Year: 1866

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adjourned until the 5th day Of November
next.


THE NEW YORK ELOPEMENT.


Scandal in High Places.


Another Chapter of Social Life.


The telegraph has already given our
readers meagre account of a recent
very extraordinary affair in some of
the upper circles of New York, in
which Mrs Gen. Eaton's name was in
volved. The New York News has a
full account of the matter. From its
columns we take the following addi-
tional particulars:


Those who have studied with any
degree of care the previous history of
our country will have no difficulty in
recalling to their recollection the name
of Mrs. Gen. Eaton. This lady in her
day was one Of the most fascinating
women of Washington; she was active,
intelligent, witty, full of life and ami
nation, and was possessed of a very
fair share Of personal attraction. By
her social graces she commanded the
attention of many of the leaders of
fashion in Washington, and, as all mar
Iatlves inform US, won the especial IA
vor of the great General and President
Jackson himself. In short, she was at
one time "the bright particular star" of
the American capital


From our republican court she was
/ fuo - 11,,, h. x,fN
rid, to which place General Eaton was
accredited Minister. She passed some
time both in London and Paris, and
well sustained the credit of the Ameri-
can name


After General Eaton's death his
widow was left the possessor of an in
dependent fortune, well invested. She
lived in excellent style, and was noted
alike for her good taste, hberslity and
| charity. In course of time she as
sumed the guardianship of her two
grandchildren, a young girl and boy,
and made ample provision for their
future life, settling upon each of them
a sufficient property.


Meantime a young Italian by the
name of B. landed upon our shores. He
was, we believe of respectable eonnec-
ton in his own country, but was GER
tainly very poor-and for a considera.
bic space of time could procure no
employment d. Forced to be idle, and
yet forced to live, his prospects were
very disheartening But in his ram
| bles he chanced to meet one of our
leading musicians, who recommended
him to adopt the profession of a dane
ing master, for which he was apparent
| ly well qualified. The Italian acted
upon the friendly hint thus given, and
met an encouraging degree of success.
Among his dancing pupils were boy
and girl-the grandson and grand
daughter of Mrs. General Eaton.


B was a man of oily, insiHuat-
ing manners, rather handsome, though
not prepossessing to a judge of physiog-
nomy; betraying in his tout ensemble
more of the dancing master or barber
| than of the gentleman-but such as
he was the grandchildren referred to,
the boy and the girl, conceived q de
cided liking for him, and even went
so far as one day to request their
grandmother to allow him to visit at
her house


A first Mrs. Eaton was indignant at
the idea of this social innovation; but
finally consented. The rest can be
readily surmised. Before many months
had passed it was announced in fash
| ionable circles that the widow of Gen.
Eaton and Bourganani, the dancing
master, were to be married


Now, mark the worldly policy of the
Italian. Step by step, by means OF
determined mind and smooth tongue,
he contrived to obtain possession of all
the property of his wife He even pre-
vailed upon her to annul her arrange
ments for the maintenance of her
wards, (of whom he professed to be the
disinterested protector, father, as it
were-Or, to speak more by the card,
grandfather and to transfer what was
originally designed for their future
lives to the use of his present needs
He also rose in three months time, by
her unsel6sh devotion, to be the undis-
puted controller of nearly one hundred
thousand dollars.


Bourganani invested his newly &C
auiFed funds in business straw or
millinery goods, or something of the
sort-and openly worked hard but
secretly "lived fast Utterly destitute
of the finer instincts of humanity, but
familiar with all its grosser desires, he
set deliberately to accomplish q deed
as black--and as mean Withal-as ever
was conceived in the soul of a scoun-
drel


His adopted granddaughter, the
blood relative of his own wife, the one
who by her kind word and introduc-
ton, had been the original first cause
of his good fortune, was a quiet, rather
pleasing, naturally open hearted young
girl, easily influenced and warmly at
tached to the Italian, whose intimate
relationship to her gave him every fa-
cility to increase this attachment To
the ruin of this young creature the for
mer dancing master coolly and calmly
proceeded, step by step, with caution
and stratagem worthy OF a Machl-
velli


| Last week BOurganani proceeded to
Washington, where he remained several
days. Meanwhile the young grand
daughter was observed to be very rest
less, and evidently in i'll health. Cos
sip began to assert itself Dame Rumor
employed a few Of her thousand
tongues; but on Monday night last the
Italian returned to New York, and all
was we'll He, his wife and his grand
daughter took their seats at the table
d'hote in the fashionable boarding
house in Clinton place, and sll ap-
peared in the highest spirits


On Tuesday the granddaughter left
the boarding house on the plea of Wis
iting her sister and returned no more.
Tuesday night the poor wife waited for
the husband whom she was destined
never more to see. Wednesday after
noon there appeared in the papers,
and also in the morning papers of yes
terday, line amcng the locals an
nouncing the departure for Europe Of
Mr.. and Mrs. A BoUrganani.


The next day came a letter from
Bourganap; informing her Cher the
loving vsoman to whom he owed his al,
ove1s the very coat on his bare back,
and the very money with which he
paid his passage in the steamer. her
who had given up the world and the
worlds golden god for him) that if
she kept quiet" he having converted
all her property into cash and taken 1t


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