Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-10
From the Pari, Steele.
JEROME NAPOLEON B0NAPARTE, OF
BALTIM0kE, AND HIS SON.

1t Is on the invitation of the Emperor and
Empress that these Two members of the fam.
lily have come into Europe Their stay will
not exceed two months. Perhaps, however.
the son, who is lieutenant in the army Of
the United States, will remain in Europe and
60 to tho theatre Of war in Turkey It hes
been lrumored that he has ma .ifes,ed desir 9
to serve in the French army; but the young
man himself says that this IS not true. As to
his father, It is not from personal ambition
that he has come to Paris. Mr. Jerome Ma
poleon Bonap ,rte is proud of his title of Amer
lean citizen; be is wealthy, is tho head Of a
numerous family, aud does Rot NEEDLE with
the political aft airs of Europe. Our readers
no doubt remember that he is the son of
son of Baltimore, whom tho Prince married
in 1903, when he visited the United States.
The Emperor Napoleon refused to recognise
this marriage, and he annulIed it by decree !;
but Pope Pius VII refused to sanction or rati
fy that decree. The wife of the Emperor y
brother was not allowed to enter France. She
retired to England, whore her son, Jerome Ma
poleon, was born in Camberwell in 1906 The
Baltimore citizen is, then, at present in his
49th year. His son, who has passed his exam.
nations at the military school at West Point,
is % years of age. One Of the passengers of
the Franklin, the steamer in which the two
Bonspartes arrived, has told US that they
called themselves to be generally remarked
during the voyage by their mo lesty tho SIM
plicity Of their costume, and their desire to
remain unperceived in the crowd. The faith or
is living portrait of the Emperor Napoleon
l. as represented by the painters and soul ptors
He IS very tall, has dark oomplexi n, black
hair, and expressive eye. The son is still
taller than the father. but he has not the family
air Mr.. j. ~ Bonaparte was carried by NJ Is.
Patterson to the United States, and there re-.
ceived an excellent education. On leaving the
UDiversi'y he studied law, and was admitted
an advocate in the State Of Maryland
His private fortune has been increased BY
that which his wife brought him and by q
legacy of Cardinal Fesch. uncle of the Em.
peror The present Is not the first time that
Mr.. Bonaparte has visited Europe. In 1927
the ex King Jer.me received him at his place
a. Florence with the greatest marks OF aff.c-
ton. Mrs. Patterson, whose divorce was rati-
fed and regularised by law OF tho leg,sla-
turs Of Maryland, Waited Paris after the re-
turn Of the BOurbons In 1916 Her peculiar 90
sition and the affection which she retained for
her husband, though separated from him sttrac.
ted to her the sympstLies of the frs families
in Paris. Madame de Genlis, who has devoted
some pages to Mrs. Patterson in her memoirs,
conceived great friendship for her. Mrs Pat
happy in obscurity, aad without regret for the
rank she has lost. Her brother, Mr.. George
Patterson, ia one Of the richest farmers In
Maryland. Mr.. BOnaparte has occupied him
self good deal with literature, science, and
agriculture. In agriculture he is practically
experienced, and has obtained unprecedented
results. The two American Bonapartes have
been received at the Tuileries and ST. Cloud
in the same way as princes of the family.