The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-04-10
Death of Madame Bonaparte.

Death Of Madame Bonaparte.
On the 9th Of February, 1870, Madame
Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, celebrated
her oath birth day, and died ON the 4th Of
April, 1870, at her boarding house in Balti-
more. She was the wife of Jerome Bona
parte, the youngest brother OF Napoleon
Bonaparte. She was married in Baltimore
by Bishop John Carroll on the Goth OF DC.
tober. 1903. In 1902 Jerome Bonaparte,
then a Lieutenant liz the French Navy, came
to Baltimore to see an old friend, and met
Miss Patterson, beautiful and fascinating
girl of II, the daughter Of very wealthy
merchant. Mutual admiration soon ripeEed
| into love, and against the protest OF friends
they were married as above stated. IN
April, 1904, the first intimation OF the dis
| pleasure of his brother, the Emperor, was
manifested to the welded pair. They were
forbidden to land on French soil as man and
wife, and the orders were so far enforced as
| to exclude the bride, and after residing in
England for eighteen months, where she
gave birth to a male child, she returned tc
Baltimore, while her husband remained, in
France A short time after this. jerome
consented to divorce, yielding to the will
OF his brother, who regarded the marriage
as reflection upon the Imperial family
The Pope, however, never gave his consent
to the divorce. About two years after the
alleged divorce, Jerome married Princess
Catharine of Wurtemburg, and the King
dom of Westphalia was conferred upon him
Previous to this he had been created q
prince OF the empire and raised to the rank
of commander in the French army, as the
reward OF his consent to the divorce from
Miss Patterson. During the reign Of Ma
poleon the Third, the son Of Jerome and
Miss Patterson was recognized as legiSi
mate, and this fixed him in the imperial
line. His son, Jerome, grandson of Jerome
Bonaparte, is now ali officer in the French
army, and attended his grandmother in hel
dying hours.
She was lady Of many accomplishments
and remarkable personal beauty in her
yoath. One OF her distinguishing eharac
teristics was her resolute will and proud
imperial spirit. After the downfall of Ma.
poleon the First she resided on the cont.
nent seven years, and was received witt
great favor at all the Courts of Europe.
She left fortune of a million and a hal
dollars, which it is believed she bequeatheG
to her two grandsons, equally, Col. jerome
Napoleon and Charles Jerome Bonaparte.
The Baltimore american of the 9TH intro.
duces an editorial notice of the deceasct
lady, with the following paragraph:
The legitimate wife of the youngest broth
er OF the great Napoleon outlived everything
except the memory of the famous people
with whom and the historic events will
which she was connected in her youth. Wher
she was born Louis XVI. was still King O
France, and only the incpient mutterings o
the revolution had been heard; the future
Emperor, who was 10 bring her so much O
trouble, was completing his military studies
in Paris, and the independence of the Amer
lean Colonies had just been recognized. Ant
she died only yesterday. Jerome Bonaparte
who married her at 10 and lived to be &c, ha
been dead nearly twenty years. All the &C
tors In the great wars of the French Emper
or, every character in that grand and startling
drama of which he was the hero, appear nov
to belong almost to ancient history. Elizabeth
Patterson, the lovely Baltimore girl who fas
cinated the young lieutenant of the French
navy. was married twelve years before tn,
battle of Waterloo. Napoleon was then ONLY
First Consul, and had not the power to dis
crown European monarchs and set the mem
bers Of his family in their places. A quartz
| nf r. 70 oe NJ, Do,
was one long romance, the persons in which
are now dust. She had nearly reached throne
she was hardly middle-aged woman wher
the fabric Of her enemy's might crumblet
and he died in exile; she had seen othe
thrones and dynasties pass away and ney
world grow up around her.
Healthy Results,
Sooner than we expected, the relations o
parties as foreshadowed in another article
have been verified. IN the municipal elec-
tions in Ohio, and the State election il
Michigan, the Democratic and National or.
CARNATIONS coalesced, while the hard none,
Democrats united with the Republicans ant
defeated the combination. The Repubi
cans elected the Mayor of Cincinnati b,
500 majority; carried Columbus for the
first time since the war; swept everything
in cleveland, and gained in almost ever,
town in the State. They carry the State O
Michigan for Supreme Judge by an III
creased majority. In Connecticut,t the same
result is given-the Democrats and Green.
hackers defeated by the Republicans and
ha I'd money Democrats.
While these results will be discouragns
who have been arranging for a fusion will
the Nationals, it will no5 have the effect tt
defeat the coalition, as the negotiations have
gone too far. There is too, a natural sym
cratic party and the Nationals, and it il
either a surrender to the Nationals or q to-
tai disruption of the party. For if the Dem
ocrats, as an organization, should recant
their views or the currency question, an(
declare for a sound financial policy, such a
is represented in the present system, one
half of the rank and file would 20 over Il
the Nationals.
The Republicans, aided by the hard-monel
Democrats, will unite this fall, and next
year, and elect both the next Congress ant
the next President. The political signs are
very healthy.
The exodus of the colored people iron
the Southern States is increasing very rap
idly. Between 1900 and 5000 have lef
Mississippi and Louisiana, and movement
are on foot in North and South Carolina
Alabama and Tennessee to effect emigration
organizations, in those States. The Texas
Pacific Railroad and the Southern Pacific
also, have intimated that each will givt
employment to 1000 laborers. The far
mers of Kansas are anxious to secure the