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WAR SI JLn Incident in the I Thc Coluro I desire to pay a well deserved trib uto to-thc memory of thc late Major Wade Hampton Gibbes, whose death on the 12th inst, at Columbia, hus been announced. He was born in Columbia, April 1837. His parents wero Dr. Robt. Wilson Gibbes and Caroline Elizabeth Guigoard, who was a daughter of John Gabriel Guignard. Ile entered West Point in 1855, and was graduated in 18G0. While at home on a furlough, awaiting orders to go to the frontier in Texas, his State seceded and on the same day his resignation was for warded to thc United States war de partment. His first military services for the Confederacy were in the operations against Fort Sumter and he took a prominent and aotive part in its re duction. Ho was subsequently with the great Gen. Robert E. Lee dur ing his first campaign in West Vir ginia, but prolonged ill health detain ed him for some time from aotivo field duty. In Juna, 1804, he was assigned to the command of tho thirteenth bat talion of Virginia artillery, which was composed of the Otey battery (named after its first captain, George Gaston Otey, who died of a wound received in battle), organized in 18G2 in Rich mond, Va., and when undor Maj. Gibbes was commanded by Capt. David Norman Walker; the Ringgold battery, organized in Pittsylvania 4?on? ty, Va., and oammanded by Capt. DIIJVIUHUU; and the Lynchburg bat tery, organized in Lynchburg, Va., and oommanded by Lieut. Powell, in the absence on sick leave of Capt. Richardson, its commanding officer. Maj. Gibbes assumed command (suc ceeding Col. J. Floyd King, of Geor gia, a brave officer), soon after the battalion reached the front at Peters burg, Va. About the middle of June, 1864, his battalion took position on tho front lines at Petersburg. The Lynch burg artillery held the line nearest to the point known, afterwards, and now, as the Crater; the Otey battery was looated on the right o? the Lynchburg artillery; and tho Ringgoll battery went into position on the right of the Otey battery. .' The three above named I batteries ?romtined in those exposed positions for about five months, wero under oonstant fire and sustained many casualties. I was detailed to serve as a oouricr for Maj. Gibbes soon after he took command. I was then 19 years of age, but looked younger, although I had served in the Otey battery since Sept. 1863. I now write pf my beloved and well remembered commander with a dis tinct recollection of him and of the events which impressed him indelibly and most favorably on my mind. I was with him constantly from the time he courteously welcomed me SB his oourier until we separated on the battlefield at the Lynohburg battery on July 30, 1864, as I will now relate. Your space forbids details, but permit me to give a sketch. IN FRONT OP PETERSBURG. When on the morning of July 30, 1864, the mine wbioh had been plaoed by Union troops under the Confed erate works was fired and exploded Maj. Gibbes and I were asleep in a cottage house some distance in roar of the Rioggold batter?. Wo hurried to the front abd soon Maj. Gibbes took immediate command of the Lynch burg artillery. The heavy concen trated fire from the union lines (sup plemented by many sharpshooters), the terrifio explosion of the mine im mediately at our loft, and the fear of another explosion, whioh seemed im minent, had tiirowu officer* and men .of the Lynohburg battery into some confusion and inactivity. I must here give the highest praise to heroio Gun Corporal Hall of the .-. Lynchburg . artillery, ? who was from .Washington county, Va., and only 22 years old. He was the impersonation of heroism on the battlefield. Ho comma lcd the left gun of his bat tery, and looated at an angle of the earthworks, it swept the front of our line and dealt death to the left flank of the charging and massed union .troops. That gun waa the most im- j .portant and the most destructive in ?the Confederate linea. Corporal Hall wort ed it with conspicuous bravery, rapidity and aoouraoy. Soon after Maj. Gibbes took charge Corporal Hall was mortally wounded by a sharpshooter who shot him as he sighted his gun. From first to last he 'Was truly heroio in bearing, words and action. Now lot mo return to M ?j. Gibbes. Me tjuickly Look in the situation, .which was indeed critical, and in ?th?.rp tones ordeied me to go as qniok lr, as I could to tho mortar battery ligated about a quarter of a mile In ORIES. i Af e ol' a Brave Man. bia State. I rear of thc Otey battery, and com manded by Lieut. John B. Langhorne of thc Otey battery, and to direct him to fire into the fort opposite "that bolo" (now known as the Crater); into the lines between the fort and "that hole" and if possible into it, and to keep firing until he exhausted his ammunition or received orders to cease firing. He told me to then return to ?him, as Le would have "more use for me." The earth was then being swept by musketry, shells and sharpshooters, and the Confeder ate lines were, under orders, keepiug quiet and awaiting an attack alon0 tho whole line. It was a time ot intense suspense. I obeyed with alacrity the order to direct Lieut. Langhorne to open his mortars. I fully realized the danger involved, but I resolved to do my duty. Un doubtedly I left the cover of the heavy earthworks with much misgiving. I ran towards,Lieut. Langhorne as fast as I possibly could, for my life was at stake. When about half way a bullet or small ball went into the bottom of my right foot, pierced thc sole of my heavy English miner's shoe I wore, entered my right foot, necessi tating subsequently tho amputation of the wholo of the middle toe, passed through my foot and tho upper of my shoo, and sped on. I suffered intense ly, but managod to bobble to Lieut. Langhorne, supported myself by put ting my left arm around his neok and so delivered tho order to him. At onco ho openod his mortars, and the work of death proceeded. The mortars were vary destructive. Some of them fell into "that hole." I was unable to return to the Otey battery for six months. In the meantime tho heroio South Carolinian was doiog his whole duty by example, commanda and actions. While fearlessly e xposing himself he was shot by a sharpshooter in his right shoulder, and he waB not only placed horse do combat, but his lifo trembled in tho balance. He was carried very carefully to Mr. Camer on's home in Petersburg, and his personal friond, Dr. Buist, of South Carolina, and Dh Dulany, of Mary land, performed the operation whioh saved his life. NEAR UNTO DEATH. ? pieoe of bone bad been driven into the main artery; at any time na ture might expel it and he would cer tainly and speedily bleed to death. The attending surgeons determined to perform without delay the most criti cal operation of jerking ont tho pieoe of bone, thrusting in a small sponge, clamping the wound and holding it until nature oould gradually expel the sponge and heal the opening. It was done successfully but at great and unavoidable risk to Maj. Gibbes. I remember hearing Dr. Dulany tell him, during a visit be paid him with me in Feb., 1865, at Chopin's Bluff, below Richmond on the north side of the James, where he had an artillery oommand, that it was by "a mira-' ole" he was saved, and that the spurt of life-blood waB so sudden and copious that if the pierced ar tery had not been clamped as it WBB be would have died in a minuto and a balf. Maj. Gibbes served faithfully with that artillery COBOL, and at Chap?n*s Bluff until? surrendered at Appomat tox. He waB very popular with the officers and men of the Thirteenth battalion of Virginia artillery, and his record while serving with it was that of an over courteous, vigilant, ener getic, accomplished and bravo offioer. He was well worthy of muoh higher 3ommand. Poaoo to his ashes 1 Bless 3d bo his m .aiory ! Let me identify myself by modest ly adding that I was born tl Savage Station, which is within 1* miles of Riohmond, Va., and that I a.n a law yer and am now chief judge of the Or phans' court of Baltimore oity. Just now I am in South Carolina on a vis: 11 to my widowed Bister. Mrs. Susan Far row, reliot of the late Col. Jas. Far row, of Laurens. Let me add that I will ever cherish tho memory of Maj Gibbes with pride and affection. George Savage. Laurens, June 25. To Care a Cold ID Ona Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it I #_JI_ x_ ._ -rx Ttr n_>_ I lai? vu UUIOI JU? u . vi IU ? c a tugun turo is on each box. Price 25a. - It is useless to kick for a dis count when called upon to pay the debt of nature. -*- When a lazy man condescends to work he soon discovers ho's a little too good for the job. - Bettez say only half you think tuan think only balf you say. - To got rid of the germs in ice cream boil it and cervq while hot. STATISTICS OF THE WAK. S tnt MU cut of Ir orces and Losses on Each Side in the Great Struggle. Sonic days ago the Picayune print ed statistics showing that iu thc Civil War the losses of the Confederates in killed were in proportion greater than were those of the federals. This statement wa? questioned on the ground that the federal armies were nu?de up in the aggregate of nearly five times the number of men possessed by the Confederates, and and that, therefore, the largest army should naturally have sulfered the greatest loss in battle. It was con tended, on the other hand, that the smaller army, in order to stand against tho greater, was compelled to fight with more desperation and dariog, and that therefore, its men were subject to greater loss. Moreover, any foroe fighting at large odds would have to endure the fire of a great number of missiles, and this would expose ;it to greater loss. Unfortunately, many of the Confed erate war records were lost or de stroyed in the evacuation of and re* treat from Richmond, and therefore the Confederate returns are not com plete and no aeourate account is avail able. The war department at Wash ington, which has oharge of all the Confederate war records, has recently begun the work of completing as far as possible, the Confederate records as to numbers and losses of men, and a rall has been made which should be promptly responded to, asking Con federate survivors aud State authori ties possessing muster rolls and other data of the sort, to send them, either as a loan or a gift, to the war depart ment at Washington, so that they may be copied and used to supply the lost records. So far as the figures are available today, The Picayune re peats with additions the figures print ed by it last Wednesday. The figures in regard to the union army aro taken from the "Statistical Record" by Capt. Frederiok Phister er, then of the army, published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1883, and deolared to be oompiled from army orders, registers of regu lars and volunteers, reportB of the adjutant general of the army, and from those of the provost marshal general of the army, the "Medical History of the Rebellion," and other sources. As to the uniou forces in the field, the summary of the men fur nished bv and credited to the varions States by the adjutant general's office is given by States, and it shows, inoluding Indians and negrees, a total of 2,772,408 men and money commu tation allowed by the draft' law, to represent 86,728 men, making an aggregate of men represented to be 2,859,132. Cf Indian troops there were 3,530 and of negroes there were 186,097, all of whom are included in the figures of 2,722,408. There were 2,047 regi ments of all arms. After citing in detail the figures in the reports of the adjutant general, of the provost mar shal general, Capt. Phiaterer gives the following as the most complete and reliable atatement: Killed in battle. 44,238 Died of wounds. 49,205 Suicide, homicide and exeontion 526 Died of disease. ... .186,216 Died in southern prisons. 24,184 Total.. ...304,369 Of the negro troops inoluded in the above, 1,514 were killed in battle, 1,760 died from wounds, 29,212 died from disease, 837 died in prison, and 57 from other causes. The enlistment of foreigners in the federal army are thus given: Germana.176,800 Irish....144,200 British Americans. 53,500 English.> 45,500 All others.,. 74,900 Aggiregato.494,900 The deficiency in the Confederate returns preoludes any aoouraoy of statement, bot the full Confederate enlistment has been put at 600,000. It should be remembered that the northern States had a white popula tion of 20,000,000 while the south had a white population of 6,000,000 be? sides 4,000,000 negroes. The south ern negroes were slaves and wera never used as soldiers, but they were recruited for the northern army from tho districts in the southern States that were overrun, by the invaders, to the number of 186,097. As to foreigners, they were kept ont of the south by the blookada of the southern ports by the federal fleets, but they were attracted to the northern army by the large bounty offered, and they joined in great numbera. If the six million of white people in the south sent one-tenth of their number, or 600,000 into the field, the 20,000,000 of the northern whites should at the same rate have sent 2,000,000 sol diers. These, with the 494,900 for eigners, and the lt?.097 negroes, would make an aggregato of 2,680,997, or about ito strength reported above for the totalfederal force. Tho Confederate losses, as compiled from tho muster rolls exta.it and on filo io thc war department ia Wash ington, give tho following: Killed in battle. 52,954 Died from wounds. 21,570 Died from disease.. 59,297 Total..133,821 Died ic northern pri^o*?*.20,436 Aggregate.160,257 It is plain, however, that the mus ter rolls of the Confederates are ex tremely incomplete, because they give North Carolina 14,552 killed, while they give Alabama only a total of 552, and Virginia 5,328, and Georgia 5,538, and Mississippi 5,807, when it is well known that any of these States furnished as many troops as did North Carolina, and did as hard fight ing. In the "Medical History of the Civil War," prepared under the direc tion of the then Surgeon General Barnes, it was estimated that one ma" out of every 65 was killed in action, one out of every 10 was wounded in aotion, and wno oat of every 56 died of wounds. At this rate the losses of the Confederates should have been 9.230 instead of 52,954, and the wounded should have been 60,000, while those who died of wounds should have been something over 10,000, but, on the contrary, they were many times greater. The late distinguished Confederate surgeon general, Joseph Jones, esti mated the grand total of deaths in the Confederate army, from battle, wounds and disease, at 200,000. The federal official reports show that of prisoners and deaths in prison the following figures are the round numbers: Federals in southern prisons..270,000 Confederates in northern prisons_.220,000 Excess of federals. 50,000 Deaths of Confederate prisoners_ 26,436 Deaths of federal prisoners... 22,570 Excess of Confederate deaths.2,866 Commenting on these figuros, the present efficient and studious Confed erate Surgeon General Tebault says: "According to these figures the per centage of federal deaths in south ern prisons was under 9, while the percentage of Confederate deaths in northern prisons was over 21. These mortuary statistios show how faith fully and devotedly the Confederate medioal oorps oared for the prisoners of the Confederaoy in spite of the scant supply of medicines and instru ments and works on medioine and surgery, and the moat absolute es sentials for satisfactory treatment, these having -been made contraband of war." That the Confederates, by reason of their smaller numbers, were forced to fight with greater energy and to ex pose themselves more prodigally to the enemy's fire is uhown by the re turns of losses in killed ?nd wounded in battles, thus: Confederate Federal Battles. loss loss. Ghioicamauga.15,801 ll ,135 Gettysburg..22,544 17,684 Atlanta. 7,500 2,522 Franklin ...... ...... 6,250 1,222 The itbove were battles in whioh the Confederates attacked their adversa ries in strongly intrenched positions, but in every ease the losses cr the southern troops were out of proportion to ther numbers, but they never re ceived a blow without inflicting tre mendous los se B in return.-New Or leans Picayune. Bad Negrees Coming S?rth. ??ew Orleans, June 26.-Tho move ment started in several cities of the South to get rid of the disorderly ne gro element responsible for most of the reoent orimes in this section io gaining strength, and it is likely to become general instead of spasmodic, as formerly, and unload a large num ber of negro gamblers, oonfidenoe men and other oriminals on the North. The towns in Southern Mississippi are following the example^of Ellis ville and Laurel in this matter and ordering out all negro oriminals, trampa and dangerous characters. Cooper,, in Delta County, hr.s started the movement in Texas. The negro loafers, negro sneak thieves and pet ty oriminals of that town have been taken ont by the Regulars, whipped and ordered to leave town. Taking advantage of the excitement caused by the whipping, the houses of some of the better class negroes were plaoarded with notices to leave. They complained to the authorities and at-a joint meeting hold at the Court Houso the whites pledged their support to all orderly negroes, tho ne groes on their part promising to do all ito their power to keep down the law less element and to report all violators of law among the negroes tb tue au thorities. An investigation disolosed the faot that the warnings on the houses of the negroes were plaoed there by mischiev ous boys.-New York Sun. - The man. who holds the ladder at the bottom is often of moro benefit to tho world than tho one who olimbs to the top. - Kisses between women arc mere formalities. Women of tue Olden Times. Rac3 suicide and the decrease in the Dumber of children born to American parents are questions that .re just now occupying thc public attention. A recent artiole by a writer in a monthly magazine contrasts the large families of the early days of the Re public with the small ones of the present day. with a masterful pen. This portrayal of the experiences of the patient women of the olden times, when women not only bore many chil dren but were overburdened with the toil and oare necessary to bring them up, is graphic in its correctness. The picture is BO true that I keenly appreciated it, being myself the eldest of thirteen. In the retrospective it seems to me incredible that any woman could have had the endurance and have accom plished what our mother did for her large family in a country primitive in every sense of the word in those days. Yet she performed her duties so faithfully and with such marked abili ty that the remembrance of her achievements haB been a rebuke to me all the long years since her un timely death. She filled her mission with such ex alted ambition fe; all of. her. children t&at it still seems to me that her like is not to be seen in these latter days. Thc? the women of her day were su perior in the qualities that go to make up blessed womanhood and mother hood seems indisputable. In the first place they were wholly unselfish and self-sacrificing for their families. I do not olaim that there are no wo men of the present day who would not do as they did, but I do claim that their prototypes are not numerous. We have only to contrast the con ditions of to-day with those of a quar ter of a century ago to realize the dif ference in the facilities for accom plishing anything in those days and the present era. Electricity and the ingenuity of men have lifted many of the burdens of domes ti'? lifo from the shoulders of women. Imagine the contrast of the White House with its up-to-date improve ments and the modern methods of con ducting it as the home of the Presi dent's family and its condition when Abigail Adams had to have the family washing dried in the East Room and wrote snob gloomy letters about her domestic trialB while she was its mis tress. All along the line from the first home in the land to the humble cot tage in the far West,' domestic work haB been made easy'; to say nothing of the chango from hand-carding, spinning, weaving hand-made material and hand-made blankets, table and bed linen and the clothes for these large families. The cheese, butter and sweetmeats that these women made every year, not only for the use of their large families, but the boats of guests they entertained, for hospitality waa un limited in "yo olden times." To whioh add the prodigious labor they performed Sn raising poultry and supervising, if not actually working, the kitchen and flower gardens. .Oth er fields occupied their ?imo also. The work of their oh urah es-they took i.n active part in every movement for the advancement of religion and the building of churches. They had to take turne in boarding the ministers and school teaohers, and aid in keeping up the six months' schools-all they had each year. Mrs. John A. Logan in St. Louis Re public_ _ - A curious thing about a woman ie that she can be proud of her grand children and her youth at the same time. ' * ^--^>^ When :i C/f woman u v -C" *^**V nervous her ^?\<^ -r ^.Vmagina *.? S> tion gives * J^^y .. fantastic S ^and threat v _/v-" cuing *^"? Shapes to - . 1 . ,,!>-- the most fa *" '^^S** . miliar ob jfaf jeda. By day jfrl&L ' , she starts in fear VS\ at every^sudden ) V?C3J VVS^'N. or unfamiliar Wi! '/TN > " sound. By l-^ / tx. / right the furni 'n'MM??iil r ture ?f her room ^HH >w ^"'^ takes on af "WBBHBbaw frighting forma ?BB Bk. of ghost or Rob mgm HfSy Un. You can't M ?Bnreason with the fi?5HsBK^nervea. 'Neither ? -". can quiet them. r . ? They mtot be nourished and then the outcry of the nerves -will cease aa naturally an a hun gry child ceases to cry when fed. For nervous women lhere ia nd better tonic and nervine than Dr. Pierce** Fa vorite Prescription. K cutta the dis ease* which produce nervousness in women, irregularity, debilitating drains, inflammation, ulceration and female weakness. It trabquilfcceo the serves, encourage* the appetite, and induces rc freshing sleep. ?When I bcs&n Uki ag yetar saedicine 2 w*? sot ?Me to Stand on tty -Hxi im inia?itfc? ol u time," writ? ^n. HstUe Borradaile, of u% Bf?*ag Street, Na*hvin?\ Tenn. ?Had iwKsw ol -mis, and krui ney and tiver di*ea*?, and tnt? so Wik ?nd tua/fou? J contd not keep still. Would take nerroo? Step* and almost die at time*. 1 had several d?n?rent doctor* attend ing, trat they could not do me atty good. The l**t ona I had said T. -would never ger. np again. Told hita that twas taking your 'rn vc ritfc Pre scription ' and 'Golden Medical Discovery,' and he ?aid, 'Might hut aa well take that ranch water each day.' nut I thought X would give toe medicine a lair trial. Before I had finished the first two bottles I waa abie to get outside the house and walk around the yard. X kept on taking the medicines and they cured tte.? Dr. Fierce'* Pelleta cure biliousness. The Kind Toa Have i?ways Boy ?lit, and wl?vli has been in use for over SO years, has horne the signature e? i ,,"- and has bcenmadeunder his per? r*Psonni supervision since ito urfaucy. y&Oftt /<Z4C&4< Allow nv miQto deceive you in ibis, AU Counterfeits, imitations and ?? Jlud^as-good" are but Experiments that trifte with and endanger the health of Infant? and Children-Ebxperience against Experiment. 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