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The Yacht "Gnome." By DAVID GRAHAM ADEE V. Conversational Arithmetic. By W. A. CAMPBELL, Lieutenant U.S.A. 199 VI. The Soldier's Leisure Hours in a Western Army Post. By W. W. PRICE 226 232 Entered at the Post-Office at Philadelphia, and admitted for transmission through the mails at second-class rates. BEING EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF A STAFF OFFICER OF MARSHAL DAVOUST. WE begin our quotations with a letter dated "HAMBURG, August 21, 1813. [After referring to some of the new rigors visited upon the citizens of Hamburg by the French authorities, the writer proceeds :] "But these are trifles in comparison with the financial measures proposed by the new governor, Marshal Davoust, who recently imposed on this city a retaliatory war indemnity of forty-eight million francs. This stupendous sum was to have been paid on the 13th of June, but as not one-fourth of it would have been realized by turning every Hamburger's pockets inside out, nothing came of it, despite repeated threats of coercion and personal punishment. Regardless of the fact, however, the marshal did not abate one penny from his demands, and ordered the arrest of about forty notable citizens and municipal officers, several of whom were of advanced age, and had them escorted towards the French frontier without giving them time to take along a change of clothes. "No one knows how it will end, except that the marshal cannot extract blood from a turnip." "WISMAR, MECKLENBURG-SOHMERM, September 10, 1813. "MY DEAR FRIEND,-You will see from the above date that we are also on the eastward move again, though perhaps not destined to go farther than this point, where, after our defeat at Hamburg and Luneburg, we were not expected to be seen again. But the fortunes of war have many surprises. Since I was here last the natives have remarkably improved their sources of information and means of communication. It is astonishing to see with what accuracy the intelligent classes are posted upon the resources of France at this critical moment. They are counting our men, our guns, and our dollars, and, contrasting our present patriotic swagger with our former vigor and activity, are reaching the conclusion that we are now playing our last trumps. "If Napoleon were to suffer a serious defeat so far from us, his vanquished army could not even hold out its hand to us on a retreat, and we would be terribly exposed in this distant and fanatical region. At the voice of patriotic poets every one is girding the sword for a holy Marshal Davoust is still governor of the Hanseatic towns and commander-in-chief in Northern Germany. Let us hope that his prudence and energy will save us from a disaster like that of Luneburg when the evil days are upon us." war. "BERGEDORF, OPPOSITE HAMBURG, October 29, 1813. "Back again to where I first began many years ago. This time there can be no mistake. Our defeat at Leipzig must have been very disastrous, since our authorities claim to have no reliable news eleven days after the battle. Meanwhile everything indicates a concentration of Davoust's command in this vicinity. "The natives circulate the report that several of our garrisons east of the Elbe have been forced to capitulate. The popular enthusiasm can barely hold its breath right under our noses." THE SIEGE OF HAMBURG. From notes written during the winter and spring of 1813-1814: "For some time past we have been closely besieged by Swedes, Russians, and Prussians, and the mailing of letters is out of the question. There are no furious attacks and no dashing sorties, but simply a patient waiting for the inevitable end, of which irrepressible hunger will fix the day and hour. The luxuries have long been beyond the reach of soldiers and citizens, and the necessaries are beginning to be rationed out with prudential care. "I am again quartered with the kind old friends whom I learned to appreciate on my first advent to this city, and when not on duty am enjoying as pleasant a time in their midst as circumstances permit. It is wonderful what one is enabled to find out about human nature in times like these. "I have abundant leisure for jotting down some of my observations, and in due order of importance will begin at the top. "Marshal Davoust, governor of Hamburg and commander-in |