Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-12-09

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of his life For being married to one of those who
devotedy attached to him. aud constantly with him.
what did not myself see was accurately informed Of
may, therefore, fearlessy affirm that Of all the indi
viduals who have written about Napoleon, few so
competent myself to give detailed account Of him..
Madame Junot narrates many incidents Of Napoeon's
early youth and his schoolboy fe She that
he very much like all other boys, only perhaps lit
determined ard sefwi,led When reprimandedfor
fault he seldom cried when whipped, he would some.
times let drop few tears bat would utter word
in the way of begging pardon. His nurse Saveria told
Madame Junot that Napoleon was pretty boy"
like his brother Joseph, and Of all his mothers
the from whom future greatness the least to be
prognosticated When he frHt to Paris he had all
the appearance of fresh Importation and went around
the streets gaping and starag at every thing he saw At
this period he very morose and censorous he was
in fact quite republican cynic and snarler at every
thing luxurious and exravagant He fetted and chafed
his spirit at the thought Of being beneficiary student of
the State and quarreed with the fortune which poured
riches into tho lap or sons sreng s comrades but left
him to oshift Tor in ~ raisea fsu sous 70 buy
his dinnsr Hi did Not military school ut Paris,
and took pains conceal his dissatisfaction His
teacher pronounced him at the time "iltempered
and headed youth" They eager, consequent
y to procure his dsmssion from college and to accee
rate his entrance in the army.
At this period the young soldier quite gawk in
manners. He was spare in size and wore enormous
pair Of boots which world too wide for the Gilt
tic thin legs which seemed buried in their amplitude"
This circumstance procured for him the so5que Of puss
in boots" jocuar designation which threw the young
mtare into rage, and for which he forgave it's
author It was sister Of Madame Junots who first gave
him this nickname. In few years afterwards his per-
~. Il
hinness was converted into uness oface and his
pexion which had been yellow and apparently unhealthy
became clear and comparatively fresh his features which
were regular and sharp became round and filed out AS
early 1898 he began the gray greatcoat which
afterwards became celebrated gloves at time he
never wore, and his boots imade and i'll backened
He had great contempt for the "royalist coxcombs
who their hair not Ia Titus that is, close shaven
and fzzled but powdered plated and turned up with
comb while each side Of the face hung two long cus
called dogs ears, (oreales de chien.)
The affair Of the 18th Vendemiaire 4th October 1867
in which Napoleon greatly distinguished himself by
routing and dispensing in the streets Of Paris the nsur
gent mob who had risen to put down the Convention,
opened the way to his promotion After that
day soiled boots says Madame Junot, out Of the
question Bonnparte never went out now but in hand
carriage and he lived in very respectable house,
cessary parsonage and all without antecedt without
noise, if by magic. He still every day to
Madame Permon, the mother of Madame Junot, and
widow. H. Permon had died few days after the 18th
vendemiaire "My mothers mourning" says Madame
Junot, awas dcep" etiquette required absolute soli-
tude, which, however, preyed much upon her natu-
rally delicate health that the physician commanded her
to take amusement, and recommended her to hire
box at Of the theatres and to 60 there in the most
profound ncognito in order at preserve decorum
and assuage her poignant grief by temporary diversion
of mind from the incubus of sorrow Accordingly the
pretty widow Permon took box at the Feydeau where
she passed hour two every evening"" and where
Napoleon failed to meet her. The young and rising
officer soon became enamorad Of the widow Permon, if
to believe her daughter and offered her his hand,
suing for their marriage as regard to decency
would permit Madame Permon it would seem, was
taken by SURPRISE for she old enough to be the
ther Of oil the Bonapartes She accordingly dismissed
very bandly the youthful suitor with the kindly
that, though she had pretcnsions, che did
net aspire high to conquer the heart Of of
twentysix. But Bonaparte would not take this denial
He begged the fair widow think further of the propo
sal. "Well, wel I will think of it," replied Madame
Permon, laughing heartily at the idea, her daughter
In few days after this Napoleon and
Madame Permon quarrcled and we're never fully
cied
Madame Juno discourscs mach on the state of society
during this transition period OF France The storm of
the revolution overpast, but the murmuring and
believing of its thunder still resounded in the Of the
people. Republcanism still had its enthusiasts and par
tisans, and, Madame Junot thinks its manacs Good
patriots still held civic feasts and dincd either in the
open air, which rather annoying when the wind was
high, in the street, which always fl thy; but
people dned in at Sparta and there FORE says
Madame j., it right that they should dine common
at Paris. At that period too, young still ran about
tho streets real sans-cote with only sh or tunic
and MANTLE rather ample oga for they proved
q bit from all the republics
"The company kept by my mother was compos, d Of o
great number of persons Of diamericay opposi opi
MONS. The artists and literary talked and reamt
Of nothing but republic Young men, dressed COM
petely in the Greoian Styles gravely wal king
their white ogas with red borders stopping under one
Of the entrances Of the Louvre and discussing bent ath
the porch the gravest interests of the State They did
laugh but held their chins with hand, sau, ed
each other by waggng the head and strove in Short to
play the old Roman, the youngest Of them
is they could"
Madame Junot did not possess, it would seem, demo.
,ratc instincs she does not believe in equality II
,as been alleged she says, that the revolutionary and
eveng spirit of modern times has simp6ed matters by
placing all articles within the reach Of all classes
persons. That is true she adds, in one "0ur
,rocer shall have muslin curtains and gilt rods TO his
windows and his wife shall have silk cloak like ours
because that elk has become light and cheap that
very body afford it, but it does not keep any body
warm All other kinds Of stuff in the predica-