The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-30
ALI ABOUT THAT FAMOUS
rAIIKElSSIIURG WOMAN.

Some Points in Her IIiStOry--llcF
misunderstanding. g.-N1arrlage
Lille In West Vlrginla.-NV idOH.
hOOd-IIe.enIry into Society
Lille IN Philadelphia and New
iOrk-Appenrance in Europe
Subsequent Cnrecr-1S She AN
AdEenturcSS?
Correspondence Tolc,io Blade
HOTEL DE 1'EURoPE, |
PARIS, December 0, 1876. J
llis inevitable, here in Paris now, that
one should several times day have
brought to mind, II not to sight, that
American celebrity OF the present, Mrs.
BIackfOrd. She drove past an hour since,
and, sitting here this evening, | have been
thinking Of her as she was Ten years ago,
gay and happy Hattie Ely a laughing,
Joyous girl, her history all unwritten, her
destiny undreamed Of. Destiny we call
it, Has il or has itnot been destiny that
IN short decade has transformed, almost
before reaching mature wonanhoOd, the
haIftanght school girl into one Of the
most accomplished and successful iniriy.
ai1ia Of histoty7
.lvlr laughter, rightly may rue
lhr lall VI famous children born OF mei
hut VIVA ran turn the strean Of destiny
W break the Chain Oi strong necessity,
which last Is tlcl to JOVe'S eternal seat7"
Was Spencer right?
SOME two months since, you will re-
member, ii was related IN the papers
here that foreign lady had had her room
entered by courteous, unknown innn,
Who, being met In astOniSlmenL by the
iAlr lnhabitant, protested that the motive
lVf his action was solely his passionate
a.iImration for the lady, and the irrepreS-
:'IoIedesite that possessed him to declare
II. The fact Of his being an entire
h'anger 10 her, and his demonstrative
Persistence, left the lady no alternative,
apparently, but to have him arrested,
which she accordingly did. No names
we're made public al frat, but IL soon
H.an'pirel that tile lady In question was
Antrieiiae, Mrs. BlaGkfOFd, the woman
i9' hom the Russian Grand Duke dared
'he Imperial tlispIeasute and suffered
'ao'eqnenL confinement; and that the
pretended lover waa none other than a
M'el in the service Of the Russian Gov
eminent lie had entered her apart
menl! lot the purpose Of possessing him
eIioi some very curious diplomatic doc
9nens relating to The Russian royal
family which she retained among the
Nieahresthat came into her hands dur
,9e cour'c Of her lidtn with the Prince.
Following this little episode, the papers
soon announced the publication Of vol
Gne aniobiographicNl in character, from
sIe pen Of the heroine Of the 81. Peters
plFg scandal herself. Various efforts
s'Vc been made for ils suppression. Al
uH' apurchase was attempted, and n sum
tlnaI to $4,000 was offered for the en-
ussedltion The fair American demand.
aHOOOOO. This attempt failing thus,
We @'i.lance;of the Belgian government
Y" enlisted, and a seizure OF all the
So2h ,m ordered, This order was but par.
.l4y executed, and copies Of the work
Inlch had escaped seizure we're freely In
uemand at one hundred francs each.
Inc two events, following one the other
- closely, have served to bring again
PROMINENTLY into notice this remarkable
;Nmetican woman, and to reinvest with
~ Ji@te.t every page Of her history, much
y" which, however, has never YET been