Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-10-11
MISCELLANEOUS.
lola NONTES

Lula MONIES.
fan original sketch of this successful noise mukey will be
interesting 10 our readers for though there Is little enough to
admire her chancer person who command so much
mankind and money is legitimate object OF curiosity lhe
manuscript work from which the following Is TAKEN soon
10 be published In this country. II by lady Of unusual
accomplishment and talent who has lately among US
tie Baroness dc Nargugtes, of whom we have or
twice spoken Ills called he kuraaa ard s descriptive
OF residence the watering paces OF Germany. Seen
from point Of high life the described are II will
b. Of quite ana spicy quality Of interest
We have had here, the grea; Lais OF the ddr-hcr WHO
has been much talked OF and VINO nsred TO play the paris
Of ms de Porpndour in .ae nneeeih century an epocA
fer 100 prudsh tolerate the "acei&' OF Louis W.
When Lois AlJnes here however she was no'inE moe
than very pretty, noisy Amusing couEtegan Lite Ill ""'
men OF that class excitement her daily bread ana yam
may easily imagine gambling had fo her. unrne
fascnaon she was in fact, most desperate gambler and
peope used TO follow her. the music hall into these
Ioone for the pleasure OF watching her a: play Her eatd-
.rs ssrrate Of the minute was Young Enelisman,
fresh from home and the decences OF The uppe! dcc cas-
scs IN England Her whims and vagar;es, her qurkness
and her ever varying beauty potent excitement 10
him gambling TO her. He used 10 gaze at her WIN
an expression between love and fear somewhat like that
with which wel-trancd pointer looks al his master
Certainly fo. those whose mental palate requires high
seasoned dishes Lola tine sgh,. She would aanner
10 the gaming table, hanging the OF the adoring
Young Engshman her peculiarly large eye hall h'coen by
dark Hinges looking lngudy With scarcely any spe-
culaon in her whole fragile person lstless as TO give
her OR of phyaica debility and suffering; but presently
the sight Of the gold the irritating influence OF the game
the lights the heated atmosphere the anxious faces, all
would gradually work her her form become suddenly
erect the large ngGd ycretv eye brilliant and dateo
the transparent nosi extended the finely carved lips
compressed one evening she was peculiarly iasci
mating. She had thrown of her bonnet and all
Ter wraps and stood in ruby -colored velvet dress
which .:n tight from the throat the waist and thence
failing ront her in heavy folds OF Brightness such as II
lan loved pani The thick baids OF her hair were drawn
INTO heavy knot behind and their raven backness
glanced in the light which fell in fu! radiance on her. from
the shaded LAMP above One white hand covered with
ewes was increasingly employed in pushing the gold 10 The
stake and when he pile before her vanished shc did not
speak u bn, silently put her other hand behind her, 10
her companion who on the alert continued to NIL
BAT thc gold through her fingers Sc wafer through the
watorpots al The l'anaid.9.
There seemed . fatality in her playing lin, nieht: she
never won sina.e stake At,nsti he poor Eugishnans
poekets were cnptied and lolas ou.fetched hand hud
nothing more pui oil "tdsS ro,re ic sail The
pier Lola inpacns shook her hand Still there came
there was vel Ihnc Come said Lola aloud 'monry
quick the money" The Enpishman, with characteristic
bashfunesa ashamed acknowledge he had no more said
merely, "You have played enongh-come away -
Lola stamped her tiny foot and struck Inc sahl,
with her cenChed hand. ';AIoney" said abe, ''money y
Il have more" whispered the poor youth ien mr. "a
rius" said The crcup;tr memorable nni unmoved rs hf
Fates II was late. Lola turned ronnd quickly, and
applied good box the 10 The delinquent rs ever
angry pctagouo administered 10 re5cious schoolhny
Then drawing herself 10 her aii height ana Win al! '
scon AMI dignity Aedea must have bestowed on JASON sh'
said a,ond Learn, that who has The honor to accompany
Home journal.
fatal ARRAY occurred al Alexandria on Saturday The I'm
between s. l.. Wells and J. W. Gordon. They were young
lawyers and cousins and The utmost intimacy existed be
tween the families We do learn what prororaon Could
have produced the collision Young Wells graduated at the
Louisiana Law School its last session. and was young
man Of much ability, and promised in time, to become The
bead Of Of The most respectable families IN the STATE
He attacked his cousin with cane cutting nm oyer tue
head when Gordon shot him in the side He died IN less
Than 'wsnyionr hours Gordon WINS eaiea ny ouuse "sn
a; $1,000 nominal scn. The Aexandtia papers say
this melancholy has thrown gloom over ht
communicative r Orleans Crescent.
NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE MA
NuFACTURE OF IR0N.--1he Pi,tsburg Post has letter
giving of discovery made by young man BY
the name of Adams the Assistant Manager OF Badys Bend
Iron Works in Clarion county, In the manufacture OF rail-
road and merchant bars from Coke metal By The old
thod the rails made with Charcoal pig, and would
crack vcry much and break with or two blows. By
Adams process Iron be made from eight dollars
per ton lower and OF superior quality. The process
is not mentioned BIZ, The quality of the iron pro-
uced il spoken Of The writer of the letter shown
la that had been put the everest test w putting il
while hot into cold water after which they tried 10 break il
with q seipe hammer weighing so pounds. Forty blows
were given y elk men alternately and they could
crnc The Charcoal Iron OF the company costs from
22 dollars per ton, their Coke Mca costs only from
10 dollars per The discovery had caused que an eS
element among the workme for they wero under the I'M
preston the works would have suspend on aecoun
Of the low price OF Iron.
NOVEL AND INGENIOUS EXPERIMENTAL casi
Of fine hardware and cutlery accideny feel overheard IRON
the Line shin H. Allen lying at Boyce Co.'S wharf, I'M
of the cask We're valuable, and reward OF MY
dollars having Seen offered BY the Caan OF the vessel o
its recovery, IL vas restored to The ships dees ysselas;
Smith provided himself with wha, he called diving bell by
saving half ordinary oil essk then pacngit over hi:
head shoulders and attaching heavy weights TO the edges
Of the inverted cask, which being arght prevented the
from rushing ~ his head occupying the then
lang hinae down. he enabled TO remain under water
from leu TO fifteen minutes This novel submarine expert
ment was witnessed by number Of persons who seemed
pleased with the success attending il.
Mr. stih has we learn been several days engaged in re-
covering Quantity of Rail Road Iron, which had been
placed the bridge Of our upper wharves the weigh,
of which caused Tbs bridge give way precipang the
Iron the bottom 10 about four s,hons water He has
been partially successful an6 there every believe
tina. the whole viii eventually be Mr. S. deserves
much credit for his ingenuity ald industry and we have
doubt these successful efforts viii extend the sphere Of hs
usstulae,a-t caarlssfon Courier.