The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1851-01-15

sephlne. The evidence isindubitahIa thai
he experienced intense anguish IN view Of
the separation; but this did not inf4uence
his iron will to swerve from its burmese
The grandeur of his fame and the ma0ni.
tude OF his power were now such that.
there was not a royal family ia Europe
which would not have felt honorsd in con.
terrlng upon him bride. 1t was at first
contemplated that he should marry some
OF the Bourbon family, and thus add to the
stability of his throne by conclliating the
royslists of France. A princess Of Saxony
was proposed, Some weighty considera-
tons urged an alliance with the majestic
empire OF Russia, and some advances were
made to the court of PelTsburg, having in
view a sister of the Emperor Alexander.
1t was al length decided that proposals
should be made to the court of Vienna. for
| Maria Louise, daughter of the Emperor If
Austria.
At last the fatal day arrived for the an
nouacement 10 Josephine. 1t was the last
day of November, 1909, The emperor
and empress dined at Fontainbleau alone
She seems to have had presentiment that
her doom was sealed, for all that day she
had been in her retired apartment weeping
bitterly. AS the dinner hour approached,
she bathed her swollen eyes and tried to
regain composure They sat down at the
dinner at the table in silence Napoleon
did not speak. Josephine could not trpst
her voice to utter a word. Neither of them
even feigned TO eat. Course after course
was brought in and removed untouched.
! mr. al mol Ial Al r
each heart. Napoleon in his embarrass-
ment, mechanically, aud apparently uncon-
sciously, kept striking the edge of his glass
with his knife while lost in thought A
more melancholy meal was probably never
never witnessed, The atten lants around
the table caught the infection, and gazed
in motiohless silence. At last the ceremo.
ny OF dinner was over, the attendants were
dismissed, and Napoleon and Josephine
were alone Another moment of most pain
full silence ensued, when the emperor, pale
a. death, and trembling in every nerve a.
rose and approached Josephine. He took
her hand. and placing it upon his heart,
said:
Josephine. my own good josephine. you
know have loved you. 1t is to you alone
that | owe the few moments of happiness
have known in this world. josephine
my destiny is stronger than my will. My
dearest affections must yield to to the inter
eets of France"
josephine brain reeled; her blood &c as
ed 70 circulate; she tainted aed fell lifeles:
upon the floor Napoleon, alarmed, threw
open the door of the saloon aud called fol
help. Attendants from the ante-room i'm
mediately entered Napoleon took a taper
from tue mantle, and, uttering not word
but pale and trembling, motioned TO the
Count de Beaumont TO axe the empress il
his arms. She was still Unconscious Of ev
erything, but began to mhrmur in tones o
= anguish, oh, no. you cannot surely do it
You would not kill me"
The emperor led The way through darI
) passage to the private staircase witch con
; Quoted to the apartment of the empress
! The agitation of Napoleon seem now to in
5 crease. He uttered some incoherent ser
! fences about a violent nervous attack, ant
1 finding the stairs too steep and morrow 70
e the Count de Beaumont to bear the bod
: of the helpless Josephine unassisted, h
gave the light to an attendant, and, sup
t porting her limbs himself, they reached tn
a door of per bedroom. Napoleon, then dis
missing his male attendants, and, layin!
E Josephine upon her bed, rang for her wait
r ing women. He hung over her with a.
{ expression of the most intense affectio
and anxiety until she began to revive
v Bnt the moment consciousness seemed re
t turning left the room. Napeolon did &c
e even throw himself upon his bed tina
r night. He paced the floor until the daw
d of the morning The royal surgeon, Corvisar
r passed the night at the bedside Of the EN-
: press Every hour the restless YET unrt
d entng emperor called at her door to inquir
n concerning her situation.
). "On recovering from my swoon," say
n Josephine. 81 perceived that Corvisart wa
e liz attendance, and poor daughter Hortens
weeping over me- No! no! / cannot de
e scribe the horror of my situation durin
e chat night. Even the interest he afFecte
4 to take in my sufferings seemed to me ad
i dtional cruelty. How much reason had
: to dread becoming an empress!!"
j. A Sortnigh: now passed away, durin
/ which Napoleon hand Josephine saw bl
d little of each other. During this time ther
S occurred the anniversary of the cornatio
e and of the victory Of Austerlitz. Paris ws
S filled with rejoicing The bells rang she
l. merriest peals. The metropolis was refu
g gent with illumination. In these festiv
!, ties Josehhine was compelled to appea
y She knew that the sovereigns & prices the
v assembled in Paris were informed of her a
5. preaching disgrace. In all these sounds
L triumph she heard but the knell other ow
e doom. And though careful observer
$ her moistened eye and her palIid cheeI
d would have observed indictions of the s
( cret woe which was consuming her h