The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-01-17

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ASKETCH OF LOUIS NAPOLEON.
The news of the election Of Louis NapoIe-
al, 10 the Presidency Of the French Republic
: viii naturally excite some curiosity in regard
IN his history and public character. Hitherto
he has only been known through the foolish
affairs at Strasburg and Boulognc; his pub
hshed works, Notwithstanding the merits
claimed for them bv his adheren,S, having
i. failed to enlarge his reputation. His life has
.aeyerhelcss, been somewhat eventfuI. and
he does MT lack the advantage of varied
E,stune and severe experience. Whether
he has profited remains to be seen. From
such. has,y materials as we could procure,
we lmye arranged for the Tribune the fol.
h,wing brief notice Of his history:
Charles Louis Napoleon, SON Of Louis,
Ex-King of HDlland. was born in Paris on
the Goth April 1908. Ills g"d.psrents were
The Emperor and Maria Louisa, and during
his childhood he was an especial favor'te OF
the, f,rmcr. On the return OF Napoleon
from Elba, he stood beside him on The
Champ de Mars, and when embraced by
him for the lasl time, at Maimaison, the
young Louis. then boy Of seven years,
wisicIl to follow him at all hazards. When
The family was banished from France, his
mother removed to Augsburg, where he re-
sceived good German education. He was
afterwards taken to Switzerland, where ne
obtained the right Of citizenship and com
uaeneed course Of military studies. After
the july Revelation. by which he was sec
end time prescribed from France, he visited
Italy. in company witt, his bro,her' and IN
1881 took part in a popular Ins'Irrecilon
against the Pope. This movement failed.
hut Inc succeeded in making his escape, and
his brother diving al Forth The same year, he
visited England. and afterwards returned 10
Switzerland, where firiwo or three years
he ,esfnniented himsef with writing p ctIcai
and military works. which flo not appear to
have been extensively read. The death oil
the Duke Of Rcicl,stadt in 1882, gave new
impulse 10 his ambitious hopes. His first
revolutionary attempt at Strasburg. in Oc-
fober. 1896 completely failed, but after a
short imprisonment in Paris. he was sen, TO
his cnuntry. Tie illness of his mother oc-
cas;opcd his return the following year, and
aller visit 10 Switzerland he took up his
residence in England until his second at
tempt a. Bulogae, in 1910.
!. In this affair several Of his followers were
killed, and he was himself taken and scnten-
ced TO imprisonment for life in the Castle OF
Ham. The particulars Of his escape in May,
1916, nfier an incarceration OF SIX years, are
well known. From that time until the end
of September last, when he was returned as
Deputy to the National Assembly from
she Depanmdnt Of Seine, he has resided in
England, A late London Journal, in dc.
scribmg his mode of life. gives the following
not very fattering account:
t-lIe was unscrupulous in contracting obll-
gaiims which were wholly beyond the
means of repayment =; and his most serious
pursuit was the study of alchemy, by which
lie expected to arrive at the discovery OF the
philosophers stone. So vigorously did he
prosecute this science, at house which he
had fitted up as laboratory al Canlbewell,
and SO firm was his faith in the charlatan
empiric whom he emplnyed to aid him in
transmitting the bascr metals into gold, that
i.e is said to have actually appropriated his
revenue in anticipation, and To have devoted
the first milliard of his gaius 10 the payment
of the national debt Of France, in order 10
acquire thus an imperial throne by pnr-
cfissci"
8 Tie large majority by which he was
elected Representative astonishcd every
one, and gave his followers the first encour.
agemcnt to bring forth his name as candid.
ate Cor The Presidency. To defeat the ac.
knowIedged Republican party, lie received
also the support of the Legi'nists and Or
leanists, and those combined influences have
ELECTED him by an immense majority. The
rest must be Ieft1o Time and Fate.
N. Y. Tribune.
l'HE DEATm OF A CHnD.-And no one
feels the deaihof child as mother feels it.
Even the father cannot realize it thus
There is a vacancy in his home and heav-
ness ia his heart. There is chain Of aSso.
ciation that at set times comes round with
III broken links. their memories of endclr- |