The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-03-11
THE w HIG.
From the Examiner.
The New Freacfa Empress.

The New French Empress.
SEEoR1rA EUGESIA DE TEBA, or as she is
more usally known, Mile de Montijo, is the
daughter ola nobleman who belonged to one
of the most eminent families of the Spanish
aristocracy-that of Palafox and who dis
tinguished himself in the civil war of 1928,
under the title of the Count dc Teba. At
that time he became acquainted with Miss
Maria Kirkpatrick, the dashing and hand
some daughter of Scotch gentleman, who
held the post of Consul Of the United Sta
at Malaga. A love affair and a. romantic
marriage was the consequence. The new
made Empress is the daughter ofthis Span
ish grandce and Maria kirkpatrick, who is
still living, widow, and who accompanies
her daughter on her present visit to Paris,
where she has appeared under the title OF
Countess de Teba. After the marriage, in
1928, the death of an elder brother conferred
upon the Count, along with score of other
titles that of Montijo. by which name since
her first appearance in fashionable life, the
daughter has been generally distinguished.
She also inherits handsome fortune herin-
dependent income being something like
$50. 900 a year. The father died some
years since, leaving two daughters; the elder
now wears, BY marriage. the title Of Ouch
ess of Alva and Berwick. than which the
Spanish nobility can boast nothing more
elevated.
For some years the young Countess de
Teba or Montijo. who is now about twenty
FIVE. has enjoyed at Madrid the reputation
of an exceedingly fast woman. Tall, grace
full of statuesque symmetry of person with
iluxuriant auburn, or rather red, hair, pale
complexion, which has latterly stood in need
of a little rouge. great ELECTORAL eyes of a
brown so deep and radian! as to pass for
black, rather long and aristocartic features
a large but exquisitely sculptured nose a
likely mouth, and teeth Of dazzling white
ness. she is type of admirable beauty,
which languid and base air hardly dimin-
ishes Endowed with uncommon wit and
spirit. she speaks French, English, Italian
and German with as much auency as Span
ish A proficient In exercises of strength
and address, she rides with the boldest, and
drives four-in-h hand with the most skiIful.
At Madrid it was the habit of our heroine
to bid defiance to public opinion, as the
within might seize her. She used to APP
pear alone in public driving her own car
.riage. She had a separate establishment
in her mothers palace, inviting and receiv-
ing company without consulting her mother,
and often refusing access even to her rela-
tises. Once her mother forced her door,
despite the remonstrances of the servant,
who protested that the Countess wanted to
be alone. To her great amazement she
found that her daughter was missing.
For twenty four hours the young lady did
not appear. and when she returned coolly
informed her afflicted parent. who had loudly
expressing her fears that there had been an
lelopement. that she had been away on an
'errrand!
On another occasion, the whim takes her
/ to pay special compliment to literature,
and her carriage stops at the door of Senior
Escosura. one Of the most prominent Of liv-
ing Spanish authors, who was some years
since Minister of the Grown. ..Good
morning, my dear SIR was her salutation
to the astonished ltterateur. Il have come
to breakfast with sou, in order to have a
talk on literature and poetry q few
weeks later Escosura gaYe dinner to num-
Der ofliterary men artists and actors at
which the Countess waspresent without hel
mother o. any other lady as chaperon She
WAS the life Of the party, making speeches
and giving toasts with the loudest. Among
the nuests vas third rate French actor
!, named Laferriere Who had great success Ma.
drid He was from the Theatre HistOfiq1e
lin Paris. She took i fancy to him. and had
| 8 lone conversation with him When The
time for leaving came, Well. said The
/, Countess. my ear1iageis here, and ! viii takt
II. Laferriere 70 his hotel The young mar
was little abashed ct such ! courtesy from
lsuch ] lady bat she insisted, and they De-
parted together.
Nile De Montijo vas also ! great sports
woman, and very popular, q course among
the torreadors. q bulI.fghters. She va