Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-05
PRINCE NAPOLEON.
His Wanderings in the Past on Diplomatic
Business for the Emperor.

His Wanderings in the Past on Diplomatic
Business for the Emperor.
The government having, after the hard
fought battle and brilliantly-won victory
gin the senate, determined to promulgate
the expulsion bill, it took effect yesterday
in Paris and to-day in the provinces,
writes Paris correspondent of The New
York Tribune under date Of June "a.
Princes Napoleon and Victor had there
fore to 90 Yesterday. The former is of
rowing disposition, and was brought up in
going to and fro in southern Europe.
He was now with his father at Florence,
again with him at Trieste, then with his
uncle, the king of Wurtemburg, at Stuff
gard, whence he sometimes went to pass
months with his aunt-in-law Hortense
and her sons, Napoleon, Louis, and Louis
Napoleon, at Nuremburg. He had a
grandmother and his uncle Lucien and a
lot of wild cousins at Rome with whom he
occasionally staid. At no time did he
ever, except at Stuttgart, obtain regular
instruction. But he had a very active
brain, good deal of Corsican keenness
and good German sense, and somehow
developed intO-save the great Napoleon
the ablest man of his family. When he
officially lived at the Pala1s royal he was
always wandering to keep out Of the EN-
press Eugenie's way, and not to be annoy
ed with the presence of his est1mable, but
plain, unseductive, morose and narrow
minded wife. The emperor, to afford
him pretexts for rowing hither and thither
used to confide to him unofficial missions,
diplomatic, political and geographical.
He was sent to Turin and Florence when
Victor Emmanuel was getting impatient
at the difficulties which French diplomacy
threw in the way of Italian unity. He
went to Corsica TO make a grand official
speech at the Inauguration OF some mOnu-
ment In honor of the first emperor, and
abused Austria to such an extent that Bis
marck thought he might attack her with
impunity. He was also frequent visitor
to Berlin on dewlOmatic business; to Cairo
to give support and cOuntenance to
Lesseps; to Spain, to prevent Montpen-
sier mOuntingthe throne from which his
intrigues cast Isabella; to English and
Irish universal exhibitions; to the United
States, where he first came out as the
friend" of the Marquis de Canisy. Being
on Emission" afforded him pretext for
travelling and under first-class condition
at the expense of France. An allowance
was made for the travelling expenses of
the Princess Clotilde. But she stayed at
home and he took some more congenial
companion with him. Cora Pearl, thus,
was received as an illustriOus parsonage
by west of England and irish gentry and
along the Danube below Vienna.
Prince Napoleon had at his disposal
the imperial yacht La Rine Hortense, in
which he went to Madeira, the Azores, the
West Indies, New York, Iceland, the Arctic
circle, the Hebrides and Orkney islands,
Greenland, and most of the ports of nor
way. He was going to the Loffoden is
land, Greenland, and most of the ports of
Norway, He was going to the Loffoden
island when the news reached him that
the empress had prevailed in making the
emwerOr declare war against Prussia, and
fastened back to France to see what he
could do to help with advice or as nego-
AtiatOr in trying to induce Victor Emman-
lei to lend him a helping hand to the
French
Prince Napoleon is now physically in
dolent, and he had always lazy will. He
is one of the best theoretical politicians
III France, and an admirable adviser.
But he hates business details, has no ad-
ministrative capacity, and rather than
checks expense reduces his household to a
nutshell, keeps no cook, and contracts
with resturent to furnish him his meals
at MS dOmlcue. lie has Tor some time
resided in theRue Phalsburg on first
floor, with [ believe the auburn haired
marquise and Baron Brunei, his secretary
The Rue Phalsburg debouches at one end
on the pare MOnceOu, where the prince
every morning took a constitutional.
His flat was not luxuriously furnished
with the exception of the library, saloon,
and dining-rOOm which att contained
handsome works of art and Napoleonic
relics. Prince Napoleon was glad to be
exiled, as in point of fortune he was on a
footing'of infrriority to the d'Orleans,
and could not compete, if he did his best,
with the DGc dAumale's hunting parties
at Chantilly. The Comte de Paris, thanks
to the munifcent friendship of Duchess
de Galliera, resided in the finest mansion
in the GaubOury st. German, and was
able to entertain in royal style the august
and illustrious persOnages who attended
the wedding of his niece at Eu. and the
famous reception which preceded the