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^^ POETRY^ ^ .
For the Oraanvilla Enterprise.'
Fsr from his bona aod children dear, / p {
In tha stranger'a.land'was be.
??? wi obncu w iuna tot tur
of ?o^wi.f-oii;[)nift
Ob, did he know that death so drear
Wm soon to snatch him frptn this sphere ? ' >
Mia little 0119s needddalf His eafe^;' ***' v
'Twaa of them he wished to hear.
" '>o j r 1 * ?jo a
Though away from home, kind friend* he had 1
They came to soothe his bedside sad ;
For of faithful worth and truest heart,;
lie was, of nobleness, a part.'t * ' s ) ff /?
Easlbt t thou fttl'st a soldier's grave 1
We mourn thee as ife mourn the brave!
And whilst we sorrow o'er thy bier,
Let it be said " A hero's here 1" .,
<! ' ' i Oblottldb. !
JtblMIfJlSOENCES (|)
PUBLIC MEN. !
BV BX GOVERNOR B. F. FERRY.
[CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.]
,'M tji {. t> jf
WADDY THOMP8ON, SR.
In mv <4Rominisccnces of Green
villo," I very briefly mentioned
Chancellor Thompson, as a prominent
citizen ot the District. Since
writing those Reminiscences, I
Iravo giver, more extended sketch
es of the Chancellor's contemporaries
on the Bench and at tiie Bar,
and I feel that it is due his fchar~
acter and position that I should
mention him also in my "Reminiscences
of Public Men." I have
a very pleasant and agreeable recollection
of liirn. lie was kind
and cordial to me in my early life,
and I had a sincere regard tyr>hi;n.
When I came to Greenville*to
read law, Chancellor Thompson
was living on Grove Creek, ten or
fifteen nines below Greenville C.
11. I remember paying several
ery pleasant visit9 at his house,
vhilst a student of law. He lived
painty in the country, bnt entertaued
his friends and visitors with
greu hospitality. About the time
of hy admission to the Bar, he
moted into the village, and lived
in tiore stylo. 1 then saw him almostdaily
up to the period of his
death He always seemed pleased
with he visits his yonng friends.
He rennrked.'to me the night of
his daughter's marriage to Robert
Means,Esq, of Fairfleld : 4 I sup*
Fose, nov that Caroline is married,
shall s?e very little of mv vounv
w 0 + n
friends.r She was a very handsome
and intellectual young lady,
and well calculated to attract company
to tie Chancellor's. For a
number of jears she was the reigning
belle ofthe District, and greatly
admired W all who knew her.
The Chancellor brought up and
educated, wkh great enro, five
eons and six daughters. He was
not a man ol laige fortune, but
lived generously and spent bis
money freely. ''' " Chancellor
Ttompson was a na
tive of Virginia. He moved to
Georgia whilst a very young man,
and there married the daughter of
Colonel Williams, a Uevoi-Htionary
officer. He then settled at old
Fickensville, the seat of iustiee for
Pendleton and Greenville Counties,
and eotQimenced ttr*jf%ctice
of law. "Tlo was very successful
at the Bar, ant engtwed,.po one
side or thy othe . of almost every
case iiucourt. lis was clecteito
the Legislatnre fuun Pendleton,
and wuilst a member of the Leg!filature,
was elected ?*l?uftor of the
Western Cireuifc. /ibis office he
held until 1801$, when be was elected
one of the Chancellors of 4he
State. This high judicial position
he filled with ability tor twentyfive
of six yofcra. FiuaDytke Cegislature
started a temperance
movement in,yegard tp the judiciary,
abdwt#n^i<ftimieinj? .Fudge
Jamufc, they moved against Chancellor
Thompson, when ho resigned
Isls seat on the Bench. 1 wpf.
in Columbia when this movement"
i?U ui'vc-T
tnnate in treaties of ids son, Gen.
Waddy Thompson, tlib.Qhaooellor.
yielded to the advioeof hirf iRandsi
When 1 returned home, the Chan
wiiva ii lav IU mo inuoi, AUU enquired,
with deep feeling, whet
had been done with hia resignation,
1 fold him it had hoe* ^ccepted,
end proceedings .against
him disconthfned. ' 116 replied that
he regretted very much having
resigned bis office, end that ho
would give his whole fortune to
havo it recalled, I said to himt
?c?y inwiKiy, 11mt ne nan pursued
the wisest coarse in yielding to the
storm that was setting in against
biin; andthat if he had attompted
to to^ast it, he would have gone
reconcilehhn tqfthepOtirae.be had
been prevailed on to pnrftfre.
Chuucellor Ttaompwu WM a no
hie looain^gemTeman, distinguish,
ed in his appearance, tall and well
proportioned, with an Uncommon*
iy tine head apd face. When a
young man, he was regarded tos
handsome $nd f perfow . xthlet^in
all manly-exercises. His wife was
as fine looking a matron a%JL ever
saw, atfd"ill her yohtlf, distinguished
for her teaiUty^rprrGriUenden
told me "ttTfrtriii passing through
Georgia, ho met a venerable. old
g'eutleman, who said lie had the
honor of b&ving married ChancelI...
Tl J '
vi a. uwiijptwi una iiis wwe, and
that they were the finest looking
and handeotnet) couple he Iliad ever
seen in all his life. I have heard
Lho Chancel lor speak of his c< >11 r t ship.
He said there was an. accomplished
yOimg gentleman pay
iug his addresses to .diss WilliAms
at the sahr? "time h'e wrisr1 This
gentleman ^iad the good wishes of
the parents of the young lady for
bis success. He was a great lover
of music, and came occasionally to
serretiade Miss Williams. "But,"
said the Chancellor, "she preferred
the music of my tongue to his flute
and violin." 7 . w,
The fashionable sports of those
days were ball playing, pitching
quoits, hunting, riding races, jumping,
running knit races. <fcc. T11 all
of these Chancellor Thompson is
said to have excelled, in his younger
days. lie was also fond of play
ing cards, but the rumor was that
lie did not excel in this kind of
sport,and thai Col. Wm.Toney won
from hitn the greater part of the
purchase money of a valuable tract
of land, (now owned by Colonel Ir
vine,) sold by the Chancellor to
Toriey.
Chancellor Thompson wa3 a
man of great sociability of nature,
and fond of boon companionship,
lie possessed great wit and humor,
and could utter some of the most
withering sarcasms that ever fell
from the lips of man,, I thought
him sometimes cruel and torturing.
lie was smutty, too, in his
cats and thrusts. I once witnessed
a rencounter between him and
Col. Benjamin Hagood in wit, humor
and vulgarity. The Colonel
was regarded as invincible in this
line, but he soon succumbed to the
Chancellor, and left the field cruelly
tortured. The Chancellor was
walking the streets of Charleston
with one of his brother Chancellors,
when they met a third, who
extended both hands at the same
time, and said, 141 thank God I
have a hand for both of you "?
44And a heart for neither," was the
response of Chancellor Thompson.
I have always thought and 6aid,
that if Chancellor Thompson had
cultivated properly his talents, ho
might have been one of the great
men of America. But his mind
was like a rich forest mvArmi
with briers and brambles, instead
of producing flowers and fruits. 1
once heard a gentleman say, speaking
>>{ a mutual friend of ours, that
it was a great shame such a fellow
shopld possess genius and talent*
of a high order. I replied, no, the
shame consists in not Improving
his talents and cultivating his genine.
V : J ' 'i
In looking over our eqnity reports,
I finti rlio decrees Bud judicial
opinions of Chancellor
Thompson very brief, and simply
deciding the points involved in the
cases, lie elaborated nothing,,and
took no pains to bolster up his
opinions with (}.n?*gnup masoning,
:or a display of antlntritfos In this
respect there is a marked difference
between him and the chanfcellors
who en ceeded him. Ilis
decision of the cue? he wafe hearing,
was generally made np before
he got hall through the case. An
amusing incident is told of him at
Spartanburg. The lawyers on onq.
ftlflll l>oH naoA - ? O ftl...
? ** ?uu mo
leading counsel on the other side
was to be heard in the morning of
the next day. That night Chan
ccllor Thompson wrote out his decree,
deciding the case against the
> lawyer who wag to conclude the
jirgumeht the next morning. He
Tieard the argument very patient*
|;]y, and as soon as it was closed, ho
I (Milled out the decree and read it in
jopurtl The lawyer wag amazed L
I Ho enw tlii> oofto hod hoon do/?idnd
before his argument and authorities
were heard by the Chancellor.
But no one ever d<uil>toU the integrity
nnd impartiality of Chancellor
Thompson on the Bench.
' Aft^r he resigned his judgeship,
the Chancellor announced himself
as a Union candidate for Congress,
in opposition to the linn. Warren
R. Davis, who was a Nullifier and
Disunionist. But before the elec
lion came on, he declined being a
candidate, and Coh Jbseph Oris
bam waa nominated by. the Union
party in hia stead. Chancellor
Thompson lived a great many
vears after he retired from the
Pencil, and rode ore# to the village
almost ffery day fo see and
chat with his tridnds. He was s
warm hearted friend and a bitter
oneiny. But in his witticisms, humor
and sarcasms, he spared nei
| tner friend nor foe. 1 practiced ]
before him only one-or two courts
beiore he resigned* and had no
canse to complain of him. JEJe despatched
business very rapidly,
and I thought correctly.
The Ohancellor coilfld say the
most spiteful things* in |>erfeot
g(?od humor* and tifcfclly felt no
malice at the time in eayurn them.
On one occasion* he and Col. Lemuel
J. Alston* a vain* pompous
man* who owned the village of
Greenville, and was a member of
Congress, and Col. Elitls Earlo and
Mr. Samuel Earle, who had likewise
been in Congress, were enjoying
themselves socially* when
Alston said to the Chancellor:
"There will bej^reat rivalry lieieatier
between the sons of Colonel
Elias Earle and Mr. Samuel Earle*
for your daughters." They had a
great many sons* and the Chancellor
quite a number of daughters.
Chancellor Thompson replied* laconically
: "I don't like the breed."
Mr. Samnel Earle responded* "You
like it* sir*.better than I do;yours."
This broke np the sociability of the
evening. But in after life, their
blood uid mingle, as Alston pre
dieted. The oldest son of Colonel
Elias Earle married a daughter of
the Chancellor's, and a younger
son 01 Mr Samuel Earle married
a grand daughter of Chancellor
Thompson. But there never was
any kind leeling on the part of
Chancellor Thomson towardseither
Col. Eliax Earle or Mr. Samuel
Earle, add I know this feeling was
reciprocated on the part of Mr.
Samuet Earle.
1 forgot to mention that when
the appeal courts in equity and
law wore blended, and the judiciary
of South Carolina reorganized,
DcSanssure and Thompson were
elected Chancellors ; before, they
were called Equity Judge*.
[continued next week.]
Gov Ferry's Nomination for Congress.
We clip comments of the press:
The Georgetown Times sa^s:
Ex Qov. B. F. Perry.?This
distinguished old Roman has betfn
unanimously nominated as a candidate
to represent the 4th District
in Congress, which is now
misrepresented by the scalawag A.
S. Wallace. We confess wo regret
the action ot the convention,
as we are satisfied that lie can do
his people more good in the State
Senate than in any other position.
His purity and boldness ot character
would be a standing rebuke to
the Treasury thieves, and his very
presence there would measurably
stay the bands oi the robbers.?
( overnor Perry is worthy ot any
and all the honors the State can
confer upon him. and as we cam
not have him in the State Senate,
we trust and believe be will be triumphantly
elected to Congress.
) The Herald, of. Laurens, thus
speaks of the nomination :
The Nomination..?The convention
that inet in Columbia on
the 9th inst., nominated the (Ion..
B. F. Berry tor Congress. In our
judgment no better nomination
could have "been made. In some
things of importance we have dit' !
fered from Mr. Perry, and we still
differ, but we have never enter
taineu a doubt of his honesty, his
abdity, or his experienced states |
manship. In addition, he is a man I
of undoubted courage, and any-1
whefre and everywhere, if the occasion
demand, he will express
himself honestly and fearlessly.?
The convention advised that each
county enter upon th<fc prescribed 1
torm tor obtaining snpervisors of
the election. Ttiis is well and wise.
Let us now go into: the canvass
w th a Oeternni.ation to win. If
we do our duty we are oertain of
the victory, and the State will-receive
tl?? benefit of Mr. Perry's
tser?ices in the next Congress.
... "i.j. \ ' '> / "
Wb clip from the Abbeville
Prtm and Banner i i he unaui
inout nomination/for Congress, ot
Bx Governor B.< F. Perry, by th%
Democratic Convention < f the 4tH
Congressional District, derives i\(j
significance from U>4 fact that this
is the only one ot ths Congressional
Districts which will likely
send a true representative of the
'intelligence, education and worth
ot the 8tate to Congress. We rejoice,
then, that we will likely havo
one Irno representative from Sooth
Carolina in the National councils,
who will raise an indignant protest
against the injustice which has
| turned over the white population |
1 of tbe State to the tender mercies
of tbe Bcallawag, the carpet bagger
and tbe freed mat*. , !.
A more eligible candidate than
Governor Perry, or on? who wilfr
more likely drair onl ibe corner
vative strength, could not haver
been selected. Of high tiharftctfer,
large experience, distinguished
abilities, and a consistent Union
record, ho will likely sweep the
District by an overwhelming vote.
ij Hon. B F. Perry.?At the convention
of tl?e Fourth Congression-*
al District, held in Colombia on
Monday, Oth inst., the Hon. B. F.
Perry was unanimonslyaeiected as
the Conservative candidate to represent
the people of the District in
Ctfngress.
We feel confident that no man
could have been selected who
would be more acceptable to the
true and honest people of the District
than Maj. Perry, and we have
no doubt of his election. He is
eminently a representative man,
and will honor the position and the
people he represents. His pure,
moral character, undoubted abilities.
long experience as a statesman,
boldness and persiatency in
defending the right and opposing
the wrong, which even his opponents
are compelled to acknowledge.
ihakes htm a power of
strength as our standard bearer
and n terror to the venal and cor
rnpt usui per who opposes him.?
If any man in this Congressional
District can unite the votes of all
the honest and .rue people, that
man is Maj. Perry.
[ Union Times, 13M.. 1
Action of the Democratic State Executive
Committee*
I lie Democratic State Executive
Committee, after a full and free
conference, adopted the following
resolutions as embodying the policy,
in their opinion, proper to be
pursued by the Democracy of the
State in the present canvass :
Resolved, That in the present
state of parties in Sonth Carolina,
we deem it unwise to nominate a
Democratic State ticket, and de
cline, therefore, to call a convention
of tho people for that purpose.
Resolved^ That having adopted
the policy thus indicated, we demand
of the Republican party that
they fulfill, in good faith, their
public pi dges, and give to the
State an able, honest and economical
government, under which ex
travagance and fraud shall cease,
and all classes of citizens 6hall be
faithfully and intelligently repro
sewtod.
Resolved, That we now place on
record our unqualified condemnation
of the corruption and roblv ry
which, as the Republicans themselves
confess, nervade the execn
tivo and legislative departments of
the State Government; for which
corruption and robbery. the Republican
party of this State, as sua
tained by the Federal Government,
is alone responsible.
Resolved. That wo deem it of
the first importance that the Democratic
party bo organized in the
several counties, for the purpose of
obtaining, by such means as may
seem best, the largest, measure of
local and legislative reform.
Resolved. That the chairman of
this committee appoint, at hie leisure.
a chairman for each county in
the State, who shall carry out in
the respective conntieo the objects
of the preceding resolutions.
Tio following resolution was also
adopted:
Resolved, That the members of
this committee from the different
Congressional Districts have authority
to make arrangements for
the nomination of mem bora to Con.
grent for their respective Districts.
Thk Octobitk Elkctii>ns? As in
186S. s<? ir? 1872, it ia thought that
the Presidential contest w*ll he Retried
by tike result of tho October
State elections in Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Indiana. If Oreelev
fails to carry Pennsylvania in October,
his chances will be settled
adversely, but the present prospects
in the Keystone Slate are
very encouraging. ) Naw York
would give, now, the Herald concedes
a heavy majority for Greeley,
but the State and Presidential
vote in November will likelv he
controlled by the intervening dilate
elections.
South rem Static Fairs.?*Geor?Atlanta,
Octobor 14 to 17.
Kentucky?Lexington, Septom
ber 9 to 13.
Maryland?Baltimore, October
8 to 11.
Mississippi?Jackson, November
11 to 16.
Missouri?8t Louis Association,
ftk rymia haiiiliar 51 in 1#
Virginia?Richmond, October
20 to November 1.
Virginia and North Carolina?
Norfolk, Va., October 22.
An ^Sdltor on a Jaunt. r
The Editor of tbf? Camden Jour- t
nal has been traveling in the West.
Hero in what be . nay a about. Look f
out Mountain, etc., eto>: c
Disembarking at Cbattanoqga, 1
we went to tbe Read House, nod ?
then took a stroll over tbe city>T- f
Looming np in tbe distance w^s *
Lookout Mountain, the goat of our r
journey, tbe Mecca to which we ?
were traveling. Our parly, four a
in nnmber, took a back wliich was t
in waiting, and proceeded on ,our 1
journey, about 7? o'clock, Even li
as early as that the sun shone with ti
powerful fire in his rays, and we o
concluded . that Chattaaooga was ?
the warmest place we had enooun. c
tered. A drive of two miles,
brought n? to the foot of the moon r
tain, and we commenced the as >
cent,,,which was very steep. !Not ?
desiring to weary our readers with t
the narrative of the ascent, we will I
simply announce that in two hours t
we had arrived at Summit House I
and taken quarters at one of the r
cottage?. 4 r
When tho heat of the day was |
over, we commenced our exnlora u
tions. Visiting Saddle Rmck, we u
obtained the view from there and <]
passed on towards the Point. From I'
that we had spread out before tis t
? iiivov iiia^iiiuuciii pnuurnuiu. Ill
the distance, the Alleghany Moun c
taine are distinctly visible, and 8
nearer is Missionary Ridge, Ring- I
gold, Dalton and Chickatnauga, f
each the scene of a bloody stmg li
gle during the late war. The Ten ti
ncssee River, a beautiful stream, t
can be traced for many tuiles, and I
adds much to the scenery. In the I
remote distance can be seen the c
Kennesaw Mountains, and Stone
Mountain is also visible on a clear ?
day. From the Point, Georgia, t
Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky and
North Carolina are each visible, ^
and it is said that Alabama also
is within the range of vision. An t
enterprising artist has erected a
gallery immediately on the Point r
and drives a flourishing trade in i
selling pictures of the various c
views about the mountains. From e
the very 6ummit of the mountain, 1
and from behind breastworks, the c
troops under General Iiooker, pop J \
ularly known as "Fighting Joe," I
drove the Confederates during the c
war. This appears the more as s
tonishing, when one considers the 3
apparent inaccessibility of the s
mountain. The natives say the 1
Confederates were surprised, the 1
Union soldiers advancing under s
cover of a very thick fog, which t
had settled down upon the moun \
tain. But if a proper look out had r
been preserved, it would have been 1
impossible to surprise them, and a <
small force could have held the ]
position against very heavy odds (
The hotel on the mountain was <
burned sometime since, so that not t
more than seventy or eighty per e
sous Can be accommodaied now,
but so attractive a spot can scarce- t
ly fail to command a numerous in- I
flux of visitors, and in a short time 11
it is probable that another hotel ^
will be erected. About a half mile
from the hotel site, stands a large
Female College, now unoccnpied,
and likelv to remain so. We suppose
that the College was built
there in order to be entirely secluded
from the visits of men, but the
sequel proves bow impoesible i^ i^
for the female sex to remain for
any length of time from the baser
(so called) sex, and tbe college is,
consequently closed. It strikes tis
that it would be a good idea to
turn this into a hotel, the only ob
jection being that it is too far from
the Point. About five miles from
tbo hotel site is a waterfall of one
hundred and fifteen feel, the stream
trom which tails into a lake, from
which there i9 no visihtb outlet.?
"Rock City" is also a curiosity:?
Large rocks form the houses while
the spaces betweon are regular,
and present the appfcartfneb of
streets, whence the; name.
During the day, the thennome*ter
gets up to about 83 degrees,
but at night sleeping under a blan- 1
net is very com tort a Die, ana thereby
a person is enabled to repair (
the damage done by the heat of
the day. The visitors are very so 1
ciable and quite a party from New
Orleans are visiting tho mountain 1
this year. We remained there but *
two days, the flight of time remind '
ing us of the neoeasiiy of completing
onr journey, and then moved i
on to Sewanee, the site of the Uni- <
versity of the South, an institutSoft i
under the peculiar tutelage ?>? the <
Episcopal Ohnrch at the South.*-*- <
Getting off the train on tho Nash- I
vilte and Chattanooga railroad, at
Cowan, we took the train which i
runs over the mountains to Tracy
City, whcnco they transport coal i
in large quantities. The grade on I
this road is not less than two hundred
feet to the mild, and it is dif* 1
*f S/V U^l fit At cnnK A atnAr. I
UCHI* 1AI ? ilim U qv wop
ascent can be occoinptiehed, but I
bo hind an extremely powerfol en- I
gino the distance of the summit, 7
nil?#, is accomplished in 85 .inin*
ites.
To show how; inconvenient travding
sometimes;is we will narrate
?uh experience, in returning home,
.jeaving Cowan at WolocK in the
ifternoon, we'reached Cbattanoor*
at 4:15, and leaving there at
t:30, we reach Atlanta at 12:20 p.
n., and remalued there until 8:30
'clock, next morning, whence we
irrlvdft aft Adnata at 5:15 that afernoon,
and reach Columbia at
.0:30 o'clock tbat night, where we
tad to remain until 2 o'clock the
icxt d^y. Making the entire trip
f more than five, hundred miles
nsido of Qfty-fi>ur hours; we laid
?vor twenty-four of tbeni.
We conclude qur narra'ire by
ecounting an incident which was
elated to us by A gentleman neAr
>ewanee : During the terrible
ights arouud Chattanooga, two
arge trains of wounded soldiers of
h^ enemy were going from that
>oiitt to Nashville. Alioat two
niles this side of Cowan, is a tunlei,
a mile in length, and npon
>aasing through a steep down
jrade is reached. The engineer
f the rear train was not well ac
[iiainted with the road, so that he
et his engine ontas lie passed the
untie). While running round a
inrve, be saw just in his front, the
>thor train. Seeing that a colliion
was inevitable, no leaped from
no cufriue, lettvmg me irain to its
ate. Rushing on, the trains colided
on a high embanktuent, and
learly every car in both trains was
brown from the track down the
irecipice, killing more than two
tuudred of the unfortunate sol
liers.
What a fate for those who had
escaped the death of the battle
ield ! v
ieply of Mr- Eeuben Tomlinson
The Charleston News contains
he following communication :
On returning to the city to day,
ny attention is called to your edtorials
of Friday and of yesterlay,
in which you refer to charges
made by F. *L. Cardozo and S.
kV. Melton against me with refersnce
to my alleged connection
villi the passage of .the phosphate
)ill ; and, looking upon at least
me of these gentlemen as having
omo character for veracity left,
on may properly demand that I
hall meet the charges. I had al
eady been informed, in a private
etter from Mr. C ?rbin, of the
tatemens made by Mr. Cardozo
md Mr. Melton at Yorkville, and
vas awaiting au opportunity to
lotice them publicly. By your
iindly interference, I have that
ipportnnity. I have not yet read
Mr. Melton's speech delivered in
Charleston, but understand from
itbers that the statement made in
hat speech is substantially the
mine as that mnd? nt
Mr. Cardoso is represented as
tayiiig at Yorkville, 44 Mr. Torn*
linson is no better than Mot-es, so
Far as corruption goes, for if
Moses did issue fraudulent pay
certificates, Mr. Toinlinson told
do himself that he helped to buy
ip.the Senate to pass the Phosphate
hill over the Governor's
/eto. He told me this at, the
;ime, and I have no doubt that he
old me the trnth."
I can only say that this 6tate
nenf is a bold, unblushing and
unqualified falsehood.
Will you tell me how I am to
prov*? that Mf. Cardozo tells art
untruth when he makes this statement
I He might with as much
propriety say that 1 had tried to
bribe him to murder soutebodtf ;
mie assertion cwould be jnst as
reasonable Hild as true as toe otbar.
But if he repeats tlrese asser
Ions uulil the erack of doom,** I
i?? not aee how Pant to prove their
untruth. I ran only place my aspersions
and character against his,
eind let the public decide for
themselves. T
1 tnay say. however, that in his
speech at Yorkville, previous to
making the above statement, Mr.
Cat dozo said of tue that ,4 I had
been his friend for some years,
and was an honest and upright
man." Mr. O. may think tLat
uprightness <?f character is consistent
with a weakness for bribing
Senator* I do not;
Mr. Milton is r6i>resUnted as
laying itt Yorkvflle tliat lie had
toid (and would give his authority
if Mr. Tomlinaon asked tor it,)
that he (TomUpeon) bad borrowed
the money of'endorsed.a note at
the bank to iret the monev wliioh
O ~ # """
was used for the purpose of passing
the phosphate bill through.?
litis is substantially the same
statement as that made by him in
his Charleston speech: In reply
t have to say that there is absolutely
not the shadow of truth in
the statement. 1 am bound to be
lieve, even against some reasons
for laclc of faith in his perfect
veracity, that in this instance Mr.
Melton tbfftks be hhs foundation
for his charge, and I will be only
too glad to have bis aotbori ty for
t'ie assertion be has seen fit to
make.
Of course yon do no ask me
now t> prove that somebody did
not tell Mr. Melton that 1 bad
done the thing charged, although
the language of your editorial of
Friday would seem to imply that
it was my duty so to do.
I respectfully submit that there
is no parallel between the charges
made against myself and those
made against Mr. Moses. It is
1 llHiniulln ' '* *
j ^iu.?u iurn. mure nave
been fraudulent issues of pay certificatoe.
see the affidavit of
Treasurer Parker 'in answer to
Judg6 WilliardV order, in which
it is shown that $441,000 of paycertificates
for 1872 bad been redeemed
at the treasury, and that
for $399,000 the treasurer's notes
had been given, to say nothing of
the large amount not yet taken
care of by the treasurer?and yet
you seem to place the charge of
Smith, Jones or Brown that I
have stolen a horse or robbed a
hank, in the same category with
ihese charges which are of judicial
record. In your desire to
hold tho scales even between the
two Radical factions, I fear you
lean a little to the other side.
In conclusion allow me say, that
tny connection with the Phosphate
bill was just this. 1 voted
for it because 1 thought it for the
interest ot Ubai leston and of the
State to do eo. I urged the Governor
not to veto it for the same
reason,, and for other reasons not
personal to myself, and I have as
yet seen no reason to regret my
Motion. For mj* stock in the company,
which is not HO,000, nor
anything near that amount, I have
paid precisely what every stockholder
in the company has paid,
including in the list some of the
most honorable business men in
Charleston. Some of the wildest
and most absurd things have been
said with reference to the grant
under which the company with
which I am connected and others
associated with ns are acting.?
without; betraying business matters
which do not concern the
public, permit me to say, that up
to this time the only parties who
have reaped any benefit from that
grant are the State of South Carolina
and the hundreds of mechanics
and laboring men employed
by these companies.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Reuben Tomlinson.
The United States Senate.?
The Senate has 74 members?22
against and 52 for the Grant administration.
March the 4th, 1873, 24 Senators
retire. Of these 18 areTor
and 6 against the administration,
leaving 34 tor and 16 wrainst.
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The retiring Senators are Cameron,
Pomeroy, Patterson, Morton,
Pool, Corbett, Osborn, Sherman,
Cole, Conkling, Ilowe,. Iiarlan,
Nye* Kellogg, Spencer, Sawyer,
Morrill of Vermont and Ferry of
Connecticut. Sherman and Ferry
have been re elected. Patersot^
Cole and Harlan have been re*
placed by Wadleigh, Sargeant and
Allison. Pool, ot North Carolina,
will be succeeded by a Democrat.
The retiring opposition Scnatora
are Ilill, Vickers, Trumbnll, Ilice,
Blair and Garrett Davis, of Kentucky.
Vickers and Davis are replaced
by Dennis and McCreery.
There are chances, and good
ones, that Conkling of New York,
Morton of Indiana, Cameron of
Pennsylvania, Osborn of Florida,
Spencer of Alabama, Kellogg oi
Louisiana and Nyeot Nevada will
be replaced by opjHMients of the
administration.
The retiring opposition Senators
will either be returned or replaced
by successors of the same view, unless
Trumbull should be an excep
tion.
This will put the Senate 28
against and 46 for the administration,
breaking its two thirds majority.
A great triumph this, and
the result of tho Greeley movement.
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