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From Chambers Journal
To Louisiana, in the beginning of the
last century, came an old German. emiS
grant, with his only danghter, and set
tied therelj She WAS young and beautl
| full, and attracted much attention. .especi-
ally of one Dauband, an officer Of thescol-
ony, who 30 ingratiated himself with the
father that, after time, they kept house
together, This officer had been in Rus
sia, and what frst struck him upon see-
| ing the young lady was, theyFeEy re-
markable resemblance which she bore
to the late wife Of the Czarowitz Alexis,
son of Peter the Great The hist9ry of
this princess has been very sad one.
Though high-born lady and sister-in-
law to the Emperor Charles vi she had
been, treated by her husband with as
much brutality as though she had
been his slave. He had attempted on
more than one occasion to make away
with her by poison; and at last he
had struck her with such yiolepce, ,sWhen
far gone with child, that he had caused
the death both Of herself and infant. All
the courts of Europe had gonea intp
mourning for her, and everybody but
her husband had 'pitied her unhappy
fate. After az great lapse Of time the
Czarowitz himself died, and to Dau-
bands watehfnl eyes it seemed, that the
intelligence of that Princes decease was
received by hig fair fellowAodger with
such suspicious Interest and excite
ment that he taxed her with being
| in truth that exalted but unhappy lady
whom all the world held to be dead and
buried. If such were the case, he de-
clared himself devoted to her service,
and prepared to at once sacrifice his
prospects in the colony, in order to es'
cort her 10 Russia. nls Gas A sEs0lF 81
Then Charlotte Christina Sophia de
Woolfenbuttel (for such had been her
maiden name) narrated her pitiful story.
She, was indeed the parsonage he had
imagined herSto be, and had made use Of
pious fraud to escape from the cruel
| ties of her late husband. The blow that
had Ibeen,given her had, almost caused
her death las It undoubtedly did thatof
thesheir of all the 'Russiansy whom she
carried Within herl Cbnt she had in truth
recovered from it. By help Of the
Countess Konigsmark mother4ef Mar.
shal SAKE, she gained over the women of
her bed chamber, SO that it was given out
that she was no % Ore, and q agfahefat VI as
arranged accordingly Then being con-
Feyed to a secret place, she was care
fully tended, and, AWheh Strong enough,
removed, in the guise of a servant girl,
to ParIsI underg't the guardiapship, of a
| trusty German servant, who passed as
her father; and finally from France to
Louisiana. Having heard her story,
Dauband renewed his devoted offer to
furnish the, means of her retnrn to that
sphere from which she had fled under such
pitisble circumstances; but The young
| widow thanked him and said that he,only
service she Required or him was, that he
should maintain an absolute secrecy re-
gatding hs tspast and cppauct hinsslt
toward her exactly as he had hitherto
done for the future He endeavored to
obey her in both respects, but his affec-
ton for hef was stronger than his loyalty
He was young and handsome, as we'll as
impressionable; and perhaps the ex-
princess, on her part, was not sorry when
Ter pretended father dying," and It be-
coming no longer possible for Dauband
and herself to be under the same root with
out reproach, he offered himself to her
as a husband. If, she had really re-
nounced all thoughts of resuming her
tank, be argued why should she not wed
an honest man, Who loved her2 Though
not queen, in him she should ever have
A devoted subject. She consented; and
in SO doing afforded one Of the strangest
! examples of vicissitude of fortune that
history has recorded-the marriage with
a humble bliicer ofinfantry Of one who
had been Saestined for the throne Of
Russia, and whose sister was actually
Occupying that of Austria. The marriage
was happy one, and boresfruit in an
only daughter. After ten years, Dau-
band, being troubled with some dis
order which The praetitiouers Z Ilil
!. Louisiana could mott cure, removed
with his wife and child to Paris, to
get the best medical advice, and on his
recovery solicited and obtainedA from
the government an appointment in the
Isle of Bourbon. While in Paris, the
via fahda daughter went toFallS ~ the
Tufleries, and, conversing in German,
we're overheard by Marshal SAKE, who
stopped to consider them. Madame
DaubaRd' 3 embarrassment confined his
suspicious, aud his recognition OF her
vas complete. She drew him aside, and
persdadsd him tbrprolnise Feerecy. fiael
called on her, however, the next day,
and often afterward; and when she had
departed for Bourbon, informed the king,
his mastef 0fSwhaB he had discovered.
Orders were sent off 70 the island that
the greatest respect should be paid to
her2 and the king HnugaryTwas also
made acduainted with the position Of
his aunt. He sent her letter inviting
her to his court, but on the condition
that she should quit her husband, (which
she refused to do. In l747 Dauband
died, having been preceded TO the grave
by his daughter and the window.cauhe
10 France with the intention OF taking
up her residence in q convent; in place
OF doing so, however, she lived in great
retirement at Vitfi,l abouta league from
Paris, where she died in,EI2aaT sd
, ,GaNAG- ---A--LA1h1 aft3
MOhammed All and the Apple.
? Mohammed Ali once summoned
council of his officers and advisers TO
deIiber6fe On The matter lofs6n iupors
tant expedition. When they came to-
gether be pointed 10 al apple which lay
on the Roor of the diyan. 1t had been
placed exactly on the center of the large
carpet spread in the hall before them. |
p Now. said he whoever Of you can,
without placing bis foot on the carpet |
where Il lies, reach and give meithat ap-
ple. heishaH command the expeditionl
against Nigid." One after another tried |
IN vain spraNling at full length upon |
the CARPET with their heels Just beyond |