Butte record., 1853-11-19
A ROMANTIC LIFE.

ROMANTIC LIFE.
Obituary notices have nearly monopo
lHed our pen of late. There are few
eras in our history which have been
marked by so many deaths of prominent
individuals, as the last three months.
In our obituary colums to-day will be
found another addition to the list Of re-
markable deceased, in the death Of Ma
dam Zulime Gardette, the mother of Dr.
Gardette Of this city, and of Mrs. Myra
Clark Gaines. She died in this city, at
the residence Of her son, DR.. Gardette,
at the advanced age of seventy-eight
years.
This lady was the heorine Of ;liat IN
tensely interesting romance in real life,
which was developed in the celebrated
lawsuit of Mrs. Gaines.
Her maiden name was Zuline Carrier
She was born in the old French colony
Of Biloxi. Her parents were omigrants
from the land of poetry and romance
the favorite home Of the Troubadours-
Provence. The blood of the Gipsey
race, which, in the eaf1y days of Lousl.-
ana, settled along our sea coast, and
whose lovely daughters were the special
objects Of the admiration ard love OF the
gallant French cavaliers who established
the first colonies, mingled with that of
the poetic Provencial. Fromsuch a stock,
it is not remarkable that Zulime Carriere
should have derived extraordinary per-
sonal beauty The charms of herself
and her three sisters were universal
themes Of admiration in the colony of
Louisiana. The warm and geniel eli
mate, and luxurious atmosphere OF the
sea shore, ripened these charms into full
maturity at a very early age. Zulime
had hardly emerged into her teens, be
fore her hand was sought BY numerous
suitors. The successful aspirant gained
his point, as Claude Melnotte in Bull
wer's play did,-by holding an imagina-
ry coronet, or other insignia OF nobility,
before the eyes of a beautiful; but un-
suspecting girl of thirteen. She was
caught by the glittering bait The French
nobleman soon dwindled into coniec-
toner, ard what was worse, married
man who had never been divorced. He
was arrested and tried by an ecclesiasti-
cal court in this city, for bigamy-was
convicted and sentenced to BE- punished,
but afterwards escaped, and was no more
heard of. Thus ended Zulim's relation
with Jerome De Grange.
Pending this proceeding, and after
the discovery of De Oranges previous
marriage, there grew up an intimacy be-
tween Zulime and Daniel Clark, then
leading man in this colony dashing,
whole souled Irishman, reported to be
very wealthy-of very popular eharac-
ter and agreeable manners. Clark was
just the gallant, chivalrous man to es-
pouse the cause of an unprotected and
wronged woman
1t is said-but as from thispoint starts
the protacted litigation which has recent
ly engaged so much of the time and at
tention of our courts-we must be un-
derstood as giving the version related by
the deceased lady herself and her friends,
that Clark having met zuliine in Phila-
delphia, and satisfied himself as to the
existence of De Oranges bigamy, and
the consequent nullity of his marriage
with Miss Carriere, promptly offered her
his hand and heart, suggested the pru-
dence of keeping their marriage secret
until they could complete the proof of
De Oranges crime. They were then
married. OF this marriage but one wit
ness was living when the suit was brought
by Mrs. Gaines, and that was the sister
of Zulime.
But there were corroborating circum-
stances, on which the proof of the reality
of such connection was rested After