The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-24

" | courage, and surpassed him in knowledge OF
= political maneuverng. He was native ol
" Washington. His father, an Irshman, was o
stone cutter, and had several contracts fol-
: : work on the Capitol. He moved to New Yor;
!, and settled in the Ninth Ward where he died
shortly afterward. Young Broderich was bound
an apprentice to slillful stone cutter, and
served his time faithfully. He then drifted into
politics, and gained considerable local nootriety.
In 1S49 he came to California, at the age OF thir
iy years.
He went into the gold smelling and assaying
business, but that was mere accident His
whole life was bound up n politics, and he was
in the SWIM as soon rs the convention to form
q constitution was assembled. To this convcn.
tion he was a delegate. He became president
OF the Senate, and was for time acting Gov
ernor He wanted to go to the United States
Senate, and in 1853 he advanced tho novel idea
that a Stite Legislature could elect United
States Senators in advance of the vacancies
they were to fill. He had control of the Legis-
lature at the time, and II his friends had agreed
with him he might have been elected then As
IL was his ambition produced q bitter strife be.
tween his friends and the opponents of his
plan, which resulted in many fights and bitter
ness His most implacable enemy was the act
ing United States Senator, DIR. Gwin. They
hated each other cordially.
In 1855 Broderick was elected United States
Senator for SIX years. He had gained absolute
control of the State Senate, and it was in his
power to name his associate To the surprise
of every one his choice fell upon his enemy, DIR.
Gwin. Later it was seen that he had coldly
calculated bit of choice revenge. He allowed
Gwin to succeed himself only upon the under.
standing that he was to relinquish all Federal
patronage in his (Brodericks) favor Gwin
was induced TO write letter pledging himself
| TO observe this condition, and BrodericS in great
| glee, had 1t published. Gwin turned the tables
| on Brodericl when the latter turned on the
| Administration in 1853 on the question of ad.
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declared himself supporter of Stephen a,
Douglas The greater part of the Democrat,
party in California was opposed to Broderck's
| action, although his personal following was net
| impaired When he went to Washington he
was disguised to find that Gwin was the favor
| itc Of tho Administration, while he received
nothing but cold looks and scant courtesy.
Terry Mt this time much embittered
against Brodcrich because he had failed to Sc
cure denomination for the Chief Justiceship.
AT the Lecompton State Democratic Conven-
tisn, held at Sacramento in 1859 he let loose
his wrath and denounced Broderick in the
strongest terms. He called him an arch trai tor,
and said II he was the follower of any Douglas
it was the BLACK Douglas, whose name is
Frederick, not Stephen"
Broderics was eating breakfast at the Inter-
national Hotel when he read of Terry's remarks
in a newspaper. There were several ladies In
the room, and with one o. these d. w. Percy
apromnient lawyer, was conversing. Broderick
leaned across the table and said to him:
II see that Terry has been abusing me. /
now take back the remark once made that he
is the only honest Judge on the Supreme Bench.
/ was his friend when he was in need of friends,
for which 1 am truly sorry. Had tho
Vigilance Committee disposed of him as
they did of others they would have
done a righteous act" 1t was alleged that
Broderick swore in the presence of ladies' call
ing Terry - miserable wretch" but this
was afterward denied by BrodericlS's friends
Pcrley was an intimate friend of Terry. and lie
resented Broderck's remarks as n personal in
jury. For some time 1t looked as though the
quarrel that had begun between Gwn and
BrodericlS, in which Terry had taken OWNS |
plac-, would wind up in duel between Brod- |
cricl and Pcrley The latter sent Broderick |
challenge at the hands OF General Even. !
Broderick declined to accept it, and replied |
contemptuously: Sir, only fight with gentle |
men Of of my own position
Thereupon Terry took up the insulting re- |
marks and sent letter TO Brodericl. Several |
letters passed between the two. Judge Terry |
resigned his Judgeship for the purpose and sent |
Broderick a challenge, which was accepted. |
The duel was fought ten miles out of San Fran |
CISCO, on the morning of September 10, 1859, |
with duelng pistols, ut distance of ten yards |
Brodericlk's ball struck the ground few PAGES
in front OF Terry-Broderick' hair trigger fail
ing him-while Torry's ball lodged in Broder.
icl's left lung and killed him within few days
His death was regarded by the anti
slavery Democrats as an assassination
a sentiment which the late General and Oregon
Senator u. ID. Baker, made the topic of a cele-
brated funeral Grafton over "Dave"-as his ad.
mirers continued to call him to the day OF en-
tombing his remains beneath q conspicuous
monument in Lone Mountain Cemetery Terry
was indicted for murder and imprisoned, but
never tried. During the civil war he was in tho
Confederate army. After the war he returned
To San Francisco and practiced law and re-en
tered politics. In August 1879 he unsuccess-
fully ran on the Koarney ticket for Attorney
General. In 1879 he was nominated as n Presi-
dental elector on the Hancock ticket ques-
tlon was raised as to his eligibility as an cleo
tor, and he was enjoined and not permitted to
serve
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo-, Aug. 15.-Sarah
Althca Hill'Terry, whose strange career In Cali
fornia has given her national notoriety, was
born in this old French town just forty y-nine
years ago. She comes of good stock her father
being Samuel Hill, prominent attorney. and
her mother, Julia Sloan, daughter OF wealthy
lumber dealer She had one brother, Hiram
Morgan Hill, and her parents both
died in 1854, leaving the two orphans
an estate of $4,000. She is related To
some OF The best families in the county, among
them the Wilson's, Sioans and Rodneys. Tho
girl had good opportunities for acquiring an
education. She attended school at Danvrle,
Ky, and finally graduated from ST. Vincents
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than ordins y personal beauty. She was plump,
OF medium height and possessed u lovely
She was fair but not pronoun.
ccd blonde. While her eyes were bright and
sparkling, they had cold look in them
She is remembered by most OF her friends
here as something Of hirt and at one time
she is said 10 have had three engagements To
marry on her hands One OF these Leanders is
a prominent politician residing in Southeast
Missouri. and another resides In st. Louis Her
in that section OF the State were
numerous during the time she held sway. She
was fast" but her name was never tarnishod !
with scandal In love affairs Miss Hill was
lyrannical and more than ono OF her lovers had
TO suffer under her iron rulo and eccentric
whitns.
10 show how cruel she was to her lovers, tho
case OF the one she really loved will show. He ,
was then a young lad, but is now Missouri ,
politician OF NatNna fame They were en-.
,aged TO be married, and one night attended a
iop. Sarah Althoa became angry at her es.
cort and when the ballroom was entered she
vent up stairs, and never came down until time
o return home. The young man was angry,
,ut determined TO break the engagement Z
sarah Althea heard OF II, summoned him into a
Ter bewitchtng presence, and the old infatuatisn
eturned SO strongly that he resolved to swallow
he insult. Not SO Sarah. She had heard that d
le had told his friends that he intended to O
'reak the engage She determined on re- U
'enge. She never looked lovelier than on the
light her luckless lover answered her call. He
vas powerlcss before hcr, and pressed his suit '