Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-07

HJe-A roman UHO Commanded His
Reverence.
New York Sun, Nov. 2.
deeply-vailed and slight-built woman
walked into the surrogate's court yesterday
morning on the arm of William II. Wander
bilt. Few recognized her as the we'll known
authoress, Augusta j. Evans. When Mr..
Clinton escorted her to the witness stand,
and, in accordance with his request, her vail
was raised, she displayed face of singular
placidity, and composure almost amount
ing to occurrences. She was dressed in
deep black. She testified as follows:
"What is your name?'
"Augusta Evans Wilson,"
sYou are known to the public as Augusta
j. Evans, the authoress, but your husbands
name is Wilson,
" Yes, sir. My husband sits behind YOU"
'"Were you acquainted with Mrs. Commo-
dore Vanderbilt"
{" have known Mrs. Commodore Wander
bilt about twenty-five years. I became ac-
quainted with Commodore Vanderbilt
through his wife. l visited them in the
year 1876. I met the Commodore before he
married his second wife in 1868. had
several conversations with him in 1S75-one
very long one, during a drive in Central
Park. He drove me i'll buggy with pair
of horses which he desired me to see. After
driving through the park and up Harlem
lane, he took me around to show me villa
which he said he had given to Miss Hawley
on account of the engagement which he said
existed between her and his son Cornelius
In showing me the villa he spoke of his chill
dren. He said he had had great deal of
trouble with his son Cornelius; that the only
one of his children who had always been a
source of pride and comfort to him was his
son William H. Vanderbilt; that many years
before his son Cornelius J. had contracted
matrimonial engagement and he visited the
maiden to dissuade her from marrying Cor
neiius j., because he. thought she was
possibly marrying him from the expectation
of fortane, and be had never intended to
leave fortune to his son Cornelius j., be-
cause the moro money Cornelius j. had to
spend the more harm be would do: that he
considered a fortune in the hands of bad
man as powerful engine
of mischief, and, while lie intended
that Cornelius j. should always be comforta-
BILE, he was resolved that at his death Cor
nelius j. should have no fortune to spend.
he said that at his death he expected that
William 81. and his two sons would perpetu-
ate the name and honor of his family; that
he had specially tested young Cornelius,
whom he had placed in a position where he
would be tried and no favors would be shown
him, and he could ascertain what sort of
stuff he was made off,
''To whom did he refer as young Cor
nelius?"
"He said his sBilIys Cornelius He told
me he expected William and his two bows
would perpetuate his name.''
"Did he name the names of the two boys?"
"Only one; Billy's Cornelius. First he
said two boys, and afterward Billy's Cornell
He said his own Cornelius had given him
great deal of sorrow, but that he had COM
passion for him, and he hardly considered
him responsible. He said that the great st
comfort, and happiness, and peace of his life
had been derived from his second marriage,
that his wife had, since her entrance into his
family, been the paciicator and special medi-
ator between Cornelius J. and himself, and
when he had refused to receive letters from
Cornelius, and returned them unread, Cor
uelius j. prevailed upon Mrs. Vanderbilt to
read them, or repeat their contents, and that
she had done 50, sometimes standing behind
his CHAIR, and read him portions of his son
Cornelius letters before he was aware of her
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ated between them, and endeavored to bring
about more harmonious rela ions, but he
had told her that she did not know Corne-
lius. remember specially when he said
that the beautiful consistency of his wife's
Christian character had done more to draw
him to religion than all the churches he
had ever been in or all the sermons that ever
had been delivered; that he had watched her
consistent Christian home-life day by day,
and that while he was very fond of DIR.
Deems, and admired him, and liked to see
him around, his wife's beautiful consistency
of character had influenced him far more in
favor of religion than any sermons to which
he had ever listened. He said that in the
course OF his long life and career, that in
| VOWED the knowledge of great variety OF
character, he had found her the purest and
! noblest woman that he ever saw. and that
| she had commanded from him reverence
that no other human being ever did,
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