Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-21

euppbSeu. II Is BOI sI6LSc cltdSA 'hAN
she should have passe q chequered life,
and made herself more or less famous in
the peculiar role she has played wberev-
er her inclination carried her. Quite
recently she has been pretty well "dOne
up" by the press of the country.
HER CHILDHOOD.
st. Louis Times.l
Miss Annie Claudine WhitmOre was
the daughter OF wealthy planter, w.
II. WhiIm0re, living near Dalton, Geor-
gia. She was the youngest of five chill
dren-three sons and twOdaug
received all the advantages Of education
that money could bestow, She WAS ed
ucated at convent in st. Louis, which
she attended for over three years. Soon
after graduating she met Captain Wall
ingfoTd, OF the United States army, and
married him. The captain, mediate
Iy after marriage, was ordered to the far
west, where he served until his death,
which occurred just before the ModOc
campaign. His widow, then only tWen-
ty years of Bge, and as beautiful as the
moon on her fourteenth night, went 10
Washington City, where she Teign6d al
acknowledged and wOrshiped belle. Her
regal beauty and queenly accomplish
ments fascinated all who came in cen
tact with her, and rendered her the ad-
nlired of men and envy of women at
the national capital. She brought 10
her feet not alone army officers and
civilians, but sven the pOrtly and dig
nified secretary of war. PrOfsrs
Of marriage greeted her on every hand,
Civilians, distinguished army and Ia
val officers and members OF foreign le-
cations, through whose veins cOursed
the blue blood of nobility, sued in vain
FOR her hand. The fiattery and admira4
ton OF this masculine thTODg moved
not her heart to a single thrOb, and she
met each offer of marriage with firm
but candid declination. Homage she
seemed to regard as her due, having
been accustomed to il from childhood.
in her fathers household, before the
war, she reigned like young princess.
Six hundred and eighty slaves filed her
iatheT's cabins, and retinue of servants
followed to obey her every beck and
call, and every wish was gratified as
soon as expressed. Being the youngest,
and endowed with great beauty and su-
peTnatural graces, she was her fathers
pet and pride. A young gentleman,
with only his fathers name to recon-
mend him, had succeeded III winning
her affections ere she went 10 Washing
ton. In fact, her only eject in locating
at the capital was to be near this lover.
While on the plains with her first hus-
band, whom she married when too
young to realize the magnitude Of the
step, she was introduced to Mr.. w. II.
Tiffany, eldest son OF DR.. Tiffany, pas-
tor of the Metropolitan Methodist Epis.
copsl church in Washington. He was
young and handsome, and rendered
himself particularly agreeable to the
beautiful wife of Captain Wallingford
Mr.. Tiffany was employed in the trans
action Of government business, which
required his presence with the army.
A TOO SUSCEPTIBLE HEART.
A few weeks association sufficed to
render Mr.. Tiffany and Mrs Captain
WalliDgfoTd deeply attached to each
0lher, but the wise and stringent laws
of society, which prescribes the duties
Of a wife to her husband, compelled all
expressions, or even intimatiOns Of mu-
tual admiration, to be suppressed. His
business finished, MIR. Tiffany returned
to Washington, and the young wife re-
manned at the military post, now rem
deTsd distTessingly lonesome to her with
her husband. A few weeks later disease
appeared in the camp, and one Of it's
fist victims was Captain WaliugfOrd
The rites of burial over, Mrs, Waliilg-
ford repaired tn her fathers residence,
where she passed the period OF mourn
ing, She then took up her residence IN
Washington, where her beauty and ace
embellishments soon established her as g
belle. Among the many satellites that
reYOlved around the reigning social star
was Mr.. Tiffany. He was soon attract
ed to the side Of the beautiful queen OF
the plains, who was now free to respond
to his VOWS of love and 'give sigh for
sigh He became the accepted lover
Of the royal widow, and she returned 10
her fathers to prepare again for mar
riage. Here she encountered ali obstacle
not calculated upon. Her father bitter
Iy opposed the match, and fatty re-
fused his consent. Not that he had any
objection to the prospective groom, but
he opposed his daughters marrying
again, prefeTring that she should pass
the remainder of her life with
him. He soon won all the family to
his opinion; and the lady had either t1
relinquish her lover or defy her family.
She compromised the difficulty by agree
irg TO postponement, and so notified
Mr.. Tiffany, aCquainting him with all
the circumstances. He grace fully yielded
and the objecting parent was appeased.
Soon after this Mrs. WsllingfOTd revis-
tied Washington, and efficiently used her
influence with the President in obtaining
fer Mr. Tiffany a commission in the reg
uIar army, for which he had applied.
Rev. Dr.. Tiffany was the pastor of the
church which President Grant regularly
attended. The reverend gentleman's
popularity with the President, aided by
the efforts Of Mrs. WalIiDgfOrd, obtained
the promise of a commission. The lady
then returned home, satisfied for the
present. On compliance with the prom
ise, Mr.. Tiffany was promoted from
civilian to lieutenant in the Tenth Iegu-
lar cavalry. His com mission was issued
in March, ami toward the latter part of
April he was ordered to report for duty
at St. Louis. While in Chicago, en- route
10 this city, Lieutenant Tiffany met Mrs.
WallingfOrd, who was returning from
visit TO relations and friends in LeaV6n-
worth, Kansas. The meeting was pure
ly accidental, but none the less joyous to
the lovers. The lieutenant proposed to
the lady that she accompany him to st.
Louis, where they would be secretly
married. His powers Of percussion, aid
ed by earnestness and affection, at last
oveTcame her scrupies, and she con-
sented.
A CONFIDING FATHER DEFEATED
MARRIAGE,
The two arrived in st. LOnis, and Mrs.
Wallingford took rooms at the Southern
hotel, while The husband elect reported
for duty at the arsenal He spent sew
eral Days in making preparations for the
clandesIine marriage. He used every
precautiOn to prevent the affair from be-
coming public, and most effec ually did
he succeed. An sttaChe OF the hotel was
taken into confidence and invited to at
tend the wedding. At eight O'Clock on
the evening Of June lst, q carriage was
in waiting at the hotel to convey the
candidates for the matrimonial yoke to
the MINISTER'S residence. The lady and
gentleman descended the stairs arm IN
arm, aud their elegant attire attracted
the attention OF all the guests. The lady
wore lavender c0lorsd silk dress with
long trail, trim med with .OOstly white
Isce and looped with flowers; white
satin hat trimmed with white flowers
white kid gloves, and the usual bridal
veil. Her ornaments we're diamond
earrings and necklace, q large solitaire
diamond and a plain gold ring. The
groom was sttired in the customary suit
Of black. The party was then driven to
the residence Of Rev. DIR. G. A. Van