The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-27
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES',


and Otherwise.
AMERICAN PRINCEsSES.
The Hartford Eourant gives some
readable gossip on this subject:
American Princesses are not so rare
as is generally supposed. Quite a
number of the fair daughters of Uncle
Sam wear "that sweet aspect" which
Shakespeare tellsDus is a princely
characteristic. The eldest son of the
great Murat married on the Both of
July, 1926, while residing in this
country, the beautiful Caroline Dud-
ley, a grand niece of George Wash
ington. Her husband died in 1847.
but the Princess Murat is still living.
The wife of the living Prince Lucien
Murat-the head of his house--was
Caroline Georgina Frazer, an Ameri-
can lady, who was born on the 18th
of April, 1910, and married the
Prince on the 10th of August, 1881,
during his residence in this country.
The sons and daughters of the Prince
| and Princess Murat, with one excep-
ton, we're all born in this country.
The Murats pay great attention to
such of their American relatives and
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Then there is the Princess de Noer,
Mary Esther Lee, daughter of David
Lee, a wealthy citizen Of New York.
On the Sd of November, 1864, she
married Prince Frederick of Schles-
wig-Holstein -Sonderburg Augusten-
burg, who three days after the we'd
ding was created Prince de Noer by
the Emperor of Austria. Less than
a year afterwards, on the I'd of July,
1865, the Prince de Noer died while
on a voyage of pleasure at Byrut,
Syria.
"The widowed Princess resides. we
believe, in Vienna. By her marriage
she became the aunt of that Prince
Christian of Schleswig- Holstein, who
recently welded the Princess Helena,
Queen Victoria's third daughter. An
other late instance of an American
lady becoming a Princess, is that of
the Prince Salm Salm. Her husband,
Prince Felix Salm Saim, was a rather
wild and adventurous member of the
great Austrian house of Salm-Salm,
who anne to this country at the out
break of the rebellion, offered his
services to the Federal Government,
and rose to the rank of Brigadier
General. He married Agnes LeClerq,
the daughter of a Col. LeClerq, of our
volunteer service. It is this Princess
Salm-Sa'm who lately made such
strenuous efforts to save the life of
Macmillan, the Prince, after the
close of our civil war, having joined
the Mexican Imperial army. Her
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to the gratitude of Francis Joseph,
aud both she and her husband will
doubtless take a high position upon
their arrival in Vienna. among the
titled members of the Austrian court
circles. We say nothing of the ven
cradle Madame B~onaparte, of Balti-
more, who, if she had her rights,
would be styled Princess. AS for
Duchesses, and C~ountesses, and Bar
onesses, there are any number of
American women who have attained
through marriage these minor noble
titles"
HOW LADIES SHOULD DEFEND THEM
SELVES.
A woman writes through the press
to advise her sex to carry revolvers to
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Of rufians, as she considers that u
laws and society make very inadequate
provisions for their protection. If
woman do not possess revolvers
and cannot get them, she advises
every woman to carry about with her
a box of ground red pepper, and
throw a handful into the face and
eyes of any one who may seem dis
posed to make an attack. We have
little faith that the arming of women
would make them any freer from in
suit and outrage than they are now ;
but of the two methods OF defense
mentioned. we should say the pepper
would be decidedly the most etfec-
tual This method of defense re-
minds US Of a Ike one used by a we'll
known police officer in our city some
years since. He scarcely ever looked
to his revolver OF bludgeon for pro
lection. He always carried conve-
niently at hand III his pocket a guam
tity OF snuff The free use of this in
the face aud, eyes sof the prisoner
always effeetually squelched any at
tempt at violence on his part And
while this weapon achieved all neces-
sary purposes, it did not peril the
life or limb of the prisoner, and thus
saved the officer from much of the
censure that is visited upon police
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