Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-09-11

raEk, the one by his birth and talents. the
other by his genius, to communicate the
text OF that correspondence aud the curious
circumstances thereun,o attached, was no,
an incident destitute Of importance.
Louis 18th expressed himself thus:
10Th FEB. 1900.
hatever the conduct of men such
as you, Sir, may be, they never inspire
uneas,ness. You have accepted an emf.
nent post, and feel obliged to you for it
No person better than yoursefis aware
"I zoe Requisites necessary to constitute
,,fe happiness OF great nation. Save
trance from her own fury, and you will
rave fulfilled the first wish of INV heart
restore her King to his throne. and future
generations will bless your memory
Your services are but too necessary ,o the
state. Tor me, by places how important
soe'er' 70 cancel tie debt which myself
""o ancestor have contracted towards Won.
LOUIS"
r, on me receipt of this letter the First
Eohsdl became extremely agita,ed, al
'""ugh he daily expressed his determine.
tlon to have nothing to do with Princes
ne look little time to reflect whether he
should reply to this overture or not The
multiplicity of business which then occu.
pied his attention, was in perfect accord
ance with his state of uncertainty; he
therefore seemed in No hurry to return an
answer. ought to state that Joscpbine
and Horten=a conjured him to hold out
nope to the King, that he would not there.
by commit himself, and that it would aC.
lord him time to see il he could moi ac, a
part, which in the I1ng run would not an
pear much more elevated than that of
Monck. So earnest were their entreaties
that he said to me, "Those devilsh wo-
men are mad. Tho faubourg Saint Ger
name has turned their heads. They have
constituted 1t the guardian angel of the
ioyaiists; but no matter: do not feel an
cry with them on that account" Mad
anne Bonaparte told me that she URGED
him to that step, i'm order that he miobt
not t5lnk OF making himself King, a cir
cumstance which continually awakened
IN Ter mind, presentiment of misfortune
that she found impossible to Danish from
her thoughts.
During our absence in Egypt, serious
Impression had been made upon her. She
took delight in relating the prediction Of
certain pythoness rather celebrated in her
time, lady of the name of Villeneuye
who resided in Lanery Street. MANY OF
the farIsians were in the habit of consul.
ting her; Josephine went also to see her
during our stay in Egypt Villeneuye said
to her You are the wife ola great peper-
al, who will become still greater. He
VIII traverse the seas which keep him afar
oif-as Tor you, you are one day destined
to Mi the most elevated station in France
But II will be but for short time
La tn" course of the conversation of the
FIRST Consul with me, held at different
times, he discussed with admirable saga
city the proposition OF Louis 18th and its
consequences; but he observed. "The
pariIzans ofthc 8ourbons are egrepiousIy
deceived if they suppose am the man to
play the part Of Morck" There the mat
ter ended for the present, and the letter of
The King remained upon the table. Du-
ring the interval, Louis 18th wrote him a
second letter without date, of which the
'h'"IbS Is copy:
You must have learned, General. long
since, that my esteem for you is yerJ
great Ifyou have any doubt of the sus
cePtibiIIty of my gratitude, signify the
place you choose to occupy, decide on the
late OF your friends. In principle ain
Frenchman. Naturally inclined to Gle
mency, would practise it from policy.
No, the conqueror of Lodi, Castiglione
atcoia,o the conquetor Of Italy and Of
Egypt can never prefer vain celebrity to
tue glory. You are losing favorable OPP
pottunity. We have it in our power to Sc
cure the glory Of France. ] say noe, be-
cause | stand in need Of Bonaparte for
that, and that on the other hand Inc could
do nothing without me.
General, Europe is watching your
movements; glory awaits you, and / am
impatient to restore peace to my people.
Signed, LOUIS"
The First Consul allowed cousidera
bic time to pass also without repIyinu IN
this letter, famous alike for its dignity and
the elevation Of its sentiments. FINALLY
he wished to dictate one to me took
the liberty Of observing to him, that the
letters oil the King were autograph, and
that 1t would appear more consistent that
ne should write it himself
lie therefore wrote with his own hand
the following -
| have received your letter. thank
you for the politeness Of The sentiments Il
contains
e" You shonld abandon the idea of re-
turning to France; for you would be OBJ
lIIged TO match over hundred Thousand
dead bodies Sacrifice your own iutcrcs,