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Show WIFEOFABONAPAIITK HISTOnY OP THE FAMILY OF NAPOLEONS NA-POLEONS YOUNQ BIlOTHEft. Mow the Oeaeml and fmpfwr tteeame Oaneeted wllh Aiierln Ieltlte. Iity rttrn' 1'eeiitUe rltliH In Kreneh ttlttorr, Tli lata lrinr Xapoleon waa lb aon ol Jerome, tbe toungeat brother nf Nirtoleon .the Great, ThUfact Lrlnga nearer to tit that great aerie of event beginning with "a whllX of grapeabot" anl ending with Waterloo, III death, moreover, ha a peculiar tlvld Interest for Americana, bo cam H recfUh the tory of the tint lore tl LI father, Jerome, for a yonng American girl, lleUy littenoti, of UaMmon. It I a aad tale M romance. Imperial am Lltloti and diplomacy. Napoleon bad al ready won undying fame In Italy when hit young brother, Jerome, wa but twelve ) ear of age. II aoon entered the 1-rencli navy, for It waa hi great brother' a miction mic-tion lo mak of him a fighter on 1im fit to cop with NelMm. It wa an Rngllh f rigat that drdtroytd litis plan ljr driving tb French frlgat larlng Jerome Into Amerlmri water. At iMUmnr Jerome fell madly lu love with and marrlvl KUaa-Ntti, KUaa-Ntti, the btiittfitl daughter of WlllUm Wttermn, a rich merchant, anl an Irl-h-man by birth,, WlfciWth.or lletty. a aU wm callnl, hail it consuming Ambition, and when friend oppoaed tbe MarrUkv abe eald, "I would ralher b tho wlf of a brother of Xiluoii for one hour than th wlf of any otbor man for life," Napoleon wa highly dlvpleaed with till match, becau bo already aawhlmtlf on th throne and wUhcd hU brother to marry only "bine bbxxla," Jrrouie and hi wife imly learned of the ("tabtUhmenlot I he empU-enhen about toaull from New York to beg lL forglveneM of tho tlrt coiaiiL They ItMtruwl At th aauie lime lhat Lnth Jerome and LU broth r, Itclen, were debarrwt from tbe line of iicielon for Uarrylug agalnat Najtoleon'a wlihv. Nverthetethtttiugeoiiptr,ptll hoping fitrKlveura aud alvaitcenicnt, aalLil fur Uauon lu ItaA uiifortr or "i.H There Jerome wa nrruted and taken to Trance, after A tearful adieu and prouwt' liona of evrbttlng llJilliy to hi w Ue, who watiutt allow e I loUud. Mi aenlAtnea-aag aenlAtnea-aag to tLempiror wldch tickled blut lm toenuly. "Tell Ibermperor'alteaaM'iLatMnie. Ilnainrte demambtLer rtghU a a mem ber of lb Imperial family." tibo proceeded to England, when a Loy waa noun born to Ler and chrlstennl Jcrunie Napoleon llonapartn. Jerome, I h father, procrt-dM to Tarla, Mttlo thinking that Lewotild neviraee Jktay again ant AMAatrnnger and with another wlf tipon hi arm. Napoleon pwltlvelyrcfuwtl torecognlie lit marriage, but pmmlM-il IWUyati an iiual peitvein of Il3,0uii; providing abe would return lo America and mwmnco tho nam nf hjnapart which condition abe accept l. Iter hulnd, Jerome, thus acltaratnl front Iter, waa wmwllrd by bl bndher lo marry Catharine, thedaughier of the king of Wurtembtirg. Hoon after he wa nude king of Wevtpbatla. lie then aent lo AmerlcA for lMay'a child, "l!o" an alt-brerlatlon alt-brerlatlon ef Ilmapnrte. hbe refiiMl to give him up, and lu reply to the offer from LcrhuOrtndnf a ducal itowii, with an In come of tW.ftUA year, ahe -nl Itack tbe acornful meawigei Vetphlln f too amall for twon,uent timlde, I nlreaily rerive l3niO a )Mrfruui the emperor, and I would rather bo protected by the wing of tltea(lalbu b dein-uJuit ou tbe bill of rrmm" hhe ever Afterward p4k with contempt of ber bualtautt, although "lt' frequently VI.IU-I Lla father'af ainlly In Kurope, w here lie wo treated a a rum And a brother, his half aUtcr, I'rlncr .Mat Li Me. Ulng ra peclelly fond of Llnu Aftirwanl "llo' married a 1U Itl more lady, cnulng hU mother, Malani llciay, great anger Ly doing an, HU uuln, liierur Napoleon III,lnvllM him to Franc, wber b wa lrgUltnUed and received a a member of th family. III half Lrothrr,th m or Jerom by Catharine, quarrelcil with th raprror, and tbr wai al oue time A atrong Intention to loikeItu the heir presumptive, bat ultimately "Ho1 waa do clared Invllglbln. HIMT'A roiITlOX. IledecllnMAducby, rvfualngtbe rondl tlouatiachttlof aurrendorluglhw uame of ltonaparte. On the death of Klug Jerome in 1X0 LU American wlfe,lwy Tatter-aou, Tatter-aou, contetel hU wIL bba waa, however, rtfuid a ahare of hi prop, rty, 1 he letter how a great contempt for ber native land. HhewrotMo her father from lloreore In 1WJ A follow A parent cannot make a ailkptirre cfa eow'eejinnd you found that jt-u could notinaVeAaowVcAr of a IIL puntf. It wa lmiowlhle to bend my lahnta and myAmbltluuto the oWure dektlny of a Haltlmore botukveper and It waa mrd to Attempt It alUr 1 had raarrlcl tbe brother of an emperor, I had not the inmuiitw of aptrit to daannd front auih thivallon to th deplorable condition of being tbe wire of an American. "JofUntrlcdtorwuMin myaetf lutn tbe courage iiccckanry to commit eulcld when I contemplated a long I If to l pilln a trailing town. wheronerythlngwaaMU. giullng to my Utm, and what very-thing very-thing itmtrmlcd aa atrongly ttlth my wUhe. "I ntitrr could have degradotl inyaelf by marriage with pwpla who, after 1 bal mariltMl (t rlua , Uoauta my Inferior. "lb Americana tbemete had acnaa and good tuUi enough to fvcl thai I bad rleu alute Hum, and bate alnay t rented ni with tbe npwct aud dtfcriou due to a upurlor. "When I flrvt huard that tny aotirould coiulnutnd totuarryuyooIa ltalilmor J mwrly went ma I, "I rrpint that I woull Late atarreil, died, rather thau marry any tue lu Uultl- Inheroldai: rteUy contUnt couipan Ion ttirv a tnna-t bag nud a rtil umbreiu, thvcolorof thoNaiHth-ouIodyuaiity, "Jto dledluUTU, IIUmotbraurvltedtUlln) d;tiigattheagoif ninety four year, aud leaving a fortune of tl,bU0,0Uito ltg'e tno aoiin, Jerome and Chart J, ltonaparte. Charlf J married Ml Nvlll Dir, of lloatou, wbo I a granddaughnr of Mr. Jamea & Dunn, a merchant of lloaton. I'blUdelpbla I'reaa. |