The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-19

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From the Troy Daily Times.
wAsHisGTos IRVING AND LOUIS SAPo-
| ..t LEON. f1-
Now that Napoleon has reached the last
act ir his drama, there 10 . peculiar inter.
est attached TO his visit in New York.
| This took place in 1887. He had been
held for some time prisoner Of war aboard
q French frigate, and by orders Of Louis
! Philippe he was released st Norfolk, Vir-
ginia. From this port he hastened TO New
York, where he rema;ncd:two months. He
boarded at the Washington Hotel, a Sec
ond rate establishment, which covered
about two-thirds OF the plot now occupied
| by StewaFts downtown warehouse. He
is said to have been very dissipstcd and
iicentious while in the city, but we have
no proof Of this. Among other incidents
Of this period, he called on Washington
| Irving at Sunnysidc, in company with
young French Count, who, as Irving saws,
appeared TO be the superior Of the two. In
fact Mr., Irving WAS surprised at the
quietDess of one who had cut such a dash
at Strasburg.
IRVING AND EUGENE.
The history of the recent Empress
lwho Is now nothing moro than Madame |
Bonaparte) is peculiar illustration Of the
the freaks of fortune. In 1868 Irving
writes thus 10 lady;
81 knew the grandfather Of the EN-
press, old Nr. Fitzpatrick who had been
American consul at Malaga. passed an
evening at his house in 1886. A week or
two afterward was at the house OF his
son-in law, the Count Teba, a gallant and
intelligent gentleman Of Grenada much
cut up in the wars, having lost an eye and
hn.ya rtNotx nod To-, L.
wife, the daughter Of Mr. Kirkpatrick,
was absent, but he bad family Of little
girls about him. Seueral years afterward,
when | had recently taken up my abode
at Madrid, i was invited to a grand ball
at the house Of the Countess OF Montiio,
one of the leaders Of the ton. On making
my bow to her, l was surprised at being
received by her with the warmth an eae. a
crness an old friend. She claimed me n
As the friend Of her late husb the Count :
Tebs subsequently Marquis Montijo,)
who she said had often spoken of me with !
The greatest regard. She subsequently in S
.roduced me 70 the little girls had kn own ,
IN an early day, who had became fashion, :
oble bellies Of Madrid. One of these now
its in the thrones ::of France"
A short time sfterward, Irving .writes I
hos TO another niece. Mrs. Stcrrow. who
vas then residing at Paris:
You gave an account If the Marriage
possession of Louis Napoleon and his
,ride 10 the church of Notre Dame. and
me Of your letters speaks of you navingl J.
,een presented TO the Empress. Louis Ma.
,oleon and Eugenie Montijo, Emperor and
Empress of France! one OF whom i have
had guest at my cottage on the Hudson,
and the other whom, when child, ] have
had on my knee at Grenada. 1t seems to
cap the climax Of the strange dramas of
which Paris has been the theatre during
my life time. The last saw Of Eugene
Monijo, she was one of the reigning bellies
Of Madrid; aud she and her giddv |
circle had swept my charming young |
friend, the beautiful, accomp plshed |
Signorita--into the ir career of
fashionable dissipation. Now Eu.
genie is on the throne wnile-is a VOL
untary recluse in convent of one of the
most rigorous orders. Poor. Per-
hsps however, her fate may ultimately
be the happier Of the two. With her the
storm is over and she is at rest, but the
other is launched upon the dangerous sea,
Infamous for its tremendous shipwrecks
Am to live to see the catastrophe of her
career or the end Of this suddenly con-
ured up empire, which seems to be Of such
stuff as dreams are made of?
Ny personal acquaintance with the
individuals who figure in this historical
romance gives uncommon interest in il
but consider IL stamped with danger and
and as liable to extravagant
vicissitudes as one Of Dumas novels. You
do well to witness the grand features Of
this passing pageant. You are probably
reading one OF the most peculiar and
eventful pages of history, and may live
TO look back upon II as a romantic tale"
lrvings words now sound prophetic, and
10 their force it may be added that, al.
though he is dead, the lady TO whom they
we're addressed has lived to witness that
catastrophe of which he spoke. Engenies ].
grandfather, Mr.. kirkpatrick, although
American consul at Malaga, was a Scotch
nan by birth and was of plebeian ex,ruc- S
ion. A schoolmaster of the same name =
living in Glasgow was commonly styled
he cousin Of the Empree.' The wheel
f fortune by this turn only brings Eu- Il
In harl n ba lay.l ~ l.