Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-11-24
InIIIS NaPnLElN.

AFTER the surrender of The island Of Corsica to The
English, Napoleon Bohapare who had fought bravery
for his native isle was banished together with
his family. Hearing from Napoleon that a noay oi
nlracd Rcvoulionsts were in search of their dwell
ling, his mother and family Immediately fed to The
seacoas, where they wandered ab"ut hollseless anu
fororn until boat could be procured for their trans
porta,ion.
Their embarkaton from Corsica is thus bcau'inliy
described in Harpcrs Magazine: g 1t was midnight
when an open boat manned by four strong r"wers
with mued oars approached the shore in the rcin''
" Of the piagcd and battered dwelling OF Madame
I.cia. A dim lanterp was held BY an attendant, as
tho whole Bonaparte family silence and in sorrow,
with the world its poverty and its pcrlls wide before
them entered the boat. few trunks aud hnnd-boScs
contained all their available property The oarfmcn
pulled out into the dartand lonely sea- Earthly boat
never before held sucha band OF emlsrants There
sat Madame Icti,ia, Joseph, Napoleon, lcien LoI's
Jerome, Eliza, Pauline, and Caroline Little did
these frendless fugi,ives then Imagine that all the
thrones Of Europe-were u trcmblc before thcm and
that their celebrity was TO ill the world. Napoleon
took his stand at the bows, for although the second
son. he was already the commanding spirit OF the
family. They ascended the sides OF small Srs-
eel which waiting for them in the ollng, with her
sails iuttering in the breeze; and when the morning
sun rose over the blue waters Of the Mediterranean,
they approaching the harbnr OF Nice Here They
remained hut short time, when they removed to
MarscillrS, where The family remained in great p'cu
MARY embarrassment, until relieved by the rising for
tunes Of Napoleon"
From that moment until the present day. the maine
of Bunaparc has ranked prc.eminenl in history, and
even now Louis Napoleon is the most aspiring and
ambitious Of the European Potcnnles. lie has finally
declared his intention Of being crowIlcd Empcror,an
but for the nterposition Of tue Pope, wond ere his
have been securely seated upon the French throne
What this interference ON the part Of His Holiness
will amount cannot say, but proPhcsy that Louis
Napoleon, either by pulley or force will YET be Elm
pcror.
1t has been said by n great writer that Napoleon
woud;bc compelled 10 60 to war, in oricr To support
Ills tremendous army, and If this be true, no war
would certainly be more desirable than that which
would eventually rlisc him to the throne.
1t may he that the hand OF the assassin, the infer
nal machine of some infuriaied mob, will end his
bilious career fno he must be than President.
Inc CRY vi Long I'VE tle I.tnpcTof, dittuus
fallen upon his ear upon more than occasion and
he has cyinced spirit able TO execute as it WAS
quick to perceive.
That man who can look down from his Palace win
dow upon the Place Louis XV. without fear and trem
bling, must certainly possess brave and intrepid
spirit, especially il he aspire TO tho crown of France.
Than this there is no sadJer spot on Garth. None
more drenched with blood, none more remarkable for
the number rank and quality of its victims Here, by
the stroke of the bloody execntioner the unfortunate
Louis XIV terminated his chequered career. Here
the celebrated Marie Antoincte breatcd her last.
Here I'risso met his fate with calm and philosopic
composure. Here were enacted the inIluman butcher
les and barbarous cruees of Rotespierre and his
followers Here the scene Of the bloolicst rcvo.
luton recorded in hs,ery-and here, if fatality
attached to the spot, nearly fifteen thousand persons
were killed by the bursting Of SHE'LL during pyro-
trchnic exhibition. Indeed mournul the asso-
cia,ins which cluster around this place, that if we
were Lonis NaI,oleon.odr ambition would res, content
with being President y .ihc French Republic.