Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-06-14
Tho4Romanoo 81 the soI-Disant Louis

OF the numerous claimants 10 the title and es-
tate OF right Sovereign of Fsapce,tp the honor of
the Baron de Richemont b. il spoken, he alone
maintninet his path through III in perfect honor
and Responsibility. Unlike the other pretenders,
he ever refused all pecunisry aid froni his adhe-
rents and preferred 10 live in reduced and mod
est manner upon the means he eujuyed by . legacy
of the Dawager Duchess oil 0fleanss who desig-
hates him IN her villas zee Rlafeafetr entunt me-
eonnu de tous., This disinteresiedness alone silf-
fees 10 throw certaininerest round The story OF
the Baron de Richemont and now that he Is pont. q
TO his last account, and no longet be made
tool party violence to hold ferroreni over its
adyersares it " be well 10 examine Carefully
the possibility OF his adventures, as he himself re-
counted them, leaving the probability of their ~
recness 10 be judged by the result of their combs
nation. Fist Of ali the great fact of the escape
1.-the Dapphin fIon he Temple is we'll estalss
ilslsd by the archives OF the police, Where is sil
preserved thu order sent out TO the tepartlrnts 10
arrest on every high toadin France any travellers
bearing with them child of eight years Of age or
ihereabouts as there la teen an escape OF foyal-
ISIS from the Temple. This order bears date June
St, 1885, the Very of the death OF tile child
IN the Temple, when the post moItem examination
confirmed Dssault. the doctor who performed hin
the opinion that the chiidwas NOT the Dauphin.
anu caused him TO refuse his signature 10 the pyo-
ess refbal OF The Danptin death. The ntat day,
SeYeStIe, The deputy, announced, officially, the
death fot Louis Capet. The fact of this pnblic
made at the same ndmert ~ m;
the private command to sealch aud nrrest ali
lp lJeS1ult was fOnnd
dead IN his bed afew days after this siipposed tt
have been posonedb by the drink given him IN, lthe
Conveptionels, and thus Tor while al snsn;o;o,,
was lulled, and the nation convinced that there
was neEmore nee 70 lear a attack of the foreign-
ers 10 succor the Dauphin, which appears 10 be d
great bngbeat Of the time. Pie inanner oflhis
aescpe, which seems absurd to our maj fact
genefation' is not impossible whom viswetl sgiths
the spirlt OF the tune. The Baron would tell the
story, well dramatisiag ii with great truth and VII
yaclty as he proceeded; he would tell how The wo.
man Simon, having been brought over by (jonnt
dekrotee. yogaiiste e,rage, had coiisenied load
mt olatdIus as medical attendant upon the child
that Ojardfis had undertaken to carry out the
whole atfair-and that the only hing reouired of
La simon was 10 get herself discharged for neglect
iof duty by certain day. Meanwhile, the nrr-s
seripton OF the DOCTOR air and exercise, having
been refused by the oniite du aiut PibIines ,is
gems resorted to by the Royaists TO obtain possess
sion Of the Dapphin,s petson,s an application was
made by OlaFdtus for large ocking horse by way
of substitute, The application was granted--the
order for the supply Of the horse still exists onr
uius managed 10 send in a toy, the measurements of
which is giyeH,s on the very dayof thedismissaI Of
La Simon, and amid all Tie confusion occas Toned
by The abrupt removal of her furniture. pAe boz
produced BY narcotic drugs, remained nnbioken
while heswas taken from his hiding place and de-
pysited IN the place Where the Danphin, sick unto
9 death with The solitude and misery OF his prison,
made TO replace him was iolphan from the d. aft
and dumb asylum, and this circumstance IS made 10
account Tor the TACT recorded by every chroncIer
OF me Time tlat, the Danphin spoke not single
word ior more than four months previous TO his
DEATH he commission appointed TO visit hun in
his prison largely upont the ciTcumstalite
oil ms utter lndiHetenee and perfect UNCONSCIOUS.
nrssol Their approach, although the door banged
loudly as they entered, and their boots GLANCED
heavily upon the stone pavement Of his. cell y
Count Frotee, disguised as a Commensurate.
superlntended the arrangements for the Dauphih's
fight. He packed him neatly up in bundle of
dirty linen, threw him janntily over his shoulder
and undged coolly down the stains of The, Tour ,Iu
Temple, as though he had been accustomed 10
snciii work all his life. The boy was Immediately
taken TO a;house III the Rue P hillipeanx and con-
hted him 10 thescafe OF two ladies, by whom he
was conveyed many weeks after, always from the
moment OF his escape disguised in girls Clothes
TO an old farm holise in Norma ndy. Tins for Inc
first epoch OF his life. We have no authority but
his own Tor these facts; but what we do Know for
Certain IS The assassination OF OjnrdhIs,s W hich
took place about a month after tie suppostitious
child and the discovery OF the fraud which had
been practised nponthe Convention. Another
iacl Is The consignment OF the boy TO Kleber, who
received HIM IN Egypt with all the honors due TO
his rank, aud under the name of tile Baron de
Richemont, W hlch he has borne everss since, he
soryed'witl honor and distinction until the death
Of kieber who also died Bythe Hand of an assas-
sin, by whom directed remains q msytery. IL iss
certain that the dying breath of the, General was
spent ia recommending the syoutiifuI Baron de-
flchemont TO his friends the Marqnls of Faltas and
the Count DE Pons. Ga his return 10 France,
when Bonaparts had already seized upon the
regns of government, his brother Lucien was an
pointed 20 keep watch over the pfetensors oil the
Batom de RIchemont. From the, familiar inter-.
course thus engeEdeted arose.a friendship which
induced that cooluess between Lucien and his
brother that ended in a total ruptuTe Picbe-
grs conspiracy had Tor its object the Iepla cling of
me ~ aupan on the throne, and WHEN lie was
led IN his prison his papels were all taken
away, and consigned to the paternul care of the
First Consul. The result was the innniediate ne. )
moyal OF the Baron de Richeiuontst TO New York,
where he remained fersome lime, then objected
his steps 10 Brazil, where the Regent Don Juan
gaVe>hin royal reception entertained him in I.-
gal ashton iCr some time, and placed at his diSpo-
sal one OF the finest frgaies in the state, when he
expressed wish 10 return to Europe. He. landed
itCiRltn Necchia in 1910, intendipg to repair 10
Rome, when he was arrested at the very moment
OF touching The Shore and carried OFF to the Castle
of ST. Angleo, 10 wait for orders from France. He
was shortly after despatched under:a strong guard
to arls where, after aissecret ainterview with
Fouche, he was again embarkedfor Brazil-Don
Juan once more receiving him with omen arms
and ~ ISL gave him the command of an expedi-
ton TO Goa. liere he remained until 1914 n MI
learning the great changes that had taken place by
the DOWNFALL of Napoleon, lie asaiIi= turned his
steps towards isconntfy He arrived hsla u lille
konche,to whom he was known, occupied the
place of Premier nitnistret to Eonis Dix
pIesence ol this minister, the old Prince de Conde
Recognised the Baron de Richenorit as the son of
Louis Seize, and rightinl heir to- the thrnue Of
France and Nayarrei The Prince undertook to
break the affair 10 Louis Dix-huit. The scene of
the announcernentof the Bnron's arrival vet re-
mains tradition Of the Tnilleties. The soul
OF Louis Dixhnit stood naked before his relatives
when he owned that he would not be preyented
ny an obstacles from remaining King OF Franct.,
The Prince OF Condo, nothing damned, repeiret
wlththe Baron TO Versailles, where he undertook
TO procure n interview with the Duchess DAN
gonieme. tLe Baron submitting to the ordeal pio-
should be sudden andMne expected ton the part of
Inc Duchess, and that if she rscog him as her
brother his identity should at once be publicly
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