The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-10-12

Is reason Os beIeNS tituO tiiS
4 France to possess the ashes OF tne young
Prince who. was for a few hours Napoleon
4 H., las bcen acceded to by the emperor
j Francis joseph and that the mortal re-
I mains of the King of Rome will soon pc
T,IacSlrbenrtbS the pome of the Invades:
tiIa Lv side win those Of his illustri0us
father. thus the great Napoleon and his
son. seperated by destiny in life, will at last
be united in death Both died in the land
Of exile. and rcither wi have found repose
mon the soil Of France until after many
years sleep far from her shores-one upon
a rock bound island in distand ocean, and
! TIRE other ia the funeral vault Ola Austrian
tpaace. ,
I Little is generally known in America OF
the last years of Napoleon H., and the
present moment seems opportune to give
a sketch of his brief and melancholy
! career.
Joseph Charles Francis Napoleon, King
4 OF Rome, Dake of Reiuh,tadt, was born at
Paris on the 3Gth Of March, 1911, All
1.-The good falies seemed 10 have assembled
around his cradle. and all appeared to pre-
dict for him honors, riches, and power not
oneintin1ated a doubt Of his future grand
eur and lusrel Yet, despite the happy
prasages which accompanied his birth,
scarcely three years after he came into the
tworld as the heir Of Napoleon, the young
Prince left Eance on the ID of May, 1871,
1 never to return during life On arriving
at the dominions Of his grandfather, the
/ Emperor Of Austria, his title was suppress
sed, the name he bore was prescribed, every
4 fact in history which recalled the glory Of
his father ard the humiliation Of his en-
emics was carefully concealed from the
child's knowledge, and at seven years OF
age the son Of Napoleon became the Duke
Of Roichstadt .gH
An Imnerial decree, PROMULGATED July
-, 1878 (the 22d Of Jay was also the date
Of his death, conferred upon him the tide
Of an Austrian Duke fixed his rank at the
Court Of Vienna, the arms he was to bare,
I the honors to which he was entitled, and
I the position he was to occupy as a member
Of the Imperial family Of Austria No
trace Of Napoleon vas left, aud the name
itself was formally, suppressed By the
decree.
Afterwarl, as he grew UP and learned
what hero had been his father he sud
denly aWoke as from a long siUmbcr
When he read in secret the story Of Ma
po.eon's immortal campaigns, and comprc-
hended the glory and power to which the
genius Of his father had attained, it seemed
to him he had all at once entered another
world, illuminated by the history Of gi-
gantic exploits.
Then, despite those who surrounded nm,
despite the incessant watch kept over him,
he determined to know all. lie obtained
and eagerly dcyoured every work in which
Napoleon's name was mentioned, and II
jnaily, when he realized how great his
father had been, what humilliat;ons had
been heapcd upon him, how he had died
tortured prisoner, the young Prince was
filled with an immense hatred TO those who
had accomplished the banishcd soldier :
: long martrydom. lis Indignation was also
excited against the decree which deprived
him Of the name which he justly regarded
as the most glorious Of these he bore, and
he Immediately and resolutey signIi!ed
his intention to lie called Napoleon. Like
his father, he was found Of the profession
OF arms, but his tall, thin body could uot
withstand the ardUous exercise to which
he attempted to school himself Appoint
81 Colonel of the Gustavus Nasa Reg
iment, he assumed the active command,
took partiu every fatiguing ceremony, in
all weather, aad no matter how i'll he was,
or how much his PHYSICIANS demonstrated.
His dreams were oil. glory. He studied the
art Of war in the numblrless descriptions Of
his fathers battles, either reading them Or
inducing other to recount them to him.
) with the map of Europe beneath his eyes,
He would never consent to lie down,
except when his feebleness absolutely forced
him to do 50. He well knew that he must
soon die, but he had only one regret in
leaving the world, and that was to have
done sohttle to prove himself worthy to
bear the name Of Napoleon. | remember
having often seen. in America, an engra
wing Representing him crasping his father ;
sword and lamenting his poWerleSSnesS to
WELD the weapon which had so long made
ali Europe trembe" The phrase attributed
20 him may be apocryphal, as regards the
strict letter Of the expression, but that such
were in reality his feelings cannot be doubted
for aninStant.
lis mother, woman whose heart seemed
inSensible to any ennobing emotion, who
hid not the dignity TO remain the widow Of
/ Napoleon-his mother Wept at his bed side,
when the fatal moment drew near.
"1Tother! mother T. he whispered, Il
am dying !"
1t was the ODD Of July, 1882, and these
were the last words Of Napoleon L., eXpir-
ing with a murmur upon his lips, in his
last breath. Thus died the son Of the
Great Captain, at the age Of twenty-one
years. Dix days after his death, on the
/ 18th, a port norton examination Of TIE
remains was made at Schonbrunn. The
following is an extract Of the medical report;
The body completely emaciated, the
chest, in proportion to the body, long and
/ narrow: the stGrnum tlQttened the neck
wasted"
lie was inferred at Schronhrunn with
tprincely honors, and visitors to his tomb,
at the present day, will sec upon it a Latin
inscription, of which the following is Il
translation a
To the eternal memory
! OfJoscph Charles Francs, Duke Of Rech-
stadt; Son Of Napoleon, Emperor Of the
! French.
And of Maria Louisa, Arch Duchess of
Austria
Born at Paris, March Goth, 1911.
Died at Schonbrunn, July -, 1882.
He had himself written an epitapl,
which he wished placed upon his tomb, but
which was rejected. 1t was brief and to
the purpose
Here lies the Son of the Great Napoleon
He was born King Of Rome,
He died an Austrian Colonel!
BE- CUsTOMs OF ORIENTAL SHOPKEEPERs. -
/ The Amenians are accustomed to sit down
and weep bitterly when they have sold any
article Of value, declaring that the purchas-
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