Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-08
The Benton Family.
The Daughters oi sold lsaIi.on''
Reduced TO rove-fy-SinKutar
MisfertUacs of yrs. Fremont,
Mrs. Boil.cau md Mrs.
Jones,
from Tie 81, Louis Dfspa.ch. I

lrro!n TIC -. Louis DISpa'ch.l
''Barnn Boiilrau, who was SEN
fenced to IMPRISONMENT by II French
court for his connection with the
Memphis and El Plso railroad affair,
is confined in the Comcirgeric. Be-
tore his trial NJ. Boilleun hal aban-
doucd all his fortune, :tn1 that of hi.
wife, in favor of the stakeholder. of
the Memphis and ri i'a-o ra,iruad.
Madame B~oillehn is at Boninyur.
she and her six children live through
The generosity of their friends"
To many people in Missouri this
brief paragraph will convey more
than passing interest. Nine or ten
wears ago Baron Boil, all was the
French consul at New York city,
trusted and respected by his govern
nIent, and popular End accomplished
in his intercourse with the people of
AIneric;t. He married, while consul
At New York. Susan. daughter OF
Col. Thomas ii. Benton, having me,
This lady n Washington City IA few
months previous. The movement
WAS Il most happy ore, and between
the two there existed only II
utmost confidence and perfect ;,ffcc-
tior
l. ~ Dolllcan was aftcrward ap-
pointed minister to Ecuador, South
America. and il was while p%ur;urin-
ing the functions nf his office in this
locality that he was recalled AID dis
graccd by the French authorities.
During his stay in New York he had
bcc..nnc involved i'll the Iueshc- OF
f~'rr,nnnt's net, and lad been induced
III an EyIl lf,ltI I'm Il.r,nln,Hn,l in h:c
capacity rs IN official agent of the
Memphis and FL PasO railroad bonds.
In this lie violated the plain law %!
his country. Rigid in all such mat
iers, and iorclDiv in contrast with
the known Indifference or collision
nf the EniNed States, the Frencl, gov
eminent carried ont the law to its ut
most, and imprisoned him whom il
before %homorcd, in the c~Onciergeyie,
or debtors prison, thus making the
'Xample all the more suggestive. Ii
will also he remembered that Ere
inunt is a brotlirr-iu-law of the
Il ron, and that the Il court which
tried and found his connie tiun guilty,
also sentenced The General to serve II
term of years in the same institution.
lie ,,ad made good his escape from
France. how vrr, and, III the absence
of m%nythii'm AXE an rXiratiilOn
treaty, will pr"b"bly keep i, good.
Finn: brii!gs about strange events.
There "A once l~rrio,t ia ii.,. affairs
If Missouri, wlcii Col. Benton was
It's political nutocrai. thirty years
in The Senate CAV linn something OF
the intense iuuIvidual inl,terinliSM ri
thu. Roman. lie tolerated no upru-
si.iom, compromised with n rc>i-,-
ance, and died as he had lived, with
the war harness On. Troubles not a
few have cnIne To those whom he
iuurtured and loved. Mrs. Fremont
is the wife of II mln who has been.
declared u tclon, brciusc of 4 spccu-
laiiun which, has ruined his brother
in-law, b"nkrupted his family and
consigned his wife and children to
charity. Another daughter, Mrs.
William Carey jones, how u widow
residing in San Francisco, Caiitor-
mia. has felt also most terribly the
misfortunes OF lite, and though en-
during all the privatioms OF extreme
poverty, is supporting herself and
children on the wages paid to her rs
Il teacher i'll the public schools. The
many friends in the STATE Of these
cstima6le yet unfortunate ladies will
read Of their late Affections with
feelings OF the most sincere regret.