Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-03-11

with his hero. with all his Dazzling attributes.
and Shows him To us rs the chIsf ia thu cabi-
net. the first i'm the field. and the one already
first IN the hearts ot all Frenchmen. lie ~
set before us like q Minerva sprung from the
brain OF Jupiter. panoplicd as the goddess OF
wisdom. war. and the arts. We see him on
ly as the msturcdd iplomatist. the experienced
chief, already competent tn win the hearts aud
command the will OF his lcgions. We hong
to know the history Of his youth. How was
he formed, how was he prepared Tor his bril-
liant d~cs,inies. how was developed that char
scter - extraordinary. that intelligence %
proJigious, Who has known his first lsbors.
his secret thoughts. his a difficulties, his success,
the impressions of his YOUTH
They have given us a few college anecdotes,
n few vague assertions. bot nothing more.
Nc history or memoir has vet told us the story
of his studeut-his youthful days. Fortu-
%na,ely. Napoleon himself has given the world
the Key of those early chapters of his life. At
the epoch ot the Consulate. he thought OF
placing in security all the papers relating to
his earl, youth. lie therefore put them into
o large ministerial box. upon which he wrote
Committed To Cardinal Fesch alone The
box. tied and sealed with the arms oi Cardinal
FesCh. survived the Empire and the Restora-
tiou without ever ocing opened: afterwards IL
passed through different hands, still sealed.
and It's but recently they have come TO hight IN
France. These papers contain his early cor'
rcspondcncc, his Journal. a history al his ma
tive land. Corsica. treaties on different sub
jecis. philosophical aud military, comprising
thirty light manuscript columns. written in
the ~sutogrspa OF himself. Here It is we find
the names al men who exercised a tutelar in
flnence over a soul only govemablc ia its
CHILDHOOD.
When Napoleon WAS first st college. his
wsTmcst friend was father Dupuy. a religious
monk, to whom he submitted all his writings.
The good father gave him advice, aud reprov-
CT all his faults; le let nothing escape. the
thoughts. the grammar were objects at his
criticisms. which a. appears from the cores
pondcncc were not always received with do
cility. His reflections upon has temptation
to commit suicide arc exceedingly interesting.
Poor, obscure. without prospects. ssdjencd
10y The evils oi his native county, be began To
experience misiortun,s. aud was tempted, he
tell u. io end his lie with his pistol.
But h. yielded not To that temptation. His
conduct - a bright lesson to youth. lie i'm.
proved his leisure from tire g%sTnson. usually
~ tadiy employed during the siS years Of his
lieuiensncy of artillery. 10 enlarge and iortify
hrs mind. lie studied his art, he studied his
foiN nf NfNEUR 10 hfitN the resources OF
France. lie led his mind on the best works
Of antiquity, acquired a knowledge Of govern.
m,nt. wrofc much. thought much. accomplish
cd much towards his own perfection. No
one has ioilcd moe than h.. aud il he had
ideas ~ clear on legislation, hnsDccs, society,
m after da, those ideas did not issue sponian.
cotisly fwm bis brain. lie rcspcd on the
throne the fruits o( the long labor. OF the poor
lieutenant of artillery. la has journal. the an.
disguised heart of Napoleon IL s,en. for hc
puts all his impressions on paper. Did he
Tall in love with a female whom he admired.
be FASTENED on his return tn write down the
conversation, being careful TO note both the
day an! ihe hour. Tacitum with his com
radcs, he was CAREFUL TO open his heart in sol
ltudc. He has often bcen called a child Of
Fate. But there was nothing foriuiious W i'm |
him; he WAS even Obliged To struggle, and snc-
cess did not always crosvn has efforts. IL was
chance tina, took him 90 Tou.on. for he
let mo- opportunity pass OF making bimsclfl
known. Was "a celebrated minister recalled
io power. the Young olhccg addressed To him
a note on the Sliairs OF has island, Corsica.
Every where no gass a bieh idea OF his char. |
acisf 1t viii uo ionertb allowed TO aitn.
oote ms elevation TO gais. aud yet how often
- one STRUCK with the most singular coinci
dences of dates aud events = On IN. IL oil
MAY, the day on which Napoleon tells as ia
his journal, that his thoughts esrs tmraed on
dtdfh that be mcdita,ed suicide, he was oh.
ligcd thirty five years later TO enter ST Helena
an agony. In a volume of geography, written
ehtircly with his own innd. ami which a. no,
hnished, We hnd at the Close, where he ceas.
Cd TO pursue his project. these words, which
seenl la contain the most extraordinary of
productions "Sotat NkHa. petite ae." 81.
hieaG, O mail island.
it"ss here the emperor was Obliged To
finish hs geography.