Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-06-01
THE GAZETTE.
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE l, 1858
A WOMAN OF FASHION.

THE DEBTS OF A FAsHIaNABLE WOMAN -
The Paris correspondent ot the Boston lfa'-
eller, 10 bis last letter to that paper, gives sn
account of q remark able case vi female prodi-
eslity 10 French high life. lie writes the
following:
"You are to know that Madame de-,
WAS one of the finest ladies of fine society,"
She went everywhere. She went to the
"balls of only Eve hundred" given at the Tuil-
leries-sbe even went to the first performance
of Halevy's L. Msgiciepne--she even heard
Tamberlick the first night he gave bis ut de
poitrine. Well, Madame de - has ''suc-
cumbed;" but she went down with grace:
that woman could do nothing without an ex-
auisite grace. with debts which were debts;
not the paltry insignificant ha'-peDny bills to
butchers, bakers, and such common folks, al
-ioas- donci A hundred and twenty thou
sand dollars is the bill; an' please, sir! dollars,
not francs; an please, sir!
The husband must have made wry face
when he heard that bis wife actually owed
sum of money as mantioslly beyond even
the poetry of pin money as Aladdin's lamp
and Fortuuatus' purse are beyond de Rotbs-
cbild's fortune. What a pity it is the Wal
den at Charleston could not introduce such
q punishment into his penitentiary house as
this woman suffered before she confessed how
far she bad gone astray! If he could doom
bis hardened criminals to that oppression OF
the heart, that fever of the brain, burtbened
with a secret which must be disclosed, and
whose punish ment she could not foresee, press
ing day after day. receiving night after night
the caresses of those lips soon to utter such
angry words and bitter reprOaches--the ia
tai secret quvering on her tongue, and still
postponed for the days idle prattle. Look
YOU! The sncients pierced Prometheus' char
acter badly; they should have given bin no
ravenous vulture, but an upbraiding COLI
science, and they would have condemned him
10 tho supremest torture in the arsenal of
punishment.
Mn. de - was at the fancy ball given
by NJ. Walewski, and all the newspapers rang
with her praises, she was 80 gay, 40 careless,
30 full Of repartee and 30 much en- train
So the world judges, ever taking the mask
for the heart! She did not gs that ball for
pleasure; she went there on business. II
have set my life upon dice" She went
there determined to single out the Emperor
from among all the masks; to conbde to him
her desperate condition; to crave his aid
Judge from this resolve how high the fever
ragged which consumed her brain! She saw
mask; knew it was the Emperor; coquettsh-
" enticed him IN corner, and told him the
story Of her wretchedness, without omittipg
a single psng. The mask heard her story.
and treating it as a farce OF masq Ierade, GAL
ly referred her to the Arabian tales, as even
NJ. de Rothschild himself could no afford her
relief. She almost forgot herself 30 far as to
scream with agony. The voice of the mask
er showed her twas not the Emperor! 1t
was then too late to zee the Emperor, and she
resolved to tell her husband. The first burst
Of the conjugal storm was Of tropical vlo-
lence. But as the husband loved his wife
with ardent affection, and ptied her for the
long nights of anguish she lay tossing in fe.
YER, while be slept in her bosom, he some
what relented. and is now paying her debts.
/ dare say. when be has liquidsted them all,
he will recall her from the convent whittier
she has retired. 1t seems that in her love
for show, she became SIG 900 in debt to the
dry goods shops, the jewellers and the man.
taa makers--that she became alarmed at
this sum, and embarked in stock gambling
to save herself Loss followed loss, until she
found herself owing Sl20, 0O0."
Some Of our readers may remember ella
Wentworth's Journal" for that was the
name of 90 interesting literary publication
which was promised; anda few may recollect
having foolisbly paid their subscription mo-
ney in advance, receiving as the sole consid-
Grafton therefor a neatly printed receipt
But our citizens generally we're notsuficient-
" gullble to be taken in after that fashion.
10 Philadelphia, Cincinnati and other places
Mr.. W. was more successful, and, by all &C.
counts, must have reaped quite harvest
The latest news respecting this newspaper
confidence man, is that be has taken flight
from San Francisco and is on the wing for
Australia. At San Francisco, his female
companion was known as Mrs. Cora Anna
Weekes, and Wentworth as Mr.. Weekes--
The same system was pursued there as in
other places, and, it is said, the lady found
quite rich placer in the land of gold and
worked the mine extensively. From Aus
tralis, in due course of time, he may doubt
less be expected 20 return to the Atlantic
States to renew bis operations. How this
man has escaped the penitentiary 50 far. IS
mystery, unless it is accounted for by the
potent protection of the petticoat, his system
Of swindling being carried on through the
medium Vf his female companion.
Beni6cence is the most exquisite luxury !;
and the good man, after all, is the genuine
epicare.
Everybody should have bis head, his heart,
and his hand educsted.
Why is petticoat government stronger now
than formerly? Because it Is brass hsoped.