The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-11-27

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of gentleman on Broad-street, whom she I'M
portuned to buy her ticket to New York.
| This gentleman, who is the pink OF proprlety,
refused, and Miss Mary sought else where, and
found the ready means.
cat all events she procured passage on the
cars, and embarked on the hal-past 8o'c!ock
train, which carried her northward at the rate
of twenty or thirty miles an hour II not as
speedily as her heart desired. Ga the train,
between Richmond and Aqua creek, she was
observed to weep bitterly By the condu ?tor, to
whom she related her tale of woe and distress
Her departure created, OF course, q hup,
bub in the mansion on Clay-street; and AMID
the wringing of hands and loud expressions OF
distress the telegraph was invoked, and par
ties sent in hot pursuit 1t wa; srrmlsed that
young Ford, instead Of going, OIL to Iexes @
right away as he announced, had put for
New York-there to meet his Maryland thlther
the detectives directed their steps.
"The upshot OF the matter is, to make
| long story short, that Miss Mary has been
heard from; that she is now ln-t hladelpnla;
| ard that. upon the whole, there is very sorry
family history connec ted with the case, which
| it is no; within our province to reveal"
THE FACTS IN THE CASE.
The Dispatch goes on to say
We arc informed that there was no elope-
ment whatever; no gentleman in the case. The
account given by members OF the family OF the
affair upon which this article is supposed 10
be based is that Miss Grant wished to visit
young lady friend in Philadelphia. a daughter
OF her fathers business correspondent III tnat
city. Her parents withholding their permis,,
sion, she made up her mind to go any way, and
accordingly started on the steamer last Satur-
day week. The family made no attempt to go
after her, knowing very well where che was;
but on Monday Messrs. Mcdowell and Duncan,
the business friends OF Mr.. Grant, telegraphed
that the young lady was there, and had been
taken suddenly ill. Young MIR. Grant and his
mother went Immediately to Phlladelphia, anu
as soon as she was well enough to come homo;
which was on Friday, the whole party re. urned
to Richmond.
SKETCH OF THE DECEASED.
Henry Rives Pollard was still young man,
not moro than thirty-five years of age. He was
the son of Major Richard Pollard, an officer in
the old United States navy. He was born IN
Alta Vista, Nelson County, Va, and was named
after Hon. William Z. Rives, OF Albemarle; He
passed year or two at the Virginia Military
Institute, and thence went to the University OF
Virginia, but, as we are informed, did not grad
uate at either institution. He commenced life
as clerk in the Postoffice Department at
Washington, but in few months resigned in
order to join o party going out West. These
were surveyors, who were empoYed by the
government on mission to Kansas at ABOUT
the time of the border war excitement. He
remained with this party but short time, but
did not leave Kansas. He settled at Leaven-
worth, and here commenced his newspaper ca
reer as editor of the Leayenworth Herald. At
about this time he received an appointment as
American Consul at Bangkok, Siam, but de-
clined it owing to his connections IN this
country.
where he was employed by DR.. G.. A. Moore, on
the Southern Family Journal, brilliant but
short-hved literary weekly. He then went on
the Baltimore Sun as news editor, position
which he held until the breaking out OF the
war. He then came to Richmond aud obtained
an appointment under John NJ. Daniel as news
editor of the Examiner, then in the height OF
its popularity. His rotations with Mr.. Daniel
wero agreeable, and that gentleman was wont
to express favorable opinion of his Journals
tic talent. He was Mr.. Daniels second in his
duel with Hon. E. Z. Elmore, Secretary Of the
Confederate Treasury.
With MIR. Daniel MIR. Pollard remained until
the death of Mr.. Daniel, two days before the
evacuation of Richmond. Soon afterwards, in
conjunction with Mr.. Charles H. Wynnc, he
started the Evening, which afterwards be-
came the morning, Times. misunderstand-
ing resulting in a law suit, led to the dissolu-
tion OF their co-partnership. He then revived
the Examiner, and being without means him
sef, relied upon his brother-in-law, Mr.. Samuel
James, for pecuula1y help. MIR. James falling
him, his paper was supported by means OBJ
tanned under an agreement with the Adams
Express Company through their comic dental
agent in this city. This was about the time OF
the organization of the National Express Com
pany.
During MIR. polard's connection with the Elk.
aminer his difficulties with Ge2eral HenninG-
seu, Samuel James and one Fitchett occurred.
The facts in these cases have been sufficiently
ventilat I'd in the public press. In October,
1866, he left the Examiner, selling out 10 MIR.
Thomas II. Wynne. Tho same month occur
red his affair with Frederick Hipkins in the
streets OF Baltimore. Hipkins, it will be fe-
memberei, was manned for hte In the spring
of 1867 he commenced lccturing tour, with
his essay on the "Chivalry of tho South" Its
delivery in LYnchburg was interdicted by Gen.
eral Wilcox, but General Schofeld withdrew
the nterdIcl. The lecture was delivered twice
afterward, but did not seem to take; and this
project was abandoned, On the 18th OF June,
1867, Mr. Pollard started the Southern Opinion,
as an exponent OF extreme Southern views.
He was It's editor at the time Of his death.
Mr.. Pollard's mother was sister of the late
William G. Rives and OF Judge Alexander
Rives. One sister is the widow OF Rear Admi-
ra Charles H. Bell, United States Navy, who
was drowned few months ago in the China
Seas. Another is Mrs. DR.. Barker, OF Macon,
Ca; and another Is now residing in Lie -rnc,
OWllLcrMtlU 1uC cIucI pIOlIC., IL Ihdlo a.
Pollard, is the well-knovn h storlan and mag
azne;t, now resident in New York. The other
is Mr.. Richard Pollard, well-known and high
ly respectable citizen of Lynchburg. Both
have been informed by telegraph OF their
brothers death, and MIR. Edward A. Pollard
will probably be in Richmond to-day. Mrs.
Richard Pollard telegraphed yesterday that
her husband was on o hunting excursion in
Bath county.
of Mr.. Pollard's capacity as q journalist
familiar with every department of the profess
sion which he followed. Many who we're in his
employment speak of him in kind terms,
though he was by no means popular man.
or his private life this is not the place nor the
time to speak. 1t is not the temper OF charity
to speak evil Of the spirit just ushered into the
presence of it's God, and while the body in
which its deeds of life were done is stark and
cold, just touched by the finger Of Death.
THE ACCUSED.
Everybody in Richmond knows James Grant,
and there are not many young men more popu-
lar. He is the eldest son OF Mr.. William q.
Grant, well-known tobacco manufacturer, re-
siding on Clay-street between Tenth and Elev-
enth. He is a stoutly-buit young man-not
unhandsomc. He is best known as musical
amateur, having O bass voice universally ad-
mired. He was cadet at Lexington when tho
war commenced, and enlisted as n member of
the Caskie Rangers, of this city. For awhile
he WAS q courier for General Jeb Stuart. He
is now interested in the tobacco concern of
which nis father Is the head.
After being arrested Mr.. Grant was escorted
to the lower police station and placed in the