Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-19

was admitted to the bar at Marietta,
and began the practice Of his, profes-
sion at Fremont, Ohio, in partnership
with Gen. Ralph sP. Bucklahd. In
1S49 he removed to Cincinnati,and in
/ 1852 was narrietl' to Lucy. Ware
/ Webb, dau ghtef of DIR Jas. Webb ard
/ Maria Cook, Of lChifTicothe: In 1855
/ he was nominated for Judge of the
Common Pleas, but declined the
nomination. In 1858 the Office OF
City Solicitor, becoming vacant by
| the death of Judge Hart, he, wi was, Il un- !
expectedly elected by the City Council
to fill the vacancy, and in 1883 was
re-electcd by the people for a full
term. running over 500 votes ahead Of
his ticket. He held this. Office until
the springfof 1851 disellarging his
duties, asa local journal stated, $50
as even to .extoft the highest praise
1 from his political antagoAistss" "lb.!AR
At this period Mr.. Hayes was ceH-
/ sidered one of the most brilliant
young lawyers at the Cincinnati bar
and had, acquired both large, business
land enyiable reputation, He. had
been employed as counsel in several
III iIlc Hlosb uOtdUIc luSAItc bAASS
cases of the day, as well as in several
others that attracted wide attention.
Among the latter was the celebrated
Nancy Farrarl poisoning ease, i'm
which Mr. Hayes. was appointed to
defend the accused, and secured her
acquittal on the third trial. In the
course of his, argument in this case,
he fully discussed the laws, relating to
insanity, and some OF his PROPOSE
4 tions were afterward incorporated in
/. to the, Statutes of the State. He
also distinguished himself, iii. what
was widely known as the, Jas. Sum
mons murder case, tried, in the full
hearing, before the Supreme Court of
| the State, at Columbus. Judge (noW
ScnatorJ Thurman was then on the
Supreme bench, and about 900 prom
inent lawyers from all parts Of Ohio
were in attendance y 3Ameng these
were Hon. Thos. Ewing, Sr.s who
pronounced Hayes opening the best
first speech he had over heard u b.
Political advancement was, natur-
! ally suggested by such q SUCCESS, at
| the bar, and as early as 1851 the name
/ of II. b. Hayes was very generally
associated in the public Iiiind with
EEongressfonal honors. tn 1858 lie
was greatfy favored, ESPECIALLY by the
young men, for the nomination to
I Congress. and could undoubtedly
have had it had he desired. This was
'Fcqnally trne inilS60 and 1852. -. "a n
X UMMAJoR IN THE ARMY. .'A.'% 1ia
! When the rebellion broke ont few
men Of his age had a more, brilliant
prospect iii civil life, but as an otigi-
nal Republican hcnaturally took sides
with the Union cause ; his sympathy
!. with it was intense. AS illustrating
; his views and feelings atJ this time
the following- written by him on thu
4 fourth of January, 1861. may ..b'
quoted aA .at.Ls :. az .sl,y -.
.'South Carolina has passetf a seces
sion ordinance, and federal laws ar
set at naught in the State. Over
acts have been committed. forts and
Earsenals have been taken, a revenue
cutter has been seized, aid Major
Anderson besieged I'M, Fort Sumter
Other cotton States are about TO fol
low. Disunioh and civil war are al
hand: and yet I fear dishnion ant
war less than compromise. We cal
recover from i them.. ~ The fre'
States alone. ii we. must go on alone
will make a glorious nation. Idt
/ not feel gloomy when look forward
!. The reality is. less frightful than tht
: apprehension which4w have had al
: these mans years. Let us be tenn
perate, calm and inst; but, firm aiit
, resolute.. Crittehdeh's compromise
, Windham.s speaking of the e'rumor tha
Bomaparfe Was about to invade Eng
land, said tile danger OF invasion i
Fl by no means eqiai to that OF peace
A man may escape a pistol, no NAL
ter how near his head, lbut not ~ dos
: of poison" ...i~ ~ it..l,s =, 6. {
4 On the fifteenth Of May,.lS6l. h
Il .sJudge Mathews and I have tagree
G to go into the service for the war,
: possible into the same regiment.
0 spoke my feelings to him. which b
T said were his also,yiz: that this was
Il just and necessary war; that it dc
manded the wholei power of tl
country, and that | would prefer
G 60 into il il ], knewI was tOdie
9 be killed in the course of it, rathe
, than live through and after it withol
. taking any part in 1t. :" . ,'''' . . : .
ri Mr.. Hayes and Judge Matthew
|, now undertook to- raise a regimen
= for the Union service, and in a shol
Y time they had companies enough f
!. two. With ten Of these tile Twenf.
third Ohio Infantry was organize
II with WIS. Rosecrans as colonel an
e II. B. Hayes AS major. Hayes an
d Matthews had been scheolmates. Il
- gether, and. IL was agreed betwee
= them, as neither had military expe
II ience that q trained soldier should
placed at tho head. of tho regimen
:. Hence the selection ofaColonel Ros
!: Grams, who was soon promoted to
q: larger command, and was succeede
!. by 4 Colonel Scammon, also o We
n Point graduate. The regiment
thus organized arrived at ! Clarksbnr
D: EWest Virginia. July u 1861, ~
n. spent the remainder Of the year 4.
a. arduous campaigning under Gencr
4. Rosecrans,, on whose .staH, Tor tin
: Major Hayes served ma Judge adv
N .catc. In the fight at CarnifaN Fer
!" hc (Hayes was detached with Z
:. left WING al. his resiment.. and So
:e NV RnSaerans ~ fni NJ 4 thvcaten /
10 rebel flank ana rear which. he a
- thus materiaHu hasten;nn tho euem,
- retreat.. h Iih,ria,0 the ensnin D ! IN
y w;nter aud snr;up. NInion i Hnvea j
Z; inc meanwhile promoted "a iieAte
l Ant colonel. ana 'assi snea 10 The, 90,
~ mand of 'tha Tus,nfy .this,ii s,omt
~ All over a wide .oironit Of .n.ountai
ous country. ON one, occasion hnV +
narrow escape from. death by I
he ambnscade Of bnshwhsekers. On I
al first Of May, 1862, he.made a ,brillia
as dash on Princeton, driving the reb
40 40 precipitatelY, from the town and ~
y. turing about 200 rifles and aay,s. Us.
Ms eaaGassui Goassleuse, % ass s tas sf'asksa Ss
~ greatly superior force, and fought.
- day while. gradually falling bag
~, distance Of, I've miles. Ills comma