Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-23
TILDEN,S ROMANCE.
The New Orleans Girl Who Cap
tured His Fancy.

The New Orleans Girl Who Can
tured His Fancy.
SARATOGA, Aug. 19,-Having met Miss
Celeste Stautfer three successive sum.
mers at Richfield, and hearing each year
that Mr.. TildeD had named her In his will,
was not surprised when L read that he
had settled upon her $1,000 Miss Staur.
fer crossed the ocean on the same steamer
with Mr.. Tilden the last time he visited
Europe. 1t was on the return trip that
the handsome girl bewitched him. He
presented to her a diamond bracelet said
TO have cost $4,000. Whlle Miss stauffer
was staying at CranstOn's, Mr.. Tilden
sent his yacht up that she might use 1t for
pleasure. She kept up n correspondence
with Mr.. Tilden, but / never heard IL in
tImated that be nad asked her to marry
him.
1t always seemed more as if he had
adopted her as his daughter and enjoyed
making her happy by gifts and favors.
Miss Staufler possesses all the requisites
1or belle. Without being particularly
beautiful, she is snowy ana striking look
ing. She has many admirers. She wears
her lovely and costly toilets as though
they were part OF herself. She is finely
formed and dances gracefully. She IL
a crack tennis player, and 1t Is said that
she composed, as well as delivered,
the reply she made to Rex when
he chose her for Queen during the Mardi
Gras festivities In New Orleans two years
ago. 1t requires some nerve and all the
sustaining qualities Of vanity for young
woman In private life to assume the mimic
robes OF royalty and ride through the pub
lie streets OF large city. to be- stared at
by the vulgar crowd who, on such Occa-
sions, flock to New Orleans. She spoke
IaG aF or
when making her address.
Miss Staufer has been in the habit of
dividing her summers between Richield,
Bar Har0or ana Cranston's. Her parents
and brother form her party. Her parents
are very plain, embarrassing looking peo-
pie. Her father is prosperous hardware
merchant in New Orleans, though not
native OF that city. She is passing this
summer in Europe.
WHILE MR.. TILDEN
was not a marrying man, yet be appeared
TO nave been very susceptible 10 female
influences. His neighbors say that ever
since Miss Anna Gould, to whom ne also
leaves S1O0, 900, made herself so absolutely
mistress OF GreystOne Mrs. Pelton, Mr..
Tilden's only sister, who had always kept
house for her brother, had to leave and.
20 10 New York to live as Miss Gould as
sumed all the rights OF lady OF the house
ana ignored MTs. TelLOn entlfely. BY
flattering the vanity OF a rich old man
two young women receive the same lega-
cies which ne leaves to his own kin.
The greatest and wisest statesmen ap-
pear TO have their weaknesses. A gentle-
man, now at Saratoga, had for years been
an intimate friend or Mr. Tllden. He
says the great man once told him that he
never laid down at night with a feeling
OF III will towards those who prosecuted
and ill-used him. This habit saved b IN
from much that would have been only a
disturbing element 10 himself. He was
always willing to leave the punishment OF
his enemies to God. and he had seen retri-
butIYe justice meted 70 most OF those who
ill-used him, and the punishment was
more severe than any be could inhict.
1t takes great and magnanimOus
spirit to be able 10 do this, for we must
remember that after he was cheated out
of his election that the Republican party,
TO divert attention from their crime,
brought suit IN different courts against
him for false tax returns and railroad
matters. On the eve OF each recurring
election from 1876 to 1880 these contem-
plated suits were held up to the public.
and dropped Immediately afterwards.
When there no longer existed necessity
for this persecution the suits were drop
ped without ever being brought to trial.
Tney would not stand the test OF court
OF Justice.