The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-15

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six years More than 2ooo packages we're piled up in
the two Offices waiting TO be taken away
et The Murat-BOnnpartes.
THEIR STRANGE vIcIssiTUDEs OF FORTUNE IN
PALACES, ON BATTLE FIELDS AND IN EXILE
THEIR RESIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES, ETC.
From the London Telegraph, Dec n
On Monday last the Princess Anna Mura was married,
with all due p0mp and ceremony TO the Due de Moucny
The close connection OF the bride with the Imperial
Court and family the high rank and lineage OF the bride
groom the magnihcence of the marriage dowry gwen
the Emperor himself the peculiar interest when the
beauty Of the lady famous for her fairness IN court
where fair women abound, all contributed 10 make ths
nuptual ceremony nine days wonder 10 rsns nu. 20
regard the centre OF civizaton-the one hantaple
spot the inhabited globe-the marriage VIII be note
worthy chiefly for its strange historic interest Tho
story Of the first and second empire is, rs
il we're, eptomized in the single iact that
the marriage Of granddaughter OF Joachim Mural
SO long the fame Of the Napoeons endures
the of the Murats must live also or all the gene
rails who fought and conquered and ruled under the
reign Of the great Emperor none ever impressed his
memory strongly on the popular mind as the beau
abreT. Ney and Massena, Sonlt and Moreau, had little
personal claim place In history that which they
derv from the reelected usre OF their MASTER fame
But hurat, like Bernadotte, made his own mark upon
the world And, until the world grows SO bast that
strange vcsstudes OF fortune their interest for
ceedng generations will not forget the story OF tho
OF The French keeper the dependent OF the
Lahors. who threw away the frock for soldiers uni
form, and fought his way TO crown by his own daunt
less courage and reckless daring The man who IN the
JUDGMENT of Napoleon, 'the best cavalry officer in
the world'-w King Of the Two Siches-who, de-
sorting the founder Of his fortunes back to his old
allegiance when the star OF the BoDapartes rose
once moro after the return from Elba-and who
died on the Calabran coast, whittier he had gone
to recover a lost kingdom, shot there Ike dog py
Neapoitan court martial-was whose career Will
be forever memorable Throughout the long years oil
Bourbon tyranny the OF Murat was cherished by
the people whom he had ruled and even now,
in those Southern provinces OF the great Italian king
DOM there is still party left which dreams fondiy or
the day when the Murats shall have their own again
The lady, whose marriage every newspaper in the Old
World and the New will chronicle, may well be proud OF
her descent from King Joachim Of Naples and tho
youngest sister Of the great Napoleon
But the fortunes Of the to which she belongs are
associated no less with the second empire During the
three and thirty years which passed between the day
when the Of the Napoleons seemed TO sink forever
upon the field Of Waterloo, and that other day when the
nephew Of the captive at st. Helena was proclaimed
President Of the French republic the AuIats wei ngh
lived and died the Countess Lpona IN that kindly
Tuscan capital which, alone amidst the courts Of
the continent, extended to the surviving mem
bers or the Bonaparte something Of a
tmid welcome The children OF King Joachim
were scattered about the world. the eldest
son, Prince Royal OF Naples and heir apparent TO
the throne OF the Two Sces passed across The Allan.
tic, married there grand niece Of the founder and rst
President Of the American republic and died Southern
planter in the State Of Florida The sisters became the
Of small Italian mobiles Tho second and youngest
son, following his brother to the New World, settled
down for many years q quiet American citizen. Few
among the cmigrants in that vast hive Of seehng indus
try seemed have less brilliant future than that OF
the quasi royal exile Poverty and ne-so GOSSIP says
Of the Muras owed s means OF livelihood 10 scnooi
for little girls kept by tho present Princess an English
Louis Philippe called 70 tho throne VI France and
prospects OF the Bonapartos seemed at their lowest
ebb. Then, when tho Prince had reached an age ga. o.
which most men begin 10 think that fortune has little
more in store for them the Orleans dynasty Tell Napo-
leon Ill restored the empire and the last Of the Muras
France, the trusted friend and favorte OF his cousin
chief among the grandees q the second empire r
The Princess Ann. hs'.si has t1ss Sxu qp during
"sssss % ~, i so IS q ~ %.ss a
Of this daughter q the empire, and tho c6occ Of
husband Ii said 70 have been the theme Of frequent
dcbcraton in the imperial copnciia Whatsoever may DO
tho personal merits Of the fortunate nobeipsn who has
been selected receive the hand OF the youthful BRIDE
here can bc doubt that his position must have been
powerful Recommendation IN The eyes q sovereign
Is: DUO Z. Hosch2, Selons,Ss a. 70 dS . ose
Of the oldest Of breach families, rsprssests The
main has refused 10 recognize the empire
very much refused 10 acknowledge tho g0vernment
Of Italy The historic names q Franco we're not 70 %
the parisans OF the orcr Of things and the
dcvotees OF the ancssn regime there was gull across
which u well nigh Impossible 10 pass The mobiles
might appear at court state occasions but tho saksu
OF the nnesw closed 10 the courers OF the Iuue
rIes Whether for good or OWL however, tho French
arstocracy longer power In France, and their
favor disfavor neither make nor mar dynasty
Vet socially, they represent force and Napoleon Ill
too wise ruler TO ignore the importance OF soca, IN
lished firmly enough; but he may well wish TO secure
for his son The active sympathy, as well as
t,c sullen acquiescence, Of every party 10 the
country Moreover in some portions OF France the old
egtmst section Is not whou, power and the enterprise
OF winning TO the empire by no means 70 hope
tvIe fret f.a naafh n
Due de Bordeaux, sickiy and chdless man, now ad
vancng years there will perish the last direct male
descendant OF the elder branch OF the French Bourbons
and Is by means certain that che parans OF legi
timacy will transfer their allegiance TO the Orleans ami-
ly whom they dislike far than they do the Napo-
Icons According TO the orthodox theory the descend
Of Louis Philippe excluad from tho succession
by their father dsoyay to the lawful sovereign and
the throne Of France becomes vacant Henry v dies
without heir. These calculations, however, are
TO exercise much influence practical
mind as that OF the French Emperor Probably he
values the adhesion given his dynasty In the marriage
Of his cousin to Of The 1rs the old mobiles Of
France chiefly ~ an open acknowieds ment that even
In the Rue Grenee st. Germain the empire IL now re-
cognized Ms an accomplished fact.
THE PRINCESS ANNA MuRAr JERSEY WOMAN.
Prom the Trenton IN. ~ Gazette, Jan.
The Princess Anna Mrrat, daughter Of Prince Lncen
hurst and Madame Murai and who was born al Borden
town. married In Paris the 18th ut 10 the Duo de
Monchy, a highborn and wealthy French noble. The
description Of the brilliant marriage ceremonies seems IN
strange contrast with what remember Of the MuI&A
famly at Bordentown twenty years ago In thaG e. 1
the Prince was in very reduced circumstances IN -
not 10 pot too nne point upon IT, seedy, and VA
dame Murat conducted school wh'ch the support
OF the family. AFTER the revolution OF lsss gave hope
OF better fortunes and the Prince desired 10 return 70
France take his chance he obliged gentleman
81 this city for the means 10 pay his pas and give him
the road TO fortune and fame We fancy that
times rather hard with him there until after the
cetson OF Napoleon 10 the presidency Since that event
times have changed for the better with the Prince aud
be must look back upon his old Bordentown life ~
troubled dream.
rv.s ps - 49, v>~~.s ~ - s~~.