The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-08-26

standing his subsequent residence here
and for many years in England, he
cannot be said to speak English well.
He inherits, we imagine, a little of his
uncle's inaptitude for the language
though not his contempt for men OF
letters and literary pursuits. Perhaps
in his younger days, with the great Ma
poleOn, he would have passed for one
of those "mangeurs de mOts" whom
he so heartily despised.
He was then as now, fond Of bill
iards, and many an old table in Hobo
ken renovated and redressed and re-
painted, can claim the honor Of having
rolled balls impelled by his cue.
A STUDENT AND WRITER.
He was then as he has ever since
continued very hard student-never
letting dissipation interfere with his
reading and his Writing-Of the latter
he has done a vast deal in his life time
and has had good deal, witness his
life of Caesar, done for him and so skill
fully retouched that it will readily pass
for his own. And it is no easy matter
to initiate his style, so terse, epigram-
matte, and telling. His worst enc
mics as a rule, cheerfully cOncede his
merits as a writer. In fact it would be
impossible not to admire his pointed
and brilliant way of saying things, in
speeches, proclamations, and, in fact,
in everything distipetiva y WI by
himself. He is, it is 7tfue; the most la
bOriOus cOrrectOr OF manuscript-eX-
cept. perhaps, NJ. Thiers-in the French
empire. AS many as twelve or fifteen
times has a word been put in or left
out, q sentence remodeled or altered,
without satisfying the EmperOr's liter
ary taste. During his stay in HOhoken
his pen was not idle whit more than it
has been since.
HIS WRITIHG-DESK,
in the rather elevated quarters he oc-
cupied; was made with his own hands,
which understood the use of the saw,
plane and chissel as well as artists who
boast more of their skill in the matter.
1t was kept sacredly in HobOken by an
of the Emperor until within
few years, and then sold under the auc-
tiOneer's hammer for very low sum,
it being impossible to persuade the bid
ders that his august majesty, the pres
ant Emperor of the French, could have
ever been so good a mechanic as to
make it, and hence they believed it
was an effort of the auctiOneer to prac-
tice on their credulity. Yet there it
was a bona fide genuine emperOr-made
Of plain pine wood, held
together by a few nails and covered on
5Op with piece of green baize.
HIS DIARY.
During his stay in Hoboken, and in
act nearly all his wanderings, he most
kept diary in which on
Iy the most leading occurrences of his
daily life are noted down, but in which
every reflection of any importance on
or war that passed through
his mind, or came under his notice,
IS most carefully noted down. Mere
gossip, BOswellian, &C., are most care !
9ulIy eschewed, or rather omitted, be- |
cause possessing no interest for a man |
who, when uncertain as to where he |
should get his breakfast, found more
topic of thought in planning |
out an empire than i'll listening to the |
cravings Of his stomach.
LITERARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
Besides his "journal" he was an in
cessant exponent of pidee NdpOLeO11ie,l- |
ne in newspapers, magazines and re-
even books. He made it |
he rule of his life when not in exile to /
spend two or three hours daily in writ
nU, and he carried it out with the per-
,inacity of purpose that characterizes
lim beydaad all men of his age a per-
inacity that could not be shaken by de-
eat, or, what is harder to bear, ridi-
,ule.
SCENE AT a THEATER.
In proof of this we Will, by way of
-essiOn, be allowed to tell an anec-
o.. which did not occur in HObOken,
II on the Jersey Shore anywhere, but
or which we can YOuch. After the af-
air at BOulOgne, with its supremely
idicuIous termination, if not inception,
Napoleon returned to London, and in-
tead of hiding himself away until the
torn of laughter had blown On, showed
himself with the utmost concern at all
lis old haunts. Within few days
ven he had the audacity to show him.
elf in public at the theatre, and at the
yery theater-the Princess-where
ONE members of Louis Philippe's
amiIy were in attendance to witness
Der Freischutz," in company with
he Queen of England. LOuis's ap-
,earance in the theater, where he was
veil known. was the signal for a gig
,le which soon broke out into loud and
laughter. Nothing
iaunted, he marched up the middle
isle with as much dignity and compO-
uIre as if the admired of all admirers,
md took a reserved seat directly OppO-
lite the box containing the royal party,
French and English. Now, by cool
stroke of LOuis's policy this seat had
Jeen taken in advance with full knOWl-
,dge of the probable vent of the even
ng-his late fiascO getting him laughed
It, and the Orleans at the theater join
ng in it, if he should come there. Lou.
S took his seat, the observed of all OBJ
eryers, if not the admired of all the
ldmirers, and in such place was his
eat reserved as gave the audience from
bit to gallery the best opportunities for
The laughter subsided,
md the music went on. After while
he laughter was renewed, if not so
OudIY, at least as Enthusiastically as
when our hero first put in an appear
Lnce. And this time the tables were
urned, and the faces in the royal box
we're flushed with annoyance. There,
directly in front of them, as immOva-
DE as stone, sat the nephew. of his
lncle," hiSOjaw at such an angle as
rave them and the audience every Op-
1ortunity for noticing its solidity and
he IuXuriant mustache, finely waXed,
hat waved down from his upper lip,
md in virtue of the place he had select
ID, it was impossible for any of the
oval party to look from their box on
% the stage without having their Wis
on embrace the spectacle Of the Napo-
comic jaw in all its massiveness, sur
by the NapOleonic nose. Du-
ing the entire performance of the Ope-
a that jaw never moved from its posi-
ion or expression, and so odd did it
Ook in its Immortality that by de-
,rees it began to excite more laughter
han Weber's music inspired attention;
md the audience, glancing from the
aw to the royal party, made it so un-
pleasant that they left the theater COM
1Ietely discOmfitted. The story spread
through London, and almost made peO-
Die forget the eagle of the Bologne eX-
leditiOn that failed to operate accord
ng to expectations, and the other ludi-
,rOus incident of that most short and
disastrous campaign.
YOUTHFUL URBASITY.