The Empire County argus., 1856-09-13
Sara -oga GOSSIP.

uGTG Is lduy-al ledSt Ill lle pre1uQlceS OF s0cl-
ETY. sne Is lady-stopplng at one our hotels, who
III her day, has been tue subject ol 10 little scandal in
the crc.e IN which she moved. Fast verylng upon
the period OF lie when silver sheen minglps with rl-
Ven locks and the ruddy hue OF youth replaced by
the signs OF tm.s passages she Yet bars ABOUT her
the marks 0l that early beauty which once caused her
to be w,rShlpped and beloved. She is what in draw
ing room parance is desi giated IA splendid woman "
AS the lady chooses to travel ulcog. and maintains
stllJus silence in regard to her former history gal
lantry toroids us to mention a name which is well
known to all students OF American literature
Madame hrst saw the morning Il 1t far from the
Mexican capital The SenOr, her laher, was OF an.
cient eastman. He boasted that his ancestors fou rht
the oLttles of Spain under Charles V. and Philip ii
and maintained all the haughtiness OF the old reg me
The income of his immense landed possessions count
ed im six thousand six hundred dollars every Ascen
siJn.
Inc Senors lady was the daughter of wealthy
Louisiana planter as naughty and proud of her line
age himself.
Madame's girlhood days passed unmarked by any
peculiar Incident. She ripened with that peculiar
beauty which marks the children of the SUM- Her
lips were rich red and pouting. Her black ewes
flashed forth the hidden fires OF her passionate su.
Her bust was that of a Venus her features of Hebe
AT sixteen she was the most beautiful maiden in the
province, and could ride horse dance the Zingerea
or smoke cigarette with the best.
In 1887, Senor WAS killed in his own castle,
during quarrel which grew out of one of the teuds
that preceded the revolution of that period. His
widow soon after closed up her affairs, and removed
to New Orleans. And here commenced the busy life
of our heroine
She soon attracted the attention and captvated
the heart OF dashing young man, whose father rep
resentec foreign court as consul at the Crescent
City. Affairs went on smoothly for some time, and
the knowing ones spoke of the young couple in the
view of prospective union But the belle was an apt
intriguante. She believed in having "more than one
string to her beau" So, one night as Henrque en-
terei her boudoir by one door, he found dark Wis
aged Frenchman disappearing at another. The next
day the "compments of the season. were nterchang-
ed between the two gentlemen they met short dis
tance from the city, and bowie knife found its way
to that portion of Henrique's heart which had been
dedicated exclusively to love.
The Senorita, being thus rid of one lover, married
the other, and removed with him to plantation in
the vicinity of Columbia, s. G. Here she set up her
Temple and dedicated herself to the worship Of the
Graces So exclusively was she devoted to this that
rumor soon became busy with her fair lame and
whispered that she had at least ,zen lovers who
received more favor from her than her iege lord
TIE upshot of the matter was that she was finally
Diet ,cted by her French spouse in fagrante del ctu
with m 'mber Of Congress, whose name was some
what conspicuous at that time. Two days afterwari
the Congressman was laid under the sod and Ma l.
ame expelled in gnomy from the home of her adop-
ton.
She next removed to Natchez, Tenn where in
1871 she became conspicuous from being the cause of
a duel between two officers of the United States
army, by which she lost another Evorte but gained
vast wealth. he having left her by will all his prop
erty.
IN l845 Madame returned to the land of her birth
When the American army entered the city of Mcxi-
co, it will be remembered that running isilade was
kept upon it from buildings along the line of the
mhrch Among the officers killed by this guerilla
hre was Frenchman belonging to the South Carroll
ma regiment and as his body lay in front of the pal
ace OF the Archbishop "a woman named Donna Inez
Casistro ian alias came up looked upon it, and ex-
claimed. cruel husband, the past is avenged. You
have slain my honor and have slain vou'"
From this time, we learn nothing of our heroine
save that she spent several years in making tour of
Europe, from which but recently she has returned
Saratogian.