Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-02-26

When she appeared l'i 'iie Z! i!e"s' ehe
was salutcd by all the torreadors, and
exchanged with Them the most cordl-
al greetings. ITO thee, Countess de
Tehe, | dedicate my lore and my
provost" they would excluim, watt
ing kisses toward the young lady
7" Bravo, Antonio! Bravo Jose! Well
fought, my boys" and other words OF
the most liberal appreciation, were the
answer. In all such scenes there was
considerable display of Spanish
frankness, which would have been
very shocking to the sense Of propri-
ETY. of American ladies.
Like all fast women, our Countess
found a matrimonial establishment
difficult to obtain. Once size couned
the Duke of Ossuna, the richest gran
dee of Spain, but he declined the hon
or. Disappointed in this scheme, she.
received the addresses of young no.
BILE of CASTLE, and was nearly engag-
cd to marry him. But she could not
help flirting at the same time; and
once, when this young man was in her
drawing.room, shc went so far, in her
coquetry with another, that the former
aspirani. for her hand seized chair
and threw i, a, her head, saying, with
the most opprobrious epithe's, that he
would not marry her for the world
The insult was resented by tho last
inject of her attentions, and two or
three duels were the consequence
The result of all these acts of dash
ing cccentricity, and Of all these scan
tluls. aud of others quite as notorious
was, that it would have been little less
tl,un impossible for Mile de Montijo
to marry gen,lemalfofhcr own rank
in Spain.
For three or fur years past, Mile
de Montijo has been wont to spend
the winter in Paris, whore her con-
duct has been much more circumspect
than at Madrid. Still, she has never
gained an entry into the aristocratic
circles of the Fanbourg St. German.
|Bnt}she was compensated for this cx-
clusion by tile coldiality with which
she was received at the Elyscc, and
by the profound impression she made
upon its master. From the first she
inspired Louis7Napoleon with an ar.
dent passion, which justified her res
olution to become his wife, and share
the glories that destiny had in reserve
for him. in accordance with this de-
termination, she steadily rejected 9th.
crs proposals, without regard to their
magnikncnce. 1t was currently re-
ported at Paris, a few months ago,
that her reply to his protesta,ions of
love had been: "Princc: l am Of too
good family to be your mistress"
and, if the saying be not exactly true
in fact, there is no doubt that it is SO
in spirit. Latlcrly the attentions of
the lover have increased in zeal, aud
the position Of the lady in his court
has been more marked than ever
She was the heroine of every festival: :
during the recent excursion Of the
court to Compicgnc, she stood at its
head, as the bright, particular star OF
the imperial admiration, and there
were no, waniingthose who predicted
her marriage with Napoleon. Still
the lover hesi,a,ed. He adored, he
worshippel, yet he didn't come up to
the mark. But the Countess was not
discouraged. She is too skillful an
actress to be in faul.in such an emcr.
gency. She annomcedthc approach
lug departure Of herself and her mo.
ther for Madrid. The result was the
proposal Of marriage the appointment
of the day, the .annunciation to the
ministers and the world that tlin
Countess was to be his wife. aud, no
doubt, ere this, the lioaae of Madrid,
and the granddaughter Of the folmer
U. S. Consul at Aalcga has become
EucrNn, Empress of The Frencll.- -
ltis said that a gipsey once!predicted
that she would be elevatedtoa athrone,
aher the fashion Of the famous pre-
lictiou Of the Meg.ess to Josephine.
Ii remains to be seen how farthe flu
ture will complete the parallel be-
tween the wives of the two Napule-
ons.
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