The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-08-23
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American Bonapartes, suggested by the re.
Q mt resignation Of second Lieut.. Bonaparte,
lite Of the e. $. Rifles, who Is now in France,
. I'd 1t Is said win enter the French Army.
Lieut. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte is a
native Of the United States, and graduated at
West Point. He is the son of Jerome Napo-
leon Bonaparfe, who was the son of Jerome,
the youngest brother of Napoleon. This bro
Their of Napoleon, on visit to America, mar
ried Miss Patterson of Baltimore, but on his
return with his young wife to France, his
ship was met in the Texel by an order from
the Emperor, prohibiting her landing ON the
French soil The magnificent Emperor,
whose boast it was that he had risen from
the canaille, was displeased with his brother
plebeian alliance. Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte
landed in England, and took up her residence
in Camberwell, near London. jerome Bo-
naparte, the father Of the young lieutenant
was born there, July 7, 1905.
The Council of State, at the command OF
the Emperor, issued decree, canceliing the
marriage; but it had been performed by
Roman Catholic Bishop, Bishop Carroll, OF
Baltimore,) and the Pope insisted upon its
validity. 1t was in vain that the great tenn
poral prince besieged the great spiritual ruler
with importunate applications. The follow
ing extract, which the Herald gives from
letter written by the Emperor to the Pope,
May "a, 1906 produced no effect His Holt
ness regarded not the head of the church
militant, nor needed in the slightest degree
the pious zeal of Napoleon against Protes
tants:
have frequently spoken to your holiness of
Young brother nineteen years of age, whom sent
ia frisate to America, and who, after sojourn OF
a month"; although a minor, married Protestant,
daughter of merchant of the United States He
has Just returned. He is fully conscious of his fault
have sent back to America, Miss Patterson, who
calls herselfhis wife By our laws the marriage is
null Spanish priest so far forgot his duty as to
pronounce the benediction. desire from your
holiness bill snnulling the marriage. send your
holiness several papers, from one oil which, BY
Cardinal Casselli, your holiness will receive much
light | could easily have the marriage broken in
Paris, since the Ga.lican Church pronounces such
marriages null But it appears to me better to have
it done in Rome, on account of the example to So
vereign families marrying Protestants," &c.
But the Pope was infexible, and peremptory re
fused to grant the request of the Emperor. So the
marriage was declared a nullity without the Pope
princess was provided as the wife of Jerome, and
he was made king. The American wife, with her
son, returned home the Maryland Legislature d.
vorced her from her Bonaparte, and she assumed
the simple name of Mrs. Patterson, and holds it to
this day. She still. lives at Baltimore She is veal
thy She is respected and admired by the whole
community; and if she has a weakness it is an ex-
cusabe one, notwithstanding her wrongs, for it is
an attachment to the Bonapartes.
Her son, also a wealthy citizen of Baltimore, and
her grandson, our young Lieutenant, are now in
Paris, and there by Invitation of the Emperor.
The Lieutenant resigns bis commission in our ar.
my, undoubtedly to enter into the service OF
France; nor should we be surprised II, hereafter,
the fortunes OF both son and mother were to be
identified with 'the Napoleon dynasty" And
they are the lat OF the American Bonapartes.
How remarkable are the vicissitudes of kingly
fortunes 1t is to JosePhine, the repudiated wife
for its legitimate restoration; and the imperial
succession may yet be descendants of Mrs. Pstter
son.
LARGE ARMIES MOVED BY STEAM
The London Times remarks, in reference
to the expected attack on the Crimsa, that
"a naval expedition, conducting nearly 1OO,,
900 men several thousand miles from their
home, to a shore strongly fortified against
them, and occupied by hostile population, is
history"
This is not exactly fair statement of the
case, for the allied armies have not yet been
landed on any such shore as is here described
In landing to attack Sebastopol they will pro-
badly choose the shore of one of the adjoin-
ing bays, where it is said there are several
good landing places not fortified. When they
make successful landing of soldiers from
ships in the face of strong Notifications, it
will be time enough to argue upon the
achievement as thing accomplished. But
the fact that such large masses of men as com.
pose the English and French armies can be
successfully conveyed, in so short a time,
thousands of miles from home is itself of no
small interest to England and America. In
the event Of collision with this country,
Great Britain, even if she could not land
large bodies of soldiers at various points on
our coast, (which is by no means certain,)
could transport them to Canada, on our Nor
thern borders, with more ease than she could
have sent soldiers, fifty year. ago, to the Eu-
ropean continent. The advantage in the i'm.
proved facilities for moving large masses,
which steam has introduced, can be of little
consolation however to Engfshmen, for if it
brings them within ten days of the United
States, it brings France within twenty four
hours of England, a most disagreeable prox-
unity to race fond of glory, and who owe
England the last tag for Waterloo
PRESENT FROM M. VArTEMARE.-Mr. Hor.
ace L. Kent, President of the Board of Trade
at Richmond, has received letter from Mr.
j. R. Thompson, now in Paris, stating that
he had been desired by NJ. vattemare-the
Agent there of the system of International
Exchanges, of which he is the founder-to
select some works from his collection to be
sent to Virginia Having seen in the Rich.
mond papers the constitution of Board of
Trade with Mr.. Kent as President, Mr..
Thompson has laid aside for that body COPY
of a volume, published by the Chamber of
Commerce, entitled " Statistique de Indus
trie Paris" in which is contained the fullest
possible information concerning the manu-.
features and trade of that great city. The
volume viii be sent in the next box of books
that Is forwarded to the State Library Mt
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