The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-01

good family, good looking, well educated, ac-
complished; and that she would make an ad-
mirabe domestic wife, The last Of this praise
was Ineligible at least; and it was precisely
what he wanted. He did not ask for genius,
beauty, or wealth; but he wanted a wife who
would make home pleasant resting place for
him. For few months after his marriage, he
believed he had been very fortunate. In the
excitement and novelty of finding herself mis-
tress of "a household, Mrs Lorell's monomania
slumbered for awhile, only to arouse with ten
fold power. Her natural love for order had
been cultivated, until it had become source
of suffering to herself and all around her. Her
eye was panied whenever she looked. The
clouds would never have been piled in Wild
fantastic masses if arranged by her; the rocks
thrown together in rugged, picturesque har-
mony; the flowers strewn in beautiful disorder
in their native bowers; but all would have been
arranged by square and rule, line and plummet.
Loell was constantly assailed, at home, by
anxious, cautious, cold reproofs, appalling re-
monstrances. His children were denied the
freedom and exercise he deemed necessary for
their health Her children, Mrs. Lorell was
inilhe habit of saying, with a sort of mournful
attempt at resignation, were just exactly like
their father; meaning that they inherited to
the full, his disorderly propensity and none
Of her cardinal virtue. Lorell made every eff
fort to cure her of her foibIe; he tried reason,
ridicule, authority; but all in vain; she persist
ed in believing herself the aggrieved party
and relentless as doom continued her orderly
regulations, complaints and reproaches. Every
day Ire repeated 10 himself, She is really an
excellent woman, and this is but a trihe. But
he learned, in time, the great power of tritles.
The most terrible torture invented by the in
QUESTION consisted in the slow dropping Of
water. . 49,.
T. He rose in his profession; he acquired con-
siderable wealth; but so far as enjoyment was
concerned, he felt that his life was failure
He had little social or professional ambition
he had little native love for literature or the
arts; but he had strong domestic affections, and
he had no home-for him there were no cool,
green, refreshing resting places. After the
day'stoilsome duties of his profession had been
attended to, he spent bis leisure time in his
Office; there he could, at least, find such peace
as solitude could give. 's@ &-'.8
His daughters were early sent to boarding
school; even there they led freer and hap
pier life than with their mother. ..a.- ...,..
Mrs. Lorcll was not happy; true, she was not
troubled much with her husband and children;
but servants would be disorderly; visitors must
be entertained, and they would turn the house
She had some secondary troubles too; she
believed that her husband had weaned the af
fecions Of her children from her; she consid
cred herself neglected wife. She talked
much of mysterious providence-Mrs. Lorel,
like many wiser ones, was inclined to make a
scape goat of providence of bleeding victims
on hymens altar meaning her sacrificed self.
All, fair reader! remember great is the pow
er of trif1cs, and guard against them. 30
ROMANCE AND REvoLvERs.--The Emperor
Of Russia has lately performed an act of JUS
tice to a much injured and honorable Amer
lean family, which reflects the highest credit
on his government. The facts were given me
by Mr.. Saa, the principal writer for Dcken S
Household Words, with whom had the pleas
ure to dine at London, and who was an actor in
the history | am going to give you:
About eighteen months ago, Miss Ward,
from one OF the southern States, was married
at FIorance, after short courtshp, to a Pol
ish Count, whose unpronouncable name escapes
me at this moment. They were married be-
fore the American consul I believe. After
living with Miss Ward martally for three
weeks, the Count took French leave one fine
morning, carrying off his wife's jewelry as
booty. A letter left behind informed Miss
Ward Of fact OF which she had been till that
moment entirely ignorant, to- wit: that any
Russian subject not married according to the
service recognized by the Greek church, and
the Russian Government, was invalid and not
binding, and that the service which had united
them resembling in no wise the one required
they were as free as ifno service had been per-
formed. TIE CONSERVATION of Miss Ward and
her family at this delectable piece of villainy
may well be imagined for on inquiry they
found that the Counts statement was but too
true. s9' y'+a -
Miss Ward and her mother remained short
time in Italy, endeayoring to obtain some kind
of redress for the base imposition which had
been practiced On them, but their efforts were
fruitless. They then came to Paris and spent
the winter here, where they were generally
known to the American residents in the place.
s At the period OF the coronation of the en-
peror of Russia, they went to St. Petersburg
1t was here that Mr.. Sala made the acquant-
ance Of the family, by letter Of introduction
from Paris. The family were going to demand
justice of the emperor Of Russia against his
scoundrelly subject Mr.. Sala drew up the
petition to the Russian Minister, and in this
petition Miss Ward demanded of the Russian
government "the re-habitation Of her honor
by a lawful marriage with the Count" The
document was handed to Mr. SEYMOUR the
American minister, who handed it to the Rus
sian Minister of State. ~. .....s. Fa z.-... .
The moment the case was laid before the
emperor, an order was issued to the Russian
minister at Naples where the count was then
living to confer with the Neapoliean govern
ment, with a view to his arrest. The Neapo-
itan government, which was then in great ia
vor with Russia, yielded at once to the request.
The count was seized by the Neapolitan po-
lice, and at Russia expense was conducted
to The Russian frontier; there he was received
by the Russian police, and carried to Warsaw.
The Wards were already there awaiting bis
arrival. The count was marched into the
church by posse of policemen, and was com
PEELED to stand up before the altar and marry
Miss Ward in due form. When the ceremony
was concluded, his wife, now legally the count
occ Of ,,,.da hin, q f,r,,.,I how ,,,d I'D ~.