The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-10-18
Maria Louisa.

Austrian monarchy could confer, to meet
Napoleon, her destined husband, then
!orty-two years of age. AS the long train
of carriages left Vienna, the people gazed
mourn uIly upon the scene Maria An
tOnette, the last princess Austria had fur
nished for the throne of France, but few
years before had perished miserably upon
the Scaffod. The gorgeous procession
proceeded rapidly towards the frontiers of
France. Napoleon had never yet seen
his bride. When the princess reached
the Rhine, her Austrian attendants left
her, and she was received by very bril-
liant French escort, who conducted her,
J in GlP ,TiQfP"/ .c<.]o2flo- 10 Paris. The
bells rang The mcrricst peals Of congratu.
> '.'':' .A".trian and S'.--'--' d" -. RsAtsd
from every tower in friendly embrace. -
Trumphal arches, illumination and pro-
ccssionS greeted her progress, while often
The pain 9~.r which SIZE passed was but a
bed Of roses.
NAPOLEON met her near Compcigne.-
Springing from his own carriage, he leap
cd into that of the empress and folded her
in his aims. The Positions were order
ed to drive on the galIop to :he palace of
Compeigne. The marriage ceremony,
which had been performed by proxy in
Vienna, was again celebrated at st. Cloud,
with rejoicing never before equNlod iH
Paris. The youthful bride then took pos.
session Of those apartments in the Tuille-
rieS from which Josephine, but three
/ months before, had been 50 cruelty elected.
Four queens held her bridal train and all
the ambassadors Of Europe rcvolvrd in
homage around her.
In one year from that time She gave
birth to sun The event was anticipated
! by France with the intcu>cst interest. 1t
was announced that the cannon Of the In
| validS should announce the birth of the
her. II the child were princess, twen.
| ty.onc guns were to be fired if prince,
one hundred. At six o'clock in the morn
ing of the Goth of March, 1911, ali Paris
was aroused by the booming Of the guns,
announcing the arrival Of the welcome
/ stranger. Every window was thrown
/ open, every ear Cn the alert. Sleepcrs
were reused from their pillows, and all
! the throngS in the streets stood mOtiOhleSS
to count the explosions. The heart of the
| great rnetropoliS ceased TO beat. and in all
| her glowing veins the current of life blood
stood still
When the twenty-tirSt gun had been
/ fred the interest was intense beyond all
conception. The gunncrs delayed for a
mon,rut the next dIscharp. and olI Paris
stood hrn,thlp.s in susnrnse Tho ncxt
mom.ut IN. rnns doubIn loaded nr,lrd
forth the most welcome announcement.
and from the entire city one universal roar
OF nrc,amntjon rose and blended with their
thuudels.
Wien Napo,,on entered uron his di>as.
trouS ranrai.u To f.us,ia. he was accom-.
panied as lar a, Dresden by Maria Louisa
At Dresden ,hrr. MAS IitcruIjv q counr.ss
/ Of kinrs N,,;o Inn;.o v.s th.rc sur.
rounded with marc ,,lrulor ,nd ho,n,r.
than any woman nrobablv ever rrcciycd
bpforr Nannl.on onnoirtrd her ruc.nt
of France durino his obs.ncr She rc.
turned :, paris md he NJ III. il, ,d of
five hundred thonSnud troors urr,d for.
ward the camuoi,yn in whlrh he lost his
army and his cr1wn. Maria had h.n,d
rumois Oft tn, destruction of the army.
and one niobt inst alt.r ,h. LaI rrtirrd
tn,r in tlI, ,,.cu,.st Lrirrtiou tba v,,ir.S
( of two men were nea,d IN IN. aut,.chom.
1 brr and a cry of establishment from one
uG the maideus Of honor announced that
something extraordinary hxd occurred,
The Empress in terror lcapcd from her
bed, when the door was burst open, and
She was seized and eurulded in the en-.
braces of man cnvvlopcd in his wintry
riding.iresS. 1t was Napoleon. Their
interview was tender and affecting.
Soon he again took leave of Maria Lou
isa, for his last drspairing campaign he
fore his abdication. 1t was sabbath eve.
ninr. Napoleon met his Cabinet in the
! Tuiilcrics. \ religious ceremony was con.
ncctrd with the interview. As the En-
peror took their beautiful boy, then t.r,r
wears of age, in his arms and presented
him with a touching address to hls otl-
GERS. many went with emotion. The clock
on the tower of Nolre Dame was tolling
three in the morning when Napoleon rode
through the dark streets of Paris to ioin
the army. lie never saw wife or child
again.
The legions Of the inva,.crs came rolling
on in rcs;stleSS inundation toward Paris.
! 1t was indeed IL gloomy hour when Maria
Louisa, with her son, descended the st,ils
of the IuiHcrieS to escape hom Paris. In
the distance could be heard the thunders
OF the approaching battle. The Young
Napolcon clung screaming TO the tarcstry
refusing to be torn from the paIace Of his
father. Pale and sad. the Emprrss enter.
ed her carriage and PASSED out of the
rates of the city. the crowd gazing upou
the scene in melancholy silence. ller sit.
uation during this terrible conflict wa.
Yrru;iar TGe armies Of Austria and
France were orravcd against each other
Her father and her husband had crossed
swords.
As Napolcon, dethroned, took his soil.
tarv way to EIba. Maria Louisa. n cautiye
was placed, with her son, in a carriage, tl
be conveyed back to the palaces Of her
tatber. it must have been to her an hour