, 1865-04-02
Deaths Of nlstin~ ~uIsaea EndIvfd aa1s
Funeral OF the Due dc HIorny.

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PANS, March II, 1866.
Tho winter of 1865, in Paris. has been fer
tile in tho deaths Of distinguished irsliyidu-
ais. The first event Of the Kind was the
death Of the late respected Minister Of The
United States, Of the painful sensation c-ea-
ted by which, both in ofIicial and private 80.
csety, I epose ut the time Of the occurrence.
Then came the death of NJ. aIasqard, the
Empcror's Secretary, man endowed with
ya1e qualities for the post hc occupied, and
too we'll known aid of so universal an ac.
quaintancc, nat to leave great biauk when
sun1nontd from the scene where lie had lon-
I1aycd 50 itnpor tant part: And now ug lin.
hciore the Emperor has had time tn recover
trom the luss Of his most ,ntidential private
servant, the sudden death or the Duke dc
a1orry dcptiecs him Of bis closest and m3st
ties, both ofa puhlic and private nature, which
hare bound together thro' lie Louis Napoleon
and ". de Aorny- Every one agrees, too,
that during his life holman shared the secrets
of the imperial mind to the same extent or
exercised 50 large IN influence over tha i1npe-
rinl action, us be who has jus: been carried to
doubt. dly LOST his best friend and more than
brother. l am told thut he so5hed like
child on taking his last farewell, and though
little given to the meltin. mood, was more
deeply Affected than on any previous occa-
elcn. by his express orders, tho fuaera! hon.
ors paid to the deceased were on almost
royal scale. mud were performed at tue public
expense. The funeral took place yesterday,
and occupied the entire attcr1 'foa Of tie clty
throughout the morning. F7om O'clock
gun was tlrtd every ABuE fro.a tie Mp1:les..
The entire line Of the funeral procession from
the Palace of lle Corps Leg;slauf. in the
651a ir1r 1y.ce tt1n1 ~rsS1 H.,
ed BY Malsla of France. The procession
itself was Of ptodigious length. incfr5ia- thy
! whole If the Corps Lcsislattt and t11s S.uate.
| delegates from Ill the othes great political bo.
dies, the Municipality OF Paris and the clergy,
Ihe funeral ear Was OF gigantic sic
| and silver and drawn by SIX horses draped in
| black, with pluEnes on their heads. The nall
| bearers were the Minister Of State. the Dnke
| de Pe:slgny, the yice-Piesident of the
FINANCES, und thc President Of the Coar lfs
| Ccn.ptts. The interior OF the Madeleine, en-
| niticcnt and was denscly crowded with per
sons admired By ticket. After the relir!ous
ceremony, which was closed by the Archbisl,-
op Of Paris, the procession wende d along the
tntlrt'fcngth Of the Bouleyaids to Rue Ia
chaisr, Whe:e the iuttrsncnt took p!ucr ard
funeral orations pronounced oyer tie tomls,
| The streets and windows wc!e filled with m
| innunicrablc crowd ofspcc.ators. The III ,y,..
! 1ncnt OF c:lrriagcs was stopped throughout
| thu line Of the procession. and every h1nnr
and mai K Of respect paid to the ucmory os
the deccASed which conld hare been aftrf.
buted to rec' gnized member of the iMpc.
| rio! family. Thus died ard WAS buried Charles
/ Au.uste Louis Joseph, Due de Moruy. OF
| whose varied litc the well known Dic,.on,,aiTe
| t}ss Contemporaries, from which was taken most
OF this account yoll SEE published, tells us
I,almcst every detail, except who was his
father tr who bis mother. That be
was d nlan Of no mcaa abilitg
cannot be doubtful. That lie WI
statesman in the highest sense Of the term
M sterity will scarcely rerhlps admit III
possessed great ncryc, saaJ ,{foil mud III,
doubted pluck, and be had abundant opport1,
nifty given him for Tic display Of ali thos,
Qraliti.s. His manner ever accomplished, re
iin.d and courteous, and his tlste, both Il
literature aud the art, lndlsprtlbt:. f.: live,
The litt ot 4 grand stiJnior, and ndulged it t.
for choice and Of iucst Unable value. III
ho1scs, cQnilage, house aud style of livin
we1r at 1 nee tasteful aud magnificent. Fl
had bitterly TUNED his attention much L
racing, kept IN eNieLs;ye stud, and wns ba
! ginning to nG as sui ce55tui in that as in every
! thing else he undertook. To the Ea,pirc III
the Emperor his l'ss il as fr-epc r1blc as it j
sudden and unexpected. -Hc was ouly lift,
four years of age, und three years yourge
than the Emperor. BIZ. lis constitution wa
worn out ty the excessive activity Of his c1
isttnce, hnl nnmbc1less occupations, and b
sunk under tue Fl st attack OF Illness. Dror
cl!ial ali ctions were followed by species c
| quinsy, under which he seems to Elay: sank
The event las caused a crca. senslti Il
| which must bc my apology for all In thi
| letter.