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THE DARLINGTON 11 VOL. III. DAHL IN G TON, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1893. NO. 48. CURRENT TOPICS. WHAT ¥0(1 KNOW AND WHAT ¥011 DON’T KNOW. Personals and Short (teas of In terest to the Local and General Reader. Mrs. G. E. Dargan is visiting relatives in Camden. Miss Pauline Dennis is visiting her sister, Mrs. llearon. Mrs. T. E.- Normcnt is visiting her parents in Charleston. Capt. J. 8. Fairley, of Charles ton, was in town last week. Miss Mary Lucas, of Society Hill, is visiting Miss Emmie James. Mr. Frank Ward law has returned from a trip to 1’ittaOold, Mass. Miss Koaie ^TiHiamson has gone to Saluda to spend some weeks. Mr. Laiirin Parrott, of Sumter, spent part of last week in town. Mrs. Zimmerman and Mr. Bunch pre both living in their new houses. Miss Bessie Williamson left on Wednesday for a trip to the sea coasti Mn C. B. Edwards and family left on Wednesday for Cleveland Springs. The pastor of the Baptist church will return in time to hold services on Sunday. Mr. Harry Andrews left on Mon day for a short sojourn at Cleve land Springe. Dr. HeGirt and family have gone to Uallivan, Marion county, to spend .everal weeks. Miss Ella Davis, of Camden, who has been visiting Mrs. G. E. Dargan, returned to her home last week. Miss Jennie Bast left yesterday to spend several week* with friend* in Charleston and Orangeburg. The Mieses Lide, daughters of Rev, T, P, Lide, of Harlin City, are risiting their numerous relatives in Arlington. The Kev, J. E. Carlisle has been planted a vacation by the Methodist ihnrch, but has not decided when '>e will leave. Mr. 8. A. Woods returned home hist week after spending some time on the sea coast, with his sister, Mrs. W. Me. Duck, Miss Addle Dest'hamps, of Sum- ■er, who has been spending some ‘<eeka with Miss Josephine McCall, ieft for home Monday. Mr. J. J. Blacke, a member of the I’ee Dee Artillery, came all the way i rom New York, where he now u* .-ides, bo attend the reunion. Mr. N. L. Harrell and Dr. W. J. Garner left Wednesday for Tate’s spring, Tenn., from which place 1 hey will extend their trip over parts >f Tennessee and Virginia. Miss Saide Rhctt, of Charleston, ivho has been s] mding several Keeks with Miss Bessie Williamson, left on Wednesday for Pendleton s. C., where she will spend the bal nice of the snmmer. Misses Mamie and Lula Yass, who have been visiting friends in the county, returned to their home at Greenwood on Monday. They were accompanied by Mise Janie Howie, , ho will spend some time with them rvt their home. ‘ Mr. J. W. Blackwell returned rom a visit lo his brother, Mr. J. A. (lackwell, on Friday and brought uith him an immense watermelon mown on the farm of the latter, it weighed sixty pounds, and was as ine a specimen as we have ever seen. Mr. Blr kwcll has a great tuauy others net. as large. Rev. J. Y. Law and family leit on Tuesday for a two months’ stav on Sullivan’s Island. While there he will fill the pulpit of the first Presbyterian church in Charleston. There will bo no regular supply at his church here, but arrangements will be made to hold services occa sionally during the absence of the pastor.' The regular round of union cervices, at night, will go on as usual. We are indebted to Kev. J. G. Law for a copy of the minutes of the Pee Dee Presbytery, from which w« extract the following figures: Churches, So i Elders, 80; Deacons, 71; Communicants, 1,413: Minis ters, 11; Candidates for the min i stry, 3. The financial reports shows that the Darlington church is the •urougeit financially and that the various assessments, placed upon this church, have been paid in full. The church here has 182 mem bers. The water pipes will be extended pn Curium to OuV street, and from there to the residence of Capt. Coker at the endjof the street. This wotili he a good time for the residents on Cashua street to have the pipes ex- teuedd as far as Ervin street would be well also for the Broad and Pearl street residents to do the same nnd thereby have plenty of water in ruse of fire, to say nothing of the convenience of having it lor other purposes. Neither the town council or the Water Company can afford to ’av the pipes unless the people will nse the water, the cost of which is 1 reMOUttbJt, THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. The of Editors Take Possession the Capital City. The meeting of the State Press Association, in Columbia last week was a very pleasant and successful one, and all the editors seemed to en joy the brief relaxation from their labors. The attendance was very large and the Association was strengthened by the addition of a good many new members. The repre sentatives hall was courteously placed at the disposal of the Association and the meetings were held in this large and beautiful room. Whatever may have been the opinion of the public ns to the amount of wisdom pos sessed by the members of the As sociation, us compared with that of tlie legislature and of other bodies that have met in this historic place, it was beyond dispute the most good- natured and quiet assemblage that has ever assembled in the capital, and all its proceedings were marked by the utmost decorum and dignity. However much the editors may pitch into cacli other through their re spective papers, they always bury the hatchet at these annual meetings and nothing is said or done that could in the slightest way wound the feel ings of the most sensitive. The Mayor extended a cordial wel come to the city to which President Wallace responded with' his usual dignity and grace. The members all took a lively interest in the proceed ings and we are sure that they were all, especially the young ones, very much piofifed by what they heard in regard to the work of man aging a newspaper. The essays were all practical and instructive, written us they were by practical newspaper men who do not write un less they hsvc something good to say, and that, too. in as few words as possible. It was a matter of pro found regret when President Wal lace announced that his retirement from the field of journalism would force him to decline a re-election to the position that he had held for a number of years. Hugh Wilson, of the Abbeville Press and Banner THE REUNION OF THE StlltmOKS OK PEE DEE ARTILLERY. Klrctiou Address A Royal Repast—The Officers—Eloquent Major .Armstrong. The thirteenth auniml reunion the Pee Dee Artillery took place the Mineral spring on Friday of lust week, and was well attended by the old veterans of that famous com mand. The day was pleasantly spent in reviving recollections of war times, and in idliii different members of ih Advancing years have-not* away the appetites, scarred warriors; ai justice to the ample provided for the occasion, and such a dinner that the sight of, thirty years ago, would have made them think that they were in Fairy Land. Muj. James Armstrong, the orator of the day, and Capt. J. S. Fairley, both of Charleston, were the special guests of the day. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, James Lawhon; first vice president, J. J. Blake; second vice president, J. W. Brunson ; executive commit tee, R. McLendon, J. E. Pettigrew, J. R. Colo. This command has the honor of having inaugurated the movement in favor of paying pensions to the needy old soldier*, and steps were taken with a view of having these pensions increased. The secretary was instruc ted to scud copies of these resolutions to the senators and representatives of Florence and Darlington coun ties. Muj. Armstrong delivered the fol lowing address to a vast concourse of patriotic citizens: Lawes, Fkieniw, CojIhaw . It was nothing unusual for the Pec Dee Artillery to surprise the enemy, and now the survivors of that 'pirited and splendid company have surprised one of their most When my dear old comrade, Elihu Muldrow, apprised me of the fact that the survivors of the battery wished me to be present at their reunion and address them, l - IU ' i he did not mention that I would have a battal ion of beauty j probably he had heard of my lamentable failure in the lists of love, and concluded that I might not attend if informed that the gentler sex were to be pres ent. A letter written by “Elihu” from Ebenezer,” had an evangelic sound, and this enchanting scene has an Eve-Angelic siguificencc. The gallant gentleman who lias compli- i mented me so handsomely omitted ' to mention that I was one of the | few officers of Maxcy Gregg's old men with whom it was mv privilege to serve >n the grand old army of Northern Virginia; to whom 1 am attached by ties as strong as they arc sacred, by memories sad and sublime, by associations as loving and inspiring, as ever pulsed the heart and stirred the depths of its devotion. It is beyond the power of human speech fittingly to express the thoughts that crowd upon my mind, as 1 look into you i' faces, listen to your familiar- adfcces—faces which have been atirfHnd in my memory— voioea that hart-fallen upon the ear of fancy em rtMc the fearful field of fkppnmattnNfrifas the sceneyif the surrender of the heroic remnant of the army, of .vi#h you were a part from its fortn&ilffti, and to the un- snrpuased, mint passable, fame of which yon ‘' contributed services as splendid, fidelity as uucliangeable, courage as unflinching, fortitude as ennobling, a self sucrilice as sublime, as that of any other command whicli fought beneath the Southern Cross. Not even the desolation of defeat, or the wearied years whieh divide us from the scenes through which we pass along the perilous path of duty, have lessened the light which il- luiitiues the noble and heroic deeds done in defence of principles enfibred in every Southern breast This day marks a memorable event in the chronicles of the South. The daring deeds it commemorates are inscribed in the Pantheon of fame, in characters as eternal as the sun light which beam upon yonder mon ument to Darlington’s martyr dead, us uncxtlugniBhable as the stars that gem the dome of night, shedding their soft, silvery light upon the scattered graves, in which shroudless and coffluless so many of cur Con federate comrades rest in untroubled sleep. Thirty-two years ago to-day that fine and splendid company, the the survivors of which it is my pride to address, Was enrolled for the war, then being waged against the South, and from that time {until the close Of the struggle the Pee Dee Artillery was in the field lighting I for Southern liberty. ,, , M a ! j devoted friends, elected President m the place of Mr. Wallace, and in a few appropri ate words thanked the'Association for the honor it had conferred upon him. Mr. C. H. Prince, the effl-j cient secretary, and to whose uutir-j t(J f, c , c a battei . y or rather mg energy is due the credit of| - - arranging all the detcila of the trip: to the World’e Fair, also declined -v- election, but the Association just simply would not listen at him and elected him to the place unanimously. The members of the Association were shown evury courtesy by the officials and citizens of Columbia, and were so favirably impressed that it was decide 1 to meet there again next year. On TI ui sday afternoon the {members were <aken in carriages and driven over the city and all its sights pointed i ^gi.^iitUiaUemainwl trim to his out to tnem, after which they "ere | (j aro jj ua chai'me', and did not flirt given a ride in the electric cars. At with the lovel VJ iuia gifi3 . Cap . night they were entertained by a hue tain Keith Dargan*s reason for l£- banquet, at which there was some ^ , silcnt Qn th ^ t 3ubject is highly good speaking which was very much ^ lueudabl h(J wi J 8hed to * / e was heur.l iinioiig llic death dealing artillery, vvlii.-li did so miirli In dis lodge Model Ian's great army. Your captain complimented you on the coolness and courage you displayed, and the infantry acknowledged the invaluable aid you rendered them. At Warrenton Springs the skillful til ing of the Pee Dee Artillery elicited the commendation of the lion-hearted General A. P. Hill. “Approbations from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed.” You will remember captured the supplies Junction, our Federal iii£ left hurriedly. the day we at Manassas friends hav- The sutlers' stores were packed with choice com forts—caldrons of “real coffee,” bar rels of leinoimde, hams, cigars, canned goods, crackers, Rhine Wine and cheese. We had badly been in need of food. We had received rations of fresh beef, but there was no salt. A member of the regiment emptied part of a cartridge into his flonr, and after mixing the mess with water, and kneading it, placed it on embers to bake. He had heard there was ault-petre in gun powder. He came near goiug to St. Peter. We were so mncli confused in the sutler shop that we did not know what to take. 1 came out with a box of cigars and two bottles of wine. In mentioning the circum stance to a lovely lady after the war (she was the wife of a gallant gen eral whom we knew and loved) she remarked that I could not have been very much confused, to judge from the articles I came off with. How heartily Gen. Gregg praised the I’ee Dec Artilhiry for their splendid services at second Manassas, in supporting his brigade, and scat tering column after column of Fed eral infantry. You will recall the fact that for hours we had to bear the brunt of the battle) for rein forcements did not arrive until late in the afternoon. It was a time of trial, of terror—-the firing was con tinuous, the Federal forces outnum bering ours three to one. The sheets of flame from their rifles lighted up 6 ' the line. You were hidden from our enjoyed by all who were present If there is a place where the people are more courteous and hospitable than those of Columbia we would like for some one to name it. We regret that owing to the pressure on our columns we are nimble to give a more detailed account of the pro ceedings of the Association. During the banquet on Thursday night, Mr. C. H. Prince, the secre tary, was surprised and. as the sin - ing goes, almost taken off hi- feet by i a proof being made the recipient of a line! woman s gold watch us a testimonial the Association in recognition of hi arduous work in arranging for : trip to the World’s Fair. spare my feelings, which wrs more than she did, for she married a handsomer man. This beautiful scene recalls the ancient sentence of Simonides that, “A picture is a silent poem, and a poem a speaking picture.” This favored spot! The memorial in marble, mute as are the lips of the silent sleepers w hose virtue and valor it commemorates; yet how eloquent of woman’s work and worth -the noble I remember the Jay vou arrived in l iew ^ Virginia, and it was not lone until ,? 1 .‘ Vour .^ U ? S) , we became warm friends'. We; '^ch vou stood as determinedly and passed a delightful time, enjoying, ( ^ t J lc ‘ at the pass Virginia hospitality of the kiudli-! 0 ^ H‘‘ r l ,er8 * t D'. v est strain. Owens was mail carrier, i J®”' , ® l ! a . 8 un * 01 t lc How lonmgly you looked for letters' “^tack, fortunately the enemy sur- frum home and when one of those ten der, treasured missives was received the happy individual would hurry to some sheltered, secluded nook, to commune in spirit with the charm ing maiden to whom he had pledged his troth, whom, when the cruel war was over, he hoped to wed and enjoy the bliss of married life. Some were disappointed at not hearing from their sweetheart and sought solace in the society of the Suffolk ladies, and forgot blighted hopes in innocent flirtat ious. Nothing serious, for you were lively as you listened to the sparkling and sportive sayings of the one curling smoke rising along aside of rendered. You received two cannon — a NaiKilcon, taken with French leave—a rille, rifled from the enemy. At Shurpsburg and Shepherdstown you did effective service. The famous field of Fredericks burg rises before the recollection, and we again see our old antagonists, with whom we had been grappling since June who had twice changed commanders, whom disappointments did not discourage, or defeat dis- hearteu. That December day pre sented .ns splendid a spectacle us war’s dread drama ever introduced ; which we to-dav recall with village belles, who favored “Camp; feelings of pride, mingled with emo Huger” almost daily with their win- lions of sorrow. It was a great, but some presence, to witnees dress pa- a.costly triumph, for the snow-clad rade, and watch the regiment as it slopes were crimsoned with the rich, double quicked to the familiar air of the “Prarie Flower.” Elihu Mul- red life tide that ebbed from the best and bravest of soldiers. Stafi captain attested how highly join M-nices were appreciated. We follow in jour fancy ovei the fields of fame, where your steadfast courage, nnclnllcd fidelity, patient endurance, shone conspicu ously-lighting up some of the proudest pages of Carolina’s martial history, adding to the renown of more than one leader, nobly aiding the cause y m were first to espouse, and in in defense of which many of your valued comrades willingly en countered death. The readiness with which you re sponded to every order, no matter how difficult or dangerous, the duty you were expected to discharge, is affectionately recalled by those who are familiar with the touching story of your patriotism and valor, who, when they turn their thoughts to tbc proud and pictured past, are reminded that the soldiers from the I’ee Dee on many a historical hill top repeated the words of the Athe nian, on the field of Plataea, “Place us where you will.” Your ardor and faith remained firm through the spring and sum mer of 1803. With diminished ranks, but as resolute and defiant as ever you shared in the glories of (Jhaticcllorsville, and from the opening to the close of the fearful struggle at Gettysdueg j’ou occupied an advanced posstion, and were sub jected to the severest artillery fire of the war, yet the enemy failed to si lence your guns. You aided in checking the tide of Grant’s tri umph iu 1804, and the Wilderness, Spott8ylvania,Jericho Ford, Hanover, second Cold Harbor, added new stars to the firmameu) of your funic. Af ter the close of that campaign, yon did not have men enough to handle the guns, and returned to Carolina to recruit your ranks. You did not go back to Virginia, your services i being required in the Carolinas ! where you did your duty a; faith- j fully and commcndablv as wlien vou - - - belonged tn the Army of Northern j ni “"y othcrs ' vholu Virginia. I shall not speak of the closing scenes of the war—scenes as sad as they are sacred. 1 miss from your ranks many a manly fellow, with whom it was my delignt to converse around the camp fires, in the ruddy glow of which we seemed to see reflected the happy j aud> homes and cherished hearthstones, which we had left in bright boy hood, or in the morning of manhood —the sweet, fair faces of the house hold deities, in whom our heart's fondest affections were centered, whose invocations were wafted Hea venward on the pinions of prayer, as they knelt before the fam ily altar, in behalf of sons, brothers, fathers, husbands, divided from them by distance—doing duty along the perilous picket posts, beneath the silent watches of the sentinel stars —stars whose mild, mellow light we likened to angels eyes, watching over the destiny of the sleeping soldiers in the bleak winter bivouac. Alas! those stars looked down in pity on the pale, upturned faces, and nerve less breasts of many of the bravo men who had cheered us in the fu rious charge, and shielded us from Another Fire. The residence of Mr. Charlie Williams, on Broad street, was con sumed by fire about half-past eleven o’clock on Tuesday night. The fire originated in the kitchen and had gained considerable headwaj’ before being discovered. The family had to get out very hurriedly ami only saved a few articles. Mr. Williams estiniases his loss at about |1,100. He is not certain, owing to tlie ab sence of the insurance agent, as to 1 ^ the amount of his insurance, and I j be fears that it is verv light. The' loss is a severe one to Mr. Williams, women from!of tlie South represented here to day - . The survivors of the Confed erate army, who illustrated the highest order of courage and patriotism. Thefair young maidens, daughters—the gallant young men, sons—of heroes. These, my friends, conjoin to make a poem that is matchless in its melody, sublime in ite simplicity; a picture grand in its grouping, revealing the lights and shadows which encircled the cause of the Confederacy. This is the home of the Darlington Guards, one of the finest companies of our citi zen soldiery that nobly upheld the fair fame of Carolina throughout the stirring past. Captain Thomp- sou, your corps recalls the dawn of days nnd deeds that are no more: The beautiful sky of that April morn in Charleston harbor— the lovd living, tin* lamented dead. The lingers that pcmied uiniiy of those signalu'e.s have long since crumbled into kindred dust. It was on just such paper as this that the letters we received from home were written. The most elegant and expensive note paper ever made, never had inscribed on its creamy surface, sweeter or more endearing sentences, or periods of loftier patri otism, than the dingy sheets on which were traced by th« hand of affection, the outjioiiring of hearts as noble, as gentle, and as true as ever throbbed w ithin the tender and trusting breast of woman ; words of courage, hojieor cheer. It was on paper the color of this that sorrow ing and sympathizing comrades con tained the nielahcholy tidings of the death of the brothers, James and I’inckney Harrison, Janies McLen don, William Brown, and Julius Jordan, the live daring defenders of Southern liberty, who laid their un blemished lives upon the hallowed altar of their country at Fredericks burg, The brothers Harrison were not natives of the Fee Dee section; they came from old liberty loving Laurens District. They were buried in the same grave, over which Hea ven's sunlight makes a hale. Death did not divide them, for they were conducted by the Angel of Hope to the home on High. It was on paper like this, that bold, brave Andrew J. Rugg, while he lay mortally wounded, his leg having been taken off by a cannon ball, with an indom itable spirit that has never been ex celled, wrote to his darling wife that you tenderly and tearfully com- mumeuted to the mother of S. W, Gcc, that he died a death sublime, and that the last words which camo from his lips were, “Tell mother I die in defence of my country.” Washington Waddell is not with us; trusty, valorous comrade! He per ished at the post of duty, between vour guns at Gettysburg. There are wc miss, whose absence we niob'ii; who, though • dead, live in our love, and their j names are among our brightest, j fonde-t. dearest memories. There was no officer in the army who was dearer to me than the warm-hearted, handsome and brave Ervin B. Brun- Hehas gone to the Spirit Peace to his ashes—the homage of a comrade's heart to his memory. If men were faithful to freedom, it men fearlessly fought for principles ingrained in their na ture, if ever nitn went grandly down to deat It strengthened with the panop- oplyof patriotism, sustained by the knowledge of the righteoushess of their cause—the last utterance of their dying lips breathing a prayer for tlie liberty of their loved Jaud; their parting sou! true to the highest, holiest sentiments that ever inspired the noblest of martyrs, they were the heroes who marched with firm foot steps, with undaunted hearts under Confederate colors, nnd died in the front of battle. Oh, dear, dead comrades, resting in dreamless sleep on the memorable fields where you so heroically made the last human sac rifice, above which the blue sky bends like a benediction, upon which drew, in his letter reminded me of: ford's heights trembled beneath the those dreamy and deliglitf til days j shock of Burnside’s Artillery pro- when our hearts were as light as our] tecting the advance of his divisions, purses. His letter conveyed the J«hietC marched steadily to death, honor yon con feared upon me and it: They charged up the slippery slope caused my blood to throb in every jin the face of a withering lire of pulse, and to tingle in every vein, as, artillery and infantry. \ aliantly, he formerly mentioned that he and but vainly, they tried to reach the his brother survivors still remember line held by Ixmgstreet's veteran their comrade of tlie “Irish Yolim- corps, before the well directed tire of teers,” whom he was pleased to term j which tiny ft 11 as lust as dead, dried “the smooth faced, boy Adjutant.’’! leaves beneath the blasts of autumn. No more a boy, for time and its sad The men of McLaw’s Division could mutations have long since re-] see the green sprigs in the caps of :\ Meagher’s I trig tide, who, when the brilliant charge was checked, and with decimated ranks tney had to retreat were not far from the Con federate eolu jius. You w ere posted to the left of Hamilton's Crossing, ! where \. P. Hill’s Light Division j had its desperate and deadly struggle tbc foe; where we were sur- ing the scarcity of men he (Baxter Rollings) planted his colors between the guns and lent a helping hand as and one that he can ill afford. The: t be ear ly sunbeams sparkling upon fire was out of reach of the water g*. Michael’s spire, the flashing pipes and the engine could not he]from St Finbar’s Gross; burnish- used. The fire had made cousid-j i n g lV8 with gold, the undulating •rable progress when discovered. ‘ Tuesday afternoon, a great* help to cot- The town was visited with a very- fine rain on which will be ton and peas. There was a great deal of electricity in the clouds, more than there 1ms been at any other time during this summer, and nervous folks were pretty ha’dly frightened by. the vivid flushes of lightning. Some of the electric lights on the west side of the square went out. but there was no damage done eitner to the wires or at tli works, as they are perfectly sulaled. I hreast of our beauteous hay, and kissing the folds of our flags' that so proudly floated in the balmy breeze; the sound of the war canon- - the faces and forms of our men. whose breasts glowed with patriotic ardor, and whose hearts thrilled with valor and devotion. 1 havq been asked to address my old comrades of the Fee Dee Artil lery, and I comply with their gra cious request as cheerfully, ns they promptly rallied to the standard of the State moved the freshness and bouyancj of youth. He Was a smooth faced boy when yon first met him, and his temerity in trying to entertain this sfleet audience, will induce many present to say that he is bare faced still. I rmntioncd that the Fe Dee Ar tillery shared in the earliest triumph i with tuv *wv, , -v- -i - in of the Army of Northern Virginia. I prised, and the intrepid and beloved, number four at a Napoleon. \\ hen The flr»t star that shone in the sky. General Maxcy Gregg was slain be-1 in the act of pulling the lauyaid a of its fame was nt Gaines’ Mill, anil, fore we fired a shot. We were under large fragment of shell struck him the first sheet of flame r )iich red- the impression that our front was dened the front of that fight, flushed! protected, but such was not the case, forth from your guns; its reverbera- There was a gap between Gregg’s tion intoning your manly voices os j Brigade and the brigade on our you responded to the glowing appeal right; through this the enemy of Capt. David G. McIntosh, when,! stealthily came, and our rear rank with glittering blade he pointed to: had to face to the rear and lire, while the flag presented to you by the pa-j the front rank had to keep off the triotic ladies of Darlington, and j Federal forces in our front The told you to defend its sacred folds, causultics iu the Light Division out- and die ather than let it be lowered uumbtjed those c? all the other In (ii.uUi. That Hag is here to- divi ions combined. How superbly, day, blood-stained ami battle-torn. | how sublimely, the Pee Dee Artil- danger, ere they fell, and drooped j God’s bright sunshine beams, and and died. I leak in vain for gal- the violets, the dear daisies and the lant James McLendon; he is not!beautiful for-get-me-nots bloom here. Through the world like mist, | above your sacred dust. rising from the Chickahominy, en-1 veloped in wreaths of battle smoke,; Raving a Rad Effect we see him pass from earth to the' home above the sky. Courageous j, Charles Lloyd answers not to hipj name; befell in the front at the: second battle af Manassas. A my s-: tic voice whispers, “lie died on the field of honor.” Where is that no-1 hie youth, Baxter Rollings, who af ter the passage of the Fotou.ac in,, Wa j enough for a September, acted as guidon and | 1 - - 6 - gunner at the same time. The flag is here, hut where is its fearless - li( uor it sells, but if the incident young cu-todian. Orderly Sergeant j , , , ; Brunson grandly answers. “Whenj the battery was being charged, see-| l! i> said by tho.M' who profess to L km w. that different kinds of whis- ki v produce different effects, and ; I hat w hile one one special brand .'may induce a man to want to com- I mit murder, another may put him f ; m a good humor, both with himself I and every one else. The dispensary I definite opinion to be formed in re- ird to getting drunk on the kind w hich we relate is any indication of what it will do, then it is a pretty dangerous kind and folks who don’t want to get into trouble had better not taste too much of it. On Mon day night three colored citizens were arraigned before the Mayor for wife beating, ail of which occurred on . . „ Sniurdav night,and each one found m the side wounding bim mortally. j . ^ to a liuc or to balling his weight fired the j; ork ‘ t i u . streets, which, by the way winch, recoiling, the wheel passed; ui . c u(W doi It n v l108si . over and crushed one of his f®® • | b p/ havc bccn tiger whiskey, Even in this mangled comlltian h.s; ^ ^ tldnk thijJ „ niat " tcr of gra ; p spirit disdained to yield, and ' u ‘** i mid are inclined to lay their must his con.rudes remember, as ten- d . 8ordt;rl condut . t to the of derly bore him away, his tearful en- h(; di / . ^liskcy, w hich, if treaty: “Don’t carry me to the rear, I wJmt J we told bp tru J e> niHy havc boys; I know I ve got to die. , I been too strong and too pure for " ie t Jj® fl 0 ? 1 1 must die by jh®. them, and this perhaps is what mat flag. There is no event tn Grecian | story to eclipse tlie valor lie throughout warp and woof, witli j every silken strand, arc interwoven j •he trophies of many a battle, thej tr. ils and terrors through which you | passed. It was furled iu defeat, but ! has ne.cr been touched by a hostile hand, and i- as stainless of disgrace, as it was when committed to Keith Dai 'ran by Gen. Maxey Gregg. Over th recious, priceless relic, which revc.ently touch, ns sacredly as u mot tier’s kiss upon If any of our citizens would like to teke a very cheap trip to Mount Airy, N. C., thty will please cull atlin tny breast at meeting biirtltoefor iufomutivih , l ‘' 1 — in 1881, leaving their IH® I peaceful and pleasant homes, the I her dear, dead, darling boy. many iu-. ,w'eet society of the loving and! tears of sorrow have been shed, but, I loved ones, to face danger and lo defy 1 thank God, and 1 say it with deep icry fought their guns. The. accu rate aim of the Federal artillery, the rapid discharge of rifles from column after column of infantry failed ta force you from the exposed position you so heroically held, from H o’clock iu the morning until tw i light Truthfully has your eloquent historiafi, Sergeant Brunson, stated in his admirable sketch of the com pany that "Well and truly did the the cold cheek of pee Dee Buttery sustain the repma- ! tion of South Carolina soldiery on .. 1 have induced tliem to behave in such . , j an unseemly manner. Be it as it piuyeu—no scene n, uuu.tm “'^°L V , miiv , V e suggestion as a precaution, that surpasses the fortitude he «* u b(d ( be vu,men who have drinking hibited. I wish that some famous bllgbftndg wo uld do well to keep a painter were commissioned by th'8! ^ brwm m rt , ich) j UBt to gUard f<*r no man. urainst aei'i-'ei’ played—no scene iu Roman history I wish that some famous j ,vere commissioned by this 1 dear old commonwealth of ours to! paint a battle piece, to adorn onr Sen-1, . .i ■ ite chamber, and the „p H Sharpsburg would be selected. I he 1 central figures to be Baxter Rollings, j his side torn by a shell, although w ith j the agony of death pressing him to the earth, firing his gun, and with all but the final articulation of his part Weilded I'j tlie mint woman. • . ..er, can stand a ft. midable weapon bands of an iudig- R ath, i shall not attempt to de- and due reverence—with these tears of scribe the emotions which swell up I sorrow, there have been no tears of af- cr mi I shame. From Meadow Kidgc to that bloody day.” Your skillful and 1 ing breath, pleading to be carried to effective firing, your fearlessness and | the flag he had so dauutlessly borne fortitude throughout the fight, I in battle. merited and received u full meed of I hold iu my hand—I press to ray praise. The stars which replaced the heart—this roll of the Fee Dec At aiwueit <jf twenty-eight year., the | M»lvem HiU the je« o( yvur guns Ur» w» the wwt uf pvt JevuteJ ulkry. H uvuuiuj Mie MMBI* J Pee Dee Artillery Reunion. In anolher eoluinn wc publish the address of Maj. James Armstrong, of Charleston, delivered before this command, and those who were not fortunate enough to hear jt will en. joy reading what in ii» reality A gem.