Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-12-16
B0NAPARTE. BLANC.
THE UNION or DAUGHTER OF THE NIL.
LIoNAiRE GAMBLER OF MoSACO AND A
GRAND NEPHEW or NAPOLEON t.

THE UNION or DAUGHTER OF THE MIL.
LIoNAiRE GAMBLER on MoSACo AND
GRAND NEPnEw OF NAPOLEON /.
From the Resident Correspondent, OF the world.
PARIS, November 19.-Prince Ro.
land Bonapartc was married to-day to
Mile. Marie Blanc, daughter Of the
founder of the gamblinghouse at Mo-
naco. The marriage took place at the
Church Of st. Roch, on the steps of
which Napoleon |. planted the cannon
with which he swept the Paris streets
Of the mob. 1t was the most splendid
ceremony Of the kind we have had
for long time. The marriage came
about in curious way. One of the
papers lately published a series Of ar
tlcles on the "men who had disappear
cd'-the extinct volcanoes ofnotorctv,
so to speak. Among them it named
Pierre Bonaparte, the father Of Roland
and the slayer of Victor Noir, and it
gave Il very pitcous account Of the
style i'll which he was living and of
the efforts of his low-born wife to keep
the family on Il footing Of respectable
lty. There was even some allusiOn to
the drcssmaking business in London
which she used to conduct. This was
read by Nine. Blanc, of Monaco, the
widow Of the tentold millionaire. She
sought out Nine. Bonaparte and offer
ed her help. From this meeting sprang
the union Of the two families. Nine.
Bonapartc's son was sub-lieutenant
in the Line, and in the course of his
visits to his mother and sister he saw
Marie Blanc, fell in love with her and
has now won her hand, with respect
able number Of her family millions as
her dowry. She is Il charming girl,
well educated and ambitious. In this
last respect she is only like the rest of
the family, which is most anxious to
do something to make people forget
the vuIgarity, not to say the degrada-
tion of its origin. Nine. Blanc has
already married one daughter to
Prince Radziwil, one of the most illus
trious names IN Austria, and the chief
members of the Austrian embassy
were among the distinguished people
at the wedding. Prince Radziwil has
pushed forward the present union by
all the means in his power, and has
given grand dinners in honor of the
signing Of the contract. For the rest
the Blauc- have been lavish of their
gold. The brides trousscau is some.
thing uncXampled even in this city of
costly wonders. She has a pearl neck
lace which is said to have no peer
among the known treasures of this
sort, except in the famous one worn
by the Empress Eugenie. Among the
bridal gifts was a carriage and horses
bought in England for $4,000 francs,
and all the rest is on this scale. The
wedding was bali political demon
stration owing to the presence Of the
Bonapartists, but in this respect it was
somewhat spoiled by the abstcntion of
the head Of the family, Prince Jerome.
The Prince has never had any great
affection for Prince Pierre, and he
took no notice of the invitation sent
to him, and the Empress Eugenic was
equally oblivious of the invitation sent
to her They all feel bitter rancor
towards Pierre because his brutal cs-
capadc in the shooting Of Victor Noir
was the first great disgrace which hap
pcncd to the family, and indeed blow
from which il never recovered. Still,
Comparison in it, rank and file can
not afford to be squeamish, and all the
younger members of the party, with
Paul de Cassagnac at their head, were
at the church. Twenty thousand peo-
pie were in the streets to see the party
arrive at the church, and the old
building itself was resplendent in
hangngs Of blue and silver and purple
and gold. The solos in the service
were rendered Ivy singers from the
opera. 1t was Just such a wedding as
Paris loves, and it will 90 far to sane
tify in n social sense the wealth ac-
quircd by the founder of the Blanc
family, and, as nothing succeeds like
success, to atone perhaps for the un-
lucky shot whose detonation brought
that empire to the ground. 1t was
a trul Y edifying spectacle from first to
last. Queen Isabella sat in one part
of the church, and near her was Nine.
Ratazzi on her knees.