Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-03-17

! an Italian count, Grand Chamberlain OF Per-
! ma. a son, the Count de Monti Nuevo, is
an officer in the Austrian army. A second
daughter died in infancy. Ten years ago
| Count Neipperg died, and Maria was again
| left a widow.
When, some four years ago, the remains
Of Napoleon We're brought from St. Helena,
to rePose upon the banks of the Seine, the
eyes of the civilized world were turned to the
sublime spectacle. The French nation arose
as one man, to do homage to the dust of their
mighty Emperor. The gray-headed suryi-
vors OF the Old Guard, who had proved faith
ful to Napoleon through all his reverses, came
lettering to meet their beloved chleftain, now
returning triumphant, though in death. The
king, the royal family, the nobility, the peo-
pie in city and in country all came-a mour-
ming nasion-to honor the rnemery OF Napo-
leon. 4 scene of surprising moral sublmity,
earth has seldom witnessed. As in solemn
pomp the remains of the Emperor were con
veycd through the streets of the capital where
he had SO often moved the most powerful of
monarchs, all the sons and daughters of
France bowed their heads in sorrow, as chill
dren weeping over fathers sculpture.
Maria, in her ducal palace, was at SO short
a distance from France that she could almost
hear the muf1ied drums, the tolling bells, the
| booming Of the cannon, and the solemn re-
QUEENS by which the ashes Of her husband
were SO mournfully welcomed to the land
over which he had SO gIoriously reigned--
Under the majestic dome of the HUaLides,
which his own energy had reared, the body
of Napoleon now slumbers awaiting the resur-
rection.
! But the widow Of Napoleon could take no
part in these impressive scenes. Maria dis
creetly decided to remain at home. And
when a nation wept at the burial of her i'm
perial husband, she sat listIess in her palace,
with unmoistened eye and unmoved heart.
Had Josephine been then living, every eye
would have turned to her. She would have
been the prominent mourner; and sorrowing
France would have bowed before her IN ven
GRAFTON. One can almost see the faithful
spirit Of Josephine rise from the grave to well
come her returning husband, and TO invite
him to slumber in death by her side.
A few years ago the young King of Rome,
who had received from the Austrian Court
the title of the Duke of Reichstadt, died at the
age Of eighteen He had been reared at vi
emma, forgotten by his mother. and carefully
guarded against all knowledge of the heroic
character and achievements ofhis imperial fa-
Their. As the name Of Bonaparte was still
word of terror to the thrones of Europe, his
untimely death was probably regarded with
satisfaction by all crowned heads 1t is net
improbable that the son of Napoleon was
borne to the tomb unaccompanied by single
moarner. His birth was hailed by the accIa-
nations Of thirty millions, and received the
congratulations of every court tn Europe
His death was unnoticed and unlamented.
On the 18th of December, I847, came the closing
scene in the lite Of Maria. She had passed through
ftty-seyen years. Al the silent houc of midnight
With peaceful attendants around her pillow, she
breathed her last, and departed to that tribunal
where we all in turn must appear. The world had
long forgotten her. She had either enemies nor
friends. Her death caused none to moura and none
but those who inn, rited her estates. rejoice
Requiescat pace
=" So live, that sinking in thy las; long sleep
Smiles may be thine, while all around thee weep"