The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-01-22

OF Representatives OF tho State OF South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority Of the
same, That Section one hundred and
thirty-ninc Of an Act entitled can Act
providing for the assessment and taxation
Of property" be and tho same is hereby,
amended so as to read, after the word
"Act, in tho third line, except those
assigned to assessment districts of more
than three miles square, who shall each
receive four dollars per day.
In the Senate House, the fourteenth day
of December, in the year Of our Lord
nine. CHAS. w. MONTGOMERY,
President pro tenn. of the Senate.
FRANKLIN J. MOSES, JH.,
Speaker House of Representatives.,
Appi owed. tho sixteenth day Of Decem-
her, 1869. ROBERT X. SCOTT.
Governor.
The B0nnpnrtes.
The revolutionary movements which
are now going forward in France invest
the Napoleonic dynasty with additional
interest. Prince Pierre Bonaparte, who
has caused tho pot to boil so fiercely. is
n son of the great Emperor's brother L,l-
cicn, who was considered the nblcst of
tho family next after Napoleon. The
present Emperor is regarded by many rs
not n Bonnparto at all, but the son of q
Dutch admiral by Hortense Beauhnrnais,
tho daughter Of Josephine. Louis Bo-
naparte was forced by his brother to
marry Hortcnse. lie was in love with
another woman and withal dreamy sort
of person. Those who believe in the
operation of Il principle of poetic justice
running the progress of history, make
mention Of the fact that the grandson of
Josephine, and not of Napoleon, now
rules in France, rs proof that tho "whirl-
igig Of time brings in his revcngcs. ;"
Josephine once said, "My progeny shall
he supreme" Bnt Josephine was not
the only woman who was ill-uscd by the
Imperial Corsican. Nor was she the
only one who cherished hopes OF di-
vine revenge through her descendants.
And hereby hangs II tale.
In 1903, Jerome Bonapartc, then in
command of 4 French frgate, landed in
New York. AS the brother Of Napoleon
Bonaparte, he was received with distinc-
ton, and was most Hospitality entertain
ed wherever hc went. While in Bnlti.
more, he met Miss Elizabeth Patterson,
tho daughter of II wealthy merchant of
that city, and married her ON the 2ith Of
December OF the same year. The cerc-
mony was performed by Bishop Carroll,
of the Catholic diocese of Baltimore,
brother OF the distinguished Charles Car
roll, Of Carrollton. The marriage con-
tract was drawn up by Alexander Dallas,
aftcrward Secretary Of the Treasury, and
was witnessed by the Mayor of Balti-
moro and several other official person
ages. After remaining in tho United
States about year. Jerome Bonaparte
and his wife embarked for France in an
American ship.
In the meantime, Napoleon, to whom
the marriage of his brother gave great
offence, had ordered that the newly mar
ried pair should be permitted TO land Mt
no port over which France exercised
authority. They therefore landed Mt
directing her to proceed to Amsterdam,
and went to Paris. with the hope of pre-.
vailing upon Napoleon to recognize his
marriage; but this Napoleon refused to
do, at the same time upbraiding his
brother for daring to marry without his
consent. On arriving ut Amsterdam,
whittier sho went in the American ship.
Madame Bonaparto was confronted with
Napoleon's order forbidding her to land.
She then sailed for England, where she
took up her residence Mt Camberwell.
near London. And here, on the 7th of
July, 1905, was born her only child, Je-
rome Napoleon Bonaparte, now living in
Baltimore
Napoleon had determined that his
brothers should marry among the
princes'es of Europe, and all efforts to
induce him to recognize the wife Of .Jc-
rome were vain, and Jerome was Mt last
forced to yield to the wishes of the EN-
peror, and marry the Princess Frederick
Catharine, OF Wurtemburg. Madame
Bonaparto met her husband but once
afterward, and then no word passed be-
tween them. 1t was in the gallery of
the Pitt Palace. at Florence, in Italy.
The Princess was leaning on the arm of
her husband, when tho meeting took
place. Jerome started aside on recog-
nizing Madame Bonaparte, and n mo-
mont afterward whispered to the
Princess, "That lady is my former wife"
He Immediately left the gallery, and the
next morning quilted Florence.
Although Napoleon declared the mar
riage Of Jerome and Miss Patterson null
and void, ho could never induce the
Pope to go declare it, and few years
ago. when the question rs to the rank to
which the Bonapartes of Baltimore
were entitled as Princess Of the Imperial
household was up for decision, the pro-
test of the Pope against tho decree of
Napoleon was brought forward.
Soon after the birth of her son, Ma
dame Bonaparte returned to Baltimore,
where she has principally resided ever
sinoosrin the an ioyraant of n lar0e for.
tune. she was about Sighteen% % Years. @ o.
age when she first mot jerome Bona
parte, and is now about eighty. FIVE. She
was always great admirer of Napoleon,
in spite of the cruel manner i'm which he
treated her. 1t Is said that she believes