The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-01-19
Prince Napoleon.

H'ftncc NhPokccbs
IN A pRrsoS-CELL HE sITs-NuCu ADO ABOUT
HoTHIYG--A SKETCH OF THE "PRhrhND-
gR."
A Paris telegram says: Prince Napo-
leon is confined in the Conciergerie' III .,ie
salon of the director al the prison. on ,ne
ground floor. A bed and other luTniturc
were hastily procured from the freiec'uIe
of the Police, and two windows nave pccn
planked with boards. The fritce Suaiu-
ed by two warders and two ponce agents,
and a couple OF sentineis from the uaiae
Republicaine are posted al the 1901 OF 'nc
steps which lead from the interior court
ward IN the Princes apartment. No one is
allowed 10 communicate with him from the
outside. but in other respects he Is treated
with the utmost consideration and respect.
A great many persons Inscribed their
names last evening at the Princes house.
but otherwise the general feeling OF the
public IL one OF amusement and indiner-
ence. II il said that In the search made
nv the police In the Princes house they
discovered an important letter from Emile
Olivier.
slight Bonapartist demonstration was
made before Prince Jerome's residence
Yesterday, and shouts OF Nivele Prince!
were raised. Several OF the participants
In the demonstration were arrested, but
they were released after their names ana
addresses had been taken.
SKETCH OF THE "PIETENDER.'
Jcnotus, in the Figaro, gives the follow
,ng sketch of the pretender: 1t was in
1916 that Prince jerome first set foot IN
Paris in company with his father. who
claimed OF the government of Louis Phil
lippe a military pension, which was ac-
corded to him. He lived in the Rue
Mogador-then the Rue fAlger-and so
0uietly that he himself used to open the door
10 his visitors. In 1SiS Prince Jerome was
elected deputy for the YOnne, and then
came the coup d'ftdt, by which. although
innocent thereof, he greatly profited. But
the Prince soon became vastly unpopular
with the Imperiali>t party. His opinions
were regarded by them with diStrust, and
he displayed in his character rather the
craft OF the statesman than the generous
courage OF the military man. He served,
however, as everybody knows. in the Cri-
mea as well as in the Italian campaign. At
the beginning Of the war the Emperor
Napoleon III. sent Prince Jerome to his
father-in-law, King Victor Emmanuel, to
beg a contingent OF 100000 men, and when
the il-starred monarch was intened in
Prussia his cousin wrote to him TO ask TO be
allowed to share his seclusion. Then he
was elected Deputy for Corsica, and would
doubtless have been chosen for second
time but for the well-know letter Of the
late Prince Imperial, written at NJ. Rou-
hers dictation. soon afterward Prince
Jerome left his apartment, which looked
on the Pare Monceau, and moved TO No.
30 Avenue dAntin. The salon, hung in
red, and containing eight busts Of the first
Napoleon, is described rs exceedingly
striking. Its principal piece OF furniture
Is q large armOire, filled with variety OF
articles that once belonged to the founder
of his family, and to bis father, King
Jerome. Next to the drawing-room is the
study or library, on the book-shelvcs Of
which are ranged the works OF the great
Emperor, profusely annotated by the
Princes own hand.
Now for a portrait Of the tenant himself
A larger man than either the first Napoleon
or his father. Prince Jerome resembles the
latter more than the former, though in his
earlier years his likeness to the great En-
peror was simply extraordinary. His eX-
preston is placid and often extremely
agreeable, but now and then the fire OF the
Corsican burns in his eye, and his finely
chiselled mouth adds to the intensity of his
look. The Prince is fifty-seven years OF
age, not yet gray, though somewhat bald.
His head, says lgnotus, is superb one,
worthy alike of the PIisce and the thinker,
and second only in what the enthusiastic
reactionary writer calls aristocratic
beauty TO that OF the Comte de
Chambord. At home he usually walks
to and fro while conversing, smoking
cigarettes, and keeping one or both
hands in his pockets. Suddenly he stops
before the visitor; his language becomes
animated and even vehement, while his
words teen with color and picturesqueness.
He never laughs, but only smiles. The
Prince has a wonderful collection of anec-
dotes at his disposal. In the street Prince
Jerome may be recognized by his broad
brimmed hat; mincing along, he will sud-
denly quicken his steps when he is deep in
though. He rides every morning, being
accompanied on Thursdays by his two sons.
Although fair horseman, he does not
shine particularly in the saddle. The
Prince Is afaithiul friend, and among those
who are welcome guests mt the Avenue
d'Antin are NJ. Emile Olivier, Baron Boy
cr, General de Chanal, Colonel Stoffel, VI.
Renan, and NJ. Alfred Arago.
Now for the two sons, the Princes Vic
TOR and Louis. The former is tail and
looks more than his age, seventeen. The
upper part of his face is that OF Napoleon;
the lower reminds one OF the Hapsburg
type. Quiet, intelligent, and reserved is
this Prince Victor. Prince Louis is thir-
teen, and, unlike his brother, small for his
age. lie is pale, and as yet resembles none
OF the members of the royal and imperial
families from which he is descended His
hair Is very black, and he is lively and in
telligcnt. lie is full of fun, but hardly Il
prodigy at school. Such is the family
which has just been raised out OF semi-ob-
security TO that fierce light which glares
upon a throne. There are in all eight males
now living who bear the name of Bona
parte-namely, three nephews and five
grand-nephews Of the First Napoleon.
They are : Prince Jerome Napoleon, son Of
jerome, fourth brother of Napoleon l., and
his two sons, the Princes Victor and Louis :;
then the descendants Of Prince Charles, son
Of Lucien Bonaparte, second brother of the
great Emperor. This Prince Charles's sons
are Prince Lucien Bonaparte, the Cardinal
Prince Napoleon Charles, eX-president of
the Conseil General of Corsica: Prince
Louis Lucien, formerly Senator and long n
resident in London; and, lastly, Prince
Pierre, whose son, Prince Roland Bona
parte, is studying at the military school of
st. Cyr.