The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-01-09

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vistt othe I;lldatfc OF Castle
efy yneren.
From tho Cincinnati Commercial j
y Frenshman who lately visited
Castle T Tsfvueren, the asylum Of ths
unfortuhate Empress Carlotta previ-
ous 10 her removalto, Castle Lackcn
gives, in'tho Paris Figaro, an inter-
esting account Of the impressions
whickhe received there:
"The apartments of tho Empress
Cariotta are on the ground Aoor.--
Her sitting-room has three parts, Is
very pleasant and we'll lighted, and
opens upon u large lawn. The EN-
press likes to sit hero ut the window
leaning on her elbow, and to enjoy
the beautifnlyicw, on which occasion
she plays inces~srtly witha ringic'
OF her hair. The room, = mixture o
luxury and precautions, is hung en-
tircly in white. a network Of yel-
low satin runs as q border around
the whole ceiling, and is turned
down in the corners. All reliefs are
carefully avoided, or disappear un-
der soft cushions: neither knobs mol
keys are To be seon ut the doors; fol
the rest, the rooms lead into one an
other, and are connected, BY portieres
in order to enter, you merely draw
them aside. Her bed is lined with
curled ganze; the curtains descend
from the canopy like clouds Of game
forming transparent mist. The
Empress sleeps under the eyes Of
those who watch her.
A table Of laps lazuli stands un-
der tire lnster Of her writing desk.
On the sides Of the bed are to be
seen the life sizo portraits Of King
Leopold I. and Queen Louisa. The
portrait ofthe present King, a splen
did photograph, adorns the mantIe-
piece, on which stands also bcapti-
FIJI clock a "a Louis XVI: Opposite
the mantle-piccc is. q glass case OF
ebony and gold, whose tone is not
exactly in keeping with The tout en-.
semble. On the wall opposite the
bed, between the two windows is .
Christ IF ivory on his cross Of ebony,
over a prie-dieu bearing the escutche.
ons Of Orleans aud Belgium. This
prir diev, already worn out and faded
by the knees and tears ot Carlotta
and her mot her, is tie e,ln,e on which,
the Queen, the daughter Of Louis
Philippe. used to pray.
But there is in this room nothing,
nothing whatever recalling Carlotta's s
husband, Maximiian; and yet there
is blonde hair in the golden locket
hanging on the nail that pierces the
feet of Christ. II - chat Lnekat TINT
who comforted him on going 10 his
execution.
For the rest, Carlotta never seems
to occupy hrrrctt with him. at lenst
not in the presence OF Witnesses -
Has God in his mercy cx,inguishcd
her momory.
The Empress rises early, her sleep
being very r.siless. She goes to bed
ut ten. She hears one mass daily
her devotion is touching.
She takes avery light breakfast,
md also II most unsnbstantial dinner.
Frui, and milk arc her favoritc food.
This diet, which she adopted at Mir
amar, and from which thes try To
wean her at Castle Tcryueren, adds
the blood!cssness which has SO fear
fully undermined The mind of the
Princess
She chats, she reads and writes,
but never to her husband.
] was 40 fotunnte rs to obtain one
Of her pens, as well rs a sheet Of pa
per on which sho had written all sorie
of incohcrcnt sentences, the who 10
Icing signed .sCarlotta." What n
difference, there is between this and
her former handwriting! Evcrvthing
in her is but the shadow of " hat she
was.
Her sistcr-in law, the Queen OF
Belgium. lcaves her only from time
to timc in order TO embrace her
children ut Ostend or Brnsscls.-
How much Kindness and tender so.
licitude, and what angelic protection
surrounds this august md interests
Ing victim! What Efforts arc being
made To conceal from the poor sufS
farera the fact that she is ii p, isoner,
and 10 hide from her the grated vii.
dows of tho mansion of fTeryueren!
During the vcry rare absence Of tho
Queen. instances Of her irving TO
make her escanes have occurred: the
motive Of these attemrts she ~.