Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-05-18
THE PRINCES DAUGHTER,
OR THE BATTLE OF FADDERsHEIM

OR THE BATTLE OF FADDERsHEIM.
The city of Treves, which greets the
eve of the traveller who wends his way up
the charming Moselle, has its legends as
we'll as other places, great or snaall, in
Germany and one of the most striking
is that which we are about to relate.
The eIcctor of Treves, a pciRce of great
valor, but of lofty and proud notions, was
widower, and possessed one child-a
daughter. Editha was about eighteen
when the war of the peasants broke out
| that terrible instruction which shook
Germany to its very centre, and was con-
temporaneous with the Reformation. The
young damsel was fashioned ia one Of
natures most charming moulds. and the
fame Of her loneliness had been waited to
every court in the German empire. Many
princes made overtures to the elector for
her hand-princes with whom an alliance,
considering the comparative insignifcance
of the electors dominions and the reven-
ues, was to be eagerly courted. But a
rumor had reached the elector, that Fred
erick, the Archduke of Austria, bad seen
his daughters portrait, and become en-
amored with the fair original. The Arch
duke was very young, and report declared
him to be handsome and amiable ; the
elec,or therefore entertained high hopes,
and accordingly returned evasiVe answers
TO the numerous suitors for his daughters
hand.
But no proposal came from the Arch
duke time wore on; Editha was now
eighteen, and the elector feared that he
had dallied too long with those prineely
suitors, ia the hopes Of obtaining over
lures from the heir to the crown of the
German empire. The peasants lnsur-
rection'' broke out, and the imperial forces
were levied for its suppression. The
princes of Germany flocked to Treves,
with their contingent auxiliaries, to join
the army and dukes and margraves, su-
perior ia rank and fortune to the electOr,
willingly admitted him as their chief, in
consequences of his known courage aud
tried experience. Among those princes
we're the suitoEs for the fair hand of Editha;
and. on the eve of the march Of the army
for the seat of the civil contention, the
elector, now despairing of receiving any
overtures from the Archduke, declared
aloud, in the presence Of the assembled
chiefs, that of all his daughters suitors,
he who conducted himself best in the ap-
preaching conflict, should receive her
hand.
Editha heard this, and turned pale /; and
tears bedimmed the eye which cast q
glance ofteRderaess on q Young page who
stood behind the slector.o Treves. The
handsome countenance of the page was
animated with a flush of pride as be re.
turned the affectiOnate look ofthe princess.
Perhaps he was proud of having won the
heart which so many lords and sovereign
potentaies had striyed in vain to possess.
Rudolph, the young page, had been
three or four months in the service OF the
slector. who had listened to tale Of woe
and orphan sorrow which the youth had
narrated to him, when he applied to be
admitted into bis Services tale that had
gained its object. From the very first
moment that Rudolph set foot within the
, princeIy dwelling RtTreves,he had won all
! hearts by his amiability and talents, and
his beauty and Editha had not remained
/ insensibls to bis merits. The young coup
lie loved and their vows were pllghted in
secret.
But strange to say, Rudclph's eyes were
acarcely moiatened With . tear; when, On
The eve the army marched, he took leave
q Edi.ha, in stolen interview on the ter.
race Of the palace. He kissed her hand