The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-02
.Beaver BilI's" Daughter.
TIE ROMANTIC HISTORY OF NOBLE ENGLIs
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| "Beaver BilPs" Daughtor.
THE ROMANTIC HISTORY OF NOBLE ENGLISH
| .@ FAMILY. -'S
Scribnes's Monthly for September con-
t.ins the extraordinary history OF search
for lost English heir. In the Illustrated
London Ne,cs Of January 4, 1879, under tne
caption eminent Persons" was pollce
of the decease OF Sir William BeauVoir, Bart,
who died at Brighton, England. on Decem-
Der %, 1878. He was the head and repre-
sentative OF the junior branch of the ancient
and honorable family OF Beauvoir, and. was
the only son of the late General Sir William
Beauyoir, Bart, by his wife Anne, daugh-
ter of Colonel Doyle, OF Chelmsworth Cot
tape. Suffolk. he was born In 1905. Sir Will
liam married in 1926 Henrietta Georgiana,
fourth daughter Of the Right Honorable
Adolphus Liddell, by whom he had two sons,
William and Oliver Beauyoir. william was
with his father when be died.: VI Ollver
nothing hes been heard for nearly thirty
years. About that time he suddenly left
England for America. Z It was supposed be
went TO California, as the gold-iever was
then raging. The will OF the late Baronet
has been proved, and the personality
sworn under $350,00o. The two sons,
William and Oliver, are appointed execu-
tors, The estate In Lancashire Is left to the
elder, and the rest is divided equally
between the brothers. The doubt as to the
career OF Sir Williams eldest son must
now, OF course, be cleared up. ........
| The London Satirist of May 13, 1S48,
printed a copy Of an I. D. U. signed Will
| liam Beauvoir, Jr., the eldest son OF the
late Baronet, and called after his father.
The amount on the face Of the 81 Owe
You" was $500. The Sdtirist also contained
an article in reference to the youthful
sprigs OF English arstocracy, especially
young Beauvolr, who was fast spending a
large fortune in the worst OF ways, especial
" in gambling, betting on horse-racing-
losing in this sport $4,000 in one day-and
winding up with the hint that this was the
sort of man who might be chosen at any
time. by.force of family interest, to make
laws for the toiIing millions OF Great
| Young Beauvoir had to fly from debt and
IMPRISONMENT he came to America in
company with Professor Titus PEBBLES, NJ.
fR. G. S. and M. r. S. g., late instructor in
metaIlurgy ut the University OF Edinburgh,
on board the bark Euterpe, of the Clipper
Line, belonging to Messrs. Judkins &
Cooke. Beauyoir landed in New York,
and after brief career managed to get
through. with s360.000 by gambling and
dissipation. His whole income was exhaust
ed. His last act was to pawn his gold
watch and chain with John Simpson, OF No.
36 Bowery, on December 2, 1853, for $3.50.
Beauvoir soon saw fitto change his name to
William Beaver, and in January OF 1858
he was known as Beaver BilI.' an agri-
culturist in Steal Valley, California. At
that time he was married and had beauti-
lful little daughter two years old. War
Ibroke out among the Indians and Beaver
Bill and bis wife were killed; the child was
spared, and lived with tribe OF Indians
until she was adopted by an actress named
Mrs. Edgar Saville, in San Francisco, In
January, 1868. Thereafter the child was
known as Minnie Sayille, and became O
fayorite variety actress. Meantime a cor
respondence looking to the discovery OF
William Beauvoir was commenced be-
tween Messrs. Throtlewaite & Dick, solicl-
tors, Lincoln's Inn, London, and Messrs.
Hitchcock & Van Rensselaer,, attorneys and
eounsellors at law, No. IS Broadway, New
York. This correspondence resulted in the
discovery Of Professor PEBBLES, who had
become a "big man " In the mining regions
OF California, and great "Sand-Lot" poll
tician at that period. Nina SayiIle was
creating continuous sensations in the West
and wherever she appeared. She bad grown
up to be beautiful young woman, and had
not few admirers. One OF these was a
person named Zeka Kilburn, who had been
engaged as her advance agent, and conse-
iquently was often thrown into company
with the beautiful Nina. At this time a
young Engilshman named William Beau.
Yoir, son OF Oliver, was travelling in
America, and having seen Nina, fell in love
With her at FIRST sight. Young Beauvolr
saw that Dir. Kilburn was pressing his suit
in hot haste, and in order to thwart him
had row with Kiiburn, during which he
tossed him into an empty barrel, and would
have nailed the cover over him but for the
ter from Nina Saville TO William Beauyoir
explains how matters stood between the
parties:
NEW CENTREvILLE, December 26, 1873
My Dear Mr.. Beauvoir: I. was very sorry
to receive your letter of yesterday-yery
sorry--because there can be only one answer
4 that can make-and think you might
have spared me the pain OF saying the word
4 No. You ask me ii. I love you. a Ii | did,
do you think 1t would be true love in me to
tell you SO when know what it woald
cost your Oh, indeed, you must never
marry me! In your own country you
would never have heard. OF me-Bever seen
me-sureIy never written me such letter
to telr me that you love noe and want to mar
ry me. :, It is not that L am ashamed OF my
business or Of the folks around me, or
ashamed that T. am only the charity child
Of two poor players, who lived. and dieo
I working fer the bread for their mouths an q
mine. T an proud Of them yeSs proud OF
what they did and suffered for one poorer
than the,nsesves little founding out OF an
tIndfau camp. Bur knoW the difference
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