Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-11-28

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,,.,nojgs OF Joseph Bona
paTte.
p..pch Correspondent of the Jour.
~' @! Commerce.
g.. end of last week, | procured
p,ri, the first volume--the only
III, i,spsd-of the memoirs and cor
3o5sDce of King Joseph Bonaparte.
handsome small octave of three
H. and sixty-fonr pages. The 9TH
or seven will be issued consccu-
r in the course of some months. =,
nre,ent consists of biographical |
bv the editor of an autohiogra-
which is but fragment, and OF let
batween him and his brother Napo-
and a few other persons. The
nents does not exceed hundred
Eers. 1t commences with his birth in
in the island of Corsica, and ter
ties in the year 1906. Joseph
rts it in 1880; but his brother being
\ he would not 60 farther, or euter
F,scitaI Of the war in Spain, with re-
N to which says the editor, he was
Efrom approving the political conduct
H. emperor. He has left, however,
s,,nents and notes which will thr ow
MortauL light on the motives and e.
IN Of that war.
"A his historical and biographical
n ob. he narrates merely matters with
Eth he was personally connected and
\, srsant he presupposes, for the rea-
h a general knowledge Of the annals
kwlioh he touches. His diction is UNI
mp.iolabIe; his statements may be
Epled sincere; we may regret that he
\ tl3t continue to the end. EIe was
n diGase, and prolix, thoagh always
distinctive taIker this fragment and
|letters show that he was a good wri-
He had read and thought much ;
mind had philosophical cast his
|boDs and spirit were liberal no one
| reason to complain Of his temper j;
loved his family, and his particular
rlment to Napoleon is shown thro'-
t bis correspondence. All the bro
H received literary and scientific cd =
! on they could Justly claim a very
lfrab!e lineage. This is given in an
! qdiS. The name might be written,
i.creuty, either Boonaparte or Be-
'Prte, according to its Italian deliva-
h Napoleon used to remark-F'In
world, every man is the son Of his
deeds ; / hold my titles from the
snch people,
Bseph passed his youth in the Col
e OF AUtun, in France ; he returned in
- to Corsica, where he held admin
ntiye posts he served at the seige
Toulon as an officer Of volunteers, AND
ltally as commissary with the
bel army. In 1894, he married the
gHter o. II 'rIrtI cnInnt al Marseit-
From 1897 TO 1904, Napoleon en-
Jed him in diplomatic missions Of
Importance, and appears to have
nted on his abilities as we'll as his
hful affection. When the former as
Jed the Imperial crown, Joseph and
children were constituted the heirs
lefault Of direct male DESCENDANTS
ring The campaign of 1905, he rep
cHed the Emperor, at Paris ; he FL
the thrones of Naples and Spain
len driven from Spain, he returned
Paris, and was prominent in all The
IN political occurrences until the e.
h Of the battle of Waterloo. He
n sailed for the United States, where
expected TO be Joined by Napoleon.
2 shall take most interest in his cor
pondence from 1918 to 1886, when
Quilted our country. He returned
Europe prematurely his reasons are
yet satisfactorily disclosed. He
Md not get access to France; he dice
lSii at Florence, in the arms Of his
lie who had never left Europe. His
9en passad into the hands Of his eld-
grandson, Joseph Napoleon Bona
rte. son Of the prince of Musignano.
In the United States, he took the name
the Count dc Survilliers, and he IL
it exclusively afterwards in Europe,
lis memoirs, he states that he follow
"a! the University Of Pisa, in 1887,
curse Of lectures on Universal Pub
Law, delivered by Lampredi, "whc
Messed the dogma of the sovereignty
the people" He took his degree at
University, and was admitted in the
owing year to the bar at Bastia In
fSlca. | remember we'll that, at a
ner in Philadelphia, the Count hav.
uttered something rather derogatory
the paolession of the law, Judge Hop
moo loosely remarked to him-''Yor
rSe'Aat you, yourself, were once
wyer" He answered--"Yes /; it is
he; and | never had but one cause
e dWelt (l780) with the utmost fond
IS on Napoleon's strong sense, orien-
Imagination, goodness of heart, and
en sensibility at that date, and
d' that his brother, after his accession
supreme power, studiously concealed
original qualities of soul by an arti-
'al character better adapted to its du-
''' Napoleon was at Paris on the IA
'G' 10th of August, and wrote to Jo-
'Da' "lf Louis 10th had shown him
Oil on horseback, victory would have
zen on his side" l shall apply this i
q, 10 the case of Louis Philippe on the
80 and 24th of february, l848. Sew
s4 pages are devoted to General
5l[ with whom the Bonaparte fami-
y: I! were IN close friendship. Joseph be-
I y Judge of the Court of Ajaocio.