The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-11-14

"Oh, dearest mamma, tell US what she
said, for if she promised you anything
good, L am sure il will come to pass"
These were her words" she answered,
II remember them as though they were
spoken yesterday. You will be married,
but your union will not be happy, you
will become widow, and ihen-y on will
be Queen Of France. Some happy years
will be yours, but you will die III hos
pital, amid civil CONNEXIONS But, my
iirle Hortemse, dry your tears-it is quite
unlikely that your poor mother should
ever wear any other crown but this beau
| uful one of myrtle and jessamine which
| Eugene has SO tastetully woven for her"
As she spoke, she placed the light coronet
above her shining rIuglels, and seating
( herself on 4 low tabouret, called on her
subjects 10 come and render homage at her
! feet. 1t was a charming tableau-that
| beautiful mother with her happy children
| looking like the embodied spirits of love
| and joy, while in the back ground, their
sable attendant stood gazing on the group
with a countenance in which pride and
affection were expressed in every feature.
~ Young Missy an angel" she murmured
10 herseli-"no need To be a queen-lhat
not good enough for her. The strong
I attachment excited by this distinguished
woman in all her dependents, formed one
/ of the most remarkable features of her
| history, and th!s attachment was felt i'll lis
! full force By Feme, who followed the
| changing fortunes OF her mistress, with a
! fidelity which death alone could destroy.
! \ few short years after the scene we have
| described, Josephine de BeauhargaIs, then
! = youthful widow, was confined III one of
! the loathSOme prisons OF Paris, hourly
expecting her summons To The scalfold on
which the best blood of France had alrea-
| dy flowed, and from which she was saved
only by the death of The tyrdnt whose
crimes had so long been calling aloud 10
! heaven tor vengeance. Did she never, III
those hours of dread aud horror, remem
{ ber with regret, the tropic isle, IN whose
{ fragrant bowers she had tasted such pure
and tranquil happiness I
! 1t was midday, and in one of the
! splendid cathedrals of Paris, an immense
crowd had assembled to witness a specta-
/ Gle the most gorgeous and imposing that
human skill and ingenuity could devise.
! A temporary covered gallery, hung with
the banners of sixteen cohorts of the Le-
gion of Honor, conducted from the archie
piscopal palace TO the Interior of the cathe-
dral, which was crowded to over1owing
with the beauty and chivalry of France.
More than three hundred vocal perform
ers, with martial band still more numer-
Gus, filled every corner of the vast edIfice
with a swelling tide of harmony, while
the glittering display of military uniforms
worn by the officers of the grand army
the waving of plumes and the flashing of
diamonds, rendered the scene brilliant
beyond description. But brave men and
fair women-rank, wealth, splendor, and
military fame, were all forgotten in one
absorbing object of attention. Every eye
was rveted on the wonderful man who
by the force OF his own genius, had raised
himself from obscurIty TO the summit of
( earthly greatness. An ascent of twenty
two steps, covered with blue cloth, gemmed
with golden bees, led TO The throne, where
under canopy of crimson velvet, appear
. ed Napoleon, attended by his two broth
ers, with the grand officers of the empire.
His close dress was Of white velvet, en-
broldered in gold with diamond buttons
has upper garment and short mantle of
crimson velvet, richly embroidered in
D 5'iN Win hlailOIIh tI6 IiD
perlal crown, a simple diadem of gold
wrought into a chaPlel of inIerwoven oak
and laurel, lay on cushion before him,
and OH his left. arrayed in robes of rel gal
magnifcence, and pale with deep but sup
pressed emotion, sat Josephine de Beau
harnalr. now the welded wife of Napoleon
BonoParIe. The prediction was accom-
plished. her destiny fulfilled, and the sim
pie Creole girl, the deserted wife, the
prisoner OF the Conciergerie, was about 10
be crowned Empress of France. Her
dress was '.of white satin embroidered in
! gold, and on the breast ornam ented with
diamonds. The mantle was of crimson
velvet, lined with white satin and ermine,
studded with golden bees, and confr ed
by an aigretle of diamonds. The diaGem,
worn before the coronation, and on ordi-
nary state occasions, was composed OF four
rows of pearls of the finest water, inter-
laced with foliage of diamonds, the work
manship, exceeded only by the materials;
in front were several brilliants, the largest
weighing one hundred and forty nine
grains. The ceinture was Of gold so pure
as to be quite elastic, enriched with thirty
nine rose colored diamonds What a
change, since the time when, as she loved
| 10 relate to her circle of ladies', she carried
the presents of jewelry received from her