Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-10-12
CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1859
a .FAsTu womAN AND HER VICTIMS.

A EAST" WOMAN AND HER VICTIMS.
The public has heard of late numerous chap-
ters no less startling than interesting, in the
history of ssfast" young men, who, yielding 10
temptation in an evil and unguarded hour ,have
rushed headlong to ruin; but here is history
which eclipses them allan account of an eX-
traordinarily clever and brilliant sfast" woman.
whose power of fascinating and beggaring men
has been wonderful. We copy from the Paris
correspondence of the Courier des Efafs Unts
"Among the young spendthrifts noticed in
the journals of the day, is the name OF Prus-
sian prince, count or baron Enchel, VINO mas
eaten up, in less than four years, fortune OF
more than six million francs, all for the sweet
eyes of woman well known in Paris as the
Marchioness of Paiva. The history OF this wo-
man is curious. She was observed in Russia,
where she was born of Jewish parents, by
great pianist who conceived for her passion
justified by her beauty. and above all by her
knowledge and intelligence. She spoke seven
languages perfectly. The pianist brought her
with him to Paris, where he had the weakness
to present her as Legitimate wife in society,
and even at a court ball. At this ball she made
such an impression on one of the princes OF the
Orleans family, that she attracted him to the
home of the man whose name she bore. Borne
down by his excessive expenses, the artist quit
ted France for time to mend his fortunes a
broad. His companion, LETT at home during
low Lord Ward, known In London by his con-
quests of this kind. This nobleman did not
retain her iong-he economical too much the
wealth of which she was greedy. Returned to
Paris in quest of position, which was
the hight of her ambition, she encountered the
young Marquis of Paiva, brother of the Por-
tuguese ambassador, whom she so fascinated
that he espoused her legally and religiously,
promising her million francs in case they
should seperate on incompatibility of temper.
This event was not long in coming. The new
Marchoness could not consent to live in the
heart of Portugal. whittier her husband had ta-
ken her, he counted out the million and let
her go. At the end of year the million had
vanished, so that the Marchioness was obliged
to sell furniture, horses and carriages, and to
take refuge in furnished lodgings, where she
spent her last cent. She had not the where
withal to pay for dinner, when she met a
friend to whom she told her condition, and
who offered her meal at the Restaurant Le-
doyen, in the Champs Elysees. In the con-
versation at dinner she told him that here she
would soon be millionaire or drowned that
| this was her unchangeable resolution, and the
vision of her slHmber. While saying this she
| held in her hand a journal, and her eyes rested
| extract from PTussian gazette, rela-
| tive to the deceaSe of Prussian parsonage.
who left ten or twelve millions to his two
young unmarried nephews. She read this sew
eral times, became thought ful, and four days
afterward she left for Prussia with thousand
| francs borrowed fIom her acquantances. She
was presented afterwards, l know not how, TO
the eldest of the heirs; but he was a species
| Of Nimrod huntsman who had no passion but
the chase. She addressed herself to the cadet
| OF the family. He, just coming from school,
was of a nature sweet and sensitive as that OF
| his brother was rude. He an easy prey,
| and hardly had the adrot huntresS caught him
in her tolls, than the death of his brother dou-
| bled his fortune. He followed his tempter to
| Paris, and surrendered himself to her with
| such abandonment, that l have heard thai
| young man, endowed nobly in body and mind
who knew all the antecedents of her who hat
| Seduced him, express his regret that she wa:
| not a widow, so that he could bestow upon hel
| his name, as he had his fortune. He was hard
| ly twenty eight years old, while she was ovel
forty! He covered her with the rarest dia
monds and pearls that could be found. He
| bought for her a country seat near Paris, which
| is a princely chateau. She gave every week
/ splendid dinners, but she had for guests only
| men, and this tormented her. Her ambition
when all else satisfied, was to attract tc
| her, by her splendid style of life. women who
/ were not of the demi- i-monde. This impossi
| BILE thing caused her to blush amid her opu
| lence. Hoping to triumph over this obstacle
! by softenng the conscience of the public, She
commenced to build in the great avenue O
| Champs Elysecs mansion which would be
wonder. The staircase is entirely of onyx
and the dining of malachite. But the worl
has been suspended, after an expense of tive
or three million of francs. The poor ricl
man has come to the end of his millions ate
| reaching that of his illusions