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__ THE PE PLE'S JOURNA VOL 9.---N0. 29. PICKENS S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST io, 1899. ONE bOLLAR A YEAR. BUTLISR'S NARRATIVIS OF HIS LAST MARCI FROM COAUMIA TO TH IE SUi iNtiI'lt AT GItEENSBI30IO. How the Confetierate Cavalry Hal rasse(I Sherman's Force in It lemiJi-able Devastations. At the Chester reunion Gen. M. C Butler was the annual orator. Instewa of Indulging in a speech filled witl customary platitudes he recited a nar rative u tie retreat of Joe Johnstoi from Columbla in the face of Sher man's overwhelming army. Gen. But ler is known to have been a sagacious as well as dashing cavalry leader an his observations of that famous marci are well w arth reading and remember ing. Gen. Butler said: Comrades, Ladies and Gentlomen Your committee has done me th honor to request me to deliver an ad dress before you to-day. I will, witt your permission, appropriate the timi set apart for the purpose with a simpIl narrative of the operations of tii troops under my command from thi ov.auuat.uon of Columbia to Johnson'i surrender. It has seemed to me w4 have nx. duvoted enough of the tin of our annual reunions to historica purposes. Possibly such subject, er, not sa entertaining for the tien being, out I am quita sure they would be useful to those who come after us B.sides, we have with us, I am pleaser to say, our younger brothron, tho Sun, of Veterans, many of them endowei with the gift of eloquence and oratory, who will gratify asnd entertain us with their worthy enthusiasm in the cauc of their fathers. The period of which I shall speak will embrace the last days of4 that constitutional republic, the Southern Confedsracy, that came into being by the spontanoous action of its citizens, and flashed its brief ex istence among the nations of the earth with a brilliancy and grandeur of ac hievement in military and civic ac comptiumwot never before equalled in the annals of all history. It was a sad day when this great light of constitu tional govminment was put out, by superior fur co and overwhelming num bers. Its record will survive through the ages among the grandest and grea'est ( ff.jrts of mankind to establish and pcrpeutuate a form of governmeni best suited to the happiness and wel fare of its Inhabitante. I, civic history is no loss brilliant thau itts muilary, and the twocombined make a record unsurpassed In human efforL.. Tne 1'urning of Columbia by Sher man was among the last acts of the great traecdy of 1861 65. This act was wholly unnecessary, and aclear, 1la. grant violation of all rules of civilized wAarfarC. But the city had been marked as the capltal of the "Cradle of Secession,".and fell a victim to the venoim MA.d istred of her enemies. Cliarleston, the splendid old city by the sea, was really the " Crad le of Se cession," but for days, and weeks and months, and years she had resisted and repotled combined assaults by land and water with a tenacity and skill and pluck that challenged the admi. ration of the world and made a no epoch In the scionce of military d fense. Be it said to her glory, she never surrendered. Columbia, fair and beautiful Colum bin, suffered vicariously for the bull dog nh)4t.naey of Motiltrio, Sumtur and Wagener, but, thanks to the energy, patience and confidence o' her inhab itants, she has literally risen from her, ashes and again put on the garb of a now life, and is today a monument to the balli id vengeance of her enemies, and the undismayed pluck of her peo ple. The city was evacuated by the last of the Confederate forces on the morn ing of the 17th of February, 1865 ii was my fortune to command a d iv iion of cavalry, composed of Butler's and Young's brigades, which constituted the rear guard of Beauregard's retir ing army, aand it was my duty to super intend the withdrawal of our troops in such a manner as not to give excuse to Sherman's incoming forces for a violation of the agreement made by the mayor, that venerable and honor able gentleman, Dr. Goodwyn, and General Sherman, that if the Confed orates should withdraw wvithout, re sistance the city should h:~vo immuni ty from assault and violence. The compact was strictly carried out on our pat4. Lot the charred remnants of thin beautiful, disarmed and help lees city speak for the good faith and honorable conduct of the other e ide. General Hampton retired with Young's brigade, then commanded by Col. J. G. Wright, early that morn ing by the Winnsboro road, and later I moveal out with the other brigade, commanded by Col. B. II. Rutledge, by the Camden road. Reaching Taylor's lane, east of the old Chariotta depot,I halted for an hour or more to witnese the movement of a column of Shcor man's army down the main street tc the State House. The city was free from incendiarism at that time, b~ut that night the jnhabiltants oIf the doomed city were engulfed In walls of flaming fire, the dlemon of hate hav Ing been let loose on its helpless vie time. It is not in the best, tasteo that th( pronoun "1I" should be frequently used in a narrative like this, but it, is af most impossible to be impersonal ir giving getails so essential to a clear understanding of the operations. hi good enough, therofore, my comrade. to bear in mind that in alluding to my self I embrace the ofilcera and men o that gallant divisIon of Confedleratt horsemen who hatd illustrated tholu splendid valor and (lashing courage st long and so faithfully, i, was simpe my good fortune to be assoclatedl witi them and participateo in the glo,-y n their achievements. Resuming the march about I) or Ii o'clock in the forenoon, we moved ou to D)ent's mill on the Camden road thence through the pine woods to< KItl lian's mill, where we joined the othei brigade and bivouacked for the night Exhausted by anxiety andi loss o sleep of the two days and nights be fore, we slops5 so soundly that we weri not aware until next morning, at leas I was not, that Columbia had been de strayed b~y lire, although only eigh miles away. During the next dary, the 18th of Feb ruary, Bliar's eorps, the eenteenth was pushed out along the Charlot and Columbia railroad aud appoaee across Killian's mill pond and croel and we had a sharp encounter with in tbc afternoon. I had the dam of tU pond cut so as to flood the low groun and ::heck Blair's advance. We d, 9 ployed along the ridge in front of LU railroad station and sept up the figi until dark, losing two men killed an several wounded. The loss inllicte on the enemy I had no ieans of asce I taining, Oxcept some prisoners cal - tured by mi scouts. Next morning w I marched toward Winnsboro, via Dok - (now Ulythewood) and Ridgeway. I suppose General Boeauregard, atl( as for that matter, all of us, assume that bhe'rmaa's next objective poiI was Charlotto, N. C. Consequently, a - ter a halt of a day at Winusbort where it became my painful duty t have destroyed eighty dozen of Gov ernor Aiken's line old wine (sont u - from Charleston for sa'ety), to pro vont its falling into the hands of thi 3 enemy and tickling their thirsty pal ates. I was ordered out to Gladden' 3 grove for convenience in getting for 3 age, watching Sherman's right lank 5 while the remnant, of Ilood's army 3 with Wheolor's division of cavalry continued up the railroad. Genera Hampton directed ile to rid myself o wheels, move around Sherman's righi flank and join him at Land's ferry or the Catawoa river. I accordingly ordered my wagons at artillery towards Charlotte, and witt the mounted column started froi Gladdon's grove in the early morning of my second day there, by the near est road leading towards Columbia, in tending to pass between Shernian, army and that city. We had not, ad vanced far before running into th Lifteenth corps. This corps and the Seventoonth composed Sherman's rigbi 11 ink, ind the Fourteenth an) Twen tieth his left. After a sharp light with the Fifteenth corps, continued long enough to develop the strength of Ln( enemy in my front, and finding ] could not overcome so strong a foret on that road, I moved to my left io a, to got into the river road, the only one left open between my column and bit( Wateree river. This, too, the enemy had occupied in force. Late that, al. ternoon an incident occurred whict satistied inc that Saerman had changet direction to the right and was vol moving on Charlotte. A prisonur wa broug ht to me who said he was an arti ficer of the; reserve ordnance train o the Twentioth corps, and tMat lis trait had been ordered to camp that nigh at Rocky Mount, on the Vatere river This would throw the Twentieth corp entiroly out of the di.rection of Cnar lotte, and couvinced m.i for the fir's tune that Sherman would move acros th-e State toward Cheraw, at right an gles with the "ourso lie had bca marching, and I sent, a dispatch, al once, to Generals Beauregard ant Hampton notifying them ol his chang( of route. Th.s necessitated a changt inl my contemplated inovemsnt, as I could not gt around betwon Shiei man and tho river. I therefore movo up tnrough lieckhaivdlo intending i pass tie river at some convenien1 crossing higher up. Dr. Cloud, a von erable old gentleann of 82 years o Age, resided tit lBeeknatuvill,', and the only two imm bers of his faimily witl him wore two yourg ladies, his grant dhtughters. lie requested me to hav our animals all fod I roa hi* well stioret barns of forage, and notiled me wher< le had concealed lits valuables. afterwards learned he had bseen strun up ly the neck twice by Sherman' soldiers t) coerce - him into diselosinp the whereabouts of his silver an( valuablues. In this they failed, as also learned, but his negroes betraye, the places of concealment, and th4 silver and jewelry fell into the hand of Sherman's ollicers anid meon. We movcd from Beck biamtville Lu 1"ish ng creek, and bivouacked for the nigh at, Andetrson's amuil. T1hat night, we coulId traee thbu line of Shermtan' camps by thbe glare of incenidiary lires IIg hin g up the horizon for ileIs aboy and below us. I had been ordered t drive ahead of us allI thbu work animal possible from the countr'y, to pr'even their failinag itto the hands of the one my. We ear'ried away with us nin< or ten very line mules of Dr. Cloud' and three or four' of Dr. Anderson's and afteor the suirrendei' at Gr'eensbori I directed tnem to be roturned to thel: owners, but whether any of thetn reached their destinations I canno say. I learned that, I was soundh aibused for taking the animals away I f their owners had beeni aware that, .vmas acting tinder orders, and how mtuel trouble they caused me, they woul< doubtless have spar'ed me. Next, morning we moved from Fish ing creek towmards Gouches ferry, oi the Catawba river, and as the people living on ouri line of march could glvi me no Information of -a ford, I deter mined to ferry Over the men and equip~ muents in the ferry boat at Gouches and swim the horses. The Twentleti and Fourteenth corps wore closing ir on us above, anid the Fifteenth anm Seventeenth below, so the chances o geiting out on the west sidle of 1,he riv er were cut oIf. I h ad one equ ad ron ui saddled ai( startedl a man on ai strcrm . horse aboat with the loose horses folilwig to swini aceross. Tho mnoun ted in un had anlmiios reached the opposite hank with Lhb looe horses fol lowing cloely on hi: heels, whlen, for sonic u nac'sountlabha reason, thie loose horses trned ant swams back to our side of the river T1hey di Ifted wvithi thle current, somi dIstance downi, and struick the baniI below the landinug, and it was ontly h12 prompt, anid iar'd work wte mnaaged L< draw thom up the mnuy, stoe p ban I andmi save theum. Tihe sItuation hooked j ahinor' sualy F'ortunat~ely I had sent scouts up mani down the rivet', as we coul d learn anoth ing from the citizens of the neigh bor hood, with instructions to examine al the crossings within reach. Toons from blOW repoirted a ford at, Wiado, Wados' ford, It, was the work of very few minutes to mount, and mak .for this ford, which Was cr'ossedi lai in the aftornjoon, and the leedoral eon manders were diaappointed in baggin 3 their grime, as wio learned fromn a >ri I, oner taken flext mornIng, Who Ws -clerk at Lo~gan's hoi uam'rs ta t they expecteod to do. Afteor passing Lancasteor court hone -w'here the homo guard had been dl b anded by General n....gto thb( e I before, we moved east, or south-east d I On the old Hanging liock battit , ground of the revolution, the Cobb Le It gion of Young's brigade had an en 3 Counter with a regiment of Sherman's d bummers, and drove it pel( mell for - some distance, killing and capturing C quite a number. Thence we inarched at towards Cantey's plantation on little d Lynches creek. We were constantly d engaged with flankers and hl iMers Of the onomy, and the night b) oro we - reached Cantay's. I had intr ided to o make a night atta.lc on the IP ftenth U corps, but a terrille rain sto came up before we could get in ,trikl g dis , tance. The night was the dark At and i I the rain the hardest that I ha% eer known beforo or since, and se inter fered with cur plans as to make an at , tack at daylight impossible. > When we reached Cantey's, a but 9 o'clock next morning, we dise ered the enemy loading oight or ten nigons from Mr. Cantey's barns. I sent Col 3 onel [ut'edge forward with the Ifourth South Carolina regiment to dharge and tak2 the wagons and escort., T hls was done in handsome style, cptlur ing the loaled wagons, and snvoral prisoners. We hurried them to the bridge: near by over Little Lynches creek, ano just as our rear, the Pnillip's legion ci Young'e brigade, was clearlizi the bridge, a regiment or briga lo ollfPed sral infantry swung suddenly out and opened fire, but they were too latio to do much damage. Hero it was that Sherman's troops cautured and earried off Mr. Thomae Puryear's cekl 1h '4ted race horse " Censor" and others. 'Whey were racing them below Cantey's farm, as we learned, when we came upon them. The swamp on the cast or north side of Lynches creek was covered with water from the heavy rains, in some places up to the sad-lie skirts. As we were moving into the water neces sarily at a slow pace a squad of mount ed bummers followed us and fired, on our rear. The audacity of the thing took us somewhat by surprise, but the rear guard, the Phillips legion, alwhyp prepared for any emergency, turned upon them and killed, captured or wounded the entire party. seventeen In number, before t ey could retrace their steps to the bridge. We moved Into the pine woods ' lig Lynches creek, now Lynches rIve., and crossed at Pierce's bridge, turned down the stream to Kellytown, a hai let near Tiller's ferry. As Sherman appeared to have halted on the touth si.de of the river, it occurred to moi he might determine to turn the head Ji his column towards Georgetown, :on account of the scareit-y of supplies, but It turned out he was diayed by high water. I halted for two days at 1Ejlly town and sent Colanel hlugh 1 fen with a strong detachment dowr w.h river on a reconnoitering exOedi lon, and Maj )r 3rown, of the U >bb l0103. up the strean on a similar r- a Late on t e afternoon of the s Ud day I heard from Major Brown tbM illair's corps, the Seventeenth , hwt crossed at Pierce's bridge, whei , ,. had crossed, and from the detacl ient under Colonel Allen that the ( ein had crossed below. This gallan , oll cer was killed the night hefore In a tight with a dt:iciuneut of She t'man': army, near Nit. IWon ch urch. T hi d tiachment had been sent tiwart I Flor once to release the Leederal pr isone imprisoned there. Aikon's ene ounter turned them back. Ihlcoming sa'.,isfied from thdse r - por ts that Sherman was inoing on Cheraw we started about dark f:mr that point, marching all that nigIt, and next (lay reached the Confede;pte oil. posJts just before sunset. I reported to General Hardee, w ho had moved the garrison from Charles ton, consisting of about 14,001 men, n, re ported at, thlat time. T1he advance of Illair's corps reached with in a few miles of Churaw tile same evening tlae we did. I In formed Genceal llardt e that 13lhir's corps, consisting, as5 I was ii. formed, of 1i,000O or 20,000 men, mus have been at least 12 hours marchl abioad of the other' corps of Shermae's tarmy, andr suiggested that he attack~ 13!air next morning with his 14.000 men ircin forced by my division, and that if he would do so I was satisfied we couldl administer a severe blow and check Sherman's adlvance, hut he did nut al pear to think it advisable, ar.d, por haps, ho was right. General Ltardee~ directed me to picket Thompson's ceek and to go in person to Chester field court house with such of my command as I could spare and watcn the movemients of thbe enemy from that d (irection. Ho ordered a brigade of in fantry on duty on the Chesterfild road to report to me with this small force, We retiredl fighting at every point from Chestet field court, house toward Kermihaw. At nightfall the enemy bad not crossed Trhomnpson's creek,. which is about eight miles distant from Che raw by the Chesterfield road and four miles by the road to Camden. We had to guard the crossings oif the creek covering the entire front of Cheraw. A short time after dark a courier brought me a message from General I lardee dlirecting me to report to him at once. l reached his headquarters about, 1 p. in., ando as there have been Ia goo3 many romances ahout what oc curred thlat, night andl nex t day, I will ask you to excuse me for entering rather minutely into the details of; what, I know of the Incident,0, and shall (Jnly speak (of wvhat comes withir. my own knowledge. I fou nd at General II ardee's head qluarterst General Mel ow i, General lianse Wright, General Talafeiro and General Stephen llIiott. They had cvi. dently been holding a counciel C f war, for soon after I onteored and exchanged] sailu(tatlions G;eneral lIIardee said to me in su bsl ance, the follon ing :"G noeral -after yo'ur e xple.Irince in today's opera tions, what, dho youi old ir e in reIgard t~o I the -vacuation of Cheraw ?' My Li prompta ireply was, "O tat lhe ou ghlt to I, get his ar my aer-oes the 'e i) :e at thie a carl iest posible) maomn " So me oi C the othier oilleece. no'tabldy Gener dal MIc. 0i 'twsi, aldvaned~ tihe opinion thiat thor'c -was 1n0 occaslion for h eto. I said " ' Well, gen tlemon , yo ahave a' k 'd mna -1 opinion and I hav~te given it f rak ly aandl h ave hear n1)f othin g to Ind ue i t to change ~I it.'' and hiad nio itiimitlor of what had been discuissed befo r4m, 'arri val, but my opinm~ion appear iid ti - settle wvhatever doubt that existql i General Hlardco's mind, as ho aot i began to dictiate aloud an ordr to hi adjutant general, Maj. JOY, for th withdrawal of the troops. The first paragraph directed th chiefs of the quartermaster, ordinanc and subsistence departiments to begi the moving of their trains next, morL ing at daylight. When the paragrapi was fiilshed I suggested that the orde be changed to take effect at once tha night, and the chango wias acecordingl, mado. The last paragraph of the orde directed that my division should brinj tip the rear, destroy what public store that migh1 be left and burn the cov ered bridge over the Pee Dee. My reason for suggesting the changi in General flardue's order was basc< on the fact that great qua-tities o 4torCs, pubIlV and private, had b(0 swnt tip from thbe low-country to Ch. raw for safety, and I felt quite sure I would require more time for their re ioval in view of the rapid advitnee o the enemy, etd the event proved th correctness of this opinion. By daylight next morning the ii fantry. artillery and wagon trains hat been pretty well cleared out of th town, leaving only my division. I hat scarcely time to get in one of my bri gades from up the Chesterfieild roat before the enemy reached the out skirts of Cheraw on the Camden road I halted a Georgia battalion of infantr at thbe fork of the two roads to holt the enemy in check until Young' could get In on the Chesterlield road As it was, 16 men were cut oif, but they managed to make their way acruss it river higher up and escaped. As soor as the origado got in I relleved the In. fantry battalion, which, in the mean time, had had rather a fierce 'kirmish with the advance of the enemy at th fork of the roads. I then deployed everything I had across the different, streets and retired to the bridge In the face of a sharp fire, returned shot for shot, excel) that we had no artillery, while the enemy brought a battery and tired doxtu the main steeet. The horse of one of imy couriers, Elward Wells, of tuo Unar leston Light Dragoons, was killed un tder him beforo reaching the bridge. So close was the call at thu bridge that as my rear guard passed out at the east end the enemy was entering the west end. The rea- guard consisted of a ktquadron front Young'. brigade, commanded by Capt. Baugh. Hapoen. ing to be with the rear guard I d ir.eted Capt. 1tutgl to dismount hit men, tend hIs horses behind the ajutmen1 of the bridge, drive the eneny out. and tet fire to the bridge. As horSe flesi was very valuabhlo at that titie, I se-ni my own out of danger, and togethe we drove the ennity out and set fitr( t( tie pilos ftrsin r eposited at hit. rval, along the tiflor of the bridge by Gen rail Hirdtee's engineer u liecurs. Wt -On had it in Hiames and gave Gener'a i~rd e Lia tmo to start his heavy trailn' Col. Alfred Itheit wts otrde-trd that kVeiling to report to mie for dutv withll s b-ig:de as a part of the rear guard, The brigado consisted of the Firsl S mth Carolinit rsjgthor infantry con matnded by Col. Wi. Butler, tie lireti SoutLh Ca irolinia regular art illery cotti maldt d by Iaicut. Col. Joe VOU 8 and the 8 mtth Carolina heavy artiiller wi I ose corn mman der I do not, nOW re call, is hrigade was de ployed Wdong the At ank of the rivcr and kept up i :vely Slarp shooting withi the em:my )!it l or 10 ('clock Duirinig Wi liritg laut. Ol. Warren A dam-, lXrot Siutti (trolina inlfalLry, was wouild d near i., by a Shot in the chest whien I sup iis woul b fatal, bt, the force o ,.e bollet hi been broken In somt and (nly iliiictCd a sghlit wounrd Cl. itt was eoon afterwards taker :rInerat. Averyshoro and the com madtl if the br'gade devolved upor l. WM. litder. In this narrativO Ia v. . ot attem pled as much as a i.e rerence to the almaost daily con i et~S w< had wit h rime pior'tio ot(f Sliermran' .rmy. Wi th only a handful of min i cout; (lnly get an oceasiona! blow a detachmr uts~ foraging andi plunderinr tine he.:ples inhiabitcants. Suori after thie evautuationi of Ch erav GJereral .Joseph ;4*.IJohinston assumte' comm~iand of the artmy. Genieral liar dee, how ever, cormmanded in person a the battle of A verythoro in nwhich m; divlsion dlid rnot par'tici pate. General E. M. iiaw was assIgned ti the templorary comnmand of liutier' brigade. anti lbefore 'lie battle oif len l.nvile, lie was rol tevedl by 13rigad in General T1. M. I~ogan, who had rocenti: hieen promoite~d to thbo vacaticy occa tsioned by the death of lIr'igad ier Gunr eral Jobhn Dunotitvant . Th is gallant anm distinguishedw iitllietir led the hr i gade a the fight at MeIliweill's farm hiuov l'etersburg, atnd was killed on Lii lighting line the 1st dlay oif October 18(64. 1 rejoi nod General IIlamipto who hali been with Wheeler's divlit near the old fair grounds in Nort Carolina, after a separ'ation (if tw weeks oir inore, opierai ng oin my ow hook. Just bafore we reaeed ILh junction we bad a talt with Eilpa1 rick's cavalry, the first, tuhne we ha met, andi recapturedi some Catawb wine he had sent, otut, to .:cizo fromn citizen atnd took a nutmber of prisor urs. WAo hal also had (juite a litav ecngagemeont, wvith a piortlon -of the 17t corps at the crossing oif Black rivec where we killed and captured a nun her of prisoucere loado.i down wit, plunder. I wish ti me permittetd anid your pi tieneo could( ftirthier endui re a descrliI tion of the attack onf K lp'atrick's cam iat daylight,, his ligght, in his nigh1i clothes, W heeler's iabli ty to catrr ouit, hIs part, (If the piro- 'lramiime biecatis of an tinforeseen olb . acie, in a thogg swamtil andl the severe lios, we surlfere by roeasotn o1 the same. A miong other killed tin thait, event ful morning wa Ueut,. Col K inog, of thei Cohh h-g 1r -vbile gialitantly reading a dlismoulnie charrge ; also my f iri anti colleg~ clat'cmrarte, Sorgt,. Sam~ Citih I anu of lii Sixthb -otti CaitiiIne a.~v iir3 , w ho wa -bot, do'n andi insto.ti'. i"' 1 n1,a me, with 110 others, it in .aeor' vi i -hort spiacei of titne. IL v, a e iad ta -n near' the endi, after to many yeni of .meh splendid service. Iam nm -utrre, how ever, that, they wore mi mrore fortouate L. tn thoae of us wv iurvivred to suill e 'he humnilitet oif defeat arnd the t. , iof reconistro i ttion. They died ats a ! .l nt sold ie prefer to die. fighting on too front, lit oif battle for thitir Uonyhi i :s and ino > (of otryitti. Odr iiiglit in tbe strcets o.f lPayett, flvi I, tue battl cof ientnnulli It the a s m~istice, the final terms of surrender, L wore tho ringing down of the oirtain after the last acts of one of the most a gigantic struggles in the annals of 3 war. It may Interest you to learn l smething, as I draw my remarks to a - closc, of the closing scenes which led 1 to the surrender and disbanding of I r Johnston's army at Greensboro, N. U. I t With searco 28,000 men he nad met r Shorman's 80,000 or 90,000 at Bonton r ville and fought one of the fiercest bat ties of the war. 3 Lee having surrondered soon after - wards at Appomatox, Va., a cessation of hostilities was arranged betweon .ohnston and hiliernan, as I now re I mhEncbor for :10 days. IIefozre the ex. J r Isration of the armistice Generals 9 I llmpton and Wheeler had left John -tL n's army to pro( o ad, as it -vas under- a sto, d at the time, to the trans-Mississ ippi deparment to join that army ard continue the war. This left me the ranking cavalry ofmi- I cer of Johnston's army with headquar- 0 ters at H1illsboro, N. C. Gen. Kilpat I rick covered Sherman's front, and C through his and my headquarters all I1 I imssages betweenii .1oihnuson and Sher. r man pused. The day before the ter- C mination of the armistice Geti. Johnston t tolographied tie frotml Greensboro to s iet him i at the railroad with an os- a cort and led horse and accompany him in to Gen. Sherman's headquarters Ac- a cordinglv we wore at the railroad to t' met isan on the down train, with a Squad ron of Cavalry and extra horso. C When we were within a tlle or so of N Sierman's hoad(uarter. we wet e mt V by a detachment of Klpatrick's cav- t alry and escorted to the smuall farm tl house where Gen. Sherman was await- ti lng is. l.e and Gen. Johnston entered Il the house, while 1, accompanied by t( Gen. T. M. Logan, Maj, John S. Prot% ton and Japt. James N. Lipscomb, of w my stalT, remalind in the yard. h in a short time we were joined by t( G an. 0. 0. Howard and later by Gens. ti Scholield, Blair and Kilpatric k, with tt whom wo ungaged in convursaton un- N til invitt.1 into the houeo to join the tl two commandig generals, after they m1 had made their final terms of capitula tion. It Is contended, I believe, that li these ternis were drawn up by Maj . V Gen. J no..M. Scholield. G en. Johnston h concentrated hil, army at Greensboro, A whero It was paroled. 11 Maj Gen. ilartsutf of Sherman's u army111V and ilyself, represeittin g John- e ston's army, were appointed a joint r coillilssioni to-sign the muister roils of v the Confederate cavalry. When my fI sig nattre was *.ttaChed to thoS rolts I h performied one of th- most paiinful diu ties of my Io, and I never reur to it t without a feeling of samness and gloomt. t Gen. .1 hn.tot. di rectedl me hof re dis- v charging the div ision that I shoild su- C parltndil the distrihoting of about H $17,000 'n silver to tiol dileurs and men. T:1is was done and my shiirei of the 1find was $1 7c, wi was about the amount of my worldly a'sets with I which to begin life anew. We sepirated ibtout the 1st day of Ll May, 1865, and marched to our homes a with the fill contciousness of duty well f performed. Wo made no apologies and 1 have made none since, the only re- t grets felt or exlrCssed were that we v had not triuinphed in our Cause and 11 won the final victory after so imich v hard fighting and so many sacLrifices. I In parting after this reunion who knows to how many it will be the last. I I greut you, itmy old Con federate friends, with the sincere affeution of a 1 devoted comrade who has shared with ( you the gilries of succesIul battle un ler the Starry Cross and the sorrows ard gloom of undeserved defeat. And to the Sols of Veturans, worthy sons of wo.thy _res, I congr-atulato you on the i herltage you have in tile prestige of your fatthers, and com mend the Ir splend1Id recor-ds ats soldiers and ci tI ensfl to your- jealouis guardianship. A few year-s more and thei-e wIll be noth ing of themt left except the sacred mimritotIs of thelir lives and thbe lofty ex amsple of thel~ir useil lih patilotlim T1'iTA r, I)E\AT ilS I N OT'iis' ARMY.-y T Ihe Seattle Ti me-i urints what purl paJrts to be~ a fitll list, of dleaths In thei A merleain army in the P hililpines up) to Ju ine I. Th'le lIst was furnished by ) lFred ~ittell, a representatIve of the a tic0 ManIla lFreedom, who claims to - have obtaIned It from the records of P ithe suryeon gonoral's oflie at Manila. 'PThe total nutmhor- of dleaths is 7363, of - hIh 23 atre ofll cers, (;99 privates, and~ - I1i civilians attached to the army. A 1 tromarkable featuro of the record is t found In tho statnmewnt that, the noum her of iflicor-- kIlled In hatthe Is out of 3 ai Ill rop~ortlonl to tbo nu mbher of pri .vates ilkd. On the other hand, ' fewer olticers (died fromn dIsease pro n po tionate'ly than privates. Ouit of the 23 deadl omlee rs, 16 werie killed In ae o tliw, 2 we re drow ned and 5 diled of dis n1 cae Of the OI99I privtteb, 2941 (died of 0 wountds received in action, o were killedi accld en taily, 23 were dirow ned [i andl 7 comitted suIcide, 1046 died of a typhoid fever, N9 of small pox, 47 of aL dysentery, 2.A if pnoum1lion ia, I19 of naImalrIal feveir andl I4 of miiIng it s. V T1he remnain d111-(ied from various d Is b eases. Of thbo I4 deaths among clvi .Ilane, 7 wetre from small pox and 3 from gunshot wounds received in act~Ion. -Miss l'hoebe Ann West, of Nan- I tocket, is tile possessor of the most I r-emarkable twelve dozen spoons Inl thIs country. Thhey were brought to I America b~y Miss, We st's father, who was a sea captain0, severial year-i ago. T 1hey were of I'~Lt Intd Ian work rranship ~and thei m11-inuitto dimnens Ions may be r-ealthzed whetn It Is stated that the 'twelve doz en perife'ctly formed 4poons are kept, in ani ord(inairy choerry stone. Thle carved cherry stone which holds them is onie of the most wonderfuil exvatmpfles of skilled hIand Iwiork in e.'r itence. It is exquisitely carved and mouni 0ted on a tiny silIver' tand ivory stand. Y I). WN. K< ride.r, of Wharton, Ohio, timembi r (If the 3d rggul ar artillery, a who~ was shiot twenty-six times in the I" I-') Illn oiuthre-ak in lehruiary, and no rIi ecei ved t~be mnot terrible wounld s ini the MnI ii Ia culnpaig n, still survives. -lie wais -bot at I13) o'clock in the oc af tertboor , amli be cause ht was thou gh t 'o~ to hiave heeni killed, was not '.reated by the sur:geon util 9 o'clock that night. e- llis escape I romn death on the field is r- otne of t 1,bO ot remarkable on reord. BRYAN DISCUSSES THE WAR. P tndaiental Principles Involved I the Qustion-OL Republic Cann<1t Enter Upon a Colonial Policy. Wm. J. Bryan discusses the Plill )ino question in the New York Ind mondent as follows: " The Philippine question is imupo ant because fundamental principl' ro Involved ' in its discussion. Thei ro two sources of government, fore ind consent. Monarchies are founde pon force, republics upon consent. " The Declaration of Independenc esorts that governments derive thol ust powers from the consent of th overned and this is the doctrine V hich wt have adhered for more tha century. It Is the doctrine whic] as distinguished us from Europeal ountries, andi has made our natioi lie hope of hunanity. The statue it lt3w York harbor typfiles the nation' tlssion. " If trie doctrine set forth in the Do laration of Indopondence Is sound ow can we rightfully acquiro sovo Aignty over the Filipinos by a war o L)IIqust. if the doctrino set forth ir bio Duclaration of Independence ih >unid, how can we rightfully purchase .verolgnty froni a Spanish sovercigt Loso title we disputed in Cuba and hose rebolilous subjects we armed in to 1'hlilppinos. " In the resolution of intervention ongress declared that the Cubane er and of right ought to b free. Ihy y Beciluse governments derive telr jutt powers frot the consent of ie governed, and Spain had refused respect the wishes of the Cubans. the Cubans were and of right ought be free, why not the Filipinos ? " In the beginning of the Spanish ar Congress denied that our nation ad any thought of extending its torri. ry by war. If we then had ne iought of securing by conquest new rritory in the western heniisphore, hy should we now talk of securing in to eastern henisphere now races for ibjugation ? " An individual may live a double fe when only one lire is known. /lhen both lives are known he can ,ad only one life and that the worst. . repubic cannot enter upon a colo ld polley. It cannot advocate gov rnment )y consent it home and gov rumen, by force abroad. The decla itiot of iItdependeIce will lose its aluc when we procialm the doctrine unillar in Itrope, but dtLtestabi ore, that governments are round It tie. about thirteen inches in diame -r and fired out of cannoa. " r ltore than a century this couln ry has been traveling along the path ay which leads from the low domaii I .tight to the lofty realm of right nd its history has been without a par .lel In the annals of recorded time V iat. will be outr fate if we turn back vard and begin the doscont towarl I-rce and conqueslt. " It Is not sullicient to say thtat tit tinexation of the I'hillippino Islands I beinevolont undortaking entered upoi 1w tite good of tle Filipinois. l incoIs oInted out that this ias always bee. bie argitment of kings. To use itli 'ords: *They a ways bostrodo thi ecks of tte people, not that they ranted to do it, but because the peo le were b. tier off for belig ridden.' " I Isutrprilsig that any believe n self-government shotld favor forci .1 annexation, but still more surpris ig that any one who believes la th iristian religion should favor th ubstitutlon o! force for reason In th xtension of otr nation's in fluence. " if we adopt the gun powder gosp< n the Ihilplopines, how long will it b tofore that pelr.'e.ple will be tran tlanted in American sol). So long v ur argutments are addressed to t1 'easoni and tite hett OttrI progress sur e, but can we, without danger 3hristianity, resort to the ancient pit if injectirng ridllgion into the hod Lthrough bullet holes? "The question Is frequently asae what cain we do ? Nearly i wo month alapsed between the signing of ti treaty and the i-g~inning of hostilitli Ii the l'hl~ipintes. D~uring that tin the President and congtess might, haa .!iven to the F'ilipinos the same ai murancos of independence that, wa Ilvo to the Cubans. Such assurani vould have preVentedl bloodshed. ,he doctrIne of self government mound, the Filipinos are entitled 1 overn themiselves and the Presidei ~an now piromuli them indopendomt is soon as a stable government can I astablisd. " If tho PresIdent Is not wlilling ,ake the responsibility of enforcin ho doctrine set forth in the declar. ,ion of independence, he can call Coi tross together and let them take t12 'esptonsibility. A special session woul >o less expensive than the war, not peak of the princiiples involved. " Our nation is protecting the r ublics of South America from on yard interference while they work em ,beir destIny. We can extend it amoe doctrine to the Philippines, ani >auvlng rescued the inhabitants from orulgn yoke, we can guard them froi noiostatlon while they develop a rm miblic in the OrIent. They will t mur friends instead of our enemties ; w ~an send school teacher s to ManIla la toad of soldiers and the world wI 1:now that there is a reality in th ,boory of government promnulgated s ndopendence htall and defended by th >lood of the It s volutlonary fathers." - A bout ton days ago Secretary A for cabled General Ois, saying the ,bere was sonmo criticism of him in th \moirican pirose, bet, asnuring him thi lo had the entire conliblence of i oeeretary of war and the tadministri ratilon. So far as is known at the wi leoartment, the only messages sont i 'resident McKiraloy to General OL .vero those wiche have been made pu lIc, and consisted of commendatol words of the general and troops in ti reoldl for what they had accomptlishe -When a watch ticking on a tat In St. Louis can b)e hoard at the end a telephone wire in Cincinnati it time to congratulate ourselves up cur wonderful progress In eommnuni( --Now Orleans has seen the last street cars drawn by mules. Elect city has at last superseded that p tures(que motive power in the streo of the Crescent City. "TO 711 KEP PUSHING. d B The New Store. The Nev Store has great respect for that tittle word c Pusir,.' its an imi portant factor in the management of this business. It findls for us busy days instead of dull ones. The store that "looks"' for dull days will surely find them. This store is alive to tile wants of the people. It is also the most agree able, as well as the most economical to (10 business with. A Few Brief Specials. I case 10-4 White Quills, our price only 49C. 100( ready-made Sheets, full size, only :!wc. 100 ready-malde Siecet's, 81x90, 650 value, 49c. 300 ready-m1ado Pillow Cases, 42x36, only 5c. 100 ready-madc Pillo w Cases, 45x36, only loc. 500 yards 10-4 Shecting, only loc. 500 yards 410 in. White Lawn, only 5c. 1 lot Brown Apron Linen, only loc. 000 yrds 310 in. Sea .,sland, only 3vc. To Arrive This Week. A lot of Lawns, Organdies, etc.. for our big Se (omnter, which hats been a wonder this seasonl. MAHON & ARNOLD, NO. 211 UPPFR rAIN STREET J. 11. IlONMAN & llito.'S OLD STAND. Agents for McCall Bazar Patterns. Pfilt1[8 01F ECAH'IIEIN CONQUESTS A Repulicleani Senator Says the Spetly Ezning of tLin PlailIipIne War ma the Only Hope for ite Re publican Part.y. Senator Burrows, of Michigan, in an interview with a reporter for the Washington Post, said: "It is my judgment that if the war in the Philippines is still in progress - next year, and the end is not then in 3sight, the situation will be to the dis 3 advantage of the Republican party. 5 The only hope for the party and the country, I might add, is a speedy 4 change of conditions in the Philip e pines. Unless the war in the Philip 5- pines speedily ends it will become an Important political factor, and its con - e tinuance will make the outlook for Re is publiean success uncertain, to say the '0 least. If I could have my way, we ,n would have simply taken a coaling sta y Lion or a baso of supplies in the Island of Luzon, we would not have paid a ,penny to Spain, and We would have Sour foothold in the E'ast without tbe e sacrifice of life and money. I believe SIn findinug now markets for our people, .c whol are the greatest producers the 0 world has ever known, and the Orient doubtless oifers ai groat opportunity. s No one yet knows what possibilities Sare to be afforded by Chiina, which fseems now to be staggering to her fall. Is I there is to be a great, development 0In that dlirection I certainly want, the tUnited States to have a share. At the same time we must not overlook the ~fact that we may run counter at any moment to E'ngland, lFrance or Ger 0many, andl I believe that England, now gapparently so friendly, will strike uis at the moment we cross her thresh old. More than this, I say frankly C that if our particip~ation in the Eastern (I trade is to be p~urchased at the cost of oan indefinite war in the Philippines we will pay a very large price for what we receive." t "Hjow would you meet the present Ssituation ?" e "The President is acting wisely, in my opinion, in endeavoring to restore a peace and order in the Philippines by n sending an increased army to assist ' Gen. Otis. It is to be sincerely hoped e that the fresh troop~s will be able to e establish the authority of the United States. We must remember, however, I that although we have now Leen fight 0 ing some time, we have conquered a *t territory only about 50 miles to the o south, a mere bagatolle compared with the immense area of the archipelago. If the additional troops sent to Gen. .Otis cannot restore order, Congress ,t, will have to deal with the problem and e ought to have, by the first of Decem .t ber, some definite information upon e which to act. For the present I hope . the President will continue in his effort r to end the trouble and that his efforts ywill be crowned with success. Victory is for the itepublican party next year o. will be made more certain by the ysuccess of our arms in the Philip ic pines." d. "You would not now abandon the Philippines ?" suggested the repor ber. to "I do not see how we can get away of now," said the Senator. "We cannot, is surr'ender our ships to Aguinaldo and >n say to him that he can murder our sot a- diors. Now that we have commenced, the only thing we can do is to end the of conilict a.s soon as possible. After that ri :is done, the question of the disposition Le- of the islands or their permanent re sts tention rests with the people and withi SCongrnaa."