Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-03-03

Rssssss Disssssssv.
4 CUnIous HlsFORy.
may mention that an extraordinary
book has been published by Bentley,
purporting to be the journal OF IN emf
nent Eogiish-we should rather have
said Scotch-courtezan reading IN
Paris during the French revolution
The critics generally are inclined to
accept the narrative for Gospel. She
was the daughter Of Hew Dalrymple,
Scotch barrister was brought up at a
convent in France ut sixteen she
married Sir. John Elliott, man older
than her father; soon became invol-
we'd in an intrigue and was divorced,
her husband receiving $4,000 dam
ages became the mistress Of Lord
ColomondeIey and the Prince of Wales,
by the latter Of whom she had
daughter who married Lord Charles
Bentwick; retired to Paris on . hand
some allowance became intimate"
with Philippe Egslite, the Duke of
Orleans WAS mixed up in al the ex-
citing events of the French revolution;
was herself within an ace Of being
guillotined, having had her locks
shorn as . preparation knew Marie
Antoinette and Josephine ; received
an offer Of marriage from the great
Napoleon; returned to England, wrote
. biography for the perusal Of George
III, and finally died obscurely at Villa
d'Avray. To our brief summary of
this eventfnl life, it is hardly necessary
to add that the lady was very beautiful
Is we'll as very frail.
The FRUITS OF IxTRAvAGANOE.
The Paris correspondent of the Bos-
ton Traveller says /: My last letter
treated at length Of the inordinate love
of dress displayed by French ladies,
and attributed to this folly the grow
ing disinclinstiou of men to contract
marriages, concluding, you may recol-
lect, with the observation that by this
stupid extravaganza even rich mar
riages do not unfrequently prove the
ruin of the husband. Do you remem-
Der the gentleman who discovered one
morning that his wife owed $4,000!
l acquainted you last spring with the
particulars of it. And the social cir
cles of Paris are still talking of the
hardship which has befallen a gentle
man of fortune and rank within a
month or two. He married seven
years ago lady possessing dowry Of
100000, and hopes which were reck-
oned at 100000 He had an estate
of $4,000 year. Six thousand dol
lars year, with such well-grounded
hopes Of inheritine at some distant
day 5000, 900, seemed to warrant some
encroachment on their capital, especi-
ally during the first years Of their mar
riage, when both being young, the
pleasures of the world were enjoyed
with relish they could never again
hope to command. His wife shone
with great brilliancy in society from
one years end to another, for, when
the Paris season closed, she appeared
at the most fashionable watering place,
and, when society deserted German
spas, she was found leading society in
some hospital,le country house. 1t rain
ed heavy and numerous bills on New
Years day, but they were cheerfully
paid, and hopes looked to for re pay
ment. But last summer his wife took
sick; 'galloping consumption ap-
peared, and the poor woman died at
the German spa she had selected be-
cause of its vogue for her summer
residence; the legatee died before the
testators that we're to enrich her. She
dying childless, her husband is obliged
by the French law to repay the sixty
thousand dollars dowry he received
with her hand and no deduction is
made for the money he spent in graft
flying her extravagant tastes. These
expenses and this return of his wife's
dowry leave him almost penniless. !
believe he has only three thousand
dollars left of his estate of fifty thous-
and dollars!
PRINCE NAPOLEON.
Prince Napoleon, who has just mar
ried Sandman Princess, is the Sec
ond son Of Jerome Bonaparte, the ex-
King Of Westphalia. lie is, therefore
like Louis Napoleon, nephew Of the
first Napoleon. He looks far more
like his uncle than bis cousin the En-
peror does, and he takes pains to
heighten the resemblance by his dress
and manner. His marble features are
compared to the same gravity, and his
straight dark hair arranged in the
same style, his coat and waistcoat Of
the same cut, now made historically ia
miliar by the pictures Of Napoleon
AS he stands in his favorite attitude,
with arms folded, and head inclined,
his likeness to the "Little Corporal
is almost startling. The only draw
back is, that nature has bestowed on
him 3 or inches over his uncle's
heighth, which, while it adds to his
appearance, detracts from his coveted
resemblance.
LORD PAIMresroN AND rn,us rAporrow