The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-09


parte gavB birth to a son, called By her
Jerome Napoleon Bonapsrte. Here, aggaln,
pride takes precedence OF love. For q rev
wears :, she resided in Europe, receiving
from the; Emperor an annuity OF -3ooo.
Of. her life In Europe she seems disposed TO
say very little. Her friends say That sne ilyed
in great retirement, for the purpose OF saving
ali rtst she possibly could from this allowance
for her sons future. She took great pains
with his education, returning to Baltimore IN
order to have him prepared Tor college. de
graduated from Harvard in 1926, studied law,
but never practiceG. He Ias said by a.. who
had seen the Bonapartes tovery closely resem-
mother ssthe exact characteristics OF the Cor
sican people. His features were perfectly reg
nlar, bis eyes dark and peculiarly Napoleoaic,
and the same square figure .'Of tie Emperor"
Jerome married, when quite young, MISS
Williams, of ROXbury, Mass, a most excel
lent young lady of wealthy and aristocra1c
family. When Madame 3onaparte found TINS
union was inevitable, her disappointment and
chagrin knew no bounds. In speaking OF this,
EOh. that was another cruel blow 10 my am
hilton, and, came very near running every
tiing. To think OF Bonaparte marrying the
daughter Ola common shopkeeper. when he
could have welded princess"
] Notwithstanding TIE apparent !ucldty Oh
uadanss a%aaparte'S intellect, one thing Is Ger
% tain She mnst have dii.rued Al consistepey, or or
she never would have given ute 10y " T''''
contradictory sentiments. ~
.rYour sons wife was not as hanusome OF Us
accomplished as asyourselt--not so well lifted 70
he the wife OF o man of rank !" ! suggested,
endeavoring to draw out some excuse 1or ner
strange remark, or some acknowledgment ol
her irlconsistency Not another word ON that
subject would she vouchsate. The snreWo ola
lady saw The point, and in a tw'nk,nS chanSeo
the conversation. ,,r
I .sDid you ever see your huso"hu ai'e' Sou'
separation at Lisbon z"
! lyon know OF course, if you know anything
about history {this with q little unnecessary
acerbIty.) t:that Jerome was compelled, yes
c6mpeiiedA You needn't sit there shaking your
head-to Weld to the will Of the Emperor. anu
marry the Princess Fredina Catherine OF vert
emburg," &
"Yes. Madame with considerable humility;
wWell. after Napoleon's banlshmentl visited
Europe, and one day met Jerome, with tne
Princess on his arm, walking in the gallery OF
the Pitt Palace at Florence. Our eyes met.
I did not speak or move Lifting one hand TO
his head escltedly, he exclaimed NY God
Madame Patterson and walked quickly
away" 49, a., xo,,
feel ?" almost gasped.
ttOh." she replied, .'the next day dressed
myself Just as becomipgly as knew how, ana
wentto the gallery, hoping that ne woud
come again; but he did not. never saw him
afterward." .
The old ladys voice was as hrm as ever
when reviewing what to most women would
have been q heart-breaking episode. NOT
single tear was visible in the bright and beau
tifril gray eve. Her own words express all
the feeling she experienced on that occasion
81 dressed myself as becominsy as knew
how" &c. u
What living woman under such cruel cir. i.
cumstances would even have thought OF toilet
Thareiations of Jerome with the Emperor
stJerome.n she said, sdid not like the En-
perof. He was afraid of him. No Bonaparte
liked TO, be governed, and the VIII OF tae EN-
peror governed every one absolutely. on ne
was such q great man" y,.stl=.
!Did you lore Jerome! p
~ came to have great attachment for
him. Our married life was very pleasant.
We epioyedi ourselves great deal. He re-
spected me and respected him. When ne
Ian me it was to plead with his brother. He
said lie would return, and expected him In
England"
SDid You ever meet Josephine ~ said !.
"IneVer met Josephine, although she sent @
me klnQ messages. ! uoto1. tInou nSc, 80, -, =
shonld never have left the throne. She did
NOT make f1yht, and only made fool OF her
self. Jerome did not know much Of her. and
she was never in favor with any OF the Bona.
partes. presume they were Jealous OF her." F"
spoke OF the present Emperor, but s1e nad
never met him. and did not know him. Her
grandsons were high in favor, and she under
Stood he was very fond OF them. She had no
relations with Joseph Bonaparte when he re-
sided in this country.
Madame Bonaparte iB very proud OF her
grandchildren, Jerome Napoleon, BORN 10 lsS.'
now in the French army, whom she confident
" believes will yet be Emperor OF the French,
and Charles Joseph, born in 1852.
Jerome. home on turlough to visit his
father In his last illness, met his brother and
grandmother at the bedside. The Madame,
who is very rich, and very generous 70 ner
own, handed Charles Joseph o check for $1,000
which he thankfully accepted. Then, turning
to Jerome, she SAID archly:
" suppose you are out at elbows, TOO q
.tYes. ,rrandmamma,n he answered, ''you
may be certain OF that
The old lady then passed another two thous-
and to the elder, and they went their way fc-
jocing. ,o
Bonapartes father opposed her union WIN Je-
rome, and took her TO virginia IN ,so 0lacr 70
earnestly denies, and asserts that he was quite
as delighted with the prospect of the match a. ss
| she was herself, and that it was not until ne
found she could not be recognized as the Legal
wife of Jerome that he developed any symp'
! toms OF dissatisfaction. 1t is quite probable
that the Madame'G conduct has been the re-
verse of amiable, for there has always been
trouble in the family. Mr.. Patteraon finally
cut his daughter of from her inheritanos,
simply deciding her the house in Lovely lane,
near South street.
This. was done to uortify me-" said the
Madame, sjust 10 remind me that my grand.
father was a shoemaker-as If should ever
forget it." The animus she betrays when