New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22

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OoA W. Tourgee born at Wiliamsfeld,
M ~ N May 1888 He spent his youth IN Western
1'saehusetts and in 1858 he went to the Roches-
N University. But his college course inter
P'0u oy the outbreak of the war. In April, 1851.
.Ie ENLISTED in the 9th New-York Regiment and at
nc 4190 battle of Bull Run he wounded. This
iio made him an invalid for a year which time
- speht IN the study OF law. thus securing his ad
-90h 10 the bar Of Ohio He re-entered the
%IiS IN July 1862 first lieutenant in the 1O5th
oi1io Regiment His service in the field was
animated by the fortunes of war which made
60 a prisoner. He was confined at Atlanta and
SALISBURY and in Libby Prison. At the close of the
"a MID climate being essential to the restora-
non OF his broken health he settled with his wife
anu laughter. in Greensboro, n. c. He was
NeSsIuI IN his profession there and in 1867
erected as a delegate to the State Constitutional
CohNenuoR- A year later he became a judge of
me superior Court, holding his office until 1874
OutIhs MS term OF service as Judge the Ku-Klux
nan was exposed and broken Up, largely through
MS individual efforts. He took the sworn confess
sohs OF several hundred members Of the order, and
the material thus obtained was afterward utilized
IN his books. His career Of fifteen years in the
south as a lawyer and Judge was marked by pro-
1tsslonaI work OF high order. In 1869 he was one
OF the commissioners appointed to prepare the
cooe OF North Carolina and in 1875 he again
aoeIegate to the State Constitutional Convention.
His Alma Mater conferred the degree Of A. B.
upon him when his class was graduated in 1852
and in 1880 made him Doctor Of Laws. The Uni
Versity Of Copenhagen also gave him the degree of
Pm D. Among Judge Tourgee's published works
are three law books-a North Carolina Form
BOOK QS6S), The Code, with Notes and Deci-
sions' Q6D and a Digest of Cited Cases" QS79).
His first contribution to fiction was made in 1874
when, under the de plume OF Henry Churton,
ne wrote 'Toinette,' tale Of the South, work
which attrac ted much attention from mOralists v-
ing below Mason and Dixon's line by the peculiar
views expressed in 1t concerning the social rela-
lions of the whites and blacks. In September, 1879
Judge Tourgee published second novel, Figs and
civil War" The embodiment of portion of Cen
eral Garfelds in this story added to its in
terest. and during the campaign of 1880 1t was
placed the list Of exceptionally successful works
The publication Of "A Fools Errand" two months
after Figs and Thistles'' appeared produced
genuine sensation throughout the country. The re-
most to supply the demand, which in a year 5
time had called for nearly hundred and fifty
thousand copies OF the book sale which is said
Uncle Toms Cabin" "Bricls without Straw"
appeared in October 1880. The circulation of these
three books published within thirteen months, was
twenty-five thousand copies. In addition TO his lit
erary labors, Judge Tourgee did effective work
Republican speaker during the campaign OF 1880
He also lectured in 1881 The Ben Adhamite
Era" and dramatized "A FOOLS Errand." In The
North American Review for February, 1881. in an
article entitled "Aarons Rod in Politics he IN
the redemption OF the South by system OF ma
tionRl aid to education
From 1881 to 1854 Judge Tourgee was Editor Of
1.-THE Continent" literary weekly; Among his
other works Hot Ploughshares," BLACK Ice, ="
with Gauge and Swallow out of the Sunset
Sea- and The Story of a Thousand" He was ap-
promoted the post of consul general at Halifax,
returning later to his former office at Bordeaux.