The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-01

Archduke Of the Empire OF Aus .cria ana RI.
brum on the 9th Of July lsS2 G is ~ saS,a ssca6a-
OF the present Emperor Of .astria. and King
u Ma4iIniian received his. education At vienna
then, as now, one OF the. gayest and most disco
inte capitals e, & o. &EsSToe Ae DID not however
nobility of Austria, but appears to have spent
great part Of his youth IN study and travel,
empire, and saw considerable service at sea-
sailing about the Mediterranean, and visited ali
the adjacent tcountries-0reece, Italy, Morocco,
French Algeria, Spain, and Portugal
Atthe age Of twenty-one he was placed at
the head OF whGt Is termed by courtesy the
Austrian marine. and with q squadron visited
the coasts of Syria and Palestine he Went
Rs Ff6 s's suea them
Just beginning. In 1856 he paid visit TO Paris
and spent q fortnight at 81. Cloud with Louis
VicerOy OF LombRrdy and Venice. and in the
exercise OF the powers attached to the position
soon made himself quite faVorite among the
This popularity was, however, displeasing to
2 osePn =, and bih,sS api Test ne % and
and decided administrative abilities while
Viceroy. 1t is related that he used TO walk
about the streets OF Milan and Venice quite
alone during the JeteS 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 o hostile demon
stration against him on the Plaza San Marco,
his siSe by tScfing @ his wife under his arm and
coming among them, unattended and on foot,
with a courage and trankness that disarmed
Another time, Just after orsinis attempt at
Paris, his life was said to be also threatened,
and his friends begged him not to expose him.
self but he Immediately ordered his carriage to
go to the theatre, taking with him Count Strom-
blown up it shall at least be in good company"
Maximilian remained idle after his removal
from the governorshtp OF the Lomoardo- Nene-
tian kingdom until 1868, when Napoleon de-
cided upon making catspaw of him In Mexico.
The crown of Mexico rendered him by Napo-
leon in August, 1853, and the diplomats were
put to work to arrange for his acceptance and
occupancy OF the throne. Nearly year was
xpriI 10 1851 that the he formally ACCEPTED the
prOffered crown.
BY the terms OF the acceptance he made a
conditional remuneration of the right OF eventual
succession to the throne of Austria, and an un-
conditional renunciation OF his share Of the
family estates, amounting to twenty millions of
fiorins. The condition reserved in the renunci-
alton OF the right to the succession was that
Maximiiian. finding his Soothoid in Mexico in
secure, choose to resign within six years from
the date OF his acceptance OF the crown Of
Mexico.
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 fol-
lowed the past years of war and bloodshed, with
alternate success, and the final overthrow of
the 1mperialiSts. His efforts TO attract emigra-
tion and 10 develop the resources of the country
are well known, as are also his personal sacri-
fces for the success of his cause. That he
failed was only natural and expected result,
but it is doubtful ii he would have met
the terrible fate to which Juarez consigned him
had he not issued his famous order declaring
the republican President and his supporters
bandits and outlaws. The entire responsibility
of his death Qf he has indeed been executed)
must rest upon Napoleon who first induced
him to accept the proftered crown, and after
wards deserted him. Maximilian had the repu-
tation of being most accomplished gentleman
and scholar. That he was kind-hearted and hui
name we are assured from the frequency with
which he saved the lives of many unfortunate
Liberals who fell into the hands OF his generals
and were condemned to death.