The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-28
70 THE MOUNTAINS.

,,oru,s LITTER FROM TnE wARA STRINGS u .,'
s,,oRr TALK wIga SENATOR RoBERTsos, Or r.
so,,ru CAROLINA HOW he CANE TO GO To =
cosseE>s-Hrs vIKws ABOUT sGosESSoRs ~
WALKER. SElLoGG, MOSES, AND SENATOR'S =
fnwls ASa JOHNSTON MR., sESEE AMI ,,
cHaMPXSSs FKoLIc OVER THE AMNESTY BILL n
SUNDAY SERVICES, &C, sc. i
rs,...,, Correspoadeuce OF the Dispatch.I !.
WAax SPRINGS, July %, 1870.
'Seastor Robertson, Of South Carollna, WIZ y
hiss been seeking health and fecrsa"on ~
. ~ Won, s,nce Nav. talks very PLEASANTLY d,
sSor, n,unv Of tbe members of the Ontteo
States Senaie. He Is suffering freaa sifgAt ]
<troke OF M fs,ysiS in the teft SIDE, wnHca ne
,h;nks was hrxs,yht on by rlresSkatisaa. he
;s , tall and rather ffue-lookipS man, %ith
prsv hair aud vn,rstache, and Is apparently
sho,,, forty.efght years Of age. Ne was!
e,ec,ea to iii an rneSyired term m the Sem
ME. and afterwards reelected to ;serSe until
Attn March. 1877. He is here with bis father,
MFR. John f. obeftson, of Columbia, who Is "a
prominent Baptist and took an xctfVe part
in the SoutberR Baptist Copyen1on which
met "a Charleston this spring, and which
wsa composed Of delegates from the fifteen
sosns,srn States. He Is about eighty-tbree
Z e
j,orseback up to the Flag Rock, three 'E1Nles,
ana then 10 the Hot Springs and back, a dis
xunce in all Of about sixteen miles.
suts FACTS about qEssEsAToR.
Senator Robertson tells one that be never
had an idea of becoming public uaan unt'i
;r2BS. when the negroes OF bis county waited
o anon him and urged him TO become u eau
,3ido,e for the Constitutional Convention. he
did so. and BY 1t lost the esteem 81 many 81
This friends in Columbia and other parts Of
the State, who we're among the acading men
.of South Carolina. But since shat time tie
hiss. he thinks, regained their good opln'cn
INV his course. and DOW if he has an enemy IN
his s aie,he does not SNOW it. am not gre
,nored to state anything TO thecontrary. tae
IL a we,l.posted man about the affairs OF Uhe
country, and says that wheE ne was esecreu
the second time By the Legislature 'nae nc
had so far regaiued the COOS oplpion ol ms
.constituep,s that.Generah hcrshaw, DoAo-
.crat, was one OF his warmestaf'enos 10 u,s,.s
,bis election. He calls biGself moderate
Renublicap. and thinks taat while the sue
cessors OF Carl Schurz and Senator CEpen'
ter are better men'i in soEse respects, they are
much wesker 10 regard to Messrs- SohB'
ston and Lewis he had not much TO say
,bouph be did venture the remark that ht
thoueht both were honest 10 fault, ba
were not particularly xblc. Dir. Lewis, Gt
said, was not in his seat great deaf, ana
therefore be had not formed any EXTENDED
opinion OF hisa.
GOVERNORS WALKED, <sELLoGG, AND NOSES
He talked good deal about eX Governor
and Conpres sman.eect Walker. he iAo
particular stress upon Walkers honesty.
Indeed. wherever the name Of any puksIC
man was mentioned his first remark was
about his honesty. 1t was the burden OF bis
conyersalioh. lie thought that the people OF
Virginia had done right in electlng WatEer
TO Congress, and he thought they owed nun
debt of gratitude. AS 10 Kellogg, the
Senator summed up bis opinion of him in
one sentence" He is bad man. sir; the
neopie of Loui,ia have suffered much
from him; and the worst part OF 1t
all Is Kellogg was never elected
Ex-Governor Moses bad q rough time
while in The Scnuto1's.tunds. He put him
down as Il villain, sure enough. In abiding
TO the fraud of the printing ring in South
Carolina he said that the State was mulcted
out of about $250,000 at one time, and that
Moses would not approve the account until
he had been paid the handsome little sum of
10000 He told me many other things OF
interest about the troubles in South Caro-
lima but they are known all over the couu-
1ry. ana neGu UOL Dc EeUiSutu III liiS icLlcI.
How sEEER CANE TO BE A coNGREssMAs.
The Senator talked good deal about the
active part be had taken in Congress looking
to the passage Of the general amnesty bill.
He said it was his hobby for TWO ears. He
also spoke of the passage Of an appropriation
bill of about half million dollars for post
office, ETC., at Columbia; and that when the
bill was passed ana the work commenced he
made it sine qua non that it should be done
by his own people and by the mechanics
about Columbia.
When the general amnesty bill passed he
was SO much eluted that he sent down town
and bought half dozen baskets of
champagne, and had general Publication ut
the Capitol in one Of the Senate ante.rooms.
Many senators, officers Of Congress, news
paper men. and others were invited 10 this
free wine.feast. Mr.. Lewis, of Virginia,
brought in Mr.. Sener and introduced him.
Sener got tight, but enjoyed the wine.
While 10 this ielicitous condition he asked
Mr.. Robertson if that was the way they
lived in Washington. EYES" said the
Senator, laughing. "Well," said Sener, 81
believe ri go home and be sent to Congress
myself" He went home and was sent.
THE CENTENNIAL.
Mr.. Robertson had much to say about
what WAS to be doue TO restore the country
to Its once happy condition. The young
men ought, in his opinion, to come forward
and take the helm; drive off the old To-
giles and when these old politicians are out
of the way the task will be an easy one. In
his judgment the centennial celebrations In
the States were doing vast deal OF good, and
he anticipated the happiest results from the
Philadelphia cen ,ennial 10 July, 1876. He told
me much about his detestation of carpet
bageers. and concluded his remarks on this
jet by saying that Virginia had them
pretty well under hack, and that he regret
ted that there were some people in this Stale
who thought that so good asd honest man
as Gilbert c. Walker was 8 carpet bsgger.
MIR. Robertson talked with great freedom,
AID denounced or compimented as he
thought the uen under discussion deserved.
He remarked that he had seen Colonel
Withers for about three weeks during the
executive session Of the Senate, and ihatsbes
) had been very fsvoraby impressed with him.
..... SERVICES YESTERDAY.
Divine service was held yesterday morn
ing IN the Episcopal church, Rev. William
Hoxton, DR.. Mlnnigerode's son-n-law, oth-
-ciatipg. ..t.
al; Do,