The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-26

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himself. He Is, It Is true, the most Il,
boriods scdlfec60fs O. ia {l1s6rift-19k
cept perhaps. NJ. Thiers-in the French
empire. AS many as twelve or fifteel
times has word been put In or <lefl
out, sentence remodeled or altered
without satisfying the Emperor's liter
airy taste. During his stay In Hoboker
his pen was not idea whit more than 4
has been since.
HIS wRITlNG-DEsK,
in the rather elevated quarters he oc
cupied; was made with his own hands
| which understood the use oil the saw
plane and chissel as well as artists wht
boast more of their skill in the matter
1t was kept sacredly in Hob0ken By g
admirer of the Emperor until within
few years, and then soldunder the atie'
| tioneer's hammer for q very low sum
| it being impossible to persuade the bid
ders that his august majesty, the pres
ent Emperor of the French, could have
ever been 30, good q mechanic as tc
make It, and hence they believed II
was an effort Of the auctioueer to prac-
| tice on their credulity. Yet there il
was bona fiie genuine empefor-made
writing desk of plain pine wood, helS
| together by few nails and covered on
top with a piece of green baize.
| 'is HIS DIARY. .sass, ssss-
During his stay in HobokeB, and IN
act nearly all his wanderings, he most
assiduously kept o diary In which on
| " the most leading occurrences Of his
daily life are noted down, butin which
every reflection of any importance on
government or war that passed Through
his mind, or came under his notice,
is most carefully noted down. Mere
gossip, Boswellian, DC, are most care
| fully eschewed, or rather omitted, be-
cause possessing no interest for a man
who, when uncertain as to where he
should get his breakfast, found q mprt
pleasing topic of thought IN planning
out an. empire than i'm listening to the
cravings Of his stomach.
LITERARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
BesMesl,is ssjournal,'khe was an in
cessant exponent of pidee Napoteoniera-
ne i'm newspapers, magazines and re-
views-nay, even books. He made il
the rule of his life when not in exile to
spend two or three hours daily in writ
ing, and he carried it ont with the per-
tinacity of purpose that chAracterizes
him beyond all men of hts age q per.
tinacity that could not be shaken by de
feat, or, what is harder to bear, ridi-
cule. fs ga a. - ~ ,s,.s.
SCENE AT A THEAfER.s.l ~
In proof of this we will, by. way Of
depression, be allowed to tell an anec-
dote which did not occur in HObokeb,
or on the Jersey Shore anywhere, bat
for which we car Fod6h.k AffG the af.
faif at Boulogne, with Its suprehely
ridiculous termination, If not inception,
Napoleon returnedt to London, and in
stead of hiding himself away until the
storm Of laughfer had blown Of, showed
himself with the utmost concern at all
his old haunts. Within a few days
even he had the apdacity 70 show him
self I'M public at the theatre, and at the
very theater-tbe Princess-where
some members of Louis Philippe's
family were in attendance to vitness
"Der Freischutz,n in company with
the Queen of ElglhH. Louis's ap-
pearance in the theatef, where he was
well known. was the signal for a gig
gle which soon. broke out into loud and
uncomfortable laughter. Nothing
daunted, he marched up the middle
aisle with as much dignity and con1po-
sure MS If the admired of all admirers,
and took D reserved seat directly oppo-
siteithe box containing the r0yaI psFy,
French and English, Now ~ eeopl
stroke of 1ouis's policy this seat had
been taken i'm advance with full knowl-
edge of the probable vent of the even
ing-hfs late fiasco getting him laughed
at. and the Orleans at the theater join
ing in it, if he should come there. Lon.
is took his seat, the observed Of all OBJ
servers, if not the admired of all the
admirers, and in such place was his
seat reserved as gave the audience from
pit to gallery the best opportunities for
observation. The laughter subsidized,
and the mnsic went on. After o while
the laughter was renewed, II not so
loudly, at least rs Enthusiastically as
when our hero first put In an appear
ance. And this time the tables were
turned, and the faces in the royal box
were flushed with annoyance, There,
Directly in front of them, as mnlo1 "a
bic as Stone, sat the "nephew Of his
uncle,u his jaw at such an angle as
gave them and the aihlieDceT every OPP
portunity for noticing its sOlidity and
the luxuriant mustache, finely waxed,
that waved down from his upper lip,
and in virtue of the place he had select
ed, it was impossible for any of the
royal party to look from their box on
to the stage without having their WIS.,
ion embrace the spectacle of the Napo-
leonic jaw i'm all its massiveness, sur
mounted BY the Napoleonic nose. KDu-
ring the entire Performance OF the ope-
ia that jaw never moved from its posi-
ton or expressions, and 80 ODD did 1t
look in its Immortality that by de-
grees it began to excite more laughter
than Weber's music inspired Attention;
and the audience, glancing from the
jaw to the royal party, made it so un-
pleasant that they left the theater COM
pletely diseomfitted. The story spread
through Udndbn, andalmost made pep
pie forget the eagle of the BOlogre ex-
petition that failed to operate accord
ing to expectations, and the other ludi-
crOus incident of that most short aid
disastrous campaign. lBey
YOUTHFUL URBANITY.
There are many old residents of Ho-
boken, and even of Hudson county
generally, who remember him quite
well, and there are several French fam
lilies i'm H0boke ell with whom he has Of
ten lived for spells. They delight just
now to recall incidents Of his ways, his
sayings and his dOings. You can find
none of them to speak OF him as being
other than a young man calculated to
win the respect If not the love of all
with whom he came i'm contact. If, as
has been alleged, he was never known
to say an angry word in his lifetime to
any one, his urbanity when he was
young was something exquisite. Or
dinarily taciturn, when he entered INTO
conversation it was done with such APP
parent frankness and abandon as to
win all hearts. And then there was
nothing at all Of that self-assertion
which at many times has been found
SO tlisagreeable a-trait IN his uncle
HIS STAR.
On one thing all agree, and that is
his out spoken belief that he was the
pfedestinedi ruler of Ffahces He has
declared repeatedly iii IFS moments of
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