The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-01

There Is IA romantic interest Gclt by nzlst
Americans intLe still! Giving heroine Of enc
of the most psthetiC tragedies with which
the nGme of the great Napoleon was ever con
nected Madame Patterson E0naparc, of
BALTIMORE, not only beams upon us witt a
bright and pleasant face in the May Scribrer,
but we have full ana authentic history of
this interesting family, which may yet give
France an emperor" Madame Bonaparte Is
now 93 years of age, axd "has no Intention
of dying until she passe5 100 years
This Old lady has more vivacity, and Ger
talnly more intelligence than many of che
leading women Of fashion of the present day
She expresses her opinion upon all subjects
with great freedom, and sometimes with bit
tcrness. she has little or no confidence IN
men, and "A very poor opinion of women the
young ladies of the present day, she SAYS, all
have the ''h0mo m&ata." All sentiment she
thinks a weakness. She proiesses her an1i
ton has always beea-no' tie throne, Int mar
tie throne. Mr.. Patterson, her father, died in
1896, at AZ advanced age, in POSSESSION Of a
large fortune. In his viii, which H. one of
the most remarkable documents that has ever
been deposited in the Orphans Court OF Bal
tiROre, he Gays The conduct of my alaugla.
ter, Betsey, has, through life, been 90 DISC
bedient that IN ne instance has she ever CON
suited my opinions or feelings; indeed, she
has caused INC more anxiety and trouble than
all my other children put together; her Soils
and misconduct have 0eeasi0ned me a train
OF experience that, first To last, has cost lne
much money"-in this he means the mar.
riage OF his daughter TO Jerome Bonaparte
The old gentleman left her, aut of his great
wealth. only three or four small houses and
the wines in his cellar worth in all about
ten thousand dollars
Madame BOnaparte is very rich she has
made her money by successful speculatl0ns
and by her lifelong habit of saving. For
years she has lived at boarding house in
Baltimore, seeing very little company. Her
costume Is ancient, and there is ing about
her appearance thai suggests the marvellous
beauty that leu captive the heart CT Jerome
Bonaparte. Her eyes alone retaia some of
the brightness of former days
Her most promising living descendant is
a grandson, Col. jerome Napoleon Bonapar,e,
who won distinction in The late Franco prus
sian war
After the capture of liz Emperor at Sedan
Colonel Bonaparte escorted the Emprrss
through France, anu returned To Paris in
time 10 take n conspicuous part in the mem.
orable siege OF that city. During the Com.
munc he escaped from Paris just in time TO
save his life.
At the close OF the war Colonel Bonaparte
came back 10 the United States and visited
Baltimore. In the summer ~ 1871, AT New.
port, II. l., he married Caroline lie Row An.
pleton Mrs. Newbold Edgar, granddaugh.
ter of Daniel Webster
Colonel Bonaparte has all the qualities of a
successful leader: lac is brave, dashing, and
fearless. When We recall the many extraor.
binary evsnts that have happeRed in France
during the last ninety years--when we re-
member that a lieutenant of artillery At Tou
Ion became Tie conquerer ofAusierlin and
Emperor of Ffsnce-that The grand son of
the guil,otined Beauharnais became Nopo-
icon IIl-does il seem impossible that we
have future Emperor of France among Us
in Colonel Jerome Napoleon Bonapar,e OF
Ballimore'