[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] to trial because he could not rely upon the impartiality of a French jury; therefore the offender was shipped to America. At that period (1830) the memory of the first emperor was compara-tively fresh in the American mind, and the charm of his name was a passport sufficient to introduce the banished prince into the alluring circles of wealthy and cultured society. His varied accomplishments, with his superior attainments in literature and polished manners, made him a very agreeable guest, and to the few who formed his ac-quaintance, his presence was very welcome. In company with a dozen other gentlemen, he was one day invited to dine with Mr. Constant, whose residence was a few miles north of Yonkers. Being in the neigh-borhood of Sing Sing, Louis Napoleon expressed a wish to 6ee the State Prison there. The hint was sufficient for his good-natured host; he pro-posed that the whole party should visit the great " Keep " on the Hud-son. A ride of twelve miles along the American Rhine was delightful, and the party in gay spirits stepped from their carriages and entered the broad portal that forms the private entrance of the prison agent. That officer, whose name was H. P. Rowell, a very genial, urbane man, received them very courteously, and for their benefit cheerfully unfolded the ways and means that had been attended with the most successful and beneficial results in the government of the prison and the reform of its inmates.