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Show GENERAL WADE HAMPTON. The Confederate War Horse Locking Up Railways. Mr I I aperleil In Mt ItaUrTnmor row on III rniirnf Imptctlae lliei rucllln llnails. A telegram trom dirjonne an-nouncralbat an-nouncralbat UnltoJ Hiatal Commie sloncr of Hallways Wade Hamilton lilt there on UiU morning's UnloD l'mido train, ami will probably arrlo In BU tiiko tomorrow nflurnoon and S op ovsr one day. Ho will lliin iroceoj ou liti journey to Han 1' anclsco. Tho trip la tslnn madolor Iho lnt cotton of Ilia Union nnil Central l'Jcltlo railways, urderttiu provisions i.f tlm Tliurman act, wtilcli rnjulrreSS per out at tlio net friitLRt)f tlin roaJs to be 'lkd t their bonded ludibtsdnett, aud directs nu otllclal Insroctlon cadi year. It li tlili Uit liatura of tlio law llut li belug compiled with la tbe tour. Uoinnilsslsner Hampton U niucli letter ltnowu M Wade llomptou, Hie Houlli Carolina mldier, than lio li by Ills preuut Ullclal title, Ills mceitry ) a lino of soldiers, lilt uratidfather, Ucneral Wmlellatnp-tun Wmlellatnp-tun navluK tervrd Willi dUtlticlloii III II ti ItoTolutlouary aud other ware, lie m a uatlvu of rjdiilli Carolina, and leiirrteuted lliatttate In CJoiirras In 17U3 07. Jlealao took iart In Iho war ol lblL'i aKalntl (treat llrllaln, unit utltr thatriiLtllct wai isded Imam lliu urtulthleit ilanltr In Ihu Undid Hl.tt.. lite ion, Wado Hampton, father of the tin sent commissioner, alio fought Ml the war of 1811', and wai aclliiK limpector ceiienl aud aide to Ueneral J.ckeonalNow Orleans In January, lblS, Tho iirisent Wale Hamttou was Iwtn at Columbia, J). tt, In 1318. H l-rnduated In law at the itate iiulrer-uly, iiulrer-uly, and wa alio known m a f.ood horseman, a famous hunter and an ao o nipllshed llrhirinan. Ha becanien tiinntair of Iho ttale leglslatuie, and when tbeclfil war broke out eulltlod as a private I li tho Confederate army, ilia political Tlowa weie not, liowet r, if it strongly secessionist cliarac-ur. cliarac-ur. In the ar le enlisted (no famous "Hampton Iciflori" nt cavalry, Infantry anJ arlll-irry, arlll-irry, and on attalnod distinction i y Ina HiOor,toursKo and alllliy. Many Motorics, for Uoulheru tnuiia welo lar,ii ly duo to tils prowesa and skill. On Ihu field ho was a des irate tighter, in may bu real led from the lact that til Ihe balllu of Cetlyshuri! he was wouudul Hires timet, aud twenlyono out ot twenty-three field clllcera and mora than lull the men In his com-man com-man I wero killed or wounded. When tho war entlol General Hampton ucceted Its legitimate, remit, re-mit, thouKli for a time his harmony with Ihu conciliatory iwlley recelvel Utile favor.lllspoiularlty In lila native state, however, did not wane, and Ills characteristic nctlou In taklmr: bold of the Roveruorshlp when elected In 187(1 lirouiibt to htm tbe full support of Bouthern chivalry. In 1873 lie Inst n lex by ail accldeut, but even while hit lira was despaired of wai e'ected to the U. H. Bensli ,nnd served his term. He 9 wai appoints I to be commissioner of railways by l'lotldent Cleveland. Ills position In politics has betn that of ii M conservative Democrat, and bis course K of life has been such aa to bring him f resptct even from those who were S nriayed In opposition to him. Tula Is his first visit to the Kocky Mountains. |