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" lovu AAX IT WAVE o'er THE lano Or Tllti frek and thr HOME OF THE brave."
Vol. II:
MATAMOROS. JULY :!1, KS47.
No 120.
THE AMERICAN FLAG | would not consent, and the expedition re-i « uave spok* n of tht m rather minutely,
Is published Wednesdays ami Satordats, near j tum. d to France. Me was under iY.orenu, in ; in older lo notice inoie particularly the ex-
the corner of Bravo and Abasolo streets, in th«
Building known as the "Casa de Steambote," by
1. N. FLEESON *ND j. R. PALMER.
TERMS.
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MARSHAL GROUCHY.
The Caledonia brings the intelligence of
thedruth of this soldier of the Empiie.—
The Paris corespondent of the Charleston
Courier, who regards the character of the
deceased Marshal from the most favorabl
point of view, gives the following memoran-
da of his career.
Germany,and mainly contributed tothe sue- j taotrdinary intellectual movement "which is
cess of the battle of llohenlindtn. His j no* taking' pla.e among the nations compo
friendship for Moreau displeased Bonapajte, j^ing the Slavonic lace, and to which we find
who rewarded him scantily, though he trusted ! allusion made in some of the foreign journals
him largely Grouchy distinguished rum-
self at Friedland and YVagrain. He com
manded one of the cavalry corps duiing ihe
Russian campaign. He covered the retreat
of Smolensk, and was appointed commander
of the sacred squadron, composed ol gene-
rals and officers, and organized by Napoleon
for the security of his pe.son, in case of ex-
tremity. On one occasion he thought th»
that we have rec< tved. The fo.losing ex
tiact will serve a$ uu explanation of it:
K 'I'
There is now an extraordinary intelKc-
ta il movement animating all the nations oe-
longing to the Slavonic race, livery branch
of human knowledge is cultivated with more
or less success, according to the degree of
civilization to which those nations have res-
pectively arrived; but thesubject which par-
Sachet, N»y, Lffebvre, Kiilerman, and oth
ets. The tuneral services in honor of the
dec cast d were celebrated at the Invalids with
the accustomed pomp. The body was pla-
ced at the Invalids upon a rnagnific' nt rata
falque, aiound which turoriged many of the
old decrepid survivois of that brilliant era.
Soult. Gerard, Molitor, were there. Fiequent
discharges of heavy a.tillery added much t-•
the impressive character of the ceremonies
The son of the deceastd Marshal was
chief mourner. The procession, which was
about one mile and a half long, pass d from
the esplanade of the luvaiius along the ana-
iomy, by the bridge and place de la C»n-
ccrde, and the Boulevards, to Pere-la-Chaise,
where over the grave several harrangues
were deli vend in honor of tne marshal.
Marshal Grouchy's name is insepaiably
associate:! with many illustrious acts, and
particularly with the disas'ruus field o. VV'a
teiJon His fatal inaction is believed by nin-
ny to have divided the fortune of the dav,
and could n ver be spoken of or thought o
by Napoleon himself without bittern* ss. H
commanded aco ps of reserve cavairy. com
pos^d of 40 000 men, and might it is thought,
prev^nti d the junction of the Prussian
and Luglish armies He heard the thunder-
ing of tin; cannon in that direction, but would
not move. Gerard and Kxcplmans implored
iiim to advance. Grouchy showed them th<
wiitenorders of Napuleon and would no:
novp. His rule was—obty orders if you
break owners. The brave, v and fidelity of
Grouchy has never been doubted. He car
fiel to excess that catdmai qu .liiy of a so!-
wr—-implicit obedM uct\
Napoleon believed that Grouchy might
»avesaved him, ai d blamed th- marshal tnr
not assuming the responsibility and acting
""hout orders. But impartial posterity will
more just. Grouchy kn-w well the raas-
spirit that was directing; • he storm. He
Emperor treated him unju-tly and resigned . i i , .. .
u- L , r, 1 . ticula.ly engages the atleriiiou of S avonic
nw rnmmissinii : hi)Lnfu»r:i shnrr ° ^
writers is the improvement of ihair national
idioms, and the study oi their national histo.y
and antiquities. Every thiny which relates
to ttie past of those nations—historical docu-
ments, /tiiiional songs, proverbs, &c.—igcare-
luiiy collected and published, and all these
remnants of the olden time are the objecis of
an enthusiastic veneration. This reammution
of the nation il intellect among th>? Slavoni-
ans is accompanied by a peculiar circum-
stance—a ciicum tance which maybe pro-
ductive of 'he most serious consequence to
Europe; this is a tendency which is now
1111) 11! i tr r n w i n rr ^mAnrrKt <»ll tKn CLtf..».in
hi- commission ; but after a short retirement
he solicited to be restored, and was appointed
to a hiyh command in the cavalry Hiss- r*
•. icis were very biilliant in the campaign of
1814 and they wrung for him, from Napo-
leon, the Marshal's baton. He was not fa
1 vol ed by the restoration, and was prompt to
Another of the herons of .he Empire, Mar-1 "fk'0"^his [T" "'"S"T U>T 'T
, " . , . 1 . from Elba. It was Grouchy, that upon the
,W Giaachy, has gone h. im since he date E ,, abdicalion. ^ Na,,0|t.0n
II
proclaimed Ma pole
He wasa-onong the generals pioscrib'd
shul Gt
of my last. He was buried on the 10th inst.
i„ the cemeotery of Pere-la-Chaise, where b lhe , OTdinance ol Ju, 1K|5 ioco„
lie now reposes b sale his glo.iou, b.oibers lvhich he mired'to the Unit.d
ir. arms, uavoust, Alassena, Alacdona dJ«» , a a . i
" , . tvt f i L..... . ■ i Stales, and remained until permission was
granted for him to reiurn to France. While!
in the United States he published a defence
of himself against ihe attacks made upon him
in consequence of his conduct at the battle of
Waterloo. The wife of the celebrated Con-
dascet was Grouchv's sUer
lapidly growing amongst all the Slavonic
illations to unite into one whole; this tenden-
cy is generally known under the name of
Panslavism, a name which alreaJy crcates
much apprehension in Germany, and begins
to produce a sensation in France.
" The object of Panslavism is a mutual
reconciliation and approximation of all the
Slavonic nations, in order finally to unit«
From the Mew York Evening Post.
THE TWO RACES THAT RULE THE IVORI. D.
Our readers aie dou tless aware that iiom jthem into one political body. This gigantic
two races of mvn having sprung that portion |scheme is aidently promoted by the l< ading
of mankind who.at the present moment, hold [writers of the different S! vonic nations, al-
• ^ l ! . j i. 1 if .1 I - t t.i 1 m > '
in their possession the knowledge, the power
and the destinies if we nray so speak, of the
world. The two rac» s are the Teutonic and
•he Slavonic The former, having occupied
Germany with men who possessed th. milder,
is well is the moral elements of '-haiacter
in a higher degree than exisita in any ether
naiion, spread itself over western Europe,
absorbing the relics o( the Rornati Empire
and intermixing with the Gauls of Fiance
and inhabitants of Spain, and. through our
Anglo-Saxon branch, with the Britons, the
uici'mt inhabitants of England. Possessing
the highest elem m's of ihe human ehiruc-
ter, and appropriating to its improvement id.
the treasurts of human experience, wisd.im
and renuement that could be. found in Ath
ens, or Jerusalem, or Rome, thev have sub-
dned by th. ir energy, and ek vaied by their
improvements western Europe and the con
tment of America, the. thou-and islands of
the ocean, the southern poniop of Asia, ar.d
many parts of Africa Their course has
been one of great advancement in physical
power, i:i intelligence, ai d in the iinpiove-
mentof the hiji r talents of thj human ch it-
acer A progiessi-i thedevelopm- nt ot th
An eventful career. —Mr. YVells, who, re-
duced lrorn wealth and position to povtjty,
committed suicide the other day, mi\s the
Spirit of the Times, bad, it seems, a life mo;e
ch<queied with the ups and downs of this
wond than that ol almost uny man in the
slate, if not in the nation. He s< i v*c? rn r-p-
pienticeship of seven ytarsat 49 Jt.hn street,
with Aiaj Harper and Geoige i1. Moriisits
fellow apprentices; alierwaids procured a
midshipman's warrant, and sailid under Com.
Moi ris, in the fugate Brandy wine, in 18^.5,
which vessel had on board the Maiquis La«
fay» tte.
Mr, Wells used to say that the general
conferred a particular favor upon him, bv en.
.trusting to his care a rattle, snake, an opos-
sum, a gray squitrel a cock robin, snd a
poodle dog ! He afterwuids hnd the honor,
of sitting down to dinner with ihe I dy of
Loid Byron and the Duke ot Cla:er.ce.«—
He had visited eveiy port in the United 6' te»
except New Orliuuo and Chaihston; had
set type in ntn.Oit every printing ofiice from
Oiie end cf the Union to the other.
In 1819 he vtfus in Buffalo without a cent
in his pockit, but in a short time he eained
£150, with wnich he tenewed hisadvfiiturts.
He was onetime confined in ihe dungfen of
Buenos A \res; danced with the daughter of
Gov. Balcarce, of the ijiard, and titr ci'llda
root with the negroes on the const of Africa.
He built a saw mill and dam ucro.«s Bear
Lake, in western Michigan, and had filled
every station in a printing office fr< m devil
to edifor. He has sipped malte and danctd
amidst the giddy throng of Buenos Ayitan
!as?es, upon the pompat of San Isidro, and
ridden in his coach and four with the pointer
io the government.
Mr. Wells was Vice President of the firnl
though they greatly differ about the form in j Hariison convention ever held in ihe United
which it is to be accomplished. One party (States, at Nib'o's Garden. Ntvv York - and,
wishes for the establishment of a conPcieia- j i. is said wrote the first editorial in favor of
lion, composed of all the Slavonic natijns,!Gen. Ma.rison for the Pueidnicy. In fur-
each of them retaining its national iridepend j mer days he wrote with a deal of vigor snd
ent organization ; the other
most
confederation
vacates the establishment of one gre^t Sla-
vonic empire, or e.t least an aggregate cf Sla-
vonic states, under the protection of the most
poweiful of them. This last combination is,
undoubtedly, ihe most feasible cf the two,!
u im wicwi ic-iuiu iisnanonai moepenu- | mer uaysne wrote with a d< a! nt vi^or ^nd
organii<ttion ; the other party, and the !ability,'but of late years a chronic, aff, cticn
st in.live of til- m, rejects the idea of a jof the brain rendered him incapr.ble of any
federation as being impracticable, and ad- laborious duties, and. in fact, had causid a
kind of mental derangement, which accounts
for his many eccentricities.
Previous to his death he had been srma
time engaged in wiiting h:s biography, uhich
was nearly teady for publication. Ev pfr-
niis?ion of the o d man Hoqueut," it was to
be dedicated t(; the Finn. John Qumcy Adams.
ecauseit is much more easy to rally the
scattering parts ol th-.1. Slavonic race around
the only now existing Slavonic State. (Rec-
*it) and which already comprehends two-i „ ZT
thirds of the whole Slavonic race, than to', l.he frt&l Wnt. —The circumference or
fo* m a confederation of Slavonic natmus. I United States is about nino
which must p:*vjou.-|y aeqiirenn iiidepeud-1id five hundred miles in length. It
ent political existence, which thev do possess U!a>' br dix^ed thus: Boundary in common
1 » ilh IV'/-. ill A «j f\ .. .1 _
at p;eserjt.
" i'he realization of the idea of Piinslavism
with British No.th America. 3.700 units,
boundary in common wiih Mexico, 2.300;
Gu.'f
which ,«,»dlv tjaius grottad amor.gst allthe!cfs' of lhe coa.jt cf th
Slavotiiaiis beSnajht .vita'tCe 3r«t l.f ,#00;
est of dangers to the rest of Eat ope, hut par- . 1 ^ 'hus ""t!0Sl'd "'c!^'8
ticL.la.lv- to ..itrnaanv. A colli.L betwe,,, i ■"•aflv ten tho«M.nd m.les of R.wr and lake
I navigation, cf which two-thuds are in tl
cf
great pnn-iples of th. ir nature seems to be,the olavor.-ians and The Germans would be- i c\ S • ® 8 arrt 1n -
the prrsant destiny - f the race ;co.-ne uuavoidafile, because a Slavonic«mpire 1 valle>" of lhe .""Mtssipni. Geographers cl
On the other ha. d. the Slavonic race seems!compos, d ol different blanches belonging to 1 lort!^n ccuntri« have admitted that this ex-
to possess less activity, but a surprising pow-jihat race would not be consolidate d,x.^ept! lt*ns,ve C0I,R,rV has ihe most varied soil, cli-
^ sjjilVJ.!m:lle ar,d p:oduc»ions of any country on the
er or force of character. This is the
W;,Snt the post Njpoleon assigned to him.— numerous race ot Europe, and the nario.is
k.». _! . .3'-_ i 1*1 •• i . i j
most i hv estranging as much as po:sibh' tin. , .
joians from other nations, which may be dt>ue dC
of ihe rarth. The inevitable ccnse-
Napoleon knew lie was there. How was I which compose it occupy not only the larg^thn the most effectual manner by coniinualiv i(]',cr>ce "t this is. that its capabilities lor pfp-
pouchy to know, that if he lefi that post on j portion of its territory. b'it the wlmh of A-ia {appealing to th'ir nation.-.! antipathies t.;.; ul^tion and wealth are coriesponding'y gieat.
"sovvn respo- sibi ity, he might not defeat.!10 lh° fifty-second degree of l-ttuiide. Th; 'wards the German r.c?, from which it has
'•is p.'ido from Napoh on hims If. Em <n- i Caspian sras. and even the Pacific
^l. Count of Grouchy, belonged to the an-!from the f.wn regions of the Northaio cinnati Timea
f'ent nobiiity 0f Fiance. He was bom in ocean to'.ho Caucasian mountains, and al
j 'iti* in 1? i. i i ^ i • 1 . m<.ot tku £■ iinf/ic .*> f j ^ t»
The El-pill/'t is in danger.—The Cin-! gov; rnnic-i.t—everyone as dnul;b supports
iikle for the follow- government; tlmt is, if he lick. r& it. a liccns*
j..... , .. , .. BW. * . •,d house. Ev. rv bhssed drop of lick-r
'j* ,n I'M-ta I7S5 he was appointed an m-st to the shores of ihe Medueranean —, ° i that n« 6walle.a ihar is taxed t-. n y .he ,«la.
m->r i„ ,he Kind's body guard; but upon 'l''10 popolatmn of the Slavonic nice is now! An old gentleman iron taecountry, whose , lV 0[ them ar grate offici rs. su« h *
I " br-i.king out of the revolution in I7c9, estimated at nearly eighty mi lions, and the,son volan'eered incapt B.o.46-u'scompany j4U,f|
d n lib»rnl t< ndtnev, which soon ter itories which it occupies present facilities1 °f Hough and Ixesdy rndcts^vasexp fining to
C lh^ him to leave the yuHids, and served f°' :in indefinite incrtase in its numbi r.-, of our citi/.eos, yesteid iy, ihe admirable
111 the republican arming as colonel of dra-' whereas western En cpe j$almost ev-n now q talk ea his son oosaessed ior a sol-.i.r —
'"'"IS His s» rvires in Vend e against the overstocked wjih inh ibitunis. Such being t he oid m in iuvmg t>au ihe call ol the gal
VtMY vah,abl' and efficient — 'he fact, it is apparent that the destinies of, hun captain for patriotic young men, who | raortallV hate it. |f I folletd trv own it, i-
'799. hew*a J-r.u.. »h:,i roniiornt m «y . Itim.Uely fall into the; wish'd - to see.the e.rpha..t,M remarked | r.atioits'l'd rather di ink butter milk, or em-
jvi.nic nations. Circumstar.- " ^ "V. si*, he aint aleard o' r '1
corpora'ions, hir coi iuibhs
n a; oi s
'tS.ei-ns
and euctom hou«i gentl< rti'-ii. S cse u e
was to q :it diiukiu', why goverurneni mu-t
fail ; it LOtila..'t help it, lo how. *i". ;;:'t »L«*
veiy re .sun I d inks 1 don't iiU gii j— I
»rm 1 Wi1s sero«d in command of the 'hat continent
CL l ",ed fo' ,he invasion of Ireland, and hands of the Si
ger pop, or Dearborn'* soda water. Eut
^Ollld h *»"f 1 Ml i I ridlJU, iiriu v * "i » r I * r% iJ
Of th fl L d,d,in sPit,>0f the dispersion ces attach more than an ordinary int re^t to ami-he s ptrfec ly uc^erate, ui.d should be i iic|<ors ,or the good ot inv count v to set _
ketlu n ,lnr,n' wi,h the small force whatever relates to their political institutions fvir come across that elephant 1 wouldu t . xample of pntiiotism and vircbtious
cul(i collect, but the French Admiral or intellectual development ! wonder if he killed it. Its just like him nial to the rizin' giuera'ion "
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Fleeson, Isaac Neville & Palmer, J. R. American Flag. (Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico), Vol. 2, No. 120, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 31, 1847, newspaper, July 31, 1847; Matamoros, Mexico. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth478941/m1/1/: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.