Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-09-26
VISITED BY A KING.
JonesborO Once Entertained Louis
30 i Philippe, of France. er

Z Philippe, OF France. a.l
The recent death of the late Comte
le Paris and the mention of the fact
hat his grandfather, Louis Philippe,
vas king of France, calls up another
pretty well authenticated fact, and
hat is that this same Louis Philippe
,pept night here in Jonesboro, along
N the summer of 1797--he and two
younger brothers.
His father, Louis Philippe Joseph,
ost his head during those terrible
lines in France, little over one hun
lred years ago, when the guillotine
was running on full time. Louis Phil
ppe, then a young man of twenty years
Of age, was teaching school in Switzer-
and under the assumed name of M.
Chaubaud Latour at the time of his
fathers execution.
After travelling for time in Sweden
and Norway the prince received letter
from his mother informing him shat
the French directory had agreed to re-
store her property and release her two
younger sons from prison, provided
she would induce her older son to go to
the United States, where, if they chose,
his brothers could join him."
Sept. "a, 1906, Louis Philippe sailed
from Hamburg, and after pleasant
voyage of twenty seven days reached
Philadelphia; his two brothers, after a
voyage of ninety three days, arrived
some time afterwards, and they had a
joyful meeting after SO long separa-
ton. Without claiming any rank they
threw off all disguise and mingled
freely in the society of Philadelphia
during the winter of 1796-97. President
Washington entertained them often
and invited them to visit him at Mount
Vernon. They were present at the i'm
auguration of John Adams, second
President of the United States. And
it may be .propert to remark here that
this was the only occasion in the his
tory of our government when royal
prince, who afterwards became king of
his country, ever witnessed the inaugu-
ration of President of these United
States. Along in the spring of 1897
the three princes set out from Philadel
phia on horseback for an extensive
tour Of the south and west, and on
their way TO Mount Vernon they passed
through the forest which then grew on
the site Of the city of Washington.
Forty years after this time. when
Louis Philippe was king of France, he
told Gen. Lewis Cass of his visit to ex-
President Washington at Mount YER
non, and said that before setting out
on their western journey Washington
prepared for them with his own hands
plan or map of their route, gave
them letters of introduction to gentle.
men along the route, and gave them
instruction in the art of travelling
through the wilderness.
The king told Gen. Cass that he still
possessed, in 1885, a book containing
an exact account Of all the expendi.
lures of the party during their resi-
dence in the United States. = 9'sss
The journey lasted all summer. The
prince rode on horseback, carrying all
of their baggage in their saddlebags
and camping in the woods when no
house was near. At Winchester, In the
Shenandoah valley, one of them was
sick and they asked the privilege OF
eating by themselves, whereupon the
landlord became furious and told them
if they were too good to eat with his
other guests they were too good to eat
in his house, and turned them out i'm.
mediately, In spite of the Duke of Or.
leans' apology ,,~9
Another landlord, whose hotel wai
a log cabin of single room, insistt q
on their buying land and settling down
and it was in vain that they explained
to him that they merely wished to see
the country. In another log tavern OF
single apartment, wherein the guests
slept on the floor and the landlord and
his wife occupied the only bedstead
the duke overheard the landlord in the
night telling his wife what pity il
was that three such promising young
men should be roaming about the
country, with no object in view, in
stead of buying lands and establish
ing themselves in that settlement re
Specially. tf
At another tavern the duke remon
strated with the landlady for not at
tending to their wants. She replied
that there was show IN the village
the first show ever seen in that country
and she was not going to stay at hom
herself nor require any one else to alta,
to wait on anybody; not she, indeed.
The princes travelled from Winchet
ter down through the valley of Vii
ginia and on through Tennessee as ia
as Nashville, and returned to Philadel
phia via the Niagara Falls. tii ~.
They resided in the United State
about two years and then reloined thei
mother in Spain. And after the e,
pulsion of Nepoleon,in 1914, the prir
ces, after an exile Of more than twent
one years, were allowed to return I
France and enter into the possession G
their hereditary rank and fortune. 7
the last years Of his life it was sal
tharxa NJ ae nothing w hich o,,ia philiDr