The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-10-01
VOICE FROM ST. HELENA.
From DR.. o'Neara's oice. from 81. Heie-

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Napoleon did not content himself with
merely ietortag on the motives of his ira
ulueens. hAhcneser there appeared am
color for the accusation, he went nj length
into the real laels, stating Wlat took place,
aud what he had To say in his yindleation.
Thus the three accusations against BIN, the
poisoning of the soldiers, the massacre Of
the Turks, aud the death OF the Duke
D'lsnghien, he minutely enters into. lie
states the circumstance which gave rise 10
the report OF the first, which he asserts m
yer happened at al, and adds that there Is
no person III England nnW more convinced
oilts lalschood than the person VI he gave If,
Sir Robert Wilson. lfthis be the fact. Sir
II. Wilson is called upon by every feeling
which ought To aetudte an honorable man,
10 come forward manlnlly aud confess his
transformation, The destruction Of 1900
Turks he aNows aud nstilies; appealing
10 every man IN Europe lnr his jus
tlGcation but war, we are afraid, has little
connectionnlth morality. Abiding To the
death of the Duke D'Enghefl, he says he
was clearly implicated in The conspiracy Of
Piehegru and Morcau. We take at ran
dom one passage on this subject which IL,
however, frequently discussed by Napoleon
at much greater length WemUsi premise
thai he uniformly impntes the.dcnoaement
To the perseyerng mstigation Of 1alley-
rand
1t was found out, continued Napoleon,
"bY the confession of some 81 The couspi-
rators, that the Due DE ghen Uas an ar
coDiplCp, and that he wac only waiting ON
The frontiers of France for the news of ny
assassination, upon receiving which he WIS
10 have entered France as the kings lloutc-
nant Was | 10 suffer that the Count
D'Artos should send parcel of miscrcanls
to murder nc and thai prince ofhis house
should ho,er on the borders oil the country
governed, M order To profit my assasslna-
ton IN retaliation for the numerous attempts
of the Kind that he had before caused TO be
made against me- | gave orders To have
him seized. lie was tried and condemn
ed by law made long before | had
any power IN France. He was tried by n
military commission formed Of all the CO.
lonels OF the regiments then in garrison At
Paris.--lle was accused OF having horne
arms against therrpuhllc, which hc did not
deny. When before the tribunal he bcha-
we'd with great bravery. When he arrived
at Strasburg, he wrote letter Ia me, in
which he offered to discover every thing if
pardon were granted To him, said that bis
family had lost their claims for = long time,
and concluded BY offering his services 10 me
This letter was delivered 10 Taleyrand,
who concealed il until after his execution
Had the Count d hrtois been IN his place,
he would have suffered the same fate, and
were now placed under similar circum-
stances, would act in II similar manner
As the police" added Napoleon, did not
like the evidence of Mehcc de Ia TOuehe
alone, they sent Captain Rosey, Il man in
whose integrity thcy had every confidence,
TO Drake at Munich : with letter from
Mchee, which procured him an interview /;
the result oiUhlrh confirmed Mchee's state
mcnt that he was concerned in IA plot 10
torrasser le premt'r CONSUL no matter by
What means."' Vol i. p. las, 451.)
" Napoleon showed me the marks of Two
wounds, one a very deep ciratlicc above
the lelt knee, which he said he had rcceiy-
ed III his lifst campaign Of Italy, and il WAS
Of 80 serious nature, that the surgeons
were in doubt whether ii might not lie III
tlmairly necessary 10 amputatc. He oh
served, thai when he Was wounded il was
always kept secret il orlernot 10 discon-
rag HE soldiers. The other WIS on the
toe, aud hal been received III Erlmuhl.-
Al the siege Of Acre. continued he II
shell thrown b. Sydney Smith fl at my
feet. Two soldiers who were close By !,
seized and closely embraced me, one IN
front aud the other on one sid, and made Il
rampant OF their bodies for me against tie
effect Of the shell, which exploded aud o.
Whelmod Us with sand We sunk INTO the
hole formed by IT, bursting one of them
was wounded. | made them both officers.
One has since lost a lcg at Moscow, and
commanded 1T biuc"nncs, when left Pa
rs. When be VIZ summoned by The Rus
slang, he replied that a. soon rs ihty sent
him back the leg be had lost at Moscow,
he would surrender the fortress. Many
times ia my life continued he, have been
saved by my soldiers and officers throwing
Themselves before me, HheuI was in the
most eminent danger. At Arcola, when
was advancing, colonel Meuron, my AID
dc-calnp, threw himself before me, covered
me with his body aud received the wound
which was destined for rac lie fell at my
feet, and his blood spouted up in my face.
He gave his life to preserve mine. Never
yet, believe, has there bceusuch devotion
shown by soldiers a. mnc have manifested
for ne. In all my misiotuncs, never has
the soldier even when expiring, been want
ing to ma--GcYer has man been served
more faithfully by lis troops. With the
last drop Of blood gushing OH Of their
veins. they exclaimed, T'ee fEmPuor.
IThc account of Morcau's death, as CO.
mios from Bonaparlc, Is well worthy OF
quotation.
"in the. battle before Dresden, ordered
an attack u be made upon the allies by both
nanls Of myarmy. While the manGuyres
lur HIM l.lLrunac 70 orc DunclLt M thn cnuira