Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-07-15
LOCKHART'S NAPOLEON.

, Of Natures God"
! L0CkHART'S NAPOLEON.
Ihese volumes, which form the 4lh Mum
her OF that delightful and valuable work. the
dmiiy Library, are destined, we think, to
Obtain an extensive popularity. Their con-
/ ciseness and cheapness place them within the
reach OF al, whilst The sprighibness of tho
style, aud TIC skill with which the romantic
portions OF the career Of their subject has
occn blended with the more wonderful aud
grand, The more tender and prepossessing
points OF his character being held up to view
| along with The sierner and MOI c revolving and
ms deeds OF generosity and disinteredness
made, to stand in relief against bis crueltiss
aud crimes, give TO them an interest which
does not always belong to history, and which
no author has. as yet. impaired to an &C
count OF his life and actions. The impartial
'ty OF the work of Sir \Valteg Scott, has been
justly questioned and its defects will be-
come and more apparent as the lapse of time
and the accumulation of the means of form
ING correct Judgment, shah dissipate the
prejudices and correct the errors which such
career as that Of Buonaparte could not fail
| to create. We do not think the wark Of Mr.
ioekhart obnoxious to the same objeesons
as that Of Scott; for the rapidly of the uar-
rati'e, IN the latter, has lett little tune for
the reflections Of the author, aud the events
and hts participation IN them, upon which
judgment of the character and conduct of
Napoleon must ultimately be formed, are left
to exert ther unbiased influence upon the
uiind of The reader Bali. Gax.
late English paper states, that the Rev,
Z, Z Cotton. the author OF Lacon, is now H.
'ing at Paris in the most pitiable circumstan-
ces--a melancholy example of the vise of
gaming With mind eminently endowed
by nature with the stores of iuexhaustible
learnlng-wth powers of conversation Of the
highest orjer-with talents and requirements
H'ted 10 adorn any rank or station he now
prawis for IA subsistence ia the yiiess haunts
Of the French metropolis, and among the
most infamous wretcbes that niest the Palias
koyd" The saale paper precedes this state
ment with the following account of the indi
vidual alintcd to-
81 his gentleman, it may be remembered
disappeared under very mysterious creum-
stances about the time when the murder Of
Weare by rhurten and his associates caused
such an extraordinary sensation in the pub
lie mind 1t was known tina the Rev. Mr.
Cotton was IN the habit of carrying large
sums OF money about his person, and that he
was not unaecustomed TO visit those dens OF
tniquity commonly called Shells in some of
which he had met with John Thurteil -
These circumstances, and the reports which
obtained circulation of that criminals muir
derous plans, Induced very general snspi-
cion that the reverend gentleman had been
inseigled and destroyed by Ihurtell and his
companions. Thurtell, however, on being
questioned a short time prior TO his execu-
ton on the subject of Mr.. Colton's remarka-
al al al IF rLa4i
had become of him, a denial that turned out
10 be perfectly true. Dir. Cotton, by gam
bling and other extrayagancies, had become
involved IN debt to very large amount,p
eipsiiy for jeSSelry, and unable to meet the
demands OF his creditors, he embarked with
the utmost secrecy for the United States
He continued 10 America for a considerable
time, and afterwards returned TO Europe,
but not TO England. He took up his abode
at Paris, and there became well known to the
frequenters of No 8, and ether gaming sa-
looms of the Palais Royal. So SUCCESSFUL was
he in his speculaGons, that 10 the course OF
year or two, he acquired as much as five and
twenty Thousand pounds sterling, and happy
would ii have been for him il he had then for
sworn gambling forever, and invested his mo-
ney, as no often talked of doing, in the A.
merican funds. He collected considerable
number OF valuable paintings, and his lodg-
ing in the Palais Royal though the interior
sufficiently marked the exccntric character
of the owner. afforded great treat TO the
admirers of the fine arts. But his nveterate
attachment 10 the gaming table rendered
I him, some time since, beggar. He became
/ the victim of conspiracy, and the fanced
security with which he conducted his opera
I tons was the fatality by which he was ruin
ed"
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