Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06
TIE ADVENTURES OF A RUSSIAN
PRINCESS.

The name of Prince Suvarofr is
not only one of the greatest in Rus
sia but is a perfectly familiar one
throughout the civilized world.
The present head of the house is a
gentleman about seventy-fve years
Of age, a general aide-dacamp to
the czar and his most intimate per-
sonal friend. The family was never
particularly rich, sbut the crown
was always most liberal toward its
members, and habits Of reckless
extravaganza were thus encouraged
among them. The old general has
always been heavily in debt, but
managed to maintain fair reputa-
ton for probity in money trans
actions. The case of his son, a
Young officer of the Guards, was a
different one. He had scarcely
reached the rank of a lieutenant
when he had exhausted all his credit,
and Notwithstanding frequent do
nations from his father and from
the czar, he was constantly pursued
by his creditors.
For the sake Of escaping from
such an annoying position, he mar
ried a very rich girl, daughter OF
the well-known millionaire, Ba2i-
levsky. Like the Gunzsburgs and
the Garlunkels, BazilevSky made
his fortune in the fermage, an ope-
ration which consisted in buying
from the government the right Of
leyying the excise on whisky
through certain portions Of The
country. When the fermage system
was abolished, Bazilevsky invested
his already immense fortune in
Siberian gold mines, and it is said
to have increased it ten-fold. His
lavishness became the wonder Of
Europe, and his Partisan mansion,
now the home Of the ex.Queen Isa-
BELLA was considered, some years
ago, to be the handsomest private
dwelling of that city.
The daughter of this rich pie
beian was handsome, her dowry
amounted to millions, and the
young Prince Suvaroif was mosI
happy to secure her hand. For q
few months the young couple were
an object of wonder and admira.
ton in all the capitals Of Europe
! Ali at once a dark cloud came upon
them. One day. when they were al
st. Petersburg, all the diamonds o.
the young princess suddenly disap'
peared from her dressing room. Al
inquiry was made by the police, anC
led to the unpleasant discovery tina
the husband was the person whit
had abstracted and pawned Them
A violent family scene took place
but with the aid of the old prime
and the old Bazileysky, things wer
so arranged that the pawnbFoke
surrendered the Jewels on receipt o
some cash and some well.indorset
promissOry notes.
The diamonds were bat Q feV
weeks at home when the yopn,
prince, being again hard up fo
pocket money, repeated the pawn
ing experiment. This time tn
scandal became public, and the an
, | gry czar expelled the y2gpg prime
from the Guards, and sent hipl t
fight the Oircassians in the eau
casus.
The princess left Russia, took u
her abode in Paris, and WAS, goP
, number Of years, together wit
Princess Rimski-Korssakof, tn
great lioBess Of Paris, Of Nice, Mo
naco, Trouviiie, ana Bny pihe
place where the fast and fashionabt
world happened to be congregating
,, Her iife, since her separation from
her husband, SEEMS 70 have been
romance in the style Of Arsen
Houssaye, and had, according L
the Paris correspondence the Lon
dou Truth, the following denoue
mentt::
II have endeayored to convey t,
you one Of the French meaning
attached to the phrase, un homm
almabie. A better example thai
Marc Antony occurs to me. lie
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