Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1858-12-01

Mh0ame Oclavl8 WI ltou Ac WV
With The rssders permission, will resome
my ssbject
Al one o'clock A N The day af'er my intro
doeiion to NJ dame Le Vert, presented myself
., The Q. Nichols. 70 p.y ny FesPeet- 70 Der
Was received ~ her father. Gov Walton. ~ho
informed me iEat she Ma os,l5 gone - Con
1eeiisuf 10 dine.
10 Connecticut TO dine :" repeated In as
|tonishnsni.
Even So" he answered smiling.
but what takes her TO Connecticut TO day
when everything il to be done. aud 50 many
engagement. to b. fulfilled :"
TO night y 'he scn,ag Ball aud oeiavio
IL TO appear a. the Open. and ~o ether parties
bit sh~ Is of 10 Connecticut. notwithstanding
ell that"
Il hnow she has socd cause. - said. 81 know
come noble errsrd iskes your daughter away
from "a TO. day. sir"
AFTER that" be said smiling. Il must explain.
You remember Mrs g. j. 81 Petersburg You
Know he died while We were abroad Her
babe is sick at its grandmo'hsr's ia csnneeii'
got. and i, is to zee Il. that Oeisvia has gone
OF 20 uneerimoniously."
"Noble woman r | exclaimed.
"She ~ill return a. 5 z If q 10 The Opera
md TO the parties. and A N ssu'n to
counee ieus il he ehlld be very sick
Then to morrow night. the gfea 10 N,rl
denomination i 70 come ca . sal
Ssh will manage the ane ~ay 'or hat. nd
sfssr fulfilling her most pressin. IA ase'ocuis.
sill return TO cenpeeii NJ, and remain a nloa h
~i,h poor har'ict'- child. il necessary
or eour,e. could NOT fai TO lay NY tribute
- admiration before such wosnanly nobility OF
soul OF course. | obcycd theiapul>e II my
heart. aud expressed. with all the elequence /
possessed. my sdmiraiion for hi. sweetest trait
IN the character OF a woman whom To know is
70 lore
The most enviou.. and least gifted Of her
srI. could forgive her even ''hcr diamonds and
urquoise-. her lrocad.- and point lace. and
at bat no; least. her "ses green cloak. edged
with real ostrich feathers" Tor that Shame
upon the monster who cannot see. benra,h y
blue brossde. woman'- good true heart.
shame upon that man or woman. who cannot
bear the diamonds ia b. or the turqnois,s'
ccrulssn ray. Col. Walton. who adorrs his
iliustroe- dsn. liter. entertained me for an
hour. With anecdotes Of her. Among others
he mentioned an incident in her first winter in
Washington. which has never been ia print.
At the asr Of sixteen, Madame L- --r' ;..adc
her dsbu in Warrington, c,aul,fuI. rich. and
accomplished A. she va. she vas nevertheless
nrodnfed into society a the daughter Of
Gov. Walton. Now" said the courtly old
gentleman, chat 10 reversed aud am intro
duccd as the father of Madame lie Vert"
But my heroine does not owe her distinction
10 the Fictitious advantages of wealth or birth
This do not lay TO pander TO tina, morbid
spirit Of aepublicanisln--I beg pardon Of so
noble word for degrading i, to 20 vile use
SAY rather that grounding prejudice which
'csents the superiority OF another as personal
insult to itself. Neither birth nor wealth gave
ier. her present enviabie position. IL ssss ma
Joe islsnf.
The winter Of her presentation NJ the Ere |
'utiye Mansion, was the uiater Of nm occur.
'nce. we'll adapted a. the calling forth OF her
slents The President, IL seem. had I,ceived
certain Spanish letter. veil remembered b,
Of thai days letter Of great
isiional Importance. and It 10 happened that
cot one member OF the cabinet OF sttacLe.
hereof. could translate IL. Gov Walton, H.
he emergency. undertook to have IL done, by
sn o'clock he next DAY. AMI also. TO get The
Presidents reply translated Into the pure Ca
lillian. whenever II should be nece .sary. Ill
ras then ! o'clock. 4 NJ The young aud
harming octavia Walton, va. he tti. ht Iar
ocular star at the irS.>h ministers at that
cry hour Her father waited until she lrh
he festive Hall-and then follow ng her To her
Dom. drew out the Spanish letter. and ibid
rr What he desired her To do with II.
he Immediately sat down To her writing Ia
lie. just as she Wa. with ball dress sorfis da
sl-and Rigolsiie on. Her father !, 4. her -
. nine o'cloek IN the m lnin.. ne fund hsr
'sre. She had scarcely changed her position ,
nd the letter was nearly done ! From that ,
ay. the President aud his Cabinet knew 10 !.
HON to apply. as the best lingulst in Wash.
'g,on Thus began career unprecedented
) the annals CT our country. And this, I ,
'ink trumPhan,ly proves. that blue bro :
sdes and turquoi-es are not sisae efficient to
AXE woman Of the nlnel.snth CENTURY -
his proves too. think. that Napoleonic en-
81. has done more, for Maja.os L. veri. than >
aPcleonic psfroaagr
And. after assuming he readers of tie n
e~s. hat y hsI ,he pr.nter n.odasils marked
y contributions TO b., column, With an a..
risk. ihst had no idea Of Beng called a. :
eoun, fcr s.'aA Hsrr,as. he The honor t.
ns'a. their most grateful aud uneb.rus.ve y
friends
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