The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-05

National Capitol IS attracting more at
tention just now than Mr.. Augustin
Achille Iturbide. ''Mr. Iturbide' be
is introduced, and only very small
number of those who admire the finely
made young man of distinguished pres
ence recognize in him the hereditary
heir to the throne of Mexico, the grand
son of Augustin l., Emperor of Mexico,
or identify this tall, fine young man, of
decidedly American presence, with the
little Prince whom all the world talked
about while he was prisoner of state
in his ancestors palace during Maxi
millian's reign. Ostensibly he was
there as Maximilian' adopted son, but
he was none the less a prisoner in
reality. 1t must be said, however, in
Justice to MaXimillan and Carlotta,
that they were extremely kind and in
dulgent to the child. Too much so, in
fact, for when he was by throes Of rev.
olution returned to his more judicious
mothers control, she found him greatly
spoiled and difficult to manage. When
poor mad Carlotta was taken over the
sea Mexico was no more comfortable
for the lawful claimant of the crown
then than during the French regime,
and the Iturbides fed to the United
States. ''Mrs." Iturbide, as she has
since been called, being related to the
distinguished Lewis family, of Vir-
ginia, the descendants of General Wash,
ington's sister, they went to the old
family seat, ''Marmion, " in the valley
Of Virginia. Here they remained very
quietly, and the pangs OF disappointed
Ambition which they presumably felt the
world knew nothing of. Mrs. Iturbide
was Miss Green, a member of the
historically famous family of that name.
She was the beauty of her day, and said
to have been as ambitious as she was
beautiful.
There seems no other way in which
to account for her marriage. For
while the man whom she chose for her
husband was said to have been remark
able for his mental briIliancy and fas-
.cinating manner, it is scarcely possible
that a fastidious, beautiful young girl
could have brought herself to overlook
his physical defects had she not been
oyerweeningly ambitious. He looked,
tits said, like some hideous little gnome,
the malformation resulting from a fall
down the marble stairs of his faith er's
palace, through the carelessness Of his
nurse when he was an infant. The in
iuries resulting from the fall MANNED
him for life. His spine was twisted,
dwariing his growth until he was
scarcely four feet tall as a man. His
body was broad and ungainly, his arms
long. His face had been so crushed
by the accident that not vestige of
nose remained except the distended
nostrils, and his walk was the hop of n
frog. Such was the Imperial Prince of
Mexico when the beautiful Virginia
girl married him. Yet it must be said
that he was universally admired and
liked by those whose nerves were suffi-
GENTLY strong to overcome the repug-
nance his horrible appearance evoked
He was, moreover of singularly unos-
tentatious habits, the sole eXcep-
ton being the custom of carry
inc about with him wherever he
went his table service of massive gold.
Yet even this was apparently merely q
habit and had nothing fparade aboutit.
The son, fine lad, who inherited his
mothers good looks, had rather
rough time OF it when he first came
among his high-spirited Virginia cous-
ms 1t was a new experience to. the
small autocrat to meet companions of
his own age upon the unusual plane of
| equality. The deferential petting he
had received at the court of Mexico,
where every child he came in contact
with was his very obedient subject, had
not prepared him for the giye-and-take
of Republic,
Since the fathers death the widow
and son have made their home at the
old Green mansion on the Georgetown
Heights making their home there, but
going to Mexico sufficiently often to
prevent possible oblivion of the SON S
claims, for the mother, it is said, conf
| IDENTIFY expects her sons restoration.
To the disinterested observer of the
present political aspect of Mexico, hers
would seem forlorn hope. Yet who
| can say? Mexico is as uncertain as a
volcano-an less probable things have
happened.
And it is not impossible that this
graceful, handsome young man, at
whom all speaking figuratively) the
pretty girls in Washington are making
eyes, may one day become Augustin
Ill, Emperor of Mexico.
AS for himself, he is not at all over
east, seemingly, by any possible future
greatness. He is the gayest Gin the
SWIM" he goes everywhere a man of
fashion may. He admires American
girls, it is said, most profoundly and
enthusiastically. Possibly the mother
overlooked this contingency in rearing
Him l'American. Of course it's fore
gone conclusion that he is to marry a
Mexican Princess -noblesse oblige, and
all that sort of thing. He himself
laughs about it.
But such a battery of destinations
have been opened upon the Prince that
the perturbed mother has evinced much
uneasiness and has attracted attention.
Society looks on with curiosity and
smiles. - Washington Cor. N. Y. World.
Her Last Resort.