Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-01-05

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out of the income allowed him b
the nation, part Of which had bee
invested in the purchase of land q
South Kensington, adjoining tn
property of the Exhibition Com
missioners. The Prince never pun
chased any land at South Kensine
ton, either for himself or his family
Connected as he was with the &C
QUESTION of ground there for purel,
national purposes, the thought O
acquiring property in the same 10
cality for personal purposes wouls
never have entered his mind, or TIN
mind, indeed, of any honorable
man. But, in truth, the Primes
never had the means to make pur
chases of this nature. His whole
income was no more than sufficien
to meet the salaries of his secreta
ries and other officials and servants
his public subscriptions and such
purchase of works of art as were
expected from him. He was otter
blamed because these purchases were
notion largerscale. The fault was not
with him, but in the very limited
means at his disposal, and as to
these his only regret was that they
did not enable him to do for art
and science all that he could have
wished. 1t was only by strict econ
omy that the years current expen-
diture Was made to square with the
years iiieOme, and the Prince died
leaving absolutely no fortune; in
deed, barely enough to meet his
personal liabilities. And yet even
recently we were assured, on the
authority o. an eminent Statesman,
who survived the Prince many
years, and who professed to speak
from personal knowledge, that he
left behind in one of his invest
ments no less sum than s600, 900.
The statesman in question was not
always,exact in his statements, and
he never was less exact, or more in
excusably so, than in this instance.
But if a man whose position gave
weight to his words could propagate
so mere fable, it becomes neces-
sary to give it, and all stories of the
same kind, an emphatic denial.
EUGENIE.
San Francisco Call London Letter.
sometimes get a glimpse of the
Empress Eugene as she drives rap
idly through Regent street to Bond
street attending to such duties as
she has in town. She is always
heavily veiled, so that / get but the
most transient and unsatisfactory
views of that face whose lOveliness
was once the theme of every tongue.
But will tell you something which
those thousands of your readers who
are going to visit the Paris EXposi-
tion next spring can verify for them
selves, and that is that the rising
generation is going to ego back" on
the unanimous verdict concerning
Eugenie's beauty, .basing their de-
fection from the accepted opinion
on Winterhalter's celebrated full
length portrait of her in imperial
robes, now TO be seen at Versailles,
and which was Of course, taken
from life and considered a fine like
ness. l was over at Versailles a few
weeks ago with some young Amer
disappointed in Eugenie's portrait.
Marie Antoinette, Josephine, Nine.
Recamier and many others-all
these exceeded their expectations,
but Eugenie's face seemed dull and
uninteresting, her forehead too high
and uncovered, her straight bands
of light hair, combed smoothly
down, too inartistic and ungraceful.
All this is really matter of fash
ion. The "get-up" of Recamier and
PompadOur, which ten years ago
was like stage-cOstuming, is now
much nearer current styles than the
hoop-skirts, narrOw-pointed waists
and smooth hair-dreSsing of Euge-
ME in 1857, and seems far more the
correct thing than the counterfeit
presentment of the once lauded En-
press. BY the way, did you know
that she accidentally met the Duke
de MOntpensier face at the landing
stage at Boulogne the other day?
who saw the TencOntre
wondered what sort of a blaze this
union of the two dis
cOrdant elements-Orleanis and
Napoleonism-Would make. They
forgot, perhaps, that the Duke is q
and that the first code
of a Frenchman of good breeding
is "Honor to the vanquished." The
Ducal Prince took off his hat and
stood waiting for her approach, and
when she got near him he bowed
still lower, kissing the back of both
her hands as she extended them
then he stood uncovered till she
passed out of sight. 1t is not gen
orally known, perhaps, that another
Orleans Prince, De JOinville, was in
love with Eugene de MOntijo be-
fore she ever met Louis Napoleon.
She gave him her picture, which he
when he heard of her mar
riage to a scion of the hated house
Of Bonaparte.