Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1811-02-25
GoldSmith's Secret History.
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Bl1ke's Lettr.
Napoleon Bonaparte Is the reputcd son
Of The Gye6ey (town clerk Of AjAccio in
Cu1sicA F; IVY. was the second son Of his mo
ther duting her marriage with his reputed
father. General ;he Marquis of Marbeuf,
who was in Corsica as French Governor,
was the avowad protector of the family.
The meaning Of this win be easily under
stood When he returned TO France, he
took with him three sons, Joseph, Napole-
IN and Lucien. Our hero was placed by
his protector Al the military school at Bril-
enne here he had an amour with young
girl Of that lace she had loved too
we'll" and proved pregnant her disgrace
and the disgrace Of her Parsmour we, e All
tciFated the latter began his career Of
poisoning and murder, by administering
dose to this unfortunate yOuRg woman.
1t seems that his scLOo! fellow DupOnd
made the circumstance own. From that
time 20 this there mas aiw.ys subsisted be-
tween him and BOnaparte, what The French
term mauUais song, III blood.
II Jhe year 1885, the Marquis of Mar
bout died, and Napoleon not having the
means Of supporting himself IN the ch2T
acter Cf gentleman, was obliged To return
To Corsica. From that period ill he was
sent OF the isleud, n the year 1898, by
General P4uii he was guilty Of crimes Of
every description. In tie }car 1890, when
there was Revolution i'll Corsica, lie was
msde an officer in the national guards bur
81 much was lie d,si GeI III ms native place,
that lC COuil not tong hold The post
T. tie year 1893, he arrived At Marseilles
VII. .i mother and sisters, who were sent
oifthc island On account Of these women
having kept house of accommodation, i'll
which every species Ut vice was encour-
aged
AZ N -raeillcs lie met with one Of his
cousins ut tine name Of Arena, who was an
officer i'll Tie Atliilery, and VINO had inter
est enough 10 recommend hum to Barras
and Freron, the Pro -COnsuls at Marsei!les
from them tie Obtained 8 second time an
officers commission an the artillery. HIS
gratitude To tbs cousin and benetactor Are
ma will be seen hereafter.
Shortly after his appointment. his regi-
ment wss ordered aWay 10 take part IN the
siege OF Toulon, wAere he and Arena So
much distinguished themselves, that Bar
ras promoted hen. to the rank Of adjutant
general.
Afier the taking Of that place, Bonaparte
was employed A. q SPY BY bArras, not only
upon lis brother officers II their private IN
tercourse, But At The coffee houses, tables
d'hote, &c. His comrades soon discover
cd lie nature Of Its OCcu. auOn, and scarce
IN sny one of Them would associate with
Inn, ~ even speak % him. His cruel dis
positiOn had now manifested itself in varl-
Gus instances lie was complete terrorist,
mad. .r-ecLuS in bad French at the popu-
tar socig ties, and was guilty Of such inde-
cenciea f. g lie people Ut TouiOn will never
forget.
Ills regiment was then ordered to Nice
IL was there tnat lie made an acquaintance
with his now brolher-in .law Murat. The
bad conduct Of these wretches caused Al.
bry pro consul al Nice to Cashier them, and
they were striped Of their epaulets at the
head Of their regiment BUnaparte was
put in prison, and afterwards ordered to
quit The town.
THIS man, who at this day calls himself
the Emperor of France, and assumes the
dictalion Of Europe, then proceeded on foot
to Paris, where he arrived in great dis
tresS.
Carnot as then in the war department
~ the Committee of Public Safety: Napo-
lcon was a constant besieger ofthe door of
Barrss but such shocking reports having
been received from AUbry, he never could
gain admittance. He then found his way
20 Freron, where he saw TalIien for the
first time, and who gave him an assignant
Of II 600 livres, then worth about eighteen
shillings sterling
The interest made for him by these men,
could not however get him restored TO tue
army he s.hl persevered, and he quality
ofperseverance | DO not deny him he &C
cupied himself in forming and presenting
plans and memorials 10 different members
Of government all was however without
effect
To give nv readers an idea Of the ex
tremty Of his distress, l must observe thai
in Paris, many men who have no means Of
subsistence but gambling and swintlIinG. so
10 the coffee houses and sit round the stove,
which IS planted in tie middle Of the roon,
because they cannot afford firing their own
lodging such was the situation OF the
| mighty Napoleon at this time lac thus
lounred At the coffee house CorazzAi where
be row owes long scolec