Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-15
Napoleon and JOSephae,

The New York Commercial Adsttiser con-
tains an interesting letter from W iDlelhgert
Frcnchman, residing in this countryfon which
we make the following extract:
"Some of your New York papermake not a
few mistakes when speaking of Loui4 Napoleon.
Some represent him as young mad As he is
in his forty, first year The was boralin 1913, Iii
will hardly do to call him young rAun, unless
in imitation Of the Oriental and piihaiye style
Of the Old Testament, which in one place, if we
believe some critics, spe ks of Isiac being
lad when he was about forty years old!
Another paper says that the emperor Napo
leon and the Empress Maria Louisa Were spon.
sors at the baptism of Louis Napoleon. This is
wrong. 1t was Napoleon and Josephine
How wonderful the ways of Goll All Ma
poleon's schemes of personal agg3ndzenen
were scattered to the winds. He divorced the
good and loving wife of his youth, anlmarried
an Austrian Arch duchess, in ordef 10 CRAFTY
! WlD
should be hls son. That marriage wls tie cause
of bis reign The son whom he 81 much de.
sired, and 10 whom he would leave bis crown
dial while a youth, in the palace 81 bis Aus.
trian grandfather. Not from poison as some
have asserted, but probably from disease o.
which excessive indulgence and care on the
part Of that grandfather laid the ioBnation.-
Before the birth of that son Napoleon had thot
of making this same Louis Napoleon the sor
of his brother Louis, Then King d Holland
and of Iortense, the daughter of josephine
his heir. How wonderful The grandson o.
Josephine is chosen the first President of the
French republic, while the SOP of Napoleon
sleeps by the side of his grandfather in the
Church OF the Franciscans at Vienna.
A singular good fortune seems 10 have fol.
lowed the family of poor Josephine Her son
Eugene Beauliarnlis, married the Princess Anne
| liza, of Bavaria, woman of excellent Character
who lives still at Munich, respected by all. Ant
after having served in all the campaigns of hi,
step father, with distinguished reputltcafor ev.
cry virtue, as general of the highest rank, ant
wearing for Il time the title of King of Italy, hi
ended his days in peace in Bavaria.
Eugene Boauharnais left two sons and fou
daughters. The oldest daughter (calIed Jose
Pbine, after her grandmothar,) is nOp Queen o.
Stoeden. Nor is there a happier Queen in En-.
rope, or onc more beloved. The second daurh
ter was the last wie Of Don Pedro, l1e Emge
ror Of Brazd. She still lives, and wean the ii
tie of Duchess of Braganza. She is beautiful
woman. The third is married to a Gernu
Duke, whose name and title do not recall a
this moment. The fourth was not married whel
saw her and her mother, with one Of her othe
sisters, al Stockholm, on visit to The the
Grown. Princes of Sweden (now its Queen i
the summer of 1886.
The elder of the sons of Eugene Beauhar
nais married the present Queen of Portugal b.
died few weeks afterward. The younger, tn
Duke of Ieuchtenbcrg, married the eldes
daughter Of the Emperor Of Russia, and is
great favodte with Nicholas. And here W
have the son of Hortense elected the first Pres
dent q France! Let US hope that God will de
sign oguide and bless the grandson Of the il
jured and good Josephine as the President
France and make him blessing to that coui
try"