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SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, EERRUARY 16, 1861. OLD SERIES, VOL. 21, NO 22-
NEW SERIES, VOL. 13, NO. 47.
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Veil MAM r.. SIIMF.tlS I IIAtKLKT ROMKtt'
G. SOMERS & SON
Importers ond Dealers in
Cloths, Cassimeres. Vesting?, Taylors
Trimmings, &o
No o2 South Fourth Street, between Market anJ
Chesnut Streets, rbililelihia.
Merchants others visiting Ihe city woulil find
H to their advantage to give theui a call and ex
inline their stock.
March 10, IKHO
HARDWARE ! HARDWARE ! !
VST leceivcJ i.y A. W. FISHER, at his
Drug (Store, Sunhury, l'a.,
SCOOPS. SHOVELS. FORKS, LOG
CHAINS, MILL Sit WJS, CROSS
Cl'T SAWS.
Uo, Scrim, Hulls, Dour Knot. Thumb
Lulrhes.anil all hardware necessary forhnilding.
A splendid t it of pocket and tabic cutlery, Scia
niii, German feilver Spoons.
Looking: Glasses.
A larire atuck of Looking lilaasea, reeeiveu anu
. i
lor sale by
A. m. rifncn.
Sunbury, July 17. 1SSS.
J. P. SHINDEL GOBIN,
Attorney t$ Counsellor at Law
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NS ILL attend faithfully to the collection of chiimn
nnd all irol'eionnl buainesa in the counties of
iNiirihuinbcrlanil, Montour, l'nion ami Snyder.
utiiisel Riven in the Herman lanRUase.
XV Ollice one door cant of the Prothonotary'a
oll'ne.
Sunbury, May 20, 1 800. ly
" THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL,
MUlADWAY.CtiRNKK OF FRANKLIN STRF.F.T
NEW YORK CITY,
llVrs iiid.ii emi iin to Merchant, am) T"unu vi.iliiiR
, v York, uinmipiiMn-il hy any Hotel in tlie Metropuln.
.'lie following urn amoii! the mlvnntiiKt'. which it p,w
nn.l wlncli will Iw "pprecuiteu h all liavrlcr..
1st. A central .-iili,ui.coiivi-iiicnt to ptice. of Iiu.iiicm,
II well placet ol umUflcllient.
l. S rupnloiuly i lfan, well fiirni.heil .ilone room.,
.villi a llias.nl'n enl Idiliea l'allor, aUHllHUHllug un extcll-m'i-
view of Hrmilivny .
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icn.ive view Tf I
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can live in the lid tyle, with the gieulc.t evouon.y
,iti. II if coiino'lcl Willi
lajloi'it Celebrated SalooiiH,
w here vision can have their nienl., or, if they dcire
iliev will be fiirnnlntl mi llicir own ri..
liih The fate aerved in llie loon. and Hotel I. ac
knowledireil I.y epicnic. to lie vull uperini to that of
anv oilier Hotel in Hie city.
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tnce ter Imllle anil lirmh W cent..
Cordial i:iiir of Culisiya Bark li Ucniiiie, for removing
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Hnnhllry,
FOR SVLE AT THIS OFF1CH.
March 17 lfctiO
A NEW LOT OF HARDWARE & BAD-
DLERV. Al.o, the lieal asaortment of Iron
Nail and Steel to be found in the county, at the
Mammoth .lore of FRILJNU &. UH.kNT.
bunbiiry, ,une 2, I860.
SKELETON SKIBTS-
VT the Mammoth Store will be found a
very large assortment of Skeleton Skirts
from seven boops np to thirty.
Oct. 6, 1860. FRILINU 4 GRANT.
Kerosene Lamp.
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O! YE LOVERS OF KOUP! A freah
aupply of Macaroni and Confectionery at
Sunbury, June 2, IflfiO.
IT i important to the LADIES to know that
Friling & Urant, have the but and large.t
asaortment of Drew Goods in the ceunly.
Sunbury, June 3, ItOU.
FRESH 8V PPL Y OF DRUUS at the
Mammoth Store. Also, a new lot of per
fumery, Soaps and Fancy A rticle. Vary cheap,
' FRILINU it GRANT.
Sunbury, May 8, 1860.
f JATENT BR1TTANIA 8T0PPER8 fo
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A R Iron. Steel, Nails. Picks. Grub-lice, and
Mason Ham mors, at l prices.
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Sunbury, June 23, lB0.
Select IJoclrg.
LABOR.
BY MISS C. F. OR NR.
These lines were suggested by tbe simpln
ineident of an induatrioni wood lawyer's re.
ply to a man who told bim his was hard work :
"Yes, it is bard, to be sure ; but it is harder
to do nothing," was his BDSWer :
Ho, ye who at the anvil toil,
And strike the sounding blow,
Where from the burning iron's breast
The sparks fly to and fre,
Wb'ln answering to the bummer's ring",
And fires intnnfier glow I
O, while ye feel 'tis hard to toil,
And sweat (he long day through,
Remember it is harder still
To have no u-ork to do.
Ho, ye who till the stubborn soil,
Whnsn hard bands guide the plow,
Who bend beueath th maimer's .uo,
With burning cheeks and brow !
Ye deem the corse still clings to earth
From olden time till now,
But while ye feel 'tis bard to toil
And labor all day Ihroneb,
Remember it is harder still
To have no work to do.
Ho, ye who plow the seu's blue Guld,
Who ride the restless wovo.
Beneath whose gallant vessel's keel,
There lies a yawning grave,
Around whose bark the wintry winds
Like fiends of fury rave !
O, while ye feel 'tis hard to toil
And Inbor the long hours through,
Remember it is harder still
To have no work to do.
Ho, ye upon whose fevered cheeks
. I'be hectic glow is bright.
Whose mental toil wears out the day,
And half (he weary night,
Who labor for the souls of men,
Champions of truth and right !
Although you feel your toil is bard,
Kven with this glorious view,
Remember it is harder still
To hare no work to do.
Ho. nil who labor all who strive !
Ye wield a lofty power ;
Do with your might, do witb your strength,
Fill every golden hour!
The glorious privilege to do
Is man's most noble power.
Oh. to your birthright and yourselves,
To your own sons, be true!
A weary, wretched life is theirs
WllO 1I4YR NO WOHK TO DO.
jfiioapj)tcal SHutcIj.
THE AMERICAN BONAPARTES.
1IKTAII.S OF T1IK I.P.OAL. TK1AI. SOON TO COM K ON
CONOKRMMi TIIK AMKKICAIt D0NAPARTK8.
From the London 'limes.
Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 1861.
A most interesting case will come before
; the Tribunal of First Instance at Paris on
I the 25th of the present month. Mme. Booa
i parte, first wife of the late Prince Jerome
I Bonaparte, ex-King of Westphalia, and uncle
of the Kmperor apoleon, and ber son, by I
- - - r - -
ler marriage with
b tbe Prince, claim to in-
berit their part of
the nersonal oroDertv left i
by tbe Prince. Muie. Bonaparte, who 1 be
lieve, is now in Paris, was, as yoa are aware,
an American lady named Paterson, and tbe
real object of the present snil is to re-establish
tbe perfect legality of ber marriage.
"By attempts renewed during tbe last Tew
years," says tbe printed memoir drawn up by
M rne. Bonaparte's legal advisers, M. Berryer,
advocate, and M. l.egrand, avoue.
"By means of writings recently published,
it has been tried to annul tbe character and
vulidity of tbe most soleoln acts, in spite of
tbe saucliou they bave received and tbe posi
tive prescriptions of our laws. 'I'be best es
tablished facts have been denied or misrepre
sented, and an attempt will be made before
the Tribunal to cause tbe illegal acts of arbi
trary power, and the opinions servilely re
pealed by men without any judicial authority,
to prevail over the fuuduuieut.il principles of
law aud suciul order."
A short sketch of tbe early career of Jerome
Bonaparte is then given. He entered the
navul service in 1803 his brother, tbe futur3
Kmperor, being then First Consul and pro-
i ceeded from Martinique on board of a mer-
chant vessel to tbe United States. If be
were born ; as stated, in 1781, be would then
have been only 19 years of age ; but from a
communication of Uen. Smith, uncle of Miss
Paterson, hia commission a, officer showed
him to bave beeu 22 He was introduced in
tbe month of May to tha family of Mr. Pater
son, "oue of tbe richest aud most respectable
citizens of Maryland." Jerome became ena
moured of Mr. Paterson', daughter, and after
some time proposed marriage. Alter due in
quiry as to wbetber any diincuitiea, legal or
otherwise, existed, tbe suitor was accepted.
Jerome announced to bis family in France
bit approaching marriage. Tbe French
Charge d'AO'aires to tbe United States com
municated to bis Government tbe particulars
of tbe negotiation aud the dispatches contain
ing them are still in the arcbievet of tha
French roreien unice. 1 be ceremony toon
place wilb great solemnity at Baltimore, oo
tbe 24ib of December, 1803, and the conrot
de mariaye was signed by Jerome, bit wife
aod bit wife't father, and witnessed by Mr. J.
Carroll, of Baltimore, .by tbe Yice-Consol of
France, by M. de Camus, a trench citizen,
afterwards Minister of foreign Affairs iu
Westphalia, and by Commodore Barney, of
tbe United Slates Navy. Tbe ceremony wat
performed by tbe Roman Catholic Bisbop of
Baltimore, who delivered tne allowing certi
ficate :
Hai.timork, Dec. 24, 1803.
Witb license. 1 tbis day ouited in tbe holy
bonds of marriage, io couformity wilb the
rites or tbe Holy Catholic unurcn, Jerome
Bonaparte, biotber or tbe f irtt Consul ol
France, with Elizabeth Paterson, daughter
of William Paterson, Esq, of the City of
Baltimore, aod of Dorctt Spear, bit wife.
x. J , Bisbop of BALTIMORE.
This certificate was verified by tbe French
Vice-Cootnl, Henry Vernet.
"Such were tbe t demnitiet of the marriage
of M. Jerome Bonaparte wilb Miss Peterson,
observet the memoir." "No opposition wat
sent from France, wben the projected anion
bad been known many months before. Tbe
wbola year 1804, passed over without anyj
protest, or any sign ol oiieooieni disturbing
the quiet and honor of the Paterson family,
Tai allude, to what eall4 IK Cornell At Famille,
ta. uieinljcr. ,rf which, aeeooliitg o Uic m inoir, wa. MM
AMuiiik-ci, FouM li"l': ii .i , lidl'itlic, ji,.I
ticncrol (iinaiu,
or troubling the happiness and mutual a Unc
tion of tbe young couple."
It was only wben the First Consol became
Emperor, and "when be was preparing for
bis family the distribution af to many Royal
and sodden grandeurs, to impose respect and
dread of bis power on the Sovereigns of Ku.
rope," that tbe marriage of bis brother Je
rome appeared, in tbe words of M. Thiers,
"opposed in the last degree to bis political
designs."
The Kmperor compelled bis mother, Ma
dome Letizia, to sign a protest against ber
son's marringe, as being contracted without
her consent previously obtained, and tbe Km
peror himself issued a decree forbidding it to
be entered in tbe register of the offices of
Slate. The memoir shows, at some length,
that all this was of no effect towards annull
ing the marriage.
Meantime, Jerome Bonaparte and bis
young wife left the United States for Europe.
They landed at Lisbon. Jereme proceeded
to meet bis brother, and sent bis wife on to
Holland, where she was to wait for him. He
left Lisbon on tbe Mb of April, 1805, aod it
was the last time she saw her husband.
Several letters from Jerome to bis wife are
given in memoir, all breathing the warmest
affection, and expressive of tbe most unsha
ken fidelity. Ou the Ctb of May, 1803, tbe
ttrrperor wrote thus to bis brother:
' Your onion witb Miss Paterson is null io
the eyes of religion and the law. Write to
Miss Peterson to return to America. 1 shall
give her a pension of C0,000f. on condition
that in no case shall she bear my name, to
which she has no right, by reasoo of the non
existence of the union. Inform ber, of your
self, that you have not been able, and that
you cannot, change the nature of things."
The "nature of things" which Jerome could
not change was tbe elevation of tbe Bona
parte family to the rank of sovereign families,
hut of recent dute, and subsequent to tbe
marriage.
The Emperor addressed at the samo time
similar injunctions to bis brother l.ucien
afterward" Prince of Canine) "whose mar
riage, contracted with Madame Joubertoo
some years 'previously, seemed also disfigur
ed by tbe same mesalliance in tbe eyes of the
triumphant man who bad just added to the
title of Kmperor of the French that of King
of Italy." l.ncien received a letter, declaring
that "Madame Lucien would never be recog
nized by tbe Kmperor, because her son might
be culled to inherit the throne, and tbe Km
peror owed it to the dignity of bis crown not
to expose this immense inheritance to tbe
issue of a marriuge contracted agaiust bis
will "
I. union dm nnt tha man hia hrntbur tonlr
m for ; to bis threats be answered as fol
lows :
You conclude by tracing out for me tbe
line of conduct I ought to pursne viz, to
destroy the cootruct wbicb has united us for
the laBt three years to bring back to Paris
my wife changed iuto a concubine to sepa
rate my daughters from tbeir mother, who
bave Touud iu tbeir parent to acknowledge
my two children illegitimate. And you call
that a simple proceeding I And you tbiok
thut, after having divided a poor family, dis
honored my wife, disinherited my children
that after having deprived tbetn of tbeir
name and their position, wbicb ia no longer
mine, but theirs 1 should Sod compensation
for so much baseness in tbe graces aod favors
which you say would enable my illegitimate
cbildreu to live honored and bappy I Sir, 1
respect in you tbe organ of tbe Kmperor.
Know, however, that ratber tbao descend to
such infamy, 1 would immolate my son and
my daughter witb my own band.
reuei,-t .u .gam wrmug iu u j..-
jesiy.-excepwog e sacnuce uemanueo oi
me, I am ready to make all others that may
be thought useful to France. My dignities
belong to tbe Kmperor. Tbe choice of the
place of my retreut belongs to bim. Wben
he commands me to change it 1 will obey
without a murmur ; if be requires it 1 sball
quit Kurope, but I will not quit my wife and
children except with my life.
LUC! KN BUN A PARTE.
Pksiro, May 25, 1805.
Lucien refused to separate from bit wife ;
she survived bim, and their aO'ection remained
remained unaltered to tbe last. Meantime
Madamo Jerome Bonaparte continued to re
ceive from her husband tbe same affectionate
letters as before.
Tbe Kmperor next addressed himself to the
Pope, (Pius VI 1.) aod demanded a bull an
nulling tbe marriage of bit brother Jerome.
He descended to willful misstatements of the
caste. For instance, be said tbat Jerome bad
been only one mouth iu America wben he
I married ; whereas be arrived in May, and
married on tbe 2ltb of December. He al-
leged scruples of conscience, on tbe ground
lb
at Miss Patursou was a Protestant ; "and,"
be suid, "it was important to France that a
Protcstaut girl should not be near tbe Em
peror ;" whereas, tbe Princes of Wurtenberg
whom Jerome afterwards married, at tbe in
stance of bis brother, wat a Protestant. Tbe
Pope refubud to annul tbe marriage.
'"If we usurped au authority,' be said, 'wbicb
we do not possess, we should become guilty
of a most abominable abuse before Uod't tri
bunal aud tbe wbole Church ; and your Ma
jesty, in your justice, would not wisn ns to
pronounce a judgment contrary io tue testi
mony of our conscience aud lua invariable
principles of tho Church.' "
Attain an attempt was made to extort tbe
bull, aod again tbe Pope refused.
Madame Jerome lionaparte, wno wat Igno
rant of what wat going on agaiust ber, pro'
ceeded to England, aud there, oo tbe 7lh of
July, 1805, gave birth to a ton, tbe party to
tbe preaenl toit. Certificates of bit birth
and baptisn ars an given in mil in tue me
moir. Madame Bonaparte remained in Lon
don until November, 1805, where sba contin
ued to receive tha same affectionate loiters
from ber husband. But she grew tired of tbe
solitude io while she was left, aod, finding ber
position embarrassing, she resolved to return
to America, which she did in November, 1805.
Not long after this the letters of Jerome to
bit wire, became leas affectionate. Tbe me'
moir explains Ibis change:
"Since tbe treaty of peace of Presborg, the
Electro, Duke of Wurtembnrg, bad obtained,
wilb tbe title of King, considerable territorial
aggraudizemeot, and tbe band of bis daughter
now become Priucest Royal, wat already dee
tioed for tbe youngest of bit (tba Emperor's)
brothers. Wat Jeroma ignorant of tbetw
projects, wben oo tba 20lb of Juoe, 1806, be
wrote from Martinique, to bit wife, letter,
reproaching her for Laving left Holland t"
This letter wat of evil omeo. Tbe reproach
of having left Holland wat most noiust 00
tba part of ooa wbo, having brought bit wife
from the United States to Earope, bad aban
doned her at Lisbon ; bad told ber to return
io Amsterdam, and soon after ordered ber to
return to America. Ua tbe 17tb of July, 1806
ba addressed bis last letter to "Madame Boo
aparte, at Baltimore." It made oo announce
ment of tba project of bit brother i it con
tained commonplace compliments, and con-
!., i i.l rur oi fir Imet.
.lit 1st of Juuo, 1806, tn act wtt pit-
pared which the memoir describes at "a me
lancholy monument of the vices engendered
by tbe tervile weakness and tbe guilty con
descension of ecclesiastical authorities to tbe
exactions of a Uovernment." This was a
sentence issued by tbe Archbishop of Paris
annulling the marriage of Jerome with Miss
Pattertoo, an act which the bead of the
Cbnrcb, to which the Archbishop belonged,
had previously and repeatedly resisted as ille
gal and opposed to the dogmas of the Church.
The Archbishop bad tbe baseness to declure
"tbat there was no monioge contracted be
tween the minor Jerome and Elizabeth Pater
son ; that tbe alleged marriage wos null and
clandestine, having taken place without the
consent of tbe minor's mother, which there
resulted a presumable rapt de ttduction, with
out the presence of a proper priest, in a fo
reign country, Sat."
I'be Emperor having at last persuaded tbe
King of Wurtemberg aud the Emperor of
Russia tbat bis brother was free to contract
a new nnioo, Jerome was married on tbe 12lh
of AuguBta, 180", to tbe Princess Fredeiica
Cutharine of Wurtemberg, and in December
of tbe same year was proclaimed King of
Westphalia.
In May, 1808, Jerome sent a person to the
United Slates to i-luira his son and bring him
to France. From the letter which he wrote
to bis futher-io law, Mr. Paterson, it appeared
what little value be set oo tbe acta which
annulled his American marriage. In U be
spoke of giving bia son the position "suitable
to his birth and rank ;" "briug bim np in tbe
rank which belongs to bim, be should thus
diminish tbe grief be felt at being far from
bis mother, and repair all the evil which the
great political interests be was boood to res
pect bad done us," Ac. In a letter to bis
wife of the same date bo says he "counts upon
a more happy future," end "nothing will ever
make me forget the bonds wbicb nnite me to
yon, and tbe tender attachment which 1 have
vowed to you for life." Madame Bonaparte
refused to part witb ber child.
Another long letter is given, dated Cassel,
the 22d November, 1808, from Jerome now
Kiog of Westphalia, to Ihb American wife, io
wbicb he proposes to give her for ber resi
dence and tbat of his son "a noble palace,
comfortable nod in every respect worthy of
you, at Smalcaldeo, about thirty leagues from
Cassel," and also "tbe title of Prince and
Princess of Smulcalden, for you and our son,
wilb a yearly revenue of 200,000 francs." He
also wrote to bis son, who was then only three
years old.
Madame Bonaparte refused to answer bis
letters, and rejected bis oners.
Three years passed witbont any further
correspondence. In February, 1812, Jerome
again wrote 10 his wife and son, and assured :
tbe former that "sooner or later all would be
arranged." Unchanged by tbe assurance'
maun ttuuiu uo arrnuKnu jvvun u,
Madame Bouoparte treated hit letters in the
anuio WHunvr , eutf ruiuneu mrui. mo
next step she took was to demand from tbe
tribunals of her own country a divorce from
ber husband wbo bad abandoned end repudia
ted ber. Sbe was divorced a vinculo matri
monii in January, 1813, by Act passed in tbe
House of Representatives aud Senate of
Maryland, "reserving ber own rights and
those of ber son.
In 1819 sbe came to Europe, ond was recei
ved wilb much cordiality by tbe members of
ber husband's family. Joseph, thfl elder
brother or the Kmperor. proposed to give bis
daughter in marriage to Madame Bonaparte's issue, and tbat consequently M. Jerome
son. The Princess Catharine of Wurtein- Paterson and bis descendants should be pro
burir, and Madame Letizia, the mother of tbe bibited from bearing the name of Bonaparte."
Kmperor, highly approved tbe project. Many 'l bs Conseil de Famille decided iu fuvor of
letters ere given io tba memoir Irom tbe vari- tbeir bearing tbe name of Bonaparte, but de
out members or tbe Bonuparte family, all cided illtyully, at the memoir maintains, tbat
couched in affectionate terms, and all recog- tbey should not bave ihe right to avail them
nizing tbe relationship or Madame lionaparte j selves or the benefit or the 20lst and 202d
and ber son, as if nothing bad occurred. Tbe ! articles of the Code Kaptilton relating to
marriage did not take place wilb bis cousin, ' succession. The Conseil de Famille was com
tbe daughter of Joseph. M. Jerome Bone- , posed or MM. Abbatucci, Fould, Troplong,
parte visited Italy io 1827, and was received De.Morny, Baroche and Orreuo. Tbe point
in the same affectionate manner by bis grand- j3 a'rgued at some length in the memoir,
mother, aunts, uncles and cousins, as proved; OutbelOlbof November, 1855, Marshal
by the ample correspondence contained in tbe : Pelis6ier, at bis bead-quarters before Stbus
memoir. Ha returned to America and mar- topol, named "M. Jerome Napoleon Bona
ried in 1829. He received letters orcongrat- 1 parte" Lieutenant in the 7th Dragoons,
nlttion from till his relations. Madume Kuigbt of tbe Legion of Honour. Tbis noin
Letizia, bis graudmolber, wrote thus : iuaiion was confirmed on tbe 2 1th of the same
Nov 10 IS'". month. But on the l'.ilb of June, 1856, a
Mv Dear 80. : I have heard with pleasure TZl
nf ennr niRrriHirP. bB th HCr80tl VOU DttVe
I bave not tbe pleasure of knowing ber. 1
Your father is still in the country ; be will ;
not return before tbe 1Mb. lie is well, 03 ,
also your brother and your sister (the preseol j
Prince Napoleon and l riucess Mainnue.j 1
embrace you tenderly. Your aflVctiocnte 1
molber. iirtiiA.ur..
Similar letters of congratulation were ad-,
dressed to M. Jerome Bonaparte 00 tbo birth j
or a son in 18j!l.
The Princess Matbilde, daughter or the 1
Ex-King or Westphalia was married io 1840
to M. Anatole Demidoff. Her brother.
Prince Napoleon, lost no time in informing
M.Jerome Bonaparte of tbe event, and be
it. ana na
concludes io these words :
1 embiace you, dear Jerome, as also your
wife and child, and I am for life your devoted
brother and friend.
NAPOLEON BONA PARTE.
M. Demidoff also informed bim orbit mar
riage witb biawister, the Princess Matbilde;
the wife of Joseph Kx-Kiug of Spain (then
known as Couut de Survillers) did the same ;
and tbe Priucest Matbilde herself wrote as
follows :
Nov. 17. 1840.
Mr Dkar Brother: I believe you will
learo with all tbe interest of a sincere friend
ship the conclusion of my mairiage.
My new couditioo realizes all the bopet
wbicb 1 bad anticipated. But, while I am
happy, 1 am not tbe less attached to all tbe
aflectiooate sentiments which 1 professed
before my marriage, and you know my dear
Jerome, what a share you bave io my affec
tions. Giva my affectionate compliments to
my sister-io law. though 1 bave not tbe pleat
ora of knowing ber j assure bar of my uftec
tion for ber. A thousand compliments from
tba Uarnoest.
Yonr most affectionate sister.
MATH I L I) E.
Kist my little nephew lor me.
Wbon Triune Louie Napoleon went to
America after tbe "aflair" ofStrasburg, M.
Jerome Bonaparte offered bim bit bouse at a
retideoce. Tba Frinca (tbe pretent Eropa
ror) replied :
My Dxar Coi'tm : In a month 1 begin my
journey to tba interior. Tba first thing 1
mean to do it to pay you a visit. 1 remember
witb pleatnra tba time we pasaed together at
Roma and Florence.
Tha F.miMiri had f!rl Malcd Io lh
. ,k kull. thai aiabrMhar'a
For, w hen
narruie wa.
-.,,.. r.v a Snaui.h nric.l. wheia-a Ihc cilt.lira.it wa
the Roman t.ihjiic ttialiop of UalmuiMc
chosen possesses all the advantages oue could 1 """I'"".' J ' . . ,'
desir-. 1 earnestly pray tbat you may be . " Tbis permission granted to bim under
boppy in the union you contract, and if my ' Dame which was not his proper designation,
blessing ;e.D Contribute to H,'t will be complete not accepted. At the same time, tbe
and lasting 1 beg of you to present my proposition of tbo Duchy of feartene was re
i . b A.. V..i...j ....i. newed to M. Bonaparte, the father. Under
aneciionate wisnes iu yuur umruiucu, iui-uku ,
Farewell, my dear cousin j receive the as
surance of my friendship.
NAPOLEON LOUIS BONAPARTE.
On tbe first or January, 1853, M. Bona
parte congratulated bis cousin on bis becom
ing Emperor, "on tbe foundation of his suc
cessnamely tbe will of the people as
expressed by universal suffrage." The Em
peror replied :
Mr Coi'siN : Notwithstanding the distsnce
and a very long separation, 1 have never
doubted the beortfelt interest with wbicb you
followed all the chances or my destiny. I
bave felt great pleasure in tbe letter which
brings me to your congratulations. 1 thank
you Tor them. Tho news you give me or the
vocation of your son for the militory career,
end of his entering a regiment or Carabiueers,
has not been less agreeable to me. When
circumstances permit I shall be, believe me,
most bappy to see you. Whereopoc, my
cousin, 1 pray God to bave yon in 11 is holy
keeping.
Written at the Palace or the Toileries,
Feb. 9. 1853. NAPOLEON.
M. Bonaparte came to France in June,
1854. On bis arrival iu Paris be received,
through the Minister or State, an invitation
to dine at St. Cloud, where tbe Court then
was. The invitalion was addressed to Prince
Jerome. The moment be entered tbe Palace
the Emperor handed bim a declaration, drawn
np by M. Abbatucci, Minister of Justice. M.
Troplong, President of the Senate, and M.
Barocbn, President of the Council of State,
setting forth thut "M.Jerome Bonaparte is
to he considered in France as legitimate ;"
that "be it French by birth, and, if be bos
lost tbe character, a decree con restore it to
him in virtue of tbe 13th clause of tbe Civil
Code."
In a short time M. Bonaparte perceived
tbat bis presence in Paris and tbe kindness
of the Kmperor towards him. excited certain
discontent elsowbere. He ic formed tbe Km
peror of the fact, and received from His
Majesty the following letter:
My Dear Cousin: 1 have received your
two letters. 1 bad already received one from
my oncle Jerome, wbo told me tbat be would
I never consent to your remaining in France, i
i 1 replied, tbat as tbe t rencb laws recognize
I yoa at legitimate, I could not do otberwise
, than acknowledge you as a relation, and that
j if your positiou in Paris was embarrassing, it
' was for yon alone to judge of tbat that
! Napoleon, if he conducted himself well, had
: nothing to apprehend from family revelations, I
' &e. You must, without irritating your;
, father, continue to follow the course which
i i i . ir i ;ii -;.. !
vou uavu uruptmeu iu yuursen. 4 nui nuio
to morrow to Fould about tbe arrangements
we agreed on.
Compliments to Jerome, and believe in my
sincere friendship. N A POLKON.
On tbe 17th or April, 1855, M.Bonaporte,
being then at Baltimore, received troiu 91.
FonlJ Minister of State, a letter announcing
to bim tbat ou bis return to France be was to
I assume the title of Duke de Sarlene, (a town
in Corsica,) "to put an end to difficulties
i wbicb yoa are aware of;" aud also that it whs
tbo Emperor's iutentiou that bis son should
bear the title of "Count de Sarlene." This
proposition was rejected.
k- 1 1 1 i.:. :. it.. r-:
I 1 tiuvu .apuieuu auu uid amcei, in. . ou-
cess Matbilde, tben demanded of tbe Kmperor
and tbe Conseil de Famille, tbat "MM.
Paterson (Mr. Jerome Booapatte aud bis
eon) should not exercise any of tbe rights
wbicb belons exclusively to tbo legitimate
"a "isujiutg wi j . w .
these circumstances the latter addressed the
following letter to the Kmperor, dated July
25, 1856:
Sikk : I received the inclosed from my son
a few days ago- I kept it to reflect 00 its
contents before 1 should send it to your
Majesty. It breathes the sentiments of boo
or in which my son was brought np, and 1
pray your Majesty to grant bis request. !t
is no real dishonor to be born a bastard and
in accepting tbe consequences. Had 1 been
in tbat category 1 snouia nave long since
I accepted, witb gratitudo, the offers which your
I . I ! nnhilnanoniluil Ia in a L u m a Itnl a a
--J' V w Jld " aT
- . - . , .
ways been acaoowitugeu a aucu vy mv
family, by tbe laws or all countries, sou by
tbe wbole world, it would be tbe extreme of
baseness aud dishonor on my part la accept
a brevet of basturdij. I did not raise tbe
question, neither do I fear it. And if the
family council (conseil de famille) has ren
dered an illegal aud unjust decision, it at
least stopped short of depriving me of the
name 1 bore from my birlb to tbe fiftieth
year of my age, without its ever buving been
contested.
Tbe object aod the victim or the intrigues,
calumnies and falsehoods, it only remains ror
me. Sire, to repeat tbe prayer 1 addressed to
your Majesty in my letter of tbe 201b. of
March, to go wilb my ton and wan in exile
thut justice wbicb I am convinced Heaven
reserves for me, sooner or later, and to re
quest tbat your Majesty will be pleased to
grant me an audience to lake your orders fur
the future.
J. N. BONAPARTE.
Tbe memorial coocludet by prayiug the
tribune to order that an inveutory be taken
of the property left by Hit Imperial Higbnest
Prince Jerome, aud that a partition be made
of it :
On tbit demand-which most ba admitted
in acy case, M.Bonaporte will be able to
maintain tbe legitimacy of bitifton,aod to
repel any exception on tbe ground tbat tbe
aflair baa been already decided, wbicb might
ba pleaded. At for Mme. Elizabeth .Patter
goo, who bat taken oo part in anything tbat
bat passed tinea tbe birth af ber ton, and
against whom to tbit day no direct attack
bat aver been attempted, witb whom it can
not ba alleged tbat any decision, legal or not,
has been pronounced, sbe will vindicate tbe
honor of her maternity, she will prove the
validity of ber marriage, and sba will claim
all tbe rigbu wbicb accrue to ber from tbe
Cuolract wbicb preceded it. Now tbat tbera
lln....iA n a a -vi KcitanavlA l'aila
is an interest created and prenent in the dis
cussion, and for tbe trial of tbe questions
which this grett canse may give rise to,
French magistrates holding tbe code of laws
in tbeir hand, and maintaining all tbe dignity
of their independence, will not make the holy
authority of marriage, and the sacred and
legitimate rights or a family, established fur
more than hair a eentury, give way to tho
ephemeral necessities or policy, or to the
arbitrary and capritions desires or absolute
power, or to the illrijal cmnjductncy of its
servsnts. BKHRYKR. Advocate.
M. LKGRAND, Avoue.
It is difficult to exaggerate the importance
of this case, for on the derision or the Tribu
nals will depend the legality of tho lirst, or of
the second marriage.
IN THE DARK.
BT THEOD0RR TILTOJf.
Love poetry getting to be very rare in
these practical days, we are sure that oor
leaden will thank ns for tbe following "think
ings aloud" of an ardent youth at bit love
tryst :
I hear the rushes qnirer,
Yet cannot see tbe river ;
The bank is hid witb sedge ;
Wbat ir I slip the edge T
1 thought I knew the way
By night as well as day ;
How often lovets go astray t
Tbe place is somewhat lonely
For one to be in only ;
Well, I. will sit and wait
She may be here by eigbt ;
Wos that a footstep near t
No, 'tis tbe tide 1 bear ;
Ah I sbe will be too late, I fear !
I pray no ill betide ber I
Moybap these shadows hide her ;
Hist I yelping cur I tby bark
Will fright ber in the dark !
What T striking cine T that's fast 1
Hark I did not one walk past f
Ho I there ! so thou art come at last 1
But wby tby long delaying T
Ah. yes I tby beads and praying!
Well, saints may kiss tbe Pope ;
1 never shall, 1 hope 1
Wbat color is bis toe ?
Tby lips are red, I know ;
Nay, now, jost once, before we go !
Nay, twice ! and, by St. Teter !
'i'be last kiss was the sweeter !
Quick, now, and in tbe boat !
Uood-by, black tower and moat 1
May mildews from tbe Bky
Smite blind tbe peeriug eye
Tbat stares at vs as we go by !
Aha 1 sweet love ! I told thee
No walls to night should bold thee 1
Look yooder there's tbe moon ;
We did not start too soon I
Nee, bow we pass tbat mill 1
Wbat? is tbe nigbl too chill T
Then I will fold tbee closer still 1
HHisccIIancmis.
Ait Editor's Love Story. An editor of
a Soolbern paper relates as follows bow be
once fell in love :
"We were never, kind reader, "de9poratoly
in love" but once, and tbat was with a red
no, auburn haired girl, witb a freckled com
plexion, who bad but a few proteosions to
beauty ; but tben jihe bad such really beauti
ful eyes, deep liquid orbs, through which ber
soul, io moments of tenderness, looked ont in
passionate fervor, and in joyous mirth dash
ing and sparkling with a light of a thousand
dew drops diamonds we were going to say
but we never saw a thousand. Her name
was Laura wbicb, wben breathed softly by o
very soft lover, is a very sweet name and
her clear ringing laugh fell around you like a
shower of silver bells. Moreover, sbe wore a
dark wine colored dress, trimaied wilb lilac
colored velvet and black fringe, witb a neat
little white collar of fine lace, which is tbo
prettiest of dresses, and bas tbe effect to
make a very plain girl look absolutely charm
ing. Sbe never perforated her ear to bang
thereby a pendulum of glass or brass, and the
only ornament on tbe little white hand, which
needed none, was a plain gold ring, sacred to
the memory of a maiden promise. Well, one
evening, it was moonlight in tbe summer time
we sat alone on tbe porch, by the cottage
door, holding tbat little while band in a gen
tle pressure, but one arm bud iuadvertanlly
stolen round ber waist, end a silent song of
joy, "like tbe music of tbe oigbt," was iu her
soul. Our lips met ia dulicious kiss, and
bending softly to her ear, we whispered the
lale of passionate devotion we proposed.
In a moment sbe tore ber hand from ours,
and witb a look of ineffable scorn, sbe said, io
a voice trembling witb suppressed rage
"Wbat, marry an editor! You get out!"
We slid.
Wonders in New E.mii.avo Mills At
Lawrence, Mass , among others, are the Pa
cific Mills, which cousist or two buildings,
each nearly nine hundred reel in length.
Tbeir full complement of employees is now
tweuty-one buodred, aud will be twenty-seven
hundred as soon as tbe machinery is all set
np in an extension of the main building, just
completed. Tbe raw cotton goes in iu bales
at one end, aod come out at tbe other mano
fuctured goods, ready for tbe market. Curi
ous ladies, by etrolliug through tbe print aud
deUine departments, can learn what styles
are to prevail several monlbt heuce. Ooa of
tbe machines for printing delaines, stamps
tbe piece witb sixteen differeut colors aud
shades, of colors io passing through ouce !
There it ouly oue other like it io the world.
Bravery or tub Yoi-nu Qi-kkn ok Na
plesA correspoodent writing from Gaels,
says tbat the young wife of Francis II. is
always to be seen in the place of greaieU
danger. During the bombardment of tbe
24th and25tbof December, two officers of
ber household were killed in the very room in
which tbe wat tilting, by tbe explosion of a
shell. Although the dauger was imminent,
tba Queen did not s'.ir from ber chair, aud
gave orders for tbe removal of the dead
bodiet in the coolest possible manoor. Tbe
Spanish Minister bad also a narrow esuapo,
ror at ba wat lying in bed be received tba
ratber unpleasant visit or a round shot, wbicb
smashed tba wasbiog stand npposite.
.. i
A ruRMiTCai. PssruJiz. Tbt enduring
odorormoskitabtonisbiug. Wben Justinian
in 5H8 rebuilt wbat it now tba mosqne of by
Sophia, the mortar charged wnn musk, j
aud to tbit very day tbe atmosphere it filled j
wilb tbt odor-
Sojiktmihb unncT OitTh following 'oily'
item, from Ihe Pittaburg Chronicle, may be of
some interest in thnae engaged in the oil business
hereabouts: The nil fever still rages at Meeca.
Aarren is crowded day and night with pilgrims
go.ng to and coming from Ihe diggings, and as a
consequence the hotels are doing a good business.
New strikes and discoveiies are of daily occur
rence. Among ihe latest streaks of luck an.
nounced is a new well just put in operation hy
J. F. Asper, Esq., of Warren, and three others,
on the town lino between Uezetta and Mcssa,
and onlv seven miles from Warren, which
vielded, in ten hours of numtiinir. fnrlu hnrrrlm
nf oil! "Ten barrel strikes" are becoming too
common for special mention.
According to a letter to tbo Cmirier des
Ftats-L'nis, dated at Paris on the 15th ultimo
the Commissioners from the Stole or South
Carolina had arrived at Paris, and presented
themselves to M. Thoivenkl, tbe Minister of
Foreign A flairs, wbo received them witb be
coming eourteey and respect, but without
tnkine side with becoming courtesy and res
pect, but without taking side with them, or
making any engagements witb them. Tho)
Commissioners are said to bave been some
days in Paris before presentation.
A very small pattern of a man lately
solicited tbe band of a fine bnxom girl.
"No, no," said tbo fair lady, "I cao't think of
it for a moment. The fact is, Franky, you
ere a little too big to pnt in a cradle, and a
little too small to put io a bed."
If a flock of geese tees one of tbeir number
drink, they will drink too. Men ofteu make
geese of tbomselves.
"You do a great many things, husband, yoa
shouldn't." "Oh well, my dear wife, 1 make
all square and right by not doing a great
many things that I should."
A friend of ours, wbo had invited severa I
gentlemen to dinner, found at tbe lost mo
ment that his turkey was stolen from the
kitchen. He was "dished" instead of bit
gobler.
Countryman to a Newspaper Clerk
"Wbot't yonr advertising terms t"
Clerk "'leu cents a line, before marria
ges." Countryman "Wal, I ain't married yet,
but 1 'spose I most go it."
Oo the docket or a Western justice or the
peace appears the rollowing :
"Ordered bi this cort tbat George II ufTer
appears at tbis cort and make finel settle
ment." After which appears :
"Owen as the fl'ze ia so bad the abuv
order is revokt bi this cort.
J. Ariett, J. P.
"Isaac, con yoa describe a bat t"
"Yes, sir, he's a flying insect, about tbe size
of a stopple, bos Indian Rubber wings and
shoe-string tail ; he sets with bit eyes shut,
aod bites like the devil."
Why is a mnff like a fool 1 Because it
holds a lady's hand without squeezing it.
ejf armors' if cparlmtnt.
Work for February.
.Viiniire.t. Use all the means at yonr com
mand to increase the quantity of manure
Feed aud bed all stock liberally, and gather
up and economize everything whatever, tbat
may furnish food ror growing plants. A
compost beap should be formed, uuder covor
ir you can, where ashes, soap-suds, refusu
from the kitchen should b gathered and
mixed witb rich eartb, sods, &c. Tbis coru-
! post will be useful ror tbe garden or for
manuring crops in the bill. If more be
wanted Tor garden or other crops, baol from
tbe stables to tome convenient point aud mix
well witb twamp muck, leaf mould or otbei
material, aud lot it stand until it begins tr
ferment, wben it should be turned and furtbci
mixed. All manure, which it is desired tc
use Tor spring crops without composting, mej
be hauled at any tune you find it convenient
and thrown broadcast where wanted.
Horses and Oxen. As spring approachc:
increase tbe allowance of grain to yonr bor
ses tbat tbey may be io good ordor for thei
labors. Oxen should be well cared Tor, toe
It is better at all times to reed them apar
from tbe other stock, tbat tbey may be sure
wben at work, or getting tbeir full allowanci
aud lest, wben idle, they drive off tbe otben
Cows. Cows should bave extra rare t
tbeir time or calving approaches. Youu
cows with tbeir first calves should bave goo
slops, with turnips or boels, to muke the
bags spring well.
lireediny .Voics. Attend well to these, an
be not over fearful of having them too fa
I'be quality of their pigs will depend vet
much on the quality and quantity of the sow
food through tho wioter.
Sheep. The ewes of coursi will bave yoi
especial care as tbe season of lambiug e
proacbes. A little grain and roots of at
sort will be acceptable to tbem.
Salt for Stock. Let stock of all sorts ba
salt at least once a week. The best metbi
of sailing for all stock is to givu tbem a lua
of rock salt to lick at pleasure.
Liming. ll is a favorable time to haul at
spread lime when the ground is frozen. -American
Fanner.
Chinese and African Stoar Canes
correspoudeiit of the Baltimore Sun says :
The Sorghum cone, of Chinese origia, is pr
Htable for molosses. The lmpber cane, t
are iuforined, is ol African origiu, and it is f
superior to the former io many respect
1st. ll comes up stronger, aod is more eas
distinguished from grass and weeds. 2d.
does not grow so tall ; is not so easily bio
down, aud is much more easily bladed a
bandied. 3d. The blades are of a uiu
richer and sweeter quality, and are therefi
more desirable for stock. 4th. It yields tut
juice and of better quality, yielding mi
molasses. 5lh. It is no trouble fo make su
from it, I be moiaasea uibub vuica auu
uway, will naiuraiiy kiiu v apr-
The manner of culticatinff each variety
the sume.and very simple Make your grot
mellow ; mark out but one way, three f
apart, aud shallow. Plant about early co
planting, dropp ng tbe seeds about twe
inches apart, aud from two to three seeds
a bill, coveriug about one half an inch de
Tend it well, but don't tucker, for it o
taxes tbe stalk to seud out new ones. ''
suckers will maturo at early, and make
large stalks as the original. Tbera may
from ten to a dozen snckera in a pi act
Never mind I Tbera are oo eart of corn
make, only cane stalks.
1 know by experience tbat good gro
thut :ultivaied will yield from 175 to
gallont per acre. Upon tba principle
manufacturing I would say, tba more tbJ
the pan. aod tha fatter ;bt evaporation,
larger the yield, and the bettor tbe qnulu
tbt molaiiel.