The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-04-07
Two "reminiscences.

large hearted people for the material
restoration of the Barnwell Presby-
terian church brings afresh to our
recollection great events that trans
pired within it's sacred walls that
should not be forgotten.
To one we were witness, having
been summoned to serve as a petit
Juror in 1859, when the machinery
of reconstruction was put in motion
by the action of Major General E. S.
R. Candy, Commander of the Military
District of South Carolina, in remov-
ing Judge A. P. Aldrich. It was a
fair Monday morning as the people
gathered, but there was in the air
the apprehension of some strange
happenings to come, which was in
tensiied when Judge Aldrich came
riding in q, buggy with Capt. w. A:
Nerland, who was in command OF the
United States troops then garrison
ing Barnwell. The court was for
mally opened and then the suspense
was ended as Judge Aldrich, then In
the full Summer of his physical and
intellectual vigor, with all the elo-
quence of a golden tongue, all the
superb courage of Roman Senator
told in ringing words Of the passing
of the old order of things, and yield
ing to military power predicted that
he would live to see the day when he
would again preside over the courts
Of South Carolina, a Judge chosen
by his people after they had thrown
of the yoke just placed upon them.
He then ordered the court adjourned
sine die. His picture as he spoke
those burning words is still vivid in
our memory. It was the grandest
hour of full life and he measured to
it most worthily. There has been no
more thrilling hour in the history
of Barnwell. Then he went into
forced exile, practicing law in Au-
gusta, but his prophecy came true
and he again sat on the bench as a
Judge Of South Carolina until the
burden of the years caused his vol
untary retirement and he passed
from life under the shadow OF "The
Oaks that he loved so well.
4 different fate came to General
Candy. While endeavoring TO quiet
an Indian outbreak In the West he
was shot in the back by Capt. Jack, a
chief who led the insurrection OF the
red men.
And after all these years comes
into mind this query and reply OF the
late Capt. Bradley, a passenger con-
ductor of the old South Carolina
Railroad:
t"Why is Captain Jack not i'm
mortal?
Because he Candy killed.")
=. Seven years later in the same
church there was another event
of State wide history making
Importance and influence. On a fall
winter morning the court met again.
The Judge to preside was Pierce L.
Wiggin, a Northern attorney who
had located at Beaufort after the
surrender and who had filled the
Office of solicitor with fair efficiency.
He had been elected judge of the
Second Circuit by the. legislature
that had elected F. J. Moses, Jr., for
Sumter and w. j. Whipper for
Charleston, whom Governor Cham
berlain refused to commission. News
of rioting on the Upper Three Runs
had reached Barnwell and upon be-
ing brought to the attention Of
Judge Wiggin he issued an order
directing the then sheriff, James Pat
terson, Esq, to summon posse un-
der the direction Of Gen. Johnson
Hagood and go to the scene of the
trouble and restore peace and good
order. The court was adjourned and