Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19

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corpse to the grave where it now lies,
in st. Louis Cemetery No. 2, Metarie
ridge. 1t was long walk of several
miles, on a very sultry afternoon in
July, and the mourniul procession
moved from the public buildings,
on st. Charles street by way
OF Chartres,an passed jackson Square
through perfect forest Of habiliments
Of woe. The streets were festooned
with great masses of Grape. The
houses were covered with Grape, and
emblems Of mourning we're visible on
all sides.
The three soldiers who escorted the
remains from Virginia were all made
officers ofcommands then preparing to
go to war. Lieutenant Robert Alex
ander was shot through the heart in
action at Belmont, another, whose
name is not remembered, died a few
years since, aud Captain James Lingan
served through the war, fighing in
hundred battles, always in the front,
sometimes away ia advance Of it-and
went through without scratch. He
Is now prominent and popular law.
yer at New Orleans.
The young widow Of the lamented
aud much loved Charlie Dreux
did not attend the funeral,
being very i'll at the time, and the
brave young soldier who, by the way,
was a cousin Of General Beauregard,
and from whom SO much was expect.
ed, thus suddenly cut off in his 10Th
year, left the grief stricken widow and
daughter Of eight m0nthS to the
worlds tender merCies. The Legisla-
ture Of Louisiana shortly afterward
passed an act adopting the little girl
as the daughter of the State, an event
which has never been initiated by any
State Of the American Union, and the
only instance Of the kind in Louisiana,
The little one died at the early age Of
four, while its mother resided 10
CUBA, 70 which Island shs removed
during the latter part Of the war.
About 1865 the widow, much against
the wishes Of her relatives, married
a man named Bradford, a
graduate Of the Naval School at An
napoliS, and who had served 10 the
Southern navy, but wa we'll astsh-
lishea in business after the war, with
capital supplied by Northern relatives.
Bradford proved 10 be what the rela-
tives Of the lady feared, kind Of roll.
ing stone, and he kept big wife ia
constant tgrmuil from the start. They
vent to California and resided there
several years. During this time lie
with Bradford became inSupportable,
and the wife, with a son of six and q
daughter of four years, separated from
her husband and went to New York.
The actor II A. sOthern,
kHeV, and, like All Others who did,
was a great admirer Of Charlie nFesx.
He met the widow, saw that she
possessed histriOnic talents enough to
enable her to make a respectable liv.
ing for herSnlf and children, offered
her a place, gave Sep the pleasant
pert Of MaFy Meredith, in Lord
Dundreary," and she made her debut
at Brooklyn, New York, little over
ten years ago, receiving the sansratp.
latlous a her patron upon her sue
eessfql Arst appearance, and the fact
that no others either inIthe audience
or the company knew that she was a
novice. AT the end Of the FIRST week
Sothern, as a token Of esteem aud
substantial encouragement, quietly
handed "QOEa Stuart" name
he himself gave her, his own
frst stage name being Douglas Stu.
art, his new recruit a fifty dollar
note in addition to her regular
salary;
From that time forward Dora Stu.
art got on comfortably. She travelled
with SOthern eighteen months, but
his trip to Australia was too far fol
her to go from her little ones. She
joined other companies, even qegVina
with opera cQppsuiss. She sings very
oieverly, and though as SOthern pre-
dicted at the start, has never set the