, 1874-07-03

lnnu; lttchard a. HhnW, Savannah. dn.
Iowa tho llon D. nioltotts, 1ndl snnpolln lilo
l'oy. A. Frnnli Howe, Tore uauto j. Dnfloy'
Now Yorls; ". II. nlckera, Hartford, Oonn., y:
Q. Hibbnrd, milwaukee,; ]. T. Austin md faml-
", Toro 1Iauto; Gen. v. +. Gary, Oinoinnati.
NAPOLEON III.
His Birth md Childhood.
Wo givo tho following cxtracta from tho first
volume QuBt publlshod) Of h1r. Blanchard Jor-
rolds Life Of tho Into Emperor. Additional in-
groat number Of private documents Of tho Nnpol-
oon family have boon placed At DIR. Jolrold's
command:
% On March , ~ 1sos The, the Emperor perez Napolle,on n ellen
ho proposed to maho him ,Kng Of spatin.
princa Of Ponce waa in prison. King Lonta an
ewored: II an not the Governor OF province.
For King thoro il no promotion but to Heaven;
ali are equal, With what face call l go to de-
mand an oath Of fidelity from another people, Il
! do not remntn faithful to that which took to
Holland whom / aacoudod tho throne7" 1t WAS
roscu. Harassod BY tho complaints Of his anb-
1ocia, whom tho continental blockade was ruin
Ing, ho endoavorod to eolaco thom with court
gayotioa. Tired Of tho Haguo, ho removed his
but The 10 fetos and ii balls {oli aat without :tbo
Queen to lead them. and every day loasoned the
hope that she would return. In addition to po-
ltioat differences botweou tho Royal couple, there
were oonjngal 5oaionsles on both sides;
It wns In this trouble, and with both tho Eth
poror and Empress far aWay from Paris, that
Queen Hortcns0 gavo birth to son, Tho future
Napoloon H., in tho night Of April 20, 1903. At
her hotel in tlo Rue Cerntti, now tho hotol Of
lished nemoiTs, tho Queen gives the following
account OF her hcoouohomont: tin tho night
Of April 20, 1908, I gavo birth to son. should
have. preferred a daughter; but tho news filled
salutes fred all along tho Spanish frontior,
where lio thcn was. Politically ho considered II
fortunate TINT q second son OF lfs house should
10 born. 10 give him tho nows dispatched my
French. chamberlain, II. do Villenouye; aud to
my husband aout my Dutch chamberlain, II. 10
Comic Bylantt. Tho King had the ovons an-
nouncod to tho people assembled nndor hl8 bal
cony, aud received tho customary felioitatlois."
H. de Tal1eyraud had boeu commanded by tho
Emperor to aeeist at the ACCOMPLISHMENTS Of the
noto.' bho was in an alarming condition OF
noryous excitomont for some days after her
dovory. 'tTho visit Of IL. de Talleyrand," Bho
'romarhs, "ageravated my nervous state. uo was
to assist at the BIRTH Of my aon. He generally
wore powder. Tho scent of 1t was so strong
that whom ho Game near mo to congratulate mo
l waa nearly sutfocated."
-. FRAGMENT OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
TASAls bAU A1AAtGEbH UEkluEp uhf4uk
reached. = cestaln agee, ono looks back to tho
earliest days Of childhood, ono scos ouly iaoated
sooneB TINT havo atrlck the Imagination. They
are real pictures that have axea themselyeE in
meet. NY earlicst remembrance goes baok to
my haptiam, and hasten to remark that wna
yoarB old when was baptized, in 181O In tho
chapel ut Fontainobleau. Tho Emperor was my
my goamother.
,Then my memory carries me to Malmafson,
can still 800 the Empress Josephine in her sa-
loon on tho ground floor, covering mo With her
carossas, and oyen then lattcrinB my vnnaty by
the care with which sho retailed my 6oas .aoid.
For my grandmother spoiled ms in every seuao
Of tho wofd3 whoreaa my mother, from my ton
dorcat years, trfod to correct my faults and de-
volop my good qualities. remember that once
arrived at MaImaiaon, my brother and wore
masters to do as no pleased. Tho Empress, who
loved fiowsrs aud oonservatorios paasionately,
allowed ua to cut tho auga1-canes to suok them
and hhe always told us to ask for everything We
"one day, on the eve Of q fete, when aho
my brother, throo yours older than I, and conse-
quently more sentimental, asked Tor . wascl,
With tho portrait Of our mother. But 1-when
the Empress said: 'Louls, aak FOX anything that
will give you the greatest .pleasuro-request1t1
to ha allowed to 60 and walk in tho gutters with
tho little street boys. Let not thts request be
deemed ridiculous one, since all THO tftne was
my great grief was to bo going to town In car
r1aGo with four or si1 horaes. Whom, In 1876,
before our departure our governor took us ono
day ont on tue boulovardss,. tolt the keoncst
sensation Of happlneBs thAt il within my recol-
lection.
Like all childron,-but perhaps more than all
children, ,--sold'orn fxed my attention. and we're
tho subject Of oil my thoughts. When, at NAL
I went Oft quickly to tho great entrance, whero
there were alwnys Two grenndlers OF the Imperial
Guard as aontinols. Ono day, when had os-
capped to tho window onthe ground floor in the
old grognards who was on duty. Tho soldier,
who knew who was, anawored nc, laughing
drill. / have little muaket.' fheu the eroa.
adler asked me to command him, and there was,
shouting, ..prosontoz armeal portoz armesl I
Armos bast' tho old grenndier oboying, to ploaso
mo. Ny delight may ba imagined. Wishing to
show him my gratitude, I ran of to tho placee
fotohad ono, wlioh thrust into tho gronadier'a
hand. Ho laughed as ho took It, and 7 felt COZ
fused At the great pleasure thought had CIV
to renan IN pars. When tie iirat news Of ti,o
landlug Of tho Emperor came, thore was great
irritation among tho Royalista mud tho Gardes
dl Corps against my mother and her children.
Ono night our goyarnesB cane with valet do
cllnmDro nnd took us a1roHB tho garden OF my
mothers house, which was No. 8 Iluo Oeruttl, to
q little room on tho bouleyarlH. whore We wero
to remain hidden. II was the first alEn OF re-.
yorao Of fortune: We wore lying for tho first
timc from tho patornM roof, but our young
years prevented ua from understanding the
Ineaning Of eyonts, mad re wore delighted With
the otauge."
nEFonE WATERLOO.
Tho day boforo Napoleon loft Paris for the
campaign TINT ended With Waterloo, Hortenso
carried hor children from THO nue CeEutti to tue
Tuileriea to tako loaye Of thoir uuole. The
young Prince Louis, who was ycara old, WAS
the i,5st 70 atoal to NaIpoleon's room, where 10
Tho child SAW tho profound emotion that WAS
exprosHod ln Napoloon'a faeo, and, running up to
him. burlod hls face in his lap, crying.
"What's tho mattor, Louis. and why do you
run in hero 7" the Emperor saia. Dut for aomo
moments LouiH could answer only with nobn-
Presently, whoh he had been comfortod and re-
assured little, 10 said Sire. my govorness
has just boen telling me that yom eTS M gonE , to
toara aoftenod tho Empsros'a lanner towards
him.
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