Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-07-18
LETTER or JosErllINE,
The NapOleunS.


The NapOleunS.
The following touching letter was al
dressed by the divorced Josephine 10 the
Emperor Napoleon. congratulating him On
the birth of his son by his second vile
Maria Louise. 1t will be remembered
that it was because Of Napoleon's desire
for offspring that Josephine was divorced:
but she continued to cherish for him the
tenderest affection. Here is the letters
NAVARRO.
" SIRE Amidst the numerous con-
gratulatiOnS which you receive from all
parts OF Europe, from every town in
France. and every regiment in the army,
can the feeble voice Of woman reach
you Aud will you en- descend to listen
tO her who SO often cOnSoled you in your
sorrows and assuayed the pangs Of your
heart. when she speaks of the happiness
which has just crowned y"ur wishes p
Being no longer your wife, dare | offer
my tehrltatiOns on yOul becoming faith
er? Yes, doubtless, Sire ? for my soul
renders the same justice to yours as yours
TO mine. l conceive what you now cx>
perlcnce ms readily as you divine my emo
tlOnS Oh this occasion though separated
we are united by the sympathy which
bids defiance to events.
d" l should have been glad to learn the
birth Of the King Of r Jmc from yourself,
and not by the Cannon OF Goreux. or the
perfect, Cuvicr. but l am well aware that
your first attentions are due TO the mems
ber> of the corps diVIOm0tiYUe. to your ia
mily. and. above all, to the happy Prin
cess who has just realized your dearest
hopes. She cannot be more lenderly de-
voted to you than l am but she has had
II in her power to do more for your hap
plneSs BY assuring the welfare Of France;
she has. therefore. u night to your first
sentiments. to all your cares. and |, who
was your companion in misfortune only,
can claim but H far inferior place to that
which Ma'ia Louisa occupies in your af-
feeliOn. You will have watched round
have watch ID round her bed, and embru-
ced your son. before you take up your
pen to converse with your best friends.-
will wait.
1t is. however, impossible to defer tell
ing you that more than any one on earth, |
share in your joy. You will not doubt in
my sincerity when say that far from be-
ing affected from sacrifice So necessary
to the respose of all. | rejoice that it has
been made. no,c Mot Isy8e ulone. SMfcr,
did say? No. since YOU are contented.
my only regret is, that l have not yet
yet dome sufficient to prove how dear you
were 10 me-
NAPOLEON III.
Louis Napoleon Bunaparte, the present
Emperor of the French. was born on the
ooh Of April, 1903. at the TuilIeries.-
His father was Louis Bouaparte. the bro
ther Of Napoleon. His mother was Hor-
tense. the daughter of Josephine. by her
first marriage. The marriage Of Hortense
and Louis was unfortunate they did no
thing but quarrel. and in S. ptember.
1907, they finally separated at Amster-
dam. and 1ortense returned to her moth
er. in Paris, and there gave birth to her
son, the present Emperor, Louis Napoleon
BOnaparte.
There is circumstance we'll worthy
Of Consideration, as illustrating the deal
Ings Of Providence
Napoleon the Gteat set aside lis best
frIen and counsellor. Josephine, to obtain
an heir to throne of France. He married
Princess of Austria. and by her had n
son. That birth was she calu AiAaLiOn
pO'u' VI MS power aUu us u'SnNy. FROM
thence he did nothing but descend. He
el an ex,le-his son also. Who sue
ceeded to his name. his fame, his power ?
The child Of HOrtense, who was the child
OF Josephine In the person of the E n
peror OF tine French. We find not the off,
spring Of Napoleon the Great, but the off
spring of his discarded wife. What an
illustration of the truth Of the adage,
That it is man who proposes, but God
who disposcs."
Josephine is restored in her descendants
to the station from which she had been
thrust; while the seed of hin who cruelty
did the deed to promote his own ambition,
has disappeared from the earth.