The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-16
Selections.
THE ARCHDUKE, MAMMALIAN.

duke OF AuSIflt, dliu eoiuS0ituo Iin PSioi
of Mexico, was born at Schonbrunn on
the 9th of July, 1892. He was captur-
ed by Juarez. the Liberal President OF
Mexico, at Queretaro on the Goth OF
Nav and shot on the 10Th of June by
his captors. His father was Francis
Charles Joseph, Archduke of Austria,
and his mother Sophie Dorothea, daugh-
ter of Macmillan l., King Of Bavaria.
Upon the ;lbdication OF Ferdinand,
Emperor OF Austria, the Archduke re-
nounced his claim to the succession III
favor of the eldest son, the present Elm
peror. the brother of the subject OF TINS
Sketch The abdicating Emperor, i'll
giving up his throne, unequally divided
his power, and gave an advantage TO
the Archduke Macmillan, to the detrl
ment of his elder brother. Such was
the origin of the constant, and at times
very warm differences which arose be-
tween the two.
Macmillan received his education at
Vienna, then, as new, one of the gayest
and most dissolute capitals of Europe.
He did not, however, indulge in the
frivolities so common to the nobility OF
Austria, but appears to have spent
great part of his youth in study and
travel. At an early age he entered the
navy of the Empire, and saw consid-
cradle service at sea, sailing about the
Mediterranean, and visiting all the ada
cent countries Greece, Italy, Morocco,
French Algeria, Spain and Portugal
At the age of twenty-five he was placed
at the head of what is termed by courte-
sy the Austrian marine, and with a
Palestine. He went also to the Red
Sea, and took great interest in the works
of the Suez canal, which were then just
beginning. In 1855 he paid a visit to
Paris, and spent fortnight at st. Cloud
with Louis Napoleon. The year fol-
lowing he was appointed Viceray of
Lombardy and Venice, and, in the ex-
ercise of the powers attached to the
position, soon made himself quite q
favorite among the Italians. This pop
ularity was, however, displeasing to
Francis Joseph, and in 1859 he was re-
moved. He is said to have exhibited
great courage and decided admins
trative abilities while Viceroy. 1t is
related that he used to walk about the
streets of Milan and Venice quite alone
during the .tetes, and among the crowd,
and would never allow the police to be
on the watch One day, at Venice,
when the Italian mobiles had plotted to
make a hostile demonstration against
him on the Plaza St. Marco, he discom-
fitted and quite converted them to his
side, by tucking his wife under his arm
and coming among them unattended,
and on foot, with courage and frank
ness that disarmed everyone. Another
time, just after Orsini's attempt at
Paris, his life was said to be also threat
ened, and his friends begged him not
to expose himself; but he Immediately
ordered his carriage to 90 to the thea
ter, taking with him Count Stromboli,
to whom he said, laughing, eff am
to be blown up, 1t shall al least be in
good company"
Macmillan remained idle after his
removal from the Governorship of the
Lombardo-V enetian Kingdom until
1862, when Napoleon decided on MAX
ing catspaw of him in Mexico. The
crown OF Mexico was offered to him by
Napoleon in August, 1868, and the
diplomats were put to work to arrange
for his acceptance and occupancy OF the
throne. Nearly year was occupied
IN this work, and it was not until the
10th of August, 1854, that he formally
accepted the proffered crown. By the
terms of the acceptance he made a con-
remuneration Of the right of
eventual succession to the throne of
Austria, and an unconditional renunci-
alton of his share of the family estates,
to 2O,0O0,OOO of forins-
The condition reserved in the renunci-
alton of the right to the succession was
that such remuneration might be re-
voked, should Macmillan, finding his
foothold in Mexico insecure, choose to
resign, within six years from the date
of acceptance of the crown.
The career Of Macmillan as the So
called Emperor of Mexico is well Known
to the people Of this country. His first
official act was to offer terms to Juarez,
looking to the submission of the latter.
These were rejected, and, then followed
the past years Of war and bloodshed |
with alternate success, and the present
final defeat Of the Imperialists. His
efforts to attract emigration and to de-
velop the resources of the country are
well known, as are also his personal
sacrifices for the success of his cause
That he failed was only natural and
expected result, but it is doubtful if he
would have met the terrible fate to
which Juarez assigned him had he not
issued his famous order declaring the
republican President and his supporters
bandits and outlaws. The entire re-
sponsibility of his death must rest upon
who first induced him to
AXE the profered crown, and afterwards
deserted him. Personally Macmillan
had the reputation of being most ac-
,omplished gentleman and scholar.
A new and beautiful method of ma
artificial ice is thus given: