Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-07-13

Foreign Adventures g. American BE Hes
Twenty-Five years ago, when electric tele'
graphs and ocean steam navigation we're IN
kn0wn-wben the bucks Of Washington Hall
were in their glOry-when foreign Counts
were curiosities. and real lord the rarest OF
birds--a diStingWe gentleman condesoended
to arrive at the hotel above mentioned. lie
paid his addresses to C. young lady. wealthy.
and of one of the first families" (Of course
and an alliance was in prospect, when, in an
unlucky moment, in the preseuce OF the lady,
NJ. le Count Jumped up to answer bell, and
cried, Coming, sir" AS Counts DO not 40
swer bells, it followed that the hero Of this
moving tale was cast off gen,lemGn's gen
tleman. The marriage did not come OF; but
the Count has been repeated over aud over
again. Counts are now as plenty as black
berries in season, and almost as cheap; yet
our American bellies will insist upon paying
the old rates for them, forgetting the law OF
supply and demand. We have Counts who
, teach the nguages-Counts who play Oh
the fdie--Counts who impart knowledge
of the small! sword-COupts who sponge upon
opera singers and ballet dancers, carrying
the pr,na doana's lap dog IN the day time
and gambling away her earnings at niSat.-
| Although many Of these noble gent!emen
! have, IA above stated, some ostenslSle occn-
patton, they are, with few exceptions loun-
gers, who are constantly endeaVoring 70
| raise money without labOriDg for 1t. Ours
is busy country; men turn away from
id!ers, and they sock consolation in the so
ciety Of the ladies. Recent circumstances 90
to show that the fair ones are not at oil bash
| FIJI, but sometimes meet tleir admirers rather
more than half way.
! A romance, which is now exciting the az
tention of the public, recalls the chronicles
| Of the feudal times. A H.tltaTie, who writes
"de" before his hame-whO Is IN the habit Of
kiIiog his man before break fast-whO was
one of tho nine officers selected out OF the
whole French army for the honor Of COM
mondiug the "fJrlorn hope at the siege OF
SebastopoP short, mighty man in BAT
tie or 10 lady's bower-did us the honor 20
come here and tell US Of "the battles, sieges,
fortunes be had passed" The slayer OF men
and of female hearts arrives at last ut
Southern city, where he makes the acquain-
lance of g respectable gentleman, and quick.
ly iugratiates himself with his family. To
Madame be e0nfdcs the greet, though not
original secret, that he is u uobieman 10 dis
| guise, unjustly kept oct of his estates, real
and personal. Thus thc eUCmy's Aank was
turned, snd the herO'g success a fact accom-
pIlshed. Away went the gallant Captain
with Madame and Mademcisele to tue IIa-
yana, where the marriage ceremony was to
be performed But through the intervention
OF the American Consul whom the Captain
calls ridiculous Champion" the lovers
plans were frustrated. The head of the
family now arrives in Havans--hrngs away
his wife and daughter 10 New York. They
have lately clipped, and the whole matter is
in the bands Of the police and the lawyers.
There is, first, the trfllng circumstance OF
previous marriage, which took place here
only last year. As the hero uaiyGly remarks
this marriage would be good for nothing in
France; but, under ell the circumstances, it
is not probable that he will ever resume his
relations with the seamstTess Of the Rue
Taitbout. Ii is sad to see great financial
genius wasting his time for love. His proper
field is Wall street, or among the confidence
5nen. We beg to state distinctly that we
refer to the hero of the Court o! Asslzc, not
the Captain" Of the Malakof. The ldenti
~ Of the two men has yet TO be proved -
His futuro--we are still referring to the mil
itaiTe of the Rue Taithout-wili 10 brilliant
one and il by chance be should get into one
of our penal institutions some Governor Of
arstycratic predictions vii! BE sure to re-
turn him to the bosom CT that society he so
much adOrns.
This case Of the Crimean hero is "a ex-
IRENE one A painful hallucioation Of the
mother and ie.DCrora inIatunrion Of the
daughter may destroy the happiness Of o
family forever. But il is not without par
allel, and our young women will DO well to
note one point that has been made IN it
When they run away with foreigner their
marriage is necessarily hurried. Ii he should
turn out to be good catch, the marriage"
unless every little fJrmality is observed, is OF
no value in Europe, and monsieur may
walk of from madame Whenever he feels
tired of her. We are quite ready to admit
that our young ladies are not far out when
they prefer the society Of witty, agreeable,
accomplished foreigner to tha. OF our native
youth, who rarely talk OF anything but
brandy, billiards. and troiting horses: and it
is not at all wonderful that gentleman
with an hereditary prejudice against labor
should attempt to recruit bis purse with
rich American wife. But why be in such
hurry? Fathers are no longer tliOts, ard
mother are vastly obiising. The lady should
be sure that sho is not marrying cGict de
ptIce-Ihe gentleman should make it equally
certain that the motive" for the alliance is
in sound Currency.-N. T. UeraM.
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