How Joseph Bonaparte Fled And His Brother Stayed

Woodward's "Donaparte's Park." The follo'wing deeply tnteresting account, never before iyen to the public, of the escape of King Joscph from Franco, anti hix voyage to America, vras communicated to the author by Adblph Mailliard, of San Rafeel, Cal., the son of Louis Mailliand, thedevoted !-: e rotary and most confidential friend of the ex-Kin:?. "A few houra before embarking on tlio French brig which was totake hhn to the United States, Joseph sent Mailliard to tho Emperor, with a letter urging again lns brother to exchange places, and make his escape from France in Joseph's vessel. ■ But Naj)o]con replied vcrbally to themessenger : 'Teil my brother that I have well consuleredhis offer, and that I cannot acccjit it. It wou ld seem liku flying away from danger; beside, I could not lcave behind me so many brave offlcers, ■vlio havo sacviflced everything for me. Teil my brother I hope he -vill escape the cruiscrs of England, raid arrive salcly." "Joseph on receiving thia last anSTrer sailed immediately for America. HadNapolean accepted, lic would ably havo ronchen New ork safely, as ] every precaution had been taken to avoid octection. The vessel selc'cted was a gmalL common-lookiag brig, the 'Commerce, of twohundred tons, ioaded with a cargo of Bordeaux wines lor '■ a market. She was a last sailer and was strongly built and was coinmanded by a skillf'ul captain, MesseiTey, a Swedc by birlh. Although three times on the high seas the brig was stopped and searched by En'lish ft'igatea which were on the lookout for Napoleon, the passports and papers of the passengere 011 board had been so carel'ully prepared ouder fictitious names iluil ilu'v were nol, discovered. The Captain óf the ijrii dia not even know who they were until a few days after they landed in New York. "The newspapers haring published an account of his successful escape, and giren the name of the vessel, the poor captain could hardly contain hiroaelf, aial called at once lipón Louis Maillaird who assured him that it was tiue, and presented him in all formalicy to King Joseph. ']ut trhy did you not teil me?'' said hc, 'I never Would havo betrayed him.' Mailliard had to cxplain "to him that it was thought best to conceal the real ñames and positions of his passengers, for lear tlu.t he might havo shuivn some licsitatton or loss assuranco whcn boarded by the English officei's. 'I think you werc'rig'ht,' said the captain ; 'I would hatee sunk my vessel rather than let them come on board ; you were right !' Joseph was mach amused by his demonstration of Bonapartisin, and sent liim a very handsome present to show tiial he had appreciated his treatmcnt on board." It ís well known that some years prior to the final abdication of Napoleon the contingencyofhisbein r foi"ced to abandon Franco and seek refuge in America sornetimes presented itself to his mind. The late Esquire Edward Robbins stated to the author that Louis Maillaird rclated to him that once, when the Einperor was speaking on this subject in presence of Joseph and soino of íiis oilicers, he unrolled a map óf tlic United States, and placing liis finger on a spot in New Jersey, said, in substance : "It' I ani ever torced to fly to America, I shall settle somewhere between Philadelphia and Xew York, where I can receive the earliest intclligenee from Franco by ships arriving at either port." This idea probably governed tlie Count in liis location.