Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-07-13


stepping bones, its 7iided carriages, It's
mounts soidlery, o. generals in uni-
form, IT. ladies aFrayed like the lilies Of
the field, and solomcn 10 boot its princes
and potentates, had reached the hall OF
ceremony, 1t would seeD hKtHYerything
this earth has Of luxury aad grandeur
was ceRtsree in that hiagh spot. High
on q throne Qf royal state, which far
6utshone the wealth OF Ormus or oil
Ind, the VempeTor VexEited sat-. On
one side wasthe empress In white satin
and silver lsce, with pearls and diamonds
! about her throat, and 70uesgrest gem that
/ told her beats or heart M flashes Of an
imperial ray On the other sat Haroun
al Raschid, or what is left Of him, and
about the skirts Of these three fights OF
empire there gathered q crowd aOi
princes, ~prineeliDgs, nobleA djgnitaFies,
statesmen, officials, lRckeys, and 50 on,
stilb st q vast remove, one began TO feel
the existence Of the swarming people OF
Paris and the world. And while the eye
took Ia this manifold spectacle, there
burst into soEnd the hitherto dumb ex-
pectSnt instruments Of the band OF
Twelve hundred musieians; q wonderful
embroidery of flute, and Sgi0lin, and
harp, and trumpet, d q back grouna OF
rolling organ harmony, fnngRd With. the
jangling music of joy bells. Them when
silence fell again, the emperor stOOd up
in has high place, and made a speech, so
pure, aud good, and wise, that one
marYels as he reads IL whether the old
legends maynOt he true that tell how q
mans own spirit was sometimes rapt out
Of his body, for a season, while an angel
or a demon took the vacant place and
blessed y eQrsed 9pt y ne nnAecus-
One curious incident that occurred
Just at this moment the cable, doubtless
for fear of injuring the harmony of the
~narratiVe, aOmits to mention When Mr.
Hughes, the inventor Of the printing
! telegraph, was called up to receive his
prize, the emperor took his hand, max
ing him an exception to all the other re-
eipients of madalsJ Mr. Hughssy rs he
touched the imperial finger, slipped into
the august palm of his serene highDess 3
little tit OF paper containing the lest
message received by the cable and
printed By the machine for which he
was lust being decorated. 1t contained
these words "Msximiliaa is shot. His
last words we're, Poor CariottaliV His
royal serenity reid the telegram, and
Immediately gave evidence Of 8 fearful
a9itation.H His cheek blanehed, bis
hands trembled, and the diamonds on
the imperial garter quivered 50 in the
sunlight that 3 shout arose from the sd-
miriBg multitude. What the emperor
thought is, Of course, not to be exactly
known. But we may conjecture that he
heard over all the shouts and music,
above the booming Of guns and the sal
vOs Of artillery, the single shot that was
death to his insane ambition as to his
deludsd dupe, the single cry as Of q
women-gbung, bes9hiu, and. good
answering to the last cry other young
husband eOFl C,rlOtta l" "Pool
Macmillan :" @
Where, in sll this hImult of rejoicing,
this Whid lOf splenGlOfI this pOmp OF
luxury, were the victims Of his crafty
and wicked lust Of power. For the rest
Of his life hs drags the bodies OF these
dead about with him. Wherever be
goes that pale face shall look at him as
from out the cell where, in madness snd
Interest desOlatioR, she is tOidrag out the
remnant Of life. When he looks into
the face, still comedy, OF. that wife Of bis
he shsHsee, not her eyes, but snOther's,
full of reprOach too bitter and too silent
to bear. He shall live; but, hard heart,
dull conscience, low mind that be has,
the heart shall feel, and the conscience
shall prick, and the mind shall know
that these victims are with him to the
end. That shot he shall forever hear,
and that cry. His Judgment day is come,
sHd all the pOmp snd splendOr that he
can gather about him shall not avail to
hide him from himself.
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