The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-30

lie followed down TO tho door ow uupresidcntialN
o cogr.e n, hg en-" m ,o ne grcr go.a' iah ns ieic
n n"'i nor 10 w@,r, ,'" 'g & a'e n"l'p- 'n"t W. q,
would ht me. lni inf hc u,,,r vi. sol give ittp.
Vet nn,ihin. mor; ior I trow ir n.,;r in'rri. 10
mtrr, am progrc.-us n. weli o. can g, .i n, room
Ini lw t, , "nd Mn,nG knoc. 'onr, 300, h.vrt or
got crr ,m, 81" twic Us mg, D. aud Iom can %, Up me
.han wpe toy.u eyer' day. or Tom vi: AVID you arg
destined tnk, vet ~ see tlic s rou' r'ult- q" al,
perhaps in other wa, Before my own rrutinci-
TON my dear nlhcr. shall rejoice in yours Affection.
Agoin. under date of Juno 10. 1861 at Wash
ingtGn. She writes:
.pnW TnouO-Yours OF -. with cNrrcsdcnt Bu.
Tor tc mystnraton t'r the banker case, Tor NuchHn1n
he. ,I. 9eT NJ, %" ] sls .ia or "S' S np is %hcS @
slier me fr's az Washington, "id not sHl%cL
baukcr. huti probably wolHci hiu, aui d. he SHOWS
uohod' That can srcnh oi MIN tome hc not sure avn
not a sil, niid imro.iur of tir i.n.iniHc gcudcr
As 10 the result Of Mrs. Smiths relations with
President Buchanan. she p"rstSt"ntly refused
on the witness stand to give any satisfactory
answer. hut evidently sue 1hd lho It'sld'ht
had como To snmc sudden chuhgg or crisis IN
their friendship n5 rl" was ~ w rcrrill ol
tender letters from llm. some ~ winch arr now
in existence An autograph letter from l'rcsi-
dent Bucharnn was written under date 81 juno
lj 1862 To- EhHncY'r smith. II IL rs follows:
Nv pt,R sn. hsy- received Your iayor ct the ath
inst r,pnr.n- Zoo FURNISH yDur daughter with lo
hat sci ietcr. aic never addressed To- her MAJESTY
nT grE WSrg w, ,l,n ca" ,, % ,r 20
We acquainted Wit, Mr Adams, who may Ictlaps te
taxi rs The queen is in mnurnn- aud doc, not huit
l.'ccs have most e4recgbi, aui tender recollection
r,ry. am SORRY thtt you have so written hcr nanic
petcety icsibe wien yo@ wr.iS ~ your dau.ht,r,
please remember me toher u The hudest terms. and be-
jaws Bucn,s,s
The object Mrs. Smith had in sceking an in
PRODUCTION To Queen Victoria srenla to have been
IA 81 ID %
the part of her son Thomus for she soon after
this wrote that the arrangements and negotiu-
ia glowing terms of tho distinction that
awaited her and the Smith family in "a royal
marriage. She wanted her father 20 advance u
Few thousands. merely 10 give Thonns r',.
spectacle beginning: but when once IN the rOyal
family he would br taken caro- OF or advanced
/ 10 some hlgh G. 'vernnent o'uc'. IN TINS pros
pCciivp marriage shn saw castles, Errut estates,
princcly r.tinue. and homage within her pos
| session. Mhm grounds there were for these
| hopes " Mrs. Smith is not revealed; but the
| marriage 80 glowngiY and enthusiastically
| spoken ot hy her never took place.
| Mrs. Smith sometimes wrote in cipher hut
| the ambitious turn of her mind showed itself
on the slightest E prgttsSid '4s 1raT,fG n she
| ~ way ol con, pariSun. WUh aaron buir Nhpo-
! leon, Louis NV. and Alexander tie tirent us
they all used kind 4 "a cipher. Mrs Smith, IN
another letter. wrote that u her school WIS not
| successful she would marry rleh old Mlssls-
| Sippi planter. AMI take herself away from
! Washington society and life whore there
was SO much gossip and taite. She
wrote soon after the appointment OF
| her son as Consul 20 France that she was
sure that Henry Wilson. her true friend
/ would obtain a commission ia the army for her
| husband. Col. Gem, whom she expected ~ sr.
! rise high in military rank. But senator W ilmo'
! OF penns yvnnia or some other Senator or krp-
| resentttivr. had come in To claim the Oiflr" fuI
| his part of the country which she so confidently
| expected Tor her dear hush
| Mrs. Smith seems tO have been very fond OF
| society and the diversions of the KAY capitul
! Although after AN absence Of n few years IN
! France she returned to Washington and found
| almost every ons there "A stranger Ia her. sht
| evidently did not consider i. us is usually the
| cuse. a cause OF regret. but wrote: How for
| tunatel ! have returned 70 Washington. and nc
| one knows mo. They are all strangers 10 me.
| Mrs. Smith seems to have been greatly troubled
| with tue low state OF her ilnnnces and WIS ire-
| queutly sending to her father Tor checks
! and drafts TO allay and appeaso heI
| angry and persistent creditors. She re-
| ceived, under the alleged fraudulent Will
| about s52 O0u but notwithsinnd .nE this and Tho
| lnct thu; she HAD forty pupils IN her Srho0i AT
Washington. many OF whom paid her sl.OiN
! per uunum. sl2UOu of her leEucy went To- net
| Washington creditors. The trial which is now
| going on promises 10 be OF long continuance
| But should tho Burton heirs succeed in setting
aside this wall. there IL another mndr iut a feW
| months previous 10 the last one, which seems &c
! rest on moro substantial grounds and which is
not more liberal 10 its provisions 60 tne disin'
| horlted heirs than the one now IN dispute.