The Kingwood chronicle. [volume] (Kingwood, Va. [W. Va.]) 1861-1861, 1861-03-30
MISCELLANEOUS.
MRS. GAINES.

Who sic IS Who her Ancestors ,rere-Iloac
she came to be "a lou,t-Her Immense
Fo,7uae--I ItveSflug particulars of the
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The annals Of litigation furnish no two, more
interesting or peculiar cases than those OF
Madame Patterson Bonepartc, and OF Mrs
Mvra Clark Gaines, both Of which have. for
many years occupied prominent Positions be-
fore. not only the legal professions. but the
eyes of the whole world. These are singular
" suggestive, and peculiarly Illustrative OF
certain phases Of American society, and as
such, possess other interest than those of a
merely pecuniary character. Each has reach
ed, after protracted struggles, a decision,
the one adverse to- the other IN favor OF the
claimant-thc one loses all She deemed worth
living for, while the other gains not only a
fortune Of fabulous amount, but establishes
forever the honor Of her mother Had the
Imperial Court been more kind, the Ameri
can claimant Of kinglA hand would now bc
in possession Of kingly estate. with her son 5
legitimacy acknowledged before the world
while. as it IS, these are denied her and per
haps forever.
In view, then, of the interest of the cee-
brated cause which was decided. few days
ago, in favor Of Mrs. Gaines, by full bench
of the Supreme Court Of the fnted States
a brief tcsunte Of its material facts will not
be misplaced
Daniel Clarke, who was one VI the early
settlers in the colony Of Louisiana was 4 very
remarkable person His sagacity prudence
and business tact, soon placed him at the head
Of its monetary world, while his beauty Of
person, popular character, and agreeable
manners afforded him similar position in
the society circle In 1902 he became ac-
quainted in Philadelphia with a lady Of ex-
traordinary personal beauty, named Zulime
Carrcfre She was born III the old French
colony Of Biloxi, and her parents We're emf
grants from the land Of poetry and romance
-Proyence--the fayorite home OF the Iruba
,dours When Clark first met her, she had
been living in wedlock with swinller named
Jerome De Grange, who having dazzled her
with a glttering coronet. married her, and
then disclosed the astounding facts that he
was a confectioncr and bgami>t. Zulime
appealed for protection to Clark who being
warm hearted and chiyalrous. at once es-
poused her cause. and after becoming con
vinced that DE Grange had another wife liv
kept secret, and III 1906 Myra now Mrs
Gaines, was born Being naturally desirous
Of having her connection with Clark pub
licly acknowledged one Zulime went to New
Orleans to obtain legal proofs Of her first hus
bands rascality While She was gone. Clark.
who had grown into an influential politician
became enamorcd of Miss Cation i grand
daughter of Charles Carroll with whom he
contracted an engagement, though when re-
ports were brought to Miss Cation alleging her
lover nlalriage to Zulimc she al once insist
ed upon release from the engagement and
she subsequently became the Marchioness Of
Wellesley
In the meantime. Zulime had returned to
Philadelphia, and sought to obtain proofs Of
her marriage with Clark, who had with SIN
gular treachery, destroyed all that he could
discover. Finding herself helpless, IN a
strange country, and with child dependant
upon her, she was wholly 1T loss what to do,
and, in her destitution driven almost to de-
spair, she accepted the hand Of Dr. Gardette.
who, with kindness and generosity. united
his fortune with hers. Clark in the meantime
had become penitent, but, on Fastening to
find his former love, ascertained that she was
the wife ofanother He took the child Myra.
placed her under the care OF friend. and
had her most literally educated Zulime liv
ed for long time after that, attained the age
of 78 years, and died at New Orleans but i
few years ago
Clark, whose business talent was proyerbi-
al amassed an immense fortune in louisiana.
Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland, which he
bequeathed by will, in 1913, to his mother,
Mary Clark, naming Beverly Chew and Rich
ard Relf, bankers OF New Orleans, as execu-
tors, Charges have been preferred against