Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-08
CONFEDERATE MONEY
or 1852 INTERESTING
Bili Carries Portrait OF G. C. Clay,
United States Senator, Who With
drew on Secession.
LED RAID on VERMONT BANKS
Alabama Statesman Directed by
Southern Secretary Of War to Go
to Canada "for Special Pur-
pose"
ny II. ID. ALLEN, OF BOSTON

Confederate bills that preceded Ii, is
fun OF interesting history. The recent
locating Of a very old. almost unknown
and probably never before published
photograph adds much interest. Dur
ing the strenuous times Of the War
between the States. good engravers
were scarce, and some portraits on
Confederate money are unrecog niZable
by relatives of the originals who are
living to-day. Two notable cases OF
this Kind arc the SO bill OF September
:. 1851. with picture OF General
Marion's sweet potato dinner and n
likeness Of Il. NJ. r. Hunter. and the 81
bill OF June %, 1862. carrying 4 like
ness OF Mrs. Governor Pickens. OF
South Carolina
The Confederate 81 bill OF 1852 car
ries portrait of Clement Claiborne
Clay. born in Huntsville, Ala, Deem
Der IS. 1916. who was graduated from
the University OF Alabama in 1881, and
admitted to the bar In 1870. and
United States Senator from 1861 10
1861. when he withdrew on the seces-
sion OF Alabama. He then became a
member OF the Confederate Senate and
scrved with zeal and fidelity.
IN 1864 he was directed by tho Con.
fedcrate Secretary OF War 10 proceed
10 Canada there to carry out instruc-
tons you have received from me verb
ally" lie soon established temporary
headquarters at 81. GATHERINGS, Oht
Bennett II. Young was given a similar
commission and was also authorized
TO form small company FOR spe-
ciai purpose" Mr. clay instructed
Young to make raid on towns In YER
mont. On October IL, 1868. about p
NJ. several parties of three or five per.
sons each. IN al! about thirty persons
took torcible ard armed possession OF
the village OF st. Adams, VI. with
Bennett H. Young as leader. They
were armed with large navy revolvers
concealed under coats and each had a
belt and travelling bag. They made
Il simultaneous attack on three banks
Ia the village. At IL. First National
Bank they secured $4,000. Al the
81. .Albans Bank s'J.5e.. aud at the
Franklin County Bank $4,000. They
then seized horses and crossed the bor-
der into Canada. Later fourteen of the
raiders were captured and $4,000 re-
covered A. NJ. Whitaker, a magis
trate OF StanbridGe. WAS instrumental
in capturing and saving about $4,000.
,horitIes. \ Canadian official is said
to have recovered $4,000 and retained
It, A man named Wells is said TO have
secured $500. and a lawyer named
Manahan Is said TO have secreted quite
AN amount. The $4,000 recovered was
ordered by Canadian authorities re
stored TO lii, raiders, but the action
OF the court was not upheld. and in
he m maid to
the three st. Adams tanks $4,000.
TRIES TO SEIZE
THE STEAMER MICHIGAN
Clay next attempted TO seize the
steamer Michigan. near Putin Bay, on
Lake Michigan, but failed. lie WAS
later charged with inrcndiarism in New
York, and with being accessory TO the
assassination OF President Lincoln. but
these charges were not proved. y re-
ward of $4,000 was offered by the
United States government for his ar
rest, but he avoided capture until the
end of the war. when he surrendered
voluntarily at Macon. Ga. and was inn
prisoned at Fortress Monroe. After his
release In 1867. he resumed the practice
OF law at Huntsville, Ala. and died
June 8. 1884.
Far be il from me 10 disparage the
efforts Of Mr.. Clay. He did his duty
as he saw ii, and one must candidly
admit that his exploits were as bril-
liant for those days - what the Ger
mans are doing to us in this year OF
grace 1917.
4 bill of the Franklin County Bank.
OF ST. Albans has come into my pos
session from Il small town in the
vicinity Of Richmond. 1t is altogether
possible that 1t is one Of the identical
bills taken from one OF the raided
banks. 1t was issued February ]. 1859.
and was in circulation when the bank
was raided.
We now come TO a remarkable photo
graph which is loaned me by Mrs. Mil
ton Chapman HumeS. of Huntsville.
Ala. 1t is fine group picture Of the
late President Jefferson Davis and the
late c. G. Clay Mrs. Clay passed away
at the home of Mrs. Humes I'm July,
1915. at the age of ninety-two. We
reproduce this remarkable picture and
also an inscription on the back, in the
handwriting of Mrs. Clay, which reads
as follows:
Tho Martyrs.
"Photos OF Jefferson Davis, ex-Presi-
dent Of the Southern Cvu.ederacy and
Clement Claiborne Clay. ex-United
States Senator. ex-Confederate Senator,
and ex-Peaee Commissioner to Canada,
where Horace Greeley met him. but
no peace. I caught them on the wing
in Memphis. Tenn, and forced them in
street attire to give me the promised
picture which ] call the martyrs or
twins Neither pilot. does justice to
the originals. both being very hand
somo men, and Of the highest intellec-
tual type" tSigned) Virginia Caro-
lima Clay, wife OF C. c. Clay" Tho
nor trait at the left Is Mr.. Davis; at the
right, Mr. Clay. 1t thus appears that
Mrs. Clay embraced n golden oppor-
tunity to secure a f1na group photo
graph, which one or the other OF the
gentlemen had promised hcr. This pic
ture was taken by Mpyston. piotogra-
.pher. s3s Main Street, Memphis, Tenn,
and 1t is possible that interested South
crn people could now get, copies from
the. original plate.