The Arkansas banner., 1848-04-11
Louls Philipe kins of the Prtuek.

Ine following sketch of the life of Lotus Philir
 taksa from the Family Magazine may no, be uain
 tsresting ai this petisd ie our readcrs
 Seldom indeed has fortune exercised her dispcn
 sations more copiously than in directing the exis
 tcace of Louis Phiiip. the present King of tn
 Freoch. through its various phases. 4 prince, cohquercr, refuge, martyr, an exiie s-a lieu
 tenant general to-day, king to morrow. His tri
 uirph, now trophy to ihe country-and now, hi
 exile an exuttstion: hs name, pow an abemination
 and now, his assumption of royalty the very safe
 ty of "te grand HGfioR "-Oncc the most remote us
 Prant to the throne ofhs ancestors; now. cajoyin,
 what was sacrificed by the imbeciIty of Capet an,
 Inc ambition of Na2oleon; now content with thu
 simple security of republican asylum, and nov
 dispensing the fortunes of . monarchy.
 Louis Philip, the eldest son of the unfortunat, Egalite, by Marie Adelaide de Bourbon Panthievre
 was born in Pais on the 9th of October, I773 sC
 that he Is now Tn the sixty second year cf tis ase
 Louis Pnsip first bore the tile of Duke oi vao,s but hls fathers accession to the title of Duke Orleans, he bee sme tine Duke of Chartrcs and In the enjoyment of iis title all his subsequent suf fefings commenced and progressed. In the ye. ITS ie was placed under the t0tITship ef De Bsn- nard, where he remaind until the year l7S2, when his tuition was confined to tae surveillance of the celebrated Madame de Gcaiis; ;tnGer whom Le ob tained in considerable portion c. that philosophy which distinguished lis subsequent e%Tser. When he had attained hIs eighteenth year, aecfee was issued by the constituent asseinbly. requiring all proprietary officers to surrender their military rro- fesion, or immediately and effectively to Join their respective regiments. He. true to the glory of his country, and possessing the abstract ambition 10 serve her reputation and her interests placed him- self at the head of The l4th regiment of drayoons, which he joined at VepdOme. where it was stationed Here bis humanity and courage in saving a coulur. Ing clergyman from the violence of the populace, and an engineer from drowning, obtained for him from the city the offar of civic crown, and the entire respect of the inhabitants In the month of August, iI9i, he went with his regiment into Val cneiennes, where he win'ered and rcrfomed the duties ot The oldest cOloael of the garrison In the year l3s2 when he had attained only his nineteenth year, he recieyed from ihe ce ebrated kelerman who had been reinforced from the army of the Rhine, the honour of the command of twelve ba,ialions of ihfanry and sixsquadFons of cavalry al whose head he fought in the battle of yalnv pfucking laurels from tne bFows Of Veerans, and astonishing the ex Pefience ot age with the daring chYalTy of youth: and rendering his bravery rema' kahie for tne perseverance with which u exercised, than the Judgment with which it was dirccted He short aS affer accepted he offer of a command in the army Of DumourtRr, wbo was about to proceed n f1an- d@rs te undertake the invasion O. sigium ite at that Sine. was hs present connexoa With that na- ton anticipated; conneSioa which, notwitbstan- ding the amcabe relation 1 other interests, is pFcg naDt with most important conscque nces. On the 9th of November, he disiiagnishei himself at the battle of JemaPpes, and coRiribaic1 to th: tiumph Of the French that day, under Damonfier. When the decree of bapishmeat Tassd by the Con venton against the members of tae Bourbon family, Louis Philip was at roIrnay; and became desirious that his father md family should cmigTate with him ts the United States; bat before he cond complete the necessary preparatory arrang ments the decree was revoked. In February, lI93, he was recalled to the army and served at siege ci Micsirch under Miranda when too openly manfesing his hostility to the revolutionary excesses in France, he that decree had been hurled against himself, and immediately resolved on putting both the army and the country. He according went to Mons, where he obtained passports fer Switzerland, whiiher be went in the year l593; and there, passed as furi- tive, through the countries, which, short time since. he passed over as conqueTor; and here he first became acquainted with is famiy's arrest. In September he arrived at Basic, and finding place safe for him. he wus d,sed, by the refugee, Gen eFai Mostesquin, who lived in Switzerland, under the name of Chevalier Rionfl to wander in the mountains, but not to tarry for any considerable tiane ia one place; until the progress of ;mc would tame the aspect of political severity. This advice he adopted. and travelled into the inteFier of Swift zsiand and the Alps and nader those circumstan- c-s exhibited philosophical courage in eon,ending against misiortane and poverty, which would have been worthy of the most steru cf inc s;cieks. In short time he wssrecsied 10 Brengarten by Monies quin. who provided him with profcssorship m the
 
 and appointed under fietiIous nape. In this col, lege Louis Phiip, the King of the French, taught for eight months. lis name and rank equally nu- known; and here he first became acquainted with the fate of his unfortunate father. Some political changes having taken place in the Grisons, Mon- ,esquin deemed it no Ionger hazardous to give the ducal pedagogae an asylum, and consequently in- viled the DuEeio his dwelling, who left the college with the regret of the professors and purilt and paired to Brengsrtcn, here, under the name of Cor by, he remained, until the decline of I79i. when his retreat being longer secret he again resolved on quitting Europe for America, and went to Ham, burg. the most convenient place for embarc aton bat not having sufficient means to susfain his in- ,cRtions, he procured srnail letter of eretit banker at Copenhagen, with the intention of si'it- ing the north of Europe. This banker succeeded in getting hin passports from the King of De nmark. as Swiss traveller and Louis Philip forthwith travelled through Norway and Sweden, journeyed foot with the LagandeFs, passed along the noun ians to the gulf of Tys, and reached the north cape on the 9th of August I795. where he remained for few days situated at l 5 degrees fcm The Pole; he then Fepassed through Finland to Torneo and thence ts Aho and Stee ekholf. In the month of August l796, he received most admchtcry letter rom his mother, the Duchess of Orleans requesting him ie leave Europe and take up his residence in Aaieri- ca: he accordingly sailed from the Eibe in septem bet, l7sa, and arrived m Philadelphia In the ueto- Der following.
 In the course of the year iT67. he was joined hy bls bre.hcrs the Duke of Montpcnsier and the Count de Beaujoiais, and, accompanied by them, sc; out for Baliimore he pass'd from thssce into Virginia where according 10 an invitation given before the expiration cf his presidency, they had the honor of meeting General Washington at kis Moant Vernon residence. Here tae Father ot his country and his aniable eonsort treated the princey wanderers with their characteristic kindness sad hospitality; and they, after short stay, procerdcd sovthwards tsey thence returned norhward asd visited the Falls oi Niagara, and h Jay, i7s7 rstarncd to Philaielphfs durng fearful prevalcnc. of the yellow lsssr. IL was their desire, bat not their ability, 10 .ease this city. They, who had been bosn prlaces and educated to their birth. had Tot The tfidipg means of removing from their pestieniiai residence, and they must have severely frt the mutabili'y ot for tunes fayoars.--ln the following month they re. eeiyed from their mother remil tanee which ena- bed them to proceed to New-Yerk. from which piaee they went to Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshise, and Maine. Ca their return 10 Boston, they received the mor;ify ing iniellgenee oi their rfatfaAr-s hAnixifaxnnt zn1 f,.seAiate{g