The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-02-06

Moorish blood, who came into Spain
at the time of Ferdinand and Isabella
the Catholic. So that the fountain
head of the blood which coursed in
the veins of the erratic Lola Montez,
was Irish and Moorish Spanish.
Her father. the yoAng Gilbert, was
an ensign in the English Army wher
he was II years of age, and before he
was twenty, he was advanced to the
rank of Captain of the 44th Regiment
He was but little more than twenty
at the time of his marriage, and her
mother was about fifteen. Lola was
born during the second year of this
marriage-making her little debut up
on this snblunary stage, in the midst
of the very honeymoon of the young
people, and when they had hardly
time to give proper reception to SO
extraordinary parsonage.
She was baptized by the name Of
Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert. She
was always called Dolores; the dimi-
nutive of which is Lola
Soon after the birth of this Dolores,
the 44th Regiment Of which her faith
er was Captain, was ordered to In
dia. The passage to India lasted
about four months-they landed at
Calcutta, where they remained about
three years, when the Governor Gen
eral, Lord Hastings, ordered the 44th
Regiment to Dianpore, some distance
in the interior, upon the Ganges.
Soon after the army arrived at this
spot, the Cholera broke out with ter
rife violence, and her father was among
its first victims. There was a young
and gallant officer by the name of
Craigie, whom her father loved, and
when dying, and when too far gone to
speak, he took his child and his wife's
hand, and put them in the hand Of
this yonng officer, with an imploring
look, that he would be kind to them
when death had done its work.
The mother of Lola Montez was
thus, left widow before she was
eighteen years old. Captain Cragie
soon led the yonng widow to the altar
himself. He was a man of high in
tellectual accomplishments, and soon
after this marriage, his regiment was
ordered back to Calcutta, and he was
advaneed,to the rank Of major.
At this time, the child, Lola was
little more than six years old, when
she was sent to Europe to the care Of
Major Cragie's father at Montrose, in
Scotland This venerable man had
been provost of Montrose for nearly a
quarter Of century, and the dignity
of his profession, as well as the great
responsibility of his family, made ev-.
cry event connected with his house,
hold matter of some public interest,
and the arrival of the queer, maynard
little East India girl was Immediately
known to all Montrose. The peculi-
arity of her dress, and / dare say not
little excentricity in her manners,
served to make her an object of curl
osity and remark /; and very likely the
child perceived that she was some
what Of public character, and may
have begun even at this early age, to
assume airs and customs of her own.
With this family, however, she re-
NAMED bnt short time, when her
parents became somehow impressed
with the idea that she was being pet
ted and spoiled, and she was removed
to the family of Sir Jasper Nichols, of
London, conlmander-in chief of the
Bengal forces. His family remained
in Paris for the sake of educating
their daughters. After several years
In Paris, Miss Fanny Nichols and the
young Lola were sent to Bath for IS
months, to undergo the operation of
what is called finishing their educa-
tion. At the expiration Of this fin
ishing campaign, Lol$s mother. came
from India for the purpose of taking
her daughter back with her. She was
then fourteen years old {; and from the
moment Of her mothers arrival, there
was great hubbub of new dresses,
and all manner of extrayagant queer
looking apparel, especially for the
wardrobe of young girl of fourteen
years. The little Dolores made bold
enough one day to ask her mother
what this was all aboat, and received
for an answer that it did not concern
her-that children should not be IN
quisitive, nor ask idle questions. But
there was Captain James Of the ar
my in India, who came out with her
mother, whoinformed the young lola
that all this dressmaking business was
for her own wedding clothes, that her
mother had promised her in marriage
to Sir Abraham Lumly, rich and
geuty old rascal of sixty years, and