Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-09-22
The Emperor and hfs Family,

A Paris correspondent Of the London Times
gives some interesting particulars respecting .he
hight OF the Imperial family:
The members of the Imperial family were not
all equally happy in the manner of their exit.
PIlncess Mathilde was arrested on Sunday at
terneon at Puys, near Dieppe, and her luggage
amounting to no less than sixty-two packaaes,
was also taken into custody. Prince Napoleon
whose return from Italy was lately announced
and di@m,,nent, s,, nes probably changed his mind,
cess Cloti!de nobody has seemed disposed to
molest. She has always been exemplary IN her
conduct and bearing, and hes been respected
accordingly. Sne left the Palais ROYAL at
eight O'Clock Yesterday morning, having
previously sent for the captain and lieu
tenant of the National Gua-d then on
auty, to whom she expressed her regret at
being obliged to quit Paris. She made a cra
clous little speech, thanked them for their pro-
lection, and shook them by the hand. OF the
positively tell you is that not one ofthe accounts
as yet given OF Is correct that there was great
dlfhculty in getting her away from the Tuile-
RES, which she did not leave till rather dan
gerorsiy late hour on Sunday al i,ernoon and
nat PIefri was not in attendance upon her
Neither was she in mans clothes, as il has here
been reported, and by many believed. / can
tell you also that she had q narrow escape Tor
as she was driving away in a hack cab into
which she got at some distance from the Tuile-
rlSS, small boy recognized her and cried out
was at hand to hear, or the consequences might
have been disagreeable. III the Empress had
resigned her power into the hands of the
Chambers when news came OF McMahon's dis
aster and the Emperor's surrender, fully be-
lieve she weuld have been able 10 90 away as
the Princess Clotilde did, without COR
cealment or molestation. She was not popular,
but neither can it be said she was particularly
OBNOXIOUS. But she clung to her palace with
paId0nable tenacity, after every hope was gone
ana n iendly violence had to be used at last to
get her away. She could not make up her mind
10 the reverse OF fortune, and TO relinquish the
throne she fondly hoped would be her SON g. and
her grief and regret are likely to be great And
lasting Notso with the Emperor Ali the 'ac-
counts here received represent him as TAXING
ms downfall With great philosophy. A Frenc6
when the Emperor IVES there, and was advised.
as he was going straight to Paris, TO 70 and zee
him, and offer to take charge Of any oominis-
SONS Ior his former capital He IVES admitted,
rounded by number of other generals. amonq
mem the Belgian Count Chaxal, "Whst do
they say at Paris?" he asked The conduetor
esspia'nea s.!, ed. that he had left it before the
peror thanked him for his offer. said he
had no commissions, gave him q tumbler
OF champagne, and dismissed him. The man
Csss CescIi6sd him as 1eeming quite comp ,sed and
sssaa oneesd u; spd IN very good health This re-
ported phlematic indifference under misfor ,uue
nas not made a good impression here. The gov
erpment said the Emperor chad been made
prisoner in the struggle" instead Of which he
neecnea tne Prussian Headquarters in an open
c caraiage, surrounded BY eutridsrs, and smokiSg
cigarette? That eternal cigarette exasperates
the French. Old famiiaH Of rhe Emperor and OF
Louis Napoleon, the exile, are not in the least
as quite natural in Q fatalist, which they min
tain he has always been. He would not be at All
unhappy" one Of them lately said; she Will en-
JOY life again, and console himself by the relec.
better Oh than as the needy expatriated Prince
IN London lodgings