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thing iSSMi^ He said, "General, you have been too raab: you. will be arrested." Toomba replied hj*$pugbt so.too. A .teer.dayB after, he wa> summoned to General Johnston's tent to attend a counsel of war and it* Vas noticed thal he waa the only brigadier in tho counsel, and Johnston after wads remarked that Toomba was the biggest and the brav est man iii' the Confederacy. Longstreet', heard of Toomba mak ing stump speeches to the army, re ferring in anything but complimen tary terms lp ala commander and he ordered him .under arrest He after wards said that Toomba had the kind ling eye and rare genius of a soldier, and that if he had had military disc i pline hu would have made a great aol. dior. Now h ere. .was praise, from two mun whom Toomba had severely criticised, yiet they were big enough to accord bim proper credit for his merit, tn this day of pigmies, if you differ from them, they'cry out crucify hun. His speech in the Senate in defense ol se cession waa said by Mr. Stevens to have been eoual to the speech of fer ?ele* at the. opening of the Pelopone slan. warv Mr. Blaine |i?. his. great book Bay? that Mr. Toomba was tlx; only Southern statesman who "put up on record thc) grcjunds upon which and the grievances for which destruction of tho Union could be Justlned." I sat one-day at the White Sulphur Springs phd heard him talk for Ave hours. During ali of that time I never mdved out of my scat, but remained aa if rooted, io the spot. He held the audience, spell-bound like a magician with bis wand. No one moved or ev en, spoke. I never saw euchra, copious dow of sparkling wit, of'burning sar casm, of classical allua hy ig apd ijdeh perfect pattering ot 'tb?'dltanipnd^, bf the mind.. i remarked* lo a gentleman, what a Bjlte'-heas intellectual jewels that bo wit)), so little effort threw at our feet could not be "treasured up and transmitted, to posterity. As. lui spoke ' be would "hmre. nervously in 4Ufl Pbalr with ah ?n'Ul cigar in ills hand, every muscle ol lu's frame .secmod to crawl, and bis bosoin would rise, and swell ni his mighty mind throed to dell vet forth his thoughts," his oyes, blazed like burning puns end when ho would T.or?; hiu -*.-*?" ..?..'to a seemed Uko. a tilt hammer of. Vul can beating but thought for the gods. illo wohld [straighten himself, up aa ii to give emphasis to what he was going to say and' shake his big head until his hair looked like the main of s war boree and when n.e. reached Ut? climax ho. would otter some fiery de Illinciuliun uO? tu? ?O??? dashed fren his lips. The effect waa electrical: up on the audience and it stunned then like a clap of. thunder or dazzled then like a flash of 'lightning'. M*almos took your breath and it .required sora< minutes ?oin>^'n't?:)(iM^^^.>':j^.wa^w bril lau*, aa a display. ot fire Work or fulling of a cele?ttal s&?wer. waa so aireo: by' the grandeur, .of hi big thoughts, by the.brilliant langnag' ana ihe glowing' ??oqu?hce that .1. fei that 1 coujd hot speak. The materia which he threw away on this occasloi vritli such lavish prodigality was, Uk the mighty waste of Niagara. I w forced to *hrow up.my bands,,ata ex claim. "What a man!" A Georgia Judge said of him: "Hi leaps are : like a. kangaroo: aftd hi Bpeech gaye me the headache. His es igrams were terse and he threw thee Mi? 111.A .-.~...??.K~_,> Ula ttnm?. onri Ar mestic life waa pure and beautiful He would corpuse and hurrah with . t' boya to day, hut al night he would re r^ja in fhn Ur, co m nf his family OU ?vjcv the~sweets ot'wedded loyei fi fadta was., more loyal.stt .dcvo'.ed t hts"%ife thah h? w?s. tranemb? Befetng them at the springe,after the had passed the meridian and wera gt lng fdstly'toward 4a,ijs|bM ties abd yrtf* approaching 'the chan bera of the ^?tlng aun,. waiunavU gether with, bprly forth towering abo* her like some, lofty mountain peak,* an she, modest, gentle, amiable, -illngin ip bim like a tendril to UK matte* oak. She was a typical Southern mi tron of the old school, plump of flgtu and w'th traces of loveliness in h< face, which indicated that in her. carl dsys ehe, must have heed beautify Tho gentle, Christian example- of,th lovely wotoan ltad a soothing,, an.lutoi ?ffect upon the soaring, stormy splf Ot Pobert.Toombe and when she die Jt seemed; *tt>\ steady him and like f\ prodigal, beVc&mo to hlnir?&.es?- 1 threw hldiablf at the fool ref toa crol and made:;(ah open decj^ratlpn.ot.h faith In fha Christian r?lfgfon. Th man who dened proajdtota and. gene -als and whom no mortui could Inti* idete, coqio^e governed by a nod the head OR tho geia^:;M?,Uqh.,.otvtl hand of Wa trite. I witnessed an 1 instance ^^lt-.wlt^-^^^w^^| tho shoulder and ho liec?m? aa^ul aa,a lamfc,^He wa^Uwa? bubbjii and ovec?o%jng with kindness,-ai - generosity.- ..Wblle he waa Senator V fcshlngtoo he wrote a letter to. i vlf? on hhs fortieth birthday and i tarred to.nbTTas tho same lovely a ?rue heartad..woman tq.me thajL.y, ?beb T mad* voa bay WfipV y?ars ago, and there was BO .ott change OTMn tho superior tofflt? of the fafcKlowr. over tbo bud di rose and wal whalerer av<*:esn.|fB I lUrVe gvof^or whatever gobd 1 m ttSnlNlO?l? HBA%%...ir PfflB have done*.X am mainly .indebtod the trautiful pure^riie-h^tf^^ May? isib), ij-hio trusting to, art the tweeteeaakd dearest ot wives." T ls the language ot the lover, Ron could no^haias. altered a^s^eajgj kindred aaitft o? Daria ead' To5c have 8taMi? oja the "silent sole: shore of ttaV ya*i ocpan ?all aool^;'..?WF. ,. we?..,jfc*,hgl*?\ } ? twOugu o*sc8sa?e8x and bfl?n???nt b they *avi^ walked into tba untad ?gma&A-t*^ >taned the breath of the eternal morning i that they, tixy abide and shine to sp?endcra'?7|ri-* '^ooaa^ waaea 1 the star? ara dustr__ laGrange. I*. C,( March *?, IW, ., ...... . . . .. ?AVIS, PRESIDENT. fj I t ? . j il , :. . :. . ? . . . .......... r ; . ; . . .. s.', . """ ..r; . . . ?. . M\ ... . . J. DiBUnguished Mieslppia? who ser.vod with great gallantry in the, war With Mexico, waa afterwards Secretary of..Wor> anAVUnlted Stntca-Snmlor. and Buffered for the Confederacy of which he waa president for four heart breakingyearB, being thrown into prison for two yeaTa and made to suffer all aorta of odium. Nelson A. Miles was the jailer-Theodore Roosevelt; has stigmatized Mr. Daria aa traitor, but the paoujfej&tiie world do not ?think; q . ? . . ._?j j^SJfSV i i l F??EETT I>!P ?OT m? rr AV.V. SiAtetneht of Interest About tte Oettygbnry, Editors Atlanta; Journal: : .I-' h?Vft beeB very mu?h. Interested la the stories of the war between .tue -States jWrl^n.by ; men who s?rvpd in the ranks ani recently appearing lh y?tjr.columns. I served in the infant ry trohi the First Mr.na6S&s"to Apjvo matox. At. the First Man??'sa-t ? was a private in ?ho Seventh Sentit Caroli na,. Vfllunteersj and spacm'tly detailed as orderly for General Ml I*. Bon*tam, who. held Mjtchell's ford, or the "fen l*f -of the Une. In 1862 I was trans ferred from Kershaw'a brigade and the TSfeveath South .Carbuna Volunteers to Ute first South. Carolina Rifles of the Gregg's ( after;sards McGowan's) bri gade, which ?n? 'nadar Jackson until I his death and then under A. P. HUI until the surrender.- This statement will 'introduce me to vhe Georgia sur vivors, of thc. Araity of Northern Vir gula. M One cf the young correspondents of Wright's brigade, speaking of Pickett's .charge at ^ettysharg, saya: "It .cer tainly was ? most hazardous affair. ,They ,suffered heavily and yet I have haver been convinced, the battle of the second day. previous, should stand in history as th? bloodiest fought bat .t?? qt Ute.two.' Another correspondent, a survivor ot S?tauea' brigade saya, "The sub sequent sacrifico of Pickett's gallant division, was simply murder.'.' . T believe in giving honor, tovwbom. hqnor is due, Pickett's "loss" has ttcbn greatly exaggerated and for nearly 38 yjears tho fancy story of this sacrifice h*B ..JJjeen." written up in glowing words until many, people belivo that Pickett did all tho fighting at Gettys burg and that Georgia, North CA.ro Uka and other States weroo not In rt. \ ~r ' ?.r^^WS see what.the figures provo aa ito-. Hckett's command. at Gettysburg before the batter and after lt. :..*r?nii July, l,-W6? lu June 30. 1,863,* J2 battles were fought by parts or thc !ja^,?t-.t*a^jt bf NorytowWVkgjn la. ld thoso Pickett's division, con afc^N^MteW8*^4'8' Arm latead's add ?empcPs brigades, lost in klUed and *t?t?te.V~ We?, while tho brigades ot Arphe. Scallw and IM in. killed, 332 mea; HoojVe ttivl?ion m Earlyvb dlt?ion 156 ; 4fc#feifoV division 22?;/Rhodes' division 431; ilc^*?B.?lvlalo?.313; A?derpQa'.?! dl vijdo.. 147; Heth'a division. ? der's division ShtSf?nd thecavhi^ lost* a?. ...... .-.At Grttytniarg? the loso,in ^wounded .by iU.v's,o?l* .waa, sa follows: Pickett AndlrUm lv?ls; Met h ?.^^Pend?r [JM?ltand the.cavalry ito ^^.??lw.eawrea'qr m^uilag. the io&? : by divisions was: Picactt l.45?y; 5>,wa a?T; Hood 44*;- Early -SM;' Rade?. Ipa; Anderson 840; Early 226; lietli 534; landor 116; and,thc cara!-] ry 64. j&?&tf?JbP- .%t>vc Jt -wi>] 1)0 Been tnt Stood. I$A$9$$. WcLaws, Heth and Pon der oacft had more ?men killed than Picket. Esrly, Anderson and John son; each tot/ftawr fosn killed. pm.wofcoaed,^Laws. JHoed. John Vost more than. Plefastt Early. and . Pickett lost in captured 1.469, near ly three times as roaoy as H?th, .whfigej men went as far in the chsxgas '"aaa .athjsj? as long St Pickett did. Pickett's division was composed of ir. regiments and his lose la killed, j averaged a TUUo more than .15 to the "1 ? by the r?trtot Publishing ?mpw?, OBSKBAI, J. E. B. STU AW A.?D OKftSRAti 11 rrmtroH HER ??KWBtna rat cA*axftr 4 frSAOKafl AT ?ELLTS IfORl). . regiment. This certainly was' nof) 4 much of a slaughter aral sacrifice. . ? , Georgia,tost in killed at twttysbutj 1 does not tneitide the cavalry ot* the ar. '?' .^Tbie destruction wrought by..th^?aK*? ?Utoe^ aVr.4^ bcrlbod *s appalling OUt the loss in ? . kilJod cf the Con??derate artillery waa * only ?J. While, the losjj was small, j the moral effect wa? somewhat like 1 that nt thc cnnTi?>eade_ at . V?!in?t.-^ fsjboro the, .invading, ?jrmy und?r/ik^*? duke, ot jjtruswlck wa? n>?MAeftj$H* the Freuch ftriuiblhaim ,ln ,1T?>V ! lanai, o? thpso .hkyre;; were "taken A i^tba ^OfBclai Rcrsfcda of the War . Jaw;t;J?V page $38, etc. Tiiey are pub-, lishee so that justice may he dono ano!'} ?llWhore thc brunt or the battlewTl ..Gettysburg. .?JJ Ob March t, 1885, Pickett had 38?. j? officers an?! 6,101 mea. .,o?p?#^> **<}J proaeat l|^3pMar Jjfk^ at. Appaniato**? only 120 officers and 911 men were pail* roled. !? ROBBRT R. ?l E MPH I LL, < Abbeville, O. March ll, l^afc^. Oj AJ??rra5a?ss HiS^TOS-C r ?/Ai? 3 ? i . i>i it j That ot the SeeesMoc Hoards Present- I I ed to The ?tate, . ';".!? the Ight: 13. 190O. |i Assembly : , { V%t#r Called For Promptly And Delivered Tfrie S?me Way. Cari Clear* Ajriy inlrtg But Your Reputation *. -, '* . * '*** A . ?. ^ y I?t . p. ? '-T.t.i?! ,?,r;f?'vi'iwiw^f >j>;'j -Qi; ipi it,n In 'i . , tVo. T. -.. .. . ! ! .i H JU A g?n?ration "has passed since the pat tttiefle?d^^ he. boys In gray, tattered and. torn, ?tacked tR0ftV?ttA?. sheafed their swords and returned to tt?bir hottes. rhey mmrt&wm>^^ ade never eurpassed by any ar?iy fat R?dern pr ancient times, because they vere moved by'a patriotism that was ?ure and Intens? attd lt Was this wb.i?h supported them. ?'througb. thp. weary rears , aufp^tnf.,. wb^h ?jej^jncro ?ned na?W?eo> WJBB.U??, y ^^^11^^. We left company's first orderly sergeent and is HiUeved to be the first battle flea; ?a Jioft^ front denotalaatlonal rotte*?*. [ Copyright ?jr th*-?*vUw of Review? Co. HONT MORGAN. G CL A" NOTED CAVALRYMAN' . ??i. iii fuir.M . Under the fojde of thu banner, the \ Unanimity te^ieoMU? u^?rtp^tTappei?t ? Gov. Picken? by stepping forth ?a tho Beneath regiment ?. C C volunteer's for tho service tn Vir ginia before the "Mother of Statek"j Sfa*foun^ 100 strong It waa the laat to leave thc trenches at rai??? OouK b?a*e? Jul* j I7ih and. rm thc lftth at Stull ttnn. was j l!t^oom?My ^yftwh\6^^to "?rat Wo tirs?u?^^ lng of ibo 2lBt of July Atter the event it WM furled as tire company hettie flag but the company remained on tho Held tq .illustrate Car. ol Ina's, {raior and cohwucd for four years ft pprt of that Vgriray:,of bright i tnnhkete, an<t4ati^rn? ajajjfernie'i which I forced th? admiration cru? reluctant j foss, ma woU sw.that.ut the. world. ! To.jr|v^ a hIpt*Jrr nf Ujp . company would^pt&tfjw too much. Space gufflce I h **&f*P?*WM~'^** ?A* right nae , comp^oiithai r^irMment of the '.s?H,iU?sade ?>t ?..ti nh?? i divinion li? Lee's a^nijr, and was ia .?r;er?,battle ot the army, and before itu wis always found the greatest immUcr or the en emv'a dead. , filxty-ono of its noble eoult; went out ^?4tw?^im\r> * *:<3 ASM the .hrtlfiftpH^nad^ pJsWi^ISBp?, f^SniSM.th their tot?h? at tho sh redder, n?ar GA^eusbcro, white Otb g?nerons tn an enemy, pardoo when lo et ror. promptness in keepln? your Friends of Coi. H he will begin alauxht against the coming campaign. iatSdSSSalWe Se movement fe?