Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-05-05

maiaed. occupied With scientific pursuit.
until his kspthsr's return from Eba
when he again visited Paris. and ba,
some .h Ne in the governments Of the HIM
drcd Days. and fnaIly made the un.uc
cessful appeal on the fallen Emperor,
behalf and that Of his son. to which ia.
French Chamber refused % listen. III,
had before this been captured by an Eng.
lish cruiser while on a voyage to Ameri
en-. aud hed resided in Worcestershire,
uader surveillance for three or four years
Here biz second son. Prince .L,uis Lu.
cien. was bora. Hs retired in 1915 tc
his Rrman estates, and having, BY ex.
ploration and excavation. disc ,vered the
remains Of an ancient city on his proper.
ty. he accumulated a large museum o.
antiquities, aud wrote an iu.eres,in. ac.
count of it. Hs died in 1910. He had
been twice married - first To the daught.
er Of an innkecper in Provenc., aud af-
tervaris, on her death, to the widow o.
stockbrokcr named Jourberthon. H.
deeply ofenl d his brother by both his
marriages, and his children were not men.
toned in the law Of succession passed by
the Senate. He had eleven in all, mos.
of whom survived hin, aud ar, still liv-
ing. His eldest sou, Charles. tie late
Prince Of Canine. was q naturalis: of the
highest attainments, aud the second was
said to be one Of the most accomplished
llnguists in Europe The- now notorious
Pierre Blusparte is tho third aud only
surviving son. Several Of his daughter
married into families of mid lie rank (the
eldest By his 6st wifa was united to Sir
Thom as Wyse, British ambassador 10
Greecc. by whom sho had son and a
daughter), aud the youngest became q
nun. Prince Charles of Caniuo lett sew
eral children at his death in 1851, tn G
eldest of whom was the late Pfincs Jo-
seph Of Canine, and the seco I'D is known
as Cardinal Bonaparte. prominent mem
Der Of the Papal q 'urt. Tho sisters have
all married among the R,man aud Tus-
can nobility. Tas family generally diff
ters ffom the French branch in being re-
tTograde iu political opini ,ns, AMI in ac-
ting directly az ,ius. che very principles
to which it owes its present elevation.--
We may observe en- pds,aat, rs a curios-
isy OF genealogy. tnas Cardinal Bona
parte presents q remarkable likaues OF
tasuse to his grand-uncle, tho First Ma
poleo1. The priestly tousure no douos
contributes to this appearance.
Tho youngest Of Napoleon's brothers
died only nine years ago. He was hu:
a youth at the rise Of the family prosper
ity, and did not realize the chan se in his
position and prospects sufficiently early
to satisfy tho new. Emperor. During a
naval visit to the Uni,sd States. and
whilst he was in command Of q French b
ship. he married the beautiful daughter
of an American citizen, Miss Elizabeth
Paterson by her he had s,n. Jerome.
now known, We believe, as Colonel Bon
aparte in the u ,ited States Army; bu,
Napoleon speedily diss olved the marriage
by decree. in which he vainly cndeavor-
cd to persuade the Pope to jnin, SO tha,
q question remains as to whether the sub
sequent marriage of Jerome to Catherine
Sophia Dorothea, daughter of Frederic,
King of Written berg, and lineal des-
ccndant of George tho First. was
strictly lawful. b. tha, as it may, his
son and daughter by this union are &C.
kno wledgcd by Napoleon the Third, and
the son has, like his father. been admit.
ted to royal alliance, and that too wit,
Que of the 1t ost exclusive families in Eu
rope. il 1859 he married Clotilda, tn,
eldest daughter of Victor Emanuel
King OF Italy. and has by her severa
children. lli- sister, Mathilde, inherit.
the beauty of her family. She was msr
ricd in 1s4l To Primo, Anatole Demidoff
but it is not possible to commend her fo
anything except certain brilliancy o
wit, which seems hereditary among tn,
Bonapartes.
Napolcon's sisters married we'll Else
to an Italian robleman named Bacciochi
Caroline to Murat. some time King o
Naples, by whom she was mother Of tn,
late Prince Acaille Ma-at, who marries
q grand-niece of General Washington
but died without children. in Florida
where he had been long settled. Hi.
next brother. Prince Llcien Murat. i.
married TO an Eaglish subject, Miss Geor,
gina Fraser, and enjoys the favor Of hi:
cousin. the prescn. Emperor. Anoshe,
brother is colonel in the French ser.
vice. and has espoused daughter Of the
famous B'rthier. Prince Of Wagram.-
Pauline. the third Of Napoleon's sisters
who most .-esembled him in appearance
seems to have been married to the
Roman Prince Borghesc. She was o.
bu: Indifferent. morals.
The present Emperor has married tc
please himself. and withou. reference "a
political advantage. The beautiful and
aud gentle. though bigoted, Empress Eu.
genie is of nsbls but not royal family
that ot MontIo; her father was Duke o.
Peneranda, in spain, aud she is Of Scot.
,ish descent. through her grandfather, .
kirkpatrick.
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