Show louis napoleon and I 1 the sultan enitan A AMERICAN icAx A ANCESTORS history of the family of louis lonis napoleon and the sulvin of turkey is ful fatt of interesting and marv ellous incidents some of which are probably not hot generally known to odor our readers these two monarchs now so sordidly cordi cord illy idly united it in f he struggle to maintain the integrity of tin 6 ottoman Emp empire lre tire are both gr grandsons nd sotis of ame ican ladies these ladies were born and raised in the he same neighborhood on the imgana of cirtin ique one lie of the west indies they were of french origin and companions and ana intimate friends in childhood and youth they were josephine 8 de tr and a miss 8 the history of josephine is generally dpn rally known i slie she went to france franca and yaa ivas married to M de by whom she had one son eugene and a daughter Hor hortence Horten tenge pe some time after the d death dath ath of josephine was wap married to napoleon bonaparte and became empress of france hr daughter ff hortens was married to joseph bonaparte then king of holland and tile the present emperor of france is her son by bythan eliat marriage miss S quitted the island of martinique some time before her friend but the vessel that was currying carrying her to france was attacked and bakan by bv the algerine corsairs Cor and the crew and pass passengers were made prisoners but this cedr coys ir ship was iii ia turn torn attacked andri by tunis pirates and miss 18 was carrad by them to constantinople stantin ople and offered for sale pale as a slave her extraordinary beauty and nd accomplishments fou found ad her a purchaser sei in the sultan saltan bitris himself elf and she soon roon bi became came tile the chief chip lady flady of seraglio lip and sultan 1 68 Turney of mahmoud Mt hmoud H was her son and the present r n sultan baltan abdul is the fhe son of Mh thus the two sovereigns who now occupy so large a space in the worl worlds di eye are grandsons of two Americ cin creole girls who were playmates in their youth and were as remarkable for their beauty tat and excellent dispositions as for their varied and fortunes i both these women in the height of their power remembered all 11 ll the friends of their heir youth and provided munificently for their welfare many of the relatives of this thi 3 left the island of martinique and sett settled lAd at where thir dt descendants seen dauts still reside and enjoy the favor of the sultan the died in 1811 the empress josophine josephine in 1814 and their grands grandsons ons now rule rate over two wide and powerful allies upon one of the most momen momentous tolAs and sanguinary struggles geles in which europe was ever involved post |