The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-06
Napoleon ana st, Helena,

Napoleon arrived ut st. Helena October
10, 1910, in the ship Northumberland, cont
mandcd Ivy Sir George Cockburn, and was
attended by General and Mime. Bertrand,
General and Nine. Montholon, Count Las
Cases., General Gougaud and suite The
next day he went ashore, and stopped over
| night in jamestown, and on the following
day the Emperor, in company with Atlmi-
raj Cockburn and Count Bertrand, visited
Longwo0d, the place which had been Sc
lcctcd for his future residence, the house
intended for him being then occupied by
the observation-disclosures of the Island The
Emperor requested permission to stop in a
building called tic "l5rars," which request
was granted, and he remained there little
over two months. From the "Briars' he
was removed to Longwood and there occu-
pied what is known as the "Old House. "
In 1919 the British Government commen-
ccd the erection of large, commodious
residence for his reception, but before il
was finished Napoleon l. was no more. On
the 9th of May, 1921, the conqucror of a
hundrcdbattlcs, creator of kings and princes,
the legislator and hero Of the age, died at
Longwood, aged fifty-two years. The dis
case which caused his death is alleged by
some to have been hereditary liberation of
the stomach, and by others, castro -hcpatitis
On the 9th Of May lie was buried in Saue
Valley, Longwood. The Governor, Admi-
raj and staff, all the garrison and about one
half the p, pulation of the Island attended
the funeral. The pa'l-bcarcrs were Count
Bertrand and Montholon, Mcrshand the
faithful valet of the Empcror), and young
Napoleon Bertrand. The household of the
late Emperor sailed for England May 21st,
1921, on the storcship Camel. On the Sth
OF October, 1910, Prince dc Joinvilc and
suite, including General Bertrand, Montho-
lon. Baron Las Casas, former companion of
Napolcon's exile, arrived at ST. Helena in
the frigatc La Belle Poulc, accompanied by
tho corvette, Favoritc, for the purpose of
conveying the remains of the Emperor to
France; and on the 10th of Octcbcr at
midnight, just twenty-five years from the
day he landed, the cxhunation took place,
the coffin was lifted, and conveyed to a
tent, where 1t was opened and the remains
fully identified, being but little changed
in appearance from what some of The
mourncrs had gazcd upon nearly twenty
years before. The coffin was then closed,
and the remains were deposited, with func-
raj honoIs, in the La Belle Poule, which
sailed for France on the 18th of October.
Upon their arrival in Paris, the mortal re-
mains of the First Napoleon were deposited
under the dome of the Invalidcs, where
they still remain. From all accounts, lis
life here was most drcary. Among the ar
chives of The island are the original papers
that were TO have been sent TO France, Civ
ing plans Of easy landing places and tho
manner in which he was to have been res
cucd; but through the inquisitiveness of
his Wallets parents, the papers fell into the
hands OF the Governor, Sir Hudson Love-
After that, the strict surveillance and in
dignitics that were heapcd upon him broke
the spirit and heart of the man that had
dcficd the world. The original paper from
the King of England, ordering that Napo-
leon should be addressed as General and
not EmperoI, is still here. BY ordinance
of Sir Edward Drummond Hay, Governor
of ST. Helena, dated March 1S, 1868. rati-
fed and confirmed by order of the Queen,
May Z, 1858, the lands in the Itland of st.
Hc'en& forming the site Of the tomb of the
Emperor NAPOLEON, also the lands forming
the site of the tenement of Longwood and
it's appurtcnances, formerly the residence
OF Napoleon, was vested in his Majesty the
late Napoleon III. and his heirs forever, as
absolute owners thereof in fee simple. In
1859 the French Government sent an OIL
Ger of the Legion of Honor to st. Helena
to look after and take care of the house and
grounds. The present officer, Major Mare.
chal, who is an officer of the Legion of
Honor, also, is most obliging and courte-
Gus gentleman he has very little to do,
for all that he docs not like living 80 far
away from Paris, and proposes to leave for
France soon on leave of absence for one
year. There arc good many relninis-
cences of Napoleon's exile that neither re-
fleet credit Oh himself nor the representa-
tive of the English Government, Sir Hudson
Lowe.