Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1841-10-01
LOUIS PHILIPPE.

We do not know to wha, paper we are in
dob,cd for the following brief sketch of the
King OF the French. 1t has been lying by
us for several weeks, and as it is an outline
oihis progress from early youth to an age
which almost vergcs on the three score years
and ten assigned in Holy Writ as the limit
OF mans earthly carccr,-it may not be
uninicresling to glance at the various 'ups
and downs which have been experienced by
this monarch
Lous Philippe is now CT years old. His
father. the proliiyate Duke Of Orleans, was
as much distinguished for his vices as his
mother was for her virtues, and pc,y. Un-
der the care oithc latter. and the tuition of
Madame dc Gcnlis, the youth of the young
piince was passed. IN the luxurious and
vicious court Of the Bourbons, he was pat
tern Of society and viltuc. He was early
taught to restrain his passions, to cultivate
his mind, and to endure fatigue. lie walk
ed ten or fifteen miles day and laid on
bed of board covered only with mat. He
kept "a daily journal Of his life, in which lie
regularly kept an account of the maoncr in
which lie spent his time, and performed the
duties he owed TO his parents, to society and
to God lie was devoul, sober, cllstc, and
intelligent. His life is unstained with vices,
aud he has been repaid for his temperance
with Sound body, and healthy mind
VIXEN very young he entered the army, and
there won carly the reputation Of being a
I good SOlGI1r At tho xyhfn thn mi,
Of terror was 'nccpng high carnival in blood
stained Far s." he was looked upon by many
as fit person to fill the throne vacated bv
smother murder of Lous XVI, as IA royal
lineage would conciate monarchs,s, while
his liberal principles would satisfy the rcpub-
llcanS. As soon as IA report of this effect
was h nted 10 the leaders Of the rabble, his
father was executed, his relations mprison-
ed, and lie saved his own life by sudden
flight. For fifteen months he lived in IA
great Sccluslon in Switzerland and support
ed himself by teaching the rudiments of
learning TO young persons. lie went to
Hamburg for the purpose of cmbarking for
America, but when he arrived there he had
not sufficient funds to carry out his intentions
lie then journcycd to the extreme north of
Europe, suffering great privalions, and with
the bloodhounds of his enemies continually
bayng in his track. he approached many
miles nearer the North Pole than ane other
French traveller He eventually escaped to
America in 1906. lie there supported him.
self at times by teaching French. While in
Boston he is said to have resided in the
Province House, nearly opposite the old
South Church, and he now speaks Of the
kind ess he experienced from several Bos-
tonlans with much gratitude. lie then went
to England, was invited thence to Sicily,
and there married daughter of its king
Upon the overthrow Of Napoleon, he went
to France, and his sequestered estates we've
retained to him. Until the breaking out of
the revolution Of 1880, he lived in ease and
retirement, with the exception of the exile
he underwent during Napoleon's short
reign in France previous to the battle OF
Waterloo. Though Immensely rich he fell
not into the vices Of the aillucnt, but in all
his grandeur and opulencc, remembered the
lessons ofhis youth. His fortune has been
estimated by a French writer at 100000,
600.
We might add to the above, the circum-
stance Of his residence for a short time in
Canada at several different places, during
the period of the French Revolution. lis
occupa, on here, MS in Boston, was that of IA
schoolmas,cr,--and the places are still point
ed out where he taught the young iloa how
10 shoot. - C0Rddd Times.