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a county court suit or suit of seques-
tration, this act shall apply. When
an officer serving a county court writ
shall have already attached on one
or more justice writs, he shall file
with the clerk copies of such justice
writs and the returns thereon, as here
inbefore required in case of other pri-
or attachments.
Approved Nov. 81, 1857.
Revelations Concerning Nopoleon
Bonaparte.
A foreign letter in the Chicago
Tribune calls attention to the volumes
of the correspondence of Napoleon
Bonaparte which are being issued by
the French Government. They al
ready form twenty-five bulky books,
containing nearly 10000 letters, pro-
clamations, bulletins, &C., and furnish
some extraordinary revelations. Af
ter fifteen volumes had been publish
ed the commission appointed by the
present Emperor to edit them was
suddenly changed. They had put in
to print some exceedingly damaging
letters. The new commission were
to publish only such letters as it was
thought Napoleon himself would have
been willing to print could he have
outlived himself. Yet two Eew vol
umes just issued afford just such mat
ter as his enemies would delight to
secure. The first Italian campaign,
as told by Bonaparte himself, is one
long tale of violence, rapine and de-
ceit. Some of the letters are truly
original in their confessions. Ia all
the history, perhaps the darkest page
is that which relates to the cessl0n
of Venice to Austria. He not only
tells his perfdy, but cXultS in it. On
the very day on which he wrote to
the municipality OF Venice that his
troops were there to secure the liber-
ty Of the city, and "that wretched
Italy, free and independent Of for
eigners, should take glorious place
III the world, and resume among great
nations the rank to which nature, her
situation and fate allied call her
on that very day he wrote home to
say that the first conference for the
definitive treaty Of peace between
France and the Emperor of Germany
had been held the day before, and
that, according to the project agreed
upon, Venice was to be given over tC
Austria
The horrors he committed in Egypt
are all told. The very order signed
by Bonaparte for the well known
massacre of Jafa is given. En- pre-
nant precautions de manire gull nel
echappe aucur" More than 20O(
men, who had surrendered, were
butchered in cold blood. In one let
ter he says exultingly, every nigh
we cut off thirty heads, with thos,
of many chiefs; this, | think, viii
serve as a good lesson" To hi
brother Joseph, when at Naples, h
wrote:
"My brother, | have received you
letter Of April s., see with pleasure
that an insurgent village has beer
burnt down. Severe examples ar
necessary. Isuppose the village ha
been given over to the soldiers 70
plunder. That is the way to trea
all revolted villages" Again: "Mar.
my words; the fate of your reign de
peuds on your conduct when you re
turn to Calabria. There must be n
forgiveness. Have at least 600 rel
els shot. Burn down the houses o
thirty Of the principal Inhabitants o
the villages, and share out the pro
perty to the army. Disarm the pee
pie, and have five or six large village
given over to pillage. Since Calabri
has rebelled, why should you nc
seize half the properties of the prov
ince to distribute to your army ?"-
Nor was the necessity for such crut
: repression matter of regret.
was considered fortunate circun
stance. q heartily wish" he write
t "the rabble of Naples would revol
Until you have made an example yo
will not be master. Every conque
ed people must have a rebellion and
) should consider an insurrection
! Naples very much in the same ligl
!, as father of family would vie
; smallpox for his children, provide
it did not weaken the invalid tC
: much. 1t is a salutary crisis. n
/ part of your kingdom is nearer pat
fication that Calabria il you deal OIL
! severe justice" a9
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