Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-09

iatner. Che rebellion was then at Its helgnl
and after the settlement of his family affairs
he visited Washington, and under the pro.
lection of William H. Seward, q friend oil
his family, passed an examination in the
State Department and was appointed Consul
and Secretary of Legation to Stockholm to
accompany General j. j. Bartlett, Minister
of the United States to Sweden.
Mr.. Perkins returned to Washington dur
ing President Grants administration, and
under it was appointed Consul to BARGE
Iona, Spain. There he served during the
troubled times of revolution, and saw that
city, with Valencie and others, many times
in the hands of the mob.
Some years following Mr.. Perkins was
called to serve as private secretary to Col
onel Charles H. Lewis, of West Virginia,
whose brother, the Senator, caused him to
be appointed Minister to Portugal. 1t was
during his residence at Lisbon that Mr..
Perkins was presented to his future wife.
FRIEND OF GENERAL sICKLEs.
General Sickles was United States Minis
ter during this time at Madrid, and was a
friend of Mr.. Perkins. The General mar
ried one of the prettiest and most courted
young ladies at the Spanish capital.
On his return to the United States he fell
into Wall street among the bulls and bears.
Taking chances that ran IN his favor be soon
found himself member of the Open Board
of Brokers and finally member of the
Stock Exchange when the two united. He
closed out, realized and returned to Europe
with new appointment and a good bank
account. During all this adventurous career
he made but one false step, namely, when he
passed from the camp of Isabella into that
of Don Carlos, her rival for the throne.
Twenty-Five years in Europe among diff
ferent nations has produced in the hero of
this romance cosmopolitan of great versa
tility. LAS linguist, says professor at
Johns Hopkins University, where he passed
two years, ''few in our country equal him" !"
At his present home in Syracuse he follows
a simple course of life totally at variance
with the pulsating tenor it had when he was
abroad. He is distinctively o bon vivant,
with a love for companionable books and
companionable men. and a man of varied
accomplishments. King Dom Louis con-
ferred on Mr.. Perkins two orders, viz:
Knight of the Royal Military Order of Our
Lord Jesus Christ and Knight of the Royal
Military Order of Portugal of Our Lady of
the Conception Villa Vicosa.
ROMANCE OF THE HERoINE's MOTHER.
1t is gratifying detail of this story that
it can be said Princess Maria Isabella,
though Bourbon of the Bourbons, inher-
tied none of the viler blood of Queen
Christina or her dissolute daughter Queen
Isabella, but is a singularly sweet and uu-
affected woman, whose private life was never
tainted by a word of reproach. Yet the ro-
nance of her life, though not an escapade,
was bequest from her mothers side. Her
father, Count Ignatius Gurowski, ran away
with her mother. When he appeared in
Paris at an early age his antecedents as the
juvenile champion of Polish freedom, COM
bined with his handsome appearance, ele-
CANT manners and uncommon Yivacity,
gained for him the entree into the most eX-
elusive and fashionable society of the time.
1t was at the house of the Duke de Capriola,
then Neapolitan envoy to Paris, that Count
Gurowski first met the Infanta Isabella.
The Infanta was only 20 and had hardly
been freed from domestic and conventional
restraint when the dashing political adven-
turer made deep impression on her plastic
mind and untried affections. The suit of
the irresistible Pole was not favored by Don
Francisco, who had placed his daughter in
the convent, while he resided at the Hotel
Gillifet, Rue de Grenelle. Their love max
ing was carried on clandestinely, however,
and ended in the girl letting herself from
her window 90 feet to the ground, and then
the lovers fled to Belgium. where they found
a priest to wed them. The father attem pied
to get rid of his son.in-law, but finally ior-
gave him.
THEIR cHANGEABLE FORTUNES.
The reunited pair returned at once to
Brussels, where they passed II years and
piled up q mountain of debt, which was
never razed. Then they transferred their
residence to Madrid, but after a sojourn of
two years the Count was accused of med
ding in politics and he was given notice to
quit the kingdom of Queen Isabella. He
never returned, and until his death few
weeks ago lived upon an allowance from his
wife, who never left the Spanish capital.
When Don Francisco and Isabella took up
their abode in Paris, the Count attached
himself to them, and shared their fortunes.
The Count Gurowski died a few years ago.
He was the brother of Adam Gurowski, a
Polish exile from Russian tyranny, who
was long a resident and well-known at
Washington during the war, writer, a man
of genius and a friend OF w. 81. Seward.
The Infanta Isabella Fernandina still lives
at MadLId near the royal family, retired
from the glittering pomp and ceremony of
the court.
"The Princess Maria Isabella (Mrs Per-
kins) was educated at the Convent of the
Sacred Heart at Orleans, France, under the
special care of the late Monseignor Dupan-
loup, Archbishop and Senateur. The posi-
tion taken by this magnate OF the church on
the question of the 1nfallibility of the Pope |
some years ago, made his name known to
the whole world. 1t will be remembered |
that he refused to accept this bull. After |
much agitation he was called to Rome and |
The result was peace.
TO MAKE HER HUSBAND A CATHOLIC. |
The Princess is devout and Jealous
and naturally used her persuasive
powers to convert her husband from Protes-