Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1858-01-23

she thought it singular slice Of luck, as
he would certainly have been found out if
tbe queen had not been so sick as to be
unable to distinguish clearly who was near
her. She rememb bercd the riot at Bologne
and how he got sent to prison for life, and
was locked up in the Castle of Ham, and
she had at one time thought of calling on
M. Wikoff to inquire about him, as she
heard that gentleman had been to zee him
in his dungeon-but she thought she had
better let it alone--and keep quiet. But
when some years afterward Bowen contriv-
ed TO get elected Presiden. of the French
Republic, she thought she would remind
him of The affair at New York, and asked
gentleman who was going to France to
take letter to him. She merely wrote
Have you forgotten the Grand street S.
loon7 I have moved and am now living
at the old place in Walker street. Petite
died here in great distress about two years
ago; your old chum JoseAna keeps house
in Broome street. We want you to keep
your PROMISE About three months after.
ward French gentleman whom she did
not know, and who would not give his
name, called and presented her with $1,000,
from the President Louis Napoleon, 'as q
remembrance of kind services rendered t.
him when he was sick in New York. =
And she says that when he was made en- :
peror, she received another $1,000 in the
same way; and Josefna Ballibo also re-
ceived the same, with promise of more
at future time.
Mrs. Mercier died mouth or two after
ward, but Josefna Ballabo is possibly still
living at the house in Breome stree.-if
indeed there be such place-for I would
state again that place no positive ere &.
dence 10 any Of Mrs. Mercet's statements,
as hers.
Now if this story be true, there are sew
eral things to be ascertained before it can
be received implicitly.
Firstly. l. there Rnrvon family in
Boston, allied TO such names, or to any.
thing like them, as Lyman or Clo1in, and
which knows anything of a son being sent
to France, when child, about 40 years
ago, to be educated If so, what became
Of him! For ifit be true that he returned
to New York and there became acquainted
with Louis Napoleon, was present at hi.
alleged death, and reappeared as the
prince himself his own disappearance is
still to be accounted for though to be sure
people disappear in New York mysteri
ously enough a. times, and are never he ard
of aftorward.
Secondly. Is the woman Ballabo livinl
anywhere in Btoome street! and will she
corroborate the statement of Mrs. Mercier
If she will MT, it must be either because
such an event as the death of Louis Napo
leon never occurred, or else she is afrait
to reveal the share she had in it-or els,
she has been brtbed to silence.
7Htrdly. Is Col. Webb. or NJ. Wikofl
or any other quondam American friend o
the prince, aware of any such liaison form
ed by him in New York! But above all
are all the parties cognizant, certain tha
the person confined in the prison of Han
,ras The same as the Prince Louis Napole
on who was shipped off for America, b
the French Government, in November
1886, after the affair at Stratsburg9
There are many circumstances whic
tend to confirm the fact of the imposture
The principal Of these are
: lst. That The present Emperor of I'll
French does not, an the slightest degree
r resemble either his reputed father, Loui
, Napoleon, nor his mother, the beautifr
Horteuse Beauharnais; nor is there an
7 truce in him of the peculiar genius, habit
or characteristics of the Bonaparte family
This is not the case with the present prime,
! Napoleon, the son of Jerome Bonapart'
t who resembles the great emperor in
l Startling manner. The present emperor
S features are cast in an entirely differer
! mould--they are heavy, impossible, ster
t and repulsive, partaking largely CT the tr'
dilional Puritan style, the stern but enth,
G siastic warriors who died for their own tt
: ligious liberty, but had little liberation fc
I the religion of othefs,
' end. That he speaks French with fol
o eign and northern accent, in short, I
: an Epglishman may be supposed nevc
Q entirely to get rid Of, however long
o may have lived in France.
e 3rd. That his tastes and private habi
I are not those of Frenchman. 1t is
It matter of potoriety that the French are
yery temperate people and that Whateyt