Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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[CONTINUED FROH SECOND PAGE.] sheridan waa one of the ablest, if t the ablest, most capable and dar ?U 0f tbc cavalry officers in the Fed 'ral army. I* was understood at the tfiue, and I bavo no doubt it wes true, that be ?ad been given carte blanche t0 mount and equip his cavalry with I out regard to cost. He had under bis I coruoiand some of as fine cavalry offi I rs as could bo mustered anywhere. I ^njong them were Wilson, Merritt, I Curter, the two Greggs, Torbot, Da vieS) Kautz, Dahlgren. Gen. Hamp I ton was equally i fortunate in every thing except the arms, equipment, ? m0UDt3 and numbers of his command. I The two Lees, Rosser, Young, Lomax, I Baker, Chambliss, Dearing, Roberts, I (jordon-were easily a match for their 1 antagonists. Rosser and Young, of I Hampton's division, were beau ideals j 0f cavalry ofliccru; dashing, courago ! oU?( almost reckless in daring and au ? dacity, ?nd withal skilful and able in I handling their troops. Lomax, always B cool, steady, fearless, could graBp the H salient j>oints of battlefield with as I much precision and acouracy and at ? nek with as much boldness and skill I a? the most capable. These were the foes confronting I ea?h other in that memorable and ter B ri?c campaign of 1864. Gen Grant hammered against the I ]?DCS of Gen. Lee's "incomparable in ? fan try" and artillery, recoiling always raj before their fierce volleys, disoomfit B ed, bleeding at every pore. His fron B tal attacks were repulsed with fearful H slaughter, and when be would move to I god Gen. Lee's flanks, he would en I counter the flash of bis guns and the R points of his bayonets, and finally was I compelled to adopt tbe lines of attack 9 OD Richmond laid down by McClellan S two years before. B Manoeuvring against that great, if Bj not the greatest commander of modern ? times, without being able to whip or I outgeneral him in ijront, Gen. Grant I adopted a different' line of military ? policy. He sent Sheridan from his Bright flank with a column of cavalry ?estimated at 10,000, to join Hunter, ifjmoving up the valley towards Lynoh Bburg, cut Gen. Lee's oommunioations, Bod possibly take Richmond from the Bpcar. About the same time Grant Hlispatched Wilson from his left, with fflBtwo divisions of cavalry, to operate Hm aQd destroy the south side of the ?Railroad towards Lynchburg from that i Hirection. It was a bold, comprehen sive movement, and if successful, j Hhilc he held Gen. Lee with his main Briny, must have resulted disastrously Ho the Confederate cause. ! I Ooo or two other incidents of his i Hiiitary i^e: j I Gee. Hampton's faithful and vigil Hot scouts-Shadburn, Soott, Hogan, Hod others-reported to him that a ; Brge 'ot ?* Dee* cattl? n&d been ool I Hw ted atCodgina Point, on tue Tames j B'ver> 10 supply Grant's army. On Hhe 16th of September he collected a Betichment of well mounted men. jBcnetrated into the carefully guarded Hrecioets of this beef corral, captured ft186 and brought out 2,468 on the j HID. and seemed to be very muoh dis Histed that eighteen had got away. Bois, of course, was a very acceptable HeBcnt to Gen, Lee's army and a very i Bceremonious liberty to. take with Hen. Grant. iHThe battles of McDowell's Farm, Here the gallant, ohivalrio Gen. John j Hemorant fell mortally wounded, and Burger's Mill were fought.tho latter Hu of September and October re Htctively. At the lattar Hampton's Hd WT,. H. F. Lee's divisions bore Bje brunt of the conflict against Han Bk's corps. Here it was that Pres B Hampton was killed, the son and Be de-oamp o? Gen. Hampton. HPrestou and Nat Butler, two hand Hre> splendid young soldiers, not Ht of their teens, were moving along, Bunted, waving their hats with an Bvaociug line of battle undera de ductive fire, both having strafed" off Hm their respective headquarters to Hu in the attacking line. As they ?Heeled their horses to return to their Hper 6tation Preston exclaimed: Hurrah Nat!" and was shot in the Bin, a fatal wound. His young, BMul lifo went out in a halo of B?ic splendor. Er was a pathefcio scene to witness H angush of a devoted father ovei B dead body of his soldier son. Com? Bll?g his body to the custody o? BJfol, sorrowing friends, to bc B?e to the rear, he returned to thc H?t. his post of duty, and dircotcc . Battle "ne to tho end. BQ November or December Gran! B detaohed Warren with tho 5tl 1 Hps to Weldon, N. C., an importan He of supplies from Gen. Lee'i fe Ry'and,t0 tove up tho Petersburg a B . ldon Railroad. Hampton, b: re Hv?d all*ni??lfc movement, reaohe? ky Hkf?rd, on the Mehinin River ip Hnty mi-ea from Weldon, intorpose( r> Bymand between Warren's corp S Weldon and compelled him to rc He bis stops, thereby saving Wei BQ January, 1865, Butler's divisioi B transferred to Columbia, S. C ?ra ---mpton waa also ordered there Be Wheeler'? and Butler's divi l B' mct' tno 'ormer coming ove Bj tD0 remnant of Hood's arm]! Heler was the ranking major gen eral of cavalry aud Hampton was pro moted to the rank of lieutenant fun eral on February 14, 1865, three days before Sherman's army saoked and burned Colombia. The march through South and North Carolina, the nattie of Averysboro, the carly morning sur prise and attack on Kilpatrick's camp, where that daring officer escaped from bis camp in dishabille-the battle of Beotonville and the end came. Gen. Hampton had determined tc cross the Trans-Mississippi Department aod j join the Confederate forces there. He accordingly left Gen. Johnson's army at Greensboro, before the final terms of capitulation were arranged. Ile, however, changed his miud at Char lotte, N. C., and Returned to his deso late home in Columbia, like so many thousands of his comrades, pauper ize , but not dismayed, sustained by the consciousness of his duty well per formed and proud of the great service he had rendered his country. This ended his military career. It was honorable, brilliant, successful. Gen. ?lobert E. Lee trustecf .and con fided in him implicit}-. He inspired his soldiers with a confidence in hi; leadership and respect for his person, They were ready to follow hin blindly and unflinchingly. No highei test can be found of a commanding officer's ability. His bearing in cam] was quiet, dignified, sedate. On tlx battlefield superb, faultless. Hebegai life anew by devoting himself to th? pacification and rehabilitation of hil stricken-St a te, was a delegate to tin National D?mocratie Convention tha nominated Seymour and Blair; also i member of the State Convention tha met in Columbia to ratify the nomina tion of the national ticket. Then came the horrors of reoon struotion with its deluge of crime am debauchery by the white vampires foreign and domestic, who got oontro of the newly emancipated and enfran ohised deluded negroes, and held big carnival of corruption and outrage fo eight long, weary, dismal years. Gen. Hampton was a member of strong delegation sent by a Taxpayer Convention to protest with the authoi ities in Washington against their sui taining the enemies of law and ordc and decency in South Carolina. Th remonstrance was strongly but respeo fully presented, but the appeal wi made to deaf and unsympathetic cari No relief was vouchsafed. In 1876, when every resource I Beoure peace and order was exhauste< the white people of the State met i convention at Columbia and nominate Hampton for Governor. It is unnecessary for me to disou at length the events of that politic revolution under Hampton's mate! Less leadership. Many of you we participants and bore conspiouoi parts in the redemption of your Stat In fact, it may safely be affirmed th every white man, woman and ohil except the few time-servers and o conspirators with the invading cac followers, iined up behind Ham pt and drove the criminals from the te: pies they had desecrated. It is d to the contingent of colored men w took their lives in their hands a contributed fo the triumph of intel ge nee.]! aw aod order tp give them f credit for their aid. >> I oannot linger to relate in dot the events following the electii The organization of the two houses the Legislature, the intensity of p lio feeling, the strain on the peor, tba anxiety, the excitement, the certainty, the interference by Fed< troops, the final triumph of the V? laoe House, Hampton's inaugur?t and assumption of the reins of G erumetft. Throughout that trying ordeal was ealm, sedate, firm, counsel! patienoe and moderation, the cen figure of a great momentous polit upheavel, skillfully guiding the mi ments of the excited multitude thro the storm of political and social demption-he made a place in hearts of his countrymen more em i og than any monument bis grat and admiring countrymen and cc trywomen to ereot to his memory. He so administered the great o of Governor as to bring order ot ohaos, inspire confidence among the people, by honestly managing State's finances, justly executing laws and fearlessly maintaining constitutional prerogatives. He was oleoted to the United Si Senate during his second ten Governor, and took his seat on 4th of March, 1879. There, as where, his lofty, exalted ohar soon impressed itself on his cc guee of that august body. Hia i enoe wae always exerted for the and welfare of bis constituents, dignity and honor of his State am whole oountry. He served two terms in the S and one term as oammlsmoni transcontinental railroads, suet to Gen. Joseph E. Johnson. After bis term as United ? railroad commissioner ended, ! turned to private life and passe remaining days with a di and self-respect wbiob nc could affoot. He bas gone to that brilliant galaxy of Confci comrades who will beokon him their ranks; in the spirit Ian a worthy companion of the h . .... i-,:.-.:..- - -v.: . . -, . . ?? and best and most obivalrio of them. Gea. Hampton was well-nigh a per fect specimen of physical manhood. A little less than six feet in height, well proportioned, with a muscular development like a trained athlete. While punctiliously observant of tho conventionalities and duties of polite life, he cared little for the glamour and frviolities of social pastime. His leisure hours were more congenially employed by tho exciting chase of out door sports, and his unaffected nature moro attracted by movements and habits of the evasive trout. In his relation with strangers ho was rather reserved, without being forbidding, but with intimato friends was the soul of geniality and good cheer-always considerate, kindly and respectful. Ile was endowed with a dignity that never suggested superiority, and yet free from condescension or haughti ness-always. 6clf-poised, self-respect ing-a gentleman. It would be flagrant flattery to say Gen. Hampton had no faults. If he could speak ho would have a poor opinion of a man or woman who would set up such a claim. He was cordially human, with many of 'he weaknesses with whic*? all human nature is affect ed, but his high and noble qualities of head and heart were so command ing and controlling as to overshadow his weakness and'reduce them to the category of foibles. Sallust said to Cato: "At Catoni stadium modest ea, de ooris sed maxime, seveniates erat. "Non divitiis oum divite neque fao sione cum faotioso, sed oum strenuo virtu.3, oum modesto pudore, cum in nocente, abstinentia certabat esse, quam nderi bonus malebat; ita quo minus gloriam petebat eo magia seque batur," whioh'paraphrased, somewhat, and translated would read: "But Hampton's ambition was that of temperance, discretion; be did not contend in splendor with the rioh or in faction with the seditious, but with the brave in fortitude, with the modest in simplicity, with the tem** perate in abstinence; he was more de sirous to be than than appear virtu ous; and thus tho less ho oourted popularity and tho moro it pursued him." Gen. Hampton wa? a great oavalry soldier, one of the greatest, of modern times, if not any period of tho world's history; he was un exemplary citizen of the loftiest and highest ideals of duty, devoted to tho principles of con stitutional government, a statesman of sound judgment and wisdom, an incor ruptible gentle. What more can or need be said of him? "Hardening" of Children. Heoker is outspoken in his objec tions to the methods pursued in the so-called "hardening" of children by the means of cold douches or baths. As a rule, children, thus treated are more susceptible tc sass! catarrhs, throat affections, * ronchitis and pul monary inflammations than. those who have not been subjected to the "hard ening" process. Furthermore such measures frequently give rise to pro nounced anaemia and various disorders of the nervous system. Children so "hardened" are especially prone to acute and ohronio intestinal disorders. While in healthy children a proper ly oonduoted "hardening" process is often of advantage, it must be remem bered that there are no hard and fast rules that every case must be treated according to the individual indications. The fundamental principles of ?proper "hardening" system are as follows: (1) Gradual acclimation to the air of the room; (2) gradual acclimation to outdoor air; (3) gradual ?oolimation to cold water; (4) suitable olothing varied according to the weather and time of year. Great care should be observed in acclimating the child to oold water, and the effects of the same should be carefully watched, tho en deavors being at once suspended on the first appearance of any unfavor able symptoms. On no acoount should any of the "hardening" measures be commenced until the nursing period is passed and in all cases the prooess should be one ? of gradual advancement.-New York Medical Reoord, Cures Blood and Skis Diseases, Honing Honora, Eozema, Sorofalo, Eto. Send no money-simply write and try Botanic Blood Balm at our ex penso. A personal trial of Blood Balm ie better than a thousand print ed testimonials, so don't hesitate to write for a free sample. 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Of all the brilliant preaohera of modern timos, no ono shono moro re splendently in conversation than the eloquent Baptist minister, Robert Hall, says the Saturday Evening Post. It is remarkable that, while in his writings, hardly a gleam of wit or humor is to be found, yet in tho*social circlo he was distinguished by his terse and punget sayings. All his life he was a martyr to an excruciating disease and his wittiest sayings wcro uttered when he was writing with sharp pain. A lady at a friend's house found him so lost in thought that sho vainly essayed to cngago him in conversation. At length, im patient of his reveries, 6ho said flip pantly, in allusion to a Miss Steel to whom he was engaged to bo married. "Ah, sir. if wc had but polished steel hero wc might secure somo of your attention, but-" "Madam," interrupted the now rou sed preacher, "make yourself quite easy; if you are not polished steel, you aro at least polished brass." Hall had an intense abhorrence of religious caut, to which he gave ex pression sometimes in thc most scorch ing terms. A young minister, who was visiting him, spent a day in sigh ing, ever and anon begging pardon for his suspiratious, and saying that they were caused by grief that had so hard a heart. Wheu the lamenta tions, which Hall had horno patiently the first day, were resumed at break fast on the second ho said: "Why, sir don't bc so cast down; remember of the compensating prin ciple, and be thankful and still." "Compensating principle!" exclaim ed the young man; "what can com pensate for a hard heart?" "Why, a soft head, to be sure!" re plied Hall, who, if rude, had certain ly great provocation. - A small voice in a man often has the same effect as a holo in a nickel. - Some boarding bouse spring chickens aro hens in their second childhood. 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