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The Laws of South-Carolina.
Acts and Joint Resolutions passed by the
General Assembly at the Session of 1872
An Act to regulate the fees of Probate
Judges, Clerks of Courts, Trial Justioos
and other officers herein mentioned. '
Be it enaoted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of South Caro*
. lina, now met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same:
Section 1. That the fees which probate
judges, clerks of courts, trial justices and
other officers herein mentioned shall be authorized
to receive in the several cases here
in specified shall be as follows :
Sec. 2. Judges of Probate: For petition
for letters, &cM fifty cents; ior ciiauuu, unj .
cents; qualifying executors, .administrators 1
or guardians, aniissufcjAtters to same, one '
dollar and fifty cents; lairing bend of admin- a
istrators or guardians, one dollar; issuing T
warrant of fggwaieqmeot, one dollar, proriag J
will in oomlhoA fdrai, 6ne dollar; proving will
in solemu form,five dollars; filing and entoring ,
renuaeiaripo a? executor, one dollar; <Mt- c
mu* potetiatim to prove will or qualify exec- ?
utor, two dollars; receiving, examining and' c
filing annual return, one dollar; for first and 1
final returns, eeefc threa dotterfc; order for 1
sale of personal property, one ddflar; liear- 1
iug and filing petition for guardians and ippointmeat,
two dollars; entering caveat and 0
withdrawingjmMt one doUar? Waring litiga* 5
ted case, three dollars, and twenty-five cents '
additional for eaUb witnessed examined; ia- .
suing summons for each v^neas, whew not '
issued by an attorney, thirty oefils; for every
rule issued against defaulting witness or e_
party failing to. account, two dollars; for "
proceeding* in partition of roil estate, fire e
dollars, and fifty cents additional on eve- *
ry hundred dollars, or fractional part there- a
of, for which the land may be sold, or, in 9
case of partition iw kind, for which it may f
be asfcesBed : Provided. That in no case shall '!
tbe fees and allowances so received aggre- 1
gate more than twenty-five dollars: Provi- 6
did, further, That in cases of partition in c
kind no commission shall be charged; for ap- 8
pointing guardians, ad litem, one dollar; commissions
on all moneys roceived and paid I3
out, two per cent on the first three hundred B
dollars, and one per cent, on all over that
amonht; for search for each paper, ten cents; J
for certificate and seal, fifty cents; for final
discharge of executcr, administrator or guardian,
.one dollar; for proceedings in dower, 0
inclusive of all charges, except recording, a
ten dollars; for proceedings in lunacy, inclu- c
sive, five dollars; for recording all papers J
proper to be recorded, or furnishing copy of
any paper in his office, per copy sheet of 1
one hundred words, each figure containing
one word, fifteen cents; for all services in 1
setting off the homestead, including the title 6
and record of proceedings, five dollars.
Sec. 3. Clerks of Courts: Jfor signing ana "
* sealing sob writs, fifty cents; for administering
oaths, twenty-ire cents; for taking And
filing bonds in trover, attachment and other
cases, ( ooe dollar; for signing and sealing
commission to examine witness, fifty oents,
recording phis, under order of court, one
dollar; rule of surrey, fifty oents; each official
certificate under seal, fifty cents; issuing attachment
for contempt, or other special writ,
fifty cents; signing and sealing writ of habere
facial possessionem, fifty centl; receiving
and paying over mooey officially, under
three hundred dollars, one per oent.; over
that amount, one-half of one per cent.; on
bill, nolle prooeqm, before given out, one
dollar; on bill thrown out by grand jury, or
found and notte prosequi abated, discontinued
or struck off, two dollars; on bill found
and verdict by petit jurv, two dollars; issuing
bench warrant, one dollar; issuing acire facial,
one dollar; issuing each execution in J
sessions, one dollar; signing and waling writ
of habeas corpus, one dollar; issuining war- c
rant or taking recognisance or other services <3
in the sessions, the same feet allowed to trial f
justices; each writ of venire facias, inclu- a
ding all serviesa incident to summoning ju- o
rore, two dottars and fifty oents; preparing t
and issuing certificates for ^rand, patit j urors f
and oonstables, and furnishing return to v
county commissioners for each week of every v
term of court, five dollars; furnishing adyer- t
tisement in case of escheat, exclusive of I
printer's bill, sod recording proceedings {
thereon, three dollars; for advertising and t
Jiving notioe to managers of elections, six t
ollars; for license to an .attorney, all inci- a
dental wrvieos included, five dollars; filing c
and entering notioe of alien's intention of bo- ?
come a citizen, one dollar; filing and record- ?
ing report of alien, one dollar; administering c
oaths of intention, fifty eente; filing and en- c
tering application to become a citizen, and t
administering oath, one dollar; for giving <
certificate of citizenship, one dollar; for ta- ]
king renunciation of dower or inheritance, 1
two dollars; for official record of est ray, and {
filing papers, one dollar; every search ier a i
paper, ten cents; every seach, with cortifi- ]
cates, fifty cents; swearing trial justice or 1
p constable in office, and certificate, and taking I
bond, one dollar; recording the bonds of i
county omcere, anu cermyiug w buuiu, wio ; >
dollar; for every probate in writing, twenty- j (
6ve cent*: for signing drdimut'potentatem, i
two dollars; fur official certificate to exempli- i
fication of record, one dollar; on filing trans- <
ceipt, twenty-five cents; entering judgement, <
fifty cents; for copying papers, per oopy sheet I
of one hundred words, each figure counting <
a word, fifteen cents; for signing and sealing ]
each exclusion and removal, fifty cents; for 11
recording and copying deeds, mortgages and <
other papers, per copy sheer of ono hundred ]
words, fifteen tents; fur every certificate on <
- every deed, or other papers^ twenty-five 1
cento; on every appeal from trial justice, all i
services inclusive, two dollars; for entering I
a
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satisfaction on mortgage, twentw-fivc cents;
for recording or copying plats, of not more
than six corners, one dollar; for every cornor
more than six, ten cents; for filing and
recording every rule or order for arbitration,
fifty oents; for filing and recording affidavit
for continuance when ordered by the judge,
twenty-five cents; for granting charters of
incorporations, three dollars.
, Sec. 4. Tiiai justices and justices of the
peace: Oath and warrant in any criminal
?ase, fifty cents; eAch recognizance, fifty
;ents; commitments and release, each twentyive
cents; administering and certyfying oath
in writing, other than above, fifty cents; isining
writ of habeas corpus by two justices
ointly, two dollars; issuing summons and
jopy for defendant in oivil cases, fifty cents;
ssuing summons to each witness in oivil
sases, twenty-five cents, for swearing and
aking examination of each witness in civil
sascs, twenty-five cents; for giving judgment
n eases not defended, twenty-five cents; for
ffying judgment on hearing litigated cases,
rrenty-dve oents; for issuing exclusion, or
emoval of ume, fifty cents; report of cose
md taking bond to appeal, one dollar and
Iffy cents; for issuing attachment returnable
o ceurt or justice, inclading all notces, one
lollar and fifty cents; for filing returns of
garnishee and order thereon, twenty-five
ents;' for proceedings in cases of ejection,
hree dollars; for approval of indentures of
ippreittieeehip or servants, one dollar; for
proceedings on coroner's inquest, the same
ees as allowed to coroners; for proceedings
m estray of horse or mole, one dollar; for
ggeeedings on all other estrays, fifty cents;
or taking and certifying renunciation of
lower or inheritance, two dollars; for grantng
order for special bail, one dollar; for the
rial of any criminal case, three dollars; for
very preliminary examination ot any crimetal
case, one dollar and fifty cents; for taking
zamination of witnesses in writing, as precribed-by
law, one dollar; for attending and
cting for the preservation of wrecked vesels
and goods, three dollars per day out of
he vessels' goods and effects; for proceedngs
against vagrants and returning report
hereof, two dollars; for qnalifying appraisrs
in setting off the homestead, seventy-five
ents, and five cents per mile for all necessay
travel.
Section 5. Notaries public: For taking de?08ition
and swearing witnesses, per copy
beet, twenty five cents; for every protest,
wo dollars; for a duplicate of deposition,
rotest and certificate, per copy sheet, one
mudrcd words, fifteen* cents; for each atondance
on any person to prove any matter
r thing and certifying the same, fifty cents,
,nd five eente additional for every mile of
lecessary travel in going and returning; for
dministering an oath on affidavit, fifty cents;
or taking renunciation of dower pr inheriance,
two dollars.
Section 6. Coronets: For every inquisiion,
ten dollars, and five cents per mile of
ivery mile of necessary travel in going and
eturning; for each warrant issued, fifty
ents; for each body disinterred, five dollars;
or recording proceedings of each inquisition
a his book, per copv sheet of one hundred
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rords, fifteen cents; ior perrorming wiu uuies
of sheriff, the sane fees that are allowed
o the sheriff for like services.
Seetion 7. Witnesses: Witnesses in civil
nd criminal cases, per day, one dollar, beides
mileage at five cents per mile, going
nd returning: - Provided, That in no case,
izoept in cases of felonies, where witnesses
or the defence are bound over, shall tho
State be liable' to pay defendant's witnesses;
fitnesses in trial justices courts, shall rewive
fifty eents per day, and the same mileige
as allowed in circuit oonrts.
Section 8. Jurors: Jurors per day, one
lollar and fifty cents, besides milage going
ind returning; jurors in trial justices' courts'
hall receiTe twenty five cents for each case
ried, and mileage as herein allowed to other
orors.
Section 9. Sheriffs: For every writ, proess,
warrant or exeoution, and making en
lorsements thereon, each twenty five cents;
or serving every writ or summons, besides
nileage, one dollar; for bond in any case,
ne dollar; for oommitinenl and release each
wwnty five oents; for serving each venire
or grand jury, ten dollars; for serving each
aire for setH jury, fifteen dollars; for soring
each bench or other warrant Issued in
he seasioos, attachment, eontcmpt of oourt,
resides mileage, one dollar; for search for
?rooo or goods, not found, and returned on
he execution non est inventus or nulla bo1a,
besides mileage, one dollar, for levying
ittachment or execution, besidos mileage,
me dollar; dieting persons rcr day, forty
tents; executing convict, including all charges
for bnrial and other expenses, twenty five
lollars; bringiug up prisoners under habeas
iorpus, to bo paid by the prisoner, if able, (if
iot, by the county,) besides mileage, one
iollar; for executing writ of habere facias
XMsessionem, one dollar, besides mileage of
ive cents per mile for all necessary travel
jo;ng and returning; .for transferring moicy,
bonds or other securities for money to
wrty, one-half of one per cent; for summonng
freeholders to try suggestion of fraud. ;
ivo dollars; for serving any paper in criminal
or civil case, issued by trial justices, the
iatne fees as are allowed to constables in like
;ases; convoying prisoner from one place to
inothor, besides all necessary expenses go- ,
ntr ntwl mhirninv tlirp* iloll.irs liOr dav: '
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>ach guard for sheriff in conveying prisoner, J
mo dollar per-day; commission on all monies
lollected by him, if under three hundred
follars, two per cent; if over that sum. two
per cent, on the first three hundred dollars,
ind one and one-half per cent, on balance;
>ne-fourth of one per cent, on 'nil monies
paid out of office on all executions lodged;
executions lodged to bind and order not to
levy, twenty five cents; advertising defendant's
property, in addition to printer's bill,
Oily cente; drawing deed or xnortgago, two dol- j
lars;b ill of sale, one dollar; each notice on set
ofj'managers of election, besides mileage, one
dollar; in case of ejectment and ejecting tenant
or othftrs, three dollars; suinmouing cor*
oner's jury and witnesses, to be paid by the
county, five dollars; for selling land under
decree of the Court of Probate, in lieu of
commission and all other charges, except for i
administering, three dollars. 1
Section 10. Constables: For summoning i
each wituess in civil cases, fifty cents; for '
serving summons, rule or notice in any civil i
case, fifty cents; for serving attachment, on <
each person, one dollar; for levying execu- ;
tion, posting advertisement of sale and pay- ]
ing over proceeds, fifty cents, besides a com- !
mission of two per cent, on all sums collec- <
ted, to be paid by the party in ezeoation; '
fore'very day in search of stolen goods, to be i
paid by the complainant, two dollars; for <
scrying a warrant in any State case, one dol- i
lar; for selling an estrny, five per cent, of the I
proceeds, and, in this case, five cents per <
mile for all necessary travel one way, to be i
certified in writjng by the officer on the back '
of the process; for all necessary services in 1
cases of ejectment, as well before as after 1
jndgment, three dollars; for snmmoning cor- J
oner's jury and witnesses, to be paid by the 1
county, jive dollajs. 1
Section 11. That the following compensa- ]
tion shall hereafter be allowed any physician i
who may be called in by the acting coroner <
to make a postmortem examination, to-wit: <
Whore death has resulted from external 1
violence, and where no "dissection is required, <
the sum of ten dollars; where dissection is 1
neccessary and no .interment has taken i
place, twenty dollars; for the same after one <
or more days' interment, thirty dollars; for i
the same, when any chemical analysis is re- i
n onm nnt ovOaa/1In 9 fifVir rlnllura tn. I I
l| UllCU J a OUUI UVV VAVVVVIIU^ H?VJ ?rv
gether with the expenses of such analysis, 1
and that in every case in which such a phy- I
sician shall be called to any distance beyond i
one mile, he shall be allowed the mileage j
usually charged in his neighborhood Pro- |
vided, That in all cases in which chemical <
analysis shall be made, the physician who I
shall make the post mortem examination 1
shall furnish to the county oommissioners of
the county in which the said examination
has been made, a full statement of such i
analysis: Provided further, Every account '
presented for any post mortem examination i
shall have the certihcste of the coroner, or
magistrate acting as coroner, that the servi- |
ccs were rcudercd. 1
Section 12. That all acts or parts of acts 1
inconsistent with or supplid by this act are <
hereby repealed. <
Approved February 26, 1873.
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An Act abrogate and sink all that portion 1
of the debt of the State of South Carolina i
incurred in aid of the late rebellion against i
the United States.
Whereas article fourteen, in amendment
of the constitution "of the United States, in :
section four thereof, among other things,
enjoins that neither the United States, nor i
any State, shall assume or pay any debt or
obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or
rebellion against the United States, or any
claim for the loss or emancipation of any
slave but all such debts, obligations and
claims shall be held illegal and void; and
whereas the constitution of the State of
South Carolina, in article nine, section
sixteen, enjoins that no debt contracted by
this State in behalf of the late rebellion,
in whole or in part, shall ever be paid;
therefore,
Be it enacted bv the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of South Carolina,
now met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same:
Section 1. That all of tho indebtedness
and obligations whatsoever of the of State of
South Carolina, coming within the constitutional
prohibitions aforesaid, as contracted or
incurred in aid of thesaid rebellion, or which
are covered or described bv or under such
prohibitions, or either of tnem, and all authority
for incurring or assuming such indebtedness
or obligations on the part of the
said State, are, all and singular, hereby,abro
gated and declared and held to be illegal and
absolutely null and 7oid.
Section 2. All such indebtedness and
obligations of the said State, as are mentioned
in the next preceding section shall be
immediately dropped and excluded from the
debt of this State, and shall never bo
reckoned with nor form any part of the
ame.
Section 3. Whoever shall violate this act
shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine of
ono thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in
the Penitentiary for one year, or by both
such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion
of the court.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon
its passage.
Approved February 27, A. D. 1873.
An honest old Peunsyvania farmer had a
tree on his premises he wanted to cut down,
but being weak in the back, and having a
dull nxe, he hit upon the following plan:
Knowing the passion among his neighbors
for coon-hunting he made a coon's foot out
of a potato, nnd proceeded to imprint numer
ous tracks to and up the tree. When all
was ready, he informed his neighbors that
tho tree uiust be filled with coons, pointing
to the external evidence made with his potato
foot. The bait took, and in a short time
half a dozen fellows, with slurp axes, where
chopping at the base of the tree, each taking
their regular turn. The party nlso brought
dogs and shot-guns, and were in testacies
over the anticipated haul of fat coons. The
tree finally fell, but nary coon was seen to
"drnp."
A Slight Mistake.?An Illinois husband
got into the wrong houso the other
night and inadvertently beat his neighbor's
i wife instead of his owu.
APPOMATOX.
The True Story of General Lee's Surrender.
[From the Richmond Dispatch.]
"The situation" at Appomatox on the 9th.
of April, 1865, when General Leo sent a
flag of truce to ask an interyievt. with Gen.
Grant, was simply this: There were only
7,500 jaded, famished Confederates with
arms in their hands, nearly eurrounded by
eighty thousand Federal soldiers already in
position, with reinforcements constantly arriving.
Gordon foil back through the village
and moved to meet an attack of Sheridan
on the flank, whilo General Chambcrlayne
led the advance corps of the Army of
the James into the court house. A battery
nft\\a Rinhmnnil Howitzers. which had been
engaged at Big Bethel in 1861, stationed in
Lhe yard of Mr. Peers, on the extreme northeast
corner of the village, fired the last gnn
of the day, and withdrew as the blue waves
were encircling it. The Federal picket line
was advanced beyond tho village, and that
little band of heroic spirits seemed about to
be immolated, when suddenly the white flag
was displayed and the firing ceased. There
have been published so many sensational reports
of the meeting between the two commands
that I am glad to be able (o refute
them*by giving General Lee's own account
of what occurred as he gave it to some
friends at his house in Lexington, but a few
days before bis last illness. He said that he
had for duty that morning not eight thousand
men, and that when he learned from
Glordon that there was a heavy infantry foruo
in front, he decided to see Gen. Grant, and
ascertain the terms upon which he could end
the contest. But before going to meet him,
be left orders with Longstreet and Gordon
to hold their commands in readiness, deter
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mined, as no was, to cut me way turuugu, ur
perish in the attempt, if each terms were not
slanted as he thought- his army entitled to
iem&nd. He mot Goneral Grant between
the picket lines, in the open field about two
hundred yards below Appomattox Court
House.
" You met under an apple tree, did you
not, General?" asked a gentleman present.
:No, sifl" was the reply, "we did not meet
under an apple tree, and I saw no tree near,
[t was in an open field near the main road."
[This explodes the historic applo tree, about
which so much has been said. A gentleman
who was within a few feet of the two Gen- j
urals when they met pointed out to me the
exact.spot. The apple tree which was cut to
pieoce, and even the roots of whioh were dug
up and carried away by relic hunters, was
fully a quarter of a mile from the place of
meeting, and the only historic interest that
could bo attached to it was that General Lee
rested under its shade a few minutes while
waiting for the return of his flag of truce.?
The only tree anywhero near the place of
meeting was a small locust thorn which is
Btill standing about twenty yards from the
spot.]
General Lee said that when he met Gen.
Grant they exchanged polite salutatious, au J
he stated to him at once that he desired a
conference in reference to the subject matter
of their correspondence. "General Grant
returned you your sword, did he not General
?" ono of the company asked. The old
hero, straightening, himself up, replied in
emphatio terms: " No, sir! Ho had no opportunity
of doing so. I was determined
that the side arms of officers should be exempt
by the terms of surrender, and of
course I did not offer him mine. All that
was said about swords was that Gen. Grant
apologised to mc for not wearing his own
sword, saying that it had gone off with his
baggage, and he had been unable to get it
in time." [This spoils a great deal of rhetoric
about "Grant's magnimity in returning
Lee's sword," nnd renders absurd as it is
false the attoinpt of Northern artists to put
the scene on canvass or statuary. Even
General Grant's own connivance at this so
called "historic scene" will not save it when
the world knows that Robert E. Lee said
nothing of the sort occurred.] General Leo
stated in his conversation that he was occompanied
when he met Grant only by Col.
Charles Marshall, of his porsonal staff, who
went with one of General Grant's staff to
find a suitable room in which to hold the conference;
they were first shown to a vacant
house, and declining to use that, were conducted
by McClean to his house aud shown
to his parlor. General Grant was accompanied
by several of his staff officers, and several
of his Generals (among them Sheridan
arid Ord,) entered the room and participated
in the slight general conversation that occurred.
The two Generals went aside aud
sat at a table to confer together, when Geu.
Lee opened the conversation by saying,
" General, I deem it due to proper candor
and frankness to say at the very beginning
of this interview, that I am not willing even
tn discuss anv terms of surrender inconsis
tent with the honor of my army, which I
am determined to maintain to the last."?
(irant replied : ' 1 have no idea of proposing
dishonorable terms, General, but I would be
glad if you would state what you consider
honorable terms." General Lee briefly .^ated
'he terms upon which he would he willing
to surrender. Grant expressed himself
as satisfied with them, and Leo requested
that he would formally reduce tho proposition!
to writing. Grant at once did so with
a common lead pencil, and handed the paper
to lice, who read it carefully and without
comment, except to say that most of the horses
were the private property of the men
riding thcui. General Grant replied that
such horses would be exempt from surrender,
and the paper was then handed to Col.
Badean. (Grant's Secretary,) and copies in
ink made by him And Colonel Marshall.?
While this was being done there wore in
| quirics after the hoalth of mutual acquain#
tances, but nothing bearing on the surrender
except that General Lee said that he had on 1
his hands some two or three thousand priso- 1
ners, for whom he had ho rations. Sheridan \
at once said: " I have rations for twenty five 1
thousand men."
General Grant having signed his note, 1
General Lee conferred with Colonel Marshall,
who wrote his brief note of his ae- 1
ceptance of the terms of surrender offered,
General Leo striking out the sentence, " I '
have the honor to reply to your eommnni- i
cation," and substituting, "I have received 1
your letter of this date."
This terminated the interview, and Gener- '
al Lee rode back to his headquarters, which
were three quarters of a mile northeast of '
the court house. }
I have thus given the substance, and for 1
the most part the exact language of General '
Lee's account of the surrender. It will ap- 1
pear from this that a great dealthat has been *
riwftnf'd mnmioniniifu^ in urA. (
OAIU UUUUH VIIUIIV o uia^uniuiuiivj in jn vposing
terms of surrender, and Leo's " warm 1
thanks-for the liberal terms accorded," ori- 1
ginated simply in the imagination of the ?
writers. The troth is, Grant proposed the 1
only terms which Lee would have accepted, J
and he knew too well the mettle of that great '
captain and the Jjeroic remnant of-his army '
which had so often defeated him no to re- t
joice at an opportunity of covering himself
with glory bp accepting almost any terms of 1
surrender. * 1
. I have gathered a number of incidents of I
the surrounded which interested me and y
may be of interest to your readers. Soon *
after General Lee loft the McClean House, r
owned by tho same gentleman at whose c
house, near Bull Run, Beauregard had his, a
headquarters during the battle of July-18,.
1861, Sheridan stalked in and said, rudely, *
"I mean to have this chair"?taking up one fof
the chairs in which the Generals had
signed the terms of capitulation, and exhibiting
at the time a $250 gold piece, <>
Major McCleau replied, "That chair is not >
for sale, General. If you choose to take it (
you have the physical power to dd so." "I I
mean to have it, was the curt rejoinder; "
and the "Great Barn-Burner" gave- another "
proof of his skill in petit larceny. The table t
and other chairs were in like manner Carried ?
off by Federal officers as souvenirs. i
I As soon as the flag of truce was hoisted a
on Gordon's lines the offensive General Cus- t
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tar (/'iniss ranny ; came numg mnuuaij ?
up to General Gordon, demanding in his own name
"unconditional surrender." Gordon <
drew himself up to his full height, and, with (
crushing dignity, replied: "lean have no <
negotiations with you, sir; and if the settle- >
ment of this matter rested betwocn us there 1
could he no nnjoi lot ions but .by the sicord." 1
As showing the spirit of the men who <
participated in the brilliant action that morn- ]
ing it may be mentioned that many of them '
crowded around the bearer of one of the flags 1
of truce?a widely known and loved chaplain, ?
who, since the capture of his regiment at '
Spotsylvania Cout House, had served with '
great gallau try on General Gordon's staff? ?
and eagorly asked if the enemy bad sent in ?
to surrender their force on that road, think- t
ing that in flanking us Grant had pushed a <
part of his force too far. They had no
dream that they were to bo surrendered.
But gradually the truth broke upon them, 1
and great was their chagrin when these <
high-mettled victors in tho last battle of the 1
Army of Northern Virginia learned that they ]
must ' yield to Overwhelming numbers and I
resources"?that after all their marches, bat- <
tics, victories, hardships and sufferings, the i
causo they loved better than life itself must
succumb to brute force. Many bosoms i
heaved with omotion, and
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"Someming on 1110 sukuci a ,
Washed off the stain of powder."
After the flag of truce was raised a Federal 1
scout was shot through mistake by bis own
men, when trying to stop the firing, and a
New York Major, under the influence of
liquor, met his donth by galloping up to a
Confederate battery and demanding its surrender.
The women nud children of Appomattox
Court House had all left their homes during
the battlo of the morning and upon
their return had to pass through C us tar's
cavalry. ''Miss Fanny" himself was very
rudo to them, and permitted his men to
kiss them as they passed.
Per contra, it affords me pleasure to say
that many of the Federal officers and men
were very courteous and considerate. The
citizens of the village speak in especially
high terms of Gen. Chauiberlayne (since
Governor of Maine,) who was delicately considerate
of the feelings of the people, gentlemanly
in his bearing, and generous towards
the vanquished.
When the arms were being stacked, a
gallant color bearer, as ho delivered up the ?
tattered remnant of his flag, burst into tears
and said to the Federal soldiers, who received
it: " Hoys, this is not the first time you
have seen that flag. I have borne it in the
very fore front of tho battlo of- many a
victorious field, and I had rather die than
surrender it now." ''Hravc fellow." said i
General Clmmberlayne. " I admire your no- j
blc spirit, and only regret that 1 have not !
the authority to bid you keep your flag aud J
I carry it home as a precious hclr-loom."
' '' ? -e n 1 1 1 ; j '
i J He eaim uiguiiy oi \renerm iicu uuiiu j
these trying scenes, the deep emotion with
; which the men heard his uobic farewell address,
and crowded round to shake his liuud,
how they wore thrilled by his simple words,
' >Icn, we have fought through he war together.
I have done my best fyr you. My
heart is too full to say more." (lordon's noble
farewell speech?the tender parting of
comrades who had been so closely bound together
by the common hardships, sufferings,
dangers, and victories, and hopes, wore all
' vividly recalled as 1 gazed on the very spots
where they occurred, but are too fauiilir to
' be detailed now.
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I was amused to learn that the Tederal
?oldiers and tourists not only "srrieil'olF Till
the ' historic apple trce/'>Jrait<a mbait*apple
orchard as well, and was reminded of hearing
of a gallant Richmond soldier who sold
to Northern visitors, after he ? 'anted hone,
waj*on loads of the*"Appomattax apple tree,"
which he regularly gathered from a Henrico
orchard.
I noted with pleasure that the'noble omen
of Appomattox have gathered fcho confederate
lead into a neatly kept; cemetery on :Afce
rood to Appomattox staiioo, not fjir {qpn
the grove in which Grant established ,1m
headquarters. ' K
I cannot close this sketch without qfdotftig
:he language of that splendid sokfter aid
unconquerable patriot General Jd A.- JSfrfy. '
in his noble oration on Gpnoral^ec: 'tfiqalIv,
from mere exhanstiop^ less than .aigiit
housand men, wfth arms'Wthefr haricls, of
;he noblest army eve* fonjfht 'in
>f time/ were surroundered at Appomattox
0 an aqay pf one huad/fl<}aa{Uifty^hou8and nen;
the sword of Robert E. Lee, without
1 blemish upon it, wps skated, ft>r*ver,
tnd the flag to which he *dded a^<;h
ustre Was furled, to be henceforth embalmed
n the affectionate remembrance of those Who
lad remained faithfial^uriag.all our trials,
ind will do 80 to the end." i.r :>y
P have never been a "relic hunter" ;Ll
>rize the blanket under' which I slept 'the .
light of the first battle of Manassas), but *1
ducked some thorns flrom the tree -near
vhich Lee met Grant, which I proposed
reave into a wreath of evergreens, and. jw*
nortdlles, taken from General Lee's bier tl\e
lay we laid him in the vault at Lexitfgton,
>nd to tuoircle them'with the tnotto ^^"''
"The thorns of Appomattax covered with
he immorteUes and evergreen^of Lee's. last
jreat viotory." , ViAtOR.
The New Post.vgit Law.-?On the 30th .
if next June, the^reeent postal law erpfrcs ,nd
the new one adopted by the last *
Congress comes into force. This requires
lostage paid on everything seat through the
ails, including newspaper exchanges, or
lewspapers in the County or pariah in which
hey are printed. "This* must cause Some
lew arrangements abont exchanges. It is
uiDossiblo for daily papers to pay postage to
iny extent on their exchange list sent out
roni their office, and it will result in a
evOTer pruning of all superfluous papers.
Chore are several daily journals from centres
>f intelligence that mustexchange with eaoh
>ther, while there arc others which, although
icairaole, are not useful; while there reinaiu
\ large list which arc rarely used. We
believe that the next Congress will be forced,
by the public opinion, to modify this portion
)f the new postal . laws. The local County
papers are no mean power in the land, and
his compulsory postage law is unjust to
hem and unfair to the interests of their sub*
icribers. Tf tho whole postage bill of the
United States press was paid by tbedopartnent,
it would not approach .the tithe of the
iteal of the Congressmen of their back pay,
ind they'are a precious set to' inaugurate a
ox on the free circulation of the newspapers
)f the couutry.?Gofumbia Phamix.
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A despatch from Mobile,. Ala., to thq
tfew York HeralJ, says that Brigadierr
ieneral W. N. Pendleton, of the Armj of
Northern Virginia, and now pastor of thd
Episcopal Church at Lexington, Va., daring
ais lecture on General R, ?2. Lee, iq that
jity, made a charge of inefficiency, and
attributed the loss of the. battle of Gettysburg
by the Confederates to General Longstreet.
General Peiidlet<m Said that, to hi*
personal knowledge, derived from Lea'& own
lips, Longstrcet hod the night before thg
battle-received from General Lee, in person,
orders to advance at dawn of the next mqrping;
that he (General Pendleton) had madd
a reconnoissdnco in person, and declared to
General Lee the perfeot practicability of
immediate assault upou the then unprepared
euemy; how he had.waited impatiently till
12o'clock; how Longstrcet at that nohr
rode up to his side "hnd nit upon - his horse,'
useless and inactive, until 4 o'clock P, M.$
then when the head of his column did go in,
his soldiers were futile against the now
Diasscd and concentrated enemy; and still
Robert E. Lee, General Pendleton said;
refused to lay the Mame upon the shoulders
of the man who bad fought so often and 00
well for him. ^ , ,0.
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John, a fifteenth amendment, was arrested
the Other day for stealing chickens. He
was very indignant when arrested, and loudly
proclaimed his iuuoceuce. When brought
before "His august majesty," he still reiter-i
utod the fact that he was wrougly accused.
"And you deny having taken the chickens,
John ?"' asked the magistrate.
"Hi! boss, sartin. 1 neber tuk utu."
"But the officer says he found them in
your possession."
"You had them in your hands when arrested
'
"Ess, sah, boss; but I didn't stole um."
"How did you come by them ?"
"I borrowed um."
"The owner sAy? not.''
' Well, you soe, boss, lie was asleep when 1
went to borrow dem chickens, an' L was
gwiuc buck do next day to tell him."
Andrew Jackson was onco making a stump
speech in a couutry village out West. Just
as ho wns concluding, Amos Kendall, who
sat beside him, whisperod. "Tip 'eui a little
Latin, General; they won't be satisfied
without it." The "hero of Scw Orleans"
instantly thought of a few phrases he knew,
and, in a voice of thunder, wound up his
speech by exclaiming: "E jtfuribut itnum,
Sine qua wow, Xt ji/um ultra, Mu/tuiii m
jtarvo. ' The effect was tremendous, and tho.
shouts could be heard for miles.