The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-02-26

Judgo CheeVeS mentioned his hrst
interview with General Jackson,
which was in philadelphia. jackson
was seated at tho dinner table to tho
right Of the Judge. They in conver.
sa'ion, and his couRtcuanoe was re-
markably mild und pleasant. The
name # some ono was mentioned with
whom jackson had recently had all
alteration. He turned his head
from the Judge to sec who had men
toned the hateful name. "When
he looked again ut me-" said tho
Judge, "his whole counrennncs had
suddenly changed, and his face look
cd like thunder cloud. Never be-
fore had | witnessed go wonderful
change in the human counteuuncc."
Judge Cheeves was n great etudcn,
and most labortous man whlftt at tue
bar. No lawyer at the Syuth C.roli-
ma bar ever had such practice DO
foro or since. | heard him once say
that it yielded him t~cn.y thousand
dollars per anuum. IL ; Said ho oc-
gan to throw off his blsincss long be-
ioro he WAS o.sotcd to Congress.
Then he transferred the whole Of i;
to General Robert Y. EIaync. who
had read law with him, and had just
been admitted to the bar.
Judge Hugcr, who was q or. at all
mirer Of Judge Chceves and strongl,
attached to him as friend, told me
in 1928 that his (Chccves') father was
q noted Scotch Tory and Iudian
trader in Abbcville District, S. G.,
during the Revolutionary war. lie
moved from a btevillc, where Judge
Chccves was born. to Charleston,
after tho capture of that city hy the
British. He kept little shop on
Sullivan's Island ard uftcrwn n:fIs in
Elliott street. The Judge was u lai
in his fathers store, with very little
education, uHd passing the Court
House one day hc Was attracted by
the clear, stcntor,an voice of Chancel-
lor Marshal, wh> was arguing case
in court. He stopped and listened
to the speech, and determined to be.
como lawyer himself. Tho next
day he went to Mars4,ni's ofice, told
him who be was, aud asked rermis-
sion to read law with him. For many
years alter his admission to the bar
his practice was very limited. He
had too much honesty, said Judge
tiuger to manage bad cause aud
the expression was a Common one in
Char lesion, elf you have good case,
employ Checves, but if you have u
bad one 30 to Drayton. No one
must infer from this, however. that
Colonel Drayton was not q gentleman
Of the highest honor aud parest integ
rity. In this &c rcct he Lal no supc.
rior anywhere.
At the time J. Ind this conversntirn
with Judge lluger, Judge ClcrvcS
was residing iu Pcnnsyi, ania, where
he had moved after hs ocion to
the Presidency ofthc old United Sta e.
Bank. Judge lIngnr then EXPIRE. se,i
the wish that Chceves might yet Lc
elected President Of the Tilted
States. "W hat beautiful illustra
tion it would be" $uii Ju isc IIuser
""f the theory Of our government, t..
sec such mun, rising from ovc,ty
and ohscurity, without cdncatt " -
the patronage and iAfl .ence Of il FAM
~ or friends, to the highest oili ..
within the gift Of the pc-p;e by III,
great talents, high and noble qnal:lics
and pers'vcriug industry and energy"
Judge Huger spoke OF Chceves as
the most scf.w!llcd man he ever
knew. lie relied on the Judgment Of
no one, and was Influenced by no ones
opinions where they we're contr,ry 20
his own. But notwiths an4ing ibis
tlrmness, scIf.will ari srlt.reliancc,
he was as sensitive as u %Hsnan to the
criticisms Of tho wrrld. lIo was ter.
ribly annoyed whilst President OF ;,.c
bank by the complaints, nad cha, s..
made against HIN. iin determined
to pay 10 diviiruu- 20 th- ,to :,lDid
ers till the f.arre, Of the bank
were in better c"nnitiun. There were
hundreds dependent on their divi.
dcnds for their support. The clamor
against him became furious, but he
knew the salvation f the bank de.
pend on the course he Was pu su.
ing and whilst hc felt deeply the
censure Of the people ana tho press,
he could not be driven from his pur
pose.
Whilst Judge Checvcs had all Of
this sensitiveness to abuse and de-
straction. he had none of that
false shame which we too often meet
with in life. AS evidcuco Of this,
! Judge Butler toll ME hc uhce heard
Judge Checves speak, with child like
simplicity of his being hired day
laborcr to plow whilst boy. For
many years after his admission to the
bar, he was very dlfhdent about
writing anything for publication in
consequence Of his de;,r i've cduca-
ton. Tie first article ever written
by him for the press was an obituary
notice of tho Reverend Mr.. BUST, Of
Char lesion, which has been recently
| rcpublishcd on account Of the subject