The Indiana State sentinel., 1874-02-03
NAPoLEoN's ESTATE.

EUGENIE's wEALTH-HER CLAIMS IN FRANCE
WHAT SHE WILL PROBABLY GET.
The Paris correspondent of the New York
Tribune writes: That Louis Napoleon was a
kind father and self1ndulgent husband was
never disputed; that he was thrifty one, is
the astonishing new upturned feature. At
his second coming into the French world, in
1913, after the abortive attempts at entrance
in 1885 and 1910, ne brought nothing but a
large baggage of debts; the Countess of Teba
brought him for marriage dover nothing but
great grace and beauty; and the closing of
his French business at sedan was deemed a
lamentable failure. Notwithstanding all
this, it appears, or has been made to appear,
that he left sOme five million francs to his
widow and heir, and this little fortune is
quite independent of the means that enable
,hat poyerty-stEcken lady and her poor lit
tie hoy TO live in comfortable distress i'm the
tenen1snt house at Chiseihurst. This news
will be eonsoling TO She numerous more
wealthy American Napeleonists platonically
suffering hitherto on ,ccount of the indi-
gence Of these imperial outcasts. What is
historically certain is, that the government
contracted with NJ Rouher to transfer TO
mis- imperial clients an amount of money and
OtherHalues nearly equivalent TO 5000. 600
francs as their lawful inheritance from the
seem that, in the eyes of MacMahoa and his
| ministers, this was so right and COCOA deed
that they did not purpose TO let the assel. blv
| least of all the left, know what they wSse
doing. According 10 the contract betweel.
NJ Rouher and the government, what was
| owing to the state from Louis Napoleon was
ia be deducted from the outlay from his pri-
yate purse applied to the furnishing OF diff
ferent lmperial palaces; there would then
remain balance in favor of the civil list OF
SOO,OOO francs, which was to be paid to the
Fempress in ten annual instalments, with in
terest at iiveper cent. SO much for the cash.
But, furthermore, other important values
we're recognized as belonging To the empe-
ror's private estate, aud consequently to be
the property of the empress.
THE CHIEF oF THESE
Are thecollection Of arms and armor some
times set out in the rooms oe the Chateau OF
Pierrefonds, and the Chinese uuseum in the
Palace of Fontaineblsau. The mercantile
value of these two (leaving out Of account
the Gallo-Roman museum at st. Gerroa;n
aud a smaller matter of family portraits and
souvenirs, gifts of fellow w-sOvsreigns when
the emperor was sovereign. amounts to, a
million francs, more or less. Tais agreement
between Messrs. Magne Deseilllgny, and
Baltic, respectively ministers of finances
commerce and fine arts, acting for France on
the one part, and NJ. Rouher in the name OF
the Empress Eugene on the other part was
concluded on the 18th of last October, and
ratified by decree of the president of tie re-
public, which was countersigned by the same
ministers on the 18th Of November follow
ing. Now that the quality Of this arrange
msnJ is utterly QUE of the bag, the debate
turns most gravely and amusingly at once
upon the right property of the military and
Chinese museums. j think the millions Of
the personal estate of the late emperor will
be voted and given by poor France to his
wealthy widow, partly because 0rleanists
need be ashamed, after their sixty odd
recovered millions, openly to resist; because
legtimists will look at the question, how
ever much some phases of il offend them.
from the fatuously pretentious, private.
sentimentally generous point of view. There
will not be enough men left in the assembly
to make their voices and counsels listened
TO against the appropriation. The Empress
Eugene will have her millions and museums.
In the Budget for 1873, just voted, the total
of calculated expenditures for next year
amounts TO 2,532, ,6S9, 1872 francs. One-half OF
this enormous sum is attributed to the pay
ment of interest on the consolidated public
debt Tin round numbers 750,OO0,OOO francs)
tnd OF interest on the floating debt, annui.
I les, pensions, ETC., etc. in round numbers,
! 9Q,OO0,000 francs.) The appropriation for
tiA ministers of war and OF the marine
AMOUNT together to 600, 900, 900 francs, while
beeppropriatiOn for public instruction is
/ ooUO,OC0 francs. This is a considerable ad-
yaNcs on the third empire; but with all that
theeis less than $S,000000 outlay for the
prsESation Of the brain army against $780,
OJV.,epcOr the brute army that is to guaran-
tee tc fHnce its revenge on Germany.