New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-28

pInmed hat; and this costume became him very well:
lie magnlhcent collar OF the order :" IN,
Legion OF Honor IN diamonds, on stat, occasionh; oui
ON ordinary occasions he wore only the silver eros
On the OF his coronation, the harsnals y, an, n'i
newly created few months before came TO pay him
visit all g0rgeousy srrayed. The spendor OF her cos
smile was standing az little distance from him. aud
MS he saw smiled also, he said to me IN low tone.
ar is not every who has the right to be PLAINLY
dressed" Presently the Marshals OF the army 9esan
dispuling among themselves about me great
precedence. Their preensons were very Wen iounsu
and each enumerated his victories Bonapar's, "9
l. You must have stamped your foot France: and
said Let all the yanltes arise from the soil
is tre reped but Is fortunate that the French
| are to he ruled through their vanity s. ,,o.,
During the first months OF my sslourn at SAINT oloua
In the morning ut eight o'clock BOuaparte lett MS Wles
and went to hs study Wnen we were N Paris ne
SAINT Cloud he breakfasted alone generally on the yer.
race While OF breakfast he received artists an actors
and talked to them freely and pleasantly After ward
he devoted himself to public affairs until ak ocioek
RECEIVING an immense number Of visitors, chiefly women
Among these would he some whose husDahds pcoresu
TO the Government and some obese were called ae r",
cen rfgc) who did not wish have or To appear 10
have relations with the First Consul, bat who solicited
through his wife treasures " or rebututohs- Niue
Donaparte received them all with perfect grace. she
promised everything ana sent essy ONE nn "sf soa
times. but then they brought fresh Ones ana SIG seemed
We dined 1T six in Paris; Saint Coud we went out
TO drive nj that hourhe Consul alone III tdieche Win
and Sisters ana Eugene de Beauharnais might to
dine with him whenever they wished 10 do so. some
|
Cloud The jealousy oi Louis Bonapdrre, and his ex
treme suspicion, had already made hcSs.y and meSi
afteTward died III Holand) was 10 Saint Cloud.
Bonaparte seemed TO love nat chd he built hopes Tor
the future him. Perhaps lC Only on account
OF those hopes that he noticed m for " de llcyrand
has told me that when the news OF his nepnews death
reached Berlin BOnaparie, who about t0 appear IN
public litte ai, ctcd that Nine. dc Iallcyrand
aid You forget that a death has occurred in your
family, and that yen ought u look serious" - do not
auuse mysef" replied bcnaparte. by thinking OF
aead people"
II would be curious to compare this frank utiorauce
with speech Of NJ. de fonianes. who having To
deliver address upon he depOsug of the Pru>slan
nlss great pomp the Iuyades, dwolt patnoicaiy
upon the MAJ site grief oi conquesor VINO turned rom
the spedor of his victories 10 shed tears over the death
OF culd
Afier the Consul had dined we were told we might
upstairs again The convs rsation was proiomsel ac
corcing H. was IN good or bad hnmor. lie would
go away after awhile ana IN general we dd OF see HIN
again. lie returned 10 work, gave some paiucuh. au
deuce received one 81 the ministers, and retired
carly. Nine Bonapaiie played al cards ~ the ,Fenng
Between ten ana eleven O'Clock she Wonlu D ,'ol'
Madame the First Consul mas to his roon," and
then she would dismiss Us for the night.
The character OF Napoleon exhibited by Nine
de B6musat presents an extraordinary instance of
the supremacy of eeoism in the individual compost
tion to the exclusion Of the noblcr sentiments
| There is no more conspicuous example recorded
! IN history of the dominion of selislness over the
! moral nature. or the elements of civil and social
unity Napoleon appears to have been utterly dosti-
! tutc. Nor did lie give any visible sign of the power
! Of conscience. Instead of recognizing the idea of
! right and wrong essential growth of the hui
man mind IN It's highest development, the terms To
him were empty aud mmcanlng words. His own
Will was the supreme law the indulgence of his
| own passions tho ultimate end. IL would not be
correct to say that he was an imperfect creation,
that his moral sense was left in the germ which, il
normally unfoded, would have shown generous
ruitagc; the principle of right, of duty, of con-
| science was omitted from his constitutions; and
there found in its place only an obscene and
loathsome worship of selfish passions His nature
was not the acorn, which beneath "A more genial
sky and surrounded by "A sweeter atmosphere would
have Clown into the majestic oak; its type was
rather the poisonous hemlock and the fatal nj ght-
shade. which bghted everything which they
touched and transformed the of life into
the fountains OF death. The character of Napoleon
was not deficient in quantity. but was pestilent IN
quality. Compared with Washington and Lincoln.
whose fame spreads white and radiant light for
the guidance of nations, the glory Of Napoleon is
lurd meteor. which sinks to the ground and disap-
pears in darkness and corruption.
THE PORTFOLIO An Artistic Periodical. edited 10y
way.
The Portfolio for December comes up to the
goal OF the New Year fresh and smiling with interesting
instructive text, with three fine echings-one
from Rembrandt Portrait OF HIMSELF" from Rae
burn Portrait of Mrs scott-MOncrief" and from
another Scotch artist of time. Mr. David Law,
"whitby Harbor" The industrious editor gives
account OF Mr. Laws experience artist, which
deserves to be pondered, showing how a talent for
may he prohtabIy developed, while il
dutifuly bustd with the labors OF n profession
scemn ely thoroughly opposed 20 artistic studies. Just
as Professor Ogden ~ Rood has made himself
an accomplished artist In water cOors-few better in
the cOuntry-whie engaged In the laborions duties Of
his professorship MI Law has developed strik
.f,I..
years in the office OF the British Ordnance Survey The
example OF bis skill here given is rather black I'm
places. but this is owing to the printing-the bane OF
etchers. Mr.. Hamcrton continues his Notes
Ksthetic." In which his orderly and sensible mind Is
found dealing with certain interesting problems in
way that Is neither profound perhaps,
but clear that tho wayfaring though a
fool cannot therein His subjects for this month
IdiOsyncrasy-a continuation OF last months paper,
and branch OF the theme, 1dosyncrasy and the
Choice Of Process. Mr. Alexander Fraser gives a sue
cnc account OF Sir Henry Raeburns life which, though
interesting, ia not complete that given Cunning
hams Lives. Il is, however enivened by racy
eciotes The Art Chronicle is full and well selected the
chief article being account Of the late VioeteDuc
The fac-simile of Rembrandts etched portrait Of
self leaning wall Is ADM able specimen Of tho
Hellogravure process OF Armand Durapd and the ech-
ing by g. o. Murray, after aeouins portrait OF Mrs.
scott-Moncref is good and striking work in spite Of
the blackness OF the shad -ws.
THE ETCHER. Maya 10 the Etched Work OF Ar
fists New-Ycrk: j. W. BputOn 700 Broadway
Tie Etcher for November H. more interest
ing than OF the late numbers have The sub
jects of the plates "The Tin Ghaut whitby." by
David Law, OF whose work IN The Portfolio have
spoken elsewhere; Summing Themselves" by III. r.
Robertson. and Rotherhithe." by W. J. Cooper. The
plates IN The Etcher much better printed than
those In The Iorffoiio-tho Rembrandt OK
cepted-and Mr. Law wall be found by many
more ineligible in this from whitDy than in the
"whtby HarbOr" OF The Portfolio. II IL, however to-