The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-11-10
EMPEROR OF ELBA.
HOW NAPOLEON CONDUCTED HIM
SELF DURING EXILE.

The Powers Which S,sayed tn" Larger
Wor!<; Shown 20 Coed Advantage "a lis
rycnay Nir~Gc.:,-Thc Barker Side OF I
Brilliant C:recr.
El5a was an island divided against
itself, there being both i2HpcTialistS AID
rovaisgs aGlo4s It's Inhabitants and o
considerable party which desired lnde-
noadenca BY representing that Napo-
leon h&l brongat with him fabulous
SUNS the Austrian ard English commits
siorcrs easily Won tire Elb&ns to q fer
vor Of Ioyalty for their new emperor.
Before nichtSali of the 18th the court
was established. and the new admins
trat!on began It's labors. Having mas
tered the resources ard needs OF his
0vClny realm, the emperor began 10 de-
Dloy all his powers, mcnling the high
ways, fortifying the strategic points and
creating aooUttt:e nucleus OF 400 guards
which We're sent from FontaiHebleau an
efficient little army Of l, 600 men. His
expenses We're regulated 70 the lcinutest
detail both a5 home and abroad. The
salt works and ircn mines, which We're
the bulwarkS OF Eiban prosperity, began
az once to increase their output, and
taxation was regulated With scrupulous
nicety. By that sppereminent virtue OF
the French burgher, good management,
the island was made almost lndepend-
ent CT the remnants of the Iullerles
treasure (about 5, 600, 900 irancS) which
Napoleon had brought from France. The
same powers which had swayed world
operated with equal SucceSs IN q sphere
qlmos5 microscopic By comparison.
Before long the Princess Borghese,
se0arate7 soon after her marriage from
her second husband and banished since
1910 from Paris for inpertinent conduct
to the empress, came, according to prom
ise, to be her brothers companion,
and Madame Mere, though distant IL
prosperity, came likewise to soothe her
SOL in aGversity. The intercepted letters
Of the former prove her to have 5een at
least as loose in her life at Elba as ever
before, bit they DO not afford q sufi-
cient basis for the scandals concerning
her relations with Napoleon which were
founded upon them and i2dustrlously
circulated at the court Of Louis XVIII.
The shameful charge has no adequate
foundation OF any sort.
Naroleon's economies were rendered
not merely expedient, but imperative
by the fact that none OF the money
from France was forthcoming which
had been promised il his treaty with
the powers. After short stay holler
frankly stated that, in his opinion, 1t
would never &c paid and departed. The
island swarmed with Bourbon spies,
and the only conversation IL which Ne
poleon could indolSe himself unguard-
edly was with Sir Neil Campbell, the
English representative, or with the IT,
tied English gentlemen who gratlfied
their curiosity By visiting him. During
the summer heats, when the court was
encampcd on the heights at Narciana
for refreshments, there appeared lnys-
terioas lady with her child. Both were
we'll received and kindly treated, but
they withdrew themselves entirely from
the public gaze. Common rumor said II
was the empress, but this was not true.
II was the Countess Walewska, with
the son she had borne to her host, whom
sl;c still adored They remained but q
few CARS and departed as mysteriously
as they had come.
Base females taronged the precincts
Of the imperial residence, openly strug-
Cling for Napoleon's favor as they had
so far never dared to do. Success toe
frequently attended their efforts. But
the opo-worlan who should have been
at his SIDE was absent. 1t is certain that
she made an honest effort to come, and
apartments were prepared for her recep-
ton IL the li5tle palace at Porto Ferra,
10. Her father, however, thwarted heI
at every turn, and finally she was vir'
tpal prisoner at Schonbrunn.
So manifest was the restraint that hel
grandmother, Caroline, queen of the
two Sicilies, cried out in indignation,
s'IfE were in the place of Maria Louisa,
would tie the sheets of my bed to the
window frame and fee" Committed
to the charge OF the elegant and subtle
Neipperg, afavorite chamberlain, whom
she had first seen ct Dresden, he piled
her with such insidious wiles that al
last her slender moral fiber was entirely
broken Gown and she fell a victim tc
his charms. As late rs August Napoleon
received imp@ssioned letters from her.
Then she grew formal and cold. At last,
under lIetternich's urgency, she ceased
to write at al. Her French attendant,
Naneval, managed to convey the whole
sad story TO her husband, but the en-.
Darcr was increduIous and hoped against
hope uGtil December. Then oaly he
cease! fro.o nis incessa:t and urgent
appeals. Life Of Napoleon; tie Ex
ile ard lis Return," by Professor ".
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