The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-14

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tiea. reminds me 0f N tncooent tnas
happened not long ago IN which NJ.
Hendespon figured. In order to tell the
story CORRECTLY We must preani0e that Il
n nsournfnl 70 look at Wade Hampton
| in the Senate chamber nursing h1e
stump Of . leg and suhjecting hb ep!en-
did physique 70 the disgrace Of ctutche&
Vsibly h. II the worst cripple In the
l,ody. OF course Il h state secret thai
Butler, his dashing colleague, has but
one leG. but he manages his cork with
such dextefity that you'd take him for =
perfect pieoe IF machinery. There are
others, too, who suffer at times very IN
tensely for trying to stop bullets In the
late unpleasentness, like Ransom eod
Maxey and ex-senator Gordon, put
their inflrmities are not so visible q
Hampton's to the naked eye. Nobody
feels pain ON looking 1t Aleck stepn-
ems, for his case Is merely the result OF .
slow and natural process OF decay but
you insensi :ly feel = sympathy With
Hampton's los, ~ with the inf'rmities
Of the late Senator Morton. Tor both
came along prrnatorely ar. ana G marred
croons over his abbreviated leg. not
IN anv erowline or testy spirit,
~ he Is the soul Of patience.
This is natural. Can it he that Morton
when. he sat in the senate, big chain
I'll dog. the defenceless prey Of the
smallest cur that had legs and could use
them. never fretted ut the remembrance
of his ,s,st activity, when he used to
hound into the sa,i.lle ut tho governors
office In war times, and dash to camp or
arsenal, the very embodiment Of physi-
Wei, to this story, the general in the
hope Of picking up some new ideas
about cut legs, had q fashion Ut stopping
people similarly afflicted. As he was
.tanding one day on his crutches in the
min hall near the senate entrance, Il
Inrre Inn n came along, his ley gone
aM,yc the knee. and he had some patent
arrangement. a sort nf light and pOrta-
ble fram+-work. to help him out Of his
.crape. Hampton spoke Of their mu-
!ual infirlnities, and asked him how
that arrangement worked. VERY
we'll :" renlicel the stranger; 1T il nm in
yentien of my own" and he went on to
exDlain it. MAY ask where you lost
yo,,r lRe'' '.Yes, certainly. 1t went
Off when Hampton charged cur battery
At Getty.bi,rg." "Indccti! | am grieved
10 hear" said the general, very sincere
| ". sf,r my nalhe is Hampton" They
shook hands, like gtn,d soldiers. over
the b!oody chasll, and Hampton found
out later that his newly-liscovcrcd
| ricnd was this same Henderson OF ILL.,
nois.
Later ON the same day the general
was on his way home on street car
| when u man entered with one arm, the
other gone at the socket. The genera!
made room for him by his side. ami
managed the payment Of his fare. -,
where did you loose your ar''':''
asked Hampton.
sweretl the man. ''when Hampton n'nt'e
that terrific charge with his cavalry
Whcreupon the two shook hands and
made up, and the man sw0re that y
Hampton were put on the Democrat't
ticket he would swallow it. hook ant
/ III
that HAMPTON and Pleasa ntOn met rs
iva, cavalry leaders, and when they
met recently over the pipe Of peace
ple,santon was charmed with his old
enemy and frankly told him he was tn
only sol. .icr he ever heard If who told
the whole truth in case Of defeat.
Let ,,s have an instance Of Hampton
kin,lmartrtlncss that will go to show
hov, cordially he accepts the laW-nlak'
inc nOwcr ~ the sword. When he went
tn mississippi on the death Of his son, he
met with three If his old slaves. They
called to pay their respects ahd In .
rather apolOgetic tone 1T voice told
"Mnssa Wade'' that they just had t.
fivl,t for their freedom and hoped he
wOuld not feel lad about 1t. On inquiry
he learned that al three had been
wounded on board the Monarch during
the war. They knew nothing, In their
i"norancc. Of how their account might
stand with the treasury Of Uncle SAM
and the generals first act, when he came
back. was to obtain them pensions.
II really believe" said an enthusiasts
tic friend Of Hampton. in narrating this
incident. THAT Massa Wade could III
m',,t found u monarchy in the Palmetto
state. because his personal sway over
,rhitc and black is 81 absolute. He could
start y pcerage, found landed estates and
divide them up among the earl o.
Charleston. the marquis Of Edge1e'tl
aud the duke of Beaufort" But MasSa
| Wade il not founding lnOarchies ~ muci'
| as he was.-B0xfOM Star.
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