Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-12
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HE LAST DAYS OF LADY BLEssINGToN.--
- much for the public aspect of her career.
Those who saw her in her brilliant drawing
.oom only, surrounded by the fash Of wit and
laze Of genius, knew little Of the hideous skcle-
:on locked within the boudoir. Distant obscr-
y.rs viewed her in one light, but those who
stood behind the scenes regarded her IL an
other. Her dressing maid thus describes her
anxieties: "Iaboring night and day at literary
work, all her anxiety was to be clear of debt.
She was lattcry trying to curtail all her expen-
ses in the establishment, and constantly tolllng
20 :ct money. Worried and harrasSed at not
cin. able to pay bills when they were sent IL,
and seeing large expenses still go!ngon without
:hc means 10 meet them, she got no sleep at
night" And sc. Gore House suffered no abate-
mc,t Of its spiendor. Receptions. basand re-
unions followed each other IN endless success
sion. her salons were crowded night after night
with tic beauty and Wit ot ariStOcratic So
.;;a;v, Count D'Orsay presided twice every
wee; 40 the sumptuoT> dinners that drew
lie elite of the fashionable and literary world
round her table, ard her stables witnessed 10
decrease in well -gruomcl horses and stylish
r.,,iipages for tho daily calls upon her friends
ur drives along the bauks Of the Serpcutlnc
i'rr the two or three last years OF her London
III. its sham must have mGCc her Sick at heart.
Trades mems bills unpaid aud constantly III
rasi!t- in mum 1er servants ciainOr0uS lorthe
."cs--,,ru,cS:cI acceptance tor borrowed money
;.rc>>gd constantly inr settlement aud At .aSt
!,a!!itlS with executions crOWClng ntr doors ana
Seekiur through various subtcriuges to gam en-
tra,cc. was the daily normal condition of Lady
Llcssins.ous lite. To her souls core She must
have lnithed il. Sensible Of the ho)lowGess OF
the smiles Of the gay world, whirllng iound and
round in species of continuous madness, aud
conscious of the dark quit OF bankruptcy to
wi.!ca sho was constantly drawing nearer, she
WIS nevertheless unable to maze any SUGGEST Vi
effort to cytricatc herself from the danger. Her
nun language is more affecting than aught else.
She GOES long past midnlgh ghttrom the drawing
rn,m-where, decHed in smiles, she had~ecem
,pl to be the enchautrcsS, who, with a touch OF
her wand could evoke joy iii every heart"
hcr chamber, and before the sound OF her
Guests carriage wheels have died upon her ears,
writes as follows My heart is like Il frozen
fountain, over which the ice IS too hard to al
inw Of the stream beneath flowing with vlgoT
tannsh enough OF vitality remains to make the
chilling rampant that divides It's waters from
ght and air in$uppnrtable.
Fer two years Lady Blessington lived IN con-
slant terror OF having an execution put into her
house Count d Or>ay, equally involved, went
uut only Of night and Sundays The most
careful precautions as to the admission OF per
sous to the house were taken. Her outer gate
and hall door were never without Il guard.
While she was entertaining her guests, Ter
lootmen were repeing her creditors. In the
Spriue of lSi9 the long -mcnaced breakup OF
,Gc establishment of Gore House took place.
i.xaSperated by intcrminablc delays without
prospect of payment, numberless creditors con-
>i<ting Of bii!-aiscounterS, money-enderS;;
jewelers. lace-vcndcrS, tax-colectorS, and
others accompanied by baliltis holding execu-
tons, assembled around the gate in the early
morning OF April ,, clamorous tor admission.
groom in the Blessington livery rode up the
street, alightcd at the lodge, and was instantly
,imitted 1t was i bailif in disguise.
Obtaining admission within the house he
threw opcn his coat. and showing the
baton OF authority levied at once upon the
proncrtv. The die was cast Word was at once
carried 70 Lady Blessington S sbedchamber, who,
snmmoning Count D Orsay valet, dispatched
him instantly to his master with the message
Tia. unlcSss he made his escape he would be
arrested. The Count made light OF it. lie had
lcen awakened from sound Sleep and an
<wcrcl ';Pap.pah' to every representation OF
:he servant. Lady Blcssington, full OF alarm,
lest his room should be discovered, ior by this
time half Il dozen tailitfs were in possession,
rushed into the adjoining dressing chambers,
and. ut hcv passionate cntrcatles.. the Count
consented to fly. lie reached Paris the next
day where, on the 18th, he was joined by Lazy
R!cSSngton and her two nlcccS. p to this
;inc Count d Or>ay had been for three years
IN receipt of al income Of about $500 per
annur,, partly derived from the lncunHercd
Estates Court, partly from his wife lie ilad
received in all from the BlesSington property
ll1S' S0o-alI Of which had gone to his credi-
:or< His annuity ceased upon his leaving
lMglan,l, and he had no property. Lady
H:c<siugton. POW three score. with her lonture
Of -. .0,,O per annum only to depend upon.
made preparations for Just such another course
AS she had run in Lond don She could not
grow old. She could not bear to think of death.
Taking a residence near the Champs Elysec'
ard furnishing it with accustomed elegance
aud luxury, she projected future literary plans.
lccan to read M for them, and busted her>c!!
IN making arrangements for the reception OF
.hc beau monde 1t was 4 clear evening OF
june, the third of the month, seven weeks
irom the time Of her leaving London. that she;
her n;eces and her inSerarable friend moved
into their new hcmc. That njsht, she WAS
seized with Illness No thought of death ap-
proachcd her, hu; the thing might not be
stayed. In low hours, all unconscious OF her
stale she passed away: Her remains rest at
Chambcurcy.
At this period Louis Napoiiou was president
of the French Republic. For many years he
had been the bosom friend OF Count ID OrSay
iu Encland in his days of poverty and exile
!,,dy BIessinstou had generously supplied his
needs upon his fight from the Caste OF HaH
he rcsorlcd At once TO Gore Ho''Se AMI t9un>'
=, h,u.. ,hr-c aud Count y OcSay Ind used bis