The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-03-13

Alamo. for an assaplt and hattar
on oil brother LAWYER. at ,P;chens
Court House. Ill Inibis written .snI
tence. (the Ooloneltnotl be;nS rtesl
ent) he made, some sw;tbar;SG "a
mark abont The want pofrrcb; vsIrv
III 5 ATTACHING IAN 1 nnarinsd t,ns1
with pistol and thorsa whip. VIXEN
the sentences was opened And rad
in Court, the Colonel was vaFv
much excited. and eimprfidanfIy
wrote :ae Judge d note Stating tbat
be was too old q mar, for him to
challenge, But that he would puull
bis nose on sight. t..'"1he Judge re Re-
piled III very polite terms s"es SAYING ,i.u
that lie was altogether. mistaken
in, snpposing him too old To- fight.
he. Was Just the right fiehtinp aoe
and would be happy to, accept Bis
challenge, and give lin that salts
faction which .iis wounded honor
might demand, This; was q poser
to the .hot-beaded Colonel, and he
Replied that he should ,pursue his
own course in seeking redress.--
Shortly after this the Judge came
to Anderson to hold Court, where
Colonel Bonhamo resided Some
one had written him a letter, sta.
ting that the Colonel would attack
him on his arrival at that place. AT
ter supper Sunday evening, before
Court, the Judge invited me to bis
room and told me what had been
written to him. He then wished
to know If | did not think "he
could lick the Colonel in case the
assault was was made" He said he
wouid not carry Q pistol CT think
q using one. He had a. small
walking STICK Which was the only
weapon he desired, Il told him,
as 20 Their relative manhood, in Q
nsucnn, 4 thought the Colonel
WOMB get the better OF him rThis
ne Idon0ted' and said that he was
sui, very active and vigorous in q
'scnme- But no attack was made
on him, as L felt assured there
wonid not 6e."qI heard a. gentle
man say, that's short time before
this, he Witnessed the d udges"vig.
or and activity in a scaffiea at
Sumter, when his con May.
nard was attacked By q mob, The
Judge rushed into the crowd aud
used his umbrella right and left
most dexterously and effectually.
Laj7Jpdge Richardson, once toll me.
that. he had been elected Q member
Of the Legislature, Speaker of the
Honse, Attorney General Judge,
and member of Congress, but that
none of these elections had, ever
given. him so much pleasure and
heartfelt satifaction as being elect
ed ensign of a militia company in
Charleston, when he was firstiset-
ting out in life.oi The election was
contested, and they had three hard
canvasses before the matter was
firall y"settled. 20 He said it gave
him a relish f"r elections and cleo
ti9neering, wlIich1he never lost in
after-life. InGour Union and Null.
lificaiion campaigns, the Judge
was great tnanager, and seemed
really to delight in forming plans
for our struggle in every District
in the State He was member
OF the State Convention in the days
OF Modification, and had been
stump speaking with Governor
McDufie the, preceding summer.
There had been soine sparring be-
tween them, and in the convention
the" Governor, replied, J. not very
courteonsly, to some remarks Of
tue Judge. They did not strike
me, however, as' calling ior any
special notice. saw, however,
the Judge was q good deal nettled,
and he came to where i was sit.
ting. and asked my counsel as to
his noticing what had been said. I
dissuaded him from replying
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