The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-01-10
DEATH OF NAPOLEON: HI.

DEATH OE NAEVAH~&ss AAA'
The telegraph brings news OF the
death Of LOUIS NAPOLEON BoNApARrR,
.I-Emperor of France. Several days
ago he underwent the surgical opera
ZION Of Ethotrty for the destruction OF
stone in the bladder, a malady from
which he has suffered for q number OF
years past. The operation was per-
formed blythe most eminent surgeons in
England and, although some uneasl-
ness was indicated by the kilograms re-
.pecting mis- condition, his death is sud-
den and unexpected.
We sondense from Appleton's En-
cyclopsdia the following sketch OF his
life: he was the youngest son OF
LOUIS BoSarxRTs, King of Holland. and
HoRrxssE BsAUHARNAIs, a daughter OF
,he Empress JosKrHINE, and was born
in Paris on the Goth OF April, leoo.
He was educated in France and Ger
many and professed to entertain repuo-
licsn ideas. By the death OF the Duke
Of Reichstadt he became the l'neal
successor Of MADISON l. and in 1880
attempted a revolution against
the government OF LOUIS PHIL
trrpR, = then King OF France
He met with no success whatever,
but was arrested, and would
have been imprisoned but for the
entreaties of his mother. He was ban
ished- from the kingdom and came &c
the United States where he spent near
ly two years in idleness and dissipation
aud returned to Areneuberg October D
1887, TO the death-bed Of his mother
He then took up his residence in Eng
land, where he lived in obscurity uutl
1910, when he again entered France
expecting popular uprising in his ia
vor, such as had attended the return o
the crst NAPOLEON from Elba. Hl'
scheme Was again an utter failure an'
he was arrested and condemned to I'M
prisonmeut for life in the military for
,ress at Ham. He remained in prison
about six years and finally made bis es'
cape in the disguise Of laborer anc
returned to England. He kept himsel
in communication with friends in Paris
aud after the political revolution o
lS4S he was chosen Deputy, or mem
Der of the legislative body, to repre-
sent the Department Of the Seine. Ate
hard struggle, the decree OF Danish
ment was revoked and he was permit
ted to take his seat az Deputy, protes
.ing at the same time the most extreme
republican notions, and taking an oatl
OF allegiance to the Republic OF France
He WAS soon after elected President
and again, in December 1851, wa;
cbosen President for the term OF ter
Years. On the 2lst and 22d OF No
,ember 1852 he dissolved the legisla'
ture, arrested many Of the most proml'
n.nt members, and proclaimed himsel
Emperor, with the title NAPOLEON Ill
In January 1853 he married EUGENlE
sSpanish lady Of rank.
The government Of the Emperor was
despotic, but in the main successful
France increased in wealth and appar'
emily in national Importance anc
strength during the eighteen years 0
Lows NApoLEoN's reign. In 1854 TIT
French and English defeated the Rus
SLAMS in the Crimea. There were oc-
casional political outbreaks in 1881 anl
1853 but they were easily suppressed
There was very little military glor!
connected with the empire, and excep
tor the progress of the nation IN the
arts Of peace NAPOLEoN's admInistra-
ton was comparatively uneventfuI
until the provocation of the German
war in 1870 which resulted in few
months in the complete destruction o
the Empire, the banishment OF thu
Emperor, the humiliation of France
and the establishment Of the presen
Republican form OF government.
Since bis release by the Prusslau'
after the surrender al Sedan, LoUI'
NAPOLEON has resided in comparative
seclusion at Chiselhurst, in England
where be died yesterday incoming, Janu'
AIRY 9. During the pa': year there were
indications Of the growth and activity
Of a party Of imPei;alists IN France
and it is not improbable that had
LOUIS NApobEoN lived few years
longer he would have been again seated
upon the throne that WAS lost by his
folly two years ago.
- NIL. loIuh;a phi. TsIy.r l.