Year: 1869

For man whose name and Additions ex
tend over several degrees of latitude to regis
ter himself and his prospective matrimonial
partner as Louis J. Bourbon and wife" marks
an era in democratic progress. Yet that is
exactly what "Prince Louis Marie Ferdinand
Pierre d D'Aleantara, son of Count D'Aquila,
the brother-in-law of the late King of Naples,
Cousin of Don Carlos, the aspirant to the
Spanish throne and nephew of the Emperor
of Brazil has done. Love did it. The way IL
happened was that Miss Ameile De damel
the charming and accomplished daughter of
ship-broker residing in Havana, went to Paris
to complete her education. There her beauty
and wit quite turned the heads of the MEM
bers of the French Court, the Emperor and
Empress both showing her especial considera-
ton. Among the suitors for her hand were
Prince Achille Murat and the Marquis De
Caux, who has since married the famous AIDE.
lima Patti. But Prince Louis found favor in
Miss Amelie's eyes before all others; vet the
lady not being of royal blood and being only
rich ship-broker's daughter, the Princes faith
er vetoed the marriage. The French law does
not permit man of less than twenty-five
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ents, but the Emperor may annul the paternal
decree. But the bad old man who occupies
the Tuileries az the present time, having
natural leaning toward the exercise of arbitra-
ry authority, took sides with the father and
against the son. He bade the young man
reflect" t"-advce which he must have known
would have most potent influence over the
feelings of youth in Prince Louis's situation.
The Prince did reflect" however, and as a
result took the lady to London for the pur-
pose OF marrying her there; but cunning
strategem of his relatives induced him to re-
turn without consummating that purpose
The next step was to start for Cologne with
matrimonial intent. But the Archbishop of
that city informed the disappointed young
people that no one in Prussia would unite
them, whereupon they returned by way of
Belgium to England


Then did Prince Louis form heroic resolve.
He determined, as all people in trouble ought
to do, to go to Boston, and he came with his
Amelie in the swift Cunarder, Palmyra. Last
Monday the fugitive pair arrived in New York
and made arrangements to be married Satur-
day evening by Catholic clergyman. But
here again cruel fate interposed. Archbishop
McCloskey had received cable telegram from
the Pope which gave directions that the Church


should not lend its sanction to the union
Nothing daunted the Prince and lady repaired
to the Office of Mayor Hall for the purpose of
having civil marriage service performed
waiting for the church to give its sanction in
its own good time. But Mayor Hall was not
in. Now came the triumph. Justice Dodge
of the Jefferson Market Police Court was in,
and by him the ceremony was performed in
the court room, between the hours of five
and six on Saturday" as the faithful chron-
iclers of the New York press inform the world
They also tell us that the Prince is a short,
slender young gentleman of twenty-four, with
light hair and beard, and that the bride is a
brunette, with ''deeply black hair" and is of
remarkable beauty. Moreover, the Prince an
nounces his intention of becoming an Ameri-
can citizen if his marriage is not recognized by
the old fogies of his family in Europe Mean
while on the books of the Clarendon Hotel ap-
pears "the plain inscription"-Lou j. Bour-
bon and wife.