Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-07-10
VOL. XVI.


Ihe steamer at st. Johns brings us intelli
genee Of the death of jerome Bonaparte the
youngest brother of Napoleon the First. De-
ceased was born at Ajaccio, December ne
l7S4, educated under Madame Csmpap at
Paris, and next at Juilly, and was early placed
In the naval service, where he remained until
ne was sent, as lieutenant, to St Domingo
under Gen. Leclerc, his brother-in-law. Re.
turning soon to France, as bearer of des-
patches, he received an independent COM
hand and sailed again for Martinique. During
the hostilities of 1903 between France and
England, he cruised between ST. Pierre and
Iobago, but for some reason or other he was
Obllged to leave the station and went 10 New
YORK Dec. "a, 1903, he married Miss Eliza
beth Patterson, the daughter of wealthy and
eminent merchant of Baltimore After the
empire was declared he returned with his wife
70 Europe! but his marriage had not pleased
the imperial will, she was not allowed to land
In France. Napoleon had the marriage an
nulled by decree Of his council of state. but
the Pope to whom politics were not in this
case superior consideration to I.oraIs. re-
fused to sanction the divorce. Madame Bona
parte went first to Holland, where. too, she
was not permitted to go on shore, and then to
England. In that country she gave birth to a
son, July, 1905, who was named Jerome Napo-
leon Bonaparte. The father himself entered
france after awhile, and was given a captain
cy. subsequently he was created rear admi-
raj, and in 1907 he was transferred to the
land service, with the rank of General of
Division. He commanded a body of Wur-
mbergers and Bavarians in the campaign of
tnat year, and was successful in a movement
against Silesia. August IL, the same year, his
brother caused him to be married to Frederick
Catharine, daughter of the King of Wurtem-
burg, although his own wife was still living.
On the 18th, Westphalia was erected into a
Kingdom, and the youthful, half educated, and
extraVagant Jerome made the king His gov
ernment, however, though excessively lavish
ana prodigal, was an improvement upon that
OF the old regime; he was little more than the
deputy or viceroy of the emperor; but the en-
peror was greatly superior man to the con-
servatlve Germans whe before had held SWAY
In the campaign against Russia in 1872 he led
corps OF Germans, and considerably distin-
gulshed himself for his bravery; but having
been guilty of some neglect, which disconnected
the pians OF Napoleon, he was severely repri-
manded by him, and went home in dudgeon
In the ensuing year, when the French were
driven out OF Germany, Jerome went with his
family to Paris; but in 1914 they were com
PEELED to quit France. His wife was arrested
Just as they were leaving Paris in a BODY of
the allies, but was speedily released After
Napoleon's abdication he lived alternately at
Biols, at Gratz, and at Trieste, and did not get
back to Paris till April, 1915. He at once EN-
braced the fortunes of his brother. and fought
with hlm at Ligny and at Waterloo. The final
downfall Of the family sent him wandering
through Switzerland, to settle at last near
Vienna, as Prince de Montfort, a title conferred
upon him by his father-in-law. In 1852 when
Louis napoleon assumed the supreme control
In Paris, he was called back to France, made a
Marshal of the Empire, President of the Senate
and, in the failure of direct succession to
Louis Napoleon, heir to the throne By his
first wife, Miss Patterson, he had one SON. who
was lately citizen of the United States and
by his second, two sons, Prince Napoleon, and
and one who is not now living, and daughter
During the twelvemonth past, his health has
been very infrm, and his death will cause but
little surprise.