Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-09-04
Paris Correspondent Of the London Advertiser.
The Empress Eugene Doubts OF Her
Paternity.

The Empress Eugene Doubts Of Her
- Paternity.
The lofty and prominent station attained
by that distinguished lady who shares the
throne Of France with Napoleon III, has
attracted public attention Of late to some
law proceeding which took place some time
past at Valladolid and acknowledgement
ings which throw some doubts upon the pa
ternity Of that illustrious lady .-There has
been a great demand for the Spanish law
journals of 1927, and the following year.
On searching through the files of that period
we find the subjoined account of the utility
OF a divorce pronounced in 1913, between
Spanish husband and wife.
Don joaquin de Montijo, captain of the
/ regiment of Segovia, married, in 1910,
Donna Maria de Pcnaiisailde, belonging to
a respectable family Of Fontepelayo, near
Segovia. Shortly after his marriage, he
was taken prisoner Of war, and was carried
eff to France, whittier he was followed by
his wife, as soon as she ascertaned that he
had obtained az appointment as command
| ant Of prisoners Of war, which made some
addition to his pay. Although Donna Maria
went to France, in compliance with her
husbands request, yet she does not appear
to have lived happily with him. Discussions
soiled the domestic hearth, mutual rccrimi-
nations, each charging the ctl.er with adul-
terry, brought about separation. Don
joaquin having lost his appointment, in
consequence Of the removal Of the prisoners
Of war from Bourgos to Dion, took service
in the French army, being driven there by
want. His wife, finding again that he had
the means Of supporting her, went to his
regimental quarters, but was repealed by
him with disdain, and refused admission.
Their divorce was finally pronounced by the
French law courts, in November of 1918 :
On the return Of Ferdinand VII. to Spain
Donna Maria returned to Fontepelayo with
her son, aged two and half years, and
| lived there six years, with her family.
| Her husband remained in France until
1920, when Ferdinand took oath to renew
the constitution Of 1872 He then return
ed to Spain, and resided at his native town
Of Arevallo, where he had some property ::
from thence he wrote to his wife to claim
his son. She refused to send the child
Don joaquin went to exercise his paternal
right, but Donna Maria refused to give him
up. Don joaquin returned home without
his child, but after a few weeks he went
back to Fontepelayo, fell in love again with
his wife, and proposed that they should
live together again and say nothing about
the divorce, which was known only to her
family and bis brothers She returned with
him to Arevallo and there resided with him
until October 3Oth, where he died from the
effects Of a fall from his horse. Her son
inherited bis fathers property, under the
guardianship OF his mother, who continued
| to reside at Arevallo. we say her son, be-
cause, although at the death Of Don JOAQUIN
she had daughter, aged nine months, the
child died shortly after the death Of its fa-
Their. In the year 1880 she had also the
misfortune to lose her son, ard her grief
was emblttered by the conduct of her late
husbands brothers, Don Antonio and Don
Brantio de Montijo, who ordered her to
leave their late brothers house, she having
no right to call herself his widow, having
by her Infamous conduct necessitated d.
vorce. She refused to leave her house
Proceedings were instituted before the Cor
regldor OF AreVallo, Don Joaquin Benito.
who delivered his sentence on the 10th dav
Of June, 1928, that whereas divorce had
been pronounced in France, in 1918, it had
not been annulled by their cohabitation
consequently, in fault Of heirs direct she
must restore the property of Don JOAQUIN
de Montjo to his brothers, Against this
sentence Donna Maria went to the ROYAL
Chancery Of Valladolid, and after MANY
months litigation the original Judgment was
quashed. "Whereas Donna Maria de Pc
ansande was married on the Sth of June,
1910, to Don joaquin de NIontiio, and
whereas the divorce was pronounced in a
foreign country, then under the rule of a
usurper, under government as Illegal as
irreligious, and net recognized in Spain
and whereas such divorce had been annull-
ed by the ultimate remorse Of the parties,
declares Donna Maria entitled to the life
interest in the property Of her late husband,
to revert to his brothers at her demise.
Now, dates are troublesome things. The
French lUonit5ua CT tie 4th Of June last an
nounced that the Empress Eugene had at
tanned her thirty second year on the pre-
ceding day, and had received the congratu-
lations Of her friends on the occasion Ac-
cording to the official Aon:tour, therefore,
the Empress Eugene was born on the Sd
of June, 1926. and according to the undis-
puted testimony Of registers and other doc
umentary evidence, her father died On De-
tober 30, 1928, from the effects of fall
from his horse. These things doubtless ad-
nit of explanation, but none has yet been
given. Indeed, the French Gazette de Trt-
bunaur Of September Fl, 1921, which con
tains the verbatim report Of this cause cezeJre
has been forcibly distracted by Imperial
ukase from the files OF that Journal which
are kept for reference in the reading rooms.
gy~ A Roman Catholic clergyman has
been appointed chaplain to the army since
the expedition started for Utah. and he is
probably with the army at this time Speak.
ing Of this appointment, the correspondent
Of the Tribune says it is
GA selection which ought 70 receive pub
lie approval, for three-fourths of the men
subject to- his ministrasions are Of his own
religious faith"
What a contrast. The chief priest of the
Mormons rejoices in the possession Of per-
haps twenty wives while the high priest Of
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