, 1864-03-27
Gbieaqo Qrib1lue.
SUNDAY, MARCH 81, 1864.
PARIS GOSSIP.
ADVENTURES OF A CHILEAN
HdkLLI(bTAIkkE.
1.oxv Life In Pnrls-An American
lady ut ihc French Court.

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1oxv Y,fGc In Parls-An American |
Low Lady at ,ho French Court.
l.. A GILLIAN MILLIONAIRE.
One OF the latest arrivals among the happy |
strsrrcrg who cotoc here to ra.5c tho cnyy |
of the natives BY tic stylc OF layish outlay
ropularly characterized here US "throwinS |
Iway gold BY tue handlnll." Is great mag-
nnte from Chill, Of Irish descent, and reJoic-
Ing in the appropriate style aud title Of Don
Diego Higgins, who appeaEs to be possessed
OF fabulous wealth; and who, being sup
posed TO have visited the Old World with
matrimonial desires, has been the object Of
all those charming end disintercstcd attcn-
tione, so generally bestowed on such people
by the .papas and mammas OF manageable
iu-ndy1scd patriots Of tho last generation, who
left their country to avoid q worse fate. He
went first to Gibraltar, where his political |
nntccCdeuts caused him to be received with
such hospitality that he went thence to Spain.
| where he led q precarious existence for year
or two, and whence he sailed for South Amer |
lea. citizen Of the world, with the world be- |
| fore him, ard his fortune to seek. After !
| many wanderings and adventures, trying
first one thing and then another, be made hts |
| Way to Chill, where he soon became buAlly |
and prodt4b1y occupied, both as trader In !
the dclicate ChincAllia furs and leader in
Chi]ian politics. The exile had married
early, and had taken his family With
In .oss I'll LIS Who %ele S:cpT dRd ms N:
bued with their fat.acr's principles took
an eager interest in The struggle then pending
betw cen Spain and her rcVolted colonies, and
in which their father took leading and IN
iuential part: The seven Sons werea1l cleaT,
active acd fierce republicans; all fought
bravely in the Gillian army, in which they
held important commands, and al died IN
Ge a s easspGn aDS sa ea ea.9 II H. ih id
| man who arnassed fortune Of many millions
In The fur trade, lived very simply, md, as
long as he lived, only allowed the sum OF E50
/ a wear to Lis son and heir. On his death, the
younger Diego found himself 10 possession OF
a fortune whose exact amount Is not known,
but which Ia believed here to be "eomething
| fabulous,'' md determined to makca visit to
; Europe. He is not young ibis father lived to
advanced age and he + described th aS
J ensns g9aT but @ So: aoe colossal" l' is ~ tie
reputation Of his fortune, that he must have
kad the pick Of 1,iac-tcnths OF the girls IN
.. Paris. It seems tl,at lie is very courageous
: and showed such gullantry IN saving the
crew Of Spanish Vessel that was wrecked
i. Como years ago near Valparaiso, that the
Queen Of Spain sent him the Order Of Isabel
IL, the Catholic, and thus conferred on him
OF his wealth and his title would enable Linn
, to obtain tile hand Of almost my Of the un.
married ParieleDnes, Don Diego seems to
l have remained intensible 70 these chances OF
felicity ssdtsa Ths f to Rs o,
macy seem to hare come to the conclu'
sion that he Inns reserved his choice for
some blooming daughter Of Erin, to which
land Of showers and sunshine he las 6etaken
himself. Before leaving Paris, Don Diego
r gave one Of the most magnificent bun.
qucts tLat have ever been contriTed by the
combination of foreign wealth and indigo
ID nous talent in the upholstery md culinary
L. lince. The dining room was q marvel; O.
2 splendor and bFillianey, and the bills Of 1art
m ornamental border, the Gillian nationa
!, hymn being printed also in gold, and with
~ splendid border on the under side The Chi
linn Legation was present en- snaue ut thf
NJ Of French and foreign grandees, and tws
OF three persons bearing the name or Hig
;c gins, IN no way related to the
~ Amphyt1lon Of the feast, but specially III
vited by him as the bearers Of his own euplo
nlous patronymic. The affair passed off .itl
II the utmost elat; toasts to Chill, to France, t.
te Ireland, to the host, to the guests and to III
n world in general, were drunk with equal en-
te tbusiasm By al present, and the happy p art
On did not break up til! rather late heur.
; was not fated to end within the circu1ntcl
encc OF Paris. It SO happened that motto
= Of the brilliant. .5eft given BY Don Diego Hfg
gins wos given By the Paris correspondent 9
q Of the HIbcrno- Chilinn grandee, and lis lat
- father. 1t Eo happened, moreover, That tn
notice was copied from the columns Of til
London paper into certain Irish papers an
L. T. it 60 happened, yet further, that one OF th
aJ wrctchedly poor, old widow, aleo Higgint
: living in 4 hoycl in the smithy (SkibbcTeen
= who, when her eyes lighted upon the par
graph, suddenly remembered that some e Ielt
9n Of ae s9 9ea
=, his family that he had been very III, and
IN IN; great distress, and how he owed his lii
a.. 70 the kindness Of settler name
I. and helped him through his Illness and trot
l. blcs, for the sake Of his namc.- Tbs widow
nj. having spelled out the account Of the Chilia
ntt Don, his grand banquet aud bis history, wrol
Don 5 peo hz azking him asee ee ef tSe
y woman's a1nazemcnt nnd delight when st
~ ~ received an answer from TINT gentleman, i
lie forming her that the priest In question hs
died many years ago, leaving conslder4b dert
ssh' the Spanish funds, which he bedueathed
l. his rclatiyes In Ireland; and that he, Don I
- ego, had been chargcd by the executors
the dciun:t to look up the heirs to hls pro
crty, which, having been aecnmuia.tng eE
- since the priests dcccase, now amounts to ]
p less sum than E4e, coo. To which han
= son,e fortune, the old woman In tho smit'
thiss turns out, through the deaths Of other p
the ties, to be the sole Leiress, and Of which s
Of vii be speedily put into absolute and I'M
So true It is that "truth'' Is sometim
S. ttst11ngcr than fiction.''-Cor. Aaa GIJorn
low LIFE IN PARIS.
or course the devices by which life is 8,
taincd among the POOR Of Paris are manic
and ingenious, often furnishing useful hi1
1nn- Tk.a]
d IN dish Of haricots, albeit nota luxurious nc
nos. serves admirably to staye the cravings Of
:, poor mans stomach, and give him who
Is. come sustenancc. The dish Is popular 4
~ widely patronizcd. 4 little urchin lat
W. W. presented ticket for a penny dish, and
,ey, st. tered penny also, asking for double s.
''' ply, as - 4s1nollcr las q dinner party to- -dnJ
An cntcrrfising genius, n. Hebard,
a,c1 contriyed to accumulate q fortune By 81
5 aTe plying the gon.;ns Of Paris With hot ging
bread Mt q penny pound. The specta
81 may well wonder how this substantial
L. ljcht of Partisan infancy can be sold d
penny pound. This extraordinary che
cy 4 ness Is due to the genius Of n. nebard.
'e VI This spirited pastrE-cook, Of the people
T., gan his public career With IN oven On whcs
7 be. III which he cooked galette, and sold it hot
the loungers on the Champs Elysees. He
~. hia idea from an accidental observation o
- military oven, on wheels Which he had m:
- willie lie belonged TO strolling conpna,
- speedily found many imitators, aud u. u
TO-. ard VAS IN danger Of being crushed By
man to bo put quietly aside. lie at o.
set up, as manufacturer OF these gdle!
ovens on wheels, and still in this way,
his profit out Of his invention. But th
was limit to tue demand for his owe,
and he became wholesale manufacturer
rs gingerbread. There were many manutac
- rers Of this popular article already in
field. The manufacturers Of Rheims ha
, commanding plGcc in the market. NJ II
ards only chance Of success 1ay In the po
acha bility OF nndcrselling the manufacturers
ready established. His keen eye fell 9
dealer In old crusts, who sold this bsol
bread at an extremely low price. he saw
once that If he could reduce these crrst
& Co IN imialpable powder his fortune would
made. So
zek AN ANEnIcAS LADY At THE FRENCH COZ
The Emperor and Empress not untrcQps
-M- " take Sreat liking to persons accident
" presented to them, invite them to their IN
select PARTIES, make much Of them, and sol
| +SyunE nrc1,sintY 1tf%fn fcn1nney br an fJnf