The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-01-06
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r. A darker sluy never envelopod ia its gloom
the Austrian monarchy thnu when the he
lcagucring hosts Of NuruIcuu oncompAssed
Vienna, aud from their cncirclng' batteries
were slloworpg hhois aud shells upon the
doomed city. The armies Of Austria, IN 70.
pcnled cnullicts, Ind been mUNu down aud
scattered 10y the rcssIicss r1uquefor. As the
eagle Of Napoleon giiitcrod upon the hills
WHICH overlooked The city, the royal family
with the "hoi hnsie" which. terror inspires,
had lied far of into the wiTds OF Hungary. II
IL mid .nighi The sky il tirenked with the
fiery pr6lecllcs, wnlri,, Ike meleors 81 death,
nrr descending into tho tlironged aud dis
nlnNGd InGlrs. .eI.-y-++r-r-s uru turHtng fOfiTi
in every part Of the city. All hearts nro froz-
on with terror There il no place or refuge.
ked hot balls crush ;hcir way through dwel-
iiIgs OF hrick aud Stone. Shells eAplode la
the crndIe OF the lnianf, and upheaving The
most mnssy dwellings, bury their Inangled
inmates beneath the ruins. The clnmor Of
Two hundred thousand combatants ill the
midnight mir uud mngle with the ihundcrs
Of one otihe most awful boinbnrdncuts earth
las e,-cr WITNESSED.
la Que ofihe chambers Of tho royal palace
there lies u maiden, sixteen Hunrs of age, the
daughter Of king, Her father and her moth
or ~ The CONSERVATION of their flight, were
compelled 10 leave bciliud tiicni their srk
child Her CHEEKS urc flushed win fever,
aud again paied with terror at the ulroar of
the nssuur The glare of hursiiug shells aud
the nnmes Of the spreading counngra lion,
porlentously glenn through tho windows
upon the eye of the sufferer. She III vain
lures her hehd hcncpih tlIU bed clothes to-
shut DOT the llnrrid cries "l the assaianis and
the slrIrks oi the wounded.
IN the nidsJ at this mos; dreadful scene the
gates or Tie city nro suddenly thrown open
and small pnty emerged, md with flag
of truce pass through the embnitling hosts till
they. nlnroach the presence of Napoleon.
They iuiormed him Of tho sII1otlon aud iho.
pcribp tina princess. lilo Instantly ordered
every gun "a he changed ,whcli might ontGns
ger tIrr person. The flag Of tTuru uEUifr re-
tires wilbin the walls md the awful lombard
Incnt continues. For tel long hours this ter
rife storm of irun dgsoends upon the city I'LL
three thousand shells knve filed the city with
ruin aud with blood. But Maria Louisa RE-
mains upon her bed unframed, though OH
or parls Other fathers palnce were blown
fcoH. Iheir inunaaiiunS- Little aid she iinagi
in,, ,,-,Fie consideration of TINT dreadful
uiehl that il was her future husband who
WIS thus raining down destruction upon her
iaIi,o1's capital. Aud lililc did the rleplan
conqucror Imagine ms he compossionaIoly
changed the dirrr,rn Of his guns, that this
nni,lrn WINS to I've the Queen of France, and
TINT by this hombartltneni lie ~hs winning
and wooing FOR his bride, daughter ofthc
CWsars.
= 4 daughter ufthu CrsurEi Whit n rryy
terious influence there is IN ancestral roIlowu
cVou the creator of his crown,
the fhbrcntor OF his glory, was dnzZled
A Ia.... Il
sreu,lnnI Of ono of tho proudezt mounrcIis at
Rome. The blood which circulated through
her wins had passed TO her from the Caesars,
tlln heroic heart of Maria There
sn. She had been Graded and nurtured n
mid scenes ofmcral subIjnrity and regnl mag
nificeuce, which ono would think would give
nm impress Of grandeur even 10 the incnhcsi
soul Surely, then, her spirit must he npl-
mated with all that is lofty mud enebiing III
human character. Alas, IL wns not So! she
was nothing moro thnn midi Wninbe,pret-
~ girr. utterly incapable of cherisliinE nn /
,loa 'uf mngnnninIiiy or OF herolsnl' she was
endowed by nature only with those qualities
which were mos, commonplace ana edrlhN,
md was entirely unqualified 10 net noble
pnrt In the lofty drama ihrougirwhieh siIe
was destined 10 move.
Napoleon, despnriuG of otirl'fing from Jo-
s,,,,it,t and consumed with tie most intense
,irairu TO have an heir ,rhn shnitld inherit his
glory aud perpclun,c Ills name, rcsolyed TO
sever the ties which bound him 10 Josephine,
thu wife ofhis youth, and.to ohtoiu more
you,hfui bride FROM tho subservicnt monarch
lists around him. lie hoped thus to secure
an heir in whose person should he allied all
thnt was glorious in his own achievements
mud nil tini is iiiuE,rious 10 exalted descent.
Tho rcpti5iinI1TI at Josoi,hittei -t-o"g a. Hrra
INC poIitirnl motives which led Ia II, Is the
darkest s,niu upon tho. character ofNapoleon.
Aud like all wrlng doing, however, seeming.
Iy Tlrosperous for time, 1t prnino,cd hnnl
disaster and woe. A pique originating ~
this marriage, aliuuuted Alexander OF Russia
from the French Emperor, and hohc1 the
campaign of Alnscow, and The imprisonment
of Napuebn---E,rery court OF Europe was
emulo,s of ,i.e honof OF such AN ALLIANCE
The BourIons in their exile, would gladly
furnish princess Of tho royal blood ny n|
bride for the mighty conqnoror. The Rus.
sim court pruflers amy ofits high horn mn'h,
ems to tho innstor spirit, nj whose trowh n''
Europe trcmbles. And the Austrian mon
arrhy, the prnudrkt ofnll earthly dynastios,
oasefly scrksnlhnncQ with the soldier OF Tor
time, WHO inns twirr rutorcd ''= eaP'IaI ~ "a
umph aud rrppsed, with his piebinn naarshnlS,