The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-23
LOULOU.
The Story Of the Prince Imperial-His IN
fortunate Career.

Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean Joseph, known
as the Prince Imperial, was born In the Tni-
leries on the tenth day Of March, 1856. He
was the only child Of Napoleon Ill and his
OF Teba, who were married on the twenty
ninth of January, 1858, SO that three years
elapsed before the birth Of their son and heir.
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everything was done to lit him for the high
position which at one time it was thought he
would occupy. The Prince was q youth OF
delicate frame, butof very winning manners.
He bore much greater resemblance to his
mother than his father.
The first time the Prince Imperial came
Into public notice was during the Franco
German war. He ACCOMPANIED his father to
Metz on the outbreak Of hostllittes. At
Saarbrucken the Prince received what Napo-
leon, In grandiloquent dispatch to Eugenie,
termed his. baptism Of fire. 1t was the
first time that the boy, who was then in
cording to the Emperors telegram, old
veterans were affected to tears by the boys
action, which, after all, was nothing more
than that of q spectator. The dispatch was
lie. When the wave OF the German successes
set In and the military situation became criti-.
cal the Emperor provided for the safety OF
his son by sending him in August 1870-only
a few weeks after the Saarbrucken atfair) to
Belgium.
After the surrender Of Napoleon to the Ger
mans at Sedan. and the flight OF Eugenie to
England, the Prince subsequently joined his
mother In that country where later the EIn-
peror also came. They resided at ChiselhuTst,
House. After his fathers death the Prince
Imperial was sent to the arti lery academy at
Woolwich to complete his military education.
At the termination OF his studies he passed a
highly creditable examination. From this
period he resided principally with his mother,
visiting occasionally the aristocratlc families
OF England, with whom he was O great
favorite. Queen Victoria and the Prince Of
Last. year IT was rumored that he was
about to marry the Princess Thyra Of Dem
mark, and then later the Princess Beatrice
of England His affection for the latter royal
his voyage to Zuluand. Political obstacles
presented themselves, and although, it is
stated, the Princess Beatrice returned the
young Princes passion, no match was ar
ranged. Last February, when the news came
to London Of the British reverses in Zululand,
the Prince, suffering from disappointed love,
resolved to proceed as a volunteer to the seat
Of war; He wrote characteristic letter to
Rouher, the leader Of the Imperialists In
France, announcing. his intention Of joining
the British forces at the Cape. In II he said: !:
"For the last eight years have been guest
Of England. My education was completed in
an English military school, and have
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maneuvers. The war at the Cape having as
sumed q more serious character, / have
wished to follow the campaign. / could not
refrain from sharing the dangers and fatigues
OF troops among whom / have SO many
friends. Moreover, the time spent in wit
Messing this struggle Of civilization against
barbarism will not be wasted for me-"
By some this letter was looked upon as
political manifesto to the Imperialists, as an
| knowledgment that their cause In France
was for the present hopeless, and that all
they could do was to hope and wait. Little
was it imagined then that the Prince was
starting out to meet his death. On February
% OF this year he set sail In che steamer DAN
ube from southampton for the Cape, where
he was to serve as q volunteer. The first
news received of the Prince In the field was
the tfdings that he was assegaied or speared
TO death by CetewayOs warriors. His body
was recovered: The intelligence Of his death
will be sad blow to the Empress Eugene,
whose idol ne was. It will also be fatal to the
aspirations OF the Imperialist party In France.
Ia Turkish testator left to his son one-haif
Of his seventeen horses, to his second son one
thiSd, to his third son one-ninth of his horses.
The executor did not know what to do, as
seventeen will neither divide by two, nor by
three, nor by nine. a dervise came up on
horseback, and the executor consulted him.
The dervise said Take my horse and add
him to the Others" There were then eight
cen horses. The executor then gave to the
eldest son one-haif- nine; to the second son
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