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WAR ST Pacts O oncer ililli tlio 1 ldent I Tu the Kditor nf the State: I have joticed recently in the newsj apcrs many articles in regard to ('resident Jefferson Davis and (ion. Miles, brought out by the mention of Miles' name as a Democratic possibility for tho presidency of thc United States. Among these articles 1 neall the well made points made by .Ino. S. Hcy :iold-\ K> | , in thc State. What surprises nie is that I have *oen no reference whatever lo the most authentic authority extant on thc subject of (Jen. Miles' treatment jf thc president of the Confedei toy when he was imprisoned in fortress Monroe. This volume is entitled '"Prison Life of Jefferson Davis-cm & racing details and incidents in his . captivity, particulars concerning his ..health and habits, together with many ?conversations on topics of great pub ?io interest, by Bvt. Lieut. Col. J no. ?J. Craven, M. D., late surgeon ll. S. (volunteers and physician of the pris oner during his confinement in For tress Monroe from May 25, 180*5, up ?to Dec. 25, 1805." Tho author says: '"To the Hon. Hugh MoCulloeh, sec retary of tho treasury, who first of all .our Northern public men has had the ?wisdom, magnanimity and courage to -express sympathy for the misfortunes of the subject of our memoir, by a visit to Mr. Davis in his cell at Foi trcss Monroe, this volume is inscrib . cd." Dr. Craven docs his work ad mirably. The "prison life" of Prcsi -di!>t Davis is depicted in graphic lan guage, and Dr. Craven gives a general summary in conclusion, giving tho .writer's high conception of Jefferson Davis' character. Dr. Craven began as Mr. Davis' ?physician, and then became also his friend aud admirer. Dr. Craven was .an ornament to his profession. Ho -showed himself a manly man, and the -'South owes him a debt of love and gratitude for his bravo efforts to alle viate the sufferings of bis patient and -to mitigate all the hard conditions of his oaptivity. All wishing to know >?iho oiuiy of President Davis' prison life, and all wishing to know tho true version of Miles' outrageous treatment of his fellow foe, arc referred to Dr. Craven's book, an author, by the way, who reflects thc bettor qualities of Boswell, thc biographer of Samuel Johnson. The record shows the no bility of Davis and his ability as well. It docs more. It reveals his deep re ligious sense, and how earnestly he sought to illustrate the qualities of ?tho Christian man. The record furth er shows tho ignobility, inhuman 'treatment of Mr. Davis by Gen. Miles, commanding military district, Fort Monroe, Va. Maj. Gen. Miles took command of the fort May 22, 1805. Dr. Craven was detailed May 24, 1805, by Gen. Miles as attending physician to Mr. Davis. Dr. Craven thus describes the procession into tho fort from the Clyde* steamer, after the parting of r Messrs. Davis and Clay from their re spectivo families: "Thc procession ?nto thc fort was simple though mo mentous and was under tho imm?diat? inspection of Maj. Gen. Ilalleck am: ithe Hon. Chas. A. Dana, then assi&t ant secretary of war, Col. Pritchard pf the Michigan cavalry, who immedi ately effected tho capture, being thc officer in command of the guard from .thc vessel to the fort. First came Maj. Gen. Miles, holding tho arm of Mr. Davis, who was dressed1 in a plain suit of Confederate gray, with a gray slouched hat-always thin and now looking much wasted and very hag gard. Immediately after these came Col. Pritchard accompanying Mr. Clay, with a guard of soldiers io the rear. Thus they passed through files of men in blue from the engineer's landing to thc water battery postern, and on ar riving at the casemate which had been fitted uj) into oells for their incarcera tion, Mr. Davis was shown into case -Jiate No. 2, and Clay into No. 4, ..guards of soldiers being stationed in ?ho cells numbered 1, 3 and 5 upon each side of them. They entered; the heavy doors danged behind them, and in that elaug was rung the final knell of the terrible, but now extinct, re boil i on." Dr. Craven, continuing the story cf the incarceration of the president of the Southern Confederacy, says: "Be ing ushered into his inner cell by Gen. ! Miles, 'and the two doors leading there v into'from the guard-room being fast ened, Mr. D'.fie, after surveying the Remises far some moments, and look ing through the embrasure with suoh .thoughts passing over his lined and ?expressive faoe as may be imagined, ^suddenly seated himself in a chair, -placing both hands on his knees, ana ?Bleed one of tho soldiers pacing up ?nd donn within his cell this signifi .cantlquestion: "Which way .does the -embrasure face?" The sol lier was -ailont. After failing to get any reply ORI liS. ni] ?ri.sonmen t ol' l^res )avi?. t<? his i|Ucsiioa from the other soldier, "Mr. Davis," says the author,"re marked, 'well,' throwing his hands up and breaking into a bitter hugh, 'I wish my mon could have been taucht your discipline,' and then rising from his chair he commenced pacing back and forth before t li o embrasure, now looking ut the silent sentry across thc moat, and ?non at the two silently pacing soldiers who were his compan ions in the casemate.'' l?r. ('riven concludes his dramatic account of the scene of thc incarcera tion of the fallen chieftain of a heroic people in these words: "His sole reading matter a Bible and prayer book, his only companions those two silent guards, and his only food tho ordinary rations of bread and beef served out to the soldiers of the gar rison-thus passed the first day and night of the ex-president's confine meat." Continuing the narrative, Dr. Cra ven io his book says: "Un the morn ing of tho 'J:5rd of May a yet bitterer trial was in store for tho proud spirit -a iriui severer probably than has ever in modern times been inflicted upon any one who had enjoyed such eminence. This morning Jefferson Davis was shackeled." I shall not repeat here Dr. Cravcu's account, full of pathos and dramatic power, of the ironing of thc president of tho Confederacy that thc States of thc South had formed in their sover eignty as States of the American Un ion. lOnough to say that Geo. Miles wantonly ordered the infamous thing and that Capt. Jerome Ii. Titlow of thc Third Pennsylvania artillery ex ecuted the order, but executed the order in such a spirit as to have elici ted from Mr. Davis tho acknowledge ment, made to Capt. Titlow subse quently, that ho "behaved like a man of good feeling." And, now, the lion caged by his or der Geo. Miles, as Dr. Craven s re cord proves, showed a refinement of cruelty that fatigues tho indignation ?od consigns thc name of Gen. Miles in this episode of his military career to ignominy. Howevor bright the sun of his military career since 18U5 -and it is bright-the dark spot that rests upon that aareer cannot be ob scured in the eyes of the South. After the shackling, we are told that "Mr. Divis turned to the officer of the day and demanded whether he had been shackled by special order of the secretary of war, or whether Gen. Miles had considered this violent course essential to his safe keeping." To this crucial question, which it is the main purpose of this communica tion to settle forever on this page of history, wo are informed by the au thor of "The Prison Lifo of Jefferson Davis" that "tho captain (Titlow) re plied that he knew nothing of the matter." But that Capt. Titlow knows much of the matter now appears from the following letter written to The Army md Navy Journal and published in ho Baltimore Sun: St. Paul, Minn., June 2[), 1903. To tho Editor of The Army and Navy Journal: In a recent issue of your paper I noted a communication reflecting upon the etiictures of Gen. Nelson A. Miles, United States army, has put upon soldiers of tho United Stales in the Philippines in regard to "barbarous aud inhuman treatmeut," and I also uote your editorial com ment upon the communication, and in so far as your correspondent has drawn i parallel between these aots and the act of Gen. Miles in placing irons upon Jefferson Davis in Fortress Monroe in May, 1805, I beg to cor rect the opinion which you have form ed in the premises. Gen. Miles never had official orders to put irons upon Jefferson Davis. I was olhocr of the day upon the date in question, when irons were put upon Mr. Davis. Gen. Miles called me into headquarters and told me that he had "authority" to place Mr. Davis in irons, and in con firmation of his orders Gen. Miles ex hibited to me a personal lotter from tho then secretary of war, Stanton, which evidently waa in reply to a communication from Gen. Milos, in which the secretary in effect said: "If you consider the safe guarding of the prisoner requires it you may place him in irons, at your discretion. There was nothing mandatory from t? e secretary of war, all was left to the discretion of the commanding offi cer; nor was the communication ofii oial, and I am sure that a review of the files of the adjutant general's office will reveal no official communication making it mandatory upon Qen. Miles Lo put Jefferson Davis in irons, and, Further, I shall say that it was not an act necessary to insure the safe re* tention of the prisoner within the ons* tody of the United States. Jerome B. Titlow, Captain company K, Third Pennsyl vania heavy artillery, officer of the day at Fortress Monroe upon the day that Mr. Davis was ironed, and under whose ?command the work ?a? done* _.-. ? ,. i Moro testimony could bc road ?Iv ad du cod to establish beyond th?' shadow j ol a doubt that Nelson A. Mile was ? responsible for putting irons upon thc j person of the president ol the Confed erate States, who had been the peer, to nay the least, of thc president of the United States until defeat eatue to the cause of the Southern Confedera cy-but defeat without dishonor and because of overwhelming odds. And in putting shackles upon .Jefferson Davis and causing the iron to enter Iiis soul, Nelson A. Miles, major gen eral, I". H. A., placed shackles upon the men and women whom President .Jefferson Davis represented, and made the iron to enter their souls also. The civilized world today condemns the deed of (jen. Miles. As Nathan said unto David, so docs the outraged South say to Gen. Miles, "Thou Art the Man." Ves, Miles fettered the ankles of his noble captive, but could not bind his soul. Such being thc record, consider the audacity of Gen. Miles or of auy friend of his who should expect the imperial South to entertain auy claim of Nelson A. Miles to tho support of these Southern States iu his role of aspirant for the Democratic nomination for the presi dency of the United States. No Southern mao, no man directly or re motely in sympathy with the late Southern Confederacy, oould for a moment entertain the thought. No Southern man having a spark of man hood in his nature could support the candidacy of Nelson A. Miles. The ethics of the Divine Author of the Sermon on tho Mount do not require concession like that implied in accept ing the said candidacy. We may forgive the man wore he to ask to be forgiven-but we cannot for give the officer or condone his crime. No man in the South is less disposed than the writer to return the fires of sectional feeling between the lato war ring sections. No one more earnestly desires peace with honor between the North and South. No Southerner now takes greater pride in all the grand possibility of a geuuiuelj reunited country. But to be true in the pres ent oue mu9t be loyal to the past, and stand ever by immortal principle. Nor can tho men and women forget even if they could forgive. Well may the South of today, re viewing the record of the Southern Confederacy-that was-say in the spirit of the Recessional of Kipling: "Lord God of Hosts ho with us yet, iest we forget" what is due to the no ble dead and the noble living of our Ilium-this favored southland of the United States, whose dawn of now life since the war, though now obscured, is destined to widen into a clear and boundless day, and thus to realize Mil ton's dream of England-"renewing her mighty youth and shaking her in vit cible locks." lt is with States as with individuals; and let us have "faith, hope and love -these three:" "To one was given the conqueror's laurel crown, And costly robes that unto kiuga be long ; Nation to nation published his renown Aud cen.ury to century told hts fame, While poete wave with cunning arts of Bong, A never dylug wreath about his name. ODO who dared much, yet, seeming, lit tle wrought, Fell in the ranks amid the sands, And with his very life-blood dearly bought For lack of earthly glory and success A nameless grave dugout by stranger hands, And sleep that recks not of forgetful ness : . In sight of the un s iee he seemed to die Who pass'd to win the victor's crown ou high." John P. Thomas. April 2, 1004. The Price of Pleasure. It is hard for a lovely woman to forego the pleasures of the life which she was crested to enjoy and adorn. She may have to be busy all day in office or in store, yet she cannot deny herself the social pleasures which are offered her. ?, But tile fatigue is N- ?ften too great for er, and she suf ers from headache nd backache as a onsequence of over-exertion. Women who are ired and ?ors out rill find a perfect anic and nervine a Dr. Pierce's Fa orite Prescription, t cures headache, ackache and the ther aches and ains to which ?omen are subject, t establishes regu lrity, dries weak ning drains, heals nflommation and ilcera+.ion, and tires female weak tess. It makes weak pomen strong and ick women welt .I sm so pleased nth your Instruction", hardly know what hanks to gWe you (br ?oar kind avon," niles Mrs Milo Dry nt. of Lou, Thomas io,, Ga. ?I suffered o ' much with great pains in my back and the lower part of my stomach and palpitation of the heart: that at times I could hardly lie dawn. Could hardly Ret np in the morning, but ofter using three bottles of ! Ka vori te Prescription * and two vials ef Dr. Pierca'a Pl casant Pelleta, X sm like a new woman." Sick women, especially those suffering from diseases of long standing, are in vited to cousult Dr. Pierce, by letter,/*?,?. All correspondence is held as strictly pri vate and sacredly confidential. Ad?rese Dr. R. V. Fierce, Buffalo, N\ Y. Ililli iliiii in High Esteem. Few generals were so beloved ai d revered by their soldiers as Stonewall < Jackson, the "great flanker,'' was by < bis. His simplicity, strength,flaring, 1 skill and indomitable will eudeared I him to his troops, while his successes roused their admiration. Whenever great cheering was heard in Jaekson's camp those who were detainedjfrom being jnesent at the occasion would say: " Here comes either Jacksonor an old rabbic." While in camp and winter quarters, Jackson's soldiers indulged in jocular stories "camp stories," as they were called, made up by them about their general. "Stonewall died," ran oue of these stories, "and two angels came down from heaven to take him back with them. They went to his tent ho was not there: they went to the outposts he was not there; they went to the prayer meeting--he was not there. So they had to return without him. But when they came to heaven they ? found that he had made a flank march and had reached heaven ahead of them." Another story was this: The soldiers declared that Gen. Jackson was greater than Moses. "It took Moses," they said, "forty years to lead the Israelites through i the wilderness, with manna to feed them on; Stoucwall Jackson would have double-quicked them through it in three days on half rations." At one time, when Jackson's camp was on the southern bank of the Rap* pahannock and that of the Federals on the northern bank of the river, a friendly intercourse-not only confin ed to the exchange of coffee and to bacco-existed between the outposts of tho two armies, and friendly greet ings were often exchanged across the river. One day, when Jackson rode along the river and the Confederate troops ran together, as was their CUB tom, to greet him with a yell, the Federal pickets shouted across the river, asking what it was all about. "Stonewall id coming," was the reply, and immediately, to Jackson's aston ishment, the ory "Hurrah for Stone wall Jackson!" rang out from the Federal ranks. Thus the voice of North and South, prophetic of a time of renewed unity, mingled in acclama tion of a great soldier.-Los Angeles Times._ ^ _ - Strive Ever has money to loan, while Wait a Bit is always paying interest. - Even the bookkeeper may return the books he borrows. - The pipe organist often has a swell way of playing._ Business 'Huit Kim-. Itself. A flory is told to the effect that a ..ertain prominent church member and dispensary advocate in this State, ffh?e strolling through the woods a few Sundays ago, suddenly came upon the devil as he lay sound asleep in a sunny fence corner. After partially recovering from his fright at the unexpected discovery, he assumed a bold front and veutured to arouse his satanic majesty and inquire how it was thal hf had ceased, even fer a short while, from going up and down io the earth 1 ?ko ? roarh.'g liou, seeking whom he might devour, and had become so indifferent as to relax his energy loug enough to lie down in the fence corner fora nap. '.'Oh, well," answered Satan as he sat up and rubbed his eyes drowsily, "you see that there is now no necessity for my leading as strenuous a life aa formerly. While wc had the saloons the church vigorously oj>posed the li quor traffic, which is my principal agency for evil, and then I had to keep a sharp lookout for my best in terests, or 1 might sutler defeat in some of my plans. "I tell you," continued Satan, "they kept me hustling then. But you see that I have lately eueoeeded in effect ing a compromise with the church, by which wo now have the dispensary with the church people in charge in stead of the saloons with the old time barkeeper, and aa long ns those fel lows will agree to run my business for me for nothing except the little boo dle that's in it, why of oourse, I oan afford to take an occasional nap." And, as tho story goes, tho church member awoke to find that he himself had been napping in church and that the pastor was then preaching a ser mon iu advocacy of the dispensary. Lancaster Ledger._ - The mother of Governor Book ham, of Kentucky, has a remarkable reoord. She has the distinction of having been the mother of a governor, tho daughter of a governor, tho sister of a governor, and the cousin of a governor. - Woman's hand, in conneoticn with her slipper, has played a very important part in tl work of civili zation. Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Executors of the Es tate of K, R, A: Robinson- dee'd, lisreby give notice thal they will on Monday, 23rd doy of May, 1904, apply to tue Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from, their office as Exoontors. G. B. ROBINSON, J. O. ROBINSON. J. W. ROBINSON, Executors. April 2 ), 1904 4-1 5* Twelve Hundred Dozen The largest lot of Hoes ever brought to Anderson in one season. These Hoes are the Celebrated Smith, Harper CO'B. line, generally conceded to be the best on the market. The Blades and Shanks are forged from highest grade steel. The Handles are from select, well-seasoned timber. Each Hoe is perfectly set and properly tempered. We have these Hoes in all styles and sizes. The genuine old thick centre TERRELL and the Patent VICTOR. Harrows l Cultivators. Our stock comprises all of the latest designs in this line. All styles and at any prices to suit yon. 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