Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-12-25


The arrival OF the ex-mistress Of
the old King OF Bavarias-the ex.
vile OF a gosling lieutenant In the
British army;-the notorious Lola
Monies, ex-counless OF Landsleldt
(who never felt an acre Of laad that
she came by honestly3 the beautiful,
spirited. proiigate danseuse Of Rhine
land. who is the putative heroine Of
the mos. extraordinary novel OF the
day;-we say, the arrival OF such n
cha-rack-ter in The American Babel.
would create an "immense sensation"
throughout the continent, had not
the same steamer which brought her
TO our shores. also conveyed hither
Kossuth. the Magyar. We take it,
however, that so soon as the commu-
nifty sober down a little, in the Kos
suth effervescence, they will show
some signs Of aciGrlation-which,
you see, includes sdulaiion-in res
pect to the female Monies. bank. Lola.
We feel justified. then. in presenting
the following extract from Bsyard
Taylor's letter, Of Oct. Z. dated at
Roihenburg, MIDI -Franconia;-Chil.
Gar.
Among the passengers on our little
craft was a stout French gentleman,
whose musical voice and exquisite
pronunciation Of his native tongue
attracted me to him. In the course
Of our conversation he confided 10
me the fact that he travelled from
Liege to Heilderberg with Lola
Monies and had arrived at the latter
place on the previous evening. So.
our picture Rhine fancy was delu-
sion, after all Those superb eyes
and stately figure belonged TO some
body else. NY Frenchman was ex-
travagant in his admir- alton Of that
wonderful woman; he could speak OF
nothing else. "ERe est une femme
eztraOrdindire--wdiment n,erUiHe
use!" And he went on TO relate TO
me several curious incidents whereof
he was witness.
One OF these is characteristic
enough 10 be repeated. On The
Rhine steamer. Lola requested two
Dutch dandies TO open a window and
ventilate The cabin. They very
rudely refused, pre(erring TO keep the
window shut; whereuLion she rose in
wrath ard opened every window
Then, taking a pencil and paper, she
drew two very good. but ty no means
f1aitering, caricatures Of the Dutch
men, saying: "Before we part, wish
10 present you with proof Of my
esteem, here are your portraits."-
The two gentlemen, amazed at such
boldness, inquired of my Frenchman
who that remarkable woman might
be, and, on hearing her name, went
hastily TO proffer their excuses
."Messieurs." said Lola with much
dignity, "had ] been a peasant girl
your conduct would have been none
the less insolent." "Bravop' | ex-
claimed, as the Frenchman finished.
"Oui, c'eSt admirable" he replied;
"maiS ellie est une femme ertraordi-
naire" He then pulled out his cigar
case and showed me, carefully laid
away in the safest corner, two deli
cate white cigaritos which the as
tonishing Lola had made with her
own hands and given to him. He
also informed me that she was on
her WY 10 Geneva, Bordeaux and
Havre. whence she would sail for
New York. She had made con-
tract, he said, to appear ten nights
in that City, for sixty thousand francs.
Her profits are to.be devoted to the
prosecution Of a law suit against the
ex.King Of Bavaria for the purpose
of recovering her Castle Of Lands
felct. a.