The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-09-08

seemingly spoke from the impulse of another
vision: Yes, he will be Emperor but what
clouds separate you Here Bemadotte cast
an expressive glance at Gerard The Sybl
proceeded: He is not estranged from you
at present, and you prove your regard for him
-ah how his destiny adyancesr She ceas-
ed for moment her countenance marked
with an expression of astonishment-' SIR
she exclaimed, with preternanral excitement,
beware guard against quarrel with him,
for he will see the world PROSTATE at his feet
and you, at long distance from him, vow
shall be King Yes, repeated the old woman,
elevating her voice, you shall be Kingv
long silence interyened.
well breathed the Colonel.
Il have nothing more TO say, for my visions
are ended murmured the pythoness, with con-
siderable temper, closing her coniuring books,
and apparently exhausted with fatigue, -
The General and his Aid.de- Camp visited
the old fortune-teller anticipating subject for
pleasantly they left her, inclined to be seri-
GUS and thoughtful Bernadotte was strongly
inclined al first to believe that he had been the
instrument Disqualification and imposition; but
the attachment and fidelity Of the Colonel, 50
long tried, caused him TO reject the suspicion.
The two friends frequently recalledihis scene
neither King nor Marshal could ever forget
it.
Some months after this incident, Napoleon
effected the humiliation Of the Republic
name that had been caricatured for two years
before in the almanacs of Paris, as a mere
mockery. The voice of the hero Of this his
tory was certainly one of the last that dared
to challenge the effect Of the promises of the
morning Of the eighteenth Brumaire, and the
conservation Of a popular government so dearly
attained, SO unfortunately abandoned. Ber-
nadotte, also, in the Councils of the State, OPP
posed the Conoordat, which could one day re-
solder the consecrated chains OF France, and
opposed the Legion of Honor, an affected
chivalric order which scattered its new parch-
ments in contempt Of civic covenant traced
only ten years before in the blood Of one gene
ration.
Here the lovers of the marvellous are fa-
vored with an anecdote sanctioned by the re-
gistry of the grave historian, who endorses the
authenticity Of the oracular responses Of the
sybil, and affirms that both King Bernadotte
and Marshal Gerard, after an elevation to their
distinguished stations frequently, in full faith,
detailed this strange adventure to credible
witnesses. The occurrence is carefully re-
ferred TO the year 1904, at which time the an
ticipation of a sovereignty could only have
arisen from a dream or the divination Of a
sooth sayer, as Bernadotte was not known to
the Swedes before the affair at Lubec, in SO6,
and was not thought of as successor to Charles
Kill before 1910. The remarkable cores
pondence Of particulars with the absolute
events Of history, makes itappear hugely like
a narration by sequence rather than prece-
dence. However, Touchard Lafosse is
writer of reputation, and we presume not to
cavil at his dicta, perfectly content whether
the prediction did or did not occur, that Ber-
nado,te was adopted King by the free choice
of nation-a nation that has prospered most
happily under his wise and benevolent admin
istration-a nation that has ever found him
ardent and anxious to preserve the noble mot
to of his escutcheon unsullied. The peoples
loue is my re,oard.' GERALD.