Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-08-18
MISCELLANEOUS.
REcoILgCTloNs OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON.
NV MRS. ABELL-LATE MISS ELIZA BALcoME.

nv MR., .BsLL-LArE MISS ELIZA BALcoME.
(Cone'afcd)
drew the blade out quickly from the schooalo' a"u
began to flourish it his head, making passes al
him the Emperor retrea,ng, until al last ia'riy pm
ned him up IN the | kept telling MN all TUE
time tina, he had better say his prayers Tor was gong
to kill him. My exul,ing cries at last brought my
sister 10 Napoeons assistance. She scolded me Vo
lenily, and SAID she would intern my 'a'h.f va
not Instantly deslst But only laughed at her, ano
maintained nv post keeping the Emperor al bay uh''
nv arms dropped from sheer exhaustion.
can fancy see the figure Of the grand chamberlain
now with his spare form and parchment vsaSe glow
;no with fear for the Emperos safety, and indignation
at the insult was Offering hi:n. lie looked as u ne
could have annblated the spot; but ne had elt
the weight Of my hand before his ears and prudence
dictated to him to let me alone.
When resigned my sword, Napoleon took hold OF
nv ear which had been bored only the day before, and
pinched 1t, giving me great pain called out, and ne
then took hold Of my nose, which he pulled heartily
but quite in fun. His good humor never lett HIM during
the whole
The following was the circumstance when mao e8'
cited my ire IN the moraing
NV father was very strict IN enforcing our oolnS
French translation every day, and Napoleon would OF
ten condescend look them, and correct their
faults. One morning felt more than usually averse
to performing this task and when Napoleon arrived al
the cottage and asked whether the translation
for him, had not even begun It
When he saw this, he took up the paper and walked
down the lawn with my father, who preparing
to mount his horse to ride to the valley exoaimng Is
he approached.
.Bacomb-voila lie theme de Mademoselle Betset
Qu'ele bien travae;' holding up, at the same time
the blank sheet Of paper.
My father comprehend imPerfectiy, but saw by the
sheet of paper and my name being mentioned oy the
laughing Emosror, siat he wished the 10 be scoded,
md entering into the plot, he pretended to De very
gry and threatened IL did not finish my translation
before he returned to dinner, should be severely pu'
nlshed He then rode off, and Napoleon left me, laugh
ing my sullen and mortified air. And It was The re-
collection of thus which made me Try 10 ir'gh,en MIN
with the sword
The Emperor, in the course Of the evening, desired
quantity of b,jouerie 10 be brought down to amuse
u.s. and among other things, the MINIATURES OF the
Young King of Rome. He seemed grauhad and de-
lighted when expressed our admiration OF them
He possessed great many portraits OF young Napoleon
One of them represented INN sleeping IN his cradle,
which was in the form of helmet OF Mars; the banner
of France waved his head, and his ny rghl mana
supported small globe
[ asked the meaning OF these embems, and Napo-
leon said he be great warrior, and The CLONE IN
his hand sign,ied he to rule the world Ano-
Their miniature snuff box, represented the little
fr:low his knees before crucitx his hands ciospeo
and his eyes raised 10 Heaven Underneath were hese
words:
sJe prize lie bon Dieu pour mon pere, ma mare, ct my
patrie.
1t was an exquisite thing
which he is riding, and the other is decked out with
rbands. The Emperor told US these lambs were pre-
scented to his son by the inhabitants of Partisan un'
war,ke emblem, and perhaps intended as delicate
hint to the Emperor to make HIM more peaceabe cit'-
than his papa.
The Paschal lamb, however, is, believe the badge
on The colors of distinguished English regiment, and
perhaps NAV be intended 10 remind the soldier that
gen,leness and mercy are not inconsistent win lne
fierce and lion like attributes OF his profession.
We saw another drawing, which the En-
press Maria Louise and her represented sur
rounded by a sort of halo of roses and clouds, when
] did not admire quite much as some OF Inc o'nefs
Napoleon then said he going to show US the por,
trait of the most beautiful woman IN the world ana
produced an excellent miniature of his sister Pauiine
Certainly never any thing SO perfectly loVely
and told him how enchanted was with It, he seem
ed pleased with my praises, and said il was PROOF oil
TASTE tor she perhaps one OF the most ioVsy "o-
men that ever existed
The Emperor usually played cards every evening,
and when we tired Of looking at the miniatures,
dc, he said,
Snow we viii 60 to the cottage ard play whist
We all walked down together Our little whist Ia
bic was soon formed hu, The cards did not smooth
~. and Napoleon desired Las Cases TO seat himself
nj side table, and deal them until they dealt easily
While the rrand chamberlain thus employed
Napoeon asked me what my robe &c Latte was TO be
l must MENTION that my fathers refusal to allow
me to 90 TO the ball, which TO be given By Sill
George Cockburn, had inplured the Emperors in
tercession for He mos, kindly a.ked my father to
let me 60 aud his reques, was of course acceded to-
now ran up STAIRS TO bring my dress down TO INN
1t was the first ball dress | had possessed and
was not a ltile proud of il.
He said it was very pretty, and the cards being no"
ready, placed it The sofa, and sal down TO play
Napoleon and my sister partners, and Las Cases
fell my lot. We had always hitherto played for 50
gar plums but to night Napoleon said,
"Mademoselle Be,see, will bet you Napoleon on
the game
had had pagoda presented to ne, which made ur
the sum of all my worldly riches, and said | would
bet that against his Napoleon
The Emperor agreed TO this, and we commenced
playing. He seemed determined to terminate this day
Of espiegierie he had bpgun It, Peeping under his
cards they dealt TO him, he endeavOred, when
ever he got important one to draw off my attention
and then silly hold il up for my sister to so"n
discovered this and calling him TO order, told him he
was cheating, and that, If he continued to do So
would not play At last he revoked intentionally, and
at the end OF The game tried to mix The cards together
TO prevent his being discovered but started Up and
se,zng hold of his hands, pointed out TO him and the
others what he had done.
He laughed until the tears out of eyes, and de
clared he had played fair, but that had cheated and
should pay him the pegode; aud when persisted that
he had revoked, he SAID that merehante and q
cheat and catching up my ball dress from the sofa,
he ran out OF the room with IT, and to the pavilion,
leaving me IN terror lest he should crush and spoil all
my pretty roses | instantly set off in chase of him,
but he was too quick and darling through the marquee,
he reached the inner room, and locked himself in
then commenced series Of the most pathetic
monstrances and both English and French,
TO persuade him to restore my frock. but in
he was inc xor5be and had the modification of hear
ino him laugh al what had though; The most touch
ing Of my appeals. was obliged to return without ii.
He afterwards sent word he intended 10 keep il,
and that nigh, make up my mind not to go 10 the
ball lay awake half the night, and at last cried N.Y.
self to sleep, hoping he would return IN the morning.
but the day wore away, and saw no sgns of my
pretty frock.
| sent several entreates in The course of the day,
but the was that the Emperor slept and could