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' ? ? I i ' i xjbwi^m. grist, proprietor.j ^itbtptnbtirf jitnulg, jtttospgpr: jfor % |rmnotbt( of tfjt fjife Sacral, ^grirnfarirf anb Cmwmtraal |ntm?ts of % ffmrtftj ' {TERMS?<3,00 1I iA ' : " YORKVIEIjE, S. P., THTJRBSIY, JANUARY 13, 1870. , |,;V; I- V \/ ? ? J- v_^ jilerttd ftottog. . ^,' NEVER MIND." "Vest's the use of always fretting At the trials we shall tind Ever strewn along our pathway, Travel on, and never mind. " Travel onward ; working, Japing, / Cast no lingering glance uenind At the trials once encountered, - Look ahead and never mind. ^ What is past is past forever! V Let all the fretting be resigned ; It will never help the matter? i ; Do your heat, and never mind. ? And if those who might befriend you, Whom the ties of nature bind, Should refuse to do their duty, Look to Heaven and (never mind. S^BQ|HB Friendly words are often spoken ^^HBL'Vlieii the feelings pre unkind; 9 ^r*Takd them for their real value, sj' Pass them on and neyssVnind. vsj'Uhelp'you B ; 3Ltt dftrtuma! Ig>TW yyTir ^ ' t Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. Edith Egerton; ' the iwcle's well. I BY MRS. M. A. RIPLEY, ?' A inheres of "Ellen Campbell; 01, Kind's Mountain,'' cle. V CHAPTER III. "I should never have recognized Eclith," said Mrs. Vere, the evening of her arrival, as, seated in the vestibule, with Mr. Gordon, she watched the two girls as they walked up and down the piazza in front of the mansion. "Does your memory fail you, or has Edith lost her identity ?" replied Mr. Gordon with a slight elevation of his brows. "My memory is a veir correct one," said Mrs. vere, smiling; "and it pictures to me a child not pretty, though quite interesting; retiring, but not shy; thin and pale, though not sickly looking; quiet and grave, but remarkably refined and correct in her deport meat, nave i not proved my memory a mnufal one? It is Eduh who is lost to m?," 8he continued, as she again scanned the graceful form of the' girl, as she paused in her walk to draw Dora s attention to some feature in the landscape. "You must defer to the actuality of the case, I presume," said Mr. Gordon; "I can only hope that the metempsychosis is a favorable one." ? f "There it is/* she replied quickly; "it is that point that puzzles me. I might possibly I recognize the girl in the woman; but where > did she obtain that high-bred ease of manner, where that dignified serenity, that graceful composure ? Why Dora's Parisian education, andlier four years' contact with the elite of . European society, failed to impart.to her the stately grace and courteous ease of your wj "Perhaps Dora's education was not carried F - on through the progressive stages to which I I subjected Edith'B," said Mr. Gordon, wifch as I comical a smile as his courtesy would permit kk !feito ? 7 "Iwi^rsm^ToheducatedhferXiti^^^Ou^ B self. You had foreign masters for herf J "No," replied Mr. Gordon, "but I bad doW mestic ones, and the first lessons I permitted her to take were under the tuition of Maum ' Sally, whom, you know, has exercised undisputed sway over the edible and culinary departments of Oakwood Lodge, since its masters fojhood." jdre. VeTe was too well bred to do more tM" look her curiosity, and Mr. Gordon continued:1 ' "I had found it impossible to wean Eciith tfrom the memory of her great loss, or to rouse ^ *her to a sense of her duty. Every expedient which I used had failed. Books were only i excuses fbr her to sit f<Jr hours in a state of | hopeless despondency, indulging a grief which f was too. recent and too overwhelming to' be treated otherwise than with the greatest tenderness. Ridmg and walking were' eiercises " 11 -1?.J.?A .wlirrnrv paunuiiy enuureu, &uu uic gu^vouuig r of repose was identified with the luxury oi f thought. The care of flowers was dangerous from their associations, or listlessly attended to as a painful duty. Conversation, tc which she respectfully listened, evidently [ wearied, and no eflbrt was made to sustain it. . Company, odious in anticipation, was barefr | endurable in reality, and although too well I bred to' be anything but courteous, and a too naturally benevolent to be otherwise . than amiable, yet the departure of the I \ guests Was ever attended by a sigh of re 1 ] lief, and a greater degree of absoiytior M followed the mental effort. I had discov I I ered long ere this that her attachment' when determined upon?and she was neithei hasty nor unwise in forming them?were o the most deep and lasting character. As ai V instance of this, I will tell you that the color H ed woman who attended her from New York W and who became much attached to her quiet r lady-like, but sad little charge, is still tender ly remembered by Edith. Letters are writtei regularly to her humble but kind chaperone and twice she has prevailed upon the faithfu creature to make her. a Christmas visit. "It now became par hope to work upon he through those affections, and thus to rous her to active energy. I confess my task wa a difficult one. She received my advance with such perfect quietness that I ras at loss to kno w how she valued me. If my pla. <ttilfd^i?wotdd place myself in the position c in nncq eoua host and ungentle friend; bi if i supsceeded, I Irffd won the child of here! itaijgjpve to earnest life, witn its teeming an responsible duties, to action, with all its ;lo rious fruits. Observing that she was nor than usually languid and depressed, on morning, I said' to her, 'Edith, 1 b^iev that neither you nor I can discover anj thii^s appetizing upon oup table. I hav a little niece, who always makes her fa tiler's coffee, and I imagine if she wis her r this morning, I would dispense witV wha is prepared,, and get a ^up of he' con: pounding; and though I could scarely in proV5 upon Sally's artistic skill, yet Ifancy .wouil enjpv a change, even risking :n infer or one.' fidith's pale face lit with aiimatiot as sbe eagerly answered, 'Oh! Uirle Wa ter, if you would only let vie try I use to mike it for dear papa, and?'but hei the tmotion of the poor child overcam her, and burying her face in ler hand she lurst into tears. I felt I lad accon pliahei something. It was the first tin she lad voluntarily spoken of her fatl er, ani the*first time, since the right of h< arriva, that she had given ww to uncoi trolled emotion. The barrie.' was bur now, and I took good care to leep it ope: After this, I frequently spoke to ner of h< parents and although she wuced^ painful] under the surgeon-touch for a wniie, yet ? wound gradually lost its tendrness, and si was able to converse with coraosure upon tl subject. My scheme worked almirably. SI becaraernoBt deeply interesta in coffee ar tea mating, and, indeed, proved herself qui an adej*. She insisted I sbuld get a litt French ?iggin, such as she dscribed, and hf it not betn so touching, it v>uld have be< | amusing to have seen the imprtance which si r4 attached to her duty. But Iiid not permit h labors to stop here. I becane very epicure* in ray taste respecting otbr articles of di< | I must have my sta broiled by no han but hers; the biscuaud muffins must n : only be made underr direction, but I mi be assured of her asance in their prepai tion. I fancied, alsdiat my cows were n properly attended book umbrage at t butter, and protestedpinst the milk. Edi was on the alert to cfl every complaint, ai with such energy diche unconsciously s< ond my plan, that I gan to fear she was e acting too much o?r strength. But t joy?-I can give it nether name?of beij useful, the idea that J was gratifying or i sisting me, exhilarather to such a degree to cause her to igno everything pertaiui to fatigue or deprejoi. . Never. was the such a busy maid?si an untiring and acti house-keeper. Up jk .the lark, she w milking with the dyiuaids, busy in t : kitchen, and ready ^%ear the neat ai tidy_ dispenser of thenspitalities of t _ brea\fast-iable. Toil m imagine how t roses bloomed on her cheeduririg this regin ,v -The health of the body m caused the mil to regaiii its propef tone. d then I opehec new vista for her. How gerly she enter it, how she fulfilled my eectations m in also,you have now the oppiunity ofjudgin| "You amaze me," said }s. "V ere, who h listened half incredulousl "I have discc ered a novel antidote fo&ief, truly! B I presume when the mindgained its healt ful action, your handy d domestic ma was merged into the intelhual woman." "If you mean that Edijjlost her taste f the art of cookery, I assuijrou you are m taken. Soyer, you are rare, said IV Gordon smiling, has redud it to a soien< and I taught Edith that tl importance of correct knowledge of its dies can hardly, overestimated; and that dy the frivoloi and those whoJiavebeen aerfidally.put ted despise arra neglect suchttainmenfs. 0 of your own sex hss truthfi\y said that t o Twnmon KoinPa sttnoirthu] 1UV1C IJUbVUl^VUVM imiuwu Myywiw;-v???vT being equal, the iiore judiously will s manage her domestic concern' "Am I to underhand thatSdith still fi the position of you^ house-keer?" said M "Vere, a lingering^wie of incraility still p< ceptible. , v . , , "Not only the dbpenser, hi the ^mon the economist of ay househa," replied IV Gordon gravely; "economy, jch as I thii even a woman of fortune is tiled upon practise; not pettj details oflaily expens not the stinted panimony of, little ruin but the exercise of'} round jurment exert in the comprehensive outline ofrder, arran| ment and distrioution. As aother of yo sex has well said, 'asound ecoimy is a sou) unddstanding brought into aion; it is ci culation realized; i} is foreseeig conseque ces and guarding ajgainst then it is expei ing contingencies, and beingprepared i them.' My experiince has tight me tk women who are the nost capablpf conferri; honor and happinesl upon a nn's life, ha been, in general, thjse who ^a/eminent f economy and the prmtice of do?|tic virtue: ' "I find it difficult^to reconbiliin my mi what I see and whit I hear qEdith," : ' plied Mrs. Vere, looking thougiullyi "Then let us see,'' replied McGordon r ing, "if contact with the actuali] will recc cile the inconsistences of the cai" As they joined the girls in tl verand to do so." < ' . "Charlie will knowme," replied Ddith, 1 1 xJA-'1 mux***!*** /3n \r rml an rl ni d^&uullu cj'cfl giunj^ig uaiaxj *y*vjuuv? ' I have unbounded: faith in thenagic memory." "You will soon, lave the oppoounity testing the power of the magio,' vid M Vere; "for it was this evening he/as to turn from the Vernon's, was it not; )ora?': "I believe so, Mamma; but it dejmds i tirely upon hw p#wer to tear himplf av\ from the fascinatacns of Belle, for ou m know, Edith, Charlie is a sad dirt" . v "That is rather i severe term, Boa," si Mrs. Vere; "he is only rather suscetible the charms of gra<e and beauty in wman. must qualify Dora's animadversion 1} tell !* you that Belle wis placed under miprot ; tion in Richmond., and when we readied i station, and founl her brother had fail from some unexplained cause, to met ha P insisted upon Clarlie's accornpanyig home. I did so Ihe more urgently, Vhei discovered that John, kindly sent y ] ? Gordon, was in waiting with the carriap to ' cart us to Oakwood. In justice to Chxli* must say that he exhibited less promjtiti ' thai usual under a call of gallantry,an I sail she, smiling archly at Edith, "I cai 1 1 realily account fur his hesitancy, and tiin more than probable it was actuated bj s; 5 paretic pulses of magical memories." Yonder is Norman now," said Mr. C i dm, who had bean listening rather impaii . 1. try fnrflnmiiT "flip -Tphll nftCC at tl 1* V\J ill0 1Vie^V4?g J VMV vr V? - j ' te is riding might induce one to believe 1 " le is.eithar flying from danger, or recke f ni8hiBgkinto it" i In a few moments Charlie had reachet - loor, and springing from his horse, advoi , to greet his friends. There was a frank ? mingled with deference in his manner, af - accosted Mr. Gordon, very winning in i high-bred, handsome youth. A courtly g; as he turned to Mrs. Vere, reminded on 1 the stately manners of the gentlemen oi seventeenth century. There was the shs r of empressement, as he lowered his voic e speak to Dora, but ere the manner couh s come embarrassing, he had turned to j s Edith. Too frank for disguise, and yet a modest to permit her ^agitation to oien 0 "her, the conflict between tender memories f maidenly dignity caused Edith ^to bet* t confusion as flittering upon the one har - it was embarrassing upon the other. 1^ "This is Mfes Egerton, said Normal i?* with extended hands he approached her e then, as he notbed the beautiful and att e ing confusion, "I cannot be mistaken, it e must be, Edith." The tone, the involuntary homage o e manner, respectful, but indicating sui i- and admiration, restored Edith to her a e tomed self-possession. ,t "You are net mistaken; I am Edith ' t- ton," she said, giving him her hand; ar l- she looked up frankly but modestly, h< 1 an irresistible charm attracting him, i- from the fascination of her beauty. D l. the progress of the evening, he found hi 1-' again and again involuntarily gazing o d ; girl so completely metamorphosed. Th e | alysis was veiy fascinating. He coul< ie i test her mental calibre at once, but hi s, i ternal qualities were too distinguished ] l-1 be remarkabU The commanding grac ie high-bred, airj elegance, betokened a i- iarity not only with the circumstances sr fined and luxurious life, but indicated a i-1 of magnificenof, of loftv purposes, ar st i would fain beaeve, of high and hon< ti. j principles. ' sr 1 But a few days elapsed when Charlie [y to Dacre as follows : ie : "Dear Dacre : Come over, man ie look to your interest on this side of tl ie I lantic, or by the beard of Apollo, yc ie i ruined, if love, in the guise of frieii id ever ruined man. Your Edith is a pa te ' a nonpareil, a Venus, a?a?in short, le man, in the highest and holiest sense id : word, and I am a love-demented fool! sn you see me watching for a form, and lis iie ! for a foot-step, raised to the acme of b er the influence of a smile, or dashed in depth of woe uu.'.er the imaginatioi st. i frown, you would pity, hut scarcely co ds me. Have you, stern anatomist and stoli( ;Ot blacksmith that you are, ever wandered hi ist the light of a midnight moon to catch th< *a- shadow of a form, as for an instant it woul< ot quiver upon the muslin-curtained window o he an upper chamber, and sigh in intoxicating th delirium, as the glancing of an arm wouk ad 'leave the world to darkness and to me T ;c- acknowledge that I have become the victin ix- of this unmitigated folly.- I am a miserabli he spooney on the Cupid question ; and mirabil g dictu J I would (if I dared) kiss the ham is- that enslaves me, and would also, (this divin as she permitting) wear my fetters as proudly a ug ever Caesar wore his laurels, are "Would you like me to give you some idei ve of your parental fiance? (I would I could writ as your mental divorce). I will endeavor * he draw a faithful portrait, let what will, be th ad result. Well, her height is justlyproportion he ed to my own, and you know I stand witkh he a fraction of six feet in hoots. Imagin le. Venus, Hebe and the Graces compressed b; id fhvdrauli'e Dower, and the creation ' modele< I a' into one woman, aitd you h*Vc sofae idea o ed the symmetry and grace of my?excuse th is, lapsus pennce?of your Edith. Then epil j." oinize Minerva and the nine Muses, con ad dense the science'and wisdom of all int ?v- one mind, and you have a fair idea of th ut intelligence and accomplishments of your,h admire the disinterestedness of my friend id ship!?of your betrpthed. What say yoi to the drama of Elfrida, leaving out tli or part of Edgar? I will play Athelwooi is- ior you, winning and wedding the beautj [r. But I'll have none of the 'haughty, glorious 26, brave, impassioned Edgar,' marring at th ' a twelfth hour of my domestic bliss, be "So, Frank, .in the very refinement c as, friendship, I have endeavored to give you j ;a- faithful portraiture of Edith ^gerton. If ] ne to your mind's eye, have failed to depict he he as she is, it has been my misfortuno, not m igs fault. Describe a rose, a wavelet, or a jewe! he and what conception have yon of the beauty We call a blossom fair, a wavelet gracefu, lis | or a jewel rich?but tfrou ! . But it is no U6 rs. talking poetry to a Diacksmitn. oiay wner it- you are, friend, and heal the wounded heai of your;Donna, Inez. I'll see that all sue] er, interests on this side the Atlantic are proper! tr, attended to. L i. oik "Your attorney in the court of Cupid am to Hymen, ?HARLIE." es, "P. S.?Jesting aside, Dacre^ Edith Eg d; erton is very fascinating. That she is lovelj ed you have heard; that she is wealthy yo je- know. Perhaps a perfect "consciousness o ur both/perhaps the secluded life she has lec ttd gives her a charming independence, a freedoi a.1- from restraint seldom seen in Southern girli m- "With 'independence' pray do not associat ct- Yankee brass or Southern ill-breeding. I a* 'or sure you it as far removed from one a iat the other. She is a Lady Bountiful by n? ug ture, but education has taught her to contrc ve generosity by discretion. I know that she i or highly educated. Who could be otherwis 3." under the tutelage of Mr. Gordon ? How ad have ascertained the fact of her intellige&B re- I caOnofc tell you> certainly the . kuowledg was not thrust upon.me. . < i4;, /? . is- "You are expected early, in the .si^mme] >n- Come at once, man, or I shall endeavo^ ri give you the trouble of building that collegi ah of which Archie Egerton's will makes happ 5W mention!". [ , SET7- h ?Y ChArbo 1a tlkflowingiepEr^r . I < ed ''Dear Attorney ;* I received yodr ver lueid letter, while in Toledo, Spain., In thi ler city of the dead past, its present decaying it; its future promising no resurrection, remind? of at every step of .its romantic history, of R( man, Goth and Moor, by the Roman, Gothi of and Saracenic structures' around me, you 1 ' ' ?* - " ? A S%V% ft, ^icunfbmlh an rs. letter cumy n iuu^u w uiwvuVu.M?y ? re* fre?d at once from the spell of enchante ' towers, haunted caves, belted knights an en- magic swords, romance is exercised, and I ai ay veritable flesh and blood once more. T1 ust | awaking'was rude. I would fain have dwe i longer where the great master of empire aid | Charles V., reigned in grandeur and gave lav to to the world, and combining the dulcz et *utxi I I could liaye profitably moralized, in tri ing monkish style, as before their grand cath ec-! dral, walking over the bones of depart* the ' greatness, which lie beneath the paved streel ed, I pondered on 'Sic jucetpulvis cinis nuUu r, I "But what a commentary on the raphsodi her of the votary of Cupid and the disciple a 11 Hymen! Forgive", me, friend! It was n Mr. with malice aforethought I penned the abo^ es- but the spell of the castle-crowned crag is y 3,1 upon me; and although its mighty men a ude dead, its beautiful women still live to wo yd," enchantment in this ancient glory of Spai iow But the weight of parental commands li kit heavy upon me, and at the mature age fin-. twenty-five, I find f cannot shake free frc I the shackles of the fifth commandment ? lor-1 bon gre, moU gre,. I will perform the duty i ent-' flicfed on me, meet the plethoric woman lich ' whom you write sc lucidly, gaze at a respe hat i ful distance upon this female Solomon, and (t sly knowledge the super-excellence of my frier i ship!) if you will ensure a refusal, ev the j commit my myself by a bona fide offer ced i ray hand?spare the heart! ness J "L_t to a woman of Minerva powers, a i he j possessing the varied accomplishments of 1 the ! sacred Nine, I have no doubt the hobby ace, I 'doing the poor' will-be peculiarly interestii l? of I Think you there is the remotest possibility : the 1 ray coming to conquer ? If so, your natu ?Cow generosity will teach you, without other h e to from me, that under the circumstances :1 be- 'Dacre Seminary'would not be a misnon: jreet Your proposition, equivalent to enacting ; loo ' play of Hamlet with the part of Hamlet :oaaei out, might be expected from a fellow in y< and J condition. But iu after years, .when mop by,- a lonely fireside, your njafr as 'Lady I id as i rouessof the. FemiUe-American-Mozambicj ' j Missionary Society,' engaged with a aevo a, as: band in hemming linen-cambric pocket-ha , and : kerchief? for the benighted children of 1 ract- zambique, or frilling night-caps for the nn is, it | mas of AfricV Terrid Zone, 'ne'er shake i gory locks atme; thou canst not say I did i f the J "Find a Donna Inez, Charlie; she will prise : you better than this bas-blue with her br .ecus-; acres and her proud consequence. Let j woman of your choice be U9 sociable i Kger- j warm heurted as a pigeon, amiable ns id us; turtle-dove, and playful as a kitten. 2 fed , her be incomparable in making a sir apart juicy, or venison pasty delectable, i uring my life on it, if you are not a wiser, msclf will be a happier man! Leave the ti n the1 scendental, metaphysical, sentimental, e an- j ultra-intellectual for such minds ns c 1 not i pose woman's rights conventions, with all sr ex- | fuss and feathers in their train. Depend u not to it, there is something radically wrong, ei the, in the morale or physique of the woman farnil-: gives her mind entirely to such matters, of re- would be shocked at the hint of preparii spirit | good and substantial meal, and insulted al id he ! idea of enjoying it when prepared. Had arable told me that my (faugh!) betrothed c j concoct a stew, spit a goose or devil a tur wrote i I would have had, at least, a respect for ! kut I confess I am not spiritual enough t i, and warmed by a wavelet, nourished by a ros lie At-! solaced bv a jewel. I prefer a nature >u are loo goo<l ior human nature's daily toon/ dship,! compulsory and brief visit will be paid s ragon, time next summer; but 1 will not be hur a wo-! anj will also reserve to myself the right 1 of the as disagreeable as circumstances will Could me. An engagement, with Donna Inez tening pels me to be brief, and the thought tl liss by : must soon leave my gentle (?) friend is 1 to the > ing me somewhat bearislu But, n'imp i of a i Yours, BRUii ndenin i [to be continued next week.] J | ? i0g*apMc?l jfcfck. a | ? - . . -? I i "Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. [ i GENERAL WADE HAMPTON. [ | By birth, residence, education, and charac1; ter, General AVade Hampton is a South Ctro- ? s! linian. Perhaps no better representative man e ! could be fopnd?representative in that neJ II combines in himself a fairer share of those e i better qualities of mind ^nd> character, of s ; wliich southerner^ axepounifonnly proud, and ! upon which the genuiiie South Carolinian bases a his individuality.- He is a type orpejiresehtae tive man of both section and'Stite. ' .. o His grandfather?Colonel Hampton, of e Revolutionary fame, and afterward a General i- j in the war of 1812?bore the same nam,?. As a I a partisan officer of the forces of Marion arid ? - JSili.- 1?U S e I Sumter, he was noted tor toe rapujur, uuh^ y ness, and success of his movements, 1 Late |War?that of 1812?he f appointment of Brigadier, and e General Dearborn in the operations*gain?tJ r Canada. i . ; i <>j /?{] i- His father?Col. Wade Hampton?served 0 as aide-de-camp with General Andrew Jacke son in the defence of New1 Orleans. Thus three generations have served with dis[ tinctiOn in war. / / m a Lientenant-General Wade Hampton?tlie e subject of .the present sketch?was born in 1 Charleston, in the year 1818. He entered, the f. South Carolina College in 1835., His gracht. !, ating speech was upon Taw. The peculiar e character of the man'appeared while yet a youth, in his conduct at a great fire in Colnmif bia, where he won the admiration of older a heads by the coolness, forethought;And daring [, which he exhibited. From his earliest boy-. r hood he was noted for his fondness for hunvy ing; and he has enjoyed, from, that time, th f I, reputatioh of being tjjie best shot and the ffibft ? successful huntsman :iirAfeijpiate. I, He served before th# war in both branches e of the State Legklature.r. The most memorae ble public measore that he led, was the oppot sition to the re-opening of the African slaveb trade. He was in the Senate ai; that time, y Governor Adams, in his message had recommended the re-opening of that trade; and/thai, d committee, to which the subject was referred, submitted a report favorable to' it Senator ; Hampton was a member of that committee, and was the writer of a minority report, which u. took diong grounds. against the action of the if majority. His treatment of his own slaves I, was always humane, Of which fact we shall q have farther evidence in events that rha,Ve"" i. curred since the war. He is said to have been >- i-l.? r\C a rrroofrrr nnmhpr fkf alftVPfl tLftn >tJ j tile V W UW U1' w gtvtfWi ....... . ^ J- any.other planter in, his State, I'He married a first Miss Preston, of Virginia;, and, second, l- Miss McDuffie?a daughter of Governor Me^ >1 Duffie, of South Carolina.' /Hmhome, at C6is lumbia, has been characterised 'as "the abode e of splendid'hospitality, and as'bhe of the most' I superb residences in the United States."', This &, .was destroyed by Sherman's troops at the time e ^fhey burned Columbia,, in February,.; 1865. j 'The house Was isolated, and. must have,,been r.. fired separately?one among the thousands of o instances of viplatidSi of the laws and rightfe \ ofwar, in the abstraction of private property:; f'. When the War of Secession arose, in(t861, j, W adcHan^ton entered service as y '"during the reduction of Fort 8 of that year. ^ .. r, As soon as the invasion of Virginia mail! d that State the theatre of the war?pearly P >-. 1861?and it became manifest that a genera ^ c war whs' inevitable, he set about forming hijj ! ' ir command to take part in fc. This commanc d d consisted of all three brandies of the milifca- o d ry?cavalry, infantry, and Cillery?and was * d known throughout the war as the Hampton s n Legion. This was organized^ Columbia du-fc ie ring the early summer,'and lent on to Vir-f It ginia in time to join in the Bade of Manass, sas?the Bull Rim of the nprherneTS. The vs Legion bore with it a.banner printed by thee ie, ladies of his native Stated whfehyas destined6 ie to wave over many a bloody fHd. In the8 e- First Battle of Manassas, the Hmpton Leid gion held the Warrenton Road gainst the :s, brigade of Keyes. Overwhelming numbers s.' bore them back a short distance, hu forming es on the right of Jackson's Stonewall Vigade, of I they did Heroic service in.turning th tide of ot an almost desperate day. Gen. Beategard, re, in his official report, spoke of the Legio with , et the highest praise, mentioning that it 'ided r$ in restoring the fortithes of the day, at a^me rk when the enemy, by a last desperate j in. with heavy odds, had driven the Confederles ies | from the fiercely contested ground about He of i Henrv House." Colonel Hampton's h<fee >m was shot under him early in the action, ad' So, later he was severely wounded in the' hetf | in- with a rifle ball*. U of The Hampton Legion took part in all t!\ I ct- battle of the Peninsula, moving with Johij ic- ston's -army up to the defence of Richmond id- In tie battle of Seven Pines?31 May, 1862?^ en | Colonel Hampton was again wounded. The* of cane the Seven Day's Fight before Richmond I beginning with Mechanicsville and ending nd | wfch Malvern Hills, in which he and his Le ;he 1 gion?already famous for its brilliant achieve of j meats, and already everywhere felt to earn ng. ! with it the prestige of a legion of veterans? of | took distinguished part. It was after the Bat ral tie of Cold Harbour that Colonel Hamptoi int! wAs promoted to be a Brigadier-Generul o the | Cavalry. ier. j From this time?July, 1862?until th the 1 death of General Stuart?May, 1864?Genei left al Hampton served under General Stuart, wli our > was Lee's first officer of cavalry in his Arm ing off Northern Virginia. At Stuaj^^J^ji *atf - Haniptort- was advanced to the-H uu-1 chief of Lee's cavalry; But we areantflW ted ting the course of events. Let lis retui^W nd- i the winter of 1862. i ; '< Mo-1 ; During December, 1862, General Eamp im- J ton?then a Brigadier?did brilliant strvic thy ! in three memorable dashes across the Rtppa it!" i hannock river, which was that winter the lin suit between the Federal and Confederate armiei oad . On the let, he made a surprise excursion acros the the river, in which he fell unexpectedly upo and two squadron's of Federal cavalry; capture i a i several officers and a hundred men, and a Let without any loss on his side. On the 11th, 1 loin made a successful dash upon Dumfries; at and ngftlu, ou the 16th, a still more successful on you j in which he brought off a hundred and thirJ ran-; prisoners. and In the splendid and eventful but varied o dm- j erations of 1863, General Hampton did son i orflllant fiphtiner of the whole wc MIC ' KJ1 bile/ tiivuv ?_ - ^ pon In the Battle of Brandy Station his coramai ther consisted of the First and Second South Ct who olina Oavairy, the First North Carolina Ca and ! airy, and the Cobb, Jeff Davis, and Philli ig a | Legions?-all cavalry and mounted artjllei t the The fight was obBtinate and bloody. T you character of the contest and the spirit shoi ould j by the Confederates appear in tne striki key,) fact that every field officer to whom the co her \! mand successively fell was wounded?Coloi o be ! Baker of the First North Carolina.; then C e, or i Young, of Cobb's Legion ; then Col. Bla< 'not' of the First South Carolina; then Lieut. C My j Lipscomb, of the Second South Carolina. T ome- j important results of that engagement are ried, | part of history. The limited space at our c to be j posal here does not allow us to present the force ; In Lee's Pennsylvania campaign the cav com-! ry had some of the most arduous service; a rnt I ! the gallant performance of the duties exac uiak- of tnern by those trying circumstances, est orte ! lished for them that prestige which they b L" into the memorable warfare around Richnn land Petersburg in 1864?a warfare, in its I- J--S . ?! ! }. r. , ... U* t ' j' !i < ;.v GEN. WADI 't i ff Sri ' - eqmitf of forces, and the heroism displayed mil aid its ends accomplished by daring and | odd aoce, unparalleled in history. . , ^ im Lee held Chambersburg, in Pennsyl-vani , General Hantytqn was put in command as Mtary Governor In his discharge of fbe cties of. that delicate office, the ingenuitv okn unscrupulous hostile press has failed, Sieve,-even to invent a single act of opto or even of severity. Idhe gi .id drama of Gettysburg?those i threj July o. ys of the riot of red death? )j^|?||lHampton took part. What part he kooknebrs in the effects upon the field and thosehich followed quickly after. ' Upon the field,]e was three times wounded; and his 'fcomrtnd so torn by the terrific work, that of ?he ttnty-three field officer* in his brigade, twpntone were either killed or wounded. Soonller, General Hampton?up to this time a JBrhdier?was promoted to be Major-Gen' iraL tTbe Confederate government, made duIyjSenble of the service done, was not reluc-' WMH accord to him its appropriate recognition id reward?promotion. I Tqletail the many operations of Hamp(ton'savalry from the memorable days of Getftyrsb^g to the still more memorable days of !Mayi864, might come within the limits of a biogiphy; but cannot, within those of a brief jjketjj ake this. [vUln the death of Stuart?May, 1864? 'Genhl Hampton became commander-in-chief jot"' tl cavalry branch of Lee's Army. " - - T?iA J Aft part ol nis grand move on aicnmuuu, [Gnu sent Shecidan to deal some blows co-operatp to that end. Sheridan was to take iOoraisville and Charlottesville, and destroy jtheifaflway connections; after which lie was to nve on and capture Lynchburg in con[juncbn' with Hunter. Having made these threpointe, Sheridan was to rejoin Grant's infkry and artillery forces at the White 'Hotj. -. The success of this, scheme might 1has^rojpn fatal,to Lee's defence of Richmctaj To Haoip^n is due*the. frustration of Itibe anningly demised pfaaT.:OT operations. , Jftadhad left Opt of his caicolfffiohsone'very (^onrfou hded ^fewll lion's-Station on the Central Railroad] ^beridan discovered an unlooked-for resistmce. Hampton's troops were forming across lis route. On the. morning of the 11th the ittttle was fought; a battle hardly surpassed luring the whole war in its determined and Jinost- desperate daring. Sheridan was severely handled, and his expedition thwarted. >o ashamed was Sheridan of this terrible reiulse, that he had to take refuge under raisepresentation to hide his disgrace. Grant re>eats Sheridan's representations of the Confederate force, stfttipg that it consisted of heavy of infantry protected by "well oonstructd rifle-pits"; whereas the fighting of cavalry, ometiraes dismounted, served as a pretext for he former; and some hastily arranged fence n|2s represented the rifle-pits. Rapid movements on the part of Hampton brought these onmanders again and again in contact?at .ta White House, at Forge Bridges, and finely at Samaria Church, where Sheridan's feces were handsomely routed. This briHiant aoievement accomplished, Hampton was retuning to rejoin Lee's army, on the 26th of Jfte, afte tiliree weeks of fterculean service, 'jUiyrrnrrrnnk appeared for him. This was f " -- 1 1 11f!1 J 'to wtercepanci uamuge uubuub luiuujiuiu, j who was a^ertained to be en route from Staun| ton River bridge for Grant's army. Fitz Lee {was to co-perate with an artillery and infanttry force ptced at Reams' Station. Hampton fstmd Wilbn at Sappony Church, broke his rtSjunline f battle, and kept up a hot and embarrassing pursuit for several days. The 'iroojna at beams' Station added further to the uiscAmiitve; and the whole affair added lauaJfee's cavalry arm, and inspired a decree of cautfou in Sheridan's cavalry that they J^cr fully recovered from until some days -'ler the affair at Appomattox. Hampton -Jjk eight hundred (800) prisoners. AisumJ luy of these operations, beginning on the - |fh of June?two days before he met Sherir 1'at Trevillian's?is thus given in General i t-npton'sofficial report: "During this time? f|?j?d of twenty-three days?the command Ho rest, was badly supplied with rations e ian^)rage?marched upward of four hun> i^^.iles?fought the greater portion of six o. [W*d one entire night?captured upward 1IX ^thousand prisoners, many guns, small HKi&gons, horses, and other materials of I^^HU^scompletely successful in defeatmost formidable and well orfjMPVta editions of the enemy. This was jfnccbmpl^i at a cost, in my division, of seven > ' hundred^ nineteen (719) killed, wounded e au4 *nisat The men have borne their prit yations w perfect cheerfulnesss; they have e f?ught ad^l\)]y) an(j j -^yjgh to express, bes, hfreclosunj reports, not only my thanks jg to them fo,eir g^d conduct, but my pride n a^ayiTJg * the honor to command them." id fee is characteristic of the man. 11. Cwidid and.leroU3 ag he is brave, none can ie j be.more rea^ aCcord to others their due kJ j mtled of prai e,* JN* ca^w months of lull. Rest there H'T, n0\ -hat eternal vigilance whicj>i h tftid to be Lpjgg 0f liberty, is a verita^h j p. condition of e^uce jn the face of sy? an ( ae enesy uuuei a circumstances. / tr. The 16th of |mber ^ tbe date,of Hamp-1 id ton's famous I Raid. This. Consisted ol ir- first ascertaining an immedse shipment of ,v- beif-cattle had ^received by Grant at City ps Point, and wen Ieagt 0f that place a short y. distance and int^ 0f the Federal army; he and of secondly a ^ash around Grant's vn left wing, and d*lf0ff four hundred prisng ra&nd twenty^ unjrej beeves. This m- waTtieef enough,Vstimate makes it, to lei feed fifty thousand ab0ut six weeks, oL allowing a pound oh. t0 tbe ration. ;k, It was on the 28tfj,jovember that GenOl. eral Hampton lost a-n battle. Both his 'he sons, who were in wjth him, were a wounded in the san-^ggmeut?on the lis- Dinwiddie Plank Koa^ fatally, an. Soon after these data^e winter of 1864 al-1 l>egaiTto come on, the ^cance and direcmd j tion?the importance am 0bjective point? ted ! of Sherman's movemeieeftme mauifest. ab- Hampton's work in V n\ mu9t be abarore doned to perform a more^ one ju Soul'md Carolina. Beauregard wi^ jn command in- in the department directlymce(j by Sher? p ? 7 j w -g J, . f l#i? . *'; > - 11 , . .1 j ji .t *j r -? i , V> ' ~ 1 : '< ! *j X- ' ' I ? : ? Mftrte ' ??S? i HAMPTOW. , , - ' jjg . , ) ' . '' ih _ ' i ..i: 'I -'.k' 7r~~>-7"rT*".|)gf , :r iff ( !1 .fT!' . . 1 1 ' ! i:: , :i oMI HI *&SK\ ^aiiflhrj T.xp)qt>woit to 'i;?: man's operations, ilampton was ordered South to.report to Beauregard; although i6' arrest. the march of'the Federal anhv was r. . known to be impossible. Other ends were had in view. Here Kilpatrick was the command* er of the cavalry with whom Hampton; was brought in contact;, and the latter succeeded ' in inspiring him with some degree of that cau!tion whjch^lieridan id Virginia had learned, iafter much experience, to feel. At this time it was?a few dap before the evacuation of Columbia?General Hamptonwas promoted to the rank of Lieu tenant-General, which was a fitting recognition of such service as the government had received at his hands. It is in reference to the military operations at Columbia that General Hampton has been1 most elaborately misrepresented ait the .North. These misrepresentations had their origin with .General Sherman himself, who, finding from -reflection or from advice, that the destruction of Colombia was a deed destined to be infamous in the eyes of a.civilized world,.sought I !to escape that infamy. To do tnis the burning of the city must be foisted upon somebody else. He selected General Hampton as the man to be burthened with the crime. Goner-; i al Sherman, .in his official reporf, savsj ^T icharge General Wade Hampton with having , burned his own city , of Colombia.". This is, for General- Sherman, a very unfortunate' i charge, because it is false. It can be' abundantly proven by at least a hundred?possibly! ia thousand?witnesses now living, thgt ill aftv; and every sense,this charge is false; andjmuch: Jof this evidence?enough to.setfcte itionfor history?has already been put in avail-: lable. form and is in safe hands. The matter has been ably reviewed by Dr. D. H. Trezevant, a venerable resident of the city, who was [present at the burning, and oonbluffive proofs; submitted, in.apampMetjwblishe^hi. 186d,. jentitled The Burning of Columbia, 8. )The ichar?e is nroven to be false both iff its abso lute and" in Its modified !forjq. It is jprOven. not only that Hampton did Hot burn arid' .could not have borned "CSolambia, noif have j caused its destruction, but & connivance so encouraging that alia guilt ia, jas great as if he had ordered it himself. Gen-' |eral Howard, .0^ Sherman's, Qpmmaud, admitted, in a conversation with the Bey. Peter J. Shand, Rector of Trinity Qhurch, Columbia, jthat "somehow or other the mewhad taken up jthe idea that if they destroyed the capital otSouth Carolina, it . would be peculiarly gratifying to GeneralSherman.": v. ' During the first year after the burning of Columbia, which occurred on the 17th of February, 1865, those slanders against General. Hampton were industriously circulated in the .North ; and books, such as those of Major Nichols and Colonel Conynghanr, as well as7 adventurers from the North, Drought the same slanders to > the South. General Hampton wrote to General Beauregard an enquiry, which, with the endorsement of Beauregard, places the question, with all Honorable, men .who know both parties, beyond the. need of Iconfirmatory proofs. On the 22d of April, 1866, General Hampton wrote to General Beauregard as follows : '.eneral Sherman liaving charged me, in his official .report, with the destruction of Columbia, and having reiterated the same falsehood in a recent letter to Benj. Rawls of that city, may I. beg you to state such facts in reference to this matter as are in your posssession ? If you recollect, I iadvised you on the morning the Yankees dame in, not to burn the cotton as this would endanger the town. I stated that as they, had destroyed the railroad they could not remove the cotton. Upon this representation you directed me to issue an order that the cotton should not be burned. This I did at once, and there was not a bale on fire when the Yankees came into the town. You saw the cotton as you left the city, and you can state that, none was on 'fire." > ;. ; General Beauregard, to the above, returned answer, endorsing it on the letter, as follows, dated New Orleans, May 2,1866: "The above statement of General Hampton, relative to the order issued by me at Columbia, a C.? not ;to burn the cotton in that city, is perfectly ;true and correct. The only thing on fire at ithe time of the evacuation was thedepot build;ing of the 8. C. R. R., which caught fire accidentally from the explosion of some ammunition ordered to be*sent toward Charlotte." It may be worth mention that Sherman's my consisted of sixty-eight thousand (68,W*M J 'rifles, sixty-eight pieces of artillery, yry* d iresponding outfit: making an aB^\01 7 5 least 75,000 effective men. f force, available in the neighbo^y (y0um" r bia, was short of five thoup^7" one f to fifteen of the en emyJ< . . , , ... Tr J .It may also be Wfmention that the IT. States army took J^al possession of Colum- f bia about ten P?ck on the morning of Fri- t day, the 17tp*" February; and that tne fires J which rn the destruction of the city ] comm^^ ^^r seven o'clock in the evening i 0f Jot day?full nine hours alter the with- J jytwal of Hampton's troops. l ' After General Sherman left the ruin9 of Co- i , lumbia on his northward advance to unite J with Grant, a correspondence occurred between j him and Hampton, upon the alleged killing i of prisoners. Shennan's letter contained a J menace; and in reply to this, Hampton wrote J a letter so timely, j ust, and noble, that the Con- , gressof the Confederate States voted him a resolution of thanks for it. He said to Shermnn "Your line of march can.be traced by the lurid light of burning houses; and in more than one household there is an agony more bitter than death?a crime too black to be mentioned." In reply to Sherman's threat of retaliation for the shooting of Federal soldiers, he told him that he had directed his men to shoot down any soldier found burning houses; and that he should continue this course so long as he [Sherman] continued to disgrace the profession of arras by destroying private dwellings.' The last fight of Hampton's cohimand was near Raleigh, North Carolina, just after the Confederates evacuated that city. General Kilpatrick charged Hampton's rear guard. The Confederates turned on the Federals, charged and drove them back in conftision, taking prisoners, and killing and wounding some. This affair is thus stated in Gene^l Wheeler's report. .. :J : In a general estimate of these, military set-. rices, we must not forgetthe'magriiW<J? of the, ivar. It is doubtless a reasonable estimate to reckon that General Hampton saw ten times is much actual service in the field as General Washington did. "When the war was over, he that had beefl great in war showed a greatness quite as frdn* jraN* in peace. Temperate in all his views, aswsicfes written words that the fixture will cherish as vords of wisdom,-when such words were so [umbi^Semeral Hanqxton ad vised ajaiiiflt any public increment untiLthe general^ vern 3i ent Had indicated it* policy towara uuj cw?). [le said: "Ttfe State us either a member of the Federal Union,-*>r it is not If a member, then not only ia, it a woriuof supererogation for her to' aaK admission to the Union, but she is, by the Constitution qf the United guaranteed a Republican form of Government, and she has the right to administer hergoverpment under such.: a .Constitution'' aha by Buch laws as she' choosea. t But if she is, on. the contrary, not a member of the Unioto, she must be r^arded either as a Territory, dr 'as" a conquers! proyiace,. In. bither conditiou, the United .States authorities are charged -frith the duty of providing a proper government for her, and I thkik the true' policy of the State is to remain passive untR such government is.given her, or is forced upon hqr." He then proceeded to show that .a Convention of the people and an acquiescence in every der maria that Congress might make, would not result in restoring the State to her proper relations to the federal Government?a fact which has become patent to a good many since that time. .. uouiati ptift >-uno On the 7th of August^ J.867?Hwo years: later, when two conventions of our citizens had been held-?he expressed the same convictions. After showing that the faith kept bythfe j.?n* 11 urui LUYVnilxn uio UUUUI uou imu JL UUIV) uv says: Ml touch on'these J points only to show the .mistakes committed by. the South, when , it conformed to thosedpmands of the Nofth. which were interpolated intq - the - conditions after our surrender. Our State Conventions were. mistakes; so were'the changes of bur Constitutions; greater than all others, was the legislation ratifying the amend men t'of theU!! States. Constitution known as Article 13." Again, ho says: "Has this.policy, of concesr sion, to unlawful,denjai^ds been so p$)dqctive, of benefit that we still desire to pursue it? Are we prepared, for the sake of apedicncy-rthat fetal fallacy which has lured us so far on the road to destruction?that Trojan Horse' which has brought with it an Iliad of woes? to barter away, the few rights remaining to us? Yet >his is the course we must we accept terms which we know to be contrarv to the conditions on which we surrendered which are inimical to all true reconciliation,, and which are in open and palpable violation1 of-the Constitution of the United States?of that Constitution which we swear to support at: thftJWy. moment we are grossly outraging Ste j^sts^red, provisions." His, advice at. that jnncture was: "Let every man register, and cast his' vote against the Convention." In.all his discussions of the difficult problem of the relations between the two races in feettjin Colu -"^our welfare k the South. If we.are unjustly taxed, you will sufihr; if we are jnined; yoti wfillie destroyed. Your prosperity depends entirely on that of your country, and whatever fete awaits the white people of the South will beyouw." : i..i A?tA VtTWI^AM ^VA4> -IUCBC (uo,i>um ui lyuuutu ium mv uuiyitunate freedmen have been sedulously Jt^ught to forget; taught by adventurers'who grow rich upon the jWn of both tabes.1 ^ j. Upon the abdlition of slavery he gaid': "Thfc1 deed has been done, and-I, for one; do honefetly\ declare that I never wish to see it revoked Nor, do I believe that the people of the South] wotdd: nqw remand negro to slavery,-if, they-had tne power to do so.", j His idea of the course to pursue toward the negro appeal* hi these words, addressed to; his former companions in arms, in the foil of 18661' "As a slave, he was faithful to us; as H freeman,. let us treat him as a friend. Deal with Mm frankly, justly, kindly, and my word for it, he will reciprocate your kindness, clinging, to hi* old home, His own country and his former masters." This was before the negro had been tampered with by party politicians. * ! Upon the then mootea question of universal suffrage, he said, speaking to the freedmen of Columbia: MI am willing to give the right of suffrage to all.who can read mid who pay a certain amount of taxes ; and I agree that ail, white as -veil as black, who do not possess these qualifications, should be excluded." In 1868, he expressed similar views in his, letter to Mr. Park, of Wisconsin. J/ In 1869, he gave the most decided exttf: I sion of his opinion as to the policy toJggrd. f sued?even yet pursued?toward tfcfe Fair ? This was his Oration at the Georgj?nTh?e 1 in, hfacon, on the 17th of Noyr 1 are his words t-r? y^tter fitted, frpm^ ( "The negro is undoubted*!configuration and 1 his long training, his pWUversities of our cIK 1 his adaptability to alCffcient laborer than any mate, to make a moms true when the labor.is to cither. Especialh^more malarial portions of our be performed inject, then, should be to develop, j country. Oimns capacity as a laborer. To ao J to tbe utmagquisite, auu we thall have to exer- . this, tlme^brbearance, constant pnidenco and else grOfbdnesLs. We must make him feel that ] steadiests are indlssolubly bound up withours; liis j/foh prices for our products insure high wages ( thpm ; that we have no animosity toward him; Ibt, on the contrary, that we cherish the kind feel-. ' ngs engendered by early associations and old nemories. Let ua be scrupulously juat in pur lealings with him ; let us assist him in his aspiations for knowledge and aid him in its acquis!- \ inn iw t<> ?iAvate him in the scale of true man lood, of civilization and Christianity, ap that he nay be better fitted for the grave duties arid high esponsibilitles forced upon aim by his nfrw.poaiion. In a word, oonvince him that we are his nest, f not his only, friends, and when we shall have lone this, we shall not only- have placed our labor >n a sound footing, bat we shall nave gained in he laborer a strong and zealous ally. On thissubect, I speak not from theory but experience?en sxperience which has taught me that the kindest elations can exist between the planter and bis "ormer slaves, resulting in mutual advantage :o both parties. My old slaves are cultivating the land on which they nave lived for years, and there aas been a constant and marked improvement in ;heir industry in each year since their emancipa-r lion, though they have not yet attained the same afflciency as laborers they formerly possessed. . I, have promised to put up for them a scbpol-house and church, and to pay a portion of the salaries of their teachers. Such a system, if generally-adapted, would tend greatly to fix the laborers to the soil,and would,by addingto theireontent and ens ioyment. result in vast ultimate benefit to the landlord. That kind treatment, just dealing hnd sincere efforts to; improve their condition, are not without effect upon them, is proved by the fact? gratifying to myself, that I am now on my way to Mississippi, by the request of hundreds of negros, besides my own laborers, to advise them what course to pursue in the approaching election there. I am not of those who believe thai the mere possession of the rudiments of education makes, a people stronger, better of happier; "a littlfe learning is a dangerous thing," and unless moral edudation goes hand in hand with intellectual, the seeds of knowledge Will be sown on a barren soil, ?jii J.... U.t thnnig arid MilUf lfi* : but I do or Will JJIUUUW m? wv.. believe that in proportion as you. make all labor, i other than compulsory, intelligent, you render It j profitable. If this be true, we should educate the mind, the heart and the soul of the negro, looking at the question only In Its material aspect and leaving out of consideration altogether thoeejiigh-; er and nobler motives which should prompt lis to do so. A longer experience of his newly acquired freedom, and his acquisition, of higher intelligence will teach him, not only'hfa. dependence on'the whites of the South,'but the great truth which no laws can change, .. r TluaUwse wUq tbiakApclpovem those who toll.'" The pld slaves, of iwhoin he speaks, occupy f ( _ rnrnH+mma^mmmm jwe have i!Lutf--4hey hav?; jtlieir Wily, fohua. . When tbe wa*wM oyer' jchaj gecf S^tj* ia^fuU^jwsure of their an,:Without ML individual exeption, de^rnup-, ed to remain with him. They called upon him,, asking his leave to remain pod work for him as they had always done." la hot that" atari futnphf ' Has slave-owner ever in the history of the World received such a tribute of loyal- s ty and devotion ?4: And. why ? Because ]I6': has been just and kind, and true, to them. ; We have now. seen Gepei&l Hamptoh as a' boy, xioted for Ms daring khd generoerty-^ai;: legislator, true to Ma convictions of right'knd humanity, although in k mihorityL-uaa.*' pri-" 1 - * ? - /~t-l?-l.1 u <?1>M! vate, reaay?as a vaiiuuci, (Mum u 'field?as .a General,' (Brigade*Major and Lieutenant,) brave, da^hing.ihrm and invinJcibie; whether marshaling divisions to vietojr.v, or leading aor impetuous charge, or dftflPiv ng a tenr at the side ^adyforaon Md-^ufc fightiRf**M; his home to the pillage ahd the torch of a mercileas foe?as Aeething hie Swctd.when the Conquered SaaaMf went down iadn?afr<*i as a planted, returning <to tbfi pursuits of peace?as a master, counseling with his dsfo* * ted servants?and ;aa a man, in ail situations* yt. we have seen him brave, just, earnest u^urta*' ' ous, firm, merciful; and: in a# things, and above all, .w^hdre seen him manly and,truthful. ' -,.1, i i *1 ; ! '? ji.t-i !>; : . ,.\ .wtrl . cii n . * -itlJti"". if. In making this portraiture of Gem Hatapr \ ton, we haVe felt free to express our high esii- \ mate of hkpubiic services , and private dm*acter, which from the essential nature of the case are insewrable, because he is a representative man. In discussing him, political enemies have discusMO the South, and in abusing him, they have aasailedjpouth Cajfllioa> : JUh cordingly, j when we demonstrate his title to admiration* oyr argument is not personal, but ! public ;jfljad when, we jseekjto. defend him is to defend whatever is ^ure, trueL.brave, -naan^r, and ehiijikoaa.-ia ?|ie .word, wfyrtr .ever is Southern?in Southern character,.! ' Humorous Paraphrase oh Treasury . Regulations.?The fhiuds attempted, and In many cases aecomplishedvby patties to deprive the government ofthe taxes off tobacco have given rise to the most stringent regufo tions from the officers of the Treasury Department There is * j*revaknt opinion, howev- ' er, that some of these regulations are unnecessarily severe in descending to small details, not of any special importance ; but it fei probable that the class of MaapUunaHtH refer^d to are partial to the weed.Und look upon any tax upon the article is an Ufrtajnmertt upon individofd rights. ' The author or the sujoined; must have taken the matter to heart With mom than usual earnestnessi !> NOTICE TO TOBACCO OONStTMERS," ' It is saidtfcat it is irctei^d&l toj)etiti6n Congress to paBS Ae following la# afiectbg fobacSo eonsmhers this %iriter: << >'; Tobacco; chewett aire recraested to get their tobacco from first hands, which is the first man ybh meefrWhff%aiTgive you 4 die#, i Where parties are in the habit of borrowing / cbews, the government will formal! each man ^ "4 xtefehook, in Which tbe ^time of jdSf. -4BM|I ^he siie b^ecfmd, whether plifrbr ifoe-cuv^?B| l^e qnadrtf'and* the time when the amount is to be refonded, must be strictly recorded. Those parties wha have been innocently using unstamped tohUCCb' will call on the nearest revenue officer and give in, as near as po* sible, the amount which they believe ha* beta consumed. The officer will1 then forftiah the necessary1'stamps, and' if they are chewed up in his presenoc the government is then satisfied that no criminal wrong was meant! ' ! 'Those persons who maliciously carry two boxes, one filled with base smoking toWooo, to wive to borrowers, the other contajpingto- i pero fine cut for borne consumption, art td be treated as deserving death, ana bung on the jnatf >t(i ?ti /. i .No tobacco box most hare more than two / spiggot holes in it, and the stampa-must be / pasted directly over these; | wt a 'U:.i y When a, quid has beat exhausted, the gar eminent strictly forbids it bring throwny& until two red chalk marks have been/we across it, and a label attached'-bsarWfeom-' words: wThe fellow who chewed trow, and . plied. w?C 1 all the requirement! q^chew this persona a .w hereby warned jw quid again." ^IfiWtlybear in , Tobacco consuinersaftpa, then are on a . mind that, the majKcheaper does the weed package of tptepr i uufa become?in^dnt strictly forbids the use of The goyrfooxes having a concealed needle those tafob on the cover, bv whichomforgets inside for a chew after having , the instw* hjftrun into his thumb about a toot i , ^The government has witnessed, with ?u* ireme sorrow, many young men, and old men > ibo, when they have observed ah acquaintance smoking a cigar, comd out boldly and isk, "Have you got the piate to thitf' Hereifler, in all such cases, the person asked will sxhibit the following label, which the governnent will furnish, on demand : '"Ask me for ?n cents. , fafoy>iyiiilion '.inel, has to afr of freshness about it dajyt pleases us.. Ids Jlicrn Sir: I nave seen it stated m the newspapers that certain members oftheXegislature,jrom facetious impulses, or from motives exclusively their own, have voted for me for Clark of the Hoi^e of Representatives. That any such preposterous action was ever: cont%nVlkted^>r intended, I lad n6t the slightest mtimatfcn , until I saw it published. It would be a lint' ter of regret with me to suppose thit girtihah, possessed of good heart hnd' a well-balinced mind, would do ine the Jnjtfrthje to believe that I Would, or could, qnder any conceivable circumstances, accept any offlcfe, noweverhigh, ' - ?-u. Vi.-LVl^ ^ 0f. or nowever ouuiuc, hum yvU.u fered rife by the Radfcal par^ orty:any Othei* umratu ral pro-negro party.,'; 11 ! ' , . ' HINTON RowAirffikpik".' 48h^le,De(m6^:s;im/jri',\ i , ;T //' / ' " ' ]' ? >'T -T iif'r ^^ - To Remove Corns.?A h approved method to remove corns is to place the foot in hot ter in the evening. for a few inmates to soften the part, when it is oareftilly and gently scraped with the jpoiat of a blunt k^fe, until all the sqft portionrprpduced by the hot water is renioyedC Leave off the scraping the moment the Ieasjt pain is felt. Repeat thispttx** daily fejjja few dava, when the jhiient wilt nave scranea away the porn so entirely that it will ; HMm '? I J6T A la3y, who had a great horror for tobacco, got into a railway carriage the other day ana; inquired of *4' male neighbor, "Do you chew tobacco, sir TV . "No,1 madam, I don't,**''wm'the peply 'tftit I can get you a chew if you Wahl one."1' .of. rl. nr. 17 iliv^ u . 'tOF A . CPeorgia paber knows, a man Who went dH'the way from Cassville' to Atlanta, some forty inifes. On his retom he mkea solemn with the Weight Of garnered wftdom, and saiii p "If the world was &* hig Vother way as -it was that, it was>: wliopperr*>-'ft *-'i? it - , ijt * .yn'-ru ; i?> 'f'A i Ua^A woman in Chicago wpej^agixed* . man, janq befere he could secure amistance, brut^ly piarriedhun,. ; ' ' ;?i but-vi;