Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-11

recourccs, living almost on charity, he was at
last compelled, under lcigned name, to devote
himself to teaching for his support, and for eight
months he performed the duties OF professor i'll
the college Of Reichenau, instrytcting daily in
history, mathematics, and the French and
English languages. This feature in his history,
strikngly exemplifcs the force ard decision
of his character Satisfied that his mother
and sister had found places Of safety, he trusted
to his own energies and, strong in tire re-
sources Of his mind, he threw himself upon
thom, and thcyouth oi'2l, the Lieutenant Gen
eral in the French Army, prince of the royal
house of Bourbon, depended on his early cdll-
Cation for his daily support 1t shows how
thorough had been that education, and how
well he had improved his opportunities, that
when he quilted Rcchcnau, he received the
most honorable testimonials of his learning
and ability. The change was great, but his
strong mind was equal TO the vcsstudes. His
father, the Duke OF Orleans, having been be-
headed in l193 the young exile assumed the
title ofhs deceased parent, and sought refuge
in the North of Europe. After a variety Of
adventures, interesting, dangerous, and roman
tic in the extreme, he received from MS mo-
,hcr letter, urging him in the most touching
manner To save hialscf from the gathering
storm of miuriated France by Fastening to A.
mcrca. This was the only price at which
could be purchased the liberty of his mother
and brothers, who were confined in the prison
of Marscles; and though il deranged all his
plans, and threw him entirely out of the cir
Gle of European politics, and three thousand
miles from his country, he hcsitated not to com
ply with her request and, Disgusting himself
as Dane he sailed September "a, 1877, from
Hamburg in the ship America, Capt. Ewing, for
Philadelphia. This was the darkest period of
his life. His distracted country-his abused
mother--his prosecuted family-his murdered
father were behind him all unknown land
untrieG friends-desolatc solitune, and threat
ened indigence before him. Treated by the
captain as a runaway West India gambler, en-
ploycd by passenger as an interpreter, and
tossed about upon the sea Of waters and the sea
Of troubles, he bore up against all with man
an1 ,ho oaorr,, ,,rl,,s r,,,.o
!" "c'oOer he 'oscieu ii''''ue'Ph''' anu
pe'"s Jo''e' :" oo'u''s " Ills '"o D'''"c'S'
'ne puAe u Noh'Pc"s'cf "n" Cou"t oca'9o'iS'
VINO llau TEDIOUS passage OF % Gays ~ 'ic
Swedish ship Jupiter, from Marselles, they
'o'" "P ''c" 'es'uci'0e u' "e "'"ac VI VIZ
prcsJrpt and then tomno-ari,v residing a
philoae)ubia, The seat of Government the,
visited him ot Nount Verpo, and shared hi;
kindly hosnitoli,ics Ioarnipr tbeir desire +,
travel Wos, Wos,;rc.o, rronorea c,r ,bco, =,
itinerary and furnished ,bom with m,ry 10,
tors of ;otroa,ct;o, and oJ,,,;n, ,Io crs,o
mary mode or travelling nm horsrh,cl u;,,
saddIoh,cs ,bov started ON ,he;r Journey,
l. Tnov crossed rho Auoobo,iost to Erovy;,Ie On,
c Nashville mad tho, turned ror,h,y,rd 70 PM,
s burr thence up,o Eric and Bnffal, and theme,
n IN the Falls If N;,cor, From this pIoce tho,
t. came down through Canandaiouo. n region q
l. country then almost uninbabited and will
g roads almost innassab,c Enbar.i,g INN,
h Seneca lake, thew iourneved ON foot rom il
J. head to Tiora pojnt. a distance Of o. mile
each carving his bacGace ON his b,ck, an
thence they descended the Susopehanna +
phila1clnhio The ColIowinr extrac, from
: letter addressed TO his sister, the Princes AIDE