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

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Tho vcsr 1860 deserves to be remem-
her~d w th" history of the world. No
A~rr w th.t var : AMONG whom were
Humboldt. Cuvi"r. S'r Thomas L. wrcnee
and Sir Walter Scott. Bu: in addition
.. them tlcre were five destinod during
tlsesr lives te exercise 4 remarkahe in1u-
spee ap"a oae another. To begin With
the least cwin"pt name oa the list. Lord
Castlerta gh. afterwards Marquis Of Lon
a"aderTy. Was torn in July. 1860; Mar
slsl Nsy aud Marshal Soait in the coarse
cf :he same gear ibe great Duke of Wi
inetoa in Nav. and Napoleon Bonaparte
i'm A uszast. Five months earlier C.rsica
had bc~eme subject TO France. and inc"r-
rN~atea with the French kingdom. alter
long ssEnErl" for Independence, irss
under 'hr WORTHLESS King TrcodJrc (w'o
las tnrsci in the ehsTchy yard Of Saint Au-
ncs. Ssl.ol. and aitersards under Gene
raj Ps"li. who also found \ resting place
N En-'aHl. Among General Paoli's ad-
hcrcn's at Al ,ccin wls cnc Carlo Bona-
rar:c. an attorney at law. the descendant
&c IN ancient hu, no. remarkable italian
r mi'y which had co-ne from Genoa du-
ring .hc domination of that city in the IS
IanA. This Carlo vas eiuc,t ,tcl in Italy.
ard hal been married some years q Lee
'i,ia Ra,anEni, as, the descendant Of an
Italian family They had one elder son,
J.'-crh. horn in 1.GS: and callel their
second snn hy .hc narc Of collateral an
eNs.nr Of snaac celebrity in ancient Italy
Napoleon dcs Ursius. Il was not
common Christian name. hut bore in it .
certain dignity Of sound admiralty fitting
Il ssr the part i; was to play on the page
cf history. Thc Buonarartrs. or. as they
latscrly prcfcsrod 10 spell the nam, Bo-
napar,e.-were sometimes sah to he of
Greck origin, aud their arpellaticu was
called translation of a not uncommon
Greek surname. NapolNoa was not un-
~.ll,ag 10 have ibis lrgrnd believed, and
il ~ss openly iu, forward by his agents
Garimg c,rtaia disturbances under the
Turkish rule in tbs Mcrca. Nor was
this The only atte,=9t made to assert IN
as<icat and honorable dcscen. for tie
fans'ly. The GDllowing remarkable story
~1s Invented cr found The old legends
Of the Nan in the I.oa MasS were rake'i
ar his ja,l"r was given the mime of Bon
part has dsugh,er vas made {" ia.l in
love wi:h she prisoner, ~ msrry hm, AID
o. hear him soa /: ,l,is son was seIt into
ltaly 10 l.c educated was called after the
name e his grandfather, B"upart-ltal-
ianIs i into EuonaIartc; AMI finally the
Maa wah the ircn Mask was assumed 10
he the elder twin brother Of Louis the
Foartcentl! Tb:s Is curious aai as:oun-
dag In ali Conscience but Is scarcely
isss - than the fact ,has y r"lcon heard
II xith ecmrlacency. and would willingly
have had IT believed. However. the facts
of his rarcntacc are simply thesc: His
fsther was CUrsican of respectable rank.
~hc saFerei many things \; the hands of
the Fr'ech OF their purchase of he island
frcm the Gcacesc. ou account of his open
oiicc;iols Is their regime. but who, never
thelcss. va eventually member Of the
governing se!y of the city Of Ajaecie
and that. moreover, this Chsrl,s Bona
pate, being % = scirrheus habit. died Of
= cancer IN the s'c.n,ch, at q ccmpa rGtive-
" early age, in IT'S. leaving hi. family
os Eve sons and three daughters TO the
care cs his widow. But Madame B ma
ts-tc. like the IN s'her Of 50 m,ny great
ssse. was cui,c fitted BY her talents for
tke tass bcicrc her. Napoleon. and in-
decd al her children, constantly treated
DC. With the dccT~s; respect. She re-
c,iyed imperial honors during his reign.
.a< assigned ra'aee for her residence,
AID = large annual sum for her maintc-
rance, while she WIS dirni6ed with the
tide sf ..Nalamc Mere" Daring all
,hese changes es fortune. however, her
sssyn gcs2 ssnse never fersook her she
ceasssntly lcekei Exxard to 5ay of less
en.i.bae fszsaae. aud tcok care ~ provide
sr she fasare. |, Is said thsi during the
ssixAs 4 ,he fasaily prosperity she .c-
cCup,cd fcr hrr saving Lshi,s BY remind
lag her Qass,icaer ,ha, sac might have
svcn,ua,fy 10 provide fer .'all these kings"
Az his ah,licaiicn. is lSli, Napoleon took
care sha, three hundred thousand francs
a ycar should Re secured 60 her, as xeli
.. what mas called her private property
In rsaace, and hee house in iasis. She
visssrd bin during his exile u Eea, when
SIR Mel Campbell says Of her" rhe old
LADY 70 very handsome, Of middle size.
With . good fgurc. and flesh ecscr." Sue
survived hsr ssn nearly fifteen years. and
dsea in Rome in Febraary, 1856.
Naps,esa's ssss uifs Vas JssSPiinc,
y dos u the Vicsaae Alcxansrs Bsaa-