The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-22

eminent lawyers in the United States
had been employed by Mrs. Darling to
prosecute the claim. ohm Randolph
Tucker. the celebrated Virginia lawyer
and Congressman was one time connect
ed with the case, and the noted Jeremy
Black was for some years Mrs.5Darllng's
attorney. j t remained for Mr.. w. B. Mat
thews native of Essex county a t one
time member of the Richmond bar but
now one of the foremost lawyers Of Wash
Ington. to prosecute the claim to a sue
cessful conclusion. Congress passed the
bill at the last session. the President nf-
fixed his signature and Mrs. Darling has
now been paid the amount due her.
STORY OF THE CASE. d.
In 1853 Edward l.. Darling. a Louisiana
planter while sojournng in the north, met
Flora Adams of New Hampshire. Tho
southerner at once lost his heart to the
charms the young woman. who, though
now past sixty, still possess traces of the
beauty that made her the belle OF Cir
Gle distinguished by ancestry and intel
&lectuality. She was or that Adams FAM
lily that has given to the nation two
Presidents and furnished many more men
distinguished in public life. Young OAR
ling wooed the northern maiden with
such nrdor5 that when he returned to
q his southern home he brought her with
him as his bride,
s5 But In about a years time Indications
Of the approaching war etWeen the states
grew so plain that the happiness OF the
louisiana home of the young northern
bride was destroyed, Her husband was
true to his people, She was true to hers.
Her love for him nor his for her was not
strong enough to make them forsake5
their kindred and their native land Oar
ling was so emphatic In MS declarations
of sympathy with the southern cause
l., ie,5, tfal that ha would
against the national government at the
first opportunity offered by the secession
II OF one Of the States Induced him TO take
her on European tolr.5
HURRIED HOME.
They had been abroad some time and
were In England when Fort Sumter was
fired on In April, 1861, Daring could no
longer be restrained. lie hurried home,
and at once offered his services to me
Confederate government Ills wife went
TO her home In the north 70 pray FOR the
defeat OF the cause for which her hus-
band was fighting and that he might be
spared to her and their chlld.
Darling was given n Colonel's commits
sion and owing TO his business expert
ence and familiarity With the production
and sale of cotton in the south was made
the agent of the Confederate government
with the duty of buying cotton and get
ting 1t to the parts, whence 1t was taken
ii by blockade runners to the Bcrmudas
and sold or shipped to England and sold
The proceeds were invested IN supplies
for the Confederacy,
s Though Colonel Darling. afterWard Gem
eral Darling. was the business agent of
the Confederacy. no managed to take
part In several engagements, Active SER
vice In the field was much more to his
liking. In the second year OF the war
the news rea ched Mrs, Darling IN her New
Hampshire home that her husband had
been severely wounueu ~ !, a. Engagement
At frst, she was prostrated by the
news. Then she made up her mind to see,
him. she hastened to Washing tor, and
4 by,Il exerting powerful nfluenGe, obtained