Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-09
SOMBRECHISELHURST
Louis rnpoleon's Home Under tho
Auotionoor's Hammer
uncuRTAlN PRIDE AND WEALTH.
Tho Orchards and Hon Gardens OF
Beautiful Kent.
FRANCES PRINCE IMPERIAL.
Denied tho Opportunity OF Making
u Kipaiy Record.
EMPRESS EuoENlE's SORROW.
J,oohcfor. and General BouianRer
yiHIt Camden Housc-Thc Pcculi-
sri,,cs or French Poii,ios--Tho
wbiri or London Life.
EMPRESS 1uoeNII's SORROW,
A Very iilatorIc spo.

iosDoS, June s.--lNcw York Herald
Cable Special 20 THB BEr.l--Tho curious
chapter, which connects tho Napoleonic fam
iy with tho ngardcn OF England" as some
pe,,.ia n.ii the county OF Kent, Is about to
close next week. Tho furniture and other
contents Of Camden house, at Chiselhurst,
wnerc Napoleon Ill. bfcathed his last, ana
where Empress Eugenie endured 80 many
hnllCtions, will DO disposed OF under the
hammer OF Christie II Manson the auc-
,loncors who have assisted at the disposal or
sale of the effects Of 80 many families, and
b boken 40 80 many homes.
n any man is pufrcd up with sense OF his
own Importance or family pride, or with de-
llght In his wealth. visit TO Christie & Man
sonia ought bring him 70 hie level. The
greatest and proudost OF the present day are
not more exalted In their own esteem than
were the clients living or dead whose affairs
have, from time 10 time, been placed in the
hands of the nuctloneors Of King street, st.
James
when Napoleon Ill took up his abode in
Chitelhurst ho believed that IL was only for
br.of scnson, and that the destiny OF his
snn wna, NJ any rate, perfectly secure. That
wns In 1871 Just after the war with Ger
many which terminated so disnstrously for
France.
Camden house Ia n very pretty place,
standing In beautiful grounds; even an
emperor might himself be contented IL his
heart were not fixed too exclusively upon
throne. Louis Napoleon cared little for the
orchards or hop.gnrdcns OF Kent. man
frpah from Sedan could scarcely be ex-
pectod 10 lose himself in admiration Of car
nations nnd roses. Tho exilc's world was
IN ruins around him, but his own words,
which became the jcst OF Europe may still
bavs nsuotoa bip, chat npoot 90 rotahlie."
illd he not acknowledge In his letter TO tho
national assembly from Chselhurst. that his
heart was broken when no surrendered at
Seiani Some faint remnants OF hope sur.
vlye, even IN broken heprt. Perhaps the
emperor did not 500 that all was over until
kir Henry Thompson whispered IN his car
the words which bado him prepare for the
long Journey. lie died In 1873, and still the
empress could console herself with the
thought that her son would restore his dy
nasty aud bring some compensation to her,
for the suffering she had passed through.
Who could have supposed, at that time
that this idOlized son, the prince imperial,
would perish mseraby ut the hands of saw
sres In one ~ Englands little warsl What
mnh can foreseo his fate, or woman etheri
The prince, IN his twcnty-third Jear only.
opportunity OF showing that some of the
uuniitles which the world can not help asso.
tinting with the name OF Napoleon, had
been transmitted TO him There were no
events In connection with his own country
which could give him any such opportunity,
and, ns be had TO take whatever came to
hand. he placed himself at the disposal of
the country which had Afforded shelter TO
his father and mother.
D. The great Napoleon, In talking one day TO
Las Cases. spoke Of ''le hazard qui governe
ie monde" There Ia nothing more than
chance In II all, consequently IL must be only
chance which sent the prince imperial TO
Africa in 1879 TO fight In aquarrel which had
no interest for him, and there 10 fall beneath
the assegais Of some naked zulus,
Ten years have passed and the world
knows something Of the sorrows which have
descended upnn the head OF the lads mother.
They say she wus the nstigator of the war
between Germany and France. II Is n
questionable story, for have not later
events made II clear that bismarck laid the
train 10 the mine and exploded II, at the mo
inent which seemed 10 him the most con
venicnti In any case, II Empress Eugenie
did any wrong, bitterly, indeed has she been
called upon TO expiate II, for her Napoleonic
iace has censed 20 exist. Although the
prince imperial acknowledged Prince Victor,
The son of Prince Napoleon, as the head of
the family In the event Of his own death, the
empress has never done so. She allowed
Prince Napoleon TO leave Chiselhurst after
the empcror's funeral, without even seeing
him and now the house, in which she wit
messed the closing acts of the tragedy is for
sale, aud M Rochefort has been TO see Il, aud
hear that General Boulangcr went down,
Yesterday, and manifested the greatest in
terest In the various objects which were
shown 10 him.
Napoleon, Louis Philippe, Rochefort
Boulanger, all came to England in their
turn. Here they may not find what they
most desire 20 obtain, but they secure an
nsvlum No man who Is very prominent in
French politics can ever be quite sure that
he will not suddenly discover the expodlency
cf paying an Involuntary visit TO England
"I.e hazard uas brought General Bou
ianger here al rather an early stage OF In.
public career Some curious reflections
must have passed through his mind as he
stood over the relies Of Napoleon I at the
museum, and most interesting relics they
are, by the way, although very few London
trs condesecnd 10 go and see them. They
are inspected chiefly by country cousins anC
foreighers, IN which category, bien entendu
4 40 not mclnde Americans
As for the house al Chiselhurst, there L
no necessily for a Napoieonle devotee L
summon an any pious emotions over H. 1
was taken as furnished house and all th,
things in u belonged to the owner, MIR
stredei and not TO the Napoleons. II is th'
recent death Of the owner which render
necessary the approaching sale The EN-
press has ceased to reside al Chiselhurst, bu
the remains % her husband and son sill
Fcst there, IN the sareophagus whcl
vas pfssentsd by the queen. II