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WAR SI vira. Wi?glit's Grrapliic Coulee McClure's Magazi Memories of the Beginning and ind of the Southern Confederacy," 'n McClure's Magazine for September, liHM, is tho title of a very interesting ,'haptcr of Civil war history. The author is Mrs. Louise Wigfall Aright, wife of.Judge Daniel Ciraud A'riglit, of the Supreme Hench of {altimore, and daughter of Cen. .'.ouis T. Wigfall, who was both a relator of thc 1'nited States and of the Confederate States from Texas, au aide on the stall of President .'avis and a brigadier general of thc Confederacy. Mrs. Wright and her sister, then zhildren of S and l-l years of age, .were in the uncertainty prevailing be *:"orc the outbreak of hostilities sent ?lo remain temporarily with their ma ternal grandmother, at Longwood, a Suburb of Boston. Their brother was vat the military school in Virginia, and rtheir father and mother in Charlea ran, where events were about to turn on Fort Sumter, whether it was to (be given up peaoefuily or be taken /^y 'force. Tho Confederate Govern 'jaent. with Mr. Davis at its head, WAH in process of formation at Montgom ery, Ala. The Wigfall family history under .i?esc exciting incidents forms a most '.interesting narrative, as the author snakes it from letters interchanged at thc time. Senator and Mrs. Wigfall were in '"Charleston. The Senator was an aide of Gen. Beauregard, and on April 10, 1861, sent a dispatch to Presi dent Davis at Montgomery to this ^effect: "No ono now doubts that Lincoln 'intends war. Tho delay on his part j .is only to complete his preparations. | All here is ready on our side. Our ! ? delay, therefore, is to his advantage and our disadvantage. Let us take Fort Sumter beforo we have to fight the Heet and the fort. Gen. Beauregard will not act without your order. Let :me suggest to you to send the order to him to begin the attack as soon as fae is ready. Virginia is excited by .the preparations, and a bold stroke on -our side will complete her purposes. Policy and prudence arc urgent upon as to begin at onoo. Let me urge the order to attack most seriously upon .-you." To this 1'resident Davis*on April 12 -.replied : "Your dispatch reached me after I hud directed ore to be sent, whioh anticipated your wish ec fully that >you might have imagined it to be an answer if the dates had been re versed." Mrs. Wigfall's letters to the chil dren in Boston tell of what was going -on in Charleston ; how she was awaken -ed at 4.30 o'clock on the morning of friday, April 12, by the booming of .cannon; the incidents of the bom bardment and after the close of the i ncident on Saturday, April 13. As time went on and incidents mul tiplied, Virginia seceded, the Con federate Government removed from Montgomery to Richmond, communi cation between the sections was cut off and the ohildren in Boston were wery anxious to be restored to thoir parents in Richmond. This Mrs. Wright tells us was accomplished vlbrorugh the agency of the late Mr. William T. Walters, of Baltimore, dicing through the lines at that time ?vas a great event, Mrs. Wright says : "Mr. Walters, to whom I alluded, arranged for us the only feasible plan for getting through the lines. "When all arrangements had been .made, through his kindness, we start '??c.offon our adventures-placed by rrmy*xi*s\e in charge of a responsible ?entiesara, who was to take us to Baltimore/nod deliver us into tho care of Mr.x Walters. ""We -were cautioned to be very cguiet, to express nothing at what we iieard or saw, and to be as unobtrusive tvs posBrolc in -our demeanor. I shall never forget my emotions the day we ' started. > In the . crown of my hat I t had -one eal ed a package of letters to NM? .???iivercd io Richmond, and my importance in my own estimation was jnot a little enhanced by the possession di this delightful secret. We made the journey to Baltimore without mis ?tap or adventure of any kind, and --when ?wc icftarohod tho station and ^ the Car I noteoed a gen tleman eagerly Boanning the passen ^mss they passed him. As we ap proached he esme forward, asked a question in an undertone, whioh wai ?answered with equal oaution, and we ?were burri ad into a carriage and driven .Tepidly to Mr. Walters with the great tost cordiality and affection. On re freshing ourselves after our Journey ?we were taken in io dinner, where my ?eyes fairly danced with delight at he folding in a wine glass at each eover a <dear little Confederate flag-placed ??ero in honor of the two little guests. DRIBS. : Story ol" the Southern. I eraey. ue for September. I After a short period our kind host aud hostess told us good-by, and we were ajiaiu on our travels, it not being deemed ?ufe for us to remain in Balti more. "Mr. Walter s brother nov/ took charge of u.-< and we were rapidly driven .-ix or seven miles in the coun try to a hotel ea lied Paradise, near Caotonsville-tnJ a'/eritable "J'ara dise" it proved io the two tired little children, who were received with open arms by the kind ladies of the hotel. There we spent thc night, and in the morning were again on our travels. "On taking the train near the Ko lay House wc found on board a num ber of the members of tho Maryland Legislature on their way to Frederick, at which place the Governor had con vened the Legislature; Annapolis, tho capital of the State, being under con trol of Federal troops. When we reached the Point of Rocka, we left thc train and had dinner at the coun try tavern, where we sat at table with a number of Federal soldiers, our ?nnooriinAn ?IS?ST CI TC ll H2 5 i ??CC CS CX" citing no little interest and ouriosity. Mr. Walters had with him an 'open sesame,' in tho shape of a pass from Gen. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, and wo wore given every facility to proceed on our way. At a signal, which had of course been pre-arran ged, a boat put off from the Virginia side, bearing a white flag of truce, and our sensations may bc imagined when we saw the little oraft approaching whioh was to boar us over the swift, beautiful river into the dear land of 'Dixie.' Our luggage being put on board we soon followed and were row ed aoross the river without mishap. On reaching tho shore we found a large, comfortable carriage and a pair of horses waiting for us, and wo were soon driving through a deep woods, where the sweet air and refreshing shade wore very grateful after the glare, dust and heat of our journey. It Bcemed like a story in fairyland, where the magie of tho good fairy at every turn provides tho thing most needed. Being provided with fresh horses, wo traveled almost all night, stopping to rest but a few hours, and then, taking the train at Gordons ville, arrived in Richmond in the after noon." In the second part of her paper Mrs. Wright tells of the incidents' leading to the surrender at Appomattox Court HOUBO, Va., the surrender of Gen. Joseph E. Joh a ton and tho capture of President Davis, making it necessary for Gen. Wigfall to get aoross the Mississippi Rivor aa speedily as pos sible, where he proposed to join Kirby Smith. "To this end," she says, he donned the garb of a private soldier, shaved off his heard and procured a borrowed parole. "The next step was to secure a large covered wagon, in whioh could be stowed away the few. belongings we had with us, and four strong mules to draw the load; then an escort of paroled Texas soldiers was found, among whom my father took his plaoe. Some kind friend provided a saddle horse for me, and, clad in a home spun dress and my head oovered by a poke sunbonnet, I rode alongside of the wagon. "Nearing Montgomery we stopped over night at Governor Fitzpatrick's plantation and had a rousing welcome and the best accommodations for tired travellers. "Here we parted from my- father, who was to make his way with the soldiers home to Texas-as it was not safe to go with us through towns and in th? ordinary mode of travelling by railway and boat." The travellers remained some weeks with the family of Governor Knox on the outskirts of Montgomery waiting for tidings of the brother who was making his way in their direotion. The meeting is pathetically told by Mrs. Wright as follows : "One evening about dark I was standing at the gate watching down the road with hardly a thought or hope of his appoaring, when, far up tho dusty highway, I saw him coming. He walked slowly unlike the brisk step I knew of old; absolute dejection was in his mien and he had no joyous greeting to give me. His uniform was worn and soiled and he had taken from his collar the gold stars of his rank. Somehow I had no word to say. We stood and looked at each other. Finally we found speech ned to my query, "What are you going to do?" ha answered. " ?I am on the way aoross the rivor to Join Kirby Smith/ "I laid my hand upon his shoulder and paused a moment. 'Have yon not heard,' I said,'Kirby Smith has surrendered?' " . - Popularity has a short memory. A K ATTI.I M; SNAKE STONY. How Iii? Sunkeship Became a Con federate Colonel. The old southerner bound for llosc inount halted at the eross roads for rest and moisture. it was the day after Fred ii. Parker, Judge Parker's brother, killed the big copperhead on the road to Went I'ark, aud the air was full of snake. The stranger listened respectfully to th J copperhead story, but it was evident chat he had something up his sleeve. "I had 'j. farm down in Alabama be fore the war," he said, when there was a lull in the talk, "aud one day when i was at work ou the hooky hill side, I came across a fouialc rattle snake and her brood. I killed them, all but one little fellow, and brought him home to show him to thc chil dren. ^ "When I got him home he behaved so well that 1 let him live, and he became the pet of the house. Ile used to come in when the horn sound ed for dinner and he would sit in a high chair and eat just like the rest of us. "He was a mighty smart snake and he could do 'most everything but talk. When he wanted a second piece of huckleberry pie he would rattle in a certain way and we would know just what he meant. We called him Bill, and he acted as c, sort of watch dog. "When the war broke out and I got reedy to go Bill saw that something Trou ttn u n rt Yin IrArktV ? n]\ r\wm\ v\rw ?. -- -rt -- - - ~f- "ft "*v around rattling away to notify me that he wanted to be in the game. I told him he'd have to stay heme and watch the farm, and I started down the road to join my regiment. "I'd gone about a half mile when something dropped out of a tree and wound itself around my neck. It was Bill, and by the way he looked into my face, beseeching like, I knew I'd have to take him to the war. "Gentlemen, that rat. jr proved to be one of the best soldiers in the Con federate army. When we closed in with the Yanks Bill would wriggle into their ranks and bite 'em right and left, killing a Yankee every time ho stru .. When the bugle blew at night ne would come back to our camp and look at me, as much as to say : " 'If you have done as well as I. have to-day the war won't last long.' ' Gen. Leo heard about Bill and bre vetted him a colonel of gallantry. Col. Bill kept up his work as long as the war lasted, but in the confusion that followed tho news of the surren der he was lost. "I supposed the colonel had been killed, and after grieving for him I went home and got my family and moved to Tennessee, where I thought I could make a better living. I hired some niggers to work on my place, but I know that if Col. Bill had oome home with mo I couldn't keep them, because he heard somewhere that the aiggors were the cause of the war, and he was death on 'em. "One day one of my niggers went down to the spring and came baok yelling that he had been bitten by the biggest rattler he ever saw, I got down my shotgun and ran to the spring. "Sure enough there was a snake 3 feot tall above his coils. I got a hoad on him and was just going to fire when the rattler hoisted his tail and began to rattle off 'Dixie.' It was Col. Bill playing the tune that he had learned in the army. The recognition wa? mstual and I welcomed Bill as one from the dead. "Then I heard a great noise like fish being fried to the air of 'Dixie,' and out of the rooks came athousard or so of rattlers, aii Bili's descendants and all playing the rebel music. Bill had taught 'em. "There wasn't anything to do bnt take Bill and his kin up to the houso and entertain 'em. The result was that I was eaten out of house and home. I've been a poor man ever since end I've oome up here to see Judge Parker and ask him whether he can't spare me just one little? Tennes see postmastorship when he gets into office." As the old man passed down the hill toward the judge's no comment was heard from thegronp at the Quinn Inn. The simple veracity of the traveller had ^impressed even Capt. Quinn himself.-Ksefms Correspon dent in New York Sun. Nu Poy, No Care. "Mister," said a little child to the herb dootor, or "root doo tor," ss they are sometimes called in some parts, "mamma says them las' pills yon sold her didn't do no good, end so send her some other kind this time," and say i i og which she plaeed the empty box on the doctor's rickety desk. "Lemme seo," said th? doctor, as he adjusted his glasses and looked over his book. After inspecting the book for a few moments he looked up and said : "Humph, bumph I I see what de trouble is. You tell yo mammy, honey, dat she nevah paid fordern las pills she got, an* tell her she can't spec' fur dom to do her no good 'oep'n daj's paid fur 1" A I'ICTKltKStyl'E A Ii 31 Y. Thc American Sunday School Union recently completed it? eightieth j year's work for the neglected children of our country, and is furnishing the press with some interesting facts. L?Cing sn undenominational work, helpful to the churches in every Stato, its success will give wide spread satis faction. If we could take all the scholars and teachers who were enrolled in the schools organized by the American Sunday School Union last year, and form them into a column, standing live abreast in ranks, allowing 3 feet to each rank, in good marching order, we would have a picturesque Sunday Schooi army arrayed in solid phalanx more than eleven miles long. If we were strong enough to walk eleven miles along this vast host, we would be surprised to see so many bare-foot boys, and girls with calico dresses and sunbonnets. While plain ly clad, most of them have intelligent faces. Wo would observe they had been supplied with good literature. iMore than 27,000 Bibles and Testa ments might be couuted in their hands, also about the same number of BODg and librar^ books ind many thousand lesson papers. To review this great Sunday Sohool army, 97,800 strong, which The Ameri can Sunday Sohool Union recruited, organized and equipped all in one year, would be an impressive sight. Many dooisive battles of the world's history have been gained by a foroe net so large. To hear ibis army of children sing, would be inspiring and cheering. CONVERSIONS. If we should take those who were converted in the Sunday Schools or ganized by the Society, and Btand them side by side, in single file, al lowing 2 feet to each, this line of young converts would roach nearly four mileo. A MILE OF CHURCHES. The American Sunday Sohool Union has been called the pioneer and re cruiting agency for the churches. If we could take all the churches which grew out of Union Bible Sohools last year, and stand them end to end, al lowing 40 feet to eaoh, we would have the imposing sight of a line of churches reaching one mile. Many of them are neat and tasty, some very plain. Among these 133 new churches may be found many rep resentatives of the various denomi nations. OTHER VIEWS. Imposing as' the foregoing columns are, other features of the Union's work are equally as impressive. If we should take all the sohools which the Society strengthened daring the year, and' plaoe them side by side, allowing 30 feet to each, we would have a solid line of Sunday Sohools seventy-two miles long. The multitudes who attended the 450 public addresees delivered each week by missionaries of the Society, and the young people in Union schools who resolved to seek a higher educa tion, would also be an interesting sight. The men who did this wonderful work, would form an interesting pro cession. The 259 faithful mission aries employed by the Society, some in their little wagons, some on horse back, others on foot, all enduring hard ness, to evangelize the destitute. 830 .MILK- i>y HOMES. During the year, missionaries of the i nion visited thousands ot homes, many of whoin have rarely, if ever, been entered by a Christian minister. By words of admonition and circu lating Kood literature seoured the hearty co-operation of many parents in the good work. If we could take these 221,500 hornes visited by the missionaries, snd place them side by side, allowing 20 feet to each house, we would have a line of borneo 830 miles long, extending over hill and valley, further than from Philadelphia, Pa., to Louisville, Ky. SALIENT POINTS. 1. Vast as this labor v as, it should not be regarded as something new or unusual, for the Sooiety is doing sub stantially as much, year after year, as there are about 12,000,000 children and youth in our country who Lave not been enrolled in any Sunday School; a number larger than all the standing armies of Europe combined, we can readily see how greatly thu work should be enlarged. 2. Many communities where these sohools were organized, will not be abl< to support churches for years to come This is all the greater reason whj they should now have good Sunda] Sohools. 3. In perfect loyalty to the ohurohee Ithe Sooiety provides for the ohildrei who are not reaohed by any otho agenoy. Nothing has been foam whioh takes the plaoe of Bible in struotion, for establishing noble prin oiples in the minds of the young an uplifting the true standard of morah The Amerioan Sunday School Unio desires to furnish full particulars rc garding the method, expense cud r( sult3 of its work. Anyone desiring information ms apply to Rev. J. H. McCullagh, Supt Southern Di s trio t, Henderson, Ky. Morris K. Jesup, New York, Pres dent. Rev. J. M. Crowell, D. D., Seen tory, 1122 Chestnut St., Philadelphii Pa. _^ a_ Too Many Dogs. This story of Lincoln seems to 1 a new one, says the Youth's Compai ion. It was related at an old settler meeting at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, I the late Senator James Harlan, Iowa, who served as secretary of tl interior under Mr. Lincoln, and who daughter, Mary, is the wife of Robe Linooln, ex-secretary of war, and nt a leading lawyer and capitalist Chicago. Some politicians had oalled on Pr< ident Linooln to urge the appoii ment of some of their friends to i sitions in a certain department. 1 way of refusal the President told t following story : "Gentlemen, tho conditions in tl department put me in mind of t time that a young friend of mine a myself tried to court the two dauf ters of a peppery widow living n< onr homes. The old lady kept a of hounds. "We had not been in the house lc before one of the hounds oame ii the room and lay down by the fire, a little while another one came to I door. He didn't get in, for the lady gave him a kick, saying : " 'Get out of here ! There's many dogs in here now 1' "We oonoluded to oourt some ot girls." The IsTind Toa Have Always Bought, and which has been, in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature oe -- and has been made under his per sonal supervision since its infancy? /-wcJUM Allow no one to deceive you in thia. All Count eric i ts, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment? What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare? gorlc, Drops and Soothing Syrups? It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It der.ftroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind Colic, ft relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving heal .hy and natural sleep? The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend? GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears th? Signature of t9^m The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. TMS O SOTA UH MUMMY, YT HU S RAY STBS KT. M MB VOMI ?HT. Studebaker Wagons just arrived. Car of Kentucky, Old Hickory and Tennessee Wagonette arrive. Also, three cars of Buggies, Carriages, Surreys and pleas* ure Vehicles generally. Call and see us. FRETWELL-HANKS CO. ONE CAE OP HOG PEED. Have just received one Car Load of HOG FEED (Shorts) at very close prices. Come before they are all gone. Now is the time for throwing LIME Around your premier to prevent a case of fever or some other disease, that will cost you very muoh more than, the price of a barrel of Lime ($100.) Wo have a fresh shipment in stock, and will he glad to send you some. If you 'contemplate building a bara or any other building, see us before buying your--. CEMENT and LIME, . As we sell the very best qualities orly. OP Om ANDERSON. Turnip Seed ! Come to us for your Seed. Fresh shipment just in-all varieties. Also, come to us* for anything in the ORR, CRAY & CO., Prescription Druggists. A. C. STRICKLAND, DENTIST. Office Over Farmers and Msrehacii Bank. SPECIAL attention given io thehlahei classes of Dental work. Crowns, Brldga and r orcol ein Inlays, snob aa are done ii the larger cities. All kinda of Plates made. Gold Vitt inga in artificial teeth any time aft? Plates'are made. - ? Oxygen Oas ana Local Anaesthetis Klveu for tho Painless Extraction of ieett Bleeding and diseased guma treated. .S2B- All cali* to the country and near ny 'Towns for: iib* Painless Ex traction r Teeth promptly attended to by a corni tent eeslat&ut. A man thinks it it when tho matter of lire insurance suggests itself-but circamBtan ces of lat? have shown how lifo hange by m thread whea War, flood, hurricane and fire soddenly overtakes yon, and tho only wa? to be sure that your family is protected in case of cala? overtaking you is to fr* a soU Company like-- 'V ie mutual seneiit nife Ins. Ods Drop io and see us about it. V" Bf . ??. MATTISOW, S ? 8?ATE AGENT. Peoples' Bsj|lt?R?m?? ANDERSON, S. O MOTT'8 PENNYROYAL PILLS -??5a5 .1 1 ' "i i '--gi or and banish Spains of menstruation." They are "I/IFE 8AVEESM to girls at womanhood, aiding development of organs and body. No known remedy for women equals them. Cannot do barm-lifo becomea a pleasure. Sl.OO FEB BOX'BY HAIL. Sold by druggists* DB. MOTT'S CHEMICAL CO., Cleveland, Ohio. FOB SALE BY EVANS PJ3ABB8ACY. D. S. VAN DIVER. E. P. V?NDIVEBl VAN DI VER BROS., General Merchants. COME TO SEE US! On anything in our line and we will make PRICES SPECIALLY INTER ESTING. We have a limited amount of Sound, Cheap Flour for Hog Feed, At $8.50 per barrel. Yours for Trade, VANDIVER BROS. D. S. VAKTDIVBR. J. J. MAJOR* E. P. VAN DIVER. VANDIVER BROS. & MAJOR, - DEALERS H* BUGGIES, WAGONS ANO HARNESS. ? .- -. rr\ . .... We have a splendid line of B?GGIE3 and ?ABNS39 cheap, tad want to sell yon. We have some good WAGONS cheap. -A ALSO, |A PEW PINE HAY RAKES, At Special Price. , MT COMB TO SEE TJS. Yours truly, ? .'?.VANDIVER BROS. & MAJ0R.