Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-09-29
THE GAZETTE.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, s,prrx'R. 20, 1858.

DUKE OF MALAkOFF AND BRIDE.
M.demoiselle Pauiega has remained un-
married for the reasons OF the most compre-
bensiye kind. She was for many Years bent
on a religious life, and remained secluded in
the convent in which she had been educated,
fully resolved to renounce the world at her
fathers death and never seek to play any con-
s~picuous part in the government of her fami-
Is. The persuasive arguments used by Ma.
dame Montijo alone prevented thu extreme
step, about two years ago, and it was by the
advice of that same watchful lady that she
accompanied her to Paris, TO partake of the
distractions offered by that gay capital, and
the position for enjoying them to be secured
by paying a visit 10 her relative, the Empress
Eugene. No sooner had she arrived than
the fame Of her beauty spread abroad IKE
wi!dfre. She is no longer very young, lt"r
she has been wrongiuily c~oniounded with ner
sister-in-law;) but the quiet unootrustiVe i''e
which she has led, the peace OF mlnd she mas
enjoyed, have preserved the calm, unru1heo
semllance of early youth in her lovely coun-
tenance-aud the Empress was the first to
perceiVe the immense sensation her besutlioi
relative had occasioned, aud all the use when
nigh, be drawn from the admiration mus
created. By degrees the young lady became
accustomed 20 hear of other means III hapPl-
ness than that afforded by a religious lie, anu
10 rc-ceiye that there exist other dOmlnions
better worth governing than a religious com
munity, ard at length she was induced to lis
ten without aversion to the idea OF marriage,
as the one best befitting a demOiSeM OF her
beauty and station. 1t was just at the crit
ical moment so says the salon, when Ma
demoisclle Paniega was beginning to accept
this possible change of prospects IN her des-
tiny. that the dilemma concerning the Duo
de Malak0f was mooted, and the Empress,
with true feminine tact, was immediately
aware Of the best method OF reclaimlngt the
old soldier and lettering bim forever To the
imperial camp. The business was not, now
ever. completed until the journey to Cher
buurg enabled the two proposed ones 10
see more of each other than they bad hlther-
10 done, and as q matter OF course, to De-
come attached. The Empress has gained
great credit for this stroke of womaniy poll
cy. as, By uniting the Marshal to a member
OF her own family, she has forever made oini
her OVID. The aGianced couple APT cared
together for the first time the other night at
tine opera and The beauty Of MademoiseIie
Pan!ega attracted all beIolders. The Elm
reror hestowsa million Of francs as the brides
dovry, and the Empress is to furnish q
aousSesu worthy the occasion.
Ur1n the whole. it has been said by eoSi-
Gus tongues that the young lady at HHedo""e
oG~atre--speaking 10 Partisan phrase concern
to- these matters and yet, strange to say,lt
ia the Marshal alone who is envied. 30 lar
g, cood-thus far goes the tale in Madame de
vs. all Powerful salon one day, when
10, the next, out comes the reverse side OF the
medal, the sable lining to this rose-colored
recisalbeing the awful doubt expressed wheth-
or the marriage will ever take place, IN
consequence ola previous claim berg exls-
tent in Algeria, which may be extinct, but
until such fac, can he ascertained, no second
union can be possible. Hardly haVe we re-
covered from the surprise into which they
were thrown by this astounding revelation,
when another and mi,der version Of the OBJ
iecrion 10 immediate union is torth
IN the assurance Of the Dukes engagement
on rarcir with the young lady in the Convent
or Les. Oi.aaux, 70 whom nc bound himself
10 await her decision for one whole year, rec
klnirg from the lst OF January iast-whcn
sac refused him. for the !0rth time; which be
90 his part, for the fourth time, refused to take
as the final "once for ALL" These have
been the suppositiocs and suruises atloat dur
ing the week, ard have found believers and
co.portsurs. For US, who behold the rise
and fall Of 50 many Of these amiable specuia-
tious, were are compelled to confess that we
always " ait to see which Of tGem comes true
before we pronounce ourselves 10 favor OF
any. so that cur judgment may mover be at
fault, and that what We affirm may always
b. taken as truth ny our readers.-Paris
Coy. If tie Court ,JOuraal.