Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-08-20


zinska. Nothing could induce Bcbaiourn to
quit the protectress she had chosen she
clung to her dress, uttered cries Of despair,
and wept bitterly, till Madame Louis Marie
declared she would receive her. and requested
the captain to leave the little Indian in her
care. lie readily acquicsced in the wish Of
the princess, whom tho child followed to her
own apartment. Her extreme intelligence
and earnest desire 70 give pleasure TO her new
mistress, soon enabled the yonng Dayadcre to
express herself in French with tolcTable cor
rcctncss. The earliest care Of Madame Louise
was to avail herself Of this progress to instruct
her pupil in Catholicism, and in one year
from her arrival in France, Bebaiourn, recciv-
ing the name Of Louise, was babtised by the
Archbishop Of Paris.
In the meantime, the mind Of thO-young
Christian developed itself with the active pro.
cocity natural to the Eastern tempcramcnt-
She spoke the language with extraordinary
accuracy, and wrote it SO correctly as to merit
the highest appreciation Of her masters; final
y, she became the secretary, cOniidante, and
intimate friend of the princess. When the
daughter Of Louis Nv, rcnOuncing the world
quilted the court to take the veil in Carmc-
lite convent, and cOnSccrate the rest of her life
TO solitude and prayer, Louse* also babe fare.
well to the world and followed her mistress,
resolved, like her, to embrace religious life
In short, on the llth of April, 171O, all the
rot,rt assembled il, the -CaFnaelite -eeAxpHt eC
1t. Denis, and witnessed the extraordinary
spectacle of Princess Royal and Bayaderc
knccling side by side at the altar, to receive
the veil Of the novitiatc from the hands of
Maria Antoincttc, who then was only Madame
Ia Dauphine de France.
a year after, La Countess de Provence in
vested the two nuns with the black veil. Then
each commenced the pcnitcnt and laboriOus
life Of the Carmclitcs; with feet naked, body
covered with sackcloth, watching and praving
at night, and restricted to the most rigorous
fhstS. Yes: the daughter of Louis Nv, and
the child born in n pago,ln on the borders of
the Gangcs; the princess educated for the
throne, aud the Ucr0iiCs destined to the vo-
luptuous existence Of the Dayadcrcs; she
who, in the presence Of the king, should have
bounded amid the Intoxicating transports Of
the Injurious Indians, passed seventeen wears
OF their lives in the solitude Of cloister
Ma lam Louise, now BECOME ti,ter Therese.
was the first to sink under these austcritics.
The i'll health Of the poor Bavadcre occas.
ioncd by her grief for the loss OF the only be.
superior to the CarInelitcs to remove the Indi-
an nun to purcr air than the humid atmos-
phcrc of the convent, and to remit austcr-
tics beyond her strength.
Sister Louise Obeycl with reluctance for
to her death seemed a deIiverAncc: she was
sent to Saint Germain, to Madame Ia Prin.
ccsse dc Beauvcaux, who welcomed her as the
friend Of the daughter of Louis Nv.
The alnOEinRikup s.f has vunam-.-. Al. -.
gance Of mind, her extensive knowledge.
charmed the new protectress Of sister Louise.
She expressed herself with fiuencv in the
most select terms her pronunciation was re.
maTkablc for its harmonious purity, and she
spoke Italian with almost as much correct
ness as French. When she went TO reside
with Madame dc Beauveaux, she had scarcely
attained her twcnty-ninth year: her features.
regular and expressive Of much sweetness.
formed contour remarkable for its ingcnu.
BUSINESS and vivacity. Hcr. .nostrils still bore
the scars OF the rings she wore on her first
arrival in France, and the holes in her ears
were much larger than those OccasiOned by
the rings worn by Europeans In short. there
remained in the expression Of her large black
eyes, in tho outline Of her slight aud supple
figure, in the softness Of her whole bearing.
recalled to US the Bayadcre, and which resi-
dcnce OF twenty years IN France, and the
mortlllcations Of the clOistcr, had not bCcn
able to Cffacr.
Bya singular chance, there was then at the
mouse OF Madam do Bcauveaux young ne
grcSs, named OGricEG, celebrated In little
romance of Ducas. OMricka, according TO
her blographcr, possessed Of an extreme intel
liVnnCp L.
dlcious education, and i'll corresponding TO her
position in society, which excited ideas that
rendered her the most unhappy Of women.
She felt in her heart the ambition Of high
born lady, but found herself confined to the
rank Of femmc.de- -chnmbrc,. and ohIv toletu.
ted in the drawing-rooM Of her naistYesat 10
vain her wit and talents surpassed all around
hers and in vain did her sweet vOiec, improved
by culture, attract universal admiration and
applause; in vain her painting was such as to
excite the envy Of Madame Lebrun herself:
the dark hue Of her complexion which sepa-
rated her from the society intb which she was
thrown, made her the unhappiest' Of women.
Madame Louise fully cOmprehendcd that
grief, from which VCligiOR alone had preserved
nersc'I A close intNHNcy sOOnsprang up be-
tween the cxiles of india and Afrlca, and
O"r'c&', converted to picty, b+eathcd her last
sigh upon the bosom Of her friend.
Thus second time bercaved of the object
OF her love, sister Louise found herself plunged
into fresh adversities. The revolution broke
ont, and the poor Indian, deprived of her
protcctrcSs, was reduced to the necessity of
tolling for her existence. She supported cour.
ageouSly this new trial; and having estab.
llshed PensoinGt at Saint German, She sue
cecdcd not only in securing a competency, but
even amaSscd II little wealth. Thus she lived
till the year 1SO6, when she expired, surround
ed by friends procured by the elevation of her
mind, and the sweetness and rare equinimity
Of her character.
These details are minutelv exact. They
have been written under tie dictation of q
lady distinguished by wit and genius, the CO.
leority Of whose namc is widely extendcd.-
Often thrown by chance into the company of
the 5ayadere Carmelito, she collected from her
own lips the principal facts contained in this
narrative; and she never speaks without
emotion OF the beautiful and unhappy Indian,
who supported SO nobly one Of the ssVuvest
aitiicti0ns that can befall US upon earth-isOla-
ton.
disrensatiOn was gAanted to the young Indian on
account Of her age.
AN AWKWARD DILENNA.--An awkward AZ
ialr which once occurred to one Of the Judges
on Western Circuit has been tho subject
Of much mirth. Itappears that the pious iu-
dlclal, having finished his labors, and having
cast OIL his forensic wig at his lodgings, h1d
EeuIeu into the next room to wait tOF his