The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-08-08
THE PRINCE DEMIDUFF.

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With the decoase Of Prince Demido let us hope that
the old type OF Muscoyite tra,u eodrssx has passed
away for Deinlef ths original Of L40atc ir
Eugene sues novel OF .sAAtAilde and r. Aays often
heard it said that most Of the iahich he bears
part throughout that MOTEL did In reality occur He
the very of the old Russian n0t srn The mo
raj part Of his nature must have been hdsd down with
out the smallest tant of foreign matter from the
courtier slfcrouching slave haifaavage tyrsnt who
surrounded the throne Of Peter the GSsat Te only sen
tinent which completely Developed IA his psture
that of the desire Of vengeance, and FOR this alone
would he have sacrificed his fortuna his ps41ton and
his very liie. Anecdotes of the meIry znptA hc enjoy
ed tAul.ing men hearts, and dririnE to despair
those who depended on his Win, ndner0Hs Indeed
and most of them giving proof of the vastness Of lie
power conferred by wealth alone, unsocompanisd by wit
intelligence morality, those who, possessing
every ether advantage become ~ 1t were the very
prey of such heari-crushes a Prince Demiapd There
ferocity OF delight in mischief about hm which
manifested itself every occasion where he found
- triumph tisose wkn ProSadece had placed
within his reach, which believe to be an exclusive
Russian peculiarly and which has always rendered him
most precious study for the noyelssts ana romance
writers Of the day. The stry Of hin ssassa with tbs
Princess Matde would alone invidualize his
character The princess ia, by nature, of nature
fitted for enjoyment thsn resistance Ia kher hands
than those to whom the fatloming VI s MIND was con-
hded in early YOUTH she might have become of differ
ent character to that which she hAs proved herself But
it was she little fitted to sn the tsper ed
ucae the mind, of such imam as Prince DeRidod and
sooner they married than became Apparent
all that life would be unsndutble Tn6sed & i repor
cd that the Princess herself delare spes after this
union to her arghtod relatives TINT it alrsady evil
dent her that Prince Dcindof lind renefth the mar
riage chain heavy that she must look out so0e one
to help her 70 bear it They say the ssaxsh attend
ed with immediate and striking success and since tha
time many and many the caipbeafefs wU have been
called into service to tighten the burden +! soon how
ever, did open rupture declare itself between the
married couple, and the occasion Of assault batte
rya hossewhip and flying esndestaA bsiay the yss~
n
the Mephstophiles nature Of the man became visible
The settlement accorded by The marriage cUntrac was
but small compared with the mm1nsc expenditure and
prnoely luxury to which the princess had been
toned since her marriage aud the pfince refusing
increase 1t legally consented severthSisa 10 bestow
handsome addition each time it rendered ndspensa
bic, upon the sole condition Of his wife aeeking him n
person to receive It, OF course this c0d3tion, repu-
dated by the princess considered easv Hu6lmont
and accepted with gratitude by the whole Of the Bona
larte family. The princess, from that hour,
rounded, IT appears with spirs anH efnAMIies de-
spatce by Prince Demdo to ncte her ~ expense and
outlay of all kinds temptations thrown ia the
way, Inducements held out. 1oye. anBton And display
were all enlisted in the csse, tha1 a. 4ke end Of
certain time the poor princess found herse head
and in debt and compelled 10 pass through the
deal she had 70 much feaded she wrnt tUbt rcters-
bnrgh To the psinec WIN. her axaxal started off
for some horrible old caase " his in utersine Here
he had her alone and what passed there none tell
nalzac gntSsed the truth people Say sr he
story aitcr that which bears staesg aaksof psobaby
the hero and heroine heng recognizable at For
time after the visit 70 the alniabie husband
princess lived the most secluded life pcsshe q the banks
vi Lake Como. She stated her grevanccs II the Empe
Nicholas who rcprimapded Demdo severely that
the latter left his country IN high dndgeon Swng
to return Meanwhile. the yrinrens la&1ing the i'm
possibility Of ccmpulson, the part Of tn Empscr
to assist In increasing her income, repaired tTth Empe
herself His Majesty listened 10 her complaints and
sympathixod with her Zdcclarcd DemidOf brute
and, until the day Of his dmih, allows& from his own
the OF IS, 900 per annuD sshnm conditions
towards the increase Of her income and shc il the Ell
feet Of implicit confidence thal ths pisce required no
compelling to fulfill the cootuact wlich Prince Dem-
don would, ly force, have bound her-always showing
the greatest alacrifv in running meet M benefActoT
whenever an opportunity occaersa. NJ k3essr
good trait Of that indnging in ehdsh raerrimont at
the expense OF the feelings OF others which distinguished
Prince DsrnidoK. occurred asey - fortnight
ago. Feeling himself getting wra on HIS Asiva Ba
den where be died. lac immediately sent for all the
famous physlcians in the coHnfry They xtaived cr
every tewn, ~ ycG we'll imagine eag 10 ia at
the daAh Of such noble head Of game R.ince Demi
doh. They were twelve in number. He them ali
one by one snd compelled them each ANNALS 10 w,its
their opinion ot hs No two crinionA sgrecd OF,
any one point Then he insisted on general consuit.
tfon being held at which be Icing prseht followed tha
dssasions with the wJssen opiA1cnx u Nh hand and
snjsysd to his hearts content the exsuae leasure d
mocking the discontinue and wounded dmegr p-c,s OF
them AL Ntahfi g ~ P21rf s3s1tS