The weekly Butte record., 1863-06-27
Napoleon's Three Warnings.

A-t Sc1co4 a~tu O-S-cs DaAc u OfAleo'
was retained bat a shart tine Il IS wellkaowu,
il tie service Of the BlFbon's after their res
tOra;ion to the throne of France he retired
to the town Of AK, in Provence, and there
lived in aaiaeut case upoa the gains Of his long
and busy career. Curiosity attracted many
visitors around this remarkable mar, and he
was habitually free in communicating his remi-
nisceaces Of the great events which it had been
bis 10, to witness. On one occasion the CON-
pauy assembled in his saloon heard from his
lips the following story:
By degrees, as Napoleon assumed the power
and authority of king, everything about him.
even il tie days Of his consulate, began to
wear a court like appearance. All the Old
m0narchical habitudes were revived one by one.
Among tie other reviyals OF this kind, the
custom Of attending mass previous to the hour
Of audience, was restored By Bonaparie, and
he was panctual in his appearance at the chapel
OF St. Cloud on sach occasions. Nothing couh
be more mundane than the mode of perform
ing the religious service The actresses of the
opera were the choirsts, and the great crowds
of busy, taIkitive people were 10 the habit Of
frequenting the garIery OF the chapel. from the
windows Of which the first consul ard jose
phine could be seen with their suits and friends
At one particular time the puuc;uaiity of
Bonaparte in bis attendance On mass was rath
er distressing to his wife. The quick aud jealous
Josephine had discovered that the eye Of her
husband was tol much directed to 4 window il
the gallery. where there regularly appeared
the form and face Of young girl Of uncommon
beauty. The chestnut tresses, brilliant eyes
and graceful figure Of this parsonage. caused
more uneasiness to the coasul's wife, as the
strangers glances were bent no less often upon
Bonaparte than his were upon her.
Who was that youag gigl?' said Jose~
phne one day at the close Of the service :;
what can she seek from the first consul?
observed her drop billet just down at his
feet. He picked it up; saw him."
No one could tell Josephine who the Obj aet
of her notice was. though there were some who
declared her to be anemigrant lately returned,
and one who probably was desirous Of tie in
tervention of the first consul in favor of her
family.
With such gnesses as this. the consul's wife
was obliged to rest satisfied for the time.
After the audience of the same day had
passed, BonaParte expressed wish for drive
in the park, ana accordingly went out, accom-
panied by bis w.f4 his brother Joseph, Gen.
Dlrocll and Cambaceres, and Iortense Beau
hArnois, wife Of Lou.s Boaapar'e- The King
of Prussia had Just presented Napoleon with a
sT2eTb set Of horses, four in num5er. and these
were harnassed to an open chariot. for the
party. The consul took it into his head to
drive in person. ana mounted, into the couch
mans place. The chariot set Off bat Just as
it was turning into the park, it went crash
against stone at the gate, ana the first con.
sui was thrown to the grounl He attempted
to rise, bat again fell PROSTATE in a stunned
and insens5le condition. Meanwhile, the
horses sp7ang forward with the chariot, and
were only stopped when Darocll, at the risk Of
bis life, threw him self ont and seized the loose
reins. Josephine was taken out IN a swo9aing
state. The rest Of the party quickly returned
to the first consul, ani carried him back to his
apartments. On recorering his senses fully.
the FIST thing that he did was to put his hand
into his pocket and pnll ont the slip Of paper
dropped at his feet in the chapel Leaning
over his shou,der Josephine read these words ::
" Do not drive out ia your carriage to day"
This can have no allusion to our late ac
cident," said Bonaparte. " No one could fore
see that l was to play the part Of coachman
today, or that I should be awkward enough
to drive against stone. Go, Durock and eX-
anime the chariot -
Dnrock obayed. Soon after he returned,
very pale, AMI took the first consul aside.
Citizen consul" said he, ." had You not
struck the stone, and stopped our drive, We all
had been LOST -
How" was the reply.
There was in the carriage, concealed BE-
hind the back seat bumb-a real. massive
bumb, and with q slow match attached to it
kind.ed Things had been so arranged that in
a quarter Of an hour we should have been scat
tered among the trees in the park of ST Cloud
There must be some treachery close at band
Fogche must be told of ;bis-Dubois must be
warned.
Not word to them :" replied Bonaparte
The kuowledge Of one plot but engenders a
second. Let Josephine remain ignorant of the
danger she has escaped. Hor;ense, Gambia
ceres, Joseph, tell none of them; and let the
government journals say not a word about my
fall"
The first consul was then silent fox some
time Al length be said :: Duroc you come
tomorrow to the mass in the chapel and ex-