Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-19
ON THE RETIRED LIST.
What Virginia's Ante BeIIum States
men are Doing.
Richmond Correspondence OF the Cincinnati
Commercial.

men are Doing.
Richmond Correspondence OF the Cincinnati
Commercial.
Hunter, Wise, Stuart, Smith, Letcher
and Bocock, are about all left of those
who were IL old times foremost IN Vir-
ginia affairs, and who are much known
out of the State. Mr.. Hunter is State
Treasure, and enjoys the moderate
salary of $1,000 per. annum. From
being a prominent candidate for Pres
ident of the United States and Senator
from Virginia, he dropped to Confed.
crate Senator and afterward Confede-
rate Secretary of State, and with the
collapse of the Confederacy went home
to his farm IN Essex, and for seven or
eight years was scarcely ever heard Of
He came forth to contend for the Sen
atorial vacancy, to be made by the ex-
piration Of Mr.. Lewis term, and though
numerous old friends rallied to his
standard and fought calamity, strong
power operated against him, and he was
defeated even when the victory SEEM
ed won. When Col Mayo became In
vOlved In trouble and lost his mind,
and thereby vacated his Office, Mr..
Hunters friends got him the place,and
he now dispenses the States funds, but
no doubt little enjoys his position, after
being accustomed to others Of so much
greater Importance.
Wise is not in accord with the Con-
servative party, and yet he detests the
Radicals He. is as Independent
as ever, and takes a lively in
terest In political affairs. but in all
probability will never be a candidate
for Office again. He parted with the
Conservatives on the Greeley question,
and in all likelihood Will never return
to the party folds. 1 see him often in
the courts. His law practice is extern
sive, and judges, Jurymen and lawyers
look upon him with admiration, and de-
light to humOr his eccentricities. He
bears his age well, and his form is erect,
his eye as bright and his voice as pow
erful as when he ran for Governor
against FlOuTnoy, and waged desperate
but successful warfare against the
KnOw-Nothings. He is always chatty
and good humored, and knows and
speaks to everybody, and consequently
is a favorite He resides IN the man.
sion at the corner of Ninth and Mar
shall streets, which was long occupied
by Chief Justice Marshall, and of
which Chief Justice Chase more than
once said he would like to become the
owner. Wise is thought to have con-
siderable admiration for Grant, but he
expresses no opinion publicly about the
third-term project.
Hon. a. H. H. Stuart, who was Sec
rotary of the Interior under Fillmore,
Is a citizen Of StauntOn, and is a men,
Der Of the House of Delegates from
Augusta county. He appears to be in
the prime of life, though really old age
is creeping upon him. He was for
many years IN retirement, but last
summer accepted a nomination, which
secured for MN a seat in the Legislature
as the representative Of one Of the
wealtbiest counties in the State. Dur
ing the last gubernatorial campaign
he made an address IN this city favor
ing a scheme for thecolonizationO the
freedmen which attracted much atten-
ton, but was condemned at home and
abroad with singular unanimity. He
was defeated like Hunter. GOode.
DdDCoCk, DdEDOuEs w dlhcI SuflS-
tan and the others who cOntended for
the seat in the United States Senate,
finally won by Withers. Now he con-
tents himself with an active participa-
ton in State affairs, and is the de.
fender. if not the author, Of a State
tax bill which is universally condemned
in the cities and universally approved
IN the counties.
Hon. Thos. S. Bocock, once Speaker
of the United States House of Repre-
sentatives, later Speaker of the Con-
federate House, is practicing law in
Lynchburg, and Is considered a candi-
date for Congress.
Smith and Letcher were both well
known IN Congress in their day. The
latter was the War Governor of Vir-
ginia; the former has been twice in the
gubernatorial chair His last term
was unexpectedly abbreviated by the
abrupt termination of the war, for
Letcher's term had Just closed, and
Smiths second term Just begun when
the Confederacy collapsed.