Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-04-05

and AS the two concluded to come to Texas,
the slaves were sold, and Dowing retained
the money. They have had one child, since
dead, and the wife is now encientc a week
ago, Bowling gathered all the money and
other valuables ofhs wife. and sloped, leaving
her perfectly destitute. He went to New Or.
leans, and it is thought will<g back to New
York. Heis about five feet nine inches high,
s;llow complexion, and the point of his pro-.
boscis looks towards the heavens, as it it
scorned connection with his month. How
the lady ever came to marry him, is myste.
ry to us, for she is very handsome woman.
But there is no accounting for taste. What
effects he had left her were sold few days
ago, and fund was raised by Messrs. Bin.
fnrd and Clopton, enough to send her back
to her friends. She left in the stage on We'd
aesday. brokep.hearted, deserted, plumber
ed poman.
T'aUCH1SG TRAGEpY.--Ihat realities the
actual events of life are sometimes romantic
! MS the dreams of fiction. and appeal more
deeply to the feelings and sympathies,, we
do not doubt, and have besides a case in
point to demonstrate the truth of the trite
idea.
An inquest was held yesterday upon the
body of Mrs Mariana Lowe, n beautiful
German lady, aged l6 years, who had been
married but short time, and who, up to a
few days previous to her death, bad lived iii
apparent happiness with her husband. They
4 resided on Thala street, between Camp and
| Prytara, and not long after their marriage
the exacting love of the wife became alarm
led By strange reports of the conduct of her
husband, which were confirmed by various
circumstances coming under her own know-
edge-his altered manner towards her, his
frequent absence from home, etc. Her
| Jealous fears were awakened--she dreaded
their confirmation, but she songht and oh:
1 tsined the truth; and that truth brought the
conviction with it that she no longer en-
iayed her husbands love; it carried des-
pair to her soul. She learned that her hus.
iaand had formed an illicit connection witha
waman in their immediate neighborhood |;
and last Tuesday evening she traced him to
the house and became convinced of his guilt |;
she returned home and penued letter adj.
dressed to him, in which she indulged in no
reproaches, but expressed her affection for
him and her grief at his faihlessness in the
strongest terms, declaring that nothing was
left her in the world worth living for, and
that she would forgive his injustice and die.
She then procured an ounce Of landanum
from an adjoining drug store, swallowed it,
and in lew hours was corpse.
CoURr GossIp.-The Empress of France
! has rival! Louis has been smit;en with the
charms Of an English lady named Smead.-
At the last ball given at the Tuilleres-which,
by the way. cost the city a25 ,0O0-tbe En-
peror paid her so much attention that tie EN-
press has forbidden her admission to the Tnil.
Ieries letter writer (says the Washing
ton Starr ia describing the conqueror Miss
Smead,) says:
"She is the most thoroughly, perfect beau
tiful won,au have ever seen, either in Eu.
rope or in America. Her type.is altogether
English she has the fair compexion,th the light
hair, the blue eyes, which are characteristic
Of the nation, and trihe of that cmbonpoint
which lady may have to advantage, even at
twenty-ane. In form she is faultless, and in
manaers she is a model. Every one seemed
TO know the circumstances Of the late flirta-
tiou at the palace, and consequently when
she walked, she was followed by reinue ;
u'ten she stopped, she was the centre of Il
dense gronp of worshippers, and when she
sat, all circulation was rendered impossible,
and the passages to and from her were block.
ed up hopeIessly. She bore it with unbrok.
! en- equanimity hardly noticing that she was
the object of an unusual remark; she had lear.
ned that beautiful woman is ouhly beauti-
ful when unafectedly simple. | have never
dreamed of such wonderful perfection; Ger.
tainly no painter has ever created, from the
depths of his imagination, and yet Of fthe un.
real suggestions Of an inspired fancy, face
so adorably lovely; there's not another like
it except, perhaps. in Circassia, or at Balti.
more. Heigh ho! The Empress had good
reason TO be jealous; she herself is far less
handsome"
A SINGULAR wedding came off at Iights.
town last week. The Monmouth Democrat
says that a blooming young damsrl had no
less than five suffers ta her hand, to each Of
whom she engaged herself to marry on a
certain day. The time fixed upon came
round, and all of the lads were on hand, and
the magistrate who was to perform the cere.
mony was present. The maiden had not
made up her mind fully as to who should be
made her happy lord, when the magistrate
requested The couple to stand up. As il
driven to desperation, she bounced on her
feet, gave one Of the boys" a nudge with
her foot, and before the others had recover.
ed from their astonishment the knot was
tied. The scene that ensued is said to have
been peculiarly interesting.
Santa Anna, it is said, has sent an order
to Messrs. Ames, the great cannon manufac-
turers at Springfield Massachusetts, for two
hundred guns of from ten to fifteen pound
calibre each, ayd that the payment Of the or.
der, which of course, includes the supply OF
a vast amount Of ammunition, mnsketry, revol'
vers, &C., is TO be made contingent on the
passage ofthe Gadsden treaty.
SOME SNAkEs.-We learn that upon the
plantation of Col. John B. Lamar, in Lee
County, a log was split open, a few days
since, and twenty-eight full grown rattle:
snakes found within.-Fcderal (Ga.) Union