The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-11-09
LOUIS PHILIPPE.
FROM THE SAVANNAH GEORGIAN.

Reflections of the most interesting charac.
Ter are suggested by the present visit to this
country of the Prince de Joinville, third son Of
the King of the French. More than forty
years have passed since his father was here,
seeking an asylum from the violence of his
own countrymen. The life of Lolis Philippe
illustrates the extremes of existence-ex.
IRENE perjury and suffering; extreme wealth
and grandeur. Descended from a royal line,
he was early placed under the most eminent
instructors, and at the Juvenile age of eighteen
as Duke Of Chartres, took command of the
14th regiment Of dragons which bore his
name, and was then garrsoned at Vendome.
His first service was in 1892, in the campaign
against Austria; and the battle of Valney was
his first action, in which, as Lieutenant Gen
eral, al the head of twelve battalions of lnfan-
try, and six squadrons of cavalry, forming the
second line Of Kelierman, he fought with
great bravery; and six days after received, as
the reward of his valor, the second command
in the new levied troops which the executive
council had ordered to be raised.
lie was serving with distction under Dunn
olries in Flanders, when the Convention pas
sed a decree of Punishment against all the
members of the Bourbon family. The young
Duke himself was soon obliged to flee, and he
sought security in Switzerland. Alone, and
on foot, the exiled prince wandered amidst the
mountainous regions of the Alps, and without
resources, living almost on charity, he was
at last compelled, under feigned name, to
devote himself to teaching for his support, and
for eight months he performed the duties of
professor in the college of Richenau, instruc-
ting daily in history, mathematics, and the
French and English languages. This feature
in his history, strikingly exemplifies the force
and decision of his character. Satisfied that
his mother and sister had found places of safe
ty, he trusted to his own energies; and, strong
in the resources of his mind, he threw himself
upon them, and the youth of 81, the Lieut.
General in the French Army, prince of the
royal house of Bourbon, depended on his early
for his daily support. 1t shows how
thorough had been the education, and how
well he had improved his opportunities, that
when he quilted Richenau, he received the
most honorable testimonials of his learning d
ability. The change was great, but his strong
mind was equal to the vicissitudes. His faith
er, the Duke of Orleans, having been behead-
ID in 1898 the young exile assumed the title
IF his deceased parent, and sought refuge in
he North of Europe. After a variety of ad-
Ventures. interesting, dangerous, and romantic
n the extreme, he received from his mother a
etter, urging him in the most touching man.
Ter to save himself from the gathering storm of
nfuriated France by fastening to America
his was the only price at which could be
purchased the liberty of his mother and BROTH
rs. who were confined in the prison of Mar
eilles; and though it deranged all his plans,
md threw him entirely out of the circle of
European politics, and three thousand miles
rom his country, he hesitated not to comply
With her request, and, Disgusting himself as a
Dame, he sailed September "a, 1896, from
hamburg in the ship America, Capt. Ewing,
Or Philadelphia. This was the darkest period
his life. His distracted country-his abus-
d mother-his prosecuted family-his MUIR
cred father were behind him; and unknown
md untried friends-desolate solitude, and
lreatened indulgence before him. Treated by
ne captain as runaway West India gambler,
mployed by passenger as an interpreter, &
,ssed about upon the sea of waters and the
"a of troubles, he bore up against all with