National Republican., 1883-09-06
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The question was asked tho other day Of
an old veteran Of the confederate army, Who
is Gen. Wickham 2"
"He was union man when the ordinance
of secession was pending before the Virginia
legislature, and down ON resisting the old
flag. After the state went out and his kins-
man, Gen. r. T.. Lee, cast his lot with the
| Old Dominion, ,Wckham concluded he wanted
to fight, and shortly afterward was at
the head Of regiment. Just at
tho beginning OF tho war IL didn't require any
very great service to entitle man TO promo
tion. SO Wickham captnrad Yankee caval-
ryrnan, and Upon the strength Of this achieve
ment, backed by family influence, he was
made brigadier general. He served until
he found that things were getting pretty hot
at the front, and then managed to have him
self elected to the confederate congress.
There lost sight of him, and 1t was not until
after the surrender that heard of him again.
You can imagine how we all felt ut that time.
We had been licked like tho dovil by Grant,
and we were pretty sore about IL, and were
correspondingly indisposed to eat our share of
humble pie. just at this iuncture Wickham
blazed out in letter that set us all wild. IL
was published In the newspapers, and in It
he said that ho had always felt con-
science stricken over his course, and
that even when leading his troops
in action against the old flag
he regarded himself as traitor,
felt that he ought to be hung, and secretly
hoped that the enemy would prevail. OF
course we shook him dead, and he was about
the worst ostrucised man ever saw. He
went, bag and baggage, over to the republi-
can camp, and was welcomed like prodigal.
He wiggled around in state politics for
awhile, but didn't seem to pan out WE'LL In
fact his ambitions hopes were continually
getting blasted, and as the years rolled round
he lost ground gradually with his party.
Then came Malone, with his readjuster flank
movement on tho democrats, and Wickham
began 10 wiegle around again, expecting to
get big lift out Of the new party. But he
didn't catch on worth cent. Malone didn't
want him, and he has hung on the straight
out limb ever since Until some of our party
managers we're fools enough TO take him
down"
"What is your party going to do with
himT
81 shall have to pass on that CALL Ac-
cording TO his own statement he was traitor
to both sides during the war, and / don't
think he's any too sincere now. / live In his
district, and have alwsysyoted the straight
democrAtic ticket, but 1 cannot swallow a
man who has hoped over the political fence
as often as Brigadier-g general penitent- -repub-
lican-straigh democrat Wickham."
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Han Cnv aava h;a ,,,;ss;n,, boeo %
non-political. His reply to this interviewer
is: "I am building house, and am here at
this time to look after it. I find that archi-
lecture and politics do not mix. When get
architecture off my mind may talk politics"
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DR.. Blank corkscrewed his way into THE
REPUBLICAN Office yesterday to explain that
he had plan for the certain humiliation OF
the deadly trichina. He was comfortably
"loaded," thank you. and when he expressed
a wish to snatch the parasites from the
voluntary muscles Of the whole editori-l
and reportorial force there was an in
voluntary movement toward the door
leading to the interior of the building
He incidentally remarked that the beastly
!, hog had been the cause Of indiscreet remarks
4 by our minister at Berlin, and had prevented
Bismarck from enjoying his beer and bologne
that France had put its heel down on the
importation of American pork, and that Johr
Bull had snorted savagely at it. All of this
T queer conduct was attributed to the terribl,
II tfichina. Dr. Blank has thrown science K
!, the winds. He sneers ut the Concord schoo
q Of philosophy, and gives all chemists the GU
direct. His theory for the encouragement o
trichina is to stop breeding swine-to chill
the parasite with celibacy. He is a greater
foe to the American hog than Bismarck.
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Tho retirement Of Judge Amos Morrill,
United States judge, leaves vacancy OIL
/ the bench in Texas, and several candidate
. for the place are being pressed. The first o,
the ground is Judge Sabin, of Galveston,
lawyer of good reputation and until latel,
: postmaster Of Galveston. Hon. w. X
3 Homan, late greenback stat
senator, will also be urged, and the friends o
A. ]. Evans, late United States district at
r torney, and Mr.. Webster Flanagan are alst
= spoken of, aud Others are looming up agains
the horizon of the Lone Star state as posi-
bilities.
Editor Watterson's opinion of Sam Randall
, He is not schrewd politician. He has M
talent for organizing or for forming combina
tions. He never made, or attempted to make
combination that he was not caught in th'
. act. He owes his previous success to the fac
that he had no strong men to fight, and tina
his election was q necessity. 1t is not
necessity now, and his lack of organizing
ability will result in his defeat for speake
this time. He 10 not strong and cannot b
b elected.
o Now for Sam Randall's opinion of Edito
Watterson,
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' The tall, gaunt man drew his long bow las
n night with the following terrible result;
E. The history Of o recent phenomenal ant
strange rescue from drowning has recentl
been received from point on the Potoma
: near Alexandria. Mr.. James v. Upton, livin
in that locality, some time last spring car
tured water snake, which he, after careful
training, tanned and made quite soeiabl,
= The reptile would come ont OF the waite
a and go about the house like pc
and at times would bo quito atieetionate. TIL
children of Mr.. Upton would feed him, an
!. he learned to follow them around like Mary
:. little lamb Last Thursday he showed HI
gratitude in q manner that will make hiI