The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-14
Death of an Ex-EmD,..

An ex Empress died in Pnfade,,L:.
few years ago. We refer 10 MdiJa Mij'a d
Huate de Iturblde, widow of the foaaie f1.'liie
Emperor OF Mexico, whose decaaso ,1'3 tier
place at her lodgings in Broad sooA
This estlmable lady, who had res;dI5 J,i5e'' e.
Philadelphia since the executio, oS y IA
husband by the Mexican Goyernronn!n ~, neF
1874, belonged to distinguished Snanisb
family, loHg resident in Mexico H. Tal
mlstortunes, as well as her good ouaI;,iaI
mas secured her the regard of the ,ls,vs, so,,oa1,
In which she moved. a pension fos,
the Mexican Government enabled bnstI bo
educate her family literally. and sba ael 10
| formed the duties Of a moIhar ond W
member OF society IN a faithful sn5
emplary manner. "a
One or two of the sons of Msd,,.
Iturbide have, we believe. resi6sd !e
Mexico for the last few wears, and boiI M
offices under the Government II
daughters were unable to be present 81 q,
the funeral which took place on Satnrdss
at st. Joseph's Church. The service -
OF the plalnest, mostunostentatious kirJ
There was no child of the noIJo Iag"
who once wore crown, to follow hon '' "
mains to the grace. A few oantlo,iS-
whose social position had bro1,bt -
into intimate relations with the fs,,;i't ;t,'!A n
past times, attended the funeral !.-I a
scarceIy one IN ten thousand OF the vas,
population OF the city where she had -
long resided, knew that the grave hs5
that day closed over one who had orc'
held rank as an Empress.
The sad attllction that has TINS befou,u
the family of Madame de Iturbide recsn,
to memory the heroic career Of her rofis t'I,
husband. He was the great man o. ~,
best days Of Mexico. He was the aptbo,
OF her separation from Spain. and ,bI
Mexican people in the first blush of 49,,
gratitute, fairly thrust uson him t6-
crown which he had designed in tbl
, famous plan of Igula," for a SnarisF
prince. lie was proclaimed Empero
with the title of ''Augustin the FirslD Or
the night of May 18th, 1922 For lor,
time he refused the protIered crown AM
1t was only after Congress had voted II
him by vote of II to l5 that he ,ccants,
it. In the following month ConGres
voted unanimously for making the crow,
hereditary in the family of Ytulbide. an,
soon after he was solemnly crowned
: Bat the ficke and faithless Mexica
people did not stand by the monsrcI
they had chosen. The military leader
that had before controlled the course q
the country, began to conspire against tb
government. A civil war arose in wbic
Sonta Anna soon became promipen
leader against the Emperor. a r5publ
was proclaimed, and on the 26h q
March, 1928, after a turbulent reign G
less than a year, Yturbide abdicatet
Permission was granted him to leave th
country and pension Of S25 600 alIowe
him. lie went with his family to Ital,
but returned in 1924, to Mexico, where i
the meantime he had been prescribed a
a traitor, though he did not know th
tact. Gen. CARA, Governor of Tamaulips
pretended friendship, betrayed him to th
Congress of the State and he was imm,
dlately arrested, and without a trial, wa
sentenced to death. The sentence wa
carried into effect at PadiIa, July l9l
1874, less than week from the time
his landing on the coast, and before a
appeal could be made to the Governmer
at Mexico. He died like hero, addres
ing some manly words to the soldier
and himself adjusting the bandage owe
his eyes before he was shot. Mex,
never had a braver man or a purerpatri
in her Government Northern E
change.