The Washington herald., 1907-06-09

money, and Louis Philippe taught again.
II was while 50 occupied that he pro-
posed for the hand Of Miss Willis, OF
Philadelphia. only to be told by her ia
ther that II he were a schOimaster he
was not good enough for the fair lady,
and if he were king she was not good
enough for him.
Had Many Troubles.
The younger princes had contracted
/ consumption in the dungeons at Mar
/ seiles and were growing i'll. so the party
went down the Ohio and Mississippi to
+ New Orleans, where they had many
/ friends. and from which port they meant
/ to take ship 10 join their mother in
/ Spain. They went 20 Cuba and the Ba-
/ hamas. encountering many difficulties the
while They were driven TO Halifax, sent
/ from there back 10 New York. and finally
/ in $500. found refuge in England, where
/ Montpensier died. The next year. Beau
| jolais died In Malta.
Over half a century later, after Louis
/ Philippe had served eighteen years as
! Citizen King" Of the French people
and had incorporated into the govern
ment Of his chaotic nation many Of the
ideas he had gained in his American
journey. tyvo OF his Erandsons came over
| TO learn military tactics in the Union
army The Comte de Paris and the Due
de Chartres served on the staff Of Gen.
George B. Mcclellan, each with the rank
Of captain. Their uncle, the Prince de
Joinville. son Of Louis Philippe, accom-
panied them as mentor, and with a few
attendants they shared the camp for
tunes Of the soldiers. They were in the
battles Of Williamsburg. Fair Oaks. ard
Gaines Mil After the Seven Days Bat
ties around Richmond. they left the coun-
thy because the NapoleOnic attempt TO
place MaximiIlian on the throne OF MeXi-
co threatened 20 strain the relations be-
tween France and the United states.
The story Of jerome Bonapartc.
The Bonapartes alternated the exile
life with the Bourbon-Orieans princes,
so merrily does fate make piaythings Of
kingdoms and Of kings. In 1872 Jerome
Bonaparte. later King Of Westphalia,
came 10 the United States from Marti-
nique, rebeIlous al the dictatorial man
ner of his imperial brother. who would
make a soldier out Of him whether he
would or no. In Baltimore he fell victim
TO the beauty Of Betsy Patterson. His
marriage 20 her. his recall by the indig-
nant Emperor. the Imprisonment OF Pope
Plus VII at Fontainebleau because he
would not grant a divorce, the separation
decreed by the accommodating council
Of state. and the granting Of an annuity
! OF $1,000 To Miss Patterson by NapO-
{ leon are all old paragraphs in history.
D True. years later Napoleon III deter
mined TO recognize the American line as
- heirs 10 the throne Of France, through the
= King Of Westphalia, should his own line
. fail but the willy Jerome Over-persuaded
: him in favor Of his other children, and
- the Baltimore Bonapartes remained on
r this side to contribute TO the executive
e staff Of the United States government
Il In August, 1915. the Commerce brought
r Joseph Bonaparte TO America a willing
d exile. He cared little for courts and
g crowns. being a man Of letters and art,
h and the settled life he might find in the
D, New World appealed 70 him He visited
d the sick and defeated Napoleon just be
j. fore he left. and generously offered 70
Y change places with him, allowing the
IS I Emperor 10 ,-~1e 20 America On his stead.
8. 4 very different chapter might have been
" written I'm world-history if he had. He
!, bought a summer camp in the Adiron-
IS dacks, and a two or three hundred
acre farm at Bordentown, y. !. HIS
daughter lived with him. and they made
-. their home as near like those of France
:, as they could. II was while there that
NJ he was offered the crown Of Mexico. He
& reminded the delegation that he had
n been King Of Naples and King Of Spain
Z without much glory 10 himself, and 'hav-
d ing worn two crowns would not take the
a least trouble TO wear a third. He came
= as q fugitive, but departed a muCh-hon'
Ia ored citizen.
y \ Royal Chef.
- In Florida Prince Achule Murat lived
y. for many years. He was the son OF tbs
10 King Of Naples and Of Caroline. sister OF
n Napoleon / This nephew Of Napoleon
$. married Mrs Catherine Wills Gray. a
ie greatniece Of Washington. thus uniting
y two Of the greatest families in history
They were married in 1S26. and lived on q
plantation in jefferson County, Fla.
is where the prince experimental with
N queer dves and queerer dishes, graveIy
n chronicling that "alIigator-tal soup wil
le do. but turkey buZzard is not good Latel
.g he praCtiCed law In New Orleans. had
70 sugar plantation near Baton Rouge. fought
A. i'm the Florida Indian war; and visited hi!
K royal kinsfolk in Europe. He died on ni'
" plantation in Florida in 1S47. and is buried
IS in Tallahassee. The princess survive,
10 him twenty years. The Marchioness o.
m Lorne who was the Princess Louise
l. daughter Of Queen Victoria OF England
Is spent one winter in California in search
es Of health.
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