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_ . I i’-F-ORE1‘GN.. NE:W.S:_.‘.‘_.;"‘ _ .
-ni nannai at BostGfi§'1f+°ll‘l_9F"PaP°'5 We
beeifreceived N5 tliAe;f6tl1 A<).f5-W17-I . j A A
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noxngfg. ;j,,]yA 5.——fl‘l1e_fCfollo\ving ‘intelligence
“' - amw.-;‘1f.;i‘n town ye,ster'._day. from -$1» .Hel9.n,a.-._ 

swi. H’EI..EIlAa May .714-“B°.nati9.rl¢ ‘<lié3?‘°“ 3'~7“‘

 

 
 
 
 
 

5,. e‘ek5:-—t’h¢:‘-I331,£Ol'All‘llgll[ ‘(Jilly--ft‘-(Sn sidlifed ,A<l3'"‘.§e.. “-
.,,,,‘, 1:rré§'B§¢i?y ha:s1,becAlAA1 6|3efii3<l’aA.'§UA.¢l_ the dis’
ease asc‘ " ' " d to. be a .Acl1nC'i:l‘, On~'tl1c stomach:
wtilthu a grédficfifcnt of ulcer-ari’on., ' '

¢’HeA has been lyingi ‘A Sta}? Since yestcrtlaf ?AlAf‘
iternoon-A-'-the xxdmirsih.-G0“ern_or.AandAl1eadS °f“.“-"7
artments bixvingi-firs.t’seén.tl1e.Al)0<lY-A ~- , 2 A
‘During the'fi'i‘$( f_9ul‘" W.‘.°.§l,iS'..0f'h.‘5 mfless H h“,
n t:fsaume«afY)’ VC.l‘4l.:.‘.‘ fill‘ . ll-"-‘.l‘l_3l’l’ca”m.c°_’ t 0d
Aha appeared ,9 AbA,,;_A}A,‘1.‘rAn_‘-;=,¢A=.AA,IAl'A»’_‘r:_on,st;:Jouslhut rtwoul .
inate fin-alljv. ~?1:)1i»rin1;.r.l)elust fortnlsln N W5
' evid Antnnwall ihé rill; ltcntlants “W ll“,-9°93“
" ‘ I: isfs _ hat lie“ gave direcuons a-
‘pm, i.t1ll f1v.eA'o_rA si»xA liooijs
‘ died," hgviug. ’retuin.ed. his—.sen§tA:A,_S Athal
._[-1,, gm he wished to be opened» in Off
- dcr that ifs sonfrniglit be~inAfoJfm3‘l 0i the ll“ll“'¢
7 of hisjdisé ise.» The body wasopglled by ll150_f"“‘,
‘surgeon. Ve—.believe.‘Al:c. left, gt ‘,_WI_l._la \_,Yl_l‘,°b2, A'f"}l.l‘
His" other .pa‘5érs,' ‘been 61:3 fr‘-'1l_l_. C*’l~“'§.‘3i 139
sun fhij coL1nli;.;)*f.'-£.Cc)il7AieTA..-,: " A A-,, .‘ '“
-. » ;:'_-3' * "'f.-' '7 5-am tl{eA'Lc_7z'c1an Times. A 
‘T~lle"‘elrec:~.~. or the ex"-I~l1mreI‘°t"sIll"€S3 on.
his frzirrije were -so powerl‘u1_asWnearly_ to reduce .-
him wiwa-skeleto , and to «obliterate. all traces of.
his , for“-jgr feat-.1‘ es. During the latter part of
his illnessghr: _freq' enlly con.vers_ed with his mcd~
'ica'l altérfdants.cn it : n‘atu'r‘e; of which he seemed
,A.AoAb¢ Ap'e{:_fect;;y a,,.,,‘,t , llr: declared that it was
h'eredit-a‘ry,and that xis father hail dled. °f ‘he
‘same diseésé. On e '.a*r,ninatiAon alter death, the
atomachwasfound in StaI¢.l?f‘?AXll3““° “l°°"""-
ziori. so um it émr‘-ared ‘in some l>_lac.=s ‘perfora-
'ted in ‘large openings. ‘ills. n,Av:A(l1'c-at :utencl'.mts-
gave it 'as'tl1'cir decided Ao' 'n‘iouA that the discos:
3 was incurable, and that the clim';Aate.had no eAll,C.<‘«l
in producing; it. One trait IA‘cl;lAai'a_cte1'_<lrsplny-.
ed iiself in his last moment‘ » \\ql1lCl1-m?~TlS5 ‘ll?
‘ ruling passioustrong in death.’ ,A.l\s he found W5
,~:nd ‘approach, he wasA-h’abited,- at lllsA1.'0A.WI1 request.
‘ in-his uniform of-‘-Field Ma-rs al,‘2‘svtt»h the boots
‘and spurs, and placed on :1 ca A A .. _ _ A A A
. was ac’cu=.tc:m‘cd~ to sleep when in ‘lA..,1*‘A=‘A3.‘llll_': “'W<lAPl'3’.
fered to.ever'y other. , In this ll‘(:SS1l‘AlAeA.Al§A saAlcAlA,AA_lAoA,A
lure éxpircd. It is: said that Iris a\l¢IIdaA§,}S AA\l}}A8hA‘
ed his bocly-to pa c0."V€)'“‘l to 1'-3U"°F§°5_llAll.f{,.."i,°f
pening-his will, itfwas foundtthatl hAe-lian,lelt-aA‘t‘.Ae-
quéstthaf-.‘h'c should be interred it1A,AA'.lj.c. Islanfla
"and-_poiut‘e‘d'.out-the -.4-pot~_ on wlfcli he wAx_sheAcl his
A‘--‘remains to rest, iuja,-bciiutiful « v illcy "_‘ncAar lOAhAlAS

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

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residen‘ce." Thoug'liAABonnp‘artcA is si‘p'posed,AAto
have gufibred much, his dissoiu on vv2;iAs so calm
’and- serene; that An-'>t a sigh esca edAl‘,x,1«tI!» 0}‘ all}
imimuilon tjci the by-'s.tand,e_rst th;AtAit~\\A.vas so n<A:AzAu'..
A li.l3eness‘of -Bonaparte, -allel‘A us A<:<A:alAiA€Aa Wafi
slzétcliedlbysn Eriglishrofiicefy it (1 1 A-brought (A0:
England. Numerousexpresses «left ll-’§W“ Y“5‘”'
day mgmingto unnoiance the (16 ii! if NaP9l9‘?"
tolhc'”difl'erent Europr-.an Courts Tl;l.S=1l‘*‘}’5-‘V'l.l
be conveyed from C_alais'to'the rencih czxpital by A.
:¢1A¢graip'“A1i,'wliet'e it willprobably be k.A,a0W_l] in less

' ..:!1:?’ehan 2-4 hours after its arrival -i1A L0n,*l0“-
[Thus has terminated the it e oflperhaps tile
"most e:ttr"aprdinary man who ll 9 -cV 1‘ fiSll|‘¢‘l_ W
the stage of history. ; Born .ob' urcl 9 and .W“ll‘
out evident means-of advance A m, rose to 511-.
prem‘e'—povvcr,A rfiotvbuly over F1 nccglixut over the-
continent o'fEurope, and his all l‘0|‘_~1t. W35 'f~‘Xl0"’
 ded to both he'mi_spl1ercs. ,DisA laintnjl; man but as
‘X the méansof his own c:inllatAiop,Alie 1Alt'obal)ly suite
, ‘ ‘pa$se'cl.all.otlAier; pA‘ersonagc‘_s1 his trccndancy (AJ-
vvfer every one who came‘ wiblyin the» vortex of his
personal influence. A-fter ha mg dc, hi-oped lungs‘
'Aand ov‘erthrow"n Empires, h , became himself the
fo'ot~b5ll offortune-—-‘was d ’ hroue.}i.l and exiled I0
._'Aal1ig‘li.rpck,ifithc': nxidstoAf{AAlie ocAo_an,undcr guard

 

A, 0,-A.,h,A, g.,.e-‘atcgt powers f.AEurope. '1'.he|A'cAhe

. /‘ -,w-as impI'isonAeAAd,and there cexpirccl-—-'51 styzlrlng
__ /' Ag’xamplc~of ~th’lSTiI1evitable de-.~:tt'uAclion attend1ngAaAn-
 uricont'roA'ulable,-a’mbiI.ion,/ and afiwarning to des-
:j} pots, A-g'*,l,~,A-,A,,p,',,-;,_,},,,d. [do great talents to'be_Aat
7’ liberty. .',.*_He Ahadwiolai (1 ill] lA~.lw.vben 112 _e,\'eAf-.~
’ -cised power, and the do rineof fl'€GC55llYAs Al“ his

' ,fipipr'isonment,-abrogaoéd all low Tlll: E‘-l1l‘0.PG'

{air 'Potent—a'tes were afraid to suffer zhis firebrand
to louchztbe c'om'bustilile materials which compo--‘,_
.seAd lh:;ir”rcspectiAve n tions. flThe death ef~NapoA-
-izeon has’, ~per-hapls, lpfougllt into activity the pre-
tensions-g Ara living’pretender .— to the throne of: A
France. -\”1‘he efi‘cAct of-this event-on that nzuiou
ig.noAt-easy to be foreseen, or even cuzijecturerl.-—
It gives Austria some po\ver,‘and,takes,a\’Vay .from

if Ithe influence ol‘Grear Britain] s .
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" B.onnpar're was ‘promoted to the command of.»
.-,he'AF.A-encl: army in l796,.and‘on 'the'l.0th of No-
 Jzemlaer‘, 1799; at few clays,A,;s_ger his return from
 "35’<i€Egypt,'fie’efiiecte«l_a re.volAu'fion‘at-Paris,~tAhe Di-
‘ re-cm,-y ‘wag di;.s(,lvc(l, a.new_consti'.Aution: A f gov-

 

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three Consuls,_and he was elected fii$t Co_nsAul‘for
ten years. In 1802A‘-he'w‘ais ‘cg-ain nohiinated by

 term qf teuA,y'cAars, to cornmenigefrom the e';i:pi_:-a.

'.,.,;;9n._of‘tli-3 first ,perioAdA--b'ut'_on §r,i,proposit'ron ‘o'f_'Athc

"=a}.Fibuna're, ‘a decree‘ for con‘siiAt,uting ~ him: 1;‘ii‘st

A for lifc-':w.a‘s offered to the people. forAA;sAt_r,:—

A "nature, and h,aAv1An‘g- been slgnedfy 3,568,885 f_:_ut—-’

 Zens, he was‘ sole’m‘n‘ly declare AFit_' At ConsuAl’fo'r
life, on lh<:»2'.lA of Aftrgtist." 3 .A A A A*~A'_‘A

- In~l304u France was formed lpto on Enfrpi-ire.

A. ,. a',,,A].15(.na1>nl‘_te was‘ é[A‘r)w‘nBtl E1h}%r;,l‘_lA)Al‘ on A.tA‘he.A2ilA

 

 ‘ ~of-D'Aecem_be.1'—-on flue anni:versAArl‘r‘,y.A,pAf_g :
,. A iniheitlfollonjing yeA‘a‘r,‘.hc‘dcf¢i|l€¢L,l_}lc. vEAti),l?t:|‘9'l_53.~.A.
 - gf:-’Russ’i‘a and I Austria, ajt.t1;e~l>attljg,Aof Auterlil’ A

,3 ' = In’Dece_mbe'r', .l‘809‘,Ahe,.repu'd1'ate'd_‘l1iAsAwifé,lhd3;
:- - 'A EmpressA'2losepAl,IineA, 'an'cl*.theii";m'ar.ri"g*‘e,,vi'u;~§.'_g:li5-‘

_ A_thq._AAl5tAh of._A_ugp

:u+day‘un=; 5l1n=az:6.3F"¥ M--are a55il1nes$.0f 353 V-

thc C6nsTc.'x-vat-iv'e Senate; first ‘Consul for u sgicond 7

 

A.-r-A‘,~.~..~.‘§;-.-. . ;__

'fhe,povv'c;m:9ilE\1r<zpe; 'al‘tentlri.s s\irv:‘ndeti:d‘e-
¢'|<l.¢d tlI9t~l1;et'sb9ul£l »-rsmain in.‘Défré%i1=\1- i'm‘r.>r.i.s-.5
onment, and tire-~:‘_lsAlénd ‘of St. ;l;leleAua wail selécté
ed for his -future re:§idencc,Aaud where he bas_ter-
minoted«his-eventful_;caireer. '_ A » - ~.— ' ‘ -

A. ,..

A 5 Jfrotn ’,t_b':'.Bostan.,-C'qntAi7‘zcl. A

A V .AA'I_‘he’pre pgrations for _Atl1e_(AJ_oron_ation_ 1-.-¢‘i~em_ony
\’ve'r_e nearAly"_compleu;Ad. « .The_Aquestion, ASA/(all the
claim qf t/re QUCC71 Co71Asbrt‘to:Abl? crorulricd aAt the

[Bonaparte Awa s_ljorn - at ,Ajac'c',o,A,. in ACor_siA:cé.-on

 

- r_z‘m¢.be ‘ad_mittcd_~.?_ was tohzivei been ‘discussed:ln

«l_7rivy AC_ou,pcilA.on lAl1eA 5th July ; fand Athc.greAat
llzw'offic__ers ofthee crown had been summoned to

. be present at the.’dis'c_Aussion._ The MinAi_steriz3l.

papers. contended that it-was one of the Kings
prerogatives ._lo.grant- or refuse this honor, at his_
:pleasu_Ar.c ; apd addrd,.1hat vrlien the deceased Na-A
p'o‘leon was crowned by the,Popc, he claimed the
-right tucrowp Josephine, ivilfh‘ his own hand, pro-
nounci “fihat .it,Awa3 his personal’ prcroglarive;
and:1_7,fi§%.gilro§e-vvlio vindicated the F./rcnch Empe-
rpriéfriglit, we're those who now refused the right
to lflligflrllisll _KiAug.. _'IA‘he opposition papers con-
Aofcndcd, that the Queen was liable to be crovvncd,
"l§l'l(_3.‘S‘.’.lAn,e‘.aS the King.. Conipl-qint was made by
-At_hc _Oppositiqn in.tlAA1_'c :Bri\i§l: LZomrnons," that no
Aorr-.Axngements_had been made for the presence of
Al.l,1c. Al’.-ep_t'cs;ent‘alisfes.oi' the People of Engllantl,‘,a‘t
ptlrc 5A3oronAation_: and the only excus'e.l'or the 0-
mission was, that‘ theirnuruhcr bcirlg over 600
rooAmA could ‘not be found for their accommoda-
tion ina‘_.V.,,-slniiusteh hall ; and-that on former oc-
casior1AsA_ lAl1tA:_AHuu3_c, knowing" llic fact had auJ_ourn.-
ed over lh‘e‘.CAoron2uion, to save appearances. The
use of the milixaAryA in ‘the Coronation had also
boemobjected to, as calculated to make the cure-
.mony unpopular. 'AI'o lhistbe Ministers replied,
that the nation -was fond,of,n",iZitary show, and chat
ltiigvtvas t_heA‘leaAst exp‘cnAsAivc part of the pareidc. I
‘-Russrn.--'Al‘here were reports in Loudon,jtha’t
the whole Russian fleet was ‘fitting for the ‘Merli-
tcr.l‘anean ; and we have before learr,t,-direct f‘;-.;-.-;;=_.w_
ZRussia, that an army Alcfr Pct:-rsburg on on un-
AAAlA~:uAown destination,-immediately aifaer the airrival
there of t'~A-he Emperor from Laybacb. A'.If‘_thi's
sh_oul(l'pro‘vc to be more than a 7't,’_fiO7’.", ‘the read-
er can conjecture the objects of the new arma-
ments as well as we can. ' ’
.1 TUAR_xr:v.--'-Accounts have been received at
Boston fA_rom_ Smyrna of the 2d June, from which
Ait ap])Cjcl_l‘AS, that the Greeks are by no means dis-'
posedto yield»to.th':: wishes of the '1-‘nrkish Di}-an.A
A Grecian lleAet_.of no less than 50 .»an‘w«.;s mrme
island of 'ScinA_in,' the beAgin'ning‘ol'June, bound f *
llie island ofMylclcne to attack tl1e'l‘url:isli squad-
ron consisti_ng-’A'of 14 sail, slip]:-osvc-él to be lying at
“W Pl3F6': andif not found there, the _Greelts
were cleterminevl to proceed to Cnns:.t:-uninoplc in
quest of it.A. .’\V'l1areA,vetj'n1ay be the slate. of mat-
ters on land, __it is evident, hioin all accounts, that-~
the patriots have tAhe_.supe,ticrityA zit sea,’ which is,
sufl'1ciAen't to cr_1a’blc_ them to AA tlicxate their own’
l.Cl'InS- 1 A , A ,
AA .L_ctl'e'rs frorii Odessa, of the (ill: oil. "were re-
ceived yeste'rday,,.w_l1icAh_ statc that an action had
l3l<9l11PlaC'3 “$33!: J.a_ssy', _5é.f.\vee.n 'thc Tux'l'{s under
the Pacha of Iljrail, and a detachment‘-oftlie troops
oAfAYpsilanti,iiA1 which the fornlcr was defeated,
with tl1eAloAssA of 1500 um‘: hiiicdlzlnd gfiiouxzdcd.
I./l'1"F.R'.-—Iiy a'nollA1'er arrival at Boston, Liver-

_ _..Tbe invcsli_gaIi_on Aof the Queen's claim to bc’
crownethwas"proceeding before the Privy Coun-
cil. Mr. Brougham dud 0ll1'::l'S had made’ long
and learned speeches. ..

The Coronation was to be cclebraletl at Liver-
po_ol.by a public procession, dinner, and l3;.sll.-.-
.Al‘-‘he Corporation co;ntributcdA 6001. l'ow‘l1rds the

"expenses of the celebration, and 1500!. to be dis-

tributed the same day in clrarities. A

The body of Bonaparte was laid in state for the
view of the. inlrabitanls_ol' St. Helena, for a short
time. It was dressed in his green uniform with
red fuciugs, and with till his stars and orders.

. Accounts from Naples are Ato_thAe 13th June.—--
'A second Austrij.;n expedition, consisting ol'4AOQ0
men, had sailed for Sicily.’ A " _~

The ‘intelligence from 'l'urlccy' continues va';;ne
nndcontradictory.‘ Its general tenor. l}n‘.Vl:Vt:l',
ju‘stiliAes thi.-..bclicftl1at the cause of the lrlevoluw
(ionistsis on the wane. . ' ' '

. The notorious rebel chief '.'-.‘heodo're, who was
confined by Ypsilunti’s order, has been ‘tried, c'on«
damned and executed. A " i A _

‘ ,A fire broke out at Lisbon, on lheilbzhglune,

and destrovcd the, Palace ofthe Junta of Com-

merce. The damage is incalculablc. The five
.depolAs. of acts, the most important lo the nation,
have be '?dcslr'oycd, It was supposed to have
been sgt,,.;,,p Abfirc. No public calamity since the
e'art'nqiiol':é of I755 had equalled this. A"greaf

-number of military liavcsuffcred from their cour-
A A AA 'Aage ; an officeroi the English mA1vy,and iwu saj].
crnment was estalziislaed, wlt‘h“‘an"~Exccu‘.rve of orAA.f. were dangerously wounded. '



A SOUTH AMERICA.

- The royalists may now beconsidcred as entire-
ly driven out of the districts forming‘. the Republic
of Columbia. - By Aanarriral at Boston of the brig
Volant from Sz_1nta’l\flarAtba, information has been
received, that on _tlie.nigl1tAilofAtl1é 25tlAl June, lhe
flotilla of the _PAat‘rio,ts,-we'nt into‘thAe harbourof
Carthagcna, atAtaAcked.'the flotilla of Atheroyalists,
andiafzer a severe action", in which tlAicAAl’atriots'
had 17 men killed and wounded, andthe Royall-I
,AistsA20CA)' killed, succeeded in capturing 4Alaunches,
‘-sinking-tlic gun brig Amidalusia,-.lariddestroylng
‘the remainder. ’ ‘ ~ ’

‘'1: ?'[‘here. can be no doubt AthatA‘PAo;rt‘o 4CabAelAlo‘hals"

lnlso fallen into the Aliiandsrof the Patriots’, as the,
:~1ast_accounts; from that place reprcsentecl the af-

s_ol'ved‘A',by_ ‘er,decree“of’l,l1e3ConsAe‘i-\=§l‘i;{§f,§e'nAaAt.é ‘;A4~Agai_:rs of the Royeilists-to be so cliesperatcly sifuaited,

nnd"in'April'bf the‘ foll;ojvAil1g ycafr, lip-.A“marAr'iéd‘
1\,1as¥ie.;l’,6uisa’,' Athej"‘Arcl1‘d-ucliess of Austrio,A‘l>y
iv-liom h'éA"ha'd ‘a son ,who -was ’creareAElA—1'-.l§.ii'lg'._A of,
.-Rome; A, ' - - ‘ ,.;‘A, . *1 I 
' ‘ .W'ben'thc—Allies entered Franccin 18.14, h'sA=:
' A. 7 'vra’s'.ccmpclled.to abdicale thc_tlit'one‘,;:a_tAi(l prasA
seni‘to' Elba*,'re1oining.- the title of ErnpeAr“or,; he’

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'—.a'5 -to leave not the smallest chance of t'hc'i:* being?
’ab1e~to'hold‘ou't for many days. ' A ' 
7 _ .

"" Boxro Rico.--—_A daniiierous‘ plot was"discov-
cred-,at S1. .loh_ns,j.P,orrAo Rico,‘on the 24111 ult. the”
day previous to ‘iItsAintendAeAdA execution, among"
the slaves. 'l‘jheir plans were-Alaid with much am.’

 

 4 A ‘ escaped f_ro‘u"1A' tlAiAeAuce-, an‘d¥lizA':ving' ent¢1'¢Fls;;FAi3,{1C8,
- ' he~i,p,»c¢,1-1;img§[f.at-the-heed ofsapowervfu ar

 > ana,vu.s«de£«:nséclat theevcrmemorébleibiiiléétl

"“ 7V~.’t.i‘tj<=«?I:l,.°,°"’.3';.,,. ,. . , " >1
.;,,m,:g‘»a;;a;:;‘ 5b.d1catedtlIAe tbr_one;.-';he s.ubA,s§g J.

 

lA?ro‘Am Awbence. he-es‘capeAd.tp_,Pz§jAis,,andl,

'.riingi-‘ond every preparaliolj made for an'Aexteu-A_

Yaw sire 'A1ns.prt'ecAtioi_1.;0h the 25th. ATAlie.con'spir_acy‘_

,' vlcxtendetd '(lu'bugh'several_of _th‘jeA’ considerila‘-Lj
:,bAleAA;lrstArictsA; ' _Man_viofA thre.cl1ref§AhAhAvd-been Ag."
_:1Ag.¢n_, aAnAd their tArAiaAl,_ and execuAti‘oAn' ‘wilAAl;Abe, suj‘mgn’a’-_

 

 

 

 A A 1,-‘ gig,5‘régjlllsl/edl~'hirxiself:AAto'(}lipt.'illlliiitlafifl;

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gnAo‘At-yhmg fuAt'tlieriva;ts-t_oA_l:A_c appArehefndAed.‘» ' -A A

 

 mom ;h,:_-vigilant §uleaSii.€e%i.<if;.th,e ggvai-an,

~ played the clown on his caprices. At his touch
' crowns crumbled, beggars reiginA¢‘,j,tiA-,', systems van-

.i'-:':lim; and all that was véncrali

 but ifhis‘. for-.hne was great-, his genius was

 
 
 

A A A A ‘his people: nations we‘rc liAis*'out-posts; and he
pool papers to the,9th’ July havcAbeenA received. I A
~cabi'nets. as if they ucre the titular dignitaries

‘ one lorsook liim ' till affection ‘was-‘useless, and

AAryA'pAl:oplc ; ‘to the people he made even priclc pay

'pli'yl‘g'- the pe"tec'uI.or of authors, be yet p'rer_gnd¢d

't’.l1Ac’sil'er1cer' of De Stael.,and the (lenouncer of

-ii republican and "an emperor ; a Mnhometan,_a'

‘fern and fl sovereign ; ‘a traitor and a tyrant‘;'A a

7-or léeble picture of N apolean Bonaparte, thqfirst,

" ‘th'ereAis” just hs.'little. - Through .his4mea_ns, Ain-

 

 

 

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 ..__Vl -moynow pause.,bcforje
splendid prodigylwl A- ch ;_t‘ow‘ered '-among us like.
‘.,-"aims ‘ iai"n"ci'e'nt”" ruin", 'wh’ose" frown; terrified -they
'-glance its magnifiéeAn§e,attracted- Gran-d. gloomy
and -popular, heAs'aiAA_u'_ppn'ghe throne, AaA sc_cplc_r,eAd

a'lit'y. A mind'bo'ld,A independent Asnd decisive;
aj viill dcspdtic iii‘ itsitlictales ;' an energy max on.
tancecl expedition,‘ and a'cbn§cienr.é pliable to ‘ev-AA
éry touch of inttc-resil.’i'narlte<l lhe butliné of this’
c-.fxtraordiri‘ary character, the most 'ex'traordinA.
'ziry.pc1'l1aps, that in this annals‘ of this world,
dver rose, or ‘rAeign‘c’clA,' or fell. Flung -into life
.in the midst of a revoltuion, that Aquickehed
every energy of«zAi people than ackno'svledged~.no
superior, llclcfommenced his course, a stranger
"by birth, and_a scholarby charity 1' With no-friend
but liis sword, and iii? fortune but his talents, he
rushed into the lists where rank", a‘nc‘._wealth'. and
‘genius l1ad:arrAaycd-themselves. and competition
fled from himlas Afromthe c'hancc'of.destiuy.- He
‘knew no 'moAtivc but imerest—he a‘cAknmvléd'ged
.no criterion but succcss—-'-h.c worshiped no God
but axnbiliou, and stem devotion knelt at the
shrine ofhis ido_Eutry. Subsidiary to this there was
no creed tlsot he .<|i'rl not profess--there was no opin-
iondie didnot ip‘roinul~gale-; in_ the hope ofdynnsw
ty, be. upheld ih‘e crescent, forthesake ofrliyot'ccA
he bowcdbcfore the cross ;‘the orphan of St.'Lou-
is, he bccametlie-‘ag.loptedchild of the-republic;
and, Will] u puricidal ingt-a'tAit'ude, on tAl1Ae.-ruins of
the throne and the tribune, hc'rcared- the tower
of his despotism 1 A profcAsscd Catholic. be im-
prisoned the Pope"-;-a pretended patriot, he im-
{bvcrisiied the coumry ; and in the name of Bru-
tus be grasped wnnou: remorse, and were with-
on: shame the diadcm of the (5a=.'sarsl
'l"hrough this pantomime of his policy, fortune.

rsi,-wad, tlze’\-uiltlest theories too’k- colour ofhis
“A d9 all that
was n~.»v~.l, changed placcs’with th"e'<;,2_A;ipi'dity of a
drama. Even appa_t‘cnAt defeat as.sui"nd’d the ope-
ruri«A;ns‘of victory-—liis flight from Egypt conlirni-,
cu‘ ills dcsriny--ruin itself only clevillcd .him to ,
i<mpil'c. 3 ‘ ‘

 

trun'scendaut,,_;A decision flashed upon his couufc;ils,A
and ‘ii wasAthc some tofdecide and to perform. To
iul'é;-idol" intclAAl‘cCis his combinations appeared per-
fectly iinpossible, his plans perfectly i'mprocuca-
~ble—"—but, in his band, simplicity marked their
I cflclopenieixt, and success vindicated their adop-
ion. His person A parlook the character of his
.mind ; if tbeone never yicldcdin‘ the: cabinet, the
other never bent in the fifild-. Nature had no ob-
stacles that "he did um surmount ; ‘space no oppo-
5iuon.:hai_ he did notspurn : and, whether amid
Alpine rocks, Arabian‘ sahds,‘ to!‘ polar snows, he
;seen3cd proof against-peril, and cmpoweredwith
ubiquity ! The whole continentA0fEurope_trcmb-
"led at be|,o1d'mg‘ theaudacity of his designs, and
the miriicle of their execution. ’ Scepticism bow-
cc_J.A1o»A_tlic prodigics of his performance : rq'manc'e
assrimed the air of hislor nor was their aught.
loo incredible for belief, or too fanciful for expec-
tatAion,_A,wlicn the u-orld saw a subaltern of Corsica
waving jhisimperial flag over her most ancient
cépimls.‘ ‘All the visions of antiquity became
co.mr_uon places in his conle.Arl1plAatiorlA ; kings-were

(lisposcd of courts,’ and camps‘, and church, and

of the chessboar-cl.’ A

Axnirl "all these "cban‘ge‘s he stood imniurable as
:1(l'dl'n‘.lI)l. ‘It niatt‘crA.e(l little whether in the.field
or-Arlrmviug room; with the mob or at the levee ;
wearing the‘ jacobin bonnet or the iron crown ;
l)dnlallillg' a Er-aganza or espo'usi_ng aA- Lori-ainc.;
dict-a:Ai‘:;;A;_ peace on u raft to the Czar of Russia, or
conteniplaling defeat at tliegallows ‘of Leipsic-—
l1eAAw'.is still. (ht: some military despot. A

Cr-aAdled in thccamp, he was, tothe last hour,
the da‘i"li‘n;‘; of the army. Of all his soldiers, not

theAlr first stipulation was the safety of their favor-.
ige,.."..'l'hcy' knew well that if he was lavish ofthcm
he was prodigal of himself; and thatjif he expos-
ed them to peril, be repaid them with victories
and honors. For the soldiers he subsiclizedfcvb

gribrytc-.. . A . .
The victorious veteran glittet'cd\viili hisgains ; v

audfthe capital, gorgeous with the "spoils of an,
bcc me, the. miniature metropolis of the universe.
In lhis Awondcrful combination, his affection of
lifter'aturc AmuAs_AtA ‘not be omitted; The goalcr of!
thclpress, la’ ected the patronage of letters ;.
rhe;'pAroscrih books, he encouraged Philoso-,

 

to the prutcgtion of learning ; the assassin of Palm;

Kolzebue ; he was-the ftiend of David, the hen-
<_l’fa"ctor'ofDe Lille ;.aud sent his academical prize

in {he philosopher of England. A _ .
.SuA¢_:hA a medley-_ol contradictions, ‘an'd:‘~'at' the

never: united in the same character. A royalist,
catholi_c, anda patron of t-he synagogue; a‘suAbal--

Qhristian and au.infidel';A..he wajs.’ lAl1_ro'ugh' all his

vi'cAiAss'uudes, the same myste:-io'us, incomprehcn-.

Asible self; the man without a model, and without-

it. shadow. ‘ I . "

" His fall, like his life, bafiied all speculatiop.“
In short, his whole history was like a‘di'ean1 of

‘the world,“ and no xgn can tell how or why he

was awakened from the reverie. Such is a faint

‘(and it is hopéd.tIref‘;=last) Einperorof the French
‘nation. ; j . I, .A , ' .. I

That‘ he ‘liasodone much evil, there is little
doubt‘ ; that be has been the origin of mu_c.hgood,

tiemional or not. Spain, Portugal and FAranA‘ce,
' havAe'arispn'lo the bleséings of a free'consiti_tutiou :;
superstition,’ and the feudal 's_vstemA,‘.;withA,its7‘
whole Au'ain“,ofa.§alcl'lAites, has flcd .for,cver.-—K_ings
may learpf biAm _A:lllal';;Chell' safest study’, -as
well its ‘tAh‘ci‘fi‘ll§blést,;.,i§tliéciriicréé§t:o,f "the pi-,o’ple.
‘1~.,A,,,. .,,¢o’p1e areA;;aug1,:ji;y-*‘ '_ ‘ I 
‘dés'ncil§m 30 »=iiir§fid°.u’s'ag. list .. 
-‘ricil;-':gt'_A*l’l"€sotii'ac, Z:§f,1'd*_to_ Tthosc opp ~iv,ou[ld__, r1As up.
‘“o’n§-.tI.:'e:r-‘Uins“0f ,bi<,>,t1y.i_.tli;_e_:;i llivjipgf-l,é$son..;.itl '
;aiml'>fiAlion -can raisgritlleni;«fromA;;_lhé,1lo 'estA,§tatio‘

 

’lll€li:E ‘S.

hermit, Awrapt in the solitude ofhis‘ awful origin- '

A tcrpreteufzgnd 8 common

same time; suclran individual inconsistency,werAe "

A~.|3ll.(ll5.ll!|.'.-Al).e<l Ap;1SsaAgAeA to use‘ occgtn, “and

gffi .-_ 2, A 

 
 
 
 

r»s*;om:.~,,,u;-n

 

 

_,ter:.-_ , 

,iI1A'3YASA.ISLAND-..'LAAAKE 5A1;Ap;.;p_1ORA_ .

 

in‘ mincrals,A

and was" fdimcrl-yA’,._exploredi’iby the

.fcoppermiAn‘c;dofigpéiny. _‘A_I 'foun_d it,’ says the ‘:5:

Agent, “ one A soliftA1.“rocl<,, ‘thinly CApveg‘edA with 30;“

its circtimiférenlcé‘ is" u“v'e'lv,e ‘leagues; On .ex'a-f

‘of roc’k,at the éoillli cm! of the island vv‘-V

. . ’,.<'=ll' zip’-"
peé.r'eAd lobe composctl of Iron ore.’ "

T.'li<,°é ;.l$..léAnd

relate concerning its mineral treasures, and their
supérnAAatural guardians. They pretend thai its
sl1oreis’=iarcfcovercd with slnning yellow stlmlvl

by 'l.h‘€-i‘r‘cla\vs -and beaks to expel the »_cn_em:y‘
He -has also called from the (Ajapghs I
large serpents of the most'l_1ideous fqr_‘m'§fAw},o.-;,-

fiance to the steps of the iiivudé

yr.'u's:ago,"’«it is’p'2'etendcd§‘i‘hist:,=As
t«h_ei-r notion were ’drivv:n‘, by" SAliféAss_,;of' reau~,e,._.,,,' _
tal-ac shelter upon the encl1an"“"2l.isla ’ " I

 

 

 
 

their canoes. -and attcmpted"to’_lAcarr

pecr,Alhey obeyed, and afterwards sufl‘erctl§11'im to
depart without‘ moleslgltion, but they llaA$'CW.ln6\'8l\
since attempted 't'Aolaud upon it. » . , . . _ .

‘ Listen,-jivhite man-‘go not ‘tb"czjg, - )-
Unsee'n*s‘pirits stall: the air; :. 
Ravenous birds their influence lend, '
Sniikes defy‘--'-and kites (lcfcnd. ' ' . A
'l’l‘.ere the star‘-e_vc(l‘pnI)tAli_er.prowilg, 

And the wolf in hunger howls ;

_.And are thlrsting night aud.Aduy,A. ?~- —. -.
On the human heart tot'pre,y: - .' '
r~ :- ."l"l.- 
loucb not then the guarded lanl}lg5A.- -
Of the isle of ycllo’w.‘san(ls.’-..'Ms3,_'

Ixnmn em-znoonviruxcs.

upon barl§,A for the inl'orr'nalion of 5_u¢[3 -5'f,he‘i,.
tribes as should happen. to foil‘ up"onAou,-,‘.,-,.,,ck:;_-,_
This we Ifind is a common prgcrice among*they'm:,'—
It is done by -tracing, either, ‘\i'viili~.vf_-if-,,ifi; 0,» knives
upon birch batrk, a number~‘o‘_fCfiguresA 'é'rf.'t‘l"'hi‘:§rl;-.f~.—;

iglyphics, which are under-$:to_od'by th;éir.ualion‘._-._-:. 
This sheet of bark is afterwgrdéA*ii1§£;rted’iu A'the'[ '
'-end _ol'a pol¢.l.2lazed and dn-o'_\9,e‘in the g'rbu'n<l,-with

an in'clination.Atowards theicoursc of travelli‘ng-.§,_--
In the ,p1:csent Instance the whole party were rep.

jscmcd in A. manner peArAfeA.=€tlyA intclligib_le,'__' with‘:
. the aid ofour interpreter,’ each one 'be'ing’Acharac—'_
terizcd by sorncthing cniblematical of lrislsiluai-%=

lion or employ menl. They distingtrislicd'the,j.ne
diam from the white man. by the particular man;
tier of d_ra'Awing the figure. ,Lieut. l\'la‘cl{e;:'\vo;:3
figured wi_lh__a_ sword to signify that he was an of:

ing understAooAAcAl that he was an auoAr',A,j‘e,-....,,,,,‘,-,;.;1r-,

A A 'l"ln'eAc smokcs,(lé:f;i
notcd—Atl1dI.9lll‘ encampment consisted of three"

armed, thrice lfacks upon. the pole, ]¢;;A,.,'1g’,Ag'-'j~A1\,"_.A\v‘x,7‘,’

"that \veAw__c;_xA',e going three days N. VVA.'_the" figure

ofa ivhice Arpan'A\vith‘a tongue uear;l1i’s mouth,
that he: $79; an interpreter, 8zA,c.A ’S1gould~AzAuf"Inili'eiri
h~oreaftc_r Visit this spot, he wdufrl Alll}é_l'”éI,‘ re fcad

upon this inen1ori’alolb2irl<', that '14.‘ vvliitiefr}}_'cAnA I
and 2 lrxdA_ioAns encainped ,ut‘tAhal place’, tliail‘five5;hdf:3"f'

the wlliligimen werccbiefs or cflicersi,'A_-one an ‘iii-

S9l“l§ t9:.'}5imdy Laki: (K93 

 

o'fil!l¢lli,Ag=eI1celamong the northern Indians. ‘Alli
thc uA'a\ArcAlle'rs oftbc region are silent on zhe.5uf)- A
Agect. MI. had before witnessed the‘ facility with‘

vents, as’ permanent certainly ‘as .any' written‘ re.

‘for whomit was intended.’ -, 
MISSIASSIPPI scnNx=:Rr._A A ;‘g;A3d.
 e.mbarked at 5 o’clocl<, .. G--AA A»dé:gCc,,d;,,-g;.,A

 

of Lake Superior. .About.50'OA0 y.arAAds aboveits

pleasing 1-Asfcenery which

adorns Athe banks of the

' upper Mississippi. AA ..

A In many places the -cAalcairt‘.':<;J.l_Iisiblul}'s3ter,miriotc'
in pyrarmds of nokeAd;Ifocks which resemble Llhe

that the scatiered oaks which cling arAo,und _Au)cir’A
ruggedA_ summit seAem.dwind‘e_d to the most’dimi'n-A

k_utivé’5lz°*§..e.,l1t others, the_rivé.r is conAtracted,’~:bAc- A
fitween tw0“fJerpe_r1A(liAcular_' cs 1

which appear to h'za,vE: been sA!:odet'c.rl to -.illo‘Aw‘i_t
nf

qusmlr.-“‘°S= Walissr .lI.alfl.>. _

.:‘

 

 

Aiticiii prostrate ll1€ii1'3£rotn"tli6'h "‘ ,3
~_ »—- ':,,,-A.‘-'..‘..~ * ,1.

v..

 

 

 

A ;published at Albany, én.
lir§\ft"Vd:iJ‘ournal,of ATr’avels through t_hc'-,' ,
AA_‘em. Regions of ms Unileél‘Stat'd’s,:lin‘v'
.lg8 2o';{ l_5‘y""I*Ient?yA-fRl. - Schoolcraf r.”.» ~;4.Aq1?=[‘,re‘- 4 ,
A.follow_ingA'ext_f§cts fromitAar_e are of an intarési, I

 

A- ‘l‘li'e;i§lal1d of MAatir'é'pas "is" reputed t'o,Au_l)olliid 

¢.llC¢Pl'i‘i0 ll‘°El’.l*l,l¢.)'5_.; bulgencrullyixvell vioodetl. .'

.niirti-rig: Au1c;surfécc, I-saw Anolliing remm-.ka[,]¢,«;;:
except huge -veins ol tAranspau-out spar, 

of»YelloiAv Sands derives its clriAcf~ interest than -1
the traditions ‘and fancied talcsfwlnicli the jndlans; ,

which obey would persuade us is gold,‘ but that“?
the guardian spirit of the island will n0t.[)_.é'rmii‘[§Z-.'—_ ‘
‘any of it to be carried a__way~. ' To cnlb1'ce-Lbislliéonz-‘l'.l“
mands he Alias Adrawn togethc‘_r rnyriads _.,,‘r,“,',‘,‘,,;.‘t1‘-,_’_;, . .
hawks, anrl‘otlu:r birds ofprcy,‘wAlro byi‘tl1eii~§¢,L;é§-AA‘ .
warn him'o_funyAintrusion upon'his dd;:i;ii§,’;Aa,',‘dfA _-£2

 
 

thickly coiled upon the goldenrsunds, and A_A'
.5"§‘”S'l‘¢‘rs ' -
9,913” l’°‘3PleL' '-"‘of~9‘ ’

. _ ..-_...._.,_ A . déandlA5_eing‘A.: —‘~
. struck by the he‘auuful and? g-‘lutering _appei$“igngé ';
’ofthe lrc‘a§ure,'thcy put a-largc,’qug;n{iry'2§A _‘},;i,,A .
' ff,-‘_l'Jut?1Aa2_o '

gigantic, spirit strodeintothe warp: A;-'3 voice A
like thunder commanded lhomto ; '."j§.'_back_

Ter-r_'ifi—ed won his amazing size and rraienngng ,3, ,

.'_*\‘ 9
There the speckle adder breeds," A.”
Andthe fznnish’d eagle'fe‘_erls; I . , ,
Spirits keep them-A-fiends incite,‘ i ’ . '7'..sé.
Thcytare eager for the-fi,ghAtA,,~ = 

A A A A A July‘ it mi. 
A. On quitting our‘ encampment tliism‘orn_ing-,:z,,_-3 .‘
Tlixdianslclt‘-Aa memorial of our journcy.iii‘scribetl‘~

fice‘r' ; l\lltA‘-,I3‘O|y, with a book, the Indians "lzuv-‘,1’

witha hammer. in allusionto tl1c”mlncral_ b.élh;f-_A '
Amer I car;-zed ID my belt, Sm". ' '

fireAs-,—AcigbAt;‘musklcts, that this was ll—x;c’|iinmA{;§(- ‘ A
5/ I ,

§oIdiers,= that" we were 
A ’i,ng=’1h-of three A (lay3_ 
journey ppust carry us A,u,Aa~,,,,A,.e Awg‘A,:¢‘At,,:~r,fi._ 
ed with.Ac1,ght guns zm"dUa $§w'or'¢l,.8:c. »l'.?li:i'tl.i"v6" 
A—previouAs idea of the existence of such ti medium

whichAA0_ne of the lake Indians had ‘drawn a map of..A.A
certain parts of the southern coasrof Lake ,Sup,eA-'f;’j-_
rior, but here was.Aa_historial rcAcord’of passing&;jié'-5‘

cortl sxmongst us,‘and' fullfas iriteliligiblc t_o-t_hose_- ‘A

thc’iiv.er 6 miles,.we passed the._momh,of¢hg,='rg¢;fiJ AA A
er St.‘Croix, which enters on the slmre bya ,A.-.I.:,n;.‘- 
nel of 100 yairds in width. It is connccted_-'by-n-:5,»
pprxage of -two pauses, with the Bois Brule 

mouth it-expands into 3.1 "lake, , called Lake St.‘ ‘ 1
Liroia, which is_36 miles long, and r.-oo,,,1g,.‘,,.A3; ‘
*bY°a'd~ 1“ ‘M5 1>_l-‘ICC the Liver bluffs ‘assume an A
l“.<'<"“3,5°.<l licigln and more imposing aspect, _and' r I‘
in the course-‘of the succeeding A5Ao_ mi]¢5A \',y¢‘aAr-3 .
presented with‘-some of the most majestic ‘and’ .‘

crumbliugAAruinAs ol'Aanlir‘;u‘E " towers, and fAaspitA'§ 10 
such Aa giddy llelghl. above the-level of Atlncwater, " 

s of"opp_osing-rocks, 

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