Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-13
rOuANCE OF CLAY.
,,,r,sy's General Gets aLltsass 10
''''', We'd His iS-Yeaf-Old Ward.
a,s AGE is ElaHTy'ToUR'
~, say the Msrri"g" Ceremony
Se''" IN. Yet Been Cclc.
brated.

g. Ia license ana was, perhaps
h'i -..,rscl 10 a i5-year-old siri who
s.o'N - 49,. ward they were surprised
t'.' 90 been the greatest curiosity
...,ia whether the ily-assor'eo
. hem really married as yet
oai' ,..-.ral has long lived In solitude
tri ~ 80, scat AT White Hail. In the
. ..,o county forest ten n''.S ,'o.'
- and # is in this spot where
Bonn ..,moon Is to be passed Inc
- I'm ia, inaccessible, for the oia
p' ,,,. a prey 20 his own ecceh-
codes. has maintained an a''neu
ri. IND the White Han TO pro-
s .r, persons who. he has be-
fi "''' ,, ais ne. and the country
lsfA mat no one has been aple
lin The absolute 'ru'h VI ''N
r.N adoat -. enc ,saros,
q ,rie NJ one mere, '"e "'"'0o'
Tos.. NH. Hall. Is willing now TO
eri u o., General Clay's home when
90 q WY reached until the shades OF
c f.usn. There Is not mn. ~
'-ai ,, who would care 10 u'S'"'"
O. e.,.fal at night. .o,d mo To-
clay. his son. 'V'" -,
'.., his father was not YET MAJ ~.
,t" ..,r thc County Juuse no 80
,,,,. asiratcs VIII perform Wv
-,r ....,.,vnoDY FEARS HIM.
p. rlov has come 10 be regaruea
.,t-.,ae oh age as a uesi'ei, 10
u. has kiiled mr. Srn os him Is
,.. everybody VINO hn"F' S nm.
rn There VIII be descent
..-a. '' .,.rrow hy daylight, ana then
.sceriained whether TINS May
.f.r wedding has really oc-
r d. currently believed mere To-
,f'i ,,, today that General Clay
,.-rcl this place yes,eiu]y "', -
- ,..ns. o. marry Miss Cora hlch-
BIS is-vear-old ward. she has
,.-rs been an inmate OF ms
~,. General left his wife seVe-
.' .r1. Mrs. Richardson was
p. ... ,.lrs ago by railroad tram
..... HILL and the General took
f' ...r - his home and adopted
u hss since provided her with the
. secure fine education Tor
-.r mt nobody over Imagined
t.l any intention Of finally
..s Dor his wife
'.s .rfv relatives are two brothers'
l.,ts UNDERSTOOD they have gwen then
Q, fna marriage. The giTl Is
80. win The attractive face OF.
... country girl but without great
al clay drove into Richmond with
.f-- Henry G. Stagner, who sign
. carriage bond with him. as the
...t. Dr requires. COunty-Judge
,, was engaged 70 perform the
...r.r. ceremony. but he was Ill yes
f.- AMI crall not 80 TO White Hall.
s MT known whether General
., s..r-.l another magistrate or not.
....r1 Clssius NJ Clay has been
.r ,..,~. flr many years I'm this coun-
casa LEGISLATOR. statesman, and laiterY
..., eccentric character who had taken
--.-r.t = his fcilOw-men and was
~.-.i-. over mythical plots TO end his
No. n has figured In many duels. lie
,..a relative Of Colonel William Cas-
81. Gr,liae. . whom he presented the
FIX with which colonel Goodloe killed
r rs' Sn.;e 10 the Lexington pOst-ofiice.
I'D. colonel became an expert in the
... 4 tle weapon under the instruction
Gt- ari tutor
STILL HALE AND HEARTY.
n reh so ola. the General retains his
-t,...al health and activity TO IA remark
.t. degree. and IS sin IA hard worker on
b.. state. where he has been engaged
,.- hts retirement from public life In
renc thoroughbred sheep. He Is
7l.'fy
He i- typ cal southern man. and Is
.,..r loved r. hated all over Kentucky.
H.lsa son = the famous Indian nghter'
,-l elr.y settler. General Green Clay,
ard was born in Kentucky on october
, lCi Ii was graduated from Yale In
r Il Was while he was a student az
Ya'4 IN, be heard William Lloyd Carl
So deliver one OF his eloquent anti
F4v.ry address cs II converted the young
~. AMI De became an AbOlit,Onist. lie
vis elUl with rare eloquence himself,
l-l Che views on this subject which he
Iral1 a in his native State at time
WIEN % DO 50 was 10 take his life in hs
i.r.s. mode him at the same time an
Ni q the love, fear. and hatred Of the
y-.ls people Of the State.
G.aaral clay was elected 10 the Ken
r-sy legislature I'm 1885, and was Il MEM
lr ~ the convention that nominated
President
N.-a De- again ran for the Legislature
en- a Lexington district In 1870. how
Her Dis extreme anti-slavery Views were
rr cause q defeat. He was not afraid TO
lrar himself an Abolitionist. He never
L. y fear so his old friends have always
50 ar1 his own conduct all through life
b, emphasized the fact lie killed three
..H o. al oil
ia .-s,s growing out Of personal or politi-
t-. qlarres
LAUGHED AT ALL THREATS.
Wal- Dee was editing an Abolitionist
i'tr in Lexington. in the fcrties, the
stt--0 wr.rs threatened to clean out his
enlistment ana to hang him. The Gene
= laughed az them.
IN bis own memoirs he tells OF the re-
f.tno B, bad prepared for them If the
r- who hated him had not been afraid
T. r0y out their threats. He wrote:
J selected for my Office a brick build
TIP aIl lined the outside doors with sheet
10 % prevent IL being burned. / pur-
''l two brass 4-pOunder cannon at
.urau ana placed them. loaded with
ana nails on "A table breast high.
'ilng doors secured with a chain
@.'-h could open upon the mob and give
'' 'H the cannon. / furnished my Office
t'h Mexican lances and a limited mum
- NJ guns. There were six or eight
i'f- who stood ready TO defend me.
-''li-l they were 10 escape by a
'r door 70 the roof / had placed a
o. WIDER and "a match which | could
f ana blow w the office and all
Invaders This ] should most GER
F iNe done in case OF the last ex-
trty"
a,"l Clay served In the Mexican
li' supported Lincoln I'm 1850 and
APPOINTED iy the President Minister
Dbl e where he acted for this coun-
''. transfer Of Alaska from Rus
ls.seion. Upon his return here he
famous speech In Louisville, at
General Grant. which made him
Nht' unpopular. He became a Lib
E.iiiic1n. and worked for the cleo
Greeley In 1872. and then in 1876
Democrat and supported Samuel
iie swung around again In 1884
fortunes % Mr.. Blaine. whose cleo
lo a4vscateG
General clay has not taken an active
ih iullc affairs since that time.
's lived ia seml-solItude at his
place In personal appearance
A.l attract attention among a thou
hr Is more than six feet tall and
erect H. Is we'll proportioned. with
hiick eyes. ciose-croppcd hair and
''"che. and side whiskers snow white.
GENERAL CLAY NOT MARRIED YET.
us Son Says No One VIII Perform the Cere.