Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-05-03


Of The Great Army with the grade OF General
Then came the epoch Of the new dynasiies
Joseph went to Naples and then to Spain (;
Louis TO Holland young Jerome, married to a
Princess Of Wuuemburg, received the new
Crown Of Wesiphalia Murai ruled at Naples
Beruaduiie was heir TO the Crown Of Sweden
All the continental world was represented at
Paris by rich embassies; England was alone,
apparently under The ban Of mankind. It was
natural 10 be elaied By such miraculous and
sudden greatness, aud though MADAM Mere"
is reported Ia have said, "a may one day be
called on to end bread for all these Kings"
her children had no misgiving. Jerome was
not much ruler, he had not been much a sal
lor, and he after proved to he rather an udifIer-
eni General. He commanded 70, 900 Germans
in the Russian campaign. and was surprised At
Smolensko, disconnected tho plans Of the en-
peror and was sent back in disgrace to Ger
many, Europe rose against the falling conquer
er Jerome fed from his kingdom which had
now ceased to exist. Aiier separation from his
consor,, his wanderings led him To Trieste where
he received the news that Napoleon had escaped
from Elba and was once more in France an En-
peror, and able perhaps, to make him once
more king. The Austrian government
watched Jerome, who however, found means TO
escape. Murat sent frigaie to take him of
secretly, and TO was soon in Paris, one Of the
heroes al the Hundred Days. Waterloo was
his last field, and for many hours of the 18th
Of June the corps under his command attacked
in vain the Chateau of Hougoumout When
Napolean fell for the last time, bis brother $
career seemed 10 have closed. A German title
and German estate were conferred upon him,
aud il seemed likely that after having been Ad-
miral, General, King, fugitive and proscrip,,
-aiier having seen campaigns By land and sea \,
and borne a part in the greatest drama the
world has witnessed, he world sink into obscu-
rity al thirty years Of age.
But he was once more 10 be lifted TO emf
nence. A third Of century passed away,
and two dynas,ies had fallen ia France. An-
other generation had arisen, new ideas and new
sciences had changed the face of Europe All
the old soldiers aud statesmen were gone ; even
the traditions Of their age seemed departing,
when Jerome Bonapare, whU had been heard
of as early as and of them, re-appeared on the
stage, still ne, a very old man. An Augustus
had arisen to continue The empire Of the mod
ern julius, and Jerome was once more a Prince
Of Imperial family. We certainly need no,
search ancient history for instances Of mu,abli-
! ly Of fortune in pulling down and setting up
men. The present age has had enough exam
Piles to supply moralisis for all time, aud the
houses Of Bourbon and Bonapaue may furnish
names to adurn all the tales that are likely Ia
he written. Napoleon III. was anxious to con.
meet his own rule as much as possible with the
memories of the old Empire, and Jerome, with
his resemblance TO his brother, his evenifu life
as one of that strange band Of Kings, and his
share in what is to Frenchmen almost the
whole history Of France, was parsonage who
could not be too highly placed. It was well
that Bonapaue should be seen at tho Tuiler-
les who had been seen there when men were
reading in the Munheur about Ausierliiz OF
Friedland. As dynasty Involved the idea oi
Inheritance il was desirable that there should
be an heir presumpiive to the throne, and it is
strange that the falling health of The old man
should coincide in time with the expected f.l-
hment of the Empcror's natural hopes. A.
an old soldier of France, as member of a
most extraordinary family, as a former SOW
eregn of Europe, as an instance OF fortune
slrangest reverses, Prince Jerome Bonaparie is
among the celebrities of these days, and we
trust he may he spared to welcome an heir to
the Imperial throne more fortunate than him
whose birth he celebrated more Than forty years
ago. ars