Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-04-03

M Mmnncations must be accompanied by the names OF
aud rejected cannot Dc
a A FRENCH ROMANCE. m. De Pene mar
rates 10 the Independence Beige the following
extraordinary story:
know a young gentleman named, L will
cav Charles, who has been the hero OF slngu-
lar romance. On coming of age he entered on
Partisan life with S5, 900 francs a year: For
~ years ago the young men in Paul de Kock, s.
romances played Satanically on SIX thousand a.
wear, and kept danseuses. Times are changed
since then, and Charles could not keep a car
raue. nor stylish danseuse, and no one ever
smoke of his losing money al the club. But
he coptrived to ruin himself though. He went
nto the world, he went to the club, and kept
. mistress, but did all this within his means.
His weakness was that of lending to any fr lend
who asked He was never we'll paid, and when
he found his fortune more that half gone, IN
stead of economizing, he tried specializing in
stocks. at which he lost continually.
Nearly ruined, he had, however, nothing OF
the air of an unlucky fellow. He went to the.
first ball of the carnival. There lady in black
satin domino and mask showed marked prefer
ence for his society. Through her mask it
was evident that her eyes were magnificent,
and her figure was tall and strikingly elegant,
while little hand neatly gioved waved in.
graceful gestures For two hours the pair.
passed time delightfully."-,
'Let us 60 to supper" said Charles.
The lady unmasked, and displayed face
which stops growing old at thirty, though its
possessor may be forty. Its lines were perfect
y statuesque, and the young man thought he
had never seen a more enchanting woman
Suddenly she astonished him by saying:
'l have son OF your age"
This was startling, nay incredible. The lady
continued:
"I am a widow, and for reasons which I will
eypain, T have bad occasion to make the
strictest inquiries of your life I find that you
have been ruined, not by advice, but by gener
osity, and that you have rare talents and are
in every respect, save your recklessness, man
to be loved and esteemed. My husband lett
me two millions OF francs, and have charm
ing daughter. There are family reasons un-
known to you, which give you right to our
intimacy and share in our fortunes. !"
These reasons were very singular. The la
dy's father had been steward to the grand
father Of Charles, and not very faithful stew
ard, since he had, by abusing his trust, made
fortune and ran away to Poland. Here he In
creased this i'll cotton capital and married into
arch and noble family Here he died, leaving
the two millions the widow, and children. -
The widow, who knew his history, employed
a secret agent to ascertain if Charles was de-
serving young man, and found that he was
something more. The young man married her
daughter, and now all goes we'll .ss
AN AFFECTING Casa young gentleman
who says he lives in Culpeper county, Va, has
recently met with experience in New York
which gave him entirely new ideas in regard to
the female character He states that as he was
crossing Washington Park about 10 o'clock one
evening he was accosted by the ''loveliest girl
he ever beheld, who told him that she had a
dying mother at home,. and begged him to
hasten thither, and, it possible, to save her pa
rent The young Culpeperian, overcome by
the appeal, drew the supplicant's arm within
bis, and set out for the "scene of suffering" "
They had not gone far, however, when stout
and feroclous- looking man suddenly sprang up
on them, and exclaimed: 'Ah have you
you, you young rascal! you're the villain who
has poisoned my home and broken my wife s
heart! But Il have vengeance now" The
girl sobbed and begged ssher father not to kill
her, and also to spare Harry whom she loved
dearer than her own life. The young gentleman
was perfectly obewidered He could only ac.
count for the condition in which he found
himself on the hypothesis that in some obiv-
Gus moment when in state Of intoXication,
he had won the affections of the lovely girl by
bis side, and ruined the peace of a once happy
family. He was recalled from his speculations
on the subject by the gleam of pistol barrel,
the muzzle toward his brain. The outraged
father, " with fierce imprecations, ordered him
to prepare for instant death" " The girl i'm.
plored her t.sinexorable parent" to reIent !;
which at lastIhe agreed to do on condition that
the infatuated pair should agree never to see
each other more. TO this the young Virginian
readily and fervently assented, whereat the de-
voted young lady seemed much panied; but
alter embracing him violently, she walked away
With melancholy air. The father watched
her until she disappeared, and then with a
Warning glance departed As soon as the
Young men recovered from his astonishment
be telt for his watch to see the hour, but his
Satch had unaccountably disappeared, and So
aad his purse Then the young gentleman
rom Culpeper county understood the whole
matter. -Neacork. (N d. Journal.
Mr.. Stanton is regarded as material witness
1.-THE Impeachment trial, and as he has Insist
ed upon remaining corporeally in the War De
partment building, continuously and uninter-
fraptedly, the difficulty about getting him be-
lore the Senate without doing violence to his
legal notions of holding possession of the De
partment, has given himself and the impeach-
nent managers profound concern.
= The Roman correspondent of the Pail Mall
uazette says he is positively assured on good
authority that France and Prussia have con-
GUIDED a convention by which those powers
agree whatever events may arise or whatever
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