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pressed ranks of the grenadiers still black from the powder of Marengo.
He saw that dashing regiment of g\iards led by Eugene de Beauharnais; he admired the gold laces of the heroes, and listened to the military bands; but above everything he gave his heart and soul to the magician who was then fascinating the whole world. This young men. so unfortunate and so grateful, was the son of the Govgrpor of La Bastille, murdered Jiily l^th,
If -one considers that Felix Besoorte. the Counsellor of State, witnessed this episode, the connection of the two families in the new world may be readily understood. In fact many old "Officers’1 of Napoleon took refuse in the United States, particularly in New Orleans.
Biloxi nossesses no "Ulysian-fields" but it has a Delauney Street.
During the "Restoration," when the Carbonari" were conspiring againsl the King to re-establish the Republic of France or the Emnire of Napoleon, the brutal execution of four Sergeants of the army at La Rochelle ("Les quatre Sergents de La Rochelle") created a tremendous sensation. Their names were Rouex, Goubin, Pommier and Bories.
The Bories family may be found in Biloxi; probably its members are not much versed in the history of the "Carbonari," who came within an inch of making a grand Republic of France, Spain and Italy.