Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-11-22
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STARTLING Confessions.

ItIlarS tNtFc are EOt n IuNIrCu re 4ucrS
in the United States who have attempted
to master the copients Of the volumes of
the correspondence of Napoleon Bonapsrte
which are being issued at intervals by the
French government. Some twenty We
bulky books in the French lsngrascl con
tanning some $4,000 closely printed octave
pages. and containing nearly 20, 1000 letters,
proclama.icns, bulletins and documents of
different kinds, are formidable enough, yet
Il II most interesting 10 note the r. velatiops
they contain. You afe probably aware, that
after fifteen volumes had been published
the c. commission appointed by the presen,
Emperor TO edit them was suddenly
changed. In their zeal they had pus into
print numbers oflstters Of Bonaparte, which
together form the most complete and inre-
frsgabls collection Of accusing testimony
that one man gas ever made to furnish
against himself. The new commission, Of
which Prince Napoleon 10 the head, IN.
nounced they should only PRINT such pa
pers ~ they believed the Emperor himself
would have rendered public could no have
ouslived himself, and yet, with oil bic de.
cision. the two volumes issued within the
last fortnight tell such = story Is would
consign any man Who vas the subject Of i,
| to inismy. Never was such moral likeness
| more manifeetlv shown. The first Italian
campaign. NJ told by Bonaparte himself, Is
one long tale Of violence, rspne and deceit.
| Some OF the letters are truly original IN
their confessions. la all the history, per-
haps the darkest page IL that which relates
to the cesslon oi Venice to Austria. lie
not only tells his pertidy, but exulls in it.
On the very dYy he wrote to the municipal
ity Of Venice, that his troops we're there to
secure the liberty Of the city, and "tha,
wretched Italy, free and independent Of
foreigners, should take glorious place in
the world. and resume among great nations
the rank to which nature, her situation and
fate alike call her"-on that very day lie
wrote home 10 say that the first conference
for the definite treaty Of peace between
France and the Emperor of Germany aad
been heard the day before. and that, accord.
ing to the project agreed upon. Venice was
10 be given over to Austria 1t was bu,
yesterday that Venice cAmo out Of the
bondage into which she VAS sold by Bona.
| parte seventy years ego, and Of all his mis-
deeds none has borne more lasting OF more
bitter fruits. The horrors he committed In
Egypt are Gil told ia these volumes. The cor
rcspondencc, in its untiinching truthiulnss,
gives The very order, signed Bonaparte
| tor the wcll-known massacre Of Jaiix
I'm prendst precautions Dc maniere qu',
men eehappe aueun" More than 1900
men, who had surrendered, were butchered
in cold blood. In ono letter he says ex
ultingly, Every night we cut of thirty
heads. and those Of many chiefs this,
,hink viii serve ms n good lesson Among
the Instances Of his tyranny in Germany
which brought upon him the hate Of the
people, WAS the tragicsl fate Of Palm, The
bookseller Of Nuremberg. During the oc
cupation Of Germany BY the French, IL
1916, several pamphlets hostile TO the iowa
dcrs had been circulated through the ooun
try. One Of these was traced to Palms
aud though he offered to prove that he had
not sold single copy, he was arrested and
shot the following day. The poor book
seller, more really hero than the Emperor
who caused hun to be bntchcred, refused
tbs pardon that Was offered him on condi
apn ot revealing the name Of the author o
the pamphlet. To his brother Joseph
wneu Mt Naples, he wrote: MY brother
have received Your letter of April B.
Sc with pleasure tha, All insurgent yillag,
has been burnt down. Severe examples al,
eeces sary. | suppose The village has beer
gwen over 10 The soldiers for plumber =
| That y the way TO treat all rcyDlted villa
ses. Again. MARK my words In,
| ate % Nplr region DEFENDS on YOUR owl
conduct when sou return to Calabria.-
fhcrc must be no forgiveness. Have al
least Go rebels shot, Barn down the
n1u,es thirty Of the principal inhebltsnt.
| 81 the villages, and share out the property
t. the army. Disarm the people, and hav,
tive or six large villages gwen over to pill
laec. Since Calabria has rebelled, why
should you not stizc half the properties 81
the province TO distribute to your army ~
Nor was the necessity for such cruel 70
prcssion matter OF regret. II Was consid
| cred fortunate circumstance. II heartily
~lsh," he writes, 1.-The rabble Of Naples
would revolt. Until you have made an ex
ample, you will no, be master. Every con
qaercd people must have rebellion, and
should consider IN instruction in Maple.
very much IN the same light 40 a father o
a family would view small pox Tor hi,
| children, provided il did not weaken III,
Invalid too much. II 10 . salutary crisis
No part OF your kingdom is nearer paci fica-
ton than oalabria, If you deal out severe
justice Gratitude is really due TO the
Imperial + itorial Commission for tha ser
wee winch it as-voiuntarily OF involun-
tarily rendered to Che cause Of historic
truth. The dupiiciiy If Bonsparte. hi.
bombast aud mock heroism, his studied
violence, his love oil false grandeur, lis Gu
| - in tho midst OF uurivalicd greatness. hi.
hatred and istrust of all that was really
COED aud great, his vulgar arrogance, In
indifference 10 the sulicrings Of OF hers. his
selfish AMI insensa,e ambition are conspic.
ucns in every page.
SLOW Paris IL Supplied W ish Gas
one Gas Company lights the whole Of
paris, the greater part CT the communes OF
townships Of the Department Of the Seine
and some Of those Ut the Seine -e:- Disc. I,s
capital exceeds one hundred and ten rnil
I lions OF francs, issued in five hundred fran
shares, the present value Of which IL some
where about sixteen hundred francs.
The gas 10 sold TO the town ct the rate oil
fifteen centmes to the cubic metre, and at
the rate Of thirty centimes to private per.
sons. This gas must be Of q certain br,l-
lancy,l and one hundred and i've litres d
1t must give as much light % that which 10
given By carccl lamp burning forty two
grammes Of oil in an hour. Trials Of the
gas are made every evening, at the tins
that the streets are lighted up, By the off
GERS appointed by tho town, who, by means
Of peculiarly sensitive apparatus test u in
each one Of the eleven Offices dispersed
throughout the metropolitan district, and
secure to the public gas Of the purity end
Illuminating power contracted for.
II the conditions above named are com.
piled With. the cubic metre Of gas, at the
price Of so confines, equals 400 grammes
Of oil, which cost Is centimes, aud zoo
grammes Of candle, which cost II. $50 -
NJ. b. Server. the Company's engineer, b a.
drawn mp table showing the aggregate an
nual consumption per head Of gee in Paris
and the great towns Of Europe in 1866
London figures 6sst, With consumption Of
over 226, 900, 900 Of cubic metres, being az
the rate Of 80 metres pss head Of the whole