The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-12-02
TWO HOURS WITH NAPOLEON.



sOnal3y acquainted with his Majesty
had no officially in obtaining adj
mission TO his presence. He received
me with great cordiality, and on my
expressing my qualification at seeing
him looking 90 well, despite the ru-
mors that had been circulated of his
falling health, he. laughed and said
that so far were they from being true
that he had not been a, a,dGy Ill since he
4 had left Paris, the constant exposure
to the open air and daily exercise on
horseback having produced a-marked
and permanent Improvement in his
! health. AS confirmation of this I
may add that his Majesty walked
with ne for nearly two Ehours
through the grounds Of the chateau,
which are quite hilly and ili many
parts broken. In addition to the ex-
tensive area of these grounds he has a
range of sixteen English miles dis
tance from the chateau assigned him /;
/ but this is merely nominal, as he can
! pass the limits by asimple formaIity
t whenever it pleases him. .- s.e.,
!. Fgg THE PEACE QUESTION. ...
! In the, course of the conversation
which ensued during this walk, /
mentioned to. the EmperOF the Vari-
/ Gus reports which were in circulation
concerning his views on the peace
question. Regarding this, his Maies-
/ ty said that he could not permit any
doubt to exist. He considered it i'm
possible for any government to con-
/ clude treaty of peace with Germany
] on the basis of "a cessiOn of territory
I and hope to MAINTAIN itself in France.
! A money indemnify and the razing of
the fortresses covered by Germany
! should not be allowed, to stand in the
way as obstacles; to the conclusion of
apeace, but further than this the pro-
T yisiOnal government, and in fact no
government, could gO.Ef The Emper-
or even went so far as to say that he
T would prefer exile in Great Britain or
the United States, on the most limited
means, to accepting the restoration of
his dynasty on such conditions as
those sOugh to be imposed.
EAPeBEoN's PRIVATE FORTUNE.
- l then alluded to the statements
which had been published by his ene-
mics regarding the amount of his
private fortune and the large sums
which il was alleged he had inv ested
in foreign securities. lie answered
me with animation, "That is a subject
n,
cause, whatever may have been my
errors and short comings ss a ruler, 1
can truly say that | am not open to
the Charge of avaricc or dccuniary in
tcrestedRess. will state to you un-.
reservedly the nature and extent of
my private resources, because / should
like you to contradict all such reports
All that myself, wife and son actually
possess are the former property Ofmy
mother at Arrerenberg, in Switzer-
land, and which costs more to main
tain than it produces; the property
left to the Prince Imperial by the
Princess Bacchiochi, in Dalmatia, in !
consideration of the sums which [
had paid for her out of my private
fortune, and which is also unprOduc- |
tive; some property in Italy, which
yields trit1ing revenue, and property !
in Spain, belonging to the Empress |
previous to her marriage, and which, |
having been improved, also Yields |
some rental. Taken altogether, we !
possess just sufficient to enable us to |
live in the simplest bourgeois style. |.
AS to our having invested money in !
foreign funds, or out of France, it is !
utterly false. Had l aVailed myself !
of the opportunities which presented |
themselves of investing money on the |
purchase of real estate and stocks in
the United States, it would have |
perhaps, been well for me and my
family. / have known instances in
which amoderate outlay in that way |
has been productive of large results |
from the enormous rise which has
taken place in the value of property /
in the Atlantic cities" .....
NAPOLEON's HOUSEHOLD. ..r.eI
then laughingly remarked to the
Emperor that some Of the English !
and all the French journals were in
credulOus as TO his restricted means
and that they had pointed to his nu-
merOus household as evidence of its
ilnprObability. His Majesty scOrn-
fully replied: Numerous house
hold! Are they not then aware that
the officers who form what is called
my household are fellow prisoners
with me, aud are supported by the
Prussian government. For my very
servants, with two or three exceptions
/ am indebted to the cOnsiderate
kindness of the Queen. From the
marte d'hotel down to the humblest
servant at the chateau, they are all
selected from her Majesty's house,
hold, and were sent with her own
plate and linen, with the expressed
object of rendering my stay here as
little uncomfortable as possible, /
have even deprived myself of the
services of most of my old and faith
full attendants, with view to keep
my expenditure within my income"
REGARDING RESTORATION, e.
l then made some allusiOn TO the
hopes of restoration entertained by
the partisans of the empire and to the
intrigues attributed to them in Lon
don, Brussels and Jersey. Ills Ma
jesty replied to me earnestly on this
point and expressed his regret that
any of the influential men who had
occupied positions under the empire
should involve themselves in pro-
=ceedings of SO unWise a character at
a time when it was the duty of every
-Erenchmant0 ConsideFonlyth the means
of driving the invader from the soil
of Franco. circumstances alone and
i the will Of the French people could
bring about the results at which they
aimed and ali efforts TO anticipate
| them could only end in bringing dis
| credit and ruin upon their authors.
| He hoped that all true friends Oglfinl-1
| self and his family would bear this
| truth in mind. go. .--.
| sf% mi ERIAL GRATITUDE.
The Emperor expressed himselfin.
grateful terms in regard 10 the kind
ness exhibited toward the Empress
and his son by people of all ranks in,
England, and evidently comprehend
| ed That the Industrial classes in that
country fully appreciated the advan-'
tages which they had derived from
! the liberal commercial policy inaugu-
| rated under his reign.
! HIS MAJESTY's HABITS.