The Greenville times., 1889-11-09
REENVILIE TINES


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Philadelphia, Nov. S.-In view Of
iAe CAIN made b Miss Caldwelrs |
friends that her wbilom faneec. I
Prince joachim Marat, Is in every
saaN nf the werd a good match and
q IIlusirious descent, the career Of his
i4ther in this country Is Of peculiar IN
leFest. The fact, toe. that the engage
meui between the Prince and Miss
Caldwell has been virtually declared
Of because she had inserted in the
marriage contract provision that left
ler mistress Of her own income, while
i may not stamp The prince as for
tune hunter, at least shows that be has
inherited ffom bis ~illustrousv father a
Keen appreciation of pecuniary advAn- !
tagez.
Prince Laeien Murat, Joachim's
father, was shipped to this country =
soon after the downfall Of Napoleon \
IN 1915 10y relatives, who considered =
ihemselyes disgraced By bis escapades : !,
ON me continent Joseph Bonaparte = =
was then living luxuriously at Borden !,
town, n. j., and at bis home Prince y
Aurat was welcomed with open arms. :.
lie was treated as one OF the family " =
and supplied with funds by Bonaparte y
which be dispensed with q lavish
hand.
Here the exile might have lived in II,
Ease until the restoration Of the French !.
Empire bad he not INDUCED In his dis N
honest procliyities and been detected
n cheating his benefacter In a friend
game Of ecartc. Expelled from the a.
5onapartc mansion, Prince Lucicn ~. ~
anne TO Philadelphia and here his ~ ~,
lille gained him the entree into swell so
Dclety. He borrowed right and left ~
nd his card playing gave him a COM ~ ~,
,rtable income. On one occasion a 40
lrginia gentleman named Robert N,
iggs, who was playing with him at a a.
'tei gaming saloon In Forty-eighth aao o
rect below Chestnut, noticed several IVY IVY
'culiarities about the game that be M pos
nid not DO explained, except on the po,, III
cory that some one was cheating. Pva
soon assured himself that Murat o. o",
V playing brace game, and going l., :, =
. billiard table he got cue aud as .o,, ~,
iished the spectators by laying Il ,ua'
or tho Princes shoulders with an e.n ~,
that made tho gentleman ~. ssn
vi with anguish. my
About 1885 Prince Lncien married. ,ss. US.
y Caroline Frazier. a member of .a,. ays
Old South Carolina family. She ..'s .a''
some property In land and slaves. w wo !,
Of which the noble bridegroom "v
ckly spent Thcnceforth this un- Dai
innate woman's life was one OF toll n'u - %
-hnfrow. Sho moved to Borden -.
N and did everything possible TO ''"''
port her children, kept boarding D.,
sc, taught school and did her best 'v'' s'
Keep up the sclf-respcct of tho fam o.i
After the Diggs affair IN Phils- s''
'hia, ,Murat discarded all protensc TO o..
'cctablllty and became peripa- Que
horse dealers, aud was better
wn than respected through South
and Western Jersey. For a time
'uaye and eiIusivc manner and Corr,
niflcent capacity for lying enabled As
p do . good business with tho deilnil
-9eadod farmers, and oven with come,
his title was a talisman. lie was Lloyd
iy without shame and scruplos some
would borrow of a hostlcr or a connoe
loring tinker, but ho sometimes fbdora
ais match. quite d
1851 man named Abel Goings In a
on the line Of the Delaware aud given |
an canal, and his business was to take
~ In canal teams. lie had a son the or,
was not considered very bright down
mo was under age. His father gun, n
ivei him fine sorrel mare and by Sorl
met him at tavern near Tren- goant h
Inc poor hayseed was pleased shooter
attention and flattery literally ~ III 4
ycd by tho prInoe, and finally can try.
- mare fpra plug worth about Ingly.
ming besides Murnt's note for had dis
Oid 6oings was a man of fow camo ~
, anu started out on horseback the Scr,
Tor the prince aud found him sighted
vern a few miles north of Bor- asked 4
vn. lilo at once hauled Murat see II he
MS buggy and gave him u tre- Tilghmt
'us lashing with horsowhlp, back fro
on effected an arrangement for all right
lion more to bis own advantage at that I
was TO Muraps. tic doub
Ut 1874 his circumstances socn- to that
improve and II was known that spoken !;
received considerable money In rs the 8
'nces from Europe, but his and und
rs were no better Off When In compan,
0 and bis children were invited renee.
ace by Louis Napoleon the poor The c
a. LETT bohind, and ended hor his horse
" life on a small place near he was
nSilic, Florida ffiendless and fragment
plodcd a