Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-11-08
From the Now OrIelns Picayune
Napoleon's Revenge-The Humilla-
ton of England.

Ihe COrscan vendetta is nearly Accomp.
lished, Tor the humiliation Of England appro.
ached its consummetion when Queen Vic.
toria stood revereniially before the tomb Of
her coun'ry's mortal enemy in the weird
torch light which hickered along the walls
Of the lnvaIides. She stood there as the de-
pendent of his nephew-a supplant to the
1'ercy Of the Napoleon race, which knows
no mercy for It's fOe-a Queen in name beside
an Emperor in fact. Did the spirit of Sir
Hudson Lowe hover around the scene! Did
the laugh Of the Old Guard which, accord
ing to the German Legend, attends the night
y reviews of lie peti, corporal on the dreary
fhore Of 81. Helena, ring ,ecornfully through
the sombre walisa No, it was but fancy, bu,
the yengsaneerf The NapGeons 'was GER
tain.y reality.
The visit of Queen Victoria % Paris was
lttie more than conquerCr's pageant. in
which she acted the part of DISTINGUISHED
caPt"e, which could not be endured bv her
Tor moment. if single drop Of Boadicea's
blood remained in the veins of modern roya,-
". She was received with a msenfcence
which threw her Efforts at display on the oc.
cason OF Napoieon's visit to London in the
shade ana showed, as 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 III Paris, and she passed onward to
ot' cloud, spectacle to 5e gazed at, and
not guest to be honored.
Some years ago this same Victoria re-
fused to permit distinguished English ac
trees 10 appear at the private theatricals in
lndsor Palace, because her character was
not sans reproche. and yet she was compel.
led to accep! the compduonship during her
ten days sojourn in Paris of the Emperor's
cousin-the notorious Math.de, who is the
NnoD d'Encio5, the most brilliant and brazen
courtesan OF the present day. SIathilde is
divorced from her husband Un account of her
lnnumerlb!e infIeliiies, and is living in open
adultery with ''fast attache of the Court"
In the same carriage with her the rrudish
Nict ora rode to tue Grand Opera and behed
noted for susceptibility
exposed to all he. wtchery ana .ascination-
Nhile BESIDE fer sat her superior and her
"madman OF Boulogne." who
was one OF her special constQbles in '48!-
VINO says that truth is not stranger than fic-
ton! Who hints, after this, that History is
not greater romance maker than Walter
Scott or Alexander Dumas
81 noticed" says correspondent OF the
London Press, ".hat while the Emperor con-
' Sersed with the Queen in TIE ROYAL box at
lhe opera, sinister smile. half OF triumph
ana halt OF sarcasm, parted his lips occa-
sionalIy and ilckered over his insci utable
countenance." What did thar smile mean!
1t was faint revelation of the proud thoughts
which were swelling within his heart It
said ST. Helena ia avengsd. .l..
ne Parvenu is the master Of the here
ditary sovereign. The triumph of France is
almost complete.
Ihe houseless wanderer-.he madman of
former years--the prisoner of Ham--the de-
pendent of Mrs. Howard-the spcciul con-
stable OF London, is the ruler of France to-
day anG France is the ruler of England.-
Graft has done the work of a sword-but the
hnai retribution--the sgrand denouement of
the drama has not yet arrived--not yet, oh
DestIny!-nut yet. II advances, however,
darkly and steadily 'Us the shade :. oi gaomon.'
Gaze on poor giided puppet, at the panto-
mime On the stage, and dream not Of the
tragedy which awaits your country and YOUR
SELF So said that smile. Such was the
meaning of the faiLt revelation OF the secrets
OF that hitherto inscrulable countenance.
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 hardly single so!di-
er; that French people are aroused and in
vlgoraled by tho Eastern war, while the
Eng iish are crushed and depressed; that the
birthright OF genius is more potent than the
birthright OF blood; that she is mere pawn,
though she wears a royal crown, ON the
chess board of European politics in the hands
of the most skiltul and mastery player ot
his time. Such is the bitter lesson she must
have learned, unless the imbecIity OF George
Ill, be nheritab!e with his crown.