Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-08-29
No. 10.

Nnpoeon-rhs following tarsgsarh r,osscsscs
interest ss well fs such Of our rsadcia y. arc
ussives Of Fsahee, as ior I'll abo sJktiise the ca.
teeT Of tie mcdrfi Aiexa def.
On Thursday week King Louis Phillippe,
having a, his side the Duke do Nemour., sud
sourroanaeti BY all his Minister. snd aid de cssrE
received In the halt Of the ,ironc the former
Grand Marshall 81 the palace OF the Emperor;
Grnerai Cuua, Bertrand; who delivered i.ts the
hands OF His Majesty the arms Of Napoleon. This
arms cossisse.i IF the sword worn by Eapols.n
at Aus'eil'tz. anil the only sne ne had used since I:
two pai' of pistols, richly Worked ; The komsa
sword he sorc a. the camp de Mai; . sabre;
which btlshe, d to John sobeisSi, and o pojnard;
given by the Pope 10 the Grand Master If tho
Order Of Masis, L.svaiete. The AIhx oids,ed
them to ee dcposi ed in the treasury Of the Crowd
until the completion Of HapnIeun'i tomb, upon
which they were deposited, "He no Doubt
thought" say. The journal des n.bais, .thai Tho
e'c's Of the Emperor ives no, a fsHiii3 iuhsti:
tance, and that il, belonged III France, who had
paid for Il with her blool." .The sword says
tie Courier Franciis. (which ~ "-----r.s mod
presented N tae King, -as laid upos The bed Of
Napoleon during his lsst illness, and after hts
death the English intsnaed 10 siege and retain II ,
.bal the General with pioas fraud, sutsttu,cd hll
own for It. Napoleon sword had engraved upon
II, in letters Of gold. ".Arsrsnl,Tz, I'd Decembef
1908" The hiit is of solid gold. simple In forth.
bd, inIaid with antique medals, hearing ihs efigies
II Haanibal, CGsst aid Alexander.
W. annex atioiher paragraph not less interest.
ing.
the mark Of two wounds, dne q very deep Siics-
,rice above the left knee which he had received
10 his first campaign Sf Italy, and it was Of sS
serious a nature, ihdt the surgeons were in doohs
whether it nigh, not be ultimately atSessaiy IL
imputs'e. He observed ~henb be was wounded il
vas alwsys KEEP, d setie. in order not to Discount
'sc the ~se!diers. The other was on his toe and
had Eaen received at Eckmull. AZ tho siege Of
Acre continued he, . she'll thrown ~ Sidney
Smith fell OF my feet. Two so!dieis, who were
:Io.e by. seized, Benabtaced the. one in from.
md the other OF Sue side, and made a rampant
If their bodies for me against the shell, which
and overwhelmed US with sand. We
u"h NV III uV'0 III W uo outSssu6 u
# them was wounded. | made them both officers:
)ne has since lost a leg at Moscow and c"mmah:
ID al Vincchpes when he left Paris. When be
vas summoned by the Rn.sian-, he replied, that
$ soon rs they sent Him hatk The leg he los. At
he would sdfrsnder the ~for,ress'
Many times in my life,' continued he, 'hate I
zen saved Ivy soldiers and officers throwing
before me when I was In the mot
danger. Al Arcols, when / was sdvan-
ing, Colonel Meuran, my aid. de-camp, threw
imself before me, covered me with his bodt; std
eceisel the wound which was destined for me.
lie fell a. my feet, and his blood SPOTTED up id
" face. lie gave his life 10 preserve mine
lever yet | believe, has ttete been such devotion
Ivy soldiers as mine have manifested for me:
II all my misfurlunes never has the soldier, even
hen expiring, been wanting to me-nevcr hha
nan been served more faithfully by bis ti5ops.-
With the last drop of blood gushing ou, Of their
ems, they exclaimed 'Vive rEmpereur ="
From al Voice from 81 Helena"