, 1872-12-26

She has been twice married., and to excellent
men both times; and WAS told that that the
nearly the whole Of his funds. There is
q dash, pi9uance, and nimbleness
about this woman which distinguishes her
as one OF the Queens of ler se1. Size is said to
and, while her education is defective, she is a
natural anthorees and lawyer, and can write
mixed together.
She is jus. the sort of woman to be- identified
with New Orleans, ns,-Provincialism and Cosmo-
poltanism 1ningling in her as amongst many of
these old habitdns. Her mother had married q
French bigamiat, and, discovering the fact after
she reached New Orleans, presumed to marry
again the great Daniel Clarke, who was one Of
the wealthieBt men OF the South. He was one
OF the earliest property-holders in New Orleans,
and represented that Territory in Jeffersons
Administration. Clarke was s1nitten with
tho beauty Of the French lady, and contracted
secret marriage with her,-made secret in Or
der to anticipate divorce from his French pre-
deceHsor. But, while he was absent in Washing
ton City, his relatives and connections, who had
expected to get h;s money, told him that his
wife was unfaithful, and hired her lawyer to tell
her that her marriage with Clarke was not legal.
lady proposed to take a third husband. This of
Tended Clarke, and it seemed to confirm the lies
Which had boon said against his lady; and mean-
time his daughter was born,-the present Mrs.
that while he lot tho wifo slide, La gave a very
considerable sum Of money to q man in Viii
miugton, Del, to be used and applied to the
education Of his daughter, and, ct her maturity,
to present her With the principal Thus the
banks Of the Rrandywino, where Lafayette
Thomas, Harry McComb, and your humble cor
respondent passed their youth, BECAME the
playground Of the future Mrs. Gsines. As they
had no Ponitentiary in the State, and never
whipped white people at the post, the custodian
h+.cfr rC3,J a
should not aquander hor money. He did squan-
der it, and history las mado no mention Of the
innunerable fried chickens, roast capons, and
deYiled crabs which this unfaithful guardian de-
youred out Of the inheritance Of the babo in the
woods. A Sir. Croasda1e, who is the best Jour-
nalist in Delaware, some tlme ago collected the
story of Mrs. Gaines childhood in Wilmington,
and it was published, over another name, in the
Gcla@y Magazine.
When the guardian had squandered all the
money, and both his liver and conscience were
di6ordorcd, somo faint recollection OF her child
hood inspired dream in the little ward.
She dreamed that her father was another per-
son than the man she called father; that he was
rich, aud lived in distant State, amongst me-
grocs, mo1asseB, and such other things rs chill
dren like She came down to breakfast the next
morning, where the unfaithful guardian was
thinking, in a moroBe way, how fortunate 1T was
for him that tho State had no Penitentiary. and
how unfortunate that there we're no other little
girls to be let out With endowmentB. Unhappy
Delawarian! For him no longer the fried
oyster gamboled. or the chicken frlcaseed!
While he waB thinking over this thing, the little
girl told her dream. He Immediately tainted,
and s they had to Iorrov; some old Delaware rye,
next door, to bring him to Coincidence.
AS he came to, ho said: " yra The pro-
nounced it Myrie, as did the future gallant hug
band of the little grill. who has been putting
his own question by oon Tossing, like all honest
criminal in ono of tho fairy-books,
The little girl was ut onco put in possession OF
q lawsuit. She became heroine, married two
husbands, and has living grandchildren. Both
in her claim; slo does the same, lighting it out.
I have theory that Naturo's chief use for us
in this life is employment; and that, like the
flies which convert into healthy motion the NOR
tifcation and decay in the atmosphere, We are
all right enough when something is given us to
do. But Nature makes very unhappy tly Of us
when she leaves us o vast lawsuit, and, at the
same time impresees US With the fact that We
are after our rights. Who would know much
about Daniel Clarke, or the man IN Delaware, II
it we're not for Mrs. Gaines?
TIE CRESCENT CITY.
The situation Of New Orleans il very fine. Con-
eidering that it stands on the Mississippi, and
in q flat country, it ia as fine naturally as New
Works. site. They hcd very nearly put the town
al MaucLac, which is near Baton Rouge; but
Bicnyiile, who was 3 priest, insisted upon New
Orleans at the city, the river makes long
turn, cresent-shapcd, first going northeast and
then southeast. This is how they called it tho
Crescent City; but hadsuppo6ed tbs name to in
dicatethe Mohammcdan habits Of tho Inhabitants.
It is a great thing to stand on the ovce and look
at this wonderful river sweeping ", whose va q,
tors have come from New York State, from all
the slopes Of the po., As9Eheniea, from rom
finally from the borders Of Canada, and which
haye flowed over 900 miles since receiving the
waters Of the Ohio. 1t New Orleans it is really
that the Mississippi is tho great spectacle which
one has dreamed Of. Its tawny, 19pt,l,.n na-
tnre no more appears; but there ls brightness,
flash, breadth, aud dopth, and majesty in it,
which make one feel that be is In the presence
Of the Father and the Heir Of Waters. When
us is told that the depth at New Orleans is from
80 to 200 feet, he can aeo why the ocean should
make thu. vast inleuta.ion OF the Gulf Of Mex
leo to receive so great guest. Although the
city looks upon our maps to bo ut tile mouth pf
tho Mississippi, it is nearly LOO miles above the
Gull, and, from the Intervening parts, called
.sthe Coast whole fleet Of steamers repair to
New Orleans. The city is really three-fourtls
ss far up rhe a1issiasippi as Albany Is
up the Hudson. Five miles north Of the town
is tic Long Island Sound Of New Orle&nB,-
Lake Ponchartrain, which is shanow, but adapt
able for li5nt- -draught steamers to Mobile. The
interior Communication through Louisiena,
which can le had by steamer from New Orleans,
is almost infinite; and to look at tne steamships
living at the 1cvce ia to feel more impressed than
to geo tho Slip5-o1-VaT Ut tueIOouIp oI tAe
docks of Liverpool. I was troated to
ABIDE
in the Police Commissioners steamboat by Mr.
Young, clerk Of Mayor Flaader5. The city itself
is no great sight from the river but was told
that, during tlle cotton-aeason, about St stoam-
ships Piled between New Orleans and European
ports. On the farther side of the river, q dis
used foundry, several marine railways, and tho
c1in1noys and sheds Of some augar-houscs, indi-
cate Mgiers.'' The two objects which seem to
| bound New Orleans on the water-side are tall
grain elevator on the west, and tho barracks on
the east.
At THE BARRACKS
! I found Captain Smith, one Of thirty-four
Smiths who are officers Of the Regular Army.
Tho commandapt was also Smith, from Maine,
and very y-weu- u-gathored-up and prudent man;
could not help feeling the moral power of the
! United States, to see about 800 men maintaining
this post in The face Of q turbulent and mighty
populaco. Tic Sergeant, who seemed to be the
most efficient onmissioned onicer, was q
Hebrew. The engines Of death we're very
effective, however, in the shape of.a tremendous
| batteries Of Calling guns, which can fire Ike q
regiment of men diseharging grape-shot. Moth
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