Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-10-01
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The Paris correspondent Of the
des Etas Unis gives the fol-
account Of On extraordinarily
lever ard brilliant fast" womas,
whose power Of fascinating and beg
airing men has been wonderful:
Among the young spendthrifts
in the Journals Of the day, is
he name Of q Prussian prince, count
II baron Enchel, who has eaten up, in
ess tLan four years, a fortune Of more
han six millions Of francs, all for the
sweet eyW Of . woman veil known in
as the Marchioness of Pavia.
The history OF this woman is curious.
She was observed in Russia, where she
was born Of jewish parents, BY a great
pianist. who conceived for her . passion
justified by her beauty, and above oil
BY her knowledge aud Intelligence.
She spoke seven languages perfectly.
The pianist brought her With him to
Paris, where be had the weakness to
present her IS . legitimate wife in 20
ciety, and even at . court ball. At
this ball she msde such IN impression
on one Of the princes Of the Orleans
family, thst she attracted him to the
h,me of the man whose name she
bore. Borne down by his excessive
expenses, the artist quilted France for
q time, to mend bis fortunes abroad.
His companion, left at home during bis
absence, quilted it one fine morning to
follow Lord Ward, known in London
by his ~conquests of this kind. The
nobleman did not retain her long ; be
economized too much the wealth Of
which she was greedy. Returned to
Paris in quest Of e position, which
was the hight Of her ambition, she
encountered the young Marquis Of
Pavia, brother of the Portuguese Km.
bassador, whom she 30 fascinated tha,
he espoused her legally and religiously,
promising her . million francs in case
they should separate from iacompata.
bility of temper. This eventuality was
not long ia coming. The new Mar
chioness could not consent to live in
the heart of Portugal, whittier hci
husband had taken her 80, after max
ing useless efforts to retain her, be
| counted ont the million and let her 20
At the end Of q year, the million had
vanished, SO the Marchioness WA
obliged to sell furniture, horses ant
carriages, and to take refuge in fur
nished lodgings, where she spent he1
last cent. Size had not the where
withal to pay for q dinner, when sh'
met q friend to whom she told be
condition, and who offered her q mea
at the Restaurant Ledoyen, in tn
Champs Elysces. In the conversation
at dinner, she told him that here sh'
would soon be a millionaire or drowned
that this was her Interchangeable resolu
ton, and the vision OF her slnmber
While saying this, she hcla in he
hand a journal, and her eyes rested Of
an extract from a Prussian gazette
relative to the decease of q Prussia,
parsonage, who lett a fortune Of ten Il
twelve millions to his young unmarried
nephews. She read this several times
became thoughtful. and tour days after
wards she left for Prussia with
thousand francs, borrowed from he
acquaintance. She was presente'
afterwards, | know not how, to tn,
eldest Of the heirs. But he was
species of Nimrod herds,nan, who ha'
no passion but the chase. She ad
dressed herself to the cadet Of the fami
Iy. lie, just coming from school, wa
Of nature sweet and sensitive as that Q
his brother was rude. He was an cas-,
prey, and hardly had the adloit hunt
ress caught him IN her tolls, than tn
death of his brother doubled his for
tune. He followed his tempter t,
Paris, and surrendered himself to he
with such abandonment that | hav,
heard that Young man, endowed nobl,
in body and mind, who knew all th
antecedents of her who had seduce,
him, express his regret that she was no
a widow, 81 that he could bestow upo1
her his name, as he had his fortune
He was hardly twenty-eight years old
while she was over forty. lie covered
her with the rarest diamonds and pearl
that could be found. lie bought 70
her a country seat near Paris, which i
a prlncely chateau. She gave ever,
week splendid dinners, but she had 70
guests only men, and this tormente'
her. Her ambition, when al else wa
satisfied, was to attract to her, by he
splendid style of life, women who wer
not Of the demi-monde. This impos
sible thing caused ner to blush ami,
her opulence. Hoping to triumph
over this obstacle, by softening tn
conscience Of the public, she com
menced to build, in the great asenu'
Of the Champs Elysees, = mansion
which would be a wonder. The stair
case is entirely Of onyx, and the dinin,
room Of Malachite. But tho work ha
been suspended, after an expense Q
two or three million francs. The poo
rich mar has come to the end of hi
millions, after reaching that Of hi
illusions.
WE.-Sam Kirkwood, when he i
addressing a crowd of farmers, tries t,
palaver and softsoap them into tn,
| belief that be too. il a farmer. hv us,nt