The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-06-06

mens detached, 2, foweE. from the DO!
quet of the Princess. -.
"What an excellent opportunity fo
an ancient ,cheTaliern" said the youn
girl, saucily pointing to the poor foE cl
which, carried off by rapid current, ha
already almost disappeared in the whirl
| pool caused by the meeting of the tw
rivers. -..-
l,1 All my ny! cousin: cousin: cried Napoleon
al this is a challenge-weIl, I accept it;
and in a moment he lcaped into the riv
er, and was diving, manfully after th'
truant blossom. The Princess, her mo
ther and the attendants were petrifec
with horror at the danger he RAM but
Louis in a few minutes rcgained the
bank with his treasure, and presenting
it, he said =" Here is your flower, my
charming cousin; but, for Gods sake ;
he added, laughing, and touching his
streaming garments, "let us hear no
more of your knights of o!d,'' ''.''i'
Louis. Napoleon was in Rome when
the revolution occurred which made the
/" citizen king ruler of France The
shock of that revolution was felt in Italy.
Louis cons, iired with the republicans, =
But the Pope was too. powerful, sup
ported by Austria. He was banished-
fed to Bologna His brother, Napo-
leon, defeated there, died suddenly.-
The news of the death of the one and the
critical position of the other reached
Hortense She hastened to Ancoha,
and succeeded in rescuing Louis from
the Papal and Austrian authorities oa
They escaped to France in disguise,
and SO secretly that Hortense was the
FIRST to tell Louis Philippe of their ar.
rival. She wrote to him: ,'
q am a mother There was but one
way could save my son-come to
France-and I have come. I know. the
dangers We run my life and my sons
life are in your hands. Take them if
you will. -"
Louis had fallen sick, The. mother
had begged a few days rest. A week
was granted on condition of keeping the
strietest seclusion; then they were to re-
turn to their. old Swiss asylum.
Louis had never seen Paris, for, when
an infant, he had been, borne away from
the Elysee, his birthplace: It was the
anniversary of his uncle's death. From
the window of his hotel, in the Place
Vendome, the column that commemo-
rates him was seen, wreathed with flow
ers and surrounded by multitudes, whose
sorrowful cries alarmed the government
The mother and her son were ordered
to depart, and carried to the vehicle
that was to remove then, amid cries of
riee Napoleon, they. left f,r England,
The subsequent events are known
He vas offered Poland b., the ipsur-
gents there but he said, II belong to
France" But he offered to fight as a
He wrote to Louis Philippe,
offering to, live in France as q (" citizen
subject He received no reply-took
tostpdy till the abortiyc attempt which
placed him in Ham; y for the hoar-glass
of the Orleans dynasty. had not yet run
put. p But the hour came-tho flight of
the king-the awful scenes of the revo-
Iution--the short-liyed period of the lib |
srtY, equality, fraternity, provisional re-
public and then the coup d'ctat that
made the exile Emperor by the votes of
eight millions, - sas,I z..,,;, -f..5s.
Now for Eugene. She is, the. grand |
daughter Of the late William Kirkpat-
rick, of Malaga, who married the daugh- |
scr of Baron, Griyequee, of that city
he, was the son of William kirkpatrick,
If CoYheath, Dumfriesshire, scion of
.he Kirkpatricks of Closeburn, in that
county, and ancestor of her Majesty
Their possessions were, large, and they
we're allied to most of the great Scottish
But. property departed, and
ho, owners were expatriated. 81, .s.gpi I
These were the pcrsonsges who set all
England in general, and Landon in. par.
icular, daft" last week wholwere en-
ertained by the Queen with magnif-
'ence unsurpassed, and. greeteduby the
,eople with an enthusiasm never equalled.
But of all that you have doubtless had
nough. Il prefer giving you the por-
rats of these imperial ,personages ta-
Ten by an eyewitness, and no mean
udge. sgzs5 sssEs - ss@is - assss!
: THE PoRTR AITs.-She.-2As for Eu-
.enie, she has been the theme of all
ongues, each out-elamoring the other
a her praise. Such beauty, to begin
nth, has never been seen; at least, so
{ is said, and tho saying doesn't exceed
he truth as 1t is in the sayers 1t is
eauty that combines all styles, and ex
els in each. It unites the, romantic
rarity of the Moresque Spaniard with
he airy piquancy of the Partisan, the
eservee Of the British belle with the s
bandon Of the Continental southron:
Her complexion is S at once blonde and |,
live, and comprises the charms Of both.
he impression of her face is atsonce
inning and commanding, confding and Z
ignifed. Her stature and figure are
Il that could be wished in q woman or
esired in monarch and each dress