The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-01-21
lPRIyATE CoRREsPoNDENcEA

knftS, OCt. l2.-1 GU will find in the ma
pers OF this day some further particulars
respecting Berton in his last moments.
and tribute Of respect to him from the
inhabitants of Poiiiers for you will re-
mark that the windows of all the houses
commanding view of the guilotine, by
which he persisted were closed. sent
You his portrait lately and sought yester-
day for another copy, bat throughout tbe
l'aals Royal | could not procure one, such
Is the alarm reignng among the booksel
lers, since the late arbitrary punishment
OF Their nelghbors, Coreard and Terry
Are the people rendered more loyal No;
every brawling fsherwoman- every often
der against the public peace, when seized
by the gems d'arme, vents her or his rage
IN " sedttious cries" You have yoster-
day the conviction ola ballad singer, IAN
gellque Rrsignol-what name for me-
todtS0 = who ''invoked the name" not
OF the usurper," but of the usuper's son,
IN one of the chdnSonS. When the cent?
nels challenge the citizens at night, you
could not fail to deduce from the tone IN
which the answer is gwen, that the respOu-
dent wishes to convey his feeling of dislike
To the powers that be-" forgetting that
IN Napolcon's time military discipline Was
most strictly enforced, and conformity 10
it from the citizens rgidly exactcd.-But
the Emperor did nothing that was wrong,
and the Bourbons can do nothing that Is
right. 1t is in vain for this government 10
seek las they do by the most pitifu means
To prevent the recollection of the great
man." who did 80 much for France, and
for Paris in particular. The monuments
he erected-those which he only COM
menced--l may say even those which he
contemplated , are ever dwelt upon by
the Parisians, 1t was vain for the Bour-
bons 10 expect that he would be forgotten
when they should have efaced all The
Ms" and the Eagles that adorned the |
public buildings, and even the private re-
sldences of citizens. While this work
of erasure was in progress" said the keep
err OF certain cafe to me, (foI the French
have little fear of treachcry from an IN
glass; | considered how il would be pos
slblc to preserve, without compromising
my safety, that which ornamented my
house, and which being, you know, Non
S'eur, like those of all Paris, built of stone.
the n. was cut out Of the solid block, lit
was done in reIlef.) Having been in the
Army of Egypt with the Emperor | re-
membered that our comrades, whom we
LETT behind at Malta, complained of being
cheated by the Priests there, who, to save
the silver gates s. railing of the sanctuary
IN the principal church, painted them black
before the entry of the French into the
town of Valette | therefor sent for plas-
fprpr had tho hoIIny, In, N filed
up that night, and shall feelpride in display
lng 1T when -" He stopped short,
but who could find difficulty in concluding
the sentence for him. Converse With
whom you may-that is, if the person can
confide in yOu-and you will hear them
all speak with tenderness, veneration ana
enthusiasm of "the Emperor" How Iii
tie does it signify whether his initials re
main or are removed, while such stupen-
dous memorials Of him exist, as the 90,
lumn of the Place Vendome, the Pillars Ok
the unfinished Triumphal Arch, at the Bar
rler de Neuilly, the perfect one i'll the Pace
Carousal ION which the Venetian Horses
formerly stood,) the Bridges of AusterlH'
and Jena for no one calls them " POM a
Jardtn du Roi," or " Pont des Inrot'deSJ
the " Greniers d'abondance," and the mO'
nunent of the Elephant" OF the Lle,
plant had read many descriptions pu'
as was to see something enoF
nous, | was struck mute with astonIsD'
ment at the first view of the model, accoi
ding to which it will be built. You kno"
the site chosen for the gigantic figure, IS Nv
ceRtre OF the place on which stood wv
Bastille, and that il is TO answer the puTPu
ses of a fountain, dscharging from rs mug
proboscis the waters of the Canal dou''
Close to lit, and running parallel win W.
ancient FoSSe de la Bqsislie, is the DE-,
wing of that immense building, intendea."
have been erected by Napoleon, to op p,iI5.
the H.sltations of Providence. inns p'''~
Ing was intended to have been caPaos;
containing supply of corn, dried anime re-
and dry vegetables, suillcIeHbI I'D
supply Paris for freyears One WIZ -