JUL A "WE OO WHEKK DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES POINT THE WAY ; WUEN THEY CEASK TO LEAD, WE CEASE TO FOLLOW." BV JOHN G. GIVEN. EBENS13UUG, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1819. VOL. G. NO. 12. Jnir flrVV A IT! X f i I . I ,55JtJ IVXISO CLL ANCOUS EllPEROE'S PRESENT. One moining in the month of June 1806 the Empress Josphine's jeweller was ush ered into a little apartment of the Ttiiller res, in which Napoleon was seated at breakfast. "The necklace must be the very best you can produce," said the Emperor. I do not care for the price; nevertheless will have it submitted to a lair valuation. I warn you of that Not that i doubt your integrity, but because in short, because 1 am ?not a lapidary my self, and therefore not a eompctant judge of such measures. As soon as it is finish ed, bring it to me, and take care that you how it to no one, you understand. "Yes, sire. Dm I wish your majesty could allow me a little more time, that 1 may be enabled to select the stones in the most satisfactory manner. Choice dia monds are very scarce at present, and they have risen greatly in price." - At these words the Emperor turned sharply to the jeweller, and said. "What do you mean? Since the cam paign of Germany the jewel market has been overstocked. Parbleu! I know itfor a fact, that our French jewellers have been purchasing largely from the pretty Princes "of the Germanic Confederation, who the King of Prussia, and Emperor of Kussia have ruined by stirring them up against me. Go to Bapts, or to Mellerio; they can let you have as many diamonds as you may want. , "Sire, I have alwavs "made it a iule never to avail myself of the assistance of other tradesmen, when I have the honor of working for your Majesty's august family I have at this moment in my possession a set of diamonds which I pur chased from the King of Prussia, who has commissioned me" "That is your business, Foncier, not mine But with regard to the neck lace, do the best you poasibly can, and how the peoplo beyond the Rhine that we surpass them in jewelry as well as in all e-cher things. ' . On a sign from Napoleon, Foncier made j his last bow and withdrew. A week after his interview the Emperor received a neck lace. It was surpassinjly beautiful. The jewels, the pattern, the mounting, even the case in which it was enclosed j all were unique. Napoleon had it valued jt'was estimated to be w orth 800,000 j francs, precisely the price which Foncier j demanded for it. The Emperor was per- ; fectly satisfied. j , A boat this time, (June, 1806,) Prince ; Louis Bonaparte, one of Napoleon's young- ' er brothers, was raised to the the rank of, sovereignty, and proclaimed King of IIol- ' .land. " ! , On the day when Napoleon 'was to re-' jceive the crown of that relm from the ' Kands of the Dutch envoys, and 10 place it ; on his brother s head, all the court assein i Jbled at St. Cloud, Louis and llortensc ar- rived in the morning from St. Leu. The ceremony, which was attended with great ; pomp, took place in the Salle du Tront. j vThe envoys of the defunct Batavian re- j public were magnificently entertained, and j it was announced that the new King and j Queen would set out for their dominions ', on the following day. In the evening Na- j poieon sent to iniorm llortense tnatne ue 'sircd to speak with her in his cabinet. She immediately attended the summons and when the page threw open the folding doors to announce her, the title of "Her Majesty the Queen of Holland" greeted .her ear for the first time. "llortense," said the Emperor, "you have become the Queen of a brave and ttirtuous people. If you and your husband act wisely, the house of Orange can never again return to Holland with itsold preten tions. However, from my knowledge of ."the Dutch people, I think. I can discern in ; them one remarkable fault; it is, that un ,der the outward appearance of great sim .plicity, they are tond of luxury and espe cially of wealth. "With them vanity is . the strongest feeling next to interest. Now .it would be bad policy to suffer yourself in the eyes of your new court tobeeciips cd by the over dressed wife of some rich -burgomaster, who has nothing to be proud ,cfbut his money-bags. You must have ja good assortment of jewels; and here is a v little omair.et which 1 beg you will ac . cept. Wear this necklace sometimes in t remembrance of me. I have purchased ft myself, out of my own savings." So .faying Napoleon clasped the glittering cir clet on the neck of llortense, and emhra-1 rCing her with paternal a flection bade her I -farewell. When seated on the throne of Holland, . Q.ieen llortense rendered full honor to f-her .u p father's present. On every tour-day, at the palace of the Hague, m , eveay tete given in the Maisou de Hois, the superb nn kl.iT adorn d her swan-like But soon came those disastrous days when Napoleon's sun began to set. ilor tense descended from the throne precisely as she had ascended it, in willing obedi ence. On her arrival in Holland her sub jects had greeted her with cries of "God bless our lovely Queen." On her depar ture those cr es were changed to "God bless our good Queen!" To a heart like that of llortense, this last greeting was consol atory, even at a moment when a throne w as lost. On retiring into private life, she devoted herself to the education of her children, and to rendering filial attentions to her mother, who, like herself, was the widow of a throne. The cannon of Waterloo had ceased to roar, and Napoleon was obliged to quit the Ely sees, and to take refuge in Malinaison. the last abode of the Empress Josephine. One evening when he was alone in the balon, seated before a table on which lay scattered the notes from which his second act of abdication was to be drawn up, a lady entered. It was llortense. Sire," said she in a voice trembling with emotion, "does your Majesty remem ber the present you made me at St. Cloud about nine years ago.'" Napoleon gazed at the daughter of Jose phine, with a mingled expression of grief and affection, then taken her hand, he said. "Well, llortense, what have you to sayjto "Sire, when I was a queen you gave me this necklace. It was of great value. But now 1 am no longer a queen, and you are unfortunate: therefore I entreat that von will permit me to return it." "That necklace llortense!''' replied Na poleon, ocldl v. "Win deprive .ouiseit of it? It is now, probably, the halt oftyour fortune. And your children.'" "Sire, it is all I possess in the world. But as to my children they will never re proach their mother for having shared with her benefactor the bounty which he was pleased to confer on her." She burst into tears, and Napoleon struggled to conceal his emotion. "No llortense," said ho, averting his head, and gently repelling the hand which was stretched out to him; "no I can not" "Take it; Sire; I implore you. There is no time to be lost- They are coining!" With these words she thrust the jewel case into his hand. A few hours after wards, the necklace was stitched into a sil ken ceinture, which Napoleon" wore un der his wias to tt. Six weeks after this incident, Napoleon was on the deck of the Bellerophon, pre paring to embark on borad the Northum berland. The arms of the persons of his suite were taken from thenx, their baggage was inspected, and they were not permit- ted to take witn tiiem citner money or jewels. The trunks of the iilustrious'pris- oner being searched, a box was found con- taing four' thousand Napoleon d'or. He wasinformed that the money must be giv- en up. This sum, together with some .. . i funds which Napoleon had lodged in the hands of Laiitte prior to his depa U of Laiitte prior to his departure from Paris, was all his fortune. Whilst the ispection was going on Na poleon was gently pacing up and down the quarter-deck with M. Las Cases. Casting a furtive look around him and finding that he was not observed, he drew from beneath his waistcoat the silken ceinture, and gave it to his companion saying ".My dear Las Cases, a certain Greek pilosopher used to say that he carried all liis fortune about with him, though certain ly had not a shirt to his back. I don't know how lie managed; but this I know, that ever since our departure from Paris, I have been carrying all my treasure under my waistcoat. I now begin to weary of the burden. Will you relieve me of it?" He unfastened his ceinture, and Las Cases, without making any reply, took it from him, and fastened it round his own waist. It was net until after his arrival at St. Helena, that Napoleon informed M. de Las Cases that the siiken Land which he had confided to his care on board the Bel lerophon contained a necklace worth eight hundred thousand francs. Subsequently Las Cases expressed a de.ire to restore it to Napoleon. "Does it not incommode you?" inquired the Emperor dryly. 'No sire.' 'Then retain it,' rejoined Napole on; 'fancy it is a chain or an amulet, it will not trouble you." Fifteen months afterwards Las Cases was bv order of the English Government unexpectedly separated from Napoleon. He and his son were removed from Long wood, and conveyed to Plantation House where they were kept under strict sur veillance until they embarked for the Cape of Good Hope. .Meanwhile, Las Cases still held pos sesion of the diamond necklace. I line m i hv t.-. iuf rmcd that l;c ha-1 only a few days longer to remain at St. Helena, lie was distressed at the though) of departing without being able to return the treasure to its owner. What could he do? All communication between him and Longwood was peremptorily inter dicted. A plan occured to his thoughts, and he dermined to run the risk of at tempting its execution. Among the per sons who had recently arrived at St. Hel ena, there was an English officer, whose open countenance and candid manners en couraged Las Cases to place confiJencejn him. This officer came to Plantation House, in the suite of t he Governor. He spoke French perfectly: and Las Cases seized an opportunity of whispering a few words to L i hi unperceived. "I have rea son to believe that you possess a noble and generous heart, and will venture to put it to the proof. You can render me a must important act of service; and one that will compromise neither your con- j science nor your duty. It is an allair which concerns my honor and that of my ' family. 1 have in my possession some- j thing of c. iisie. able value, which I a;:i anxious to return to the Emperor. If j you will undertake to deliver it to him mv son will slip it secretly into yenr pocket." The officer replied merely by a signif icant nod of the Lend. Young Las Ca ses who was with his father, had received his instructions, and Q'teen llortense's I necklace was dropped into the officer's j picket unperceived, though quite within sight of the Governor's staff. ' But the greatest difficulty yet remain ed to be accomplished that of conveying i the treasure to its owner. Two whole yiars elapsed ere this could be effected. j It occurred to the Emperor Napoleon ' that he had, for some time, been the object of more vigilant watchfulness than before. He could not stir from Longwood without observing an English ollicer, who kept ' h is eye upon him, lollowing him like a ! shadow. One day, Napoleon remarked I that the ollicer was watching him more J closely than usual; and turning round be ! exclaimed angrily, 'What is the meaning of this? li is very hard that I cannot take a breath of air w ithout having a spy on my footsteps!' Then cutting short his walk, he hurried back in the direction of Longwood. The Englishman turned i back also, and coming close up to Napo- j Icon 'Sire!' said he, in a tone of pro- found respect. 'Begone, sir!' said Napo- , leon sharply 'There can be no communication between me and vour cm- ! pioyers. Bi I say Sire,' resumed the officer, with an air of perfect composure, 'your Majesty is under a mistake.' He then hurriedly ut tered the words 'Count Las Cases I have something of value.' 'Ah!' exclaimed Napoleon, 'tell me "hat you have to say!' 'I keg that your .Majesty will continue your walk without seeming to notice me. I have a packet which 1 have canLd out with me for two years, seeking an . " . 1 - opportunity io nenver it. v m your .Ma- jesty contrive to let me throw it into your hall' Napoleon uncovered, and passed his hand across his forehead, which was an habitual action with him when endeavor ing to recollect anything. By a move ment as quick as thought, the necklace was thrown into his hat. 'Now,' said the officer in an undertone, 'I trust your Majesty will pardon my im portunity. 1 have fulfilled my mission, and you will see no more of me. May God bless and preserve your Majesty!' About the end of April 1821, some days before his death, Napoleon desired Gen. Montholon to come to his bedside. 'My friend,' said he, 'I have under my pillow a necklace of considerable value belonging to llortense. I had good reasons for not allowing any one here to know that I pos sessed an article of such value. When 1 am gone, take it into your care, and when you return to France, (should you ever be so fortunate as to return there;) give it to llortense. Should sorrow have hurried her to an early grave, give it to her chil dren, my nephews.' Montholon promised to fulfil thetse com mands. 'Now,' said Napolepn, pressing his hand, I die Hatislied.' The malady continued to make rapid progress; and when General Montholon was assured that Napoleon had but a few hours to live, he took his post like a faith ful sentinel, at the bedside of the invalid. At length Dr. Aniomarchi pronounced the fatal words, 'All is over!' and Montholon gently raising his sovereign's head, drew from beneath the pillow the treasure con fided to his care. After many adventurous journeys in America and in various parts of Europe Montholon returned to his native France. "'.ng performed what he Ml to be his first act of duty, that of embracing his ageu moiner, lie set out lor Aremberg, to restore to the ex-Queen of Holland a neck lace now doubly consecrated as a memo rial of happiness and misfortune. For a long time she preserved it with feelings of sacred veneration; but in a moment of se vere pecuniary distress, she found herself compelled to part with it. The King of Bavaria offered to purchase it, by settling on the ex-Queen an annuity of twenty three thousand francs. Necessity ratified the bargain, and two years afterwards llortense was no more. Kic?dom of .Naples. The bafiled attempt atrevolutiou in the kingdom of Naples has materially aggra vated the political abuses it was intended to destroy The concessions which were made by the King have all been cither re tracted or neutralized by new assumptions. The constitution still exists in form, but only as a testimonial of royal perfidy, and a monument of popular instability. It is no more the real law of the land than the Koran. It gave the people a representa tive Parliament; but that Parliament,afler many of its principal members had been arrested, was arbitrarily dissolved, and no thing but the royal fiat will ever speak another into existence. The liberty of conscience, the liberty of speech, and the liberty ol the press, which the constitution created, tiie King has annihilated. The prison not only awaits every man who gives expression to free sentiments, but frequently is the doom of him whose only crime is silence, and for months he lays without trial or die least observance of the most ordinary forms of justice. Bibles are excluded with greater rigor than ever, and all oihtr books ofliber.il principles. Foreign journals, exeept those of a high monarchical tone, are contraband. Of all the Parisian papers, the Bourbonist Jour nal dca J) bull and the Legitimist . Issim- blce Xalioiude, are the only ones that find j admittance. A severe censorship is exer cised over all domestic publications, and in the whole kingdom no liberal press, nor anything wearing its remotest semblance, exists. The popular lournals have, all : been exterminated, and the three or four ' others are but placards of royal edicts, j and wretched, garbled compends of for- j cign news, In not one of them have I ' yet seen an article tending in the least to ! enlighten and ennoble the people. Men ! of high standing are arrested on the wan- i ton denunciation of any malicious street vagabond; letters are intercepted at the postollicc on the slightest .suspicion; dom- ! iciliary visits are constantly made, and the : closest surveillance is maintained over the j whole face of society. I had not been in , the city a week, before I was kindly cau- j tioned by our consul, to take heed lest my , public correspondence involve me in trou ble with the civil authorities. A quaran tine of fourteen days has been established against every person coming from Koine by land, and of twenty-one days against all arriving by water from Malta or Mar seilles, or from any of the ports of Upper Italy. Its ostensible object is to guard against the cholera, but everybody here i understands that its real design is to shut out all political infection. Is it possible that this state of things will soon be changed? By no means. King Ferdinand is a man of narrow mind and contracted views; and the advisers in whom he most confides are persons who have lately been recalled, and restored to all their former privileges. Bigotry, intol erance, machiav elism, and consummate selfishness possess both the car and the heart at the King, and it is idle to pre sume that he will voluntarily part with his irresponsible power. But what force can compel him? The same army which saved him from the' fate of his kinsman, Louis Philippe, is as loyal as ever, and ready to support him in every emergency. It num bers fifty thousand men,. and is daily in creasing. Finer troops I have not seen in Europe, and no popular demonstration could stand a day against them. But there is another fact, which decides the question more conclusively than cither the mon arch's disposition or the soldier's sword it is the character of the people themselves. The populace, as has lately been the case, may bo seized with a momentary passion, and by violence attempt to right their wrongs; but, in the mass, they are so be niglued as to be lost to every noble senti ment, and utterly below every truly lofty enterprise, ami all sustained heroic exer tion. They are as incapable of self-guidance as the cattle of the field; they must either he driven hyr potentates, or led by demagogues; inconsistent as the wind, to day, led by hunger, they yell, " Up with the barricades!" and to-morrow, tickled with some state pageant, they shout "Long five the King!" The higher classes make their ostenta tion their glory, and pleasure their god. Their time, iheir fortunes and their talents are squandered ill frivolity. Their life i. thoughtless, aimless, useless. Riding in the afternoon along the Chiaia in princely carriages, drinking in royal music in the evening at the Villa Reale, intriguing till midnight with each other's wives and daughters at some soiree, and dreaming on downy pillows till mid-day these are the segments that make up its daily round. No city in Europe, externally, is so vir tuous as Naples. No public women pol lute its streets, no immoral plays defile its theatres. Its outward conventional propriety- borders even on fastidiousness. The statues in the garden, though as radi ant with innocence as the sun with glory, are carefully plastered and patched; the pictures in the galleries, though as chaste as the "icicles that hang fromDian's tern- I rc b-v lQ, eamPle of our success and pie," if i:ndrcperied, are locked up in ! Pr' ? ?' Iet th,0 lie which binds Us private recesses, and even cverv little an- j be.on.ce broken, and we should soon be tique Cupid, in the Museum, "no bier i sPllt mto man-v and antagoit sovereign than the forefinger of an alderman'" in W,U1 liOSliIe interests and jealousies, made to sport its tiny ficr leaf. Yet, if I i.he rrag'ents thus torn apart would be may trust high minded men, who are well i Plttcd amsl each other, under the influ acq'uainted with all grades of Neapolitan j CRCf of ,hI!5;? feelings which have always society, moral corruption almost univer- ,nadf cml dl5.cortjs the most fearless and sally prevails. It manifests itself in the unrelenting. Let fanatics and demagogues nnner classes in nrxmUxin.l r,mMr rm.l in succeed 111 separating the North rjiild the lower by unparleyintr libertinism. In short, the people are too ignorant to know and too pusillanimous to assert their rights; too superstitious tu understand, and too ' depraved to perform their duties. Know! edre and virtue, which are the very life blood of every free government, exist not. Every clement of civil and social regener- ation is wanting. W ho, then, or what, is ;J to effect a change? Cor. V. V. Courier. rFAn angry woman in Albany lately pursued her husband through the streets, and finally in a fit of desperation, attempt- cu to saoot him whh a si.ovt i. :, change. We have since received the following particulars in relation to this melancholy allair. Immediately after this diabolical attempt, the husband iu a fit of despera tion loaded himself with one boot and dis . " charged it with unerrinji mm at his 1:.n- (jerous antagonist. J he wile, receiving a. . . e .u ii j- i . the contents of the whole discharge, was c . 11 i . r . for a moment compelled to fly for protec- I . ,; , . . o . . lion oeniuu me oreasiwoit. oi iwu uiy goods boxes and a molasses hogshead; but f.rtm-fi nir ltr r 1 1 1 orri n D1 rr tn thO charge, and, by a skiltul manoeuvre, cap tured the enemy by the discharge of a fry- rut .1 1 l - l pan. i nev were ooui iai.e:i uome in i) . ir ii.. r,. JJoston ctkly - J a wheel-barrow stum. , r . .... i higher glory can be won on earth. i air 1,1 We trust the press -.and the people We commend the following story to throughout the Union will speak earnest such of our contemporaries as cau enjoy a ly and unanimously in condemnaCon of laugh at their own expense. It is told by that Uin j an j fanat"icai fury which threat the editor ot the Dayton 7 ranscript, and , cas us We rejoice in believing that the it is certainly a lair hit at the cloth: , ,real mass of thc peopie Xorth and South, We have travelled some loOO miles . love anj cherish the Union, and would within the last few days by land and by , lnoura in bitterness of spirit over its rup watcr. Thc tavern-keepers, steamer-cap- j lurc T,lis is ou grcat securily Let tains, &c, &c, nave unitorinly chalked . thh spirit beam fonh in all hg strsnglh our hat, and indignantly relused to permit , aml appaHjug brightness, and let it awe us to pay our way. In short, upon the j lhe reckless anj tlic designing who would raging canawl, upon the expansive ake, lake from us our pal;adiuui ancirth. in the packets, hotels, and floating palaces . rjlt of Lake Erie, we have had a great 'free j blow,' and have uniformly been regarded j amonsr the 'dead heads. I his you w ill . i.i -:.-i.- m.r'iiT -i vitv n rns-in!. :iml certainiv a .,s..v. . J - . very agreeable and advantageous way of traveling. But there was one 'free blow' we received, which came near knocking us into the middle of next week. The incident is so comic;1 1 that we will relate it if the joke is at our own expense, While on board of one of the splendid steamers which ply between Bulfalo and Chicago, thc fuz on our chin grew rather longer than was agreeable, and we repair ed to thc barber's shop on board to have it taken off. Thc fellow did it in first rate style. After he had combed and oiled our head, brushed our clothes; and slicked us up line, we felt gratified, pulled out a dime and proffered it to him as a reward for his services, He drew himself up with considerable pomposity. 'I understand,' said he, 'dat y ou is an editor?' Weill what of it?' said wc. 'We ncber charges editors nutlin,' suid he. But my friend,' said wc, 'there area good many editors travelling now-a-day ., and such liberality on your part will pro c a ruinous business. 'Oh, ncber mind,' said he, it all up olf the gemmen!' We incontinently sloped. 1 wc makes i-i'Time is the cradle of hope, but the grave of delusion. Time is the t.tcrn cor rector of fools, but the salutary counscller of the wise- Wisdom walks before it, Opportunity with it, and Repeutei.ee be hind it. lie that has made Time his friend, will have little to fear from his enemies; but he that has made Time his enemy, will have little to hope from hi friend, Frtm the New York Organ. Our Cloriocs Colon. A vast and momentous responsibility rests upon the Congress whoso fcession have just commenced. It is but too appa rent that there is a good deal of bad and exasperated feeling in reference to the sla very question, and it is to be feared that there are fanatical spirits on both side who regard the continued Union of th States as of small account compared with the triumph of their views. We look upon the Union as the only reliable pledge for the continuance of oar republican forms, and the realization of the high hopes inspired here and in Eu- i Soulh and ,we s!I fi"d that the rending I pi-.c-j a.ian t;u uil in pi&CB Ol OU. i glorious confederacy we have become a j niultitude of discordant and feeble tribes. 1 . . i . .. .-.. r -j i cdeu i: e piy oi uesigning ana amomous : men, and over the sad eclipse cf our na- "onai G1?' "f, despots oi Europe ana j tl?. "'orM would hold high and prolonged We have looked with hope under our present perilous and menacing prospect to the return of Mr. Clay and Mr. Cass to the Senate. Both of these distinguished men wield great influence, and both ap preciate, at its just value, the Union of the States. We doubt not they will throw the whole weight of their influence in fa vor of conciliation and forbearance, and we trust with decisive effect. Indeed we i have thought that perhaps true patriots cf i both parties may vet see reasous lor joy : in the defeat of iIipsp? stifpmrn n onr... . ... ' ililtPK tnr lhP Hrpsn (!ipv. cincp tlioir n I r . 4, , , f . . . , vation to that high post might have depri- , , . p r 6 u j ' vccl them of their side now so much nced- i ; ,t , t. u .u . .u edin the Senate. It may be that thesmo benignant Providence which has sobften succored us in about to C ' i im i ii'm fiiiiiiHin ifihii . . till' ii i -j i in. strumous for preserving the integrity and permanence of our glorious Union. If it ; shall appear that thev or either of theni , , ,r , r .. , , , has been reserved lor this high honor they. I as well as we, may well be content, for no Popping thc Question. It is common ii wucii mcy muii uuuacui iu ' . 1 c ...i .i .!.: . . s:iv lik tlipir lovers, 'Go ask mv father.' A bachelor recently got acquainted with a pretty woman, to whom he very soon popped the question, to w hich she replied, 'Go ask my husband!' lie supposed her to be a spinster. .?? Elopement in Contemplation. 'Yhc Rochester American is responsible for thc following: Courting Scene. Miss Canada. Please sir, will you marry me? Uncle Sam. 1 cannot disguise my af fections for so amiable and beautiful a young lady; but your papa must be con bulted, and I must procure his consent. Miss C. O, never mind. Fll ask him J myself, and if he refuses, we'll get up an elopement. A Stubborn Fact. The Brooklyn Ad vertUer says: Dip thc Adantic Ocean dry with a teaspoon stop this journal from going ahead twist. yorr heel into the toe of your boot make postmasters. perform their promises, and subscriber I pay the printer send up fishing hooks with balloons and fis.ii for star get astride a gossamer and chase a comet when a ; rain storm is coming down like thc catar- ct of Niagara remember where you left I t vour umbrella choke a mosquito with a brickbat in .short prove all things hither to considered impossible, to be possible, but never attempt io coax a woman to say she wilt wheu she has made up her mind to sav she won't. l.T"ij' to -tranjjers for chsnty. acqiin'i'v cc for ntUicc, onl rclalip. (": lotliiiij .xr.i y.H ill nlrty into 'Uj'?'.''
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