The Arkansas advocate., 1830-07-14
VARIETY.

I JOSEPH BoNAPARTE.-I1a I1as ex-mon- arch, who now leads a philosophical life on the banks of the Delaware, not far from Bordentown, was lately visited by Sir K. ker Porter, on his way from lSouth America, by the United States, to Europe. The cidevart king received with great hospitality the English tra- weller, who found him living in a com modious and even splendid dwelling house, constructed out of large suite of stables, which had formerly been ap- pended to magnificent mansion re- presented as quite palace, which had ibeen burnt down short time before. Many fine pictures, and other valuable property, were consumed; but enough remained. saved from the fire, to furnish the present residence in a noble manner with some of the best works of Spanish ] and Flemish masters. ~
 One Of the saloons is particularly de- dicated to sculpture portraits of the i5onaparte family; and Sir R. K. Por- ter, in speaking of the collection, des- eribes the bust of Charles Bonaparte, the father of the family, as the most i'm pressive of them all, from the striking beauty and character of eountenanee: 1t strongly resembles that of the eele- brated Antinous. Joseph Bonapafte (who has assumed the title of Count Suryilliers) ], in showing these things, did 1t with unaffected eandor of comment on the extraordinary destinies of the living or dead originals of these marble portraits; and Sir Robert remarks, that the same manly sieerity and good sense prevailed in his occasional observations on his own past and present manner of life.
 He has a large domain round his house, purchased by him; and he spends vast sums ol money in promoting cuIti- yatlon of all sorts, agriculture, and planting to great extent every descrip- ton of tree, even from foreign countries. that can be raised in the climate. He has redeemed thousands of acres from the waste; erecting villages and encor- aging aftitlcers, and persons of other useful talents, to inhabit them. He is universally yrespeeted and must be, what he seems, much happier man in his present expatriated home, the benefac- tor of all around him-than he could possibly have been when seated on a contested throne, however brilliant.
 He is fond of literary pursuits; and having read all that has been published in the shape of memoirs relating to his brother Napoleon, he deyotes hisIeisure hours to writing a commentary on the subject, wherein with the impartiality of strict justice between the late Empe- TOT of Trance and historiographers, he means to set the true statements on the one side, and the false ones on the oth- Ter; and to furnish posterity with, he trusts, really fair account of that mar yellous man. This, he says, he owes a. like to the memory of his brother and to the verify of his history. Whenever 2 such work is given to the world, 1t will certainly be worthy of attention, and as 1t will probably come out while many witnesses of the times it tells of still ex. ist, its accuracy must be subject to the same ordeal by which he tries his con
 temporary biographers; and the free voice of the public, weighing all the evidence, will be the ultimate pronoun- ! cling judge of the real character of the deceased Napoleon. Foreign paper.