The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-05

thea, which was followed by his departure
for the invading army, and his meeting
with an old pupil, no less apersonage than
Gar. Alexander. On the 31st of thesanie
month the Gar held his solemn entry into
Paris, and went straight to the Hotel
Talleyrand, where he took up his residence.
A few hours after, there issued from the
mansion of the great diplomatist docu-
ment by which the crown of France was
transferred from the head of Napoleon I.
to that of the Count of Province, alias
Louis XVIII. 1t was in the drawing room
of Princess Dorothea that the paper fatal
to the Napoleonic dynasty was signed by
Prince Schwarzenberg and the rulers of
Russia and Prussia. 5lfs.'a .'7nN a .1tl
- ~ TALLEYRAND's DRATHBED.
Princess Dorothea accompanied Talley-
rand to the Congress Of Vienna, and not o
little contributed, in that brilliant assem-
blage Of princes and ambassadors, to the
successes of the great diplomatist. Re
turned to France, she obtained a separa-
ton from her husband, and thenceforth
devoted herself to the duties devolving
upon her as the presiding genius of her
uncle's household. Twenty years thus
spent ended by giving her complete ascend
ency over the mind of the Prince, and
mastery over his will such as no one pos
sessed before. When Talleyrand was lying
on his deathbed, as full of skepticism as
ever, she insisted that he should become
reconciled to the Holy Mother Church.
He smiled in answer: g I have never been
in a hurry, yet always arrived in time.'
But the Princess would allow no more
jests, and forthwith introduced Able Du-
panloup, Jealous missionary Of the
Church, since then deservedly promoted to
episcopal duties. Talleyrand, helpless like
child under the burning gaze of his niece,
repeated every word dictated by the able,
and on the morning of the Goth of May,
1888, with trembling hands, already in the
agony of death, signed paper by which
he confessed himself true Christian and
faithful son of the Catholic Apostolic
Church. When, a few days after, his last
will and testament was opened, it was
found that Talleyrand had left the great
bulk of his fortune, amounting to twenty
millions of francs, to his beloved niece,
Princess Dorothea. GA man living in
falsehood, yet not what you can call false
man, says Thomas Carlyle, summing up
his character.
THE PRINCESS IN LOVE IN ADVANCED YEARS
BY singular freak of nature and cir
cumstances, Princess Dorothea, having
devoted the morning of her life to diplo-
matte intrigue, was fated to give the ev-..
ening to the passion of love- By the.
death Of her elder sister, she became, in
1916, sovereign owner of the Duchy Of
Sagan, mediatized principality Of about
q hundred square miles, with some fifty
thousand inhabitants, situated in Lower
Silesia Thereupon the Princess left
France and settled at the old Schloss o.
Sagan, a magnificent palace, surrounded
by vast gardens, build by Wallenstein, and
fitted up with all the pomp and splendor
of a royal residence. In the course Of
due visits of congratulation paid by the
feudal lords of the neighborhood, Prince
Felix OF Lichnowsky made his appearance:
the head Of an old noble family, possessing
large landed estates in Austrian and Prus-.
sian Silesia, and celebrated for the genial.
ity of its members for several generations.
A tall, fine and eminently handsome
man, with a halo Of romance around him,
Felix of Echnowsky made a deep impress
sion on the Princess. She invited him to
stray at her Schloss, and before long she
declared herself, without hesitation, deep
ly and madly in love with him. Notwith-
the difference of age, the Princess
being fifty-three and Prince, Felix but
thirty-o he. professed to reciprocate her
feelings, and agreed to take up his abode
at Sagan. The union of hearts was soon
drawn still closer by a union of budgets.
Prince Felix directed all his creditors to
apply at. the Schloss of Sagan for payment,
and the Princess was too much in love not
to take the hint thus given, and paid bills
to the amount Of very nearly the legacy
left her by her great uncle. ~ IS 49,
Prince Felix entered the ,Prussian House
of Lords in 1S47, and achieved a consider
able success as one of the leaders of the
Conservative party. Unhappily, through
the influence Of the Duchess of Segan, he
was chosen the following year into the Ma
tional Parliament at Frankfort, where,
with his Prussian-lord feelings still unal-
tered, he found himself in theranks of the
ultra Conservatives. There, was local
insurrection at Frankfort on September
1S, 1843, in the progress of which Prince
Felix, in company with a friend, took a
ride through the suburbs. Near the vii
lage of Bornheim he was attacked by a
furious mob, torn from bis horse, and while
trying to escape, shot through the breast.
When the fatal news reached the Schloss
Of Segan, the Princess locked herself up
in her room, refusing all sustenance and
expressing her determination to follow her
lover In death. However, the arrival Of
one Of her sons shook her resolution, and
time and change Of scenery gradually les
seped her immense sorrow, which she gem
tly nursad By erectilg; numerous memori-
ais Of lloyle within. her parks and gardens.
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