The weekly Louisianian., 1874-05-02


NEW ORLEANS, L
urging, he consented. Among tht
members Of the 1yeeum were severa
who have since proven their meata
|calibre in Congress and in various
official positions. The boy sat still
and listened, and when the last ont
had spoken, he advanced in hisrag
|ged. Dress and, with = modest, un'
assuming manner, addressed ths
assembly. Il ID said hie vordspHer'
electrical with a strange Sloqusaoa
that: his listeners sat bewihAred
and his opponents were oompletd.,
vanquished in the forensic battle
He tore the arguments brought K
bear upon his position to shreds,
attacked the enemy's stronghold
and left never . word Of it to tel
tho tale.
The excitement Of his audienct
was tremendous, and the little blael
boy in his:1agged garments wasthe
idol Of the hour. This boy was GU,
present brilliant member Of Con.
gress. MI. Elliott 8 nature is aggres:
sive, like most natures of unusual
strength, and his!education. his had
much to do with it. He received
his primary education in. private
schools in Massachusetts,; in 1855
he entered High Holborn Academy
in London, England; in 1855,
entered Eton College, England, and
graduated with honor in 1859.
Having lived in q free atmosphere
abroad, never experiencing the fret
ting Of the petty barriers daily met
with here, he arms himself, to
cover, doubtless, an innate delicacy
easily wounded, in a naughty self
assertion. I noted it when he made
his speech on the civil rights ques-
tion. The blade of sarcasm with
which he annihilated his rude
Southern opponent was welded as
one would WELD a knife, a bone, a
stinging snake. II am whatI am -
was the rude spirit, **and believe in
my own nobility"
Mr.. Elliott resides in Columbia,
s. c., in a home surrounded with
all that refinement of taste can
He is the possessor Of
one of the finest law and miscellan-
eous libraries in his State, and the
happy husband of one Of the most
beautiful and intellectual woman.
HIS YOUNG WIFE
is q quadroon, with q complexion of
the creamy hue Of the Southern
magnolia, just tinted with a sugges-
ton of the prim-roses on cheeks
and lips; her eyes are large, brown
and expressive, under their long
silken lashes, and she has the sweet
est and brightest expression and
manner in the world. I could fully
understand as I looked at her, as
she sat in the House gallery, listen
ing to her husbands speech, how.
be could hurl back with happy de-
lance the insinuations Of q South
ern member, who, wrapping an
imaginary pale-faoed daughter in
his Legislative arms, spurned unde-
,ired amagamation Of the white
md oolored races. Mr.: Elliott
stands high at the bar in his State.
has a large legal practice and q
White partner, (who, by the way, is
IN ultra Democrat,) and is looked
o by the Reform party with earnest
md ezpectant eyes. He is wide
swake to the needof reform, and
within his party, under the present
:ule, it will have his hearty support.
There are four delegates from South
Carolina Elliott, Rainey, Ransier
md Cain-and they are exception
lily clever men.
MR. RANEY
Eas born ct Georgetown, s. O., Of
lave parents, who succeeded by in
lomnitable industry in purchasing
heir freedom, thus laying the COR:
for their sons advance
nent. He was q bright, earnest
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