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and, in sending his nomination to tho Senate,
said he selected him from several gentlemcn
equally we'll qualified solely on account Of the
letter which we print below. The Governor
added that he could not refrain from saying,
con ~ OCCASION so touching to every man Of
the South, that thoro is an elcvating sense of
t.o good old world, when labor toilcd for
duty not for meat, in this spectacle of an
cmancipatcd slave conscnting to sacrifice all
| other tavOritcs for Office in order to conccn.
trate the influence of his position as a worthy
member of the Legislature to bcstow honor
on his late MASTER" This is the letter.
House OF REPRES ENTATIvEs,
JACKSON, Miss, March 26, 1S70.)
To His Ecce1lcncy Coz. j. H. 41icorn.
GOVERNOR: / was n slave Of Colonel w.
G.. Henderson. Boys together as we we're,
lie is the centre of the tcndcrcst associations
of my life. Arrived at manhood's estate,
was still intimately connected with him in the
relation of his body servant When lie was
wounded at Uppcrvllc, Virginia, en- route
for Gcttysburgi he lauguishcd in tho Valley
of Virginia, in the hands of the Federal au-
thoritirs, until it was my privilege to take
him away, through the lines to his own peo-
pie The affcctionatc relation of our child
hood, having ripcncd into fixed friendship
in our manhood, has been invigoratcd further
by mutually of service and devotion which
makes him dear to my soul.
Nv frio nd l.,
date for tho Office of Circuit Judge of the
First District. He is man Of unblemishcd
honor, is a lawyer of high standing at the
Bar, and having stood out for you bodily
during the late canvass, is good Republ.
can.
Now, Governor, I, by the mysterious pro
vidcncc Of God, am member of the Lcsisla-
ture. want'no Office no honor, save that
of standing here in my place as duty to my
race. But believe my position gives ne
some claim upon tho patronage you are about
to dispose; and now place, without rcscrva,
ton, al the credit of that claim to the account
OF my earnest prayer that you appoint to the
Judgcship of the First District the playmate
Of my boyhood the companion of my man
hood, the generous friend Of my whole life
my former master, Colonel w. c. IIcndcr.
son.
Hoping you Will grant this FIRST and last
prayer which |, as a member OF this House of
Representatives, make to you as Governor of
Mississippi, | have the honor to be your Ex-
ccllcncy's very humble servant.
AMBROSE IIENDERsoN
PEErlSGs AND FlNpINGs.--Lonaon was
built by the Romans, A. ID. GG.
Christianity first published in Britain, a.
d. 60.
The martydom Of St. Peter and ST. Paul,
\. ID. &C.
The plague spread over the known world,
a. ID. 16S.
The Capitol and o:hcr buildings destroyed
by lightning at Rome, a. D. 1873.
Sodom was destroyed by lightning setting
fire to the oil wells over which it was built,
b. G. 1861.
The Royal Academy Of Arts was establish.
ed at London, A. d. 17GS.
Joseph was sold into Egypt, 3. c. 1902.
Noah began to build his Ark, b. G..
3472.
solomon built feet on the Red Sea to
send to Ophir for trade, B. G. 900.
Pharaoh Nccho began, but did not finish
a canel between the Nile and Red Sea, b. c.
61O.
pllmyra was n rity AMI KinrAo,n of Svri,