Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-10-12
cLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1859
A .FAsrn WOMAN AND HER VICTIMS.

A FAST 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 TO
temptation in an evil and unguarded hour have
rushed headlong to ruin; !; but here is history
which eclipses them allan account OF an ex-
traordnarily clever and brilliant fast woman.
whose power of fascinating and beggaring men
has been wonderful. We copy from the Paris
correspondence of the Courier des Etafs Unis:
ssAmong the young spendthrifts noticed in
the journals of the day, is the name OF Prus-
sian prince, count or baron Enchei, who has
eaten up, in less than four years, a fortune OF
more than six million francs, all for the sweet
eyes of a 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 a
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 presen! 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
his absence, quilted it one fine morning to fol-
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 new position, which was
the hight of her ambition. she encountered the
young Marquis of Paiva, brother of the Por-
tuguese ambassador, whom she fascinated
that he espoused her legally and religiously,
promising her million francs in case they
This event was not long in coming. The new
Marchioness 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 unchangeabe resolution, and the
vision Of her slumber. While saying this she
held in her hand a journal, and her eyes rested
on extract from a Prussan 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 full, and four days
afterward she left for Prussia with a thousand
francs borrowed fIom her acquaintances. She
was presented afterwards, L know not how, to
the eldest of the heirs; but he was species
of Nimrod buntsman 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 was an easy prey,
and hardly had the adroit huntress caught him
in her tolls, than the death of his brother dou-
bed his fortune. He followed his tempter to
Paris, and surrendered himself TO her with
such abandonment, that / have heard that
young man, endowed nobly in body and mind
who knew all the antecedents of her who had
seduced him, express his regret that she was
not a widow, SO that he could beStow upon her
his name, as be had his fortune. He was hard
ly twenty eight years old, while she was over
forty He covered her with the rarest dia-
monds and pearls that could be found. He
bought for her country seat near Paris, which
is princely chateau. She gave every week
splendid dinners, but she had for guests only
men, and this tormented her. Her ambition,
when all else was satisfied was to attract to
her, by her splendid style of life. women who
were not of the demi-monde. This impossi-
BILE thing caused her to blush amid her opu-
lence. Hoping to triumph over this obstacle,
by softening the conscience of the public, she
commenced to build in the great avenue of
Champs Elysecs a mansion which would be a
wonder. The staircase is entirely of onyx,
and the dining of malachite. But the work
has been suspended, alter an expense of two
or three million of francs. The poor rich
man has come to the end of his millions after
reaching that of his Illusions
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