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THE LEHIGH REGISTER published in the &lough , ).1 . Allenhnen, Lehigh County, Pa, cva:y li ednemlay, by A. IG. E, tit %I 50 per annum, payahle its advance, and %2 00 if not paid until the end of the year. No ),aper discontinued, until all arrearages are paid except at the option of the proprietor. - Woflice in Hamilton Street, one door East of the German Reformed Church, nearly opposite "Fririlenshote" Office. Alientown Aca a ti-nI. The Trustees or this Institution, respect announce that the Fall Term will com mence on Thursday li.t. of September. Under the suvrvisinn of the present Principal, Mr. ./. Oregarg, the school has received a liberal patroimgo, and has at tained n position of the highest rank. During the vocal ui, vt ry treat additions and improvemerus have been made to the Academy huildinus and I uroiture, and pu pils will now enjoy, all the advantages of a thorough course of. instruction, earnest and efficient teachers, and spacious an&conveni ent school rooms. GIDEON IDACIL THOMAS W EA vEit; Board UlEttmAti THOMAS B. WH.som, of WILLIAM R. CRAIG, NATHAN METZGER. Trustees Bonen' E. WnionT. Allentown August 21111 M Thy undersitmeo hereby notify their friends and the piddle in general that they have removed their Exchange Office from the front room in the Odd Fellows' Hall, to the new three story littilding on the north east corner of market square, where they are prepared to transact Bank and Exchange business upon the most reasonable terms. WM. H. BLUMER & Co. Allentown, Sept. 14. 11-4 w 3ubcinnitn again it £L1,95 tm FII E. THE FRANKLIN FIRE INSURANCE COMFANV of Philadelphia. OFFICE, No. 163 i cIIIiSNUT STIZEE'I Near Fifth Street. STATEMENT OF A m•rs, $1,315,534, January Ist, 1533, Published agreeably to an Act OF ASSEXIBLY, . . BEING • • First. Mortgages,,atnaky secured, $1,021,366 G 3 Real Estate (present value $llO, - ' 1 400) cost. • Temporary Lonna, on ample Calla.' , teralseteoritms. ~1„ ~ 06,489 6H Stpcits,(pre.en,t value $76.101) cost. 62.'285 60 Cash, c. &e., 5'2;0 , 15 51 ' • ••• • I. f0r1ia15,534 00 PILIIPKTUAL Oft.LIMITAM iNSURA,NgE§ wade every description of property, in ' TOWN ANI),f4PUNTRY, at rates.ndow astareconsistantwilh secuniv •;• !Since• their incorporation,. a period of tiventy-four years, they hove paid over three millions dollars Loss or Fiat:, thereby af -fording evidence of the advantage of rose r .ance, as the ahility and .disposition to meet With promptness all liabilities. Dfreciors . . Cluules.N.„l3ancicer, Mord. D. Lewis. i toblap Wagner, . Adolp. E Boric, Parnuel Grant, David S. Browit, • Jacob R. Smith, Morris Patterson, Geer. W. Richards, Isaac Lea, • CHARLES N. BANCKER, President. cn 4 ltia:S G. BANeFEit, Secretary. rjr The subscribers are the appointed Tnstitut ion, 4 tincture now • pl4parc:6 to make Insurances An every.deseriptionef property, mem low: • ' A. L. RUFIE, Allentown. • ..c.ik".-13LE t gEl, Bethlehem. Allentown, Oct. 1852. .. 11—Iv. " BkObSi itA.I6IItEAVII.• disaal,7; ond::t.he go i neral, that hp contitities che proctice.of his profeision,, i!s,,vrtriou's bronches, ,such as 'filing, plugging and inserting from n sin :4ljodt!l to a full set, on moderate 'terms. `W's',Ofritii is in Allen 'Streei; one door Sbiillt'or. Dr. C. L. Martiii; No. 43. Allentown, August 10.' • Pamphlet Laws: ~,puil§CßlßEßß.to..the Pamphlet Laws of 1852, are informed that their copies are receiyeilAnd ready l foi:deliveiy, at the Pro tlhOnotary!i_Office ofleliigh ("minty. F. F.SAMLTELB, Protfionotary. Alfent r oWn; Sept. '2B. ' 11-4 w Poetical Jcpnrt►ttc►tt. The Heart I Love,. I love a selirenouncing heart, One gentle, thoughtful, earnest, kind; And not the headless, careless one; That speaks a cold and selfish mind. I love the cheerful, ready heart, That meets the Want the eye preceives; And not the one that waits till asked, And then reluctantly relieves. Much, much i love these timely gifts, tlo they with care and love be given, Pt some poor, humble child on earth, Who trusts alone to God and 1-Icaven Placed by the door at eventide, As though an angel bore them there, Leaving the poor and humble one To speak its thanks to God in prayer The heart that will God's blessed truths Dispense at home with liberal hand; That feeds the rills that 'form the streams Which flow along through foreign lands A heart so proud 't will never stoop That it may servile homage pay ; And yet so meek 't would stop to cheer' A poor, lone pilgrim on his way. One that can meet a beggar-child And not aide in horror start ; That knows beneath an old, torn garb, May heat a little human heart. ECM I hive these hind, these pitying hearts That can another's burdens bear; And oh ! I love those generous ones That in anotherrs joy can share! Last, last of all, love the heart That's warm and gushing—full of love; That seeps not for the praise of earth, But an approving smile above. I ,sclections. The Fortune Hunter. Frank Seldon was as fine a young fellow as ever breathA. lie was gay, open, gen erous, full of talent and had the kindest and best heart in the world. Yet with a char acter careless and calculating almost to a fault, he laughingly, hut quite seriously de clared his determination of becoming a for tune-hunter, and he explained his views on the subject to his friends, somewhat thus— . Here ant I,' he would say, 'a poor devil of an M. D., who despite great talents and much iearning, has not, and, as the world goes, cannot reasonably expet ever to get practice, without a helping hand from some one. My father has just tailed in business, so 1 can have no help from that quarter—l have no one else to look to but myself. I am a handsome enough young fellow—my affections are entirely disengaged ; I must look upon them as my stock in trade, and dispose of them so ns to bring in the largest return. it's ns' easy tb fall in love with an heiress as any other woman, and depend upon it,l shall prudently contrive to make love and interest mest, some of these days. Not long after these k iodentinl resolutions were formed. two young jadies from Boston came on a visit to the house of Mrs. Clem ent, a lady of our fortune-hunter's acquain tance. And as though fortune favored his views, one of the ladies, Miss •MiitrY Ban croft, was a great heiress ; the other, Miss Mary Dann, was the portionless daughter of nn artist. . 8.2,447 G 3 Doubtless with a view of rethicing theory to practice, our hero presentedThimself at Mrs. Clemrnt's soon after the arrival of her young guests. When he entered the draw ing,.ronin'the young ladies were at the piano and' singing :a duet together, and several gentleman of .the neighborhood, drawn, as young Seldon suspected, by the same mag net which had attractsd himself, stood near the• piano listening. pnering the room quietly sp as,pot to disturb the musicians. our hero seated himself by Mrs, Clement on the sofa, and employed himself till the song ended, in studying the countenances of the two young ladies. One was a tall blond, with regular , features, , and stately bearing and the other a brunette of middle size, her figure full, but very . 'graceful, her face sp varying with changing 'exprossiOns that the beholder was never at leisure to as certain the• the• features. 1, Young Sefilein'iii'qiyes, niter scrutinizing both ladies, rested with most pleasures on the mobile face'.oc.the beautiful brunette-- ho.'hoped she Might be the heiress.. Hut np ; when the.sonOvas ended, grin, he was, in troduced to the young ladies, the taller res ponded to the name of4liss Ban6roft, the other td that of Miss-Dana. Young Seldon sighed; but resolved .to be discreet and accordingly , addressed his con versation ~to • thei ligitimeto object. Still, .with all his prudence, he could not prevent his eyes.wandering occasionally to the, bright face of. Miss Dana, who remained at the piano, 'carelessly touching the keys, and looking up with varying expressions on her brilliant face, while conversing with n young ,gentleman who was standing beside her., ALLENTOWN,.LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., OCTOBER 12, 1853. The other gentleman, like young Se ldon, attached themselves to the heiress. More music was requested, and our hero being no indifferent musician, soon found himself taking part in a trio. Ile felt that he never sang better, he saw that his com panions were pleased with him, and his spirits rose high. He. thought both ladies were charming; both had charming, voices. He sang several duetts with each. Miss Bancroft's voice was a high and pure sopra no; Miss Dana's a rich contralto. Con noisseurs might prefer Miss Bancroft's, that he thought very likely ; but he felt that Miss Dana's voice accorded best with his own, which was a bass. Both ladies were very gracious to our hero, and when he left them, it was with a sense of having passed a most agreeable evening, and with the impression that for; tune-hunting was the most agreeable em ployment in the world. The following evening Frank Se!don was again n visitorat Mrs. Clement's. Ile came by agreement, to practice with the young ladies. Many times during the evening he found it necessary to remind himself that it was Miss Bancroft, with whom he was to fall in love ; yet despite of all his endeavors to the contrary, he found his eyes ever searching for Miss Dana's piquant face, and resting delighted on her graceful form. In vain he commanded himself to admire the classic formation of M ies Bancroft's features, and the dignity of her carriage ; one bright, roguish glance from his Miss Dana's dark eyes—one pout of her budding lips, one sweet blush flying over her dark, vet 61- hunt face, made his heart bound with a rap ture he could not repress, and which all Miss Bancroft's perfection could not call forth. Again he sang with both young ladies, again he felt the vast difli-rence between singing with one, whose voice, though limit lessly true, did not perfectly accord with his own, and the delight of blending his voice with another whose very tone seemed to melt into, and perfectly unite with his, form ing a perfect harmony. Many such evenings as those I have des cribed flew delightfully by. At the close of one of them Mrs. Clement seated herself at the piano to play a waltz for her young guests. quite a number of young people were assembled in her pleasant drawing room, besides our hero, and at the first sound of her spirited touch on the piano gay cou ples were whirling, as though by magic, round the room. Frank Se!don had been ton late in bethinking himself of his resolu tions to secure the hand of the heiress, but he repaired this misfortune, ns much as posible, by soliciting the hand of Miss Dana. Never did sylph move with lighter. more atrial grate, than dal the little (airy Frank held in his arms ; she seemed to float on the music—to rise and fall with its cadences ; not as by voluntary action, but as tho' her movements were swayed by the music, and were its effect. Frank felt that he had never known what waltzing was before.— Ho stood beside his partner whenever she chose to sit down, (aiming her, and gazing delighted into her bright, glowing face. brilliant with the color dancing had called into her cheek and gay with laughfog jests she addressed to him. I know not what our fortune-hunter was thinking about, bfit he started as though he had been doing something wrong, whenfa little movement behind hint apprized him that Miss Bancroft wished to seat herself beside her friend. - - • Although suddenly remembering some thing he had forgotten, he begged the favor of her hand for the next waltz. Soon they were moving together round the room, but how different : a thing was this waltz from the other. True, Miss Bancroft's steps were perfectly correct, and her carriage not ungraceful—but spirit and • feeling were wanting. Instantly our httro's brain began to spin a theory as to the mode of determin ing, a woman's character by her manner of waltzing. As soon as Frank's attention was no lon ger required by his partner, his eyes went eagerly in search of Miss Dana. She ww waltzing ,with, Mr. , the gentleman with whomhe had observed her talking the first evening he had ever seen her. A pang of Jealonsy shot through' his heart,— fie could not endure to think the delight, which so lately had thrilled to his inmost, beincr, should he common to others as well as himself. Even when the waltz was ended, his• tortures were not over, for Mr. stifilingered•near his partner, and ourpoor fortune ; hunter envied him every amiie he gained from the portionless friend of the heiress. . . - . Still, notwithstanding the si'range fascinn. , Lion which Miss Da na exercised over him, our hero 'iva . 6 far from succumbing.without a struggle to his impulses. He had made up his mind to be s - fortnne-'hunter, and, fortutie-hunter he %Wei still determined to be. After his old fashion of soliloquizing he „of. ten'talked to himself thus: •'The idea of my marrying for love is sim ply preposterous. I. couldn't afford it ; and besides I'm not in-lover Miss Mary Dana is very enchanting, 1 own,' here he always paused, and sighed before proceeding, , but Miss Mary Bancroft is more classically beautiful, and any man might be proud to call such a woman his wife. Yes, to night, I will go to Mrs. Clement's with my wits about me, and not let every trifling tempta lion divert ine from my object.' Thus bravely our hero talked ; but, alas ! for human weakness—the first tone of Miss Dana's rich voice,' the first sound of her merry laugh, the first glance of her roguish eye, made his heart bound, and fettered his every thought upon himself. The little witch seemed aware of the power she wiel ded, and disposed to use it tyrannically.— She piqued young Seldon, she flirted with him—she repulsed him, she enticed him ; she was cold, warm, teasing, alluring, quar relsome and tender, twenty times a day.— Worst of all was it for our hero, when she made him jealous by flirting with Mr. It did not require the keen eye of a lover, to see that the latter 'was much interested in her. lir was a man of acquirements and superior character—he no means a rival to be despised. Prank felt this, and ere long every thought of fortnae-hunting was for gotten in the absorbing struggle to eclipse his rival in Miss Dana's regard. She, lit tle coquette as she was, showed no prefer encd for either. One bright morning in May, a gay party of equestrians left Mrs. Clement's - door.— They were to ride to a lovely of in the country, there, to spend the day W 'Servants were to follow them in wagons, bring re freshments, and all other necessaries ; a collation was to be spread on the grass, and after a day of pleasure they, were to return home by moonlight. The day was propitious, and in high spir its the party arrived at the place of destina tion. True our poor fortune-Ifunter's spir its were a little dashed by having been too Tate to secure the honor of escorting Miss Dana, and his temper tried by observing the tender gallantry of Mr. —, who rode beside her ; these circumstances, however, did riot appear to affect the general happi tics, of the party, and all was smiles and sunshine. Almost immediately after the collation, which proved a most successful anir, youno- Seldon observed that Miss Dana had disad ° - Fared, and as time slipped on, and she did not return, he began to feel some uneasiness on her account. No one else appeared to notice her absenee, and Mr. ence proved that he was not with her , a circumstance which Frank observed with satisfaction. His anxiety still increasing as it "rew later, he resolved; at last, to steal away and ga in search of her. Happening to pass the large tree where the horses were tied, he preserved with something , like a start of horror, that Miss Dana's horse was not there. "Where is Miss Dana's horse ?" he in quired of the groom. The man in more words than I cared to repeat, explained that Aliss Dana had mounted her horse, two hours before, saying she was only going a few miles to explore a pretty sport which had struck her fancy as she passed it in the morning, and should be back in an-hour. . Scarcely knowing, what Ito did, Seldom rushed on in the direction indicated, his brain hi a perfect tumult of horror, and the most burning love. Yes, in the first moment of apprehension for Miss D tna's safety, the love which had slumbered half unconsciously in his bosom, burst forth with ail intensity which left him no longer in doubt as to his feelings., He had gone but about a mile, when he de scried a riderless horse galloping to ward him—it was Miss Dana's. Our hero made an unsuccessful ellort to catch the reins as the horse passed, and than sped, without d-laying for another atteniPt, still more swiftly -onward. About two miles further on,'he saw a motionless object lying , *on the road. His heart sank. As he ap pit-Niched he perceived that his fears were realized. Miss Dana lay there ,totallv in , sensible. Seldom raised her in his arms, but.hia agitation was so:great that he could not determine if she were alive or dead ; and so completely had excess of emotion de stroyed his presence of mind, that not one of the,many tned'inal remedies, with which he should have been familiar, occurred to He could only fold her fondly , in his armS, kissing her pale cheeks, and calling on her name in tones of deep distres.4: Sud denly he :t r hought he' perceived's - faint shade or,,pirik'''returning to the white'eheek—it• di!epened at•the rapturous kiss of thanks giving—he pressed her joyfully to his heart and when he looked itgain:into her thee, the closed' eyes halfripened; and from under the 'len.; lashes, flashed out, and tt smile of Tie -culler meaning lurked about the7nouth.— 1`1”... smiles seemed-to say,:plainly as words, • "you're nicely concerned ,:sir l" Seldon caught ha :meaning. and .instantly ,jumped at-thoiconclusion , that the, whole scene had ,been:hut.a preconcerted trick. Hitr i t and in e digoant: he sprang from Miss nattit!s side and am :about -to utter -some angry words, when he perceived:by his companion's sink ing form and palid face, that she was again, nearly fainting. "I believe. I am somewhat hurt," she said pointing to her arm, which hung lifeless by. his side. Our, hero knelt besido her with _words of concern and sympathy: - ,He saw OR FARMER AND MECHANIC. at once that the arm was broken, and sum !cloning his own resolution, he asked Miss Dana if she had strength and coo raze to have it set on the spot, telling her that by this promptness she would be saved much future pain, and promising to exert his ut most skill. Miss Dane assented, and bore the necessary pain Seldom was obliged to inflict, with such unflinching fortitude as in creased still more the exalted admiration which he already entertained for her. , Curried away by the excitement of the mo ment, and the tender compassion called forth by the occasion, words of love escaped our hero's lips, of which . he was unconscious till it was too late to recall them—nor did he wish to do so. In spite of the whispers of prudence, his heart exulted to their utter ance, and he listened breathlessly for Miss Dana's reply. It was so low that he had to bend his head to catch her whisper. "They told Me you wanted to marry an heiress. Seldom bit his lip. "Why don't you marry lkliss Ilincroft ?" continued his tormentor—"she's a fortune and—they say you're a fortune-hunter. An angry fish rose to Se'don's - cheek, but mustering himself in a moment, he re plied. "Your taunt comes home to ma with seine truth ; but surely, Mary, I had no reason to expect it from you." Flow Mary replied, and how the question was settled, I know not; I only know that half an hour afterwards, when lotted by some of their friends, who had come in search of them, having become alarmed by the return of Nliss ama's horse without a rider, they appeared to be on the best of terms with each other, and notwithstanding Miss Dana's painful accident, her face, as well as that of our hero, was radiant with happiness. Miss Donna was duly scolded for her im prudence, and pitied for her misfortune ; and as to ride home on horseback was impossi ble, the gentleman contributed their over coats, and the ladies their shawls, to form n couch for her on the bottom of one of the wagons. Thither Seldon carefully lifted her, and insisted on driving the vehicle him self. One morn ing about a week from this time an elderly gentleman, Mr. 133 ncroft, arrived at Mrs. Clements. He had come on w es cort his daughter and her friend home. Sel don was at the house at the time of his arri val, having called, as in duty bound, to visit his patient. Elo heard Mr. Buicroft's name announced : what was his surprise then, to see Miss Dana spring into his arms. ex claiming, ~ my dear father!" Mrs. Clem • ant's surprise was as great as his own. I ler expressions of astonishment called forth an explanation, by which a romantic tnano,uv er of the young ladies was brought to light. It appeared that Miss incsoft, (late Miss Dana) haunted by the idea that she was only sought for her [intone, prevailed on her friend, on their arrival in an entirely new place, to change names with her. Mrs. Clement was easily imposed upon, since, though an old friend of Miss Utneroft's fami ly she had never seen our heroine since she was an infant, and the real Miss Dana was also personally a stranger to her. Thus fa vored by circumstances, the heiress indul ged her whim of seeing how far she owed the homage she had been in the habit of re ceiving to her own attractions, and Miss Dana; on her part, was 'pleased with the eclat of passing herself off for an heiress.—; Just' as our heroine had finished her hur ried apologies and explanations to Mrs. Clem ent and her father, the former was summon ed from the room by the arrival of some vis itors—a circumstance at: which Miss Ban croft inwardly rejoiced as she bashfully pre sented her bewildered lover to her father, whispering, as sho put her arms coaxingly .around his neck— wl'he gentleman, father, whom I wrote to you about." see." 1 see," cried. the old gentleman, deliberately putting on his spectacles, and scrutinizing our hero narrowly, this is your fortunehunter, eh ?" Miss Bancroft blushed for her lover's Om barrassment at this ill-timed question, and replied warmly. • "No, sir,—no fortune-hunter, as he has shown by his conduct, which has proved Hirt' better that •his words." She. paused a moment, and then with a charming blush and smile, she extended .her hylnd to Seldon and added, still addressing hdr father— "He convinced me, sir, entirelyto mysat isfectioni that he was sincerely in love with the portionless Miss. Dana—l shall not ea sily be- persuaded ,that he does not, feel an equally strong attachtnentito Miss Bancroft.• Her eyes tenderness met Chose of her love)r, ' ivho,•quite overwhelmed, could only kiss the-little hand htrheld, and remain • „ IVIr. Bancroft. was t< fond father—his daughter an only child, and, as the reader may imagine, undersuch circumstances all, difficulties were away. Yet no sooner had the old gentleman 'given his consent to their engagement., than our ,hero, with that re markable facility peopki hnve of tormenting themselves with little difficulties, when they have overcome great ones, felt himself so disturbed by the error he constantly coml !flitted of calling his bethrothed Miss Dana, that he allowed her no peace till by chang ing her name to Mrs. Seldon, he was re lieved from so annoying an embarrassment. In justice to our hero . we must say'. that his first feeling on discovering the young ladies' secret, was actual and positive dis appointment, that all his disinterestedness have been thrown away, and that he had wooed and won an heiress after all. Still, time reconciled him to his calamity, and he could not but acknowledge that his wife's fortune stood him in good stead till he had succeeded in establishing himself in his pro fession. Frank Seldon was ever long, regarded as the first physician of the place, and his skill and ability are unquestioned by all except his tom-min.% bewitching little wife, who sometimes gravely shakes her head, and warns her friends not to trust him in cases of dangerous fainting fits as his practice on such occasions is peculiar and such as she does not opprove of. urn sorry to be obliged to add that the number of the bona fide Miss Dana's ad mires suddenly diminished when she resu med her true character of a portionless mai den. One of them, ho , vever, who had been almost to modest to advance his claims when he thought her an heiress, now stepped bold ly forward and offered her his hand. Touch ed by his generous conduct, Miss Danit prom ised to consider his suit favorably, and ere long she became the wife of one of the no blest of men. . A Romantic, Life. Obituary notices have nearly monopoliz ed our pen of late. There are few eras in our history which have been marked by so many deaths of prominent individuals, as the last three months. In our obituary columns, to-lay. will be found another addition to the list of remar kable deceased, in the death of Madam Za lim the mother of Dr. Gardette, of this city, e nd of M rs. Myra Clark Gaines. She died iu this city, at the residence of her son, Dr. Gardette, at the advanced age of sevnty-eight years. This lady was the he roine of that intensely interesting romance in real life. which was developed in the Cele brated lawsuit of Mrs. Gaines. I ler maiden name was Z.ulime (derriere. She Was born in the old Frt-ech colony of 13doxi. Her parents were emigrepts from the land of poetry and romance—the favor ite borne of the Troubadoars—Provt:mce.— The blood of the Gipsy race, which, it. t' early days of Lousiana, settled along sett-coast, and whose luve!y daughters v. the special objects of the admiration and lov, of the gallant French cavaliers who estab isheil the fir st colonies, mingled wth that of the poetic Provencal. From such ti stock it is not remarkable that Zulime Carriere should have derived extraordinary personal beauty. The charms of herself and her three sisters were universal themes of ad miration in the colony of Lousiana. The warns and genial chrome, and litintrious at mosphere of the sea-shore, ripened those charms into full maturity at a very early age. Zniimit htd hardly entirged into her teens, before her hand was sought by numer ous suitors. The sucessful aspirant gained his point, as Claude Melnotte in . Bulwer's play did—by holding an imaginary coronet. or other insignia of nobility, before the eyes of it beautiful but unsuspecting girl of thin ! teen. She wits caught by the glittering • bait. The French nobleman soon dwindled into a confectioner, and, what was worse a married man, who had never been divorced. Ile was arrested and tried by an ecclesicisti 7 ale court in this city, fur bigamy—was con victed and sentenced to be punished, but afterwards escaped, and was no more heard of. Thus ended Zulime's relation with Je rome de Grange. Pending .this proceeding, and after the discovery of DeGrange's previous marriage there glow up an intimacy between Zulime and 'Daniel Clark, then a leading 'man in this colony,—a dashing, whole souled Irish man, reported to be very wealthy—of very popular character and agreeable manners. Clark was just the gallant, chivalrous man to espouse the cause of an unprotected and wronged woman. It is said—but as from this point starts the protracted litigation which has recently engaged so much of the time and attention of our courts—we must be understood as giving the version related by the deceased lady herself and her friends that Clark having met Zulime, in Philadel phia, and satisfied himself as to the exist ence of De Grange's bigamy, and the con sequently nullity of his marriage with Miss Carriere, promptly offered her his hand and heart, but 'suggested the prudence of keep ing their marriage asecret..until they could complete the proof of Do Grange's crime.— They were then married. Of this merriage but . one witness was living,When the suit Was brought by Mrs. Gaines, and that was the sister of Zulime. But the re were cor roborating circumstances, upo n which tho proof of the reality of such a connection was rested. After her marriage to Clark, in 1802, Zu lime returned to New Orleans, to take fur ther legal proceedings to invalidate, or rath er authenticate, the ilterlity of the marri- NUMBER 2.
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