The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-08-16

For the frs. year Of her marriage
with Prince Napoleon the Princes
Clotiide Was very wretched, and spent
much Of her time 10 prayer. The Prince
was extremely courteous 10 her. but as
he WAS at the same time Is friendly IS
ever with the old set, there was no true
bond Of sympathy between them. i,
cannot even be said her heart wss va
can't, for her girlish hope and alliance
worthy of rank had been centsred on
the Due de Chsrtres. There WAS but
one prospect Of a better understanding
between the pair. aud when their Oldest
SOD. the present Prince Victor jerome
Frederic, was born Oh the 18th OF July
1862 bis mother seemed n take . new
interest in life. Other children follow
ed-Louis joseph Jerome. born on the
10Th Of July, 1864. and . girl. Letitis.
born on the Goth Of December. 1856.
The Princess was naturally attached
to oil these children, but certain notO-
rious scandals in the fathers life grsdu
ally estranged her more and more FROM
him. He was on the best Of terms
with the Marquiss de G. aud though
the Princes. ut first affected TO ignore
it. she soush. every opportunity Of get
ting out Of his way. They may be said
to have lived apart siuce the birth Of
their daughter. though At first neither
avowed the motive Of the separation.
The Princes simply contrived to be
where the Prince WAS not. Wheu he
WAS at Paris, she was either In ltsly or
1t one Of their country houses This
state Of things continued down t. the
date Of the war. When that was over
the Princess lived for awhile in abso-
lutte retirement 1t Ptangins. small
domain left 10 the Prince out OF the
wreck of his possession rs member OF
the reigning family. He meanwhile
had left the Palais Royal for an apart
mcnt. like any other private citizen.
He sought her out aud proposed that
she should share the apartment (no
mean one. Is Il matter OF course. and
return home" She consented, and the
first thing that met her eye as she
crossed the threshold was the portrait OF
the Marquise dc g. 1t WAS t"o much,
and she went straight off to her fathers
chateau Of Montcalicc. near Turin.
rhc Prince kcp, tho boys. ard hnv-
Jug them. hr had sill the m6thor. IN
some m"asure. in his power. The terms
Of thrlr separation are that he shall
take the two Princes once year to see
their mother in Italy. and this has been
done regularly year by year since. The
lads arc very little with their father.
even when in Paris They attend the
College Charlemange and live with their
tutor, u NJ. Barber. in the Rue de Ia
Cerissic. They spend their holidays
with their aunt. the Princess Nathi!de,
the sister Of Prince Napoleon, and it is
sho who really brings them up. She
has tho greatest affection for Victor
the eldest and the new pretender-and
it is all the stronger because he Is 70
different from the "poor Louis" who
has Just met hi. death Bear in mind
that the late Prince Imperial and his
mother were never heartily liked by any
branch Of the true Napoleon family
Jerome and his sister Msthilde are true
Bouapartes. As to the one whom they
consented to call cousin because hs bore
the title of Napoleon III. the less said
the better a. to the purity OF his de-
scent He was undoubtedly 1.-THE son
Of his mother Queen IIortense. but
beyond that it would not be safe to 60,
more especially as bis reputed father.
Louis Of Holland. declared in the most
formal manner that be had but too
much reason to regard that lady with
the deepest aversion. Now the present
Prince Napoleon and his sister Msthilde
are Of the pure imperial stock, what
ever else they may not be.