New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-24

A CORsfCaN HCsBAND.--An n arrival from Cor
sica (eyery body is arriving thence just now,
for that little island has become quite the fash
ion,) has filed the salons Of Paris with fresh
interest--the more so as it is understood that
this coming mar is anything but Welcome in
high quarters a Few years ago. Count A.
was In the possession of the three things most
dear to the heart Of man in every cline under
the sun, namely-great consideration, amagni-
fcent estate and lovely wife. OF all these, the
estate alone remains and it is evidently tore
acquire the other two that he has made the jour
ney to Paris, in search Of the prefeefnre IN
Corsica. The story is so peculiarly Cofsican
that it is really worth relating.
The Count married in 1916 not only one Of the
richest heiresses, but, moreover, the greatest
beauty in the island. For two years the chap
py couple" seemed to live in the enjoyment Of
every species of bliss which natrmony never
fails to promise its victims before surrender.
The Count was all tenderness and attention
the Countess all devotion and confidence No
thing occurred to mar their happiness, savensw
and then some slight difference Of opinion, which
would arise, always upon trifing subjects,
though between the Count and his younger
! brother, an officer Of dragons, who had taken
up his quarters at the Chateau1 d. - du-
| ring his six months leave or absence from his
| regiment This slight tendency to disagree
| ment was, however, always soothea with so much
grace and tenderness by the Countess that the
harmony ofthe menoge could scarcely be said to
| be disturbed by these accidental false notes.
and everything went on as smoothly as ever after
the departure Of the young dragon hsd leftthe
husband and wife to their solitude once more
| Shortly, however, motive Of anxiety man-
Tested itself in the declining health Of the young
| wife. Without apparent cause, her eyes grew
dim, her cheek grew pale, her hand shook as
though she had been struck with palsy, and
short dry cough filled the anxious husband with
alarm. His attention, however, redoubIed !; he
never left the patients side, and when, length,
after every trial had been made to restore her
health, she found herself laid on sick bed, the
Count stirred not from her pillow, administering
every portion with his own hand, and, by sooth-
| ing discourse and kind words, exerting himself
to smooth the dark passage to the next world,
which the doctor said must, in spite Of all efforts
and skill, be made ere long. The dreaded mo-
ment at length arrived, the priest had performed
the last kind office for the peace departing soul,
and then the lovely young Countess begged to
speak with her husband alone. He approached
| the bedside, overcome with grief She had
wished to thank him before she left him forever
| for all his kindness and unfailing confidence in
her, and to confess with the deepest regret and
humiliation that she had heen, notwithstanding
all his indulgent love, the most depraved, the
most miserable of sinners. 7Sskcs
sOh, forgive me,'' exclaimed she ;ss Ihave been
unfaithful to my vows; have loved another II
have deserved this early death. ~
She looked in his face, and awaited his an
swer; it rang in her failing ear accompanied
her spirit in its fight. ~
'sI thought so, love. / was sure il was the
case, and, angel Of my soul, THAT is just why I
have poisoned you!'' sess
The nurse, who had been listening without,
hurried at once to the authorities and gave her
deposition. The Count was Immediately arrest
ed. He remained for more than a year in prison,
but the cause was never brought to trial, owing
to the powerful interest Of the great families a
| the island. to every M one Of whom ne is Y some
ceiyed for his crime is the expulsion from all
society wherein the ss new notions,'' as they ere
called in Corsica and the civilized principle are
adopted. 1t is to regain his position that he
now condescends to sue for place