Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-10-05

tam tie charms of carly DAYS that YOU would
scarcely suppose her TO have passed the age
OF hve-and-thIrly. She speaks with perfect
facility, the French, Spanish, and Italian Ian
gunges; aud having travelled over every part
OF Europe, and resided, for limited periods.
near many courts, she has accumulated a vast
fund OF ntcliccncc and anecdote She rare
Iy speaks Of Jerome, her late husband but
notwithstanding Napoleon was the author Of
all her sorrows and dsappontmcnts, she de-
lights IN laudng his character, and his vast
qualities, as hero and statesman, and dlatcs
on the lustre of his story with a warmth and
zeal bordering on enthusiasm. Prior TO his
fall, he annually allowed her large pension,
which was punctually paid as long as he was
monarch OF France. On the accession of the
Bourbons, IT was suspended.
On one occasion only did we hear Madame
BonapaTte speak of Jerome. She then spoke
Of him in the kindcst and most respectful man
ncr; and although she had then been divorced
upwards of thirty years, she manifested a feel
ing for him which was honorable to her ma
ture, and displayed an cnnobling evidence Of
the consistency of woman's love.
| Madame Bonaparte, independently of the
large sums of money given her by Napoleon,
is Immensely rich, and became so by inhert-
ance. Her wealth is source of constant
veXatlon and annoyance not because she is
Exceedingly penurious, but because she has
learned, as she said TO us one day, TO have no
Iconhdence IN popular governments.
| AT the time of the Irois jour- or the revc-
luton of 1880, she was in Paris, and moment
ariy expected that the scenes Of 1898 would
be repeated. She saw, and heard, and knew
that
The rude rabbles watchword was destroy,
For blazing Paris seemed a second Troy
and feared, not without reason, that her de-
postes and stock in the hands of the bankers,
might become the prey of thieves but in this
she was happily disappointed. As soon as the
turmoil OF the Revolution had subsidized, she
transferred very large portion Of her wealth
TO tins country, and invested it in the stock Of
the Bank of the United States. There she
had hoped il would be secure. I'm the month
of May 1887, after she had got her funds thus
invested, the general suspension of the banks
took place, and we well recollect the impress
sion it made on her. Sir, said she to us, on
that eventiu day, do not believe there is any
safety in the world invest money as | will,
something takes place to deprive me of part
Oft. | brought it TO this country TO keep it
sacred from the remorseless hands ofthe revo-
lutionary bandits of Europe, and scarcely
put IT in bank here, before the faithlcss ins,i>
tuition fails, and am swindled. She had pre-
viously, We believe, lost some large sums by
the failure of the Union Bank of Maryland.
AS II was not at that time supposed that the
Bank of the United States was bankrupt, or
would become so, Madame Bonaparte was con.
soled by the arguments of her friends and
forced, rather against her own opinion, into
the belief, that Mr.. Biddle's Bank was safe and
sound.
At this very period she was engaged. for
the sole purpose Of getting her funds safely
invested, in the erection of large block of
buildings, in Baltimore strcet, near what is
called Jones's Fall Bridge. They were near,
" completed, when one night IN June, the ry-
er known by the name Of Jones's Falls, sudden =
" swelled TO an immense height and came
like deluge down upon the devoted city -
numerous houses, warehouses, and stores of all
kinds were destroyed by the impetuous rush.
lings of the torrent, and some fifty or a hundred
Ipersons were drowned.
Madame Bonapartc's buildings were unfor-
,lunately erected in the very tocus-spot OF
the flood Though not destroyed, they sus-
tanned injuries TO the amount of many thou.
sand dollars. The lady now became perfect
ly incouigibe; she declared there was mel.
ther safety. stability or guaranty for any thing
lin the United States and declared that she
would take every thing she possessed back "a
Europe, and invest II m the funds of Holland
the only Stale in which she could discover
the least remnant Of stability. We believe,
however, that she was dissuaded from the pro-
ject aud are very sorry to add, that we have
good reason for fearing that she had large
sums Of money in the Bank OF the United
States at the time of its infamous failure
Madame Bonapar,e is by no means popular,
and, for the reason that she speaks with great
freedom, and often with the most sovereign
contempt for all things American. She dis
guises no sentiment that she onlcuains; and
is as independent as the atmosphere she
inhalcs. In youth she was an object Of envy
"a consequence OF her surprising beauty, and
her alliance with the Bonaparle family; and
since her divorce, her mind has been soured
by the scandal funprIncipled gossips and vile
iraduccrs, who have attempted 10 impress up
on the world the opinion that Jerome repudi-
atcd her, not from necessity, but because she
> was not, IA his opinion, entitled to his conf
= dencc or love.
Like Niagr de I'Earl1f we hope that We