The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-16

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Miss Mizabeth then dazzling with youth,
grace and beauty and her family was incontestany one
Of the weaithies and most respected Ia the couotrf
inep ing that she should have made from the
nr6t moment strong impression on the young and can
d lieutenant OF aaroes and that Ia that frat moment
ne should have formed the mad resolve to we'd her In
Vulnerable obstacles opposed the Jerome at that
time ooly nineteen years; ais Patterson counted
twenty three; naonaiities, reiigsoa, beliefs,
ever, thing, separated; publications. ia France,
no consent asked Of the venerable Letizia, or OF
the First Consul the real head Of toe family who had
respondenoe in twenty places That Of affairs, 80
eerlous N its general features was known; otcctions
ysni,hea Of Themselves but they were on the other
France 70 the United Sates-brought directly to the
knowledge q the Interested parties by himself and au
oeasDg to enighten both the young ofncer, who was
hurried along, and the family 70 which he desired
dence or N. Pichou, and Il win BE- imporssns pre-.
senty 70 place before tho tribunals some passages
to ascertain exactly the precise character OF the union
NJ Pichon appeared In those letters, By turns begging
and threatening Jerome B,naparte n. PohOn wrote TO
ercus Of Contracting was IN VIOLATION Of French law,
and would be radically null. ~ Picho0 warned Senator
Smith and Senator Nicholas, who were closely connected
Mr. Patterson, a moment satisfied and convinced re-
his daughter but she, emtten and passionate,
was 70 run every rse and g. s1s m0%ea M
Taey and that all WAS saved all was lost and the mar
riage contaminated On December "a it was celebrated
by Bishop Carroll Of Baltimore according to the rites Of
the Roman church. Tho following appeared iu the Gse
raj Adrsvtiser Of December 81, 1909
MsIries On Saturday last, IN Baltimore, BY the Right
brother Che srst Sqnsa he TEsash sspsss e she
William Patterson. merchant Of that city.
This union, so mady, rashly and illegally contracted,
being accomplished, the young couple began to reflect
have been provided beforehand SPECIFICATIONS TO Madame
(hs mother) and to the First Consul then become Epe
ror; everything tried, but all in vain. The lat
ter, his only answer, sent an officer with
orders TO bring back his young brother, and
TO bring him back alone. That WIS sufficiently
explicit jerome refused to obey, thus placing himself
In open revolt agains. hiSsecond father and against his
sovereign At length in the spring OF 1905, he embark
ed with her whom be called his vito, not on board \
French, but an American vessel the Mrin, bouad for
Lisbon But the orders Of the Emperor had preceded
him to that place. In fact, under date Of the Sd
Forea year -, his Majesty wrote 70 DEGREES, Minister Of
Marine
es gon to p Acagaa heE o w
Win aid~ed her moi and tell
s ss% "a, o..d 1S ss
Grenobs Tan md Man. and VIII be- he de-
Jerome landed alone RepuIsed from all the ports of
France and from friends in France MISS Patterson was
obliged to seek asylum in England where the 7th
fully 1906 she gave birth to the child who our pre-
sent opponent.
All the attempts OF Jerome to soften his mother and
his brotherhis fmpcror-I should repeat his second
father rui,lcss. The protest Of the first and the
two successive DEGREES Of the latter have been read To
ypu. need not read tlem again.
Az last jerome opened his eyes to reason he submit
ted and expressed some words OF repentance and the in
opened TO him lie received under date Of the l6sh Flo
real, the following letter from the Emperor
Sf m ISr ES II nGS% nse ns q
With Miss Patterson is nun in the eyes gon
sSnd M 1s !, no Ssse
self thai sou have not been able. and tina. you can
being thus anngllsd By yogr oNpws ] WIN extend
bad you since your childhood hoping that viii render
youite worthy y ne care which you manifest for Obtaining
pray God that he VIII, BROTHER have in his holy and
On the 2sth after complete reconciliation tho Empe
Tor wrote 10 DecroS:
MoN3nCE DrCRrs:-,ieromc has arrived. Nine Paterson,
his wife, has returned Amerca no has acknowledged his
dcrs have sent him % Genoa, &c
Our opponents have given number Of letters writ
ten In 1906 and even in 1906 In which Jerome still call
Miss Patterson his wife and promises her that they would
succeed in disarmng the Emperor and that there were
yet days Of happiness reserved for thcm &c But in
1907 at the period OF the solemn regular lawful marriage
With the regretted and 10 beforgotten Catherine
Wurtemburg he sent letters OF another kind-etters
rupture. But these letters not brought forward
Prem this very important period there were only
three letters septtwo in lS0S AMI one in 1872. But
what change in the style They were no longer auto
graph They were written by secretary, and Jeroms
content TO ax his signature Here Ia evidence
Of affection, says the opponents was the duty OF gal
nnt man. o. man Of greatly elevated position. lie
welfare Of tho mother and child. In these propositions
they pretend to insult and Of his act Of kind
moss they have made arm 10 be used against him.
Tie occasion being definitely fixed for tho divorce which
Madame Patterson solicited and obtained from the Amori
can Senate o. Allyn meant the legislature Of Maryland
appeal, but was certain that he would have had
no objections. We will now 90 back itt,e.
They bring forward pretended request o. the
Of his Holiness. From what archives did they
get them AMI where are the originals They have
bot shown MS anything but the copics-certifed 1t is
truc, but by whom9 Iy our opponents. Truly, they
ought never to have proceeded in this fashion IL may
be- as hope that these documents all valid and cor
rect but have you forgotten or do you count as nothing
tho opinion Numerically expressed emanatng from
our own Archbishop, from the office in Pats ter the
date Of the 9th OF October, 1906
being invoked declare that there has been no mar.
p Ss and Ez.ssS hat ss
msIILge contracted between ,be parties Is null and
s
and @ S1 sas them
dwe together under penalty Of the Laws; permitting them
the liberty Of legal redress where may good them,
BY marriage.
in the meantime did the Holy Father persist in his
DIst opinion No thousand times no. For II
this were 50 would the second marriage, which
took place on the 18th Of August, 1901, have
been celebrated by the Prince Prmate himself,
the canopy being held by the Bishop Of Gand aud
Monsieur do Bouiogne, tho fmperors almonerY No. be-
some days Afterwards PINS the Seventh would not
have written under his hand 10 tho new King OF
Westphalia, congratuatng him at the time his adj.
vancemcnt and his marriage. NJ Allon in Analysing or
citing the correspondence from Consul pchon shows that
Jerome the side, and the Patterson family the
other, superabundanty warned Of the complete ie
gy and the radical nullity Of the alliance which they
were ready TO contract They therefore cannot invoke
their good faith. Here is among Others letter from NJ
Plchon to Mr.. Patterson, 1.-THE father):--
GEORGETOWN Oct % 1874
sp-M jerome Bousparte having informed me that he
the point OF contracting marriage with daughter
think my duty 10 inform you that assured that by the
present law OF France such marriage cannot be validity
contracted without the formal OF the mother Of NJ
Bonaysrtc who IL living A Tren~bnan cannos With
out the consent OF his father and mother and In default OF
them without that OF family council before he IL twenty
i've and after that nge lie must that he has
piled Cor such consent There are also Other omaes re-
quircd BIS the French Lac TO marriages OF frenchmen
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