The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-11-11
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BY the deceasedlady herself and her friend.
that Clark having met Zulime in Philadel-
phia. md satisfied himself as 10 the exit
fence Of DE- Oranges bigamy. and the con
sequent nulity of his marriage with Nj
Carrierc, promptly offered her bis hand and
heart. but suggested the prudence Of kecr
ing their marriage secret. Until they coulI
complete the proof Of De Oranges crime.
They were then married. OF this marriage
but one witness was living when the suit
war brought BY Mrs Gaines. and that was
the sister Of zulime. But there were cor.
roborating circumstances. upon which Die
proof Of the reality Of such circumstance
Was rested
After her marriage 10 CLARK, in 1899.
Zulimc returned TO New Orleans, 10 taxi
further legal proceedings 10 invalidate. or
rather authenticate. The Illegally Of the
marriage with DegraDge. A suit was
brought for this purpose in the civil courts
Of the Territory, and judgment was obtain.
ed against De Grange Ia the mean time,
Clark had advanced in years and honors
The gallant youth Of 1909 had become tho
ambitious politician and milolionaire As
the popular man Of powerful party, he
was sent delegate Of the Territory to Con
grcss Here he soon forgot the poor Gre
ole girl, and began to mediate more bril-
liant marriage connection The object of
this aspiration was the lovely Miss Cation,
Of Maryland. a granddaughter Of Charles
Carroll, Of Carrolton, who afterwards be-
came the Marchioness of Wellesley. She
was great belle. and CIark's fine manners.
distinguished position, and great wealth. no
doubt, rendered him quite desirable match
for so brilliant and accomplished beauty.
They were engaged; but some stories Of his
enemies caused sudden termination Of
their relations. On hearing of his court
ship Of Miss Cation, the unfortunate Zulime
again vent q Philadelphia 70 procure proofs
Of her marriage With Clark But, alas!
Clark, it was alleged, under The influence
of reckless ambition. had made way with
those proofs; poor Zulime again found her.
self the victim of mans treachery. In n
feeling Of desertion and helplessness, alone
among strangers, whose language and hab-
its were foreign to her she accepted the
hand Of DR.. Gardette, who generously and
magnanimously, relying on her truth and
sincerity, united his fate and fortune with
hers. From that period her life flowed
smoothly on in the discharge Of her duties
as wife and mother.
Shortly after her marriage with Gardetie,
Clark had suffered his severe rebuff from
TIM lovely Miss Cation. In spirit Of true
penitence, he hurried to Philadelphia, saw
Zulime, and declared his determination to
proclaim their marriage. But it was too
late. She informed him that she was Mrs.
Gqrdette Clark was deeply distressed at
this, and exhibited sincere penitence. He
sought to atone for his desertion Of the
mother by kindness to the daughter who
was born in 1906. of this secret marriage.
This was Myra Clark She was placed in
charge Of an intimate friend of Clark, Col.
Davis, who raised and educated her as his
own daughter. Il was not until she had
reached maturity that Myra discovered the
secret Of her history. Since then, as Mrs.
Whitney and as Mrs Gaines. she has prose-
outed her claim to the property Of Daniel
Clark, as his lawful heir. with zeal, earn
esiness. and energy, which have rarely been
equalled in the annals Of litigation. The
difficulty has been to establish the marriage
between zulime and Daniel CLARK Cer-
tainly, a mystery has long hung over this
case, which only the dead could rise from
their graves and satisfactorily determine.
The once lovely zulime, passing through
so many rcycrses and misfortanes. returned.
in her old age. to New Orleans-her old
home-and passed peaceful and happy
life, il the family Of her son, respected and
beloved for her many virtues She died at
the age OF seyenty-eight. the youngest Of her
family-two Of her sisters having attained
their ninetieth year. longevity common to
the Old inhabitants Of Louisiana, and par
ticnlarly 10 those horn on orr seasoast.
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