Smyrna times., 1871-06-21
1'- az. ValIan di ham.

orollv known that Clement l..
1t IS genci],f If Dayton, Ohio, prominent
Nallandighammnl mmnltieian and lawyer, accidentally
Dem0cratii "n Friday last, from the effects OF
shot hlmSJH I;oJ on Saturday. Inc following ac-
when ne utC tnSe from the Ledgcr:
count we 'sng engaged in defending man on trial
ne sS0m;cide wa at Lebanon, VnlU anS na,Elng a,;g
LOT ~ the conclusion that tns Sa t MS 0,,en.
cOn1 charged with shooting nSt "a :" his assoeae S
himself nc This might have happened, and
counsel no no" "evnlanation the loaded pistol Mr..
during tn.s .n1 held in his hands was accidental
|al!anulsSJ with the fatal result already an
ly dIscnsrSS Sv telegraph He died June 18th,
nOuncet Jov GS liter the accident. This shock
the neAt nooe u"' however, is but one OF the dis
ing Cccui ta"tures of the casualty. At the time
tresSlns 'o',rrsnce Mrs. Nallandigham was
OF tne ~ MARYLAND attending the funeral of
aosent dnsad .n brother, Hon. j. V. H. McMahon.
net was here that the fearful calamity to her
anu n,, immediate household nrSt came 70 her
TT"nrioJ1p own This two fold atillctlon' II Is an
hnUmced has nearly deprived the unfortunate
InSv Of her reason These are CIRCUMSTANCES :t:
wb;eh should dull the trenchan' euse eI rII Itiul
c;sm, Mr.. Valandlgham was nila'i u oI;LJ npgraI
educa'lon' and marked intellectual ability, but
manners Unfortunately gifted with. supreme
ne TSo Soo in his opinions, and intolerance OF
c0huueuVo ~ otbers. and his temper led him into
those VI Oer orrars of his political life. He was
tne s,eIis isS5 at New Lisbon, Ohio, received
Dorn III L oducation. and for two years was
tnosI IF an academy at Snow Hill, Mary
IJ Tn 1910 he returned to Ohio, studied
i"n" '"O mos admitted to practice In 1912, was a
r,ombpr of the Ohio Legislature IN lS45 and
1915 and was editor of the Dayton Empire
from IS47 to lS49. He next devoted himself
entirely to his profession and to politics, and
Nos a member of the " National Democratic
Convention" of 1856. In the same year he
was elected to Congress against Hon. Lewis ID.
TomnboU He was reelected to the Thirty
S;~,L and Thirty seventh Congress, but in 1862
~as defeated for the Thirty eighth Congress by
General Robert C. Schenck. In May, 1868,
NJ Vallandigham was arrested by General
Ruruside. commanding TIE Department OF
Ohio on a charge of hostility to the Govern
mont during the war After trial by court
martial he was sentenced to close confinement
at Fort Warren, but this sentence was modified
hv the President into Punishment beyond the
Union lines. la pursuance of this he wa
transferred to the rebel videttes at Murfrees
horo'. Tenn, but after short stay in tn,
South he proceeded by way of Bermuda, t
Canada. During his banishment Mr.. Vallan
digham was nominated for Governor of Ohio
but was defeated by Governor Brough by owe
one hundred thousand majority, in October
1868. He subsequently returned to Obi
(June 18th, 1864 before the expiration of hi
sentence, but he was not mOlested, and hi
presence in the United States was not take
notice of by the Government. Since the con
s clusion of the war Mr. Vallandigham has take
part in politics, and has recently come prom
nenty before the public by the advOcacv {
what is popularity known in Ohio and the We,
as the new departure" or acquiescence i
in the recent amendments to the Constitutio
of the United States