Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-31

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From the New Orleans Picayune.
Napoleon's Reyenge.-The Hnmilia-
tionsof England.
The Corsican rendetta is nearly accom-
plished, for the humiliation of England
approached its contamination when Queen
Victoria stood reverentially before the
tomb of her country's mortal enemy in
the wired torchlight which ffickered
along the walls of the Invalides. She
stood there as the dependent of his Neph-
eva supplicant to the mercy ofthe Ma
poleonic race, which knows no mercy for
its foe Queen in name.beside an EN-
peror in fact. Did the spirit of Sir Hud-
son-Lowe hover around the scene ? Did
the,laugh of the &c old guard" which, ac-
cording to the German legend, attends the
nightly reviews of le petit corporal on the
dreary shore OF, st. Helena, hing scornful~
~ through the sombre walls ? No; it
was but fancy, but the vengeance of the
NapoIeons was areality.
The visit of Queen Victoria to Paris was
little more than conquer's pageant, in
which she acted the part of distinguish
ed captive, which could not be endured
by hersfor moment, if a single drop of
Boadicea's blood remainded in the veins
OF the modern royalty. She was received
with a magnifcence which threw efforts
at display on the occasion of Napoleon's
visit to London into the shade and shows
ed. DIS Sterne says. that ''they do these
things better in France - but the cheers
with which the Emperor was greeted in
London were not bestowed upon the
Queen in Paris, and she passed onward
10 st. Cloud, a spectacle to be gazed at,
and not aguest to be honored.
Some years ago, this same Victoriare-
fused to permit a distinguished English
actress to appear at the private theatricals
in Windsor Palace because her character
was not sans Teproch, and yet she was
compelled to accept the companionship,
during her ten days sojourn in Paris, OF
the Emperor's Cousln-Ihc notorious Ma
thlde, who is the Ninon d. Enclos, the
most brilliant and brazen courtezan Of the
present day. Mathi!de is divorced from
her husband on account Of her innumer>
able inidelities. and is living in open
adultrysswith "faSt" ,atlache of the Court.
In the same carriage with her the pru-
dish Victoria rode to the Grand Opera
and beheld ADVERTISEMENTS noted for
his susceptl5lity-expo TO all her
witchery and fascination, while beside her
sat her superior and her master, the 'mad,
man OF BOulOgne," who was one of her
special constables in 40 Who SAYS
that truth is not stranger than fiction
Who hints, after this, that History is not
greater romance maker than Walter
Scott or Alexander ?
" l noticed" says correspondent OF
the London Press, "while the Emperor
convcrsed with the Queen in the Royal
box at the Opera, a sinister smile, half of
triumph, and half of sarcasm, parted his
lips occasionally, and llickered over his
Iinscrutable countenance." What did
that smile mean? 1t was faint revolu-
ton of the proud thoughts which were
swelling within his heart. II is said ST.
Helena is avenged.
The Parvcnu is the master Of the he
reditary sovereign. The triumph Of
France is almost complete. The house,
less wanderer-the mad man of former
years-the prisoner Of Ham--the depen-
dent of Mrs. Howard--Ihe special consIa-
bic Of London, is the ruler OF France to-
day, and France is the ruler Of England.
! Graft has done the work Of the sword, bat
the final retribution, the grand denoue.
nacnt of the drama, has not arrived yet
not yet, Oh, Destiny not yet. 1t adj
vances however darkly and steadily "as
the shadow Of the gnomon." Gaze on,
poor gilded puppet, at the pantomimc on
the stage, and dream not Of the tragedy
which awaits your country and yourself.
SO said that smile. Such was the mean
ing of the faint revelation of the secrets Of
that hitherto inscrutable countenancc.
Victoria has returned to England amid
the congratulations of the London press
But what has she learned during her visit?
That France has magnificent army on
her own soil, while England has scarce.
~ single soldier That the French peo-
pie are aroused and inyigorated by the
Eastern war, while the English are crush
ed and depressed that the birthright Of
genius is more potent than the birthright
OF blood that she is a mere pawn, though
wearing royal crown, on the chessboard
of European politics, in the hands Of the
most skilful and mastery player Of his
time. Such is the bitter lesson she must
have learned, unless the imbecilty OF
George III. be Unbeatable with his crown.
HERo1sM OF A Doc IN THE CRrMEA.-
The following account Of the exploits of
dog in the Crimea is translated from
the Gazette of Trieste and surpasses eve
ry thing heretofore recorded Of the deyo-
ton and bravery of this noble animal:
A great sensation has been caused in
the camp Of the allies by the heroic deeds
of dog belonging to Colonel Metmann,
OF the 73d Regiment Of the line. On the