The Russellville Democrat., 1879-09-11
A REBEL ExILE's CAREER.
Judah IF. Benjamin as an Eng fish Lawyer---He Buys n &6O, 900 House in Paris
From the New Orleans Domocrnt.l

fish Lawyer---He Buys n E6O, :
 900 House in Paris
 From the New Orleans Domocrntl
 A rev days ago, in an article on the Tehuantepec route, we related the incident of Buffers seizure of the hank box and appropriation thereof as constituting tue whole property of the then Secretary of State of Confederate States. The contents consisted of TehuaRtepec bonds, and the Confederate Secreta- ", when informed of Buffers exult- ation over his capture, remarked with smile, that with the loss of those bonds he would be iicfsss icfsss ai--aI- out q dollar in the world. This con- fession was made at a dinner at which dish of rusty bacon, cooked with cow-pcas, and washed down with corn coffee, composed the whole menu. A gentleman over 90, who had for 30 years enjoyed an income of over $20,000 per annum, was re- duced to this condition in two years by his devotion to duty, to principle. and to the demands of honor and patriotism. It was grand sacrifice, worthy of conspicuous record among the many other similar examples of self-sacrifice and sincerity of con viction and duty on the part of those who have been so grossly maligned as interested and designing politi- clans in the late war.
 In 1865 the impoverished Secre- tary of State of the late Confederacy, after the downfall of the Confederacy and the dispersion of its Government tramped on foot from Central Geor- gia, and escaped in an open boat to Nassau, with single ten-dollar gold-piece in hls pocket, which he gave to the negro who rowed the small boat that so safely carried him beyond the reach of the pursuing foe. In 1879, II years afterward, this fugitive becomes the recognized head of an institution of all others the most exclusive and difficult in which to attain prominence and suc- cess--the Bar of England. One gratifying proof of the reality of this achievement is furnished by the fact, which we learn authentically, that Mir. J. P. Benjamin. Queens Counsel, recently purchased very elegant residence in Paris, giving therefor 100000 francs cash. It is added that this large sum does not exceed one-half of his yearly income from his practice in the highest courts of great Britain. To these courts the large pressure upon his time and labor has compelled Mr. Benjamin to limit his practice. The briefs declined by him would double his income. But, always accustom- ed to do we'll and completely every thing he undertook, he has been forced to reduce the amount of his labor within the compass of his won derful capacity and industry. We doubt if these have ever been equal. ed by any other aspirant for distinc- tion and success at the English or American bar. from gentlemen who have recently called on him in Lon- don, we learn that his labors are in cessantly prosecuted in his office for at least 12 hours out of the 24, and that he still has few hours to spare for enjoyment and recreation with his friends, to whom he is always welcome as one of the most genial and yivacious of companions. So far from being affected by his in tense labor his physique exhibits 8 scarcely perceptible change from that which he exhibited when he was leader at our bar, and at that of the United States Supreme Court, a Senator from Louisiana, and the most brilliant and effective orator and de5ater in that body 20 odd years ago, or when Secretary of State of the Confederate States 14 years ago. His hair still maintaIns its raven hue, unfrosted by 67 years of trial and labor; his flashing eyes have all their old brilliancy, needing aid of glasses to perform their work, and his handsome face wears still that winning smile, which is rarely preserved by masculine counte- nances, and is one of the happiest constituents of womanly beauty. The only perceptible change observ- able in his manner IS in the greater gravity and precision of his utter ance, and in the restraint of a vivac- ;ty which, in his middle age, might