The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-12-18
TIRE COUNTESS ARNID1.
Tho Issue OF a MOrganatic Marriage.

The Issue OF a MOrganatiC Marriage.
It is not generally known that
Count Arnim, the fallen antagonist
Of Prince Bismarck, has a halfway
connection with the royal house of
Prussia, which seems to be entirely
neglected by the sovereign whose
majesty Bismark represents. The
Berlin correspondent of the New
York Herald writes: "The fight be-
tween Arnim and Bismark was a fair
fight up to certain point. 1t ceas-
ed to be o fair fight when Prince
Bismark took to legal bubbles and
countenanced charges against his
adyersary's character. 1t became a
cruel and discreditable persecution
when the Chancellor insulted his ad-
versary's wife and son, Yesterday
the poor lady had a domiciliary visit
from the police; both she and her
son are watched. The Countess
Arnim is one of the most beautiful
women in Europe,
FAIR, TALL AND STATELY,
With the gracious manners of lady
most noble, most lovely, though in a
plight so pitiful. She cannot believe
that her husband has ever done any
thing wrong, and would share his
prison if in mercy allowed to suffer
with him, Mercy now denied. ]
could not look upon her anguish un-
moved, though she'bore it so bravely,
l had last seen her as queen Of the
world, and now, as she spoke to me
and tried to smile, 1 saw that she
was wringing her shapely hands ill
the pure, Rifely blood was like tt
start beneath her rings. "Alas, We
know not who are our friendsP The
home of the Arnims, in the Parisei
platz, is very sad and dark without
its master.
THE PRISONERS SON,
Is handsome lad in the twentiea, {
lieutenant of dragons, who has ta
ken off his uniform. Dutifully de
voted to an imprisoned father ant
very anxious just now, not discour
aged, but keeping stiff upper lip
helpful in a thousand ways, or desir
ing to be so, and thinking, poor boy
that business should be much don,
in cabs, has been constantly running
about hither and thither for the las
three weeks; finally writing to tn
newspapers a manly and proper let
ter, denying that his father was il
any way connected with a catch-pen
ny pamphlet or its concoctor,
hard case, my Prince Chancellor
which deals unkindly with ladies an,
young lads.
A sORUBBY LITTLE GIRL
Standing in the market place of BeI
lin more than half century ago
Jewish little girl, with a desire 70
garlic every day at 12 o'clock, or pei
haps before; girl dark-eyed, full Lip
ped, 1.-the of limb, and with voic
which belonged centuries since t
some sweet singer Of Israel. Sh
had no name-no name known to bi
ographical dictionaries. Perhap
her name was Happiness. So sh
stood in the market-place of Berlin
when Berlin was an awkward sort {
q struggling village, half a centur
ago. This scrubby little girl, a.
keen, sharp life and lovliness; and a
she stood there selling what she ha
to sell, came by-his sword on hi
hip--a prince and a soldier. 1t wa
his Royal Highness, Augustus, couI
in of Frederick William III, fatht
Of the present Emperor, King
Germany, and son of Augustu
Ferdinand, brother of Frederick til
Great, considered the richest man i
Prussia-before the stock-jobbin
err. He
rELL QUITE SUDDENLY IN LOVE
With the scrubby little girl, educa
ed her, married her (morganatically
begot two daughters and one son b
her, and left her all he could leal
Of great fortune. He also gay
her The name of PrilIwitz (Baronel
Piillwitz, aud one Of her daughtet
became Count Arnim's first wifi
thereby bringing him into come
ton with the Prussian royal famil,
"The dover of Fraulein Prillwi
was considerable. 1t included ii
house now tenanted by the Englit
embassy, and the house in the Pa
User platz mo. a, at present occupie
by Count Harry Arnim, the ex-En
bassador at Paris. Value at lea
80, 600 f. yearly. There must ha'
been money, too, though the lane
probably went to the boy, Herr yc
Prillwitz, commonly accounted
very rich man when he grow Vi
This Countess Arnim died younI
and il is said that some Of her pro
erty returned to her mothers famil
Then Harry Arnim, by this time g
ing upward in diplomacy, marie
Countess Misunderstanding, wi
also brought him a great fortune,
! that he was made Count by roy
patent"
A QUEER DUEL-A rather myste
r;oua affair ooeurred n iew niohtg nc