Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-12-16

stlnct OF the gentleman ana the faris-
ian citizen-ihe grandson OF St. Louis
and the king Of the revolution of July.
His life is grave. industrious and seri-
Gus. He often rises before day-break;
as soon as he wakes his work begins.
He reads the dispatches of his ambas-
sailors, and prepares the labor OF the
day, and acts as from knowledge OF
the importance of one additional dag
in his reign. He reads very few news
papers. except the English ones. His
breakfast is soon finished; after which
il is his minister's turn; with these he
lives in the greatest familiarity. The
man whom he adopts, has at once, at
all times, admission to the King: ne is
received at any hour of the day or
night. The King espouses the cause
Of the minister as he would his own;
he takes an interest in his success in
the rostrum, in his success of every
kind; he defends him warmly and SIN
cerely, and when he is obliged TO dis
place him he never says adieu but an
reroir. His familiarity is at once Dig
nifed and frank. His good sense is
exquisite; even its severity is temper
ed by grace only to be found in him.
He detests the smoke of tobacco, and
thinks that in royal chateau the smell
of it is abominable; but as every body
smokes at the present day, he has found
way Of complaining of it which Of
tends no one. In the numerous re-
unions Of the Tuilleries, when busl-
ness prospers, when his ministry is
safe for few weeks the King is a
happy man. He has natural love for
all superior men, of whatever kind
he seeks them. he draws them to him
self; he is never at loss. His speech
is easy, his memory prompt; he has
been tried by good and bad fortune, a
prince of the blood, soldier, an out
law, an exile, schoolmaster, king
he has been on level with all these
various conditions. Above all, this
man, so surrounded with labor shines
as the father of family. His pecu-
liar province seems to be, to bring up.
instruct, and enrich his children. He
fully understands that large family In
our days is, for princes, the most excel
lent, the least ruiaous, and the most
easily pardoned of all Injuries AT
present, he has no less than four sons,
the pride and support of his throne.
These are the Due de Nemours, the
Prince de Joinville, the Due de Au-
male, and Due de Montpenser. They
have all been brought up at college
among other children of their age
Tney followed the same courses, con-
tended for the same prizes, and of these
prizes, so envied and disputed, they
have had their share, but not without
great difficulty and hard study. All
these children have been for the King
a delightful subject OF paternal dill
gence and zeal he has followed them
step by step in their studies; he has
directed them one after another; these
children have been his Joy and pride;
he has loved them at the same time
with passion and prudence. Those
who are dead he has mourned in such
a way as to draw tears from the most
insensibe.
Amidst these unexpected griefs, the
death of the Princess Marie, in the
bloom Of her youth and beauty, and
Just as she had achieved the renown to
which her great talents as sculptress
fairly entitled her-the death of his
son, the Duke of Orleans, the heir to
the throne, in the glory of manhood =
the courage Of the King has not failed
him. BY The side Of the King, look
ing like the guardian angel Of his roy
al family is the Queen-a m odest, ami
able, clever woman, who has contribu-
ted not little to the popularity o: her
family. The Queen, daughter oil
kings, married the Duke of Orleans
when he was only fugitive. Their
marriage was founded much more up
on mutual esteem and affection than up
on interested motives. when the
Duchess of Orleans reached the throne
she thought and acted like a Queen
She had been consulted by her husbahd
in all the important speculations OF his
private life, as landholder and capital
ist She is now equally consulted IN
political affairs. She is Queen. as she
hos hoe, the mother of a family, with