The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-24

go o"oseIuer create STATE OF things under
which no newspaper can remain respectable.
The casa conlers degree of baseness rarely
reached by profigate press.
am very respectfully,
Your obedlent servant,
JAS. B. CAMPBELL.
CHARLESTON, So. Ca, August Z, 1872.
To The Editor Of the Mobile Register, Mobile,
ALa:
The following, from your paper of 3lst July,
was brought to my attention late yesterday:
"WH0LEsALE SwTNDLING.-Ac correspondent
sends us the following statement, coming 10
him 10 letter from his slsler In Charleston.
The lady Is emlnently reliable. and is, besidee,
10 constant communication with Mr.. Tren.
holm. She says: You remember, presume,
jams B. Campbell, who married daughter
Of the late Governor Bennett. Mr. George
Trenholm, after the war, employed him to OBJ
tain hls pardon from the United States Gov
ernment, and paid him high price FOR It.
Last winter Campbell brought bill for what
he had already been paid, and Which bill was
lor The moderate sum OF seventy-four thou
sand dollars. Mr. Trenholm tosk 1t to the
court, but US that consists OF Norlherners and
negroes, .hey gave 1t against Mr.. Trenholm,
who had to pay 1t"
It will be CT no consequence to me what this
etter.writer (endorsed by you as "emlnently
rellable' and 'in constant communication
with Mr.. Trenholm"l has said or may say OF
me, after proper exposure of what you have
published. Your Implication, that 1t was
stimulated by communication with Mr.. George
Trenholm will, shonld think, fall as signally
as your facts fail. But what the Mobile Regis.
ter says of me is Of some consequence TO me,
and 1t is also of some public concernment
when newspaper Of respectable circulation
and influence (Which. have understood Of
yonr paper) charges upon citizen of another
and distant State "wholesale s@indllng,"
Without the least notice 10 him, leaving 1t to
mere chance that he ever knows of and has
The opportunity of defence against 30 grave q
slunder as you have thus put into circulation.
1 enclose herewith printed copy Of the
flnal award of Messrs. Henry Gourdin, John
E. Carew and Robert Adgerin the suits between
myself and Mr.. Trenholm ct al, which 1t is not
unreasonable In me to expect you Will publish
with this letter. Besides what appears by this
award, 1t is proper for me to say, that one OF
the cases therein referred to was tried In July,
1871, occupying twelve days before special
jury, selected from members of the Chamber
OF Commerce and Board of Trade, Of this city,
upon my own offer, made because counsel oi
tho o.har party complained of the regular
juries. The judge who presided at the trial
Is native OF this State, educated at The South
Carolina College, bred al the bar, lawyer Of
standl0g before and since the war. have
never heard of lis being alleged that bis
charge specially favored me, or that 1t gave
cause of complaint to, or was complained of,
by he other side. The Jury, after being out
about five hours, without agreeing on YER
dict, wus discharged and mistrial ordered.
Afterwards 1t was proposed 10 refer all the
cases to the gentlemen above named, and
accepted the proposal. I did not name nor
sc ect either Of them, but accepted them when
proposed. Mr.. Trenholm never paid me for,
and never owed me for, procuring " his
pardon from the United States govern
meni." I did not procure 1t. dld make
every proper effort In my power for 1t By re-
peated applications to President Johnson.
was frequently consulted aud advised with In
respect 10 1t. 1t was finally, think, deliver.
ed to the Rev. Mr. Porter. never have re.
celved or claimed compensation from any one
for obtaining pardons, and in 1866 and 1866
did procure a very large number OF pardons,
some of them of immense value to the parties.
The rates generally charged at that time by
persons who received payment for soch ser
vices would, believe, h ave paid me far more
money tban.my whole professional Income.
It may be that you can find in Mobile per.
sons sufficiently we'll Informed Of men and
things in Charleston to tell you whether what
YOU have published applies to Messrs. Gour-
din. Adger and Carew, or to the court, or to
The jury.
I have Indicated the course that expect
from you after receiving this, but 1t Is for
YOU to act as you may be advised. I shall
wait a reasonable time for hearing from you.
And am,
Your very obedient servant,
JAMES B. CAMPBELL.
The Award.
CAMPBELL ys. FRASER CO., FRASER & co. VS..
CAMPBELL.
W.. the undersigned, 10 whom as medlators
th. matters In controrersy between James b..
C.mnbplI against John Fraser & Co., on the
nm. slde. AMI John Fraser g. Co. against James
B. Campbell OH the oller side, were referred
nv agreement Of the parties concerned,
and who, by the terms OF submission. were
authorized to make "a final and complele
award IA to all matters Of The differences be-
tween George a. Trenholm, Theodore D. Was-
oer. James =. Welsmau, William L. Tren-
holm aud others, who have been OF the nrm
or firms known as John fraser q Co.: VI sne
an. mari. aud James B. Campbell OF the olher
-. 3, b., nj mn .tiu..n nlr mnAL earnest COQSlQ.