Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-11-07

with the names & titles of the family OF Conde
in.cr;i,ed upon it. heard funeral hymns 70
solemn musick, and observed some asn per,
sonapes in political garments, who surveyed
me with attention, as one they had never DC
fore seeu-There we're others OF the 1iotsy'
too, and number of penitents In hooas WIN
torches in their hands, and the procession,
moved slowly towards Notre Dame, the great
he'll of which l could distinguish above the
other bells of the city, and well did remein,
her the very different occasion on which haa
heard it but few months before-this recoi'
lection rekinded all my rage, but lei. re-
strained from every sort ofresistance, as II my
faculties had been benamb'd, and was toid
what words Twas to repeat aloud, ana oney,
ed The words were, 81 ask pardon 0: uod
and of the nation, for having dipped my hands.
In the blood Of Bourbon" " Ask pardon'
too" cried voice, which made me think
with horror, it was the same had heard be-
FORE. Ask pardon for tine murder ofcaptain
Wright, for the murder of Pichcgru, tor the
murder of Palm-ask pardon Tor the waste OF
human life in Syria, in Egypt, in lta'y' In
Germany, In St. Domingo, and in Spain--ask
pardon for the evils brought upon mankind'
in order to satisfy your own lnordnate ambi-
ton and selfih views ask PARDON TX was
obliged again and again to pronounce the form
of words which were dictated to me, till at
length I entered Notre Dame.--The walls
were hung with black, the Office for the dead
was begun, and there appeared these words
On tablets in various parts Of the church
" The prayers Of the faithful are desired for
the victims of the long and bloody revolution,
which It has pleased Heaven to put an end to-"
The usual prayers succeeded, and then, alter
an awful silence, Priest assembled the pulpit,
and in clear, distinct * solemn voice, 50 as to
be heard even by the numbers who had poi
been able to find room in the church, he said
81 Brethren, the vengeance of Heaven is
satisfied religion and law, and morality, and
good government, are once more establish
ed" Let US pardon our enemies, and par.
ticularly the greatest oil them all, the sinner
who stands before us. Do Tot let US reduce
him to despair let him feel that he dies at
peace with US. and let US hope, that he will
obtain forgiveness where it is far more es-
sentisl"-I felt as if / could have sunk into
the earth; bat suddenly the scene changed,
and was TO longer bound by the chain and
the horrid weight annexed To it, and found
myself in large hall and in the presence of
a number of persons whom | knew to be
Judges by the ancient dress OF the magi-
stlacy, which had seen worn by them In my
youth. Place yourself upon your knees, said
an Officer. and obeyed -. Napoleon Bona
parte. (said the one who seemed to preside,l
YOUR crimes have been committed in the face
of all the world, tie identity Of your person is
mockery Now listen TO your sentence
:. You will be conveyed from hence TO the
" Place du Carousel." where On gibSet 60
feet high, and in front of where stood the tri-
umphsl arch, raised TO your pretended glory.
by the fear Of those who trenlbied under your
power, you are TO be hanged until you are
dead and that the victory over your usurpa-
ton OF power which did not belong to you
may be complete, you shall go habited in
YOUR former Imperial robes" l have no
words to express TO YOU my rage upon the oc-
csson-I, was in vain struggled it was in
vain solicited assistance, the crowd seemed
10 regard me as some maniac whom it was ne
ccssarv to get the better Of | was dressed iD
rich robes, an Imperial crown was placed up
on nv mead, and | was forced into splendid
carriage. and dragged along TO scsfold, z.
the foo, of the iSnominieus instrument Of my
destruction. The ,Tiumpt,al arch had been
DESTROYED, and there yawned a newly made
grave, near where It had stood, with lofty
monumental pillar, On which were the words
- Here lies the body Of Napoleon Bonapare,
usurper and tyrant-the vengeance Of
Heaven, though slow, is sure"
Horror, rage, ard despair took possession
Of nv souI-lt is difficult. for me to conceive
how ] lived through the agony of such mo-
TIeut-but had yet more TO suffer. The
Priest Who had visited ne q, Vincennes TOW
approached. be. thrus, him from nc, and
stop. my ears 70 his exbortztions-I saw Mac
donald approach the scaffold on white horse
Il heard cry oe Vfve Il Roi. and suddenly
felt myself raised by the neck into the air in
all the paHss Of death, and yet unable to die !;
but whilst was wriihing with unuttersb,c
anguish, a noise was heard. and avaked-
it vas the ringing Of TIE bell 1T the head OF
rny bed, On The arrival Of important dispatches