The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-14


night from the Church OF the Assumption
upon hearse resembling an ammunition
wagon. We arrived at Valepcay on
The third day after our departure from Paris;
and il was about ten o'clock at night that
the wora and dustcovered hearse was de.
scried vending its way up the long chestnut
avenue leading to the chateau. Every hon.
or which had been paid to the lord of the
mansion during his life was now rendered
with scrupulous exactness 10 his lifele''s
form.
The wide gstes were thrown open to adj
init the sombre vehicle, which entered the
court as the stsieIy carriage Of other days.
The whole Of the family, the heir OF the do
main, the duke de Valencay, in advance OF
the rest, were assembled on the person.
The princes nephew himself took his seat
in front OF the hearse, to conduct it into the
town; the array of servants, and huntsmeI,
and foresters, all following on foot, and
bearing torches, to the church wherein the
body was deposited, previous 10 the fnal
ceremony,
Early the next morning all was astir in
the burgh. Not a window but was crow.
ded with spectators, and the footway was
choked with peasants from the neighboring
country, all dressed in their gayest attire
The National Guard of the town was afoo
from The earliest hour in the morning; ant
altogether so animated was the aspect o
the place, stranger would have presumed
it were feast day, and not funeral. Tn,
corpse Of the Duke had been brought with
out parade from St. German, attended on
| ly by his physician. His coffin had nom
Of the usual trappings affixed to it, but tn
difference was soon hidden from invidiou
comparison; one pail covered the plaiI
planks and the rich velvet. A long stream
OF melody arose to heaven, one prayer 70
the repose Of the brothers; alike for hin
who died 10 wealth and honor, whose intel
lect, powerful TO the last, had exerted vas
sway over mems minds for more than hal
century, and for him who had closed hi
eyes in solitude and neglect, while his min
had sunk almost to faulty.
Both were transported to the chapel Q
, ST. Andre, founded by the prince himself
and wherein he had placed the family vaul
His body was the first to descend. amid th
firing OF muskets, and eLSr noisy demon
STATIONS; then, in unbroken silence, sli
down the iron grating, the coffin ofthe Duke
and last of ell, that OF the child Yolande.-
1t was covered with white viewed, edged wit
silver, and seemed rather the casket OF
lady s toilet than receptacle Of decay
: The vault was closed, and all was over
Each one present had contributed to pa
the last tribute to a great man. We T,
turned to the chateau. The new msstt
had provided Literally for the rejection {
all who had attended the funeral.
1t was then We began to look arOunc
and to feel some curiosity to know VIII
had shared with us in rendering the la
homage to one. who was truly entitled
the gratitude of the whole nation. w
4 gazed right and left; but few were to B
seen, and those few had served him faithful
3 ly and well-lhe grateful domestic, the hun
BILE friend. Bur Of all the great ones Of Ii
earth, whom he had serued, many of whoI
owed to him their greatness and their hoI
. ors, there was not OSEl