The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-26
REGULAR CONsYRyAr1yr xox1xAr1os.
FOR
HRSslDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
In 1SRh


TIE GESERAL OF TIE nAckERIL BRIGADE.
Shall it be said, after this, that republics are
ungrateful. think not, my boy-I think not.
we nave won great and glorious victory, and
ene only question remaining to be answered 10,
VINO ,s responsible for it, my boy-who is re.
sponsible for it?
Yours, in bevilderment,
+. ORPHEus G. Kerr.
The Way Enei,:h Kings, Queens, Prln.
oes ana Prlneesses Marry.
Special Correspondence Of the Phlsdelphia Pres
Our female readers may be interested In the
fact thst, there unfortunately being no truth in
the charming romance of his having married On
Irish damsel during bis flying visit to Chicago
in 1860, the Prince Of Wales is about marrying
the Princess Alexandria Caroline Marie. Char.
lotte Louise Julie, born on December Let, 1874,
eldest daughter Of Christien, Duke of Glucks.
bourg, the legally recognized heir of the crown
Of Denmark. The present King, Frederick
VII, has NO children, and is now fifty years old.
On bic death, Christien of Giucksbourg will be.
come King Of Denmark, BY virtue of near rela-
tionship and law of succession passed nine
years ago. SO
The future King Of England, Who will be 2l
in November, is three years older than his in.
tended. She 10 represented as very amiable,
highly accomplished-and all that Who ever
heard of Princess Who did not get credit for
al imaginable perfections Of mind and person?
We have seen Danish carte de visik Of this
young lady. giving her good figure, and regu.
lar features, but If this be correct likeness the
Princess Alexandra cannot be called more than
passably good looking. Her face 10 square about
the forehead, and squsrer still about the jaws
. somewhat stern, cold, commanding expression
is the result She looks like ''strv,ng.minded
being, very likely to her own way, whether
married or single" Her expression Of firmnees
and command may partly be the result Of mill
tary rule which she sometimes has to enforce
for I've breathe in the palest ink, the young 10,
dy is actually Sous Lieutenant in the Danish
army! The great Napoleon commenced his CO.
reer as Sous Lieutenant in the French army,
and rose to be IN Emperor; to be sure, he did
not wear crinoline, which probably may make
difference.
A Prince Of Wales is relieved. by the peculi.
arity of bic position from the trouble Of select
ing lady to share bis exalted station-from the
trouble Of making love to her. The act of set
Element, BY virtue of which the German family
of Guelph have occupied the throne Of Eng.
land since death of Queen Anne in l7l4, espe-
cially provides that this family shall bs Protes-
tanta and that any he or she of It who may mar
~ Catholic thereby forfeits his or her rank, at
once and forever. 4fiU
There is another custom, that English Princes
and Princesses must not marry At oil without
special permission from the Sovereign and the
Parliament, which permission is not granted
when the person to be espoused 10 Of less than
royal birth, 80 that the choice of husbands and
wives is limited to the few Protestant royal
families Of Europe. Of these, only . few are
what Lloyds would register A l, namely: The
King houses Of Prussia, Denmark, Sweden,
Hanover, Holland, Wurtemburg, and the Ducai
or Electoral houses Of saxe.C Coburg, Gotha, An
halt, Baden, Brunswick, Hesse, Holstein, 0lden.
burg, Lppe, Necklenburg, Nassau, Reuss, Saxe-
Aeinengen, Saxe-Weirmar, SAKE. .Altenbourg,
Schvarzbourg, and Wsldeck. Most Of these
cases. not being as large as our city Of Phila-
delphis-that NO British prince or princess
would be likely to seek affinity therewith. Even
Prince Louis Of Hesse, who is married to Alice
Of England BY this time, 10 so poor that the
$50, 900 . year settled upon his wife BY the Bri.
tish Parliament is nearly all that the "happy
couple" have to live upon until be shall succeed
to bis petty principality. OF oil the German
houses, that of the Sa1e-Coburg is the most
wise in it's generation. One branch is Protest
ant another 10 Catboic-so that when the Queen
of England wanted husband, Prince Albert Of
SAKE Coburg was supplied, and when the late
Queen of Portugal wished to make . second
marriage, Prince Ferdinand Of Saxe-Kohary
presented himself and was accepted.
The alliance which is to convert Alexandra
Of Denmark into Princess Of Wales was polit.
icd arrangement negotiated by the late Prince
Albert The lady comes from kingly race, is
undeniably Protestant, is Of suitable age, Is
said to have artistical tastes in music and paint
ing, Nt-the Prince Of Wales has seen her on.
y once, and that was at Berlin, few months
ago, a he was proceeding on his tour to the
East. Marriages Of affection, arising ont Of for.
mer personal acquaintance, are rare in the fami-
II Of Guelph. They we'd according to State po-
icy, and WOO BY proxy:
HMls. PARr1serox ON GouT.-"As to being
inflicted with gout," said Mrs. Partington,
verv visel- Is shestirred her tea, sshigh living
doesn't always bring it on, depend upon ii,
though 1t generally does sometimes. 1t il in
coherent in some families, and is handed down
from father 10 son. Mr.. Hammer, poor soul,
vhe ehss bssn % long i'll with it, inhsrits il
flnn his wlis's grandfather" t.3d
A fsllov named Yorick is in prison ct Mem
phis, oha1gsd with exposing secession Dag
from the front Of his house. s.Alas poor Yor-
ick!" Whore be your jibes now!"