Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-03
Downtrodden Poland.
LOVE AND TITLES.
Two American Young Women who
were sESuccessfus."
From the New Orleans Herald.

Two American Young Women who
were E"Successfus."
From the New Orleans Herald.
About the time of the marriage of Miss
Patterson to Jerome Bonaparte, there was
another brilliant nuptial incident in Balti-
more. This was the marriage of the lovely
Marianne Ca!on to yoGDg Robert Patter-
son, the brother of Miss Patterson. This
lsdy-whether living or dead now we are
not informed-losing her husband, after
ward became the second Msrehioness of
Wellesley, the brother of the Duke Of Wei
lington, and Governor-General Of India.
About the time of their marriage, Daniel.
ClarS, the first Representative in Congress
from the State of Louisiana, being in Wash
ington, became acquainted with the Cations,
and fell desperately in love with the younger
sister, Miss Louisa. In regard to the pro-
gress and status of this affair we tread on
tender ground inasmuch as it relates to
one of Most myster ous of incidents in thai
remarkable lawsuit, which is still lingering
in our courts, known as the great Gaines
case. 1t is affirmed, with some celor of
probability, that Miss Louisa Cation
was very fsvorably inclined to
Clark, and encouraged his address
es, and that his final visit to Louisiana had
in view the arrangement of his affairs, so as
to return to Baltimore and resume and con-
summate his matrimonial aspirations. And
the theory of Mrs. Gaines, in her suit rests
upon the charitable hypothesis that Clark
was so bewildered by the charms Of Miss
Cation, and the ambition to effect a bril-
liant alliance with her, that he renounced
and destroyed the evidence of his secret
marriage to Zulime Carriere, the mother
of Mrs. Gaines, and the widow of one De-
Grange.
But Clark failed in his aspirations and
schemes. Miss Louisa's admiration and
regard for him could not endure so long an
absence, and a distance which, in tho e
days, reQuir, thirty days to "annihilate," J"
and suddenly, 10 the supreme cbagrin and
disgust of Clark, she gave him his
'conge," and hastened to England to
join her sister Marianne and her dear
friend, Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte. There,
with their wealth, their high social
position, distinguished connections, great
beauty, grace and elegance, these ladies
| attracted much attention, and were received
On intimate terms by the highest circles of
British society. It was not long before the
lovely Louisa Cation had long train of
admirers and solicitors for her hand. S1e
| dilly-daliied with them until at last her
choice fell upon a distinguished and very
wealthy baronet, Sir Felin Bathurst Har-
vey, With whom she lived happily for many
| years, and at bis death was left a widow,
fair, fat and forty.
| But her Widowhood was not of very long
duration, for ir 1928 her hand was sought
by the young Duke of Leeds, ten or fifteen
| years her Junior, to whom she wss married,
and thereby elevated to one of the highest
positions in the peerage, as the Duchess of
the Godolphin d. Archy Leeds, with num-
Der of country-seats, vast estate, and in
Vulnerable armorial bearings, crosses,
and oil that.
The old Carroll longevity, however, tr:-
umphed over all, even in this connection,
for the Duke of Leeds, dying in 1849, louisa
Cation ecame again a widow, but without
children, and she is now dowager duchess
passing most of her time at her faVorite of
most other seats, 81. Leonard, on the sea.
At this place was signed last summer DOW
er of attorney TO her lawyer in Philadelphia,
in regard dtothe administration of her large es-
tates in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylya-
MIA, whi n was shown to us on q Northern
visit. The signature was told and strong
one, as that which her father attached to
The Declaration of Independence, and she
lacks but five years of the age which that
venerable patriot attained, who was the last
survivor of all the signers of that memora-
Bile proclamation, and died at the age of
ninetY-sX.