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directed 10 religious thoughts. lie was exceed
ingly weak, suffering great pain, and often il
extreme detection of spirits. One evening, bu
a short time before his death, he made The fol
lowing remarkable confession to Coant Mon
tholon:
Upon the throne, surrounded by generals ia
! from devout-yea, l will not deny it-I had tO
much regard for public opinion, aud far tot
much timisity; snd perhaps did net dare Il
/ say aloud, &" / am a beiisEer" / said religion
! Is power, political engine" Bat even then
/ if any one had questioned pe directly, | should
/ have replied, "Yes, an q Christian" And i
it had been necessary to confess my fault at the
! price of msrtyrjorl, 1 should have found all my
| firmness Bat now am at st. Helena, Why
should dis emble that which / believe at the
bottom Of my heart l desire the communion
of the Lords Supper, and TO confess what be-
lieve. l will net force sny one to accompany
me there but those who love me will follow me
Even in lhsse solemn hours of approaching
death he had No Peniteuce TO express IN view OF
his political career, for his motives had been eT-
alted, ard his measures bensfcent in the eI-
treme. With gratitude and weil-iounded pride
be could say:
have hsIlowed the revolution by infuaing
into it our laws. BY code is the sheet-anchor
which will save France, and entite me TO the
benedihOns of posterity. The plan of lsvsling
the Alps was one of the first formed at the com
mencenent Of my career. / had entered Italy,
and finding shat the communications with Paris
occupied considerable time, snd were attended
wife much difficulty, I endesvored to render
them quicker, and resolved to open them through
the valley of she Rbone I also wished to render
that river navigable, and blow up the rocks un-
der which it enguifs aud disappears. ! had sent
the engineers OK the spot. The expense would
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plan to the directory. But we were carried away
by events On return from Egypt we ap-
piled our hammers 70 the Alps. We executed
what the Romans had not dared to try, and
traced through blocks Of granite, solid and
spacious road, capable OF resisting the efforts of
time
AS, restless with pain and burning with IN
appeasable thirst he tossed upon his pillow, he
said 10 DR.. Antommscchi, 90 This is not life
il is mere existence. Death will soon terminate
my sUferings In what state an /, doctor.
Every thing seems TO weigh upon me to fatigue
me. l can scarcely support myself Hsve you
not, among the resources Of art, any thing to re-
Vive the play of the machine %
He bad soma fishes in a pond near his door,
and he was fond OF feeding than with crumbs
of bread. Suddenly they all died Sadly he
said: g You sec very well that there is q fa-
tality attached to me. Every thing love, every
thing that belongs to me, isimmedistely struck"
At length the hidden disease, which subse-
quently proved itself TO be cancer in the stom-
Ach, SO prostrated him that he could rarely leave
his bed, and the pain was SO great that but sell
dom could he got even a moments sleep
% Doctor" said be, " Whist a delightful thing
rest IS The bed has become for me place Of
luxury. How fallen am l. I, whose activity
was bcuEdess, whose mind never slumbered,
and now plunged ia lethsrgic stupoT, and must
make an effort even to raise my eyelid. I some
lines dictated upon different subjects to four or
i've secretaries, who wrote as fsst as words could
be uttered But thenI was Napoleon. Now
sm no longer anything"
One day be vsinly endeavOTed, leaning upon
suetheT's arm, TO walk ACROSS the room. His
limbs sank beneath him. They are exhausted" 3"
laid be. See there is nothing lei5-mere slel-
stOns. Everything must have ea end. l am
ast approaching mine; and l DO not regret it,
or nave indeed no reason 10 be attached to
ife"
The news came enc day Of the death of his
lister Eliza. Il threw him into state of sfupor
his head fell upon his breast. Dsep sighs
escaped bin; and for long time be uttered not
word. Then fixing bis eyes inssntly upon the
lOcsOr, be said. You see Eizs has just shown
Is the way. Death, which seems to have over
oOked our family, now begins to sliks it. Ny
urn cannot be far distant. I have no longer any
Itrength, activity, or energy LETT. am no longer
Napoleon. The first psrson of our family who
Will follow Eliza to the grsve, is tina. great Ma
loleOu, who here drsgs on a miserable existence
who sinks under its weight, but who however,
5till keeps Europe in = state of alarm As for
ne, all is over My days will soon end on this
miserable rock"
DR.. Antommacchi was an infdel One day he
If cOuntensnce IN view Of some religious con-
7ersation which was passing between the En-
Deror and the Able Vignali. Napoleon said 70
him, severely, You are an atheist sir B an
atheist if you will But IS for ne, l viii fulfill
lll tie duties which religion imposes, and seek
ill the solacs which it administers" Then turn
ng to the Able he said, " l wish yOu t. say
mass in the chapel every day, and to continue
20 say it sftar my death You will not cease
until l am buried As soon Es I IN dead, wish
you to place a crucihK upon my bosom aud your
altar at my head. Aud you will not omit sol
smnizjng the sacrament Of the Lords Supper,
d offering daily prayers UGtll / an buried"
Thus day after day be fingered sadly along,
zach one rich in historic interest until the q Of
May. The Emperor then was in burning fever
s1d his mind was IN deiiTiUm. His spirit was
wandering through the scenes Of the past and
moved amid the carnage and the uprosr Of the
ie!d of battle. A. one time he cried out wildly,
Steingel, DossaiX, &assena victory is dsclsr- |
ng. Run, hasten, press the charge. Th5y are |
)urs ~ In his eagerness, with that mOmentArv
strength which deiIium gives, he lesped from
lis bed, but fen prostra5e upon the floor After
few hours tho fever abated and reason returned. |
I am very Ill, - said he " / am going to die |
Ny poor Chinese servants. Do rot let them be |
orgotten / must take leave of them also" In !
lis will be had particularly remembered all Of |
lis friends, and al from whom he mad received |
my acts of kindness
At two o'clock in the afternoon OF the 81 of |
Nay, after very touching conversation with |
he friends who surrounded MS bedside, he sent |
or the Abbe YiguaG and Tecsived ths sacra- |
nent Of the Lords Supper. After the solemn |
the placid expression of his counte- |
lance indicated the peace which reigned within /
lis soul He slept quietly through the night, |
md in the morning ne said to his valet, "Open /
Ro window, Marchsnd open it wide, that |
nay breathe the air, the good air, which the |
rood God has made"
The night Of the 4th was black and stormy. |
The dying hour had come. The little household |
Il ST. Helena were ali gathered around their |
lying friend. The Emperor lay unconscious |
md motionless upon his pillow, breathing heav /
ly, Gnd occasionally uttering broken and almost |
narticulate words. Twice l thought" says /
count Montholon, "that I distinguished the un-
words, France, Army, Head of the |
Army, Josephine At SIX O'Clock in the |
vening, as ne was lying upon his back, with |
lis right arm out of the bed, and his eyes fixed, |
s in deepest meditation, he gently, and without /
struggle, ceased to breathe.
just as the sun was descending below the |
iorison, sinking behind the clouds of that |
omber and tempestuous day, the spirit Of Ma
'oeon took its fight into the dread unknown. /
sic Of ElJa Napoleon, were the last utterances |
# the true and loving Josephine. France, The /
4rmy, Josephine, Were the last images which |
fingered in the heart, and the last words which |
rembled upon the lips Of the dying Emperor
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POLITICS IN THE PULPIT REBUKED.-We !
earn from the Troy Times that an unusual /
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