Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-02-28
AN INTERESTING WIDOW.

lngtOn correspondents:
| noticed among the crowd Of fashion
that fitted through the Avenue, a widow
lady, whose history is SO very singular,
and whose personal charms are so atlrac-
tive, that linger with wonder over the
FIRST, and with honest devotion and admi-
ration over the last.
This lady is not on the other side of FIVE
and thirty years, and yet she has lost four
husbands! and what is most extraordinary,
they all died by violence. The first hus-
band was killed IN rowing regatta be-
tween London Bridge and Shoredirch.-
He was aboard Of the winning barge, The
Lady Stanhope, when man in the losing
barge, the Duke OF Suffolk, struck him
with the blade of an oar, in a moment of
irritation, and the poor fellow died few
days afterwards. The wife and widow,
of course, went into weeds, aud retired to
the rural scenes of Warwickshire; where
she resolved to spend The remainder of her
days in secluslon. 1t did so happen, how
ever, that gallau, and fashionable Major,
attached to the s4th regiment OF i his i,is Majes-
tvs infantry, found his way to the young
widows retreat in Warwickshire; and, al
though her grief was excessive, sincere and
unqualified, she could not for the soul of
her, resist his eloquence. when he threw
himself a, her feet anil descanled with all
the eioquence Of Tully, and in the min
gled cadences and sentences of a philoso
pher aud platonic lover, of the delights
Of "fourth estate" in the world of beauty.
He talked OF love anu honor, and chivalry;
and swore that he lived but 10 adore her,
he was ready 10 meet the nonlest and most
gallan: Knight that the world could afford.
at the tournament, and win The favor of
bis lady love BY trial a, battle. The lady
listened, fingered and wept and rejoiced
over the passions of the lover; at last, cast
off her weeds, and abured the Sylvan
scenes of Warwickshire, gave her hand to
the gallant major, and set up an establish
ment IN Moor-fields, Fishing Square.
A few months after her union with the
major, she accompanied him on an excur-
sion 10 Belgium. While al Brussels, they
spent al evening in the Library of the
Orange palace, and the lady received, as
it was subsequently supposed. an ulinten-
tional insult, at the hands of an Austrian
colonel. The major was impetuous; in
ParoYysm Of madness he spat in the face
of the offender. The usual cards were forth
with exchanged, aud the sequel was duel
on the banks Of the Seine. AT the first
fire, the major fell mor,ally wounded, and
scarcely had time to commend his wife
to the protection Of an English Admiral,
then at Brussels, before he surrendered
"-his honors to the world again
His blessedpartto heaven, and sleptin peace"
Again were weeds and seclusion resor-
ted to, by the unfortunate lady; and, she
had resolved at due lime, to enter mon
astic institution, and devote herselfto the
rosary and the cross; but, ere she could
carry her rash, design into execution, a
Scotch merchant, native of Glasgow,
man distinguished for his wealth and COM
mercial. enterprise, who accidentally hap
pened to be in Brussels, sought, wooed and
won her already twice widowed heart
They were married at The Hotel de Vile,
and soon after migrated to London. The
husband, not more than a month after his
marriage, was called by imperious business
to Scotland, and leaving his wife at her es-
tablishment in Moor fields, sailed in the
i'll fa,ed Rothsay Castle steamer for the
north. With that unfortunate vessel, be
went down to the bottom" of the
Deep, deep seq.
and from that disastrous day, no fond hope
Of the ultimate restoration Of his lifeless
form has greeled The anxious ear of love
and affection. Bnl the widow was not des-
tined to remain in her "third estate" of
weeds aud anguish. Sir Charles ''2*s',
about the period of the widows third wild
owhood, returned to London, flushed with
success, and possessed of wealth abundant,
from Coromandel. He sought and found
the widow Of Moor as she was then
familiarly designated, and tits scarcely ne
ccssary 10 say, that tina, dashing and gal
liant soldier was soon the commissioned
lord and master" Of that young widows
heart. Soon after tho marriage of Sir
Charles with the widow-it might have
been eight or ten months afterwards-he
was ordered on'a diplomatic mission to The
German States, and whilst making jour-
ney from Lubec to Frankfort,o on the Mayne,
in stage coach, the vehicle was assaied
by robbers, and Sir Charles and all the in-
males. were hrutally murdered. The
wife, now once more widow, had remain
ed in England, and was left to weep over
the death Of fourth husband, who, like
his predecessors, bad fallen by the hands
OF violence.
/ met this lady in Florence and Rome
some few years ego. She was then init