The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-06-26
Death Of Prince Nannleon.

The cable of the Goth, from London, brings
the intelligence of the death OF Prince Ma
poleon only son OF Napoleon III, late EN-
peror of France, by being wayaid by Zulus;
while accommodating, with few soldiers.
The official account of Prince Napoleon's
death says: ''The Prince, with Lieutenant
Cary of the Ninety EIGHT regiment, six men
and one friendly Zulu, left the camp at KEEL
etzes mountain, seven miles beyond Blood
river, on the LIST instant, for reconnaissance,
The party halted and unsaddled when ten
miles from camp. Just as the Prince gave
an order to remount a volley was fred from
an ambush in long grass. Lieutenant Cary
and four of the troopers returned to the
camp and reported that the Prince and two
troopers were missing. A party of the
Seventeenth Lancers with an ambulance
started on the I'd instant to recover the body
of the Prince, which was found and brought
in on the same day.
A special to the London Dai1y Ne,cs adds
the following particulars:
The body of the Prince when found lay on
its back. There were eighteen assegai stabs
on it, two of them piercing the body from
chest to back, two in the side, and one de-
stroying the right eye. A locket with hair,
medallions, and a reliquary were found
around the neck. The face wore a placid
expression. The Prince had evidently inef-
fectually tried to mount, and the leather of
the flap tearing he ran along the path to the
spot where he was found. Two
troopers lay near the body, both having
been assegaied. The Prince was very adj
venturOus.
The New York Tunes making notice of
the death Of the Prince, says:
Unfortunate as was the death of young Louis
Napoleon at the hands of savages, taken
by surprise, enlisted in cause OF doubtful
Worthiness, and at best not cause OF count
ry Or his own, his death was less unfortunate
than that OF his second cousin, the Duke of
Reichstadt, who was born King of Rome and
Eeir to the French throne, and died at 81
Lieutenant in the Austrian Artillery. There
seems to have been remarkable parallelsm
in the fortunes Of these two Princes. One
died at 81; and the other was killed at %.
Both had brilliant prospects at BIRTH; both
were born after long and anxious expecta-
ton; both were only sons and only children;
both lost their prestige and chances by the
military downfall of their imperial fathers;
both were forced to quit their native country;
both were educated in foreign military schools
-one in Austria, the other in England; both
were OF delicate constitution; both were ami.
able, generous, and estimable, without in
heriting the paternal strength; both pinned
Tor opportunities; both came to an untimely
end. The two youths were as gentle and
lkable as their fathers were selfish, cruel,
and treacherors. Yet their fathers had mag
nificent success up to a certain time, and
lost their power by overweening ambition.
There is something very dramatic in the
fact that the sole son of Napoleon l., the
greatest force in modern times, should have
sickened life away at Schonnbrunn, and
that the sole son of Napoleon ILL.,, should
be pierced to death with Zulu spears in a
remote and barbarous land, and in cause
in which he had embarked simply for politi-
cal effect.