The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-10-26
NUMBER g.
NAPOLEON BEFORE AND AFTER
WATERLOO
From The Shores ofihe Rhine By Dumas.l
GOING 10 wtrproo

NAPOLEON BEFORE AND AFTER
WATERLOO.
From The Shores ofihe Rhine bv Dumasl
GOING 10 WATERLOO.
WEsaw two garages approaching. qnllop-
ing each with EiK horses. They dissnoeared
for az instant u a valley, then rose again e
quarter q q league distance irol d. Then
We Get on running toward the togn, crying
L'EmpereT B'Emp1aiFi We arrived
breaihcsa and only preceding the emperor BY
some Eve hundred PAGES, thought he wouId
not stop whatever might Be the crowd await.
ing bin snd 50 made ior the posl-house, when
I sunk down hahdead with The running but
a. any rate ] was there. In a moment az.
peared. turning the coraer Of street, the
banning horses then the posiinions an cover
ed with ribbons then the garages Them
selves then The people iolluwng the car
RACES The carriages stopped Al the post.
saw Napoleon He was dressed IN 4 green
coat, with little epaulois, ana wors the ofieer's
ross Of the legion Of honour only saw bic
bust framed in The square ofihe carnage wins
dow. His head fell upon bis ehest-that f.
nous medallic head Of the Cd Roman Empe.
rors. His forehead fell forward bis features.
immoveable, were d The yeloVish color Of
WAY, only his ewes appeared 70 be alive. Next
him, on he lef, was Prince Jerome, king
without kingdom, but faithful brother. Ha
was al that period fine Joung man Of six-and-
twenty OF thirty years ofage, his features reg
ular and ell.iormed, his beard black, bic
hair elegantly arranged. He saluled in place
Of hn brother whose vague glance seemed
lost in the future-perhaps In the past. Op.
posite the emperor was Leton, bis aid-de'
camp, an ardent soldier, who seemed already
to snuff the air Of battle be was smiling too,
as il he had ong days to iivel All this last
ed FOR about minute. Then the whip crack
ed, the horses neighed, and it all DISAPPEARED
Ike vision.
KErURNGFe FROM WATERLOO.
Three days af,erward, toward eyening,some
people arrived from ST. Quentin they said a.
thew came away they had heard eannons.
The morning Of the 18th a courier arrived,
who scat tered all along the road the news Of
the victory, The 9;h nothing. The 18th noih-
ing only vague runners abroad, coming no
one knew whence. twas said that the en-
peror was at Brussels. The goth. three men
in rags, two wounded, and riding jaded horses
all covered with foam, entered the town, and
we're instantly surrounded by the whole popu-
lstioo, and pushed into the courtyard Of the
lown.shouse. These men hardly spoke
French. They were, believe Westphalians'
belonging somehow to our army. To all ou-
questions they only shook their heads sadly
and ended BY coniessing that they had quilted
The field orbattle Of Waterloo at eight o'clock,
and that the battle was lost when they
came away. II was the advanced guard Of
the iupitives We would not believe them.
We said these men were Prusslan spies.
Napoleon could not be beaten. That hno
army which VIC had seen pass could not be
DESTROYED. We wanted TO put the poorie fellows
IN prison SO quickly had we forgotten IL, and
~ 10 remember only the years which had
zone before Nv mother ran 10 the fort,
where she passed the whole day. knowing e
was there the news must arrive, whatever
we're During this time looked out ID The
mans for Waterloo, the name OF whleh even
could not find, and began to think the place
was imaginary, as was The mems account ct
The battle. At four O'Clock more negatives ar
rived. who confirmed the news Of the first
oomors. These we're French and could give
an the details which we asked for. They re-
heated what The others had said, only adding
Ina. Nauoeon and his brother were killed.
This we would not believe Napoleon might
not Be InvinCible: inyulneIable he certainly
was. Fresh News more terrible and disas-
trous continued to come in until ten ociocka &c
night. We heard the noise Of carriage. II
stopped, and the postmaster went out with
linht. we followed him as he ran 10 the door
o ask for news Then he started a step back
and cried. aIrs the emperor :" got on
stone bench, and looked over my mothers
shoulder. Il was indeed Napoleon seated
in the same corner, in the same uniform, HE
head on BIS breast as before. Perhaps It was
bent A little lower but there was not line m
bis counleuance, not an altered feature, 10
mark Iwhat were the feelings Of the great
gambler who had Just stsked aud lost the
world Jerome and Letort were not with
him now to bow and smile in bis place Je-
rome was gathering together the remnanssof
the army / effort had been cutin two BY can,
non bal. Napoleon lifted his head slowly, looked
round as frousing from dream, and tien
with the brief strident voice. "What paeen
this y he sad, Vtlers-Coteret, sire" "dow
MANY leagues from Scissors - "slx, sire.
sFrom Paris - eNineleeH" "fel the
postboys to 20 quick !" and he once more
fang himself back into the .cornerol be car
Race. bis head falling on bis chest Tbs hoF-.
ses carried him away as II they had.wlngs.-
Tho world knows what had taken place be-
tween these two apparitions ofNaPoleon'