Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-10-02
"REMINISCENCES OF NAPOLEON.

"REMINISCENCES OF NAPOLEON.
FROM BLAcKwooD's REVIEW o moSTHoLos's WORK
NAPOLEON sometimes told interesting tales of his early ca
One Of those, if true, shows how the world was
the loss Of Emperor After the siege of Toulon which
his panegysts regard the first step his good fortune, he
returned Paris apparently in the worst possible mood for
adventure He this period suffering from illness His
mother had just communicated him the discomforts of
her position She had been just obliged to fly from Corsica,
where the people state Of instruction, and she
hen at Marsees without any of subsistence. Napo
leon had nothing remaining but assgnat of hundred
sous, his pay being in In this state of detection
went OUT said he 'as if urged suicide by animal in
snc and walked along the quays feeling my weakness but
unable to conquer it, In lew should have
thrown myself into the water, when against indivi
dual dressed like simple mechanic and who recognising
me, threw himself my neck, and Cried is you Napo
leon What JOY to you again. 1t Demasis, for
comade the artillery regiment. He had emil
grated and had returned France in disguise his aged
mother. he about to 60 when soppng he said What
is the matter You do not listen to You do not
GLAD What misfortune threatens you You look
to me like mailman about to kill himself
THIS direct appeal awoke Napoeons feelings and he told
him every thing Is that all " said he opening his
waistcoat and detachng be he added, here thirty
thousand francs gold take Them and your mother"
. cannot said Nopoleon 9 to this day explain TO myself
my motives for dong but seized the gold as by con-
vusve movement and like mailman to send to my
thought Of had done. fastened back TO the spot
where had left Demas but he longer there For
several days went the morning, returning not until
evening" searching every place where hoped TO lind him.
The eud of the is eccentric as the beginning
For fifteen years Napoleon OF his creditor. AT
end of that time he discovered him. and asked why he
had applied to the Emperor The answer was that he
had necessity for the money! but was afraid OF being com
PEELED to quit retirement, where he lived happily pract
sing horticulture.
Napoleon now paid his debit it may be presumed mag
ni6ceny him accept three hundred thousand francs
from the Emperor for the thirty thousand lent
the subaten OF artillery and BESIDES made him director
general of gardens OF the CROWN with salary OF thirty
thousand francs. lie also government place to his
brother.
Napoeon who seems always have had some floating
ideas of aalsm mind remarked that two of his
rades Demass and Phpeau, had peculiar influence his
destiny. Phpeau had emgraed and was the engineer en-
by Sir Smith construct the deiences of Acre.
We have Demass stopped him at the moment when
he was drown himself Phipsau, said he, stop
ped me before ST. Jean dAcre but Tor him should have
been of this key Of the East should have marched
upon Constantinope and rebuilt the throne OF the East
This idea sitting the throne OF the Turk
have left Napoleons mind tie was always talking OF or
dreaming of may fairly be doubted whether he could
ever have found his way out OF Syria himself With his fleet
by Nelson and his march along the coasperhaps
the only practicable roadharassed by the English cruisers
with the whole Turkish army ready meet him IN the dees
of Mount Tauus with ASA Minor s 10 be passed and
with the English Russian and Turkish fleets and forces
DIV 10 meet Conssnnope, his death capture would
seem to certain consequence OF his fantastic expedition
The strongest imaginable probability is, that instead of
the dadem OF France, his head would nave inquired on
the spikes of the seragdo.
Suicide often the unhappy resource of men Indifferent
all religion that scarcely be surprised at It's having
been contemplated than once by man OF fierce
sons exposed to the Of life like Napoleons OF tie
dreadful audacity of crime which directly with the Di
vine will which off all possibility Of repentance, and
which thus sends the criminal before his Judge with all his
sins upon his head there can be no conceivable DOUBT Inc
which is now stated by the intended there is
attempt at paiauon OF any KIND.
sihere was another period oil my life, said Napoleon
when attempted suicide but you are certainly acquainted
with this fact aNo sre was Montholon's reply.
In that case write what ! shall tell you for It is well
that the mysteries Fonnbeau should one day be known
We condense few sent, noes this singular narrative,
which begins with an demanded by his marshss
the 4b Of April 1915, when he was preparing to at
the head Of his army attack the allies The language of
the marshas emphatic
sTbe army is weaed discouraged dcsertion at work
among the ranks To reente Paris cannot be thought of
in attempting to do should uselessy shed blood"
Their proposal was his resignation in favor Of his
Caulaincourt had already brought him the Emperor Alex
andes ouinon on subject The convoy had thus report
cd the imperial conversation 81 carry diplomacy with
Won but cannot tell you every thing Understand this and
lose not d moment in rendering an account to the Emperor
Napoleon conversation and OF the situation OF bis a
fairs here and again as quickly, bringing his abdca
ZION in favor of his As to his personal fate, give you
nv word Of honor that he will be properly treated But loso
not an hour or oil is lost for him, and shall longer have
power to do any thing either for him or his dynasty
Napoleon proceeds !" hesitaed not to make the sacri
flee demanded Of my patriotism. sat down at little table
and wrote my Of abdcaion in favor Of my son. But
that day Mamont with his army had surrendered The allies
instantly rejected all negotiation after this decisive blow in
their favor The act of resignation had not reached hem
and they determined restoring the old monarchy at
On this the deseron was UNIVERSAL and every Fon-
tainbleau evidently thinking only Of being the first
make his bargain with the Bourbons. Napoeon last
xpermen proposed try the effect of in Italy But
all shook their heads and silent He at length signed
the unequvocal abdicaton for himself and his family.
"From the time of my retreat from Russia, said he al
had constantly carried round my neck in little sken bag
portion of poisonous powder which Ivan bad prepared by my
orders when in fear Of being carried off by the Cos
Sacks MY life longer belonged my country the
Of the last few days had again rendered master of it,
Why should endure much suffering, and who knows that
my death may not place the the head Of my son
France saved"
81 besilated longer but, eaping from my bed mixed
the poison in little water, and drank with sort Of nap
piness.
But time had taken away its strength fearful pans I
forth groans from they heard and meuc
sistance arrived II was not Heavens will that snouu W"