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AT THE END ^ The Old Admirals 1 Xews am On that fateful Sabbath morning in April, 1865, when it was known that Grant had broken through Lee's lines at Petersburg, and that we could no longer hold Eichmond, Admiral Semme8 prepared to destroy those magnificent ironclads at Drewry's Bluff, which had cost so much money to construct, and to transfer to the Nansemond and the Hampton all the officers and men, together with their light baggage. Just at midnight the signal was I given, and the Richmond, the Fred- j ericksburg and the Virginia, the three ironclads, and several smaller craft, whose names now escape me, were fired. The Baleigh was run into and sunk in the dark about an hour before hy accident, no one being drowned, however. When we saw that the ves sels were under way to burn sure we steamed away for Kickmond, arriving at the Manchester side a short time . before daybreak. Disbarking with all our effects, the two gunboats were set on fire, and we prepared to join Gen. Lee, where he might be found. The Admiral spent several hours at the I wire trying to get a message to him. but without success. We stood en the south side of the river and saw Haxall's Mills burn to 'the ground, the Tredegar Iron Works go up in a blaze, and 'Mayo's Bridge set on fire, and section hy section burn and fall into the James River. Yan kee troops could be seen moving up and down the streets of Richmond, and occasionally fire would break out in some new place. By ll o'clock it seemed as if the whole city was on fire. Meanwhile we were waiting to hear from Gen. Lee. Realizing that if we stayed there any longer we would be . hemmed in, Admiral Semme? ordered j several of his engineers to go into the round house and fit up an engine, and others to get together some box cars, S and by noon - we steamed away for Danville. We paat?d through three sets of Yankee Toops, and why they did not bag. the whole of us has been a wonder to me ever since. We arrived at Danville about dark and went into camp near the river. It was new work to us, never having done anything of the kind before, but hy 10 o'clock we were all comfortably stowed. Here we stayed two weeks, organizing a naval brigade of two regi . ment&j Capt. Dun n ington being col o ne! of one and Capt. Glassell colonel ol \ the other. Our line and staff were top-heavy, I remember. Out of about three hundred ail told there were at least sixty officers. Walter Butt was appointed by Admiral Semmes as ad jutant of the 1st regiment, and I was selected as adjutant of the 2d. We had not been in Danville many days when news of the surrender of Lee's army reached us, and then Lee's Miserables began to pass through the town. Then the Admiral determined to push on south and join Gen. Joseph ?. Johnston, whom we heard was moving northward through Xorth Carolina. * We, therefore, broke camp and went south to a point eight miles from Greensboro, North Carolina, where we heard that an armistice was on 'between Johnston and Sherman. Here we halted and the Admiral hunt ed up Johnston. A few days later came the surrender. I shall never forget the scene when we were called to meet the grand old Admiral. It was about sunset. The j officers were assembled to hear what he had to say about his conference with Johnston. Stepping forward, he pulled off his grizzly gray cap and ad dressed us as follows: "Gentlemen, I have sent for you to eay that I have just seen Gen. Joseph .fi. Johnston. He assured me that, if we should surrender our forces with his, he would secure to us the same honorable terms as those given by Graot to Lee. This naval brigade has not yet assimilated with Johnston's army, and if any of you have not had enough, and .'ish to continue the ?struggle, you are at liberty to leave the camp and go to the west of the Mississippi and fight it out as loug as you can. But, as for me. I have had enough. I do not think anyone will charge that I have failed to do my duty up to this timexand I happen to know,'' (putting his hands about hit throat,) 1 'that there is a big price upon my head, and if I do not accept the terms assured me by Gen. John ston, it is highly probable that I will be hung as soon as caught. 1 shall, therefore, hand in my name to-morrow to Gen. Johnston, as a member of his army, for an honorable parole, as I am assured that I shall not be disturbed by the United States authorities if I return to my hom0 and obey the laws in force there. I advise all of you to do the same. . If you will prepare a proper oster and muster rolls of the officers and men I will see to it that a parole shall be issued to every one in my command. As this may be the Jast opportunity I may have of ad iVITH SEMMES. farewell to his Naval ^ade. 1 Courier. dressing you, permit me, in bidding you good-bye, io wish you a safe re turn to your homes, where under Divine providence I hope you may live long and happily."' As he finished he turned and would have fallen had not Walter Butt, who stood near, caught him in his arms. It is an unusual sight to see men weep, but as we pressed forward to grasp thc Admiral's hand every one of us was blubbering. I did not hear of a single man that left the camp that night to go West to continue the fight, but next day every name on our roster and muster rolls was handed in for paroles. It took several days to issue these, and I received mine on the 5th of May, 1865, and immediately started South, not, however, until I had paid my re spects to the Admiral, who, on my leaving him, made me promise if I ever came to Mobile to hunt him up. The next time I met him was in Mo bile that fall, where he had opened a law office in connection with his sons, and was enjoying a lucrative practice. Although Admiral Semmes's name was submitted to Gen. Sherman along with the others for a parole, and with a full knowledge of all that had been charged against him, Gen. Sherman included him and gave him a parole, guaranteeing him the full protection of the United States Government so long as he obeyed the laws in force where he resided. 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Kodol Dyspepsia Cure completely digests food within the stomach and intestines and renders all classes <d' food capable of being assimilated and converted into strength giving and tissue building substance.--. Kvans Pharmacy. TIMROD. The following essay was reid before the Robert E. Lee Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy at its last meeting by Mrs. K. C. Webb: The Bible says a prophet is not without honor save in his own coun try, and this applies equally to men of verse. A lady who had gone to Boston for a course in music told me a short time after her arrival a mem ber ot' a certain Literary Society in vited her to be present at their meet ing that night. The South Carolina woman said: 'I can join no societies. I am going to give ail my time to music." The Boston woman answer ed, "but you must come this time, for this is Timrod's night." Yes, away up there in Boston they were honoring our poet and studying his life, and works. And I'll wager a good deal that we South Carolinians, by birth or adoption, know less about Timrod than almost any poet of equal genius. I, for one, must plead guilty until our President made it my pleasant duty to study his interesting life, and I give a few facts I have gleaned. The name of Timrod has been close ly identified with South Carolina for over a century. Before the Revolu tion Henry Timrod. of German birth, founded the family in America. He was a prominent citizen of Charleston. His name is on the roll of the German Fusiliers of Charleston, volunteers formed in 1775. In the next genera tion Capt. William Henry Timrod commanded this same company in the Seminole war. and in the peril of St. Augustine. He was. father of the poet, and himself published a volume of-poems in the early part of this cen tury. Washington Irving said of his "To Time-The Old Traveller"-that Moore had written no finer lyric. Henry Timrod, the Southern poet, was born in Charleston, S. C. The poet's mother was a daughter of Mr. Chas. Prince, of Charleston. Her in fluence helped to form his character and his intense love of nature. His life was cast in the seething torrent of the civil war. His voice was the voice of Carolina and the South. He was the poet of the "Lost Cause," me finest interpreter of the feelings and splendid heroism of a brave people. The earliest edition of Timrod's poems was published in 1860. It was warmly welcomed North and South. The edition of his complete poems was not published until after the war, and immediately-in 1874-there fellowed a second edition of these poems, which contained also his war poems and other lyrics. In 1884 an illustrated edition of "Katie" was published. Henry Timrod, father of the poet, died of disease contracted in the Florida war, and his family thereafter was in straightened circumstances, but the early education of his gifted son was provided for in the best school of Charleston. Here the life-long friend ship between thc two poets-Timrod andHayne-was formed. He also had other teachers and studied all classic literature. His college life at the University of Georgia v/as interrupted by sickness and cramped by lack of means. In Charleston, as a first effort in life, Timrod attempted law, but without success. Leaving the bar he thence forward devoted himself to literature and art. Charleston, to him, was always home. There were all his happy associations and purest friendships. Returning after the ravage of war to his suffering city in thc last year of his young life, he thus writes: "My eyes were blind to every thing and everybody but a few old friends." An ardent Southerner, he left his books and study and threw himself into thc struggle between the North and South as a volunteer in the army. In thc first year of the war he wrote "Carolina," "A Call to Arms," "Ripley," "A Cotton Boll," ?fee. Too weak for the field, he was com pelled, under medical direction, to retire from the ranks. Then he tried to serve the cause he loved as war cor respondent. Home he came in 1864 and in an editor's chair of the South Carolinian found refuge. Here his pen wrote thc stirring editorials of those critical days. About this time he married Miss Kate Goodwin, the Katie of his exquisite song. But the war had broken his plans, wrecked his health, and made literature for thc time in thc South a beggar's vocation. With wife and child-thc darling Willie of his verse-depending upon him, want entered his homo. Thc suffering they endured was the com mon suffering of all-actual physical want and lack of thc commonest com forts of life. In thc midst of this fierce stress his darling boy, thc crown of his life, died. He, too, was dying of consumption. Though long MI fee ble health his last illness was brief. In thc autumn of 1H(!7 he died from hemorrhage of the lungs,and was laid to rest by his beloved child in Trinity Churchyard, Columbia. Geo. Hamp ton, Gov. Thompson ;ind other great Carolinian.- bore him to thc gravo. Thc ono characteristic abovcall ? thurs that marked thc poet': life was trust. In 1866, his own heart breaking and life ebbing, he speaks in faith and hope and courage. He writes of spring as the true ^constructionist and pleads her message to his stricken people. The < >de written for .Memo rial Day-April, 1867-of the Confed ate grave- at Charleston was Iiis last production. In conclusion, I will add as my humble opinion that the people of the South, and especially of our own Caro lina, should speak the name of Timrod with pride. We should familiari/.e oursslves with his life and works, and ever associate him with the great pro moters of the ''Lost Cause," for surely his war poems, how stirring in those unsettled days, must have fired the bosom of many a Southerner with a burning patriotism and filled his soul with an unconquerable desire to right his wrong* in the only way then pos sible, on the battle field. When South Carolina erects the pro posed memorial to the memory of Henry Timrod she will honor herself by thus honoring this son of genius. What Think Ye of Christ! "Thc charge is pretty frequently made by agnostics, free thinkers and atheists that this is a Godless nation and a large proportion of the leading public men are either infidels or rapid y becoming so," says thc Christion Herald, and in order to "test the truth of this charge," that paper re cently sent to thc President, members of thc Cabinet. Supreme Court, United States Senate, commanders of the army and navy governors of thc vari ous States, the following questions : I. Are you a friend of Christianity? II. Do you believe that Christianity is the friend of mankind? III. Does your belief extend to the recognition of the Supreme Being, to the Divinity of Christ, to the surpass ing potency of Christianity as a civil izing influence? Hundreds of replies were received and all were in thc affirmative. Many of them have the positive ring of the true metal and many are of a hesitat ing nature. Some of the Senators failed to answer and some of the gov ernors failed to answer. This failure, if intentional, can only bc taken to mean that they dare not say noto any of the questions, and. this, more j than anything else, goes to prove what a force they recognize the Christian religion to be. President McKinley replied: ' My belief embraces the Divinity of Christ and the recognition of Christianity as the mightiest factor in the world's civilization." It is the custom of the members of the Supreme Court to decline to an swer questions of any kind ; but all the same Chief Justice Fuller declar ed, "I am a friend to Christianity." Hon. George Shiras said. "I am a Christian, of course.,; The other members of the Court refused to be interviewed; but the Christian Herald thinks that all of them are Christians. Senator John L. McLaurin said: "To all your o,uestions. I answer, Yes." Senator B. R. Tillman said: "True Christianity is a very rare thing even in the Churches, and he would be a fool who denies the beneficent influ ence of the Christian religion upon men as taught by Christ. 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