Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-14
PERsONAL GOsslF AROUF NArOLEON.


The P4r- -poudeai OF the London Review gives
this chapter Of gossip about the limp Napoleon
have SseaGs hiljed a; the strange position CT the
Emperor and Empress {. ia summer IL came to & sort
Of crisis ca his Esjcs'ys return from Nichy. You
nav lerhs-s, have ~, ssed, from what the "Court
Crcuar" of the Freach newspapers SET forth, that
the imperial exi-tuce az Ychy was, by means,
tsat Of hermit, or, Indeed, OF a patient wboss
SOL care il driaking waters for his health. IL
seemed % the persons lsit behind az FOuta'nbeau,
and ABOVE l. % 90, nearly Interested, 20 be a
more than usually igdeCOrCus not 90 say scaudalous,
,l1dn Cf life Eui when the Emperor returned be
civ q, believe l have good authority stating, Il
quick success n Of ] cures upon the example he bad
jus, been setting, aud the preext he was siOrdDg for
pItlc abuse aud public contempt Nv source Of in.
formation l. a mOzJ intimate AID excellent one, aud |
Imagine | sm warranted in silrming that soue OF the
truths told Napoleon III by The Empress Eugeric, how
wholesome they may be, were, by no means, paa-
table.
Dl-1g his short stay at Fo1tainbleau, his Msjcsiy
found time revise has half peied manuscript Of
the lie OF Ju.l- Csnr aud huuored hil librarian, w.
htuty, Sith reading irou some portions OF II. But
tais olc STONED somewhat C0micll incident VI. Maui
~ Ike an FreuchTeu IS anxious 10 make bis way and
'lcnt ye' iortuun; tu. he il, the time real
genuine sasati aud when ais speciality is touched he
f1rgets his Interest Nov Wlen his master honorsd him
the her day by communicating 20 him his lucutrtliOns
uplu the 'ji.i2e' JIl1s he doubt anxious
possible % avoid repeating ;he bluader Of Gil Bias with
jle U,eragy-mded archbishop but the love Of the craft
30, 900 much ts&m, aud it seems that after having
guipsd do&c6S6t enormities, he at least enconn
tered son@Ao tremendous a sze that he could not, r
tae lie Of him. vlov them; and so theiHearurg' fair
" gained the day and the arcl pogs' put his ambition
10 nis pocket, aud a. al risk told the inexperienced
thor thlt what he lad Wr;ttn all wrong that Il
Impossible; that i; could no, stand. Great sCerls TO
Rave been the imperial surprise bu the mistakes made
gross easy 10 prove, that there sas no help
io5 IL so the Life OF Csc ar Is 20 be revised and
scar hes are TO b. made by s the wise of France
uuon several points which either very important
very obscure
rather 'udcrous alarm ms seized Nessrs Blrcche,
de Moray a. for il il sad that one point on which
LOUIS Napoleon rCqlires light to be thrown ia the
lives and dOugs OF certain cOrsuls whom Julius Cs3ar
punished for shameful corruption. These gentlemen
have Seu IL into their heads that their us'Tous
clte is minded to draw portraits OF them un5e- the dis
glise Of R-mln names aud features aud they have a
singular dislike 10 this possible process However that
nay be- Que th NJ is certain and that is that the Empe
rors return TO Foltainbeau was sulciently uncomor
able Que; he Asreelbly welcomed in the family
circle things made pleasant for him the side
Of bis literary offspring.
Re ~i perhaps console himself for these small mis-
hapI By lis with King Charles XII Of Sweden.
There a port that the momentary failure Of the plan
for German ulity" TO be brought about by partner
snip with William OF Prussia, is perhaps to be COM
pan-atsd by project % SclrdnayAn unity the head
Of ~hich s BE- placed Bernadottes Toe Swedish
King : ambitious, and Louis Napoleon has hopes Of
forcing him into HE vasslship by Offering to him Fun
land aaa Denmark