Connecticut western news., 1894-09-13

Prince de JO1nv1ll0 came 70 this country and were welcomed by the government and by General Mcclellan, upon whose staff the two young princes served, with the rank of captains of volunteers. They stipulated. however, that they were to be free to resign their appointments when ever they might wish to do SO, and that they were not to receive pay for their serv- ioes. In June. 1862, they returned to Eu- rope.
 At the conclusion of the year 1871 tho Comts de Paris was admitted . member of the national assembly at Versailles un- der, President Thisrs, and on Dec. s2, 1879, the assembly voted the restitution of the property of the Orleans family.
 The late Comte de Chambo the rop- resentativs of the older branch of the Bourbons, and the Comte de Paris had an interview At Frohsdorf Aug. 5, 1875, dur ing which the former acknowledged the Comte de Paris as the head of the royal house of France. After the death of the Comte de Chambord Aug. 24, 1888, the great majority of the legitimists aoknowl- edged the Comte de Paris as his successor.
 Accompanied by his eldest son, the Due d'Orieans. the Comte de Paris again wis ited the United States in 1890 in order to refresh his memory regarding scenes and events which. he had witnessed or taken part in during the civil war; which he had previously dwels upon in his "HisteFy of the Civil War"
 The Comte de Paris married his cousin, Princess Marie Isabella Franooise d Assise Antonia Louisa Fernando, oldest dAugh ter of the Duo de Montpensier, May 30, 1864, and has six children, three sons and three daughters. His eldest son is Prince Louis Philippe Robert, duo d'Orieans, born at Twioksnham, England, Feb. 6, 1889. His eldest daughter, born at the same place Sept. 8, 1885, is queen of Portugal
 With the death of the Comte de Paris, the duo dc Orleans (now Comte de Paris) becomes head of the royal house of France.
 Driven Into Exile
 The Comte de Paris frequently issued manifestoes to the French people,. espe- cially since 1886 when the marriage of his daughter to Prince Charles of Portu- gal raised an outcry against the Orleanist prince, which resulted in, the passage of a law exiling the Comts do Paris, his eldest son and all other persons who were direct descendants of any sovereign who had ever ruled In France. This law was the result of charges that the Comte de Paris was plotting with foreign governments against France.
 The last of these manifestoes was pub- hshed recently in The Expresse du Midi, a royalist organ, in the shape of a conver- sation with the editor of that paper In this interview the Comts de Paris, after oontradioting the statement that he had congratulated M. Casimir- Perier upon his election to the presidency of France, declared that he never occupied himself with questions of persons and added: II only think of the interest of the country. From that point of view I think our friends should not assume toward NJ Cas- mir Perier a systematically hostile atti- tude. He oourageously accepted power under difficult circumstances If he is determined, as 1t Is said, to maintain, or rather to restore, order in France, he will be confronted with numbcrless difficulties which patriotism prohibits us from in- oreasing."
 Both the Comte and Countess de Paris, through their long residence in England, became thoroughly accustomed to Ena- lish home life and lived apparently . happy, oontented life, respected by all who know them.
 The now head of the house of Orleans is far from being e brilliant young man. He is decidedly heavy in more ways than one and has only twice distinguished him. self to any extent-once by returning to France when he reached his twentieth year and offering himself for military service. For this violation of the law of exile he was arrested and imprisoned for | short time as matter of fern. The friends of the young duke tried to make political capital out of this episode. The second time the Duo d Orleans at traeted public notice to any extent was when 1t was alleged that the husband of an opera singer threatened her with d. vorco Droceedinga during which agitation the name of the heir of the house of Orls- ans was unfavorably mentioned as likely to figure as that of the correspondent in the suit The affair was eventually hush- ed up.
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