Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-01-13
The Divorce of Napoleon.

"a WOTh Just VhuIlSlltu, hiBNENAb , SoUNE- |
MRS IIIsroRIquE OF NAPOLEON AND MARIE !
LOUISE, gives for the first time, the reasons |
ass gucd for allowing the divorce. A scnatuS
c0nSuitum it says, he'd declared the marriage |
between Napoleon aud the Empress Josephine |
10 be dissolved. After some explanations, the |
official authorities at Paris annued the reli- |
gious bond. The civil act ofthc first marriage
contained clauses of nullity which would have
suiliced 10 authorize its rupture, but the idea of
taking advantage of these defects, which would
have wounded the Empcrors dignity, did not
even present itself TO his mind The two wit
ucsscs were NJ. Canelet, friend OF the Beau
harnois family, and Captain Lemarois, General
Hunaparte's aid-de-camp. The latter was a
minor born in 1176; he was scarcely 30 years
ct age i'll l10G. the period Of the marriage.
The age of the parties had not been accurately
stated. The civil act had not been executed
with an irrcgularity which might be excused
by the negligence which prevailed at that pc
riod The production of copies Of registers of
the birth Of the parties had not been required,
or those documents were but specifically eXa"
mined. General Bonaparte was described as
having been born on the 9th of February, l76S,
although lie really came into the world on the
, 18th of August, 1869. This fact no doubt was
the foundation for the statement made by some
biographers that Napoleon was born before the
union of Corsica with France. Was the enunci-
alton of this date the effect of forgetfulness or
carclessness on the part of General Bonapartc's
agent, or did the General desire, by making
himself Is months older, to approach his age to
that Of Madame de Beauharnais, who on her
sdc made step towards his The date of the
9TH Of February is not that of the birth ofany Of
his brothers. At the conclusion OF the mourn
fol ceremony, which dissolved the bonds which
had Josephine borne children would have been
as their lives, the cxEmpress withdrew TO her
apartment and the Emperor returned to his stu
dy, silent and sad. He threw himself on the
sofa in a state of complete prostration. He re-
msncd there some moments, his head reclining
on his hand, and when he rose his features were
distorted. Orders had been previously given
to proceed to Trianon. When it was announ.
ccd TO him that his carriage was ready, he took
his hat, and sad "Mcneval, come with me.
| followed him by the winding staircase, which
led from his study to the apartment of the En-
prcss. That Princess was alone, and ppeared
To be overwhelmed with most painful rcflcc
tons. At the noise caused by our entrance
ehc quickly raised and threw herself sobbng
nn the Enperor's neck, who held her to hi
breast and embraced her several times, but, o
vcrcyiEc by her emotions, she tainted. hast
cncd TO ring for assistance The Emperor
wishing to avoid the renewal of scene OF grlc
which il was not IN his power to calm, place,
Tie Empress in my arms when he perceived heI
beginning to recover her senses and chargin!
; me not to leave her, he withdrew rapidly b.
: the drawing rooms ofthe ground floor, at til,
door vI which his carriage was awaiting fo
him. Josephine Immediately perceived tina
the Emperor had retired, and her sobs an,
means increased. Her female attendants, VIII,
: had entered the apartment, laid her on couch
, where they carefully attended her. In her a
gouy she seized my hands, unxiously besough
I me 10 tell the Emperor not to forget her, an,
to assure him that her attachment would sur
Vve all contingencies. She made IN
promise to send her news of the Empcro
from Tranon, and to take care that he shuul,
write to her. 1t was with difficulty that sh,
I suffered rae to leave her, as if my absence wa
about to burst the last link by which she stiI
held the Emperor. | quilted her much atlec
trd at the eight Of such untrigncd griet, and a
such sincere attachment. | was profoundly
: Crieyed during my journey, and could not bu
Gcplore the rigorous cXlgencles of politics
which so violently burst asunder the links OF
well tried affection in order TO impose another
unron, which offered but an uncertain chanc,
r or happjness,-London paper.
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the \. York Gazctte-we believe in CROSBY
street which has three stories under groun,
aud six above, and contains population Of a
bout fifteen hundred souls among whom near
: ly all the modern languages are spoken.
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