Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-10-08

History OF the Captivity OF Napoleon a
ST. Helena, from the Journal of Sir Hudson
Lowe and Official Documents not before the
| Public" We have not yet seen the book
but find an analysis of it, with numerous ex
tracts. in the last numoer of the Londor
AthenRum.
The work intended as defence of Lowe
for his brutality TO Napoleon; is full of Gu
rous revelations. II seems that the sys
tematic anoyances TO which the exile was
subjected were we'll known TO the British
Ministry, and that, so far forth, Lowe wa:
less guilty than has been popularity supposed
But that is not the darkest shade of the trans
action. These volumes leave no shadow Of
doubt that Dir. 0 Meara, whose "ReveIa
tians from ST. Helena became afterwards
so famous, was originally designed to act as
spy on the secret thoughts of Napoleon
for the benefit of the prince Regent and Ger.
tain members of the cabinet, and that he &C.
tually filled this disgfaceful post for a while
and that the revelations he made of the tor
lures which the exiled Emperor suffered
amused" his Royal Highness, to quote f.om
the correspondence, and afforeda ''reaffsast'
TO others in authority. What can be more
revolving than this picture! the hihgest
personages in the British realm: comprising
even the acting Executive, connivag at a
breach of private confidence and consent.
ing TO the petty malice of brutal. conse-
quential governor, in order that they might
be amused" at the agones of their victim
1t is to the credit of Peel and Wellington,
who succeeded the ministry that thus dis
graced itself: that they appear to have dis
liked the entire proceedings.
O'Meara himself does not appear in the
mort favorable light. The best that can be
said of him is, that he firmly refused TO as
sist in this dirty work, partly from compass
sion for Napoleon and partly becaue the
British ministry refused to pay a certain
twelve thousand francs which he demanded
His Revelations from St. Helena" was the
consequence. Though he assaulted the cab
met with great acrimony in that book, the
government could DO nothing in retaliation,
as he we'll knew for the only course they
could take TO effectuaIy injure him would
be to publish his letters, written when their
spy, and this would damage them even more
than him. All the government did was TO
cause a vituperative article 10 appear in the
Quarterly Review, of which the authorship
was generally attributed TO Croker. 1t now
seems that this gentleman was the person In
The ministry that managed the correspond
ence, using as his tool fiend of o Meara's.
clerk in the admiralty, whom he babe to
instruct the doctor to write, in the fullest
possible detail, all the anecdotes he could
pick up. Croker is still alive, and may at
tempt to whitewash the affair over. But the
Anenaum says there is not the slightest
doubt of the authenticity of the document.
and, if so, the task of the veteran tory will
be as difficult as changing leopards spots.
In short: there seems no doubt, from the
revelations in this book, uriaken though ii
was for the defence OF Lowe, that the tales
told of the treatment of Napoleon at St.
Helena. by O'Meara, Las Casas, Montholon,
and others, were not a whit beyond the
truth. The only result of these volumes is
to confirm the general suspicion which OF
late years had begun to prevail, that the
ministry of Lord Liverpool sanctioned, at
least indirectly, all the WEAKNESSES and bru-
talities of Lowe.
A SMART OLD LADY-On the 18th of Au-
gust, on the occasion of the fete at Paris in
honor of Louis Napoleon, there were some
Startling performances at the Paris Hippo
drome. Among others, Madame Sechi,
seventy-fye years old. walked up rope six
hundred feet long and elevated at its middle
by wooden trussel one hundred feet high.
The ascent as we'll as the descent on the
other side of the trussel were equal. and
seemed to be at about an angle of Thirty
five degrees. She not only assembled and
descended with ease, and even with agility.
but performed various feats on the rope
which frightened all the behollers. She
would fall down on the rope suddenly. stretch
out on her back, and then, with the arms
extended, raise to her feet again This was
done several times at distance of seventy
five feet above the ground. She continued
to shout with her shrill old voice. "Vive
fEmpereur!' the whole time, and seemed
10 mock the fears of the spectators The
Emperor was sitting in his carriage in the
midst of the crowd, waiting to compliment
her when she descended. This is the same
woman who walked small rope suspended
presence of the first Emperor and Josephine.
nearly fifty years ago.
where to get a cent, do. Blest if | don't
emigrate to Kamschatka to dig gold
Money scarcer than wit; can't live by
ueItuSI-dl fedSt 1 Cdit I. tSDIu the idSt OtU
shirt, pawned my boots for three cents, and
went home rich as lord.
"Told my landlady had a hundred thou
sand dollars, and wanted the best room i'll
the house. Insulted me by saying the
attic was too good for me.
"Pm an injured individual. Society per-
secutes me. don't do society no harm as
| knows on. don't rob widders' houses.
l don't know widders. don't put the bot
tie to my neighbors' lips I amt got no
neighbors; and the fact is don't own any
bottles. Couldn't fill them if did.
Tim an innocent man. Nobody can look
me in the face and say / ever hurt 'em
nobody: and yet havn't got a roof to lay
my head into. My old landIady hated me
why? | couldn't pay, and / left. Cause
why? amt it better 10 dwelIin corner of
the house-top: than with brawling woman
in wide housea But amt got a house,
top: and if had, a corner wouldn't be safe,
would it? ....
"Fm desp'rit man. I'd go to work if if
wasn't for my excessive benevolence. I'm
afraid of taking the bread out of somebody's
mouth. Besides, wisdom's the principal
thing; don't the good book say 500 What's
money to wisdom2 Amt | studying
character If man kicks me because
can't pay for nv Ticker, amt getting uu-