Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-26


her, in his favor, was never admitted by
the allies; nor was It ever claimed by the
French Government, But in, 1852, when
the resumption of empire by Louis Napor
leon repdered some title necessary, he was
considered Napoleon III, and the new EN-
peror took that of Napoleon H. The lat7
ter title, however, having been recognized
by the several Governments of Europe, the
recognition Of the former is implied.
LOUIS XVII, as.J
who was supposed to have been poisoned
by some person in the Temple at Paris
during the French revolution,and by oth-
ers- to have escaped, was the son of theiun-
fortunate Louis XVIand Marie Antoinette.
1t was only recently that report was IFS
culating in the papers that a gentleman of
advanced age had died in March. in St. Pc
tersburgh, who was believed to have be,
Louis XVII. He was the third child OF
Louis aud Marie Antoinette. His first tit'e
was Duke OF Normandy, and he became
dauphfn by the death of his elder brother,
Louis Joseph, June A. 1888. He was care
fully educated under the supervision of his
father, and at the outbreak of the revolu-
ton was a. beautiful. lively and intelligent
child, but remarkably impatient and un-
manageable. He was imprisoned in the
Temple with the rest of the royal family
August 13, 1892. After the execution of
his father. January 81, 1898, he was pro-
claimed King by his uncle, the Count of
Provence, who was then refugee in Ger
many, and was recognized as King by most
of the Courts OF Europe, by the Vendean
chiefs, and by the insurgents in the south
of France. These d. monstrations, together
with several unsuccessful attempts by the
royalists to rescue him from prison, irri-
tated and alarmed the revolutionary gov
ernment, and on July 8. at 10 o'clock at
night, the boy was forcibly taken from
h
terror, was carried screaming to another
part of the prison. Here he was consigned
TO the care OF a shoemaker named Antoine
Simon, a violent Jacobin of rough manners
and brutal temper, who treated him with
systematic cru lty. apparently with the de-
sign of getting rid of him without commit
ting palpable murder. The young prince
was shut up in cell. and left there alone
day and night, without employ ment or
amusement, or any opportunity for eXer
else or to breathe the fresh. air. A vessel
Iot water, seldom replenfshed, was given
him tor drink, and some coarse food was
occasionally thrown in at the half-opened
door He was allowed no means of wash
ing himself, his bed was not made for six
months, and for more than a year his
clothes. his SKIRT, and his shoes were not
changed. BY prolonged inactivity his
Limbs became rigid. and his mind, through
terror, griet, and monotony, became inn be-
L Gle anu UCTduHcus. IC hdu
satd in reply to Questions, having been
perverted E to the injury of his mother,
he resolved hepceforth to be silent,
and for long period neither
\ threats, nor blows, nor coaxings could
4 induce him to speak. When not sleeping
he sat quietly in his chair, without utter
i ingza sound or shedding a tear, or shrink
4 ing from the rats, with which his dungeon
!, swarmed. Louis, after the reign ofterror,
twas placed under the care of more merci-
Eful keepers, but he was still kept in solita
Try confinement, and not allowed to see his
sister, who was imprisoned In an adjoining
apartment. At length. in May, 1795 a
physician was allowed to see him, who
pronounced him dying of scrOfula. He
died at Up NJ, in the arms of Lasne. one
of his keepers, and the next day, June 9,
his boAy was identified and Certified to by
1 four members of the Committee of Public
: Safety, and by more than twenty OF the Of
( ficials of the Temple. His remains were
buried in the cemetery of ST. Marguerite,
!; and every trace of the grave carefully OBJ
| iterated. Several pretenderS, claiming to
! b. Louis XVII. have appeared; among
ltaem, in France. Hervegart, a tailor's son,
, who .diedsin 1872, in prison, and Rruneau
| a shoemaker, who was sent to prison IN
! 1902; and In the United States, the Rev
Eleazer Williams, half-breed Indian, who
; died in 1859.
) .-.a r5f- MAN IN THE IRON MASK. lr--.t...
Within the walls of the Bastile during
|, the reign of Louis XIV, was enacted tn,
, inexplicable mystery, which has continued
, a mystery to this day, of the Man in the
! Iron Mask. When first heard of, he was
, confined in the Marguerite Islands, in tn,
: Mediterranean, whence he was removed
!, fby5De Saint Mars, who was his private
: governor, and answerable, it is supposed
for his safety with his own life. to the Bas
J J tile, where he died, on November 10. 17O3
: and was buried on the 10Th, In the cemterN
!, Of st. Paul, under the name of Machiati
:, No man, except the governor. so far as i
known. ever saw his face, or heard hi
: voice; two persons to whom he had con
? veyed written words, in one case marked
upon linen shirt, in the other engraved
! on silver plate, died, without apparen
cause, Immediately afterwards. Durin!
: his conveyance from the Marguerite Isles
a De Saint Mars dined at the same table
and slept in the same chamber with him
: with pistols ever at hand ready to destro.
t Ehim in case of an attempt on his part &
5 reveal himself. In the Bastile he wa
waited on, at table and at his toilet, b,
S the governor. who took charge of;and de
stroyed all the linen he once used. H
: was never seen but with mask zot velvet
s fastened behind his head with steel springs
land when he went to hear mass, the inVa
d lids, who were in charge of him with mus
d kets-a and lighted matches, were instructe
TO fire on him instantly in case of hi
: spfaking or showing. his face A hun
= dred conf ectures have been risked as t
e who this mysterious person was, who wa
8 treated with SUCH respect, yet with sue
Jealous rigor-whose life was held sacre
? against taking off, yet made one scene c
: incessant misery. The absence of any per
d son of sufficient note from the stage c
r history to account for such precaution
a alone battles all inquiry. The genera
idea seems to be that he was an eide
r brother OF Louis XIV, the fruit of a
: adulterous intrigue between Anne of Aus
:. tria and the Duke of Buckingham, o
: some other unknown lover, who bein
: born in wedlock, could not have been dis
J. lspOsessed of his claim to the throne had hi
Il existence been admitted. -rl
> THE CHILDREN IN THE TOWER. 7
Y The amour of Edward the Fourth sue
& gested to his broth er, the Duke of GlOstel
s afterward the notorious Richard Ill,
means of attaining the throne. He eve
did not hesitate to malign his own mothe
affirming that the resemblance of Edwar
W, and of the Duke of Clarence to notol
), ious gallants, was a sufficient proof {
o their spurious birth, and that the Duke c
. Gloster alone, of all his sons, appeared b
9 his features and countenance to be the tru
:, Hoffspring of the Duke of York. Shake
. .speare and history have made the murdc
= of the babes in the Tower familiar storJ
. as well as that of the numerous preteDder
a among whom were Lambert Simnel an
4 Perkin Warbeck, so il is unnecessary t
: give recapitulation here. The account c