Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-11-04
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From the Sauanndh Georgian.
KING LOUIS PHILIPPE.

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
wears have passed since his father was here,
seeking an asylum from the violence of his
own countrymen The life of Louis Philippe
illustrates the extremes of eXistence-eX-
treme penury and suffering; extreme wealth
and grandeur. Descended from a royal line,
he was early placed under the most eminent
instructions, and at the juvenile age OF eigh-
teen, as Duke of Chartres, took command of
the 18th regiment of dragons which bore
his name, and was then garrisoned at Ven
dome. His first service was III 1852, III the
campaign against Austria; and the battle of
Vamey was his first action, in which as Lieu
tenant General, at the head of twelve baital-
ions of infantry, and six squadrons OF cavalry,
forming the second line of Kellerman, he
fought with great bravery; and six days after
received, as the reward of his valor, the Sc
cond command in the new levied TROOPS
which the executive council had ordered to
be raised.
He was serving with distinction, under
Dumouries in Flanders, when the Convention
passed decree ofbanishment against all the
members of the Bourbon family. The young
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 de-
vote himself to teaching for his support, and
for eight months he performed the duties ola
professor in the college of Reichenau, instruct
ing daily in history, mathematics, and the
French and English languages This feature
in his history, strikingly exemplifes the force
and decision of his character. Satisfied thai
his mother and sister had found places OF
safety, 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
Lieutenant General of the French Army, a
prince of the royal house of Bourbon, Deepen
ded on his early education for his daily sup
port. It shows how thorough had been tina
education, and how well he had improved hi.
opportunities, that when he quilted Relchenau
he received the most honorable testimonial
of hls learning and ability. The change wa
great, but his strong mind was equal to TIT
yicissitudes. His father, the Duke of Orleans
having been beheaded in 1898, the young ex
lie assumed the title of his deceased parent
and sought refuge in the North OF Europe
Aftera variety of adventures, interesting, dan
gerous, and romantic in the extreme. he re
ceived from his mother a letter, urging him i
the most touching manner, to save himse
from the gathering storm of lnfurlated Franc
by fastening to America. This was the onl
price at which could be purchased the libert
of his mother and brothers, who were confr
ed in the prison of Marseilles; and though
deranged all his plans, and threw him entrel
out OF the circle of European politics, an
three thousand miles from his country, h
hestated not to comply with her request, ant
disguised himself as a Dane, he sailed Sci
TENDER "a, 1895, from Hamburg in the shi
America, Capt Ewing, for Philadelphia
This was the darkest period ofhs life. II
distracted country-his abused mother-h
prosecuted lamiy-hs murdered father we
behind him; an unknown land-untrit
friends-desolate solitude, and threatened il
digence before him-Treated by the CAPITA
as a runaway West India gambler, employ
by passenger as all Interpreter, and tossed
bout upon the sea of waters and the sea
troubles, he bore up against all with a mar
ness that showed the firmness ofhs mind al
the energy of his nature.
In October, he reached Philadelphia, al
being joined in February by his two brothe
the Duke of Montpcnsier and Count Beauj
lais, who had tedious passage of ninet
three days in the Swedish ship Jupiter, fro
AIarseilles, they took up their residence
the house of the Spanish Consul, and mingl
in the society of the city. At the invitati
of Washington, then President, and then lei
porarily residing at Philadelphia, the scat