Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-10-01
rRIHrHp Anu PCBLIsHBD,
DAILY,
NY SAMUEL SNOW DE N,
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER /, 1928.

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Exhibit TO thrm the following sketch ofthe pre-
4 cen, king of Portugal, protested 10 have been
&hrawn by one well acquainted with his Majesty
and. from all that can learn, without sxag-
geration Of his vices.
from the Liverpool Literary Museum
OR1eINAL AND AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF DON Mi
GUEL.
The following sketch Of the character oil the
prs sent usurper of the Portuguese throneis tur-
nished expressly for our work, by gentleman,
who has long been connected with Portuguese
4 and Brazilian affairs, aud who has already iur-
uished u with sketches OF Rio de Janelro he
has seen Miguel frequently; and his opportuni-
lies of observation, aud OF information on Inc
SUBJECT entitle his sketch, though haish one,
10 be received as authentic.
The career of this Infatuated and senselcss
A.roha.s has kaan -ehAracterizad, Tom his We
~ boyhood up TO The present period, by acts OF
cruelty, wantonness, and brutality, and total
recklessness Of kee2 ping up even an outward APP
pearance Of propriety or common deeency. A
history OF his life would present but one con
tinued loa,hsome scene Of depravity ard black
guardism. Bred up in unrcsualred Indulgence
\ unchecked in the evil propensities which at a
yery early age began 10 manifest themselves III
his words aud actions, caress,d and petied oy
a worthless, bigotted, yet doatlng, mother,
table nassiops which rankle IN his hear:, this
dubiously legitimate scion Of the house oil Bra
panza became, at the early age OF fifteen years,
the tenor aha scourge of the country IN the
vicinity q ,ne palace OF 81. Christovao near Rio
de Janeiro, where lie was brought up.
The associates he selected al that age, were
of The same stamp as those he now cherlShes
abou, his nerson--viz. stabis-boys and lackeys,
and common street. blacKgGards and bui!-bai'
tiers. Drunkenness is prominen, feature m
his character; aud, 10 crafty this propensity
himself and his bosom compinlons lad all Inc
neiehbourhood under contribution, by oompsi>
--~r'fc rquor !hty
thought fl 10 demand AUy remonstrance "a
gainsl such rascai'y prank> was generally pro-
ducti,e either of broken liab>, or violent as
SAUL Of the person.
Mutations of animals, 10 him, was source
ofexouisite enjoyment; the screams, the con-
yulslve thrues, Of the poor deIencCless animals,
whose sptrails ne was tearing out. were to him
the most refined pleasures his diabolical imasi-
nation could invent. 1t is scarcely credible,
but he h is'been known 10 steal thc,fowis IN The
neiphbourhood of Rio de Janeilo, and draw
II their entrails out, when they were alive, with
scorkscrew! His treatment of his own species
was equal, unfreling and a,rocicus. He would
mount a horse; and, repaired with the lasso,
or noosrd rops, would, when at tuli speed, Tor
more pyinceiy amusement, throw the loop over
the head OF Posing negro, and Thea drag him
for many yards, ill life was all but extinct. An
other Of his ,illainoUs practices was, TO lay In
wal, for the negro girls bringing tr1rit and We
getabes 10 the city; when, not content with for
chilly violating their persons, he would Io5
The m Of their baskets, and give ihea' severe
beating besides.
In 1921, he returned 10 Lisbon, along with
the royal family ofPortugal; and, in 1928, sue
ceeded, conjoin,ly with his mother, in over
throwing the constitution and dispensing the
Cortes. Af'er this he hed from Lisbon, ac-
companied by the troops he had corrupted,
with the intention OF stirring up the provinces
10 a revolt--for the purpose OF dethroning lis
father and assuming the crown himself In
this plan he was frustrated, by the vigilance ct
the kings parry, who succeeded in quashing
the insurrection in its infancy. One os the
kings staunoh adherents, the Marques de Louie,
the father of the present nobleman OF the same
title, whose marriage with one Of MiguePs sis
tiers, and flight from Portugal 10 this country,
on the return Of the tyrant have lately excited
so much of the attention Of the public, having
made himself on this occasion, obnoXi0us 10
Miguel, by his fidelity TO his fathers cause, was
singled out as a victim on whom To WEAK his
vengeance Miguel himself, assisted by his
idCkey, dHu 'iic luSS " III " alt
for him, in the palace Itself, and after stunning
him with the blows Of hammer, on his tenn
pies, stabbed him through the throat! For this
murder he was tried and found gully; but, by
the intercession OF the king, the matter was
hushed up. The lackey fed, and his other ac-
compIce was banished the country: he rep ired
10 London, where he died Of IN apoplectc fl,
in he beginning Of last year.
In 1924, Miguel again made an attempt TO
wrest The scep,re from his fathers hand He |
made him prisoner in the palace; and would |
probably have carried into execution the design |
H. n,editated, OF assassination, had not the Vi
rorous measures Of The foreign ambassadors |
averted his infamous purpose, by effrclIns The !
escape of his father, who took refuge on board |
The Windsor-( as;le, BRUSH man-of war. then |
lying in he Tsgus.
The king, aiarmrd ct such undisguised proof |
Of his sons perhdH as well as that Of the queen,