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Job Printing,
‘OF ALL_ KINDS!
”E‘”” EXE°”l
DENTAL NOTICE.
OCT. A. HILL, thankful fortliepatronage
I) he has received in his profession during
in Norwalk, begs leave tofin-
; bl’ that he still continues ii. ew
$00133 iiigstpiirfiié Bridge‘, in Burrall’s Bllll(llDg_Ss
where liewill be happy at 8(1)’ ‘3"“.‘3 ‘,0 gig
friends, and answer all their calls in en .1-
1,
12 months past,
Surgery. _
Iricori-uptible teeth inserted from oned to ‘a
full set. Also, teeth cleansed, separate . ek-
tmcted &c and allthose diseases ofthe teeth
y Y 9 '9 _ _ A -
attended l.0,f§.VlllCll,1fSl1_II‘€f('_3dft0 Comlnllei are
' roductive 0 so mm: 1 misc iie . «
p'References.—EmerY B1559”, M‘ D‘; J‘ D‘
McLean M, D.;_ Hon. Thomas B. Bitler;
Hon. Bianjamin lsaacs. Ntiztit-v§13l'l<-F)0%,\;f<}(j11_‘:]T:ll&l‘.
Perry, M. D. Ridgefield.
10.; Duct. D. P. Knapp. Danbm'y- W,I131U°t-
Howell Rodgers, .Colche_st€l‘. CU 1 lam
Witter, M. D. V/Villiamantic, Ct. 1
November 20. 1839-
N'0RWALK MARBLE YARD.
tttttt l I
TIJIS long established concern is still con-
- tinned by its old propietors. E. Pn_t-rs &
SoNs, at the old stand just North ofthe Bridge,
who areprepared to execute orders for _Monn-
ments ofany description, in white or variegated
marbles, Tomb stones. Hearth stones, Paint
stones and Mullers, Marble Faciugs. Sinks,
Soap and Free stories. From the large supply
of marble which they have always on hand,
the aid ofskilful and ingeniusworknien. and 11%
facilities acquired by long experience, the wants
of the public in this line, can be met on advan-
tageous and satisfactory terms. ;
Orders will be received at the above yard, or
at the branch establishment in Port Chester, New
York, or by either ofthe following persons. VIZ!
BRADLEY Kaunas, New Canaan.
Aueusrus LiroN. Horseneck. _
Dr. N. D. HAIGIIT, North Stamford.
HENRY JACKSON. Bedford.
' JOHN BREMNER, Catharine Market, N. Y.
Specimen Monuments may be seen at theYai-‘d.
A-large assortment of North River Flag. suit-
able for Hearth stones or walks:—-Also, for sale
a quantity of Long Island Sand.
E. PRICE & SONS.
Norwalk, August I0, I840. lf39
CABINET FURNITURE.
JAMES A. TINDALL
would respectfully inform the
inhabitants ofNurwalk and its
1 vicinity, that he has recently
.-._,,i/. opened aCABINET VVARE
D‘ ROOM a few doors north of
~" I--—-"ELI. Hooker’s market, where he
intends to keep on hand a general assortment
ofFURNI'I‘URE.- manufactured of the best
‘materials, andin the most modern style. Which
‘he will sell on reasonable terms.
_N0rW§lk.
CABINE T FURNITURE.
I THE subscriber, grateful for past
favors, would solicit a continuance
ofthe same. He is constantly inan-
nfacturing Furniture ofall kinds, of
' the best materials, and will keep on
hand a good assortment. D01 t0 be excelled by
-any country establishment for cheapnessa dU|'3'
bility, or workmanship. -
A good assortment of CHAIRS constantlyon
hand, or furnished to order at the shortest notice
for cash.
The subscriber would also offer Cabinet
Makers in this vicinity, and in the interior. an
opportunity to purchase Mahogany Lumber,
such as Plank-, Board, and Veneering, in ex-
change for their Furniture. He will sell this
stock at New York prices, and give good prices
-for Cabinet Ware. This arrangement offers to
‘many, who do not wish to purchase to a great
amount, a first rate opportnpity of getting their
stock, and saving expense in time and money.
Call at the Cabinet Ware Room. a few rods
east ofthe Bridge. VIM. A. BArti.ow.
Norwalk. May 16- 1840' 53
OIL. -
,'_ UPERIOR winter LAMP OIL. by the
S, barrel or less quantity; Linseed do.; Whale
, do; for sale by - WM. C. STREET.
WHITE LEAD;
3 KEGS No. 1-.-and Extra Lead’, for sale-
if
1
for cash by
FAZHILY GROCER ES.-
JUST RECEIYED.
THE Subscriber has on hand an
; extensive assortment of choice Gro-
‘? cerics for families, which were pur-
chased at the lowest cash prices, which enables
him to compete with any other eSi.Zll)llSl‘.mEDl,
and to sell his goods very cheap for ready pay.
Old customers as well as the public generally,
will find it to their advantage to drop in satisfy
themselves. EDWIN LOCKWUOD.
Norwalk. May 27, 1840. 28
FAMILY GROCERY.
THE subscriber wouldjnform his
_ he keeps constantly on hand, at the
« "5"-'-= store3 doors north ofthe mill,a good
a ssortirient ofthe_best of FAMILY GROCE-
RlES,which he willsell on the most reasonable
terms. In his assortment may be found ihe
fdllowing articles: Loaf, white and brown Ha-
vana, St. Croix, Porto Rico. and New Orleans"
Sugar; St. Croiz, Porto Rico, New Orleans,
and sugar-house Molasses; liyson,young hyson,
sotichorig and poucliong Teas; old Java, Lagui-
ra, Ctiba, and Porto Rico Coffee; wheat and
rye Flour; Corn Meal, Pilot Bread, soda bis-
cuit,-butter anrl sugar crackers, rice, pork and
beef hams, mess and prime pork, dry and pick-
‘led cod, mackerel. herrings, sounds and tongues,
butler, cheese, lard, soap, ‘sperm and tallow
candles, salt, -starch, indigo, pepper,.pimento,
nutmegs.cinnainon, cloves, mace, citron, gin-
ger, dried curraots. raisins, pea nuts, ‘almonds,
filberts, brazil nuts. figs, prunes. ta:narinds,or-
atiges, lemons, honey, pepper sauce, sweet oil,
pot and pearl ashes, salerattis, cut and plug to-
bacco, snufi',segars,slioe brtishes, scrubbing do.,
hroonis, wrapping and writing paper, water
pails, sand, and all other articles tisually found
in a grocery establishment.
GOULD D. JENNINGS.
Norwalk. May. 1840. 27
NevvEstahl.islimeiit
IIa.rclwa.rc, C-rrtler_r/, Iron, Steel, Nails,
Pa.i'/its, Oils aml Glass
HE subscriber has taken the store formerly
occupied by Wm. J. Street, and recently
by Norman Andrews,-‘where he intends keeping
a general assortment of
Hardware. Cutlery, Iron, Steel, Nails,
Paints, Oils and Glass.
Among his sssortmerit may be found, door,pad,
trunk, chest, box and till Locks; sqare, long,
American and Norfolk Latches; broad, long,
table, brass and parliament, Butts; Screws;
cabinet trimmings; hand, buck, wood, X cut and
mill Saws; double, single and cut Plane Irons;
frame, morticing and farmers’ Chisels; Angers.
auger and centre Bitts; mill, wood, flat, round
and taper files; neck, square. flat and round
Bolts; Knives and Forks; butcher, bread, shoe,
_nocket,and pen Ktftivr,=.s; win;‘-low 8: rlonrSprings:.,
haiters’, tailors’, Italian, sud, itoy and pulling
Irons. Frying and sauce Pans, Griddles. Spi-
ders, Sliovel and Tongs, &c. Carpenters Planes,
Brace and Bitts, trying Squares, Levels,'mark-
ing Ganges, steel and iron Squares; cart and
wagon Tire; square and flat Siveeds Iron;
round and square American do; English do;
English blister, cast, German spring and Amer-
ican Steel ; nail rods, horse nails, band and
hoop iron, sheet lead, nails of allsizes-—wr0ught
do.
White, red and black Lead ; English and
Venetian red ; spruce, French, and chrome
yellow; litherage,umber, etc; linseed,fisli and
sperm Oil: coach and cabinet Varnish; Jap-
pan; 6 x 8,7x9.8x 10,9x 1l,9x12,9xI3,
10 x 14, 10 x 15, 11 x 16 and 12 x 16 Glass, be-
sides many other articles too numerous to men-
tion. W. C. STREET.
Norwalk. Oct. 23, 1840. ‘
I C
Great flargains
1 AT THE OLD WELL.
UST recsived a full assortment of superior
D middling and low priced Broad Cloths Cas-
simeres and Satinetts ofthe most approved fin-
ish ; Pilot Cloths, white and red Flannels, Me-
rinos, French, English and American’Prints.
new styles; Broclia and Belvidere Shawls; blk
blue blk, and col’d Silks; Bombaziiies, &c.
and all articles usually called for in a country
dry goods store, which will be sold,very cheap
T. L. <5; J. R. P,EcK.
Oct. 28, 1840.
Cheap Groceries.
E YSON, Yolung Hyson, Hyson Skin, Sou-
chong and Pouchong Teas; New Orleans
St Croix. brown Havanna, loafand crushed Su-
gars; Molasses; Java Lagtiira and Cuba Cof-
fee; Flour, Butter, Cheese, Lard, Rice, Mack-
erel, Shad, Codfish, Pork and other articles gen-
erally found in a grocery store, which will be
sold low for cash by T. L. dc J. R. PECK.
Old Well. Oct. 1840. ’
BRICK ! ! BRICK ! .' !"
Hard and pale Brick
for sale at the Old
Well Landing by ~ T. L. & J. R. PECK.
Old Well. Oct. 28. 1840.
READY .MADE CLOTHING.
UST received by the subscriber. at his store
a few rods east of the Bridge. a general as-
sortment’ of Spring and Summer Clothing,
which are offered muchclieaper than they can
be manufactured in the country for ready mo-
ney. Enwm LOCKWOOD.
Norwalk, May 27, 1840. 28
,Cheap Crockery
AT THE OLD WELL. '
PERSONS who are in want of Crockery at
reduced prices willdo well by calling upon
the subscriber who have in store a large assort-
merit sawed from the wreck of the ship Arethusa,
which will be sold lower than can be purchased
at any other establishment in the county by
Oct. 28. 1840. ‘ T. L. & J. R. PECK.
SOAP, CANDLES, 4-c.
1 0
boxes Brown Soap—1O boxes mould,
dip and sperriiCandles—5 boxes Starch.
for sale by the box or less quantity by
Old Well, Nov. 6. T L & J R PECK.‘
UST received and for sale at reduced prices.
a 400 lbs. Copperas, 300 lbs. Sal. Soda
200 lbs. Salaeratus 200 lbs. Pearlash
300 lbs. Epsom Salts, by r j _
Nov. 4. E. 55 VV. E;BIssr:Lr..
sale cheap. Enquire at this office.
.'sheets; and himself as carrier, distributed the
9 newspaper; and, when he became its pro-
‘ pride of theory. The son of a rigid Cal-
UGAR LOAF STOVE—smal1 » size,‘ for
The following interesting sketch ofthe
char‘ar:t.er nfFranltlin, is copied lrom the third
volume of Bancroft’s History ofthe U. Staies.—'
We recomnientl it to the particular attention of
the younger portion of our readers.
CHARACTER OF FRANKLIN.
mt GEORGE BANCROFT.
In Boston,:indeed, where the pulpit had
marshalled Quakers and witches to the gal-
lows, one newspaper, theNewEngland Cour-
ant, the fotirtli American periodical, was cs-
tablislicd, as an organ of independent opinion,
by James Franklin. Its teriiporarv success
was advanced by Bi--njzimin, his brother, and
apprentice, aboyof fifteen, who wrote pieces
for its‘humble columns, worked in compos-
ing tl1e_types, as well as in printing offthe
papers to his customers. The little sheet sat-
irized 'hypocricy, and spoke of religious
knaves as ofall knaves the worst. This was
dcscfibed as tending “to abuse the ministers
of religion in a manner which was intole-f'a-
ble.” “I can well remember,” . writes In-
crease Zlliither, then more than fonrscorc
years of age, “when the civil gr.v.-rnment
would have taken an effectual course in sup-
pressing such a cursed libel.” In July ofthe
same year, a resolve passtd the council, ap-
pointing a censor for the fpress of James
Franklin; btit the house refused its concur-
rence. Tlie miiiisters persevered; and, in
January, 1723, a coriimittee of inquiry was
raised by the legislature. Benjamin Franklin,
being exaiiiined,cscapcd with an admonition;
James, the publisher, refusing to discover the
author‘ ofthe offence was kept in jai for R‘
month; his paper was censured as ijeflectirg
injtiriously on the several ministers of the
gospel; and. by vote ofthe house and coun
cil, he was forbidden to print it, “ except it he
first supervised.”
Vexcd at the arbitrriry proceedings oftlic
assembly; willing to escape from a town
where good people pointed with horror Ill
his freedoiii; indignat,'also, at the tyrnnnybf
a brother, who, as a p.'lSSl0fl€li§g.JllilSl(E'.I‘, ofttn
beat his apprcntice,——Benj;ir_iiin Fraiililiu.
thdh but seventeen years ,old, sailed clandes-
tinely for Neiv-York; and, findiiig there no
employment, crossed to Amboy; went on
foot to the Delaware; for ivant of wind, row-
ed in a boat from Burlington tol?hiladelphi2;
and, bearing marks of his labor at the car,
weary, hungry, having for his ivhole stock
of cash a single dollar, the ruiiziway appren-
tice-—greatest of the sons of New England
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mbus as a distant, and, having a natural apti-
tl1li“3_ f0!‘ metapliysics. he obeycdtlie tendency
Oi ltts age, and sought by observation to win
fl“ lnslle Into the mysteries of being. Lov-
ing truth ivitliout prejudice and without bins,
be discerned, intuitively ,thc identity of the
laws of nature with those of which humani-
ty‘ts conscious; so that his mind was like :1
mirror, in which the universe, as it reflected
llS'.‘lf, revealed her laws. He was free from
mysticism, even to fault. Hi_s morality, re-
pttdiating ascetic sevcrities, and the system
which cnjoins them, was indulgent to zippe-
rircs, of which he abhorred the sway; but
a{Tcct.ions were of ii cu-lm intensity: in all
his career the love of man gained the mas-
tery" over personal interest. He had not the
iipa-gination which inspircs the hard or
kiridlcs the orator; but an exquisite proprie-
ty;-pai'simoniotis of Ofllttnlelll, gave ease of
evit‘pt‘ession and grateful simplicity even to his
most careless writings. ‘In life also, his tastes
w;re delicate. Indifferent to the pleasures
o_f_<'the table, he relished the delights of mu-
st; and harmony, of which be enlarged the
instrtiments. His blandness of temper and
modesty, the benignity of his manners, made
him the delight of intelligent society; and‘,
with healthy cheerfulness, he derived pleas-
tii*,e from books, from philosophy, from con-
v rsation—noiv calmly administering conso-
lzilion to the sorroiver, now indulging in the
efpression of light-hearted gaiety. In his
llllL‘l'COUl'S€, the universality of his percep-
tions bore, perhaps, the character of humor;
ivhilc he clearly discerned the contrast be,-
zzivecn the grandeur of the universe and the
fecblest of man, rt serene bcnevolcnce saved
him from contempt of his race, or disgust at
its toils. To siipeificial observers he miglit
have seemed as an alien from speciilafive
truth, limitingliimsclf to the world ofscnscs;
and yet, in study, and among men, his rriiml
ziltvays sought, with unaffected siinplicity, to
discover and apply the general principles
by ivhicli nature rind afliiirs are COl".tl‘Oll.‘.’(l-—
now deducing from the theory ofcaloric ini-
provenicnts iii fireplaces .-incl lanterns,’ and
nmv advancing hi_im-an freedom by firm iri-
dtiction from the inalienable rights ofmrin.
Ncvt~:r professiiig enthusiasm, never‘ making
parade of sentiment, his practical wisdom
was sometimes mistaken for the offspring of
selfish prudence; yet his hope was steadfast,
likethtit hope which rests on the Rock 0.’
Ages, and his conduct was as uncrring as
though the light that led him was a light
fi'om heaven. He never atiticipaied action
of that generation, the humble pupil of the
free schools of Boston. rich in the bOll'1Cl_lj:_*.-
hope of youth and the unconscious poiver at
genius, which modesty adoi‘ncd—steppcdoti
shore to seek food, occupation, shelter and
fortune. E,
On the deep foundutions of sobriety, fru-
gality and industry, the young journeyman’
built his fortunes and his fame; and soon
came to have a printing office of his own.-—
Toiliiig early and late, with his own hands
he set types and worked at the press; with
his own hands would trundle to the office in
ivlieelbarroivfihe reams of paper which he
was to use. His ingenuity was such, he
could form letters, make types and wood cuts,
and engrave vignettes in copper. The as-
sembly of Pennsylvania respected hismerit,
and chose him its printer‘. He planned a
prietor and editor, he fearlessly defended ab-
inalienable power of the people.
of advancing education, he planned improve-
ments in the schools of Philudelpliiii; he in-
vented the system of subscription libraries,
and laid the foundation of one that was long
.he most considerable library inAni_eric-.1; he
concerted the cstablishriient of an academy,
which has ripened into a university; he saiv
the benefit ofuiiioii in the pursuit of science,
and founded a philosophical society for'its
advaiicemem. The intelligent and highly
cultivated Logan bore testimony to his mer-
its before they had burstupon the world :—
" Our most ingenious printer has the clear-
est understanding, with extreme modcsty --
He is_certainly an extraordinary man,"———“ of
a singularly good judgement, but of equal
modesty,”—“excellent, yet humble.” -“ Do
not imagine,” he adds, “that I overdo in my
character of Benjamin Franklin, for Iarn
rather short in it.” When the scicr.tific_
world began to investigate the wonders of
electricity; Franklin excelled all obsei':'ers
in the marvelous simplicity and lucid explo-
sion of his experiments, and in the admira-
ble sagacity with which he elicited from
them the laws Whichthey illustrated. It was
he who first suggested the explanation of
thunder gusts and the northern lights on
electrical principles; and, in the summer of
1752,‘ going out into the fields, with no in-
strumcnt but a kite, no companion but his
son, established his theory, «by pbtaiiiing a
line of connection with a thunder cl_oud.--—
Nor did he cease till he had made the light-
ning ahouse-hold past time, taught the fain-
ily to catch the sable fluid in its inconceiva-
bly rapid leaps between the earth and the
sky, and compelled it to give warning of its
passage by the harmless ringing of bells.
VVitli placid tranquility, Benjamin Frank-
lin looked quietly and deeply into the secrets
ofnature. His clear understanding was ne-
ver perverted by passion, or corrupted by the
vinist, the grandson of a tolerant Quaker, he
had from boyhood been familiar not only
with theological subtilities, but with a catho-
lic respect for freedom of mind. Skeptical
oftradition as the basis of faith, be respected
reason, rather than authority; and, after a
momeritary lapse into fatalism, escaping from
gained, with increasing years, an increasing
trust, in the over-ruling providence of God.
by theories of self-sticrificing virtue; and yet,
‘lightningifrom the skies. He seperated him-
rpassed beyond reliance on sects to faith in
solute freedom of thought and speech, and the
Desirous ‘
the mazes of fixed decrees,_and free will, he
Adhering to none “ of the religious” in the
colonies,» hetyet devotitly, though without
in tl~..-:- momt-r:.ts. otiritr-rise act--ivity, lie, from
the highest abodes of ideal truth, brought
down and applied to the affairs of life the
sublimest principles ofgoodness, as noiseless-
ly and unostentatiously as became the iiiaii
who, with a kite and hcmpeii string drew the
self so little from his age, that he has been
called th$ representative of_ materialism ; and
yet, when he thought on religion, his mind
God; when he wrote on politics, he found-
ed the freedom of his country on principles
that knew no chaiige; when he turned an
observing eye on nature, he passed always
from the effect to the cause, from individual
appearances to universal laws; when he re-
flected on history, his philcsopliic riiind found
ladncss and repose in the clear anticipation
ofthe progress ofhurrianity.
NAPOLEON’S THREE WARNINGS.
' The celebrated Fouche, Dtike of Otranto,
vas retained btit ashort timc,it is well known,
n the service of the Bourbons, after their re-
storation to the thi'one*ot France. He rc-
tired to the towti of Aix, in Provence, and
lll0l'€— lived in affluent case upon the gains
bfhis long and busy career‘. Curicsty at-
jyacted many visitors around this remarkable.
an, and he was habitually free in commu-
liicating his reriiitiiscences of the great events
lvhich it had been his «lot to witness. On one
liccasion the company assembled in his sa-
loon heard from his lipsthe following storyé
‘, By degrees, as Napoleon assumed the
jlower and? authority of a king, every thing
about him, even in the days of the consulate,
began to wear acourt-like appearance. All
the old monarchial liabitudcs were revived,
one by one. Aziigng other revivals of this
kind, the custom of attending mass previous
the hour of audience, was restored by
Bonaparte, and he himself was punctual in
his appearance at the chapel of Saint Cloud
on such occasions. Nothing could be more
vlorldly than the mode ofperforming the re-
ljgious services. The actresses ofthe opera
were the chorists, and great crowds of busy
tllkative people were in the habit of fre-
(fronting the gallery of the chapel, from the
vlindows of which the First Consul 5; Joseph-
ilie could be secn,with their suites and friends.
The whole formed merely‘ a daily exhibition
of the consular court to the people.
At one particular time. the punctuality of
onaparte in his attendance on mass was
rather distressing to his wife. The quick
and jealous Josephine had discovered that
tlie,eye of her husband was too much di-
rected to the window in the gallery, where
tliere regularly appeared the form and face
of a young girl of uncommon beauty. The
chesnut tresses, brilliant eyes, and graceful
figure of this personage, caused the more
uneasiness to the consul’s wife, as the stran-
ger's glances were bent not less often upon
Boiiapzfrte than his were on her. “ Who is
tlat young girl .?” said Josephine one day at
the close ofthe service; ‘.‘ what can she seek
from the First Consul? I observed her to
drop a billet just now at his feet. He pick-
cl it up, Isaw liiui.” No one could tell
Jqésephine who the object of her notice pre-
chely was, though there were some who de-
clared" her to be an emigrant lately returned,
and one who was probably desirous of the
_jroiii:n_al-;- say not it word about my ,fall.,", _
iritervontion ofthe First Consul in favor of
consul’s wife was obliged to rest satisfied for
the time. ‘ -
After the audience of ‘that same day had
passed, lionapnitc expressed :1 wish for :1
drive in the par_k, and accordingly went out,-
attciidcd by. his wife, his brother Joseph-, Du-
roc, Cambaccrcs, and Hortense Baiiiliar-
nois. wife of Louis Botiapziite.
of Prussia had just presented Napoleon with
a superb set of horses, four in number, and
those were hrtt'nes-scd to tin open chariot for
the party. The consul took it into hishead
to drive in person, rind mounted into the
coa_c.hman’s place. The chn riot set off; but,
just as it was turning into the park, it went
crash against it stone attlie gate. and the
First Consul was thrown to the ground. He
attcmptctl to rise, but again fell prostrate in a
sttinncd or itiscnsiblecondition. ME-‘anwbile, -
the horses sprung forward with the chariot, l
and were only stopped when Duroc, at the
risk of his life, tlireiv himself out and seized
the loose reins. Josephine was taken out in
:1 sivooning state. 'I‘lic rest of the party
spct-dily rt-turned to the First Consul, and
carried him back to his apartments. On re-
covering his senses fully, the first thing
which he did was to ‘put his hand into his
pocket and pull out the slip of paper drcppt:-d
at his feet in the chapel. Leaning over his
shotildei‘, Josephine rt-ad upon it these words
——“ Do not rlrit-e out in your ca-rriagc to-
dag/.”
“This can have no allusion to otir latc ac-
cident,” said Bonaparte. “ No one could
for-‘c-see thatl was toplay the pztrtofa C0t.‘l(2l)‘-
man to-tliiy, oi‘ tliutl Shculrl ht: awltivnrd
eriojigli to drive against a stone. Go, Duroc,
and ()Xflllllll€' the chariot.
Duroc obeyed. Soon after he rctiiriictl,
"very pale, and took the First Consul asidc.
“ Citi7_:r-n-consul,” said he, “ had you not
struck the stone and stopped our drivc,
we had all been lost!” “ How so 2”’ wosthe
reply. " Tliere was in the (‘f).l'I‘i(‘tg€, con-
cenlt-d ht=:liiiid the back seat, a bomb-—-it l‘C21l
rnnssive bomb, charged with iaggctl pieces
of iron, and with :1 slow match titt:-relied t.o it
—l:iritllt=.d ! Things had been m‘rarig't-d,t.liat
in a quarter Of?‘-ll hourivc should he scattt—-r-
ed among the trees of the park of St. Cloud.
There must be treachery close at li,nnd.—— ,
F0-ache ninst "be told of this,————Dunois must
be warned!” “Not a word to them!” rc-
plied Bonaparte; “the lmo\vli:t,lg'e of one
plot btit engenders a second. Let Joseph-
iiie remain ignorant ofthe claingcr shc
escaped. I-lortciisc, JOS€pl],’CdUll):lCt:iCS—-
tell none of them; and let the government
.-,-u
suit
The First Consul was then Sll(‘llt for some
timc. “ Duroc,” said he at length, "you
will conic to-morrow to mass in the chapel.
The King '
and examine with attention a young girl
whom I shall point out to yoti. She will
occupy the fourth window in the gallery‘ on
the right, follow her home, or cause her to
be followed, andbring me intelligence of her
name, her abode, and her circumstances. It
will be better to do this yourself; I would not
have the police to itite-t'l'ct'e. Have you taken
care of the bomb, and removed it?” “I
have, citizen-consul.” “ Come. their. let us
I-tgdlll drive in the park,” s.iid Bonapot‘tc.——
The drive was resurtied,but on this occasion
the coachniati was allowed to fulfil his own
duties.
On the morroiv, the eyes of-more than one
person were turned to the window in the
gallery. But the jealous Josephine sought
in vain for the elegant figure of the young
girl. She was not th_ei'e. The imprtticnt
First Coiisul,wiili his ctnfiderit Du roc, were
greatly annoyed at her noii-appearance, and
small was the attention paid by tlierzi to the
service that day. Their aiixiqty was fruit-
less. The girl was seen at mass no more.
The summers of Napoleon were cliicfly
spent at Malmaison, the winters at Saint
Cloud and the Tuilleries. lVintt»i' had conic
on, and the First Consul had been holding
court in the great .'tpai‘tments of the lust of
these palaces. It was the third of-tlie iiioiith,
which the republicans well called mIt~ose,ari(l,
in the eveniiig,Bona'pai'te entered his carriage
to go to the opera, accomprtiiicd by his aid
dc-camp Lauriston, aridGeneralsLanncs and
Berthicr. The vehicle was about to start,
when a female, wrapped in a black mantle,
rushed out upon the Place Carousel, made
her way into the midle ofthe guards about
to accompany Napoleon, and held forth a pa-
per to the hitter, crying, “Citizen-consul!
Citizen-coiistil! i'ead—i'eadl” Bonaparte,
with that smile which Bourrienne describes
as so irresistible, saluted the petitioner,,and
stretched forth ltis had for the missive. “A
petition, madam?” said he inquiringly; and
then continued, “fear nothing ; 1 shall pc-
ruse it, and see justice done.” “ Citizen-com
still" cried the woman, imploringly join-
ing her hands. What she would have fur-
ther said was lost. The coacliman. who it
was afterwards said, was intoxicated, gave
the lash to his horses, and they sprung off
with the speed of lightning. The First
Consul, throwing into his hat the paper
he had received, remarked to his companions,
“I could not well see her figure, but I think
the poor woman is young.”
The carriage dashed rapidly along. ‘It
was just issuing ?from the street of Saint
Nicholas, when a frightful7 detonation was
heard, mingling with and followed by the
crash of broken windows, and the cries of
the injured passers-by. -The infc7‘nal.mr1.-
clz-ine had exploded! Uninjured the carriage.
of the Consul and its inmates were whirled
with nndiminished rapidity to the opera. Bo-
naparte éntered his box with serene brow
and unrufflcd deportment. He saluted. as
usual, the assembled spectators, to wliotn '.li"‘e'
news of the explosion Come With ‘all the
speed whichrumor exercises upon such oc-
casiorts. lAll were stunned and stnpified;
Bonaparte wasionly perfectly calm. He
stood with crossed arms. listening attentively
torm, adhered to religion. But though. fa-
herfamily.’ With such guesses as this, the
. V -—-' - ..“-r’. '
ted-on that 8'.'t‘n'll’l_.Q'. Si.idderily,' lion-eve}? his
icmembt-rod the paper put into his hands,...+.
He took it out, and l't‘.'l_fl these lines’ “In
the name of lieavcri, Citizen-consril; do not
go to tire opera to night, or, if you do ‘go,
pass not tlirottgli the street S:iint,l\'icliol-as !”
lite “'8 t‘r1tti’g.camc in some respects too, late;
dOii l‘>t.’i;.‘(.llf!{_,‘.‘Al~l]'t'SF3 words; ll]L‘COnSU—l cliar.-c-
e_ to raise his ‘eyes. Exactly opposite to‘
hfmnn a box on the third tier, sat the yoting
_gt_rl of the chapel of Saint Cloud, who, with
joined hands, seemed to utter prayers of gmfi.
itude ‘for the escape \‘.‘lll('ll had taken place.
I-lei tread httd no covering but her flowing‘
and beautiful Cl'r("Sl1Ul.llE1ll‘, and her person‘
was wrapped _in a dark mantle, which the
consul recognised iisidentical with that worn
by the woman who had delivered the paper
to him at the carriage door. “Go said he
quietly btit quit:kl_y to Lannes; "go to the‘
bYox exactly opposite to us, on the third tier.
ou iipll find a young girl ‘in a black nian-'
tle. bring her to the - 'l‘tiill‘eriesf r'nirs'.’.'
3'33 hf-‘fr Emil Witliout (lt:‘lay.” Boiinpartr-f
spoke thus without raising his eyes, but-, to
make I..aiincs certain ofthe person, he_ took
lhei-"=‘n'3l'3l 5 -'1l‘m.=t_nd suid,p0infingi1'pwards,-
“ see t.lit-re—-look !”
Bonaparte stopped suddenly. The girl
was gone; no black mantle was to be seen‘.-
Angnoyed at this beyond measure, l18_l'lltl‘-
tit-dly sent off Lnnucs to intercept her. It
was in vain. The box-kenpt-r had seen such
an intlii-idual, but kne‘iv.nothing about her
3 . , , -, '-I H . '
l;onap.i.tt applitd to Po.chc and Dubois;
but all the pool of these ftinctionarics failed
in discovering licr.
_ Yours ran on after the explosion of the
infernal machine, and the strange accom-
P-"Yl)'lnL’ circumstnnct-s which tciidcd to
iake the occurrence more remarkable in the’
eyes of Bonaparte. To the consulate suc-
ceeded the empire, and victory after victory‘
niarltctl the carver of the gr-‘eat Corsicafi,
At length the hour of change came. Alli-
ed Europe poured its troops into Franco,
‘rlflii CO'fTlj‘.t_‘ilL‘(l the Emperor to lay down the
sccptrc which had so long SlH.ll{(“ll in terror
over half the civilized earth. The isle of
E bu become for a_ day the most remarkable‘
spot on the globe; rind, finally the resusci-
tit_tc«'l empire fell to pieces anew on the field
of \\’aterloo. ’
Boriziprirte was about to quit France. The
morricrit had come for him to set: foot in the
bark \\'l‘iit:li was to convey hirii to the Eng.
lish vessel. Fi‘ir~r'irls, who had fl)llt‘:\'\'t:’(l the
fallen (‘lllt3flO the very last, were standing
by to give him a frnzil adieu. He waivetl
‘
_ liiS,l1.'rn:;l —tO‘tlr»(\€\t-P :1r'0L‘tnrL.;ir_;d :1 “jag
on the lip which had l:itt-lygiven the fare-'
well kiss, to the imperial eagle. At this in-
stzint ti woman broke through the band that
stood before Napoleon. She was in the‘
prime of woman’s life; not a girl, yet young
enough to retain iinimp-.iired the beauty for
which she would have been remarkable a-
mong a crowd of bcautics. Her features
were fttll anxiety and szitlneés, adding inter-
est even to her appearance at that moment;
“Sire! sire!” said she, presenting a paper
hurriedly; " read ! rcarl l” -
' The emperor took the paper prcsented to’
him, but kept his eye upon ,thc presenter.
He sccmcd, it may be, tojeel at that instant
the pcrftimcd breeze in the park of Saint
loud, or to hear the choristers clinnting
mt-lodiously in the chapel, as he had heard
them in other days. Josephine, Duroc,'_and
t1ll.lliS friends. came haply before him, and
among them the face which he was wont fa‘
see at the fourth window in the gallery.
His eye was now on the countcnaiicc in re-
ality, altcrctl, yet the s.-iiiic. These illusory‘
i't-collections were of brief di’ir:iti‘on. Napo-
leon shook his head, and hold the paper up
to his eye. After pursuing its contents, he
took it l‘.t.‘[\\'EI€‘ll his hands, and tore it to
plt_'.‘.‘E‘S, SC:ll.iCl‘lP.__-'_1' the fragincnts in the air‘.-
“Stop, sire!” cried the wornan, “follow
the advict-.l Bc wtirncd; it is yet time!”
‘_‘No,” replied he; and taking from his
finger a beautiful oriental ruby, E1 valuable
souvenir‘ of his Egyptian campaigns, he
held it otit to the woman. She took it,-
knereliiig and kissing the hand which pre-'
s/riled it. 'I‘urning his head, Napoleon then
stepped into the boat, which waited to _.take
him to the vessel. Not long afterwards, he
wits pining on the rock of St. Helena.
Thus, of three warriiezgs, itivo wcrei use-
less liccaiisc neglected until the danger had
occiirred, and the third-——which prognostica~'
ted the fate of Napoleon if once in the pott-
C1‘ of his adversaries—the third was rejrcted.
“But who was this woman, Duke of O-
tranto .7”.
“ Oh,” replied Fouclie, “I knewnot with
certainty. The Emperor, if he knew nlti-*
matcly, seems to have kept the secret." _
All that is known respecting the ’matter’
is, that, a female, related to Saint Regent,-
onc of the authors of theexplosion of the
street Saint Nicholas, dicd at the hospital of
Hotel-Dieu, in 1837', and that around her
neck was suspended by a. silk ribbon, the
exquisite oriental ruby af Napoleon.
Found Out.+A gentleman who had the‘
ill fate to have a, son very weak in his intel-
as the best method of hiding his imperfe’c~‘
tions. _
his son to an entertainment, and for want of
room to sit together, they were obliged ‘to
take seperote seats. After dinn_er,'-two gen-'
tlemen opposite the son differed in opinion
desired his opinion--the son was silent; they
i‘wa’it'ed.a-little longer, and then desired‘ him-
ot decide—-still he kept silent. Final-l'y_=one
of the gentlemen looking stcadfastly;’a't«""liinx
to the oratorio of Hydn‘, which was execu
~
“ Fatlrer, they have found me out!"
..
lect, was continually recommending silence —
It so happened that the father took -
upon a subject they were discoursing H.b0lJtg' ,
and rather than have any 's‘erio‘ns;dispnte.,._' ». .
theyagreed to leave it to the gentleman op}-"’“
posite them; they then stated the‘ case ajuci, ' -
exclaimed, " Why the fellow is t‘1‘.’fdol}ll’-’-"tip-'_ - .
‘on which the son started up and--cr”i‘éd3ont;-' ‘ '
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