The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06
THE LAST OF THE AMERICAN BON
APARTES

We have it announced from Washington that
Second Leutenan, Bonaparte, late Of the Unit
ed States Rifles, has resigned his commission
as sucn, and that his resi- nation as matter of
course has been accepted
This young gentleman, Jerome Napoleon
Bonaparte, is an American. He has received o
scientific military education at West Point
His father, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, was
born rear London, in England, in the summer
of 1905 Jerome, The youngest brother Of
Napoleon, had, IN expedition to America,
assumed upon himself the responsibility of
taking wife of his own choosing, and had
married the then beautiful Miss Patterson, of
Baltimore. He had done more. He had dared
to take her back with him on his return to
France; but the ship which carried them out
was met in the Texel by order from the
Emperor, prohibiting her from landing in the
soil of France. She fell back upon England,
aud took up her residence in Camberwel near
London, where Jerome Napoleon, the father OF
our young Lieutenant was born, July Z. 1905
The Emperor had caused decree to be is.
sued by his Council If State, cancelliug the
marriage, but it had been solemnized by Ca
tholic Bishop, (Bishop Carroll, of Baltimore }
and the pope insisted upon its validity. The
Emperor wrote to the Pope, May "a. 1905: 81
have frequently spoken to yonr Holiness of a
young brother, nineteen years of age, whom
sent in frigate to America, and who, after a
soirurn of month, although Hinor, 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 h"rself
his wife. BY Our laws the marriage is null. A
Spanish priest SD far forgot his duty as to pro-
nounce the benediction. desire from your
Holiness a bull annuslng the marriage. | send
your Holiness several papers from one OF
which by Cardinal Jasseli, your Holiness will
receive much light. could easily have the
marriage broken in Paris, since the Gallicun
Church pronounce such matrmonies null.
But it appears to me better to have it d me in
Rome, on account of the example to sovereign
families marrying Protestan,s," &c.
But the Pope was Inhexble, and peremptori
ly refused to grant the request of the Emperor.
So the marriage was declared nuIity without
the Pope, princess was provided as the wife
OF Jerome, and he made a king The
American wife, with her son, returned home;
the Mary land Legislature divorced her from her
Bonaparte, and she assumed the name of Mrs
Patterson, and holds it to this day. She still
lives at Baltimore She is wealthy She is
respected and admired by the whole community
and II she has weakness it is an excusab e
one, notwithstanding her wrongs, for it is her
attachment to the Bnnapartes.
Her son, also wealthy citizen of Baltimore,
and her grandson, our young Lieutenant, are
now in PARIS, and there by Invitation of
the Emperor. rhe Lieutenant signs his com
mission IN our army, undoubtedly To enter into
The service of France, nor should be sur-
prsed, If, hereafter, the fortunes OF bo h IA her
and son We're TO be Identified with the Napo
leon dynasty" And they are the las, IF the
A American B napares
How remni kahle are the vcssitudes of kino.
ly fortunes lt'Is To Josephine, The repud,atrd
wife of Napoleon, bat the Napoieonic empire
ls indebted for is legitimate restoratiou; and
The imperial succession may yet devoIve upon
the descendant, OF. Mrs Pa,ters N, the rrpudia,
ed wiie of jerome The recall of our youn.s
Lieutenant 10 France and his resignation OF his
COMMISSION IN our army, seem to signify some
thing "i this kind IN. Y Herald