Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-22
THE ROSBY-BOYD AFFAIR.
Col. Mosby is interviewed and gives
his Version of It.
What he thinks of Candy and Carpet
Baggers.
He wants TO get back into the Union,
and faV0rs immigration.

views with both parties. LeaVin
out The greater part ofthe correspond
ent's clap-trap about a big pistol this
lay upon a table in Col. MOsby's o
fee, and some general opinions of II
particular importance, the following
his account OF the statement made b
Col. MOsby.
Gol. Mosby, what was the origin {
the difficulty between Col. Boyd an
yourself?
AIosby-Well, will tell you; and
anu glad to do so, because l suppOs
people outside will think that it arOs
out Of political differences, which
did not. ] had and have nothing pei
sonaf against Col. Boyd. He was sen
here last April by Gen. Canb A., to &C
as Sheriff of Fauquier county. 1t wa
soon discovered that his bond wa
worthless, those who had signed il no
llefag worth anything. There was /
meeting of tie members of the b9
here relative To the subject. At thi
meeting a memorial addressed L
Gen, Candy was drawn up ans
adopted. IT set forth the fact tina
Col. Floyd had failed to give a salts
ftctory bond, and that the members
OF the bar felt il 10 be their duty, il
the Interests of their clients, to prOtesl
against Col. BOyd'5 performing the
duties OF Sheriff without giving bond
WAS selected to carry the memorial
90 Gen. Candy, which / did.
COrrespoudent-Wh did General
Canby say 10 you?
MOsby-He said he would look into
the matter; but instead of doing SO he
sem Col. Lee here to institute an in.
vestigaIi0n into an alleged conspiracy
among the members of the Tar of this
place TO defeat the reconstruction
laws.
tcnr.-Was there a conspiracy for
that / urpose?
M0slJy-NOt a bit of il. We had no
more notion of interfering with the
reconstruction laws than you have.
We simply wsHsed a man for sheriff
who would not THl away with the
Fevenues OF the county, or if he did
run away. we wanted 10 have some
bOndsmen that had something 10 take
hold of.
fCor.-Were Colonel Boyd's bonds
men persons ofproperty?
l,sosby-NO; they had nothing.
believe that altogether they did not
Say more than ninety cents internal
SeYenue tax. So you can Judge how
much property they had. One OF
them named Cannon applied to be re-
leased from the boyd shortly after
Boyd qualified.
COr.-Why did he do that?
AGGsby-Well, Cannon is the editor
OF "a luIe paper here called the ,Sejsti-
mel. CGlgpel Boyd went TO him and
said: "C8ApOn, il you 20 on my bond
l1l give you the advertising patronage
of the Sheriff Office" Cannon agreed
70 this, aud became one Of Boyd's Sc
curities. Cannon soon discovered,
however, that Boyd had no adveTtis-
ing, and no patronage Of any sort, and
40 he petitiOned TO be released.
GOr,-Thcn il was a sort Of bar
gain between Boyd and Cannon for
their mutual benefit.
Mosby-PTFcisely. The matter
came up in Court before Judge Hill.
He decided that the bond was worth
aess, and Cannon was released. What
do YOU think Candy did? He ap-
pointed Boyd over again without any
bcgd at all, although we told him we
would be satisfied If he would detail
Gen. AscHibben or any other regular
army officer 10 act as Sheriff, because
their commission would be some Sc
curity.
C0r.-Did Gen. Candy assign any
reasen fGr appointing Boyd OyeF
again?
Mosby-No, he did not ] don't
like 10 question mans motives, but
II was little singular that Candy
should hang on TO this man Boyd
vyisan he knew he had no bond and
Jyas iHEnlyent besides.
COr.-acu don't mean TO intimate
Chat there We Hny corrupt purpose on
the part of Genesgl Candy?
M0sby-Nell, il locks as if there
was something wrong. think Candy
Is the Fagin Of the business, and Boyd
Is the .ArIful Dodger.
Here Colonel M0sby laughed,
Cybetllpr at he idea of his being well
ap ia Dickens SOLVER Twist" or at
the respective roles Of General Candy
and Colonel Boyd, was not apparent.
COr.-Nell, hos does theease stand
now?
Mosby-Col. Boyd is still Sheriff,
but he has given no bond. tie has,
however, EARNED out" the Office 10
9Ir. Hume, who was Sheriff here be-
fore the war.
COr.-What do you mean by "Grm-
Epg out the Othce%'
kgsby-Mr Hume can't take the
81 uCu-clad," but Boyd can. Hume
gives Boyd $500 for the privilege OF
acting as Sberiti. Boyd signs the
Writs, but Hume does the work and
gets the perquisites o. fees. That's
syhat We call +" farming OUT
GOr.-ls that q common thing hefe2
MOsby-Nes: 3t8 done with nearly
every Office. us tEe effect Of the
.. iron-clad." Here's one OF 10y boys,
Chiffon. who Is Commonwealth At
torney E0r this county. lie gave some
feiI0W couple Of hundred dollars 10
take the" ifoD-elsd for him, and he
ills the Office.
Cor.-Is Gen. Candy aware Of this
q. fai :ning cHt " business?
Mosby-Of course he Is. tell yOG
it IS done all over Virginia by the
men whom Candy appoints to nil the
offices.
CT.-How did all the difficulty
about Col. BOyd's bond lead To the
core gOndpncc about the duel?
tsJosbv-I took a very active part in
haring Col. B0yd's bond broken, and
when the matter was up in court, l
pronguuced il a Peter Funk affair, and
.save il a. my opinion that Boyd came
here 10 swindle the county. ] was
atsO employed as counsel Ia collect
IdftOf over s4OO which Col. Boyd owed
a lady in Washington, named Miss
smith, for board, or rent. He said ]
Ayas persecuting him. One day 1 was
Goa, fag in fr9in the country, and
Ilappe,led 10 meet Col. Boyd on the
roid spoke To him in friendly
Wav. for had nothing personal
against l,iin. wien he turned his horse
around and said. ''Col. MOsby, If you
slon'f stop interfering Bith my busi-
nesss / viii make it personal matter
with y0u." / said, "NOU can do so as
soon a. YOU please, and in any man
urr or at any time" He then said,
.4Mosby. if you wifi 20 with me 20
PennsylVauia | will prove you 10 be q
damned highway rObbeT." 1 replied
thar / would hold bin responsible fOF
those Words when lac got 10 town.
why didn't you light it out
on the road?
Mosby-Well, ] don't think il is
quite the thing for two gentlemen
Who have served "a cOlOnel5 Of cav
al,-v TO make bruiser5 of themselves. /
Vesi,,as. Col. Boyd is man of about
rs moo nds, and very athletic, while
1 DON'T weigh over l2j pounds. He
could have crushed me in a fist light
like an egg. -.
TO fight2 o,.,
Mosby-At ten PAGES, with Cots ar
my reyOlVar-the parties 10 adFhnee
a. elose as they pleased after the wore
was giver to fire, and keep firing until
all the s,fFrals were emptied.
.CoT--If fIle thing had come OE
semebOdy would have been hurt'
Hosby-It would have settled the
sheriff business, i think, am
pretty good shot with an army pistol
Cor.-Do you keep that thing on the
table ali the timer (pOinnng TO the
Colts revolver already alluded tOl.
MOsby-No; / carried that pistol
all through the war with me.
brought ii out when this trouble oe-
CURED, because 1 expected to be as
saulted in the street, and wanted to
he ready.
COr.-What Is the general impress
sion here about Col. BOyd's eonduetF
MOsby-Well, you have seen the
correspondence. i wrote the last
note. and he has not replied to It.
First I accepted what presumed he
meant as q challenge. He backed
out of that, and then ] challenged