The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-12-06

."y uaJ' NV AIthuuke soon fonnd
That he could not afford 10 neglee, V an''
thing which would In any way incysa"y
ms popularity. AT about This ,;ms
when was holding the position ~ WI
resentatiye Of the United States Gova.pp'
ment AT the Court Of the French ~
peror, received note from Mr. In
ard, asking me 10 do what could
an unofficial way, 10 further the canss I.
the Princess Donna Alicia dc Iturb,ao
who would call upon me. The lady \,
question followed the note very sbor,lr =
ana found her woman about 40 vesy,,'
old, and native If the United Siya,a.
She was the wife of one of ibe snnse.
the Emperor Don Augustine Iturh;ao
VINO had been shot by his countrymen
years before. The lady told me her
story, which was substantially AZ io I'
lows The Iturbide family had beer
residents OF the City OF New
co, ana her young son. II
heir Of the family, enioved
considerable popularity AMONG IN
people. Macmillan had conceived ,he
idea Of diverting that popularity ~ NM
sell by adopting the infant SON and an
tering into An agreement that when bo
cied the scepter Of Mexico should nass
TO the grandson Of the Iturbide. the sor
Of Donna Alicia. His own wife. Car
lotta, had borne no children. and IL
this arrangement the crown woulJ M,
to Mexican. On the other hand ~
arrears oflPensions due. the Iturbdc fam.
ily were 10 be paid, and they were 10
quit Mexico not 70 return, except with
the consent Of the Emperor. Donna
Alicia said that, dazzled by the brilliant
prospects thus opened before their view
she had consented to surrender the boy
70 Macmillan and Carlotta. FIN Ink
connection the lecturer read the con.
tract that was drawn between the Itur.
bide family and the ministers Of Nav.
milan. The money, amounting 10
$50, 900 in cash and the remainder. ovar
SlOU,OOO, IN drafts, was paid 10 the
iiurbide family, and they started for
Vera Cruz, with the intention of leaving
Mexico.
But here the love and affection Of tho
mother asserted itself, and she returned
20 Mexico almost as soon as Vera Cruz
was reached travelling under her maid.
On name OF Alice Greene. Upon reach
ng the capital, she addressed herself 10
Marshal Bazine, in command OF the for.
sign contingent, and secured his rood
'ilces with Macmillan and Carlotta. 10
allow her to remain in the country near
Ter child. She also addressed an earn.
- and appealing note TO their Males
les, urging the same request, but, I'M
Ter the pretense that she was going 10
ne palace TO talk over the matter with
hem, Donna Alicia was decoyed into
arriage, and, without moments
PREPARATION, taken to Vera Cruz,whence
he family were obliged to leave by the
Iext steamer. Donna Alicia then went
Q Washington and saw Mr.. Seward,
nd then 10 Paris, where she sought,
through Mr. Bigelow, the Intervention
the French Government, but without
vail. Mr.. Bigelow did al that coald
e done in an unofficial way, but with.
ut success. The French Government
eclined to Interfere. Meanwhile
laximilian's troubles thickened, and
IS position became every day more pre-
arious. Juarez, the Mexican, had an
rmy OF 10000 men scattered through
le insurgent States, and the
lsaiiection Of the country steadily in
Macmillan determined 10
md his wife, Carlotta, to Europe in
arch Of aid. In Paris, Donna Alicia
ad an interview with Carlotta, in which
ie begged that her child might be re-
ored 10 her; but she was coldly re-
lived, and met with but little encour-
cement. Nor was Carlotta's success
searching for help any better. The
rench Emperor had enough on his
lnds at home, and she went TO Rome.
ere the Pope received her very coldly
ID would do nothing. Worn out and
'hausted with nervous excitement and
appointment, her reason gave way,
ID the poor Empress Of Mexico became
raving maniac. The lecturer then
pidly sketched the fall Of Macmillan
It'll his capture by the Mexicans
rough the treachery of one Of his Gen
ais. The European Powers sought TO
We his life, and invoked the aid Of the
lted States, but the effort was useless.
Q was brought to trial and shot on the
IN Of June. lie and his wife did not
ar breaking a mothers heart, and
CIR own hearts were broken.