The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-08-09
Mistellaay Of gsws.
Paris Gossip.

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The die is cast, and Prince Napoleon
whether to obey real and genuine
decree, or merely to carry out the game
to its fullest extent. is still a matter Of
doubt to most minds-is about to leave
Paris. In spite of the denial made in
the papers of the reduction OF his house.
hold, it is nevertheless true that a great
number of his most valuable horses have
been sold aud this certainly argues a
consequent reduction in the number Of
his servants-bearing as natural result
again the dismissal Of great portion OF
the clerks and book keepers, and so on.
up to the very summit Of the domesticity
of the Palace Royal. The very closing
of the Palace itself, and its uninhabited
state, give an unmistakable token of re-
trenchment, while the simplicity of every
arrangement connected with the estab-
lishment at Meudon speaks for itself.
The Prince has seen his cousin face to
face, and has come to an understanding,
so people say. concerning the misunder-
standing which has arisen between them,
The interview was short. The Empress,
with admirable skill and policy, was
present the whole time, and uttered not
one word, freezing by her very silence,
any outgush of emotion, whether OF
mitigation or Of tenderness, which might
have taken place. The Prince was frank
enough in his explanation of the motives
which actuated his demand for retirement, j,
merely declaring that the turn taken by
Government politics was SO entirely con-
trary to his own views. that he felt him.
self no longer capable of following the
stream. A low bow on the part of the
Empress aud a half muttered assent on
that of the Emperor. seem alone to
have met this declaration; and the con.
versation Immediately turned to the COR
respondence of Napoleon, and more
particularly the volume now under exam
ination by the Prince. 1t happens to
contain letter from the great man to
Oberkampf, the first cotton printer OF
note established in France, and the found
er of the factory of Jony, since become
celebrated for the beauty of its cotton
fabrics. The letter was commented upon
with great amusement. It will most
likely not appear, for after little discus
sion, the ridicule was beheld, "We are
both fighting the English" says the
great man to Oberkampf, "you beat them
with your manufactures, beat them with
my armies; of the two, your method is
the most profitable and the best" The
reading of this letter turned the conver-
sation upon free trade and Golden, thence
to the prospects of Algeria, and SO on,
until the time for the introduction of
strangers by appointment had arrived,
when the Prince, taking formal leave Of
the Empress, and more abrupt congo Of
the Emperor, went back to Meudon,
whence he stirred not during the rest OF
the day Some folks have declared that
the Prince was to be dispatched to Ire
land. not as was generally supposed. for
the sole purpose of visiting the Dublin
exhibition, but dispatched likewise on a
family errand, that of buying up the es-
tates and mortgages of his late cousin
Wyse, so that the widow. Bonaparte
Wyse, who. in money matters, is one Of
the two daughters of the horse-leeoh,
forever crying "Give!" may be entirely
Of the executors, and thus
put an end to the never-ceasing scandal
Of that dark affair. The present Napo-
leon Wyse, who is at law with his uncle,
has consented to the arrangement pro-
posed by the Emperor, and thus, for the
-
all parties are satisfied Ratazzl,
who, in virtue of his wife, Madame Bona
,arte Wyses daughter. visited Ireland
asst year. upon the same errand, met with
10 success whatever; but even scandal
wears itself out at last, and family guar
els, although founded on Irish passion
md French scandal combined, grows old
ogether with those with whom they
and, like them, grow weaker
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