The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-06

| complain Had there been no Isabella ther
world have been no Pinto. no United States
no New Orleans M Momus. Let us drOwl
her faults In this recollection.
i ~ MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS.
| We come at lass tn a woman whose place II
history she owes largely to her miafortunea
| The uuuoky race of the Stuarts found n fall
prototype in her. From theday nf her birth Il
the hour OF her unhappy death. Mary wa'
unIneky. Her father died. when slle was hu
n tender babe of two years, Of modification
al hll defeat by the English or her thret
| husbands ono died when he was n mere boy
the second was murdered before he was twt
years married aud the third nha murderer q
| his pretleressnr) was also assasstnhteh soo'
| after the wedding ceremonies With her onl j
son Mary WINS equally unfortuuate. aa h.
WIS taught tn hate hla mother on account Of
her religious belief With her crowns her
| fate was much tho same. She was crowned
when mere girl Qnonn Of England. Francs
and Scotland. Fha first kingdom shn never
enjny"I. the serond eha lost when hut elgl,-
teen. and the hIrli when only twent y three.
II Ia not surprising. therefore. That Mary
should receive her sentence Of flrnth will, In
differences, IT not with actual welcome She
leaves the Castle Of Foihe,lnHay. where for
nineteen years ahn has beeu uHj,lailY In
prtsnned. with resignation. fully prepared To
die hravely tho death ri a Queen, glnd ~ css
oapa the oItrages that her ipn Ions rival t,een
Elz ,hetI, has heppetl upon her. nv her slIa
men The E.rls of Kent and Shrewsbury
the hitter Ut whom had henn hnr pualer during
her long impriaunmnnt arc cltts by, while
just IN front, with tihla IN hanl /; tho Denn
ri Peterborough who hpa heer Mt with til
linlte cruelty, 10 endnavor to win Mary 10 the
reformed faith before hnr death, her own Il ltnp-
nor being refused permission 10 comfort her
In her last hours. The Queen is all In black,
with but n narrow e'lgeof white ruff showing
Thus she died. not tutoring n monn. al
though the rlun,ay hradslnnTI hacked d way 1T
her head before hs tinnlly sueosedeI ia OK
ecuting her
u. ELIZABETH OF ENGLAND.
That very time cav thu thou aaullat non
Flying bet we. u the cold moon and Tho earth
Uuud all arnli; certain aim he took
Al q fair VrataI tlirnnaI Nv tho west
Aud lnosod hls love shaft smartlY from HIS
Az il sl,onll peron hupdraJ thouanpu hearts
But might see Young Guilds ny shaft
Quanohal Ia tho ear beams Of tho watery
Aud tho imperial vofaress passed ON
In maiden meditation. fancy free.
Such were tho words with which "the I'm
mortal bard" Shakeepeare. sought to win
the favor Ut Queen F,li5abeth, Tradition no
ports that Shakespearas shaft How Alright lf
tupida did not, aud that tho Queen was so
BATTERED aud pleased ny this punto tribute tn
her That she spoke u1l, strongly and favora-
bly, of the play nator md even saw iii to
compliment him On hla creation nf FalsafT
aud request that he make Falstan In love, In
order that a'le might SEQ the an.rous gam
bols of the Fat KuigLt Fir Waiter Scott has
made this quotation anh lis tirst reading tn
The Queen the incident of '|ir Walter IsaI.
eigh 8 INTRODUCTION ut court. httt M"lnustells
y different tale from the "Wiznrd of tha |
North and Insists TINT II was Shnk esuears |
himself who rnclted those liuns tn tho tVir- |
gin Queen Of England. -
The two mararehs Ut poetry md Ut Eng
land stand face tn face. Tho queen IA seated |
on her throne. with her court around To |
tho left stand her noble Secretary ~ State |
William Geeil. Lord HurleIgh, To whose Wise
brain she owed go much. and by her slide
Indy I'urIegh. 'Tbe queeus eollrtisr and
lover. Henry Dudley. Earl of Leicester
rlah. " ltkn tho gallant he was. Ia nm
alegnut slnshed ,lnlh|et Of white mud
purple silk Is On her right Tho queen
yents long ermine gown and ono ~ those
rnlfs which that era insisted were
beautiful, hnd Carrtns n gUIden scpUtrs In har
hands bnatng upon ~ table Just before he
,hroneis Shakespeare. clothed In solemn black,
"cttlng that flattsry so sweet tn IGtI1ateth'a
unity. page and waiting maid standing
rear him complete his audience.
1G. MARIA THERESA.
abandoned by my friends. perseetlted BY
ny enemies attacked by my uearest rela-
Ions. have no oth"r resources than In your
idettty. your Gournge. and your
'onstaney. commit tn your hands the son
u your King" were tho words IN which tho
'onng Qneen 81 Hungary Appended 10 hsr
Magyar subjects nj Preshurg.
IL was n moment big with the fate of Aus
ria mud Of Europe The Kings of France
md Prussia, and the Fhlntins ~ Bavaria Ind
lecresd tho dsmth aud division Of Austria;
md her own subjects had declined to reeog-
'izs Maria Ihsresl as thalr sovereign. But
ho words OF tho young Queen nWnIsaned tha
!nlIant deviation OF tho Mngyars. md tho
hungarian Parliament, rising In, otip body,
houtet In unison "1iorinmur pro Yfge noat,o
liyin Theresa" (Wa will die for our hmg
Inrin IhMnsa). II was 81 shout that reaeheI
he distant enemy and stopped their onward
march Of victory. Sudden confusion md dis
ord came upon tho allies They disagreed
nd quarreed. Tho French army marched
ack To France. Frederick the Great retired
ut twenty -thrsa soon saw herself firmly
Established on the throne OF the Hnpsbnrgs.
he divialon OF Austrla prevented, and the
alancs OF power OF Europe restored
Benehth canopy OF red velvet. bearing tho
rnorial shield Of Hungary. the young Qneen
hungary. Shs holds her bhby afterwards
Osept III forward in her arms, so that the
! agar noblemen can 500 their future sever
Ign. Her royal robe or velvet Is blue, with
Ioak OF ermine- trimmed red velvet Before
or with drawn swords brandished above
heir heads, four Hungarian nobemen, In l
uzzar uniform, shout words OF cheer and ,
ops W IIleII DIAVe young lRHeeIl, ana PROMISE
or tho aid OF their own good swords to right :
or wrongs.
II. JOSEPHINES VISION
Cast bnck your eyes n little more than q
injury ago A little girl nnmed Kose !
luRbter OF ~ planter of tho Isle OF Mar
nique, n man Of but moderate means, Is
laying In her fathers wild, neglected gar \
an. An Inviting retreat for childhood ia this
arden, savage rs II Is. for 1t boasts all the
the gorgeous cOlOrln9 and rich !
rolificness Of the tropics. A cactus, the por- =
,pins OF botany, with - MOLINE tangcre look {
bout it. raises It's forbdding angry head In s
rs corner; here in another nook Is an aloe, +
adnK the air with Ger sweet perfnme OF It's {
ig-like fruit; but highly over all, grace Z
u palm, symbol Of symmetry and beauty, !
ok5 down upon the humble plants that bend !
homage at her feet. sedgy pond Is near, :
led with cump5 Of floatlng er-liies, /
afted hither and thither like pleasure yachts I
fore the Winds soft breath just such 81 /
)ok this as one would choose to while away y
hour i'll that land OF perennial summer, y