Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-12-02
THE BLIND PRTNCEss.


The blind young Princess of-was
presented to the Empress Eugene at
Schwalbach few days ago, and the ut
most interest and sympathy were excited
by her story. The lady is well known all
over Germany; her princey domain is Wis
tied every year by crowds of strangers.
The beautiful portrait by Cornelius in
one of the salons is examined with much
interest," and every onedepartslittIe dream
ing that the large ndsoft blue.eyes SEEM
ing to look from the picture sofull of sweet
ness and benevolence, have in life no pow-
er tolreturn the glance of sympathy and
kindness directed toward them / fg's'
The story of the Princess is perhaps the
most touching romance of the nineteenth
century. As achild she had been stolen
from the gardens of the very chateau she
now inhabits. A careless nurse, bent on
her own enjoyment, had suffered her mas
ter's child to stray towards the river, and
when, in answer to the frantic appeals and
the esearch made in every direction, no
signs of the infants presence could be dis
covered, it was concluded that she had
fallen into the river and got drowned.--l
The despair of the mother was beyond
all descriptions; but the idea of the Ohilfs
death, accepted by all besides, was rejected
entirely by her. The river had been drag
ged, notrace of the corpse had beenfeund,
and SO, after few years time, when the
death of the prince her husband, had re-
leased her from the obligation to remain
in the chateau, she grve up the domain
into the hands of her brether-in-law, and
set out upon strange pilgrimage all over
the continent, fully convinced that she
would find, one day or other, the object
of her search. The sumsAof money spent
in thepursuit the time, the toll the ahx-
iety absorbed upon every high road, need
not be described. During the embassy Of
Prince Talleyrsnd she came to London, and
was received by queen Adelaide with the
utmost kindnessand sympathy. 8A.3s-
Soon afterwards she went once more to
the South, still bent on finding her lost
child. One day, the carriage climbing
slowly up the steep hills in the neighbor-
hood of Lausanne, she was aecosted by
beggar- -wonlan, holding by the hand poor
blind grl, for whom she was imploring
aims The girl looked gentle and sweet
tempered, resembling in no way the harsh
vixen whom she called mother The in
mate of the carriage had falleninto doze,
and the woman bade the girl sing to
arouse the lady. The song was vulgar
ditty belonging to the district with no ro-
nance to ensure attention, and yet it woke
the lady from her trance; something in the
voice reminded her of sister lost many
years before, and she stopped the postil-
lion while she questioned the girl as to her
origin. The day and hour were gone at
last; every word uttered by the maiden
confirmed the suspicion of identity.
Memory was confused-it had vanished |
with her sight-but by dint Of threats
and promises the woman was made to con-
fess that she had purchased the girl when
quite an infant from a beggar-woman like |
herself, who owned to having deprived her
of sight IN order to excite compassion.-l
The locality whence the child had been ta-
ken was proof suffcent-oft the truth. The
princess returned home with her poOrblind |
companion, and devoted erwhole life to
the prospect of cure, as she had done be-
fore to that of discovery. But all attempts
failed. and the mother then gave herself
up entirely to the education of her helpless
charge In this she succeeded perfectly,
and the princess is considered one of the
most accomplished reciters of INLAND and
Schillar IN all Germany. Before DYING.
her fond mother reaped her reward in the
marriage of her daughter with the Young
prince, her nephew, and this consolation
is the greatest which could be felt by her
friends. - sts--
The young princess recited with. the.
most exquisite clearness and pathos two3
scenes from Count Egmont' and strhe
Diver" on the visit to the Empress, while
the imperial Lady listened entranced. and
the large tears rolling down her cheeks rs
she gazed on the wreck which the Nick.
edness and cupidity of man had made OF.
one of the most beautiful works of Gods
own creation. n.-Loadon papers, j
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