Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-28
LOVE BEFOREWEALTH

An Atlanta, Georgia, special to the Phil
adelphia Press has the following: Yester
day a Constitution reporter met an old
friend of General Toombs, and remarked:
81 understand that few days ago Gener
al Toombs disinherited his granddaughter,
Miss Dubose, because she married against
his will Don't you think he will reconsid-
err" 81 do not" was the emphatic reply !.
General Toombs is very bitter on thst
point,sa and when think of all the circum-
stances am sure that he means all that
he has done, and that he will remain i'm
movable
''Tell me of the circumstances
''It is long story. 1t would read like a
romance if properly pictured, but don't
mind telling you if you will be content
with facts minus the coloring. 1t is sad
story to me, because I always felt inter
estsd in the lordly Georgian and different
members of his family. His life, his
wealth, his princsly manner of living, his
bright and towering intellect would make
him an object of interest among thou
sands of his fellow men, while the dashing
brilliancy of his early exploits and the
career of his maturer years throw around
| him a sort of romance that fascinates me-.
! Nearly his whole life is before US now, for
| Bob Toombs' has about retired from the
! scene of action where he has been such q
great figure.
lam sorry that Gen. Toombs has done
| this act. He can afford to forgive his grand
daughter and bestow all his hate upon the
! Yankees if he chooses to do so. He can af-
ford to hate the Yankees, for it is a matter
of little consequence what one man does,
so long as the balance of the South has
| accepted the situation and has almost for
| gotten that there ever was a war. But, to
do as one pleases is the blessed privilege of
the twenty -one year old American, so [
guess it is not for me to say Gen. Toombs
has done wrong in d1sinheriting his grand
child because she married the man of her
own choosing.
"But to the story: Miss DVbose and Mr.,
Colley were engaged and the general OBJ
iected. Now, Mr.. Colley is worthy young
man against whose moral character no
charge can be brought. He was clerk in
one of the stores in Washington and was
not wealth, but to that fact Gen. Toombs
did not object. The general, you know,
cares for long line of ancestors and
blood and that sort of thing, which is all
right suppose. At any rate he did not
like the Colley family, and he urged his
grandchild to give up the idea of marry
ing Mr.. Colley. She pleaded and he
demonstrated. He threatened, and she
BECAME determined. Finally he told her
that ia his will he had bequeathed her $685.
600, and he spoke of that to show the inter
est he felt in her. She would not promise
to give up Mr.. Colley, and finally Gen.
| Toombs got out the will and showed her
the paragraph where the fortune was left
| to her.
'sShe was not to be moved. He offered
to make it 100000. She said she would
promise not to marry Colley during
Toombs' lifetime. The general, in his
usual way, said he would pay nobody to
postpone an act until his death. He threat
ened to disinherit her, but she never
moved from her position. Finally Gen.
Toombs told her that unless she promised
not to marry Colley he would have
his will changed, and would not leave her
| a cent. She replied that if she must choose
between the two she would be disinherited
! The general then told her he would give
| her forty eight hours to leave the house.
Miss Dubose proceeded to show her grand
! father that if she was driven out she would
have to be married at once. The general
tore around, and Miss Dubose communi-
Gated with her friends, and the result was
that the marriage was arranged for and
took place that Gay. General Toombs
took bis will out, had it changed disinher
iting Miss Dubose, and added paragraph
providing that none of his property should
! 90 to her, directly or Indirectly
HAS she ever been back to her grand
father's?"
mo. A few days ago Mrs. Toombs was
very sick, and her recovery was not ex-
pected Mrs. Colley wrote the general q
note, and asked permission to call and see
/ her grandmother. General Toombs read
! the note and handed it back to the messen-
ger with the simple statement that ne had
no communication to make. That is the
story as it comes to me.
''There is Modelling what the general will
do about the matter. Nobody yet ever
knew Bob Toombs. Governor Stephens
tells good story illustrative of Toombs'
character. In slavery times Toombs
and Stephens both had a negro
apiece. OF course, they had sew
eraI negroes apiece and more, and, in fact,
Toombs had horse-lot full, but they had
these particular negroes, and one day the
two negroes ran away. Toombs was in a
towering passion, and offered $500 reward
for his man. Stephens offered $50 if his
would never me back, but days and days
passed and Toombs' negro was never
heard from One day Toombs and Steph-
ems were i'm their quarters in the old
United States hotel, when the country was
in ferment. A company of men had
come in 10 ask the advice of the giants on
some question OF other. Toombs' advice
was characteristic. Stephens urged order
and conservatism. Toombs got mad and
swore like fury. The men withdrew, and
Toombs walked to the door, Tuning and
swearing and tearing around, while little
Aleck came in for his share of condemna
ton for the advice he had given.
'There was a rap at the door and
Toombs answered it. 1t was man who
had Toombs' runaway negro. Toombs
took the latter into the room. While the
negro was endsavoring to evade the police
he had been shot in the hand and the
wound had never been dressed. He pre-
sented pitiable plight with his soiled
clothes and bloody hands As soon as
Toombs saw him his manner changed
moment before he was furious az lion,
thenihe was gentle as woman. He sent
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