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t lr CITIZEN. H. A. WEBSTER. Editor and Proprietor. A Weekly Paper Devoted to Temperance, Literature and Politios. VOLUME JL ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1875. NUMBER 8. TIMELY TOPICS THK cattle,disease is making sad havoc in some counties in England. TKBASUBEII NEW ?IVS ?mt thu aiuounts paid by thc national banks dur ing the last riscal year as a tax on circu lation was $3,860,898.92. Tnii heavy rains have seriously dam aged the crops in Minnesota, it being es timated that already thc loss foots up fifteen or twenty percent, of thu entire crup of the stale. Tnt: Indians appear to hu on thc war path out in western Utah, having al ready butohered a number of settlers and miners. Troops are being sent for ward to squelch the red-skins. Tun sut cess of the new Atlantic cable insures communication with Europe at much lower rates than have heretofore been charged. The enormous capital now Huhntergod beneath tho sea can only ho made to pay a low tariff* and large busi ness. THK announcement that 15,000 cattle are under treatment for hoof and mouth disease in one county in England has been proceeded hy anxious discussions of the spread of the contagion and of tho rapidly increasing prices of meat in that country. FRANK HAUVKK'S three-old colt, Ten Broock, astonished the knowing ones at Lexington by making the fastest time on record for the distance, l>eating the supiKJScd invincible bob Woolley. Ten Brocck is by Phaeton,out of Nantura, the dam of tho famous * Longfellow. THE arrangements have been almost completed in England for the great Pan Anglican synod, similar to thc one held in London some years ago under tho presi dency of thc late Archbishop Lou ugly. The American churches will he fully rep resented in this ecumenical council of Anglicanism. EM ILK nr. Gi HA IIDIX bas written eleven elaborate letters lo prove that the best thing France can ?lo is to form an offensive ami defensive alliance with Germany against all comers, especially Russia. Only ??ne single journal of the Frcnehvpress is in favor of thc idea he is 1-??niiJg? " * JuixilC PA UK KR, whose judicial district extends over Indian territory and a por tion of Arkansas, will, it is said, sentence fourteen more murderers ta^the gallo WSat his next term of court. They will prob ably be hung on the same day as was the case with thc six criminals at Fort Smith recently. FK.VJA.VISM has broken out under a new name in New York. They call it the "Order or United Irishmen Rodi vivi." It? object, as detailed in thc New York papers, is to "get the best Irishmen ?n its ranks, those fit for sol diers and willing to do hatti?' in securing Irish independence." This i. s the smell of gunpowder about it. THE London Times gives a summary of the failures in England during thc last three months. The //abilities of . . tweney-nine amount to n total of $26, 000,000, and their assets to $10,000,000, of which about one-third are regarded as doubtful. But thc Times has a mis giving that this is very far from repre senting the total losses of the late panic, and in this view it is probably correct. THE secret service authorities have in formation that a company of italians have gone west willi a large amount of ten-dollar counterfeit bills of the first national bank of Philadelphia. These counterfeits are exceedingly dangerous. One of them was recently received at thc treasury cash room and exchanged by thc experts for small money. The coun terfeit is probably the most dangerous : CXtrvnt. lt i? y>crfcct on tts fuec, but "qaB a few defects on the back. DESPITE the general depression of business since the panic the New York Tribune says there has' been a steady im provement in the iron business during the present year. The statistics of the American iron and^stecj, association now 'indicate that- the production ol' the whole county during the. past year was equal to that flf previous years. The consumption of iron and steel has ex ceeded the general estimate. MONTH after month the -wonderful recuperative pbwff of France is more and more palpable, lt is oflicinlly^de clared that her trade returns for the first seven months of \?.~r> show an increase in the "value of exports of 260,000,000 francs ($52,00.0,000) as compared with 'the corresponding period of 1871; in the same time the value of the imports bas decreased by 44,000,000 francs ($8,800, 000;) the result is that France obtains the difference in gold. A SPANISH organ at Fibrana, the I?airio de la Marina, admitted recently that it was possible that tho island might become an independent state, and ad vised the insurgents to treat for the pac ification of thc country. Affairs, indeed look promising for the rebels, who over run thc whole eastern part of the island, burning sugar plantations and enlist u." the slaves as fast as they are set free. The steam yat eh Octavia has succeeded in landing three cargoes of supplies Tor the insurgents on the north coast. THE following dispatch was received nt thc navy department on the I Sill, from the navy yard at Pensacola: "Thc yellow lever is an ?pid?mie at Howell's station on Pensacola hay. twenty-five miles above thc navy yard. The people have neither todd, medicine nor attend ance. They are crying in the name of God for relief. The navy yard is per fectly healthy." Si'OTTEl) TAU. has dropped?1,000,000 in his price for the Black Hills. The other day he stated positively that he would stick to ?7,000,000. Ile now asks $0,000,000. Some of his companions want $50,000,000; Delano told Bed Cloud last spring that ?25,000 was sn lucien t. The Indians are probably going to stick to the inillions. If they do, it is doubt ful if the commissioners will conclude their business at the coilMcil. AcCOItniNCl to the report of thc Na tional cotton exchange, the cotton crop for the year ending Sept. 1st foot- up #,827,845 bales. This is above an overage crop, and even at the corparatively low price of the great staple now prevailing, the aggregate sum lo be realized amounts to tho snug sum of $200,000,000. With reasonable good crops besides in the cereal line, the south has no special rea son to complain. Tm: most romantic of the many sor rowful incidents of the late gale occurred in the foundering of the steam-barge Mond?la, oil' Point Betsey, on the east shore of Lake Michigan. A son of the owner was one of the passengers, and, when the lifeboat was launched, he got on board ; but, being informed that his wife could not bc prevailed upon to leave the cabin, be returned to the barge and went down with her. "And in death they were not divided." Pr is stated upon what is regarded by | the Atlanta Constitution as reliable authority that Gen. .Joseph E. Johnston has been appointed and has accepted the Ignition nf ^?pmm?nder-?n-chicf of U??. army of Egypt. Only a sh?rt time since, and for the third time, wi. lie ten dered thc position. This -. inc it was urged upon him so strenuously that he at length consented, and is making his prcpanition to go over and assume his position immediately. He is to get $100.000 to prepare himself an outfit, and '.i to receive thc sum of ?25,000 an nually for having supreme control of the army of the Khedive of Egypt. * A writer .-ays- , \nnong his other great puhi.'e enlvrpi iscs Garibaldi, the famous italian hero, is engaged in plant ing flic Eucalyptus or hine gum tree alxmt Koine, to prevent the malarial fever with which the inhabitants of that city are afflicted. As this tree is little known in our country, some account may not be uninteresting. According to the liest authorities it is an Australian pro duction, and was first discovered by the French scientist, La Nillardiere, who visited Van J Helium's Land in 17?2. It wits brought into the south of Franco* about the beginning of the present cen tury,.and noble specimens of it are now growing in the promenades and public gardens '?T Nice, Cannes, II veres, and Algiers. Its medicinal qualities, how ever, did not become known until about thirty years ago. The Spaniards first discovered that it was a preventive ol fever and the colonists of Tasmania used its leaves for a variety of purposes. It was not until 18(50 its full power became known, and, as a hygienic measure, it was introduced in tile Spanish realm as an antisetie. The people of Valentia were suffering from malarial fever; Elical?pt?t) trees were planted aimil< the eity, and a marked improvement in the UcaVthfuAiiciM of tito locality followed. So popular did it become that the trees had to be guarded, the inhabitants steal ing die leaves every opportunity they had, to make decoctions to drink. The Spaniards named the Eucalyptus the "fever tree," and soon afterwards it was introduced into Algeria. It next trav eled to xhc Cape of Good Hope, Corsica, (Sicily, South America and California, (garibaldi's attempt to introduce it into Home- is not entirely new. Some years ago a few dozen specimens were planted about the walls, and although nearly all of the trees lived but very few ol' them are vigorous. After a trial of many years in Southern France it has failed to become oua vapors of the swamps in which it was planted. The trappist monks of the 'frc Fontane nave recently set out large plantations of the Eucalyptus trees, and are tending them with Hie utmost eare. This may be looked uj>on as a decisive experiment. The-record of the Euca lyptus tree as stn antisetie and disinfec tant is excellent. Tho districts in which it is indigenous an; healthy, ami tinsse into which it has been introduced and thriven have become healthy. A few miles from Algiers is a farm which was once.noted for it? deadly fevers. Life on it in summer months was almost impos sible. In the year l?!?? the owner planted I,GOO"Eucalyptus trees, and they grew nine feet In thirteen months, and not a single case of fever appeared, nor has there been auy fever there since. The Fever Tree. A I.I FU .ii1 A HT. Mr mrs keep time to hull ii rhyme, That slips und sillies away fruin me, Al" ri ?ss my Ulindi liku !? 11 * - wind, A lost thoiicht liealetli Inzily. A dream afloat, my Utile boat Ami 1 ulone steal mil In sen : Oin' vanished year, <> timi Dea ri Von rowell I lie little boa! fur me. Ali ' who eau sine of nuylhiiu* With noue to lisien lovingly ? Or who lilli I inn' lin- earn In rhyme When ??fi In mw alone tn sen? DOH KT. Vex nu- im moro. No longer lill my henri Willi strange unrest, so near ukin tn |inin. Kill np tin' ilmililiiiK vniil. noil hid depart . The. nameless slnutow which mi mortal art Can haniMi never in rei urn ?Kain. 1 ltreak thy sud ?pell. Hulease thc eaptive llojic, J Bo sadly pining for the morning light; i t ndn I lie lu iuds nf charil y, sud npe l'ail li".? sllllllhcrilll! vision tn tim wider nconc Y ' "*i Of un Immortal ilay ilcyoiul thc night: ' ' Oil. cease thy power. l,et humall luve rejoice ' That tho sweet kisses nf it-, early bloom Shall he perennial. Thal smile and voice, ! That flinn amt features nf Hie heal l's fond choice, Shall live again beyond the cruel tomi?. I will nut yield. The foaming tide may rave, , And threaten direful wreck nt all my hive. r The eager tempest shall lind me hrave, With full reliance mi the pnwer thal nave, That it will laud tu mi thc shores ahovc. - ifur/irr'n Minjiitinc. CHARLOTTE OF BRUNSWICK. One nf thc saddest tragedies, if it he one, one ol" the strangest mysteries, if it he mic, dimly recorded in historic an nals, is Unit nf the Princess Charlotte Sophia, of Brunswick. The story, though an nhl mic, is still lint little known, even in the dominions of the empire. The new liglil which a recent Mussum writer has Iel in ti|inii the facts lias induced us to recall them at the present time. ?j < >n I he 27th of January. Hi's'.?, the Ciar Peter the t?rent was married, somewhat against his will, io Kwdokija Kcodorowiia Lnpueliin, thc i Iii ugh ter of a powerful Kiissian nollie. On the 18th of I'eliruarv ot' lin- following year, his eldest chilli, Alexis Petrowitseh, was horn anti bap tized. ^ ] Owing ui tin' ahsetice of mutcrnal dire - Peter,having quarreled with his spouse over a serious adair, had banished lier to a convent very soon aller marriage-/thc prince Alexis was left to himself, Ind until his thirteenth year, was almost wholly neglected. During this interval, his mind lost all sense ol' decency mid respect, atnl Iiis unrestricted linnie, ol' iv i 11 g entailed upon him some of the w rsl of habits. \\ hen, ut length, he was,' En trusted to the care of a learned (tern an. Henry liuysseii. he made but small ru;o gress in the way of improvement. Euyiid ?ind algebra were found to.be ill suited to his wild timi willful nature. But 'he poor tutor coinhalted with thc dUB*iil I;..<?.!' hin incition ?iii?.ut ?on y-ne', nn<" then surrendered his princely pupil ti disgust. Meanwhile, the czar, who seems not Lo luive been able to keep out of matrimony, luid taken secreilv unto himself anodic*: spouse, the daughter of a poor woman, mid already fained as much for her uuyl est deportment as for her attractive beauty. Nothing was more coin molt in Russin, and in all the Asiatic kingdoms, than marriages between sovereigns and their subjects; but that an impoverished stranger, who hud been discovered amid thc ruins of a plundered town, should become thc ^absolute sovereign of 'ha? very empire into which she was led cap tive, is an incident which fortune .md merit have never before produced in the annals of the world. The charming cap tive, whose natue was .Martha, thus be came, ?titer her elevation to rank, Cath arine I. of Kassia. lt was quite nalur.il'that the future empress should wish to seeujre to her own children the right of succession to the throne. To reach this end, she poisoned the m i Uti ol' the czar against Ins eldest son, in consequence of which, Herr liuysseii was ordered tn jrjvc an account ol' the intellect ital progress of his pupil. Of course the rcitort which he made was unfavorable; whereupon thc tutor Wits sent bael: to Ocrmaiiy, and the prince was banished into the interior ol' Russia. Here the latter demeaned himself with so much unreason that his imperial sire resolved lo marry him forthwith. An ambassador Was sent to fl cr many intrusted with the delicate mission of reporting on the charms ol' all thc high born maidens of (he Rhiuc-liiiid. The li~t was forwarded to the court, and the Wine dr In '?rinn-, being selected by the czar, wi n- honored with invitations to appear personally before him. Of course he reserved the right of rejecting all bidders. in this matrimonial game money was no object ; hut beauty, grace, and mental culture, were everything. Those who were so fortunate as not to be chosen wi re returned to their mammas, hearing the gifts of diamond necklaces and rings, as compensation for their trouble. His ni njest y s choice fell upon thc Pri neets Charlotte Sophia, of Brunswick-Wolfen buttel, daughter ol' Duke lintis, the head of a branch line ol' the reigning house of Brunswick. Accordingly, thc nuptials were celebrated at Targ?w, in thc palace of the queen of Poland, on lite 2?tll of October, 1711. Thc bridegroom was in his twenty-second year, the bride in her eighteenth. The Princess (.'harlot tc was one of those soft ?md cl rea niiv beauties, with fair blue eves, and a head full of romance, so often met with ?ti Germany. At thc time of her marriage she was little more than a child in years, anti none the less so in manners an . morios of thought. Alexis,on the contrary, was wholly given up to low, sensual pleasures, arni mean, vicious company. At their earliest in terview he hail conceived an antipathy to his betrothed, and had no desire at ail to marry. As might have jieea expected under such circumstances, there was no love wasted between tlic young couple. From ft "statue of indifference the prince lapsed into one of savagery, and on every peen sion he did not hcsuate to'act toward hi. wife in the most bru titi manner. When at length, Jiu received "into his palace j Runner mistress, by thc name of ISufro sine, ami ?ii- will- made complaints tit tin* czar, tin- j ?ri nee was sorely enraged, ami lient tin- princess mont cruelly. A chastisement in return froth thc czar ouly made thc adair worse. Charlotte, daily in tears, regretted her sorrowful plight, mid longed (<> lie released from her brut ish lind. She even wrote lo her lather. Duke Louis,entreating him to take steps Cor dissolving her marriage. Hut Louis was as proud and haughty as she was weak, ami would take no steps to over throw thal fortune which, he believed, was likely to make of his offspring an 'inpress. However, he was not wholly insensible tu the tortures of her siiu ition. " Keep a watchful eye on my laughter," lu: beseeches the czar in a letter recently disclosed, "for sin* is a laiuh in gentleness, and ill-suited to the rough ways of a hot and hasty Cavalier. I pray thee l>e j leased to restrain thy imperial son, and keep hack the evil repul ?s which come daily to my ears*." The birth of two children - Natalia, who died prematurely, and l'eter, after ward t 'zar l'?ter M-did not sullen the evil tendencies of Alexis; on the con trary, it was the signal fora most terri lle climax. While the princess was yet sn Hering from her confinement, Alexis, more in a lit of devilish wrath than of intoxication, struck her so savagely with his cane, that she fell senseless to thc lloor. Those who stood near thought that she was dead; ami a few hours later her physician sent word to the czar that his daughter-in-law had heen carried oil" by a sudden attack of hysterics! l'eter the (treal received the intelli gence jji the princess's death <>n the 20th of October, 1715, and, being theil al Sch Iusse 1 hu rg, busily employed on his works, he ?et out instantly for the cap itol. On thc way he himself was seized with illness, and was forced, to take to his lied. lu the midst of his grief the announcement came that the empress had been delivered of a prince, which Sliced ?ly changed sadness into joy. In tlie ensuing confusion, jK<ur Charlotte was almost forgotten, lint rumor had already sounded her dread alarms, and Alexis, fearing thc wrath of his father, had lied to his country-house. ?Meanwhile a grand carnival proclaimed the new hirth. Splendid entertainments, halls and iireworks, followed one another in rapid succession, and universal hilar ity prevailed. Klsewhcrc, a collin rolled ill muck, and followed only by a few at tendants, was horne into the fortress of St. Petersburg, and deposited in the church of Saints l'eter and I'aul. Later a horseman rode to the roya palace and announced that the remains I" Princess Charlotte; Sophia, . >nsort o; *ho heir appaiGiiu Oe hil *Ut IIUSS1??, w ... .? Time elapsed, and it soon appeared that the czar had not really forgotten thc gentle girl who, deserving ii helter late, had missed her road to happiness; neither had he failed to notice thc absence of his son. The death of the neglected wife was a sore affliction to Peter's mind; hut he hoped that it might IK* the means of reforming the prince. Accordingly he wrote him a letter, accusing him of mur der, but promising forgiveness if he would only amend his conduct. " I desire your answer p? rsonally i.r in writing," thc let ter concludes, "or I must deal with you as a criminal." Alexis replied, " I in tend to embrace the monastic life, and I request your gracious consent to that Direct." por awhile the adair was dropped, and the czar departed on a journey into Ger many and France. Thc grand duke, fearful of his life, lied, accompanied hy his mistress, to quarters unknown. Seven months passed away, during which time the czar heard nothing from his son. One day two Russian envoys overtook Alexis in Naples,and placed in his hands i letter from his lather. " 11" you do not return home," it rend, "hy virtue of thc power I have received from (Jod as your 'ire, I pronounce against you my ever lasting curse; and, as your sovereign, I .an assure you I shall hud ways to pun ish you; which I hope, as my cause is inst, (?od will take it in hand and assist ne in avenging it." When entre.-'ties failed, the envoys had recourse to strategy. < hie of them offered i large sum of money to Lul'rosine if she ivoilld induce Alexis to throw himself at Lhc feet of his lather. She plied her art d' persuasion so well that, on the follow ing day, the prince set out for Moscow. Upon bis arrival thc great bell tolled ; a gloomy council was convened in the cas tle; and the clergy said mass in the [.athcdral. In solemn tones the czar pro nounced malediction on his sou Alexis, deprived him ol'succession to the throne, uni even disinherited him in the pres ence of the whole assembly. " Never was prince forgotten," says the royal record, "in sn sovereign and authentic a A trial for high treason followed this awful humiliation; and, on the 7th of Inly, 1718, it was publicly announced thai the Grand Duke Alexis had died in prison, "in consequence of over-excite* ment." l?ccent research provee, that he was murdered hy a (?crinan named Weide, at the order of Peter tho Great. At this point thc tragedy may be said lo end; and the mystery, if such it was, to hegin. Twenty years later, Chevalier Possti published in Paris a hook which is" now a rare curiosity, entitled " New Travels in Nosth America, in a Series of Letters," in which he affirmed that he had seen the Prim-ess Charlotte, " who was thought to have died long ago," at a plantation in Louisiana'. She was, he said, there well knowii hy her own name; and that he had thc full particulars of her romantic career. From these statements, corrected by -the recent researches of Kersakolf, wdto, having free access to imperial re cords at St. Petersburg, has at length disclosed the truth, we shall hrielly com plete one of thc strangest stories in ex istence. *\s early as 17M the cou lites? of Knon igsmiyk, mother of Maurice of Saxony. and an attendant ?MI the Princess Char lotte, urged tlic latter ti) escape fr?mi Russia in tin- guise ol' a servant, lint tin- plan was frustrated. In thc follow ing year, ami amid thc joy which an nounced the hirth ot' a son of Catharine, the princess, having somewhat recovered from the assault already mentioned, was secretly placed on hoard a Prussian ves sel, and landed on the southern -hon' of the Hallie. At the same time the countess and thc physician played a bc ld game. A sham tmrinl was originated. A wax ligure, skillfully moulded, was placed in a cof fin, which, while the hells were tolling, was hurried away and consigned to a sepulchre in the church of St. Peter and Paul. There were hut lew mourners, and the ceremony was brief. A false announcement was speeded to the cap itol, and no one, in the excitement of the hour, paused even to give it relied ion. At the proper season, the princess, having recovered and regained sufficient strength, proceeded to Strasburg, and thence to Paris. Ihn- she disposed ot' her jewelry, and. in company with Swiss emigrants, set sail for America. She arrived at New < ?ricans, where she was recognized and saluted hy Count d'Au haut, a mendier of the French diplomatic service, who had formerly known her well, and, we may add, become enamored of her at St. Petersburg. The count was a handsome fellow, but very shy. Ile had not the courage,oven when conlidenl that some unknown cause hail estranged her from her hus band, to ingrat ?ate himself in the prin cess's favor. Mut dav and night he was haunted by her matchless beauly, and yet Cl roil instances compelled them to remain longer apart. After awhile the princess, still regard ing her Swiss companions as in one sense her guides, followed them from their first landing in New < h'leiins lo a place fifty miles up the river. Hero she pur chased a small plant?t ion. and. wit h the help of others, planned to cultivate it. ('mint d'Anhaut had not ceased to dog her footsteps. Wherever she went he pursued, until a bright idell entered into Iiis mind. I laving assured himself nf her determ ination to remain always in America, the count hastened back to New Orleans, and from the governor-general, who was his near relative, obtained a perpetual ownership of a large tract of land border ing on tue Mississippi, together with a release fruin his diplomatic service. 'I bis tract ol' laud happened to adjoin the estate of the Princess l 'harlot te ; and, having erected a small dwelling for him self, he looked forward to the day when perchance fortune might penni; him te enlarge it for the r- .t pt ion of his idol. The days and the weeks passed hy,and .'ie count had succeeded in winning the '!'!' nlship of the princess. This friend "!'. lally became more intimate; and, while ti * ,,r?m.,.ss longer hesitated tn ",8C,0!J? *.?. storv ol her misfortunes, thc count, beean. ? . . i ? * Jnost sincere in his expres sion ol svmpain. ?, .. . i r i . . ., 1 . , .. Ile was not I ?111111 H perceive that his i, -.iii 1 , - "il emuieiitlv hand some appearance. Ins i. . ,. .. , 11 , , : ,. 1 "teei ami ir race u manners, and Ins um .cu.,. ,?. i(j dee]) impression upon the heart ol tnt1 lonely lady; and the courtesy and confi dence with which she always received him made him hold to sue for her bearl and hand. Put no; she resolutely re fused any oller of marriage. Count d'Anhaut was in desgair, and l< tarry longer in the presence of one whoa he could not claim as his own was deatl itself. Abandoning bis estate, and hid ding farewell to the princess, he reta mei to New Orleans, where be engaged pas sage on board a vessel bound for Mar seil les. In liss than an hour the shi| was to sail, and the count had ahead) ended his preparations for departure With an idle turn Of mind he paced ti and fro upon the deck; a small packagi lay there, on which a half-sheet ol' ? newspaper, the Mercure llollandois, o the year ?718, had been placed by som strange hand. His eyes dropped, am rested for a moment on a fateful parn graph; and then- he read, as ..ne no sorrowful, of the death of the Ct mm linke Alexis at St. Petersburg! It is easier to imagine his feelings thai to describe them. (!rasping the pape and folding it awav in his pocket, ex changing a few words with the com mm der of the vessel, and making urning! mcuts as to bis luggage, he leaped into small boat and was rowed ashore. Ni ten hours had elapsed before he w: again at tin- feet of the princess. Only a few words were interchange! and her doom wa.- sealed, 'l here was n obstacle in thc way; and she had she her last tear before thc** port mit of hil whom she loved even amid hatred. T'w months later the Princess CharioTt with simple ceremony, became the ('otu tess d'Anbaut. How suddenly, at times, a change fal upon a scene of happiness ami conten meut; and how unexpectedly th? bitti enters into the sweet! Only a few bri years had sealed the union of a lovii couple when Count d'A ll haut fell da gcroitsly ill. " 'Inhere is no hope of recovery," said the physician to tl faithful wife, ''save io a speedy return Europe." The princess--for sundy fe tune may not alter her rank!-(VHSquh to hoed. Gathering together lier a she, her husband, and their little dang ter, sailed first to Le Havre, and then to Paris. At Paris she lived in the utmost i ti remen t, nursing her husband and caril tenderly for her child. Occasionally si would wander ii mitt elided through t! garden of the Tu i I lories, without d closing either her name or her singul fortune. Ono. day during one of Mho solitary promenades she was iinexpoi edly joined by her daughter, to who she addressed a few words in (ionium, gentleman who happened to lie pa s-i by was tlilis attracted to her. For single instant their eves met, and s knew that her secret was discovered, I the gentleman was no othci than Cou 4 ' * .Mauruv, of Saxony, temporarily sojourn ing in Paris. Sin- cou Ul not prevent liim from ad dressing lier by her own name, nor refuse his company lo her own humble lodgings. * Hut she exacted his promise not to be tray her secret to any one before three months should have elapsed. < ince a wee* Count Mfturioc found himself at the abode of the princess, to whom bc was in thcdiabit of bringing sundry good things for her happiness. At. last, however, he found during one pf his* visits no need of calling airain. Thc whole family, "tempted of the devil," said Count,, Mau rice, had lied to parts unknown! Ifalf hi auger and half in, despair, thc count discovered thc prin cess's secret to King Louis XIV, who at once wrote an autograph 'letter to the (puen ol' Hungary, the eldest (laugher ol' Cuke Louis of Brunswick, bi this mis sive he assured her of the safety of her sister, and added, "Thc king Will not provo chary ol'his best services to induce the princess, who seems to have been pursued by some ill-fortune, to return to that family which has so long mourned her decease. V I know not what confidential method the king resulted to to insure the fulfill ment ol' his promise. Pott certain it is that, when thc Count d'Aubaut and his wife were again discovered "by the olli cials ol' his majesty, il was not hiTrance, bin in Louisiana! They had rclurijed thither in vessel sailing direct from Nantes. After long intercession, thc couple were induced by the governor-general to repair, on board a Hutch vessel, to the Isle of Bourbon, where they resided (br many years. In I7.>J. the count was removed by an epidemic fever, and his death was soon followed hy that of his child. lu the succeeding autumn, 17??, the widow, whoso cup of corrow was now lilied to ihe brim, went to live in the faubourg Moni marl re, m ar Paris, bul six years later she retired to Brussels, at the invitation of some ol' her old friends, 'flic story ol' her misfortunes, though made known to a precious few. reached thc cars of Ferdinand Albert 11, duke of Bruuswick-Bevern, who allowed ber an annual pension of sixty thousand dorins. A ll hough epy?ti.itlly i--ct by troubles on all .-ides, and even persecuted hy the Burnish propaganda, she resisted all in \ ital ions io again join her family. By deeds of charity she endeared her-. I<> the i.r of Brussels, and finally dj ?1 steadfast believer in Protestanti.-il u September, !77.!. aged seventy-eight.' Perhaps this i> all thal wijj ever f\' known ol'the story ol' the stirYowetl wi of the Grand Duke Alexis. .For ninny years after her death,, thc most jemar);- v able incidents ol' her career were con cealed from the public; and until re cently, historical rosea relies wore power less to recall I helli. There can be no doubt that her eventful life was sur rounded with even darker mystery than ha yet been cleared Up. But, even as it is, its romanticism imparts to it an air of falsehood; while, on the other hand, the knowledge of sworn testimony makes tlie seeming fiction moro remarkable ?.V.lth. The poet, if not the histo rian, Illa? yci-,... '. ' . .,.;),,,,(> 4() ,|,. memory of the ill-starred t HiilrioCic of Brunswick.- fr. A. Austin, in Appleton's Journal. White Pichi Labor in Hie Saut h. How is it that a white man can now labor in the rieh fields of our State, where formerly the climate wa? consid ered an insurmountable barrier? Has the climate changed? Art: the mon of ?1 difiercnt breed? No! Only the mis taken ideas of (he insalubrity of the climate, false impressions about the height to which the thcrmoniot attains in midsummer, have, by ?lint of self in vestigation, aided by tho press, been dis pelled, at the least in small circles, but there are still many in the west and north, and also in KiirOftp, who mentally compare the fertile lands of Gulf States to the mcphitic Kornau com paglia. White labor, and particularly thc partic ipation ol' the planter or fanner hi mst li in thc labors of the field, have of late (elided to shorten the period necessary for the cultivations of most of our crops, wlifi application of science to fanning, TfiTch naturally follows in the wake ol white labor, will not alone raise large crops on a given area, but also improve the i|Utility of the harvest. Once let it be generally uinlerstootl that a white man can work-in the field in this Slate as well as anywhere in the west or north, with heller health, more comforts, and willi ?it least a double profit, and thou sands of small farmers from the sterile sections ol'other states will take up the rich alluvial lands of Louisiana which are awaiting the husbandman's coming. -New Orleans /'rire Current. To have g.1 bread a farmer's wife [advises to bike to tin; mill, when ibo ' witter is neither too high nor too low, enough of y?ui finest wheat to last six months or a year, cleaned ?is you would I lean if for seed. Tell thc miller you lire Tn no hurry ; you wish-him to grind it when he eau do his best. When you tajfo ymir Hour home store it loosely in barrels, and keep it in ?1 cool, dry place, ami I (?ire not whether you have red, white or amber wheal, new process Hour or nhl,process, you will have good Hour, riext, to provide for your wife's use a good stove or brick oven, as she may pre fer, and then see that she has plenty of -good, sound, dry wood split line. About as much depends on tim making as on the baking._ A cor.NTitv mother visiting Detroit with her daughter, a girl of fifteen, said to the child, who was about drinking a glass ol' soda-water; u Now, Mary, be careful; don't gulp it down in three swallows ?ind get exploded all to pieces by the gas, hut sip ?md don't run any risks."