Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-05-29
Governor FOOte and John
Mitchell.

commenting on some "reminiscences Whlc
recently appeared in the 'Courier-Journal
of the days of Foote, Davis and Quitman
| in Mississippi, in which Quitman is repre-
scented to have kicked Foote off a platform
after the latter had struck him, says:
We incline to the opinion that Governo
| Foote was struck OH the front coattail TO
he never turns his back on the enemy
The Richmond Examiner in the bette
days Of the Confederacy, contained Sc
we're attack upon Foote, then member o
Congress from Tennessee. The attack wa
from the pen of Mitchell, the Irish patriot
FoOte on the floor roundly denOuncet
Mitchell, and all of old Ireland. Foote'
language brought q hostile note iron
Mitchell. Judge Swami was the bearer O
Mitchell's note, and Pollard accompanied
him to the Ballard House, where Foot
roomed. Pollard and Swami knocked a
Foote'S door, which was opened, whel
Foote said, "Come in, Mr.. Pollard" ant
then pointing to Judge Swami, said =
That ID rascal cannot enter my room.
This latter remark brought Judge Swami ;:
big East Tennessee cotton umbrella down
upon the old Governors head A great
uproar was raised by the servants and
| ladies in the house. We hurried to thu
scene of battle, and arrived in time to see
General Wickham between the combat
ants, demanding that we should, "hau.
peace."
The judge was punching with his "um
brel" and the Governor was trying to draw
head upon the parasol man with five
shooter. The next day, in the House
Governor Foote informed us that the po
lice were standing at the door to arrest
him, and he desired that l should take q
note to his friend, a grandson of Patrick
Henry, to deliver his challenge before he
was, or should be, arrested. The next day
Foote, Swami and Mitchell were all bound
to keep the peace towards each other, and
all other persons, except the Yankees
And this is what we know about the fight.
A MODIsTE'S TRIUMPH.-On W edneS-
day last Miss Mary Thomson, q modiste
VI Ulilo lCCOlNCo OIL oluCl llOu1 MID
Murphy, wife of the new mayor of San
Jose, to make a magnificent silk robe for
her, and to have it ready to forward by a
lady friend who would leave San Francisco
by the afternoon train on the following
day. AS the dress was required for the
mayors party, which was to take place on
Thursday evening, no delay was to be
thought of, and so Miss Thomson, aided
by assistants, set actively to work to fill
the order. Time pressed, but it seemed
that industry and persistency were to con-
quer, for the work was completed on
Thursday afternoon sufficiently early, as it
was thought, to catch the lady at home
before she started on her journey. Care
fully preparing the parcel, Miss Thomson
hurried in hack to the address, but on
arriving there, discovered that the lady
had previously started for the train.
Instructing the driver to hasten to the
station she again had the modification to
find that she was two OF three moments
too late, for the train had just left The
m odiste, however, proved equal to the
emergency, and as she had telegraphed
that the dress should be received in San
Jose in time for the party, she determined
that she would keep her promise, in spite
of all trouble and expense. Accordingly
she went in search Of a fast tea nj to drive
the distance, but again she was banked,
the epizooty having laid up all the horses,
a carriage for the journey was not to be
obtained at any price. Now came a coup
d. etat. She returned to the railroad sta
ton and negotiated for special locomo-
tive and tender for San Jose, which was
furnished her for 500. Triumphant at
last, she forwarded the dress to it's desti-
nation, and the happy wife of the mayor
received it, as promised, just in time for
the party.-San Francisco Chronicle.
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