Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-11-07
MEMOIRS OF COUNT RosToPTCHINE,
WRITTEN IN TEN MISUErs:

la.ev appeared in lie Temps. This journal INTRO
dures a by stating that zone day lady told the
Count he ,aght 10 wriet his memoirs. The next
day he brought her little roll, saving have obey
ed YOUR orders;--here are my memoirs, presenting
al the same time The following brilliant satire upon
hHman nalsre in all ages, aHd especially upon Tue
manners aud customs Of the present day: Whether
the Count is or rs not an spocrypha parsonage, Is
not settled: certain photographic Unverselle,
tom. pa 1853 is quoted--wh what correctness
we are unable to verify-which is made TO say,
when Count Rosopchine came To Paris, II caused
not little surprise tn see, IN the erocIous I ar
tar wit and a courter" But lest our preface
should be dsproportGned to a ten minutes memoir,
we pass on 10 The subject matter.
Chap. |. Ny birth. In 1868 on the 18th OF March
entered on the light OF day. They measured me,
weighed me, baptized me. ! was born without Know
ing WHY; and my parents rejoiced without knowing
Tor what
Chay. II Ny education They fought me all
sorts Of things aad all sorts OF languages; so that
by dnt Of mpudence and quackery, sometimes
passed for man OF learning. My head became
library of old Volumes Of which, however, have
kept the key.
Chap. iii. Ny Tcrments. I was plagued with
masters with taiiOrs, who would make my CLONES
too small; by the women, by ambition, by sell love,
by vain regrets, by sovereigns, and by souvenirs,
three of the greatest equipments oil humah'y' 'he''
gluttony, and pride.
Chap. V Memorable Epochs. AT thirty gave
up dancins-at forty, pretensions to pleasing the Ia
dies--al fifty respect for public oplnon--at sixty,
thought: when became a true philosopher, or an
egutist. which comes TO the same thing.
| Chap VI Moral Portrait was obStln1te as
| mule, caprcious as coquete, gay as child, IDLE
- a mormo active as Baonaparte, and all OF these
| in turn at pleasure.
Chan. VII Important resolution Never possessing
| command OF my physognomW gave loose also 10
| nv tongue and acquired the bad ila bit OF thinking
aloud This procured me some omu semeDl and a
multitude Of enemies.
Chap VIII What was and what might have
been, was sensible of friendship and OF coninehcei
and wanted nothing bnt to have been born IN the
golden age to have stood some chance OF being a
| perfectly simple good man.
Chap TX Respectable Principles never was
engaged in any affair Of ge or OF gossip |
never recommended either a cook or a physician;
consequently never attempted the life OF any man.
Chap X NV tastes. was fond Of small societies,
and of walk in the woods. | had an involuntary
veneration for the sum- and its setting has often made
me melancholy. As for coors always preferred
blue: in eating bcefand horseradsh; in theatrcals,
comedy aud farce; in human beings, an open and
expressive counenance; hunchbecks Of both sexes
had charm for me which cannot explain.
Chap XI My aversions. always had dislike
to fools scoundreIs, and female inriguans who pre-
vented virtue; was Disguised with ahectalion, pit
iedpainted dolls of both sexes; hated rats liquors,
meaPhySfs ADD sb4 mad a aaes
Chap XII Analysis Of my Life. ! wait for death
without fear and without impotence. NV life has
been bad melo-drama, in which have played he
roes, tyrans lovers, fathers, every thing but vaets
Chap XIII Rewards from Heaven. My supreme
blessing in life has been independence Of ,he three
great Powers that govern Europe. Rich, averse 10
business, and Indifferent to music, had nothing 10
do with Rolhschd, Meiternich, or RossiG.
Chap xiv My Epilaph. Here is left 10 repose
with mind tatgued. heart exhausted, and body
worn out, and old fellow (vieux dabIe) deccased Ia.
dies and gentlemen, pass on.
Chap XIV Dedlcatury epstle to the public. Dog
discordant organ of the passions, YOU who elevate
to the clouds and plunge into the mud; who patron
ice and calumniate without knowing why; image OF
an alarm bell, echo OF YOURSELF absurd iyrant, escap.
ed from the madhouse; extract Of subtle poisons md
O, sweet arenas; representative of the Devil nj the
court Of human nature; Fury in the mask of Chris.
tan charity; Public, whom feared in nv youth, re.
specied at maturity and dspised in nv old age, il
Is 10 you that | dedicate these memoirs. NV good
TREND, am at last out Of your fangs; for am dead
and therefore deaf dumb, and blind Would ,hat
you enjoyed The sane advantages,--ior YOUR own
repose and that Of humanity"
Having thus presented TO our readers the body Of
the work, we must add the pith of the postecrn,
consisting of a mot of Rostopchine's, and an anec
dote. The Count said, ware told thar he visited
France to Judge more accurately ofthree great men,
Fouche, Ialleyrand and Potter, the comic ac,or,-
and the last alone proved inspection, equa TO his
reputation.
Being asked BY Paul the First, when in compsnv
With several Russian Princes, WHY he was not 4
Prince, he REPLIED Because hs Tartar ancestor set
tied IN Russia in The winter season." Upon being
pressed to expain he continued, ut was the custom
Of The EmperorS of Russia, on such occasions. n
give the settler choice of PrincpaIiiy or Pelisse
Now, my ancestor, arriving in a very cold winter,
had the wit to choose the pelIsse." Paul laughed
heartily. and pgratuaIed the Prince on his snces-
tors having settled in the summer season.
N. Y. american.
HART TINES.