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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-11
Charlotte Cushman as n COquette
and PIagiarisI.

New York Cor. Boston Bulletin.
There are more things in heaven
and earth than are dreamed of in
mems philosophy, and those who were
most personally acquainted with the
great American actress, Charlotte
Cushman, will see no improperly in
the ranging of her under the general
caption of Men l Have Known"
whether in reference to the masculine
character of the parts she best played,
or to the masculine attributes she
possessed in private, and to an equally
anomalous degree. If this statement
seems to be a paradox, | leave its ex-
PLANTATION to those intimates who best
know her to be a marvel, and who
therefore marveled less at the virile
vigor of her acting. When | was a
mere boy she was a stock actress at
the fremont Theater, and | saw him
or her play and sing in male attire, in
the part of Tom Tug" SO naturally
that the audience could have sworn
she was a talented young man, aud
been more than half right.
While still a stock actress she was a
member Of a theater in Albany, where
she supported a young, gifted aud
handsome American star, who was for
a TINA deeply fascinated with her for,
though never beautiful, she was ac-
complished as a vocalist, could play
well on the piano, and had winning
ways y in conversation. She was ex-
cessively ambitious Of general admira-
ton, andrepresented a male cOqUctte''
better than any other mar or woman
/ v e heard of. At that time she
was, or assumed to be, very fond of the
said star, and their reciprocal atten-
tions gave rise to the report that they
we're engaged to be married. And
meanwhile, like many males and fe-
males then, before and since, Charlotte
published in the newspapers divers and
sundry bits OF poetry with her name
attached as author; but when the en-
amored star was told that they were
written for her bya man named Burke
or Burr, his fancy cooled, and h.a at
tentions to her slackened so grievously
that what might have been was not
and verified the poet who sang
chat things impossible can't be.
And never, never Gene TO pace
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-11

general avorite among them. Before
long he began paying attentions to
Miss Josephine Bond, whom he made
his wife about three months after his
arrival. A short time since he fell
sick and died, aud then there came a
surprise to the Hendersonville gossips
in the person of an elegantly dressed
lady who arrived there with some
friends and claimed his body as that
OF her husband. 1t was Mrs. Wheat
ley, from Brooklyn, and on investigat-
ing the matter, it was learned that it
was the former wealthy manufacturer
aud society man who was occupying an
humble grave there under the name
of Carter. The BODY was exhumed at
her desire, and she had it taken TO
Brooklyn, where the obsequies were
performed and the deceased deposited
in the family vault at Greenwood.
SEEKING A NEW EXISTENCE.
What caused him to wander through
the South and led him to wed another
woman while his wife lived was a mat
ter of speculation for a time. but it
now appears that all through his So
iourn in North Carolina Wheatley
was to some extent demented. Bust
ness troubles and others of a private
nature preyed upon his mind, and it is
now believed that prior to his disap-
p~earance a year ago it was unsettled.
Originally Mr., Wheatley was a sugar
r%einer, and in that business he accu-
INFLATED a fortune. Always liberal,
he used his means in Brooklyn to adj
vance the interests Of those who most
needed his good Offices. He furnished
a home for consumptives, where out
Of his own means he provided for a
number of patients such treatment and
accommodations as no hospital afford
ed. He was much interested in re-
ligious enterprises, too, and some time
ago built the rectory OF st. Peters
Episcopal Church, in State street, and
made it a free gift to the pastor. He
partially furnished the Sunday school
Of the same church and otherwise
endowed it muni6cently. But the
tightness of the money market
and business depression soon affected
Wheatley, and at last he left Brooklyn
in i'll odor with many. He went to
Philadelphia and engaged in the brick
business, which he soon gave over for
an interest in a rubber-cloth concern.
In this he was unfortunate, and he
turned his attention to the manufac-
ture Of patent shirts in the Domestic
building on Broadway. One day in
August, 1878, he was found by the
police in a high state of excitement,
and represented that he had been
robbed of his watch and chain and a
large amount Of money. The story
became current among his friends. and
some of them engaged in POPULARITY at
his expense, which seemed to affect
him so much hal he made a trip to
Baltimore, saying that he would re-
turn when people gave up gliding him.
This was the last his friends saw of
him. All trace of him was lost for
mouths, and it was only a little before
his death hal some friends of his
learned that be was in Hendersonville,
and had there apparently begun a new
eSistance, social as we'll as matrimo-
NAL. b.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-11
A STRANGE STORY.
What BECAME Of Mr.. whsaHey--.W Wan.
derings In the South.


New York Herald.
From HendersOnYllle, N. O!,a story
has travelled westward and found its
way into the papers about the doings
Of Mr.. William X. Wheatley, formerly
a wealthy resident Of Brooklyn, and a
man distinguished alike for his gener-
osity and geniality About a month
ago his remains were brought home
aud numbers of friends attended his
iuterment in Greenwood Cemetery
but it would seem that the last chap
ter in his career was to many of them
sealed. Among those who knew him
in life, and who had on several ocea-
slons learned TO appreciate his good
qualities Of mind and heart, there
were many 10 whom the tale which
came from HendeTsolYillc seemed
epigmatical, but under tho explana.
ton which 1t receives at the hands of
some of his friends it loses much of
its sensationalism. According TO the
North Carolina correspondent the man
lived among the people Of that State
for months, and adapted himself to
their ways without ever suggesting by
his actions that he had once been a
man Of immense means, and was one
who was driven, by personal troubles
and a d%isordered mind, to conceal his
identity lie went there about
the 9th Of March, and repre-
septod biwselfas being G. II. Carter, Of
New York. To some people with
whom he had intimate intercourse.
there seemed to be certain peculiari-
ties in his ways that they could not
easily recapcila With his general intel
ligenoe, hut theynever caused remark.
lie was we'll read and impressed his
peighbors with the extent and variety
Of his travels. His society was cogrted
by some, and when he began 10 mingle
with the people Of the place he dis,
cnyered q sociabl ny that made him a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-11
A Military snOb Snubbcd.

Cincinnali STAR
The Thirteenth Regimept N. g., of
New York, commanded by Colonel
David l.. Austen, is an exceedingly
heightened regiment of national
guards. 1t has for its chaplain the
Rev. Henry Ward Reecher, and it
quite lately made a trip TO- Canada,
and assisted at the ovation paid TO the
queen S birthday, and that was al we'll
enough. Since its return the maggot
of exclusiveness has begun to breed
in regimental headquarters, While in
Canada it was learned that certain
eallings were to be tabood by military
gentlemen Of the first class. Shop
keepers could hardly be tolerated,
unless extremely well bee,Sd, while
those who purveyed for the inner
man were beyond the line of %recogui-
tion. Even DelmOnico could not
expect to be received on togms OF
equality,
In Company X Of said regiment.
William II. Marshall held the position
OF lieutenant, Marshall was, and is
tho proprietor Of a restaurant--a place
where men feed. On the l3th instant
he received a note fgom Colonel Aus
ten, informiRg him that he, the said
Austen, was OF opinion that the best
interests Of the regiment would DO
served by Lieutenant Marshall send
ing in his resignation Tor the reason
that the business IN which Lieutenant
NJ. was engaged was Objectionable to
many Of the members Of the regiment,
aud that its influence was detrimen-
tai 10 ~regimental interests"
! 1t is rather gratifying TO know that
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twenty-nine, nor did l include any Of
the royal family.
In all this lorg account | have said
not a word, a you will perceive, Of
Mrs. Langtry, except in the purely
public character and functions which
she either assumes or permits Others
to impose upon her. | have drawn
upon no knowledge I may have ac-
quired whiting any four walls where
the sanctity Of private life is-er once
was-presumed to be enshrined. Nor
do | mean TO do so. But | maymentiOn
that | once met this wonderful crea-
ture at a breakfast which had so much
of a non-private character that my
host assured me that | was quite at
liberty to- say anything | liked about
anybody who was there. He assured
me further that no compliments to
Mrs. Langtry's charms would be i'll
received, and he or somebody else
added that it was a safe if not an in
dispenSahle topic Of conversation with
Mrs. Langtry herself. Having a per-
mission SO wide as this, | may perhaps
remark that Mrs. Langtry's beauty by
daylight is at least equal to her beauty
as seen in the glare of the wax lights.
What you will say of her in America
| can't predict, but it is certain that
one of the secrets Of her attractive
ness in England may be found in the
extreme delicacy of her loneliness.
Travelling Britons say that the deli
cacy is more common in the United
than here.
MRS. LANGTRY's COMPLEXION
has stood the wear and tear of Lon
don lifeand late hours and er-heated
rooms, and the psachbloom on her
cheeks does not fade, nor will it rub
off. She once offered her handkerchief
to a gentleman who was skeptical on
this point, and asked him to try. The
modelling Of the temples is singularly
fne, the arch of the brow delicate
the eyes are sapphire blue, set in an
orb Of tender curve the hair, which
is soft brown, is worn low enough over
the forehead to mark the contrast of
color with the eyes and when this
lady is amused her laughter gives an
animation to her countenance that is
some times wanting. The face has
which it is easy to criticize, but
the beauty of it as a whole is beyond
1t is of some one of her por-
traits that | ought to say all this, but
the original is so much superior to the
portraits, and so much more constant
ly on exhibition, that it seemed more
convenient to speak of that. For the
liberty | take-nOt being a photo
gFapher-I offer the humblest excuses.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-11

London Timcs.I
The Prince of Orange, who was
called in a certain class of society by
a more familiar name, the heir to the
throne of Holland, died here this
morning at eleven o'clock, after an at
tack Of inflammation of the lungs.
William Nicholas Alexander Freder
lex Charles Henry, Prince Of Orange,
who was not yet forty years Of ago,
and who was to have been called
William Nv, King of Holland, had a
presentiment which has been unfortu-
nately realized. This prcsentiment
was that he would never ascend the
throne to which he was heir, He did
not exactly know how he would be
prevented from ascending it, and he
readily acqpiesced in the opinion of
those who looked upon the German
empire as the successor of William
III. One day he said laughingly to
somebody whom he had just been tell
ing that the credit obtained for him
was exhausted, pointing to Germany
on a map Of Europe, Whether | like
It ornOt, there is my futurepaymaster.7
1t was doubtless to this conviction that
an existepeQ ssdevoted to the serious
occupations Of the future than to
the pleasures of the moment has to lie
attributed. He easily adapted himself
to the Republicans regime amid which
he lived, and so long as the haunts he
frequented were still open he pro
fessed the profoundest indifference for
the county il which they we're to he
found. He was neither exceedingly
arrogant nor exceedingly afable, pe
easily made friends, and still more
easily unmade them, and he seemed
born to be m of those Joyous meteors
who appear and disappear ON the hori-
IONS Of the Partisan boulevards, n
was dltbcult to form an estiMate 81
MS political capaciti9a, Tor he strenu-
ously avoided ally conversation which
might have thrown light on this sub
iect, and he took no pleasure in any
serious question. He would, perhaps,
have been the delight of the Dutch
people, for he ggs said 10 De quite
ready to abstain from interfering with
the government, and he had such a
pronounced taste for Paris that he
would have certainly made it his capt
tai as far as he was concerned,
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such a piece of official snobbery met
with marked disapproyal amongst the
officers as we'll as the rank and file of.
the regiment. Indignant speeches
were made, aud it was boldly declared
that = Lieutenant Marshall's business
as the keeper Of a restaurant was quite
as respectable as Colonel Austcn's
calling as a politician. To the citi-
ZEN OF the United States, and to the
citizen soldiery Of the United States,
it is gratifying to know that the Thir-
teenth Regiment n. q. is itself very
harmonious in setting down on Colonel
David Il. Austen with sufficient moral
weight to squeeze all his silly snobbery
out Of him or any other man.
Prince Pierre Bonaparte, recently
reported dead by mistake, is decidedly
a decayed member of the family. He
said recently to a reporter Of the Steele
who called upon him They say |
am dying? Mo- not just yet but l
am, perhaps, not far from it. | suffer
from a nervous complaint combined
with heart disease. The emotion |
experienced on learning OF the death
of my cousin deprived me Of the little
strength | had left. In addition, l
have not a sou. j suffer a great deal,
and live alone With my servant, who
softens the hardships Of my solitude.
As for the Republicans, they insist on
calling me the murderer of Victor
Noir you can easily understand that
| do not love them"
"a faithful assistant This is
what the nurses term DR.. Bulls Baby
Syrup, 1t is the best assistant, as it
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MIRACLES and Visions.

Waco cTexaas necisl to the Globa- Democrat.
The great sensation In religious cir
cles is an event said, on good author
ity, to have occurred a few days since
at Corsicana, Navarro county. For
some time a number Of Cumberland
Pr~esbyterians have held views that
tho day Of miracles and visions had
returned. These people have been
styled Sanctifcatiohists and are led
by the Reys. Graves, Gardnieht and
X. j. Haynes. Graves, some months
ago, either had or pretended to have a
loGg series Of visions. Two ladies'
attended the pFqyer-weetings of these
men regularly, and helped the eEer-
cises by singing. One Of them, u
young unmarried lady, the other day,
is said to have given birth TO an infant,
whose paternity she laid to tho Holy
Spirit, asserting after its birth that
She was still, and had been, Swallowed
by the Spirit. Her story seems to be
believed by the new sect, but the Rev.
Haynes, Notwithstanding, is reported
TO have married her after the usual
Ilrm Of mortals and the laws of
Texas 1t is stated hp said, however,
that the mother Of the child was as
pure as the driven snow, IN bis opin-
lou.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-11

When ,. 7, Rgrpgm, a young man
poor and in debt, left papbury, he
said to Judge Whittlesey
! will pay that bill when l get
riah.
The judge draw down his judicial
features, and disdaiqfqlly replied
That will be when a sieve holds
water
In o few years the visionary young
man was IN a condition to pen the fol-
lowing brief letter to the Judge
" | have fixed that sieve
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-12-18

DURING the delivery of a temperance
lecture the fore part of last January, in
Bellaire, stranger who was in the au-
dience became excited, and went out
upon the streets and began a general at
tack upon the front doors and windows
of the saloons of the city, breaking glass
and doing other damage, until he fell in
to the hands of the police. The stranger
possessed intelligence, and had the air
of refined, cultivated and scholarly
gentleman, but was unable to give any
account of himself or even to tell his own
name. He seemed to know that some
body, whom he designated as Ralph" "
was in some manner connected, but it
could not be gathered from his CONVEX
Sation whether his own name was Ralph,
or whether it was the name of a relative.
The stranger had lost his own identity.
In most respects he was clear-headed,
and had evidently been a man of busi-
ness qualifications and standing The
case was one which elected the interest
and sympathy of the officers, physicians,
and number of the citizens of Bellaire,
and instead of being punished for an
offence against the ordinances of the ci-
ty, he was transferred to the County In
firmary, where he came under the notice
of DR.. A. II. Hewetson, the Infirmary
physician. The case was such a remark
able one that the doctor wrote an ac-
count of it for the New York Medical
fa xrhi iaJ
all over the country, and which elected
nearly hundred letters from those who
had lost friends. The article from the
Medical Gazette came under the obser-
vation at Lexington, Kentucky, of a
runner for a Jewelry establishment in
Cleveland, and he thinking that the de-
scription answered that of man who
had mysteriously disappeared from
Cleveland, on the first of January, 1879,
the day before the stranger was noticed
in Bellaire, wrote DR.. HewetSon to that
effect. The Doctor Immediately wrote
to Cleveland Jeweler, who forwarded
his letter to the supposed sister of the
strange man at Sandusky. Shortly af-
forwards photograph of the brother was
sent to DR.. Hewetson, and was recogni-
zed as the man who had lost all knOwl-
edge of his personal identity, and was
the inmate of our Inirmary. He is a
well-known citizen of Cleveland, and is
said to have been at one time promi-
nent Jeweler of that city. No reason is
assigned for the unbalanced state of his
mind, save, perhaps, financial embarrass.
ment. His true name has not yet been
divulged to him. Arrangements are be-
ing made by which he will be restored
to his friends at an early day.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-12-18
James Lynn and Matilda Church.


WE had a pleasant call on Tuesday
from Mr.. John 7. Grubb, of the Wheel
ing Saturday Evening Journal. The
Journal, which is always spicy sheet,
will be especially so to st. Clairsville
people next Saturday. The Major was
looking up the true inwardnesS of few
incidents that have transpired in this re-
gion recently, and he proposes to give
the results of his investigation to fam
ishing public.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-12-18
Desirable Home for Sale,

WILL offer at private sale, until SATURDAY,
L January 10th, 1882 my homestead lynn.
Just outside the corporation limits of St
ClairsvIlle, contairlag 10 acres of choice land
upon which there is a Good Dwelling
House, containing : rooms in good repair
There is all necessary out-huildings and good
tenant house on the place. Also, two good
wells and spring of water. Fruit in ahun-
lance and one of the best bearing orchards in
he county. Location high ard dry, over
looking the town and fair grounds. If not
sold at private sale by the day above named.
It will be offered at public sale at / o'clock of
said day. For terms and particulars call on
Or address ". ]. CHICK,
- 11-5t st. Clairsville, o.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-12-18

ROBERT LUBBOCK, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
writes II have used DIR. Thomas Ec-
lectric Oil both for myself and family for
Diphtheria, with the very best results.
/ regard 1t as one of the best remedies
for this disease, and would use no Other" p"
Pope & Billau, Druggists, Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa, write: I'VE have never sold
any medicine that gives snch satisfac-
ton to the customer and pleasure to the
seller as Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-12-18

AN old man named Casper Pepple
supposed to reside in Monroe County,
was killed by the cars at Belmont on
Friday morning. He had come through
from Chicago and intended stopping at
Barnesville, but was asleep when the
train passed that point. When he
awakened he found himself at Belmont.
and endeavnred to get off the train while
it was in motion and was thrown under
the wheels.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-12-18

WORK was commenced on the new
Court House in Cambridge last week
Owing to the failure of the original con.
tractor to satisfactorily bend for the
completion of the building, the contract
was re-let to VIM. Keyser & Son, of Bea-
yer, Pa. 1t was necessary to reduce the
size of the edifce slightly and to change
the specifications in order to get the
building constructed for the $4,000
which is authorized to be expended.