The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-01-19
A SKETCH OF LOUIS NAPOLEON.

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10 polcon TO the Presidency Of the Fren
ID Republic will naturally excite some curiol
ID ~ IN regard to his history and public cb
ol rac'er. Hitherto he has only been knoa
through the foolish affairs at S;rasboure OF
!, boulogne. his published works, no,will
!. standing the merits claimed for them b
}. his adherenis, having failed TO enlarge h
reputation. Hisl has, nevertheless, bee
somewhat evenl!ul, and he does not lac
the advantage Of varied fortune and sever
{ experience. Whether he has proG,cd b
II, remains 10 be seen. From such hast
materials os We could procure, we hav
ATunged Gays the New. York 7riJune) tn,
following brief notice OF his history:
"Chasles Louis Napoleon, son oflhe Elk
kng OF Holland, was Torn 10 Paris on the
2Olh Of April, 1908. His god parents
wee The Emperor and Marin Louisa, and
during his childhood he was an especial
lavorie of the former. On the return Of
Napoleon from Elba, he stood beside him
on the Champ de Mars. and hen embraced
by him for the last time, al Malma son, The
young Louis, then boy Of seven years,
wished 10 follow him at all hszards. When
The family was banished from France, his
mother removed to Augsburg, where he
received good German education. He
was afterward zen to Switzerland, where
he obtained the right Of citizenship and
commenced course Of military studies
After the July Revolution. by which he
was a second time prescribed from France,
he visited Italy in company with his brother,
and 10 1881 took part in a popular nsur.
ree.ion agalns, the Pope. This movement,
tailed, but he succeeded in making his es.
cape, and, his brother dying q, Forl the
same year, he visited England and after.
ward returned TO Switzerland, where, for
two or three years, he contehied himself
with writing political and military works,
which DO not appear to have been exten.
slvely read. The death Of the Duke of
kelchssads in ieaa, sase u new impulse 10
his ambitious hopes. His first revolution.
~ attempt, at Sttasbourg. in October, 1885,
completely failed, but after a short i'm.
prlsonment IN Paris, he was sen, TO this
country. The illness of his mother occa
stoned his return the following year, and
alter visit TO Switzerland he took I'd bis
residence 10 England until his second al
tempt at Boulogne, in 1910.
In this affair several Of his followers
we're killed, aud he was himself taken and |
sentenced to Imprisonment fo, life in the
Castle OF Ham. The particulars Of his
escape IN May, lS46, after an rcera,ion
d SIX years, are well known. From tina,
lime until the end Of September last, when
nc was returned as deputy to the National
Assembly from The Department, Of The Seine.
he has resided in England. A late Lon.
ION journal, in describing his mode OF Inf.
gives the following not very lallering &C.
count:
lie was inscriptions in contracting
Obligations which were wholly beyond his
means OF Repayment; and his most serious
pursuit was The study Of alchemy, by which
ne expected to arrive at the discovery of
he philosopher stone. So vigorously did
10 prosecute this exploded science, at a
house which he had fitted up as laboratory,
At Camberwell, and SO firm was his faith in
he charlaian emprc, whom he employed
10 AID hun in transmitting the baser metals
INTO gold, that he is said to have actually
appropriated his revenues 10 anticipation,
and 10 have devoted the first miI,ard of his
gains 10 tho payment of the national deb,
OF France. in order 10 acquire thus an i'm.
perial throne Of purchase +"
1.-THE large majority by which he was
elected Representative as,onishes every |
one, and gave his followers the first encour.
agemcnl 10 bring forth his name as can
didate iors the Presidency. To defeat the
acknowledged Republican party, he re.
ceived also the support OF the Legiimis,s
aud the Oheanists, and those combined in.
flences have elected HIM by an immense
majority. The rest mus, be left to Time
and Fate"
PTlSMAISCENE.