The Republican journal., 1876-03-23

So
however, and as the lady did not show any
| disposition to give in, the father reconcled
| himself with her and acknowledged the
marriage though he never consented to
make the acknowledgment a public one.
The Crimean war greatly contributed TO
,he amicable issue of this affair. Count
otrogonoil, being a very rich man, equip
ped several military regiments at his own
expense. put himself at the head of them
and bravely endured all the dangers and
privations of the campaign. This patriot
ism of his, joined to the sympathy which
the present Gar always had for him, led
to q Cancellation of the Imperial family to
the morganatic marriage. The Count was
made equerry-in-waitng to the Grand
| Duchess, and thus obtained the privilege
of living in the palace with her. Still,
even then, she remained, officially, the
Grand Duchess Maria, widow of the Duke
of Leuchtenberg. When they were abroad.
however, they lived as husband and wife,
and it was in England and Italy that the
handsome couple were especially we'll
known. Count Strogonof was for some
| time member of the Russian Embassy in
London. and the brilliant couple could be
| seen almost daily driving in a Hanson
| cab about Regent street and Oxford street,
the Grand Duchess being apparently Just
as fond Of Hanson cab driving as the
| Prince of Wales is. In Florence and Rome
| they were daily to be seen in the picture
| galleries, and the Duchess knowledge of
art received the high compliment of her
being appointed President of the Academy
Of Art at st. Petersburg, a post which she
occupied until few years ago. when her
declining health compelled her to avoid
| the climate OF Russia, even in the best
season of the year.
| The SIX children she lett are all grown
| up now, and the eldest son seems to have
walked in the path of his mother At the
age Of about twenty-five he was made the
| Colonel OF a hussar regiment stationed
somewhere in the provinces. lie fell in
| love there with girl OF some landowner
| or farmer, married her-morganatically
too--was dismissed from the service, and
received the intimation to enjoy his con
.iugal felicity abroad. The second son,
Eugene, lately distinguished himself dur
ing the war in Central Asia The two
others are young officers Of the Imperial
Guard. OF the two daughters. one is mar
| ried to the Prince William of Baden, and
/ the other married some other German
! Prince last year.
Andrew Jackson's Duel with Dick
inson.
The duel ostensibly originated in a
horse race, which by the way, was never
run but the animus of it, so far as jackson
was concerned, lay in the fact that Dick
inson had spoken i'll Of Mrs Jackson
| Dickinson was a dead shot; could hit 3
halt-dollar at ten spaces, Kill a bird on
| the wing, and perform other miraculous
| teats with a pistol He was as brave
! and cool as he was skilful and never en-
! tertalned a doubt as to the re>ui OF the
combat. The arrangement W as that when
the word was given they could fire aS soon
as they pleased. jackson, knowing Dick
| nson's superior quickness with his weap-
ON, resolved not to attempt to get the first
fire, but to take the chances tor second
The instant the sign was shouted, Dick
inSon fired. The dust flew from the loose
| lifting black trock coat which jackson wore
but he stood there like pillar Of adamant
| apparently unharmed Dickinson started
back in horror and Amusement, exclaim-
| ing, My God have | missed him ~ His
stern and unreenting antagonist took de
! liberate aim, and as the sharp crack rang
out among The silent woods where the
deadly scene was laid, Dickinson tottered
and tell into the arms Of his friend He
died the same night
jackson was able to mount his horse and
ride home the next day-barev able, for
the bullet which seemed to miss him had
really passed through the flcshy part of his
breast and cut the breast bone. His shoes
were full of blood when be walked from
the fatal field but he CO.. cealed the fact
because he did not want Dick insonto have
the satisfaction OF knowing that he had
hit him at all. In answer to the question
how he could after receiving such a shock
retain his nerve, he replied: II believe |
should have killed him had he shot me
through the BRAIN
The wound never healed properly was
the occasion Of frequent hemorrhuges in
later years, and ultimately caused his
death
There is no evidence going to show that
jackson ever repented OF this duel
Long afterwards - indeed, only a few
weeks before he ded--a friend visiting
his sick chamber happened to pick up an
old pistol lying on the mantel. The keen
eyed Invalid saw the movement, and re-
marked quietly: "lhat is the pistol with
which Killed Mr.. Dickinson.
1t has always been mystery to Boston
lanS, as Well as to strangers who have Wis
tied our modern Athens" as to the
thought in Peter Faneuil's mind that sug-
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