The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-18

future time. 1t is also probable that the
brothers retain Louis, waiting for the
death of his greatest enemy. the ex-am-
press OF the French politios-some kind NJ
poHtcs-are no doubt at the bottom NJ
the game, if it is a. game.
The name Moore, conveniently substI.
! tuted for that OF Bonaparte is that #
an accommodating Englishman, who for
| a consideration married Charlotte Wat-
kins, the widow of Napoleon ~. Char
Iotte was a governess when the Prince
Imperial met her, and now it is claimed
Keeps notion store on Tottenham Court
road, in London. That may be true or
not, ! am positive that the lady does
not DO business under her own name
or that of her husband. 1 have travelled
up and down Tottenham Court road for
Gays In succession, nquring at every
notion, millinery and dry goods store
| whether Mrs. Watkins or Mrs Moore
is connected with it, Nobody has ever
heard of such a party. Neither was a
man named Moore to be found
Moore
Because Charlotte was made to believe
that her marriage to Louis Napoleon
vas null and void, and that, before the
law, she had been clearly his mistress
The eN-Empress Eugenies cunning sec
rotary, NJ. Rouher, who previous to that
mad succeeded in estranging mother and
son, proved this heartless fact" to young
charlotte, scarce over the troubles of
confinement, and as he backed ND his
arguments with fulminent quotations Of
French law, which provides that the con-
sent OF the parent living is essential to
legal marriage, the bride, soon to be a
widow. believed him. Having thus ac-
complished the dishonor of a trusting and
seemingly abandoned girl in her own
eyes, Rouher fell back upon the practices
that have always had home in the Tuil-
leries. notably under Napoleon III He
secured husband for the prince impe-
rlaI $ discarded mistress and, of course,
found him
Moore, so all agree who know of the
affair, was an old soldier, having served
ID the foreign legion in Algiers. In his
eyes Rouher's proposition was a sort
or Well-paid enlistment" carrying with
II no other duty than that of silence
ana acquiescence to conditions imposed.
Inc parties dealing with him, knew that
Tor a consideration he would be willing
enough to Keep his mouth shut, and that
IN respect to- his frail little wife. the
orutes inherent ferocity constituted the
pest guarantee for complete submission.
So the bargain was effected, and cheaply
enough, too, while the prince imperial
was crossing the Mediterranean; the boy
they forthwith dispatched TO Issy, where
ne has remained ever since.
u Herlsson, in the book mentioned de-
votes many pages to the recital of the
prince lmperiais financial troubles caused
by his mothers avarice and penury. He
says that during the last two years Of
ms lie Louis Napoleon was constantly
harassed by petty debts, and forced to
borrow small sums from friends and
tradespeople. DHerisson also says the
prince spent the greater part of the winter
OF 1873 in London. Presumably he was
during these months with his bride who
pore nm son at the end OF February
or the beginning of March This would ex-
plain his INDECENT condition, too When
a prince marrtes he necessarily finds it i'm
possible to get along on a bachelors al
ioWance' through nuptials may shun the
light of day.
may be permitted to point to the fact
mat the story of Napoleon VS. birth
ana present condition of life is now made
public, with all its interesting and au-
thenticated details. for the first time.
constituting revelation such as we are
Wont to look for in fiction and in the his
lorcal novel of the eighteenth century,
Inc strangest part of IL is the attitude
assumed by the ex-Empress of the French
toward her only son. All the sympathy that
mas ever been extended to this woman
by monarchs. as well as nations, arose
from the feeling Of pity excited by de-
spalrlng motherhood. And now we learn
as positive fact what has been rumored
long and often-that she drove her son
INTO the murderous Zulu war. Up to now,
olher motives not being available, it has
been charltably assumed that she acted
WIN the desire of allowing the prince
imperial to gather laures on the mis-
named field of honor To-day her miser-
able object Is quite clear. She sent him
away to rob him Of his wife and child.
Ana we have called Eugene "the I'M
perial Niobe' for so many years.