Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-10-14

Na'EeiIi'e pIeeSt, not W guess at INC
true cause of her indisposition.
When Madame Junot announced to
the Princessthather equipage was ready,
she rose up, and, gracefully thanking
her for her kind Hospitality, said that she
was ready to depart
What were the desolate feelings of
poor GATHERINGS heart, during this twi-
light drive, from Rainey to Paris, no hu-
man being knew, nor what were her mis-
cradle anticipaions of the future that
lay before her.
On her arrival at the Tuileries, she
fonnd the whole Imperial family assem-
bled TO receive her. TIE Emperor ad-
vanced as far as tbs grand staircase, to
bid her welcome. She attempted to
kneel and kiss his hand, but he hastened
to raise her up, and. after embracing
her, conducted her into the saloon of the
throne, where he presented her to his
assembled family as their sister and
daughter She was Immediately sur
rounded, caressed, and treated from
that moment as a sister of the Emperor.
Such were the opening scenes in the
welded life of Catharine of Wur-
temberg. Need il be added, that her
after path was one beset with thorns ra-
ther than strewed with flowers? Forced
to bestow her hand upon a man from
whom she instinctively shrank. as being
in her opinion. already espoused to an
other, The unhappy Queen OF WesIpha-
liza had net even the poor satisfaction of
being treated with respect by her royal
husband. Many were the humiliations
which she suffered al the Court of Cas-
sci, and she bore them all in silence
Faithfully did she strive to fulfil the on,
erons duties of her position, and never
was single murmur suffered TO escape
her lips The only happy moments in
her crowned life were those in which she
clasped her infants 10 her arms al
though, perhaps, the name Of Napoleon,
which bad been bestowed upon her son,
often brought a pang to her heart, as
reminding her OF him through whose
Unsuitable ambition hopeless blight had
fallen upon her opening life.
Time passed on. The eventful years
of I8I4-'15 elapsed. Napoleon had
fallen, and these mOdern dynastics,
which had fourished in the sunshine of
his power. were withering away beneath
the shadow of "t the Holy Alliance-''-
The Queen Of Westphalia had taken
refuge, with her children. beneath her
fathers roof. Jerome had joined his
brother Napoleon in Paris, on his return
from Eba, and had carried with him
ihither all the baubles of royalty, in the
hope that, at no distant day, he might
once more appear in public with these
insignia Of power. In this expectation,
however, he was quickly disappointed.
and, on the evacuation of Paris, he re-
tired, with the enemy, beyond the Loire
His situation being now very precari.
Gus one, he gladly accepted refuge in
the Chateau of Douy, where, under the
assumed name of GARNER, he was hos
pitaJly entertained by II. Ouvrard, the
eminent fnancier. Owing to the fre-
quent presence of military men. who
were quartered in the chateau, Jerome
was obliged to remain secluded in his
own apartment.
One day, in moment of ennui, the
e1 monarch opened q trunk, took out
his royal robes of state, together with
he many brilliant orders which had
been bestowed upon him in his hap
pier days, and clothed himself in all
he magnifcence of royaltp. Just as
MS splendid toilet was completed, the
ioOr OF his apartment opened. and NJ. |
Ouvrard entered. The discreet inan-
,ier was astonished at such an act Of
npIudence on the part of his guest,
lpd fearing that repetition of his folly |
night betray his secret to the whole
household, and thus involve the family /
n political danger, he counseled Jerome
10 longer to delay his escape out Of
france. On the following morning. be-
ore daylight, tue depOsed king was On
lis way to the Eastern frontier, whence
le has;ened to Stuttgart, and entering in
ecret his er-in-law's palace, be-
ought his wife to procure for him a
Welcome in the home nf her childhood
nd her youth. The Princess, mindful
nly of her husbands forlorn condition,
Selcomed him heartily to her apart
nents. The news of his arrival, how
yer, quickly reached the ears of the
King Of Wurtemberg, whose political
position made him shrink from commu-
ication with any Of the Bouaparte
amiIy.
On the following morning, therefore.
Ie signifed his pleasure to the ex
queen, that her husband must forth
With quit his palace, as he could not
iarbor beneath his roof one of a pro-
cribed and OutIawed family, pointing
ut TO her at the same time The exam
lie of Maria Louisa, who had consent
d to a separation from her husband.
Ie al>o expressed his desire for an
Interview with his daughter, that she
night learn his wishes more emphatic