Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1821-11-10
BONAPARTE.

Extract Of letter dated Pdyis, Sept. s
81 dined yesterday with DR.. Anto-
marchi, Napoleon's physician. You
will allow that one cannot help feeling
a great interest in conversing with a
person who has given the last drops of
water to such a man, and L therefore
readily accepted the invitation TO meet
him. The Doctor was very circuG-
spect; but have collected many inter.
esling sieauings from cow ersation with
him, which ! give you as got them.
BonaParte occupied himself often
with gardening: and under his ,mms.
diate superintendance, bowers and grot.
tos were erected in the garden at Long.
wood. Gen. Bertrand, Madam Ber-
trand, with the children, aud DIR: An
tomarchi, assisted him on such occa.
siuus. His usual dress was that ef q
Chinese gardener; NAPKINS and large
straw hat. Within the Last eight
months Of his life, he could scarcely
move out, and was obliged either to
rest on the sofa, or In his easy chair !;
he suffered considerably, and was in
consequence exceedingly morose; he
had lost full two thirds Of his corpu-
lence.
" His last words certainly were
" tete armee," but without any con-
nectiou; far what he uttered was in a
eonvu!sive state, and no other words
could be distinctly understood.
During his illness his son was the
principle topic of his conversation; he
never eoaversed on politics, at least
the Doctor said SO. Two priests were
seat to him by his mother, one an aid
man iBuunavita) and the other young
man. The first could not bear the ell
mate, and WAS obliged to return to Eu-
rope. Since their arrival mass was
read every day at Euugwood, aud The
Doctor said, f" I'LL est emorin en- bon
Chretien." BonaPatte expressed muci,
disgust at the old priests smelling of
tObaceo--he disliked smoking and
smokers. He had entirely lift off Ia
king snuff You have seen il noticed in
the paper that he sent present to La.
dy Holland: The circumstances that led
to it are extremely honorable 10 her la.
dyship. Lady Holland was never per
sonaily known to Bonaparte, bat since
his confinement she had been unremil-
ting in her attention to him, by con-
stantly providing him with articles for
his table, which she thought would be
agreeable to him and also by sending
him books, and contributing in MANY
o her ways to his domestic comfort
He sent her Cameo Of great value,
as token of gratitude; it was on
snuff box which the Pope presented to
Napoleon.
:" In contradiction to all the anec.
dotes in English and other uewspa.
pefs, the Doctor assures me that the
Emperor he never called him other
wise than L'Emperor} never had any
female attendant in his household, nor
was any one in attendance on him du-
ring his confinement at st. Helena,
The generation with which the
Doctor spoke of him is beyond any
thing Of the sort ever witnessed. Ia
speaking Of Bertrand, he always styles
him lie grand .WarechuL. Madam Ber-
trand was always allowed 10 enter his
room without being announced. Napn.
leon was quite resigned to die 10 ST. II.
he often eonversed with Antomarchi
Of events of bis earliest age,& recollec.
ted the most triflins acts of his child.
hood; The doctor being a native Of Cor.
sica, they generally conVersed togeth
er in the idiom of the island, which
was quite familiar to Napoleon. The
house at Lorgwood was exceedingly
small and uncomfortable, and damp he
yond conception the new house was
not yet finished, and it was Bonaparte's
intention, had he lived, never to inbab
il il.
/" The library of Napoleon consisted
of the best classics, and through the
kindness Of Lady Holland and other
friends, he had fresh supply of what
was new and interesting every three
months, sent TO him under Lord Ba-
tburst's seal. Dinner was always SER
we'd on the plate service d'argent J
with the imperial arms on it, Of w bich
he dined at St. Cloud.
/" Dr.. Antomarchi found a proper
stone on the island, with which he bad
prepared plaster, and succeeded very
well in taking a cast Of his bust after
his death; unfortunately, it had been
shipped to LeghorD else l might, per
hsps, have bad a sight Of it. The DR..
il d Intended il az present to the mo-
Their of Bonsparte, whom be styles
Madame Mere.
"The hair Of his head as well as his