The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-10-30

| attack the besieged band upon every side, and
confident from their overpowering numbers, of
an easy victory. They did M. ho.iore tiat sl,e
few anu Feeble troops of the Convertien would
dare to resist the people, but cherished the de-
lusion that very few shots, from their own
side, would put all opposition to flight Thus
unhesitatingly, they within the sweep of
the grape-shot, with which Napoleon had charged
his guns to the muzzle. But seeing that the
troops Of the Convention stood firm, awaiting
their approach, the head of one of the advancing
columns levelled their muskets and discharged
volley Of bullets at their enemies. 1t was the
signal for an instantaneous discharge, direct.
sanguinary, merciless from every battery. In
quick succession explosion followed explosion
and perfect storm of grape-shot swept the
thronged streets The pavements were covered
with the inangled and the dead The columns
ed-the storm still ragged undated; they fed
IN utter disInay in every direction; the storm
still pursued them Then Napoleon commanded
his little division impetuously to follow the fugi-
tiyes, and to continue the discharge but with
blank cartridges. As the thunder of these heavy
guns reyerbe-ated along the streets, the insur-
gents dispersed through every available lane
and alley, and in less than an hour the foe was
nowhere 10 be found. Napoleon sent his divi-
sion in every section and disarmed the inhabi-
tants, that there could be no re-gathering. He
then ordered the dead to be buried, and the
wounded TO be conveyed to the hospitals, and
then, with his pale and marble brow as unmoved
as if no event of any great Importance had oc-
CURED, he returned to his headquarters at the
Tuileries
How could you, said lady, "thus rnerci-
lessiy tire upon your own countrymen 80 "A
soldier, he cody replied, sis but machine to
obey orders. This is ny SEAL, which have i'm
pressed upon Paris" Subsequently Napoleon
never ceased to regret the occurrence; and tried
70 forget, and to have others forget that he had
ever deluged the streets of Paris with the blood
OF Frenchmen.
Thus Napoleon established the new govern
ment Of France called the Directory. from the
FIVE Directors, who composed its executive. But
a few months passed away before Napoleon, by
moral power, without the shedding of a drop Of
blood overthrew the constitution which his I'M
plying artillery had TINS established Imme-
diately after the quellng of the sections, Napo-
leon was triumphantly re ceived by the Conven-
ton 1t was declared, by unanimous resolve.
that his energy had saved the Republic. His
TREND Barras became one Of the Directors and
Napoleon was appointed Commander-in-chief of
the Army of the Interior, and intrusted with the
military defence and government of the metrop-
OILS The defeat Of the insurgents was the
lea th-bl lnuy Of NIL no d
and seemed to establish the Republic upon n !
permanent foundation. Napoleon manifested
the natural clemency of his disposition very
strongly in this hour Of triumph When the
Convention would have executed Menon as q
traitor, he pleaded his cause and obtained his
acquittal. He urged, and successfully, that as
the insurgents were now harmless, they should |
not be punished, but that a vail Of oblivion
should be thrown over all their deeds. The
Convention, influenced not little By the spirit
of Napoleon, now honorably dissolved itself by
passing an act Of general amnesty for all past
offences. and su-reudering the government to
the Directory s
The situation OF Napoleon ~ss nov fiattering
in the extreme. He was but tEeDty-6ve years
Of age The distinguished services he had rem
oeiSd; sHS Hi5H raHk ne Dau attained. and the
ample income Mt his disposal gave him very
elevated position in the public view. The emf
nence he had now attained was not sudden
and accidental outbreak of celebrity. II wa.
the result of long years of previous toll. He
was now reaping the fruit of the seed which he
had sown in his incessant application to study
in the military school; in his continued devotion
to literary and scientific pursuits, after he be-
came an officer; in his energy and fearlessness,
and untiring assiduity at Toulon in his davs
OF Wintry exposure, and nights of sleeplessness
IN fortfying the coast of France, and his untirng
toll among the Businesses of the AIps. Never
was reputation earned and celebrity attained by
more Hereulean labor. If Napoleon had extra
ordinary genius, as unqucstionably he had, this
genius stimulated him to extraordinary exer
tions -a-
Immediately upon the attainment of this high
dignity ana authority, with the ample peeuniary
resources accompanying it, Napoleon hasteued
to Marseiiles, to place his mother in a position
OF perfect comfort And he continued to watch
oSeh hef with most hlial assiduity, proving HIM
self an afecuonate and dutiful son. From this
hour the whole family, mother, brothers, and
sisters were taken under his protection, and all
their interests blended with his own.