Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-07-30
Juarez and Maximilian. Interesting Per-
sOnal Sketches.
MAMMALIAN.

few particulars respecting him. N
d'Auvergne says: "Every one wi
remember the portraits Of this Ger
man, with blue eyes, light colore
whiskers, and hair parted up the MID
die Of the forehead right down to tn
neck. Not only his photograph, bu
his bast by Danton, resembles bin
exceedingly.
81 s'Desbarrolles was struck with tn
elegance and delicacy of his hands
with his long and tapering fingers
He read III him a taste for science, al
unconcern Ion the gifts of fortune,
decided tendency for illusion, a low
OF power and pageantry, and, abov,
all, prodigious obstinacy, combined
however, with an irresolution which
has unquestionably fastened on tn,
destiries of the Mexican Empire.
"Maximilian's taste for science wa
so strong that he was accused of shut
ting himself up at Chapultepec, fol
the purpose stutiing birds. He has
left, in fact, behind him some remark
able collections in natural history
which were the only things the pool
Archduke thought of saving and send
ing to Europe at the time the French
army took its departure.
Sat Mexico the Imperial household
was placed on a most liberal footing
The guard of the Emperor, known al
the Palatine Guard, consisted of for
ty halberdiers, clothed in a splendid
costume, and was under the com,
mand Of Count de Bombelle, frie nd
OF MaXimilian's almost from, his in
fancy. e ..i,
"The Emperor were at all times
the uniform of Mexican General
black froek coat and gold epaulets
and black trousers tucked into long
riding boots. He usually wore the
Order of the Golden Fleece round his
neck, and latterly the Ribbon of the
Eagle, an order of his own creation,
together with that styled of Merit
When the institution of this latter
order was under consideration, the
Empress Charlotte had spirited dis
pute with the French Emperor, who
objected to the same color ribbon as
that Of the Legion of Honor being
adopted When the arguments had
been brought to an end-the discuss.
ion, it should be remembered, took
place through the medium of a writ
ten correspondence-the Empress
gummcd on a piece of paper three
leaves ofthe flower Of the wild poppy,
and wrote beneath them these words:
L adopt for my order the tint of this
flower, which was created, | imagine,
before the Legion of Honor | my
self read this sentence quite recently
in curious collection of autographs
of the Empress Charlotte"
BENITo JUAREz. l
The New Orleans Times says: In
the years 1852, '53, "a and 1855,
there lived in this city, on St. Anne
street, between Douphin and Bour>
bon, a middle-aged, quiet. dark com
plexioned, gentlemanly parsonage,
who either by himself or associates
conducted a small mandatory OF
cigarettes. A very small select cots
erie of friends knew the history OF
this individual and cultivated his So
ciety. His life was that ola student
close and silent observer of men
and events, and his habits were those
of great simplicity and reserve. He
was careful reader Of newspapers
and to CRAFTY his curiosity, a frequent
visitor at the editorial sanctum of the
old Courier, on Charters and Custom
House streets, when it was conduct,
ed by that alniable, intelligent and
energetic citizen, Emile LaSere-
whom we are happy to meet frequen
tly on our streets, in we'll preserved
vigor and good spirits. There was 8
cordial intimacy subsisting between
Mr.. LaSere and his visitor, and il
their conversations they Always EN-.
ployed the familiar applications O
'sEmile" and "Benito."
Mr.. LaSere's friend Benito is The
same gentleman to whom recent ane
indeed previous events have assigned
the principal part in the interesting
drama now being enacted in Mexico
Don Benito Juarez, President o
the Republic Of Mexico, and the heac
of the party and the people, who
have crushed the scheme ofimperia-
lizing that long desolated and unhap
by country. At the time of his quie
solourn in st. Anne street he was al
exile and refugee from his native land
having abandoned it to escape th,
penalty which the invariable but de
testabe policy of that people neve
fails to infict upon the chief of a de-
feated minority party. Attached t,
the administration of Comonfort. IN
til the downfall of that chief through
the intriguos and partisan triumph
Of Santa Anna, Juarez had followed
the example of many other defeated
chiefs, and found an asylum in thi
country. The time of his sojouri
was usefuily and industriously en-
ployed in the study Of our institu.
tons and laws, SO that on his return tt
Mexico he was well prepared to ap
PLY to the administration of his owl
country n mind stored with SCUM,
Republican ideas and much VALUABLE
information. There is perhaps n
Mexican of position now in that coun
try, who is better informed in regar
to our political and Judicial system
than Juarez. He may not be equa
in resources, sagacity and genera
accomplishments, to Almonte-noN
in Paris-who was also long resi-
dent in this country and served hi
time at mechanical trade in Cincin
natl, but in the combination of NOR
al and intellectual qualities, in tenac
! ty of purpose, honesty and purity c
personal character and habits, be
unquestionably the first of the publ
men in Mexico. Those who conclud
from the fact of his being an India
of pure blood that he must necessar
" possess the craft, cruelty, vindiC
tiveness and savagery which are gen
orally attributed to the aborigims
race, will, we think, on cleare