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Tiic ex-Queen of Holland.?The si
duchess of Saint Lue, ex-queen of Hoi- u
land, wife of Louis Bonaparte, and daugh- t<
ter of the empress Josephine has depar- a
ted tills life, at her chateau of Arenenberg, b
.in Switzerland, at the age of fifty-four b
years. - . - _ u
, From, her life the lesson may be taught ti
that grandeur cannot afford happiness,
ilorlcnse Eugenie Bcuharnnis witnessed d
the death of her father upon the scaffold, n
a man os distinguished for his talents as li
his birth?she witnessed her mother's n
elevation to the throne; but she witnessed, o
likewise- hf?r (lnsr.pnt frnm it ?a itIko >.!???
( 1 mmm m w ?v ? V |^IUUV U
to a stranger. Her husband was king of A
Holland?her brother^ viceroy of Itally. ti
Events separated her from the one?she v
.saw the other die an exile in a little court h
of Germany. Three sous had been be- U
slowed upon her ; the eldest, for whom f<
Napoleon destined the empire, died yoting, E
and his death was, perhaps, the c.ause of tl
the dit^rcc of Josephine, and the fatal
marriage of Marie Louise: the second
died, sword in hand, in Itafly, in 1831,
in attempting to secure its independence; v
the mad atlcmptof the third, at ?tratsburg. ct
is recent and well known. He indeed h
closed his mother's eyes, but she died;si
conscious that he was a proscribed exile, k
without an asylum in Europe. rt
The tongue of scandal has not spared c<
her; but yet, none can say that she ever1 Ji
forgot her honor and divnitv as wife or #Y
queen. Although she mixed -much in m
political matters, she cannot be reproach* , hi
cd with a single trait of party hate or; ri
party vengeance. Patriotism was heriol
real and ruling motive. In her misfor-;a<
tunes she sought for.consolation in litera- la
ture and the arts, and conformed herself b
cheerfully to her altered fortunes. She tl
has composed several pieces of poofry 01
and airs, which will survive her memory, ui
Unhappy daughter?unhappy wife?still ti
more unhappy mother?Ilortense de Beau- pi
ha r no is never found repose but in deathh, pi
which she met without a regret, but that a<
of leaving her only child exposed to em- ci
barrassed, and probably, rigorous fate. , i fc
The French Government, at the time of w
the Stratsburg conspiracy, wished to play fa
a generous part in taking prince Louis fe
Napoleon from his natural judges, but ei
ittoa2 *. 1 -? 'k-. ? ^? ??
?uo mi 11 utii uis|nayiiiy iiiu same sup* ct
posed humanity towards the mother.? la
On hearing of the audacious attempt of ih
her son, she immediately set off by post, cj
tynd arrived in the strictest incognito at ai
Viry, near Paris, in order to intercede
with the government for her son. But no pi
sooner was it known that she was ,in ag
France, than she received orders to take tii
her departure immediately. In vain did w
-the person who accompanied her reprc- tii
sent to M. Dclcsscn and M. Mole, an an* ra
cient servant of Napoleon, that grief, w
uneasiness, and the fatigues of a journey cr
too rapidly made, had brought on a state th
of suffering which Absolutely required n<
some day's repose, and the immediate.aid it
of the most experienced physicians. The th
ministers were Indexible; the unfortunate tii
lady received fresh orders to depart, im- ig
mediately, and traverse the country "as A
quick as possible. Scarcely bad she re-: al
turned to Arenenterg, when the terrible m
malady which carried Iter off, from which ' to
she had never before, these harrassing fo
events, declared itself with a violence! r?l
_ ?i I"
which resisted all the succor of the rnedi-lpi
qal art. b<
As a commentary upon this conduct of cl
the French Government towards the ex- th
queen of Holland* one little anecdote le
\v>ll suffice. m
When, in 1815, Napoleon returned from ht
the Isle of Elba, the dowager duchess of ul
Orleans mothci of Louis Pniiippe* had a rA
short time before, broken her leg, and pi
wAs still ill* from the effects of this ncci- th
dent. Queen Hortense* informed of her b?
state of suffering, let her know .that she it
would take her under her protection, and to
waited upon the emperor upon his arrival, iy
?tom whom she obtained permission for ol
the duchess to remain at Paris as long as ti<
he liked; and an order to have her trea- w
ted with all the honors due to her rank. v?
The duchess of Orleans remained in Paris la
during the whale period of the Hundred w
days. f(J
On her dcnth>bcd, the duchess of 8t. p<
Luc expressed a wish to be conveyed to d<
Rucl, and be placed there by the side of ki
her mother, tlic empress Josephine. It e<
will appear strange indeed if the present fr
Ircnch Government refuses so little ?8 a di
fravg In her.-own ?<wfery to her, who
i>ined so earnestly her solicitations to
hose of her mother, to obtain from the
irst consul a pension of 200,000 francs
or tlie'downger duchess of Orleans and
ier daughter, now Madame Adelaide,
later to the king of the Frebch.
The death of queen llortense was
rorthy of her life. Her long agony had
either wearied her resignation nor exlusted
her endless benevolence. Up to
er last moments her thoughts were only
f those around her, who, on their side,
nited as they were in one common syinathv
and common nffliriinn
# ? iUU ?V till
ach other in demonstrations of zeal and
flection. * Several of her old friends had
orae from afar to have the melancholy
leasure of seeing her once more before
tsing her forever. lier relations ar.d
ervants surrounded her bed of death,
pon which religion, which had suppor?d
her through life, was her consolation
nd hope. Her son received her last
reath, and- she left this world leaving
ehiud her general regret among those
rho knew her; for she won the admiraon
and attachment of all around.
The funeral service, should no ulterior
impositions change the present intention,
ras to be celebrated at Ermatengen, a
ttle village situated at the foot of Areenburg;
and, certainly, neither prayers
r tears will he spared for her who was the
enefactress and idol of the country.?
.nd, to our minds, the simple and spontneoUs
homage rendered in a humble
illage church to her virtues, will not
onor the daughterand sister of Napoleon
;ss, than if bet obsequies had been permitted
with all the pomps of Notre
tame, in Paris, and all the splendor of
tic empire.
TkEtasnnn a mr*
LFrjorCiaai Cj UUUKAUK.
The following instance of enthusiastic
alor and contempt of life is not exceded
by any thing which is recorded in
istory. It occurred in India, at the
.orming of the fortress of Bobilee, bemging
to Rangaroa, one of the Polygar|
ijahs. The attack (says the historian,) i
tmmenced at day break, on the 24th, of
nnuary, with the field-pieces against the
>ur towers; and the defenders, lest fire
light catch the thatch of the rampart,
id pulled it down. By 9 o'clock seve-'
il of the battlements were broken, \^ien
II the leading parties of the four divisions
ivanced, at tne same time with scaling
iddors; but after much endeavor for } tin
our, not a man had been able to get over
te parapet, and many had fallen wounded;
ther parties followed with as little succers, I
ntil all were so falligued, that a ccssa
on was ordered, during which the field- j
ieces, having beaten down more of the'
nrapet, gave the second attack more
Wantage; but the ardor of the defence in-'
reased with the danger. The garrison,
>ught with the indignant ferocity of
iid beasts, defending their dens and |
tnilics; several of them stood, as in de-;
ncc> on the top of the battlements, and
ideavored to grapple with the first asmdants,
hoping with them to twist the
ddcrs down, and this failing, stabbed
lem with, their lances, but being wholly
tpoced themselves', were easily shot by
in from the rear of the escalade.
The assailants admired, for no Eurosan
had ever seen such excess of course
in the natives of Indoston, and con?
J ir i . . . t I
iiuu11y unereu quarter, wnieii was aiays
answered by the menace and inlcnr?n
of death; not a man had gained the
mparts at two o'clock in the afternoon,
hen another cessation of the attack
isucd; on which Kangarao assembled
e principal men, told, them there was
) hope of maintaining the fort, and that
was immediately necessary to preserve
eir wives and children from the violai>n
of the Europeans, and the more
nominious authority qf Vizernmrauz.e,
number called without distinction were
otted to the work; they proceeded every
an with a torch, his lance, and poinard,
the habitations in the middle of the
ri,to which they set fire indiscriminately
ying the flame with straw prepared with
tch and brimstono, and every man stabid,
without remorse, the woman or
did, whichsoever attempted to escape
e flame and suffocation.- Not the help*
as infant, clinging to the bosom of its
other, saved the life of either from ,the
md of the husband and father. The
most excesses, whether of revenge or
'ge, were exceeded by the attroeious
ojudiccs which dictated and performed
is horrible sacrifice. The massacre
dug finished, those who accomplished
returned, like men agitated by the furies.
die themselves on the walls. Mr. Law,
ho commanded one of the divisions,
wired, while looking at the confla^rathat
the number of the defenders
as considerably diminished,. and he adinced
again to the attack. After several
dders had failed, a few grenadiers got
rer tho parapet' and maintained their
oting in the towar till more secured the.
icsession. Rangoaraov hastening to the
?fcnce of the tower, was in this instant
illed hy a musket ball. His fall increasI,
if possible, the desperation of his
iends; who crowding to revenge hir
;ath, left the other parts of the ramparts
bare; and the other divisions o( the
French troops, having advanced likewise
to their respective attacks, numbers on all
sides got over the pefapet without opposition;
nevertheless, stone of the defenders
quitted the rampart, or would accept
quarter; hut each fell advancing against
or struggling with an antagonist; and even
when fallen, and in the last ngonv, would
resign his p dniar only to death. The
slaughter of the conflict being completed,
another much more dreadful presented
itself intheuerabelow:the transport ofvictory
lost all its joy: all gazed on one another
with silent astonishment and remorse,
the fiercest could not'veiusc a tear for the
deplorable dcstructioji spread before them !
Whilst contemplating on'it, an old inau,|
leading a boy, was perceived advancing
from a distant recess: lie was welcomed'
with-much attention and tespert, and con-;
| ducted by the crowd Id Mr. Law, to whom 1
! he presented the child; with these w ?r s :
| "This is the son of Rtngaruo, w hom 1.
j have piescrved against his father's will."
Another emotion now succeeded, and the i
preservation of this infant was fell hy all
as some ulleviation to the horrible catastrophe,
of which they had been the unfortunate
authors. The tutor and the
I child were immediately sent to M. Bu sy,
'who, having heard of the condition of
the fort, would not go into it, but remained
in his tent, Where he received the
isacred captives with #he humanity ol a
'guardian appointed -by the atrongest
claims af nature, and immediately co nmunded
patents to b* prepared, appointing
the so lord of the territory which he
had offered the father in exchange f >r the
i district of Bobilee; ar.d ordered ihetn to
be strictly guarded in the camp from the
malevolence of enemies.
The ensuing night and the two ru-'coo(Hng
clays passed in the usual attentions;
especially the care of the wounded, who
were many; hut in the middle of the
third night, the camp was alarmed by a
tumult in the quarter of Vizeramrauze.
Four of the soldiers of Rangarae. on
seeing him fall, concealed themselves in
an unfrequented part of the fort until the
night was far advanced, wheu the)' dropped
down the walls, and speaking the
same language, passed unsuspected thro'
the quarters of Vizeramrauze, and gained
the neighboring thickets, where they remained
the two succeeding days, watching I
until the bustle of tho'camp had subsided;
then two of them quitted their retreat,]
and having by their "language again deceived
those Ly whom they were questioned,
got near the lent of Vizernrnrauze;
then creeping on tl^ ground, they passed
under the backpart, and entering the
tent, found him lying on his bed, alone,
anc{ asleep, Vizeramrauze was extremely
corpulent, insomuch that he could scarcerear
himself from his seat without assistance:
the two men restraining ?h?*ir vcr\
breath, struck in the same instant with
their pninards at his heart; the tirst gr m
brought in a centinel who fired but missed;
more immediately tnronged in, but
the murderers, heedless of themselves,
cried* out, pointing to the body, Hook
hero! wc arc satisfied!" They were
instantly shot by the crowd, and mangled
after they had fallen; but they stabbed
Vizeramrauge in thirty-two places, llad
they failed, the otlisr two remaining in
the forest were bound by the same oath to ,
o -ill ... % i
pcnorm me accu, or pcrisn in the attempt.
Youth Betrayed.?A few years ago,
the green of o rich bleacher in the north
of Ireland, had been frequently robbed at
night, to a very considerable amount;
notwithstanding the utmost vigilance of
the proprietor and his servants to protect
it, and without the slightest clue being
furnished for the detection of the rob
her.
Effectually and repeatedly baffled by
the ingenuity of the thief or thieves, the
proprietor at length offered a reward of
100/ for'the apprehension of any person
or persons detected robbing the green.
A few days after this proclamation, the !
master was at midnight raised from his
bed by the alarm of a faithful servant, i
'there was somebody with a lantern cros
sing the green." The master started j
from his bed, flew to the window?it was j
so?he hurried on his clothes, armed him- j
self with a pistol; the servant flew for his *
loaded musket, and they cautiously fol- i
lowed kthe light. The person with the <
lantern (a man) was, as they approach d, <
on tip-toe, distinctly seei\ stooping and <
grouping on the ground; he was seen .i
lift'ug and tumbling the linen. The ser
vart fired; ihe robber fell. The man and I
master* now proceeded to examine the i
spot,. The robber was dead; he was recognised
to be a youth about nineteen,
who resided a few fields off The linen
was cut across; bundles of it were tied up; <
and upon searching and examining farther,
the servant in the presence of the
master, picked up a pen-knife, with the
name of the unhappy youth engraved
upon tho handle. The evidenee was conclusive,
for in the morning the lantern
war acknowledged by the afflicted and implicated
father of the hoy to be his lantern.
Defence was dumb.
The faithful eervtat received the bun*
idretl pounds reward, and was besides proj.inoted
t<? be the confidential overseer ot*
ihe establishment. .? k .
This faithful servant, the confidential
overseer, was shortly after proved to have
been himself the thief, and was hanged
at Dundalk for the murder of the youth
; whom lie ha<l cruelly betrayed.
It appeared, upon the clearest evidence,
, and by the dying confession und description
of the wretch himself, that all this
j circumstantial evidence was pieconcerted
by him, not only to screen himself from
i the imputation of former robberies, but
to get the hundred pounds reward.
The dupe, the victim he chose for this
diabolical purpose, tvas artless, affectionate,
and obliging. The boy had a favorite
knife, a penknife, with his name engraved
upon its handle. The first of this
hand was to coax him to give him thai
Knife as a keep sake. On the evening of
the fital day, the miscreant prepared the
bleach-green, the theatre of this melancholy
tragedy, for his performance. He
tore the linen from the pegs in some plu-.
cos, he cut it across in others; he turned
it up in heaps; he tied it up in bundles, as
if ready to be removed, and placed the
favorite knife, the keepsake, in one ol the
cuts he hail himself made. I
Matters being thus prepared, he invited
il. I -
me ucvuieu y<Milti to supper, and is the
nights were dark, he told him to bring
the lantern to light him home. At'siippcr,
or alter, he artfully turned the couiersa-j
tion upon the favorite knife, which he >
ilF-cied with great concern to miss, and
pretending that the last recollection lie ;
hud of it, was using it on a particular spot
of the hleech-gneen, describing that spot j
to the obliging boy, apd begged him to '
sec it it was there, lie lit the lantern j
which he had been desir-d to bring with I
him to light him home, and with placrity j
proceeded on his fatal errand.
As so-ni as the msnsler saw his victim
completely in the snare, he gave the ,
alarm, and the meluncholly ' crime described
was the result.
Could there*have been pdssibly a strong-1
er case of circumstantial evidence than I
this? The voug mail seemed actually ,
caught in the fact. There was the knife \
with hia name on :.t; the linen cut, tied
up in bun lies, and the lantern acknowledged
by his father. The time, past
-midnight. The master himself present,
a maiii f the fairest character; the servant
of unblemished reputation.
State of Protestantism in France.
?We find an article in the. Transcript of
week before last on this subject, accompanied
by some quotations from a recently
published work The book we have
not seen; but the subject strikes us peculiarly
interesting, both in a retrospective
and prospective point of view. To the rejection
of the Refor nation by the
French people, we trace the character of
almost all thai lias ainnn ?
-.. ? - ..Uk- anil/1. I/IMIIUII lllU'lli
and we look forward to its future adoption
as the only possibility of moral j
prosperity, winch the destinies of the na- (
tion, whatever they may be, can realize. .
The actual stale of the mind of France j
seems to favor the idea, that piotestantism
may yet preva I th re. not, certainly "
universally and lationally, but to an ex
lent which may hav<- a general influence, (
even on her catholic inhabitants. All f
educated, and most uneducated French- j
men, belonging nominal y to t c Unman
clinch, are completely disengaged from v
jvery possible creed. Catholicism is (
found to he out of fashion; it may act as ^
\ pleasing opiate on the inert mass of so- ^
ciety, but can give no moral control and ^
direction to mental activity. Infidelity j
is acknowledged by all the respectable,
even though they inay be negatively unbelt
vers thomselves, to be a principle i
exclusively of disorganization: and the
constituted anthoritip* nf Prant-o ? -
rry against it from one end of the land to <
the oth* r. The professed infidels oi th.it \
country, loo, are no longer what they I
[Vrmerly were. They givte no point i
blank denial to the truths of Christianity, i
If they believe nothing, they deny no- t
thing. If they will not be bound by en- I
lliolieisin, with which Christianity is '
identified in their minds, hey qually re- i
j< ct the dry doe<rines of Voltaire, whirli .
provides no aliment for their affections, i
Fluctuating between the two, th^y have .
fallen in?o the fantastic: and are, evi- j
lently seeking in ,h?dr %vild intellectual t
excursions, to discover some truth u
which they may find repute mii?' certe ??- i
? A ' "
ly. j\ want, in oriel, is univi-r-Hlix it It I
?a want not openly avowed, betaiim a \
faith in revelation, which is scorne, can i
alone show how it is to be met and sup- <
plied?a want of religion. In the midst, i
however,* of -the general torment of unset- *
lied thoughts, of the absence of all moral
convicti ns( which this produces, the
pure truths of the gospel, it is consolin
to kn w, arc silenily and imperceptibly
spreading thro >gh the country. Here,
then, is a speck of hope upon the horizon.
We cannot forbear to think thst it
will grow broader and broader. It is cer
tain, ;ti least, that there has been of laie
years a great revival of religi 'tis zeal and
devotion among the' French * protestants,
and that raa?y of the reiormed churches
?SB-gBBH BBS?BB?
arc now making a combined effort with
some success, though struggling with tna*
.riy disadvantages; to propagate plain doctrines
amonf their catholic brethren. Wt
wilt not dweH upon the pleasing prosj
pect, of which this circumstance affords
us a glimpse; if wc did. we might be
1 thought to be indulging in speculations.
' VVe cannot help thinking, however, that
the philosopher* and staeismen of France*
who are at present really and earnestly
seeking to discover some medium point
in morals between superstition and irrelU
gion, which may afford an anchorage
ground for the popular mind, will, at
last, come to percetVe that the protestant
form of Christianity alone gives the great
disideratiim. and ihut th?v will
if only on account of its virtues in reialion
to politics, give it every encouragemcni.?Sunday
Morning- News.
i ' r.
From the 44Sketches of Western Adventurers,n .
The two Johnsons ?KurJy in the
fall of *93, two boys by the name of
J >hnson, the one 1*2, and the. ojher t^ *, *
years of age, were ?>iayihg. on the
of Short creek, near the mouth ef the
Muskingum, and occasionally shipping
stones into the water. At a distance they
saw two men, dressed like ordinary neir
tiers, in hats and coats, who gradqagy,
approached them, and from time to li$ber
ihrew stones iuto the water, in imitation*
of the children.
At length, when within 100 yards o<
the boys, ifiey suddenly threw off their
masks, and rushing rapidly upon them,
took them prisoners. They proved to be
Indians of tiie Delaware tribe. Takio?
the children in their arms, they ran hastily
into to woods; and alter a rapid march
of about six miles, they encamped for
the nig.it. Having kindled a fire, and
laying tneir rides and tomahawks against
a tree, they lay -Sown to rest, each with a
boy in Ilia arms. The children, as may
be rot tly mippuscd, were loo much agU
taled in sleep. The eldest at length be*
gin t?t ,n?ve itlimbs cautiously, anil
rinding that ih?' Vidian who held hira remained
fast asleep, hu gradually disengaged
himself from ids arms, and walked to
the lire, which Itatl burned low. lie re*
.named several minutes in suspense of
what was to be done Having slirrcd the
tire, and ascertained the exact position of
the enemies* arms, he wltiispered softly
to his brother to imitate his example, and
if possible to extricate him-elf from his
keeper* The little hoy did as his brother
directed, and both stood irresolute around
the lire* \l length the oldest, who was
of a very resolute disposition, proposed
they should kill the sleeping Indians, and
return home. .The eldest pointed at one
of the guns, and ussurcd his brother if
he would only pull the trigger of that
gun alter tie had placed it at rest, he
would answer lor the older Indian. The
plan was agreed upon. The rtlle was le
veiled, with ilie muzzle resting on a log,
which lay near; and having stationed his
little brotner at the breech, with positive
triiPiki ?inl l.i ????!? sK^v < ? - * 1
r. |#v? o M?r? ? > ll/UWII iliu II t^gcr uuiii lie
rave the word He l en seized the toma
lawk, and advanced cautiously to the
deeper. Such was lite agitation of the
rounder brother, however, that he. I >uchsd
the trigger too soon, . and the report
if.his gun awakenes the other Indian be^
ore his brother was quite prepared.?
le sirur|i the blow, however, with firirtin*;-,
at A ugh i. Hie hurry of the uc it
vas done with the blunt part of the hatch- t,
and only stunned his antagonist.?
Quickly repealing the blow, however,
... J - -i * ' -
IV. nuiit ieu a utTji wound Upon 1110 1Q:
linn's head, and alter repealed strokes,
eft him lifeless upon the spot.
the other, frightened at the explosion
>f his own gun, hud already taken to his
.reapers, and with much difficulty was
iveruiken by his brother. Having re.aimd
the road by which they had advanced,
the elder fixed his hat upon in
tush, to nrirk the spot and by daylight
hey regaiueil their homes. They found
heir mother in an agony of grief for
.heir loss, and ignorant whether they had
teen drowned, or lakeu by the Indians,?
I'heir tale was heard with astonishment,
tot umningled with incredulity, and a few
f the neighbois insisted u| on ac.compatving
tin ni iu the spot where so extraordinary
a rencounter hail occurred. The
lace Was soon found, and the truth o<
he hoys' story placed beyond a doubt.
The tomahawked Indian lay in bis
dot d where In fell, but the one who had
teen shot, was not to be found. A broad ^
trail of bb>od however, enabled them to
track lits 'outsteps, and be was at length
overtaken. Ilis under iaw had been en
lirely shut away, and his hands and breast
w-re covered with clotted blood. Though
very much exhausted, he still kept his
pursuers at bay, and faced litem, from
lime to time; with an air of determined
resolution. Cither his gory appearance,
or the apprehension that more were in
the neighborhood, had such an effect upon
his pursuers, that, notwithstanding
their numbers ypt he was permitted to escape.
Whether he survived, or perished
in the wilderness, could not be ascertained;
hot front the "so verity of the wound, the
latter supposition is most probable;