Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-04-11
THE TOMB OF NAPOLEON IN PARIS.

tonai lmielllgencer, gives tn following
notes Of the tomb of Napoleon:
at having been announced officially
that, on the 25th instant, the chapel Of
Saint Jerome, which held the remains of
Napoleon, at the Hotel des Invalides,
would be closed TO the public, in order that
due progress light be made IN the crypt,
or subterranean monument in which they
are finally to rest, we took advantage of
the rich sunshine Of the 23rd to pay the
chapel visit. There was q concourse Of
VISITORS; but not so large as to interfere
with leisurely inspection. We entered
by the right side of the chapel, where
stood. Teach with tr:-coIored flag in his
| hand, two veteran pensioners, who direc
ted US te advance on that side, and with
draw by the other. A lady whom | es
corted stopped to ask an aged subalern,
seated near, whe Their he had been with the
Emperor; and, if so, in acaat battle? ASK.
madam, was the immediate reply, jim what
battle did not follow the great Napoleon.
Egypt, Lodi, Dresden-aIl saw me fight
ing for him who lies yonder.' The Ian
guage was French, of course; and the old
soldier. whom we discovered TO be sight
less, when he raised his hand to touch his
military cap, uttered it W tn an earnestness
that. 70, us, proved it to be ex.emporc.
The circular chapel was insulated from
the great church OF the hospital; converted
into a sanctuary from noise and light; hung
with violet velvet, gitering here and there
with beads; and, altogether, with its half
darkness and ritual drapery, produced an
effect which the French call grdndiose,
but which impressed me with sentiments
| the reverse Of that epithet. The coffin
which ercloses the imperial remains is Of
dark wood resembling cedar. it appears
heavy and solid, and has FURNISHED han
die at each eud. It was covered with a
canopy of purple velvet, lined with ermine,
and richly figured with feurs de lis; at
! one corner the initial ~, at at the other
the emperaI eagle wrought in gold. At
the head was the Napoleon crown, and on
a cushion at the foot were the various
splendid insignia which once shone on his
breast. Above waved the banners gained
in mighty battes-Austerlitz, Ulm, Lodi,
Jena, &C., which are inscribed in golden
characters on the sides of the chapel; and
a pvramIdal urn uear the head Of the cot
fin bears the words Hohneur ct Patrie. A
lamp has been constantly burning near the
corpse. Every day scores Of wreaths were
thrown through the CRATES by devout wor-
shippers. The repository or tomb will be
beneath the pavement Of the main edfce,
under the axis Of the dome-an arrange
ment which is severely criticised. The
real monument will be hugh equestrian
statue in the middle Of the court. Five
years are asked for the execution Of the
whole design.
MURDER IN BROADWAY.
Last evening, about o'clock, J. Cor
lies was shot through the head, at the cor
ner of Broadway and Leonard st. beside
the Society Library.
AS be fell, a woman, or person in wo-
mans clothing, with whom he had been in
conversation, fed across the street and was
not pursued.
The body Of Corlies was carried into
Carlton House, where medical aid was
soon rendered; but unavailInglv. The ball
had entered the back par: Of the head, and
passed through to the front. The victim
never spoke, nor recovered consciousness,
and died about ten O'Clock.
1t is a sort of Mercer affair, arising. as
it is believed, from the seduction by the
deceased Of the wife Of J. II. Cotton, a
gambling house keeper in Vesay street.
Cotton was found at home by the officers
and declared his ignorance Of the whole
transaction, but was arrested and commit
ted for examination.
II ro,Ict ho roman no rod hot tu,o n roo
days ago, Cotton attempted to shoot Cories
in the street; but the pistol missed fire
whereupon he was bound over to keep the
peace in the penalty Of $1,000.
Colton's wife was found locked up in
garnet, at his residence in Vesey street, in
state Of arrangement, real or pretended.
~ Y Amer.
TO SAVE TREES GIRDLED BY MICE.
The following is from the pen Of David
Thomas If Cavuro % N Y We Lpow