Before he reached the village the main body of the Prussian force was on its way to Waterloo, but one division had been left there to occupy his attention.  Engaged in skirmishing with this, he paid no attention to the advice of his subordinate generals who, hearing the terrible cannonading at Waterloo, besought him to go to the aid of the army there.  Napoleon believing that he was either holding back Blucher’s forces or was hotly pursuing them, did not recall him to the main army, and the decisive battle was lost.  Grouchy was summoned before a council of war, but the court declared itself incompetent to decide his case, and nothing further came of it.

OUR NATIONAL CEMETERIES.—­National Cemeteries for soldiers and sailors may be said to have originated in 1850, the army appropriation bill of that year appropriating money for a cemetery near the City of Mexico, for the interment of the remains of soldiers who fell in the Mexican War.  The remains of Federal soldiers and sailors who fell in the war for the Union have been buried in seventy-eight cemeteries exclusive of those interred elsewhere, a far greater number.

In the subjoined list are given the names and locations of the National Cemeteries with the number therein buried, known and unknown.  We have no means of knowing what cemeteries also contain the bodies of Southern soldiers: 

      (Location):  Known; Unknown

      Cypress Hill, N. Y.:  3,675; 70
      Woodlawn, Elmira, N. Y.:  3,096; ——­
      Beverly, N. J.:  142; 7
      Finn’s Point, N.J.:  ——­; 2,644
      Gettysburg, Pa.:  1,967; 1,608
      Philadelphia, Pa.:  1,880; 28
      Annapolis, Md.:  2,289; 197
      Antietam, Md.:  2,853; 1,811
      London Park, Baltimore, Md.:  1,627; 168
      Laurel, Baltimore, Md.:  232; 6
      Soldiers’ Home, D. C.:  5,313; 288
      Battle, D. C.:  13; ——­
      Grafton, W. Va.:  634; 620
      Arlington, Va.:  11,911; 4,349
      Alexandria, Va.:  3,434; 124
      Ball’s Bluff, Va.:  1; 24
      Cold Harbor, Va.:  672; 1,281
      City Point, Va.:  3,779; 1,374
      Culpepper, Va.:  454; 910
      Danville, Va.:  1,171; 155
      Fredericksburg, Va.:  2,487; 12,770
      Fort Harrison, Va.:  239; 575
      Glendale, Va.:  233; 961
      Hampton, Va.:  4,808; 494
      Poplar Grove, Va.:  2,197; 3,993
      Richmond, Va.:  841; 5,700
      Seven Pines, Va.:  150; 1,208
      Staunton, Va.:  233; 520
      Winchester, Va.:  2,094; 2,301
      Yorktown, Va.:  748; 1,434
      Newbern, N. C.:  2,174; 1,077
      Raleigh, N. C.:  625; 553
      Salisbury, N. C.:  94; 12,032
      Wilmington, N. C.:  710; 1,398
      Beaufort, S. C.:  4,748; 4,493
      Florence, S. C.:  199; 2,799
      Andersonville, Ga.:  12,878; 959
      Marietta, Ga.:  7,182; 2,963
      Barrancas, Fla.:  791; 657
      Mobile, Ala.: