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

e win the respect if not the love of al
e with whom he came in contact. If, a
. has been alleged, he was never known
8 to say an angry word in his lifetime t.
: any one, his urbanity when ne wa
t young was something exquisite. Or
3 dinarily taciturn, when he entered int
: conversation it was done with such ap
: parent frankness and abandon as t.
/ win all hearts. And then there wa
nothing at all of that self-assertioI
= which at many times has been founC
so disagreeable trait in his uncle.
HIS STAR.
On one thing all agree, and that i:
his Out-spOken belief that he was the
predestined ruler of France. He ha:
, declared repeatedly in his moments o
: confidence, to men here, on whose
J word most implicit reliance can bE
placed, that ne was sure that "at some
, time Bonaparte would be again rul.
er of France, and that he was that Bo-
naparte." He set himself to work la.
bOriOusly to train himself for his desti-
ny as if he was already governing
France, One of his favOrite books in
English was Adam Smith, and OF
our American writers and statesmen
lac entertained a very high opinion OF
Hamilton. In truth, one of his favor
ite walks was to the famous duelling-
ground at Weehawken, where Hamil-
ton fell in his encounter with Burr. OF
Washington henever could be found to
entertain high opinion and this per-
haps is not singular. To his subtle and
SchemiDg if not brilliant mind there
could be nothing very great in q man
like Washington, whose greatness was
! of character, and not of intellect. Ma
! jOr General N thaniel Green was, he
| thought, the soldier of our Revolution;
and the craftsmanship of the move
ment, when fairly going, he credited to
Franklin and Hamilton. AT the time
! he was or pretended to be most thor
Ough-going republican-and we hardly
| think it fair to question the honesty of
| his then professions M view of his SUBJ
sequent changes of opinion and con-
dVst. =
L8ERTINIsM.
No one denies or attempts to deny
| that he was as fond of women then as
he is now even in his old age; but his
| ibertinism was never coupled with too
deep pOtations, as in Bismarck's uni
versity and wildcats days. of cards
| he never was fond, and is not to-day
fond of the insane freaks of dissipation
related of his rival perhaps because his
blood never ran hot or high enough.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE.
His short, bowed legs always give
him an ungraceful carriage on foot, be-
sides making him appear as he is by
reason of these same legs, a shOrt-sized
man. On horseback he is rather grace
ful than otherwise, the length of his
bO6y giving him an air of tallness. We
can well appreciate the horror of the
American lady, from Cleveland, "whO
considered Che Emperor a perfect
fright" as she wrote home in her ac-
count of the court ball at che Tuileries.
An attendance at one of these balls,
which is led off by the Emperor and
Empress i'll person. generally, would
do more to make one laugh at the style
of his Majesty than witnessing a hum
dred BOulOgne expeditions. His un-
calmly figure was never calculated to
go curvetting among the most graceful
syYells and the most beautDul women
IN Europe round ballroom. And in
- in that well-bred, handsome crowd
a nile, which is broad enough to be
disdnguishable from one of approval,
often goes round at his expense. Good
breeding alone has often prevented it
from being smile out loud" as the
dOwn-easter is pleased to call bsTae-
laugh.
On those occasions, it is easy to see
what tTSdmph Eugenie-mOSt grace
full of dancers enjoys in the commO-
ton she elicits, doubled by contrast
with the awkward figure cut by her
husband. And we believe the cool
blOOded, passiOnless Louis cares but lit
tie for it as an amusement. Though
very generally invited into society
here he seldom or never danced. In
fact, he seemed to care very little about
tone or respectability when either here
or in EVfland. His object seemed
more to bga desire to study life in eve
Ty phase in which he met it, and he
had not the slightest hesitation in assO-
ciating with all and every class he
met.
EARLY RISING.
Lying in bed of late in the morning
is not luxury that the ruler of France
in the nineteenth century could well
indulge in, and from his boyhOod Ma
DOleOn has been such an early riser as
if he were impressed in the highest de-
gree with the truth of the old rhyme
EARLY to bed and early to rise,
Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise"
A long stroll through Hoboken to
the Elysian Fields-Over the ferry
sometimes to New YOrk-an ascent up
the hundred stairs to that part of Jersey
City called Washington Village, then
a beautiful and extensive wood. There
are many living who can relate the
pleasure of having enjoyed it with him,
and in view of cOmings and actual
events take great delight in telling of
it,
LHOTEL NAPOLEON. ~
One of his favorite resorts was tav-
eTn we'll known to the pleasure-lOvlng
Hobokenese since called d" L'Hotel Ma
poleon." It was kept at the time by a
Frenchman, and was a faVOrite resort
of the small French colony ia the
town.
AN EMPIRE AT STAKE.
One evening they were all playing
piquet, and drinking quite freely. At
last the company, among whom Bo-
naparte's opinions were well known,
and by some not little ridiculed, be-
gan discussing politics. The talk ran
high. At last one more eXcitable than
the rest wagered heavily, the wager to
be decided by q game of cards" that
a Bonaparte never would ascend the
throne of France" Qualify it by say
ing, "Be at the head of the French ma
ton, and I'll take you," said Louis.
"I'll take the wager as you putt first,
said friend of the EmperOr's. He
won it, and to-day the winner Occu-
pies one of the most lucrative inferior
positions in the Imperial gift in the De
partment of the Rhone. And now l
wager you all the money l have" said
Napoleon, when the bet was won,
" that l will be, before I die, at the head
of the French nation as the champion
of Democracy, and that I will give the
right construction in the interest of hui
manity and civilization to my uncle's
prophecy of 1921, at st. Helena In
sixty years Europe will be republican
or COssack.'" What do you mean
by right construction ," asked one.
g You have to take my wager as 1 Off
cred it, )" responded Louis.
Here there was some wrangling, and