Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WAR ST .A. Disa] >pei News and tJonceal the fact as we may under *vke guise of hearty welcomes, joyful .greetings, speech-makings, receptions, .parades and music, thc prevailing fcel ?Dg'of every reunion ofjour Veterans, whether it he at the ^tatc conven tions, or at thc larger reunions where the survivors from every part of the South'uuet together yearly, is one of sa.dne.-':. Kach year familiar faces arc missing, and well known voicer fail to answer the roll-call; and al though the thinning ranks close up, and those who remain march bravely, with gray heads as erect ami (-boul ders as .-rjuare as in the brave old days of long ago, yet we cannot help Hoeing how thc host is disappearing before the assaults of Time, that most relentless of all foi;.-, .sor is it al ways the oldest < f the Confederate1 soldiers who fall out of the ranks and rest under the shade of the trees; for many of thoao still in line must have reached maturity before the war, and have bravely borne their part in many a battle, and yet they have lived to sec their sous, and other men, who were but striplings in those times, -oallcd away before them. Not having a pension roll, like that of tho I'oion army, from which to gather statistics, we cannot accurate ly compute thc yearly decrease of num bers. We saw recently some figures from a trustworthy source with re gard to tho Northern army, in which it was stated that in 18?I5 one-half of the men who had been in the Federa', army were still living; ttud that it was probable when 11)15, the semi-cen tennial of the dose of tho war, ar rived, there would still bo one hun dred thousand veterans to celebrate .the occasion; and this notwithstand ing the fact that the percentage or .doaths steadily inorcased with each year. Thc writer did not allude to the strong ioduoeniont tho Northern veterans have to go on living, and to transmit the gift of longevity to their families; but he did not hesitate to .comparo the feeling with which they are regarded by their neighbors with the sentiment of the South as to its .old soldiers. He said: "It is probably true that the place which the Southern vet erans hold in the affections of the Southern people is a more exalted position than that which is held by the Northern veterans in tho affeotion .of the people in this section of the country, and this because of reasons which wo will briefly try to explain. We believe there was more patriotism shown in the defence of the Union than in the efforts to dissolve it; and that the enthusiasm with which our men rushed to tho defenoo of the country in the early period of the war was all that the most devoted patriot could desire. Later on, it is true, we had our system of drafts and bounties, but these were paralleled in the South by the most rigorous form of en * foroed enlistment, which was said to 'spare neither the cradle nor the grave.' " "At the close of the war the vet erans of the Confederacy represented not only a hst cause, but they and their families were financially ruined. Those who during the war had suffer ed physical impairment, and the fami lies of those wh:> had lost their lives, could look hardly anywhere for sup port except to those who were almost as destitute as themselves. As they could not oount upon aid, there waa encouraged in them that admirable spirh of self dependency and self sufficiency whioh tended to draw to wards them the sympothy of their friends and neighbors, and to inspire : -.cr?bese latter a high regard andrever joeo/for them. The oontrast between these-soatiiuentB and those entertain ed by so .many of our Northern sol diers is what haB led to the difference in popular estimation; especially among the great mass of our oitizeus who have come to man's estate since . the close of the ?Civil war. From the very, firetvc targe number of the North . eiPv3i>Cer^08 have niaiie arrogant de v*S8ft,!.d8 for special consideration, and these demands have tended to in crease as time has goDo on. They have swelled our enormous pension list, so that last year it was nearly one hundred and fifty million dollars; they have oorrupted our civil service by having it decreed that a veteran, even when unfit for public work, must be preferred to a thoroughly quali fied oitizen who haa not served in the war. Thia has chilled the feel ings of sympathy and reverence whioh would otherwise have'been engenger ?ou. ? fio true is all that whioh il said in the above quotation that the whole / -country waa stirred to . admiration by / ? report in a Northern paper lately, of the finding of a neefy. veteran who .had steadfastly refused to accept a pension, though one had frequently 'ORIES. iring J lost. Courier. been offered to Lira. It will probably result in the erection of a monument to him when he li nally passes to the other side of the river. He it well un derstood, however, that in spite of the immense size of the pension list, there were many brave soldiers of the Northern army who were just as siu cere and disinterested in their ser vice to their country as were our own brave mi'!), and who hold a very high plaire in thc estimation not only of their neighbors, but of all Southern soldiers who have met them bi nee thc war. Only these?re the sort of men on both sides who never come be fore the public with demands that their services in thc past be reward ed by remunerative positions at pres ent. It it? lather remarkable that, while many old veterans continue to attend the reunions, nearly all the distin guished officers of the Southern armies have passed away, although quite a number of them were but young men at the beginning of the war. To thc generation now growiug up the his tory of the Civil war seems almost as remote ia that of the Revolution. R. K. l<ee, "Stonewall" ?Jackson, ".leb" Stuart and many another of those men who made Virginia the scene of so so many brilliant exploits have takeu their place along with Washington and his generals iu their youthful imaginations. It hardly seems pos sible to them tnat auy of those who shnr.'d in their battles and triumphs or defeats eau still be alive to tell the story of those days. Aa the News and Courier said in welcoming the veterans to Charleston: "We have sometimes thought that the services of these mon were not properly appre ciated by the younger generations who control the life aod purpose and des tiny of South Carolina to-day. It is well that the:c should be annual re unions of the burvivors of the War for Southern Independence, in order that the people of the present day may see of what metal the men of the most glorious period in the history of the State were made. They will only be here for a little while longer. Their ranks are thinning every day. Hamp ton will never ride at the head of the old Confederate legions again. Gor don has gone over to the other side. Conuer departed long since. Mc Gowan is no more. Longstreet, Ker shaw, Hagood, Gary and Elliot have .ill gone on into th. Valley of the Shadow, and officers and men are fail ing in tho inexorable strife of life every day. Tho order has come to those who survive that they shall dose up and march on. What a glorious army it has been! What a glorious army it still isl" But how muoh do our young people know of the strug gle through which this glorious army has passed? Session after session in sohool they are drilled io the his tory of the United States as a whole until they know the battles of the Revolution by heart and can repeat the list of sea duels whioh formed th? main feature of the War of 1812; but how muoh can they tell of the battles of the War for Southern Indepen dence where infinitely more important principles were involved and greater numbers were engaged on each side? (Wade Hampton's Sword. The sword of a chieftain returned by a foe. The stainless blade of him who sleeps 'neath the giant oak in peaceful Trinity churchyard-the knightly Hampton. This sword, which has been obtain ed from Mr. Jos. Major,-of Eureka, 111., is one long missing, but the one in whose keeping it was, has been known for somo time. Mr. MoDuffie Hampton, learned in March of this year that the sword was in the posses sion of Mr. Major, communicated with him and reoeived in reply the follow ing letter: "In regard to the sword of which you ask, I hare a sword that prob ably once belonged to your lamented father. "You ask for the particulars as to how I came to get it. I will try and inform you the best I oan. "About the 15th of February, 1865, our corps, the Fourteenth, being then on the extreme left of Gen. Sherman** oolumo, a battalion of mounted infan try were passing through our camp at night, and ' one of them offered for sale this sword and having lost my own I bought it. He said about noon as their command was some distanoe from the main road, on nearing a farm house they saw four or Ave officers j leave hastily in the opposite direction and he being the first to reach the house found the sword lying on the bed in the room adjoining the dining room. He said that everything ap peared aa though the officers were eat ing dinner, and being surprised,, left }j a -1 ? ! y leaving tho sword. 1 did not | know this mun and at the limo did not j believe one word of it, I only thought he had taken it from some private house. I regret to Hay there waa much of that done. "Thc sword id not like those in gen era, use in either army, more Uko a dress sword used on civic occasions. The belt is such as used by guard offi cers, of light material, with emblem of the C. S. A. with what appears to be like silver chains fastened to belt to hold sword in place. "The carved ivory hilt ia moulded with ancicut helmet, with small chuins in place to guard. "Tbs sword is of usual length and thickness and is engraved and stamp ed thus, 'Ames Mfg. Co., Chicopce, Mass., and has a silver scabbard. After I got thia sword I covered the scabbard with leather, not to hide but to avoid theft; the bole and chains I did not usc at all. I did not seo thc engraving on ;he scabbard until I was mustered out of thc service. On the scabbard is engraved, 'Lieut. Gen. Wade Hampton, C. A.1 "This swciJ is in very fair condi tion considering wear and usage. 1 was not a stall" officer, simply of thc left line. As I reoollect wc were on that day about 15 milos southwest of Columbia. 1 was not in Columbia at all. "In telling you how I came by this sword, I sa) I bought it, a simple fact, but do not for one moment infei that I would sell it to you or any liv ing creature. God forbid. "But if you, as representing th< late Gen. Wade Hampton, aro satis tied and certain that this was youi father's sword I will cheerfully rctun it to you at oncp, but I want satisfac tory evidence that you are the persoi you represeut." To this letter Mr. Hampton wrot Mr. Major again thanking him for hi courteous letter and generous impuhe He suggested that tho sword be de livered to him through Gov. Hey ward as a matter of foimal and eas; identification. This was done am the governor received the sword o Friday last and handed it to Mi Hampton on the following day.-Cc lumbia State. FOUGHT FOR SOUTH. Many Regular Army Officers Joined th Confederate Forces. From inquiry recently made it hs been learned that 242 regular arm oiI>oi9 resigned to enter the Confec ?rate u - ?-vice during the Civil wa: The movement was gradual, begii ning on December 31, 1860, and coi tinuing to August 23, 1861. Tl first officer to resign was Captain an and Brevet Major Henry C. Wayni assistant quartermaster. He sent i his resignation on the last day i 1860. On the following day Brev< Seoond Lieutenant Wade H. Gibbe Second cavalry, resigned, and ali Seoond Lieutenant James H. Holli quist, Fourth Artillery. Up to Ja uary 28, 1861, seven other officers r signed. In February 24 more i signed. When the bombardment Fort Sumter "fired ibo Southe heart" resignation followed fast, oau ing uneasiness in the North, creatii grave doubts conccF?isg the loyal of regular army offioers, of whom much was now expeoted, and also ge erating intense and unjust pvc judi against the West Point Milita academy. The humble rank of ma at the outset who afterward held hi, command is interesting to note. The late General James Longstrei who shatters I the army of Roseors at Chiokamauga, and would have do a great deal more had he not nie groat Virginian-General George Thomas-was a peaoeful paymasi when tho war began, and never turn his back on the government till Jo 1, 1861. Robert Edward Lee resigned t colonelcy of the First Cavalry April 25, 1861. He had been sup iotendent of West Point-the b military rohool in the world. General Fitzhugh Lee was a fi lieutenant in the Seoond cavalry, a resigned May 21. General "Joe" Wheeler was seco lieutenant in a regiment of mount riflemen, and resigned* April 22. Both armies drilled and fought "Hardce's Tactics." The day before the battle of S lob began, Hardeo (a Confederate g< eral) sat on his horse and watohe brigade of Grant's soldiers drill: by "Hardeo's Tactics," and the m day eried out to a captured w ment: "Boys, I saw yon drilling by 'H dee's Tactics' yesterday. Today 3 aro fighting by them." William J. Hardee waa Henton colonel of the First cavalry, and signed on January 31,1861; Albert Sidney Johnson, who fel the head of hi? victorious lines j the first day at Shiloh, waa colono the Seoond cavalry and brevet br dier general. Ho resigned on Ma; He had commanded an expedil against the Mormons. General Earl Yan Dorn, who fou so desperately at luka and Corii and who afterward at Holly Sprl burnt up the supplies and amuv ? tiurj Grant had gathered for the Vicks- j burg campaign- who defeated Graut'? \ advance through Central Mississippi i -was major of the Second cavalry, j and resigned on the :Ust of Jauuary. After his raid on Holly Springs he wao killed by an injured husband. General John H. Winder, who won ill fame as chief commando of An derdon ville prison, was major and brevet lieutonantcolonel of the Fourth artillery. He resigned on the 27th of April. Captain Lucius B. Northrop, of the First Dragoons, resigned on January 8, and is said to have been implica ted in tho ill treatment of Union pris oners. General Kirby Smith, whose name was a household word west of the Mississippi, was major of the Second cavalry and resigned on April O'. Every veteran of the war knows what a Sibley tent is. It was in vented by Major Henry H. Sibley, of the First Dragoons, who resigned on iMay 13. General John B. Magruder was cap tain and brevet lieutenant colonel of the First artillery, and resigned on April 20. General Richard ii. Kwell, who made such trouble on Meade's right dank at Gettysburg, and was beard of at other places, was a captain of the First Dragoons,and resigned May 7. "Stonewall" Jackson was a Grut Lieutenant in the Eighth infantry, and resigned April 1. General John C. Pemberton, who surrendered Vicksburg and 37,000 men to G ono ral Grant, and who till then I had been a special favorite of Jef ferson Davis, was captain and brevel major in the Fourth artillery, and resigned on April 29. He was a north ern man and was led to join the Con federaoy by his wife, a daughter o! the South. General Pierre G. T. Beauregard of South Carolina, who superintends the bombardment of Ft. Sumter, wh< commanded at Shiloh after the fall o Albert Sidney Johnston, and wh< fortified Corinth against Halleok, wai captain and brovet major of the corp of engineers. He resigned Februar: 20. General Lewis A. Armistead, om of the heroes of Piokett's charge a Gettysburg, was captain and breve major of the Sixth infantry, and re signed May 26, He was a Virginian as all of Piokett's men were. A Gettysburg he led the forlorn hop aoross the stone wall, and was kille? about 12 puces inside of it. When h fell Lieutenant Cushing (Union) wa 10 paces in front of him, and was kill ed while firing a oharge of grape an canister iuto tbe Confederate rank from the last available gun of tb Cushing battery. Captain George E. Pickett resigt ' ed from the Ninth infantry on JUD 25. Captain J. E. B. Stuart, of il First cavalry, resigned May 14 to bi i oome General "Jeb" Stuart, Lee great cavalry leader, who was mortall wounded in battle. General Ambrose P. Hill, "Lee right bower," was a first lieutenant i the First artillery, and resigned Marc 1. In a dying delirium Stonewa Jaokson said : "Order A. P. Hill I prepare for action. PaBS the infant] ! to the front." Then, as if the fri had been won, he added : "Let i cross the river and rest in the sha< of the trees." When Grant w crushing the lines at Petersburg Li said to Hill: "General, your men a giving way." Hill galloped into tl melee and fell. General John B. Villepigue, wi led a wi Dg of Price's army at Corinth, was a first lieutenant of the Secocd dragoons, and resigned on Mt..ch 31. (jouerai Jobo ll. Hood, who fought with tShetjaan at Atlanta and with Thomas at Nashville, was a first lieu tenant of tho Second cavalry, and re signed on April 10. Captain Lafayette McLaws, of the Seventh infantry, resigned March 23. On the second day at Gettysburg, as a general of longstreet's corps, he almost captured Hound Top-the key of the battlefield. He made assault in conjunction with Hood. Meade afterward said that if Hound Top had been taken "nothing could have been held." General John S, Marmaduke bore a leading part in the fighting west of the Mississippi. His raids into Mis souri made hin; famous. Ho was a second lieutenant of the Seventh in fantry, resigning on April 17. It is a good time since the war, and if any mistake is found in the preced ing let seme southern "vet" correct it. Of these disaffected officers there have since been in the service of the United States government-General Fitzhugh Lee, General Joseph Wheel er and the late General Longstreet, the latter having been related by mar riage to General Grant and having a son now commanding a company in the Thirteenth United States cavalry. It is probably well-known that a sol dier of tho Mexican war who after ward served in the Confederate army is neverthclass entitled to a pension for his service in Mexico.-Washing ton Star. - Why shouldn't a-young man consult his father and mother about the matter of bia marrying? Does he know more human nature than his pa rents? If ho gets into trouble or be comes sick he bawls for help in the loudest manner. Yet he does not know that these things are as nothing oompared with the troubles of an un happy married life. - It takes a strenuous wife to yank the self-oonceil out of aman. CURES BLOOD Skin Diseases, BOOB Pains, Honings, Aohlng Back, Blood Poison, Eczema. TO P KO VE IT, BEMEDY BENT IEEE, Tb? above picture? ihow what Botanic Blood Balm will do.clear lag tb* okla, healing all ?oros .nd eruption?, talking: the blood pore and rieb. We have confidence In BotanlcBlood Balm I B.B.B. J and wo ?end '.tiree, all charges prepaid direct to any sufferer who will ?rit? us. We have cured with B.B.B, tostay cured, thousands of men and womon, who suffered from all stieres of Impure blood, after every known remedy, doctors, and specialist* had failed. How to tell you bave blood Dlaeeae. If you have the t?ll-ta1?plrcp1cs or eruptions on any part of the body .rheumatic aches and pains in bones or Joints, achina br.ch,s.wui!cn gian?s, or swellings and risings on the skin: blood feels hot and watery, skin Itches nn J bums.cczetna.scnbby sores .mucous patches In the mouth.sorethroat,scrofula,copper-colored spots hair on eyebrows fa H'm gout, boils, carbuncles, rash on the skin, ulcers.weakUldncys-.eatlng, festerlngsores; you may be certain > ou suffer from poison In the blood Oet the poleo? ont of your System by taking Botanic Blood Balm [B. B. B.] It Isa purely vegetable extract, thoroughly tested In hospital and private practlcowlthovtr 5,000cures made of the most obstinate Cases. 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I PRIDE OF NORTH CAROLINA I_S-YEAR OLD CORN WHISKEY s . ! ! . - . % ." j igS^i l>lr*ot From Distillery to CAMUSM, Express Prepaid B'S The public hu been frequently misled toy eatra vngaut end un Lf *3 truthful claim ? of un^rnpulousdenlcra who ?pr?sent themselves aa M m Uistillera. Wc comm Hid this fac? to your ccn&Idcralioa and Invite ?BBS tbe moat rigid examin?t lon of our claim. Bffiq Weare the largest distiller? nncVdiatrlbotert of ?nire N. C. Com H XR| Whlakiea in the united State? and the only concern In North M&gtl Carolina that guarantee? avery un?kajre, fro ia the largest te. the B sm a u est. We er? OM of the Sra* firma in sr. C. to furnish wh I ak ey -,, flaWS direct from the Distillery to the Consumer. Vdu thereby avoid . lill olike^he poaaibititiea of Adulteration? ami. the Profita, of the ^?jSSsg?gS^ We ship "PriJe of North Caroii:>a,,, Kxj!res? charges prepaid, ^V??^VWv securely packed In ptain case ac no one cnn till contenu ?ame day iff7?fcYVWsYtfA ?-cur order reachMusv rt th? fotta^t? prkMsVV^ v^C77777 V '~ HlllJlJUMllft) ' 4 full ouart?, nicely labelfcT. S30* pencase. HMBBIIIMSV i dos, lull ata. ;; ft** ?; Bli?''^^^^?^tv-B 4 do* full ^pts. ?' f30.<O0 . " . . ii% HyMa^gl^MtlrVIH pinu and half pints fitted with cork rtrkgi. Io jugs hold from gi I ^4 sj rm ga?J 4M 1 to 4M gallons, $5.60 >-r gallon. No extra charge for jugs or B J* fiTr S ^X*tthe above fi?r? i *? 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