The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-10-27

tho previous grades he was permitted by
hia grandfather 20 assume the rank md UNI
form Of Northumberland, his delight was
unboundod. For three days tho poor youth |
appeared az the head Of his regiment giving /
tha word Of commnndi on lle fourth hs was
laid aside with loss Of voice and hOarHeneHa, |
There whs ono quarter ni tho political hor- |
ilon, however, 10 which lhe son ofNapoleOn !
would olien wisllnlly loohi that france 10
which he helongedi which hiH dying hiher
had beqneHlhed him with such solemn Ia
functions that they should be true the one 10
the other, aud where, evan yet, there were
myradH OF veteran hearts that beat high az
tho name OF lionnpAu. Ills Austrian eduea-
ton had indeed isolated hlu from all inehpr
Of direct communication with his
country and had made him an
alien from 10; but certain chords there
were that no force could snap, aud That still
secretly bound him 10 France, ~ know no
one nj Paris h0 said 20 a French officer
who wns Oh Tho point of returning home NJ
ter visit 10 Vienna, "hut HAllHe Tor me the
/ column in the Place NeRd0mo.'
/ on tho other hand, if he was personally
/ forgotten az unknown Ia tho ciy HAT lee
thus knew only from tic map, there we're at
/ lehst principles aud men there That were rrn'
dy TO burst out Ia his behalf So, AZ MI g,
! vents, 10 appeared when the Revolution OF
young Napoleon been IN IN Paris, or nrHr u,
when that revolution occurred how dtiivt-
eut might have been the isstlei Absent m
lac was" says Louis Blanc, "l an old gener
al flho Emperor had pronounced his name
to the people, whom Lniitg aud Guizot were
chunerng for Ihe Due FOhoans, France
might have had u Napoleon H., instead of
Louis Philippe Some Iimld lionnpnrtst
attempts, it appears, were actually made
meeting ut tho lending politicians with the
name of the Duke of Rtichsladt on
hia lps,wns deXIcrously locked up ina room
Ill the business was over, Communications
wore even conveyed 10 the Duke himself
When the news of liie revolution reached
Vienna the young man could not conceal his
Hgiinhou; lac even requested, II IL snid, In the
nuuer ofIhe momeni, to loo allowed to so 10
tl,..- assistance of Charles y. But with the
news of tho Accession OF Louis Philippe, utir-
, or thoughts succeeded. One evening, as he
! was ascending staircase in the Imperial
! pnlncc,n young woiUHn, cuyolopod ia Scotch
plaid, rushed forward from landing place
where che seemed to have been waiting, and
= taking his hand. pressed u cngerly To her
Hips. Ills tutor who was with hun, asked
her business. "Mny not kiss" she said,
"thc baud Of my sOyereigu's SOM" aud im-
mchinlcy disappeared. For some time The
incident could not bo explained, bat at length
q no doubt remained that he fair stranger was
= his cousin, The Countess Cnmeraiu, ~ mar
ID ried daughter of his deceased aunt Bacchic.
CHI On aVisiI 10 Vienna, the Countess had
= constituted herself the medium Of communi-
q cation between the Bopnparlsls, aud her
young cousin, TO whom she even ycntured
y some months nllcr the revolution Of July, "a
address letter, encouraging him, even
. lhcn,to assume decided part, From, these
70 and all overtures of the sumc kind, the poor
youth seems To have shrunk wilrn kind Of
10 lutilll horror; and his excitement regarding
: the revolution Of 1880, soon subsidng into q
. cnlnier mood, lac began, we are told TO wrtr
. down in the form of an essay, series of very
: Austrian reflections on his own life, and the
relations la which hc stood to France.
= Only once did his agitation rclurn--on iho
Z occasion, namely, orthc political movement,
in his mothers state Of Parma. When the
. news of these movements reached Vienna
y lao was extremely anxious to he allowed t.
i go To Italy to his mothers assistance; but nci
u Incl on this occasion could hs wish be grant
, ed.
j From the. very first, indeed, il had been
p seen that the young Napoleon could not live
l. long. undOubtcd symptoms ofthe presence
s in his constitution, of the seeds Of that mnla
: !dY that had carried off his father, early pre-
i scented themselves; aud to these w0fO Httpr
y other symptoms, too clearly making him. on
J, us the prey of consumption. From being I
Il handsome, delicate boy, he had suddenly
:, shot up, before his eighteenth year, into I
u tall, feble and sickly though still handsome
u young nun, the c0nsTHUt curu of tire frrpert
al physicians. Toward the end of the yea
= 1881 be became rapidly worse, and wns o
q bliged To abstain from his military exercises
G and from all active eXeFliOu whatever. Dur
y ing The winter ofthat yenr aud the sprinj
" of 1892. he lived at Schonbrunn nlmos
Il wholly confined in his chamber. II hat
Il been rcs6ived to remuve him TO Naples
y should il he possible TO do so, in the autumn
! of 1892; but the disease made such progress
J. that before that time the fatal result had TAX
y en- place.
} For many weeks he Ind been in grea
&c pain, aud incapable of any change OF posi-
!, ton, save that of being wheeled TO window
|" balcony, overlooking the garden Of Schon
H. brunn Eyeu this was at last beyond hi
l. strenglhs aud stretched on his bed in gren
NJ sufleringhe waited HnXiously for his release
u MARIN Louisu arrived from Italy only in Tim
w. to seU him die. II was on the 22d of july
, lS32,aDd in the very room that had been uc
Us cupied by his father on his faRous visit l.
10 Schonhrunn, that he brenthed his last, Som
G. days after, there was funeral procession
n through the streets of Vienna, and tbo-bod
nc of Napoeon's son was committed TO the I'm
'e perinl vaults The people of Vienna siIOwe
n much feeling on the OCCASION"
is ANEcnorE or Mn WlNrHRoP.-Sir Charlie
&c Lyell. in his "Second Visit to the Unite
l. States" relates the following pleasing inc
y, dent in reference TO tiUn.-RobGrt G. Wit