The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-09-25

siorm that was setting in against
biIn andpthat If he had attempted
to breast it, he would have gone
overheard, az Jndge James dids-
Tho seetned, ing some n easu re. TO
reconcileshi1D toFthe course.he had
been prevailed on to pnrsne.
Chancsllor Thompson was a no.
BILE looking gentleman. Distinguish,
ed in his appearance, tall and we'll
proportioned, with an uncommon
lily fine head ,and facs. y When a
young man, he was regarded as
handsome, and q !perfect athlete in
Eall mAnlSaexercises.a His wife was
as fine looking,a matron AL ever
saw, and in her youth, distinguish.
ed for her beauty = Drr Ori,tenden
told me that in passing through
Georgia., he. met a. venerable old
gentleman, who sad he had the
honor of having married Chance!.
lor Thompson and his ewife, and
that they were the finest looking
and handsomesl couple he dad ev.
er seen in all,l,is life. i have heard
tho Cha6cellOr Speak Of his court.
ship. He said there was an &C,
complisiied young gentleman pay.
ling his addresses to Miss Williams
at the sams time he was = This
gentleman had the, good wishes of
the parents of the young lady for
his success. He was a great lover
OF music, and came occasionally to
serrenade Miss Williams. But"
said the Chancellor, "she preferred
the music of my tongue TO his flute
aud violin" ar a., .lr
| The fashionable, sports of those
days we're bal! playing, pitching
quoits, hunting, riding races, jump.
ing, running foot races. &c. In all
of these Chancellor Thompson is
said to have excelled, in his young,
er days. He was also fond of play
ing cards, but the rumor was that
he did not excel in this kind of
sport, and that Col. VIM. Toney won
from him the greater part Of the
purchase money OF a valuable tract
of land, (now owned by Colonel Ir.
yine9 sold by the Chancellor to
Toney. III hfIB kt0EIeprF0 (
Chancellor Thompson was a
man of great sociabiiity of nature,
and fond of boon companionship.
He possessed great wit and humor,
and could utter some of the most
withering sarcasms that ever fell
from the lips of man.. I thought
him sometimes cruel and tortur-
ing. He was smutty, TOO. in his
cnts and thrnsts. / once witness
ed rencounter between him and
Col. Benjamin Hagood in wit, hu.
NOR and vulgarity. The Colonel
was regarded as invincible in tliis
line, but he soon succumbed to the
Chancellor, and left the field cru.
ely tortured. The Chancellor was
walking the streets of Charlestor
with one Of his brother Chancel.
lors, when they met a third, who
extended both hands at the same
time, and said, 81 thank God
have a hand for both of you"-
"And a heart for neither" was the
response of Chancellor Thompson.
| l have always thought and said,
that if Chancellor Thompson had
cultivated properly his talents, he
might bave been one of the great
men Of America, But, his mind
was like a rich forest covered over
with briers and ,brambles, instead
OF producing flowers and fruits. ]
once heard a gentleman say, speak
ing IF mutual friend of ours, that
it was a great shame such a fellow
shopld possess genius and talents
of a high order Ireplied, no, the
/ shame consists in not Improving
bis talents and cultivatipg his ge,
Mus. / iee tfESfgQg 19I5n5T
In looking over our, eqnity re-
ports, / find the DEGREES and in.
diciaI opinions of Chancellor
Thompson very brief, aid simply
deciding the points involved in the
cases. lie elaborated nothing. and
tooku5no pains to bolster up his
opinions with fnesspun reasoning,
or a displayof astliesitiesS In this
respect there is a, marked differ
enee between him and the chan.
tcellors who su, ceeded him. His
\ decision of the chse. he waS beaf,
ing, was general y made up before
he got half through the case. An
amusing incident is told OF him at
Spaftanburg. The lawyers on one
side had argued the case, and the
leading counsel on the other side
was to be heard in the morning Of
the next day That night, Chan.
COLOR, Thompson wrote out his de-
cree, deciding the case against the
4 lawyer who was 10 conclude the
argument the next morning. He
theard thecafgnment very patient.
by, and as soon sic was closed. ho