Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-28
Publisher and Prophet
Z NAP0LEON,s LETTERS.
A Princes Debts--NIaxim P0
sition toward the Emperor.

The London Daily Telegraph prints
extracts from the Napoleon correspond
ence. One of the letters seized by the
Republican Government relates to the
expenditure Of some members of the
Imperial family. 1t is from Prince
Achille Murat to the Emperor
"SlRE | hasten to inform your Ma
jesty of my return to Paris, whittier ]
have been forced TO come by the state OF
my affairs. | will place myself at the
disposal ofyour Majesty assuring you that
/ have nothing more. at heart than to
prove to you my sincere desire to con,
form to your wishes. After stay Of
eight months in Caucasia, | returned
Sire, for the purpose Of rejoining in
Africa the new regiment in which, at the
request of my brother, your Majesty has
deigned to place me, persuaded that the
arrangements made during my absence
would enable me to resume my duties
there, and to efface, by my conduct, from
the mind of your Majesty the memory OF
my past faults. Unhappily, Sire, there
is scarcely any--if any-change in my
sad position. Up to- the present the
sums spent for me have scarcely been
sufficient TO diminish the debts contracted
sur parole-those in which the honor Of
my name is at stake; so that all the an
noyances, all the exposure with which i
was menaced before my departure,
threaten me still. uIiof ies.
"In Africa, as in Paris, my presence
will arouse the fury [acharnemen1 Of
my creditors. There will be pursued,
trapped, arrested, exposed daily to in
cessant menacing demands Of which
malevolence will not fail to get hold.
Your Majesty is too just to wish that
under such circumstances i should 60
and rejoin my regiment, in which all the
discredit with which | would be sur
rounded would deprive me of the es-
TEEN of my companions, and would rem
der my remaining and doing duty in the
midst of them impossible. dare not
entreat your Majesty to be kind enough
to give me permission TO submit to you
in a few words my real situation and the
means of relieving me from my Difficult
ties, for the account that has been given
to you was greatly exaggerated, with
what object / know not But entreat
you to believe and be persuaded that !
value in the first place your affection,
and that to obtain it | am ready to do
anything in my power. Your Majestys $
very obedient nephew and subject
"AcHILLE MURAT.
September 80. 1862" g-5kC
In the margin of this note, IN Napo-
Icons handwriting, are the following
words in pencil. HRefnse. The Empe-
ror does not wish TO mix himself up with
these affairs" This act OF Napoleon
was not the result of caprice, for he sE-
pears to have duly considered the mat
ter before deciding, To the letter was
affixed note, giving the total amount of
sums given to Prince Achille Murat.
From July, 1864, to NovembeF, 1853, the
sum reached was S3,207 francs. From
other documents, which were by desire OF
the Emperor made out at this time, it
would appear that the annual allowance
of the members of the Imperial family
was ,3l0,975 francs. The sums given
from 1852 to Prince Lucien Murat and
his connections amount TO f,S62,562
francs. f- I
NAPOLEON AND MACMILLAN.
Another letter refers TO a very different
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