Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-08-30

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besr the name. Therefore the present
owner Of Semenowe-Lozy is either a gbos
or en- impos.or.
The Jew displayed such warmth end
such conviction in his assevetations, ,ha
the Captain Ispravni,z thought the matter
worth Cheering up, and therefore instructed
the assessor, Ivorylof, to open the prellm-
mary proceedings.
The latter consequently repaired 10 Sem
enowe- Lozv. sno having explained the OBJ
ject Of his mission, called upon the lord o
the ms or to exhibi. h;scredentia!s Krynsz-
loft showed him the certificate of his birth
in which he was styled Francis Salezv
Krynszlon son Of John Chrvsosiome
Krynszof, and Of Maria Anne David"ff
born a, Mozyr, on the 22d September, l777
This exactly coincided with what the cap
tain Of dfsggoons' sge could be, supposine
he had lived SO ,ha. in spite Of the confor-
nifty Of date between the certificate and the
apparent age of The lord of fSemenowe Lozy.
Krynszlofi conveyed to Rsdomys,, where
he was confined IN the town Frison, and q
Judicial inquiry Immediately commenced.
The inquiry entered into the mlnu'es'
details of The case. Above three hundred
Witnesses were called; more than two hun
dred civil and military registers were ex-
amined; and officers and soldiers who had
served sl the same period, or under the com
mand Of the captain Of Dragons, Francis
SaleZy Krynszlof,, were summoned from
the army IN the Caucasus, 10 the garrison
l~>f
| Every proof Of the deah of the brothers
Krynszlof,. sons Of John Chrysostome snd
Of Marie Anne Dsvid"f, was undenisbly
established, and no doubt remained about
The impos,ure of Lord Of Semenowe Lnzy +;
when the latter, unable TO To contend agaIns,
such an overwhelming mass OF evidence. a,
length owned that he was not Francis Sal
ezy, bu, Joachim Kryn-zlof,, and The follow.
ing romantic history was gathered from his
revelations
"Afler my fathers death remained with
NJ jor F"geI, who took liking 10 me, and
appointed me his secretary and confidential
agent, bu, never made confden, of me.
fulfilled oil his orders punctualIy, but never
knew anything Of his plans or designs.
''At ,ha. lime there lived in Mozyr rich
widow, The Countess Scroll WI o
had no children. and was supposed to have
bequealhed her whole fortune 10 the Capu-
chm monks in this city. |, wss even added
that will had been dawn up To this effec'
and he names Of some Of the highest peo-
| pie in the town were mentioned as having
acted as witnesses on the occasion. Pub
lie rumor Likewise stated that this will was
| deposited in caskei. which the countess
alwavs kept under her pillow.
Major Fogel had become intimate with
The countess, and lrequen,ed her house.
In time their friendship had grown so
grea. that the countess placed the most un
limited confidence in The major, and, much
TO The jealous displeasure Of The CHpuchins'
entrusted TO him the entire management OF
her property and her afairs. The Countess
had for compsnion a Young orphan Of ex-
ceedng beauty, named Julia krynewieska,
with whom fell desperately in love. and
whose affections had the happiness TO win
Blu. the countess opposed our marriage, al
leglng tina. Mademoiselle Krynewieska was
ss yet too young 10 become wife.
zone day The NJ sjor brough. the Coun-
tended was above a hundred years DID,
The countess tasted it, and though! il excel.
lent.
"'Then dom. let anybody taste it bu
yourself, and keep i. entirely for your own
use,' said Major Fogel. Each bottle is g
treasure, and ! would no, have y ou share i
even with julie added he laughing.
THE countess followed his injunc,ions
bu, too faithfully. Every day after dinner
she slipped gIassfu! of this exquisite wine
but from ths. period she grew sickly, he,
health hitherto so excellent, visibly declin.
ed, end she took TO her bed. The Msjol
and some Of the Cspucbins set up " i,h hel
by turns, night after night. Julia Kry ene-
wieska, since become my wife, related lc
me ,ha, one night, when The sick lady wa.
dosing, and the Cspuchin who sal watching
her had fallen fast asleep, Fogel gently rails
ed the countess'e pillow, drew the csske
from under it, end having opened it, took
out large paper, which he exchanged fo
another Of the same size. He then replaced
the casket as it was before. In less thar
half; an hour the invalid awoke, when th'
Major fastened 10 offer the physic prescrib
ed the dsy before by the surgeon Isailoff.-
Blu, scarcely had the coun.ess swallow ed it
when she wss seized with vomiting, ant
b es.hed her last smidst The most fearfu
commissions.
81 know not whether Major Fogel sus
pec,ed ihs, Julia had seen from the cabine
in the couniess's above, where she slep,
The wicked action he had commi.,ed; bu
he endesvored 10 console the grief The yount
orphan displayed on Witnessing the insnl
mate body Of her benefaclTess, by saying,
will undertake 10 give you marriage por
ton, SO sha. you may marry Joachim