Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-01-12


.teady fellow with a green coat-conslderaoe .. "a
Tnsr an hear. The ancestor OF both Chaps was
SUI in France in l719 ard was q wild, dissiPateo
Soa that soon squaodered bis property uescena-
oue of this ge1teman whose name was La" setueo Id
america 10 I776 and after splurging ABOUT at ire
,nend0os rate, died in 1880 Anotnes aescenoant tthe
t;Iv all exhibited the same traits lew years after
his filed all France with bis pranks and his extraVa
oancfs snd died insolvent 10 1''S. ". .. CURRENCY
s"ne to Richmond in 1861-very popular at first
;,Jo all Offering him their autCgrAp bs-Confed toe
hovs used to call hm-the very rascals who, now that
10 is down in the world, and can't help them any
longer have the ipgrattude and imPudence to COLL MIN
Shncks ,...,..
Three years ago what tosst be was "a little reck-
Iaas Int would soon get steady rapidly cnarac-
terstic of the Currency family. RecoIect tne nrst
time ever saw him-the day after the INST oatte OF
Nanassas-face flushed pulse one hundred and upwards
eighty delirious-but this didn't last long-soon fell to
ei6bty and continued whereabouts for long tme-use-
fu member OF society then, but didn't dress we'll
clothes looked as il they were cut and MADE az nome
ond tady dved-someWhat pebald-soon after, began
n oct his clothes from England, and then he spurged
II was not long before people began to talk about him
mo particular CHARGE but habits said to be bad-be
osu to faten up and looked pulpy, dropsical Pres
entIy the secret came out-same old story-had taen
into the vile family habit of eating quantities
nj paper appetite perfectly morbid. Heard CT
man once who got to taking 1000 drops OF laudanum
day-bat that was nothing to Confed's EXPLOITS. he
soon eat FIVE hundred thousand dollar notes between
nine O'Clock and three-then millionaire then-well,
some people say four or FIVE millions, but that must have
been q SANDER.
Friends talked to him-told him he would kill him
sei-begged him to cut loose from qnartermasters, and
con mssaiee and contractors who were whettiOg this
vile bg bit and try 10 live better 1ite-made great
mauy prcmses-goipg to do great things hereafter
fret il MONTHS and then two years-ai"ays ex-
tending the time At last the faculty called in-
talked over him several weeks be eating paper all the
time AID sweIiog tremendousy-one modest, diff lent,
doctor said that the time to tap him, and to
reduce him to his original size-but DIR. uunter who
was chief physician booted at the idea-he knocked
on his chest said it did sousd rather hollow, and that
the circulation was little rapd-but that he had
a remedy which would soon relieve him-so be put a
bill in COnfeds mouth, which he soon chewed up aud
became worse. Mrs. MenmiDger was his nurse, and
applet him with pepper tea and other smulants and
l am afraid weak enough to give him as much pa
per he asked fOr-poor old lady really pltled he's
she led frequently said hers hard lot he doctors
held her responsible for COnfeds condition, but never
took beg advice to hs treatmentat last they turned
her out of DOORS Shameful conducior she was entirely
dsntertsed and never listened to the scan ial that
Ooned was her son-but she was in truth too weah 10
handle 30 large patient. Some OF the doctors said
that changing his clothes very often would relieve him
but that's the way with doctors, always trying some
new hum6ug.
Finally they sent ter Dr. Trenhom-great reputa-
tiop-spendid practice in Charleston never touched
paper bimsef-pertect horror of lt-but good deal
addicted 10 cotton and tobacco dry goods end groce-
lies. Very sanguine that he could soon have Coned
up and cured. Friends must talk pleasantly % Dim
and tell him be wasn't half sick and bloated as hs
seemed-musnt let strangers come near. Spite OF al
lhis patient began to have sores-hsues. And before
the old issues healtd up, ones appeared. u 1cto
came again and said that his paper must be stopped
entrely-so for three BIS they didn't let him have
noe--slll his strength didn't cone back to h'm-lE
fact be grew weaker. Couldn't imagine why h
tid't mprove-Watched him closely and found that tn
poor fellow eating certificates aud bonds had hl
pocket stuffed full OF themtour Fer ceut. bonds, (anC
they mada him very sick0 six per cent bonds 1903
per Cent. ponds believe if he could have got then
be would have hundred per cent bond5 -seemt'
10 lik3 cotton bonds best-sad they made him lee
prn4-as if be royalty drunk. Eyesight began t.
get bad-COudn't tell one note from another-taiket
pi:i1I;y aocat friends slanderDg bim-tod a grea
many yarns about his property. One thing he said,
am AFRAID tue told that he bore up under bis mis-
fortunes pretty WELL until he met the President one
il pubnc ri lace, W6o gave him deed cat after tina
be could never hold up bis head.
Heigho well poor felow-terribie thing eatln
70 much paper-but one chance left-call in old ID
Bullion, on Bank street, and know he will give him
pece OF gold TO bite at-might enable him to Cut n
wisdom teeth, which l am told he las never done
prahabe cause of all his misfortuGes