Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-07-29

npon her neck little golden cross, which had fallen
and lost itself in superb bouquet OF roses, which
secmed To bloom upon her bosom. But that whicn
especially astonshed the King was pair Of pretty
Inre feet worthy Of marble and the sculptor, In .
pnr of most rastic-ooking wooden shoes.
nya coquctry that was almost artlcss, the pretty
mllkmaid placed Of her feet upon the outside Of
one of the wooden shoes The King recognized the
marchoncss and confessed to her that for the first
line In his life he had felt the desire TO kiss pretty
foot Madame de Pompadonr returned with her lover
to the hermitage, aud this was the origin Of the ia
nous Pare Cerfs.
When Madame de Pompadour had exhausted all
her metamorphoses, she peopled the Pare aux Cerfs
with mkmaids, with shepberdesses, with abesscs,
who continued the part played by herself with SO
much genius and grace She wished to reign not
aver the heart Of Louis Ky, but over France, while
Louis XIV rcigning in the Pare aux Cerfs, she was
povcrning nt Versailles.
Il woad be difficult to study the political system
Of Madame de Pompndour, u, indeed, she had any
aystem at all II cannot be denied that she had some
liked opinions, but most generally they were mere
capriees However, the Duke de Chosenl, who held
the Office of three ministers, who disposed of all the
power of the government, followed to the letter the
policy of Mad. de p, In oyerthrowing the system OF
Louis XIV. in forming an alliance with Austria s
forming league, or rather n family compact with
Italy aud Spain. Il II right for
the historian blame this for all the disgrace
If Che reign of Louis XVI She reached the throne
& the moment when royalty by the grace Of God was
disappearing before the sovereignty of public opin-
iou There was nothing to be done at Versailles for
in Paris the power was already In the hands Of Vol
t,irc Moniesquicu Jean Jacques, and Diderot Mad.
dc T. had just opinion Of the power Of this SOW
cregniy that she anticipated IT, Did she not protect
To her utmost the philosophers those who were
destined 10 overthrow the throne on which she was
scnted2 Mad dc T. loved revenge, this was her
great nult For II single word abe imprisoned Latudc
in the Bastlo; for "A sonnet she exed Mauripas.-
Frederic called her influence the peticoat reign; the
even years war was tho consequences In order TO
preserve her empire she condeseendcd TO all kinds Of
mcnnness and humiliation, She banshcd the Jesuts
in order to make peace with the clergy. In order TO
prevent her royal lover from taking nnother neknowl
edged mistress from the ladies Of the court she In
vented thal harem without brilliancy romance,
which was called the Pare Cerfs, :" the pillow of
Louis Xvs debauchery,p as Chateaubriand called It.
Madame de Pompadour spent her last days In deep
despondeney since she had reached the decline OF
her favor and her reign, she had more friends;
the King himself still submitted to her influence, but
did not love her nny longer The Jcsuits that she
had driven away, the Jesuts who never disappear,
overwhelmed her with letters In which they descrih-
ed for her benefit the terrors Of the damned She
did not believe in hell but she not already sui
ering its tormens2 Each hour that passed sunk
her deeper In grief On her first appearance court
prond Of her youth her beauty and her bloom, she
had prescribed rouge and patches; she had now ar
rived nt that sad and desolate time OF life when
choice must be made between rouge and the first
wrinkles. II shnll never survive IT,, she said with
alarm.
She died 18th April, l7ol like Diana of poitiers
Gabrielle, distress, and Mad. dc Maintcnon. The
cure of Mndelnine attended her In her last moments
When he bowed, after giving her the blessing, she
said to him, rousing herself for she nearly dead
Wait my dear cure, we will depart together The
King had, till then, exhibited towards her friend
hip based remembrance and gratitndc;but soon
as she had breathed hcr last, he only troubled him
self about tho of getting rid Of her mortal re-
mains. He ordered her to be taken to her hotel in
Paris. When the earriage which was bearing away
the body Of the dead had started the King sitting at
one of the windows of the palace, and observing q
shower that pouring down in torrents upon YER
saes, said with SMILE both sadly and jocosely.
"fhe Warehouses will have bad weather for her
journey"
/ The Marcbioncss buried In vault of the church
Of Gapucns When the priest approached her coffin.
| he sprinkled the holy water made the sign Of the
cross, and commenced his discourse as follows. II
now receive the body of that most high and mighty
| Indy, the Mareboness de Pampadour, one Of the
DANES ofhonor to the Queen. She wasi the school
| Of all the virtues