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[From the New York Evangelist]
Marla Louisa.
BY REV. JOHN 8. C. ABBOTT
A darker day never enveloped in its gloom - the
Austrian monarchy, than when'the beleagured hosts
sof Napoleon encompassed Vienna, and from their
encircling batteries were showering shot and shells
upon the doomed city. The armies of Austria, in
repeated conflicts, bad been mown down and scat.
tered by the resistless conqueror. As the eagles
. of Napoleon glittered upon' the hills which over
lOok the city, the Royal family, 2 ' with the " hot
haste" whicli'terror inspires, bad fled far off info
• the wilds of Hungary. It is midnight. The sky is
streaked nith the fiery projectiles, which like me
• teors of death, are descending into the thronged and
dismayed mettopolis. Flames are bursting forth
iu evesy tart of the city. All hearts arc frozen with
1- terror. There is no place .of refuge. Red hot
balls crush their way through dwellings of 'brick
. and stone. Shells explode in the
.cradle of the in
faiit,' and uphearing 'the most massy flwellings,
bury their mangled inmates beneath their ruins.—
The clamors of two hundred thousand combatants
fill the midnight air, and mingle with the thunders
of one of the most awful bombardjnents earth has
ever e witnessed.
.In one of the chambers tihq oal palace there,
hief;• a maiden, sixteen ye- r r age, ,the daughter
of the king. Her father axle' ether, in the eon- .
sternation of their flight, IV compelled to leave
behind them their sick child. Her cheek is , fluslit
• ed with fever, and again paledxvi.h terror as the
uproar of the assault, like an*" thunder, fills the
•• air. The glare of-bniStingshellg and the flames of
the spreading conflagration, portentously gleam,
through the windows, upon the eye of the sick and
suflerer., She itt vain buries her head be
neath the bedclothes to strut out the horrid cries of
the assailants and the shrieks of the wounded.
In th'e midst of this most dreadful scene the gates
of the city are suddenly thrown open,- and a s mall
party emerge, and with a flag of truce pass through
thernbattling hosts till they approach the presence
of Napoleon.' They inform him of .the situation
and peril of the princess. Ile instantly orders the
direction of every gun to be changed, ,which might
endanger her person. The flag of truce again re
tires within the walls, and the awful bombardment
continues. For ten tong hours this terrific storm of!
.r•ci descends upon the city, till three thousand I
shells have filled its streets with ruins and with
blood. But Mxria Louisa remains upon her bed
nnharmed, thourih•other parts of her father's palace
are blown from 'their foundations. Little did she
Imagine, in, the consternation of that dreadful night ;
that it was her future husband who was thus rain-
Int; down destruction upon her father's capital .--r
And little did the plebeiati conqueror ima:4ine.
he compassionately changed the direction of his
guns. that this maiden was to be :the queen of
nance, and by this bombardment he•was %%ooing
and winning for his bride a daughterofthe Cle-zars !
What a mysterious influence there is in ancestrial
• renown. Ntipoleon even, the creator of his crown,
the fabricator of his own glory, was dazzled by its
glare. Maria Louisa was la line l descendant of
the proudest monarch offtome,, The blood which
circulated in her veins had pass'ed to her from the
Cx,ars, and through the heroic heart of Maria The-
• rtsa. She had been cradled and mauled
. amid
, • ,enes of moral sublimity and regal magnificence,
• which ; one would think, would give an impress of
• . grandeur- even to the. meanest soul. Surely, then;
her spirit must be animated with all that is lofty-and
ennobling in humal character. Alas. it was not
so! • She was nothing more than a mild. amiable,
• pretty gid, utterly incapable of ehetishing an idea
of miignanintity or rif heroism. She was endowed,
• by Oatnre, only with those qualities which were
iniiV commonplace and earthly, and was entirely
uth;tualitied to act a noble part in the lofty drama
•through 'w h ich she was destined to moVe! .
N - apoleon,despairing, of offspring from Josephine,
and consumed With the most intense desire to have
' an lain who shohld inherit his glory and perpetuate
his name, resolves to sel'er the ties which hind him
Josephine,, the wife of his youth, and to obtain a
inure youthful bride from the subservient monarch
., to , around him: He hot ed thus to secure an heir
in whose person should be allied all that was glo
iii‘us in-his own achievements, and all that is illus
. trioni in exalted descent. The repudiation of Jo
sephine. strong as were the political motives which
led to it, is the darkest stain upon the character of
Napoleon. And, like all wrong doing, however
seeinimfly pro;perous for a time, it promoted final
di-aster an woe. A pique originating in this mar
riage, alienated Alexander of Russia from the
• French Emperor, and hence - the campaign/511,111(ns
row, and the imprisonment of Napoleon upon the
rock of St. Helena. When the design of 'Napoleon
was known, every Court in Europe was emulous
-of the honor of such an alliance. The Bourbons: in
their exile, would gladly furnished a princess of
.5 the blood royal, a bride for the mighty conqueror.
• The .Russian Court proffers any of its high-bam
• maidens to the acceptance of the master spirit, at
whose frown all Europe' trembles. And the Aus
trian monarchy, the proudest of all earthly dvnas
e'azerly seeks alliance with the soldier'of for
thrtr, who hasetwice entered its capital in triumph ;
and repo:Zed.; with' his plebian marshals, in its pal
aces. • illwr much deliberation, Napolecn decided
to accept the alliance of Austria. Proposals were
made-tor Maria Louisa, and• eagerly accepted.—
was then nineteen years of ale, and was
• until happy to be 'mitered as the bride of one why
1 hal fill e d the woad with his • renown. Napoleon
was forty-two. On the 1:2111. of March. 1810, a[)-
parfaitly without emotion, she left the palaces of
11,• I fathers, surrounded by all dig pomp the Ana
,.tan M•inarchy could confer, to her future
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husband. As the long train Of marriages left Vien
na, the people gazed mournfully upon the scene.—
Maria Antoinette, the last princess Austria hakfur
nishe'd for the throne of France ; but a few years be
fore had perished miserably upon 'the scaffold.—
' The populace were only prevented by the soldiers,
from cutting the traces of the carriages and prevent
ieg the departure. The gorgeous procession pro
ceeded on its way towards the frontiers of France.
Napoleon had never yet seen the bride who was
coming to meet him. " NH! is not beautiful," he
said, as he gazed upon her minature, " but she is
a daughter of the Crum; s
When Maria arriged at the Rhine, her Austrian
attendants left her ; and, she was 'received by. the
French nation,and conducted toward's Paris with
the highest possible accompaniments of imperial
splendor. The bells rang their merriest peals of
congratulation. The Austrian and the tri-colored
flag floated in friendly embrace from every tower.
Triumphal arches, illuminated cities,strid civic and .
military processions greeted her progress, while
the horses of her chariot buried their' hoofs in the
bed. of roses which were spread over her path.—
France, then in the zenith of its pride and intoxica
ted with glory, from the Rhine to the Pyrenees, re
sounded with all the eipressions and demonstra
tions of rejoicing. Napoleon met her near corn
peig.ne. Springing from his own carriage, he ea
gerly leaped into that of the Empress, and. entirety
regardless of all the restraints and etiquettes of'
courts.Afcilded her in his embrace with the mast
youthfUl impetuosity. Jim postillions were order
ed to drive upon the, pallop to the palace of Corn
peigne. This unexpected ardor was not at all un•
welcome to !%laria, and. a few hours in the society
of her imperial _husband invested her with such
queenly ease and affability, that she could hardly
be recognized by her former attendants. The mar
riage ceremony Was celebrated with the utmost
splendor at St. Cloud, and never before or since has
Paris resounded with such an.uproar of rejoicing,
as. when Napoleon led his youthful bride into those
apartments of the Tuilleries, from which Josephine,
buf three mouths,-befure, had - been so cruelly ejec
ted. Four queens held the bridal train of Maria
Louisa, and the ambassadors of all the Courts of
Europe rerolved around her as their central 1131111-
Big who can tell how dismally these rejoic
ings full upon ear of Josephine, as. she sat weeping
in hed deserted chambers.
In one year from that time, Maria was placed
.upon that mysterious couch of suffering from which
no regal wealth or splendor can purchase.exemp
tion. Her pains were long protracted . and her an
guish dreadful. The attendant physicians, in the
utmost trepidation, informed Napoleon that the life
of the motheror child must be sacrificed. "Save
the'mother," said Napoleon ; but, perceiving that
they had It'st theirpresenee of mind, in view of the
peril of so dlestrioUs a patient, he immediately ad
ded. " Do as you would-with the wife of the hum
blest Tradesman in the Rne St. Denis." The phy
sicians', reassured, returned to their duty, and the
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crisis was passed. •
The birth of this child was an event which had
been anticipated by all France, with the !post sin
cere interest, It had been previously announced
that the cannon of the invalids should proclaim the
advent of the expected heir to the throne. If the
child we're a prilicm twenty-one were to be fired
if a prince, one huudied. At six o'clock in the
morning of the 20th of March, 1810, all Paris was
aroused by the deep booming of those heavy guns,
reverberating ovili• the city in annunciation of the
arrival of the welcornit stranger. Eiery window
, was inst a ntaneously thrown open. Every- ear was
on the alert. The slumbcrers were aroused froni
their pillows, and silence prevailed all the streets
oldie bray metropolis, as the vast throngs stood
motionless to count the tidings which those explo
sions were thundering into their ears. The heart
of the great capital ceased to beat, and in all her
glowing veins the current of life stood still. When
the twenty-first gun had been fired, the interest was
intense besond conception. The gunners delayed
fora moment the next discharge, and all Paris
stood breathless•in suspense. The next moment
the guns, doubre loaded, pealed forth the most wel
come announcement, and from the entire city one
universal roar of acclamation rose and blended
with their thunders. Never was an earthly mon
arch greeted with a more affecting, demonstration
of a nation's love and homage. The birth of the
King of Rome, hew illustrious! The thcughtful
mind wilt pause and muse upon the striking con
trast furnished by his death. IVhocould then have
imagined that his renowned father would perish a
prisoner in a dilapidated stable in St. Helena, and,
that this child, a nation's idat, would liter through
a few shertyears of neglect and sorrow, and sink
into a forgotten grave.
The sisters of Alexander of Russia were mortifi
ed and exceedingly irritated, that Napoleon sh,duhl
hhve selected an Austrian rather than. a Hassian
'Princess for his bride. In these feelings the RM.."
sian Court generally participated. Ccildness and
alienation and mutual recrimination entitled. Anti
cipating a rupture, Alexander began to marshal his
armies. Napoleon, that he migh) , not be attacked
.unprepared, als,io armed. Step by step these angry .
demonstrations were continued, till the di,a.strous
campaign to Moscow was arranged, to " conquer
a peace." When Napoleon had made all his pre
parations for this majestic enterprise, and had as.
sembled his legions upon the frontiers of his almdst
boundless empire, Maria Louisa, accompanied him
as far as Dresden. That was the hour and that was
the place where Napoleon stood upon the very pin
• nicle of his glory. He had arrived at the summit
of the-pyramid, and xis all eyes were riveted upon
him, awe-estivieken, he •rnatle one false step tind rol
led a mangled corptie, to the dust. At piesden
there was literally a Congress of Kings, all doing
homage to him who appeared to bold their crowns
in his hands, and who could enthrone them at plea
sure. The wife of Napoleon was then surrounded
with more splendor and homage, than any female
bad probably ever received before.. The pomp
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and the pride of the Continent revolved around her,
and before her youthful diadem the . oldest poten
tates bowed in reverence. Queens were her maids
of honor, and amid the brilliant throng of princes
and of courtiers, she beamed forth the cynosure of
all eyes. The luster which encircled her husband
enveloped her in its blaze of glory. It was, how
ever, but the intense glare of the meteor, the pre
cursor of the blackness and darkness which follows
its explosion.
Napoleon appointed Maria Regent of France dar
ing his absence. She returned from Dresden quiet
ly to Paris, while the Emperor proceeded, with his
glittering band of five hundred thousand warriors,
in the campaign where, he lost his army and his
crown. At the termination of that most disastrous
enterprise Napoleon, leaving. his frozen hosts be
neath the drills of a Russian winter, fled as on the
wings of a storm itself, day and night, over the
bleak wilds of Poland and of Germany, till, in ad
vance of all hie couriers, he arrived at Paris at mid
night. Unattended anti unexpected asihe was, it
was with no little difficulty- that he could get the
gates of his own palace open for his admission.—
Maria, having heard rumors of the destruction of
the army, had just retired to rest in the deepest de
jection, when the voices of two men wee heard in
the nntehamber, and a cry of astonishment 'from
one of the maids of honor announced that some
thing extraordinary had occured. The Empress in
terror leaped from her bed, when the door was burst
open, and she was seized and enfolded in the em
brace of a man enveloped in his wintry riding drops.
It was Napoleon. Their interview was tender and
affecting. He was returned to his capital a fugi
tive. His army was literally annihilated. And all
the powers of combined Europe were preparing to
pour down. upon France in resistl es s numbers.—
Despair alone could nerve one energy to attempt
to meet such a crisis.
Never did mortal man before rouse himself to
such herculean ellOrts as Napoleon made in these
days of disaster. With electric energy he convuls
etl every fibre of France. Not a day, not an hour,
not a moment was lost. The long wars which had
desolated Europe, had drained France of - its vigor
ous youth. Iltindr&is of thousands of her chosen
young men were now lying, frozen into blocks of
ice, upon the stormswept plains of Scandinavia,.
and the tempest of winter were piling over them
their winding-sheets of snow. None were left bet
boys arid old men, to meet the swelling flood of in
vasion. Napoleon gathers around him a little band,
many of them beardless youths of seventeen, and
with a saddened yet determined spirit advances to
stem the inundation which, like ocean billows, is
rolling in upon the frontiers of France. Before set
ting out from Paris on his desperate enterprise, he
took a very solemn arid affecting leave of Maria
and his son. It was Sabbath evening. Napoleon
assembled in the apartments of the Tuileries all
the principal officers of the National Guard. A re.
ligious ceremony was connected with the interview,
to render it additionally imposing. As the Em
peror took the beautiful child, then three years of
age. in 'his arms, and passing through the ranks of
the officers, with a most touching address present
ed him to them as their future sovereign, cries of
enthusiasm filled the apartment, and those gray
headed veterans wept with emotion. The hell on
the towers of Notre Dame was tolling three o'clock
in the morning, when Napoleon rode through the
dark and deserted streets of Paris, to join the army.
He never saw Maria or his son again.
A sublimer scene has rarely been witnessed,
than the almost superhuman struwles of Napoleon
against the fearful odds which came rushing upon
him. Wherever he meets his foes, he buds hiv
little band upon them and scatters them -
before the tempest. And still the cor•.er
draw nearer and nearer to his capital.
when victory is perched upon the barn
Emperor, and, with his beardless boys, he is tram
pling in the -dust the shaggy barbariani of Hungary
and Tartary, in other parts of the interminable line
the countless hosts are advancirA. They roll. on
and roll on, from the north mat the east and the
south, like the locusts of Syria. Often as Napoleon
rode over the gory field, and Saw the slender and
fragile forms with which the ground was strewn,
inured as he - -^enes ofcamage. and contend
ing as he was none and his liberty, he for.
got himself am But it was all in vain. Eu
rope had riser against a single man. The
aUi soon their batteries were
height which surround Paris, and
to fall upon the roofs of the belea-
the first drops of a tempest. Na-
polerm was absent, breasting the invaders in one
par( of the vast segment by which they were op
/prowling. All hearts in the metropolis were fro
zen with terror; and to avoid the horrors of a born
bardritent the capital of Francecapitulated, and Na
poleon Was ruined.
It was indeed a gloomy hour ; when Maria Louisa
with her son descended from the apartments of the
Tuilleries to escape from Paris. In the distari#e
could be heard the thunders of the approaching
battle, and the young Napoleon clung screaming to
the tapestry, refusing to be torn fromthe palace of
his father. Pale and dejected, the unhappy Em
press entered her carriage, while a Parisian crowd
gazed upon the scene in melancholy silence. It
was the burial hour of the Napoleon dynasty. The
funeral procession in a long train of carriages pas
sed slowly away, and Maria, deserting her husband
in the hour of his greatest need, threwherself upon
the protection of the allies. If she had' possessed
one emotion of real greatness, then was the hour to
have shown it, and, to have extorted the admiration
of mankind. Had Paris held out three hours lon
ger, Napoleon would have thrown himself behind
its defences, and at least would have compelled
his foes to come to reasonable terms. He felt most
keenly the want of character manifested by his
wife on this occasion.
Once only, in the most confidential intemourse,
did be allow himself to utter any expression of these
feelings. " Who can calculate the effect," besaid,
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" which would have been prodtt 4 ettd Dy YDDIH
fiII consort running through the ranks of the army
and the National Guard, holding her young son in
her arms, presenting him to all, and placing her
self and him under the Protection of their courage
and their bayonets. Whenever I think of it, the
anguish abridges my vile an hour."
Had Maria possessed the heroic soul of Joan of
Are, or of Charlotte Corday, she would nave enno
bled herself and her sex in this crisis, which seem
ed
to invite her to achievements of magnanimity.
She would have roused the enthusiasm of the na.
tion, and rushing to the rescue of Napoleon, would
have thrown entire France upon the invaders. But
Maria was no heroine. Had Maria been capable
of cherishing those deep and sacred emotions of
woman's love, which glowed in the truly imperial
soul of Josephine, and which have made her the
idol of all true hearts, she would have clung to Na
poleon with deathless fervor in these days of ad
versity, and would have won the admiration of the
world. Maria, following her husband to Elba,
sharing his:perils at Waterloo,-and seatedby his side
on the storm-washed rocks of St. Helena, would
have occupied, in the eyes of all nations, a more
- exalted throne than her illustrious ancestors of home
ever embellished. And in her own living, glow
ing, throbbing heart, she would have found a luxu
ry of emotion for which one might well spurn all
the baubles of pomp, pride and power. But Maria
was "of the eaoh, earthy." In the poverty of her
ignoble spirit, she preferred to daily with her own
chambedain on voluptuous sofas, in the luxurious
apartments of a ducal palace, and to leave her
husband to languish a , fid die alone. Peale be with
you, Maria.
It was perhaps less the fault than the misfortune
of Maria. that her soui ,teas incommensurate with
the grandeur of her cironmstances. She was-by
nature mealy a mild, amiable woman, and utterly
incapable of heroic action or romantic love. There
is no power upon earth by which the mind man
is so perfectly 'entranced, as by the spirit or a truly
noblewoman. One is constrained to Ixesr) almost
with adoration, before the alliance of female love
liness with the lofty attributes of the soul. The
union is rare, but when encountered, the entrant...
ed spirit does it willing homage. There are spirits
dwelling in these mortal frames, which seem al
most radiant with the %sue of heaven. But they"
are seldom cradled under the canopy of a throne.
It is true'that the situation of Maria. during this
conflict, was peculiar, and for a feeble mind ex
tremely emlßrrassing. The armies of Austria and
France were arrayed against each other. Her in.
tiler and her husband had crossed swords wit i the
most unrelenting hostility. The affecti9Us arc
plants which do not t h rive in the atmo*here of
courts. Napoleon could immolate Jose,phine upon
the altar of his political ambition. AM"' the Empe
ror of Austria had no hesitation in sacrificing the
grandeur of his daughter to prornote the grandeur
of his throne. In the downfall / 6i France, the spoil
ers would share the booty. And Francis was very
willing to wrest territory and power from his own
child, that he might anuex them to his own domin
ions. It is not, perhar, strange tbat:a daughter of
the Ciesars should inherit this passion of the Ciesars.
As Maria saw the/empire of Napolecin falling into
fragments, she / f6rgot both her husband and her son,
in her ea,gemess to save what she could from the
wreck for / herself.
Haw different, on the contrary, was the conduct
of Joselahine. She was the child of an obscure
planer of blartinque. But her spirit was of celes
tial/mould. In the day of Napoleon)! min, she
'lMgot herself and her heart-rending wrongs, and
was eager to abandon all the luxuries with which
she was surrounded, and to follow the fortunes of
her former husband into poverty, obscurity and ex
ile. How infinitely superior are opulence and no
bility of soul, to the accidents of birth: Exalted
lineage does but render more conspicuously de
grading, lowness, vulgarity and dishonor.
In the treaty between Napoleon and the allied
powers, by which Napoleon renounced for him
self and his heirs the throne of France, it was stipu
lated that Maria Louisa and his sou should be per
mitted to accompany him to Elba. As the day for
his departure drew nigh, and Maria still remained
with her father and the allies, Napoleon, supposing
that she was forcibly detained, refused to move, al
leging that the allied powers had violated theircorn
pact, and threatening to appeal to the army to re
new the war. TheAustrianCommisaioner solemn
ly assured him that Diana remained behind of het
own free will This most cruel desertion was felt
by the Emperor *cry keenly. He, however, was
never heard to speak One unkind; word of Megia.
A few sentences only, which escaped his lips at
St. Helena, showed how deeply his soul was wound
ed. But a few days before the civilized world seemed .
to revolve around him in homage. Now he was
deserted nearly by all—even by his own wife and
child. His old Guard who had surrounded him
with their sanguinary conflicts, alone remained
faithful.
As the Emperor, shorn of his power, descended
the great stairs of the palace of Fontainbleari, to
depart alone and friendless from the scene of all
his past glory, to the obscurity of Elba, his loyal
Guard were drawn up before the carriages to the
master whom they had loved and served with so
much fidelity. Napoleon advanced into their
midst, perfectly overcome with emotion. Those
scared veterans of a hundred battles, gaze upon
their beloved chieftain with loud sobs and impas
sioned weeping. With a few tremulous words
of tenderneSs be addressed them. Then, with
faltering accents and a swimming eye, he exclaim
ed. "Adieu, my children. I would that I could
press you aft to my bean. I will at least embrace
your eagle." Seizing their standard, be pressed it
fervently. to his bosom, and kissed the eagle.—
" Adieu once again, my old companions," he said,
" may this last embrace penetrate . yoSur hearts."
Again with impassioned tendemeed ha enPrlded
the standard, his eyes filled with tears" sprang into
his carriage and drove rapidly away. As the rat.
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thug of the carriage wheels in the distance died
upon the ear, the air resounded with the weepitt.:
and lamentations of these stem warriors. Joseph.
ine said that. Napoleon was the most fascinating of
men. He certainly maw have had a warm heart
of his own, or he never could hate become so per
fectly the master of the affectipns of others.
As Napoleon, deserted by his wife and' child,
took his solitary way to Elba, open overwhelmed
with the profoundest grief, and again rousing his
energies to smile at the caprice of fortune, Maria
with the young king of Rothe, entered her carriage
to return to the palaces of. her father. She vas
silent and dejected. In an hour, as it were, she
had been plunged from the very pinnacle of earth
tidy splendor into dependence, obscurity, friend
lessness and uncertainty. She- was extremely so
licitous in reference , o her future lot. By abandon
ing the ruined fortunes of her husband, site hoped
to secure for hensel fa tastier inheritance than had been'
allowed him. Alone and ungreeted, she retraced i
the route by which, four years before, she had been t
conduted a bride and a queen, surrounded by more
than imperial splendor, and' by the acclamations of
thirty mallets of voices. The few remarks, how
ever, which she made made, showed that her 1
thoughts were intent upon her own lost grandeur,
and that she had almost forgotten her husband and
her child. She was a daughter of the "Cassius, and
longed for Ciesars share of the loaves and fishes.
Having arrived in Austria, she took up her resi
dence for a time at the chauteau "of Shoebum, a
few miles from Vienna, a magnificent Measure
palace, belonging to the Austrian kings.. Here the
allied sovereigns were assembled reveling itt wine
and wassail. In the midst of their imperial carous
ings, with songs, and dances, and the most volup
tuous licentiousness, they were quarreling about the
division of their booty. The Emperors of Austria
and Russia, the Kings of Prussia, Denmark, Bava
ria and Wine:ill:purr; ; Sovereign Dukes and Grand
Dukes without numberva4 a countless throng of
ambassadors from Fm, gland, *ranee, Spain, Portu
gal, Italy, and all the ( muntries and provinces of Ets.
rope, hail there gathered in the scramble for the
spoil of Napoleon. Jewelled courtesaus thronged
the masqueriale balls of theseroyal revelers, and
mingled with the gorgeous throng upon the Prater,
in gilded / Chariots and glittering with diamonds.
Queens/ut masquerade condescended to flirtation
with / the motley yet resplendent crowd, mid all
hearts were surrendered tit the d minion of rolup.
thous and forbidden pleasure. It ould have been
manifestly too indecerous,for Mari openly to have
participated in these rejoicings ov r the, wreck of
her ottn and her husband's fortunes. But ascend
ing to an attic window, she solaced herself ingri
zing down upon festivities in whichshe coulirnot
participate. The veil of oblivion waS drawn over
her imperial husband, and even over her own sor
rows, as like a true daughter of Eve she watched
from her peephole the flirtations of kings and am
bassadors, of queens and. princesses.
Here glide Metternich and Castlereagh, as guy
masqueraders, more deeply absorbed for the mo
ment in contemptible coquetry and faithless amours,
than in the political questions for the decision of
which armies were gathering and empires frown.
ing. This gaudy gallant, surrendering himself to
the fascinations of an unknown fair one, is the King
of Prussia. That flowing pelisse and picturesque
Hungarian costume envelop the person of the Em
peror of Austria, who is
_dancing to the tune, so
edifying to his "daughter, the Downfall of Paris,
Maximillian, King of Bavaria, singes in these
orgies in the same brilliant costume in which Ma
ne had often seen him at the levees of tiapoleon, ;
doing homage to that imperial 'spirit whom
,these,
banded monarchs now affect to despise. This col
loesal figure is easily recognized as the kin of
Wirtemburg. The magnificent domino, resplend
ent with gold, which is gathered so gracefully around
him, eannotailisguise his gigantic frame. And the
nimble gnseue, with whom he is flirting, is that
yew Duchess of Oldenburg, whose female jeal
ousy- was aroused by Napoleon's rejection of her
proffered hand, and by his marriage with an Au
strian princess. " A Riutsian princess," she haugh
tily says in her mortihcation and. chagrin, " is not
to be won like a peasant girl, simply by the ask
ing." Un fortunately. for her consistency, she was
offered to Napoleon and , ;rejected b him. Talley
rand steal th ily glides through thos : festive halls, a
wily spy, listening to a eons-ennui , detecting the.
masquers, and reporting each nig to the Bourbons
all amours and intrigues but Lis : Upon this
scene, fr om her " loophole of ret ' t," Maria ga
zes with wistful eyes. Foul yea , . before, in that
same hall, she had appeared in 'dal robes, the
I n.
central object of attraction, the de ned spouse of
Napoleon, to ascend • a more ex ' ed throne than
her imperial ancestors ever occu ied. Now she
was forgotten.
As Napoleon, from his Lilliputian realm of Elba,
contemplated the carousals of his banded foes, his
lip curled with contempt. His mind, so untiring
in its energies for the promotion of National gran
. deur ; so absorbed in devotion to enterprises which
should leave a lasting, impreis upon the world,
could not but regard with scorn the regal fops who
were dancing away their days at Vienna: Alexan
der of 'Russia had the, most elevation of character
of them all. He admired the intellectual suprema
cy of Napoleon, and half-regretted tluit he had join
ed the alliance to dethione the most energetic mon
arch who had ever swayed a sceptre. lathe Con
gress, his influence was ever exerted to moderate
the measures adopted; in reference to the faller.
Emperor. He openly declared—" the Bourbons
are now once more upon the throne. Lei them
keep there. If they fall again, I shall not lift theta
up." Maria was in the midst of this " mob of
kings," eagerly watching her interests and urging
her claims.
EcaNcaxteo 151:XT RUM.)
Dr. llama says, A that if Persons are always
.supposing thin they are liable to a certain distemper
the nerves *ll so act on the part that it is•very lad
ely to contehspom theft's"
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Mlcellan
Tue Sainte. tis you enter
your school " Morn; glaned Mend and see the task
before you. 'See those minds, so young and ten
der, that ititeresilont are easily made, waiting for
you to leave au impress there, that time thay nei
er, never obliterate. Your lefleence over thettt
will be street, lerit be directed for their best mom',
intellectual and physical good. It is no light task,
no petty responsibility with tthitth yen are entrusted.
The village school in New England is thi Ord" -
place .of instruction to which the majority of our
youth have access ; thy. go from this toefitl the of.
fices occupied by their fath e rs. And it is a gees
lion every:conscientious teacher should put to him
self; whether oUr district seheols are what they
should be. I know they are New Englaud's boast :
New Engtand's pride; they must be her bulwark
and her sure defence.; .they must be the fountain
whence flow the streams of intelligenc6 to enlighferi
the people.. Teacher, tb you is •titrustetl that high
and noble task ; then think not of it as a matter
merely for pecuniarrreward, bet when all the pet
ty perplexities, end endless cares of the school room
throng around you, be encoinagtel by the thought
that the faithful teacher has reward in the sdent but
impressive language of conscience.
Let your school rdom ever be illuminated will,
your smiles, end apparent satisfaction. It should
be a - pleasant place, and the scholar should feel each
Jay that his teacher is taking a deep interest in,his
improvemeot, anti even in his Pastiittc, not from any
labored remarks to ere film the information, but
from the manner, the tone, from the very presence
of life, and harmony, pervading the room.
It should be the aim of everYtt:dcher to have his
school as pleasant as possible, a delightful resbrt,
rather than a place to perform a dull routine of du
ties. In noway, I think, are kinder, happier feel
ings brought out than by singing iii Music
has a soothing influence over our inures, as well
as a refining power. If, through the day, aught has
occurred to disturb the usual trationility, harmony
is restored, and better feelings excited, by uniting
in a simple sot g.
TO many, what I Itae said may appear as idle
fancy, but I believe there is a Prittait eltarth Irt
Memory is now busy at work, it points me to the
little time-worn school house IX mf native village;
tiro button-woods afford prifteeting shade in sum-
Me i,' on the scanty cOrenimi, yoling trees flourish,
lately transplanted from their forest Home ; all, all
are dear, every stone in an old friend, but eUuld I
enter, and mingle with those I last met there, listen
to the good-night hymn sung bt the same voices
once more! 0 could I Huger there, '"
And be a
child again."—Practical Educator.
• txr WOMAN.—The influence of woman
as surely follows her presence as shade is insepara !
ble from sunshine. And that silent power has this
peculiarity, that it is ever opemting for good. In our
public assemblies, ih our convivial meetings, when
the.heart and tongue are apt in unbridled license fo
betray the more violent Contentions or sensual emo.
tionS of unrestrained nature, let woman bat appear
or condescend to grace our festivities unobtrusively
by her presence, and instantly is soothed every an
gry expression—the angel of purity chases aw s ay
even a ribald thought from many bosoms : then it is
that the lords of the creation eitiinate themselves
most truly ; and when, by gallantry that is most de.
licate,and assiduities that mingle gttn eine politeness
with unaffected good breeding,they can emulate each
each other in the demonstrations of all that is pure
in feelirgs, taleuttain intellect, rational in apprehen
sions, manly in disposition, knowing fall well that
there are eyes that will mark and gentle heattstbat
win reward them by their affection and their pre.
ference.
Tam DANCE:IL or Tsrpixti—A physician having
informed -a dropsical patient thai tapping was indis
pensable, and that he would perftirm the operation
on a certain day, the sick man's son, a boy about
nine years old, exclaimed '• Oh,' father, father, do
not I.it them tap you!" " Why, my
. dear it will do
me good, and 1 shall live long in health to make
you happy," said the afflicted parent. "No, fath
er, no, you will not," rejoined the child, ' foir there
never ,was anything hipped in our house that lasted
l onger than a week.".
Arcr.c-rixc Svitratiii-;-:—N very affecting instance
of
sympathy Was exhibited,. hot very long ago, by
young lady; twin-boni; who was. suddenly seized
with an, unaccountable horror, followed by a straiiga
eonruhricin; which the doctor, , who 'was hastily cal=
lei in , said exactly resembled the strngtles and
suffering of a person drowning. In process of time
the news attired that tier twin brother, then Amid,
had been drowned precisely at that period.
Vittte passions do not profoundly disturb the
soul; they are like the breezes which ripple the
face of the waters. Great passions, stormy tem
pests, d i gitate ihd set "even to its depths; oft wreck
the vessel and 'the mariner; sometimes carrying
them afar off into fleshly discovered regions.
As Inn-keepr Diverted thelion with only
one spur, and inquired the reason.. ll Why, what
would be the use of another!" said the postillion;_
if one side of the horse goes, the other cannot stand
min." •
. Tun butterfly is at once the symbol of inconstan
cy and of immortality. This is not contiadiitory :
man is incons•nat becadse he seeks be seeks be ., ;
cause he is immortal.
Some one enquires whether a bedstead is abed.
stead is a bedstead when it is a little buggy ? A
Yankee answers 'this question bj asking
t o w it:—Whether a woman is a woman alien
she is a linle sulky.
As a looking -ewe, if is a true one, faithfully re.
resents the face of hint that looks init, so a wife
ought to fashion- herself to the adagio' n of her hos•
dead, not to-be cheerful when he ia seas nor sad
when he is cheerful.
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