The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-03
Judah p. Benjamin.
md on l,etter to the Atlanta Constitute

l.ond on letter to the Atlanta Constitution
: doubt if there is at the south one
man familiar with ! his, countiy's history
for the last thirty years who is not proud
Of the career Of Judah P. Benjamin. In
inquiring for his chambers, l learned
from, a middle temple barrister that Mr..
Benjamin was regarded to-day as the
greatest lawyer at the English bar. lie
is ID court all day till 1 o'clock in the at
telnoon, then until 730 o'clock receives
the solicitors in his chambers. After
this lie goes home to dine at his club
III the west end, His only leisure is on
Sunday and all occasional evening"
Short of stature, thick set, with strong,
bright eye, he is. a man of simple, lat
ural manner, relating his adventures,
:evelses and successes with the charnir g
ease, grace and naturalness, mingled
with subtle ""'play fulness Of a
good reconteur. He:said, in talking OF
his adventures after the fall Of Richmond,
that the confederate government left
Richmond in body. He and Mr.. Davis
We're together on their way to the trans
Mississippi department, and Mr.. Davis
Left, the party to meet his wife, en- route,
and it We" as in her c camp that b e., was zap.
tureu. me. friends, did not
know that Mr.. Davis was III the
wagon train which was transporting Mrs.
Davis and friend, and only approached
.cnliously to see what it meant. Mr..
BENJAMIN continued his Journey alone,
and hearing Of the capture ofMt. Davis,
gave away Lis saddle and bride, and Sc
curing an old tree threw oyer it a sheep
skin, and under an alias, playing farmer,
at length reached the gulf coast Here
he took a small boat, and coasting az
round until arriving at point near Key
West, he embarked in Il small sail boat,
open and without deck, for Nassau.
Here the small, Ii; quaint looking,
black and biight,eyes glistened, as this
remarkable man related how, when the
gulf stream almost carried them cut in
to the open sea; when battling with a
heauwind, and out Of sight Of land tfor
100 III lies Was the distance). and. with
Conc bushel Of raw, sweet potatoes to
feed three men," when, almost without
hope, at the last moment, the wind
changed filled their small sail sca FRIED
them within sight:o TIP light house, and
enabled then1to effect a landing just at
the extreme northern point Of the Ba.
A4O A<IIANAC4 Xxx 4LukiOAA III t1Cp-
TENDER, 1900. IN June, 1860, he was ad-
mitted to practice in the English bar;
his admission was granted by the
benches of Lincoln's inn, in six months
!, instead of three .yearsyas the rules gen.
5era1ly require on the ground that he
was an old member of the bar of q
country governed under the system OF
the common law, anu the TACT that ne
was a political exile. He published
his Benjamin on Sales" in 1863, having
in the intervening years supported him
selfand his family by writing leading
articles for the newspapers. The first
year he made about $500, the next year
about 400, and ID. the fourth year, he
Maid "nly$$incone WIS EF,m. It rapidly
after that = t~ the present
,".c Of Mfr. BenJamin's income he will,
in g few years, if he is not now, be the
possession of vast wealth. My books
gave me my practice" and now, Won
derful to relate, II have" said he, Cup
; ON looking oyer my, cases yesterday Just
one half o. Che cases from, the realm IL.
e., the whole of England, Scotland and
|: lreland) before the house of lords on
the appeal" Mr.. Benjamin's daughter
married a. French officer of the staff and
his wife and daughter live in Paris