Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-02-08
99ortlao>o:
Monday, February 8, 1918.
LATEST FROM FRANCE.

A fan failing pilot boat fchooneri the Poit-
Boy arrived at Salem on Thurfday in AZ days
from Marfeilles, France) from which ihe fail
is papers TO Dec eth, at leaf, If no. as late as
the 18th, a, is mentioned by one of the Bolton
papers--which CON ain various accounts from
the army deicribing ha, he Emperor ,joy-
ed pooi beah6-vERy GOOD HEALrH--rHE
BRsr HE ALTH-and tina, at the Ian intel
ligence hi, Majelty eont'"pei in perfect health
The idea, h viewer. that Bonaparte la, net
erjoyed the mon perfect health of la'e, is
rather strengthened by the Information re-
ceived from Mr. PUMA, the fupercargo of
the Poit Boy, that there was prevailing be
lief at Marieilles, as far ar people dared TO
eIprefs it. of THB EMPEROR DEATH.
No precife knowledge appeared to exilt upon
circumltance wa, that he was one day fhot
at, aud m fed by one of his own folders. The
folder wa, of courie Immediately after ihot on
the ipot The Emperor on fubiequent day
is laid 10 have been again fred a, by another
folder wounded, and not long after died
and this is faid TO have taken place a a pub
lie review It's alto reported that after he
was wounded, he laid violent hands upon
hmielf, and added iuicide 10 his other crimes
Circumfances are mentioned ia corrobo
ration of his death-fuch as irregulari,y of
eouriers, m, nerious and Gguifcant hints 10
letters, and kind of general indeciGon and
confuGon and more han all, that JUNcr had
arrived from The army TO take the govern
m.n, # the CT y of Paris, in coniequence, it
wa. fuppo.ed of shls event,
l. ia hkewfe laid lhat both Mr.. Putnam
aud Mr.. Hodge, of Philadelphia who came
pad.nger in the Polf Boy, appear to be firm
iy mp efied with me belief of NapoIeon's be
ing dead.
Our inlerea in the affairs of Europe, our pi.
Gus " fhes for 3ouasaTt and above all our ma
tural ,sHe for the marvellous, all confpire 10
awaken our attention IN powerful manner to
The uuih of this tremendous itoty-It i, very
CERTAIN that bciief of this kind ha. been gain
log ground Of late Anticipating The impreba.
bic account, in the Bulletin Of he Battle Of
Smo enjk hat the Emperor had heeu 10 no
perfcoal danger-whict fri gave rife 20 an APP
prehen6oD of The con,rary--ihe notion ba.
derived freng from 'he deiul,ory movement.
ofthe army after The Battle and he 6nguar
fupineneis of tho French at Mofcow-The &
lenee of the Bulletins aud all other accounts a.,
to any hing really fs,ionai about Bonapar,e,
who has never been kept 10 nuch in the back
ground before, is another fuipi ci.u, eircum-
ltance-The call of a council of war among
the French Generals, meafure 10 htsle ike
Napoleon, ha. been though to look more ike
preparation for what 10 TO folow- The fud.
den doubling of The guard about the perfon of
the infant king of Rome and the confp,ra,ors
peihflog as il Is faid, 10 the lag, in the truth
of their declaration, have alfo had their weight
', And again the tmperors accompanying the
army IN their retreat out of RulIia in carriage
with his b. other Murat aud another general
the only mode in which the faa could be con
cealed and at the fame tine appearances pre-.
ierved, Arons'y tring to mind the care with
which the death of Charlie. he Twelfth was
kept fecfe; until BIZ brother in law The Prince
of tlehe had time to catch the falling crown Of
Sweden
Theprincipa' damper upon this idea is, the
Gnguarity of its not being known or luggelted
to the Rufliin,, if it hip ened lately as they
are continually taking prifoners, and there are
: certainly Tome defertsrs from the French--I.
Teens hardly credible, that the tru h IN iurh a
cafe ihould not be whfperec through the ar
my--Ana one would iuppoie that the moit
diftsnt iufpcion OF the circumaance would he
, announced by the Ruff aus q, foou a. they
would victory.
Bur Whatever foundation there may be in
fact for fpecu afion. of this kind II is AZ leaf
true that for number of days Bonaparte had
; been in VAIN expected at Paris. where his pre-
: fence wa, becoming of the m ID eflen'ial i'm
J portance, II The laa accounts from he army
> may be depended upon, he was pc feetly fur
rounded by the Rufians on his retreat to Pc.
land /; and whatever may be the event Of the
preient campaign we have al LEAH the confolA
tion of knowing, tina, he can only go the
| length of hi. chain at Ian.
/, The Nts0s fom RaDa
7 I. truly Of a mon COMO my aud animating