The Arkansas advocate., 1830-09-08

J eA-N>< CAt(~@ to acquaint them beforehand Of what had been granted or refused. He next perused the letters which had opened and laid on his table, ranging them ac- cording to their importance. He direc- ted me to answer them in his name; he occasionally wrote the answers himself, but not often. At ten o'clock the mai ire de hotel entered and announced breakfast, saying, "the Generals table is served" We went to breakfast, and the repast was exceedingly simple. He eat, almost every morning, some chick en, dressed with oil and onions. This dish was then, 1 believe, called pou- let la Prea,eaess!le;; but GUT resttaraa- teurs have since conferred upon it the more ambitious name of poulet ta .Harengo. Bonaparte drank little wine, always either elaret or Burgundy, and the latter in preference to the former. After breakfast, as we'll as after dinner. he took a cup of strong coffee. ] ne- yer saw him take any between meals, and l cannot imagine what could have given rise to the assertion of his being particularly fond of coffee. When he sat up late at night, he never ordered coffee, but chocolate, of which he made me take . cup with him. But this only happened when our business was pro- longed till two or three in the morning. All that has been said about Ronaparte's lmmoderate use of snuff has no more foundation in truth, than bis pretended partiality for coffee. Itis true, that at an early period of his life, he began to take snuff, but it was very sparing, and always out of box; and if he bore any resemblance to Frederick the Great. it was not by filling his waisceat pockets with snuff; for must again observe, he carried his notions of personal neatness to fastidious degree.
 Bonoparte's 1cmper.-In his social re- lations, BBonaparte's Temper was bad, but his fits of i'll hulnor passed away like q cloud, and spent themselves irl words. His violent language and bit. ter impreeations were frequently pre- meditated. When he was going to rep. rimand any one, he liked to have wit ness present. He would then say the harshest things, and level blows against which few could bear up. But he never gave away to those violent ebulIitions ol rage until he acquired undoubted proofs of the misconduct of those against whom they were directed. In scenes of this sort, have frequently observed that the presence of third person seemed to give him confidence. Consequently, in a tete-a-tete interview, any one who knew his character, and who could maintain sufficient coolness and firmness, was sure to get the better of him. He told his friends at St. Helena, that he admitted third person on such occa sions only thatt the blow mightresound the further. That was not his real motive or the better way would have been te perform the scene in public. He had other reasons. observed that he did not like tete-a-tete: and when he ex. pected any one, he would say to me be. fore hand, "Bourrienne, you may re, main;" and when any one was announc ed whom he did not expect, as a min ister or general, if rose to retire, he would say in ahalf whisper, sstay where you are.n Certainly this was rot done with the design of getting what he saie reported abroad? for it belonged nei
 ther to my character nor to my duty tc gossip what heard. Besides, 1t may be presumed, that the fey that were ad. mitted as witnesses to the conferences of Napoleon, were aware of the conse- quences attending indisereet disclosures, under a government which was made acquainted with all that was said and done.
 Portrait of Bonaparte.--The person of Bonaparte has served as a model fol the most skilful painters and sculptors, many able French artists have success. fully deiinegted his features, and yet il may be said that no perfectly faithful portrait of him exists. His finely shap ed head his superb forehead, his pale countenance, and his usual meditative look, have been transferredto the can vas; but the versatility of his expression was beyond the reach ofimitation. Al he various workings of his mind were instantaneously depicted in his counte nance; and his glance changed iron mild to severe, and from anger to goot humor, almost with the rapidity oflight ming. It may truly be said, that he had particular look for every thought thai