Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1869-07-07

fly .s-.zaf6g w5lfs fsease,9 Caroline NJ "a
|lShe lives in the old stable oppostdchny
halter, which is neatly fitted up. Upon
the front OF the Bonapartc mansion
there is an incription, that within this
house Napoleson WAS borM The house
is largo--lour stolics-$tonc, evidently
one OF tli: best OF its day. 1t is hardly
cxcelled even vet in Ajaccio. 1t shows
that the family were well to-do i'll
the world. In fact, Madame Lctitias
family Che Ramolnis) were rich. and
had inalry estates upon thcisiand. When
she died. size bequcathed most Of her
furniture to the members Of hcr family
The present Emperor has collected most
i.cf the articles. and replaced them in
The house. Our con(iuciress told lis
What each object meant. end wlnsc
room this and that was The second
floor was the Madamcs bed chamber,
dinina-room, so}on&, &c.-qnite conf
laolous. The floor above it was dcyo-
led to the sons Here was Naroleons :
room and his bure; The floor above
that for ihc boys was that occupied by
tie daughters. There Was a very small
terrace looking ont from the reception
room, wiihAowers III pots-allin bloom.
This reception room contained five little
square mirrora, as high as Your head,
running down each side; and tl:ee
other mirrors near them, and one grand
mirror at either end Of the room. In
TACT. we counted some fifteen mirrors in
this room. The Napolcons were we'll
provided with looking glasses. We
cannot say as much for any Of the other
houses we have seen. What effect these
mirrors had upon the young Napoleon,
| will leave, with olher reflections, to
the reader. Two brackets for wax ta-
rers hung below each little i.ilror. The
ceiling was ribbed. 1t had been newly
plastered, with some little effort at
irescoe. The mothers portrait, very
finely executed, hung over her dressing
table. 1t presents her as splendid
woman. The cabinets were inlaid with
every-colored marble. and very antique;
some rare objects sent by Napoleon
from Egypt were seen. But the chief
attraction was the bed on Which Na
poeon was born. 1t was q wooden,
ricketv affair; ncar by it was the sedan
chair Of the Madame 1t WAS we'll
l;nown-well, | will put it-politely-
i'll lIrench-that Madame Letizia sur
prise fcglise pa1' les dou1ews dc lcn-
lauimcnt I: Is Aout, 1869, rappo7ie q
son domicPc! In this very sedan the
mother Of the great Emperor was borne
from the church, and on this very couch
the little corporal first drew his
breath. From this bed to ST. Helena;
from the capital to the Tarpeian Rock |!
Fill up the gap-Arcoli, Austcrltz,
Waterloo Here, in this house, he
pa ;cd lis time, playing at soldiers with
lis fellows, and mourning because he
had no moustache-till, at the age of
fifteen, he entered the military school
at Brenne. lie returned home for va
cations and mixing his young ambition
with the daily round of boyhood pleas
ures and walks, he at the same time,
imbbed from ihe peculiar charactaris,
tics Of the Corsicans their feuds and
feelings, which his grand, gloomy and
marvellous after-lifc illustrated. Just
above us-where l write-we are point
ed out a grotto made by the powders,
and surrounded with foliage and muSi-
cal with birds, as the iavorite study
spot of the young Napoleon. The spot
commands a beautiful view Of the bay
and the snow-clad mountains around.
From it can be seen, upon a clear day,
the Island of Sardinia. Gardens OF