The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-04-22

DEATH or "oID BULLIoN's" DlUoH
TER-A TRAGEDY FOUNDED d
| FREt1oNr's Ell rAso ROAD OPERA
/ TioNs.
| :. The, Paris papers mention III
death Of the above naued LADY,, i
that city, on tho 9th Of March. Sh
was the youngest daughter of tn
late Senator I homas H. Benton, on,
possessed many of his attributes-hi
warm heart, indomitable energy ant
stern sense of duty. Passing ava,
from e"ith at au early age'of thirty
| niue yoara, the vicissitudes Of her Iit.
had been already more than usual,
fall to:the lot OF woman. :;
Dutins her g,rlhood het.fatber wa.
among the foreIios. Americans of the
sime, und her FIRST youth was ushered
iuto the high circle of society ut the
capital of tho United States, where
tho brillianoy Of her intellect and the
gra;e of her manner made her an st.
traction in the midst, of diplomats
aud statesmen. In 1855 she was
married to Baron BoilIeau, then
Sec' ctary to the French Legation.
Shortly after her marriagehcc hus.
band was promoted by his govern
ment to the post of CONSUL at Calcu..
ta. and tho young woman was remov.
ed from tho easy life and the happy
surroundings which she had hitherto
known to lace the realities Of tho
world among strangers in n distant
land. Sevrral'years in that unhcal..
thy cliu'ute tu1lioed seriously to un.
dernine her husbands health, aud
finally, Obtaining tho futpr Of q re-.
call, with her sicl@h Us band and hcr
infant, Leaving a'chiid .Ggrsys behind
her: she returned to Ffakoe. The
next ADVANCEMENT. brought her lus-
band AS Consul. g General to Quebec,
whittier she accompanied him, and
in 1867, she returned for a few years
to the United States, Baron Bsilleau
having 10 the meantime been appoiut.
ed Consul General at this port. But
i" 1870 came another promotion,
WHICH was but a new exile, lrer hus
bands ivrg service: being rewarded
with the post Of Minister Plenipo-
tentiary to Peru. Worry soon after
came the o.6rst intimations of tho
orpwning trial, to which, it may be said
was duo the death Of Mrs Boilleau. In
1867 General Fremont, who was man.
RED to her sister, was organizing tho
Mc"l Ibis aud El Paso Railroad. He
Looked to Franco az the great market
for his bonds. He explained tho
merits Of the enterprise to Baron
Bo'l'eau and requested favorable in
PRODUCTION "f the:sche lne to the Freucl,
Minister of the Interior, which, Was
given. The lobp.: wuG. taken rp in
Paris, but the rodd wan never 'built.
The cothpaDy'S affairs were placed In
the hands Of d, receiver and the
French bond holdors were the suffer.
e's. The French courts, refusing to
look into the cause Of the failure, pro.
nounced tho whole scheme fraud,
cohcoctcd for the purpose Of btaining
money {. ON French citizens under
false pretensrs. Their own Miuister
vas accused of participation in tho
fraud Of having recon- III ehded tie eu.
tcrprise, and he was recalled from
,, Peru and put 90 trial. The decision
OF 'lo'couIt was q sweeping one: No
eleb en- of honesty was recognizcd in
the nh IL transaction. 1t was treat.
ed us pure fabrication, and eyory
one concerned in IL Vas pronounced
guilty, from General Fremont down
ward. The General, fortunately fol
bin, was in New York, but Barou
B1illeau, who had come frot1 Lima
TO- Paris nt: the first intimatioh of AM
faulttinding with his conduc,,. was .te
iaid for his proinptness by oentenee
to three years imprisonment, and 10
htarch, 1873, he was immlred 10 tn 0
Conciergerie. The suspense had
lasted two ycarB, aud under the final
blow Nine. Boill.Hu's health gave
y"y, long Illness followed, and Of:
ter some nfonths, rising from what
| her physicians thought would bo her
deathbed, she comp, one hntir.
ing and fruitIess citore to obtains her
l'usband's: release. from all quar-
te's:she procured letters, petitions,
statementh, showing the true status
OF the railway her husbnpd had re.
commended, going unwea'ingly from
ono niiuistbr to another. She took no
warning from her failing strength,
unut at last nature, sucoumbed, and,
worn out by her exettionss and her
sufferi"gN she died. leaving her hus.
band still in prison, and 81 K children,
with n6.proteotion but that of friends
~. r Herald, april Is.
"A correspondent writing From
Home, says that an Ehgliahman wa.
hnocked down tho during the 'onrniva
for Insulting the American hag. 'Th,