The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-12

drew from the country. bearing his we'll
earned title Of Ifnlusid
Napoleon spent the first months Of the
year 1870 az Paris The revolution Was re-
ceiNed with general appreciation D.. the
French. The leading features OF the new
government were Senate. Tribul cate
and "a Council of State. These forms v ere
not wholly acceptable to the first cons n
but IN the organization of the system, Is
viii and purpose were everywhere PR
dominant. Meanwhile. he appointed Cen
eTal MoTeau TO the command OF the Army
OF the Rhine and on the 10Th of April that
general began his advance into Germany.
The first result OF the movement was the
forcing back of the Austrians on I'm.
As for Italy. the first consul reserved
for himself the rcConquest Of that conn-
try. With the opening Of spring, he pro-
Jectcd the second Italian campaign ON
the l4th of May. 1900 he began his famous
passage Of the Great ST. Bernard. We
might mark this event as the irst Of the
spectacular aspects OF the Napole0nlc
career. There, ~ his gray ovcrcoat under
his ihree-cOrnercd hat, mounted on
rearing steed, goes the cOnquerOr up mac
cessihle nights against background OF
ice-peaks and giitteriug Alpine sky, The
gaze of mankind follows him. and shout
ings are heard in half the valleys of the
world The French army surmounted
the seemingly impossible Alp in six days,
and suddenly debouched into italy. On
the 2d OF June, BOnaparte entered Milan.
II was high time that some one should
come 70 the rescue; for two days after
ward Massena surrendered Genoa.
Ihat, however, was the end OF the sue
Cesses of the allies south Of the Alps. on
the 9Th OF June occurred the battle OF
Montebello. in which the Austrians. under
OH were Overwhelmingly defeated by "A
DIVISION OF the French army under Lannes.
rive days later was fought the great bat
lie OF NarehgO, which gave its name to the
campdign-and ended il. The French were
zAVD strong, and the Austrians numbered
ABOUT S3,W0 Napoleon commanded in per-
SON but under him We're Desaix, Lanncs
ana kellermann. In the beginning Of the
ohBaSement Gen. Melas, commander Of the
AuStrians, gained a threatening advan-
tage over the French. For several hours
Napoleon was in peril of defeat: but the
ARRIVAL OF endorsements, under the great
besalN, turned the tide Lannes fought like
non, ana kellermann with the cavalry
completed the overthrow The Austrians
were swept from the field with a loss of
more than ten thousand men. while the
rfehch loss Of fully seven thousand at
tested the violence and desperation Of the
CONNECT Marengo may be reckoned the
nrst great battle of the Napoleonic wars.
IL mad all the fea lures of those eXtraordi-
nary conflicts which were subsequently
directed by the genius and audacitv of
Bonaparte. The battle ended the war In
It9Iy. on the next day Genoa and the
other tortresses of Upper Italy were re-
surrendered to the French.
Meanwhile, Moreau had been successful
IN germany. lie pressed forward to the
heaIt OF Bavaria, ana on July Is con-
cluued an armistice with the enemy. This
agreement was maintained for four
months only TO be broken by the Austri-
ans. HOSulittes We're at once resumed.
Moreau advanced. and on Dec. S. on the
held OF Hohenlinden. gained a complete
victory over the German army The trf-
umph OF the French in this summer wsAs
married by the loss Of several OF their
ablest generals. Beside Joubert at Now.
besalN, the conquerer of Upper Egypt
who saved the day at Marengo was Killed
on that bloody field and about the same
hour the gallant kleber walking in mis-
garden az cairo, was assassinated by the
fanatic Solyman.
Victorious in Italy and returning to
Paris with unexampled fame. Napoleon
might now follow his inclinations for
peace. His ascendency over the French
began 10 be recognized abroad, and con-
dttons appeared favorable for a general
pacincation. The popularity Of the first
consul was extreme, and this was inten-
siiied by the ill-disguised efforts of his en-
emies to cast him down. Conspiracies
wer made against his life. On Christmas
eve OF the year 1900 the most serious of
these attempts was made-and failed Ma
poleon was going 10 the opera. Three
eonspirators - Carbon, St. Reliant ami
ti Lin a powder cart. with a
street by which the first consul must
pass.
When the cavalcade came by. the fuse
was lighted, and a shocking explosion
followed. Houses round about were knock
ed down. and the place was strewn with
the dead and cying. The first consul was
unhurt, though hiss carriage was shat
tered in the havoc. He went on 10 the
opera. and sat unmoved through the day.
The rage of the Parisians on account of
this dastardly act against their hero
knew no bounds, and the thing attempt
ed was turned to good advantage by the
friends of Napoleon.-The eighteenth CEN
fury came in with Marlborough, ana
went out with an Internal macine!
The allies now chose to accept a peace.
Ambassadors gathered at Luneville near
Nancy, and ON Feb. 8, 1901, Napoleon con
cluded with his enemies his first great
definite treaty. The convention made with
Austria at Campo-Formi more than three
years previously was confirmed. The Sc
cret article of that compact by which
France was to have the left bank of the
Rhine was openly agreed to. Tuscany
was given to Parma. The Clsalpine, Ii
gurian, HelVetic and BataviaR republics
which Napoleon had created, were recog-
nized. The general effect of the treaty
was to undermine that holy Roman EN-
pire, which. beginning with the browning
of Charlemagne, was destined, after six
years to receive the final dispatch al the
hands of Napoleon.
John Clark Ridpath