Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-10-03
Death ofmrs Gaines' Neither.


at the advanced age IF seventy eight wears
The Delta of tho goth inst. has the following
notice ofihis remarkable woman:
This lady was he heroine of that intensely
interesting romance in real life. which was
developed in the celebrated la ~suit of Mrs
Gaines.
Her maiden name was Zulime Carriere.-
She was born in the old French colony Of Ri.
loxi. Her parents were emigrants from the
land of poetry and romance-the favoriie
home of the Tronbadours-Provenc The
blood Of the Gypsy race, which, in the early
days oil Lonisiana. settled along our sea coast,
and whose lovely daughters were the special
objects OF the admiration and love of the gal
liant French cavaliers who established he first
colonies. Mingled with that of he poetic Prov
encal. From such n stock. it is no, remarka
BILE that Zulime Carriere should have derived
extraordinary personal beauty. The charms
of herself and her three sisters were univer
So themes nf admiration in the colony of Lou.
isiana. The warm and genial climate. and
luxurious atmosphere Of The sea shore. ripen
ed these chains into full maturity at a very
early age. Zulime had hardly emerged into
her teens, before her hand was sought by nu
merous suitots. The successful aspirant gain
ed his poini-as Claude Melnotte in BnlScr's
play did-bv holding an imaginary corone 81
other insignia of nobility, before the eyes of a
beautiful, bur unsuspccting gill Of rhirteen.-
She VAS caught by the glittering bait. The
French nobleman soon dwindled into n coniec-
TONER, and, what was worse. a married man
Who had never been divorced. He was ar
rested and tried by an ecclesiastical court in
this city for bigamy-was convicted, and sen
fenced To be punished but afterwards escapcd
and ,.ns no more hearl OF. Thus ended IN.
lines relation with Jerome De Grange.
Pending this proceeding. and after the dis
covery of De Oranges previous maria &c,
there grew up an intimacy between Zulime
and Daniel Clark, then a leading man in this
colony-a dashing, whole. soulcd Irishman, re
ported to be very wealthy-of very popular
character and agreeable manners. Clark was
Just the gallant, chivalrous man to espouse the
cause OF an unprotected and wronged WON
an.
II is said but as from this point starts the
protracted litigation which has recently ell.
gagged so much of the time and attention OF our
couits--we must be understood as giving The
version related by The dece lsed lady herself
and her friends. that Clark having met Zulime
in Philadelphia, and satisfied himself as 10 the
existence OF De Oranges bigamy, and the con
segment nullity of his marriage with Miss Car
rlere, promptly offered her his hand and heart,
but suggested the prudence Of keeping their
marriage a secret. until they could complete
the proof Of De Oranges crime. They were
married. OF this marriage hu, one witness
was living when the suit was brought by Mrs
Games. and that was the sister of Iulime.-
But there were corroborating circumstances
upon which toe proof OF the rea ity of such a
connection was rested. After her marriage to
Clark, in 1902, Zulime returned to n. O.. TO
lake further legal proceedings to invalidato,
or rather authenticate, the i~llegality Of the mar
rage with De Grange. A suit was brought
for this purpose in the civil cou,ts of the Ter
ritory, and judgment was obtained against
De Grange. In the meantime, Clark had ad.
vanced in years and honors. The gallant
Youth Of 1902, had become the ambitious pol
ltlcian and millionaire.
As the popular man of a powerful party. he
was sent a delegate Of the Territory to Con
gress. Here he soon forgot the poor Creole
glrl. and began to mediate a more brilliant
marriage connection. The object Of this aspi
ration was the lovely Miss Cation. of Maryland
a grand daughter of Charles Carroll OF Car.
rollton. who aiierw ards became the Marchio
ness Of Wellesley. She was a great belle, and
Clark's fine manners. distinguished position
and great wealth, no doubt, rendered him quite
a desirable match for so brilliant and accom-
plished a beauty. They we've engaged; but
soma stories of his enemies caused a sudden
termination of their relations. On hearing oil
his courtship of Miss Cation, the unfortunate
Zullme again Went 10 Philadelphia to procure
proofs of her marriage with Clark. But alas!
Clark, it was alleged. under the innueoce off
reckless ambition, had made way with those
proofs, and poor Zuline again found herself
the victim of mans treachery. In a feeling oil
desertion and bel plessness, alone among stan
gers, whose language and habits 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 IA wife and mother.
Shortly alter her marriage with Gardette,
Clarke had suffered his severe rebuff from the
lovely Miss Cation. In a spirit of true peni-