The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-02-01
THE BONES OF THE BoUR
BoNS.

"No mau,'9 says the Koran "knows
the spot on earth where his grave shall
be made" The Bourbons thought they
knew, but. like the meaner folks. they
were out of their reckoning, so far, at
least, as related to their final place Of
sepulturs. In vain they built themselves
mighty mausoleum., For eleven hum
dred years the Abbes church consecrated
to st. Denis, held the bones Of Capets,
Carlovingians, and the defendants Of
"the good Kiag Dagobert," but the rev.
olut ionary storm of 1899 swept away all
before it, and scattered these and all the
other relics till then held sacred. There
are few events of that terrible time more
completely demonstrating the subversion
Of the royalty which had endured SO
long, th aa the DEGREES Of the Convention
of the 9th of August, 1892. six months
alter the execution of Louis the sixteenth,
Ahich sent the rabid populace Of Paris
trooping to st. Denis to obliterate the
collection Of the Kings Of France by
destroying their very tombs and bury-
ing their remains in the common fosse
In the tombs of followed stone of the
earlier monarchs, very little worth notice
was found. In that of King Pepin there
was a small quantity Of gold wire. moth
ing more, but each cofie bore the simple
inscription of the name Of its inmate on
a leaden plate. and the greater part of
these plates were much oxydized, and
in very bad condition, so that the
names were. in tnans instances, nearly
illegible. The plates, ho wever, were hot
wanted for preservation. but together
with the leaden coffins of Philippe le
Hard and Isabelle Of Aragon, and the
lesden roofs of the abby church, were
taken to the Hotel de vile of Paris, and
there melted down and east into musket
balls. The most remarkable object dis
covered was a siver seal, Of ogive form,
belonging to Constance of CASTLE, the
second wife of Louis the seventeenth,
who died in 100. 1t weighed three
ounces and half, and silver money be
ing out Of fashion, was not converted
into either cash or bullets, but found its
way to the municipal stronghold. and
was thence transferred to the cabinet of
of the National (not the I'm
oepe rial Library. Though only three
lays labor were actually bestowed, the
work of demolition, was from various
causes suspended from August till Oc-
.o5er but on the 18th of that month it
was resumed, and with renewed vigor,
The distroyers forced their way into the
Vdul Us Vi tuo DOuTUOus. H'
The first coffin they me! with, was
,ne which might have demanded forbear-
'nce, had there been any forb caring
spirit in the midst of so much unhal,
owed rufianism; it was that Of Henry
Quartre! His body was in good state
If preservation. and his features were
perfectly recognizable; the winding sheet
oy which he was enveloped was also in
rood condition. For two days his re-
mains were exposed to public view, and
hen they were remorsely Co st into the
yawning trench which awaited them.-
rhe same fate awaited the bones OF Louis
he Thirteenth and his descendants. The
irst named monarch was recognized by
lis moustaches, and Louis the fourteenth
~ his prominent features but his face
hat face which had received so much
.doration in his lifetime, was now black
IS ink. To this completion had it come
It last. The bodies of his immediate
smily, and especially that Of the Grand
grandur!-wbers in the
tate of liquid putrsfaction. The hears
f some Of the princes were foind under /
he collins, encared in lsadi with enam.
led inscriptions; the lead was carefully /,
aiken away, the withersd hearts were ,
Ossed with howls and execrations into ,
he common fcsse. On the fifth day,