The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-04-10
PATTERSON -B0NAPARTE.
THO DISCARDED WIFE or THE,
KING OF WESTPHILI4.

THO DISCARDED WIFE or THE
KING OF FWESTPLIILIA.
Closing Scenes of an Eventful Iife--
Living to See Her Wrongs Avenged
on the Napoleon Dynas ty- -Almost
Centenerian.
lFfom the Philadelphia 11mes.l
Three-fourths Of century ago,
when Jefferson was President, and
Napoleon Bonaparte First Consul of
France, William Patterson was u
leading merchant Of Baltimore, and,
next to Charles Carroll of Carrollton,
the richest man in Maryland. His
daughter Elizabeth, just eighteen,
was tho acknowledged belle Of Balti
more, girl Of striking grace and
beauty and remarkable accomplish-
ments. In 1903. Jerome Bonaparto
arrived at New York in command of
q French frigatc and visited Balti.
more. AS the brother of the famous
Napoleon, he was the lion of society.
Here he met Miss Patterson md
begun q Irritation, and when his
watch chain became entanglcd in
Miss Patterson 8 wealth of hair, it
was accepted by both as favorable
omen: Her father knowing that
Napoleon intended royal matches for
his brothers, opposed the match, but
the young pair were firm and they
were married with great oc1at on
Christmas Eve. 1903 jerome was
heols- over head in love, and forgot
France and his brothers. As an
evidence Of his attachment, it is
recorded that he offered five huns
dred dollars on ono occasion for tho
discovery OF a person vino had struck
Mrs, Bonaparte with SNOWFALL
while she WAS sleighing, But
TROUBLE WAS BREWING.
Omlnous rumors came across the
water Madame Bonaparte hearing
them. sid 81 wopld rather be th, ,
wife of Jerome Bonaparte one honr
than the wife Of any othor man for
ife." Her father became irritatea
and wrote to Minister I,ivings Oh of
Palis to endeavor to secure recogn-
tion of the marriage: AL was inof-
fectual. The other brothers were
friendly, but Napoleon WAS inhexible.
He sent the following order: "Pichon,
French consular general in New
York, is instHucted to withhold Jc:s
ONES, supplies and the commanders
o:French vessels are prohibited from
receiving on board the young per~
sol, to whom he has attached lin
self. He sent u message also to
Jerome, that he would be received
ut court if lie recalled his error, but
that "the young person shall not
put her foot on the territory of
France" He also forbade any par,
ish in France from registering Je-
rome's ''pretended marriage"
SAILING FOR EUROPE.
Jerome and his wife sailed for
Europe after some dclay--she to
remain in Holland while he was to
impe rtune his brother. They were
shipwrocked just after leaving the
United States. Another attempt
was successful. They reached Lis
bon, found a French man-of-war
with orde1s to the commander not
to suffer the landing of sthe young
person" to whom Jerome had attach.
ed himself She sailed for Holland
and Jerome to Paris and this was
to be their final parting. Two men,
,of-war met her near Amsterdam and
turned her back and she at last found
rest in England. Shortly after, she
gave birth to q child.
Jerome went to Paris, but his
brother would not receive him, send
ing him note asking him to repent
of a marriage that was null i'm legal
and religious view, jerome being a
minor and having married without
consent. Twelve thousand dollars
a year was offered to "Miss Patter-
son" if she would return home and
drop the name of Bonnparte. After
months of pleading with his brother,
during all of which time jerome
wrote most ten2erly to his wife, his
consistency was overcome and be
ABANDONED HIS WIFE.
she having returned home.
Jerome was made prince of the
Empire, an. admiral, and then King
of Westphalia.. He married Prin-