The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-02

He often used 10 say that he owned q
oolored man once, but that all that he re-
tanned when he gave him his freedom was
the mans title Of Doctor OF Divinity.
The case was that Of the Rev. DR.. PEN
nington, who escaped from the South and
came here before the war. When the
Fugitive Slave law was passed, being afraid
that he might be sent back, his friends
here secured the cooperation Of Mr. Haw-
ley, then partner in the law firm Of Hooker
a Hawley, TO buy the black man.
Mr. Haw ley cOrresponded with the owner
Of -Jim,T but the Southerner wanted $1,000
for his slave, a sum which it was impossible
to raise. The negro then went TO Scotland,
where, after studying some time, he OBJ
tanned the honorary title Of Doctor Of
Divinity from a Scottish university.
After the death Of the owner OF Jim
Mr.. Hawley went South and himself bought
from the executor Of the estate the free
dom Of the Rev. Or. Pennington, the papers
in the case being filed in this city.
Throughout his public career Senator
Hawley was always conscious Of his fault
OF forRetfulness, and when frequently
taken TO task for il by his friends he would
plead guilty and promise TO do better next
time. He would often pass people on the
street the day after dining with them and
not show the first sign Of recognition.
One Of bis Connecticut constituents who
was a great admirer Of him tells lauRhingly
Of making an appointment to meet Senator
Hawlcy in Washington on business on the
following day and going from this city
thither, only TO find when he reached SEN
ator Hawley's home at the appointed time
that the Connecticut Representative lad
gone of for seveRl days Of duck shooting.
Those who knew him intimately In his
home assert that It was there that he was
az his bost. He was always a domestic
man and preferred infinitely the quiet Of
an evening at home to any social affair
on the calendar
He was extremely fond Of children and
A story Il told OF his effort, about a quarter
Of a century ago, 10 adopt child into his
home. He was the close friend Of a promi-
nent Boston physician, TO whom he confded
his desire to have little one in his house.
The doctor was connected with several
institutions that cared for young children
and finally selected a baby as suitable for
the General The latter went 10 Boston
to zee the child and was greatly pleased
with II, describing It 10 his friends as healthy
and handsome.
He arranged that the child should be put
out 20 nurse and that he should visit 1t
again In a few weeks. On his second trip
with his friend TO the place where he had
left his adopted child he arrived just in
time TO learn Of it's sudden death that day.
He was 20 overcome by the shock and
grief over tho death Of the infant that it
was months before he recovered, Borrowing
as much for the loss Of the little one as
though Il had been his own child.
Years afteTward a close friend Of the Sena-
tor, who knew Of tho incident, visited him in
Washington and was urged to remain until
the Senator's family returned. As his
eldest daughter entered the room she rushed
over 10 where her father was sitting and
putting her arms about him, kissed him
tenderly. The old soldier looked up at
his friend and with a voice broken with
feeling said
That's my girl, sir that's my daughter
Indomitabls courage IN his eight against