The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-29
About to Marry Con. 6eaureEard
& orr-p.nsenoe OF the hils Record

WASHINGTON. Nov. l7.-An inter-
eStinL runner ONE 10 me from New
Orlean, 10 the effect that Gen. Gu~tsye
Pierre (le has dropped the Pierre.
though j beiicyc) Toutant Bcauregard
j. about To marry Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbilt. Il e widow Of the dead Commo-
dore. Braureyard. as all the world
knows. was one OF the greatest eng!-
neor officers on either side III the late
war. Carefully trained at West Point.
where he graduated second in Iii. class
in LILO. he rendered valuable services
10 the United states in the Mexican
war. and invaluable servicee against II
in the ,,ar of the rebellion. He is con-
.idered to-day one of the foremost milf
tary engineers Of his time by competent
critics. Some Of them contend that he
i. tie equal OF any engineer since Nau-
ban. Certain it is that he is very high
Is spoken Of. and that some Of his work
that at Manassas battlefield, in NIr-
g.nia. for example, pointed out by
the older ngineer officers OF the army
a. a model for the young lieutenants OF
the corps. He is. however, nothing
more than a great engineer. lie Is not
a good fighter. and after the wal he
failed signally in an attempt 10 revlve a
Southern railroad which was on lts feet
within six month. after he lett it. presl-
dency. and is now striding forward int
permanent prosperity. Perhaps, sine
we have no great engineering work for
him to do, Gen. Beaurcgard is best en-
ployed as he is at present IN assisting
to manage 4 lottery enterprise AT a sal
AIRY Of 10000 a Year. Gen. Beaure-
gard is a short, shapely, handsome old
gentleman with gray hair and white
mustache and ii ruddy face. lie has
the appearance and accomplishments of
a c"Ourtier of the DAYS of Louis NV,
and, withal, hosts Of friends. He has
buried two wives and has a married son
and a married daughter in New Orleans.
Mrs. Vanderbilt was the reigning belle
Of Mobile while yet very young in the
years Immediately preceding the war.
She was not pretty, but vas exceeding
" Observation-Disclosures" STYLISH"
.:lovelv.' the old beaux say. She mar
ried William ii ii. Elliott, a New Or
leans lawyer. but they did not agree
with one another, and finally separated
by way of the courts. For several
wears. Mrs. Elliott, who was still very
attractive, supported HeIsclI anu iieI
mother by teaching music. They had
met tie Vanderbilts before ner first
marriage. and it is said that the Com
modore. who admired them, quietly on
tributed to their support through her
mother, after her separation from her
husband. Be this as it may, they met
again in the North after the war, and
when Mrs. Vanderbilt died Mr.. Wander
bilt married Mrs. Elliott. Now she is
a handsome widow of about 40, with a
legacy of $500, OOO-8l0O,0 900 for each
year Of her life with the Commodore. as
some one has observed-and nothing to
prevent her marrying anybody she
plesses to marry. Mrs. Vanderbilt is,
as is well known. like her late husband.
a great admircr Of the Rev. DR.. Deems,
Of the Church Of the Strangers, New
York City. Vanderbilt University, at
Nashville, Tenn, probably owes its eX-
istcnce to the appeals made by DIR.
Deems and Mrs. Vanderbilt to the dead
millionaire. Gen. Beauregard, a creole
i'll everything else, is presumably a
member of the Roman Catholic Church.