, 1869-10-18
In AMERICAN ABROAD.

Nobacnscn-Thc M0ht Elegant f3san
In Paris. and a Prince Of Hlnck-
gun unTdx-CouEeA4iunx OF mn Advcn-
turc..-1rcr life, Liberty. nnd
Love.
lF1s5x CTR srEc4L CORRESPONDENT
ENs, Nassau, August e5,
At En.s, ns at Wle;hadeu, lIonpurg, nn1
I.ssieL. Haetr, there is Ercater crowd this eea-
son thnn fur several ysarr. F1cquentets Of the
batht, a. ihe5 a1t called, were never before Eo
g"y, 70 exis2s a&ant, 50 loud 0! gaming. Persons
rfay this y. inner who hare FefEaiue.l on p1ltc pc
7ru1n rlAs trr hitherto. AIT? those who we're eau-
uu,,s last year Ahd the year previous, haye now
rfown seck!cs&. Life all over Europe gels ruure
aud More u the Fsesch element into Il as time
advances; for Paris snects-1nlcct4, II you ike
TIE rotsutnt steadily. though ln*enAihly, rs III
u.u&pheric electricity Affects sensitive bodies.
CHANGE IN THE ETA.
Ems shows this plainly II use.1 to be stall,
qLtet piscc, compared TO the otner ePas. The
kaEt!ins WIS as much for amusement a. for
asa'cc, and those who played could alHaya
afford to lnse. lis PATRONS were the higher classes
and nmoIG them nable,nen noornded. The ~.
c!csy Is now nosc eclcc. than u, lionburg or b.
dtn.j5adru. hut II has become miscellaneous or
Cosmopolitan. The advcnku7cr and demt -nsondt
element has crept INTO II, and tho tathers gamble
a. they do cleeHAere, from ncrcls mcrconary mo-
tises OF love OF intense excitement
Five i1ousand has been the number Of visitors
aunually for somc time rsst; but there are At
pfsscnt fully Ten thousand at the different hotels,
villas, and iod2tng-nouseA. The tables o! the
kunaal are thEungrd daily ana nightly, and the
variety {! characters who surround them, and
the Qutt excitement Of the batting, vivIdJ recall.
BadeI-Dadep, the great ceutre Of faat and furious
renFlc all over the continent
Ems Is the resort Of foreigners slmost exciu-
stfely, not manJ Elg1!bh md rery few Americans
com'ng here The French aEc numerically In tue
Mcenuanf, the Germans next, then the ltuss!auF,
With moderate representation OF 1>utch, Spanish
AID Italians Hearers Of t,tlcs arc COMMON, aud
Ea1rulous old hat"e of tue spa has pointed out 10
me Aome Of the most distinguished. haze Oh
served two OF them Closely for tncl. history, Gtvcn
~ M Rosh!p, ula'lc them some wha: interesting.
4 FRENCH CUNT.
Al one OF the tRh1e8 overlooking the game, tat
not playing, u = French Count-A creature We at
home a1c naturally incl!ned 10 rcsas,I with sa*p1-
cton. Th!F, I'M Rkruftd, IL q genuine specimen,
aud, 1udaitg rilj >ioRnotntcaElJ do uot question
It. ltc looks Ike a gentleman, nn! hctng such. 1t
would tc Impossible for him to Pretend 10
be sh!thlng he 10 uuL lie u rather fall
AID slight, but moderately muscular aud
Teftrtoportoned. Like - manJ Of the r,stsians,
he Il qntc laId, though less than ~, hut has
nhel. shaped head. which, in It's hairless coud!-
nan, nhows to ht3santnKt. Ills face IN oval t1I1e
lhtt'+ a1tl haGgafl and h!s cotupltx!on olse Ills
inshne1e arr cood trnm the ab+tnee Of Anyth1Ig
t'Ae uiaaae's' aaa III drcss u 80 eaAy and 10
1Iuca la7 ol nun, t1at NJ one Remembers how
nc IN n1etsesl' ~ appeafs co'd - Ice, aud Is
utns!5 taousa' NJ nc heast!efs; bof bis eye IA 70
'Atla"N' ~ "asnl ~ A'n.'auR at t'ioea' mat
'ane! n'* perfect 'rp"se Is 1he result OF s-setc
tet.dtctp'tuc. III Is hut n. atl handsome to ms
nlea, eot an 1osd ne i4otten called n, Anti tta
b. II rstfce fSyOrttn with womrn Ii, xhntu n a
eiass, he 10 entirely Indifferent
Though Count, and descended frnm one Of me
oldest families Ia France. he ia Isenabcan- mil
| FcpJrt ha8 IL that he has nsurpI promlpensY i'll
the tw0 lat tevolutipns uels fr,rnd Of l,oche-
FORT and visits him frequently III ,s compuIaury
exile: bur- unlike the journalist. he IL too tndolrat
| and luxurious 10 take coufee that rou1,& expel
| him from pstts where he 3tre, IN e1.a a,d r,,.
Eaucc, contributing occasionally to Fruro and
/ l.< Etfit Jou.nat hut nndluR ans copt,uuous ex.
\ er1ion too much l.ke serious WORK. uc raeely
xatnblt, bpt when he does he bets tkrKelf though
| Fitnoat calculation Tie has won AID lost Goa.
siderable sums, but on tlae whole u a winner
Ine hankefs 10 not want him A. \ pairop, for he
u cooler than they, aud hls presence u prone 10
otssouec3t taem.
Funoeftnofc, learn that The Count Is "the
most elegant NAL IN fAsts"-no great d1'iocson,
1of thefe arc aeFesal Thousand Of his stamp IN tais
fAcd her seaL lie II declared to be guilty Of MI
Kinds o1 e1cesses+ and Is rnlned. financially aud
socially. By The nsue high authority, eFery few
weeks. There A no virtue aud 40 Vice he hiss not
hut noth!ag ls 10 frequently charged upon him as
intt9ues. which u said 10 be the ONLY thing that
| annets hin. lie hss pniaosophic theories aoou.
women: bot ul1ays spc4ks of tbrm .t,ttnc .,ta.
hadtnaSe, With esteem, and Il ever charitable 10
| thr most unfortunate CT .hsir rex.
l No pEe known ANYTHING HrHtn1t hin, nd thar.
| are hundreds Of the poor ami suffering wno. IL
dst1s RECEIPT Of hts anonymous bounty, mention
/ 'ae ssfahet! lf 1ne's prayers
t5om al! tais 1n!e1 that he Il a singular and,
fet5ciotr, inferesf'ne Character. II were not
opposed to seeking intsostuc1'ons TO anJ one l
tsonsd NE to ioEn his acquaintance. As asuuy.
| ue tu'sot Tefaf ume ahd trouble, which feR
nen oo' .........
| 4 RcsstAS FRINGE
| ihe otAcF character 10 whom my attention hAs
occa Called l. 4 RusslAn lTtocc-P11nces IN R1nlA
Ast plenty Is Etndnst!ls la liolland-out he looks
lie German, though his face Is less square than
me asefa;'e t!ie Of the Ttutoaic race. lie Is not
more Than thtttJ, but be seems nyc-and.forty. /
mon thoroughly &1a4e being ncver saw. lie u
PLAYING for a sensa,lon; bu, drinking aauafos,ts
you'd hardly gtre him one, lie does not take ~
LIS .takes when they x1p, but lets them lie until
| the Iptn Ct fortune sreens them III exny. He
WIS tro t.ps5 10 rec, and this season be has been
Preparing to repeat the ex?ettmept hy keeping
drpak erer since he came here. he /. 5srT
wealthy. nastng inherited lssEe fortune from
bis mother, md bavtns married another, owned
b5 very gentle and 'osan1e womau. who, for ali
her virtues, WA rewarded with proaisate hns,
band
| Why II II that tae best and tweetett women aze