The daily gazette., 1881-10-04
a ROMANCE OF THE SOUTH.
Baron ErIanger's Wife q Daughter
OF John Blidell.
The Au0uata fGal ChronioJa

The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
says -
We have no doubt that the Erlanger
syndicate will be of enormous value to
the South. 1t will build splendid
railways and operate them for COM
mon good. Along their lines many
industries will be developed and popu-
lation now. There is bit of romance
attached to this system which is
worthy of recall. When Mr.. John
Slidell, of Louisiana, was appointed
along with Mr.. James NJ. Mason, q
commissioner for the Confederate
States in Europe, he embarked with
his family on the British steamer
Trent. As is well known, the Trent
was captured on the high seas by q
United States cruiser commanded by
Captain Wilkes and the Southern en-
voys compelled to return to this coun-
try as prisoners of war. How near
this incident came involving the Fed
eral Government in war with Great
Britain is now a matter of history. 1t
is also truth Of history that daugh-
ter of John Slidell resented an imper-
tinence of one of Wilkes officers by q
rousing slap upon the fellows face.--
She was high toned, beautiful and
accomplished girl, and destined for
great things, by some strange freaks
of fortune. When Mr.. Mason and her
father were returned to English GUS
tody. after an ample apology, Miss
Slidell accompanied them abroad. .
Sha t,tI hnnanno halln In, Da - .
and was the recipient of many notable
Offers of marriage. The successful
suitor was Baron Erlanger, one of the
richest bankers in the world. 1t ia
said that after the war s'she succeeded
in enlisting his sympathles for the up
building of the stricken and PROSTATE
south, and he organized company for
the purpose of investing capital in de-
velOping the resources of the Southern
States.
|di The syndicate has invested largely
in railroads, and they are making
money largely and rapidly. 1t is thus,
by singing the songs of her Zion in a
strange land, that a noble Southern
woman has contributed so largely to
the wealth, the prosperity and up
building of her beloved native land"
Upon the curious contingency of the
Slidell embassy pivoted the now fam
GUS Erlanger syndicate, destined to
promote the welfare of the south SO
considerably. We like the way the
Erlanger syndicate came into being,
and it is refreshing to hear how conf
IDENTIFY the executive and financial
managers ef it in this country talk
about The future of the South. John
Scott, the EnglishmaD, is never weary
of sounding the South's praises, and
inspires substantial hope. here and
abroad, for our unrivalled resources,
only needing moneyed development to
become imperial and opulent. Fred
Wolfe, the Isrealite, who administers
financially the millions intrusted to
him by the Baron Erlanger, the hus
band of John SlidelPs daughter, ID
eloquent on the same theme. Repre-
senting cash capital of $25, 600, 900,
he says, "the people of the Nsrth have
just begun to realize that the South
has awakened TO her true interests
and, allowing politics to drop into the
grave with slavery and reconstruction
is applying herself to the improve.
ment OF her material welfare with thu
energy and shrewdness of new coun'
try.n