The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-02-19

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South Carolina. He was, eminent
I ly du'' - college,. After gradua
ton he was sent to Europe by hi
relative James Duckett, a man o
wealth and integrity. For abou
three years be plodded in Germa
my and in France, in blissfal oh
iseurity-unknown equally to hi!
:eompatriots who studied, and thoss
who frolicked. Just before the Sc
7eessioR Of South Carolina, this eos
smopolitan philosopher. wrote te
Governor Wright, then minister
at Berlin, to secure him lodging:
in that city. The Governor, had
the unpardonabie andaeity to In
form Siedr odeH that he was moi
sent to Prussia to hant up rooms
for boys! 1-,.>
But OaeH lodged in Berlin and
elsewhere for a long time, prefer,
ring the inneeuous labours cf read,
Ing and -beendrinkipg to- the. dis
tasteful perils of starving and be.
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sag, shot at. At last he pushed
his phiIan tl.ropy so far as to in
sist upon b hsather's selling all the
slagesto, which he was entitled,
and sending him the money thence
to be derived, and capped the eli
max byzeonsentmg to, feed upon
United States pap, and perform:
the dpties Of United States Consul
at Garlsruhe T. l<.,,s - =. 80 e.,
Til the close Of the war, SAINT,
Qdesf suffered On wine, -schweitzer
kase, beer and tobacco !; and then
returned to bless even his enemies
his relations and, benefaetors,
and the companions Of Iris youth
by placing them under the sway
of .swcet-seeuteds Africans and
righteous Radicals. He even for
gives MS family who were seees-
sionistsy, and deighs 9o eat. their
bread, and tell them how wickedy
they, have behaved, He is selEde-
nsiatg, for be objects to, confisca-
ton, which would deprive him Of
the only property be, expects in
this wicked land -.
Saint 0den inbabits, for the
present, 4. .tanish,: slimmish body
wears atred beard, and hairof the
same brilliant hue, tadks-a sort Of
Dptehy English, and sees through
glasses darkly. He isexceedingly
nervous but this fact may be east
" accounted for. He struggles
On, with the pitiful remuneration
Of eleven dollars a day, greenbaeks,
bearing e~er aloft% the banner on
which is inscribed the glorious
motto :: sNigger and No. l., now
and &orexersone and inseparable ~
James Henderson, alas John
stones alas, almost anything
Jan1es-er as he calls himself,
] Jeemes-is a haRa half, an:
equal mixture Of white and negro
blood. Whether, like Meichise-
deck and Topsy, he just "growedy""
is question shreuded in impene-
trable obseurity. He made his ap-
pearanee in Augusta, Georgia,
some TWENTY-FIVE years ago, and:
lent the Hight Of his eountenanee
to the turf: He was subsequently
purchased IN that eitysand carried
10 Newberry Courthouse, where
he still condesce todweh,> .
.tGeemes" was a very apt boy.
be learned his business quickly
and (when he. ehose) performed
bis tasks satisfactorily. He made
himself, before long, a carpenter,
, shoemaker, a brick-mason, a
cooper. But his chief strength
!ay in glibness Of tongue and deft-
ness of fingers. By means of ::the
former he beguiled his acquaint-
ance with many ingenious fables
especially when he was caught in
! scrape-and by means of the lat
:er he relieved his dusky coyreres
If all their superfuous cash, in the
noble game familiarly entitled "old
sledge," or "seven up. He,is said
to have labored under one little
weakness-and no longer ago
than. last year there was some talk,
,n the District Court at Newberry,