Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-08-17
MrEaRIIITY OF FORTUNE.


Ii is stated in the papers, that the wife
lot joseph i3onaparte. has been ordered
under tie law of Amnesty as it is called,
Ito qpt Paris, as the law dies net permit
lazy members or connections of chat iami-
IS to remaip in France. We hear verJ.
little for some time past of the Cors'can
Joseph is in this country
Napoleon in st. Helena, Lucien we be-
leye IN Italy, and where Louis and Je-
son1e are We do not know Of if we heard
i've have forgotten. The great and de-
|cisiye BATTLE OF WA lERLoD, put
IA fnal end to h" revolutionary spirit and
Ito the reyolutioaists. The affairs of the
Iclyllized world feel the effects Of tina.
lGREAf DAY, and change is wrought
20 the whole circle OF national concerns
throughout Ed ope,
What an astonishing career Of fortune
mas tie bonapaite family experienced
lStaitlhE from obscuiity and drawn into
laotice oy circumstances comparattvel,
jacciuental aud insignificant, in the cour Sc
lot tew wears tbey became the most pow .
!'fiul and terrible race. that ever swayetl
the sceptfe. The head of the Dynasty
was at once Emperor and King. aud
stretched the rod of absolute rover oycr
the most tdr,nidable empire that the. world
lever beheid. al thA .nn:nent when he
lheld the reiuS Of almost uncontrolled &
iundlsputed dominion over Europe. one
10! his brothers Was king O! Spain, another
iAlng OF Holland, Z third kin: Of " est
phana, lis brv'he, -in.taw qas King Of
Hapies, and his step-son Vice-poy Of J.
italy. With what establishment must his
!muther, whs as far as We know is StiN
iaiixe, have iooked round upon her chill
| dren.- " tn what emotions Of mind, must
she have compared their situations ard
circumstances in 1910, with those theg
weie placed in by na,ufe and birth-wheu
on their native Island, they we're mingled
with the children OF their neighbourhood
pursuing The ordinary occupations Of their
lage, anu distinguished probably By no.
| thing but he humb!e character to which
lthey were born. We can scarcely con,
scelye of mind, even in slight degree
kprone TO rehec ton, which would not find
sufficient employment in contemplating
Ion the frailtles Of !,uman life. the vicissi-
Itudes Of human affairs, and the vanity
! Of human wishes. II Is, indeed, broba
/ bic, SO facinating are power and splen-
aour, and false glory, that as long a
lNapoleon shall exist, even in his rocky
prison. that the expectation and hopes Of
THE family will not absolutely become eX
tinct.-Ihey will probably, at least il
s0me small degree, cherish the thought
that some unexpected vici5.itade in th'
affairs Of the world may release him trou
his Punishment, and restore them tt
wealth. ane splendeur. and power. But
If BY sonle proyidential dispensation, hl'
life should be cut short, and he should
Ifall vichmso modification. veXation, o
disease, the probability Is, that the re
-Imaiader of TIE race would become as 90
Iscure and Insignificant. as they we're be
,lfore any member OF the fanny emisra
lied from the island which gave then
birth.
1 Whatever may be The fact with regart
lto their future lot in the world, it Ca
Scarcely fail TO be the case, that thel
lstarY, the mere narration of their llVe'
| ud ;.ctioIs, their rise ana progress, thei
| ines and downfall, Will remain unpa
ailelld in the history of mankind.
I alb. Ea;. .fdc.
The contagion Of disssipated manner
| SO deep, 50 wide, ana fatal, that Il
;ere called upon to assign the prsdoms