Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-02-26
Sketches of the Delegates to- the Great
aked-and-striped.
THELEXINGToN DELEGATIONS

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- Here at last is delegation composed d
white men, whose antecedents may be dis
covered without the disagreeable necessity
of. searching police records or criminal dock
etu, and Of whose past life and chief charac
teristics short sketch may be given without
offending modesty or good taste. -'' !. 80 -
LemuefBoozcr is'a jolly looking old iel-
low, with smooth shaved red face and hair
that once was of the same rich colour, but
has Of late years become somewhat frosted
by the snows Of time. The Honourable
Lemuel is apparently in the neigbbourhood
of sixty years of age, and he might easily
lave lived out the remaining half score al.
lotted to the life of man and died, if not in
the odour of sanctity, at least with a COM
Portable assurance of plain responsibility,
but for that ambition which led him by slow
but sure degrees 10 his present unenyiable
prominence among the leading conspirator
of the Club House assembly.
But few of the delegates to the great ring
ed-streaked-and-striped have any political re.
cord, and they may, therefore, as a general
rule perform most extraordinary featsin ground
and lofty tumbling, as to their individual opin..
ions with but little risk of detection. I'm
fortunately for Lemuel his opinions have not
been hidden in such friendly obscurity. BE
has practised law and has been a sort of stand
by Cor thirty years as State. Senator, from the
district which be now misrepresents, ,-he and
two or three other old fogies being elected,
by turns and in the last Legislature, elected
by the people of South Carolina, Lenuel held
the position. Now, it is not on record, that
in the course of his public career, the Hon.
Mr. Boozer, ever electrified the inhabitants
OF the Dutch Fork, by his impassioned elo
quence nor do we read that listening Senates
stood entranccd by the splendor of bis orato-
ry, the power of his logic or, the keenness of
his satire. In fact, the records attached to the
name of Lemuel Boozer, in the political his
tory of this State are brief, very brief, mon
osgllabic. "Lemuel Boozer, aye" :. Lemuel
Boozer-no." Those are specimens@to all
appearances very gnificant-but in fact
very significant. They prove that through
long series of years. Boozer was tolerably
sound States Rights man. One of those lit
tie records IS queer. tbs the only one which
we will particularly notice. The constitu
'tional amendment, much milder measure Of
Reconstruction than the Reconstruction acts,
of which Lemuel is the present champion,
was before the legislature of which he was q
member. The amendment received but one
vote in its favour. Now, resder, of course you
think, that vote was Lemuels-but it was
not. That vote was from Charleston. Where
were Lemuel and Lexington7 Lemuel ac-
copied the position of District Judge at the
hands of the Legislature.
Simeon Corley has placed himself upon the
record in the Club House assembly, and that
in language unmistakable. He can hardly
again pretend to be the friend of the white
people of South Carolina To judge by his
resolution recommending the removal of the
provisional officers of the State, one would de-
clare him to be political thug, or at least
bushwackor. Simeon is only tailor, and it
takes nine taiIors to make one man.
AS Simeon sat for years cross.legged upon
counter, cutting and sewing and pressing,
his brain was not idle.
One OF the results of the activity of Cor
ley's brain, and the one achievement OF his
life on which be always prides himself, and
by which he imagines he has made the world,
at least the fashionable world, his debtor, is
the invention Of a machine for fitting gentle
mems coats. 1t consisted of combination
of brass straps, which can be arranged
around the body so as to give on exact mea-
surcment of lengths, curves and angles, by
following which the expert tailor can preserve
the contour OF the person in the shape of the
garment. An uulucky editor of the Scientific
american once thought fit to give descrip-
ton of this curious contrivance, and Simeon
has carried copy Of the paper in his pocket
ever since at least, an eyewitness assures US
that he had such paper in his pocket when
be was prisoner at Point Lookout-for
Simeon was Confederate soldier, and it is
fair to presume that if he carried the highly
urized prints through the hazards Of war to
the prisoners cell, that he would hardly part
with it under othe7 circumstances. The Scion
tifc American stood him in good stead at
Point Lookout; for the reputation it gave him,
as tradesmau, secured him the position Of
tailor to certain number of prisoners, where
By he obtained various rights and privileges.
In this connection, it may be as well to state
that while the loyal Simeon was in prison, it
was q standing rule that any prisoner who
would take the oath should be set free. Strange
as it may appear, neither loyalty nor love Of
freedom was sufficient to induce Corley to ac-
cept that offer. He was in constant consul
taton on the subject with an officer Of the
garrison, and in correspondence with an in-
dividual in Maine, but up to the time our in
formant left Point Lookout, Corley still re
NAMED true to his Confederate allegiance.
Simeon, as = philosopher, is great on tenn
perance, both in meat and drink, or. to speak
with more correctness he is in favour of total
abstinence in both these particulars. Hc will
not even drink wine at the communicable,
and, in point of dict, he is vegetarian, for
swearing even Spring chickens, and living al
together on the products of the earth.
Simeon is also aphrenologist. Many years
ago chronological lecturer passing through
the benighted regions of Lexington descri5
ed Corley's bumps in so Aattering manner,
and SO entirely to his satisfaction, that he be-
came convert to the doctrine foreyermore.
He even went so far as to trust his matrimo
NAL prospects, for Simeon was then bache.
lor, in the hands of this itinerant humbug,
and requested him to choose him wife ac-
cording to her bumps. Sure enough the fel
low found woman in Maine with cores.
ponding Irregularities of the cranium with
those OF Corley, and he wrote him word to
that effect. So implicit was the faith OF the
tailor that he either went for, or sent for the
female in question and actually made her his
wife. Neither man nor woman touches meat
of any kind, but they are both great n::corn
bread and plain greens. Unfortunately for
the reputation of phrenology, this curious
counle have no offspring,
Simeon's hair and beard or rather whiskers,
are shaggy and black, and his dress may be
suecinctly described as seedy. The fit of
his coat is certainly no credit to the accuracy
of his machine. He is said to be fifty years
old, but does not look more than forty at
the outside.
"L1zE WE'LL DIE ToeErHER."-The At
tica (Ind.) Ledger is responsible for the fol-
lowing:
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