The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-12-18

damned Federalist," whereupon
Mr.. Petigru knocked him down.
His friends expressed great sur
prise that he had condescended to
resent anything the fellow had
said. Not having noticed the first
insult, they thought it wholly un.
necessary to have resented the sc.
cond. No." said Mr.. Petigru,
81 did not care about his calling
me a damned rascal, for l knew
that no one would believe him |;
but when he called me Federal
ist, l felt that there was some truth
in it, and that il did not resent
Ithe imputation the bystanders
would believe it."
Mr.. Petigru was, all his life,
a religious man, and had great re
spect for all the observances of the
Episcopal Church, though not a
COMMUNICATE. A young chancel.
lor from the country, who was a
member Of the Presbyterian
Church, wehtto Charleston to hold
court for the first time, and was
not aware that Good Friday was
so sacredly kept in the city
Thursday evening something was
said about adjourning over till
Monday. The chancellor protest.
ed, and said that he had come to
dispatch the business OF the court
as soon as possible, and that he
should sit the next day. Mr.. Pet.
igru pleasantly remarked to him
that the next day was Good Fri
day ! The Presbyterian chancel-
lor replied that it made no differ
ence, he could hold court on Good
Friday as well as any other day.
Mr.. Petigru was little miffed at
the want of reverence on the part
of his Honor, and the curt manner
in which he replied. He gravely
said, may it please your Honor,
L have Lever heard of but one
judge holding court on Good Fri"
dav, and that was Pontius Plate I"
Soon after his admission to the
bar, there was an old man who
brought him a little summary pro.
cess Of twenty dollars to defend
Mr.. Petigru advised his client very
confidently that he would defeat
the case. The old man proved trou-
blesome, and was asking Mr.. Peti-
CRU, every time he saw him some.
thing about the case. At last he
said to his client, "go home and
make yourself easy about the case,
for pledge you my word that W u
will never be troubled with the
case any more" The old man fol, =,
lowed Mr.. Petigru's advice. The
case came on, however, aud the
judge decided against Mr.. Pe,igru.
He took An appeal and the appeal
was dismissed. Remembering
what he had told his old and trou.
blesome client, he went and set
tied the decree and costs out of his
own purse. Two or three years at.
forwards, this old man was sued
again in another case for O sum
considerably larger than the first.
He came TO Mr.. Pe'igru's office
with the copy writ, and asked him
to serve it just as lie did the other.
Mr.. Petigru begged to be excused.
and said it would not be conve
nient for him to do So!
Mr.. Petigru was very bitterly op-
posed to the clergy. in erfering in
politics and preaching political
sermons, as they were in the habit
of doing, North and South, before
the war. lie thought they should
keep aloof from all worldly affairs
as much as possible. In speaking
of the part the clergy had acted
in both sections of the country, in
bringing on the war by their APP.
peals to the sectional feelings, pre-.
judices and passions of their con-
gregations, he said it had done more
to lessen their usefulness, and in.
iure the cause of religion, with
those who were not members of
their churches, than anything that
had ever happened. / asked him,
one day, to 60 and hear a certain
clergyman who had been in battle,
and boasted of killing one of the
enemy. He replied" No, Per
ry, cannot listen to a homocidal
preacher"
In congressional election which
excited a good deal of interest in
Charleston, the friends Of Mr.. Pet.
igru tried to persuade him to vote
against the incumbent. He res
piled to them, "no, no; the in.
cumbent is fool enough for me,
and / have no ambition to improve
on him by sending a bigger one to
Congress"
Mr.. Petigru had no talent for
music. 1t is said that one evening
he heard young lady tuning her
guitar. Meeting her shortly after.
wards, he complimented her on the