The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-03-02

ut wa. roai n.tch everybody
said ,Heiw.s h.ns,aouSa ANA IS. ~
, tai, and hoth v,cf. non verv r,ch
! The idea Of ivinv dnwn aonth IN fhoe:
) fsr.wav n,.n,.IS,,n. o.nifeSs neisNe.
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nis..nrs hancssnr-.ra -. >" ~ ~.
!, smbition. Thsir cifv re.id.nne ~
j built-fhs hn,,sA ! Aainih,sS ~ mssi.
ca6 once On I,nsyyS stssSs sFnSSSNrS.
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hui thi. w.s oniv oceunied S.,1s. ~.
'|time II took to cnnnSstc Z sfsa,mcns -
the Hilishoro nika - - -.
i uReimnnt e ali Ns.hvI,i. ,.cn,.,.
| know. m the f,nsst nrlvsfs ~ TcnHSc:S
| In the south and had aevsntv.nVS ScT~
of ornamentSd -FronndS. cSSs.rvatorlee.
Al trtieaelnn fnverieir stnti:s nSsA.sE
xsoloeicai xsrxlen. snne euuor hassi hiiiIs,1 /,
paroda. .nd., In facf: IN, ehat naensv ,
conid bny. or pefnlenf and sracfln~
heart wish for. Four children ,blepeed
the household - JoSeph, Wllilann.
ClIuds and Pauline. u a'iass~ 'a7I
"The war came on. The Ackloo -.
tates in the. s0utls vVeso- Endangered.
Colonel Acklsu detsrmiuad, to 10 to
Louisiana and protect his iutorose
there, and while on one OF his Red
river plan tations' during the Bxuk0 iox.
pedilion In 1868, was cut Oh leom con
munication with his New Orleans wlus
nexchApts and Tar away igoaa ihls
elegant home In middle Tonneseee. :,
unused to the priyatl0pp Of, thoss
troubiOus times, died and WIS buE1Sd
therey though his. ssasalus WERE laltsfS .
ward brought to Nashvillassi, hasima3q
"His wlfes . w0sDsn-os- taet and &c.
1arkably eleyer adrl0tusas, xeWainIog
In Nashville meanwhile, Was quite sue, !,
ceasful Ia having Belmont protected
from the ravages and maraUden and
vandais'of both armies q Bela0ni kept
open house, and even during The selGen
Of Nashville, when 1T swas. chosen o.
headquarters by General Thos. Wood,
commanding the center Of denssai
Geo. II. Thomas federal army, Beimo6t
suffered much less fthan Its near a,d
unpretentiuus neighb0rs. ,hnu.iT edi ~
"The next .inc,deu, of faterest ~ the i
public relative 10 ,hls estate was the
suit brought soon after the var in the
lJInited States Court AZ New Orlesna ~
Mrs. Acklen. to recover III .OOO. 600
DAMAGES for q crop OF cotton saixsd nnd
con ilsCAteti by Generals HAnksd and
Butter.y Mes. Ackten's chtsf attofnev,
was Confederate Oaueral Gideon 7.
Pillow, whose foe for recovering the.
sum In full WAS SiCy(). 900. hut v,hlah
was never received, his fair client de.
murring ~ to his per cent and shst6In>
log her demurrer In = subsequeut suit
at law.' .-D.s D., IAr} titI -iissA uein,1
| s'About this time the Widow, Aeklan ;
made an extended trip 10 Europe,
which was, however, only an lncIdentaT
matter to hcr," having Travelled ana "
lived abroad before. While In Paris
she placed her eldest sou, Joseph, la
school, aud there he was educated and
e, ,adusted. While In Paris also, jealous
0f her beauty aud ever cognIxant Of the ,
power Of its charms. she resolved to
have her face enameied by cosmsllquS
process, aud although warned thAt e.
was dangerous procedure and mIghk {
shorten her life, she persisted, With The
declaration that she wished to bs
beautiful as long as she lived, no mat
ter what tho cost or risk to life she
incurred. r5tj t.iN'. ,stiaai iaI.
"In 1867 she returned to Nashville,
and although = widow twice and the
mother OF seven children, her beauty
was unfaded and her charms undim>
med. Sultors came from far aud near,
but the accepted man was that elegant
and han nIsome gentleman, DR.. William r
A. Cheathsm Of Nashville.