Virginia statesman. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1828-1829, 1828-07-16

JOSEPH BONAPABTE.-The last nmoe.
ofthe American QurerIy Review contains am
interesting notice of Joseph Napoleon Bonaplrte
ey-Kmg ofSpun, now resident at Borden,JHn,
New Jersey We distract from this article the
principal events ofhs life. Tie was born 90 toue
Inn the Island Of Cors ca, boo the year ll6~. Al 800
early ars he was taken 10y his ia.her 10 the conim-
emit. and placed at the College of Au'un n Burgun-
dv, where he acquired great distinction ASA chol-
Er Although preIIsp0scd m favor of % mlltar
EC,. be abandoned his wishes boz obedience t0 hI-
f..ber and returned In l1-5 TO his native country.
whore he became iu 1892 1member OtfAe Depart
mental Administration. under the presidency of
Mn. celebrated Paoi When Corsica was taken
possession of by the English, be retired TO the
continent and I'm 1874 married one Of .he daugh-
tersof}I CLAIR. one of the richest capitalists of
NqrseiIles. I'm the campaign 10 Italy he accompa-
MED his brother Npoleon He was al1erWar
1nnoiuted envyv extraordinary TO the court Of
Rome. where. during the troubles between the
Aus.naus and French his privilege of sanctuary
was di-rea.rIed. and one of the French generals
I'm his suit was killed at his side. On his return
10 Paris. he was offered the embassy to Prussia,
w6ichhe declined, and entered as member of
the council Olive hundred, where he was Alter
wards appointed secretary TO that body. Under
the consulate he was IA member OF tle council of
state. and was nominated with two others 10 dis
cuss and terminate the differences between France
and the United States, which resu.iedmthe trea-
" ofthc S0h September. l0uO signed at his es-
tate. lie subsequently negotiated tie treaty be-
tween France and Austria; and the treaty of A.
mIeus oflS02, was also conducted under Inns man
agement Iu 1903 me was elected senator and
member ofthc grand council of the legion ofho1-
or. m the expedition at Boulogne in leN4, at the
invitation ofms brother. be accepted the COM
mand of the fourth regiment When Napoleon
was cqled the empire, the senate and the people
OF France, declared Joseph and ns children heirs
90 the throne, ON the filu-e of the issue of Napo-
leon. The crown of Lombudy was offered to
him the same wear. aud refused, us LcdecIned re-
Inouucinr the political bonds which attached him
10 Frnce.-A6ar the battle of Auster.tz, he re-
Enoushed the direction olatars at Paris, proceed
led Italy. and assumed the command 0tthe army
destined 90 invade the kingdom of Naples whose
sovrciru had violated the French treaty. At the
head o The corps of toe centre, he arrived before
Capua, which after show OF resistance opened
los gates and eight thousand men were made pris-
ouers ofwar On the 18th February, l00b, Jo-
seph entered Naples. and was received by the
IneopI5 as their deHrerer Having retained mpub-
ic stations the greater part of those VINO then oc-
cupicd them and organized provisional govern
meni i'm thc car Sal, proceeded to make person
I'D examination INTO the state ofthe kingdom, with
the view IN par, TO satisfy himself 5y actual Inc
specion ON hc spot of the feasibility of IN attempt
upon Sicily, The Impoverished condition Of tie
country favored hi, design. An entire population
worn down by poverty and starvation, beneath
the most enchanting SKY, In the shade of The or
lluge and the myrtle, were found covered with
rags Frustrated on a soil where moderate industry
might live with ease, and duplicating for charity.
Such had been Tie success of former rulers IN des
o.ating and destroying IL far work ofnature.
The expedition however a4amst Sicily was after
wards abandoned, as the enemy had concentrated
his forces there and carried ofwith him all means
of transportation. BY direction OF Joseph por-
con OF the tl--Gr0HINvere embodied as corps of
laborers, clothed, FED, ana employed in the pub
lie works and paid. The consequence was that IN
diYidual crime ceased rs soon as psternal admin
s,ration took charge Of this unhappy race.--
Joseph made formal visit TO the house IN which
Tasso was born at Sorrento a tour which can on
D. be reached on horseback dong the bTink Of q