The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-11-30
Com. Vanderbiit's Widow.
WAsHINGToN, Noyeri;ljer II.

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An interesting rumor comes to me from
New Orleana to the effect that Gen. Gus.
tave Pierre the has dropped the Pierre,
though, believe) Toutant Beauregard
10 about to marry Mrs. Cornelius Wander.
bit, the widow Of the dead Commodore.
Beauregard, as ell the world knows, was
one OF the greatest engineer officers on
either side in the late war. Carefully
trained at West Point, where he gradua.
ted second in his class In 1910, he rem.
dered valuable services 10 the United
otates IN the Mexican war, and invalua.
Ole services against it in the war OF the
rebellion. He is considered to day one
OF the foremost military engineers of his
time by competent critics. Some Of
them contend that he is the equal of any
engineer since Vauban. Certain it il
that he 10 very highly spoken of. and
that some of his work-.that at Mauas.
sas battlefield, in Virginia, for example
ia pointed out by the older engineer
officers Of the army as o model for the
young iieutenants of the corps. He
Is, however, nothing more than n
great engineer. He is not n good fighter
and after the war no failed sigually in an
attempt to revive n Southern railroad
which was on it's feet within ak months
after he left its presidency, and is now
Striding forward into permanent prosper.
ity. Perhaps, since We have no great
engineering work for him to do, Ger.
beaurega.d is best employed as he ia Mt
present In assisting TO manage lottery
enterprise at salary Of $4,000 u year.
Gen. Beaurcgard is q short, shapely,
handsome old gentleman with gray hair
and white mustache and ruddy face
he has the appearance and accom- mnlish.
ments OF courtier Of the days of Louis
XIV, aud, withal, hosts of friends. He
has buried two wives and has n married
aon and married daughter in New Or.
leans. Mrs. Vanderbilt was the ..cigning
belle of Mobile while yet very young in
the years Immediately preceding the war.
one was not pretty, but was exceedingly
Observation-Disclosures, ;" "stylish, ;" "love-
w. the old beaux say. She married
II. II. Elliott, Elliott q New GI,5ans
lawyer, but they did not agree with one
another, and finally separated by way of
the courts. For several years, Mrs. Ell
liott, Who was still very attractive, sun.
ported herself aud her mother by teach.
ing nusic. They had met the Wander.
biite before her first marriage, and it is
said that the Commodore, who admired
them, quietly contributed to their SUD.
port through her mother, after her seps-
ration from her husband. Be this as it
may, they met again in the North after
the war, and when Mrs. Vanderbilt died
Mr. Vanderbilt married Mrs. Elliott.
Now she is handsome widow Of about
80, with legacy OF $500, ,0GG-$iO0, ,G1G
for zach year of her life with the Com.
modore, as some one has observed-and
nothing to prevent her marrying an ybudy
she pleased to marry. Mrs. Vanderbilt
10, as Ia we'll known, like her late hus.
band, great admirer of the Rev. Dr..
Geems. OF iho Church of the Strangers.
New York City. Vanderbilt University,
at Nashville, Tenn, probably owes It's
existence to the appeals made by Dr..
Deems aud Ms Vanderbilt to the dead
millionaire. Gen. Beauregard, a creole in
everything else, is presumably member
Of the Roman Catholic Church. Orres.
ponde'sce Of TIC Philadelphia Record.