Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-01-15

A worthy Tribute = worthy Exam.
sAnuE CAssr late United States Treasurer,
whose death was recently announced through orr
paper. was one Of 1!lose rafc mon who. during .
long public life succeeded iii commanding the re-
speet and confidence Of all who knew him. and the
warm affection Of all personal friends. He was
closely connected By marriage to our worthy fel-
low-citizon. the Rev Dr. SEaoS. no more touching
tribute could be paid his memory than is contain
ed in the following Characteristic letter from JoHy
c. RrTEs' which we find IN the Globe
WASHINGTON, DEcEMBER 20, 1859
n SAMUEL WILLIAMS, Esq.-Eiit0r 81 tie Globe
/ SEs-l am on the eve Of leaving here for New Ha-
ven, Connecticut, important business and expect
/ 70 be absent four or fire days
received letter from CaseyriLe, Kentucky
1 three days ago. informing me that Samuel Casey
treasurer Of the United States was then very sick
there sno thar Doctor Taylor had visited him ana
! pronounced that he could net recover his health
now expect every day to hear Of his death If
you should hear of it in my absence, announce the
fact at the head of the editorial column Of the
Globe. / viii here make brief notes concerning
him.
lie was born in Mercer county Kentucky. in the
year llS6 [ believe. He studied law under John
AoWan q very celebrated lawyer Of Nelson county,
Kentucky soon after he obtained license to prac-
! tee law. be moved TO Union county. Kentucky if I
feeoAect arlght, IN the year 1871, and there com
menced the practice of his profession. In that year
ne was elected Clerk Of the Circuit and County
Courts Of thar county. Tie found me there an or
pllan DOy- founding may say, though had not
been lald at any persons door without father.
mo1ner sister, or brother and without tartlIng to
hFe en- de took compassion on me, and took me
INTO the Clerks Office in the fall Of the year 1872.
lhen wrote tolerabiy plain hand and assisted
MN m recording deeds That was all the service
was able TO render him. Two years afterwards, in
the year 1914 United States land office was estab-
hslled IN Shawneetown Illinois. A Clerk was need
ed IN the land Office and Mr.. Casey recommended
me as competent person to I'll the place, and OBJ
tanned It. may here say that never had means to
support myself until Mr. Casey took me TO live with
MN, ana have never been ithOutmeas to support
myself since. have continued to prosper, regularly
ever since the day entered his Office feel that
an indebted 70 him for al IAN worth and therefore
SHAH regret more to hear Of ms death than have !
ever done TO hear Of the death Of any that ever
lived. When / cease to remember him gratefully, |
daily, should die / have known him for forty /
seven years, and never heard any person speak dis
paragingly Of him. He was, 1 think, among the |
best men, If not tic Uerg best man, that has lived in
my DAYS.
Early last month he thought he would die shortly /
and wrote to me tender his resignation of the Of
nee OF treasurer of the United States to the Presi
dent; but did not Oso, because Mr. Guthrie late
Secretary Of the Treasury, thought he ought not to
resign so long as there were hopes OF his recovery
or Colonel Randolph. his chief clerk acting as Trea
surer Should be willing to perform his duties. But
on last Friday gave up all hope Of his recovery,
ana rendered his resignation to the President to take
effect on the first day of next month, before that
day If the President should sooner fix on man to
MI his place. l had previously sent word to the
President to look ont for a suitable to fill the
cthee. copy Of my letter to the President tend
erlng 1r. Caseys resignation, may he found in my
JoHM C. RrvEs.