The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-11-03
HANDS MILLION.
How 1t Was Made in and Returned to
4 the South.

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How 1t Was Made in and Returned to
81 the South.
& CHARLESTON, S. c., Oci. z7.-Mr.
George w. Williams, the millionaire
banker Of this city, to-day gave AL ac-
count Of how, ne saved the million dol
lars which Daniel Hand, If New Ha-
ven, Connecticut, has just given to the
American Missionary S.ciety M u fund
for the education of the colored people
Of the South. Here is Mr.. Williams
story: .. r. -..5
"Jast fifty years ago landed in Au-
gusta, Ga, boy nineteen years ofagr,
from my Macooche home, aud was en-
ployed by Mr.. Hand as clerk In his ca.
| adjustment Ut u salary Of fifty dollars
/ per annum. At the age Of twenty.Ons
became full partner Of Nj. Hand,
and remained In business 10 Augusta
until 1852. I removed that year TO
Charleston, and established the house
of Geo. w. Williams & o., Nh. Hand
remaining in Augusta. ~.
cat the beginning Of the war Nj.
Hand was in New York attending u
the purchasing Of supplies for our
Southern houses. AS he was oppt,sed
and withdrew from the firm of George
w. Williams 4 Co.,, In 1861. but his
lifetime earnings were ut the S.'uth.
In the meantime the war ragged Ia all
its fury. Each section passed the
sequestration act. Finding that Mr..
Hands interests would be conflscated,
I requested his immediate return TO
Charleston. Failing 10 get through
the lines ut Baltimore or Washington,
Mr.. Hand took the western route. o.
arriving at New Orleans he was arrest
ed as a spy. 1 then telegraphed my
partner, Mr.. H. P. Hoilingsworth, and
. Gov. Moore, vouching for Mr.. Handle
integrity. I kept most Of my business
letters and dispatches. and on looking
over my books find the following,
which will explain themselves: .s.-
Mr.. Williams thereup0n produced
the following dispatches, all of the date
of November IA, 1861: s--gar.r ...
"H. p. Hollingsworth, care John E. Hyde
| Il Co., New Orleans:
"Win you, please employ able counsel
for Mr.. Hand, and SEQ that he has every
comfort and protection. have telegraph
, cd Gov. Moore.
: "Gov. Moore, Now Orleans:
> "Mr. Trenholm's dispatch was based on .
conversation Mr.. Hand had with another
party-he has not seen him for years.
: feel confident that can satisfy
3 you that Mr.. Hand is neither . Lincoln
, spy nor black Republican. I will send you
]. satisfactory documents. Please see that
he has every comfort and protection. I am
3 q native Carolinian.
.'GEo. w. WILLIAMS
!, "Mr: J. NJ. Hand, Augusta:
"Your brother has been arrested.
think we can establish he is not = Lincoln
f spy. GEO. w. WILLIAMS"
/ J. NJ. Hand, Mr.. Williams OK pIsined,
a was brother of Daniel Hand. Con-
tinuing, he said: 81 finally succeeded
1 in getting Mr.. Hand out Of prison ia
y New Orleans, but he was ordered uu.
+ der guard to Richmond, Va, then the
! seat of the Confederate government.
1 While passing through Augusta, Ga.
f his old home, the Mayor, who was his
J. friend, had to send Mr.. Hand to jail t.
. keep him out of the hands Ut y mob.
{ On learning that Mr.. Hand was 10 jaii
r in Augusta I went there at once and
q secured his release. Mr.. Hand was
o sent to Richmond, and WAS confined
r for weeks in the Libby prison with
r Yankees and Negroes.
: "In the mean time, vigorous suit
n was commenced in Charleston to
r sequestrate Mr.. Hands interest in the
/ firm of Geo. W. Williams & Ga. had
. subsequently, returned Mr.. Hands In
;. terest in the firm at cost Of more than
r a quarter of a million dollars 10 me.
n At the end OF Il weeks contest, the
I suit ended in Mr.. Hands favor, and
}. his interest in our firm was thus saved
i, from confiscation. As South Carolina
r was not comfortable home for one
e suspected of Union sentiments, Mr..
( Hand decided to leave the South,
Q never 10 return.
|. "Before leaving, however. he con-
d flded all of his Interests in the South to
= me, to be held and managed as my
q own, and in case of further attempts at
\ confiscation to be- regarded as my indi.
d vidual property. The real estate was
i. all in my name. The interests thus
: contided to me had the same care and
# were managed as my own. lam graft
i fed TO know that of Mr.. Hands fortune
n of more than s., DOC, GOO, 81 ,OOO, 900 that
q I saved for him has been returned to
the South to be held as a perpetual
n fund to educate the colored people,"
Q QUEEN AND CRESCENT ROUTE,