Dodge City times., 1884-04-03
THE AMERICAN CRAZE.

reverence for titles is inprained. =
not inborn, among all the branches q
.ne Angio-Saxon family. and is posi-
1--WE ianaticism among the Celtic races
"uich are less inclined to theories o,
hs'clai equality. As the well-known
poem mas 1t, when Antoiae, valet of the
Sreat Mlraoeau attempted to carry ont
the doctrines of his masters writing:
.oy addressing that master rs an rouaI
ane noble Radical re.orted by b;ddino
lnn keep his place. Thou art Antoine $
ne saia' ahd | the Compte de Mira
ne ioregV ng will suffice for an OK.
ample OF Celtic prejudice overcoming
Ss,.e % piR -osophy- Returning to thr
$50 Sons, I'VE find the policemen in
t. rates of Penzance" falling
n',mo" upon their knees when they dis,
o"se' that the pirates are young noble.
'heo who have ''gone astravH Their
A~ e-struck submissiveness is hardly an
r.aggeration for the Difference to rank
ssnown by all Englishmen and women.
Nor can Americans afford to throw
stones ut their British cousins. The
marvellous multiplication of Colonels
cuoSeS' Doctors of Divinity and Law
cquireS ETC., affords abundant iliustra-
lion t0at the Anglo Americans. like the
anen 'of whom Horace wrote, i'm cross NO
LING ocean changed TIE sky, not their
r1.ure. '"N''
OF late years, s.nce the establishment
OF ocean steamers Las made Enropean
traVel easy to almost everybody, Ameri-
can helresses have become fayorites with
the titled fortune-hunters Of the Conti-
nent, and our fair sisters have shown
great inclination to buy names for them
selves. They have allied themselves
with the MarlborCnghs of Enoland
with various mol .ie houses of France
Germany and ltc.N. Miss Mary Esther
Lee OF New York, became the morgan
a.ic lawlut- Int not royal--wife of
rilhce frederick Augustus, of Schles-
wisho .stelp, Sonderburg .Augusten-
o"rS' a near relative Of Prince Christian.
soh-ln-ia'y of Queen Victoria: while a
na!'9hte of Ohio's Capital is actually
I rihce IS OF Lunar, a house whose rep
,esen .atives bear the appellation of.
MOS Serene Highness, though they rule
oyer no dominions.
: Some of these matches have turned
'out well. They have given the brides
'courtly precedence. and, perhaps, they
wanted nothing more. Otbe,s have
been wretched in their results: Thirty
or forty years ago all New England was
aSNateu over the woes of the Countess
Grand d, ,Hautyille, h>,rn Miss Sears, of
Eoston. Her husband was a worthless
auvanturer, ard maltreated her. She
fled to her father home. but her lord
ana mast;t pursued her to recover the
CUSTODY of their son. and heir. She was
"n,cquently forced to conceal herself,
".hd the courts finally interfered for her
protection. On the whole one NAV
conclude that even a coronet NAV be
Oougtt too dearly, but we fancy that
our travelling countrywomen are not
generally of this opinion
In the early days of our Republic
there was much determination between
Washington. Versailles and Madrid.
several distinguished America Europe
an unions occurred. Notable among
these marriages were those of Sallie
Mchean, daughter of the ief-Justice
OF fennsylvAnia, and a great beauty, to
Don Carlos Martinez, Marquis d Yni;o,
spanish N!nister at Washington; OF Cor
ncin ISppan Clinton, daughter of the
GoSosNor of New York, to Nj. Genet, the
icneh ambassador About the same
elMe George Hammond, the British
Envoy. espoused Miss Allen, of Phila-
delphia, and Alexander Barring, after
ward Lord Ashburton, became the hus-
band of Anna, daughter of William
Bingham, leading citizen of Philadel-
phia. Her sister Maria was three times
married; first to the Comte de Tilly, |
second to Henry Barring. and. third to |
the Marquis de Blaisel. \ In hoo Louis
Philippe. Due d'Orleans. then a fugitive /
from France, was anxious to marry one |
of the Miss BnghamS. The prudent
father declined the proposal. saying
"Snould you ever be res. .ored TO your he !
reditary position you would be too great !
q match for her: If not, she. is too great q |
match for you" Had Mr.. Patterson. Of |
Baltimore, been equally wary few years
later regarding young jerome Bona
parte, his daughter Elizabeth might have /
had more agreeable life. Baltimore, I
however, had its share in international
matrimonial glory in the three Miss {
cations, daughter Of Richard Cation. I
and granddaughters of Charles Carroll. I
the last survivor of the Declaration of
Independence. One of these married
Mr.. Robert Patterson. merchant, and
Travelled with him in Europe. Here she
attracted the attention of Sir Arthur
wellesley. afterward Duke of yelling
ton. His devotion was so marked as to
provoke scandal, and he corresponded
with her after her return to this coun-
try. When she became 3 widow she
revisited London. The Duke was al
ready provided with wife, but he in
troduced his elder brother, the Marquis
OF Wellesley, Viceroy of Ireland, who
wooed and won her. A second Miss
Caton became Duchess of Leeds and
third Baroness Stafford. After
these titles it seems rather tame to
say that fourth sister was wife of Mr..
British Consul at Baltimore,
In colonial times few international
alliances of moment occurred. The
tate OF Lady Arabella johnson, who
came to Boston in 1880 in the ship
named after her. only to die after few
weeks sojourn in the wilderness, NO
doubt seemed doubly sad since she was
the daughter of the Earl of Lincoln.
Her husband, Isaac johnson, of whom
wrote: HE was holy man
and wise, and died in sweet pesce." did
not long survive her. being killed by
grief at his loss. George FenwicE,
Who founded the town of Saybrook,
Conn, soon lost his wife daughter of
9ir Edward Apsley. and q relative of
Int admiAhle woman. Luny Hntchin.