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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.