The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-24
How TIE RUSSIAN ARlsToCRAcY LIVE

How THE RUSSIAN ARlsTOCRACY LIVE
A correspondent of northern journal Is
responsible for the following: ~
"Madam Catacazy has two husbands
living. Her nnion with the party of the
first part. although productive of three
children, was not happy. 1t Is said that the
first husband treated her in very cruel
manner, exercising the rights Of husband
at common law, and chastising her with q
riding whip at intervals unpleasantly near
Be this as it may, she was so unhappy that
when Catacazy, then a Secretary OF Leea.
ton, offered her his love and protection,
she fled from the roof of the party of the
first part, and took refuge in the arms oil
the party of the second part. ->
This happened some twenty years since,
and the amorous secretary brought his love
to Bladensburg, near Washington-he be.
ing connected with the Legation bere-and
in that historical locality the unhappy wo-
man lived retired, obscured from the gay
world In which she had been an orla nent,
until her husband, party of the first part,
procured divorce, for cause, and Monsieur
Catacazy, party Of the second part, imme.
dately married his love.
When NJ. Catacazy was made Envoy Elk
| traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
of NIL the Russias, and accredited by the
United States, he boldly brought and intro
duced his wife to the diplomatic and other
official circles. AS the position has GER
| tain wel-defined social status, the repre-
sentatives Of our Government might at the
| time have entered protest with some hope
| of success. But the tainted transaction oc-
CURED, as l have said, some twenty years
ago. Since the unhappy event Madame
| CatacaZy had led a blameless life. The
diplomatic corps here opened their draw
| ing.rooms. CatacaZy was rich and oStenta-
tious-charity, whlte-robed, soft-winged
| charity-entered the breasts of our officials,
and the madame was received.
Nav, more, being beautiful, accomplish
| ed woman, she Won for herself certain
social triumph. She is possessed of rare Ma.
rural advantages. Rather above the me-
dunn height. her fgureisfull, graceful, and
Her face is not only we'll de-
fined and marked with certain evidences OF
will, or rather force Of character, but ii
strikes one at first as rather handsome.
The eyes are full, lustrous, and of a dark
blue her nose, q little too prominent, is a
delicate aquIine the mouth well formed,
while the chin narrowly misses the promi.
nence necessary to the support of so decid.
ed face. TO this she adds the tastes OF a
| Partisan and the instincts of an artist. She
gets herself up wondrously well.
Her dresses seem to be part of herself,
while her hair, piled up in the greatest pro.
fusion, is OF the popular blonde, and SO
dclicately dressed that one would never
dream that it all had been selected and paid
for. Society pronounced her beautiful
and Senator Sumner, in fit of eloquent
| enthusiasm, called her "that glorious wo.
| man."
| Any one with a particle of humanity in
| his heart land [ continc that to the male
| gender, for in these cases the women are
pitiless rs tigers and poisonous as snakes)-
| 4 man, then, and not q bribe.taker, would
be touched with pity for this lady. Child
] less, husbandless-for she is not happy with
| her second casualty-homeIess, and SC
drearily unhappy, she yet struggles on,
striving to be good, and begging for the re.
spect that comes in silence.
And | fear Mr. CatacaZy is not what he
ought to be. Amy one passing his elegant
house on street early in the morning du.
ring the season will tind the pavement lit
orally covered with playing cards cast from
the windows during the night by these Ill
plomatic gamblers-and Russia for nearly
| thrce-tourths Of a century has been famous
| for diplomatic agents who give their days
| to dinners and their nights to cards. While
the minister CANDLES, a French maid and "A
secretary OF legation act as spies upon the
lady. She cannot 60 or come, eat, sleep, or
| walk without their knowledge, and, it is
said, without their consent. Every note
written or letter received passes from the
hands of the maid or the secretary to the
minister for inspection.