The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-05-03

TINS vessel paid no attention to the brig
The 2Sth at z o'clock in the morning, we
deserted the coast of Noli; at noon Antib.s.
AT o'clock the LIST of March, we entered
the Gulph of Juan.
The Emperor ordered the captain of the
Guard with 25 men to land before the rest of
the soldiers on board the brig, to secure the
battery OF the coast if one was to be fouhd.
This captain, Of his own accord, conceived
the idea of making the battalion which was
in Antilles, change cockades-He threw
himselfimprudently into the place, the officer
who commanded for the King, raised the
draw bridges and shut the gates the garii-
son few to- arms but it respected these old
soldiers, end their cockade, which they ven
Grated. Nevertheless, the operations of the
captain failed, and his men remained prison
ers in Antilles
At o'clock in the afternoon, the landing
in the .iulph of Juan was completed. We
enCamped on the sea shore until the moon a
rose.
At IL o'clock at night, the Emperor put
himself at the head of this handful of heroes,
to whose fate was attached such high desti-
MES.
Proceeding to Cannes, from thence to
Grasse and by St. Waller, he arrived in the
evening of the ID at the village of Ceneron.
having travelled the 1st day, 20 leagues The
people OF Cannes received che Emperor with
tnose sehttnehts, 4Which were the first pres
sage OF the success of the enterprise. The
Sd, the Emperor slept at Bareme; the 18th,
he dined at Digne. From Castellane to Dig
ne, and in all the department of the Lower
Alps, the peasants, informed of the route of
the Emperor, focked from all quarters to the
road, and manifested their sentiments with an
energy which no longer left any doubts.
The 5th, Gen. Cambronne, with an adj
vanced guard of40 grenadiers, took possess
sion OF the bridge and fortress of Siste-
ron.
The same day the Emperor slept at Gan.
with ten light horse and 40 grenadiers.
The enthusiasm with which the presence of
the Emperor inspired the inhabitants of the
Lower Alps; the hatred which they bore to
the nobility, sufficiently marked the general
wish of the Province of Dauphiny. At
o'clocl in the afternoon of the 9th, the whole
population of the city was on the road he
took
At. St. Bonnet tine inhabitants seeing the
small number OF his troops, and giving way
to their fears, proposed to the Emperor to
sound the tocsin, to call together the villa
gers to accompany him in a body. 81 No, said
the Emperor, your sentiments convince me
am not deceived in nv calculations Thew
are for me pledge of the sentiments of nv
soldiers. Those whom 7 shall meet. will
range themselves on my side; the more nu-
merous they arc, the more my success will
be assured. Remain tranquil then in YOUR hou
SEES"
Here follows tie description of Bona
tarfe's inrerUieso with the Detachment near
Grcno6le--7chieh is published in the Extra.
he guard and the so!d:eerrs kissed each o.
ther. The soldiers of the 5th tore out their
cockade, end took with enthusiasm and with
tears IN their eyes, the tri-colored cockade.
when they were mustered the Emperor said
tothem, g come with handful of brave
men, because reckon on the people and on
you; the throne of the Bourbons is illegiti-
mate, because it was not raised by the nation /;
1t is contrary to the national will because it is
opposed to the interests of our country. and
exists only in the interests of some fami-
lies Ask your fathers, ask all those inhabi-
tants who arrive here from the country round
you will learn from their own mouths the
real situation OF things they are threatened
with the return of the tenths, of the privile-
ges OF the feudal rights, and of all those abu-
ses from which your successes had delivered
you IS 1T not true, peasants ?" Yes, sire, :"
cried they with an unanimous shout =" they
wanted to bind us to the land. You come,
like an Angel of the Lord, to save us %
The heroes of the battalion of the 5th re-
| quested to march the first on the division
that covered Grenoble. They began their
march IN the midst of a multitude of inhabi-
N~SSp CNclv INSTANT. NlZIlle
distinguished himself by his enthusiasm 3" 1t
| is here that the revolution was born said these
| faithful people 1T is we who were the first
to reclaim the privileges of men it is still on
this spot where French liberty again springs
up and where France RECEIVERS her honor
| and independence.
Although oppressed with fatigue, the
| Emperor was anxious to enter Grenoble that
evening. Between While and Grenoble,
young officer of the 9TH regt. came to an
n9unce that col. Labedogere, actuated by the
nobiest sentiments, and hurt at the dishonor
with which France was stained, would aban-
don the division troops of Grenoble, & would
come by forced march to meet the Empe-
ror with his regiment In half an hour this
brave regiment arrived to increase the force
| OF the imperial troops. At nine that evening
the emperor made his entry at the Faux
bourg.
The troops entered Grenobie, & the gates
OF the city were shut The ramparts which
were to defend the city were covered with
soldiers, composed of the Sd regiment of the
corps OF engineers, consisting of about 1000
sapeurs, all old soldiers covered with honora-
bic wounds; of the 9TH regt. of artillery ::
the same regiment in which 25 years before
the emperor had been appointed a captain !;
OF bats. Of the 5th of che 18th, and the
faithful huzzars of the 4th.
All united in declaring that Prince inn
| posed upon them by foreign force was not a
| terminate Primer and tho, co,,IJ l..