The daily gazette., 1879-04-05
OBHTUARY.
Death Of Nfsd.,nvo1 Bou.p.rte.

Death of Nlsdsnse Bonsparte.
BALTIMORE, April 4.-Madame Pat
terson- -Bonaparte, whose condition has
BEEN 20 critical for several days past, died
at her residence In this city at l.20 o'clock
this afternoon. The widow of the Prince
jerome Bonaparte and King of West
phalia expired at twenty minutes past
one O'Clock, in the second story lncarpet-
ed front room OF a very ordinary looking
boarding House at the corner of Cathe-
dral and Richmond streets, surrounded
by charles and jerome Bonaparte, tho
grandchildren she loved 90 we'll; DIR. Nc
kensle, her physician Mrs. George Pat
tersOn, Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Eliza Gwinn,
her brothers widow. There were no
tragic scenes attendant upon the expira-
ton OF career so romantic aud SO his
toric. There was solemnity and sadness
among the group that watched the lady's
last struggles for lie. But, as ii remem-
beriDg the words, ~ have no sentiment"
which she had often repeated to her at
tending physician, there was no fuss, no
| dsmonstrative exhibition of grief ON the
part Of those most deeply interested in
her passing away. Since the early morn
ing DR.. McKensIe had been waiting for
the decisive moment; in fact for sixty
hours she had been in articuio mortis.
10 quote the Doctors language, ''it was
such struggle against death as as never
before witnessed" There was no suffer-
ing, but that steady continuance Of vitali-
ty that had characterized her through life
and at last she ceased to exist just as a
spring loses its elasticity. After she was
laid out in death this afternoon the Doc
tor observed that her imperious will ap-
peared to be photographed On her physical
frame.
ASKING FOR PRAYER.
at was on Friday last that she asked
those surrounding TO pray for her. Her
attendants ut once went to the Rev. DIR.
Laburn, Of the First Presbyt yterian Church,
as all we're pleased that Madame desired
to end her life amid the blessings of re-
ligion. And here" remarked The Doc
tor, ~ desire to correct an Impression
which has gone abroad that she was an
| atheist. She believed in a Supreme Be-
ing, but was sceptical AS to the future
lac. She said to me many time, 'Doc-
tor, was baptised Presbyterian and
shall die Presbyterian She had been
a great reader of The Bible, kne n almost
every passage by heart, because, she said
it gave her better knowledge Of human
nature. To say that others caused the
ministers to call upon and pray for her
is not true. They all well knew her inn
perious will and would not have dared
to do aught without her command. 1t
was her own flee will that while on her
aeathbed she sought the comforts Of re-
ligion.
After the desel zion Of Jerome, Mad
anne Bonaparte never saw him but once,
and that was but for moment. In 1920
she visited Europe, anu while inspecting
he works Of art in the Pitti Palace, in
Florence, Jerome entered with the
daughter of the King Of Wurtenburg on
his arm, and he was heard 10 remark to
her III an undertone, pointing to the
American lady, "That is my former
wife," He appeared 10 be afraid of her,
however, for the next morning he left
Florence, with the evident intention of
avoiding the risk of another interview.
Madame Bonapartes son received all
the educational advantages that the large
wealth OF his mothers family could pro-
cure. He was educated at Harvard Uni
| 'tioAeyt anu datCo IN lC-Os 11C
studied law, but never practised it. Soon
after leaving college he married Miss Su-
san Mary Williams, the daughter of Mr..
Benjamin Williams, of Roxbury, Massa-
chusetts. The lady was possessed of a
large property, which, united with his
own, made Mr.. Bonaparte in time one
of the richest men in Maryland. On his
extensive estates he passed most of his
life. In the reign of Louis Philippe he
visited France, and resided for = while
in Paris. His extraordinary physical re-
semblance to the first Napoleon gave
some uneasiDess to the police, and the
King himself was frequently apprehen-
sive of popular outburst ON account of
his troublesome visitor. When Louis
MAJ oleon came into power Mr.. Bona
parte again went to France. He made
some efforts to procure the legi matizing
Of his branch OF the family, but did not
succeed.
His cousin, the Emperor, received
him cordially, however, at the Tuileries,
and in an informal way recognized the
relationship between them. BY his mar
rtags with Miss Williams he had two
sons, jerome Napoleon and Charles
Joseph. The latter is now successful
practitioner at the Baltimore bar. The
former was educated at West Point, and
served few years in the United States
army. Subsequently he went France,
and received commission in the army
of his kinsman.
He fought in the last Italian war, and
In the war with Germany, distin-
euished himself for gallantry in both
campaigns, rose to the rank of Colonel,