The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1870-07-14

wards came into the possession of Hon. Mr.
Duncan, Of Haverhill, Mass, Mr.. Wills'S
brotherin-aw, and thence into the choice
library Of the historian of Portland 1t is a
very interesting souvenir of one of the most
remarkable incidents in the history of our
State. p
THE VICTIM OF TOO MUCH WEALTH.
4 letter to the New World says Paris has
had within the last few days examples to
show not only that gold can not command
happiness, but that it is not untrequently a
curse, rather than a blessing.
Prince Anatole Demidoti and Count
koucheletl never knew peace and quiet.
They amassed the most wonderful creations
OF art, IN all its forms, from the Oriental
ponlard, enamelcd with arabespues as intri-
cate rs delicate, TO the Danes sculpture,
whose charms We're heightened by simplicity
and bodness. They had palaces in town
and cottages in country in Russia in France
in Italy. Adorned as these abodcs were hy
the spolls ofart, they could rest in none of
them. They were constantly on the railway
or in the public inns, as if the very sumptu-
BUSINESS of their homes made them >tastetul
to them. They seemed to he clo9@ed with
honey.
diligence Of passions antedatcd Years Prince
Demidotf was so outworn his parasites here
called him Prince Decomposition. He in
deed seemed rs if decomposition had begun;
he walked with difficulty his eyelids hung
heavily, half concealing his pupils; turrows
retIculattd and denticulated his face, and his
lower Jaw dropped almost idiotcaly. Paral
ysls had made loagment there, and had de
stroyed the salivary glands, condemning hlm
almost to Tantalus doom; incessant thirst
was his; he drank every five minutes, but he
could not drown that craving. Wherever he
was in church. at theater in ball room, or
IN Il green room-a servant constantly stood
behind him to appease that mquenchabe
thirst. Count koucheet1 did not look so
old, but he looked still nearer the grave; of a
truth, he seemed to belong rather to the
grave than to the EARTH an estray on some
respite from the never recrOsseu bourne. His
pallor was mearhIy lie was SO wasted he
seemed les hesh and blood than i mere
skeleton. Epilepsy was his tyrant.
Prince Demdotl' is understood to have re
GREETED the life into which his passions had
driven him, and he longed to assem-
bic brilliant company-his equals by talent,
or birth, on Wealth-around him, in rooms
adorned Nv art. The wish came too late.
His character was stained by the low compa-
ny he had kept. His mi,tresSes We're riVeted
by habit. His ignoble companions could
not easily be shaken Oft Intirmities had I'M
paired body and mind. So he lay in the
mirr into which he had been driven, and
from which with all his life he could not en-
tricate himself Count koucheleh had no de
Sire to see good company. His pleasure was
to be surrounded by i:twners and hatterers
and other parasites and all the knaves who
f., fat "a ,rnnltl,
the quarry. His rooms were filled with these
people from morning TO past midnight. 1t
was known he had 800 900 in gold to spend
4 year. Judge it the knaves were numer-
Gus. Again. his rule was that anybody intro
duced and invited by him to dinner or to
supper considered himself in possession of Il
standing invitation. As YOU may imagine
the dinner table and supper table never lack
ed guests. lis bill for meals at the hotels
where he lodged was constantly $500 day.
He threw away money toolishly. One day
he gave Il dinner to eight friends, at which
fried parrots tongues We're served. This dish
alone cost 5000. He took it into his head he
had invented 4 steamboat which would III
speed outstrip all vessels ailoat on the water.
lie spent SOC, 900 ON it. When ii was launch
ed ii could not be made to move. ON Christ
mas eve he had Il Christmas tree brought
/ Ill lbl HIS guests. IHtIt were bu III 'NDp,tV'
worth of Jewels. lie frequently gave gamb-
ling parties. II was rarely that Calzado or
Garcia quilted them with less than $40 900 in
the pockets ol each Of them.
soon after Count kouchelcti came of age
he saw and became enamored of the wife of
Il poor officer at Moscow. He offered the
latter 100000 to get Il divorce from his
wife. Ih" offer was accepted and in due
time Count kouchrlel' married the discarded
wife She became cNtravagant that it
was necessary, when her husbands estate
became involved in pecuniary embarrass-
ment, for him to publish an advertisement
that he should be responsible for none of her
bills They virtually separated She took
up her residence on an estate near perigle-
ny, where she still lives.
Among the persons who nsinuatrl them
selves into Count kolchelctl"s intimacy was
Mr.. ID. ID. Home. then in the meridian OF his
reputation as the lineal descendant of the
Witch of Endor, and, like her able to raise
the dead. believe NJ. Alexandra Dumas
introduced them. Count konchelef was
greatly infatuated with Nj. Homes wonder
full powers, and insisted upon his Joining the
| kouchelef party, among which Nj. AleNan-
Dire Dumas had already taken his place.
The author WAS paid some large amount of
money to go to st. Petersburg to write Il
novel portraying Russian life, which was TO
be published in Il review Count kuucheletl
was going to establish at the Capital. In a
few months Mr.. Home married II Countess,
kouchelet1's sister. The Count gave his sis
ter-in-law Il princcly dowry In a year she
gave birth to u child, to which the Car
stood godfather. In two years she died.
Mr. Home is now giving readings in London,
and has a suit for millions pending against
the kOuchelctf family
Count koucheletfs wild extravaganza
soon got him into great embarrassment. His
plate was pawned. His picture gallery sold,
His expenses We're reduced to 800 Il day.
lie was getting on his legs again when his
brother died, leaving him the whole Of this
great estate. This at once eNtrcated him
from his troubles. The liquidation of the
great estate took up Il good deal of his time
He did not live to complete it, Epilepsy,
which had afflicted him for several years,
returned frequently, and at last ended his
life, which had not numbered thirty seven
BIRTHDAYS. His brother died Of consump-
ton, still under thirty. TO complete the
sketch of this lord Of 100000 year (SGoo,
600 after his brothers. death), may add
that though wearing diamond studs and
buttons and shirts which cost 800 each he
l,.,.,