Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-10-01
A FEMALE IN SEARCH OF A FORTUNE.
She Finds IL.

She Finds 1t.
The Paris correspondent of the Courier des
Etats- Unis gives the following account of an
extraordinarily clever and brilliant "fast"
woman, whose power of fascinating and beg
caring men has been wonderful
Among the young spendthrifts noticed in the
journals OF the day, Is the name Of Prussian
prince, count or baron Enchel, 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 Mar
chiOness Of Paiva. 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 justi-
fed by her beauty, and above all by her knowl-
edge and intelligence. She spoke seven Ian
guages 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 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 Quilted France for time 10 mend his
fortunes abroad. His companion, left at home
during his absence, quilted IL one fine morning.
TO follow Lord Ward, known in London by his
cOn1uests Of this kind. The nObleman did not
retain her long; he economical too much the
wealth OF which she was greedy Returned TO
Paris in quest of n new position, which was the
height Of her ambition, she encountered the
young Marquis of Paivs. brother Of the Portu-
guese ambassador, whom she so fascinated
that he espOused her legally and religiOusly.
promising her million francs in case they
should separate from incompatibility of tenn
per. This eventuslity was not long in coming.
The new MsrchiOness could not consent to
live in the heart Of Portugal, whittier her hus-
band had taken her; so, after making useless
efforts to detain her. he counted out the million
and let her go. At the end of year the million
had vanished, so the Msrchioness was obliged
to sell all her 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 a dinner. when she met a
friend, to whom she told her condition, and
who offered her q meal at the Restaurant Le-
doyen in the Champs Elysees. In the conver
satiOn at dinner, she told him she would soon
be millionaire or drowned; that this was her
unchangable resolution, and the vision Of her
slumber. While saying this she held in her
hand Journal, and her eyes rested on an ex-
tract from Prussian gazette, relative to the
decease of Prussian parsonage, who left a
fortune Of ten TO twelve millions to his two
young unmarried nephews. She read this sew
eral times, became thoughtful, and four days
afterwards she left Inc for Prussia, with one
thousand francs, borrowed from her scquain-
tances. She was presented afterwards, | know
not now, 10 the ELDEST OF the nelTs. Dut ne was
a species of Nimrod headsman, who had no pas
sion but the chase. She addressed herself to
the cadet of the family. lie, just coming from
school, was Of nature sweet and sensitive as
that of his brother was rude. lie was an easy
prey, and hardly had the adrOit huntIes'
| caught him in her fOils, than the death of his
| brother doubled 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 widow 80 that he could bcstow
her his name, as he had his fortune. lie was
| hardly twenty-eight years old, while she was
over forty. lie covered her with the rarest
diamonds and pearls that could be found. lie
| bought for her n country seat near Paris,
which is q priDcely chateau.
She gave every week splendid dinners, but
she had for gues's1only men, and this torment
ed her. Her ambition, when all else was sat
| islied, was to attract to her. by her splendid
| style of life. women who were not Of the demi-
monde. This impossible thing caused her to
blush amid her opulence. Hoping to triumph
| over this obstacle by softening the conscience
Of the public she commenced to build in the
great avenue Of the Champs Elysees a mansion
which would be a wonder. The staircase is
entirely of onyx, and the diang room of NAL
chite But the work has been suspended after
an expense Of two or three million francs. The
poor rich man has come to the end of his mil
lions after reaching that Of his illusions.