Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-11-04

and the 6ehirci- character this wonderful man; bu
they have all bccn much inged wild, prejudice positive
fls.o> that believes them. They have been
sidcr, canit intended to deceive, d.
rrtuSThe following 10 be stampt with the
marks orawhentc. Ithas h,sie, the merit OF pre-
,etin this hero, after the extraordinary disaster which
.he world has beeld the of al
his nisiorures, ofh,s final downfall, and OF the
affairs Of worldihc tide had Ii gun ebh, las
yer ceased 30 FALL until has tf, him dcsote the shoals
BUON:4I'.qRYE .7T' H.2i2S.qH, IN Deem
Le.', ist2.
Nj. de Pradt the ,itular Archbishop of Nreehin,
who employed by Buonaparte rs his a,Bbassa-
dor ut Warsaw, has recently published in Paris
work entitl,d Stoire e,c0c;e de P.fiu6GSSGde de
PotogRe" This episcopal en'ey having been at
Warsaw when The French army was totally des-
troycd ia Russia, presents with the following
curious details respecting his interview with Bona
parte in his SIT tnrough that city.
:" At last the 10th Of December came. ! had
just received di5patc h from the Duke Of Bassano,
announcing to me the approaching arrival of the
DIPLOMATS Corps, which hsd spent the summer Mt
Wilma. was waiting reply, and stating how in
convenient it would he for them 20 reside III an o.
pen city, in face ofthe enemy, when tue door Of
my apartment opened. AID gave admrsnce to
large man, who walked leaning of mY Sc
cre taries of Embassy, &c Cone along, follow me-"
aid this phsnton His head was enveloped liz
black tafety; his face almost lost in the folds of
fur in hch it was buried, his gait unwieldy from
double rampant OF fuired boots. rose, went up
Ia hir, and catching some traits OF his profile, re-
cognised him, aud SAID, - An is it you, CauliR-
court, Where is the Emperor ?-Nt the hotel OF
England lie is waiting for YOU. Why did not he
aght az TIE Palace He docs not wish to be
known. Hav7 you all that you want five us
some Burgundy and Malaga wine. The cellar, the
house, all is at orr service. But whittier you
u no longer exists, said Ia, raising his eyes % Hea
ven. But tlst victory of Tic Bcresiua aad
these GOO0 prisoners of the Duke of Bassaro -
We psssed--Some hundreds OF men escsped--We
had something else to do than IN watch them -
Then takn2 him bv the arm, said to him, " Nous
Duke, il is high time TO ,,iuls OF this, and that all
the true servants of the Emperor should unite in
telling bin The truth. NhHt stuff, he replied, at
least have reason 10 reprotc!i myself for having
concealed il. But come, let us 81, tHe Emperor is
waiting" hastenec into the court, along the
STR ct, and reached the Hotel Of Eog'and il was
half past one. A Polish scnsrms $40 centinel Mt
the gate the hotel keeper surveyed me, hesitated
munent, ard then ietme PASS his threshold.
Obse rved ia TIE yard small travelling che noun
ted or s!edge formed Oi = pseces ut hr plaHb-it
vas half broken. Two Other open slcds,s served
70 convey General l.,i bvre )esnOuettes ard suo-
thcroiiicer, the Ma'neuse Russian, and valet.
| Such was all that remained %. so much grandeur
and magniiiccace. Gionght the winding
| The door ola small ground floor parlour opeaei
| mysteriouaiy, short Dialogue ensued Russian re-
| coguised and ntlushieed the cloth laying
! for dinner. The Doke Oh NicenZa went IN and an
\ nounced ne TO the Emperor introduced, and left
/ rGe with him. H. was in 4 smallireezing room OF
1 the floor, the shutters half closed to otect
| his SRC027Hfo. \ dirty Polish chanberu;i was
blowing Justify order 20 mskc fire Of green wood
burn, aad which in spite Of nj! her efforts, threw
| bout more moisture into The chimney cornor than
70 nt,fs
hu,nau greatness never had charms for me. 1 pas
sed without interim date step from the at
Dresden I, this at wreehzd inn, never having seen
! -, - - ,SI3 I-tl. 3 Ut r" c.''t &C.
I sn'crr & 800 - : :, --.5aTT- s--.-.
Tho Emp ror, usual, wair42T ;: sizes i 70
chamber; he hai come on foot from tie bridge of
| igaga to the hotJ Of Englau' l found hin w-aot
up IN superb ptlisse, turned IN with green, with
| 10 sahccEt Id trimmings; lis head was CO cred
with sort # furrcd cOW', ard he heather hsois
eiveopei with tur. 50 Nh, Mr. Ar.ba sad1r sail
| he. srcTg. 1 Hpp"Oachod him with y!vaci.y and
with that accert w ch 'cc!ine alone pieces snI
can excuse su'i,ct towards S,vere;gc---I sid
9 you are well you have caused me great alarm
nu' ~ last hers ynu are sni giqi u see y1u "
Al III was uttered fapidly, ard in tone which
must hsve shewn hi what p2ssing within ne
He took no notice f Il. nomant utter, aesi.teI
him ia tske oi' his pelisse How ar matters
ttis cou'try, sail he Upon this resnming nv
cl racter, aud r. tting tothat diEtance from VII ch
very eXcuslt.e feeling under such circumstances
lind Tor r. Oment wit drawn me, { aced out to
him, with ai the discretion cesuN 70 he observed
towards al Sovereigns, bit particularly with n
lrnce hi humOur, picture Of the then .tate o.
the Duchy it was By means brilliant hale
ven that morning received a port 0f an .fir which
iti taken place on the bug, near kriIjw, in whch
TWO Datta1ons o. the new leyies hal thrown down
their az the econd fire, also that e 200 nor
sfs al these troops, 500 had been lost Tor want of
care on thepart e these raw elders sides, that
5000 Russians with cannon, we're marching u1un
HanasS. told him, and insisted upon it rs bscnin-
ing the dignity Of the Emperor and that ofihc Con-
federation, thai the Embassy and the CounciI ahouId
Sip away without noise before the arrival of the en-
etuy and pointed out hOw iuconycnieit il would b.
iorthe diplomatic corps to rem.in at Warsaw.
spoke to hin, oftie distress Of the Duchy and of
the Poles he denied this, and briskly asked -
Who then has al Ell them -" What tey have
done f'r these six years past;" Irepled, "The
scarcity oi last year, aad the Continental system
which deprivcs them of sill commerce" At these
words bis eyes caught fire. (" Where q! the Pros
Sans r. told him he was ign0raHt gift; {" Aud
tic AuStrisHs P'--i told h;n. sit is 4 fortnight
since heard any thing olthem,- And General
hfgnier Z" told him. tod him Of all that the
i'Hcby had do ell for tie suusittcucco IF the army
hc ka.w nothing oft. spoke tohim o TIE Polish al
my :" have seen none oil them durlg the cam
pasn, hc replied * planned TO him why * how The
dispersion oi the P0s troops had in eff render
ed oluOst y.s.tle an army &c 81, coo men. What
;he wish ot the Poles p " To BE- Prursans If flay
cannot be Poles" " Aud Why rot Russans ," ssI
I've, With an air o! irritation. explained 10 III n the
grounds OF I've ailach'aeut Ot the Poles 70 the pis-
sian Government; be lad 10 suspicion OF them.
was toe oct cracqua'ntcd viii them, because the
evening before some Ministers 81 ihc Duchy having
stopped with me comfortable tme after d'nper
came w tie coHciuicn that they ought 70 embrace
the Prnssan Government ~ their plank Of safety
ir n ship vrcck. "Ycn thou,snd Polish Cossseks
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