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?mn^ a.I MIMMalMMM^^ " "_"_,WNMN^NU...^.^H,.-.Sun.?^jl^.'!.'M...U..U..UU..*.,??,.?,,..^J^L**,.?...J.;.M..;.M...?nU. VOLUME SHH. ? . - ? JDOEEP !.D, C C .yMfl?ST 8. 1878._' am m m i The Storr of Told by.tl?? Victor. The Silent General's Y?ews Frie?is and E?es. BIS PR1NKL? EXPRESSED OPL\ IONS ABOUT T?E **E1V WHO LED TUE ARMIES FOR ANIT?GAI^ST THE ta lnteresti?|Tha?;act?rizat?ons andbReflections. TixE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. {John Russell Young-a Report to the New York Hern?d of Varions Conversa I Lave some memoranda of odds and end? of conversations ia idle mo ments while wandering about these old towns, and it seems to me that I can do no better ?ervice to the his torian than to throw <haae memoran da into soma shape? Theta are; few unen more willing to convert oa a.ny: ?nbjeet which be knows than the General", and although bia Jame is that of a aties? man, those w"ho know jiim at all know that in reality we have few better talkers in America. Tbe charm of the General's talk is f?hat it is never about anything he does iwfc know, and what he does know he knows well. He is never vindictive a?? ge ver gossips, and when referring to and things in tt'h* great events of his ca?ar, he isas T*ass6Gclcss and just as a historian. He nev?? referg?d the war unless grot put the.subject to him directly. T am .Htraid I have been curious on this poiiii, not that I e?ar ivanted to trou ble Gen. Grant. butbeca***3 the judg ment? a-n I opinions of such a ms? be hn- to icistwy. I hope, therefore, bat what ?gat?tec?nd send you from Tirious table-ta'l'k ^moranda will tb ave a value to the 'b?sia^n. I do not inope to give you the Geae-ra/'c ex act words, although as far as tne?iwy nerves I do JHE SCfe?CSrpEE OF LEE. We were convere?s? one evening About Lee's surrender. T?i?? General ?ic?d the story of the "me???O???le Hvent. "The night before Lee Burrett-1 -dered," he said. "I had a wretched j J&tead&cbei^fegadaches to which I have . een subject-Cr7?rvou3" -prostration; ?ntense personal $-?#!&ring. But, suf ler or not. I?ad. to ????*p moving. I jpaw clearly, especially after Meridan had cut off tire escape to Dannie, triai Lee mutt surrenderor break and ru*? into the rr-ountains-rbMajf in alb directions and leave,?us a dozen gu?r-! :illa ibands to :fight. My campaign \jvas ,not Richmond, not the defeat of 2Lee in actual fight-, but to remove tb-'iasnd his army out o( the contest, .And, if possible, to have him uee his anfluenee in inducing the surrender of Johnson and ot!-'.er isolated armies. You see the war was an enormous /c'lcain upon the e??atry. Rich as we 'wes^ I do not now se>8 bw we could 2iave-esi4ured.it another y?ir; even jfrom a fl&oocial point of view. ??c, with these c-V9ws, I wrote Lee, and opened the .correspondence with which the world -is /amiliar. Lee does not appear well in jt?#? corres pondence-not nearly so well a? lie <3id in our subsequent interviews, where his whole bearing was that o? a patriotic and gallant soldier, con cerned aione for the welfare of hisj army and his State. I received word that Lee would meet me at a point tcrithin our lines near Sheridan's iie&dquarters. I had to ride ?juiie a iilistatk^e through a muddy country. I ( ?-emem?fc#*r now that I was concerned sabout ny personal appearance. I iliad an old suiteo. without my sword, ?ucd without any .$st/nguishing mark ul raak except the shoulder-straps of n Lieutenaoc-General ,02 a fvoolen j blouse.. I was .splashed w,i-th mud in j my long ride. I wag airald Lee might 1 ik i. m-ant to show h;si studied j .<lijb<yurtesy by so coming-at least I Tthou?fr? so. But I h id no other . iotLes #7thin riach, as Lee's letter ..lound me^yyy from my base of sup plies. I keru .on rid.nj until I met .Sheridan. l*he&*3?ral, who was one .?/ the heroes of the campaign, and whose pursuit of Lee waa perfect in , y< generalship and energy, told ?ie twhene to find Lee. I remember that .Sherman was impatient when I met V?\*n-snyionis aod suspicions ab,ut tn*1 -arhede ibiiWrjess-fta-ed there luighf. Oe a plan to jfecape ; that be had Lee at his feet, ?nd wanted to ?u? tue business by" going m ^nd jfurcjng an absolute surrender Ly pup iiure. lu ind, he had his troops mujy .?jr HKh un at."ault when Lee n while Q<t\r cmoM. ivitLiiT hif lines. I went ?Mp to [h* ?KW.M? wE. .'f Lee was wait ing. I found kim J? nen'. splendid uniform,v/h/oh Pl?tJ recalled Bty anxiety as ro my uwn clothes .wilgie on my way to meet him, I ex pres?x? my regret th?t I wa? cowpe/.- j .ed to mh?i> him in so unceremonious a I ?.-..liioej. ^ud he :repiieu 1 hat tue only i-ui be had avai.a.b.i-* was ont- whicn .?'m? Leen sent^hir?j by some admirer* 'in i^H'ltimorerand'ii'li)i:1i i(f?;riien woic /for th?.firat time.". WV .-puk? 0/ old i. iciicft in the army. J rjtjWemberea .iva vi rig seen Lee lu Mexico. He was rso much higher in rank thm; my sel I f.'A the time that f bupposjuj be bad lie y-eccllection of me. But ho oni4 . Jiu ^?VTjembeied me very well. Wu ?aikbt? ,9? old tl't?c8 and exchanged ^rteairies ^Jhout Iriends. Lee then 'broached vtbe abject of our metting. x tobi him my te'rjn?, and Lee, listen ing *ttencive?y, asjted to write them down. I took out my mar^/uJd order "book and pencil aud '^ro^e^efg. ,<lcwn. Gen. Lee put OR b.'s^las^e?1 .,/*;;?.! read ttiem over. The ?o;>dJtioiis gufce the oliicers their side arms, ??ri iRaid i?O'??-?e?h - -d'a nd believed ???W mmra SS tbe 'ci.'se of the war ; .;bui it was meat important that, thu luci)' should go home and go to work, und the government would not throw :any obstacles in tte wa swered thai it would happy effect, and accept? I handed over my pendle dum to an-aide top"t ii ?swivecvmfd our conven old times and friends 'in .Various officers came in "Gordon, Pickett, from Sheridan, Ord, and othe side. Some were old i'rie street and myself, for ii we had a general talk. Le expected me to ask for his I did not want his sword, only," said the Genen "have gone to the patent worshipped by the Washing There was another pause said that roost of the anic cavalry and artillery were the privates, and he wou know, under the terms, wi; would be regarded as privi ty or the propertv of the gc I said under tks ?terins of they belonged ?o tba gc Gen. Lee read over the lette that was ao. I then said tc eral that I believed and 1 was the last battle of the w saw the wisdom of these mi home and to work as soon a; i aai that I would give order: any soldier pr officer claimin j or a mule to take it- ijen. I ed some emotion afc tms^; which I also shared-ami would have a most happy ef interview ended, and I gav Caf rationing his troop'. 1 day t ?ZA? Lee on horseback, had a long tai*:- Jp- that c tion I urged upon h?? t??S w ending the war by the sarvt the other armies. I askec hi his influence with the peopl South-an influence that 1 prefe*t=-to bring the war to t Gen. Lee aa?4 ?^.at his camp Virginia wa? the last ????,niz< tance which the South waa ??j making-that I might have tc i gool deal and encounter : comni&?4? here and there, bu was no lor get ?nf ?rroy whicl make a stand.- I told Lei t) fact only made his respon greater, and any further war .r.6 ? crime. I asked him among VHC Southern people a his influence to -0^; men arms surrender on tua'*u'<it*e given to the Army of Northen gtnia. He replied he could not w?to?v^? consultation with Pre Davis. ? *? storry. I saw ch; Confederacy hid '&C??. beyont reach of President Davis,. nac. there was not hingt that could be ej.cept what Lee could do fco b the ?Ovt^ern people. I was ar to get iio?H* ??v have onr arm to theixLh?fUjSS ?s?^^^'^Sf? would not move V^tEoui RwRjfj as a matter of fact at that ?ffl soon after, Davis was a fugt?i? the woods." j?J7J2KSOK DAVIS AND T1IE SOU: A.U aj^sjon was mad-? t? the ing in tjUe <So.ut?: ?/aa? D'avis wa injury to the (Confederacy and not do hi? bezt. "I n.eyer .th?i so," said the Geneuv. "$avis bis best-did all that anv man c do-to save the Confederacy. ' argument is like some of the a merit? current in history-that war was awar]againct windmills, that if one man or another had Y in authority the result would li been different ; tbnt some more p able man than Davis could h m&t? a hotter tight. This is not ti The war \*?t ? tremendous war, ? no one knows bett*; ?j;an those < were in it. Davis did ait tia co and all any man could for the Sou ??ii South was beaten from the ginning. "?ere was no victory p sible for any gove?-n;pent resting uj the platform of the Southern Cont* eracy. Just as soon as the war it ted and aroused the young men the North and calledoutthe Natioi feeling, there was no end but the e th^i .came. Davis did all he coi do fog 14s xv le, and how much he d do no OQQ knows feater than thc who were in the field/' STONEWALL JACKSON. Your correspondent asked the Ge eral how he ranked Jackson amor soliders. "I knew Stonewall Jae! son," sfid i/ie General, at West Poi: and ia ^cle^i??. At West Point I < ame into the sch.?c^I ap ail older ag hm the average, and began with low grade. But he ?ad so mac courage and energy, worked sz har and governed his life by a disciplit. so stern, that he steadily worked lil way ?long and rose far above other who had more advantag s. Stonewal <Fack?>n at West Point was in a stiti of cenata^ t j approvement. He wi s ? religious mai;' Lh.-fi., ft.nd -son-" of ii regarded him as a (ai;aXrc. Pom; times his religion took strange lo?^ -hypochondria-fancies that an ev -pint had taken possession of him but he never relaxed in lm stuhe. Of Jjjx Christian duties. 1 knew liinj ii) -?fe^i/io. lie was always a bra vt and trustVQf-.fry nih\:er-none more >o in the army," ? tivyef knew him or encountered him in the j^bej.!; JU. I question whetner his campaigns iii Virginia justify his reputation as a great commander. il-i was killed i jo soon. Vmd before his rank alloted fii#? f). ?reat comm md. It would llayp 'J?tfr // lest of generalship J! Jackson hm Hiendan in the valley instead of so?U .c?; ?.he- men lie did meet. From nil I %UOW .qi Jackson and ail I see ot his (jam rwigns I have little doubt ol tile re snit. Jf Jackson had attempted on Sheridan C?? fatties he attempted KO successfully upon oi^cr* he would not only have been beaten but destroyed. Sudden, daring mids, under a'tome1 general like Jackson, might doagam-.t raw troop* ano' inexperienced cou - manders, such a? we had ifi the i/e ginrnitg of the war, but not agaiii? drilled' troops a- commander like Sheridan, The tactics for which J Jackson is famous, and which a hieved s^ci,! ;t?jr?rkawe ? results, belonged ?mtl \o{l\u -pecul.ar e(y,r:ditioti.s under tt'h?L'h the ?iu-li?r Ga^e:-: wo? fjoqght. They u-otiljj haye'insurid\le.struc??:(j!: to a?iy conimaiidt* V-'ho t;-ied them upon Sherman, Thoma?, Sheridan, Meade, or, in fact, . any of our-greai generaisi Consequently. Jackson's fame as a general depends achievement's sained before hi> ffir^hip was tested-before he shance of matching birnseif w really<great commander. No' i BgblQ>an,d .parent a man ns Jae -ketH'c-hWt-." attempted, would hav?'-'adupr?u self to new conditions and risen them. He died before his oppor ni ty. I ahvavs- respected Jae personally, and esteemed his sii md manly character., lie impn me always as a man of the Crorr stamp-a Puritan-much moi tbe New Englander than the ginian. If any man believed ii rebellion, hi did- And his nt ivas such that whatever he bein n becam.3 a deep religious dut lu*y he would discharge at jost. It is a mistake to suppose [ ever had any feeling for Stone lackson but respect. Personally kvere always good friends; his c leter had rare points of merit, ilthough he made the inistaki ighting against his country, if ? i mar? d;4 n^ conscientiously he ;he man." LEK AS A CCOIMANLLit. - This led to a remark as to the g md universal fame of Lee, especi n Europe-a reputation which se ;d to grow every day. "I never ranked L?e as big ome others of the army," said ?emeral, " that is to say, I never is muoli a*icty wken J;? Svas in ront as when Joe Johnston was ront. Lee wns a good man, a oinmander, wno had everything iis favor,. Ile was suppor ed by mammons voice of the South ; ?fas finp^Of^ed by a large party he SioVtli ;' f}? i+?cj ?ke support a ympathy of the outside world, i his is of an immense advantage . general. Lee had'this in a remar! 'le degree. Everything he did v ight. He was treated Jike a der cd. Our generals had a host ress, iuif?^arc friends and a pub pinion ?utsij?. 'tko erv in t ir that the North only won by ben )rce ; that the generalship and val *ere with the South. This has go ito b*stor7] with so many other rsions that are historical, Lee w f a slow, conservative, cautious n? ure, without imagination or hinno lwaysthe same, with grave dignit never could see in his achievemen .h^t jU?fi?ea 'vc reputation. Ti lusiofi that hc(i)Vnij .Ui ? i hca* j- o^jc eat Lim will not stund the dui mai ght of history. I know it ?3 nc .ue. The South and North wei ?ore nearly matched than you wonl jppfcSp. ,The '"hole population wer ? the war. Tfie'foiii foxier; fjf jjt roes were the same as poldiers, b? tuse they did the work in the field" hiuh white men would have to df believe the South had as'many n?3 ii qi er a>ms. as ?j?8 -rth. What de igtet} the Southon, att^'i \.\k i^orth ra cGiiRge and skiil, and. thia, too ith detraction all around. Yoi innot imagine how disheartening i as al Jhe !;inc, not only to olti ;er nt men." LIJEftT SIDNEY JOHNSTON AND .ToSF.PI s roirasToy. , j-, -. An allusion wa* mr/i.eJyj' your cor ?spondent to Albert Sidney John on, and th? Qonergl sa;d: ''I knev .Ibert Sidney Johnston before th( ar. When he was sent to Utah 1 ad a high opinion of his talents flinn tho war broke out he was r* arded aa the coming man of tb< onfederacy. I shared that opinion e: use I knew and esteemed him, nd because I felt as we ali did in ie old army where there was a pub c opinion among the officers as to ho woukj come out ahead. In lany cases, in most eas?-s, our public pinion was in error. Bragg 'had a reat reputation in the South. Bragg as the the most contentious of mer, nd there was a stoiy in Mexico thai e put every one in arrest under him rid then put himseli in arrest. Al ert Sidney Johnston might have sen in fame, and we all had con dence in his doing so, bat he died )o soon, as Stonewall Jackson died, )0 soon for us to say what he would ave 4QDC under the later and altered mditiona of tim war. '/"be Southern rmy had many good generals. Lrie. f course, was a good soldier, an ! so as Longstreet, but I do nor. know lat ther? was any better thin-loo ohnston. I have had nearly all o! ie Southern Generals in high eom land in front of me, ami Johnston ave r^? more anxiety than any of ie others. I was. r,e?er half so, an: - ms about Lee. By the way, I saw i Joe Johnston's boo'- that, when I as asking Pemberton to surrender 'icksburg, he was on his way to raise ie siegp. I was very sorry. If 1 ad known Johnston was coming, I 'ouid have toi i Pemberton to wait, i Vicksburg until I wanted him, waited Johnston's advance, at d, ?ven him battle, rte poujd nev-r ave beaten that Vicksburg arm), nd thus I wr old have destroyed ivo armies, p rhaps. Pemberton's 'a3 already gon?, and I was quite ure of Johnston's. I was sorry I id not know Johnston was coming ii??i ?.t yap too late. Take it all in ll, tim Soiitii', in ?p:nio!?, had no etter soldier than Joe JoTin'tjfoft-^ oue, at least, that gave me more roiible. NO COUNCILS OF WAR. Some remark was made aboutcoun ils of war. and how far their delib n^.crm affected an army's rnove tents," l'l ney.er held a council of rar in my life; f'n?vev te?W^ of Ih?rman or Sheridan doing so: ?f ourse I heard all that every one had 0 say, and in headquarters there is n interesting and constant stream of aik. Dut I always made up my mind o'ant, and ?the 'first thftt even my taff knew- of any mopemenc \ya.d yj/?n J.' if j?te it, out in rough apo* rave if to be copied off." IRA NT 'HUNKS rOOULV ui' J' i Id,'1 FLOYD,' &Ci . ' People thing that Dor.elson was laptured by pouring men into it ten ,o one, or some such odds. The truth n our armv-a new army-invested 1 io rt i lied 'place and compelled a sur- j rejidjj? o?" a force" much larger than | ).urr,o.\v;i. ?. liSrge number of'the rebels escaped umier ?nbyjjl and Pi' low., but as it. was I look more "'pris>' KH? as l-cif?l, b,al, _ said tu*. Ct-.-'-.rai smiling, " I knew the men who com mnnded ic. I knew Some-of them ii Mexico. Knowledge of that kine goe3 far toward determining a move merit like this." ? THE ATTACK OP FORT DONE ?SON'. !' Suppose Lpfigstrept or Jacjjaqi had boen in oomniand ?" said youi correspondent. ''If Longstreet or Jackson,'1 said the General, uor even if Bucknel had beer? in command, I would have made a different campaign. In thc beginning we all did things mort rashly than later, just as Jackson die in his earlier campaigns. The Mexi can war made the oiiicers of the old regular armies m.ore of 'ess acquaint ed, and when we knew the name ol the general opposing we knew enougli about him to make our plans accord ingly. What determined my attack on Donelsori," said the General, "was as muck the knowledge I had gained of its commanders in Mexico as any thing ei?*. Bat as the war progressed a".d each side kept improving its ar r+:y the.1:) e;;pe;-inients were hoi pos sible. Then it beeurae hard, earnest wir, and neither side could d p3nd u.pon any chance with the other. Neither side dared to make a mistake', ft was steady, hard pounding, and the result could only be ruin to the dcieated party. That was a pecu liarity in our war that we were not lighting for a peace, but tb destroy Dur adversary. That made it so hard br both sides, and especially for the South." P?C-NIC ACROSS THE RIVER. Thc fcd?cilcld Hussars Will Toast and Keast the Richmond TrbopcVs. 1 '' From thc Augusta KeeningXeics. Capt. Uarfcert, of the Edgificld Jim ara, is in town to-day, maning prepara iona for the barbecue* that is to bc given .t Linham Spring, in Edgefield county, in the 9th ot' August, by his eompuny. 'hi liiphmond Hussars will be present, n ? l'aie lime generally is looked for. ,\ frfc)iqlj< titi ui?d rifle ?hc^iinj Ue weon the two eorupanies'will help along Qb pleasure of . he day. Music by the 'ost Land. The place selected for the ic-nic is M miles from Augusta, and ad orably suited for the tnsiuess, and the iroverbtal hospitality ol' ?South Carolmi u'id capitally of the ?dseljeld liua ars, will no di^bt.bn.-?inip?y displayed on lie occasion. ?' -'. j 1 ^X'i(v.^iP.^I,;n;iJ'-liussar3 will leave this. Hy s^St'j^f.^mf^rh^^ pring ai about S, returning in the JOI rf tho folj?v/inn evea!h?T. " 1 ??. 'ii ? . ' .? 'CHAMBERLAIN'S NEW GAME." A Silly Mo ry. The Charleston correspondent of he New York Sun usually furnishes . sensation when h* writes a letter. Inder date of the'jjjth ipsfapi, he Iiscu3ses the judicial proceedings re ei|tly commenced against the South karolina and Cjreenvilta fW<I Colum iia Railroads, and makes a very re oarkable prediction in connection herewith. Jt will be remembered hat when thu South Carolina Rail .oad made default in the payment of ts interest coupons n short time ago, he holders of the coupons brought nit against the company, and ob ained a judgment in their favor, ?xecations were issued and levied i pon portions of the real estate oi he company. These executions were njoined by United States District fudge Bryan, upon the intervention d the trustee* u:i<|er the ii)ortg*g s Afterwards a number of t he Norih ;rn bondholders obtained ail ordei Ur from the United Stat s Circuit Jjurt requiring the c rapany to show utse in September why it should ict be placed in tue hands of a re eiver. A similar order was issued ;ndor similar circumstances in rela ion to the Greenville and Columbia iii 1 road. Thc correspondent of the ?jun talcs it for granted that a re eiver will be appointed, and tba", ?iiamberlain, who is now in Europe, viii obtain the position. He says he niece will be worth fifty thousand lullars per annum in moi e ?besides laying a g;-eat deal of power attach fd to it. Ile iiiti?i tte?? that. Clover mr Hampton will protect Chamber ain from the courts and have the lases against him dismissed and p.e liets that, Chamberlain will be a can [?date for United States Senator he ore the Legislature next, November, vi th a fair prospect, ol' success. The ;'ory carries so much absurdity upon is face ns to canse surprise, that the fynshould pay for anco stnf? or give t publicity even if furnished gratui onsly. If Mm Judge of the united slates Circuit Court for South Caro ma-the infamous Bond-should lave the pawer'to appoint a receiver br the railway-companies abovemen ;ioned, it is possible that he might bestow the plaVi fy.qn, ghamberja^ br nothi.'ig gives him niora pleasure :,ban to insult and on!rage the people upon whom he has been ihlli'cted.] But just as certain as wiaroberlain iet-S foot in the.-State just so certain would he be arrested and tried jot the miny crimes that he has commit* ted. W e do not-. believe that Gover nor Harm-toil vcttlid. shield him iTFf} prosecution if he could; we know he could no?; if he would. The next Legislature of South Carolina will be Dnmocratic by a large majority, and will lie about as apt to elect, thief Chamberlain to a sea!, in the United gtaj;es .Senate as they will be to re eject'thief' 'l-'attei'smi. Mr. Vi*)Wl rtorresnondent i* nut earrti?2 sala ry wl?en he writes such stuff as this. His sensations are too inartistically distracted t ) deceive even the mosl unwary reader of the Sun at thc ?S?0,-|h.- Citroniclr und. Constitution ulist. ? ?-> - ? ' _ A man in Harrisburg, Pa., invite< his frierids. Teccnlly, to his "igrant annual bawl !"- H? has been mantel eleven yeats, and hus eteven children - il 1 . j 1 [ i i teta i. ??j ^^^^^^ .. . ^?.Am i 9 ? ?'" p HON. JOHN CAI Speaker of th li'SOiiiSsiiiST OV J300EPIJ2LD. : Jun.v CALHOUN* SHEPPARD, was I born on the 5th of July, 1850, in Edgefield County, about 10 milis1, south of the OM Star ^ort. When quite young, be was place ?j , under the tutorship of George Sal- ? j phin, Esq., one of the finest teacheis of?t;he State, then teaching at Liberty j Hill. Mr, Galp'hin soon saw that j, his pupilhad remarkable oratorica] ; i powers, and spired no pains fo j"**-!] ts**?- ?. i m ia -?bat rw-pcoi", .. . .J',. In 1SG7, young Sheppard entend the Junior claw at t'urman ?Jniver.-j? aity. There he wan a hard student, I and remained to within a few months' j of graduation. Ile then began to read law with1 Gen. Easley, at Greenville, S. C. In ' 1S71, he went to EdgehVld C. LT., and continued his studies with Butler and ' Youmans, and vyaa admitted to prap: < tice in November of the same year. ' j The first case of importance in Mr. ; I Sheppard's practice wai bia defence.!1 of W. E. Flint, indicted for murder. ' ' The case was well managed, and his j : "peech to the jury convinced those! < who heard it that he Was destined to j I m ike a fine critniiial lawyer. From j ' that time he bas had a fine practice j and great success, owing entirely to L close attention, diligence and bard | .study. j t Mr. Sheppard vas elpptpd a p^lrir ; 1 g de to the State Contention of May, , IS7Q By that Convention lie was : ( sent" aa a Delegate to the St.. Louis h Presidential Nominating Convention, i I On his return from St. Louis, Judge | Kershaw said to him, he was gratified I ' that be was named for Calhoun, inas-1 ( much as be would do credit to the; ? narrie, j1 Mr. Sheppard made bis debut \n\ politics in 1S7G, having been nomi nated for the Legislature from Edge- j field, and in the celebrated campaign ? of that year, no man was more active ( than be. And owing to his brilliant, I oratorical po wei 8, he was ?nvjtet} p,r|4; went to diiferent portion-) of the State, to assist in the great redemp tion, j After the election be became one j of Gov. Hampton's constant and! trusted advisers, and one of the rec- j ognized Iraders of the Democratic j party, v He was mud? by tfjl'oajior Wnljapp.', phairtnan ol' the Ways and Means Committee-the most important com mittee in the House ; and old finan-: biers complimented him for the ability | .??fe displayed .? discharging the du-i 13: ii . . I ties ol' thal importantpOsition. -^?-w.'.s more inijtjtt^ntjifrie^apaj than any other single individual' in the election of Gen. M. 0. Butler! to the ?United States Senate. Ile was on thu memorable Investi-; gating Committee that met in June j 1877, and remained in session con-j tinuopsly until the Legislature ngnJ vened in the following November, when he did eminent service in bc-t half of thc State. j Un thc meeting of the second ses- ' sion of the Legislature, Gen. Wal lace having been elected Judge of i the gib circuit, Mr- Sbepp ird, then UT years old, was elected Speaker of ', the House-the first Speaker ever ? elected from Edgefield, the only man 3 ever elected Speaker during his first. " term, and the youngest man who ever held the: position in the State. * As Speaker, Mr. Sheppard was dis j tmgnrshed for- quickness of percep tion, promptness'in dec|4|Dg, and ac jflODN SHEPPARD, e House of ?.uracy in knowledge of parliamenta ry rn] ea. During hie whole term of office only oue appeal from hia rulings wa9 taken to the House; in which case his ruling was sustained by 103 out of 10G-three Bepublieans dissenting, B,e was frequently and puhlicly ^raplimented, by G,en. ^ames Si mons, Ex-Speaker, and also by the Hon. Charles H. Simonton, another Ex-Speaker, and by Gen. Memmin ['er, the most experienced, parliamen tarian in the State, (jip last piffled having had 32 years, e3peqen.ce. in Ure-L%^6lature. - - - 1 - A^r. Sheppard, }s a. liar.d student, a fine lawyer, and an able orator. His friends predict for him a brilliant future. A DEMORALIZED El-?TOR. An editor was sitting in his easy :hair, buoyant in mind and heart, with the ualqi serenjty and blissful tranquility that up.iie but editors Icnow. A shuiHingsound at the door 'irought him back to earth, and fac ing nervously ?bout, he beheld a man )f deep, determined look, closing the loor behind him. With a sickly feei ng of foreboding, the editor inotion >d toward a chair, and gazed upon ;he intruder, helpless and breath es?, resigned to meet the worst. The hand of the man wandered to ward his breast pocket. The edi tor's cheeks blanched and Ins lips :urned blue. Alas! alas! he had guessed aright the dread mission of ?be stranaer. The, man pulled, {mt a, bindle of etters and papers. The head of the ?di tor iel I forward upon his breast, md the hands dropped listless from :he erras of his rhair. " My errand is nota pleasant one," ?aid the visitor, speaking slowly. " Thank beaven !" exclaimed the editor, plucking up courage. "Out ivith it-suspense is much worap, tliiU MP? , " \ haye an execution on your j home," continued the man with pro fessional sadness.-. The mortgage has been foreclosed." " Hoora ! ha ! ha !" roared the edi tor, springing up amt nearly shaking the man's arm ofF. "Heaven be praised! bqt wh,a,t a/sca^> vqu, did f-jvo rae I Blister my corns if I didn't Chink yen had a chunk of spring poe try. Drive on-sell the old shanty -its a rat eaten barracks anyway, and rents are taken ol? my mind ! Let's have your name, and down it coes for two years free subscription. You're an angel in breeches, old fel low, but don't look it, darned if you do. Ha! lia! Cut yoijr haii'^ "ian ; pat yo^r hair and, w.eay. a stand-up collar. It will save your childreu sorrow." A GOOD STORY. The following story is represented to us as true, and we believe it has nevpr appeared in print ? In theolden times, when all the convicts were kept in the Georgia penitentiary at Milled?eville, Rev; Mr. Brantly, a Methodist minister, was appointed chaplain to the pen itentiary. Soon after his appoint ment he was walkjng aho^t the peni tentiary, mingling with his new pari sioners. One of them was inclined to be quite talkative, and in the con versation this dialogue occurred: "You are Mr. Brantly, I believe; our new chaplain." ":Y/es, sir," said Mr. B. " And, they tell me you are a Meth odist, Mr. Brantly." " Yes, I am a Methodist." " Well, I am so glad to hear it. I am a Methodist myself, and there are- a good many Methodists- in here. In fact most of us are Meth odists." Mr. Brantly walke(| o|?? wrapt in (me dita^on. . . .':?>.? .T*a?r 'iii ?':- .<?; t.4 ,ti.'r* .--'...i' J?i'-.? ..?i'i^i:':.,'-i ' fei Wt. I ,^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ IF EDGE^LD. spresentatiyei UK EV WARNS EDGEFIELU N TO CLAIM ALL THE GLORY, From thc Aiken Courier-Journal. AIKEN, S. C., July 23,1878 MR. EDITOR: Wehave read rece i & copy of that sterling paper, t^e Ei field Advertiser, in W/^icn. some of 1 people so.-eulogize her citizens, wi they have done, and what they tend to do: that we were lost amazement' and made to stop a ask ourselves the questipn: Do the people of South Carolina jive EJdgefteltl ? Poes sfcp not cqnatitr. the government? and djd?nhody e ever cio anything for the redempti ?f^tbe-old-a^jjnatta Stale.?.-, We are willing to accord to Edg field the home ot the Butlers, Pic ens, Bacons, and the host of galla spirits whom every true Carolinii has alwavs delighted to do honor, J she is entitled to : That her,citize are hospitable, brave and patrioti and that they contributed their sha to the freedom of South Carolin But our friends forget or seem forget that Aiken con trutes an i tegrant part of this grand old Stat and that we piopose to blow qur ow whistle, and to show who we ar what we are, and what we have. Where is your land that will pr luce two ears of corn to each stalk, .dice of bacon in the tassel, and bottle of.good old Bourbon at th root ? Where is your land that wi produce three bales of five hundre pounds to e<*ch acre, and a spool < Joat's to each s?-alk? Where are you )ak frees that it takes two in6n an i boy to see to the top, ancl haye- \ fence them, ju, tq fceepthe acorns, froi frilling ou stock andi killing them Where are your beautiful lakes an Tiand rivers that abound in fish, cal :i*h taking in a sixtefn feet battea with two men at one gu!p, trou neighing eighteen pounds and brear "bree pounds? Where are your al ?gators ; hat love dog meat better tba Ben Boyd loves whiskey? VV^ere ar font mosquitoes, and red bug! A'hiclt H,ttt'sucb a luxury for a po? nan to scratch? Where are your pan ;hers, bears, cats, foxes, deer and go .illas? Where are your eagle*?, (ex )use me, you have, one,) turkies. quaih .rouse H nd- nighthawks ? Where i (Tour Cedar'Spring/ the wat?r whiol iows from it runs flyo. saw mills Where your- O?k?'r Springsthe wa ter of which is.so cold that glas pitchers will not hold it? Where ari your Graniteyille, Lihgley, Vauclus updBath? Where are your G. Cf. ii A., South Carolina, Port Royal am Sand River Riil Roads, and anothe: 30on to be completed ? Where ar your beautiful women that can carr j men beyond the etheroos^' ox- hrinj them down p tho, regans of; eterna wqe ? Wehere are your wives that cai raisevfQur hundred pounds of gooi porkfjrora the foot water.of the, fam ily ? Where are your men that havi mastered the scieuce of law ? When are your .physicians that have diag nosad every,disease to which the hu man filthily'is heir to?, W^ena you,r' botanists \\\&t caji teU every tre Shuub ami,[ilant pu the ' gieeoearth Where w?\f your" bankers can lene money to a fellow when, in a tight oj good collateral at eighteen per cent per annum? Where are your mei that can shoot themselves twic? through the head, then kill %\\e\ wives and lay both qv\t ?eacl? for bu rial ? Where a,va your men ..that cai fyreak.three glass. balfe thrown (ron traps at the same time, with a doubl shot gun ? Where are your men tha can off hand, with a.riiie, two hun dred yards cut off the bill, of ? BROS. quito: and, not make him. snee/.e Where are yo".r *oen that can. thrasl twt> men and a sixteen year old ben before breakfast, and not produce i gentle glow upon his skin ? When are your fat men that the grease (th i weather) from three of them run two soap, factories? Where is you man that was caught by a pati^'er bitten by a rattlesnake, struck ^ lightning, ohe hand cut off fe ;\ si\v gin, killed a man ar^Ur?aa. sent to. jtL Penitently $or :iife?- Where^ an your candidates that can habana themselves on the; fence so well as t< on the; strong ; eide a day or twi :' ': ''. .; .?: t4 . ' ?:' ./V ":' ?j V. .;.,..;;-.?.?/ .. ...... .** .M -^::^> .L :S?.L....si ; ? i before th?'eleetion?' Where'-are-your. 'M&unfy -officers' 1 hat-cWirdibe'ifr pvery-j*;' j<ne'glibprhood lir" tht# cOUfltyJ HTid ? Vvr<- i?;" ^r.'::?;? ar; . ?ie '' ? ' Lo i?- \'.?;;;->il?i?->- ?i?;i a?? J-v' . - ; -: '. .hf roch) 'fe ?th* ?'-.i-iy T.- *!??&? T.- ' noi'tidVai wMeh ?:.J>? Te W,-.^'..-,;./' . ii re t ',!. ? ' W.b- T-.M,' Coa???.^. v-J??" j nd ge that he "s?id grace twice "r^fore ' each meal '> Whene. ?re', wyt', .hp'ree'i' that c??n ruri'.a;quarter.in IS iecbnds ; .one -mile.in l;S?i0t)m ipilVHi,7:lO. ? Where are your lroUing..lu>rses (*rp alo"i^'sir,):..can-go/onejm?lf in'-2;?3i2 .. Wher? Mr? y?ur cows thai ..can give- : : lour gallons of milk, and live pounds - of butler, ??id that" Halted,-at-w?rb milking? Where are your milking - machines th -rt -catt make a?' o*w5 gitfv* two quarts-'drore' 'at;<&ch;milkif.g-?-^ : .'. Davie is agent; ' Where'-aro 'your1 ' . ? peaches, grarfes-ii|Sj|otber fruits th*t. will make yourDtRW-h* ; Water at th* distance of one mile"/- 'Whare ure ; .'" ?.' your bees that su\{ny honey to the " world and the rest' bf mankind "r*" Where are your tall men that the peast is six feet seven inches, w hom * they call chunky, and iii ne it} th? family,' and j'Ju'r ..of them giri*? Wiiefe i> your ch?nate that cati give ^'conpuuiptive new lungs and reju venate .au old man? fliers are your ! Rfd- ?uirU? symbo?jcnl, . of Ap?* downfall ol' ' Radical ?vin'i? .??tij?i?rf . . Oar?li?? iriV?8TG ' Where'. are your .-. Hamburg and Ellenton breast ; iiotV?east where is *ym^pw^?tlii?r who caii udli - the, mast :'p?i^r?^:'/ . - things fr?m/ mi'iireV *prbi?ig?tlity'v'' whichrlie njlgj^i^d/pr^u^eedeiinv^r the earth,1 acid gather -poe^^^s?op' from, every bough,'iand-weave them into the most dazzling-and brilliant beauties, and by "his power of im agery make '.the tear.ear th-1and mountains bear,*'and make torten- " .: derhearted maid 14 h??>ft be still," or>: harrow the very soul of the lovesick swain? "' ] . Now, Mr. Editor, we aro willing to conced? only one thing to our friends ' ... ; of Edgefield, and that is they elected Hampton. But beg leave to announce in advance that if ever a Democratjcr President i's elected', ia these Unitejd "'" States, the people '.'df.'the Republic pff Aili en will have elected htm.' ) So: hands oi?,' E:dg?fieJ^.-; We fafrt? you hear. j! B's"::. : '- ' W?BDS OF WISDOM* - . .. ? ?-..-.. .. ?. ^ . Bijah'now devotes p*? fc?r pea- ? day to receiving calls from people ia sorrow and distress .aadi. in: need,of. sympathy and advice. * * A-lit? - : tie woman,. with, a t b,arp face \ af ? I : .' a lojag, thia nose, was admitted.' SbV . hacr^fa??n "weeping;;'' Thezje.waff-a.. quiver to to her chin as she folded! her fan, end she 'sighed with a terrie ble dreariness as she took a chair, ?n?i began : M Mr. : Joy, you. see before you fhe wreck of a once nappy wife.**.' ? " Once happy wife, but now per? fectly reckless, even about new hals, I see, madam-proceed," he repliea. -..... " My husband is 'out every night ' till almost midnight," she continued; ."'?' as the tears came.' " Once, Jie called ','.': meidarling; now he -refers, tp me as, Sarah Jan<5. Once he-patfc?d^iny'- r head and praised - roe ; now I csr?'tL: * * come near him but oe wants ^.j^ojw; . '^. if I ?ave been eating onions againw It has been growfng on him' for a a whole year and to.day ; I ara the- ' saddest woman in. Detroit, What , shall I do-what-i?nI do?'*: '. -, . .;. Ile s?lei??ly picked . np the'dic-^-?' tionary, looked under .th? head of " 7J' for a few minutes, .and closing-.,, th? book leaned back : and' said - - u "Madam, I- find nothing "in No?hi': Wfebster's writings heiring on yoi jr. ' case, but I think I see the remedy,. When you go home give the house a> ; good sweeping, and don't leave any apple cores or base-ball' clubes in tl ti corners. Then puthoo a..tidy <dr?ss,. pin a clean collar.-.around your heck,-. : shine- up your ear-rings,, tie on & nice white apron, and as you hear; the old boy. comjng.up . the path to night strike - up a lively song andi gjve^him the biggest smile y.Oujo?ai ' aod not increase .the-'size of. ^t?Utr m'outh. T.hats my rejhedy^^pt?^ anrj if you'll:'try. it. -ITU be*.-yo?} ? wooden-leg^af^inst 'a ^japer.' oi?^nft-: to?t he:?l.licht :h?s. pipe aftS* ??pp?r,V * tako a seat - beside you on the. portc?i'- .. and'start out with -pet .names .coiii; | tai?ing. four. ?yIHable?.:'" ? ' ' j She was.\ red:' in thc- face ajs ?!?.'( 'paused,, but-she remembei-ed that sho^ bjad only two hairpins" im her headi, i one"slio?',was untied and1 there" wereV " tjbree 'grease-, spots- on, nen dr^ss iii) plain-sight, .and. she- -cooled -.her-t?m-r: per, and Baidt; Maybe it is.my fault,,, and I'll follow your-adv??ei'*' ' . j *'Do, madam, Nothing.-sod?EO^Iuh*- ' ages a husband as to- coma home afr night and find an old corset un dea ths table, a dog-collar and a b'??r.-?^ ?trap'on the lounge, and a. slip-ehcoii' ?wife limping around with the. canq iphor bottle in.one . hand and' tiie-Jbisi; cuit:pan in' the "ptlfer") and;'wishing some pedler wp?ld coif.e along^jtb', cinnamon essence, . Gr?od-day, madala: -come ..back if it doesn't work.-^ Detroit Free Press.-1 ' 1 '" .Hereis th?'pithiest sermon ever preached: " Our ingress ,in .life i? nakfld and bare ; our progress .ia trouble and care ; our egress out of it we' know- ^o* where; but' doing wei 1 b,?W .W?'Shilf .do ; w?l 1 'ther?*'; 1 90Ui}d not. tell ' more by 'preaching;^ - year."-. .; . ? ; -. .. ... Westmoreland is the?inaUeatc?i?n ty in Virginia, but it was:tb?- birth place of three Presidents-^Washing-\ > ton, Madison and Monroe. .. ? - v-.-' '? ?.'.v--,:---.-.'-^t.^ . '.-?:.- '." . .,--'.)'.;-::^>^> f ?: ai-::-i':; ' -v-4--^?;^-^. ;(-;. -;.- . .