Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-15
VICroR EMMANUEL.

VICTOR EMMANUEL
Rome Correspondent New York Tines
Victor Emmanuel has heen q aaitliful
SOS ~ b Church ever since his last
tSzsEerOus Illness fact which Is too
6Hen lost sigh5 os in judging Of tn veg
pec11af reiaGGDs betW en- the
tEr&a5 the sovernment Of TIE King
dom ~ Italy. Hence, for Lax Sme,
al the anathemss wers hurleS al The
tmpfous Ministers and Aithlsss cOun-
selOrs, Who misled TIE hing, but Of Iate
rrn$ pscGSrStiOn q also -disappeafSS,
and tbs poor Monarch . no Longer
! spared. Az yet he has honestly Tie3
70 reconcile himself to TIE Churun Ind
Its sacred head By all the means in his
ns-yez. Is Is vel known how the 70
mantle attachment 70 bis unofficial wife
led to his ~sUSlSatiOn. long, long agC,
~ uAaGly 1cred to dream (Na the
t~greafness which FNte has since thrust
upon him, he fell desperately in love
with q fair eOcnuywOman Of his, the
daughter Of 8 DruD-MajOr in the SaF-
dinian army. She accompanied her
father to al the maneuTsrs in the clpac-
ta n sElilsE and never was ME d.
res me- T more beautiful and more W.
tuO1s. Not a shadow Of suspicion at
taehed itself to her fair fame til the
handsome Prince noticed ner, and, at
tractsd BY her r~espiendent beauty and
winning mOdesty, made il q habst to
stop at her little eanteen whenever he
appeared in camp. she Acknowledged
the eomplimentb BY presenting him every
morning with the freshest and sweetest
flowers that could be fo1nd-fu all Pied
mont, and sOon her charms, aided by 3
certain brusque frankness peculiarly
c~OngeniaitO the Prinee's0w wei known
character, completed the conquest.
( When his legitimate Union was
broken by death, in 1856, he summoned
the poor soldiers daughter, ROsine, %
his side, making her q Countess Of Mi
radoFi, and giving her = magnificent
palace in the Plaza EmRnsele, in To-
/ rim. There the camp idyI changed into
one Of the happiest family lives known
in Italy. For years ROsine was his
guardian angel, and the three lovely
I children she bore him bound the some
what restless Prince to his home and
his duties She ruled him with a strong
hand, but always led him in the right
path. All Italy heard with hearty de-
light and immense glee how she once
wrote to the King, when he kept her
waiting beyond the usual hour at night.
.If you do not come home at once
/ shall throw Emmanuel ont Of
the window and how the poor
King, laughingly showing the lines 10
his friends, said: "YOu see, gentlemen.
what she writes. She is capable OF doing
what she says, and I had better 90
Thus they led q happy, merry life, ind
ing charity in the hearts of most men.
but u~nfOrgiven BY the Church. Then
came the Kings grievOus Illness. his
anxious desire to be reeoneiled 10 the
Church. 50 as to escape from the curse
that was 70 follow him into eternity.
and his touching appeals to the Pone
AS last all difficulties were arranoed.h he
was solemniy married to Rosines be re-
eeived the coveted dissolution for All his
sins, and he has ever since remained a
devOut Catholic, thanks to the aU-pOw-
erful influence his wife exercised over
him 20 the day Of her death. His
early training, however, combined with
his peculiar temper, have prevented
him from being rs faithful to her
memory ss TO his allegiance to his
Church. A fair form, a beautiful face
a bright sally even, have not lost their
attractions yet for the powerful man
with the grizzly beard AID the youthful
heart. The very brusgueness Of his
manner, contrasting so strikingiy with
the usual sUavity and almost oily court
esy Of the Italians, aids him in winning
many a heart, and few are the cases
where the power Of his viii and the pres
tige Of his crown have failed to secure
him the victory. Still, at least one such
case is on record, and Weil-knoWn in
aCrr~ aa--T-a- r1k--, IT, =
capital q strange man, whose romantic
~antecedents would furnish ample mata-
rial for q spicy sensation novel. Reared
for the Church, be had become an
EpiscGpE; minister, and conceived Ike
many an ambitious man OF his
Church, the bold plan Of meeting
the lion IN his den, and thus vent
TO Italy. But, alssl for his imperfect
training or weak powers Of endurance. a
short time spent in imperial Rome ard
under the shadow Of the Vatican. and a
abjured his errors and returned % the
only saving Church. Nor wss he alone
in his sacrifice; his loving wife followed
his example, and Withdrew, when he
became q priest and vowed eelibaev. TO
a convent OF nuns, and his two children
were handed over to Catholic teachers
1t does not seem, however, thar his co.,
vietOns were as firm as he probably ar
eied, or his happiness as eOmPIete as ba
had hoped for q few yeas later saw
him return once more % tha ChYlrcb
OF his youth, and resuTae the miuistTv
Of ais early days. No such return
was possible 70 hsWife, who now lives
an Aobess in an Irish convent But his
ehildren returned to bis newly-Sormed
nome 70 the greatcity where he became
the chaplain Of an English Church. the
son 70 rise sapidly ID eminenee a a
sculptor, the daughter to bloom forth in
suen beauty as even the favored chill
dren OF Italy bat rarely display. Il was
then she accidentally met the KIM
VINO, alta glance, appreciated her fair
charms, and left no means untried h.
approach her and 10 win her favor. Bur
she had been reared IN America. ans
was untainted BY the subtle DISTINCTION
made in the Old World between 49,
code Of honor that rules the great Of -
earth. and another BY which commoI
people are bound Safe under The
lection of her 6En honor, she 49,
hear word On the subject sr-
at last. q holder enisssrv
sEs, 2 lazy ol highest rank and a real
luenes ss1.-1 = ask on what eo1di-
~ Hlls flight hope to see sheda-
s11s p rs nsSrt, the snswer was sfmD3v
'~' PsiSD-psoray, @FheC Crown Of Itsfv-s
English Statesmen have gsns-,rl,
been good penmsn. Cann5nSSs 49,
IA AKnnr-#Faa ~.