The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-06-16


tne hrst TO leave the table and retire tc
MS Toom! !S ThJgIf,rtffl r
metmnk there has always been on the
part OF Judge Cheves for Mr.. Clay a high
personal regard. Many years ago we re-
member hearing a distinguished gentle.
man speak against Mr.. Clay at the sup
Per taole where Judge Cheves was sitting
'Iousn Saroilna was then in the midst OF
tne larlff and notification excitemcnt,and
tenry Clay was charged with having
toftaed . coalition with Adams, for his
own personnel ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and that
ne was cowed aadeF the scorn of his coun-
Try. No said Judge Cheves, "give
the Devl his due, Clay possesses spirlt
not likely to cover aiRder abuse" "I
boarded with Clay several months, and
never heard him speak q harmfulword of
any one" -
Whist in Congress, Judge CheYes was
elected Speaker uf the House OF Repseseti-
tatlves, which shows his standing ana no
sltoh in that body. His speeches were
always able and well prepared. He tho
roughly investigated every subject ON
which he spoke. ., After serving in Con
gress for several years he was elected 7 n
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in
south Carolina. His opinions as report
ed in our books, are all written " ith great
ability and clearness, and had he conti1u-
cd on the Bench he would have made one
of of, the ablest Judges in the United States.
saw | hom.n,.ea neafu u m ah accomplished lawyer
fn;,niIv roaJ - a''as I SheseS was not pro-
his t;mo o 81" ~ pn n's Pro'esSioh' and that
nm v;,l, or1;r ."s toc mceh t'ken
vote much of;, prsiSSs aS or nun TO de-
IL r,f. = - 'eo'''UuuiS o'UniS ana i study. .,..,
writer's - Io,.oo; 90 . ~ ~" c, QUO vi tne nrst
ted STATS and ,bnsa ~ Hs 2.".o Hs tile Cni M
his styIe which asS,, S e.Jqpence IN
n,a,,;l nies with wi'n: butior
t;on ,Io - o"S " ''i' ue'ect,'e educa-
anvtb;nr - H. -. 'In'u'eu I 70 'w1te
when caIiod nn =" "1 -. - he''u i 10 say mat
tice of a scotch 'o,o", a." co,:uary no.
1--WE heI;ovs ,La Do ~ % usuhcuon
in CharIaston ~ se,' y.' pu,S',, VINO died
abIe 70 No., - nolo'eu Nt'elner ne was
tost ~ onn seet'oiy, 80 small a
v;IIe sroonr , ", Ine IS,.l.u nov rcau MS NASH
a mar - - no wa" oe suspr'sed that
does sl,o,,iS -. 40 'uIge hneves
to wr;,e e'u''oo h's soiiity
Wills, ~, .,,o pa.t ~ AISA ,.7,'s,
by Mr., Monroe - l -, ny vas s,Iec.eI
States RAM OIL Ssse', by ''pi'ea
aoed with me- M"s fsp s q nahk man,
a6nIt but iiie wh5ie eGdati ~ 'nss mss pouf h9
ing out yials Of wrath on his head for his
wise, judicions and honest management of
that institution. Judge Chcves made no
reply, and took no notice Of the abuse hat
was heaped on him, and many believed
he was insensible to II. al knew better"
said Judge Huger, "for although Mr..
Cheyes Is the most independent and self
willed man ever knew, yet he il, at the
same time, one of the most sensitive men
L ever met with" .-...,-.
After redeeming the old United States
Bank from bankruptcy, and placing its af-
fairs on a prosperous basis, Judge Cheves
resigned the Presidency Oft, and resumed
the practice of the law in the city Of Phil
adelphia. He was not successful and soon
retired from the Bar. Some years after
he returned to his native State, and devo-
ted himself to his planting interest. He
has now five hundred acres in rice ON the
Savannah river, which few years since
were all in woods and swamp. AS plan
ter he has been pre-eminently successful.
6 Judge Cheves has always been, ever
since his return from the North, a disu-
nionlst. he thinks, and so said TO us,
twenty years ago, that it would be great
~ to the interest Of the Southern States
TO separate rom the North. But although
'disunonist, he never gave the slightest
oountenance to nuilifcatlon '"r separate
secession: lie has,iio idea OF going to
sea IN )oily boat, as was said by Pro-
lessor Henry in our late controversy.
Judge Cheves Is now about seventy
eight years old, and looks remarkably
well. de has stout, erect person, and
Is above the ordinar, height OF men. We
should suppose he would weigh two hmm