Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-06-11
Iron the New York World
Our New Minister to Spain.
DANIEL z. SIcKLES.

The appointment Ny ~ - y
Daniel q. Sicklcs as Minister to opalh' V''o d
Iohn p. Hale. resigned, has occaslo"co % !
nah comment that We print below q skotch I
If certain portions Of his career that nave ITO" t
limo TO time been brought in pubic ho'.oo' !
Daniel u. Sicklcs was born in this Guy III t
October, 1921. When he was ola enough ~ c
he nut to -some useful employment no "M
tauoht the printers trade, which nc folloSs%
Cor sovyeral wears. AS he emerged from poy-
hood he took part in ward politics ana sos
,hooomo notorious in all the mysteries Oh O"'
III. box stunning, running primaries % ~"
and manipulating voters OF the po's ~,
manner of life brought him into seV'," .oa;,
.aoing scrapcs. In 1887 nc was iAu'' Snna
.,o Court Of Sessions in this city on o"1S
's ~ nrotcnccs, but the ma4tor ,~asy h".%H
an through political influence. y lew So"s
1a n ho was arraigncd before the same CIV
..--y-aaM | to nay over ce,'"'" naan,a
and co"p~" g % ., Iucah, L
priatcd funds to one Moorc, hmHfTltoM
plaintiff. In December, 1916, he was indict-
ed by the Grand jury on a charge of grand
larceny. The offence charged against him
was that he had taken . mortgage, entrusted
to his caro- in his fathers Office for delivery to
Kcmble a. Co., and sold it, appropriating the
tho money to his " use. lie was tried for
tho offence, and acquitted on the plea Of the
statue Of limitation.
In tho meantime, Sicllcs had studied law,
and had received admission to the bar in 1S43.
Ills activity in local politics was rewarded by
q nomination for the State Assembly, in lS47,
and this was followed by his election. At
this time he was living with Fanny White,
the keeper Of a notorious house Of prostitution
in Mercer.strcct, and it was the current belief
that she supported him with the wages of her
shame. A curious incident took place which
brought his name before the public in no
<availablo light. There was a milk bill due at
the bagnio of Fanny White, and early one
morning, when the milkman called for the
payment, Sickles' mistress took the money
from his pocket and gave it to a servant girl
ITO settle'thc claim. Tho money proved to be
counterfeit, and the servant girl was arrested,
and on the trial all tho facts came out.
During the session Of the Legislature, Sick
les took Fanny White to Albany aud intro,
duoed her in the Assembly Chamber. This
scandalous conduct created a great deal of in.
dignation, and the House by a vote passed
. cepsuro upon the act.
In 1862 there was a bitter fight in this city
over the office of Corporation Counsel, Robt.
j. Dillon and Nelson j. Waterbury being
~ - n f.. II
Waterbury prepared a circular addressed to
voters, which was enclosed with a ballot in
an envelope, and taken to the Broadoay Post.
Office for delivery. Sicklcs belonging to the
opposing faction, and when he got wind of
this, gathered his roughs about him, and with
several carriages drove to the postofice. IIo
charged the building, captured it, md tearing
open the mail bags, carried off the obnoxious
documents. Hc was arrested upon the charge
of robbing tho mails, but as usual, the matter
was hushed up and never camo to trial.
In 1855 Sicklcs was elected to the State
Senate. He took a conspicuous part in that
body in fighting tho Albany Bridge Bill, and
also in defending the Trinity Church Corpo.
ration III the contest ovor their property.-
The statement has boon made that he ~rocoiy.
cd $4,000 in each Of these caccs for his in
fuonco. At any rate ho was living the fol.
towing year at the rate Of 100000 Ter annum,
which was q remarkable change for one who
bad been comparatively poor but q short time
since. {
His Senatorial career was cut short by his I
nomination by the President rs Secretary of
Legation to London. It is understood that ]
Mr.. Buchanan, then Minister to England, T,
solicited this appointment, and it was made |
against the protest of Mr.. Marcy, the Score s
tary Of State, who, as an old New Yorkor, had
had occasion to know a great deal about tho |
appointco. Tho new Secretary of Legation /
carried his characteristic failings with him to q
England, much to tho annoyance of his chief. 9
Hc borrowed money freely, and in return a
gavo drafts on tho United States Trcasu ". t
Tho Secretary Of tho Treasury at tho timo, f
Mr.. Guthrie, refused to honor these drafts, h
aud when at last Mr.. Buchanan was Obliged ,
to send Sickles home, the disappointed orcd-
whom were solno lordlings and q
men Of fashion, followed him, and in vain i'm. y
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