Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-01-11
WHOLE NO. 1859.

ot. hClChh nPpoAto az SuO hto
e anee, so green and lovely are tn
valleys and meadows on it's top.
The sea breeze watts hither fresh.
ness and moisture, and while the
burning heat makes existence I'm
beara BILE in the valley below, th'
pure air upon the beautiful plateau
enlivens both man and beast. a
stairway OF more than seven hundred
steps, hewn out in the rock. leads il
an almost perpendicular line, from
jamestown to the citadel which
looks down upon the city and high
ways from rock more than thou.
sand feet high. He who does not fee
sufficiently strong to make the as
cent by this path, can come to the
summit moro comfortable by tn,
road which winds around the steer
slope of the mountain. When we
reached the top, we were awarded
by q charming view of the ocean
Tha surface of the island here is an
und ,lating plain, which we found as
soon g we turned our backs to the
ocean, thickly covered with trees and
grass. Nourishing showers and en-.
liyening sunshine had covered the
heights and the depths with fragrant
green. Bush and tree sparkled in
loveliest leaves.
As I rode along through the car
riage way, shaded by lofty oak trees,
which leads to the Governors resi-.
dence, existence upon this island
seemed eudurable. Through green
meadows, past bubbling rocks, close
to the edge of the precipice into
which the foaming brook plnnges
from the rocks-like silver ribbon
upon green tapestry it hangs upon
the mountain side-over crumpling
lava beds, through the shade of bios
soming trees, it leads, until the face
of the blue ocean is seen through the
green leaves. We came, after a short
ride, to the other side of the island.
st. Helena is only about two miles
long, and one and quarter wide
At our feet lies the crater of vol-
cano which has long been extinct,
and which is now scarcely recGgni.
Fable, but out of which columns of
fire once shone over yet unexplored
ocean. From the ruins of a terrible
past has sprung q lovely present.
Various colored cattle and white
wooded sheep were feeding peace
fully upon the mouth of the crater,
now filled up with earth. Simmer
ing villas looked up to Us from
among trees laden with fruit. We
glanced below at the beautiful pano-
rama at our feet. Behind US are the
green declivities, at the right the old
crater, at the left, far below, the mar
row stripes of houses which they call
a city, and before US upon the BAR
rem plain, the end of our journey,
Longwood, the house in which Ma.
poleon lived and died. A belt of frs
separates the beautiful and fruitful
part of the island from the rocky
plain, which the foresights of the
suspicious Lowe chose as the safest
dwelling place for his dangerous
prisoners. We may judge very cor
rectlv how the storms rage over this
desolate piain, by the trees whose
trunks are bent and twisted, and
whose branches touch the ground.
L0ngwood WAS the first of the two
places chosen for his residence. They
lodged him at first in charming
aud suitable country house close TO
the foaming waterfall, until the hoase
upon the top was repaired for his
reception. 1t was q low, plain build
ing. As the outside had little pre-
possessing, so also the inside was
simple and small. The empty rooms
have been repainted and rehung with
tapestry, as they we're al the time
they held the prisoner. The tapestry
was replaced by the royal nephew
the same as at first, as ne8rly as
could be judged from the old battered
remnants as they hung suspended
from the walls. Cards within in
French and English give the use for
which each room was designed. But
every thing appears poor and I'M
worthy. A perfect Dust of the En-
peror stands npon a black socle in
the reception room, surrounded by
an iron railing. The new I'ongwood
which was built to- meet the COM
plants of the exile, stands at short
distance. 1t was not, however, oc-
oupied by him. A much better resi-
dence, and since Longwood was
surrendered to France by England
the residence of a French officer
who guards the relics. Before this
possession by France of the house in
which the Emperor lived and died
it was the house of an English ten
ant, who carried the proclamation
so far as TO metamorphose some Of
the rooms into stalls for his cattle
but Notwithstanding this, he exacted
q small tax from the curious travel
ers who came to visit this room, &c
renowned, historically. AS wan
dered through the deserted rooms
out into the open air, and looked mp
on the distant ocean, | painted tC
myself the Emperor as he was &C
customed to stand here, and
Arm uber arm gebogen
Blickt in den kampf der wetter und der
wogen,
Die glitter seines kerkers.
with folded arm, locked upon thu
war of the storms and waves - The
gates of his PRISON.
Napoleon never went far from
Longwood, his troublesome and in
furious WEAKNESS, induced by loss Of
sleep, took from him all desire for it
He never kne the little island. He
loved best to visit the family of Gen
eral Bertrand, who lived in an unas'
Stunning little house not far away, and
who was faithful friend to him dur
ing bis exile. In the first weeks Of
his banir hment, he seemed to have
retained his elasticity of spirit, which
at later day left him. Then he re
sided in villa near the waterfall
Mrs. Abel, the daughter of the own
err. at that time a girl OF fourte