The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1846-07-31

as of short duration. Her domestic peace
was destroyed by the intrigues of her sec.
ond husbands family; perhaps, too, the
Italian love had cooled; be this as it may,
after some months of miserable struggles
and humiliations, sentence of separation
was finally pronounced against her, and
she found hersel suddenly without fortune
or protector, burdeued with young fami-
Nv, and weighed down with fearful amtici- |
| pations of the future. Her first step was
to leave a country where such cruel ca
lamities had befallen her, aud TO return to
! Podolia, the lsni of her biIth, Hitherto
| her story is like hundreds OF Others, and
| should not have thought of narrating II
lad II ended there; bus Mlta alp.ns' sur
pases belief, and gives u stamp soi ofi-
giuali,y al,og etherout ofthe common line'
is the conduct of her first husband when he
heard of her return, That brutal, incon-
slant man, who had trampled on all social
decencies in attending at the marriage OF
his wife W it'll another, did all in his power
|
dint Of unwearied efforts aud entreahes
he succeeded in overcoming her sciuples,
and bore her home in triumph along WIN
her children by the Italian, on whom he
settled part of his fortune. From that
time forth the most perfect harmony SUD-
sists between the pair, and seems iike'y
/
by the lady two or three months alter her
return ben ueath the conjugal roof;it breath
ed tie liyeiest gratitude and tue iondes'
affection for him whom she called her be-
loped husband"
Apropos TO this matrimonial chapter
we fud the following anecdote Of General
Khersanof, man OF great wealth, and son
in-law of the celebrated Hettman Piatoii
"On entering the first salon we met The
general, who Immediately presented US tt
his two wives. But, the reader will say
is bigamy allowed among the Cossacks
Not exactly so; but II the laws aud public
opinion are against it, still man of hlg'
eral Khersanof has been living for man
years in open, avowed bigamy, withou
iin ling that his salons are the less frequent
ed on account of such trlf1e. Iii Russia
wealth covers everything with its glitter
inc veil, and sanctions every kind \of &c
cansricity. however opposed to stie"snse
Of the land, provided it redeem them
nlenty Of balls and entertainments. Pub
= lie opinion, such as exists in France,
here altorether unknown. The majort
leave scruples Of conscience to timoro'
souls. without even so much as acknoW
ia. iedgihg their merit
ga man the slave of his word, and a We
oy man of her reputation, could not be Vi
derstood in country where caprice reigl
far as absolute sovereign. A Russian lady,
he whom | made some remarks on this sui
~ ject, answered naicely, that none but 10
,ry people could be affected by scandal, ina
ms, much as censure can only proceed fro
~. superiors. SHE was perfectly right, TO
sia situated as the nobility are, who won
as dare to crtcise and condemn tbeir fault
N In order that public opinion should eX''
on there must be an Independent class, cal
ID, able ofuttering its ndgnienls without tea
it'll ing the vengeance Of those 1t calls oeio
IN, its bar: there must be a free country
cir wh ch the acts of every Individual ma!
ar impartially appreciated; in short, I
hg words Justice, honor, honesty and dellca
md of feeling must have real meaning,
cir stead Of being the sport of an elegant al
M corrupt caste, that Systematically max
hat mock of all things not subservient to
on caprices and its passions.
ION X X
ar at is said that the two co.wlves live
ec- the best possible terms with each OH
no The general seems Quite at his ease
ON respect TO them, and goes from the
en- to the other with the same marks of attt
llel t;on and affection His first wife is We
old, and might be taken for the mother
Pol. the second. We were assured that bel
eat greatly distressed at having no ch'ld'
ID she hau herself advised her husband
lar- make new choice. The goaeral hxeo
ears very pretty young peasant working
ach his own property. In order to dimin
20 the great disparity ofrank between the
tol he married her to one of his of1lcers, W
A on coming out of church. received ord
in 10 depart instantly on distant m'ssl
the from which he never returned. Some II
an afterwards the young woman was install
long in the generals brilliant mansion
tisfy presented to all his acquaintances as NJ
ion. ame Khersanof"
,sily How would those of our readers who