The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-16

~ tne French navy. The last namad ohus
ore only one born In France; all the nthaIIs
- nag.Ves Oh New Jersey. In 1849 ELS
LOUIS Ig Napoleon began his work OF resnr wnoa
ing the empire, the Murats returned tto o1TH aect'
became suddenly rich, and Rave ever ia y
society. pooieiou In Paris
Luclen returned to France before his 49,.
z, ~ ioio, ano at once came forward III AZ
elections OF the Lot, for the Constit,oua 81 Inc
PROCLAMATION Of his is still preserved .ps' a
yesterday, after thirty veara ~ In
"aa ptIIhlt1ed TO see France again. and III.
great happiness OF o son who sees his mathas
WAC granted 10 me by the Republic. Banishes
~ tne enemies OF France, / bring You froso
IN republican institutions" 0Apotiehes
l nus declaration Of republican symnath,o.
uld uoG prevent him from accepting fha IN
cemper coup detat and the Empire. "o oe
0Id sam Wood. OF Bordentowp. who ma.
FRINGE Lucien's coachman, Remembers 1 ~
princess very well, as do most of tha o,a w
villagers. Il was only after the nrinoo,s eiuer
traVagances had exhausted his means "a.
MS Allowance had been cut down tn eionaan u
year, that his wife vas compelled to omen ~
scnooiI her pupils We're fifteen young ladiioaa
lIon SuDa; vi her children the little Ann
was the pet OF the villagers. The eldest LII
Joachim, was best Known by the nicknarmsao !:
sonny. Sam Wood taught him TO swim y.
the Delaware, when little Joachim was IN
~ years olq. Inc ex-COactman himself is =
mighty swimmer. aud In his time waa
garaed as q sort OF Boyton and Webb com.
Dlned: In 1910 he took the Strachan siInor
medal at the International contest on NE
Serpentlne, Hyde Park, London. Sam sti;ii
mas This medal-a piece about the siza ~
nlnety-two cent dollar, containing a bas.rsI,as
OF a swimmer struggling between two swans
Inc Tall Jerseyman Was at that time valet IA
Joseph BoDaparte, who lived In a snlendid
mansion III Cayendish square. Sam savs nv
has often waited on Louis Napoleon in thai
house. :" Nnas
"Do / remember Prince Mu-rat.n sa,d
Sam to reporter, with q strong nasal twana
and emphasis on the last syllable, which was
pronounced on strictly phonetic nrineinias
II should say | did. / drove bis horses and
lived In his family for two years, and / was
in Joseph BonapaTte's employ for savan
There wasn't a finer man In all Jersey than
Prince Murat. i remember him we'll
round, plump, Jolly young Frenehman, with
light hair aud moustache, and full OF all kinda
him all the money that he wanted, and Mn.
rat used to squander it MS fast as he got II
His time wa spent Ia shooting and fishing.
when he wasn't doing that he was horse,
racing and betting on sport OF some kind.
The third year that he came over here be-
spent S3O,000 In four months. At one time
forty horses for driving and racing. ne
Kept boughtabout one hundred acres OF land on
the Trenton road, north OF here, and fitted II
up In the French style "a brick mansion
house In front, and the barns, stables and out
houses OF stone or brick, forming a square In
the rear. Inside ne kept his cattle, stock and
everything else. He lived 80 high and spent
money 30 fast that his uncle Joseph couldn't
stand 1t. When the old gentleman went e
Europe In 1889 l heard him tell the Primes
that he would give him $500, 600 IL he'd stop
sporting and gambling and live a quiet Life.
Murat wouldn't take it III those terms. Hs
wanted the money out and out, and said be
wasn't going to be fettered with conditions
He was as fond Of hunting as he was OF girls,
and that Is saying q good deal. When he was
rugged out In his velvet shooting suit, with
jaunty cap and fowling piece, he wasa mighty
handsome fellow, and you couldn't blame
them for falling In love with him."
The AImdnach de Gotha has the lat8
Princess as .of the Lords Of Lovat," chiefs
OF the Clan Fraser. The Pail Mai Gazets
speaking OF the lady's death, avs "Her 70.
lationship to the Frasers of Lovat may, per-
haps, not altogether be beyond criticism; but
what Is certain Is that she never shrunk from
any hardship or u self-sacfifice when tbs
welfare OF one she was attached to was at
stake. The Princess Lucien was as simple In
her greatness as she bad been noble In her
obscurity. She was entirely without any
affectatlOn, u splendor rather bored her.
She always had the most unmistakable Yam
kee nasal twang las have indeed, Prince Jo-
achim, Prince AchiIle and the Duchess d
Mouchyl, and would have been happier, prob
ably, in New Jersey, provided she had ampA
opportunity OF doing goon to others, b u
the court circle at the TuilerieS."
She was married to the Prince LucieH ID
August, 1881, and survived him only q litt4
over ten months.