The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1846-06-11

R6tu6t dS USUAL. SuuSSiOu vim ny 'S"'os
which, Notwithstanding every effort, over
flowed my eyes; | uttered not single word
during that sorrowful meal; and he broke
silence but once, TO ask an attendant about
the weather. My sunshine saw had passed
away, the storm burst quickly. Directly
after coffee, Bonaparte dismissed every one,
and remained alone with him. / watched
in the changing expression Of his counten-
ance, that struggle which was in his soul.
AT length his features settled into stern re-
solve. | saw that my hour was come.
"His whole frame trembled; he approach
ed, and | felt shuddering horror come over
me; he took my hand, placed it upon his
heart, gazed on me for moment, then pro-
nounced these fearful words" Josephine! !!
my excellent Josephine! thou knowest l
have loved thee! To thee, to thee alone,
do I owe the only moments of happiness l
have enjoyed in this world. Josephine, my
destiny overmasiers my will. My dearest
affections must be silent before the interests
Of France."--" Say no more," had still
strength sufficient to reply; 81 was prepared
for this, but the blow is not less mortal"
N4OIe COulu HOI utlCt' i>Cdlhot tSll Whot
passed within me. ! believe my screams
were loud. thought reason had fed. l
become unconscious of every thing, and on
returning TO my senses, found had been
carried to my chamber.
Almost Immediately after the divorce,
proposals were made to the Austrian Court
for Maria Louisa. The proposals were ca
gerly accepted. Soon the marriage festival
was celebrated in Vienna with great pomp,
the Archduke Charles standing proxy for the
imperial bridegroom. Napoleon was still in
Paris, having as yet never even seen his
bride. "She is not beautiful" said he, as
he carefully regarded her miniature, which
had been sent TO him, +" but she is daugh-
ter of the Cesars.' This remark shows how
much even Napoleon was dazzled by the
mysterious fascination of noble birth and
lofty lineage. Maria entered Paris, with
four queens holding her train, amid the
thunders of artillery, the clangor Of bells, and
the acclamations of countless thousands, and
surrounded with every demonstration OF
mapnifcence which riches and the pageantry
of war can confer.
mus, Uut lew yodiS uoioiC, uiu HAo'i"
Antoinette, the great aunt of Maria Louisa,
from the same palace in Vienna, ascend the
same throne Of France; and but few
months passed away, before she was pelted
by revolutionary mobs, as she was dragged
on cart to the guillotine. Maria Louisa
but eighteen years of age, all forgetfnl OF
the fate of her unhappy kinswoman, was
greatly elatad with the splenGor Of her bridal
But the discarded Josephine, in her secret
chambers, heard these sounds of universal
exultation filling the air, and wept scaldlng
tears of agony. But when the day OF calam
ity came, Maria Louisa proved herself des
,itute Of all real greatness. She allowed
Napoleon to go alone TO the rock of st
Helena; she appeared in public leaning upor
the arm of Wellington, the conqueror of he
husband; and ended her career ignobly b!
marrying colonel in the Austrian army
marriage which it is said was secretly con
summated, even before the death Of Napo
leon.
What is to be the future destiny Of the Aus
, trian monarcy, it is difficult TO determine
Temporal and spiritual despotisms are ther
united with their utmost energies, to eA
D clude liberty and light. But the spirit
freedom is spreading, and they who eppos
E its progress must eventually perish