Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-29
rHE srmmnE SCANDALS.

Boston October ~ Correspondence OF the new
/ York Express.l U s. vt-+
A public man sometimes becomes 30
public that his private affairs command
. publicity which II would be an atfeeta-
tion Of the press not to notice. Hence
I send you the following: Not two years
ago the long known bachelor, Charles
Sumner, became q Benedict. A highly
educated, and in many respects an ae-
complished man, Of good manners and
better appearance, naturally enough, be
stood high among The ladies OF Boston,
aud be had no difficulty in winning the
band Of q widow from one of the +. +.
of Boston), who sacrificed no ineonsid-
ersble jointure in marrying him. The
honeymoon had al the apparent charm
that honeymoons usually have, when
Mrs. Sumner went with her husband TO
Washington, and new scenes ensued.
Among the accomplished men compris-
ing the Diplomatic Corps in Washington
was Baron Holstein, 0f Prussia, whom
the Prussian King bad attached to the
Prussian Legation there "to spy out
the land,n Naturally enough, he
courted the acquaintance OF Charles
Sumner, the Chairman Of the Committee
on Foreign Affairs in the Senate, who at
q dinner party introduced his wife to the
Baron, and who was placed beside her
at dinner. An acquaintance ensUedi and
a friendship followed, such as naturally
and hOnOrably spring up between the
sexes with kindred tastes and aspirations.
The Baron attended to the lady in NATL
nees and sOirees, and in other public
places, and occasionally escorted her
from the Senate, where both had been
to hear the Senator speak. Mr.. Sumner,
becoming displeased with the acqualn-
tanceship-it capnot be properly called
3 letter to Baron Hol-
stein, in which, while complaining Of it,
resort says, he insinuated something not
honorable to the wife. The Baron wrote
back a letter, in which, in substance, he
said there was no cause for offence what
ever-he had been polite to Madame, as
he was to other ladies OF similar accom-
plishments, and nothing had ever hap
pened which propriety or good taste for
bade. But, II the Senator was not salts
fed with that, hewas ready to give bim
any such satisfaction as q man OF honor
demanded.
This correspondence was the beginning
and end Of part first; but Mr.. Sumner,
report says, then became cool to his wife,
and the lady and the Baron became
more reservedin their intercourse. Then
Mr.. Sumner, as Chairman of our Com
mittee Of Foreign Affairs, wrote to the
Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs, the
Bismarck, that if be { Bis
marck) would recall the Baron, he Sum
ner) would be Obliged. The Rdroit Bis
msrek yielded to the potential position
of the American Chairman OF Foreign
Affairs, and the Baron was recalled to
Berlin.
Mrs. Sumner next became acquainted
with this correspondence, and naturally
enough, was indignant beyond all power
of description. Her indignation natu-
rally rested upon that part Of the corre-
spOndence which, it was alleged, touched
her honor. The end Of sll this is, that
Mrs. Sumner has gone her way TO Eu-
rope-their common establishment in
Washington been given up, aud another
is taken by the Senator for the winter.
There is some scandal sfioat beyond
all this, relating both to the Senator and
the la6y-such rs may be expected from
early deaOumeHts in such 3 marriage
affsir-but the basis Of the reports in
Boston is such as j send yGu. What l
have written is in -everybody's mouth,
and it may possibly be erroneous in some
of the details, hut in substance probably
correct. I send it to you for publication
because what, If anything, is wrong
had better at once be set right TO
stop the tongues of the thousands that
are making more out of few facts