Washington telegraph., 1853-08-10
The uausoieuin of Napoleon,

Mr. Bryant in one Of his letters from
Paris, gives the following description Of the
Naus'leum Of NAPOLEON =
The other day went to the church Of
the ln,alides, 10 see the iumb Of Napolron
which has been for several years erecting
a an Immense eo.t, aud Is nst completed
There Is not on earth 30 magnificent a mau.
solenm a that which /. destined for the re.
mains of the former Emperor Of Franco
TN entering the church | found myself in
the midst Of lhrong fastening in the same
direction and saw before me, al the ONO.
site end Of the building, large altar hlaz.
Ing with gold, under gilled canopy, which
rested On twisted pillar, of black aud white
marble In frout Of it Immediately under
-Dr lalus,radc of white marble, around
s,hich the people were pressing. joined
them. S,w tha, it enclosed a broad, open
.Iaco, sunk perhaps, liilcen feet below the
church There on pedestal pf blue gran.
iic, stood an enormous open sarcophogus oi
polished rorrbyfy, the Id of which lay near
1t. on machine, ready to bc lid over Il as
.,on as the ceremony of sepuliurc shall be
performed On the pavement below, around
the pedestal was wreath Of laurel leaves
and berries. wrought of various c1lorcd mar.
blcs. among which vivid green marble
from the uuarric. uf the United States was
conspicuous. Surrounding the sarcnrhagus
and standing ag,in,, the pillars which sup
port the apor, wa, circle of colossal figure,
In marble, the meaning Of which did moi
attempt to study One, a winged figure
with trumpet by hi. side, was, perhaps,
the angel Of the resurrection. who is 10
summon the great warrior from his grave
on the DAY of account. when he will he un.
pleasantly confronted by the muliitudes who
were slain in his wars In the rcccsscs be.
hind these statues were sculptures in bas
relief, representing some Of the most i'm
poriaut events Of Bonaparie's history.
In that sarcophagus is soon to be placed
the handful Of dust which is all that remains
Of one who, for few years was the terror
Of the world. In it.. material, its form, and
its elitcring polish, this massive receptacle
reminded me Of the huge chests Of porphy.
~ found in the newly opened tomb Of Apis,
At Sakkara. enclosing the bones Of the 81.
cred OK Of Egypt II isthns that, in differ.
cnt ages Of the world, the same po-thumous
honors nrc paid ioa quadrpcd aud a con.
1ucror, by two nations each claiming in its
day the palm Of civilization.
Il regretted that ! could not look at the
sculptures in relief below, except nt q dis.
tancc they viii be accessible, it is said, as
soon AZ the rcmnins Of Bounpnrtc are inurn-
ed. | inquired Of friend residing in Par.
| is when this would be done There is a
controversy, be replied about this matter
among the Bonaparti,ts. One party insists
that the heart of Napoleon shall be deposit.
ed by itself in the church Of St. Dcnys,
among the monuments Of the former sover'
eiuns of France but jerome swears that
he will not allow his brothers body to be
cut up in that manner The ceremony Of
removing his remains to the sarcophagus has
therefore been postponed for one year
but We had moi yet seen the whole ol
the monument. Passing beside the glitter
Ing altar. we descended flight Of steps tc
the level Of the great court Of the lnyalides
Here Immediately back Of the altar and un
der it, | saw the entrance to the tomb .
massive doorway, over which are engraved
the words of Napoleon expressing his de
, sire to be buried among the French people
on the banks Of the Seine. On each sid
, of this passage to the sarcophngus stands
colossal figure in bronze one o. them bear
, ing.on cushion globe and sccptrc' the sym
. bos of dominion, and the other a sword an
gauntlet cmblematic of the violence b.
which that dominion was gained and for
d brief space upheld"