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LOUIS pHILLrPPE, Ex-KIsG OF France
Louis Philippe was born in Paris, on the 9th of
October, l773, and was the oldest son of Phil
lipe Joseph, Duke of Orleans, (known TO the
world by the sobriquet of PHILIPPE Egalite, y
and of Marie, the daughter of the Duke de
Penthicvre. Trained BY careful and benevolent
parents the youth of the future King was
marked by many acts Of benevolence, bespeak-
ling high character, sufficient to call forth the
high commentator of the celebrated Madame
de Genlis, whose wise and judicious training
was well calculated to develop any latent good
lqualities in the minds fthose under her charge.
The dury of the Duke de Charities show that
he was not altogether exempt from revolutiona-
Try doctrines, and these ideas were far from being
discouraged by his connection with the Jacobin
Club. In 1871 the young Duke, who Ind pre-
vions received the appointment OF Coionel.ip tho
18th Regiment of Dragons, assumed the CON-
mand OF that corps, and almost the first act of
his authority was the saving of two clergymen
from the fury of the mob, consequent upon
tn ir refusal in common with many Others, to
take the oath required by the Constitution.
Much personal courage was on this occasion dis
4 played by the Duke de Chatrcs, and equal tact
in guiding the feelings Of an enraged mob. A
similar amount of courage was shown by him in
saving from drowning M. de Siret, of Ven-
dome, Sub-Engineer, in the Office of Roads and
Bridges, and civic crown was presented to him
by the municipal body of that town. sAeg
j In August, 1871, the Duke do Chatres quilted
Vendome with his regiment, bound for Valen-
ceinnes la April, 1892, war being declared
against Austria, the Duke made his first cam
pagn. He fought at Valmy at the head ofthe
troops confded to him by Kellerman, ON the goth
of September, 1902, and afterwards ON the 9th
of November, under Dumourer, at Jemappes.
During the period in which the Duke de Chart
/ res WAS engaged in the military operations the
revolution was Fastening to its crisis. The de-
cree Of Punishment against the Bourbon Capet-
race, so soon afterward repealed, seems to have
alarmed the mind of the Duke earnestly besought
his father to seek an asylum on a foreign shore,
urging the unhappiness of his having to sit as n
Judge of Louis theXVI. The Duke Of Orleans paid
no attention To these circumstances, and finding
that his persuasions were to noaya, the DHkcd dc
Chartres returned to his post in the army The
/ execution of the Duke Of Orleans soon after
ward verified the melancholy anticipations OF
his son. He was put TO death on the 2lst OF
January, 1893. Exactly seven months after
the death of his father, the Duke de Chartres
and General Dumourier wero summoned before
the Committee of Public Safetys and, knowing
the sanguinary nature Of that tribunal, both in
stantly fled toward the frontiers. In spite ofthe
eager pursuit which was commenced, they both
escaped into the Belgian Netherlands, then in
the possession of Austria The Austrian autho-
rites invited him to enter their rvicc, but
honorably refusing to take up arms against his
country, he retired into private life, going as
traveller to AK Ia Chapelle and Coblentz to-
ward Switzerland, having ut the same time but
{ slender funds, and being hourly beset with
!, danger Adelaide, Mademoisele d'Orleans, fled
into the same country with her preceptress
Madame de Gens, and met her brother at Schah-
. haussen, and accompanied him to Zurich The
Younger sons of the Duke of Orleans were after
a confinement of three years, liberated on a
] promise of proceeding to the United States,
On his arrival in the town of Zurich, the Duke
De Cbartres found the French emigran unfavor-
ably disposed towards the house Of Orleans, and
the magistrates of the canton dreaded to afford
refuge to the fugitiyes, fearing the vengeance Of
France. Quitting, therefore, as quietly rs pos
? sible, the town of Zurich, they proceeded to
Tug, where they hired a small house. Being
quickly discovered, they obtained, by the inter
cession of NJ de Montesquiou, admission into
tho convcrtiof st. Clairc, near BaumgarteD, the
Duke de Charities proceeded through the diff
fcrent countries of Europe, by no means well
4 provided with means, and mainly indebted to
his own tact and abilities for the means of SUBJ
sistence. s VA ea i'if.
After visiting Basic, where he sold his horses,
he proceeded through Switzerland, accompanied
!. by his attached servant Baudoin. The means
of the unhappy traveller daily decreased, and it
is literally question whether the young duke
should labor for his daily bread, when n letter
from M. de Montesquiou informed that he had
+ procured for him the situation of teacher in the
academy of Reichenau---a village in the south
eastern portion Of Switzerland. Travelling to
that locality he was examined as to his prof.
cheney, and ultimately appointed, although less
than 20 years OF age He here assumed the
name of Chamband Latolr, and here, for the
first time, he learned the fate of his father
4 In consequence OF some agitation in the Gri-
SONS, Mademoiselle D'Orleans quilted her retreat
at Baumgarten, and retired to the protection of
her aunt, the Princess Of Cont, in Hungary. At
the same time dc Montesquiou offered the Duke
4 de Charities an asylum in his own house at
Baumgarten, where he remained under the name
of Corby until the end of 1894, when in conse-
quence OF his retreat being discovered, he quilted
the place. 200 U,
The fugitive now attempted to 90 to America,
and, resolving to embark at Hamburger, he ar
| rived in that city in the beginning of 1875 In
consequence of his funds falling him, he ADAM
doued his project Being provided with letter
of credit on banker at Copenhagen, he travelled
on foot through Norway and Sweden, reaching
the North Cape in August l795. Here he re-
manned for short time, returning to Tornea,
| going thence to Abo and traversng Finland,
| but avoiding Russia from fear Of the Empress
/ Catherine. After completing bis travels through
Norway and Sweden and having been recognized
at Stockholm, he travelled to Stockholm under
an assumed name. ats
Negotiations were now opened on the part of
the Directory, who had in vain attempted to dis
cover the place of the young princes exile, to
induce him to go to the United States, promis-
| ing, in the event of his compliance that the con-
dito1 of the Duchess D'Orleans should be ame-
liorated, and that his younger brothers should be
permitted to join him. Through the agency of
NJ. Westford of Hamburg, this letter was con-
veyed TO the Duke, who at once accepted the
terms offered, and sailed from the mouth of the
Elbe in the American, taking with him his SER
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