The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-05-04

"A SpeculatOr in PetticOats.
az The Paris correspondent of the N. Y
Times, writes: b. s.s.sla.sr
The greatest petticoat Spectator OIL
the day in Europe is Queen Christina
late efSpain. The passion with which
this female Plutus launches into finan-
cial enterprises, astounds the small fry
among her male competitors. Not long
ago this ex-royal lady went to Rome,
nobody in Paris knew why. Soon she
commenced to construct magnificent
palace there-another mystery. But
now the mystery is solved. Christina
has obtained from the Pope an immense
railroad concession, and on such terms
as will double her present great fortune.
Her profits were SO palpable that His
Holiness said to her that his people would
murmur unless one or more Of his own
subjects were sharers, in the enterprise.
Christina was obliged 10 consent, and the
Pope,s Chief Minister, the Cardinal An
toneIli, was added to the documents Of
concession maintaining the affair
in the family .-,.,---c.
The Pope, once seized with the mania
of modern progress, next determined on
establishing National Bank,-a Nation
al Bank in Rome. Queen Christina and
the Cardinal tAntonelli again appear as
tie priacipal operators. tits even hint
81 that they, and they alone, are the yer.
itabSe authors of the scheme, with what
object their preponderating subscriptions
to the bank plainly indicate. 1t is true
that the name Of the Pope stands ct the
head of the list Of subscribers to the cap
ital stock, but that was only out OF ETH
Qostte, and it is so quickly followed by
those Of Christina and Antonelli, that 1t
Is not difficult to imagine where their real
places are. But it looks oddly, all the
same, to see the successor Of Peter and
Paul. the guardian of the keys OF she
Church on earth, head the list Of sub
-scribers to doubtful Bank speculation,
in such company as that Of Queen Chris
tina Of Spain. Adversely and that other
destroyer OF human calculations, pro-
gress, make sad worklwith superstition
ard the faith of our foreiathers. .l
But this is not all of Christmas late
speculations. She has just raised out Of
cringing poverty that poor NJ. Grimaldi,
Prince Of Monaco, by buying the State
salt manufactures. For years this last
Of Grimaldies has been trying to sell
something. Three years ago he tried to
sell his State, as it is called, to the
American Minister in Paris. (The State
is ten miles square and containg popu-
lation Of 500 souls y Our Minister,
kind hearted as he is, had the courage to
refuse to relieve the wants ofthe starving
Prince. Then he tried to induce the
American Government to buy a naval
port on the lovely shores Of his little
seventy -ninc Kingdom. But his wa
ters were too shallow, and again our
Minister was obliged to steel his heart
against the crying wants of the starving
Prince. He has been more fortunate
with the great ex-royal speculator Of
the South, and before five years, it would
DO safe TO predict, NJ. Grimaldi will find
himself relieved entirely of the cares oil
his ever blossomins rose and fig trees,
his naval port, his salt manufactures,
his God-lorsaken and furniture forsaken
old palace and his standing army Of sixty
ragged soldiers Christina will snap her
fingers at the Progressists of Spain. She
will have Kingdom of her own.