The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-28
Their Views on the Crisis.
EUGENE, REGENT OF FRANCE.

The "Auaust Spouse" of Napoleon Appointed
to Adminlster the Affairs of the Empire Du-
ring the EmperOr's Absence with the Army
A Sketch of her Career
On Friday last, the 22d inst, when the Corps
Legislatif waited upon the Emperor of the
French TO announce the termination of its
labors, and give proof of its patriotism Pres
dent Schneider made an address, in the course
which he said to Napoleon:-
'Remit without uneasiness the regency to your
august spouse. She will unite with the authority
which her great qualities insure the force given by
the liberal Institutions inaugurated by you"
To which the Emperor, in the course of his
reply, responded specially
y connde to you. in parting, the Empress, who
will call you around her. should circumstances re-
quire. She knows how to Ill courageously the duty
which the position imposes
Accordingly the Journal 0fciel yesterday
published a decree naming the Empress Regent
during the absence of the Emperor from the
capital, and for the second time the Countess of
Teba is the nominal ruler OF France
The "august spouse" of Napoleon, Eugenie
Marie de. .Guzman, Countess of Teba, by name,
was born in Grenada (Andalusia), on the 5th of
May, 1885, at which time her 'august husband"
had just entered upon his nineteenth year. Her
mother was Donna Maria Manuela kirkpatrick
de Closeburn, Countess Dowager de Montijos,
the eldest daughter of the Baron Grivegnee who
had married William kirkpatrick, English Con-
sal at Malaga, the descendant of Scotch Catho-
lie family which had gone into exile upon the
fall Of the Stuarts. Her father, the Count
de Montijos, was once an officer in the
Spanish army, who was descended from
the noble and ancient family of to-Carrero,
emigrants from Genoa to Estremadura in the
fourteenth century, and who by various alliances
ACQUIRED the right of bearing the names of Guz-
man, Fernandez Cordova, La Cerda, and Leira,
and united the three titles of the first rank,
Teba Banos and Nora the first Count de Teba
having been created by Ferdinand for valiant
conduct before Granada in 1892 and his lneal
descendant PalafoX being commander Of Sara
cossa in 1S0S-9. This high-bred grandee of
Spain was also connected, more or less
closely, with the houses OF the Duke de Frias,
representative of the ancient admirals of CASTLE,
OF the Duke de Fyars, and others Of the highest
rank, including sundry descendants of the Kings
OF Aragon. 1t is said that, upon opposition
being made to his marriage with a Miss Kirk
patrick, the Scotch heralds produced such an
overwhelming genealogy for the lady that Fer
dinand VII exclaimed, after examining it:-"Let
him marry the daughter of Fingal!" Eugenie
was the second daughter of the Count de
Montijos and Miss kirkpatrick, her elder sister
having married the Duke of Alba and Berwick,
a lineal descendent of James ii and Miss
Churchill.
On the death Of her father, which
occurred when she was OF very
tender age her mother was left with fortune
adequate to the maintenance of the family posi-
ton She was accordingly educated alternately
in England and in France, passing the greater
part of her youth in travelling with her mother,
under the title OF the Countess de Teba. In 1851
she appeared in society in Paris and became at
once famous for her personal graces. At Com
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distinguished by the admiration of the Emperor,
and on the 22d of January, 1858, at a convoca-
ZION OF the Council of State, the Senate, and the
Corps Legislatif at the Tuileries, he Off
cially announced his intended mar
Tiage. Previous to that time the
Emperor had contemplated nuptial union with
the Princess Garcia Wasa of Sweden, but the
higher northern powers of Europe exhibited sc
much opposition that this royal alliance wai
discreetly abandoned. 1t was not long after the
abandonment of this scheme that he fell into the
snares OF Eugenie, and in his address on the
occasion of the official announcement of hi;
intended marriage he disclosed the motives
which had led him to contract an alliance in op
position to the traditions of his country ant
Europe, as follows
"The alliance which i contract is not In accord
ance with the traditional requirements OF our na
tional policy. and therein lies its advantage France
oy her successive revolutions, has been ofteI
abruptly separated from the rest OF Europe; wis
government will seek to restore her to the pale O
the ancient monarches. Bnt this result viii b.
more certainly reached by frank and straightfor
ward policy, and by loyal conduct than by rega
alliances which create false security and oftei
substitute family interests for those OF the nation
Moreover the example OF the past has implanted
superstition in the minds OF the people. IL canno
be forgotten that for seventy years foreign prn
cesses have assembled the throne only TO behold tn
race from which they sprung dspOssessed by war o
revolution. One woman alone seemed TO bring hap
piness with her, and to live longer than the others
the memory OF the people; and that woman, tn
amiable wife of General BOnaparte, not of roys
blood. When, in the presence OF Europe,
man is raised by force OF new principle 10 heigh
equal 70 that Of the most ancient dynasty, IL is nc
Dy seeking 10 give a character OF antiquity TO tn
eseutcheon, and TO introduce himself at every COS
INTO a family that he consodates his position. IL
rather by ever remembering his origin, by maintain
ng his distinct character and by adopting befor
NE world the title OF PdTgeHu-a glorlOl
ttie when granted by the sunrages OF
free people, Thus obliged 70 depart froI
fEiabIlshed precedents ny marriage became