Hammond, James H

(1807-1864), editor of the Southern Times, a nullification paper, represented South Carolina in Congre from 1835 to 1836, was Governor of the State from 1842 to 1844, and a U.S. Senator from 1857 to 1861, when he delivered the pro-slavery speech which won from him the name of ‘ Mudsill Hammond.’’ He published ** The Pro-Slavery Argument ”’ and ‘‘ Sketch of the Life of Calhoun.’’ Hampton, Wade, born in 1818, was in his early life succe ively a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and Senate. At the beginning of the Civil War he enlisted in the Confederate service and afterward commanded a force known as Hampton’s Legion of Cavalry, which distinguished itself at Bull Run, Seven Pines, Gettys- ' burg and Trevillion’s Station. He was very succe ful in raids and in detachment service, In 1/76 he was the Democratic candidate for Govyernor of South Carolina against D. H. Chamberlain and gained the disputed office. He was elected to the U. S. Senate in 1879 and served until 1897.