The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-14
TALLRYRAND's MEMOIRS.
Some Interesting Extracts Concerning
Napoleon.
From the February Century.

he sent me an Ride-de-camp to inquire at
what time he could see me. replied that
L was at his disposal; he sent me word that
he would call on me at II o'clock the next
morning. OF this ! informed Nine. de
Stael, who the following day. at 10 o'clock,
was in my drawing-room. There were also
present several other persons brought bv
was among them. The general being an
nounced. went to meet him As we crossed
the drawing room introduced Madame de
Stael to him, but he hardly paid any atten-
ton to her; he noticed only Bougainville.
to whom he addressed some pleasant words
AT first sight he struck me as charming
figure; the laurels of twenty victories are so
becoming to youth, a handsome eye, a pale
complexion, and certain tired look. We
went to my study. This first conversation
was, on his side, without reserve.
NAPOLEON TURNS PALE.
A few nights before the 18th Brumaire, a
little scene was enacted at my house which
would be void OF interest but for the cir
cumstances.
Gen. Bonaparte, then lodging at Rue
Chanterine, had come to have a talk with
nae about the preparations for the eventful
day. l was then living at Rue Taitbout, in
house which has since become No "a.
believe. 1t stood at the back of a court
were galleries which led to wings looking
on the street. Ny drawing-room was lighted
with several candles; IL was l o'clock in the
morning, and we were in middle of q
very animated conversation, when we heard
great noise in the street; to the rumblin1
of carr iages was added the galloping of an
escort of cavalry. Suddenly the carriages
stopped right before the door of my house.
The general turned pale, and quite believe
! ia ho or ho+h
the same time that they were coming to
arrest us by order of the directory. l blew
out the candles and crept stealthily along
the gallery to one of the outside wings, from
which could see what was going on in the
street. For some time l was at a loss to
make anything OUT of the tumult, but at
last discovered the somewhat groteSque
cause.
At this epoch, the Paris STREETS being verv
unsafe at night, when the gambling houses
closed at the Palais Royal all the money
that had been used for the bank was coll
lected and placed in cabs, and the banker
had been allowed by the police to have his
cabs escorted by gendarmeS, at his expense,
to his home in the Rue de Cichy, or there
about. That night one of the cabs had
broken down just in front of my house, and
that was the reason Of the halt, which lasted
for about quarter of an hour. We had a
hearty laugh, the general and /. over our
panic-very natural though, it was, when
we knew, as we did, the tendencies Of the
directory and the extreme measures it was
capable of taking.
sNUBBED BY THE FIRST CONSUL.
Tallevrand gives curious glimpse of
Napoleons arrogant temper in his reception
of the Austrian envoy. The court of Vienna
had chosen this representative because he
had already treated with Bonaparte at
HaI
familiar relations with him. Both the Aus
trian court and the envoy supposed that he
would easily resume these relations. The
| First Consul wished to teach him better, and
| this is how he did it:
Bonaparte gave him an audience at 9
| o'clock at nighG at the Tuilleries. He him
self had prescribed the arrangement of the
| room in which ne would receive him: it
| was the drawing-room next to the kings
study. In one corner he had placed little
table at which he sat; all the seats had been
taken away save some couches which were
at considerable distance from him. On
the table were various papers and an ink
stand; there was one solitary lamp The
chandelier HAD not been lighted.
M. Won Cobenzl entered. 1 was escorting
him. The darkness of the room, the distance
he had to traverse before reaching Bona
parte, whom he could barely discern; the
uncomfortable feeling which resulted from
this; the greeting vouchsafed by Bona
parte, who stood up and Immediately sat
| down again; the necessity in which NJ. Won
Cobenzl found himself of remaining stand
ing-every thing combined straightway to
put each man in his place, or. az least, In
that particular place which the First Con
sui desired to assign him.
NAPoLEoN's ATTITUDE TOWARD KINGS.
Napoleon was on his way to the Erfurt
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splendid occasion. Talleyrand quotes from
Napoleon's conversation with NJ de Re-
musat.]
at strikes me-" ne said, 1--WE have no
very great names; | must have some; the
truth is, that they alone can make good
figure at court. In justice to the French
nobility we must allow that it is admirable
for that"
"Sire, you have NJ. de Montesquisu."
"Good!"
"Prince Sapieha."
'tNot bad"
81 think two will be sufficient. The
journey being a short one, your majesty
can always have them in attendance.
'Quite so. And now, Remusat, l must
have one performance every day. Send
for Dazincourt; he is the manager, is be
notq
''He is, SIRE"
81 want to astonish Germany with my
magnifcence."
''It is, no doubt, your majestys intention
to invite few great personages to Erfur5,
and time presses"
Zone of Eugene's aides-de-camp starts
this very day." replied the emperor. 1--WE
might let him know the proper thing to
hint to his father-in-law (the King of Ba-
varia); and it one of the kings come, they
will all want to come. Then, again" he
added, mo, we must not make use of Eu-
gene for that, Eugene is not clever enough.
He is the man to carry out exactly what
want. but he is no good at limiting. Talley-
rand is better; the more so"-and here he
laughed-''as he will pose as my critic, ard
declare that l shall feel gratified by tie
kings coming. 1t will be my business,
efterward, to show that 1 was absolutely
indifferent in the matter, and that they
were really more in my way than other
wise"
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