The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-09-03

In this centennial period, the links
which connect the last century OF
American freedom with the present CEN
fury of American progress are few, and
are gradually looSening and dropping
apart.
Times etfacing fingers will soon OBJ
1~itcrate the general memory of a group
Of brilliant Baltimore beauties, the
most celebrated by far in that city, re-
nowned for its beautiful women. They
come from the stirring times of the
eighteenth century into our own day,
for one died high in honor in England
only last year; and one, with indomita-
bic will and vitality, still liyes-Madame
i~}onaparte, wife of Jerome, King Of
Nr>tphalia, whose name and romantic
career will come only incidentally into
this sketch. OF three of the compan-
ions of her youth, the story is almost as
remarkable as that of ''Bct>y'' Pattcr-
son.
In the wear 1874, there WAS admitted
to probate, in the Orphans Court of
Baltimore, the will of 1.-The most noble
Louise Catherine DuchrSs-Dowagcr of
Leeds, widow and relict of the MoSt
noble Francis GOdolphin Darcy Os-
borne, seventh Duke of Leeds, of Horn
by Castle, in the county of York, Eng
land"
The Duchess of Leeds, the ''moSt
noble Catherine, As if she had stepped
out of n of Shak~p"arc's plays, was
the survivor of three sisters. daughters
of Richard Cation, and his wife, Mary
Carroll, and granddaughter of Charles
Carroll, of Carrollton, 1.-The Signrr."
She left expensive estates in Maryland
and Virginia, principally to religious
uses. In Allegheny County, Mary
land, alone lie some fifteen thousand
acres, known--and this IS one chief
reason for m%entionin" the fact--hy such
curious old patent->urvcy titles rs
"Anthracite Range" 'sFat Pig"
"Addition TO Fat Pi@,n "Dcvil fake
It," 'sTake AIl,n ''La>t Shift F."
''Baron DevilbcsS," or, from some fam
cied resemblance + the Objects,
''Legs,' ''Gun," and other equally
quaint designations.
We have said that the Duchess of
Leeds was Il granddaughter of Charles
Carroll of Carrollton. The father left
two daughters, the eldest married to
Richard Cation, of English birth, but Il
citizen of Baltimore; the Youngest to
Robert Goodloe Harper. From the
latter, Mrs. Harper, the Bayards, of
Delaware, inherit much of their tai
ents. 1t was Of her daughter, Mrs.
Mary Sophia Bayard, that John Ran
dolph of Roanoke wrOte-the grabbed
old man could pay a graceful compii-
ment when he chOSe-''WaShin~ton is
dull, although Mrs. Bayard is here
liattcry delicate enough from him, the
subtle bouquet of old times.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cation had four daugh-
tiers, who would have been called
''thc Graces,'' but for being one too
many.
Three of them are, however, known
in England as the s'Threc American
PeereSseS.n
They We're respectively, Duchess Of
Leeds, Marchioness of Wellesley, and
Lady Stafford.
The eldest was Mary Cation, who
married first Robert Patterson, the
brother of Madame ~Bonaparte. The
marriage ceremony was performed by
Bishop Carroll, of the Catholic Church,
in the chapel of Mr.. Charles CAROLS
private residence in Annapolis. 1t was
the most brilliant wedding that had
ever taken place in that State. With
her husband, she went to England just
previous to the Bonaparte-PattersOn
marriage, and we find Robert Patterson
bothered beyond measure, while in
Europe, with the affairs of his sister
"Betsy,' his slippery brother-in-law
Jerome, and the angry First Consul.
He tried to pour oil on the troubled wa
tiers; but he might as we'll have trickled
it out of 4 cruet upon the Atlantic
Ocean. The final catastrophe soOn
came-the separation; the second mar
Til Up pf .Iarnn,n. tho nnrSictnDt TafISo