Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-19

with him was only 70 spread the disease.
He went with his surgeons and aides into
tho plague house, and passed among tho
dead and diving. He struck his boot-tops
with his whip as he went along, saying,
"Ip a few hours the Turks will DO hero.
Lot all those who have strength enough
rise and come with US" None could arise.
Then II was that, IN a hurried consulta'
ton with his physician Desgepettes, Bon.
aparte proposed to anticipate with por-
ton of laudanum and painless exit the
cruel death which he saw TO be inevitable
For this proposition he has been con-
demnod By sentimental world-ngninst
oil reason and humanity. His project was
Just such rs humane man would propose
for his own brother under the cruel altor-
native thon presented.
The returning expedition reached Cairo
on the l4th OF June. Affairs In Egypt
woro already In distracted condition.
El-Mahdi was crying out like prophet In
Bohshlreh. The fellahs and Arabs were
rallying to his standard. Murad Bey was
returning with his forces from Upper
Egypt, to form q junction with tho NAH
dis rout at the NatrOn lakes. Meanwhile,
u force of about fifteen thousand, COM
mnnded by Mustapha pasha and under
conduct of English ships, arrived at Abou.
kir. A division OF French, under General
Marmont held Alexandria; but that Off
cor would be unable 60 keep the city
against the gathering forces of'the enemy.
Napoleon hastily marched against the
Turks and English at Aboukir. Here, on
the 25th of July, 1893 with only five
thousand men, he attacked the enemy,
three times as strong in numbers, and
gained a victory so signal as almost to
oounterbnlanco the disaster of tho year be-
fore, when Brueys's fleet at.the same place
was anDihilated. In the negotiation that
followed between Bonapnrto and tho Eng
llsh Admiral, the former obtained a copy
Of the Fronch Gazette, Of Frankfort In.
forming him Of the condition Of affairs In
Europe. For ten months he had received
virtually no news at all from his own
country. The French army had to all in
tents boon bloOkaded in Egypt and Pales-
tine. "Heavens'' tho General cried out;
my prosontiment has been verified. The
fools have lost Itnly All the fruits Of our
victories arc gone. ! must leave Egypt"
1t was necessary that Napoleon should
be- secret ns well as expeditions. He in
formed the divan OF Cairo that he should
DO absent briefly in the Delta Afterwards
ing that he was going to France, but
would soon DO back again. Tho command
should remain with General Kleber, who
was truly said to have the confidence Of
the Genoral-in chief Berthier and Lannos
were to accompany the commander to
Frnnoe. Two frigates, the Muiron and the
Cnrrere. were quickly prepared, and on
tho a3rd of August, company of about
Ave hundred men went on board with Ma,
poloon.
BY keeping close to the African shore
tho vessels we're enabled to escape deteo-
tion. After twenty-ono days tho site Of
Carthage was passed, and tho danger was
over On the LIST Of October the ships were
driven in at Ajaccio. Bourrienne narrates
the comical circumstance that the fretful
and impatient Bonaparto was obliged for
about week to stand godfather for ono
fourth OF tho recently born children in
AJnccio; tho hero was now popular at the
ulaca Of his BIRTH
While detained In his native island Ma
poloon learned Of tho disastrous battle of
now, the death of Joubert, and all the ro-
cent misfortunes of France On leaving
Aiaooio, his ship was followed by two
English vessels, and we'll nigh taken; but
49, $50 49, Va CNtobeit IouCntu INC IOuu-
way of Froius and was safe The onthu.
sinsm of the people broke out spontaneous.
ly, They OF Frejus, when warned to keep
on on account of tho possible infection OF
the French, said, IAN right; tCe prefer
The plague 10 the Ausiridns" Bonaparto
loft immediately for Paris, by the Bour.
bonnais rond. At AK and Lyons he was
received with wild acclaim. Nobody stop.
pod to inquire whether tho Egyptian cam
paiBn had been wholly successful or not
Ihe French simply claimed everything,
and shouted
On the 18th of October Napoleon en-.
tered Paris. Josephine came TO greet him.
and tho suspicious against her, with
which his mind had boon poisoned by
some rccitals of Junot in Egypt, were soon
dispelled. An interview with the Direct
DRY followed on the next day, and it be.