The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, April 13, 1886, Image 2
SALMON P. CHASE.
'Romantic Incidents in the
P^y/'- . Life of the Chief Justice.
||v K? Struggles in Early Life and Love
for a Beautiful Southerner.
Eugene L. Didier, at one time private
w?? ecrotary to Chief Justice Salmon P.
Chase, recites in the New York Mail and
jv;" Mispress some interesting instances in the
v; , career of this noted man. Mr. Didicr
mjs:
"I had a hard enough struggle in my
; early life,'* said Chief Justice Chase to
~ to mo, one afternoou; as wo were walking
from the Capitol together. "When I
to* came to Washington to push my
y - fortune, I asked an uncle who was a Senator,
to obtain for me a clerkship in one
the departments. He told me he
would rather give me a dollar to buy a
?V . spade with which to work my way in the
. world. I thought my uncle w:is unkind,
tot I have long since known he acted
f. wifely in not getting me an office, and I
attribute all my good fortune in life to
fV ' thnt refusal. Had I secured a clcrkship
at that time, I should probably have reV
wained a clerk all my life, and, instead
f' now being the Chief Justice of the
United States, bo the chief clerk of a department."
M' Salmon P. Chase worthily won all the
ll fcigh honor that he gained. For years
alter removing to Washington he went
J- ^ through the daily drudgery of teaching
a-, boys' school, studying law during his
^pare hours under William Wirt, the father
of one of his pupils. It was at Mr. Wirt's
- house that he met the beautiful Miss
Cabell, and then began the only romance
in his li H H rt woo
it IWJ vukvnu AII. *>v/ uti
S3<?? ' '' '
ocicty every day, and each day added
toJhis interest in the lovely Southern girl.
Love inspired him to write verses which,
liowevcr, were intended to Express the
X' * passionate sentiments of a lover. The
. proud Virginian beauty accepted Mr.
Chase as an escort to parties, receptions
and the theater, and she found him a
cry agreeable companion in the parlor,
& Ur he was clever and intelligent, but
die would not think .of marrying a poor
young school-teacher with his own fortune
to make and apparently with little
prospect of making it at that time.
Miss Cabell made the same mistake in
declining Mr. Chase's addresses as the
kdy did who refused to mary Louis Napoleon
when ho was living an obscure exHe
in England after his escape from the
prison of Ham, and thereby "refused a
town," as the future Emperor said to
mwct. remaps mr. unasc's untortunatc
lore affair was the cause of his leaving
Washington and removing to Cincinnati,
which he did soon after passing the bar.
He got eo bravely over his passion, however,
for Miss Cabell, that he lived to
uurry and bury three wives, before he
TU forty. The aroma of that early love
till lingered many years afterward.
Once, when the Chief Justice was visitXBg
Richmond with his daughter, a niece
off his first love?another Miss Cubell,
equally celebrated as a belle and beauty
nr\AM M"ioo ? ?
W1VM. u^vu JJLIOO VllftOUj Ht'l mtUlT ru*
called with tender feeling the circumstances
of his youthful love and the resalt.
When he spoke of his first sweetheart
there was a pathos in the voice of the
calm and dignified Chief Justice, which
.v.: fras as rare as it was interesting. When
1 became tho private secretary of Chief
Jostice Chase, he was in his sixty-second
jear, and to all appearance in tho full
igw of his magnificent manhood?he
was six feet high and weighed two hundred
pounds and was as straight as a
Tuscarora Indian. He had a very com(V;
Man ding appearance, and as he walked
the marble corridors of the Capitol
tit presence was felt. He was naturally
very austere man and seldom unbended,
ren at home. He had little or no appreciation
of humor, and rarely indulged
fia a joke. He was just as abstemious in
,% lis words as in all other things. He
talked little, drank little, and never used
tobacco in any shape or farm, and did
?ot like it to be used in his presence.
* His life was regular and his tastes simple,
xisiirg at 0 iu the summer and 7 in the
v^rijUter. In good weather he took a short
Walk before breakfast, returning . in
|hne to jdin his family at morning prayer.
v,T6e breakfast hour was 8 o'clof^, after
Which he joined his secretary in the libra
th$re he spent au hour reading over
Iris letters, dictating answers to them, or
']?eparing his opinions.
At 10 ho left his^ house to go to the
Capitol, always walking when the weathty^-fmwaa
fair, and riding in the cars in bad
weather. From 11 to 3 he presided over
the Supreme Court of the United States,
after its adjournment walking back to his
-"Jfcauae. Arriving home, he took a lunch
' ffnek&ro and tea, and then went vig|P|&Wously
to Work on his opinions, - remainfag
< so engaged until dinner, which was
always served precisely nt 0 o'clock.
Hi. tiblc was elegant, but not epicurean,
M|d consisted always of three courses and
v,-:.: ? dessert. - The Chief Justice always
,'^SiLiUiail' ..in fctoolr "wlinn in W??Ut?i?
ii | | n?v? T1U MJIaiuugiuu,
r> v and I was vCiwp much astonished to sec
;'^v Buitt npp^T in Hgfct pantaloons, sack coat,
pylon the morning that we
wear it after bis return to "Washington,
which shp seemed to thitik would be
lowering the dignity of the Chief Justice.
Gotham's Wealthy Homes.
"Probably in no city in tho world,"
said an ex-offlcer of the Army and Navy
Club a few days since, "does a pedestrian
catch a glimpse of so man}' magnificent
interiors as in New York. Naval men
you know are great walkers when they
ti : -: ? :~ l
ivavu |;uit, it ? au t'AClt'lSt' iiiuu i? ucuuficial
in a thousand ways, and in th6
course of my trips about the world 1 have
bccorao familiar with the appearance of
the streets of all the coast and many of
the interior towns of importance. It is
rather peculiar that the older the city the
less the surfaco display and the more
beautiful the aealously screened interiors.
For instance in Rome the houses which
are most elaborately decorated within
havie such somber and unattractive exteriors
that they might almost be callcd
repellent. In Chicago on the other hand
when a merchant prince or a millionaire
pork packer builds a house he has it no'ar
the sidewalk and when the gas is lighted
at night he is apt to raise the shades and
pull the curtains back so that passers by
may look in and sec in what a costly
manner he lives. New York has not this
shoddy idea, but where the houses are so
close to the sidewalk and the house
maids are careless there is very often a
chance to catch sight of interiors that
force a man of any sort of cultivation or
taste to stop and admire. Last night I
went to dinner in Fifty-seventh street,
west, and as I had plenty of time. 1 left
the navy yard about five o'clock, crossed
tno bridge, walked up Broadway and
moved thence up Madison avenue and
along Fifty-seventh street to my destination.
Everywhere along the route abovo
Madison square I caught sight of magnificently
panelled walls, plush and laced
curtains that cost fortunes, warm bronzes,
richly framed pictures and the like set off
by subdued colored lights. On all sides
were views of sumptuoxisly furnished
apartments sometimes in the basement
and sometimes on the second and third
floors of the houses, but never ostentatiously
shown. I don't know whether
people arc generally aware of it or not,
but there is more to be seen in a stroll
about New York streets than in any other
city in the world. And when the Windows
are not too securely screened flying
glimpses of magnificently furnished homes
may be had which must plunge a beggar
into the very depths of despondency."
?Brooklyn Eagle.
SoniH Historic I>ngs.
At a time when dogs, especially metropolitan
dogs, are somewhat under a
cloud, says a writer in All the Year
Hound, it may be well to recall some of
the claims of our old friend to respect
and-esteem. Every one remembers the
dog of Ulysses, who died in greeting his
master, just returned from his long wanderings,
aud the story shows the consideration
in which the dog wjis held in the
heroic ages of Greece. The old Persians,
too, held'the dog in high esteem; to the
Magians lie was a sacred animal, the representative
and friend of Ormuzd the
Beneficent, and the great satraps were
distinguished by their trains of hunting
dogs, as was the King himself, and Xerxes
set out Tor the conquest of Greece
surrounded by a great body-guard of
faithful dogs. Those most highly prized
by the Persians came from India, so-called
probably from the Baetrian regions,
where the dog is still held in high repute.
Captain Woods tells us that the old-fashioned
Uzbeg' would think it no insult to
be asked to sell his wife, but would resent
an offer for his dog as an unpardonable
affront, while among the border
tribes of Turkestan the epithet of the
dog-seller is one of the profoundest contempt.
Indeed, the birthplace of na
uuuh la pruuuuiy me original nome 01
the dog, and when our Aryan ancestors
began to migrate westward from their
ancient scats with their flocks and herds
they brought with them, no doubt, their
fierce and faithful dogs, who have left
their descendants of to-day, the English
mastiff, the Pyrenean sheep dog, the Albanian
wolf-hound. Ancient laws, too,
record the estimation in which the dog
was held: ' 'A herd dog that goes for
the sheep in the morning and follows
them home at night is worth the best
ox," say the ancient laws of Wales.
The best herd dogs of the present day,
perhaps, are the Breton sheep dogs?
rough, shaggy, uncouth?with an aspect
as if they had a little of the blood of
1 !? Ju i 1 1- 1.5?1 1? - i 1
uiuiu iu uiuir wins, uut mguiy vaiueu.
by their possessors, who tiro not to be
tempted into parting with them by any
thing undertho price of the best ox; And
the Breton dog is one of the most saga
cious of his kind, watching and tending
his Hock with an almost incredible zeal
and devotion.
Getting Rid of Bill Collectors.
Brown?I've crot an excellent nlan for
getting rid of bill collectors.
Green-?Hal That so?
B.?-I have. Never fails,
G.?Well, old .fellow, you must let me
into the secret, for I'm worried to death
by 'cm. '
B.?Well, Tve tried it several time* of
late, and I And the man never comes bach
again.
G.?Ay, ay, what do you dot
B.?I pay bini.?13o*ton Courier.
Sl'VvS'.Ii tf ',".'-J K\ *.
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Palmett<
THOS. McGEl
of the largest SALOON in tho up-oount
ndvertisements. Tne half is not ment
propared for fall trade. The Palmeito H
Foreign and Domes
the beat the market affords. He 1
Rye and Corn, Irisl
Apple, Peach, California and F
Ho can cheerfully recommend his |
mixed drinks with nil the DELICIOUS 1
TERA.TE DRINKS. His specialty is a 1
GENTLEMENSRESOR
and yon will not forget ngain.
A. Grood Line of Tobac
Beer s
CUNNINGHAM
hav:
TMr Lane and1
FALL AND VI
| Consisting i
Tnrpicrn anri Rni
w. u>o? "< ?
NOT
HATS, HATS, 3
B<
HARDWARE, HAI
Groceries, Groceri
Crocker
J' At Lowor Prices than they were E
PAVILION HOTE
CIIRLESTON, S.
(First Class un all its Appointme
RATES, S2.00, $2.50.
' Excellent Cuisono, large niry room?,
Passenger Elevator. Electric boll and lij
Heated rotunda centrally located.
Oct. I, 'i-4-tf
QENTRAL HOTEL,
Mrs. M.W. THOMAS, Propriety
Broad Street, Augusta, Ga,
JgXOHANGE HOTEL,
Greenville, S. C.
The Only Two-Class Ho
In the World.
W. R. "WHITE, Proprietor,
DINNER HOUSE,
Greenwood, S. 0.
Kept by Mrs. F. G. PARKS. Cheap ra
First-class fare.
June 15th, 1882-tf. 1]
t. p. tiiomson. j. w. thom8
'pHOMSON & THOMSON,
Attoriieys-at-Law,
Abbeville, S. C
^"Office in rear Mr. Lee's.
Juno Sth, i hSvj-tf.
QALIIOUN & MABRY,
. Attorneys anil Counsellors at Lav.
Abbeville C. H., 8. C
?)fttcc formerly occupied by Judge The
son. tf-5<
ROI5T. R, nEMPIIILL. WM. P. CALIIOI
JjEMPHILL & CALHOUN,
Attorneys-at-Law,
, Abbeville, 8. C
Will practice in tho Courts of tho Sto
&
i. VT. PERRIN T. P. COTHRj
pERRIJf & COTHRAN,
Attorneys-at-Law,
ABBKYills, 8. 0
</;v 1 '( " .-v-v. -
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5 SALOON I
TICAN, Proprietor
ry, don't intend to dupe his customers by false!
ioned in the three Abbeville papers. Heis well
ouse is well stocked with everything in the line of'
stic Wines and Liquors,:
has got Liquors nine years old. Good old
**m?I CaaIaIi lAlk
i aiiM wuuiifii VHII9HI69J
'rench Brandies,
Porter, Ale and Fresh Lager Beer.' ]
aroodft to the public for MEDICINAL USE, nnd' 1
iEVERAGES of the Reason. Also COOL, TEJ1arge
stock of PURE GOODS. Call at the
T. NO. 4 WASHINGTON ST,
THOMAS McGETTIQAN.
co and Cigars. Budweiser
i Specialty. 47
m .1
& TEMPLETON
E IN STORE
Well Selected Stock of
/INTER GOODS,
In. Part ot
mestic Dry Goods,'
IONS,
I
3ATS, I
30T8 _AJNTD SHOES
IDWARF, HARDWARE,
es, Groceries,
y, Crockery, Crockery.
vcr Offered Before. l-tf-22
ENDORSED BY WB BETTER AND
SCIENTISTS AS jgfeCMPER TEA. (
PRACTICALLY AKY
Indestmctllile jUMinMiiF STONE.
jbtji. Over 500 8end foi
2i Beautiful tuMRHH Price List
Designs. If Aral Circulate
MANUFACTURED BY
monumental bronze company,
BRTIM3BPOBT. CONN.
??AT THE
4
Centennial Saloon
For this year will be found
,tes.
Li Absolutely Pure Spirits*
ov
sort.ii uarolina copper distilled Uom, finest
brands of Kentucky Rye, from
$2 to 86 Per Gallon.
mDorted Cognac Brandy a Specialty.
ALSO
Ales, Porter, Champagnes, &c.
100
in fact all the popular and standard goods
that can be obtained. Together with
an assortment of
Tobaccos and Fine Cigars
that can not be excelled in quality.
f
Persons needing such goods would not be
)m" humbugged by buying from them.
[) The place is second door from Court
__ Ho.ise.
O'DONNELL & CUNNINGHAM
Proprietors,
ABBEVILLE, S. Q.
jan 14-tf 21
A lAi the new shades in Hats and Eonnets
ito. J\_ with Ribbons, Birds, Flowers, tiatins
I mid Velvets to match.
? 52 B. M. HADDON A CO.
** EUGENE b* gary?
Attorney and Counseltor-at-law,
Abbkvillb, 8. 0*
' %ij V' ' f " ' !"*>'' ' ? '
! i'V . ' % '-7 ' '.V \ ' v ... ,
GOODYEA1
Carriage Rep
pAN EE FOUND THE LARGEST STOCK O
^-/l Phrotons, Roan (.'arts, Pianthtion Wneons Cnil sizes, ]
Haraess Saddles- Rellintr, leather of nil kinds, Watjon P
thirty day* J will OFFER SPECIAL BARGAINS IN A IX
OIKS at loss than Manufacturers' Prices. These Buggiei
prn makes; which I wili guarantee equal to the best. Ca
vinco yourselves that they ore absolute bargains,
A- R. GOODYJ
(Successor to R. IT. May & Co.,) OPP. GEC
2S?&. i ADGOSTA. GEOB
DAY & TANP
Arc Now Receiving a Fine A
CARRIAGES AND G
FOR THE SPRING
AT P1UCES TO SUIT T
And Never Before Attained, in the H:
We arc enabled to give our customers every, ad vat
at the closet possible cash prices. Call
CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES IN
The finest assortment of HANDBAGS and SATCI
TRUNKS, WHIPS and UMBRELLAS.
THE WILSON, CHILD'S & CO.'S PHIL A.. WAG
TENNESSEE WAGONS, 1, 2 and 4 Horse.
DAY & TANNAIIILLL'S ONE AND TWO IIOR
EXPRESS AND DELIVERY WAGONS.
AXLES, SPRINGS, HUBS. SPOKES. &c. RUBB1
IIOYT'S LEATHER BELTING. The best in the
LACING, RIVETS, Etc. OAK and HEMLOCK
CALF and LINING SKINS, LASTS, THREAD, (
HARNESS and SADDLES. WE CALL PARTIC1
HARNESS DEPARTMENT, IN WHICH WE EXC
DAY & TA1
4 3 ?
WHITE BRO'
Would call tho attention of bayers to a Few Spt
Ib unnsaally large and attractive. They have the cheaj
have ever offerea. They havo also some handsome Colo
ftoJtmeut of Black and Colored VELVETEENS lor Drt
a nice line of Wool Laces in all colors, the latest tiling f
Their stock of BLACK CASHMERE cannot be i
unusual care in the selection of these goods, and are asi
to color, quality and price. A good line of JERSEY JA(
It would astonish any one to see how very cheap FL
this season, Buyers in this line would do well to exami
WHITE BRO
CARPETS are so very cheap as to be in the reac
CARPETS and RUGS can be found at the store of WH
The above are only a few lines in which Special Bar
Tho General Stock of Fall and Winter Goods now o
WHITE BROI
Is the largest, be->t assorted, and more attractive than tl
plete in all departments.
The Human Eye and :
I AfrPBU C I
j v o c r n i
OPTICIi
Superior toany other in use, c mstructod in accordance
ef nature in the peculiar form of a UONCA.VK-CON VI
to the organs of sight, aud perfectly natural to the eye,
to the human visiou ever invented.
J. SILVER
and is traveling at this time throughout tho Stato of Gi
known his Theory and Practice, and at. the same time int
his Speetacles have been tiied they are spoken of in tli
testimonials will certify; the original and many other
his rooms. He at the same time wishes to be unders
eling quacks who merely sells you a pair of glasses at
may never see again. He has established in Augusta, al
in case you should happen to lose or break your glasses,
aJ2 % small nominal sum, as it is his custom to keep a ics
aleu him to know ju?t the glass you have purchased fr
from such men as Judge Tottle, Govonor Colquit, Geo
sept.i. 0,1885
CLOTHING! CLOTHING
Miller 331*0
: ' . r-v. v ._% \' *i fa
ository.
P CARRIAGES. BUGGIES.
1 to fi horse.) Singlo and Donble
itaterial. <fco.. &c. For ttio noxl
)T OF D"EN AND TOP BCO
i nre all Fine Northern and Enst
ill and examine them and couEAR,
Agra^t)RGIA
RAILROAD BANK.
kflTA I FACTORY. 703
LuIA. I Ellis Str4f
tIAHILL,
Lssortment of *
IUGGIES
TRADE,
"HE TIMES!
Lstory of the Business
it age by .purchasing our goodand
be convinced.
GREAT VARIETY.
iELS ever brought to the city"
ONS. all sizes.
SE WAGONS.
ER BELTING and PACKING,
world.
SOLE LEATHER.
3EMENT, Etc.
JLAR ATTENTION TO OUR
KL IN QUALITY and PRICE.
NNAHILL,
Augusta, Ga.
rHERS
icialties: Their stockof
jest line of BLACK SILKS they
red bilks. Tney have a good aafsses
and Trimming. Tney have
or une Dress Trimmings,
surpassed. They have bestowed
sured they are nil right in regard
3KETS, cheaper than ever before.
iANNELS and BLANlvETd are
no the stock of
tze3z:e:r,s
h of all. A good assortment of
ITE BROTHERS.
gains can be had.
tfered to the public liy
rHERS,
icy have ever carried. It is comsep.30,iy8f>-2m.
Spectacles.
LVER,
flLN.
with the science and philosophy
IX ELIPSES. admirably adapted
affording the best artiiicial help
jISHKD A
GLASS EMPORIUM
)F AUGUSTA.
aorgia for tho purpose of making
roduuing these Lenses Wherever
iq highost terms, as the following
s ctin he seen and examined at
ood tlmt he is not one of the travejcorbitant
prices and whom yoa
b present, 548 Br.md Street, where
, ho will replaco the same for yoa
jister of all he soils, theroby enaoin
him. Those testimonials are
ieral Gordon and a host of others.
! CLOTHING!
OOK at the old gent above in &
tiM isn't he with his pants all
jgy and no fit? My friends do
wish to avoid getting into just
h a scrape? Then when you
ke up your mind to buy a suit of
ihes come right along to our
c and have your measure taken
i have your clothes made to orby
the very best
TAILORS IN THE COUNTRY.
1 then if tliey arc baggy and
i*t lit, just say to us "send these
;hes right back, I don't want
m and wont have them." Iniorer,
wc would not let you keep
m ourselves if they did not fit
. Wc are not working for a fall
le, but a trade we cnn by giving
re satisfaction hold in th? fuRemember
our motto is "no
10 pay.
We are yours truly,
ttHers.