The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-06-05

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ston was presiding. There were, at
that time, on the ,Chancery Bench,
David johnson and Job John.
ston. The Commissioner thought
it proper to distinguish the Chan
cellors by their Christian names.
This was unnecessary, ,as their
names were spelt differ ently.-
The one being Johnston and the
other Johnson. Immediately af.
ter the minutes were read, CGan.
cellor Johnston called for the book
and ran his pen through the word
JOB. s.Si he' r -s.s.',.7
In riding the Circnit, Chancellor
Johnston would always make the
lawyers travelling in company
with him drive ahead. He was
afraid that some af their horses
might run away, and in such a case,
he thought it safer to be behind.
1t was some time after railroads
were constructed before he would
consent to ride over them. He
had al apprehension OF danger,
and thought it an unsafe way of
travelling. No one ever had a
greater horror of bed bugs than the
Chancellor. If he saw one or i'm.
agined he felt Que in his bed, there
was no more sleep for him that
night, unless he took his blanket
and slept on the floor. He always
sat up till late hour inthe night,
very often till one or two O'Clock,
and then slept late in the morning.
At one of the hotels on his Circuit,
he discovered his mortal enemy,
in great force, when he retired to
bed, and promptly determined to
withdraw from the would.be field
of battle that night. He went into
the dining room adjoining his bed
chamber, and made his pallet un-
der one end Of a long dining table,
which extended across the room.
His faithful body servant always
had orders not to let him be dis.
turbed in the morning until he
woke up. Faithful to his trust he
took his seat near his master, and
would not let the walters distrurb
aim whilst they were setting the
table tor breakfast. Breakfast
come in and the boarders scared
themselves at one end of the table,
whilst the Chancellor slept soundly
under the other end, undisturbed.
There was an old hotel at Wins.
boro, which had been Lord Corn
wallis' headquart, RS for come time
during the Revolutionary war. 1t
became terribly infested with the
Chancellor's most horrible nui-
sance. The next morning after an
effort to sleep in one of the rooms
OF chis hotel, the Chancellor said
to whine host" do you know,
sir, that You have great fortune
in this house2 The hotel keeper
expressed his ignorance of the fact,
and begged the Chancellor to ex.
plain. He said, you know that
your house was headquarters toi
Lord CORVALLIS and his officers
during the Revolutionary war Z
" Mine host" replied that lie had
heard 80. You are also aware
that Congress has passed an act
giving a pension to all who fought
in that war and especially to all
those who drew English blood g.
Yes, he had understood such a law
had been passed by Congress-
Well, said the Chancellor, you
have thousands and thousands in
this honse, who were here, | am
satisfied, from last nights experi-
ence. during itsC occupancy by
Lord Cprnwallis, every i, one of
whom doubtless drew English
blood in their nightly battles with
the General and his staff. and they
are allIentitled to a pension under
the act OF Congress. ,ut
Chancellor Johnston told me,
that his first wife, 8 Miss Randall
was his own cousin, and for many
wears he had an apprehension that
some of his children might be born
deaf. blind, or deformed, and that
his first enquiry was at the birth
OF every child, !" is it all righ, ?"-
This apprehension was not ground.
less, for the statistics of the deaf,
dumb, and blind, show that the
greater portion of those unfortun.
ates are the children of parents
who were related in blood. Insan.
ity, too, has been the frequent con.
sequence Of such marriages. in
their offspring. But all of the
Chancellor's children were perfect
in this respect. w q V
The Judges of South Carolina
have verified the saying, that some
one applied to lawyers. 'sThey live
well, work hard and die poor."--
But Chancellor Johnston had ac-
cumulated a very handsome estate