New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-04-05

Morgan in 1910 that sine had $4,000 annually
hut that she had all her life been tortured and NOR
tilted by pecunarv notwithstanding had saver
her from absolute poverty except her energy,
industry and determination to conquer q suiilciehcy
to live on" Her son, jerome Bonaparte. was edu-
Gated at Harvard College, from which INSTITUTION
he was graduated in 1896. He afterward studied
law, but did not practice. He married, az an carry
age Miss Susan Mary Williams, of RoXbury. Mas
sachusetts lady of large fortune. ms WIN ms
own acqnisitions made him one of the richest CIT
liens of Baltimore. He was much devoted 70 rhe
management of his estates, and TO agfcil uial
pursuits. He was terms of intimacy with MS
father from whom he received "A stated income.
He visited the French COnrt durng the reign OF
Napoleon III. A'family council decided IN favor OF
bis assuming the name OF BonapaIte pu' NE Was
not TO be regarded as belonging 10 the Imperial
family The French courts refused to recognize ms
legitimacy. He was never naturalzed III the nhlted
States, but ALWAYS regarded himself as a French
citizen. He died III Baltimore, Juno II, 1870.
HIS son Jerome Napoleon, born in lS32,
was graduated at West Point, in $50,
and became an officer in the i.h Trench Trench
ton, sA1 being decorated for gallant conduct ny
the Sultan of Turkey Another son, Charles Joseph
is a rising member Of the baltimore bar.
The later years Of Mime. Bonaparte were unmarried
by any important events She lived 10 see the m
peria family with which she had connected hersell
a second time banisbcd from the throne OF france
and any dreams of the future greatness OF her ne
sccndants must have been long ago dsslpated
She employed herself, II is sad IN writing hcr
memoirs. From 1897 to 1911 she spent her sum
been the Cayest Of the gay" ~ Baltimore she
lived very simply, in downtown boaTdlng-house
Her rooms were plainly furnished, ana teIo va" ~
but little about them to mark them rs oCcupleu ny
a distinguished parsonage. They nave even been
characterized as barren and comtoTtle,SD Sle
was of course a good deal annoyed by Nlstors ~ho
had no claim upon her time or attention. One
wanted an autograph; another IAN lnteIVIeW' 10
be duly reported IN some newspaper. ,She CON-
planned 10 the last that her ambition bad been
crnsbedr She would look cXultantly at portrait
of herself taken III her youth, but she would never
allow il to be copied.
II is greatly 10 be desired that the
"memoirs" which Nine. Bouaparte IL reputed To
have written in her old age may b. z ven to the
public. She associated during Der life with many
Distinguished people, and those of her letters which
have been printed suggest remarkable literary
alb lty of certain kind, She was sharp, pquaut
and not particularly gOod-naturcd IN her comments
upon men. women and manners, and seems 10 have
caught a portion of the uavete of French memoir
writers. She wrote II rs IntImated, certain
clever piece, entitled \ Dialogue OF the Dead, IN
winch her father and King jerome talk over her
story in Hadcs. Ii hardly probable that this MI
ever see the light.
Mime. Bonsparte was somewhat petite in person, OF
a remarkably symmetrical figure and iaIr com
plcXIOn. Her step to the last was quick aud
elastic her face, GTeclan IN It's cast, was mo lie
and expressive; her hair b-autiul shade OF black.
She told writer. with great lrdnkncss, that " her
height and proportions were exactly those
of the Venus de Ncdic" and as she SAID tins she
threw back the sleeve of her dress, ana showed a
beautifully moulded wrist and arm, suCh as lew
women can boast OF at the age of eighty four 1t
was dangerous 20 Try combat Of VIII with her, for
with all her grace she bad one Of the sharprSt OF
tongues, and this Is said u have ahcnatcd more
than one oI her early friends. Yet she Iar Skill
t. win thcm back again II she pleased lalryTdud
said of her, " If she were Ql'cn. with what q
grace would she reign :! ana c. rtSchakoh declared
that If she hal been near the throne the aires
would hay, found IL even more difficult 20 DISPOSE
of NdpoieOu' She experienced the fate OF more
than one woman as ambitious ds herself but WHAT
ever and however dark may have been the NIci1ri-
tudes of hcr life, she never surrendered 10 them,
but renamed brave earnest and mdomitabie
through al. II Napoleon. !. could nave seen
her he might nave admired her, and so
the whole current Of her life have been
changed. But sul IT would have been
dark One, for she would nave been driven
from tine throne, winch she coveted 80 much, and
which she came near reaching. Ia tie ANIMAL, OF
the remarkable period during which her early life
IIl-trcatmeut aduuced rs evidence OF the thorough
and utterly INSCRIPTIONS sclisuness vi her III
peral brothcr-iu-laW.