The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-08-28
a southern ExIle,s Carear.

a Southern Exile's Career.
A few days ago, in en- article on tho
Iehuantepec route, we related the Incl.
dent OF Butler's seizure OF the bark b3x
end appropriation thereof as constitn-
ting the whole property of the then sec,
retary of State of tho Confederate States.
Tho contents consisted OF Tehuantepen
bonds, and the Confederate secretary.
when informed of Bptler'a exultati5ri
over his capture, remarked with emile
that with the loss of those bonds he
would be left without q dollar la Tie
world. This confession was made at
dinner at which dish of rusty bacon,
cooked with cow-peas and washed dowT.
with corn coffee, composed the whole
menu. q. yentlemgn over fifty, who had
Tor thirty years enjoyed aud income of
S2OO00 per annum, S'as reduced to this
condition in two years by his devotion to
auty, TO principle and to the demands of
honor and patriotism. It was q grand
sacrifice, worthy OF conspicuous record
Of selt.sacrifice and sincerity Of cor conyic. I
ton and duty on the part OF those who
have been so grossly maliened on inter
ested and designing politicians in the
late war. :.ls ~ lzls
In 1865 the impoverished Secretary of
State OF the late Oonfederacy, after the
downfall of the Confedsracy, and the did.
pefsion of its government, tramped On
foot from Central Georgia, and escaped
in an open boat to Nassau, with d single
tten.dollar gold piece In his pocket, which
he egave to the negro who toved The
small boat that so safely carried him be-
yond tho reach of the purHuing foe. In B
1873, fourteen years afterWard, Shis ft.gi-
tive becomes the recognized heal sof an
institution OF oil. others the most eEclu-
eive and difficult in which to attain:
prominence and Auccess--the bar of Emp
land. One gratifying proof of the reaii-
ty of this achievement is furnfsned byS
the fact, which, rSe learn authenti
that Mr. j. P. Benjamin, Queel's coun.
sol, recently purchased q very eleRank.
residence in Paris, giving therefor 800,
Uuu frances cash. It Is added chat tIia
largo sum does not exceed oiie.haif
of his yearly income from his practice in
the highest courts of Great Britain. 20
these courts the large pressure upon his
time and labor has compelled Mr.. Ben
jamin TO limit his practice. The briefs
declined by him would double his I'M
come. But, aiways accustomed to do
we'll and completely w. everything he nFi-
dertook, he has been forced to reduce the I
amount Of his labor within che cofat,;,as
Of his wonderful capacity and iiidustFy.
We doubt If these have ever been eduail.
ed by any other aspirapt for distinction
and success ut the English or American
bar. From gentlemen who have regent
ly called on him In London we learn Ehat
his lanors orc inccssantiy prossc1te6 IN
his ohice for Rt llssssss twelve hntlIs out of
the twenty-fonr, and TINT he still has d
few hours to spare for enjoyment and re-
creation with his friends, to whom he Is
always welcome as one Of the most gent
oil and yivacious of compani Ions. So .dtra:
from being affected By this insansa labor
hig physique exhibits Sc,srceIy percsp.
tible change from that which he exhibit.
ted when he was q leadefrat oar Z Ia arits
al that ofthe United States Supreme Court,
Sess .es Es.s ..=. I5iii5ii.7 anu Iile most
brilliant ard effective orator and debater
in that body twenty odd ssars ago. or
when Secretary OF State OF the Confad6-
rate States fourteen years ago. His hair
still 'maintainE lite raven hue, Sunfrosted
by eixty-seven years of trial and labor; his
flashing eyes haye all their old brillian-
cy, needing no aid of glasses to perform
their work. and bis Handsome face wears
still that Winning smile which Is rarely
preserved by masculine conntenances
and Is one OF the happiest constituents of
Womanly beauty. I.ne only erceptibIe
the greater gravity and precision OF his
utterance, aud in the restraint of d vi
yacity which, in his middle age, might
be properly described as boyish in its
freedom and gayety :eie OTleaas Deni-,
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