The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-05

Mmc. Lcttia Bonaparte Jer"me's' 'u nnth! tbh,r!uge' @
| Wred a legal protest against the mnrrinEci and
| General OF France at New York an order in
s,r9ctlng him to withhold JcrQmes supplies,
ymu ynss pr9snIolllng sld me commanders oi French
@noSso,s @ rom receiyinK on board - the young
| person to whom he has attached hmseif0
Jerome &c od and his wife. after various attempts
! ef 20 secure passage on other vessels. at last
snips; the Erin for Lisbon on the port thSg 2wH
mander forbade Nine Bonnparte To land but
! put no obstacle In, tho way Of Jcromos doing
! 80. Jerome decided to 70 ashore with the hope
that personal interview with his brother
rr}ag.,nat res reSu,t IN reconciling him 70 tho mar
| stcrdam, where another man-of-wnr covernJ
thc Erin with its guns. and the unhappy lady.
S9o.h SS0oh TO- become mother was landed the next
| france she saw her husband only once again
! II indeed ever-a story being current that he
Her child. jerome Napoleon Bonaparte.
was, born at Camberwel. England. July
brothers commands WAS mSrrlrd to Ie% % pms ms
| cess Catherine ot Murrnhcrg in March. 1907
ine French senate Immediately after the Balt-
which any reg siry was prohibited in France
Ui the act ol inc celebration Of a pretended
| marriage that Jerome BQnaparte had contract
od IN strange country during the age Of mi
norlty. without the consent OF his mother. and
nativity NAPOLEON declared ths mnrriaqe nuil
anu N2ld and the offspring illegitimate. Jerome
| had three children hy his second wife-one the
| well known Prince 'Plon -Plon" '
=, Alter the birth OF her childthe young wife
| tnen only ~ years Old-wds advised by Jpromo
70 return to the United States Napoleon direct.
| ing him 10 write that on condition that She
BonapSrte, he Would allow G her penson ems apH anPi Pl
| ing her life OF 10000 francs year Still with
! faithful she sailed Tor America three months
after the birth OF her son. and reached Baltimore
after voyage OF thirty-two days. 1t does not APP
Rear that she ever called herself anything but
Mime. Bonaparte but the pension was regularly
paid and received by her until the fall
| OF the Emperor. She received about 100000
| IN all and this was the beginning OF her large
| fortune. fer her father left her in his will only
! lew small houses and the wines in his cellar
| the value - the property being not over $4,000
| IN AZ. rms remarkable passage was inserted
| by VI Patterson in his will: The conduct Of
| my daughter, Betsey has through lilo been so
ulsoneilent that IN no instance has She ever
consulted my opinion or feelings. indeed sho
has caused me more trouble and anxiety than
| All my other children put together. Her folly
anu misconduct have occas oned me n train Of
| experience that. first TO last has cost mo much
| money"
Almost Immediately upon her return to Bal
almost niggardly habits OF life that with in.
creasing intenslty-cspecially after the second
| marriage OF her husband aroused her indomi-
| table spirit 10 provide her son with the means
to prosecute MS claims TO recognition-were
lngs were regularly Invested not in risky
| stocks or wild speculatons. which offered
sfse u diyidrnds ~ and high rates Of inter
was satisfied with Six per cent. and
| oy ailuring spcculatons which promised
splendid returns, but generally ended rs she
SAID. In smoke As examples OF her extreme
| penuriousness. It may be mentioned that while
abroad n 1870 she discontinued corresponding
with one OF her dearest friends-in fact. one OF
her very few friends-in Baltimore in order 10
save the expense Of foreign postage. While
wrote notes on tho backs OF letters to save tho
price OF paper. suffered from cold In order 10
economic in fuel. and lived on plain fare i'm
avoid the pf La fa.,.l
But she always declared that she thus stinted
herself in order 10 promote her ambitious views
ioI her son-hls marriage into some one OF the
in@nnen,tisi @ Enropean families. For this pur.
Ia lodgings ~ i',;;;, : ;;;,'Fdns hoae'' in Paris and
gave hcr son the besi education that this coun-
try could bcstow. Economical in all else. she
spared no money whore the advancement OF his
future Tns m question. sne wished INN ~
to marry into that high circle which she ho-
lev.d belonged g. tho SON oi "a king ana the
nephew Of an emperor.
Alter jerome had completed his education at
Harvard. she took him to Europe, where he was
w-u received by all ~. mem hers oi hiS imhSrs
! family. particularly Nine. Letitia aud Pauline
! BoLalarte. who WIS t that time living in great
/ u.udor at Rome nt the Princess Borghes''s.
| jerome was now handsome. tall young man,
! about - years OF age. But he loved America
better than Europe aud was very glad To-
return 90 his mothers home in Baltimore
| after about two years absence and soon
| after his return he married Miss susan May
| Williams. tue daughter OF merchant who had
moved TO Baltimore from NewburyporL
Mass; Her fortune was large Tor that period.
| rich. not counting what they will receive from
| their grandmother. ,c.-
| in 1884. after nearly ten years absence. She
| had never had many friends in the home ot her
| childhood and those low wcre either dead, as
! persed. or estranged. Occasionaliy she mlght
| be seen al the opera where her beauty ana her
diamonds always made her inc most notanlse
person present. AT the age OF 90 she was still
one Of the most beautiful women IN America.
and even 70 the last years Of her llie her eyes
still retained the brilliant expression that was
| once their greatest charm.
Until recently Nine Bonaparte was in the
| habit OF visiting the White sulphur springs,
| Va. every summer. She carried her jewel box
| and her wardrobe in one modest trunk. and
| although she did not take part in the gayety Of
| the ball room she kept a crowd around her 10y
| her satire She delighted to talk of her early
| life her romantic marriage, her European
| eXperience-ot her distinguished friends. Goft-
| chakofl. DemidQn the Duke OF Tuscany, Prin:
| cess Galitzen. Lady Morgan. the Countess OF
| Donegal the Earl OF Normandy, and other
celebrities with whom she had lived on terms OF
| intimacy. Although Napoleon had treated her
with so much hnrshness she always spoke OF
| him ns the greatest man that ever lived, while
| of her husband she had proper contempt.
Several efforts were made by me Baltimore
Bonepartes to have their legitimaey reeogniZed
in Franz. after Louis Napoleon became I'm, I'm,
peror, This was bitterly opposed by Jerome
| and his son. Prince Napoleon. In 1850 jerome
died. and IN 1861 Nine. Bopaparte made a
| last attempt 10 be restored 10 her rights ana 10
| have her son acknowledged us an imperial
| prince. but without success
Nine. BOnHpartes last years have been passed
| in Baltimore, aud she has experienced two
| Ericvous disappOintmcnts. Her grandson,
| Col. jerome Napoleon Bonaparti-a graduate
OF West Pont-after distinguishing himself
in the Crimean war, whore he was rewarded
| for his bravery 10y several gold medals, and
| in the late ncO-Prusslan war in which
| his conduct caused his promotion 70 tho
| CObnecy, returned 10 America, and, In op-
| position Ia the wishes Of his grandmother,
| In the summer OF 1871, at Newport, X. l., mar
red Catherine Lo Roy Appleton wldowoi New,
bold Edgar and the granddaughter OF Daniel
Webster. Five years later, her second grand,
son. Charles Joseph. nt the same place, married
| Miss Ellen Charming Day Of MRssachuseus.
So not only her son. but both Of her grandsons,
married American women, contrary 10 her ca
pressed wishes,
Both Of these grandsons have in n very marked
degree the physical charQcteristic5 OF the family,
except that Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte Is prob
ably the hHndsomest Bonaparte thut the iamily
has produced He Is n splendid looking Fellow,
sodierly. gallant. and debOnndn IN his bearing
forty-nine years Of age. but does not look II (;
and is one OF the lOlllest companions that ever
smoked a pipe AT Il Crimean camp IRE, or ate n
canvas back duck at the MARYLAND Club IN Bal
umOre. For all that he possesses in such degree
the qualities of beau SdDrep. his lntiinates nave
not suspected him Of any deep compllcity with
Mrsseurs Cassagnac. Rouher. and the rest
and If he ever contemplated the possibility OF
the decadenceOf the yonng gentleman OF ems
| elhurst. who has Just gone into Africa alter q
| lur. ig nf Hra ha4