Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-28
POLLARD.
Shooting oE POIIard-The QGen-
sive Article.
EeFrEbEe II efr.bution for Envad-
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Radical Reflection On His Ed
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J GUll&rG as eHOb 6Hu hilASu hct6 tO-uhJ 70
on account of an article published oy Pei
lard in the Southern Opinion, refisctiog
uoou Miss Mary Grant, daughter OF w.
A Grant 3 wealthy tobscconist Of this
ciy. About ten o'clock this morning,
rs Mr. Pollard was approaching the Office
( os the Opinion, q shot was fired from an
upper window OF q house opposite, and
Mr.. Pollard fell, pierced by eleven buck
/ shot, one Of which pierced his heart. He
/ expired Immediately. Mr.. Grant, 3
brother Of the young lady named, was
/ found in the building from which the
/ shot wss fired, aud was arrested aud
I taken to prison, dOuble-bsrreled gun,
! with one barrel empty, being found In
! the room,
The Southern Opinion Is a sensational
! paper OF very questionable type, and Pol
/ iard's character is hardly as good as the
! character OF his paper. He. "a brother
! OF Z. A. Pollard, and has been>even more
I violent and impracticabie. His death is
/ regretted by few, il any, of the cisizlDs Of
| Richmond.
The following is the article that gives
/ rise to the assault IN which Pollard lost
his life:
The Indian summer has passed away,
and with 1t has passed fair radiant
daughter of one Os our first citiZens-R
{ nshOb of Clay s;rseJ-S gentleman who,
/ suffice Il to say, holds the very first po-
siGiOl in the wealthy and fashionable
circles Of the city. The daughter, the
rebellant Helene Of the family, Is beauti-
fui beyond description; but her beauty
did not prevent her from falling despe-
rately and irretrievably in love with s,
young gentleman of semi-DlilitGire con-
neotions, who, it appears, some months
ago plighted his troth and accepted the
tiny hand.
Nobody suspected a nlesnIlidnce, much
less the father. until last Sunday night,
when the daughter, who was the light of
the household, fled to parts unknown, or
st least only guessed, in company with
one IA mssculine) VINO should ere then
have been proclaimed his Eon-in-law. !
The runaway parties have been heard
from, and il is now said that the lady
proclaims herself a wife of some six
months, and that her sff1enced is the
choice OF her after life.
Tne gay young man who has whisked
away the angel is a LothsriO named
Horace Ford, OF GOodl2nd county, which
county ought to be proud of him, as it
doubtless ID. Horace is sn orphan, Just
pluBging into his teens, and has lost both
Of his parents by death. Much property
accrued TO Horace in the shape OF money, |
chsttels, goDda, etc, and having con-
veTted the whole into ready rhino,"
Horace ventured for swim in the sea of
gay life and love. He met Miss Mary
Grant, talked delicious nonsense, won
her heart, then, half inclined to earnest |
meas, threw it sway. Alb mel
Horace weGt to New Orleans, and not |
having been shipWrecked by the way, |
telegrsphed or wrote bis beloved. Thus |
it went on through the sultry month of |
August, the crimson period of October, |
when the forests change their garments |
down to dull, chill November.
Alas, that love should never run |
smooth, 10 an even current, but love |
never did and never will, so they say. |
She responded, all unknown to ths |
wealthy dad, and he replied. Tnus az
fairs progressed until Horace announced |
last week that he WAS off for Texas right |
sway, and couldn't stop for trifias like sn
afisnced.
Then it was that the girl OF the period /
made up her mind and hundle. She
would follow him-yes, she would follow
him 10 the uttermOst parts OF the earth.
Bsing of age, and no longer the slave Of
parental control, Miss Mary, on Saturday /
Bigot last, deserted the pRlstisl mansion
on Clay street, and casting behind her
wealth, society and friends, sought the
Office OF q gentleman on Broad street,
whom she impOrtuned to buy her ticket
to New York. This gentleman, who is
the pink o. psopriety, refused, and Miss
Mary sought elsewhere and found the
ready meSns.
At all events she procured q passage
on the cars and embarked on the 81
o'clock train, which carried her north
ward 1T the rate OF twenty or thirty miles
an hour, If not as speedily ss her heart
desired. On the train, between Rich
mOnd and ACguia Creek, she was OBJ.
served to weep bitterly BY the conductor,
TO whom she related her tale of woe and
distress.
Her departure created, OF course, 8
hub.bub in the mansion on Clay street,
and amid the WTinglng OF hands and |
loud expressions OF distress, the telegraph |
was invoked, and parties sent in pursuit.
Il was supposed that young Ford, instead
of going 10 Texas fright away" as ne |
announced, had put for New York, there /
10 meet his Mary, and thither the de- |
tectives directed their steps.
The upshot of the matter Is, to make a |
1oAg story short, that Miss Mary has |
been heard from that she is nOY in |
PniladelphiG, and that, upon the whole, |
there is very sorry family history con- |
nectsd with the case, which it is not |
within our province to reveal.
From The Cincinnati Commercial. 18th
The death Of IL Rives Pollard by vio- |
lenee was only question Of time. He |
&as morally certain to come across amau |
who would respond to his viruleDce by |
shooting him. Pollard was 8 socisl por- |
cupine, not to be approached without |
danger Of wound from his poisonous
quilts. He succeeded better than any
m&n of his time in nursing quarrels. He |
seemed to be unhappy without from one |
10 q half dozen upon his hands. II he |
could not provoke them IN the commu- |
uity. hs stirred them up in his domestic |
sanctuary. 70 be disRgreesble himself, |
and infect others with ths same feeling, |
seemed TO be the ambition OF hls life.
Ia politics he was specially successful. |
When the 10nfedeFscy, in whose behalf |
he iieurshed valiant pen la the fsee CT |
the YaEkees, wss de Jdoto, he rallied, |
like Thersites In the Greek camp, ST |
everybody and everything connected |
with Il. Neither civil nor military |
measures seemed to satisfy him, and |
when tie fortunes ef the rebellion began |
90 decline, he merciIeSsly attacked tae i
Officers Of the Government and the COM |
manders of RrIaiee, aud did as much to |
damoraiizs the Gauss and SOW dl5satis- |
faction broadcast ss 1t was in the power |
OF q maIevolent spirit TO do. The dnal /
defeat of the Southern cause did not So
bert ipfaristed him, and he went /
swaggering about the slreets os the pros |
trate capital, with shot-guns and re.
volvers about him, shooting with the |
game recklessness that e Malay runs /
amuck, but killing no one, and wound-
ing nothing, that we Femenbe but a |
statute In the rotunda OF the capitol. |
Since thsn he has been engaged in some
scandaiops brswis, that ruined him So
oially, and injured Whist remained OF his |
political reputation. The Southern 0psla.
ion, under his management, has been
the vehicle OF more personal sbHss than /
Brick Pon3s oy's LaCross Democrat |
One purpose, however, be kept steadily /
in view TO foster local pride and preju- |
dice, breed coatempt for the people OF
the North and hatred OF the general |
Government, and TO fan the expiring /
hope of an ultimate resurrection OF the |
Lost Cause. He was the one unsinged |
paladin who refused to abandon 1t, or 1
( drop the banner that the brouzsd sol |
diers had borne Ia the thick Of hun