Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-11-13
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A public man sometimes becomes so public
that bis private affairs command publicity
which 81 would be All affcctation of the press
not to notice. Hence; send You the following !:
Not two years ago, the long known bache-
lor, Charles Sumner, became Benedict. "A
highly educated and, in many respects, an
accomplished man, Of good manners, and bet
Ter appearance, naturally enough, he stood
high among the ladies of Boston, and he had
no difficulty in winning the hand Of widow
iron one of the T. +. VS. Of Bosten,) who
sacrificed no inconsdcrable jointure in marry
ing him. Tie honeymoon had ali the appa-
rent charms that honeymoonS usually have,
when Mrs. Summer vent with her hus5aEd to
Washington aud new scenes eusued.
Among the accomplished men composing
the Diplomatic Corps in Washington was
Baron IIolsein, of Prussia, whom tie Prus-
sian King had attached to the Prussian lega-
iion theya. atn spy oui the land" Naturally
enough, he couT ed the acquaintance OF
Charles S:m,er, the Chairman Of the Com
mittec Of Fcreign Affairs in the Senate-who,
at dinner party, introduced! his wife 10 the
Baron, aud who Was placed beside her at din
ner An acquaintance ensue1, and friend
ship followed, such rs naturally and honora>
bly, spring up between the sexes, with kindred
tastes and aspirations. The Baron attended
TO the lady il, maiinees and soirees, and in
other public places and occa ionally escorted
her from the Senate, where both had been to
hear The Senator speak. MIR. Sumner, be-
coming dispcascd with this acqnantanceship
it cannot properly be called intimacy
wrote letter to Baron Holsiein, in which,,
while complaining OF it, report says he insin.
uated something not honorable to the wife.
The Baron wrote back letter, in which, III
substance ho said, there was no cause of Of
fence cwhatevcr--heiia'ib been polite 10 Madame,
rs he was to ether ladies OF similar accom-
plishments, and nothing had ever happened
which propriety or good taste forbade. But
if the Senator was not satisfied with that, he
was ready to give him ally such satisfaction
as man Of honor demanded:
The correspondence was the begnaing and
end of part iirst-but Mr. Sumner, report
saws, then became cool 10 his Sife-and the
lady and the Baron became more reserved in
their intercourse. Then Mr.. Sumner, as
Chairman Of our Committee of Foreign Al
fairs, wrote to the Prussian Minister Of For.
eisn Aff,rs, the distinguished Bismars, thas
If he lB.l would recall the Baron, he (S.)
would be obliged. The a:iroit Bismarck yield
ed 10 the potential position of the American
Chairman of Foreign Affairs, and the Baron
was recalled to Berlin.
Mrs. Sumner next became acquainted with
lthis correspondence, ard naturally enough
|. was Indignant beyond all power OF de:erip'
tion. Her indignation naturally rested upon
that part ofthc correspondence which, it Was
alleged, touched her honor. The end of all
this ig, that Mrs Sumner has gone her way
to Europc-thcic common establishment in
Washington being given up, and another is
taken by the Senator for the winter. :.
There is some scandal ailoat beyond oil
this, relating both to the Senator and the
lady-such as may be expected from early
deaouemcnts in such a marriage afiair-but
,he basis Of the reports in Boston is such as
| send you. What have written is in ey-
crybody's mouth, md 1t may possibly be er-
roneous In some OF the details, but in sub,
stance probably correct. I send it to you
for publication, because what, if anything is
wrong here, had better at once be set right,
to stop the tongues of the thousands that are
making moro cut CT o few facts.