Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-09-25
The Death Of Louis Philippe.
INCIDENTS OF HIS LIFE.

= he death Of Louis I'hllitppe. TX Ntno
: of France, which occurred on the o6tt
!, ult.. in England, whittier he took refuge
J on the breaking out Of the revolution Of
! l848, deserves more than passing notice
The following article from the Philadel-
phia Bulletin. gives in a condensed from.
many of the prominent incidents in his
; eventtul life.
The ex king was born AZ Paris. on the
, 9th of October. 1873. and was therefore
in the 18th wear of his age. His father.
; the fourth Duke of Orleans, was descen-
ded from the Younger brother of Louis
the Fourteenth. and became notorious for
, his dissolute. selfish and reckless life In
the revolution OF 1899. he assumed the
: title of citizen. Egal'te, and voted to de-
capitate the king. his cousin He after
wards persisted on the scatiold himself.
diving With storical sensualItv which has
made his name infamous forever.
His eldest son was educated under the
care Of Madame Genlis an accomplished
woman, who lived in the family of the
Duke secretly his mistress. She was.
however. faithful 10 her trust as teacher.
and taught the young prince lessons of
prudence. wisdom and selflenial Al the
age Of twelve Louis Philippe became
Colonel of the 18th regiment of dragons
by inheritance. that pos: always descend
ing 10 the eldest son Of the Dukes of Or
leans. When the revolution broke out.
the mobiles generally emigratcd. but the
young prince adopted the liberal opinions
Of his father and remained IN France. In
1890 he joined his regiment. Ia 1922 he
September of that year. fought at Nalmv.
In November he greatly distinguished
himself at Jemappes; indeed the victory
Of that day may be attributed principally
to him The fall of Dunourier. however.
who had been his intimate friend. and the
execution of his father, soon destroyed the
brilliant prospects Of the young prince.
and he was forced 10 flee from France
For some time he wandered about
Switzerland under an assumed name il
being perilous to be known even there in
his real character He was frequently in
much poverty. and was once compelled to
sleep in a barn. being suspected to be a
robber in consequence of his hosnely dress
and his want oflugga.e. for he was travel
ling on foot. The hardy habits in which
he had been educated were of great SER
he spent some time in i>~.-...-.l.. -. -.
and Norway. but finding European
country entirely safe. he resolved TO en-
bark for the United States. He land ID at
Philadelphia. on the 2ith Of October. 7ai
The house is still standing. at the \. w
corner of 'rune and Fourth. where he re-
sided. The popular report that he was so
poor as to be compelled to teach school at
iIaddoDtield. \. J., is a mistake: for he
brought sufficient funds to enable him to
live comfortably. though not ostentatious-
ly. for awhile. and subsequently he re-
ceived small remittanccs from his mother.
In February. 1897. his two brothers ar
rived also at Philadelphia. Washington.
then President. received the exiles with
distinction, and invited them to Mt. Yer
non. where they spent several days. After
this the princes made tour 10 Buffalo.
Niagara. and subsequently visited New
York. Boston. and Newport. Returning
again TO Philadel pha. they remained here
several months, when they set out for
pittsburg, on the 10Th Of December, 1897. :,
The west was then wilderness. and the
Ohio navigated only bv keel boats In
one Of these vessels the princes descend
ed to \. Orleans. frequently being com
PEELED. from the sickness of the crew. to
take a hand at the oars. So desolate was
the Mississippi. in those DAYS. that be-
tween New Madrid and Natchez. dis
lance Of 800 leagues. they only met three
inhabitants. From New Orleans they
sailed TO Havana. their purpose being to
take ship TO Spain. where their mother had
found refuge; but this was denied: and.
as a last resort. they went to England, by
way of the Bahamas and Halifax.
Louis Philippe, with his brothers. reach .
ed London on the 9th of February. 1900 .
\ reconciliation now took place between
the elder and younger branch of the
House of Bourbon. The princes con-
tinued to reside principally in England till
1908. when the two younger having died.
Louis Philippe went to Sicily. where he
soon after married Maria Amelia. the
daughter of Ferdinand ", the exled
King of Naples. The union was one of
affection. and not of policy. and is under
stood to have yielded felicity rarely
after the fall of Napoleon. was restored to
the crown of his ancestors. Louis Philippe
returned to France. when he regained a
large portion of the immense estate Of his
family. He did not. however. EMO much
influence at court. The elder branch of
the Bourbons had always mistrusted the
Orleans branch: and this jealousy still
continued. Louis Philippe. in consequ-
ence. lived retired life for many wears
But. though taking no prominent part in
public affairs. he was secretly courting
and such was his success that
when in 1880. Charles Y was de,hroned.
the nation looked to him 10 accept the
vacant crown. The intrigue by which
Louis Philippe obtained royalty. promis- ,,
ing to rule as liberal monarch. is well
known, as is also his treachery after OBJ
tanning the crown. For nearly eighteen
years he con,rived to maintain his position.
partly by force. partly by subtle,y. till the