The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-14
THE LATE MADAME BONA
PARTE. "a,

lady to Jerome, brother Of him who
was destined to shatter empires by q
nod Jerome had served under General
Leclerc Pauline Bon>psrte's first hus
band in Santo Doningo. and. after
Carrying dispatches home to France. had
gone to Martinique to command frig
ate. He was invited - Baltimore. and
there. at the house of Samuel Chase.
one Of the signers of the Declaration Of
Independence. he met Betsy Peterson,
then eighteen. Her mind. richly stored
by her tender, religious and highly cul
tured mother, was quick. her wit spark
ling, her manners sprightly and coquet-
tish, and her beauty simply dazzling
Patterson pere Was . frugal. thrifty.
well-to-do bnsiness man, of strict integ-
ritv in business matters. but close and
arbitrary in his family relations.
Miss Patterson VS. desirous Of seeing
the distinguished Frenchmau. and Jer-
ONES curiosity was piqued as the pref
tiest girl in Baltimore had beer, sent to
Virginia in order to be kept out Of his
way The young lady contrived to at
tend the city races. aud came face to
face with her fate. Miss Patterson wore
a buff -colored silk dress, very scanty as
to drapery. large Jfchu. ana . huge
leghorn bonnet, trimmed with pink
game and long ostrich feather. jerome
was al ardent wOoer; the maid was will
ing to he won, as it had been predicted
,hs. she was to wed q distinguished
Frenchman, "a prince IN disguise" aud
on the twenty day of October,
1903. license for their marriage was
issued. A hitch occurred. however. and
the marriage dill not take place till
Christmas Eve; Bishop John Carroll.
brother Of Charles Carroll, of Carroll
ton, tying the knot in accordance with
the ritual If the Roman Catholic
Church. The bride wore plain and
very scanty India dress. with old lace.
and string Of pearls at her throat; the
groom, q rich laced and embroidered
purple satin coat. tho white lined skiits
Of which reached hi, heels. ee.breeches,
diamond buckles and powder. Bona
parte, who hsi other views anent the
career Of his brother, WAS highly in-
ccnsed at the marriage. On the 10th
of April he caused the French Minister
of Marine 10 write to the French Consul
at New York his resolution "that no
money shall be advanced on the order
of citizen Jerome" and to prohibit sll
captains CT French vessels from recsiv-
ing on board the young person to whom
self" and to insist on Jeroms's return
to France by the first French frigate.
Such were the wishes of the First Con
sui, whose inHexibility can be COM
pared to nothing but the vastness of bis
conceptions"
1t was not until March 3lst, 1906. that
Jerome embarked at Baltimore on board
the Erin. with his wife. for Spain. They
had set sail in the previous August.
but had got wrecked. Madame Bona
parties wadded pelisse nearly proved her
destruction, as its weight kept her un-
der the water, but q sailor fished her
up, and shortly afterwards, at o hos
pita bic farm house. she scandalized her
aunt by enjoying roast goose and ap-
ple-sauce, instead OF kneeling in thanks
giving" Arrived in Spain, Jerome
quilted bis wife and proceeded to Paris.
and on the 3lst of May. 1905, the report
Of the anulling of the marriage reached
Philadelphia. Madame Bonaparte ar
rived in London, where. at Gambler
we'll, July 7th, 1905. was born her son,
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte.
=. - In September. Robert Patterson was
made acquainted with Nspolenn's terms
"a pension for life of $4,000 francs O
year. if Miss Patterson would return to
America. and not take the name of Bo-
raparte. On tho 18th OF August. Je-
rome. who had been spurned by tho
Queen Of Etruria. was married TO the
Princess Frederick Catherine Of Wur.
temburg.
Only once afterwards did he ever
meet his American wife-in the gallery
of the Pitt Palace at Florence. in 1921.
The princess was leaning on his arm;
he started violently. whispered hoarsely.
THAT lady is my former wife," and
hurriedIy Quilted the gallery and the
city.
Mr.. Patterson behaved very hardly
to his daughter, and in dying. be-
queathcd her some houses and his cell
lar OF wine. Jerome sent her . thou
sand guineas ON the birth of their son
no subsequently oiferde her, after his
second marriage. the principality of
Smslclad, with $40. 600 o year-sn offer
declined in the words: Though West
phslia may bs . considerable kingdom
II is not large enough to hold two
queens" Napoleon was so pleased
with this answer, that he offered TO be-
friend her. She asked to be created a
duchess, which Was promised, but the
promise twas never carried out. He
forwarded her &c, 600 in cash. and al
lowed her IN annuity of SIC 900 till he
abdicsted. permitting her to sign re-
ceipts Elizabeth Bouaparte." jerome
tauuted her with accepting money from
his brother, but she retorted that shs
preferred shelter under the wing of an
eagle to shelter under the wing Of .
goose. She refused to pose ~ VIC
tim of imperial tyranny" at the Court
of Louis XVIII, and under the Resto-
ration was one Of the reigning beauties
Of Paris. She had - spirited head,
crowned With waving brown hair. large
lustrous, liquid. hazel eyes. promising
tender sensibility that did aot exist /;
o nose of delicate Greek outline. mouth
and rounded chin, nests for Cupid /;
arms. bust and shoulders TO satisfy .
sculptor.
Tallsyrand said: "If she were . queen.
With what grace would she reign. /"
Gortchakoff. then diplomatic debst.saf.
ohaeryed that IL abe had been near