The Arkansas advocate., 1830-06-23
IgEOGRAP PKHY .
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.

The April No. of the Western Month. #ly Review, conducted by Timothy sF'lint, contains several translatiens #from the {. Biogrdphie Uptverselle Class zsq4e,7 one of Whiehis q sketch ofthe life ! ssoff f .Aapoleoe Bonqparte. We believe eY- eaerY reader of the article will coincide ISin opinion with the Editor of the Re- sviiew, that it is impossible, in the sam
 space, to impart more information, and #impart 1t in a more lucid order, than ia this sketch. We know of no effort fhe sadds) more difficult rightly to accom- aplish, thaasueha felieitous condensation:
 than to present the abridged annals of such prodigious mass of biography aad
 history, as the life of Bonaparte pre- bents, i'll such suecinct coup a'eiz, He, H.who reads this sketch attentiYely. will Afterwards have, we will answer for it.
 lnore precise and exact ideas ofhis life, fhan he has ever had before ,,
 @ BUoSAPkRrE, or BoaApARrE, N po-
 1EoN first general, then chief of the
 Freneh government, under the success iYe denominations of the first consul, zemperor, king of Italy, 0c. Born at |. 5aeeio, in the island of Corsica, August 10th, I769; son of Charles Boaaparte, |5ssue of a noble family of Tuscany, and of isamolino. 4 pupil of the military school of Brienne, he passed into that of Paris; ;and was named second 1ieateaaat of the fth regiment of artillery, Sept. #lst, 1885, He became captain, Faeb.G, ]792. In this grade he served at the .siege of Lyons, t793, under the orders sof gen. Kellermaa.-.4mployed after this siege at that of Toulon, he was promoted to the rank of ehiefof battal- sa.on, and commanded the artillery. until zEttfhe capture ofthe place. 1t this epoch 7the activity, bravery and talents, which s he had developed, during the cam- paign, caused him to be appointed ad- Siutant general, chief of brigade.-In 479l, an expedition was directed a- gainst Corsica, which had shaken oifthe French yoke; and the command was as signed to him. But he was obliged to return to the army on the Var, after having failed in his attempts to regain Aiaceio from the insuFgeat Corsieans, sustained by the English. Always placed at the head of the artillery, he distinguished himself at the capture of Saogio, in the county of Nice, and was rewarded with the rank of general of brigade. But the revolution ofthe 9th Thermidor threatened to interrupt his rising fortune, in consequence of his having declared himself for the party, called the aaoaatotn. 4 decree of ar rest was put forth against him. He was incarcerated, but restored to his liberty soon after. He still experienced some prosecutions and contradictions, until the 9th. Oct.l796, the epoch, when the Pafisianinsurrection against the conven- ton burst forth. This memorable day was to fix the destiny of Bonaparte.- Named second general of the troops of the convention, he had great share of the success, which they obtained over the insurgents. In little more than a month afterwards, the post of general in chief of the army of Italy was conf ded to him. Upon this theatre, more vast, and more honorable, he was about to deyelope the grand conceptions, oi which he had hitherto only shown glimpses; and to reach in less than a year the highest military renown, either ancient or modern. With forces infe- rior to those of his adversaries, he gained .ssuccessively the battles of Montenotte
 Millessimo, Mondoyi, the l2th, 18th
 and 22d of April, I706. He forced the passage of the bridge of Lodi, on the
 10th of May; entered Milan the l7tE
 of the same month. He triumphed a
 Castiglione, the 5th of August; at Arco
 la, tho i7tthh 77thh of Novenlber, after three
 days combat; at Rivoli, and under the
 walls of Maatua, the 4th and 18th 0
 Jan. I797; upon the shores of the Tag
 liamento, the 18th of March; signed tht
 preliminaries of peace with Austria a
 Leoben, the 18th; and concluded tht
 de6nitive treaty at Campo Formio, Oct
 i7th. In such a rapid course of sue
 cess the conquering general gave evi
 danee. that his views were not boundet
 by the direction and employment of hi
 troops on the field of battle. The con
 quefed countries were organized ane
 placed under wise administration