Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-10-10
GhastIy Story About Napoleon.

GhastIy Story About Napoleon.
At PlogasteI, in Brittany, says French pa,
per. there is living an Eoelish physician named
Thomas Cdrtwell, aged s. yesrs, who tell, trav.
cl'ers strange story, in which he says he 6gt
ured as principal ac!oc
On the 5th Of Nay, 1921, Napoleon the
Great died at L1ngwood, ST. Hrenn, after
causing Sir Hudson Lo1e 90 much uubappiness
that he went crazy. aud, returning to England,
ost all his t1rtulc 10 cxtravagant spsculations
in stocks. The Emperor's last companions,
Bertrand, Montholon, GourIsnd and Las,ases.
Immediately made c demsn1 for physician
expert 10 the science OF embalmiug. Sir Hud.
son Lowe, who sbta1k from 20 expense, sent
physician, an lta'isu named Aut1marchi, who
had att ended the Emperor when he wal trou-
bed With sty 10 the eye, The doctor hasten.
ed to his work, but oer:an instruments we're
needsd. He required at least two assistants,
etc., etc. Sir Hudson Lowe msdo haste to
supply all his demands. lie sent boat 10 an
Eoglish iriga:o at anchor in the otiog. with
request IT two naval surgeons. supplied with
everything required for tho embaluiug p.octsJ J.
One OF ths Two parsons sent Was youth Of
twenty Scals, we'll educated aud full Of ambi.
ton, aud &c Was received on tho Isiaud as Assis
tspt Surgeon Thos. CsrtwciI. lie and his com.
rade hssened to ass;s: DR.. Antomarchi. About
four in the afternoon Of May tn, work
was begun. The corpse OF Napoleon | was life.
ed from the little bed where he had died and
placed on a long ua,b'o topped table that wts
still intact whoa, 10 1858. Napoleon Ill b5ught.
with Government funds, the sra'I house in
which had died the man whOm ito pcrsis c ] il
makug the public bolievc 20 have been his
unole. Tho process oil cDiba'ming was not 6r.
lshed When night cama aud interrupted it,
Antonafcai and his assistants agreed that tho
completion of it must be ro3poueG un;il the
next morning. They determined 10 20 to bed
and resume their work ct daYbreak. First
they covered the Emptrlr's body wlh white
cloth, which they sprnkled aud saturated with
certain liquids to prevent putrcfac.ion. The
various internal orgAns that had been removed
were placed 10 metal cups ou the operating
table. Then the three oper .tors went to their
rooms and slept profoundly.
They had hardly been aslsen an hour when
MarohaId. the valet If the dead Emperor,
koocked at Cartweh' door, calling out, Come
down, sir, quick y sre.t misfortune has lust
happened. whats l.? sid the ycu,g sur.
peop, appearing 10 his uniform. "Oh, sir, tho
Emperur's hear has been eaten by the rats
Ii was true. The island vas Infested with rats
They wers as Tick a5 the E,glish. While Mer-
oband was cut Ol tho rcOm, some rats had run
In, and tndlDg the heart OF tho corqueror of
Austerlitz 10 q basio, bad mado bus mouthful
OF It, The valet, on returning to the room, saw
them sclmpar away, ard all ho cou'd do was to
pronounced the irreparGbe loss.
What was DOW to he dont? The physicians
me. and consuled. |. was impossible to con-
ceal the absence of tho organ that had been
eaten up, the operation OF embalmipg having
boen begun tc!ore witness who had seen it. To
confess the accident was 10 expose Morohaud
to severe retuke ard tho poor fellow WAS a.
ready wretched enough. A happy thought uc-
CURED to Cartwell. "If we could only got &
sleeps heart" he suggtsied to Automarch
with excessive caution. Ali tho persoas pres
ont looked at one a5other nerVous,y, hesitated,
aud thon' began to laugh togather like four Ro-
man augurs. They understood ono another.
Ma1chand ran to neighborug farm killed a
| sheep, and brought back its hcart still warm
and palpitatiog.
% the next d;y, the Ith Ct Nay. Ant,'
| march, AID his assistants. in tho pres ,ucs of
| Gen. Bertrand and NJ. do Mootholou. flashed
the embalming of The Emperor without any
persons among his suite 10 the least saspecting
the extraordinary performance O. the pigbt be-
fore. If the story is true, ard if the old 70.
| tired Euelsh ex-Surgeon of Ptogastel is not q
j?ker, the heart of the th?cp Of St. Helena has
been resting for thirty. eight yoars ulder the
dome cftho Invalidesl
| WHERE THE APOSTLES REST. Catholic au'
thorities state that the remains of the Apostles
Of Christ are now 10 the fo'lowidg Places
Seveo arc ia Rome, namely, Peter, Philip,