The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-03-06
POOR oHARho opTA.'

A telegram from Berlin has informed us
that 'poor Charlotte" has found rest at last.
Six years Of insanity have finally tnlniinated
in death. After the throne Of the Montezu-
mas came The n,ad-house, and after the mad
house came the tomb Of The HapsbuFgh.-
The beautiful Belgian Princess married to-
the best, the bravest and The handsomest Of
the Imperial House Of Austria-passed the
first years Of her welded life without SIN
gle cloud to mar its happiness or disturb its
Joys Beloved by her husband she was also
the idol Of italy, beneath whose soft and
sunny skies her sfst acts Of sovereignty
were exercised When the jealousy Of an
imperial brother recalled them from the
Italians they retired to their castle Of Mira
mar, which overlooked the Blue waters Of
the Adriatie, ana passed days peaceful and
c6ntcnted, finding happiness, III books and
flowers, in the soeiety OF friends, in the com
panionship Of their children and Of each
other. After 8 few years--when Napoleon
III found the expedition to Mexico a fail
ure, ana foreseeibg its disastrous results was
looking for some one to assume the burden
which he could not support was casting
about for some convenient victims for the al
tar-thc tender Of q crown was made to
MaximiliaH and Gharlotta In new w6rla.
among strange people, they were to ascend
The throne Of the Mohtezumas and bring peace
and prospesity to nation which had every
element Of greatness except a wise, just and
frn Government DasSlsd BY the brilliahcy
Of the affair, Maximiliah was eager to ae-
cept, But even then the .anefrng instincts
Of the woman warned her Of the danger
which lurked beneath; and she e6uhselled
against its acceptance, The husband hest
tatea, but finally yielded; and fell into the
snare of the French Afachiayelli Soon af-
terwards accompanied by d brilliant retinue
Of mobiles and Of soldiers 1.-The Emperor and
Empress set cut take possession Of the cotiri
try te which they had been invited: They
quickly learned how they had been deceived,
and few months Of hollow tranquility were
Succeeded BY years Of blo0dshed and disas
ter. But the wife ilevef faltered in her de-
yotion to the eause Of her husband and she
labored assiducusly and untiringly, with more
than a wUman's energy: to place the crown
firmly upon his head, to give stability to his
Government, and TO bestow peace and pros
perity upon the country and the people.
when, despite every exertion, the Admins.
tfation daily grew weaker, the end began TO
draw near, and rumors Of the treaehefy Of
Napoleon became current, the Empress TN
deftook an einbassagc TO Europe for afsist-
anee she crossed the Atlantic, and threw
herself at thSfeet Of the French monarch,
reminding him OF his invitation and his
pledges, and implored him not to abandon
the man who had gone to Mexico relying
upon his honor and his kinsly word. Fail
ing 10 receive any encouragement, and con-
viScsd that her husband was betrayed, she,
as last resort went 10 the Pope, but found
no sympathy at the Vatican. Then the
strong heart broke and the clear brain yield
ing beneath such an accumulation Of woe,
ana before she could embark for Mexico, in
order to perish with Ma1imilian, symptoms
Of insanity were discovered, and she was de-
tanned in Europe. Events then came thick
and fast-the evacuation Of Mexico by Mar
shall Bazaine and the t,eachery Of Lopez,
the betrayal Of Maximilian, his trial and his
death. The news Of his execution, which
shocked every court in Europe, fell with
fearful force upon the poor Queen in her
castle by the Adriatic, and the light Of rea-
son which had commenced to glimnher again
went out At once forever Since that time
through the long years which have elapsed
since the blood of the blood Of the Austrian
Prince crimsoned the soil Of Mexico-she
has been captive in her once happy and
still beautiful home, Wild maniac ever IA
wing Of her vanished Empire and her lost
Macmillan, until at last heaven IN Its ner-
CIV has sent her It's most welcome blessing
death She has gone to IUjoin her husband
in another. and let us hope, better world
But while courage, devotion and true wo-
nanliness shall be held in honor among men,
the name OF 'loor Carlotta" shall claim the
love, the respect and the admiration OF the
world