The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-20
Movements Of Archduke Maxi
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7titular Emperor of Mexico and hiscwife,
the Archduchess, who reached the Nor
thern railway station at o'clock Jon
Saturday last, and we're thence cqnduc.
ted to the. Tuilleries in the imperial car
riagc. The Archduke is good and
intelligent looking man, thirty-two years
old, if l. mistake not, and as you are no
doubt aware, next brother to the Emperor
Of Austria. His love oftrayei andadYen,
ture, and dislike of the, stiffness and per
dantry of Austrian military life, induced
him TO chose the navy fox his. profess;ops
and since the age of sixteen he has been
much at sea, visiting all the coast of the
Mediterranean, the Lronch provinces Of
Africa, as Spain, Portugal, Mexico and
MADEIRA. #
In 1854, when only twenty-five years !
old, he was placed at the head Of thSs
Austrian marine, anu pursued his travels
and investigation, with ayidity, sailing
about the Archipelago and the coast of
Syria in his flagship, the-S Schwarzenberg,
with squadron Of seventeen vessels.
He then proceeded to visit Palestine
and Jerusalem, passed through Egypt,
into the Red sea, witch lie investigated
with great care; as he did also the works
then proceeding of the Suez Canal. He
is said to have always manifested a. par
tidlty for the Emperor Napoleon Ill;
and it is reported of him that when at
Trieste, in DECEMBER, 1852, the tells
graph brought him the news Of the resto-
ration of the empire, he Immediately in
vited the whole consular body to pub
lie entertainment, placed the French
Consul on his right hand, and proposed
the health of Napoleon Ill, before that
sovereign had been recognized by any Of
the powers of Europe. :,
The Emperor Is not man to forget
such an incident, and hence perhaps,
the prediction manifested for his pre-
sent protege. The Archdukc was last
in Paris in 1856, when he stayed a
fortnight, in very private manner, with
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he wasia England, returning by Bel
GUM, when he saw, admired, and de-
.manded in marriasSthe Princess Marie >
Charlotte, daughter of Orleans, daughter >
of Louis Philippe. 1t is a somewhat
strange coincidence to sce the grand
daughter of King Louis Philippe arrive
at the Tullcrics as the guest of Bone
barte, and to see the man who deprived
her family of a large portion of their
family property, patronizing her hus
band; and protesting to bestow upon
him an empire, such as it is.
Soon after his marriage, the Archduke
was made Governor General of the LQm- :
bardo Venetian Kingdom, in which high
and difficult position he acquitted HIM
self in such a way as to make ,Cavour
say that "he was the most dangerous
adversary ITALIAN independence had ever
had to encounter" He made himself,
in fact, SO popular as almost in reconcile
Lombardy and Venice to the Austrian
yoke. Fortunately, perhaps, for Italy,
his success only excited the narrow-mind
cd jealousy of tle cabinet Of Venice,
and he was removed from his Govern
ment.
TAe accodnt of the reception of the
imperial visitors by their hosts.at the
Tuillcries is recorded by the. court pa
pers as follows: "Tie Emperor dcccnded
six (iust "six" steps and no more) OF the
grand staircase to meet his guests. His
Majesty then "embraced" the Archduke,
"shook hands" with the Arehduchess
(which seems to me to be rather reversing
the natural order of things), and then,
giving his arm to the latter, and leaving;
the Empress to the care of the Areehduke.
The usdal routine of grand dinners
and receptions are taking place in hopor
of the visitors, but the Archduke still
loves his independent and erratic habits,
and is fond of stealing away incog with
his wife, pretty lively French woman,
aud visiting the Paris shops to make
purchases. In few days they will pro-.
ceed to England to bid adieu to Queen
Victoria, who is cousin to the Arch
duchess, and to King Leopold, her father
Then they GO directly to Trieste, and
embark on board an Austrian frigate to
cross the ocean about the latter end of,
May. Two French frigatcs will com.
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