The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-08-18
NAPOLEON'S CARER.
Lis Attempts and E'ailuresto Sc
cure the Crown.

queen oI Holland, was safely delNred OF n
prince In conformity with article :, of the
act OF the constitution Of % Foreal, ear 10
the Chancellor Of the Empire attes,I the
birth, and wrote immediately to the Eperor,
the Empress aud the King of Holland, COM
munlcatc the intelligence. At FIVE O. ock in
the evening. the act Of birth was rece,ed bv
the Arch Chancellor, assisted BY tn Emu
nencc, kcynault De St Jean q Angel. Min
lister of State, and State Secretary toLe i'm.
perlaL family, l. the absence OF he Enperor
tue prince has not vet received hi name
This will be provided for by a, itecior act
according to the orders of his Ma. esy
\ day or two the young mothe reo---l
the following letter:
BORDEAUX, Apil 23lseS.
am, my dear Hortense, in ~ exec; of JOY
The tidings of your happy accmchmlt were
brought TO me yester lay by VI de Nieneuve.
l felt my heart beat the moment NV him
enter. But | cherished the hope thahe had
oniy good tidings to bring me, ard my,resent-
ments did not deceive me. hayeeceived
4 second letter, which assures me thayOu are
very well, and $50 your son | kew that
Napoleon will console himself in in 1T having
a sister and that he already loves vry much
. his brother. Embrace them both fone. But
| must not write too long a letter e. fear Of
tatgung you. Take care Of your.lf with
the utmost clution. Do not receive 90 much
company at present. Let me hear from you
every day. | await tidings from VI with as
much impatience as | love you vith ten
dGFheSs. JOsPHINE.
This child born under the flutteing aus
pices, and destined to undergo the trangest
mutations Of fortune that i'm gintion can
conceive, was the third son Of Louis lDnaparte
ana Hortense Beauharnais. The ast had
dIei IN Inttncy, and the second wasthe Ma
poieon alluded to i'll the note we hay, COPIED
L"nis end llUrt,i.sc were an ill-ts-orsaA rnuple
brought together by the albi,ion 81 josephine
and the eNiEencIes OF state. The Empress,
with no hope 9f an heir herself ami knowing
the intense desire OF her husband fc success
sor TO the imperial crown. arrangei this un-
fortunate marriage between his tiycrite broth
er and her only daughter feeling perhaps
dim TO- eshadOwnG. that at some distant day
her grandchild might sit upon the throue Of
France, nd find more happiness there than
ever she htd tasted. By decree of the SEN
ate these two children were declared heirs to
the empire should Napoleon and his elder
brother Joseph die without issue. and this
decree was submitted to the people and rati-
fed by a vote of 3, ,52l 675 to , 500 But the
schemes OF Josephine seemed to fail almost at
the very moment Of consUmmation. She was
not permitted eT"n TO partici pate in the chris
tening OF the boy whose birth She had htiled
with 50 much joy, Tor in less than two years
divorce had driven her from the Fuleries. and
she was living II retirement at Malmoson
when Charles Louis Bonaparte was haptised
by Cardinal F"sch, Nov /. 1910; Napoleon
and mis- Austrian bride. Maria Louise. acting
rs sponcc1s. On the 18th day of 6Ilrch, 1911.
the hlng Of Rome was born, ana thus to all
human u. nearauce y7u:-hel the lee chance
that the of spring Of iIOrtcnse would wear the
golden ring Of sovereignty. When Napoleon
was rc-inargeratcd Emperor on the Champ de
Mars, June, 1913, the two boys sat beside him
on the platform, and amid the roar of artillery
and strains of music from an hundred bands,
PIE Iid to The army, as in the direct line of
inheritance to the throne. The impression
then made upon the susceptible mind Of young
Louis was never atterward efdced Through
all the bitter trials and disappointments Of his
earlier life he had never forgotten the name
he bears, and in going forth to meet what must
be the crisis Of his fate. he confi1es that name
to his son. and bids him remember it and be
worthy OF it.
When the allied armies entered Paris Queen
HortcHse, who had then assumed the title of
Duchess Of St. Lew, was ordered to quit the
ely i'll two hours. Accompanied by Prince
Schwatzenberg and her children, she set out
for the frontiers. and took up her residence
ut Prcgny III Switzerland; but scarcely had
she settled i'll her new home before commGud
came from the Swiss government 20 leave its
territory AT 0ncc. She had no choice ut to
obey, and resuming her weary journey sought
refuge at AK in Savoy. Here fresh sorrow
followed her. Her husband from whom she
had been for some time separated, sent an
agent to AK with the necessary authority to
demand and receive the oldest boy, and re-
move him to Italy, where the father then was.
Again there was no alternative bat submission
and the child was given up though the agony
nj T4V GTrr MI l-Qv oh cd bar
mad Hardly was this P ng over before Il
summons arrived from the French authorities
ordering the immediate expulsion Of Hortsnse
from the Sardinia borders. 'omeless and
tricndless, she sought out quiet shop on the
shores Of Lake Constance. and here she was
permitted to remain for a few months. Bereft
of all els she devoted herself to the care and
educa ion of her son experimenting all his
studies. giving him lessons in drawing and
dancing and selecting his reading. Saturday
VAS always employed in reviewing the studies
Of the week, and the anxious mother herself
highly educated, spared no pains to direct the
culture Of her son in the proper chaunel But
the Jealous Bo1ubons did OF long allow IIor-
tense 10 linCer in her humble retreat She
was obliged to leave Baden and 90 into the
small Swiss canton Of Thurgovia. and there
At last the exile found rermatcnt shelter in
the chateau Of AreHember@, which continued
Here. too, the two brothers were united again
and in Is 80 H0rtcnse took them to Augsburg,
in Bavaria. and entered them At the eel brated
college in that city, where mother and son re-
mainel until the graduation of the latter
After the completion Of his education Prince
Louis re, urned 10 Arcnemberg and spent sew
eral years in military studies, particularly the
military branch, and cmployej his leisme
time in pedestrian excursions through the Alps
and Italy. The French revolution Of 1880
aroused him from his peaceful pursuits, and
believing that the hour had arrived for the
assertion Of their claims, the exile members of
Of the Bonaparte family, including Hortense
and her two boys, met for consultation in
Rome. The latter decided to take part in the
Italian insurrecton. and in answer to the ear
nest protest Of their mother, Prince Louis
wrote as follows
Your afectionate heart will understand our
determination. We have contracted engage
ments which We cannot break. Can we re-
main deaf TO the voice Of the unfortunate who
call Us We bear name winch obliges US to
listen
The instruction terminated as might Ave
been anticipated, IN utter and hopeless eat
Napoleon Louis worn out by the fltigaes OF
the brief campaign, died at Forli, March II,
1881, and his brother fell sick at Anccna.
Weak ard helpless, with price set upon his