Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-05-18
From the philndrlphir American, May II
NAPOLEON III. AND EUGENE.

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! nj their antcCedcnts.
| Louis Napoleon was exile from infancy. He
had not the advantage OF fathers cure. and the
spoiled boy OF IN unhappy mother, who, III her com
PEELED obscurity, sighed after court-liir. He the
| second son of Louis Bonapar'e-thc younger brother
| OF Napoleon the Great-nnd llortonse, daughter OF
the divorced Empress Josephine.
The farher the least ambitious and mos, honest OF
hia rnce the mother, as fascinating in manner and
lofiier in intellect than Josephine. The marriage
coucuctrd by Josephine, Ill hope that the offspring
might satisfy her husbands longing for successor,
and avert til" dismissal she afterwards SUSTAINED. 1t
was iil-sarcd in all else, il tailed in ciiccting
her desires. On the steps OF the altar husband and
wife loudly proclaimed their mutual aversion, and IN.
vOked memories Of other loves eernally separate
thrm They soon realized their shes; they scpara-
| ted.
Ilideous slanders assaled Hortensc in the first
months of her marriage, and ascrbei the affection
entertained for her By the husband Of her mother 10
| n guilty passion, which Bourrienncs account ot the
! conduct uf Napoleon combines with the Emperor :
indignant dcuial at 81. Helena To pronounce utterly
Incredible.
LOUIS was about seven years old when the allies
visited Par.. ortensc had delighted in the educa-
tIon Of him and his brothers: sha wished 10 r6ain.-
But she was compelled &, depart, nnd settled, with
her children, At CONSTANCE While there, an incident
occurred which is worth being recorded.
lie was about twenty, when day walking in
lnd-wintcr On the banks of the Rhine with his
sins, the PrinceSses Josephine and Marie OF Baden,
the conversation iurne, on French gslantry in the
middle ages. The Princess Marie pronounced m cN-
travagant eulogurn the ages Of chIvalry She
praised the devotion Of the knights whose motto
! ''lJSu mon rot, st ma dame" and whose allegiance
10 danger and sacrifice cnul! shake. Louis Napo-
leon asserted hut the French had not descneraed
either in courage gnIIantry and that they rsvc-
renred women rs highly rs their fathers.
| "DevOtiOn,' he exclaimed "ut period OF the
world has failed IL woman capable ot nsprinsit. As
he spoke they NJ spot where the Ncckcr tlls
.,l,..D Il,,an Tho lIf flIlI
waters is always rough, and in winter. especially,
| dangerous violent gust III wind AZ the moment
detached flower from the bouquet oi the princess.
"What excellent opportunity for al ancient
the poor flower which, carried off by rapid current,
had aroady almost disappeared in tho whirlpool
caused by the meeting of the two rivers.
"Ah my cousin, cried Napoleon. = this is n chnl-
lcngc-well, accept il; and III q moment he lcaped
into the river and diving mnntIIy after the tru-
aut blossom. The princess her mother md the at-
tcndan,s were pctr,d with horror Il, the dunger he
ran; but LOuI. in few minutes regnincd the bnnk
with ha trcasure, ani presenting Il, he said: Here
ia your flower, my charming cousin. But for God :
sake he added, laughing ami touching his stroum-
ing garments, let us hear no moro Of your knights
! of old. "
I.ou.s Napoleon was in Romo when the revolution
occurred which made the Citizen King ;" ruler OF
F.ance The shock Of that revolution was felt in
Italy. Louis con'pirod with the republicans. But
the Pope wGs too powerful, supported b! Austria
He WAS banished-hedt To Bologna. llln brother Ma
poleon, defeated there, died suddenly. The news OF
80, i nth Of the one and the critical position Of the
other reached Ilurtense. She hastcned n AnCona
and succeeded in rescang Louis from the Papal and
Austrian authorities.
They escaped to France in disguise, and 20 secretly
that lonen-e the first 10 tell LOUIS Philippe OF
their arrival. She wrote t" him: 81 am n mother.
There was but one was co.d save my son--cone
to Francc-and have come. | know the dangers
run: llir and my sons life are III your hdnGs.
~, :. ,
Louis had fallen sick. The mother begged q few
DAYS rest. A week wns granted, on condition. OF
keeping the strictcs sccuson; then they wcro 10 re.
turn IL their old Swiss asylum.
Louis Ind never Paris, for, when III infant, he
had been borne away from tho Aysee his birthplace
II was the anniversary OF his unclcs death. From
the window of his hotel, in the Plnce Nendomr, the
column thar C1nTcmoratrs him WAS seen. wrcathed
with foweri, anl surrounded by multltudes Whose
sorrcvtul cries alarmed tho government. The mo-
thcr aud her ordered 20 depart md, carried
to the vehicle thai 10 remove them, amid erie. o
Yivc Napoleon, they left for England.
The subsequent events hre known. Ho was nlcr.
cd Poland by he Insurgents there; but he said 81 be-
long to France" Bu, lie offered 10 fight as volun
tccr. he wrote TO Louis Philippe. Offering TO liv. in
France "cItizcn sub ject. He received no re-
plv-took 10 study, III! the nbordvr attempt that
placed ham in Ham; for the hour .Hss OF the Orleans
lynnsty had not vet out. But the hour CAME
the hsnt of the King the awful scenes Of the revou
ton-the shori-livcd period of the liberty, equality,
fraternity provisional republic, and then the corr
d'tIni that made the exile Emperor by the votes o!
eight millions.
Now for Euyenie. She is the granddaughter OF
the late William Kirkpatrick, Of Malaga who mar
rcd the daughter "f Baron Grivcquee, "f that city
He was the son of William Fitzpatrick. OF Cowheah
DunfrieshIrc scion of the krkpatrcks OF Close
burn, in that county, an ancestor ot Her Majesty e.
Their possessions were large and they were allied ia
most nf the great Scottish families But property
departed, and the owners were cxpatratcd.
he DprSp ID spt
land in general, and London in particular, dat lasi
week-who were entertained by the Queen with
magniticencc unsurpassed and greeted by tho people
with enthusiasm never equaicd. But OF all that
YOU have, doubtless, had enough. | prefer giving
yon the portraits OF these imperial pcrsonages' taken
by mn rve-witnc,g, and 10 mrnn Judge
| The PORTRAITS Shs.-As for Eugcn!e She has
been the theme Of all tongues. each oui-camornS the
Other in her praise Such beauty TO begin with, has
never been seen ut least it is said, and the saving
doesnt exceed tho truth it il in the sayers. 1t lie II
beauty TINT combines all Styles and exccls in each-
1t unitcs the romantic gravity Oi tn Mnrc.que Spa
uinrd with the airy piqGnnCy o the PnrisEn; the re-
serve Of the British belle with tho abandon OF the
continental southern.
Her complexion s Mt once blonde and olive md
comprises the charms of both. The expression "f her
i face is al once winning and commanding, confdinG
and dirniicd. Her stature and figure ut al tha
could be wished in woman or desired IN monarch
ami each dress she has appeared in public in seems
exactly the OF all others that she should never ap
pear out of if the spectator ut tho moment had his
| way.
| Moreover she il Just ut the precise age when the
several graces of the seem to blend into pcricc.
tiun AMI when the dninution or addition Utmost OF
an hour, would imply forfeiture oi some one Gtri-
butte essential 10 the completion of the real and the
i, a. the poetca and the practical before you. Ih"
lady nmongst II, who bears the nearest resemblance
10 her ia the Duchess of Wellington, rather such
was the when the latter was little younger, and
Landsecr'r likeness, in the "Vsit to Water"o, whs
fnithfu portrait of the then Marchones- of Douro
There il the same comInngicmcnt of the halt ORR
entail half Scandinavian aspect: the large open an
tclnpe eye, with the in dropping fringe, NJ once
| bcjrhtsliinr and mitigating its lusire, the Rain"
! small rounded limbs aud unlesc presence; and the
sam, in the midst OF animation, perhaps
arising from the cause, the chdishncss of un
otherwise envable union.
This probably is butt pnsslng sorrow with the En-
press for the report that the stn2 hunt a Slough
on Tuesday, not jouc'! by The Imperial lady, lest
eqrcsriauism, for reasons known in all well regula.
ed families, should be detrimental 10 the probable.
prolongation OF the line oi "thc new Sesos;rls, who
| born no king, made IOnarchs druw his car.
Hc.-Certainly he look, everything that his impas-
stoned assnilant in Napoleon e Petit" describes
and all the circumstances of sp!cntor surrounding
him. not all the ronancs OF his life and not al the ef
feet which such considerations produce upon me most
phlscmatic and philosophir OF minds. could deprive
his councnnrce Of fits indetnabe but unnistakeab!c
repulsivcncss In is d.cosdn no one trait o: sttrac
vsness. Indeed, absence OF NIL trait is the only
decided trait about it. Ii ID perfectly e1prcs.loness'
| whether in animation Or repuse.
Ills face is blanl or rather blight. II may have
been capable of co" veying expression some
time, but that time has gone by, and now it really CT
presses nothing The eyes are dead; the complexion
ivid. tho mouth, when smIng, inanlIiIhte; thc
musrl,. OF the whole face at once rigid and relaxed
and the contemplation Of tho visage altogether leaves
most ncon' ,rtsble IMPRESSION matter what one
prediections IN favor Of the himself or ho"eTe!
biased By the fascination OF the immortal H.ets Vi ~.
/
| he is. ,u :.
Between the two men there ii not the smaieS' IN
cn ar physiral scinbance and certainly a Tar M ex
terunl. are concerned, there II much eooFlng anorI
ed by Louis Napoleon 70 the popular scandal which
r,,;r, hi, maternity, not the King OF Holland but
| to Dutch skipper, with all unprououncaoe name,
,,J nf rhom f5rtense was said to have become
mOrrd.