The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, February 16, 1886, Image 6
IJ; REPRIEVED TOO LATE. '
BOJEE OF THE HOK ICO KM OF OUR 1 TK
CIVIL WAS.
A Little Story of the War, Told by an ,
Kx-ltebel.
When the O 'ederate ariny?or at
least one of 'en - lay at Dalton, this being
in the winter of 1804, there Were
many desertions from the rank and file.
While.it was at' all times true of the
Confederate soldier that he did not feel
the bonds of enlistment holding him as
tightly as the Union soldier did,
f)in numKnp r\f nlwnnfnna at. t.liiu
VilV JiUWUV* V* UWMVIIVVVW V"1U
time was really appalling. It was
a time when everything felt blue.
We were ragged, half-feu, half-armed;
H . and could see notliing hopeful in the
spring campaign.
During December and January little
attention was given to the mutter of absentees,
as it was known that most of
them intended to return after a brief visit
to their families, but when February
came the rein began to tighten. It was
not long before a general order was issued
to the effcct that future deserters
must expect the full penalty provided in
? army regulations. This was check sufficient
on the great majority, but outa
d-cut desertions continued to occur.
r. One night, when 1 was sergeant of a
pickct post well advanced towards the
Uniouvlines, instructions were received
to keep a sharp watch for deserters. Not
more than an hour later we made a captur3.
A boy-about, 18 years old, a private
in a Gt oroia regiment, had left
camp with the intention of visiting his
home, which was then inside the Union
lines. He was not over bright, ana
when brought in by a picket he seemed
to look upon the matter as a joke. It
was only when he had been escorted to
camp and put under guard, charged
with trying to desert to the enemy, that
>c seemed to realize the gravity of his j
situation.
A court-martial made short work of .
his case. The only defense he set up (
was that he was homesick and wanted
to sec his mother, and that he surely i
meant to return that same week. There
might have been something in this ap- ,
peal had he not admitted that lie knew J
his home to be within the Union lines, j
and that there was a strong probability ]
of his being captured by the Federals.
From the hour he was jtcnced to be J
shot he was placed tinder my charge. I ,
think it was?about a week from the find- 1
ing of the court-mai tial to the day of ,
his execution. For the first two or three (
days the boy was like one struck dumb,
and he answered no questions. When
this state of mind 'wore off he spent
most of his time in weeping, praying
and writing letters. It was only on the
night before his execution that he became
talkative. As I carried him his
supper he asked:
"Sergeant, did you ever see a deserter 1
shot?"
"Yes."
"How was it done?"
"By a file of men. Six of ray squad
nave been detailed In your caae."
"Will they blindfold me?"
"Yes." '
. "Will I stand up?"
"No; you will be seated on your
eoffin."
He spoke with more curiosity than ;
concern, and I was glad to see it. So
long as he had to die it was better to
, show a brave front. 1 sought to en- '
courage him in this; but he replied:
"Oh, you needn't be afraid of my '
breaking down. All I ask of you is to ]
make quick work of it."
Next morning when he was marched '
out the air was ra^r and the sky as '
gloomy as. <1 pill. When I brought him ^
out lie was the cooler of the two. I was
nervous and trembling, while he was *
absolutely cool and self-possessed. J
"Is it time?" he asked, as I went in.
"Yes." 1
"Well, I am ready." J
"How do you feel?"
"I'm all right." 1
"When we reached the grounds which *
had been selected I saw that about 6,000 ^
men had been marched up to witness .
the execution. The boy looked about
him with considerable curiosity, but '
showed no signs of weakness. We
reached the open ^ravc and the coffin
resting in frint of it, he caught a quick
breath, and something like terror could
be read in his eyes.
I stood there with him while tha firing
party retreated a few paces and
ci\me to a "front." Then an officer
camc forward and road the charge and
the findines. All this f lmH
of the boy's hand, we standing shoulder t
to shoulder. There was no trembling, ^
hut his flesh was so hot that it seemed j
to blister mine. ,
When the officer had finished reading ^
he stepped away, leaving us alone. ^
"I must blindfold you," I said, as I (
produced a hankorchicf. .
"Yes." r
"You are gomg to die like a brave (
man." j
;?v "I told you I would.
I placed the liau kerchief ove? his eyes
apd tied the ends at the back of his |
head, and then raking his arm, I whis- {
pered :
"You must sit down."
'.'Yes.1'
' I am going now."
"Good-bye to you, Sergeant. Let it J
be over soon!"
When I had reached the squad there ,
was nothing to wait for, ana the orders
KSffi were isfluca :
"Ready
"Aimiy
The command "lire" was just trem- 1
bling on ftvy lips when an officer waiving
a Y&ftc Handkerchief appeared be
mua tnc prisoner. 1 ascertained, at a
later date, that none of the muskets
were loaded, -but this fact was not even
known to the firing squad.
The prisoner had been reprieved. I
advanced and broke the glad news to
him, and then removed the bandage
from his eyes and assisted him to rise.
Great Heaven, but what a change!
Be had a smile on his face?the grin of
an idiot 1 T^he light of intelligence had |
gone out of bis eyes, and bis first movement
was to spring up, flop his arms,
and crow like a rooster! From that
moment until he was finally discharged
and sent home, no man he&rd an intelllsent
word from his lips, nor saw any
thing like intelligence in his faee. He
; was not crazy, hut idiotic. That one
\
f
minute of awful suspense had drowned
out the light of reason, and so changed
his every >ook that his own mother
could uot hare identified him.?Detroit
Free Press.
' Gen. Grant's Daughter.
It wan well known here, says a Washington
letter, that President Grant was
greatly depressed at the time of his
daughter's marriage and quite broken
down when he. bade her good-bye on
her wedding day. I know that Mrs.
Grant said within a week before the
marriage that she greatly regretted that
Nellie had chosen a foreigner for a husband,
and added that she had always
hoped that Nellie would marry somo
nice young army or navy officer. I have
heard more than once, first not long
nftnr thn wpjlflinrr tpln tn Enirliind iinH
again within the last few months, from
those who said they knew whereof they
spoke, that Mr. Sartoris's neglect of his
bride on the Baltic, on which vessel
they left New York the third week in
May, 1874?tlie 23d of that month, I
think?excited the greatest indignation
among the American travelers, and that
this indignation came near being made
Jmblic then; especially when on their
andmg in England it was found that he
had made no arrangements to insure her
being made comfortable on their arrival,
not even having had rooms engaged in
the hotel. He was then about twentythree
years old, but seemed totally devoid
of any idea of how to take care of
any one but himself, and his poor little
bride, who was seasick all the time on
the voyage to England, must have had
a most unhappy honeymoon. Mr Sartoris's
father, Mr, Edward Sartoris, lia:?
been from the first devoted to her, and
has kept her with him as much as possible.
lie lives on his own property in
the country, near Southampton, England.
He was a very talented man when
in his prime, having a good voice and
being a gooa amateur artist. He was
very well off at the time of his son's marriage
and had previously been a member
of Parliament. His wife, Adelaide
? e 1.1 -
Lxvuiuiv} <io a \"v its irtvuiiiniy
known all- over Europe. Algernon's
only brother was older than he. His
name was Greville, and he was killed by
a fall from his horse only a few months
before Algernon's marria ;e. The latter
had every advantage given him for a
cjood education in England and Germany,
but. never showed any evidence
when in society of having improved
these opportunities. He has recently
undertaken the charge of his father's
estate in the country.
My Good Little Girl.
I was called one day in October to the
family of a German who lived on a small
place three miles from town, says a phy- J
sician who tells the story. He was
a poor man with many children, oqc of
whom, a boy of ten years, had diphtheria.
I attended my patient faithfully,
and he recovered. He had a sister two
years older, called Sadie, who seemed
inexpressibly grateful to me "for saving
brother Jimmy's life." Always she spoke
of me as the "good doctor who saved
brother Jimmy's life;" and I in turn,
won by her affectionate words and wayB,
r~n ~ c jl\. ?_ I.? t
Lt-u miu inu nuuit ui Luuitvinguna speaKing
of her as my "good little girl."
Thus we be ame excellent friends.
Not long afterward Sadie herself had
iiphtherin, for which she was "very
jorry, because it prevented her from
gathering a bushel of hickory nuts to
pay me lor saving brother Jimmy's life."
[n all her sickness she never expressed
me regret for herself. Her disease ran
jminously, but at last she seemed convalescent,
and one day her father called
to say that Sadie was very much better,
ind that I need not trouble myself to
mil again. Hut early the next morning
le roused me, and said he feared Sadie
was dying. I hastened to her l>edsidc
md found that it was even so. She
<ncw me. Beside her in bed under the
agged quilt she had a small bag of hick>rv
nuts gathered by her the day before,
it the expense of her life. "For saving
jrother Jimmy," she gasped; and in a
ow moments my good little girl was
lead.
Henry Ordnance.
One of the members of the Conrmit;ce
on Artillery in the United State9
Senate is Senator Aldrich, of Ithode
[sland. He is deeply interested in the
11 vestigat ions thUt nave been going oo.
tfe said to a party recently: "It is renarkable
what advances have been
nude in scientific means of warfare in
he last ten or even five years. The coolest
between ordnance and armor has
jeen definitely decided in favor of ordnance.
Of that thc^c can be no ques;ion.
Wo used to think that the old
Parrott and Hodman guns were tremendously
long. They are short, indeed,
compared with the big guns now made,
rhc length is now determined by th?
iiameter of the bore. Thirty diameters
is the latest rule. Thus a twelve-inch
?un is thirty feet in length. They make
them forty odd feet long of the larger
l>ores. Such n gun could not be handled
in board shin under the nlH mnzfelfe.
loading process, but it is easy enough
an the breech-loading plan. On tfoe
large English ships the gun carriages
are operated by hydraulic power. Ona
man with his hand to the levers can. do
all the work thaj; it used to take a small
army of men to do. Power is used even
to handle the loads and elevate or depress
the gun. Nothing can withstand
these heavy guns. The only thing Is to
get out of their way. The ship cannot i
be made that will carry armor eaongh
to withstand them. They pierce thirtyinch
armor plate like a shell."
Ross Wixans, Mobbed.?The action
of Mr. .lioss Winans, the Baltimore, millionaire,
who owns an extensive dee?
park in northern Scotland, in closing a
roadway on his property at Guisachan,
an nnirnrpd t.Vin nAnnU in that vioinifv
that tkey mobbed and stoned him one
day lately. Mr. Winans has offered
a reward of $5000 for (he capture ot
1 he culprits.
Aftkb Many Years.?Mim Anna
Pixley borrowed a baby for the play in
which she first appeared in Bangor, Me.,
and was. very much astonished the other
day in the same city when the sama
baby, now twenty-five years old applied
lor an engagement in her company.
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* >$*>/> -'?<? " : -. > '
GOO
Carriage
CAN" HE FOUND TFTE LAR
Plinoton* Roao ('mis, Plantntior
I HiiraiS'i S:hI(1!hh. Hcllitur Innthnr nf
thirty day* J ^ill OFFERSPECTATj
GlES nt lrsa tlmn Manufacturers' Pr
cm rr.Hko*: which I will cunrantoe e
vir.co yourselves that tlioy nre abuolut
A. R. <
(S i^ccssor to R. H. May
sai.hs rooms, i . nnn<
cc't..s..!'jr ol- I ADwUi
DAY & "
Are Now Recer
GARRIAGI
FOR THE
AT PIUOJES T
And Never Before Attai
We :;rc c uabled to ^ivc our cus
at the cicacst possible cash priccs.
Children's Car
Tie* I:0 f TTANE
THI NKS. WHITS ami UAltlRET
THE WILSON. CHILD'S <fe 0(
TENNESSEE WACONS, 1, 2,
DAY .* TANNAIIILI/S ONE
EXPRESS AND DELIVERY
Ax:i!3, Springs. Hubs. Spokes,
lloVTS LEATHER LELT1N(
LACINU, RIVETS, Et?:. . OAI
CALK ANM LININO SKINS, .
HARNESS rtND. SADDLES.
OUR IIAKNES:: DKPAHTMEN'
PRICE.
3
WHITE
Would call tho attotion of I
DRESi
l-nmiMnilly Inriro ami nltraofivp. T
|i.i\<> fvo1- oflnrud. "I'liey Iihvm al*o h
*?>runonlof lihitrk hihI Colored VEL
a uiff line of Wool l/ucoft iu all crtlo
Their slock of It LACK OASHMEI
! car*? io IIto Hulnolion of tlieae uoods,
qiiniily and prico. A yood lino of J]
I 11 would axtoninh any one to tvo lio
?en?oii Itiiyui-rt in litis linn would d<
AT? f "t'VrS nr?? .to vory nhonp an to
rC'lS ?*? ! Ill'liS iMin lio ?it til
'J t'c urn oriiy it fow linos in \
Tlit (x'lii'tnl Slock of T'iiU nod Wii
W IIITE
i.f'lvw.f, <i*-orlcd, and mo
r;?.te ui all jc.|,?i*lnioiila.
THE HUMAN 1
JOSEPI
OI?T
In any in iidh, ?v?iiHtm
..f Itiu |M<<Mi|jiir form of H (
ft . ?? . i nf nij/lit, Hlili pvrfHOtly
tv, >ifii?>o iivur in vented;.
J. SILVER ~
\r '* ?- fn"M'nu it this timo fhronjrf
Kj<M?v?r M- Miwuy a?id I'mctirw, nmt
!?? ? Imvo l?p?n t?unl they ai
??? ;*< ni-mmU will corlify; tlin origin
rowittT lie at tlio Hiitnn tiino winhn*
fftKi-k-s v?Jio ninrcly Mill* yon n pai
' ** & again. Hh Iihk OHtablinliwI
?c>tmia jr?h? *)?>i?l<) bii|>|if)ii to Ioho or l>r<
a iMitiuiiiil sum, hm it is hi* nils
tuin.w jurtt ftm i|la>:v> yon liavn
>iuri? ibou >i? .lu'J^e I'ottlu, Guveru (J-<
CLOTHING! CI
DYEAB'S
? Repository.
GEST STOCK OF CARRIAGES, BUGGIES,
i Waeons (nil *izes, 1 to 6 ho^ffo,) Single and DonbU
nil kinds, Wngon Mnterial. <S|0.. Ac. For the nexl
BARGAINS IN A LOT OF O^EN AND TOP BUG
ices. Those Baggies are all Fine Northern and Eastcjnal
to the best. Call and examine them and conte
bargains,
GOODYEAR, Agant.
& Co.,) OPP. GEORGIA RAILROAD BANK.
5TA. GEORGIA I *10T2W~.
rANNAHILL,
Ting a Fine Assortment of
ES AND BUGGIES
: SPRING TRADE,
O SUIT THE TIMES I
ned in the History of the Business
toracrs every aclvandtiigc by purchasing our good
Call and be conviuccd.
riages in Great Variety.
>BAGS and SATCHELS ever brought to the citj
jLAS.
>.'S PHILA. WAGONS, all sizes.
and 4 Horse.
AND TWO HORSE WAGONS.
WAGONS.
Ac. Rubber Belting and Packing.
3. The best iu thfc World.
? AND HEMLOCK SOLE LEATHER.
LASTS, THREAD, CEMENT, Ere.
WE CALL PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO
T, IN WHICH WE EXCEL IN QUALITY ANE
if Ad tannahii.l^
Augusta, Ga.
BROTHERS
myera to a Few Specialties: Their stock of
'hey have the cheapest line of BLACK SILKS the]
ome handsome Coiered Silks. They have a good an
iVETEENS for Dresses and Trimmings. They have
rs, the latest thing for fine Dress Trimmings.
IE cannot be surpassed. They have bestowed unusual
and are assured they are all right in regard to color,
ERSEY JACKETS, cheaper than ever before.
>w very cheap FLANNELS and BLANKETS are thii
> well to examine the stock of ,
BROTHERS
be in the reach of all. A good assortment of CAR
e storo of WHITE BROTHERSvhic
Special Bargains can be had.
iter Goods now offered to the public by
brothers,
re attractive than they have over carried. It is coro
aep.30,1883-Lim
SYE AND SPECTACLES.
H SILVER,
ICIAN.
H;?it in nonordauef wilh tho science- and philosophy
-'ONfJ^VE CONVEX ELIPSES, admirably adantea
' natural to the eye, affording the beet artificial heli
JBIAS ESTABLISHED A
ACLE AND EYE liLASS EMfP?RIUM
IN T11E CITY OF AGUSTA.
lorn ttmxtatoof Ueorcria for the pnrposeof making
ul tlxrHwnetime introdncinfftho.se Lenaos. Wherever
e- H|x>kor> of in the highe.it term"*, aa> the following
nl r\?xl mnny others can be seen and!examined at his
to t?> understood i hat he is not oue of the traveling
ir of crlaxHm at exorbitant prices and' whom yon may
i in Angusta, at present, r>48 Broad Street, where in
vtk yonr glnnse*. he will replace the eeme for yon at
torn to U?ep u r??i.-*ter of all he setl.?t thereby enables
purnhaitod irom him. ThtMt testimonials are from
allium (it'ii. Gordon and a host of othucs. 8ep.3>,l88
NOTHING! CLOTHING!
J ^.OOIv at the oldl gent above in a
badtix isn't he -with his pants all
Daggy and no. fitt My friends do
you wish to avoui getting into just
guch a scrape-? Then when you
make up your mind to buy a suit of
clothes come right along to our
fi store and have your measure talfen
I. and have your clothes made to orJ
^tr ^ Vt>ry *)e8t
yvV TAILORS IN THE COUNTRY.
and then if they arc baggy and
don't lit, just say to us "send these
^ clothcs right back, I don't want
them and wont have them." More-^
over, we would not let you keep
them ourselves if they did not fit
you. We are not working for a fall
trade, but a trado we can by giving
entire satisfaction hold in the fu
turc. Remember our motto is "no
JKSP> fit no pay. .
I?N^ We are youra truly,
Brotliers.
.? ' ' ' '
Palmettc
THOS. McGET
of the largest SALOON in iho up-countr
advertisements. The Imlf in not menti<
prepared for fall trade. The Palmetto He
Foreign and Domes
the best the market affords. He h
Rye and Corn, Irish
Apple, Peach, California and F:
He can cheerfully recommend his n
mixed druiks with all the DELICIOUS B
PER ATE DRINKS. His specialty is a It
GENTLEMEN'S RESOR
and you will not forget a?ain.
A Good Line of Tobacc
Beer a
CUNNINGHAM
|
II AVI
TMr Large and 1
cai i Jtun \k
I MI.L flllU VI
Consisting i
Foreign and Doi
NOT
HATS, HATS, I
i3C
UBDWARE, HAB
Groceries, Grocerii
Crockery
At Lower Prices than they were E\
PAVILION HOTEI
CHRLESTON, S. C.
First Class in ah its Appointmen
RATES, $2.00, S2.BO.
Excellent Cnisene. large airy rooms, 0
Passenger Elevator. Electric bell and ligt
Heated rotnnda centrally located.
Oct. I, 't4-tf 2
QENTRAL HOTEL,
Mrs M.W THOMA.3, Proprietres
Broad Street, Augusta, G:?,
yXOHANGE HOTEL,
Gkeekyiixe, 9. C.
The Only Two-Class Hot
in the World.
W. 1\. WHITE, Pkofriktou.
J^EW DINNER HOUSE,
git kenwood, s, C.
Kept by Mrs. F. G. PARKS. Cheap rat
j Firet-olass fare.
June lfith. 1882 tf. Ill
t. P. thomson. j. w. thomho
r^HOMSON & THOMSON,
Attor?eys-ut-I>tt.\v,
A.L1BJ&VII.L.K, S. C.
pyOflice iu rear Mr. Lee's*
June 8th. 1
QALIIOUN & MABRY,
Attorneys and Coansellors it Law,
ARRKVILLK C. H., S. C.
ffice formerly occupied by Judge Thoi
son. tf-50
ROBT. R, HEMPHILL. WM. P. CALIIOU
JJEMPHILL & CALHOUN,
| Attorney s-at-Law,
j> Abbeville, 8. C.
Will practice in the Courts of tho Stai
54
l. "w. pbuitlk. t. 1?. oothll,
pERRIN & OOTHRAN,
Attorneys* at-Law*
ftl Abbevillk. 8. 0
> Saloon j
TiCAN, Proprietor
y, don't intend to dupe Iiih cuutoruorH by falno
mod in tlio thr?iw Abbeville pupcrH. Heia wolf
>uso in well utooked with everything in the lino of
tic Wines and Liquors,
us K<>t Liquors nine yearn old. Good old
And Sn.n^h Whiel# IOC
? < wwtwao anieaj
rench Brandies,
Porter, Ale and Freah Lager Beer.
oods to the public for MEDICINAL USE. and
EVERAGESof the bohaoii. Also COOL. TEMirjre
stock"of PURE GOODS, Cull at the
T. NO. 4 WASHINGTON ST,
THOMAS McGETTIOAN.
?
;o and Cigars. Budweiser
Specialty. 47
A.TEMPLETON
3
fell Selected Stock of
riNTER GOODS,
n ]Part ot
nestic Dry Goods,
ION S9
IATS,
)OTS AND SHOES
DWARF, HARDWARE,
es, Groceries, %
Crockery, Crockery.
er Offered Before l-tf-22
EI.DOSSED BY LSTTEk AKD
tg SCIENTISTS AS TEA.
PRACTICALLY^^^^^ AE7
IndestmctiDle STONE.
>fcis ?
its. Ovor 500 Send lot
j Beautiful |nw||T^||Prioe List
_ P os?gn 8 l ar s
^ MANUFACTURRD BY
MONUMENTAL BRONZE COMPANY,.
BEIDGKPOET. CONT7.
el 1885
AT TIIE
f
~| Centennial Saloon
I For this year will be found
es !
i
L ! Absolutely Pure Jpirlta,
N' North Carolina coppur distilled Corn. Fiueat
brand* of Kentucky Rye, from ?
$2 to S6 Per Gallon.
Imported Cognac Lrandy a Specialty,
ALSO
Ales, Porter, Champagnes, &c
^ In fact all the popular aud staudard goods
mm that can bo obtained. Together with
an asnortmont of
Tobaccos and Fin? Cigar*
that ean not be excelled in quality.
Persons needing such goods would not b?
ix). humbugged by buying from them.
The place ia second door from Court
House.
" O'DONNELL & CUNNWGHAM,
I
Proprietors,
ABIJEVILLB, S. C.
jail ii-H Z
'
A_7L tli new shades in Hats ana Bonnets
with Uibbnns, Birds, Flowers, Sat inn
LU* i nnd Velvets to matcu.
_ ! ?2 K. M. HADDON & CO.
j .
K" ! J^UGENE B. GARY,
i IHnrnnn anil Oaiiiim llA. >
r?ktvi cuiu UVUIIDCIIlll *al*LaW|
82 Abbeville, 0. C.