Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-10-01

The Paris correspondent of the Courier des
Eats Uhis 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 ofthe day. is the name of Prus-
sian prince, count or baron Encbel, who has
eaten up in less than four years, a fortune OF
more than six millions francs, all for the
sweet eyes of a woman well known in Paris
as the Marchionpss of Paiva. The history OF
this woman is curious She was observed in
Russia where she was born ofJewish parents,
by a great pianist who conceived for her a
passion jus tilted by her beauty. and above all
by her know irdgc and intelligence. She
spoke seven languages perfectly. The pianist
brought her with him to Paris. where be had
the weakness TO present her as legimate
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 10 the home of the man whose
name she bore. Borne down by bis excessive
expenses, the artist quilted France for time
to mend his fortunes abroad. Hiscompanion,
left at home during his absence. quilted it
one fine morning to follow Lord Ward. known
in London by his conquests of this kind. The
nobl' man did not retain her long; he econ
omiZed too much the wealth of which she was
greedy. 4
Returned to Paris in quest of q new posi-
ton, which was the hight of her ambition.
she encountered the young Marquis of Paiva.
brother of the Portuguese ambassador, wh' m
she so fascinated that he espoused her legally
and religiously, promising her million of
francs i'll case they should separate from in
| compatibility of temper. This eventualty
was not long in coming. The new Mar
chiunrss could not consent to live in the
heart of Portugal, whittier her husband had
taken her; so, after making useless efforts to
retain her, he count'd out the million and
! let her go. At The end of the year the mil
lion bad vanished so the Marchioncss was
obliged to sell her furniture, horses and car
rlages, and to take refuge in furnished lCdg-
ings, where she spent her last cent. She had
not the wherewithal to pay ,or a dinner,
when she met friend. to whom she told her
condition, and who offered her meal at the
Restaurant Ledoyen in the Champs-Elysees.
In the conversation at dinner she told him
| that here she would soon be a millionaire or
drowned; that this was her interchangeable
resolution, ana the vision of her slumber.
While saying this, she held in her hand a
journal, and her eyes rested on an extract
from Prussian gazette, relative to the de-
cease of Prussan parsonage. who left a
fortune Of ten to twelve millions to his two
young unmarried nephews. She read this
several ZINES, became thoughtful. and four
days afterwards she left for Prussia, with a
thousand francs, borrowed from her acqeain-
iances. She was presented afterwards.
know not how. 10 the eldest of the heirs
But he was species of NimrOd herdsman,
who had no passion but the chase.
She addressed herself 10 the cadet of the
family. He just come from school, was of
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 bis brother dou-
bled his fortune. he followed his tcmpter to
Paris, and surrendered himself to her with
such abandonment, that l have heard that
young man, endowed nobly in body and
mind, who knew all the antecedents If her
who had scduced him, express his regret that
she Wa not a widow that he could bestow
upon her his name, as he had his fortune.
He was hardly twenty-eight years old, while
she was over forty He covered her with
the rarest diamonds and pearls that could be
found. He sought for her n 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 saiisfi
was 10 attract to her, by her splendid style
of life, women who were not dcmi monde.
This impossible thing caused her TO blush
amid her opulence. Hoping to triumph over
This obstacle, by sofiening the conscience of
the public, she commenced to build in the
great avenue of the Champs Elysees a man
sion which would be a wonder. The stair
case is entirely onyx, and the dining room of
malachibite But the work has been sus-
pended, after an expense of two or three
million francs. The rich poor man has come
to the end of his millions after reaching that
of his illusions!