The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-14
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An Interview In which the Old sinner
speaks out.
Correspondence New York Herald.l

10 speaks out.
Ia Correspondence New York Herald.l
81 WARRINGTON. Feb. 9.--The announce
e ment that Hon. Simon Cameron
= United States Senator from Pennsyl
IL Van1a, had been proceeded against on
Is suit for breach OF promise Of marriage
l. has created q great deal Of merriment
! here at the expense Of the Senator. In
: deed, public interest bids fair to be
d temporarily diverted from the electora
n controversy to the distinguished party
v affected by the accusations made In the
pleadings OF the lady whose affections
y are said to have been blighted. or tc
q whom assurances, as alleged. have been
T. given which have not been fulfilled by
a the gray headed Senator, who In a few
weeks will enter his seventy ninth year.
I, There Is always a mixture Of humor in
u the spectacle Of an octogenarian daily
g ing with a sweetheart, especially as the
4 alleged Lothario, in this instance, has
!. been SO conspicuous in the stirring
times OF our recent political history,
@ occupying during one stage OF our great
! civil war the War Ministership under
I President Lincoln. AS the Senator is
the more important parsonage in the
pubic eye In the transaction with
which his name u.s. SO ludicrously con-
lnected la the role Of recreant lover,
recourse was had to him, to-day, to
know what he had to say in regard to
the lawsuit, and the lady who repre-
|sents herself, through her lawyers, to
have been damaged in her affections to
the extent OF $4,000.
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE SENATOR.
In reply Senator Cameron states that
when he first heard Of the thing last
night 1t gave him great deal of con-
Germ and he was much annoyed, but
since then he has come to look upon it
with perfect Indifference. When I first
met the lady who pretends to have
cause of complaint against me she rep
| resented herself as u grand niece of
| Admiral Lee, OF the navy, and that |
money from time to time, IN small |
sums. Finally, she asked me to obtain |
q position for her in the Treasury De-
partment. which I did, securing place
for her in the Bureau OF Printing and
Engraving.
THE LADY DOES NOT KEE? HER PLACE.
After she had been there short time
1t appears, as [ have been informed,
that she was discharged on account of
her worthlessness, and | have had fire.
quent visits from her since, but have
paid no attention whatever to her. She
has been called by people about her and
Hdo bOCn AuoWA R5u5idlly do " CIdGY |
woman, and people have generally re-
garded her as nsane. / do not know
anything more about this case than
that 1t is my opinion this poor woman
has fallen into bad hands, and this suit
against me is simplya case Of conspiracy
In order to obtain money. I knew sew
eral days ago that this suit was to be
brought against me, and that several
lawyers to whom 1t was submitted by
al
have anything to do with it, regarding
it as an attempt to levy black.
mail. [ know very well that
this is q scheme to make money out
me, but [ won't pay damned cent
though, Of course, these lawyers, who
ever they are, have thought that in
suing me they had q fine case and a de-
PENDANT from whom they could recover.
Whatever weakness I may have been
guilty of, no one, / trust, will charge
me with being fool. | have not, nor r
though I suppose there is
many person who would be glad to
receive my addresses, not for myself.
but for what little property have, II
were so minded as to pay my addresses.
Here the old war minister laughed out
right. He went on to say, Whatever
confidence may have in myself, being
now nearly four score years Of age,
though in passably good health, [ con-
less I have not enough Of confidence In
myself to undertake so serious a job as -
! matrimonial alliance at this late i
period of my life. I do not intend to
Jay any attention to the matter beyond
What ia proper to defend myself from
he absurd and laughable accusation
which, am confident, is made through
he agency Of designing persons VINO -
re stimulating this female to the course u
which she Is pursuing
A NATIVE OF GEORGIA.
Mrs. Mary Oliver, who is the accuser
Il the time-worn Senator Of Pennsyl- wi
ania, Is said to be the widow Of an
fficer in the Confederate army and
ative OF Georgia. When she was ap-
artment her commentator from SEN r.
tor Cameron-which is all powerful III
tated, as the records show, that she
las lady of irreprochable character,
niece Of an old officer Of the navy who
ad been the esteemed friend OF Sen ~
tor Cameron. ~
PUSHING CLAIM.
It also appears that the lady in ques-
lon had a claim against the United -
tates, and she asked him to aid her in
it. In furtherance Of the
lain she went to New Orleans, and
enator Cameron while there, in the
enate committee, which went to inves-
gate Kellogg in 1873, is said to have
iven his attention to the claim; subse-
uently, the claim not proving to be
ncouraging, he advised Mrs. Oliver,
. her lawyers say, to return to Wash
lgton. when he obtained q clerkship II
)r her. Her attorneys state further u
nat on the 9TH Of December, 1874, Sem
tor Cameron entered into contract
marriage with her, and, as they al
zee, took liberties with her which be- y
ing only to the marital station.