Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-06-15

with the Pesple. Fnte5, tie tie, ieeiQs g
Rome, put AZ fd t. tie ,ond ho.es = TIE
italians VINO h been tsught. IN IA. .oleo.,
to expect tha1 4 ,er his death t',tir .coantry
should possessha Government sepaIatc from
.fTanca nor gouL the se5ne title / ii - ek
cite some Bitt$A festi,xrs in ta5 stJsvsr5i,,
Court, ,whe1 1t4e feir ap2arest under the cid
empirf had heea c1..snqnly stIleI King Of
the R6ha5s. !" g#\
Bet the most intcresti1s event Of all con-
nected With this birth, i TIC letter Of the
divorced Josephne to til Emper9-. THIS
trYy affecting e1istle reIi IN the language
tSssrs- Am .5s the nun, pas congrasala- :
fons wli@en aQ receive n all PARTS Of /,
Earope, fsoh@cy -ry town in Eanee, and ev
" rcgigpca5 ii Ire army, cafhtfe feeble voice /.
Of Z woulan r.ap. yoa2 And5ill you con- !.
descend to listol . her VINO seoiten consol- /
Cd you in yours rross and lssuaged the
pangs Of your u gt, when she elsreaks oalg
Of the happiness which has last Crowned ,
l,your wishes saing no. loogf your wife, .
daea &-offermy Icintions on ySr Scoring
! a father? Yes, ylot,stless, Sire! Iop my soul +
renders the saE.ssj,'stice q you ts yours 70 /
laine; | ca;.c1ira i hat you not eAserience as
| readily as yeu ire ny ensdionsNcn this
! occasion; though kera ated, We are united
by the sgmpathP which bid defansp to
events.
T should have teen glad 10 l,rn the b;4h
o. the Kios Of Re le srosa. yonrSeIf, AM At
i By thy Canon'of oreUx, or tlIeAPreEetf C0A.
We, but aln pe1 aware that your tirst'
attentions due 70 the rnembars Of she,
4 corps dtplonsW -, u your family. and ABOVE
all, tc he X 9pr' princess who has iust real
ised your ffarcst hopes. She caqnot be
more devotedlg attached to you than ! am );
6ut she mas had l. IN her power to do more
for your haHp:ncs5 by.&ssar.Ds t5e welfare
OF France, she, hos therefore. s sht to your
first sentisndats, to all your cares; and |,
who was yoal' companion IN misfoFune on
ly, can clalmSbut a far inferior place to hat
which Marie louise occupies ia y0u, aifec-
tions. You VI have watched rounl her bed,
and embrace her son, before you take up
your pen to cRerse with your best friend.
---;4 49, So fr-T
: It IS, however, impossible fer ine 10 de-
fer telling YOU that more than any one on
earth, share in your j0y- Yoa viii not
= doubt my sincerity when / say that far from
being afflicted with sacrifice, so necessary
to the reposo of all, ] rejoice that it has been
made, no .ttct [ sUB6f G5ape. Suffer do
say? No, since your are contented, my on
kly regret is, that have yet done sufficient tc
provs how dear you were to me-"
NAPoLEoH III.
, Louis Napoleon Benaparte, the presen
Emperor Of the French, was born on th
: Goth OF April, 1908, at the Tulieries. HI
: mother was Hortense Queen Of Holland tlg
" ife of fNapoleon's brother Louis to whom tha
kingdom had been assigned The marriag
of nd xva mr. ma
: they did nothing but quarrel, and in SEP
e tember, 1907, they finally separated at Am
sterdam, and Hortense returned to her mothe
; in Paris. There the present Emperor va
q born, and it il remarkable that he and th
h King of Rons were the only two persons
/. the family Of Napoleon whose births WEI
f received with military honors and the. hon
b age OF she people.
There is one circumstance connected wit
10 the fate of this family which historians ha'
not as yet observes, aout Dhish is well wor
,e mention. Napolegn the Great set aside h
: own best friendranG counsellor, to obtain
te heir TO the throne Of France. He MARI
ii q psincess Of Austria, and by her ne had
as son. The birth was the eliminating poi
- of hin power and his dignity. From then
II he did\nothing but descend. lie died in e
e lie his son also Who succeeded to
be name, LIS fame, his power r The child
he HorteJse, who waa the c hild of Josephin
IS In t1e person ofthe Emperor of the Frenc
"a we find not the offspring of Napoleon
he Great, but the offspring Of his discard
:, wife What apillustration Of the truth
,edi The adage: Man proposes bat God dispose
me son greatness thou brt but faftering dream,
- A watery bubble. lighter than the air.
oas~s----7
lsd eed THE STORY OF A REFUGEE.
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