The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-05-25
From the Philadelphia American, May IL
Nanoleon III. and EmSenle'

welcome will form chapter IN the roiidn's .
history, which the men and women oil tue 'u.u'o
will read With Amusement. Let US look al 'he''
antecedents.
Louis Napoleon was an exile from infancy. he
had not the advantage of fathers care. and was
the spoiled boy of an unhappy mother, who, in her
compelled obscurity, sighed after court.Ilie. he
was the second son Of Louis Bonaparte-the
Younger brother OF Napoleon the Great-ano
Hortense, daughter OF the divorced Empress jose
phine.
The father the least ambitious and most honest
of his race-the mother, as fascinating in manner
and loftier in intellect than Josephine. The mar
rage was concoeed by Josephine in hope that the
of: spring might satisfy her islands longing Tor
a successor, and avert the dismissal she afterwards
sustained. 1t ilI-starred in all else, as II
failed in efecting her DESIRES On the steps OF the
altar, husband and wife loudly proclaimed their
mutual aversion, and invoked memories of other
loves eternally to separate them. They soon
realized their wishes they separated.
Hideous SANDERS assarIed Horense in the first
months of her marriage, and ascrlbed the affection
entertained for her by the husband oil her mother
to a guilty passion, which Bourrenne's account oil
the conduc. of Napoleon combines with the En-
ppror's indignant denial at 81. Helena to pronounce
utterly incredible.
Louis was about seven years old when the allies
visited PARIS. Hortense had delighted IN The
education OF him and his brothers; she wished
to remain. But she was compelled to depart, and
settled, with her children, at Constance. While
there an incident occurred which IS worth being
recorded.
He was about twenty, when one day, walking in
mid winter, on the banks of the Rhine with his
cousins, the princesses Josephine and Marie of
Baden, the cove satlon turned on French gaaniry
in he middle ages. The Princess Marie pronoun"
ced an exrravagant eulogium On the ages of chlVa-
ry. She praised The devotion o! the knights whose
motto DiPumon r0l ct ma dame, and whose
allegiance no danger and no sacrifice could shake.
Louis Napoleon asserted that The French had not
degenerated ei,hes in courage or gaIIantry; and
that they reverenced woman as highly as their
fathers.
"Devotion,'' he exclaimed, cat period Of the
world has failed woman, capable OF inspiring
it, As he spoke, they arrived at spot where
the Necker falls into the Rhine. The at the
confluence OF these waters is always rough, and
in winter, esp ciay, dangerous. violent gust
OF wind al the moment detached flower from the
boquet of the Princess. What excellent op-
portunity for ancient chevaler," said the young
girl saucly. pointing TO the poor flower, which,
carried off by rapid current, bad already aImos,
disappeared iG The whirlpool caused by the meeting
of The two rivers.
"Ah my cousin,'' cried Napoleon, 'lhs is
he Ieaped into the river, and diving m"nIully
after he trunnt blossom. The princess her mother
aud the attendants were perIfed with horror al
he danger he ran bur Louis in few minutes
regajued the bank with his treasure, and present.
lng it, he said: Here is your flower, my charming
cousin. Bat tor Gods sake he added, laughing,
and touching his Dreaming garments, "Iet us hear
more OF your knights OF old"
Louis Napoleon in Rome when the revolu-
of France The shock OF that revolution was felt
Italy. Louis conspred with the republ cans.
But the Pope too powerful, supported by Aus.
rria. He banished-fed TO Bologna. His
brother, Napoleon, defeated there, died suddenly.
The OF the death of the and the critical
position of the other reached HOrtense. She
hasened TO Ancona, and succeeded in rescuing
Louis from the Papal and Austrian authorizes.
They escaped TO France in disguise, and so Sc.
creily that Horrense was the first tell LOUIS
Philippe of their arrival She wrote to him
mother. There but way | could
save my son--coms.t 10 France-and have come.
| know the dangers ,YsRun my life and my sons
life are in your hands. Take Them ii you will"
Louis had fallen sick The mother begged
few days rest. A week was granted. on condition
Of keeping the stricest seclusion then they were
TO return their old Swiss asylum.
Louis had never seen Paris, for when an infant,
ne Iau peer OOTne away lTOtD iDe ESee, MS
birth place. 1t was the anniversary Of his unclrs
deaf H. From the window of his hotel, in the Place
VendOme, the column that commentaries him was
seen wrealhed with flowers and surrounded by
multitutes whose scrrowfuI cries alarmed The gov
eminent. The molher and her ordered
to depart; and, carried to the vehicle that to
remove them. and amid cries of Vive Napoleon,
they leh tor England.
The subse quent events are known. He was OF.
lered Poland by The insurgents; but he said 81
belong TO France" But he efrred to fight as
volunteer. He wrolc 10 Louis Philippe, offering
to live In France citizen subject. He received
10 repy-ook to study, till the aborlive attempt
hat placed him in Ham; for the hour glass of the
Orleans dynasty had not yet run out. But the
hour came; :he light of The King, the awful scenes
IF The revolution, The short lived period of The
liberty, equality, fraternity. provisional republic
and then the coup detdt that made the exile EN-.
peror by the votes of eight millions.
Now for Eugenie. She is the granddaughter
Of the late William Kirkpatrick, of Malaga, who
married the daughter of Baron Gr;v. que, OF that
city. He the OF William KIRK patrick of
C"wheatb, Dumfriesshire, a scion of the Kirkpa.
tricks of Closehurn. in that county an ancestor
of Her Majesty's. Their possessions were large.
and they were allied 10 most of the great SCOTTISH
families. But property departed, and the owners
wer" expatiaied.
These were The royal perscnagos-who set all
England in general, and London in particular.
dali last week-"ho were entertained by the