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

one unacquainted with her strongly arrogant
and despotic disposition. She is keen, and
brilliant, and logical, demollshing, without the
aid Of established premises, everything to her
mind weak or unpopular. She imagtneS every
perspn; that visits her to have, as sheexpresses
Il, 'ssome axe to grlndn at her expense, and
would never allow herself to be interviewed
In any way. She Is busy writing her own life,
and intends to tell her own story her own way,
when she, tgets ready.n From 1887 to ~ she
spent the greater part of the summers at Rock.
away There, In company with Campbell and
Whyte, members of Congress, end some OF the
Carrollton family, she was the gayest OF the
gay; considered by all as the fund from which
to draw all that was necessary for intellectual
entertainment.
"Did you ever feel, Madame Bonaparte, that
there were other men in the world beside
Jerome Bonaparte, and that 1t was foolish to
give up your whole life to something Of little
more account than q dream ?" l inquired,
desiring, above all things, to get at some ex-
precision of feeling.
'Stuff and nonsense I" was her reply. "Was
it nothing, then, to be the mother OF Bona
parte nothing to feel that the recompense
would one day come In the establishment OF
the right of my own flesh and blood to the
throne Of France trembled to think what
kind of men we. should have, If all mothers
were as sentimental as you would have had
me-"
The question is, how much is this woman
indebted to the First Napoleon for her educa-
ton, and how much to nature? The grand
sons are on the best of terms with the present
Louis Napoleon, and the youngest is said TO
be great favorite with the Princess Eugenie;
This gives the old lady faith In the Imperial
future Of one Of her grandchildren at least.
to confirm the order of Napoleon I, declaring
the marriage null and void, End the subse-
uuent persistence ofthe Papal Court.
'SThere are the diamonds given me 0y tae
Emperor" said she, placing In my hands
stomacher Of precious stones, more beautiful
and costly than any jewels | he'd ever Defore
handled. sand here is another present." dis
playing bTsastpn s yresnaped saeas STUDDED WIN
..Then you were personally acquainted with
the First Napoleon-had probably more than
one interview with h!m -
swell, the Emperor was very Kind and
thoughtful of my comfort. had no title; that
was all the trouble"
"Did you know much of Josephine, Madame
,Bonaparte and what did you think OF her
characters" 7ui - ~
"a sweet woman" with little. sneer on
sweet, shut not dignif1ed enough.
She lived quiet life in Baltimore. She SAID
sometimes visitors intruded upon her. There
were two or three others that day. One want
ed an autograph. Of course she did not give
it to her. How did she know what she wanted
with it? Probably to make some use OF 1t and
gain an advantage over her property; she
saw no one but few old personal friends
It seems very strange that q woman Oh
Madame Bonapartes wealth should occupy
simply suite Of rooms In common boarding
house down town. Her rooms are plainly iur-
nished, and but for few articles Of bizantine,
which have been collected In her European
travels, there Is nothing to show that 30 dis-
tinguished woman occupies them, There IS,
indeed, such want Of adornment all over the
house that the place seems barren and COM
fortress.
Whether her anticipatlons In reference to
the future Of the Bonapartes will be realized is
question of grave doubt, and II so, wnetaer er
In time to compensate this aged woman ior
her own loss of power. is graver still; but one
thing is certain, whether she dies tomorrow
or ten years from tomorrow, she will depart
gracefully and in order, as becomes the wife OF
a Bonaparte. The determined patter Of the
little feet as they walked away with the little
body told that story, had words been lacking
20 confirm 1t.