The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-11-07
Napoleon antl CharIotte.

The Emperor of France has not been
made insane, like poor Princess Char
1otte, by the failure of the projected
empire in Mexico, but he is represented
to be.terribly yexed, and the neuralgia
with which he is tormented is attribu-
ted in no small degree to the mental
perturbation he suffers almost con-
tstantly. He is represented to be ex-
iceedingly mad against the Yankees for
spelling HIS fine scheme, and especially
to rave about Secretary Seward, who
has contrtved to accomplish by cum
ming diplomacy what more stupid men
do only by aighting. The iis6 press
Ikeepsup the annoyance dhily-for Ma
poleon is close reader of the English
papers and ARE just now telling him
that Gen. Dix is. sent.as minister TO
Paris because he has backbone on the
Mexican question. The emperor is
also troubled with visions of an alli-
ance of America and Russia. and of
Russian and American fleets on the
where the United States
has secured an island for cosIipg sta
ition.
Ofthe causes of the melancholy mad
ness of the new Empress of Mexico,
growing also out of the Mexican COM
plication, the Frankfort Europe give the
following explanations:
lftIt may iTbe relnembefe Lfliat BY stka
will of leopold I. the share of the in
heritance coming to his daughter
amounted 10 the sum of tWe enGylfiye
millions of francs, but what is not gem
orally known is that the deceased mon
arch, so remarkable for heoFder which
he ebrought into his domestic affairs, and
for his prudent economy had stipuiatadi
in hts will that his daughter should
only have e8rtght't to the Interest of that
sum, and that a family council formed
by the reigntng king, and Count de
iE.landfe should adSninfs ser theT capital I
The late king had learned, to his own
cost and thaha OF his ldaugh hteFJt 60 what
extent the rninous Hberality of his SON
in-law MaximilIan went and as the
.devohr6d ina few years, .ihe wished by
his last will to prevent the recurrence
of such dissipation, in order to assure
to the young couple fortune equal to
their - high p6Sitibu5 IN the World
until the end sef, ,thei rtdayss However,
as to 5splACes sundar itposEhunlons
'seqpestratio that large sum; no; the
PE1hcesS GIliarlotta had tie ight tafaaVe
the capital to- whom she pleased, but
during her. hfa she was forbid ddenit6
dispose Of 1t without thei advice and
consent of her tutelaFy council. The
empress of Mexico wished to obtain ehe
authorization of her two brot hers ito
ALLEVIATE the capital TO the profitof Mex
leo, for the eons0lid lidatfon OF herthfnhe:
but alas, the two brothers have 5nher-
tied the 5psn ~ ot their q, and
have remained deaf to the solicitation
of their sister. Indeptral Thence the
great anger pr the EmpF Charlotte
against her family at Brussels, secretly
Suppotted by the court Of Vienna in its
resistance thence the tionaof the
princes against III two courts ahd her
refusal "a visit theEils thence O profound
resentment, asgreat dise0urRgementsa q
real despair, which have only been arI
l'gravaied by the NOT less dtsagreea6ie
resistance Of the holy See to the pre-
tensions OF the youn sovereign Of
AI6xiG0 III tie matter of the Conc oftiat.
4 Is anything more 2 pecessa 10 explain
the morll pert1 ION at presenEasuf-
fered by this dad 9; young, intelli ent,
band 50 superior to her se1 in general
who sees crumbli ashes al the
finest dteast1s TINT 8 youthful imngina-
tion could cherish3n