The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-12-14
From the N. Y. Times.i 4
THE Removal Of NaPOIeOn's re-
mains. ?

When Il was first reported, year ego,
that the Emperor contemplated removing
the body of the first Napoleon from the In.
valides to the Cathedral OF ST. Dennis, and
Of establishing there, the future burying
place Of the Bonspurte dynasty, most people
gave little credit to the report. The Legit'
imists however, were furious al the mere
mention OF such desecrstion Of the sacred
cathedral the Oreanists were doubly fu
rious, because Bonsparte would not only be
desecration in the royal buryihg place, but
because the idea and the work Of Louis
Philippe st the InValides were to be disre
garded and destroyed the Republicans
laughed, and the Bonapurtsts shook their
heads in silence. What was but year ago
n conjecture, has become to day a certainty.
The gorgeous crypt of the Invsldes, which
cost nearly 80 100000, the immense mon.
| olth Of porphyry and the sarcoph,gus OF the
same costly stone, destined to hold the re.
mains OF the exile OF ST. Helena, oil those
are to be carried piece by piece to st. DenniEI
and there re-errected In the traDscept oI
the church conseerated to the Bourbons and
the Orleanists. Workmen have been engsg
ed for more than year in this old cathedral
but they were supposed to be employ ed sim
| ply in its restoration. II now appears
however. that sll the rich tombs OF the dead
monarchs are to be brought out of the igno-
Bile corners in which they have been slowed
away for centuries in the basement of the
church, to be placed on the floor above
The Napoleon dynasty Commencing with
the Duke OF ReichstadD are to occupy the
trsnsept; Napoleon ]. will occupy a mag,
niiceDt tomb, constructed from the materia Ia
at the Invalides. under the lett branch Of the
tr unsept, and apart from the rest the B Iur-
bons and a II those already buried in the base.
menr, will be placed in the side chapels oi
the nave and choir, in a position infinitely
more appropriate than that they now occupy,
or there is not grocer in Paris OF moderate
wealth who does not bury himself more
grandy than are these ancient mon 2rchs 9 nd
signors.
1t has been the subject of surmise these
five years--ever since The tomb of Invali
was flashed why the body OF Napoleon
was not placed in the sarcophagus. The
explanation is now evident. Napoleon ILL.,
has all this time had the intention OF placing
his uncle, himself. and his dynasty, under
the sacred roof of St. Dennis, among the
kings who ruled France by divine right
and therefore, it was not deemed proper to
place him formally in the grand crypt o. the
Inva Iides, to be removed again. Thus tle
body has been kept hidden away ever since
its arrival from st. Helena, in q side chapel
10 which the public have never deem admit.
ted. When the cathedral Of St. Dennis i.
prepared for the change, the body cf the
Duke of Reichstadt will be no doubt deliv.
cred up by Austria, and then the two bod
es-father and son, will be carried to St.
Dennis, in the midst of one Of those magnifi
cent Pageants which appear necessary TO
the lie of the French people. II, howev-
er, the Bourbons, or even the Orleanists,
should ever come back to power again, they
will pitch all that into the street wilhou,
ceremony, and proceed to cleanse out the
sacred temple, by the burning of incense
and the repetition OF endless misses.