Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-07-11
TO RESCUE NAPOLEON
A Bold Plan That Was Matured
In This Country.
1T WAS A DARING SCHEME.

lie of ST. Helena, but Just as the
Preparations Were About Complete
the Fallen Emperor Died.
Even in 1.-THE last phase" our coun-
try sustained a certain association
with the captive of st. Helena, says q
writer in the Magazine of History.
The English felt that any danger Of
rescue would originate upon the west
ern shore of the Atlantic.
Admiral Cockburn occupied the
neighboring island of Ascension, avow-
eddy to prevent it falling into the hands
of Yankee raiders. The feeling in the
United States against England was at
that time quite bitter. Napoleon's
landing at st. Helena followed the bat
tie of New Orleans only about seven
months. and the downfall of the revO-
lutionary monarch aroused deep SYM
patty throughout the country.
But the actual grounds for believing
In the existence of a rescue party and
rescue plans in the United States rest
upon the movements of General Lalle-
mand and his associates. This officers
military record. from the revolutionary
days to Waterloo, had been distin-
guished by notable feats of daring.
His devotion to the emperor was
loyal and persistent; he had followed
him until his embarkation from the
shores of France and had tried in vain
to accompany him TO st. Helena. He
was condemned to death by the reac-
tionary tribunals of 1916, but had sue
ceeded In escaping and joining his
brother at Philadelphia.
At this time our country was literal
ly swarming with French military ref
ugees, many Of whom, like Lallemand,
were under capital sentence for their
conduct toward the BOurbOns during
the hundred days.
The Lallemands proceeded Ostensibly
TO unite a number Of these veterans
into military colony which they
called the Field OF Asylum.
Our government granted them 1OO,-
600 acres on the banks Of the Tombig-
bee, but as their own project required
their establishment near the sea they
sold the lands and with the proceeds
settled on the Trinity river. IN Texas.
about fifteen miles from its mouth.
The second in command was Baron
Rigaud, whose kindly feelings toward
the ancient regime had been illustrated
by publicly stamping the cross OF ST.
Louis under his feet Needless 10 say,
be was also under sentence of death by
Louis Evils court martial.
But the best known OF an this de-
voted band was the famous pirate La
htte, who had begun lie as a por-
deaux blacksmith had killed his love
rival IN a duel had become a noted
oorsair, the terror of The Anthem
seas had been the effective ally OF
General Jackson in repulainp the Brit
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men in hls vicinity was established at
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