The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-08-13
Judah P. Benjamin.

Correspondence Atlanta Constitution.
 doubt fl there is m the south one man familiar with his oountry's history for the lasi thirty wears who Is no; proud of the career of Judah p Benjamin. In lnqulF- ing for his chambers. learned from a Middle Temple barrlstcr that NIT. Benla- min was regarded as to-day the greatest lawyer a, the English bar. He IS in court all day LII :: m the afternoon; then. until 7:7o. received the solicitors T hIs cham bcrs. .titer this he goes home ;o dine at his club n the Wes; End. His only lels- urc is Sunday and an occasional evening.
 Short of stature. ihiek-set. with s,ranE. bnsh; eve he is | man oi simple. natural manner. relating his adventures. relerses and successes with the charming ease. tracc and naturalneSs. mingled with ,, ,ab,!e playfulness. characteristic of d good rcContcur.
 He >dld. n talking of his adventure .i- ter the ,.,ll oi Richmond. that the Confed- crate Government ieit Richmond n q body He and Mr. Dasls were together on ,hcir way to the trans Mississippl De par;mcnt. and Mr i1ayls left ihc party 10 meet has \ lfc. enFeatc. and II was TT her camp ;kai fe Was captured. The Feder- ais did not know that Mir Dayis w.ts m the wasan-trafu WhIeh was transporting Mrs. Dayis and ifie..d.tnd urly approached curIousiX- tn see whai i; meant. AIr. Ben lam.n continued hIs tourney alone. and hearing of the capture of NIT. Davis. gave away hls saddle and birdie. and securing ,n old free. threw over i; d shcepskin. and under an alias. playing farmer. d, iensth reached the Gulf coast. Here he took 4 small boat. and eaasting around until ar irving d Il poIui near Key West. he em- parked III a smai! sailboat. open and with out deck. for Nassau.
 Here the small. qQail.t-looking black and bright eyes glistcned as this :emark- able man related ho~. when the Gulf stream almost carried them out into ihe open sea. when battling ag.inst A head oi wind and out of sight of land (for one hundred miles WAS the distancel. and with one bushel of raw sweet potatoes ta feed three men: when almost without hope at the la>; moment the wiud changed. filled then small sail carried them within sight ,-f the Lighthouse. and enabled them to effect a landing just at the extreme Aorth- ern portion of the Bahamas. He landed in England in September in 1905.
 Iunc. lSoh. he was admitted to practice |, the English Bar. his admission was granted bS the Benehcrs of Lincoln : Inn n siX months. instead of three years. d, the rules generally require. on the ground that he wa> an cid member of the Bar ot country governed under common law and the tlci that he was political exile
 He published his Bcnlamiu on SAle, in fe3. having in the intervening year. supported himself by writing leading artl- cle> for the newspapers. The hrsl veal le made about loo. and "in ,hc fourth year said he. my income was II.ooo Il rapidly increased after that"
 N the present Tate ef Mr Beniamin' income he wiil-in lew wears. If he ls no' R..". |, the po>>c>sor ui vast wealth. Nj book gave me my practice. and now. won deriui te relate have. said he. upon looking oHer my eases yesterday. just ORC half the cases from the realm il. e., tho whole af England. scotland and Ireland before the iiousc of Lords "n the appeal.