Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-07-04
AlKLEN AND R0SSER.
THE TGPIC or THE WASHINGTON
G0SSiPS.
The Louisiana Congressman Re.urn-
ing TO the Capital.
Correspondence Philadelphia Times. ]

lSul " L lillIC'nl
WAslIINGToN, June n.
The .Acklcn excitement, which was be-
ginning to die cut. promises to be revived
again by the presence here Of the GENTLE
man himself. Just what he intends doing
here can scarcely he surnllscd. lie cannot
want TO find General liosser, Tor that loud
talking gentleman Is in another part Of
the country, which could he reached Ii; o It
easily from New Orleans than from WASH
ington. He canno. want to sec the lady
in the case, for She too, has left town.
Mrs. Weicker can scarcely he said to have
brought Ack!cn back TO the scene Of h S
disgrace for she has done all she could to
throw dscrcdit upon the Whole story by
publishing & card denying that such Il
scene ever occurred in her house, and also
asserting that there were no ladies IN her
house ON The evening IN question. The
,ucs of Senator amt Mrs. & ,r,!on nave
Il, Ell mentioned II c"nntc elton with the If
ar. tu all lher Know OF II Is lrun third
ana fourth i.alilcs, AID Tie Oh y cunI:rc
'ron lhey had with il Is ridiculous.
Tacv merely inteadrd 10 join Licmelal
Ross at the restaurant late IN the even
lng, 4 purpose that WIS interrupted by the
ai.rg-u Acklen transactions The whole
FIR Is Very sirans- and ineHp,c,bie. Lut
il it has not Two sides 1t VIII uii!rr i:un
anything Of Ink" nature hat li;., ever &c
Cured. Tau, l,r The publIc has been m
iuilned that Ackleli, accompanied hr Il
very beautiful lady. standing nigh III social
crnlrrs and the slsler-in.iaw ol Il lne!nber
o! Congress, went 10 u fashionable rcsiau
rant, called ior aud Obtain. Il private
room and subsequently, ordered refresh
ntnls that later in The evening, inlclcd
pv tie cries ui the lady, Gehclal l;osser
i,ruke into the room and II scurd her from
AckIrn's Insults. There are circumstances
whrh 90 to shuw that 10 ser s':,s ;tn IN
trud,.r IN the room and that his course was
unwarrantrd. 1t Is SAID, and generally
brilevrd here, that NJ: Ack,cn and the
lady werc subsequently seen IN Il carriage
together aud mat the lady two days
afterwards went TO the station TO Ind
Acklen goodbye on his quitting Tie city
Lad Rosser borne himself properly thee
regulations "oud have been saved that
air ROW more or less shattered, namely,
tnc handsome young widows, Mir Alex,
irn 5 and his owu The subsequent con
duct OF the lady would suggest the belief
that IL was no. Il case for interference on
l.osscrs part or anybody's.
AcKLEy AS y MAN.
Acklen is 4 dashing fellow. but nobody
ACCUSES him Of having The abllltYol Web-
stcr, Clay or Calhoun. Indeed am
rather inclined to believe that he is by no
me,ns strong IN The upper st,ry lie is
TOO lrltolous and ST.! con @clOul. Accord
lns 10 his Liosrunhy, written hy himself.
he was born III 1870. and he Is, therefore,
the Youngest man in Uurgee$r The
sketch of his lie IS rather reicnlou'. 1t
says he was educated partly 10y private
tutor at Belmont, the summer home of
his parents, at Nashville then 1T Bur-
hng,on College and, finally, graduated
;nccessiveiy ut two foreign universities.
Itsiu,ning to America, he graduated II
the law department OF Cumbt rland UII
vrrs,y, at Lebanon, Tennessee, and la:cr
at Memphis, Tennessee. and abandoned
The ;r;cticc Of the law to suPerlniend h
sugar plantations in Louisiana A istin-
guIehcd resident of Louisiana glv"s I'm
interesting points about Acklcn. III says
The young Congressman IS Tic most pref
Ii.tLc of spcndIhr's ; that he inhcli eL
several very large aid very valuable plan
lrlions from his father who was II very
rich man, atone tln!c owning nine hun
drcd slaves. Young Acilcn ram through
this immense property with the raj iity
of locomotive, spending hls mon y IN
most foolish MN cr 1t is sad he mar
RED lady worth more than half a million
of dollars, and that lie ran thr1u- h w!lh
that in IL short time. Ills W T.: 'lcd some
lime@aro, and the CHI drcn were s. n. TO
Tie hone Of their mother. The gentle
llrth ircm whom thos. f.aLs con q says he
dies not think the stores ae ir; 0 about
Ackrns great w,al.h. lie d"s not
,hink .Acklen has anything III Il c Wy Ct
Droneriy except bis pclso.lal elects and
he big diamond he wears in his shirt
ront