New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-02
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THE VIENNA DrATH-BR1HGEg,

the Empress Queen lad finished her wa5s got most
Of her family married, and established strict Ell
gnette at court, there appeared among the rank and
/ fashion Of Vienna lady, whose c0nsings and 70.
ings were more anxionsly watched and more easf-
esty talked Of, than ever were those Of envoy or
ambassador She was neither young nor beausifnI,
clever nor rich. but sttdasae Or pensioHer Of one
Of those institutions so abundant in Germany which
were founded BY the nunieenee Of early agnatcs
Tor the education and maintenance of tie nnHow-
cred branches of their family trees. Madame won
Ensar as the lady was called, though yet In single
dness-for the madame came with the Stiff
was on the shady side OF forty, Of nuunestionabjy
noble birth, he'd been the maid Of hoi,fr 10 the En-
press when she vas ArciidHciass, and could still
boast Oh place in her maiestyss memory vet no
Jtdtaen introduced for the first zine 10 fI ftnltEy
Of her intended, could have been more arliable
What was still better, everybody beiieved that
Madame Won Ensiars asniabiify was Il aenY.ir,. a.,
ticie. Had her head been detachable any az
| qnaintance might have borrowed it. whoever
was In difficulties might co on her help On conn
sci, and madame was not bad adviser; but her
chosen field of labor. and it seemed of delight
too was the sick room. Beside the night-lasnp 81
in the darkened chamber, madame was at home IN
anybody y house. Her quiet ways her unwearied
care and her uqncstionable abilities in tie
facture Of soups, jelies, and all other comforts for
the adisposed, made her perfect treasure til AL
who intended TO keep their beds for some time
PVT, strange to say, there were people In Vienna
who would rather have seen the Hioat siatterriy
hospital nurse al their bedsides. The morals OF the
Austrian capital have Eever stood high and super
stiteus terr0rs are the natural ACCOMPLISHMENTS ~
snch society How It originated nobody could
tell; but q whisper gradually crept into The bon
doir drawing room, and down the back stairs that
whenever madame went ID nurse and tend the
sick, death was sure to follow her.
| Examples Of the fact might be heard in every
| circle. Had not the young Countess vaisenbiIrn
BEEN second Hebe for youth and health, It'll
madame went to nurse her IN the cold she cll,rAt
at her Imperial Majestys Christmas reception vet
the cold tnrned 70 q rapid consumption, and The
hnrl Fl ~
before Easter. Did not the Canoness Of Stolen
hahn look rather too rosy for lady so nearly con
nected with prayer and fasting, till she sprsined
her ankle In the Ash Wednesday procession. and
madame came with that inestniahae pouItice III
vented by the doctor Of her sfyfa Nobody ever
1 saw the Canoness looking rosy after that One
turn of sickness followed another and her funeral
vent out with the last leaves Of the summer. Did
not the old Baroness won Hardenbach belong To
one of the toughest families in all Austria ill
madame began to make enibrocations for the rheu-
rnatism she had every winter, and her heirs were
agreeably surprised BY having to provide mourn
| ing six weeks aftery Similar instances were on
record among the poor whom the afniable slit
dame visited. The servants for whom she pre-
scribed, and the tradesmen in whose families she
took an interest doctors, lawyers and priests all
believed in this bad luck; hut nobody undertook
to explain her connection with the King Of Temors
That she had criminal hand in the business could
not be even imagined. Besides, having no motive
for anybodys removal, no legacy to expect, no
rival to get rid OF, Madame Won Ensiar was frank
honest, good-natured soul the very opposite If a
whoeye dealt in poisons.
Nevertheless, she visited the sick, ana tile sick
died: the whisper was loud in the city, but low IN
the court. Though Prince Kaunitz, that mighty
| minister who never permitted the decease Of any
body to be mentioned in his hearing, had also for
hidden the utterance Of her name though Joseph
II had consulted Mesmer the subject It was said
without effect, the EMPRESS Queen would not ac-
knowledge the existence of such tales. Madame
had been her maid of honor, and her confessor was
II f1xn lxvfa ~
more than her Imperial Majesty would have been
q decided infraction of etiquette. The Vieniiese
world Of fashion therefore obliged to content
itself with retailing those startling facts under the
seal OF secresy, and keeping its own maadies from
maaaine's ears; but in proportion the stiff dame
was terror to its brave aud fair, when themselves
| were concerned SO did she become their hope and
confidence in the case of old and wealthy relations
/ troublesome dependents, creditors, Instructors
/ some said spouses-in short, anybody whom it
] was desirable to get out of the way.
/ 1t il proyerhiai that those most concerned ii, d
report are generally the last to hear it. Madame
/ Won Enslar went on attending masses, making
clothes for the poor, and compromising good things
for the indsposed without the slightest idea of the
/ hopes and fears which hung upon her visits.
| From her youth, which the world now around her
i regarded as long past aud primitive time, she
had lived in the Stft-house-an establishment
where young ladies were educated, and older ones
dwelt III q somewhat conyentnaI fashion, with
daily prayers, solemn observances of fast and fes-
tiyal, and great execution done in needlework and
cookery. Whether it were the practice of Stiff
1 houses in general, or madame's in particular or
4 the lady's own disposition that obtained such
credit certain it was that she had come to the cap
itai after residing the appointed twenty years nn-
| der the Etiftmother's superintendent, with the
neat black dress and gold crucix of the institll-
| ton and no tendency whatever to intrigue, scam
/ dal or curiosity, touching her neighbours affairs.
| The good woman was eongratuating herself on
the excellent health with which Her friends were
blessed in the third winter of her soiourn at vi
emma. None Of all her .acquaintances would ac-
knowledge that they theirs were ill, or likely TO
be so the poor whom she visited were equally free
| from complaints her own and her friends ser
| wants declared themselves in most satisfactory
| condition; when a transaction occurred which
! convinced even the Empress Queen and eniight-
! ened madame on the mysterious part of her own
| history.
The Archbishop Of salzburg was one Of the
! richest ehurchmen in the empire He had estates
both in Austria and the Tyro, large deposits in The
| imperial bank revenues from shrines, bridges and
| highways; his vineyards produced the best wine
his park contained the finest game, md his couIi-
! try-house was delightfully."- situated on a rising
| ground overlooking the Danube, and within two
| German miles of Vienna, There Ludwig Ffrsten-
field lived in princey splendor and high favor with
| Maria Theresa. Almost forty years before when
/ rival kaiser had been crowned at Linz-when her
right assailed by all the princes who had prom
/ sed to maintain it-when the Holy See stood pru-
IDENTIFY aloof to see which side should win he had
CALAMITY champoned her cause in and out Of canon-
cals, canvassed the States of Hungary, gave sage
counsel in the imperial closet and advanced money
| for carrying on the war.
The wisdom which the Archbishop had Displayed
in those days of uncertainty, made his advice 80
necessary to the Empress Queen that he rarely
visited his palace In Salzburg, hs castle in Swa-
bia but resided chiefly at his conntrYhouse within
reach of the court the theaters and the news His
Grace received the hest company in Vienna Her
Majesty and all the Imperial family honored his
state balls with their presence he had the choicest
pictures, the rarest china, the most select conserv
atories and his mansion was kept in all sorts of
propriety by the administration Of Madame Segan-
dorf his widowed niece, and her three groWn-up
daughters. Madame Segaudurf's husband had
been q Count Of the Austrian Netherlands. His
estates were lost partly in the war with France,
and partly at French hazard. Mother and daugh-
tiers had consequently no provision becoming their
rank, but they were all amiable, accomplished and
derotedly attached to their wealthy uncle.
| The spiritual Lord of Salzburg was weighing on
seYentyve, but still stately figure at the leyee
| aud dreaded antagonist at the chess board Az
| became an Archbishop so high in imperial favor
| he was believed to be endowed with every virtue.
The court-poets spoke of his canonzation as an
event 10 be expected; the inferior clergy agreed
that his residence in the bowers OF Paradise was
ready. Nevertheless, Ludwig Firsteniield was in
no hurry to leave his choice tokay, his first ate
venison and his elegant country house, of which he
gave convincing proof by keeping its door stead
| lily closed against Madame Won Enslar. The Arcl-
bishop did not believe the idle tales that were afioat
| any more than his imperial patroness; after her