The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-02-17
-@ - ANDERSON S c. THURSDAY FEBRUARY II, 1870
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The Leavenworth (Kansas) Common.
acealth gives the following skotch ofa.the
negro, Senator. from Mississippi: 1zog,.. !.
Most people have heard that for the
first time in the history Of the United
States a colored Senator has been return
ed to the halls of Washington, and they
have consequently wondered who and
what manner of man, is Senator Hiram
R. Revels. Every one does not know
that he is Leavenworth man, and that
while here he was minister Of such scan
dalous proclivities that his own brethern
and flock turned upon him and forced him
to seek other fields and pastures new.
The outlines of his history weproposc to
give in as brief q space as possible. =
Mr.. Hiram r. Revels was born in the
State of North Carolina, and we first
hear of him at st. Louis, where he sue
ceeded his brother in the charge of II
church, and where he became involvedin
desperate church riot, wherein ho him.
self was knocked down with bottle, and
in consequence of which about fifty ar
rests were made. For this he was dis
missed from the church, and took to school
teaching for living.
In 1864 he was again admitted into the
church, and came to- Leayenworth in
1865. ..,- ,..,f ~.
In this city he speedily became, as pas
tor of the Nj. E. Church, involved in a
dispute with the elders in regard to some
alleged misappropriation of the funds OF
the church. 1t was ut this time that Mr.
John Morris, the barber, who now resides
on Delaware street, and who is man of
much talent, published pamphlet enti-
tied "A Humbug," in which he made
specific allegation that ReVels had plum!
dered the church of the sum of $l,l5O,
and bringing forward proof of the same.
For this, Revels, in the month OF June,
1867, brought an action against Morris
for libel, which he lost, the jury being
convinced of the truth of the allegation.
This was noticed at length in tho Com
mercial of the 23rd of, June, and the sub:
stance of it is contained in the following
paragraph cut from our edition OF that
date: -e..
1T is charged that the libel consisted
in charging Revels with having appropri-
ated funds of the church A large num-
ber of witnesses testified, and papers, ac-
count books, and other documents were
offered in evidence. The case was very
ably conducted by the prosecution and
defence, and after able and lengthy argu-
ments to the Jury, was submitted to them.
They retired, 'and after being out six
minutes, returned averdict of not guilty,
thus sustaining tho charges as made by
tho author of "A Humbug,' little, book,
the merits of which, 1T seems, consisted
in it's beng true" .i
Revels being thus acknowledged as
guilty by.his own people, left Leaven-
worth in the fall of 1867, and removed to
Louisville, Kentucky, where, in conse-I
quence ofa pamphlet published in misplace
by john Morris, calling attention to his
deeds. he removed in the fall of 1868 to,
Natehez, Mississippi. 1t must have been
somewhere about this time that we hear
of him at Memphis, but how long he re-
NAMED there we know not. While in
that city, however, he assisted in the
character of exhorter at the hanging of a
man named Moody, who was executed
for numbering Captain Perry. In this,
however, he only anticipated Henry
Ward Beecher, Mrs. Stowe, and other re-
markable Radicals, who have sanctimo-!
NOUS relish for the horrible, and his in
stincts in this respect can hardly be
deemed perverted, but seem to flow in the
legitimate channel. 81. ds.l
The last we hear of the Rev. Mr.. Rev
els is from Mississippi. of which State he
is now elected Senator-to which high
Office he appears to have been elevated
under peculiar circumstances. He OBJ
tanned no vote at the first ballot-was
afterwards selected as compromise be.
tween Messrs. Mygatt and Flournoy; and
he was principally chosen in order to
catch the African vote, whichin the State
of Mississippi has an immense majority.
We shall watch the future Of this inter
estine Senator with the same precision
with which we have recorded his past ca
reer.
A NOBLE DISPLAY OF CHARlTY.-Inci-
dents like the following exert marvel
lously-healing powor on the warm South
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