Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-08-19
Prince Napoleon.


aud SKATE reached this city on their journey
westward, Saturday night about 10 o'clock.
The party stayed at tho Angler House and
will remain throughout to-day, and sail 1t
eight o'clock tonight for Lake Superior on
board the North Star.
The Prince is registered upon the Angler
House books as Comto do Mendon, which IT,
tie he assumes while in this country.
The Prince Is accompanied upon his
western tour by Ave distinguished gentle
men, viz; NJ. Ferri PiSani and NJ. RagOn,
COlonols of the Empire and aids dc camp
the latter Of whom led the attack upon the
Aalskoff; Capt BOnflS, formerly Governor
Of Gaudaloupe and now Of the French Navy;
N. Maurice Sand, son OF Madame George
Sand, the author of "COnsuolo," etc. NJ.
AsrcieT, French Minister TO Washington--
Other members Of the suite remain with the
Princess Clotilde iANew York.
During yesterday they drove out to the
Water Works, to the Water Cure, and to va
Pious other places whore thore was anything
20 see, They also visited the Steamer North
Star and selected elk state rooms for the up.
per lake trip. The manners Of the illustrious
Strangers are like those of all we'll bred peo-
pie. They dress plainly, are polite and So
cial, and in short, are not at all like the
popular idea of princes and their familisrs.
The Western tour is said 10 be one of the
chief attractions Of the cis-Atlantic visit,
and probably the ride over our beautiful
lakes will be feature which His Highness
will look back upon with pleasure when he
is again resting under the shadows Of ihe
Palais Royal.
The Patterson -Bonaparte trial, which has
excited 80 much attention of late throughout
Europe end America, has made almost ev-
erybOdy more or less familiar with the fam
lily history Of this branch of the Bonapartes.
Jerome, the father of the present Prince, in
1903 sailed TO America and fell in love with
Elizabeth Patterson Of Baltimore, and in
December of the Same year he married her.
The following year saw the Imperial crown
upon the head of Napoleon the First, and
upon the return Of Jerome TO France with
his young wife, she was forbidden to land
upon the shores of France, and consequently
went 10 England, where Jerome Napoleon, cf
Baltimore, was born.
To the solicitations of the Emperor that
he should put away his wife and marry
princess, Jerome at length yielded, and was
united TO Caroline of Wurtemb burg, although
Pope Plus VII refused TO grant bill dissolv
ing a marriage which was too plainly legal
From the latter marriage sprang the present
Prince.
The New York Post, speaking of the I'm
perial party, says:
Prince Napoleon is fat, fair, and we might
add forty, but that his robustness seems rath-
er to belong 10 . man who has always lived
we'll and imperturbably, without regard 10
coHpsa'etdt or the facts ofthe Patterson trial
De is man whom all would call gooi
looking, abort i've feet eight in stature, with
decided NaPOleonic features, wearing q sum-
mer suit OF linen and straw hat, like any OF
our bourgeois gentilhommes,' and appear
ing decidedly popular among his ofieers.-
His Princess, Madame Clotilde, is a very
PrePossessing lady, Of Italian complexion
and features, of middle height and most un-
assuming manners, who evidently has no,
suffered nom q sea voyage Of several weeks
from Toulon. If we could see the Princess
in our streets we should call her a pretty lit
tie refugee from some metropolitan boarding
school. Her figure is petite, very graceful,
and clothed in the ordinary gray travelling
habit OF the lady-like vOyageuse. The |
Princess FIRST maid Of honor, the Duchess
d'Abrantes, is quite young-apparently not
over eighteen-very pretty. Among the |
guests OF the Prince we notice NJ. Bonfls,
who somewhat resemb .es our American glo.
ryJ Gen. scOtt, having very similar features;
but save IN these, white hair, military cap |
and manner, differing from him, as be is on
ly little above the middle height. He is a
very handsome old gentleman, and il is easy
to believe that he has borne abundant hon
ors both under the kingdom and the empire. |
The last Of the guests of Prince Jerome is
NJ. Maurice Sand, the son of the celebrated
authoress Of COnsuels, quiet, courtly and
handsome young man, who speaks English
remarkably we'll, and is like our brave re-
storer Of the coloFs, Stedman, only elevated
on rather longer underpinning.
The Post also speaks OF the arrangements
on board the yacht jerome Napoleon
The Princes colors are green. According
ly, he has green morocco lounge in his
cabinet, desk Of the same material and
color, bed chamber hung likewise, a simi-
lar disposition of tints in his mess room and
all his officers cabins.
He is greatadmirer Of Egyptian antiqui-
tes-is the Prince. A fine bronze statu-
ette Of one Of the most famous mummies Of
Belz0ni is on the shelf of his cabinet, and
the ornaments about his drawers, his bed
calls, his whole private toilet room and bed
chamber, are in the old Sesostrian style
The whole cabin arrangements Of the Prince
and his suite, both guests and officers, are
models Of comfort. The ventilation of the
berth rooms is both admirably scientific and
simple. Ali the apparatus Of this denart-
ment is likewise in green, the porcelain
bearing the Princes initial.
As is natural, portraits Of Napoleon l are
everywhere visible, busts and remembran-
COS of his battles. Among other adorn-
ments Of the princeiy apartments are two
/ double barTeled rifles, magni6cently mount
| ed, the jeWelled sword which he wears as
one Of the Emperor's staff, and sword pre-
sented to him by the Bey Of Tunis, perfect
ly studded with diamonds along its hilt and
scabbard.
The Prince will remain here fortnight at
least, most Of the time travelling with the
Princess and suite through the interior. he
has now been several weeks out from Tou-
| Ion, visiting in thu meantime the whole AL
gerine coast and interior, when he explored
some remarkable Roman ruins, Cadiz, the
Azores and Halifax.
INA BAD PREDrcANENT.--on Friday night
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