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him for the first time. OF all the Bouapartss
and their number Ia rather large-this one
Emperor. Cunning, and, what in America is
commonly called q quick and smart young
man, he took his seat on The extreme left In
the assembly. at the very top Of the "monn-
tain among the red repu blicaps. It is true,
there the Prince behaved himself as quiet as q
mouse, but we personally remem bsr that when,
| in the sitting OF the 25th May, ls4S, the sud
den return Of his cousin Louis, the present
ruler of France, from London to Paris, was
strongly commented upon, and Mr.. Vignsrte
argued that the law of April the 10Th, 1882,
which hanished all the old Bourbons and Bo-
napar tes forever from the soil of France,
ought to be enforced against all kind of pre-
tenders especially at the moment. when Mr..
Vignerte emphaticaIiy stated " that this law
beng still in vigor, yet, In spite OF 1t, see
| three, yes. not less than three Bonapartes in
| this hail, one Louis, one Lucian and one Je-
| rome-who all three are not Frenehmen at
| all!' Then our Prince u on tagnard rose from
| his seat and Cried violently ont "Sir. we are
as enuine trenchmen as yourself, Mr.. Wig
| nerte."
This was his first parliamentary debut -
Elected in January, 1s4o, a colonel OF the
Paris Gnard National, he showed himself
| often in uniform and began, evidently. to fan.
| cy himself a little too much like the old Napo-
| leon from whom he unfortunately go no th ing
| but the face at this epoch his cous in Louis
being President, sent him as French Amoas-
sador to Madrid, but the Red Republican
| colonel, not liking the stiff and ceremonious
| court of Qneen Isabella, he quickly returned
| to Paris, where, in an extra meeting of the
| General Assembly, on the 12.h June, 1s49,
| he made a warm defence of bis brethren Mon
! tagnards) who had just been imprisoned for
having revolted sgainst the shipping af SC, 0'0
men to sub iugatN Rome under MaZzini, SSfl
and 0arsbS Unhappily the so called Burg
graves didlnot listen to his appeal, and decreed
Paris in state Of siege and proclaimed mar
tial law.
From this moment the Prince met with
a Partisan daily, Le Corsafre, exchanged his
real name, Napoleon, into that Of 20 Plon-
PIon,' or " Grain. Plon," a most malicious
| sign tication for bIockhead or coward, where.
upon the Prince fought a duel with the rebel
| lious editor. Secondly, every thing going
wrong in France, he turned, although Prince
| OF the blood, a terrible demagogue. and de-
livered several ultra Jacobin speeches, for
and his cousin, then President of the Repub-
| lie. sty led him satircally the Prince Of the
Mountain. Thus the laughing stock of Eu
| rope-but his cousin Louis mean Thils having
proclaimed himself Emperor-his dear COUSIN
was created, with one dash Of the pen, Impe-
| rial Prince, Lieutenant OF the Empire, also
EIceroy Of Aigiers, Grand Gordon of the Le-
gion OF Honor, and shortly afterwards success
| sOr TO the throne IN case the present issue OF
| Eugene should die.
| The coup d stat operated a wonderful
| change In the mind of the Prince of the Noun
| tain. Overlooked with gifts and decorations,
| he went to the Turkish and Italian wars, and
| returned from the latter, if not crowned with
| laurels. at least dotted with an immensely
| rich and young wife, the Sandman princess
| Ciothilde. who, Notwithstanding many lily
| difficulties and disparity of ages, has con-
| sented to accompany her beloved husband TO
| America, where his arrival created a general
| surprise Imperial prince and eventual cue
| cessor of the rench throne, Graadmattrs de
| toMtes lea Loges, since Lucian's death, the
dinners at seward d Co.'S Of such a man bear
| @ certain importance. What Is his mission
4! Some say his Imperial Highness is merely on
| 6 pleasure trip, and, by the bye, to settle the
| claims of the Baltimore Pattsrsons to the
| succession of his father, Jerome; but Others
| believe him intrusted with highly impor.
| tant di ploInatic miss ion.