Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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AT THE END 1 Old A.dmiral?s 3 Nar s am ,)D that fateful Sabbath morniug in jj i^5t whoa it was known that fc^Bt bad broken through Lee's lines Petersburg, and that we could no L|Cer bold Richmond, Admiral tomes prepared to destroy those Lnificent jronclads af, Drewry's $ which h|ad cost so much money emit tr jct, and to transfer to the ?jDsemoud and the Hampton all the gcers aud men, together with their ;bt baggage. IJast at midnight the -igual was ?e0) and the Richmond, the Frcd icksburg und thc Virginia, the three noclads, ana several smaller craft, SL-e naines now escape me, were .j. Thc Raleigh was run into and ia thc dark about au hour before j accident, no one being drowned, never. When we saw that the ves jj were under way to - burn sure wc uned away for Richmond, arriving thc Manchester side a short time 'ore daybreak. Disbarking with all effects, tho two gunboats were set fire, and we prepared to join Gen. i where he might be found. The ? [mirai spent several hours at the trying to get a message to him, without success. We stood on the south side of the .er and saw Haxall's Mills burn to |tground, the Tredegar Iron Works up in a blaze, and Mayo's Bridge on fire, and section by section burn fall into the James River. Yan troops could be seen moving up down the streets of Richmond, occasionally lire would break out some new place. By 11 o'clock it ied as if the whole city was on Meanwhile we wore waiting to hear m Gen. Leo. Realising that if we jed there any longer we would be Dined in, Admiral Semmes ordered ^eral of his engineers to go into the ad house and fit up an engine, and pers to get together some box oars, by noon* we steamed away for oville. We passed through three i of Yankee troops, and why they I not bag the whole of us has been fonder to me ever since. i7e arrived at Danville about dark went into camp near thc river, fis new work to us, never having ie anything of the kind before, but 10 o'clock we were all comfortably wed. Here we stayed two weeks, mixing a naval brigade ot two regi ste. Capt. Donnington being*colonel [one and Capt. (Hassell colonel of other. Oar line and staff wore ^.beavy, I remember. Out of about I? hundred all told there were at t sixty officers. Walter Butt was -dinted bj? Admiral Semmes as ad an t of the 1st regiment, and I was ctcd as adjutant of the 2d. Ce had not been in Danville many ls when news of the surrender of \'s anny reached us, and then Lee's ?rables began to pass through the a. Then the Admirr.l determined tush on south and join Gen. Joseph Johnston, whom we heard was ring northward through North dina. We, therefore, broke camp i went south to a point eight miles Greensboro, North Carolina, ire we heard that an armistice was between Johnston and Sherman, we halted and the Admiral hunt j up Johnston. A few days later the surrender, j shall never forget the scene when vere called to meet the grand old ? "ral. It was about sunset. The ers were assembled to hear what [bad to say about his conference ' Johnston. Stepping forward, he sd off hi.? grizzly gray cap and ad sd us as follows: .f< ientlemen, I have sent for you to I tb at I have just seen Gen. Joseph Johnston. Ho assured me that, if should surrender our forces With I he would secure to us the same arable terms as those given by it to Lee. This naval brigade has yet assimilated with Johnston's and if ?ny of you have not had hu. and ;ish to continue the |?glc, you are at liberty to leave camp and go to the west of tho (issippi ?nd tight it out as long as can. But, as for mc, I have had I do not think anyone will ge that I h-ive failed to do my up to thin time.and I happen to (putting his hands about his fn>> "that there is ? big price ?>y head, and if ? do hot accept [terms assured mo by Gen. John it is highly probable t?iat I will taog as- soon as caught. 1 shall, ?fore, hand in my name to-morrow [co. Johnston, ait a member of his for an honorable parole, as I am M that ? ahull not be disturbed jh United States authorities if I cb?rn to my hom*? and obey the laws DCrce *oar?. I advise all of you to ?* same. If. you will prepare a ?r oater and muster rollB of the era and men I will see to it that a ps shall be ienucd to every one in command. As, this may bethe ?Pportnoity I may have of ad WITH- SEM M ES. farewell to his Naval 5 a de. I Coul ter. dressing you, permit me, in bidding you good-bye, to wish you a safe re turn to your homes, where under Divine providence I hope you may live long and happily/' As he finished he turned and would have fallen had not Walter Butt, who stood near, caught him in his arms. It is an unusual night to see men weep, but as we pressed forward to grasp the Admiral's hand every one of us was blubbering. I did not hear of a single man that left thc camp that night to go West to continue the fight, but next day every name on our roster and muster rolls was handed in for paroles. It took several days to issue these, and I received mine on thc 5th of Muy, I 1865, and immediately started South, not, however, until I had paid my re spects to the Admiral, who, on my leaving him, made mc promise if I ever came to Mobile to hunt him up. The next time I met him was in Mo bile that fall, where he had opened a law office in connection with his sons, and was enjoying a lucrative practice. Although Admiral Semmes's name was submitted to Gen. Sherman along with the others for a parole, and with a full knowledge of all that had been charged against him, Cen. Sherman included him and gave him a parole, guaranteeing him the full protection of the United States Government so j long as he obeyed the laws in force where he resided. Shortly after his return to his home in Mobile, Ala., he was taken from his home at night and carried to prison, where he languished for several months, and from which he was released without explanation, and without being confronted with any charges. All of which was in direct violation of Uncle Sam's parole, a document presumably affording pro tection to his citizens. A. (.). WKHJIJT. j Jacksonville, Fla., June 8, 1898. Eozema Cared by B. B. B.-Sample Bottle Free. 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Evans Pharmacy TIMKOD. The following essay was reid before the Robert E. Lee Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy at its last meeting by Mrs. R. C. Webb: Thr. Bible says a prophet is not without honor save in his own coun try, and this applies equally to men of verse. A lady who had gone to Boston for a course in music told me a short time after her arrival a mem ber of a certain Literary Society in vited her to be present at their meet ing that night. The South Carolina woman said: "'I can join no societies. I am going to give all my time to music." Thc Boston woman answer ed, "but you must come this time, for this is fiinrod's night." Yes, away up there in Boston they were honoring our poet and studying his lifc6 and works. And I'll wager a good deal that wc South Carolinians, by birth or adoption, know less about Timrod than almost any poet of equal genius. I, for one, must plead guilty until our President made it my pleasant duty to study his interesting life, and I give a few facts I have gleaned. The name of Timrod has been close ly identified with South Carolina for over a century. Before the Revolu tion Henry Timrod. of German birth, founded the family in America. He was a prominent citizen of Charleston. His name is ?n thc roll of the German Fusiliers of Charleston, volunteers formed in 1775. In the next genera tion Capt. William Henry Timrod commanded this same company in the Seminole war. and in the peril of St. Augustine. He was, father of the poet, and himself published a volume of poems in thc carly part of this cen tury. Washington Irving said of his "To Time-The Old Traveller"-that Moore had written no finer lyric. Henry Timrod, thc Southern poet, was born in Charleston, S. C. Tho poet's mother was a daughter of Mr. Chas. Prince, of Charleston. Her in fluence helped to form his character and his intense love of nature. His life was cast in the seething torrent of the civil war. His voice was the voice of Carolina and the South. He was the poet of thc "Lost Cause," the finest interpreter of the feelings and splendid heroism of a brave people. The earliest edition of Timrod's poems was published in 1860. It was warmly welcomed North and South. The edition of his complete poems was not published until after the war, and immediately-in 1874-there followed a second edition of these poems, which contained also his war poems and other lyrics. In 1884 an illustrated edition of "Katie" was published. Henry Timrod, father of the poet, died of disease contracted in the Florida war, and his family thereafter was in straightened circumstances, but the early education of his gifted son was provided for in the best school of Charleston. Here the life-long friend ship between thc two poets-Timrod and Hayne-was formed. He also had other teachers and studied all classic literature. His college . life at the University of Georgia was interrupted by sickness and cramped by lack of mean*. In Charleston, as a first effort in life, Timrod attempted law, but without success. Leaving the bar he thence forward devoted himself to literature and art. Charleston, to him, was always home. There were all his happy associations and purest friendships. Returning after the ravage of war to his suffering city in the last year of his young life, he thus writes: ' 'My eyes were blind to every thing and everybody but a few old friends." An ardent Southerner, he left his books and study and threw himself into the struggle between the North and South as a volunteer in the army. In the first year of the war he wrote "Carolina," "A Cali to Arms," "Ripley," "A Cotton Boll," ?fcc. Too weak for the field, he was com pelled, under medical direction, to retire from the ranks. Then he tried to serve the cause he loved as war cor respondent. Home he came in 1864 and in an editor's chair bf the South Carolinian found refuge. Here his pen wrote the stirring editorials of those critical days. About this time he married Miss Kato Goodwin, the Katie of his exquisite song. But the war had broken his plans, wrecked his health, and made literature for thc time in tho South a beggar's vocation. With wife and child-the darling Willie of his verse-depending upon him, want entered his home. The suffering they endured was the com mon suffering of all-actual phy sical want and lack of the commonest com forts of life. In the midst of this fierce stress his darling boy, the crown of his life, died. He, too, was dying of consumption. Though long ?n fee ble health his last illness was brief. In the autumn of 1867 he died from hemorrhago of tho lungs.and was laid to rest , by his beloved child in. Trinity Churchyard, Columbia. Gen. Hamp ton, Gov. Thompson and other great Carolinians boro him to tho grave. Tho ono characteristic above all ethers that marked the poet's life was trust. In 1866, bia own heart breaking and life ebbing, ho speaks in faith and hope and courage. He writes of spring a? tho true rcconstrnctionist and pleads her message to Iiis stricken poople. The Ode written for Memo rial Day-April, IHG7-of thcConfed ate graves at Charleston wa- his last production. In conclusion, I will add as my humble opinion that thc people of thc South, and especially of our own Caro lina, should speak thc uauie cf Timrod with pride. We shoubl fauiiliari/.c ourselves with his life and works, and over associate him with thc great pro moters of the ''Lost Cause," for surely his war poems, how >tirring in those unsettled days, must have fired the bosom of many a Southerner with a I burning patriotism and filled his soul ) with an unconquerable desire to right his wrongs in thc only way then pos sible, on thc battle field. When South Carolina erects thc pro posed memorial to the memory of Henry Timrod she will honor herself by thus honoring this son of genius. --~*m*-? ? What Tliink Ye of Christ ? "The charge is pretty frequently made by agnostics, free thinkers and atheists that this is a (?odless nation aud a largo proportion of the leading public men arc cither infidels or rapid y becoming so," says the Christian Herald, and in order to "test thc truth of this charge," that paper re cently sent to thc President, members of thc Cabinet, Supreme Court, Tnited States Senate, commanders of thc army and navy governors of thc vari ous States, thc following questions : I. Are you a friend of Christianity? II. Do you believe that Christianity is the friend of mankind? III. Does your belief extend to thc recognition of the Supremo Being, to the Divinity of Christ, to tho surpass ing potenoy of Christianity as a civil izing influence? Hundreds of replies were reoeived and all were in thc affirmative. Many of them have the positive ring of the truo metal and many are of a hesitat ing nature. Some of the Senators failed to answer and some of the gov ernors failed to answer. This failuro, if intentional, can only bc taken to mean that they dare not Bay no to any of the questions, and this, more than anything else, goes to provo what a force they recognize the Christian religion to be. President McKinley replied: '"My belief embraces thc Divinity of Christ and the recognition of Christianity as the mightiest factor in the world's civilisation." It is the custom of the members o? the Supreme Court to decline to an swer questions of any kind ; but all the same Chief Justice Fuller declar ed, "I ama friend to Christianity." Hon. George Shiras said, "I am a Christian, of course." The other members of the Court refused to be interviewed: butt-he Christian Herald thinks that all of them are Christians. Senator John L. McLaurin said; "To all your questions, I answer, Yes." Senator B. R. Tillman said: "True Christianity is a very rare thing even in the Churches, and he would be a fool who denies the beneficent influ ence of the Christian religion upon men as taught by Christ. It is the best code of morals to live by that has ever been formulated. Thomas Thurman, deputy sheriff of Troy, Mo., says if everyone in the United States should discover the vir tue of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for piles, rectal troubles and skin dis eases, the demand could not bo sup plied. Evans Pharmacy. - An exchange says : "A parrot escaped from a drug store ina Georgia village, flew io a Church where the colored brethren were holding a meet ing, perched on the pulpit, and sur veying the congregatien, observed in a sharp voice, 'It's hot as hell!' Some of the brethren jumped out of the window 3, while many of the sisters fell fainting, The preacher sought refuge in thc steeple, and was so firm ly wedged in they had to saw him out." What is Kodol Dyspepsia Cure? 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For reviving strength and energy, increasing the capacity of the body for work, it is a remedy of the highest order. Sold by Evans Pharmacy. J - Two men trying to entertain one woman is a pretty good example of a silent majority. What you want is not temporary rc ' lief from piles but a cure to stay cur ed. Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures piles, and they stay oured. Evans Pharmacy. A wealthy, but absent-minded resident of McPherson, Kau., recent ly bought a safe in which to keep his valuables, aud being unable to remem ber the combination, scribbled it on the plastering of a nearby wall. Subsequently he ordered a calciminer to put a new coat on the wall. The memorandum was obliterated, and it became necessary to have the safe blown open. - The wisr man seeks a woman with an independent fortune rather than a fortune with au independent wc man attached. - Dinner in a State prisou is usual ly served in three courses-coarse bread, coarse meat and coarse vege- J tables. 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