The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-04

res tnat's what they say; but was
mover elected to that Office anyhow
amt mover drew cent Of salary.
! Yes," he added, after pause, col
several Governors I havo been the
confidential friend, and perhaps I may
say adviser"
"You may, indeed" + asscnted,
"No other American has over held
officials"
"And the oddcst Of it is," said hc
eagerly, rising and walking the room,
as If to walk off superflu0us energy,
that L have bccn confidential friend
or mt least two Democratic Governors
when was leading Wing. The first
was Silas Wright"
'"And they took your advice?" 1
asked.
eyes, very often. When Marcy
was Governor he took mo intimately
into his confidence aud his counscls,
and when he was Buchanan's Secreta-
~ of State | occupied tho same rela-
ton to him"
MAY ASK" said 7, "what is the
greatest misfortune that ever happen
cd to you?"
"Thc greatest distress l ever suffer-
cd"' he inquired. "Oh, you must
know what that was. Cruel, cruel 4!
The vilcst slandcr that ever was franz
ed-that l was Il monster Of brutality
ana had mutilated a corpse for the
purpose of helping tho fortunes of 6
party"
81 don't exactly remember what you
mean," said.
"Why, Morgan! Nlorganl" he cx-
claimed, and his face assumed n min
ed expression. 81 suffered untold
distress, and was moro or less under
pan Tor twenty-five years. Old &C
quaintanccs avoided mo; oven nv
family was made to feel tho disgrace,
as If wcrc n tclon. 1t was cruefI"
"Iow was itI" | said. "Or. Der
haps you prefer not to talk about it?''
81 have no objection. It's an old
story now, and belongs to the past. I
was living at Rochester at the time
Morgan, who had exposed Masonry,
Wa+ missing. Ii was believed that he
had been drowned by members of the
order in Lake Ontario. a BODY was
1tunI which al Iwercd the description
OF his. 1t was exhibited iu public.
and was recognized rs being him bv
his family and friends. 1t was buried
by them. Atterward it was claimed
| 10y tho friends Of another man, disin-
TERED, and another inquest held.
There was great excitement over the
murder of Morgan, and l was promi-
nent ns ali anti-Muson. When this
last inquest was pending the lawyer
engaged by tho Masons said to mo.
one day: What arc YOU going to do
for Morgan nowp 'This man Ia q
good enough Morgan l rctortcd, till
YOU produce the man that was killed.
lie went off and reported that I said
the deceased was good enough Nor
gan TIL Gffer clectiOn.' This lie was
| first published by Henry O'Rcilly,
editor of the Rochester Dai2v .1dver-
tiScr, and it made such an excitement
that he stuck to it, and elaborated it..
Finally, the lie took this form-that I
had pulled out the beard, cut the hair
and otherwise detaccd or mutilatcd
tho features of the Ontario corpse so
as to make them resemble Morgan
This was in the winter Of 1867"
"Did people believe such thing?p,.
Yes, good many did. 1t was n
thing could not disprovc to thcir
satis1Actlon. was abliorrcd by tens
| or thousands. Old ncqunintanc.s cut
me. l was pointed at on the street.
Strangers would look askancc Mt inc,
saw them. Friends gave nc the cold
shoulder. received threatening
anonymous letters. L was made to
feel everywhere and every hour that
| was marked man. And my poo,
family, sir" said he, lifting his hand
with pathetic gesture, "werc made
to feel the cruel thrusts in WAYS | cal,
not mention"
| GLOW long did this ostracism last ~
"Fiftecn or twenty years actively,
and In some directions much longer
time" .u.. aNI... -
"lt seems strange that Injustice
should thrive So" said /.
"Wcil it did thrive. O'Rcilly be.
came rich, and that lie was the 'foun
dation Of his fortune. l drifted tc
Albany, and at last lived the shocking
calumny down. Finally O'Reilly
who might have been worth millions
II lie had stuck to the telegraphs, which
he manipulated at first, speculated in
other things and lost money. Hc
kept losing: lie lost everything he
"Werc you glad?"
"I was grateful that the Lord didn't
allow such villiany to thrive forever y
the old gentleman confessed; "and
then felt sorry for him."
"Wherc is he now-deadW
"Oh, no." snid he; "O'Reilly is alive
enough. -Four years ago he wrote me
letter, saying that no was pcnnilcss,
and asking me to send him ono hun.
drcd dollars.
"Wcll, what did you dol"
"I sent it to him."
| "You did,"
"Certainly I did. And n few weeks
later he wrote me very grateful let
ter, which wound up by saying that
he was completely out of money and
out of business, and he didn't know
what In tho world hc should do to
keep alive if he didn't got him place
in the New York Custom House."
"Is 1t possiblc~
"What did you do?"
81 went and reflected on how much
pain he had caused me through quar-
ter Of a century; on the grief and dis
tress my f"- lily had suffered on his
accounts; on the modification and
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