The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-10-11

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Napoleon never again saw his wlt
on SON Hiss hanislment 10 EIba aus
subsequent Imprisonment At 81 9elau
4 terminated hs relations as husband al.
father "A s, r pa.4dlla ase sgln
4 j8aE EAue told the whole STORY 81 hu
opinion 81 the 6ckic Mua Il u,sa I
henceforth became the purpose o. be-
\ father to delaeh hcr from bcr hushaud
She VAS separated from her French a-
teuisuts Journeys aud parties o
pleasure were set on foot to amnsc ber
Oll habits and occuI atoms came back
Every pyecauunn was taken q obhter.
ate French "reminiscences Count yuu
Nepperg, the tool d Metteruich.a uAp
" polished manners, great cultivation
distinguished air, but a serpant ia mat
ters Of seduction, was given command
Of the troops that attended her 4
court Was formed tia, waited ou hel
travels The baths oi AlX-la-Chapel.t
became centre of attraction on nc
count Of the wi. Of her circle. Her child
was taken 90 NienEa Music and dan,
cling, rOuls and assemblies, fashion o.
WUmen aud homage OF men, the mco
course, gambling and hunting
fields, distinguished generals, counts
nnd dukes uf every country IN EnropC
rejoicing ia the freedom Of ioug-delay.
ed peace, the elite Of A Austrian aristoc
Iuty, aud Russian mobiles aud gentry
then first permitted, after twenty years
10 leave their native soil-al combined
to break the ties which united the Em
press to France A new sovereignty
was graLted to ber by the Austrian
crown, Morganahc marriage viii
Count Neipperg succeeded Children
followed, who afterward were legitima.
tlsed and ennobled. Aud when Napo
leon died, III 1921, she his, his hwiu
wife as Duchess Of Parma, Piaoentia
aud Guastala, was Countess Of Neip
pelg aud tho mother Of three chlldler
Of haf klnshp only to the king o
! Rome
! The affections OF Josephine, on Tho
contrary, olung to Napoleon to the las
/ Upon his departure ior Elba, she iel
into state Of profound melancholy
The melton Of hls name produced deel
emotion. She wished TO follow him. -
If his dearest friends now abandoned
him, she said, 81 at least will not b,
one Of them But her failing healtl
rendered this impossible. She sanl
rapidly, and died with the name OF hel
divorced husband upon her lips
Itis an error, the popular impression
that estlangement grew up between
Napoleon and Josephine, 1t did not
The divorce seemed az necessary to hei
as to him. At the hight Of his 81 yanti,
power she knew as well as he that th,
Empire demanded an heir She acqui
esced. Feeling gave place to principle
/ Napoleon knew this, aud showed his es
timation OF the sacrifice by stronger
friendship, more frequent consultations
and larger confidence than ever. From
the second ma ariage to the departure
on the Russi n campaign the Emperor
constantly visited Josephine, though
tue Empress declined to receive her a
court.
The character Of Maria Louisa is ca
4 silly understood Mild and good -natur
ed, placid and yielding, her mind tool
the tone Of surroundings. Her hatrec
Of Napoleon turned into affections -
Three years transformed her into /
| Erenchwoman. She almost forgot hel
native tongue aud III her German cor
respondence hHd recourse TO French ex
pl,ssions There was IN her littl,
strength either Of intellect or passion
When iiuaily separated from her hus
band aud from France, at home, sur
rounded by courtlers, once again al
Austrian archdnchess, with far more
avenues OF pleasure opeu than before
her mind with perfect case took the hue
Of her altered fortunes. The chameleon
does Lot change more often Lor more
| easily.
Tie history Of the i'll fated prince
whose name heads this sketch like hit
iiie, is brief. lie was permanently sep
aruted from his mother. His early
youth was spout with his royal rela.
uyes. Iu 1913 he received the tite oi
Duke Of Reicbstadt, with rank immedi
utely after the princes Of blood He wat
.reatly beloved by the old Emperor biz
grandfather; ana his mother though
ueaung bun Will healtless neglect,
provided hbraily fol his education. Hls
talents, which were above the common,
we're highly cultivated bat be seemed
to have inherited little Of the ability Of
his father. His constitution Was Weak
aud early symptoms of consumption
united HIM for the Iaborious duties Of
a military career He was, neeerthe-
ess. made lient colonel at the aye oi
twenty, and commanded battalion OF
hungarian infantry in tue garrison OF
Vienna. Ia personal appearance he re-
sembled his mother Tail, slightly built
hollow -chested, with chestnut hair, blue
eyes, iair complexion, and the yoluptu
GUS Austrian lips, there was not the
slightest show ~ features or form that
he iuhelited tie blood Of the Bona
parties.
The trnth is that from lie day Of bis
fathers confinement IN st. Heiera the
Young prince was kept in kind Of
splendid captivity. 1t was Austrian
policy to render him politically insg
niiicaut The sou Of the great emperor
was an object of constant fear u the
Bourbons he WAS therefore kept away
from tie recollcctious Of the French
people. The plan Vas never out Of
sight 10 eifacc from the mind Of the
prince tie memory Of what be bad been
aud what be had been born to be. His