The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-20
CIV. Chamberlain or South Carolina
e.. and his Wife. 81. ,.

Wo dnd;,th following bit Of gossip
in W a4h{pgtoh letter published in
tho Springfield (slass. ) Republican !:
The New Goveruoriof South Caroline,
Daniel Henry Cham mberlain, is q mau
of Northern birth and education.
He and his brother, now a Congro.
gationalist clergyman in Uhicag go,
both took their diplomas, at old Yale
Daniel taking tho Do Forest, and
his younger brother taking, tho next
year, both the De Forest aud vale die
tory. The brothers were Quite dis.
tinguished for their scholarship, and
| earned the means wherewith to 20
through college,. Some nine years
ago, tho elder brother drifted to
South Carolina aud commented tho
practice of law, in which profession
he showed himself so competent that
he, in time, was chosen v:torney-
general. of the State. He Is a small
man, rather below The average
height, with fpe head, nearly bald,
although he is yet hardly foity;
broad, thoughtful, intellectual brow,
dark, bright eyes, and manner 50
quiet aud resel we'd as almo 10
amount to coldness. Yet this man
with his still, stern face, proved him
self as vulnerable to the soft inn
peuchmont Of love and romance as
any giddy youth hardly out of his
teens. In the. albhm Of lady friend
he ca me across tho picture of young
girl, with sweet, pure eyes and haunt.
iugly lovaly face Iu his unjcmon-
strative manner he asked her name
and whereabouts, and, without stops
ping to ask tho advice Of "mutual
friend," determined to see if the real
picture compared favoraLly with the
ideal, aud if so, and tho thing were
possible, to gain tho young lady for
his bride. lie saw, and was oon-
quored, not only by the personal
beauty of sweet Alice Ingersoll, but
by her additional charms ,of, MUD and
manner. HI saw her but twice, and
hardly seemed to notice her, address.
ing but very little conversation di-
rectl y to her, but i'm mediately upon
his return to Columbia wrote her
letter suoh as girls dream about 90
coming from their ideal lovers, aud
sweet Alice, sstonished, pleased, de-
lighted, that such reserved, intel:
lectual man should be charmed by
her beauty. and simplicity, said eyes"
and they wero married three or four
months after"ard. Miss Ingcrsoll
was the daughter Of an eminent law
yer, who was at one time attorney
general of the State of Maine aud
warm friend to Senator Fe. scndcn.
After the fathers death their ample
income ceased. and the eldest daugh.
tor.dctermined to put her fine educa-
tiop to some practical use. Accom-,
Epanying her mother, she came TO
Westinghouse and both obtained posi-
tions in the newly organized banking
bureau, over which McCulloch was
then controller. For years the girl
fresh from school, occupied clerical
desk, making the Icnc room all the
bris"ter'fQr her presence, until the
Eprince offered her release. She war
then slender, golden.bairod girl,
with large, 'hlue eyes, shaded by da'k
lashes, dark penciled eyebrows, white
teeth, and complexion Of that vivid
pink and white which the partial gods
'onl5 bestfpw; upen the New England
giIls, and no Others Now she is
,apiendid-loo&fng, masronly woman,
with complexion unimparcd, n you,h-
full bloom undimmed, and with hap.
piness written on every feature.