The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-09-13
DAILY LEADER
OOMPTBsSE DE BEAUREGARD.
Death of Kate How ard 1.-THE LOve
AHIirs of the Emperor aapOIeoa.

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z Death of Kate HOWard-..The Tov
IN AHIirs of n Emperor aapOIeOa.
Paris correspondence Of the New York World
IN l find the quarter of Passy greatly er
N, crossed this morning with 6 little psrs
grsph which is placed in q corner of eac
of the daily papers.
n The PGtrte ssyss The Countess de Bes7
" regard died on Sundays she had grestl-
a. attached herself to the villagers of Ohesne'
4 and the Chateau de Celie.n
The Slects says: A lady of rank pssset
away on Sunday, one familiar to the poll
tcs as well as to the scandal of France, tn,
/. COUNTESS de Beauregard; she died at pesc,
= with better women, and the honest snc
d purest OF her commune paid her sttentier
at the grave.
q The bold Feuille, called the Petit Journ,
: al, goes farther thAR the rest, adding.
Madame Howard, the early, if not the
earliest, love of q gentleman, now called
4 'honseigneur,' and one who has lain on
: the couch since g~lAddened by q virtuous
7 queen, bias passed the ills of immortal "a
late and gone to lsmented grave. She
, was beyond the love which a pessantry of
! France has granted to any foreign fsvo
rite, and Ter many charities have given
grsce TO her many infelicities. We could
have spared many wives better than this
forgotten favorite," =
All this, strange IS it may seem in the
translation, simply means that = transient
mistress OF the Emperor has passed from
life TO quietness.
Louis Napoleon, eighteen years ago,
msde the acquaintance of Miss Kate How
ard, the robust, red faced, desirable daueh-
ter Of a British post captain. She had an
teeedents, it Is SAID, but wss quite poor
when he met her, and fulfilled the function
OF goVerness. In this broken estste. as
she was passing the summer in Picardie,
ne gave in her charge two of his natural
enlldren, oegotten OF sgrocer's daughter at
dam, who WAS allowed TO carry parcels
inside The Jail to the illustrious adventurer,
Alter his release Citizen Louis had occs-
sion to sea his children, and became &c
quaInted with Miss Howard. Her large
physique and ambitious manner prevailed
upon him to nearer intimacyi the nurse
OF his children became bis travelling com |
psnion, and accompanied him to England.
During the period of his comparative |
but exaggerated restitution in London,
Miss Howard, who had confidence in his
future, labOred like q caucus politician to
gain him credit among her English &C
qualntsnces. 1t is nor certain tat she did
not win him means for many a loose essay,
and there are parties still living in that
village of Edmonton who recall the future
Emperor of France carrying home in q
hackney coach from the Bell Inn an intox.
icated lady VIC held more pale ale than
brains.
However, his star of destiny got from
Dehlno the cloud at last. Louis Napoleon,
called oy three constituencies to represent
them IN the republic, crossed the channel,
win Mlss Howard in his convoy, and be-
gan his director essay TO climb to the
crown.
France cares little for ones private life,
except when be gets well up and Louis
Napoleon escsped censure until he mar.
med. Then, as his bridal lamps were burn
ing on all the B~oulevards, France
learned, with a flush and q double entendrs,
she had a mistress.
When you suppress the newspapers you
only make tsttle more general and more in
auentiaL. The undertake oflife must hsve
organs, and Louis Napoleon's greatest
.rouble to day is the consciousness that he
,annot lock up the tongues of French house.
as he has bOlted or frightened the
press. =
Because of this eternal constituencies upop
he subject of what people say of him, Louis
Napoleon has filled France with n~ouehards,
u caves troopers, and these are among the J
acts that such overhesr:
That in 1889 he became tsof" upon a
'allsd-singer, RleanOre Gordon, at Baden
Baden, and that she, and not he, was the
uggested and organizer of the attempt On
Strssburg frontier; that che burned 4
he proofs against him, with Louis Phil !
ppes gems o'arme laundering at her door.
nd received for her fidelity the Door pit =
snce of a gift of Ave thousand francs and (
n Invitation never 10 CrOss the frontier :
tter he bec8tns absolute.
That, In 1885, he begged the hand of =
LARA de Gloris, the young Queen of Por- I
lgal, and, failing, attempted TO csjole her
an improper connection but was de
ected, insulted, n all his subsequent let.
ers returned to him unopened: d
That In 1886 he was the favorite of Lucy =
'o1ntsin, q nyngPh dN PaVe of considerable 2
and possessions, with whom he
we'd on the sits of the present Alhambra =
4 Leicester square, and for his jealousy
las once soundly pummelled by Lord \
ssaalsgh: y
That in ls40 he strove to marry in good r
arnest Notwithstanding his belief in his
Lady Strathmore of Ayrshire y
those family spirited her out of his reach, u
Chewing him an sdventurer and 9 "dissi. Z
ate; [
That after his long and ungrsteful asso- :,
lstion with poor Feefne Bsdinguet he n
ecame the servIle creature of Miss How. d.
I'd, whom he promised to make the Prin- =
ess President; that she became eneeinte, -
nd was allotted cuirsssiers to guard her ,
lock In the Rue Neupe des Martyrs, while :
be street Wss streWn with soft straw to
the victim of 8 fauSse coKche from :
eng annoyed, and shat when he determ- 1
ned to marry Eugenie Montjjo, for the j
axe of having an neir, that Kate Howard Ell
him with the alternatives of =
herself, his cell in Ham, or filing sI
with the written testimony of his ,
oily, and that, to smooth over the matter, y
e made her Countess de BeRuregard (spt q
anne Tor 8 beloved D1aitrssSel, and con-
upon her the estate of Chesney, -
ear Versailles, whereby she was enabled :
D marry Captain Trelswney, q bankrupt
Sriion, snd spend the remainder of her :
in distrust Of the French character,
nd in deeds of ostentatiOus goodness.
That Madame kslergis, one of the ladies
f his suite, WAS cCurted by both Osvaignsc
nd Napoleon, while the presidential cleo d,
ion was pending, and that his success was !
tstbe polls enabled Louis Napoleon to =
axe her away from her husband, TO whom
was prevailed to return by q consider
bic lsrgees. !
That the late actress Rachel received re- ]
from the Prince President large L
ubsidies for quiet thaatlicals, and doubled n
er exsctions monthly up TO the day Of her ,
cath. s
That the p~lessantest house on the Long =
Irno in Florence is the residence of Ca
nile RoullAnd, of Bias Normsndie, who
it on condition of never crossing
be French frontier; and that Mademoi-
Duverger, the original embodier of :
1srgueriLe Gautier, was first the love of
f the Emperor, and by him fOisted upon :
'rince Plon-PiOn, whom she afterWsrd (
eserted for q Russian noblemAn. :
These are the stories which are repeated
{ St. Cloud. under the Emperor's win ]