The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-01

aunt Paulihe. Princess Borghese, and all his
numor0aScousins. So delighted were they all
with the bright and handsome young Balti-
more Bonaparte that they were anxious to
| make match between him and his young
cousin, Charlotte, daughter of Joseph. In the
event ofthe marriage taking place, the Princess
| Borghese promised to leave the young couple
three hundred thousand francs. Nothing came
OF this project The two cousins continue de-
votedly attached to eacn other and frequently
CORES pended. YoungJ erome visited her beau.
| tiful home at Point Breeze, New Jersey, where
her father lived from 1916 to 1889. In the spring
of 1923 Jerome returned to America, and in the
next autumn, entered Harvard University,
where he remained three years. In 1925 he
again visited Italy, and renewed his intimate
personal relations with his family th Are. His
half brother, Prince Jerome, and haif-sster,
Princess Mathilde, became tenderly attached
to him. 1t was during this visit to Europe that
Jerome's acquaintance with Louis Napoleon be-
gan; this soon ripened into most cordial in
timacy.
Not long after his return to America (namely,
in November, 1921 Jerome, then about twenty
four years old, was married to Miss Susan MAY
Williams, native of Baltimore, but descended
of prominent family of Massachusetts. Let
ters OF congratulation came from the different
members of the Bonaparte family, including
Madame Mere, Joseph, Louis, Jerome and his
Cousiu OHdTlOJIe Ou IQe 0Jn OF november,
| 1880, a sou was born to Mr.. Bonaparte, and
named Jerome Napoleon. After spending one
| year at Harvard. young Jerome entered West
| Pout July 1913, where he distinguished him
/ sell both in the classroom and in all martial
exercises, graduating high in his class in 1852.
Perhaps more dashing, more nobl looking
young officer than Jerome Napoleon parte
never left West Point tall, graceful, handsome,
with dark eyes and regular features, he was
every inch soldier.
When Louis Napoleon came to America in
1887, Mr. Jerome BOnaparte invited him to visit
him at his country seat near Baltimore. On
the 1st of January, 1853, Jerome addressed IA
letter to Napoleon I'LL, congratulating him u
oE the occasion of his ascending the imperial
throne ofFrance, to which the peror respond
ed, expressing the great pleasure which the
letter of his cousin had afforded him, and con-
Guiding with an invitation to visit France.
Mr. Bonaparte and his son visited Paris in
June, 1884, and Immediately upon their arrival
were invited to dine at Saint Cloud by the EN-
peror. When they entered the palace Mr.. Bo-
naparte received paper containing the delib-
crate opinion of the Minister of Jastce, the
President of the Senate, and the President OF
the Council OF State, upon the subject of the
marriage of Prince Jerome with Miss Elizabeth
Patterson, to the effect that Jerome Bonaparte
ought to be considered legitimate child oil
France. Jerome opposed the recognition of his
sons legitimacy, said he would not consent to
his remaining in France, and so wrote to the
emperor. Napolean Ill. replied that the laws
OF France recognized the sou OF Miss Patterson
IS legitimate, and on the Both Of August, 1854,
a decree was inserted in the "Bullstit, des lois, "
declaring that M. Jerome Bonaparte est rein
tegre danssla qualite de Francois.
Another decree, dated September 5, 1854, con
ferred upon young Jerome Bonaparte, of Balt-
more, the rank of lieutenant in the French
army. He had previously resigned his COM
mission in the United States army. The young
officer proceeded at once to the Crmea, where
he distinguished him self upon several occa-
siOns. AT the end of the war his commanding
officer wrote letter Of congratulation to his
father, saying that he ought TO be proud of such
a son. For his gallant conduct in the Crimea
Lieut. Bonaparte received Victoria medal
from the Queen Of England, the order of the
Medj Idle from the Sultan OF Turkey, and the
cross of the legion Of honor from his imperial
cousin, Napoleon Ill. For his heroic services
in the Italian campaign of 1859, Victor EN-
manuel decorated him with the order of mill
tary valor.
In the summer of 1870 Jerome Bona parte died
in Baltimore, leaving his large fortune to his
wife and two sons Mr.. Bonaparte bore strik-
ing likeness to his uncle, the First Napoleon,
having the same massive head, regular features
and as dark eyes, On one occasion, when he
was travelling through France, the people saw
him, aud as il the great Napoleon had returned
to life, they enthusiastically shouted "Vive
rEmPereur" .
Madame Bonaparte is still living in Balti-
more at the age of ninety years. She says she
has no intention of dying until she is 100. She
has been to Europe sixteen times, and conten-
ts.t, 4 4 JtaSz Zip this SUI MINER This old lady
gence than many OF the Ieadlng women 90 A-ll;
ion of the present day. She expresses her
opinien upon all subjects with great freedom,
and sometimes with bitterness She has
little or no confidence in men and very
of the present day, she says, all have the
"homo mania" All sentiment she thinks a
weakness. She processes that her ambi-
ton has always been-not the throne, but near
the throne. Mr.. Patterson, her father, died
in 1886, at an advanced age, in possession OF a
large fortune. In his will, which is one of the
most remarkable documents that has ever been
deposited in the Orphans Court of Baltimore,
he says: "The conduct of my daughter, Bet
sew, has through life been SO disobedient that
in no instance has she ever consulted my opn'
ion or feelings; indeed, she has caused me more
anxiety and trouble than all my other chill
dren put together; her folly and misconduct
have occasioned me train of experience that
first to last, has cost me much money'-in thi
he means the marriage of his daughter to Je-
rome Bonabarte. The old gentleman left her,
out of his great wealth, only three or four small
houses and the wines in his cellar-worth in all
about ten thousand dollars.