Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-08-06

on gypsy s pFatlng. Inc lnCiueut WAS
10 doubt. forgotten by Josephine till its
singular coincidence with her actual after
lie recalled it.
Years passed. The Revolution burst
forth in France. The Reign of Terror
came. Humanity stood aghast before q
spectacle OF anarchy unparalleled in
havoc and utter horror. An outraged
5>op "a riseu against the scorn OF q
Wloton cJ- g, the inlolerable tyranny of
Luxurious ana ,Ithless casses Of men,
The cour. ui the castles went down be-
lore righteous wrath as willow yields
10 the stroke of tempest. Then the
power of q great success tell INTO the
hands OF demons, and like dem( rs they
put the power in force. No article Of
mercy found place in their fearful code.
In the sacred name Of Liberty they glo-
riied wholesale murder Rank was to
them heinous crime. and adhesion to
the royal house or attachment to the
kingly principle L treason to be washed
sway with blood. The knife OF TIL gui!lo-
tine slid swiftly in It's socket, aud red
we're The kennels and sewers Of Paris.
Among those mobiles who kne!t on tho
scafold and forfeited their lives TO the
tiat of bind and furious power the Vi
comte de BeauhMnais wss one Of the
first.
Like many another noble lady, Nicom-
tesse Josephine spent "a part Of ,he Reign
o. Terror in PRISON. no. moving any
day but the morrow might bid hcr forth
70 die. Fate. howev,o, tbat spared uot
crowned ladies and mighty .ords, dealt
equally with TIE mastel-sp.rits 70! revOiu.
tiou. The lrst CLEAN of welcome iisat
ltst shot through the black sky of tyranny
gss when the dsEsss OF she Norman
heroine, sCnariole Corday, avenged on
loroc.ous Marat the dealh OF her lover
aud me lerriole lribuiaaon OF France
Another year. and Danlon, supplanted Uy
Ro5ospiegre, laid his head upon tbs,
block 10 winch he mad seat the no0lo and
the brave. RobespierIe himself, the last
OF the 6sudish three. soon shared tbe
bloody doom OF tho res.. Taiiien ont
generated him, and TIM same Couyen-
ticn of which he bad becn he ruling
spin, got Eid of is ..srs %, hun los .to
short and simple rec.ga OF .he suiie. On
She tall OF RobesPierry, the indlence OF
.h. man who had bgou - ht about his death
was 4ole to set Josephine at liberty. Sac
resumed her hign pace iu society. Her
mislortaues attracted sympathy, her
beauty won admiration, her power OF
mind commanded respect. By means OF
her social talents she gained favor with
men in power; nor was il lorg til tue
inner circles ol keca Partisan iiio came
to look upon tho widow oi the victim
Beauharuais as 8 woman OF po,itica! IN
hueuce.
Abou, this time the hgu,o Of Napoleon
Boaaparte was seen 10 advance from the
foremost rank Of Frances military chiefs,
snd stand, as it were, alone before the
nation. His ht1 wes 10 ;ho very flower
Of youth. Not ,weu,y-soyeu yet, he held
the triliau; rsnk of a general Of the line.
Oriy ten yeacs had passed away since
this grave young Corsicau concluded in
the military school a, Paris his study OF
The ayt Of wsr. and Joined au artillery
T, giment as sub-leutenaat His scsntY
psy was supplemented oy an annual AZ
lowsuce OF some finy pounds lrom tue
bounty Ola clerical grca, unclo. This,
slight Is il va1. enabled the rigidly iru-
gal yoath 60 move about with to!erable
ease of pocket iu the social circles visited
by his comrades. Peace gave 10 oppor-
tunity Tor promotion. The outbreak OF
the revolution found him still lel,eu-
ant, MS lot cast away from all the stirring
scenes Of life, in the drowsy little town
OF Valence. In the following year ne
was raised to the rank OF captain; but
the army was being p1t through prog
ress Of reorganization; Napoleon had
nothing TO DO, and we find him taking
command Of a militia force in Corsica,
and, after TIE hopeless fall f King Louis,
fgbting the battle of the Convention
against his native town. from which and
from the island he was ultimately obliged
10 re.ite. He returned In gloom to Paris,
but his steady support OF the new condi
lion Of things and the reputation he had
gained as au officer OF artillery, procured
him from the Convention the commission
OF lieutensnt-colonei, with orders TO take
part in the siege OF Toulon, which stood
out against lho Convention by sno help
of troops and war-ships dispatched from
England Spaiu and Naples. Handling
his great guns with the skill OF master,
Napoleon soon reduced the place. For
this be was presently made general OF
brigade, aud placed 10 chief command oil
the artillery il the army Of the South
Then follow ed campaign in Italy. The
Young general was soon after dispatched
bv Robespierge on secret mission tc
Ganoa. Reiore be returned TO France,
Ro- spierre rad lo-. bis head. Bona.
parte, being violently suspected and dis.