, 1877-09-16
The First Wife of Jerome Bona.
parte.
Her Inflated Marriage with q
Puppet of the Great
Emperor.
Relations Of the American Princess
with the Family Of the
Napoleons.
Her Visit to France After the Restora-
ti0u Of the D0urb0nS.
Extracts from Her. Letters to Lady Nor
gan, the Noted Irish Novelist,
Madame Donararte's Last Meeting With Her Hus-
hand, Se'entecn Tears After His
abandonment,

for Social chronicle. Lady Morgan said, " She
belongs to history; she lived with Kings and
Princes, philosophers and artists; there is about
her perpetual curiosity and romance" Speed.
ing on to q rounded century Of life, she is still
moved to eloquent agitation in rccitius her
xrouGs, merely those sustaineda at the hands
Of flhe Bonapartcs, but
THOSE INFLICTED BY HER FATHER.
William Patterson, son Of farmer in Donegal
County, Ireland, was at II years OF are seut to
Philadelphia, and placed in the counting house
Of Samuel Jackson, shipping merchant In
ITS young Patterson embarked his property
in vessels trading in France with re
turning earsoes Of powder and arms,
for need OF which the Colonies were crippled.
The supply arrived at a critical me,-Washins-
ton. then before Boston, not having powder
xhtrewithal to fire salute Mr.. Patterson
stopped at the West Indies, where he soon
made $4,000; coming thence to Baltimore,
where he soon acquired i million Of dollars und
high social position. These facts are miuute1y
set forth in bis will, remarkable document in
its complacedt personal details. Cataloeuing
his Own yirtaes, he says: II have made the
fortunes OF totnc, sayed others from ruin, and
found breadlnd employment for thousands Of
my fellow -nprtals, and no one could ever say
to me, 'Neihbor and friend, you got the nd
ran1ace of ne. ron acted unrenerons,r tn mo :,
,rha rondnctbf mv d,no,,tor Rot -, hos th~o,,~h
aae y ""s .A4
lie oeen ~ o1sooeu1en1 tuat III no Instance
has she ever rDnsulted my opinion and feelings:
ber folly andnisconduct have first to last cost
me much 1pney;" but, yielding to the
dictates OF 1H large heart, he bequeaths her
from his geat wealth q few paltry houses
and his ccE Of wine! De n1ortuis nil uisi
h,nu,a ;. braaane maxjm. lint. when a man dcu
.ho!,h,:a ....:.,s - .-.:.S
pos''e ~ ~ '. - % 't.s au1ooiosia apns'
we are 1nc1te1 10 inquire o1 what worth may be
Ills self-lau}ion, and what the aniiuus that
winpei froHthe craye so cr1el n shaft NJ his
,,,;,d,s raod 3no Tha+ ,a ~ e+r;,+ ;r-
~'a1 ,-4. "ae ~ ss'i~' 49,
DSf'le III ~ uf7oe te'at'ons' d ell1cn VI noneau
aredit and 1own,'' is true; hut beneath this
respectable 2a6 We lind on contemporary
1S:,. - Il ,,s.a.o..',a =; -a,:...
o,o ;n,;aenAo+s in }iybt an III. ,n,;,at1o do-
one tnc'oen1ees ~ '1s1. On ms amnaoe 10
mcst1c rclatlE. His wife having long ex-
pressed M'1or carriage, he at length i'm
ported ah knfh char1ot; but no horses were
Forthcoming, IN answer TO her rctnonstrancs
he said: ~ 1fer promised you any foFses;"
So the cbar1u4malned IN the coach-house for
the rest Of hl9e
NRs. PATTERSON
came OF that prdy, independent Scotch-1rish
race that has Pplcd Pennsylyaula's prosperous
valleys Hertndno1licr, Mrs. Galbraith, was
Of rcu1ar&ablbrrc Of character, taking pram-
incnt part in Aolutionary stir, and on one o>ca-
sion traycrsinpn horseback the then almost