Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-10-25
The American Princess.

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prominent parsonage during the war,
was native of Baltimore, where she
was born on Christmas day, 1910. As
she grew up into handsome, dashing
woman, she developed great ability as
a rider, and finally went to Philadel-
pima, where she took a course Of les
sons in horsemanship in the National
Circus. In few months she made q
successful debut in the ring and mar.
ried a rope dancer. With him she
professionally visited New Orleans and
other Southern cities, and in the au-
tumn of 1853 she located in New York.
Married life did not, however, suit her,
80 she left her husband and went to
Cuba, where she remained long enough
to obtain a divorce. She came to
Washington just after the war broke
out, and led gay and festive life, half
Of the young officers in her train of adj
mirers. In 1852 she made her game.
To the establishment Of everybody she
married the Prince Felix Constantine
Alexander John Nepourncene Salm-
Salm, second son Of Prince William
Florentine Salm-Salm. He was a
genuine prince, though a prince a good
deal down at heel, and the ambition of
the ex-circus rider was tolerably well
satisfied. She had the influence to Sc
cure O brigade command for her hus.
band, and, without distinguishing him
self by anything in particular, he
fought along quietly until the war was
at ON end. She then tried hard to OBJ
tain for the prince a colonels commits
sion in the peace establishment, and
had the support Of Henry Wilson and
other prominent men, but Gen. Grant
was sternly opposed to her. Then the
prince and princess went down to
Mexico and offered their sword-it was
quite a partnership affair-to poor
Maximilain. The first and last En-
peror of Mexico was disposed to fight
shy at first Of this brace Of princely
adventures, but the princess won him
over without much trouble, and the
Prince soon was made the Emperor's
first aid-decamp. To do them justice,
they stood by the sinking imperial
ship right pluckily, and the Prince
came uncommonly near being shot
alongside of his master. The Princess,
however, begged him of, and after he
had been q year behind iron bars she
begged him out of prison and carried
him off in triumph to Europe. She
patched up q peace with the elder
Prince Salm-Salm, and made it valid by
. clause providing for the payment OF
her husbands Prussian debts. Hav-
ing cleared the decks by this clever
move, she had the Prince appointed to
a command in the Prussian army ; and
when the war began in 1870, he was
thanks to her-s major in the Grena-
der Guard, and in an excellent posi-
ton to win the bubble Of reputation at
the mouth Of the cannon Of France.
Poor fellow! No doubt his intentions
were excellent toward making the
best of the opportunities that his
wife had secured for him, but he was
shot almost at the beginning of the wal
at Gravelotte. The widowed princess,
who had meanwhile studied medicine,
sought consolation in the field, and was
made medical director of camp hos
pitfalls, with regular rating on the Sur
geon Generals staff. Until the wal
was over she played the part of a Ger
manned American Florence Nightin-
gale in a way that won for her the love
of many poor soldier, sorely wounded
and in grievous pain, who fell under
her tender care. The war ended, she
settled down at Anhalt-where the
Salm-Salrn people have their headquar'
ters-and tried to be staid and unbohe.
milan. As was to be expected, she
found it very hard work, and by way
Of steadying herself she married Mr.
Charles Heneage, an attache of the En-.
glish legation at Berlin. They did not
get along well. 1t was a case of an
eagle in . doves nest. Heneage was
very good sort Of fellow in his way
but, after living with such a splendid
Bohemian as was the dead Prince, the
ex Princess could not find much com.
fort in living with a seemly, social law
abiding citizen aswas this underling Of
the Foreign Office. OF course they ha6
rows, and things came to climax wher
the spirited Mrs. Charley sued her 80
called lord and master for the
.lOOO . year that he had settled upon
her, but that he had failed to pay
They separated, but the Vice Chancel
lor decided the suit in her favor, ani
the money was then duly and regularly
paid until her death.-BeH. Perley
Poore in Boston Budget.