Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-04-22


who were there on service slept habitualy on
straw wtapt up in their cloaks, ready at mo-
ment's warning, either to mount on horseback
and ride twenty or thirty miles withou, halting,
or to take their turn the moment the Emperor's
voice was heard in the not less fatieuing duty
Of answering his dispatches. oil writing 10 his
dctation. So crowded was his anti chamber in
general with attendants. that il was not inap,ly
compared, by those inhabiting it, 10 the inside
Of the wooden horse Of Troy. The faithful
Russian, whom he had brough, from Egypt. u
sually slept near the door he dressed and IN.
dressed the Emperor; and when lie rode ont,
was constantly on hand to bring the telescope,
or provide the cloaks ind umbrellas which
might be required for protection from the wea-
ther
The true sccnc ofNapolcon's glory, and the
most Characteristic Of the ruling passions Of his
mind, was his cabinet This apartment was
never wanting even il the worst accommodate
tions the ingenuity Of his attendants supplied
every defect and if no room could be got, his
tent was always on hand, which was arranged
for the purpose in the middle of the Old Guard.
Although this important apartment was over.
loaded with maps, military states, and despatch
ed the most remarkable and uniform regularity
was observed in its arrangement and it was so
managed that, though the Emperor, so often
moved his head quarters, every thing was in
the same place one day as another. In the mid.
die stood large table, on which was extended
the best map of the theatre Of war and on it
vas stuck pins, with heads Of different colors,
to represent his own and his columns. 1t wns
the duty Of the director of the topograp phic bu-
reau to have the maps with the pins laid down
, the moment that head quarters arrived at any
place; and almost always the first thing which
! Napoleon did, was 10 call for the map when he
arrived for he held to it more strongly than
any other want of his existence. During the
whole night the map was surrounded by twen-
ty or thirty wax candles constantly burning.
and fine compass stood in the middle Of them
| So frequently did the emperor call for the map
when on horseback, that Cauoneou,, had q
| portable one, which kept constantly tied on his
| button across his breast and he often was re-
qurcd to unfold it ten or twenty times in the
course of a forenoon.
! At the corner Of the cabinet were four lesser
| tables, at which the secretaries Of Napoleon
were engaged in writing; and sometimes Ma
! pocon himself and the chict Of the Topographic
department, were to be seen there likewise.
The Emperor usually dictated walking about
in his green snrtout and great boots, with his
hat upon his bead precisely as he was inferred
in the grave at ST. Helena. As his ideus flow.
ed with extraordinary rnpd'y, and he spoke as
| thought, il was no easy matter for his secreta'
RIGS to keep pace with his elocntion. To faci
ltnte the expression, n certain number ofhlcro
glvphic symbols were established by him tt
signify certain things and they were not Z
little curious, as a1ording m index Of the lgh
in which these things were regarded by him
Thus, the tail ofthe dragon signifies the Frencf
army whip, the corps O: Davoust thorn
the empire I; spong, the commercial towns.
1t was the duty OF the secretaries aNerward
to decipher this chaos. and extend it in propc
sentences, which was often work of no smal
difficulty, but the Emperor had singular faci
lirv in mixing u out, as the symbols had beei
established by himself. Often there were tw
dispatches to which answers were to b. dicta
ted at the same tme-one from Spain, anothc
from distant quarter OF Germany; but th
complication and variety Of the objects 10 b
considered, made no confusion, on such orca
s;ons, in s,cadiness Of his mental gaze. TIL
momen: that despatch was read, and It's ben
r rer questioned, an answer 10 it was conmen
ced and rot unfrcqueniy, while the sccrc'nr
in one corner was making out orders Of the mos
important kind for the war in Spain, the one i
the other corner was drawing diplomati
= note a third one was busy with the orders {
> twenty brigades and the fourth with a
for the king of Rome. Nothing could excee
y the dstinctncss with which the threads OF a
u these varied subjects were preserved IN b
mind.
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l. SAN of lIoarhound cure cold J" "Certainl
d sir, you will oblige me then by giving ii
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