Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-04-29
LADY BUL,W Err.

u SsS'hS sS "ffo"rS'
Tended, excused, explained. OF supported ~
individuals Of their own sex. Such instances
are rare--very rare--too rare. The %testlino-
ny of every adult male, who has seen Il little
IF The porld. (as the phrase goes,) might be
safely appealed to, 10 prove that women
arc every day more irjured~-,heir rePuta-
tons more seriously violate6--by women
than by men. 1t would really seem that
slander is incapable of casting any stain on
tho reputation Of a gay, high minded Indy
particularly if beauty be among her accom-
piishnents--ti,at will not be sealed homo in
colors more dark by the majority OF her own
sex. This fact has ever been a mystery 10
Us, Il 1t owing to a natural weakness OF in
tellecf, a want Of close and cool reaFoning
powers in what concerns themselves, inher.
ent to the sex, or does it arise from a cause
far less pardonable-a deep.seated, ever
gushing envy Of each others attractions !
Whatever the cause be, it 10 and ever has
been one of dire import 10 the sex one which
Has DIDktH many u pure iiGdit IT CIV of"
detection, and buried many a stainless life in
darkness, degradation and shame. When a
woman's reputation is attacked. no man can de-
fend it without drawing suspicion on himself
and rendering her character more suspicious
than before. The world-the female portion
of il in pariicular-seem 10 unite in The
~ nrt9 -. ,t-.a.yn1 : ott N I hin ~
more than he is willing TO avow, and which
he hopes may not be broken off-has been
passing between him Mrs. Guilty. The shame
less creature wonder she has the impu-
dence to show herself on the same pavement
where a respectable lady walks."-A And &c
the aspersion passes round, all joining IN IT.
and never perceiving their error until one Of
the same coterie falls under the same ban
And then she alone perceives, from The lnJns-
tiee done to herselfe, how Uni ust she may
have been to another.
Females, undoubtedly, possess a innch
higher and more pearL-llke grade Of virtue
than males universal sentiment awards 1t
them, and facts triumphaHtly confirm the
award. And yet they seem unconscious o.
tin their strength they are weak when
one of their sex is a~sssiled, however grond-
less the assault, they are the first to con-
denim and The last to join in her defence. Nc
one ever experienced more keeuly than Lady
Bulwer the truth of this remark, and we aio
heartily, sincerely proud Of the fact that ore
of her sex-one who knows her well--a wife
not discomfort with her matrimonial lot, ha:
appeared for her a bold and powerful advo
cate at the gothic bar Of the worlds opinion
We select from her able defence. the fol
lowing facts. Mrs. Berkley met Lady Bul
wer at a brilliant soirte given by Genera
Cass while in Paris. She thus describes he
appearance.
"A number of extremely beautiful womer
were present. Several of them belonged tt
the English nobility. As my eyes glanced
round the room they were soon ~riseted, as by
q epelL, upon the form Of a majestic looking
woman, whose eueen-like and peculiarly
graceful carriage was uneqlalled by the bear
lUE OF any tiluL Stiil9ttaI" hCi' SfS W."
alfred in a robe Of crimson velvet. It's Ionf
train, bordered with ermine, lay in rich folds
at her feet. Her form might have been con
sidered too expansive for perfect beauty, were
it not that it's fauI'less symmetry made yot
forget the size in admiration of the prcPortaons
Her soft, dark hair was simply parted on TIN
! wbltest of forheads, and its exubarar.t tresse'
gathered into one graceful knot behind. lie
oxoujsitely moulded head was enclrcled by
tiara of dilnonds. Those gems remind me o
her ewes, which were of a blue so intense
and so brilliant, that you mlstook them a
first for black and they always spoke in ad
vance Of her lips. Her % npIexlon was O
that transparent whiteness, softly blending OF
the cheeks wifi a peach. blossom hue whicI
is seldom possessed except by the daughter
Of the j" Ocean-Isle." Her parted lips. wher
she smiled, disclosed a set OF teeth, t1atallnos
seemed to reflect back the same light as
bed Of snow upon which the monday sun !
shining, But that sniile-it was m5re swee
than CAV. And as you looked upon her 70,
felt, that it was not the PROJECTIONS whicI
centred in her person that rendered her beau
tlful. 1t was the expresslon-the grace
the brilliancy-nay--it was the retie@ion
a sou, beaming over ALL"
After some remarks M: important here
Mrs. 3. proceeds; =.
"Imust acknowledge that in common wit
a Iarpe portion Of the American corrr7unlt,
had permitted " Cheye1y," TO prejudice n
against Lady Bulwer. Like too many Others
though, the wife, who can 60 blazen he
husbands errors, or vices, to the world, mU;
be unworthy Of esteem" Like them | fn
cot that that wife might have been goade
:. 70 the commission of that fault by a long 81
RES Of injuries and insu]ts-that she mlg|
have been forced TO it as a means OF Obtain
ing a livelihood-that " to err is human"
;. In a short time she became an intimate Al
oua;utance and friend Of Lady Bufger. 81
says:
"sho was exceedingly ingenuousby natur
Her confdencs ~as easily, perhaps 100 eos1
won. As her history had now become
nnt,,iic, she did not scruple to relate to me Il
story Of her domestic grievances ; the org
of "Cheveley = the cause Of her separate
from her husband, and the c%ircumstanc
which grew ont Of the UNHAPPY feud. IL
her sorrows sprung from her own wees,
y her own follies, then indeed she night ha'
j hsan less communicative. AS It was, she b
M motive for concealment."
= Mrs. Berkley won the entire contidenc
and obtained the full history, OF her unfort
maize friend. No kind-heatred person can F
rnse the sad narrative, without painful en-
tiops of pity for the sufferer, and bitter &c
J. sures on him who could wantoniy iahiot su
- suferings.
.1.dy Bulwer, then Rosina Wheeler, Is
ceetFnues,) was married at the age OF eng
cen. to Mr.. Bulwer. pow SIR EDWARD Lyt,t
Of Putyer. She gave him her heart with }
r. hand, and had every reason to believe tnat
raturned his own until she discovered u