Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-09


of science and bis appreciation Of libert,
will make him fit adviser for her who i
to WELD the constitutional sceptre Of Brazil
There are many little traits of his charac
ter which would like to mention, but cal
only mention one or two. He, like tht
Emperor of Brazil, is very fond of Englist
poetry, and found that he had been read
ling by himself, and with the Emperor
Whittier's "In War Time" and LongfelIow'l
"Tale Of Wayside Inn" owe to tht
Hon. u. Lisbos-the Brazilian Minister Il
Washington, now here on leave-the pleas.
ure of first meeting the Count d'Eu and the
Duke d'Saxe. Mr.. LisboR had been ap'
pointed BY the Emperor the especial atten'
dant of the Princes, and rumor assigns tC
him (LisboA) the honor of having been the
special enVoy that brought about the en-
gagement of the Princes and Princesses
The Duke dc. SAKE, who looks marvellously
| like his maternal grandfather, Louis Phil.
llippe, is a fair, tall German of nineteen
whose father is brother to the King Fer
lnand0 of Portugal, the lather OF the present
/ King Don Luis. His mothes is the Prin-
cess Clementine, daughter of Louis Phil
ippe. By his iather he is the second cousin
| to Queen Victoria, ia own cousin to Count
d'Eu, his future brother in-law. ,., r
ARRIVAL OF The PRINCES IN BRAZIL.
When they arrived at Rio they were met
by Mr.. Lisboa, and conducted to the old
Viceroy's palace, which had been specially
fitted up for them. They have been often
seen in public, and the simplicity of their
manners and their freedom from osteuta.
tion have won every heart. When intro
duced to them by Mr.. Lisboa, there was no
other attendant present They invited me
to be seated, and entered freely into con-
Tersation, and that too, in the English Lam
gnape, both having learned our mother
tongue in our mother land. They were
deeply 10 nterested in the Amazon region,
and had many questions In regard to my
travels there. The CouRt d'Ru enters
heartily into-the Emperor's admiration for
Agassiz and love of natural science, and
spoke to me more than once of the muse.
um at Cambridge. The young Duke Is a
capital shot, and therefore his questions
were particularly in reference TO game on
the Amazon. | AFTERWARDS met both at
Bourget's 1.-THE best naturalist's establish !
ment at Rio), and found them examining
the magnificent butterflies with General
Dumas, faithful adherent to the fortunes
of the house of Orleans. They gave me
a cordial shake of the hand, and instantly
began talking about natural history and
Agassiz, They had just been looking at
fine collection of fresh water fish which
Bouget had made.for Professor Agassiz at
the order of the Emperor. could not
help admiring their intelligent enthusiasm
and their fue manly proportions, the
Count d'Eu being six 1eet two inches, and
the Duke six feet high. {
.r... THE BRIDES.
The Princess are fair blonds-tall, sim
pie in their manners, and we'll educated!
The elder was eighteen and the younger
seventeen in the month of July. They are
full blown women, and have the fine pro !
-porEions of their father. Last year 1
gave you some account of them in the
EIOening Post, so that l need now do no
more than refer to them. The likeness OF
the Imperial Princess, published by Antho- :
ny, of your city, will give your readers q
Just notion of the large, well-balRnced,
head, that, as her teacher IN Physlcs-tne
late DR., Panic Candido-said, "weighs and
reasons and then decides" No young Lac
dies have been brought up to severer stu
dy, the Emperor himself aiding and teach
ing in many branches. You will be glad to-
hear that their father has specially intro
duced them to the beauties of American
poetry; and L0ugtellow, Bryant and Whit
tier are familiar to them as household
words. To Mr.. George S. Hillard, of BOs.
ton, too, belongs some of the merit OF max.
ing known to the princess the best ezcErPtSS
of our literature. saw in the Emperor's
hands the large volume OF Hillard's "Class
Readers" when he observed that sit is by
this means that can teach the princesses
the best of English literature" gr az
Tha6 often remarked that one of the pro.
file portraits of the Imperial princess re-
semble that of Washington, as he Is de-
picted to US when young, called the
Emperor's attention to this, when he said:
1.-THE Priucesses are very fond of Washing
ton, and have read with them. number
of times Mr.. EveretTs Lie OF Washington,
as it ia 80 condensed, and gives so clearly
the chief points in the great mans history"
He further informed me that the prominent
/ characteristics of Washington, as his pat
| riotism, morality, &c, &C., were conspicu-
| ousIy placed by the Imperial Princess in
her own private apartments, so that she
could ever have them before her eyes. The
Younger princess is the more rtve aud beau
tiful OF the two, but the elder is more dis
tiuguished by her solid qualities. The
Younger princess will, after her marriage,
visit Europe, and have heard it rumOred
that the Imperial Princess, with the Count
d'Eu, may also go to the home of her an
cestors, and enjoy that experience of travel
which has been denied to, her father. But
my letter Is already too long, so | will con-
clude by benediction. Nay the blessing
of God attend these new alliances, and may
the future Empress be worthy of her father,
and be the means of great good to heI
country, which is by far the first OF South
American states. ---,,---- J.O.F.
PROM fHE SOUTH, fe.