The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-11-29

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70 al soth Suggestions, and rssurasd 10 Paris
from fhs nlost brilliant eAnpaign, compare
hvsIy poor man. He had slqthsd the az
hieg ofFEAno0, and rsplsaiahsd tho impayer,
ished treasury at tho Rspablic. and filed the
laaseum of Paris with paintings and statuary.
Bat all Was for France He reserved neith-
er money, nor painting, nor stAtne, Cor him
sslC "Eyery Dns." said he AnsrwArd has
his relative idaas. have TASTE for foundlhg.
not for possessing. My riches consist in gIo-
" Aad celebrity, The simrlpn and lhe r,ou3
Nre we're IN the eyes Of the people ana of for
eigners more my propsTty than any private
domains could possibly have been," This
vas surely lony and noble ambition.
Napoleon won UrvrtssiE tha- -Amtrihns. lie
found d. isioR Of tho army strongly in
trenched upon the hanks Of the Mincio. a
tcrmlncd 10 arrest his passage, Though the
Austrian. were Spuie 6ftsen thousand strong.
and though they had partially denoTisksd The
bridge, the march Of Napoleon was retarded
scarcely an hour. Napoleon was that day
sick, suffering from a violent head ache Ilav-
ing erpssed the flttf and coneerted all hi,
plans Tor tho pUrsuir0f The nyjH,g 6kcmy, Ne
went into an old castle, by the rivers sdc,
TO try tho effect Of a foot bath lie hal but
small rctinuo with him, bs troops being dis
persed in the pursuit Of tho hRiuyes. lie
had bat just placed hi, Gect in the warm water
when he heard the loud eiatier Of horses
hoois, as a squadron Of Austrian dragons gal.
lopesi into the courtyard. Tho sentinel a,
the door shouted ITO arms to arms the
Aus,rianS'" Napoleon sprang from the bath
and hastily drew on one boot, and with the
other in his hand, lcapcd from the window,ss-
capped through the back gate Of the garden,
mounted horse and galloped TO Massenas
division. who we're cooking their dinner Mt
little distance from tho castle, The appear.
anec Of their commander-in-chiefa among them
in such plight reused the soldiers from their
eAmp-kcttlcN and they rushed in pursuit Of
the Ans,flans, who, in their turn, retrcated.--
This personal risk induced Napoleon 20 estab
lish a bodyguarl, to consist Of ftc hundred
veterans, ofat least ten years' service. who
were ever 20 accompany him. This was the
origin Of TINT imperial Guard, which, in the
subsequent wars Of Napoleon, Obtained rurh
a worldwide renuvn.
Napoleon soon encAmpcd leforO the almost
tiH1FTssHHbiu fortress OF hiHutur. 5tbuut TWEEN
~ thousaM mon composed its garrison. As
il was impossible to sarmouut such formida.
ble dcfenscs by assault, Napoleon was con.
PEELED to have recourse to the more tedious
operations Of seigc.
The Austrian government dissatisfied with
the genoralship Of BcRulieu, withdrew him
from the service and sept General Avnrmser
to assume the command, with rviniorccmenT
Of some siSty thousand men. Napoicun's ar.
my bad been reinforced 80 That he had about
thirty thousand men with whom 10 meet tho
eighty. thousand which would compose the
Austrian army when united Il would re.
quire however,at Icas, month before Wurm.
ser could arrive NJ the gates of Mantua Ma.
poleon resolved to improve the moments of
leisure in disarning his enemies in the South
Of Italy.
The Kingdom Of Naples, situated vt the
southern extremity OF the peninsula, is the
most powerful State in Italy. A Bourbon
prince, dissolute and efTeminate, sat upon the
throne. Its feet had been actively allied
with the English in the attack upon Toulon.
Her troops were now associated with the Aus
trians in the warfare against france. The
king, seeing the Austrians, and his own troops
united with them, driven from every part Of
Italy except the fortress OF Mantna. was ex-
cccdingly alarmed, and sent to Napoleon inn
ploring peace Napoleon, not being able to
march an army into his territory to impose
contributions, and yet being very anxious to
detach from the alliance the sixty thousand
men which Naples could bring into the field.
granted an Hrnistice upon terms so easy as to
provoke the displeasurn Of the Directory. But
Napoleon was fully aware Of the impending
peril and decided wisely. The Pope, now
abandoned by Naples, was In perfect constcr-
nation. lie had mathematical republican
France. lie had preached a crusade against
her, and had allowed her ambassador to be
assasEinated in the streets OF Rome. He was
conscious that he deserved chastiscment, and
he had learned that the young conqueror in
his chasiisings, inflicted very heavy blows
Napoleon, taking with him but SIX thousand
men, entered the States of the Pope. The
provinces subject to the Pope's temporal
power contained apopulation Of two and a
half millions, most OF whom were In state Of
disgraceful barharism. He hid an inefficient
army of four or FIVE thousand men. His tenn
pOral power was nothing. 1t was his sPiritu-
al power which rendered the Pope formidable.
The Pontif Immediately sent an ambassador
TO Bologna, TO implore the clemency OF the
conqueror. Napoleon referred the Pope to
the Directory IN Paris for the terms uf a per-
nanent peace, granting him however an ar
misticc, in consideration OF which he exacted
the surrender Of Anconn, Bologna, and Fer
rara TO French garrison, the payment Of
four millions Of dollars In silver and gold,and