The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-07-12
IMrERIAL BARBARISM.

AyreS OF 24th March.
IMPERIAL BARBARISM.
A respectable literary gentleman, recent
ly arrived at Montcviteo, has communcat-
ed to friend in this place relation (Which
he had from the principal physician of the
deceased Empress OF Brazil) OF the event
which occasioned the illness and death OF
that unfortunate lady.
According to this account, tie Empress
had purchased two horses which had struck
her with admiration BY their elegance and
beauty. The chief Major Domo of the En-
pcror, who supplied her Majesty with what
was necessary for her cxpcnces, either to
fiatter his master, or from some other mo.
tive. intmated to him that the Empress ex-
pended a considerable deal Of money; as, fer
the last five or six months. the sums she had
asked exceeded, already, seven thousand
dollars.' The Etnperor desired to see the
account, and observed that the price Of the
two horses was not included, FOR the pay
ment of which the Major Domo said he had
not funds. In consequence, Don Pedro pre-
sented himself before her Majesty, with
whom he commenced disputing, calling her,
to her face, an extravagant spcndthrift, &c.
1t seems that the Empress answered, that
when she was mere princess, she had
much greater sum assigned for her purse
than that which was now allowed her. The
conversation fell upon the horses, when the
Emperor rcproached her with unnecessary
expense, where she had, already, horses
sufficient. The Empress observed that they
had pleased her very much on account OF
their singular beauty, and that it his maJes-
ty did not wish to pay for them. as he in
sinuated. she would do SO. though it should
be by selling one of her jewels. The En-
peror replied that he would dispose Of them.
as he wished to present them to the little
Marquesite daughter of the Marchiones ss
of Santos. The Empress stung with indig-
nation, (as she well might be, at the propos-
cd mode of adjusting the matter,) made an
! swcr that she would sooner have their
threats cut. than permit that SO 79orthtcss an
Individual should display her horses. The
Emperor, then infuriated, struck her majes-
ty violent blow on her face, that knocked
her to the foor and, while III that situation,
kicked her several tines! Leaving her ex-
tremely i'll in consequence of this usage, he
came to Rio Grande: and lastly, it is stated
that her majesty being examined after her
death, the fetus which she had then in the
womb, was found with the head mutilated,
and, already, even in state OF putrefac-
tion!i
.Surely this is a sum rather exiguous for per-
sonage of such class-the more so in the case OF
her maiesty, whose charity was SO notorious, and
who extended her benevoience to all the unhap-
py who implored it.
As there is at this time an opinion existing
in our Borough. rather unfavourable to the
encouragement Of woollen protection, the
following compilation of opinions upon he
subject, from the National Journal may serve
to throw some new light upon the subject :
Mr.. Davis, Of Massachusetts,. whose speech
on the woollens bill was considered by men
of all parties as one of extraordinary strength
and pertinence, who was of the Committee
which prepared the bill, and who had made
himself perfectly acquainted with the ope'
ration of the law of 1924, says
"The law OF 1924 gave duty OF So Is
per centum on imported fabrics; and it was
doubtless the design of the government that
it should operate as clear protective duty;
but one half lit, or nearly that amount,
has been taken away by the Modification OF
the British Tariff, and the other halt is evad,
ed. The memoralists, therefore, demand
no more than what is reasonable, when they
seek to obtain the full advantages in1ehoeo