twenty minutes past six o’clock, p. m.,
that I caught the first glimpse of the great
Napoleon. He was on horseback, about
five hundred yards distant from us, com
ing down the road, which gently wound
down theaclivity of a hill, at whose base
we stood. He was in lull uniform, with
his little, well known, three-cornered
cocked hat, and was apparently well
mounted. His suit consisted of an avant
courier, two equerries dose behind him,
and two Polish lancers bringing up the
rear. The landscape was picturesque
and appropriate to this thrilling exhibi
tion; we were below, in a romantic-look
ing lane, when we beheld him on the lop
ot the gently undulating hills in our front,
which occasionally hid him from our view.
He was pointing ami was giving direc
tions to his attendants, offering to our now
heated imaginations the idea that this was
one of his celebrated reconoissances on
the eve of some great battle, such as Aus
terlitz or Borodino.
He soon disappeared, and was lost
amidst the mountain scenery; and, after
remaining for a time in suspense, some of
the guards, who were out in all directions
along the road, forming a safety circle,
and covering his movements, came up,
and endeavoured to persuade us that he
had struck off in another direction, and
had gone to visit the mines at Rio, and
would not return before ten or eleven at
night. But, whilst we were in the midst
of our disappointment at this contretemps,
I again descried the cavalcade bearing
down upon us ; and we had only just time
to draw up rank entire on one side the lane
by which he must pass, and stand uncov
ered to salute him as he arrived.
When begot abreast of us he pulled
up his horse, moved his hat, and with a
brisk military air exclaimed (much in the
manner an officer would address so many
deserters,) “Deque regiment etes vous?”
When ne had come quite close and
halted, my eyes devoured him, and 1
frankly confess that 1 felt much disap
pointed, and that for the moment the him
seemed to fall from my eyes, and the man
who had been the idol of my imagination
for years stood before me with a round
ungraceful figure and with a most unpoet
ically protuberant stomach. 1 mentally
exclaimed, as 1 again peeped at his round,
thick, short thighs, and potbelly, “Isthis
the great Napoleon?” Moreover, the
countenance, m which I expected to be
hold a union of the demon ant! the soldier,
appeared suit and mild iu the extreme ;
there was nothing striking in it—not a
wrinkle, not a line to trace the warrior or
the politician, on his large and polished
brow; nothing but the high, smooth fore
head, partly shaded, when he took his hat
off’, by the jet-black matted lock of hair I
had so often heard of. His complexion,
too, though sallow, was not near so dark
as I expected to find it. The nose was
regular, and mouth beautiful, and about
it seemed to play a most contented and
engaging smile.
llis eye, ot which I was particularly
observant possessed so many qualitiesnnd
attributes, and seemed so camelion-like,
changing its hues every moment, that 1
can scarcely say what colour it is, but
upon a venture I should say it was light
blue, but at all events it was filled with
expression and genius. His eye-brows
were neither louring nor large, and I look
ed in vain for one stern tyrannical frown.
How changed the aspect might become
when iu angry mood, or how he might
have looked when on his route to Frejus
(as described to us by our friend (Camp
bell,) surrounded by an angry populace,
it was impossible from his present aspect
to conceive.
In addition to the famous three-corner
ed cocked hat, with its angle placed math
ematically exact to the point, Napoleon
wore his old favorite green uniform, with
two small gold epaulettes, a white waist
coal, white cassimere small clothes, much
worn, but clean, high military boots with
common looking silver spurs buckled to
them, with black straps and black buckles.
The sword he wore was that presented
him by the Empeior Alexander at the
peace of Tilsit. lie had on a pair of
white doeskin gloves. His red saddle
cloth and the trappings and bridle of his
horse were \'?rv dirty, and spoke plainly
that -Majesty had a very indifferent
groom. Ho seemed, however, to have a
good firm hunting scat, mid sat well on his
fork.
On his left breast he wore a very large
star, with an eagle in its centre. We were
told it was the Grand Cross ol the Legion
of Honour. From his button-holes hung
three other orders—the first, the Crdss of
the Legion of Honour; the second, that
of the Iron Crown ; and third, the order of
the Rc-union. Under his coat he wore
a broad red ribbon, on which we observed
some orders, and we were informed af
terwards that appended to it were the
various insignia lie had been invested
with by the different sovereings of Europe.
Napoleon gave me the impression of a
very young-looking person, with, at first,
as I said, nothing (excepting
his mouth and eyes) peculiarly striking
about his physiognomy. But before he
had finished his conversation with us 1
found myself again within his magic spell,
and, in proportion as 1 had at first lelt dis
appointed, 1 now became enraptuted with
his lively bewitching air, with his aston
ishing memory, his infoimalion, and the
facility with which he kept up an easy
and agreeable conversation with the
whole five of us. I mist not neglect
to say. however, that he gave me a strong
impression that, wherever the groves of
Blarney may be, he had assuredly visited
them, and licked the Blarney stone. No
wonder the French soldiers adored him,
for he instantly proved to us all how well
he knew how to tickle the human heart.
I certainly could have wished to have
beheld Napoleon under circumstances
whjcb would have called forth some of
the demon in him; baton the present oc
casion be was all blandishment, evincing
a soul brimful of the milk of human
kindness; and his encouraging and cap
tivating manner, his s winter in modo, made
tis all feel quite easy and at home with
him. He seems to delight in military
subjects and the vivacity of his eye beams
forth doubly whilst on these topics.
It is not easy (although here I am, pen
in hand, half an hour after the inter
view) to set down anti arrange exactly
the whole of the conversation, which last
ed exactly twenty-five minutes by the
Corsican consul’s watch, who stood aloof;
and it might have continued considerably
longer, but that Napoleon’s charger be
came impatient of his burden.
At Naples the author had an excellent
opportunity of seeing and conversing with
the celebrated A/urut, then monarch of
that kingdom. At this time he professed
great regard for the English, ami even of
fered Colonel A/ax well the command of
one of iiis cavalry regiments. We are
first introduced to
Murat at a review. —We found his Maj
esty, with a numerous staff, already ori
the ground, and himself manueuveriug
lour regiments ol cavalry, consisting ot
one regiment ol cuirassiers, another of
hussars, and two of light dragoons. I
paid particular attention to the different
formations,and rude in every direction;
his Majesty contriving to show a front
wherever 1 happened to be. it now oc
curred to me that I was observed by him,
ami this conjectuie was iu a few minutes
afterwards confirmed; l saw a general
officer, all over stars and feathers, leave
the King and gallop up to me.
When he arrived, hat in hand, he ad
dressed me in French, asking me if I
either spoke French or Italian ? 1 replied
a little of both. He then said bis Majes
ty hail sent him to apologize for the man
ner iu which the troops manoeuvred, as
they were young soldiers, and seldom
drilled together. I was “struck all of a
heap,” and bungled out my approbation
by two or three limes repeating the word
“ Superbe! superbe!” and essayed to ex
plain to him how highly Haltered I was.
He again galloped off', leaving me a great
er man than 1 hud ever before believed
myself.
On the general rejoining his master, ihe
troops continued to manumvre with more
precision, and with more celerity. 1 now
anxiously observed the royal cortege, and
thought 1 perceived an inclination to edge
down to where I was. And now doubt
turned to certainty ; for the King almost
immediately afterwards rode up to me,
lotlowed by his whole suite, only leaving
me time to stand uncovered, to receive the
first shock of his majesty.
His first salutation, alter taking off' his
own hat, was, “Couvrez vous. Monsieur,
coivrez vous.” lie then commenced by
making apologies that his ttoops were
young troops, lately formed, and that lie
seldom had an opportunity of having them
together. I was now quite collected, and
ready with my replies, and said in French
(the language in which he addressed me)
that I had been admiring their precision,
and fine military appearance; that l felt
certain they must rapidly improve under
his Majesty, and that I considered this the
most fortunate day of my life, in having
seen cavalry manoeuvres under the most
celebrated cavalry general in Europe.
Here was a home thrust, and he again
touched his hat, and bowed very low.
* * * He inquired the length
of my stay, urged me not to hurry away,
that he should he delighted to show me
the whole of his army ; and hoping soon
to have the pleasure of seeing me again,
he gallopped off
King Joachitn seems remarkably active,
and a complete courtier, with a good-hum
oured smile oil his broad and manly coun
tenance. His figure is tine ; and lie has
large blue eyes, and immense whiskers
and mustachoes. His dress was on this
occasion a light blue frock-coat, with two
silver epaulettes, a cocked hat garnished
with feathers, with an immense plume
waving above all. His long coal-black
hair hung in ringlets over his fine broad
athletic shoulders.
Napoleon, though lie used sometimes
to ridicule Murat, had a great regard for
him, and appreciated much his valour
and his attributes as a cavalry general.
This prince, notwithstanding his theatrical
propensities to borrow and deck himselt
in costumes from all countries and all pe
riods, which appeared ill [to accord with
the dignity of a sovereign, was, neverthe-
11. C. CROSBY, Proprietor.
NUMBER 19.
less, the first cavalry officer in the French
army. His prompt coup d' ail, his ability
of judging of the position and force of the
enemy, his daring and dash when neces
sary, his impettirbable coolness when sur
rounded with dangers, his warlike coun
tenance, his strong and well-proportioned
form, his noble ar.d firm seat on his beau
tiful charger as he scampered off’, left
something very like an impression on my
ntinil that I had been holding converse
with a hero, and I could easily fancy him,
unappalled by danger, dashing fearlessly
amidst Ins foes, and dealing death around
him.
The French army know Murat by the
nameofthe Sabreur. lam told he perform
ed prodigesof valouron the memorable day
of Leipsic. Napoleon always listened with
the greatest respect to his military opin
ions, admired his activity, zeal, and the
punctilious manner in which he carried
his orders into execution ; and those who
know him well assert that his good hu
mour, even in affairs the most serious,
never forsakes him.”
The gallant monarch little thought how
brief would be the time between that dis
play of his chivalry and his disastrous
death. The author met another celebrat
ed personage during his residence in Italy,
and was honoured with
A conversation with Madame dc Stack . —
1 was placed at the festive hoard next the
celebrated Madame De Stael, with whom
1 got on wonderfully, considering her pro
digious reputation as not merely the auth
or, hat the heroine, of “Curinne.” A
plainer and more masculine person lor a
heroine 1 never beheld ; though it must he
confessed that her mind was as masculine
as her | erson—at the same time that it
was softened and beautified by all the
most tender an Ift miniue p iss!o:is. She
was, in fact, at this very time acting
Corinna and tier Oswald with her, who
seemed to hold her heart under the most
absolute control. The object of this ten
der passion was n young Genevese, Mon
sieur Rocca, who had belonged to the
light cavalry of Napoleon’s army in Spain,
and had exhibited great courage, conduct
and talent. He had been severely woun
ded, besides having had his lungs pierced
by a lance. He was now evidently dy
ing ot consumption, and she told me she
was hurrying off to Fisa with him. He
sat opposite to us, pale, interesting-look
ing, and emaciated; and she watched
him with incessant anxiety, for fear, as
she said, “ he should eat something that
might disagree with him.”
Her uevotion, her love, for this young
soldier, considering the disparity of age,
appeared at first, to my romantic mind,
like a touch of pathos in poetry ; especial
ly as the lady’s dauglher was of the party,
and old enough to be engaged to the Due
de Broglie. But I had not sat long a cote
of' this remarkable woman before all the
fascination of her mind was thrown over
me, and I forgot age and absence of beau
ty, and became myself spell-bound and
deeply enamoured ; and, as her intellec
tual countenance lighted up, at last 1
thought her perfectly beautiful. She des
cribed all her anxieties about her interest
ing invalid, and his deeds of renown in
the battle-field. This lead to Napoleon
and his deeds; and Mons. H. having in
formed Madame De Stael that I had visit
ed Napoleon at Elba, I was induced to
give a long description of my inteiview
with him, and my r impressions of figure,
face, which the lady fluttered me by
saying were excellent, and exactly cor
responded with her own ; and she added
that in a hook she was then writing they
should he introduced.
Our conversation was generally carried
on in English, which Afadame De Stael
spoke fluently and elegantly. She paint
ed in glowing colours the power of the hu
man passions and their influence; she
seemed to detest Bonaparte and respect
England.”
These passages will give some idea of
the kind of entertainment the reader may
expect from these lively volumes. We
confess we should have liked them better
had they been liberally pruned, for much
of the matter can possess no interest at
the present day. But there is much of
value in them to entitle Colonel Maxwell
to our thanks for his publication, and to
make us wish that he will, as he intimates
he probably may, publish further details
of his active military life.
A Sporting incumbrance. —At an early
hour yesterday morning, says an English
paper, two or three blades who spent their
daily lives amongst thread and tape, sal
lied out with a gun into the suburbs, with
the sportsmanlike intention of making ha
voc amongst a few harmless tame rabbits.
Nimrod, a bold fellow, was the first to
cock his dreadful tulic in the faceofan in
nocent doc. Crack went the gun, and
away flew the rabbit past his feet, our hero
exclaiming in bitter disappointment:
“Dang it, if 1 liad’nl bad the gun, 1
could have killed it.”
Making Jelly. —Those who would make
fine jelly, should always avoid boiling the
juice of the fruit, when it is desirable to
have the article, when made, retain the
flavor of the fruit from which it was pre
pared. After the juice is pressed from
the fruit, and the proper quantity of sugar t
added to it, let it be heated until the sugar
is dissolved; after this is effected, no fur
ther heat is required.
MODERN ROMANCE OF GRANADA.
De los Torres, a nobleman of great
wealth, had just arrived at his estates in
j the vega of Granada. His chateau is sit
uated on the skirts of a populous city,
about eight miles from Granada and to
seize and carry him off from his own cas
tle was the daring scheme of the robber
I chief. For several days some of the rob
bers were stationed in'the neighborhood
as spies, to watch his motions, and to re
port when and where he could be most
successfully met with. The marquis,
however, seldom stirred from the immedi
ate vicinity of his castle ; and the number
of his servants, as well as the neighbor
hood of the village, rendered any attempt
■ to carry him off'dtiring his short walks or
rides all but hopeless; and whenever he
visited Granada he was well armed and
well attended. Despairing of any more
favorable opportunity occurring, and im
patient of delay, the bandit resolved to
surprise him in his chateau- itself.
It was about half an hour after midnight,
when the porter of the chateau was dis
turbed by a summons to the gate. His
j mquiried were answered by a man who,
in the pale light of the moonless sky, ap
peared dressed like a courier, and who
stated that he had just arrived from Cadiz
with dispatches of consequence for the
marquis’s own hand. The unsuspicious
porter immediately undid the strong fas
tenings of the ga'le, and admitted the pre
tended courier. The stranger on entering
proceeded to disencumber himselt'of his
cloak; when, suddenly wheeling round on
the porter, who was busy securing the
gate, Iu; cast the cloak over his head, and,
having fairly enveloped him in its ample
folds, so as to prevent the slightest outcry,
lie deliberately gagged and uound him.—
This done, the gate was again gently open
ed, and a score of robbers glided noisely
into the ball. Under the direction of some
who must have beeu intimately acquaint
ed with the chateau the band then divided,
the greater number proceeding to the ser-
I vums’ apartments, lest any of them should
'escape and alarm the village, while the
captain himself advanced directly to the
sleeping-chamber of the marquis. All
this was not managed so quietly as not to
disturb the lord ot the mansion, who, on
hearing some unusual noise, hastily arose,
and appeared at the door ol his bed-cham
ber with a lighted lamp in bis hand.—
This was all the robbers required to lead
them to their prey; and, after an ineffec
tual attempt to escape, lie was secured
without resistance. Meantime, the rest of
the band having gagged and bound all they
could find in the chateau, they made basic
to depart with their prize. A number of
valuables which lay readily to hand were
carried off; hut they refrained from ran
sacking the house, having suspicions that
one or more of the domestics had escajied
I unperccived, and fearing that the village
might he alarmed, and their roireateut off'.
Their suspicions were not groundless; the
villagers were aroused; the alarm spi card
from house to house; and, seizing their
firelocks, a band of half-naked peasants
rushed to the castle, hut too lute to rescue
the captive nobleman; and all they heard
ol the robbers was the rapid clang of their
horses’ hoofs as they galloped at full speed
in an opposite direction. Intelligence of
this daring exploit was immediately des
patched to Granada, and no little stir and
commotion it excited. Large bodies of
soldiers were sent to seour the mountain*;
the most noted lhiet-calchers were set up
on the trail, and every exertion made to
trace, the robbers to their lair, and rescue
their captive. Meanwhile the bandits,
having secured their prisoner, coolly sent
information to his family that lie was iu
perfect gaiety, and should want for noth
ing, hut should not be set at liberty until a
sum equal to ,£30,000 sterling should be
paid down lor his ransom. This only
roused the authorities to still greater exer
tions. Again the soldiers scoured the
mountains and searched the valleys; but
neither bandit nor marquis was to be heard
of. By what means his hiding place was
ultimately discovered l could not learn;
But he was found at last, neither among
the inhospitable rocks of the barren moun
tains, nor in the recesses of their secluded
valleys, hut in a quiet village not many
miles from the city of Granada. Once at
liberty, the rage ol the marquis against his
captors knew no bounds; and through his
information and exertions six of the rob
bers were seized, and his emissaries are
still on the watch for the rest. But what
i is most singular in die whole affair is, that
' several of the robbers are known to be at
this moment in Granada; nay, they have
actually put themselves in communication
with their late captive, offering to restore
the articles carried off' from the chateau,
provided their comrades be liberated and
die pursuit after the rest of the band given
up; and yet no exertions of the police can
J discover where these bold negotiators are
concealed. Meanwhile, the marquis has
rejected all proposals of accommodation,
and thirsts for nothing but vengeance.—
This is regarded as a piece of perfect in
, fatualion; and it is universally expected
that lie will ultimately fall a sacrifice to
his own revenge, and he murdered by
those for whose blood he thitsls.— Rev. II .
Robertson's Journal.
The Unicorn discovered. —A recent num
ber of the “Journal Asiatique,” (publish
ed in Paris) states that M. Fresnel, the
profound Orientalist, now French Consul
at Jcdda, in Arabia, has published a no
tice of the existence of the real unicorn
in the wilds of Hadramant. I his strange
beast has a single horn attached to his
head by a joint, through which it can ele
vate or depress its liotn at pleasure ; re
markably confirming Psalms 92,10, where
it speaks of the “horn being exalted like
the born of the unicorn." This will throw
great light on other passages of scripture,
which ignorance of Arabia prevented our
comprehending.