Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-14


OF the Susquehannah, 1 commenced by ask.
Ing him what he thought of Mr.. Hayes new
departure.
What departures" asked the Senator. as he
looked quizzically from III der a pair of scrop
gy. Seward-like eyebrows
why, his departure from the Southern pa.
cihcatory policy, which he has carried GU,
since his Inauguration, and his return tc
Grants rigid manner Of governing the South. >
I replied.
u don't take any stock in Hayes at all. sir. >
repIed the Senator, sternly. Il dislike him sc
that wouldn't speak to nim. He went back
on his friends-the men who made him. HAYES
says Grants policy was failure. It's no such
thing. Grants policy put Hayes in the White
House, while Hayes stupid policy has lost
every Southern State to the Republican
party"
Can Hayes be candidate again." l asked
No, sir. Hayes is dead! He's went over te
the rebels. He killed Chamberlain. soIdie,
and Republican. and put that rebel, Wade
Hampton, who shot my brother James through
the heart in his place"
Did Wade Hampton personally kill your
brother, SENATOR" i asked.
Yes, sir! have the evidence unimpeacba
pie that Wade Hampton, who captured Col
cameron, my brother, took a carbine, while
my brother was prisoner unarmed took de-
hberate aim and shot him dead. And this ras.
cal, continued the Senator, this rasca,
hampton, Hayes went and made Governor OF
South Carolina. MIR. L. Norman Gunnisop
The editor of the New York Evening" Record
sa" Hampton shooting brother James, Didn',
you, Mr.. Gunnison?" asked the Senator turn
ing to Mr.. G., who was present
Yes Senator replied Mr. Gunnisou. 81
among others, saw Wade Hampton kill Col
Cameron. And after Hampton fired, | saw
them carry the llfeless body of the colonel into
the farm house near the church,
Changing the subject, asked Senator Cam
eron What he thought about Grants candidacy
%, Grant don't want to be President; ]
know he don't
But the report comes that Grant SAYS he
would not feel at liberty to refuse"
L doG,t care what the report says. | know
Grant. He's been here with me a good deal.
tell you that GRAM dent want the nominal
ton"
IF Grant should be nominated. would his
habits be an objection to his being President?''
asked.
Not at all. Grant takes a lttle,wbislv
now and then, and so do l. but that don't
make him q drunkard. Grant is a temperate
eater and is taking good care of himself"
''Ho" about Blaine:'
Blaine would suit me. l think he would
carry New England, too. Hes "a strong man.
III he hadn been strong man Credit MobIlier
would have killed him, as it did Colfax; but
Blaine has outlived the Mobilier business, and
| think he stands good chance to be the Re
publican nominee. He would carry out Grants
old policy and re-establsh the Republican
party in the SOUTH
What are Conkling's chances?"
Good He's got the great State of New
York behind him. Of course, he'll be returned
10 the Senate. Conkling is as conspicuous and
as strong as Blaine, as he is not handicapped
with the old Credit Mobilier scandal"
Sam Tilden?"
Don't mention him; he's dead"
Did you ever ask favor of Hayes"
asked.
No, never; l wouldn't. l dospise him.
now, there arc sixteen candidates for the post
ONCE down at York, and they all want me to
help them. but tell them that my influence
with this administration amt worth -.
No postoitices now days for me-
suppose you got anything you wanted
from Grant,
No. sir; never got but one appointment
from Grant in my life
What was thatS'' I asked.
Well, there was captain in the army whose
former servant got commission in {; niger
regiment. One day the captain met the ser
want and rudely tore his straps off. l heard
or IT, and l went and got Gen. Grant to ap-
point that CAPTAIN to another position
What position did you have HIM appointed
TO.
Why, got Grant to appoinp him to the
And Grant did it?'
Yes; Grant did it; and that niger hating
captain is bookkeeper in sawmill upon the
west branch OF the Susquehanna, nowhere
used to raft down logs when was a boy
And the negro?''
Well, he got to be major in a colored reei-
ment." ELI PERK1Nss
a Correspondent of the "Globe" Denies.
To the Editor of the Globe
ST. PAU!., Dec. 13.-I notice in the news
papers what purports to be an interview be-
tween Eli Perkins (the biggest liar in the coun-
try and Hon. Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania.
IN which the latter is made to CHARGE Gov
Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, with kill
ing his brother James while prisoner in the
hands of the confederates. While the prepos-
ferrous statement, considering it's source and
the character of Governor Hampton, will prob
ably find few believers, there are those who
will accept it as truth, and cherish it as another
reason for continuing the sectional warfare
upon the South unless it is authorita lively de-
MED. Now Colonel James Cameron was
killed at the first battle of Bull Run.
He was the colonel of the 10Th New York
Hlghlanders, then the finest looking body of
volunteers IN the service. The 18th was brig
AIDED with the Goth New York (Corcoran's reei-
ment). the 18th Brooklyn afterwards Zouaves
the l4th New York and the I'd Wisconsin. all
commanded by General Sherman, nov com
mander-in-chief of the army. / was then a
member of Co. ''B'' OF the I'd Wisconsin.
which occupied the left of the regiment. In
forming the line of battle the 10Th occupied a
70 1afk ~
formed Col. Cameron took his position onEfoot
at the right of his regiment, which brought
aim but few feet from my position. The ap.
pearance OF Col. Cameron is as vivid in nv
mind to-day as at the time. A nan probably
IS years of age, hair long and white as the
driven snow, shoulders bowed by age SO that
ne stood not more than five
contrast to his com nand. many of whom on the
right were six feet and upwards. Thus he
stood while our skirmishers were engaging the
enemys advance grouped in the thicket and
about the old house where his body was taken
after the fight; the advance had but Just been
given and the line commenced to move for
ward, when the leaden messenger of death over
took Col. Cameron and he fell dead almost
without groan or struggle. The venerable
appearance Of Col. Cameron. and the fact that
he was among the first of the Union army to
give up his life in my presence, made a deer
Impression on my mind, so that the circum-
stances, though seventeen years have passed
are as fresh in my memory to-day as when they
occurred. Who fred the shot that Killed Col
Cameron of course l do not know, but dc
know he was not killed by Gov. Hampton in
the manner detailed by lying Eli Perkins
Yours in justice. JAMES D. WooD.
Entertaining the Visitors.
Messrs. W. r. Marshall, R. W. Johnson Pas
"a Smith and Wp, Pbodae on ~ ,,o.4