The Shasta courier., 1870-05-21
NUMBER 9.
a NEW LOLA MoNTHs


NO one mas thought OF ,.k;no tb. ;,o,;,
question OF the magistrate # olden ,;mss =.
~"t Ssdo'a0. where is the woman ? in rsad;na
over tue long list of Paraguayan butcberiss
S"nne interesting details have. bowevsr
AFFAIRS of Paraguay. :" '''
LoPe. II went To Paris during the lifetime
ni MS father, from whom be inheritsd Al.
dictatorship. 'n'
Al io''. re returned to his native country
"nere ne remained. having taken with him
aS the sole result of his French education ,,r,
.nihgs' Viz., the French uniform for his Tn.
dlan army, aud a mistress, which latter nie..
III iurhi ure he had picked up among ths
dubious portion OF Parisian society.
Ihls woman. so Well known in Soutb
America under the name of Nine. Eliza Alioia
Lyhen, Is OF Irish extraction. and rs some sav
Was porn IN Somersetshlre, England. whilst
others claim that she first saw the Iiobt ,f
day In Ia belle Ffance. She was married IN
a Surgeon Major iu the French army wbo !.
still living. and ought to be proud hut sbs
mas dI>cared his name.
MagDitcently beautiful. she nrndnced ON
the banks of the Rio de la Plata. the effect of
supertural vision, and she it ia who had
made OF this dictator of republic. a match
Tor lhe"dorous, a strange mixture of hero
executoner and madman.
This modern Pompadour has sharp eve
for business; she carried on a smart trade in
forced loans, on her own account in which
however. she sometimes got bitten. One of
her victims was a doctor on the staff of Lone,
from whom, one dav, she borrowed the snug
little sum "t $4,000; but as the son of Eseu
lapius was innocent of coin she was satisfied
with his draft. payable in Europe. which he
was per force constrained to sign, as the fe-
male bro er threatened to have him shot
within twenty four hours if he refused -
Nine. Lynch had a friend in Paris of the
frulterer persuaslo who takes charge of her
little economies and keeps them for the rainv
season III Paraguay. 4 little investment in
f"reisn bonds is convenient to Presidents
"a to Emperors. in thess revolutionary times.
Douhtiess the doctor, with his Scotch eau
ion, reflected on the fate of the unfortunate
frenchmen who died in prison for saying that
The iavorte's chignnn was false, Grim of
!ese beauty. which Nine. Lynch punished in
accordance with the law which bears her
name
Some time after this delicate little monetary
TRANSACTION, Mr.. Stewart, which 10 the name
"t our friend the doctor. had the good luck to
"7 '"heh prisoner Dy tne BrazllIans. and was
huS enabled to reach England, where one of
ms hrst steps was to summon before the civil
jury "t Edlnburg. NJ. Antoine Gelot, of Paris.
W"o was the holder Of the draft signed by
him in favor of Nine. Lynch.
Fortunately for Mr.. Stewart. he was abls
70 produce witnesses, amongst them were Mr..
Masterman. another British surgeon NJ.
Cnchelot, ex Consul of France in Paraguay.
and sundrV other persons who had the mis-
fortune to be too closely connected With Nine.
Lynch and her pet tiger.
The jury gave verdict in favor Of Mr..
siewart, and, consequently. as the $40. 900
draft cannot be collected outside the lines of
the armv of President lopez, it ia very prob
lhir that the lady. if s5e wishes 70 continae
IN the t'male brokery business. will have to
tranrfer her sphere of operations to soma
other cummsrcial center.