The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-01
MRS. GWIN's ROMANTIC LIFE
Interesting Career of a Senator
Widow Who Died in California.
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New / OK SUM-
The death Of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Gwin in San Francisco a few days ago
ended a career as interesting as thaI
of a heroine of fiction. Mrs Gwln was
IS and the widow OF senator "1lii"A'
NJ. Gwin of California. .-,-
She was the daughter Of a henUuch-
ian named Bell, who keeps a FAMOUS
tavern. William Logan, surveyor u
ola SoOw XIV married her when she /
rs Il and took her to Texas. There /
they became friends with General sam
Houston Mr.. Logan died IN 1852 OF
1886 and his widow, scarcely out OL me-
teens. returned to her fathers mouse
young, blooming ana DCAO NJ GIN
story goes that Dr. William M Twill
while riding past the tavern, saw the
Youthful beauty at some Work On INC
| rear porch. and then and there was 50
struck by her grace that ne allghUeu
! Their marriage took place at Vicks-
| b,1rer Miss and later the doctor IoOh
| his bride to New Orleans Wnen me
news came that gold mad Deen uiSC ~
cred in California Mrs. Gwln urged NJ
husband to 90 there at once ana pc
come a United States senator. 80
/ arrived in California on June 4 1o1S.
Dr Gvin was elected United states
senator in 1S49. although the state W.
not admitted to the Union unIIl AooO;
The hospitality dispensed Dy MIN anu
his wife is vet recalled in Wasmnst ton:
President James Buchanan was one u
Mrs, OWNS ardent admirers
In 1857 Adelina Patti was IN w dSII-
( ington and the project OF giving d CO! IA.
| cert to introduce her was submitted 70
| Mrs CvvIn The latter knew OF lhe
marvellous sweetness Of the girls voice
, and determined to make the conceI
the social event of the season IN W ASH
ington. She induced the preslueLl
members of the cabinet and promlnen'
senators to attend the concert, Whlcn
was a great success Patti never Iorso'
/ the kindness. Years later When NJ ,
/ Gyyin was a confederate sympathlzer ii
paris Patti saw a great deal OF heT anC
! never forgot to EXPRESS ner SrduIuu'
forfher start in Washington
I When the civil war broke out sen
ator Gvvin espoused the cause OF th'
! | south He went south, but did not en-
; tIunOre. where she had a daughter
y school Baltimore was more or less
d a hotDed of southern sympathy, an
d.. the government at Washington va
- very vigilant in regard TO commune
: lions from there to the cOnIederdI
e lines 1t was SUSPECTED that Mrs. Civil
u was conveying information and quinn
u J through the lines and at the advice Q
a her friends and PERHAPS OF DIT GWl
- she went to Paris. The GWln nome OS
I came confederate heaoQudi '0i
Paris. -.
The most remarkable part of tn
Cyvin story is that connected with the
?. dream of colonizing the state OF Sonor
st in Mexico with dissatisfied southern
i ers after the war This scheme wa
te thought out in Paris in 1864 and lS'
IN and received the SUPPORT OF Naooleo
he III. This ambition was almost para
K lei to Aaron Burr's wild dreams OF en-
vi pire. Napoleon III held that Franc
e couId claim Sonora for services rel
he dered the Mexican enDire- He agree
n, 10 its settlement by sOutherners
III birth and promised DR.. GWin the Pc
We of vicerOy of Sonora with the title
duke. In January, 1856, DR.. Gwin Jou
neved to Mexico with an autogral
letter to Emperor Maximilian and
m. MarshaI Razaline. Neither favored q
a idea. although DR.. Gwin had gre
nd plans for making the mineral veal
lrt Of Sonora available 60 the Mexican el
ng pire. 49,.
IT. He returned to Paris and NaDole
IRE was about to aid him with troo
of when ATaximilian's empire tottered
ak fell to pieces. The dukedOm vanish
* and DR. Gwin rested under more tn
= the suspicion of dislOyalty. In all
most ambitious schemes his wife n
a mart and no doubt she dreamed OF
-. mower she was never to WELD So
~ I years ago she returned to Cahforl
H. and lived there until her death