The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-07

ofonaDaubaid, an officer t1 theo o6apny.-|
This officer had been, In: :RuSti1S SAhd What
stfnok him upon seeing t6s J9npKs lady,
Was the very renarkable Ie1anb biance
which she bore to the late wife Of Cxsro-
witz Alexis, son OF Petert the Great.
The. history OF this Princess had been
q very sad one. Thongh sisher.in,iat %
Charles vi. she had been treated by her
husband as though she had Deem his
slave. he had attempted TO make away
with her by poison, and at last he struos
her with such violence, when far gone
with ohild, that he had caused the death
both of herself and her infant. After
grent lapse Of time, the Ozarowitz him
self died. and to Dauband's waeohfnl
eyes, it seemed that the intelligence Of
that Princes dsosRse wos received by
his fair lodger with suoh suspicious in.
terest and excitement that he taxed her
with being in tratk the unhappy lady
whom all The world thought to be dead
and buried. If such wero the case, he
declared hinase!s devoted to her eeryioe,
and prepared to sacrifice his prospects
in the colony in order to escort her to
Russin.
Then Charlotte Oushman Sophia de
Woolfenbuttel (for such had been her
maiden name) narrated her pitiful story.
She was indeed the parsonage he had
imagined, and had made use of fraud
to escape from the cruelties Of her nus
band. The blow that had been given to
her had almost caused her death, but
she had recovered. BY the help of
Countess Konigsmark, mother of MIR.
shall SAKE. she gained over the women of
her bed chamber, 40 that it was given
out that sho was no more, and a funeral
was arranged accordingly. Then being
conveyed to a secret place, she was cure
fully tended, and when strong enough,
removed in the guide of peasant girl
to Paris, under the guardianship Of O
tru ,ty German, who passed as her fathor
and finally from France to Louisiana.
Having heard her story, DaubRnd re-
newed his offer to furnish the means of
her return to that sphere from which she
had fled under such pitiable circum-
stances; but the young widow thanked
him and said that the only service she
required was that he should maintain an
deavored to obey her, but his affection
for her was stronger than his loyalty; he
was young and handsome, as we'll as i'm.
pressionable, and perhaps the ex princess
WAS not sorry when, her pretended father
dying, Danband offered himself to her
as her husband. If she had really 70.
nouacedfall thoughts OF resuming her
rank, he argued, why should she not
| we'd an honest man who loved heri
Though not q Queen, in him she should
ever have q devoted subject! She, con
se1ted, and id go doing afforded one :oi
the strangest vicissitndes Of fortune thnt
history has recorded--the marriage With
an humble officer of infantry of one who
had been destined for the throne oi
Russia, and whose sister was actually
occupying that of Austria The mar.
riage was happy one, and bore fruit in
an only daughter. NJ
After ten years Dauband, being trou.
bled with some disorders which the
practitioners in Louisiana could no,
cure, removed with his wife and child to
Paris to get medical advice, and on his
recovery obtained from tho Government
an appointment in the Isle of Bourbon.
While in Paris the wife and daughte,
went to walk in the Tuilleries, and con.
versing in German. we're overheard by
Marshal SAKE, who stopped to consider
them. Nine. Danband's embarrassment
confirmed his suspicious, and his recog
milton OF her was complete. She per.
sunded him to promise secrecy. He
called on her, however. the next day,
and often afterward; and when she had
departed for Bourbon, informed the
King OF what ho had discovered Orders
were sent to the island that tho greatest
respect should be paid to her, and the
King of Hungary was also made no.
quainted with the position OF his aunt.
He sent her letter inviting her TO his
court, but on condition TINT she should
quit her husband, which she refused ia
do. In 1747 Dauband died, having been
preceded to the grave by his daughter,
and the widow came to France with the
intention OF taking up her residence in
a convent. In place of doing SO, how.
ever, she lived in great retirement OF
Vitri, about a league from Paris, where
she died in 1772.- Chambers Journal.
UEFoRTuNATE OCCURRENCE. On Tues.
day OF last week an unfortunate affair
took place on the plantation OF Mr.. j. T..
Lowry, about Ave miles South of town.
1t seems that Mr., Lowry's son, Mon.