Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-08

of Sir William Pole. This lady left
one child, a daughter, who is now
married, and visited Pittsburg some
years ago. The daughter is about
the same age as the captains third
wife. Prior to his third marriage,
Captain Schenley had sold out his
commission in the English army,
and had been appointed a commits
sioner for the suppression of the
slave trade. In this duty he had
been stationed at Surinam, Port au
Prince, and finally at Para, Brazil,
at the mouth of the Amazon. It
was while on a visit from Para to
New York city, in 1s43, he met
Miss Croghan at the boarding school
of his sister-in-law, Miss McCloud
lat one time a resident of Pitts
burg, on Staten Island. The
school was very select and very
strict. 1t was intended to be an
especially safe place for the wealthy
young ladies sent there. No harm
was dreamed of the captains pres
ence at the school. He was the
guest of his relative, and a univer-
sal favorate. "But, dressed in his
handsome Hussar uniform, with
an indistinguishable wig of raven
black, Captain Schenley didn't look
more than half his fifty years. He
was a regular Apollo. His ventures
on field and food had exceeded the
Moor's he had been the compan-
ion Of the royalty and nobility not
only Of rank and station, but OF
genius and talent. His converse.
tional powers were remarkable, and
his grace aud carriage would strike
any one, even the veterans Of so.
ciety.
The captains wooing was secret,
prosperous aud successful. One day
he chaperoned Miss Croghan ovel
to New York. They were secretly
married, and she returned to schoo
and resumed her studies. Four OIL
five days afterward they both dis.
appeared, and soon after it wa!
publicly announced they had sailed
on one of the English packets al
man and wife. At this time thu
captain was forty-eight years of agC
and his blooming bride in her six,
teenth year. A tremendous excite
citement was created in this cit,
on the reception of the news. Tht
people looked at itas so much capi
tai abstractcd from the wealth O
the country, and it incensed he.
relatives, but the climax was reach
ed when the marriage was mad
the subject of serious deliberatiol
in the legislature at Harrisburg
and a law passed, preceded by
solemn preamble, reeiling that
whereas Mary Z. Croghan, then al
infant in the eyes of the law, ha,
contracted runaway marriag
with an alien, therefore be it en-
acted, etc, that the trustees nov
in charge Of her estate be con
tinued in that trust indefinitely
This was a mild dose of sequestra
ton, and of course was not wortl
the paper on which the law wa
written.
After short residence in Eng
land the captain aud his wife wen
to Para. The queen, to show he
disapprobation OF the elopement, j
is said, declined to receive the pair
but after some years they returned
to England and were reconcileC
with Mr.. Schenley's father. At in
teryals the captain and his wifi
have visited this city, the last tim
just after the close of the war. ThC
captain is said to have much pre-
ferred America to England, but hi
wife preferred to live there. Tht
Schenley estate, which passes en-
tirely to the children, is the mos
valuable third Of the 0'Hara prop
erty, and is roughly estimated a
from six to eight millions.