Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-08-14
From Chambers' Journal.
THE PooR RE- xTiONs or KINGS. I


Ono morning during the lac, severe winter in
Paris.a bier, on which was laid / wreteNed COZ.
h". emerged fusn one Of the pCorer, streets Of
the fsubourg St. Barcesu, followed BY Two 40.
sistahts, and female, whose sole protrcticA q.
psinst tho heavy snow sha, iell was q wolcn
shawl. partially roncealing feature. once beau.
tiful. though now chsnged BY suffering and pt.
vaiion, yet still bean'ing with resignation. q
The young msn whose remains we're TINS
borne 10 the common symc,ry was one whose
forefa'hers slept in the vaults Of St. Denis and
who, by birth, was entitled to wear the arms Of
The Borrbon family, In speaking Of Henry II.
or any other Of The kings Of France, there was
no fiction in this unfortunate being, while living,
calling them my anccssors.' According 10 the
etiquette Of courts. be had rieh, TO be called
by the king. my cousin ! and equslly IN, By
right Of coneaneuini,y, by the Bonrboos Of Spain
and the imperial house Of Austria.
Chsrles de v,Iois de St. Remy was, hSwever,
but poor journeymen book binder, employed
BY one Of the many o: that trade who struggle
for an existence in the neighborhood Of the Col.
lege Of France. Even with the assistance Of
his aunt, Marguerite de vslois. he scarcely ear.
ned enough to subsist on. Like many others
when placed in situations little in accordance
| with theft birth, Charles de Vslos had acquired
notions respecting the greatness Of his ances-
tors which omitted him fos steadily pursuing
his avocs,ions. Devoid Sf that energy which
is The baris Of oil self.sdvancement, be would
remain for hours pcnderipg on his ipnoble fate
'One pain lies oSen to me , he would some.
times eAclsimi L sh.h become \ soldier and
face The enemy Of F.nce!' In these reveries
he WAS no toheet me hSnbrs artisan. bu, in
Imagination one of The noble III his race, regal.
ming a, the territory NIB anSesioss has lost. 70
pot these dieams into execution. however, one
thing wss ~anting-ChatiesJ De v.IUis haa nbt
the hesr, or !. Bo,hwweli.
Henry II. Of whom he was iineai descend.
oht, had son. to whom ne beqnesthed large ter.
ritofies--the ritst considerable teiHE that Of
81. Remy: but his descendants gradually De.
creased in power and wealth, and at length they
sunk into sach obscurity that their cxistense
was almost doubted. A ray Of sunshine aoIild
at times glssm on some member Of their family.
bit, Is if fatality hung oVes their race, it was
succeeded by darker shadows.
During the reign Of Lonis XIV. the Marchio.
ness boulanvilliet.; wife oi the Prevot of Met.
chsn,s, one day passing between Rheims ard
Fchietie, remarked LITTLE gill by :he iSSsdsidt
trhalag eSw, sha plesssd With the pref
ty counienance and figure Of the child, called
her to the dobr OF The cartilage; and Offered hei !
piese ii money. The sotng jesnne de v.loi,
ipHraea the proheted coin with ihe p.ide .! !
Spanish hidaieo and erecting her little person
she reectn,sd to the ffaichioness her fttil ge
neoiogy--,!e tnit thing, beside her pa,ernos,er
she had ever learned. On being questioned
she gave sufficient pruoff Of the fii,h Of whs
she stated; snc her listener, estimating nothing
more ,hsb liish ti;th, though che heiself va
but the daughter Of revenue officer, made hi
little cowhera es. into the cartilage; which rol
led Of to Paris.
Aher having her educated bs the fire; raas
teis. her protectrsss ih,ioduced her to the "a
shionabls so,ld, and even at court, where sh
VAS looxe6 on as soi, Of curinsity. She wa
pensched by the king, and afterwards msrrie
the Coun, de Id siotia. The queen, Msre An
iohitiia. took her iaso favor, and employed he
near her person bu, she repaid the royal kind
neis 81 the deepest ingraiiii,de. BY forgin
her mojcs,y's signature; shs Procured large rum
df money /; and by the same means prevailed o
Cardinal sohan who was at the time III Iii
rtafa al court, and glad bf the cppSrtunity
regaining favor to purchase q ntcklsce, as
for the queen, worth nearly two millions
e.cncs, fcr me psytf6h, Of which the COUNTIES
alleged that net majesty would give note
her osn handwriting, 10 b. betrayed from d
private purse. The necklace was given in
the hands Of the countess. who Immediately cal
her husband to London with ii. Blu, the peril
Of payment being allowed to pass, the jewell
made bis complaint to the queen Cardinal R
han. and many others arrested on suspici0
: wefe thrown into the Bas,le cut were Ill
j. maselY released on the eupri, being discovsfe
D. The countess was publicly whipped. and bra
ID ded on the shoulders sentence Of impriso
is men, fef life wss recorded sgaiust her; bot
.. lei ten months confinement, che effected b
,s escape, and died in london in l7ol. ia
in Residing a, Troyes, in Champagne. was
st uncle Of Jeanne de valois, and looked On lei
. hesd OF her branch Of the family. Ina thofous
q. AYe Of that town might be heard from morni