The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-27

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lifo In an honorable rotiremert upon
his estate In Orange, near to the
present town OF Gordorsvillc, then bets gS
ter known by his ancestral narr1o as ss
Barboursvi1le. Il sS
In his retirement his brothor. Judge
p. r, Barbour, forged to the front as n
ono OF tho favored Of tho Jackson
party. but Governor Barbour COM
mandcd the highest respect IN thu
councils OF the Wing party. I we'll
remember seeing and hearing him II
WHOM was q hoy OF twelve years oil, I
and he was presiding over q great
NVhlg convention OF pcople from III sai
tho surrounding country. It was tlls
famous campaign OF 1870, when vun s
Buren, and his Jackson party was so
overwhelmingly defeated BY Gen.
II. Harrison. Governor Barbour made s.
the opening and closing speech. styl-8
ing himself, as I we'll remember. as tho
Alpha and the Omega OF the OCCASION
The array OF Speakers on tho stand
was most imposing, and even In our
own day tho Evolutionary memories OF
VIM. c. Preston, Of South Carolina; Of
ogden HOFFMAN, OF Now York; OF Ben
tamin Watkins Leigh, Of Richmond;
the then young Henry A. Wise, OF Acc 81
comac, and John s. Pendleton, OF Gull
/ pepper etc. etc, suffice to justify mo
/ In retaining great memories OF these
boyhood days OF mine.
i Governor Barbour was noted for a
Johnsonan style OF speech and
dubbed by his enemies us the Earl OF
Empty Barrels" His clever grandson
| often told me that his grandfather.
instead of saying whipping the devil
eating his satanic majesty around the 4
venerable remains OF once towering
| monarch OF tho forest"
My fathers always said that this Il
VERBOSE Lat1nity OF speech was
not a matter OF afrectaton or parade,
but his colloquial speech among his
chosen friends, and often repeated to-,
mo details OF conversations with him-as
self In the absence of any listeners.
One OF these occasions was whom
Jackson's violent and offensive parti.
sanship had thrust Peggy Timberlake,
with the III odor OF her damaged char
acter for female modesty and virtue,
to the front. Mrs. TimberlalSe. as O
widow excluded from the pure and res
fined society OF Washington by her
tainted reputation, had married Jack
sons colleague in the Senate and his
campaign biographer. whom he wished
to reward by appointments as membct
of his Cabinet. This friendship for
General Eaton and Jackson's violent
! and Indecent partlsanship OF her q s.
pirations for social distinction made
historical tho shame which otherwise
might have died with the then limited
circle Of her contemporaries In Wash-
lington society. The wives OF Mr..
Calhoun, then Vice. President, and OF
| four OF his Cabinet officers, Ingham, OF
Philadelphia: Branch. of North Caro-
lima; Berien. of Georgia, resented We
hemcntly the effort to make them
meet MS social equals with Mrs. Eaton.
and the result was the disruption OF
the first Jackson Cabinet. The presi-&
dential ukase placed under his ban
not only the families OF his Cabinet
officers, but OF all subordinate em-
ployes OF the government.
One of these, a Mr.. Charles Nourse,
OF Loudoun county. a Virginia gentle
| man. had from the days OF washington
llfl1ed4 efficiently and 5usefully a some
Ifwhat subordinate office to the entire!
4 satisfaction of the public: and his wife.
). Twas from her acknowledged worth q
Il tle1leE5 III w SSS4ShS'
l, ernor Barbour's narrative to my
|, father was In tho ontire confidence Of
J, on unbroken friendship and similar
! political sympathies. After the lapse
J. OF these many years feel that may
: I5new repeat the interview. My fathers
! l5memory was wonderfully retentive and +
= accurate and I think I may claim some
. hereditary right to the same
! Peggy Timberlake was the dauEll-
Il II - hrT1a
!. who earned precarious subsistence
!. lsby retailing spirituous liquors con-
! trary to law. When his daughter be-
!, came the wife OF the Secretary of
] WAR. and as such asserted her right I
:, to social equality with the ladies' OF
4 washington. great indignation was
4 aroused.
Mrs. Nourse. a Virginia lady OF tho
highest refinement. resented the dc-lI
houn. Mrs, Ingham. Mrs. Branch and
4 Mrs. Berrien. refused to accept or to-
Ireciprocate any social association with
4 mrs. Elton.
"She was. however, .admonished that
her husbands official position and the
bread and meat which fed the family.
] were in peril and advised to smother
her personal feelings and conform to-
the simple requisite OF O formal call
on Mrs. Elton.
Mrs, Nourse was compelled to ac-i
! quiesce In the necessities of her posi-S
tion and yentured to make a call upon
! Mrs Elton. 4ss
"The door bell was not responded to-
as Mrs. Nourse was accustomed to ex-
J Ipect, but after a tedious delay. the
!. door was at last opened. and the old
! woman ONeil appeared. In calico
] |nlghtcap. armed with q broom wi tn
: which she had been dustinE the house G.
3 She lifted her cap, and taking MRS..
, Nourse's card. responded. '.Arrah! 7 My
a Honey. SO you have como at last. But
liiyou have come TOO late. Charley must
/; co., and accordingly the old Governor
a with indignant wrath said Charley
y did go. and was soon turned out In his
! old ago from public service.
:, When Governor Barbour returned
a from Europe crowned With honors. his
: friends overpersuaded him to allow
r. 10 Fr,N