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PBOFESSI011C:- t'AISSJ : Will praicD in 11e Sarc'?&f C.ra.s cf .t?.-"-;"- .tccrt.-l to.ll-12rn. SEtCtTFOSTl'ftV- Vni afcra Pm-Vitn cvp y Wci1n.ty .V:t :n .he t-eqn af his-' cltk.o in ('vat c l;jll every (;'!'-.":!..?. . ' - v: r C; .15 A tl A .': ' a: ran:.' y a t-JA v, I!;lH-r.ro, K. O. y-i be nf' Ih-.Thsra 'every : fi-vxcf.uy T-lierc ho- can c i-en-pt. Jil'oB'-J ever b'unn k hI'TP. CM'ke ah'a i:' 11. I (1. i ' J v ' A x i I i A :. V." , ' I IS. I- . C3 5E t H fc"3,. r ii y s i c J'A it. ;. . Praolic."' liuiiir I t o oyo, c.r'a;i I 't uro-it. vffic over PeiCuJll Lc & ("' J'riy Slowly along the quiet crnntrj. road, jaat as tlic sun was sinking, come Milly llre r4i:d Mr. Annosly from their even ing rile. TUo tall rvliito c!i!nraej3 of IilI'd fcousa. were jut gleaming inta si'tt abova tho distant ncsly. sceia? them. i tliat remain -tp.n"J, HUly Th3 pound of a.Lorae's fadt, rapidly ayrjroaching tLdm frntn tbe, p iat they Vrcrc faciiJijf, caused both Jo lookup in that tlirccfcioa. A fcntloaian, mounted iron a g ay horse, came galloping down liic road. I crcciving them, ,uo Eiigutiy inodctaled his pac2. .'.' "ii h Captain Dadlcy," eaid Mifly. ; ."yep," said Mr. Arcosly, tliougblful j, "I sec it is. IIo has been up to the itousj, p'-obab'y." j Ctain Dadley was tho son o? a noigblor of Milly'3 father, a young, hoard ber fathcr'astep below heard him going from room to room, and Cnall j calling:; "liiily, my darling, whore are you Rising with a light, half bappyy Lalf regretful ,i2f-Jililft b.cr room nod went SB. ,-fc l.Tlv01'.ALi AN I) -M ! CI! AN'ICAL it i: l i s , I I. V. All wor'warrsnt:-l in rV-" p'-AW Office .our Jliqfxc: & l'-f' o;: i-e. attoi:n-v a r i.AV, Xl 'vi-iivreV. O. N; C. .IVaiiiees in tho tfiMe an I 1 ler.-sl Con ft? nil ia thf. CT.intie:i of VaVr", iitiJuiT:!, Or riio, an T Al-nn.xiK-o. V- ill -aUen-l .D'.irliam every VeiVncwlVy and Iron-art n.Ii 1 u.Jncsj cuirusloJ to hi in. ! MI S C L L A U'EGUS. Vav :. :FBi-:ii-3':r'- Jf PIASS'OS3 , hm IUUSTRATEQ GUTRLCGijE SPT FREE. ' A-dcoss los 44 liuj-h tm. N. ri v . t r t' 1 UffWgJBt'TBl,rt J' 'her father. hall Btr6ck tiine." holding lIr. AancMey,. aa shd 'did' so, standing ...at ''d8tantl-w&d'.-j)pltmg out upon the lawn. IIe: tnrned .toward her, ; Won3eriii2f. sbe awtuatl;L:s " countonancc was pderiouiistaTbeu" n ' i.'J It - '' ' " trf'-'Nl . iai no craTancea, noiaiagi oaii nana Co- nefif aad saying only, . Vvte of sad- l'mi ut Jen" terVnfc" i;au j cutest lavu . CORNER WiLR'NGTON S D5.ViE ST.' - i. .'. . This hense is locals! ia theTefctrd part c. tovn al i.ec-fon'l to r IkU32-' i.n i)c Sinif. for gool fare. nii-i roo-1 rvinw T'-niis v-I.-i f.O per day, T,0J j.cr weel:. :? j 6rao no S C. D. Oilfrom, Fro', j , II. Vvcl'U, ' -A. W. Graham, . D..1I. Ilaartiou. liandione, and mchat foppiJj pcrscir whom Mily did not at all admire, but win, nevertheless admired her rinocie- ly, and who had been of bits a soniewLafy licnucnt visitor at t Tic house. As tho parties approached each other, Mr. Anneslov. whem -bis nirghbor's rival ry did not trouble; l owed quietly to the young rUn ; a piece of courtesy wbicl; CVptain jlladley roeejv-id r,ith a s'ileut and cereii'onioua incMuatiouof the head. followed by a-mueh lower one, marked by nn air cf deferential and admuinz gal lantry, to Mis? Clare, while be gradadly drr-y Id borse a? alwo-t to a a cud stop Mil'y, en bor part, merely s duted biin iool rati:-ediy;a:id'kept oa beside Mr. Ann'csiey ; .and both shortly forgt bini in tbcir'conjrsitiou w'th each other. The hour they had passe J together ; com;-d -hardly bclf that time, end Miss Clara's eonipamoa lifted ber from ber horse, at tho dooi, on reaclungjicr hojapJ 'regained ia uiatfrfha itiaCfte had taken, when tbej ascended tha broad flight of stone steps together. . 'Jii'dy " bo said in a low V'.ic?; "this hns not blco tbe the !ca3t delightful of tl'o cVanyM!ppy rides we liavo t ikon to- lib vo'co bal a tone, bij eloquent, deep blue eye, seeking- hers, a glance of tenderness, thai tin iiii-d her heart with delicious emotion. Where have you "Whers bave you- been, Miliy?" re- toited her father, langhitgly, "that you did not think it eO lato as nine o'clock?' "I? ;Oh, I have been in dreamland,'' she said, smiling. I ''Well, where Lave you been, -father ' : .'Talking with a friend of vours. whom I met by chance. Well it 13 somebody you are jvetty vrell acquainted with. What do you think of hia having pro posed for you, Mi'ly? . Now ycu kuow who it is don't you. I met hiia just now, when bo opened the subject to ice." : Now Mi!ly knew. Ha b id encoun tered Captain Dudley, or rather Captain Dudley bad sought lim. She bad pre pared -herself to tell her lather cf the gentleman' proposil, but be kccv of it slrcaay, it siemed. Tho captain ap peared to be anxious ta mnko sure Tfork WA3 9A5S!I4Li IE1T JSIIOT? Ai -Aiittiorily wlio say not, V stcaI loAtncrtca. Ik NARRATIVE OF THE ITPrOSITIOTJ3 MARSHAL'S CATlEEIt AS A NORTH :, x: aholina scnoOLMASTEa. INSURANCE AGENTS ffer their services to the citizens of Orange end adjoining counties.," 5'hey represent ten ftrst-clasr Fire Jnsu rnnfc Coropanie cnl goaraatco entire satis faction. Call on us nnd yro Trill :givo you the worth -oi your money. . G-Cr.i S. II. VfEBB & Co., '' T C T Pu'CSS AXD Til11 ESCEN A volurr6 of ttiritlin'jittlcrfil hy tho c??i Incnt hi-aorinu IVf. IsPOCUelt; dewnhing h3 li'issmns vA Tt-k ; H i , J oil i c.fc .m! rriliUS iJisti.V aal CON lUTlOX; their homc-litc, varied CusioyaS. nnd p tfulfarl its, the caii'se of tha war, tho issues at Make Chximiau afr-iiust iloharoo Lm tTie mis'et interest of other nations iu v.ilve.1; riofjraphies of .the-. 1: tilery Ht.uos inen 1 Ocnoiiih;; 'AU Richly lilisttratc-i. Tho'BOOK AHiiLKKNt;i;U NO..V. Want ed iustantlv JJ.OOO -icutg on vory liberal terms. Address ' llt'J'.IUni) IUIOS., PnbliKhcrs. 73 J Sansora bt , riiiLula. Gt 21 jSTOTICE Any ierson wilimg to rent a Blacksmith shop and a full'set of tools (one of tlie best iu Du,rharc) will do well to call 01 the unr ioreigre.. 1 wm eitner rout or sell me tools.. Apply to ' , K. W.Iatihewa July 10 -3t Durham N. . "if you caro for. it, Mr. A;ine:-.ley,' she paid, while 1'cr heart beat f.ist and tuiuultuodsly. and bor voice, iowcr than L5& own, fiHglitly treRvbled. "I. uiu&t bo gcr.o, Milly, now," be 8aid standing beside her at. tho window ; Lmust be fonc now. Dut tc-morrow'' be held cut bis hand "to morrow I shall seek you again ; and we shall have our evening? rida together." Milly laid her hand timidly in his, with dowDeast eyes, and replied: "Yes, Mr. Anncsley." "Gol evening, then." "Go3d evening," gho answered, with a smile. j She returned to the pallor, and hick ina into a deep arm-chair, with the heavy folds of her habit .-.still trailing about ber hp?ed into thought happy thought for .a half smile was on ber lips, avd ber oheek still flushed softly, and her brown eyes wore a pleasant light. Rut she roused hevself presently, and breaking her reverie, rose from h:r ecat. with a look of rcmcmbsrancj crossing bor ficc, and the smilo grade away, blending with a look ha osity, half of iannoysnce. "That letter John gavo me just now I wonder wha.t can be in it?" sho said to herself. And going to a small tablo beside the w'ndo7 at which she bad lately stood, she took up a letter lying there. It contained an ofier of the heart and hand of the. very elegant and cxees ive ly euperguey Captain Dudley. Milly's lip slightly curled, with mingled ridicule and impatience. Twisting the note heedlessly ia her fingers, e!;c gathered up her hat and gloves that were left ly ing on the window seat, and, leaving the parlor, wcot up stairs to ber own apart ment. With ber eyes still fised on tho note, lorg after tho last word was read, Milly became I03I in her old reverie. Grad ually, her hand sunk upon . her lap the paper, unnoticed, uncared for, fell ti the floor. The chs'i of the garden gate, epeiiiag and closing, was the only thing tha,t roused Iicr, at last. . She o it, ; ' , 'Well, I- don't thiik of marrying at present, sir." answered Misi CUro. Mr." Claro regarded har with rainglo.1 sjtonuliment, severity and ce'dac-:?. " Ac-cording to jourjnnnncr of receiv- ng di proposal- be wid, "I should say hit I bao most completely mhcoa struel your act'ntis, aud it is your fault. Can it ;be p-Siiblo that you have -bee a coquct'ng with this young man merely coquetting with him -all tbi3 time? n i after raising his hopes, bis cspeela- tions ' ". , ; "Sir allow me," icterrupted SJilly, wit fcTf utterly aware of having ever raised these bapC3 these expectations of which you tspeak.1 If he entertaia3 them taey are qiite groondles." Ilor father ro3J from lm chair slight ly waving hia baud, as if to end tho dis cussion. ; . c-onfcs3 that I have not qui to under stood you of late,Uhfen," be said. And now iii'3 voie3 bad in it less of severity than acute dissappointmc.it cf sorrow it, was tUviro subdued thaa before. "I bave not understood you." These tones brought the quick rush in tea" to Mdly's eyes.. "Indeed, indeed, yeu have not," she said earnestly, tremously ; ''but I did not tbink'you Ciro for him so very much, father." "No matter; no matter now, Miily," he said. "We wil knot say anymore about this affair to-nii'ht. To-morrow morning ho will come over, and then you can see him aud tell him what you think!. At present it is nearly time t retire. We will have lights now.'' Milly repressed bor tears rrith difficul ty. fSbe trembled as she gavo ber father her good night kiss that evening, lie saw bow ber drooping ey jlashc3 glisten ed with thnse tears, how ber che.-k was flushed and hot,: and despite what had passe 1, he could not help embracing her with all hi3 accustomed affectionate ten- darnels. When St- jtincd, overshadowing her sweet face, m she met him. "M. Annealej, you -tro ;:faYe, sorrowful I What" She hesifited, questioning him only with her cyc3j "Crave, sorrowral !'' he echoed, in ac eentfj of ;pain. "Is it, then, a marvel that -I should be thus, learning asjl do for the Crt ti no that I bave no place in yonr h- art? You could cot have known how I lovo you, Milly, or you would know how deep, bow bitter my disap pointment W 'I do not think I understand vou," she ?p.id, faltcric.fd.y. There was a brief silenca, whila ho re garded her with a strangely (perplex ed air. i "You do not understand me, Milly?" he Said, fit length. "Is it a dreamjthen, that your father was with me a moment binco, telling me that, after oil, my hopes wore groundless f iat you regarded me indifferently that you rejected the love I havo long, so tcndcrly;cherish(jl for vou? Did he cot say that you would not wed me, M-i-ly?" " I Yeu, Mr. -Annefleyr' She trembled and bloslcd, uttering the words with a famt tone 01 astonishment. "Will vou como with mo to my father a rnoujcntl" die said. And with a thousand tumult uoun, coctraaietory. tnouguts andj emo- ticni in the breast of each, they sought tho library together. Mr. Clare, seated at a tahle, looked up, pale and surprised. Coloring; more deeply than ever, Miily laid hcii hand I, inqui- hrafie a ,ap- It her cheek gcowmg warm, "1 am urj. "Father;' B!ie said, in a lqur .lone "was it was it Mr. Anncs'e? of 1 rihom yu were speaking last night?" "Was it Annesley? Yes!'' he answer ed, with a glance of surprise and "Then" Milly slowly drew from her pocket tho note she had received the evening before "then T have mistake,'.' she said, faltcri.igly. tair Dudley left-thia no.0 for mr only a little while before vou came. I thought you alluded to him, iaslead of'"? - Iler trouble and confus'bn increased. Unable to finish, she turned her head away. Mr. Clare, glancing quickly over the contents ol the missive, had compre hended all. at ("nee. With a smilo, he rose from his chair. "Milly, Annesley bo exclaimed, in a well pleased voice, "it seems there has besn a mistake." Andso, indeed, there had. And Mil- y learned as a certainty now, what? until a Kiomcnt beforj she bal not even sus pected that it was Mr. Annesley, wbo on leaving her tho previous evening, had met her 'father ia tho village,J and re questing a few rnomints conversation th his old fiiend, had sought permis sion to offer hiiy-.elf to his daughter not Captain Dudley, as she had thought. ''So it was Captain Dudley, you re fused, Milly not Mr. Annesley?" he T7) Rf Tjiuisi TZfimiteican nf l.iflt. Sunday makes public at Iqngth ana iir-R rcvijod form a story put in circulation soaie time since in the Sedalii, Mo., DcJiocm?, tending to impugn the truth of history, which asserted that Marshal Ncy, Duke of Klchingea aud Prince of the Moskwa, had been shot in the Lux emburg garden December 7, lSio, I:s author, Colonel T'uonas F. Hons on, i a native of Iloustonviilc, Iredell county, ST. C , where he was born July S3, 1318. II3 was admitted to the bar in 1811, married ia 1815 a Miss M. .Hampton, a relative of tho Hamptons ; ef Virginia arid South Carolina, emigrated to Mis souri a year later, and since that time has devotod himself to farming and stock raising. Ho is the largest farmer of Central Miesouri an 1 has taken a promi nent part ia the scttfomcnt and develop ment cf that part of the State. His rep utation is that of an indus-rious enter prising, inteligent Christian gentleman. Colonel Houston ndaut-3 the difficulty of controverting an historical account of 60 important an event as the execution of Marshal N ;y, after ih acceptance by iho world as tiuo for over eixly -yearc. But be says, th3 opinion and facts ai "ivon ia Lis btatcment br.v3 not been o profound a secret as the world might suppose. His most intimate , friends have known for the last thirty years and more that be was fully convinced that tho old French teacher of tho Carolina! and Virginia from 1816 to the time o: his death in IS io was no other than the distinguished Marshal Ney. Genera! John Gibbon writos from Montana to say , t f I,. ir. 1 Q4 Q. Iirt-rrmnt-iin r-h i' - N. .C, employed thi3 old man, Mr, P. S Ney, to teach the languages to " his sons, at Oak Hill Academy, and my first recollection of him was seeing him ccme !to tha Post-office at Iloustonviilc for !d I mail matter.'. T was too venn Bt -th-it time to 3hApl, but in January, E 1 If r at breakfast 30 and kindly nd disposed to s trouble evi- ,on his mind. This causeofv rwjost paia. She Io".ged to opeavae subject thea aud there, again, to assure him a thousand time3 cf the innocence of wrong inten tions ; but she restrained beraaif. The moiHing repast was coadueted in quiet. Mr, Clare, almost frosa its begin Bing to it3 cl'jse,.wa3 engaged in his own re3cction3. When it was conclude ! he repaired to tb? library alone. Aud Milly wont up stair to her own room. Bat ten minutes had Bsarcely passed when word was brought her that her father requested her to come down into the parlor. Instantly obey ing this summons, eho left her apartment and defended to the hall tabw; wliero. sho met her fath er who wis at that moment leaving the nirlor "Milly," he said,' "Mr. Anncsley has come. He awaits yoa.M And passing n, be re-entered the library. With pulses slightly quickeucd,' Misj C are opened the door and entered, be T1. I said, softly, ''What will you me : say to I dare say you caa -guess what flm said, reader ; we all know pretty well that tho answer was detrimental to the interests' of Captain Dudley, as ho found when he called, that morning,1' on Miss Clare; and was much to las astonish meet, refused. The following from Mortou'a last installment in the North American lie, vie'io, expresses both apology for his conduct as a member of tho late Elec toral Tribunal and tho deepest regret for iis re-ulta: . "Though electors may bave bea chos en .by violence or manifest fraud, and though tho whole world may 1 know it. their votes must be received and count ed, and there ia no power in Congress, or anywlnre else, to reject such a vote. This is clearly one of the g eat imper fections of our astern to begin with. ; Wanted every one to be Pimples, Blotches, Bails, etc:, jshieh can bj done by j.urifyiug tho blood with Dr. Bull's Blood Mixture. free from tawba Springs, Gaston eeunty, N. CLito an old , man with a largo, bald" bead with a crreat scar across it. whoa 4he country people bad nicknamed "Marsha' Ney." Mr. O. G. Ford, of Netston, N; C, who went to the seboJ, is a'so con vincod t'iat- this !'. .S. Ney was the Prince of tho Moskwa. Ho was the executor cf Ney, who died at his bous ia Novenobcr, 131G, and 'turned over a manuscript to Mr. Pirncy Milos, a mem ber of tho Historical Society of Mew York, in 1847, with the understanding that ho was to unravel the mystery as to whether ' P. S. Ney was-Marshal Ncy. Mr. V, received' two or three letters from Mr. Miles, the last odc from 'Hur.opo, in which he thought there could J be but littlo difficulty in cstablisbing ftho lact for which tho. manuscript was placed in his hand.-. Mr. Ford Rays that when Ney received ncw3 of the deHh of Na poleon's eon, be threw a great many pap-re in the fire, his watch on tho flor, dismissed school, and he believes would have committed suicide if not restrained While Ney was 01 his death be 5 be would exclaim : "Oa my eauntry ! if I could only die in France 1" Dr. Robert Dalton remembers that the Governor of North Carolina in 1827 engaged Ncy to write a history of tho State, and was con vinced from a personal acquaintance with him- that he watho' Marshal. Finally, Dr. J. R. B. Adams, of Oak Forest, Iredell county, N. C, records a similar opinion. The bones of this man Ney are buried it Third Creek, grave yard. "Yitk this prelude The Neto Yoi-k IForAi givcs the Colonel's statement.in full, as fallows : Sixty years have elapsed since tho re ported execution of Marshal Ney, and history records it as a fact. Neveriho less, at the risk of being onsidere credulous and easily deceived, I will give you a biicf account cf tho life of a man who was known for over thirty years in South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia as P S. Ney (Peter Stoar Ney,) and with whom I was intimately acquainted and associated fcr a goad many years, and I do not hesitate to say. in my opinion, was the veritable Marsha Ney. I will here state that I can refer ti many persons still living who knew him, and know that there was a genera' belief among those who knew him bes that be was Marshal Ney. If my information is eorrcet Marsha Ney landed in Amurica in January, 1816, but I knew nothing personally of him until ten years thereafter. Abou 182G (lifty one years ago) my uncle, Co eaol Francis Young, of Iredell county father's rarvn tm to manhood a warm iriendship existed be tween U3, at hast on my part towarda him. ! lie was a man a little under six feet in hcii-bt, not much fleshy- but muscular, and wo 1 we'ghed about two hundred pounds. lie showed bis military train ing in his step and bearing. He was probably sixty years of ago when I com menced as his pupil Kis headw s qnite bald, and showed a scar oa one side which he said was a sword-cut in battle, He was marked with Bmall-pox. He was n good teacher and scholar, possessing the peculiar faculty of imparting iostauction, and taught mora for tho pleaura and employment wljich it afforded him than or the profit, as ho only asked hi board and $200 per annum. IIo spent his leisure hours in reading and writing, j read tho newspapers atten tively snd occasionally wroto for The National Intelligencer, Washington City and Tin Carolina Watchman, publish ed at Salisbury, N. C. ' It was bis cus tom to sit up very late, at night, only sleeping from four to six hours in twen. ty-four. He said that was a babit con tracted in camp, while in the army. It was evident ho was not an ordinary sol dier, but a man of-.rank and genius. lie was a Croat adjmirer ef Napoleon Bonaparte always epoko of him in terms ot tho highest . admiration. , and ut to the time of tho death of Bonaparte's son ho o!ten expressed his "determination ot returning to franco. 1 his was prob ably about the yea? 1S34 or 1835. He was greatly distressed bv that event: iwjmx "maut puvata pupmJ iu ma ica, at Charleston, January, 1817. He says ho noticed, ' after sailing, a man whose appearance struck him very fortR- bly as some one he ought to know. Ho' tried for several days to remember who be could bo, and at last it flasbed aorwr ' his miuT that it was hn old cbmmanrlet, : . Marshal Ncy. -Ho sought tho 0rst cppo tunity to satisfy himself, and ,tha next'- 5 " t.TraA tTi-m virtwOifl''tAftMcr mim am 1 : v -."SLr A-nlrftitl, ft ft "M m ' SfrTiTAi.l -w - ( . v. .-. w.uuwu a,u mux vvr.v, u t iu thouqht ho knew him, to which tho reply was, "Whom do you thirik I am" Tie said, "My old commander, Marshal Ney. He responded, "Marshal Ney was executed two; weeks ago, m Parjs,n and turning oround, walked directly. into bis cabin, nnd was not seen again by 11m during the royago altbou,rh tboj were thirty-fivo days reaching Charles ton. The old Frenchmars namo is Philip Petrie, and ho is or was recently an inmate of the Soldier's Homo at Mil waukee or Detroit, having been a Soldier . in the lato war. This corroborative statement I read in The St. Lovis Times, copied from The Dayton 0) Journal, in the fall of 1874, if I p not mistaken as t dalo. 1 have now in my co9Eeron Lis old Latin grammar, published ia il8!8, and in it there arc many aurto-jrapbs of M cim Ney (my old preceptor,) whio'u by parlson with Marshal Ncy's autograph as given under his engravings in the life of 'Napoleon and His Marshal?," can very readily be recogn;zed. To substan tiate my staoements 1 can refer to Dr. John N. Young, Watcrval 'ey, Mr. Lucius Q. Bitlcr, County L'.ne Post Office, Davio county, N. C ; also M vs. Mary C. Dalton-lngla Mais, lre- dcl. count j, N. Q., and Geaeral John A. iung, Charlotte, N.CL, ana ficores of o here yot living. The two first namea fcntlemcn wero his pupils in 1826. That Ney while da tho United States corre-poaded with foreigners I flndf conclusive evidence in the following, which I quote from a paper beforo ine ia his own handwritings Obliriou is, the common lot Of commoa men they d e forgot ; He who would live iu memory warm Must do much good or do much harm. ; Fame lifts her voise alone on hijm For those who fill ihe public eye i Down in the brief epkemoral tidoj . . Bin kb every manual a iwaiao TmmAfimieW nndf r itni- - possession, and fears wero entertained that his rcasoa might bo dethroned, and that ho mikt commit suicide. Al though previou tj that time he often spoke of his intcutioa to return to Franca, never after that event did I know bim to express uch intention. He had often spoken of it to mo; bad Bolieitcd mo to go with him, aud I had promised to do so. IIo was alway3 reticent whea withtran gers, and rarely if ever spoke ol himself nd L;3 connection witu tho urcucn armv, even to his ietimato friends, unless c htn!ie or bis tenrruo were loosened by an extra glas3 of wine cr brandy, and is eharactenstio . rc3 ro thrown ou. rben ho never manifested any boa?tful isDOsition. but sometimes spoko of his coauection with the army and the. part 3 had borne ia ita campaigns. He has narrated to mo his famous retreat from Moscow amid tho snowa nd across the rivers upon ice: how the ice bridge gave way under hia army, and drownod many of them; how they per- ishnl from hunger ant cold; now tne Jossacka hung upon his rear and flanks cutting f oft his men and slaughtering those v.ho from cold and exhaustion struggled and lay d6n in the snow to die ; bow ho marched on toot with ms men, and finally brought up tuo rear guard of a few hundred men, and how Napoleon embraced mm, and called mm "the bravest of the brave.77 J. once saw him taken up from the road in a stupor, after an ineffectual, attempt, to arouse him4 and laid across a horaO, to be ro moved by some negro men. This arous ed luai, and his farht involuntary exprc.s- s'en was: "What I put the Duke 01 lb chineu oh a horse like a sack I Let me down I ' la answer to the question whether he .eou'd ride ho answered i "Yei, I can rJ 1 '4h?j" and he quietly rodo7 o lie La3 rrjs j-1- of his suppoaecL yrosaid that history saitv he was executel, out tnat it was n t true." He said it was true tnat bo was sentenced and was taken out to be executed, and that the soldiers who were dctai cd to execute wm had been soldiers of his command: that as he walked by the file of soldiers he whis pered to tbcra to "aim bign." lie said his old c immaud was to "aim low at the hca-t." lie rafuscd to have bis eyes bandaged, and took his position in front of the platoon and gavo tha command, "Fire," That they tired and he tell, was pi onounccd dead, and his body givon to friends fur interment. He was con veyed secretly to Bordeau, where-be was shipped to Amcriea, and landed at Charleston, S. C. I have meditated up on and ! weighed theso statements tor (arty years and upward, but did not sup pose there oould be a witness living at this day Kho crtabi testify to the truth of the 6tatcxnts as gken by the o'd Marshal liiiosulf. But there I'vins now (if he lus not died lately) an old Frenchman w.10 once belonged to Mar shal Ney'n coumind. - lie stated that after the rapture of Napoleon and Ney he deserted from the French aruay and shipped as a seaman in December, 1815, from liordeiux, trance, landing m Amer Glions, written in stenography (except the proper name and date of month and year) is the toiiowing not mado .Dy him viz ; ' 4As was written ra a letter to J.'B. Poellintz, 8th May 1828, from Abbey vide, Va." ' . If timo and space permitted I could re late thovisit3 of strangers and foreigners, and their recognition ot eaah others oneo at the supper tabli in my father's house, and tho retirement of Mr. Ney and the stranger their remaining out together the greater part of tho night Ney diea ia Ilowan county, iN. U.,la the fall of 1846. Mr. O. G. Ford was his administrator. He left a large book of stenographic manuscript which I have seen many times, wuica was eupposcu i bo a biography of himself, and which 1 understood was givea up by M r. J? ord te some man who promised to translate it. Tho following original pocra-was writ tea by Mr. Ney in my sistcr'd album af ter tho death of Napolooa's sob, and af ter Ney had abandoned all hope of being able to return to France or of seeing the Bonaparte family restored t) tho throne; "GONE WITH TILE OLOETEi, GONE." Though I of tho chosen, tha choicest, ' To fame gavo her loftiest tone; Thongh I 'iaon; the brave, was the bravest My plume and say batoa are gone ! My earjle, that mounted to conquest, Ilaih stooped irora aiutuaa nigu, A prey to a Tulturc the foulest, -No more to revisit tha sky. One digh to tho hopes thai kavo periahod, 0 jo tear to the wreck of the past, One look upon all X havo ch rushed, Oua UBsering loan 'us tlie last. And now from romemhoranca I banish f The irlories which uhono ia my train. X Oh, vaniali, fond memories, vanish, KeUirn ot to sting me aaiu. ., May 23th, 1823. t 3- Nar. Now, assuming tho writer to be Mar ihal Nay, how could be have given ex pression to tbo disappointment and an-, guish of hia heart in mere forcible ajid pointed language! If he vas Marshal Ney, and had es caped execution in the manacr heretofore related, hia escape was by the connivance of soldiers detailed (or his elocution, aud the surgeons and officers superintending the same A knowledge ol the fact that he was still living would most assuredly caused death to thoso who falsely report ed ho had been executed. Again, if lus intention was to return to Franco whea i thti proper tiiaa. thauldb eorae (and I ' kuow that to be true;, would it not bo much easier for him to escape detcdioa , and get back, if it were riot known that ho was living? And what could Lave been a greater surprise to the whole world, or 6truck such terror into the hearts of those who were opposing the return of the Napoleonic dynasty te the throne er produced such enthusiasm amoag th? French people as a military proclamation from Mrhal Ney at the ue.ij cf the army of Napoleon 1 1, long after he was supposed to be slumbering in his grave? H is advent to sujh posi tieu .would protab'y bave been regarded as a resurreetien from the dead by mirac ulous interposition of Providence, and have drawn to his standard the entire French nation. - ...1
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