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he Emneror personally ofhis maria o.

Ine EnperoT pcrooH"iiy vi his marriage.
A terrible reception awaited him, and
he learned that the union had been an
nulled Meanwhile the Erin, Con board
of which the young wife remained, be-
ing in feob,c health, } sailed for Amster.
dam, where Jerome had agreed to join
her, and from thence take eher to France
But upon arriving at Texcl the captain
Of the vessel received formal and DC.
remptorytommand to depart, the Elm.
poror having ordered that tho wife of
Jerome should not land
She accordingly sailed for England,
where she took up her residence and in
the following month, on the 9TH Of Ju-
ly, 1906, gave birth to n son, the pres,
ent Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, of
Baltimore, Md. jerome subsequently
brought all his influence to bear to ap.
pease the anger Of bis brother, but bis
endeuvors were truitlcss, and Napoleon
would not even allow bis wife to visit
Paris.
In March, 1908, the Emperor caused
his Council of State to enact Il special
decree "tOrbidding all civil officers Of
the Empire to receive on their registers
II transcript Of the act Of celebration Of
n pretended marriage contracted by Jc-
rome Bonapartc in a foreign country"
In the following May, the Emperor,
in letter to Plus VII, requested him
to grant bull annuling the marriage.
This letter contained many misrcprc-
sentations, to which it is here unneccs.
sary to allude, but it failed to effect the
desired object. In long reply, cover
ing the entire subject, the Pope showed
that there was no authority vested in
him, nor could any precedent be found
in the history Of the Church, for dssolv
ing the marriage, and, like an honest
man, Plus VII. came to the conclusion
that he neither could or would annul
the marriage between Jerome Bona
partc and Elizabeth Patterson.
Finding that to persist in his opposi
ton to the will Of the Emperor would
def a. his object and only offer him q
life Of exile, Jerome accepted Il mission
to the Emperor Of Al giers to demand
the restoration of Genoese sailors and
citizens, who had been captured and
carried into slavery. The Embassy he
filled with ability, returning from the
expedition with two hundred and fifty
captivcs, whom he set free upon their
native soil. Early in the ensuing win.
ter he took command Of II line-of-bat-
tie ship, went to the West Indies, cap
turcd six English merchantmen, on his
way home he was chased by an English
fleet, and to escape capture, stranded
his ship on the coast Of Brittany,
Reaching Paris, he was decorated
with the Gordon Of the Legion Of Hon,
or, promoted to the rank Of Admiral
and created 4 Prince of the Empire
jerome, however, was not at heart 4
sailor, and soon after, at his own solici
tation, was placed at the head Of u col
umn of soldiers Of Bavaria and Wur.
temburg, in the reduction Of the for.
trcsscs of Silcsia, and directing the
blockade Of Glogan In March, 1907
for the ability he here displayed, he
was promoted to the rank Of u General
of Division Of the Grand Armcc.
Up to this time, it is said, the Prince
had kept up Il constant correspondence
with his wife, and entertained the hope
of being able to claim her in a legal way;
but being finally assured that the Amer
lean marriage would never be recogniz,
ed, he yielded at last to the imperial
policy Of Napoleon, and, to use his own
language, inundated himself npon the
altar Of the Napoleon dynasty. Accor,
dinghy, on the 18th of August, 1907, he
married the Princess Frcdcrica Cath.
crime, daughter Of the King Of Wurtcm-
burg, and u few days afterwards, in the
twenty. second year Of his age, he was
proclaimed King Of Wostphalia. Tho
boyish in many Of his actions, and in
dulging in frivolitics unbccoming n
King, such as playing at leap frog with
his coultjers, and other cquallyundigni-
fed teats, his court was never disgrace
cd by immoralitics unbecoming Il man.
IN 1872 he was called by the Emperor
to Join him in his expedition to Russia,
in which he commanded the German di-
vision. He was in the battle of Milli-
hon, and achieved Il handsome success,
but at Smolcnsllo was unfortunate, and
in freak of passion was dismissed by
the Emperor. Napoleon, however, re-
GREETED it afterwards.
In 1913, when the French were com
peeled to ovacuate Germany, jerome
was obliged to fly before the march of
the Russian and Saxon troops, and with
his staff retreatcd to COblentz. The
CossacLs, however, did not remain long
in his capital, and Jerome soon returned.
On the 25th of October he received the
tidings of the battle of Leipsic, and that
evening he left Casscl for the last time,
supported by his body guards. He re-
maincd several days at Cologne, but
was at last compelled to separate from
his devoted followers, and fled to
France.
During those yicissitudes his wife, his
Princess Frcderica, was his constant
companion. In 1911, on the abdication
of the Emperor, they were compelled
tolcave Paris and took refuge in Trieste
where they were ut the time Napo-
leon landed from Elba.
Here they embarked for France on n
frigate provided by Murat, then King
of Naples; and at the meeting Of the
Champ dc Mai, he took his seat in the
Chamber of Peers. The battle of Wa.
tcrloo was near at hand, and Napoleon
was straining every nerve to bring in.
to the field his immense army. Rely.
ingon the discretion Of Jerome, he con
fided to him the important work OF
opening that last great battle, which he
did in \ charge at the head Of six thons-
and men. Every schoolboy knows tho