Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-06-09
From BeutIey's Miscellany.
THE TWO FUNERALS OF NAPO-
LEON.
By ROBERT POSTANS,
CONTINUED.

By ROBERT PosTANs.
CONTINUED
Bn. where Is he, the champion and the child
OF all that's great or little, wise or wild
hose game was empires, and whose stakes
were thrones,
Whose table earth-whose dice were hum an
bones
Behold the grand result in yon lone isle,
And, thy nature urges, weep or smile.
BYRON.
After the laps" of six .and-twenty wears
and now, when the passions OF that Nigh
" conflict which filled Furope in the
r2rly part OF the century are extinct, 1t
would be difficult to make the present
generation comprehend the profound =
motions which this news had upon thnsr
who. like ourselves happened to be at ST..
Helena at this rventfui period. Conse-
quentiy, on the second day after \ apolt =
on's death, nearly every individual on the
Island, as well as those in different YES
seiS at anchor IN the roads repaired to
Longwood, the place where he died.
vi course the house was thronged with
people. but as the greatest order prevailed,
| was soon In the room with all that was
.
times. Suddenly coming out of the /. Iare
al tropical sun into ii partially darkened
room, few moments elapsed befo the
objects were properly defined. Gradu-
ally, as the contents of the apartment
tumbied INTO shape, the person of Napo-
leon, dressed in plain green unltrrm,
grew out OF the comparative gloom, ana
npta me- he lpadSrar Of attraction,
lie was lying on small brass tent bed
stead, which had been with him in most
OF his campaigns. | found II impossible
/ 10 withdraw my eyes for an instant from
las countendnce: II C tuSs ed In me Il sen
satIoa difficult To define, but The impress
sion can never be forgotten. There was
Il cruclhx on his breast, and by his side
ghttered u large diamond star, the nrli-
nancy of which strangely contrasred with
the pailid face OF the dead. The skin was
Ut Il most Intense whItentSs, and looked
like wax.
w nat struck me as mnst strange was
the ns:an app -arance o the surrounding
/ furniture, aud at the : getting up u The
ceremony. Few penple In England. or
/
lated state ot The apartment. 1t was 1T.
4 cfAlly swarmlng with rats and other yer
AHA. There appeared, however, 10 be no
want OF respect Ia the memory of the
dead hrroewhatcver might have been hI,
treatment when living. But the kuowl-
c"9c OF this tardy Justice dld not prevent
Il comparison b, tween his ia len state In
RAT a
i'hcence and power with which lmmagI-
hdtIon Invt sted hun when living Ana
although II may be idle TO compare the
deeds Of a great man with the appearance
81 The man himself, yet IL is hat mosl
III as are prone 10 do; and on this coca
SION II was impossible 10 avoid falling ~
- The practice, tor possibly the results OF
a comparison could not BE- more striking.
Napoi on at AustcrIz or Jena, with con-
In alta Europe AT his feet, and Napu-
ton y ing dead IN that miserable, power
H-sirlckcn foom, presents To the dullest
I.ntnaginatiou Il theme PREGNANT with e
motion. Ii was indeed difficult 10 un-
.Ierstand how, even by the pruverblai IN
stability OF fortune, that Insen,ible form
'ling Ia us uttcr help e,sneSS, could ever
nave beeh the
Man OF a thousand thrones
Who srrew a our earth ~ it'll hostile bones y
1 >o!emn'y and strrnly the reahty forced
,tsclf upon all. and felt that | was read
+ ung Il journal of true romance, 50 absor
bang, 80 wretched, that IT was To con.
tine my studies TO Lian, II would be un-
( Ia n
grow perfect IN knowledge or I, Election.
The time allowed tor visitors tursmIin
IN the chamber was very limited, and
condensed observation INTO ii passing
glimpse. TnIs could not have been 9th
erWlsc, as every individual on the Island
Mas ANXIOUS 10 obtain even mumentar,
view OF one who had attracted 50 lar.e il
p. rtIun OF the attention OF the world -
And not the I.a>I singular spectacle seen
"a that Jay, vas the motley group wnIcn
Nap icons tame nId drawn around nI~
funeral couch. For although St. Helena
the map may AT first ap, 'ear to bc Il -
q ided spot, Yet IN reality II i not 80. \
glance or two Is sufficient 10 assure Us
mat II Is placed IN the centre of the greaI
hls hway of the world, where the neces-
5 ties OF commerce, aud the wants and
.,aZ irds lnSeparabie from a seaiaring life.
are the r,anS OF bringing together tia.
antipodes ri the human race. And It tn
dense masses OF people which thronged L.
uI> second funeral Hi a more recent pc
mod, Ia ms own dear France. were wan
lag, their deficiency Ia numbers was IN
SOM sort compensated By the variety, OF
inen; OF II there Was not a multitude.
the'e was, Al least. medley OF curious
gazers.
Foremost in intelligence were the French
dud English; but apart from these stoo