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I IT. r?___.__?i VT_ II vjs rurnisn tour nome: *-^eP<eJ ? ^s^w ? ui ? iiiui t: v,Ut BLECKLEY & HEARD, Proprietors. - - South Carolina MIIIIIIMiBlUlHllHIM mtfilJ?U*:. -, ,_a_ ? ? - ?_?? ? - - - - -_,__^_._ _ .: _?IL- -----1- _ _ BARBARAF VyhHtier's Poem Ww Full of False ? ?ts Stanbert I I Aty time passen we..forget, tito sharp I lilies Of demnrkntlnn \n th* /.lyU y/aj ? for we are one country today. But \ there wore things written and thinks . ?y qvQo ct the warlike puo?s ana orators of the north that have been committed, to posterity to the Injury of. thc south. Tho teen thai faced , each other ?cross tho fields whore tho Uets sang had not so much hatred . for each other, but lt waa tho man in R;the' bomb-proof homes who did the ? mean work. One of theso waa John ?r??n?o?? Whittier who wroto a ms niorl?bl? poem "Barbara Frletchlo" in which he accused Stonewall Jackson ot firing on the flag.being waved by old woman. Or. Debney who was n. Jackson's chief of staff biograph, ^?pllvas tho He to this, stating that ?oral Jackson doffed-his hat in re ct to the gallantry of the'woman ^^Hpl ordered hlh troops to salute rc HHpct fully. How auch an incident .ld have been distorted, ia beyond ^^??prehenslon. Tho following artlclo ^^Hb a Baltimore paper throwa more j light oh the subject. Coming up to Washington from ruj the other day I brushed up ^^BMihsiici' with a very pleasant, intalUgent, tod by^thevway^handsomo ^^Bbr on the Richmond, Fredericks mmm: a?d Washlatloih' road lb thc ram Bf oottVtrsstton he mentioned Hferftk BarylaPd. I leughed Shu Hi you ?ver meet Barbara Wletch lu. in y dear sifV' ho ropUstt, "sho ^Anf?sP the airest from my t me tell you, that ' pure add simple. I i durlnf Ute^fmr Pvt ru i th?^ truth. ?bp?t nprbatn ''^.iht?'^tSa mn'uio interestthK u to F^cderlokBburiT,, ? ' Mist where tho turnpike ed 'ic tppn my lather and mother 'SHfcoA Ino old homestead. Directly way lived Mr. Preltchle (illor and h good clever ?uar <3?6st tdtlseu.. ; RML houso had orles add on-thc gfptmd or thc ?Blinder, was bia shop and hh ^HKtjlved Upbtpirais; 'iher*- -.wap: s H^RpBg *? ttl0 ?PS1*?1" alor/ ot |b< roSTHBr r f H was fro? ?^wiakopy that .;. 1 ^?roprbara rreltehie had no nitfrft K ^?Wpj lt than you did. Uonewair Jackson, return <H& Monterey, papped througl I ; - ;-,-rfe ?t ?ia fce?rf o? the ar f#?n4lr?d th? towri by the ?urn ? nd marched between the bown tifi, i^.t"h?? and tht) home of tti) RIETCHIE hood ?nd a Disgrace to the South Jpon Stonewall Jackson. parents. Thorn was a United States daughter Mary Quantrel thinking Hag in lite, tailor's house. His elder that the union army was coming-nils. tsV.ng Jackson'? men tor tim fed?rala -seised tho flag, ran upon the bal cony and waved it. . 7 . Observing her, Gencrul Stonewall Jackson, who was riding at'the head of lils troops, took off hts hat and or dered his men to uncover their heads, and they did so, and then General Jackson aald that he gave the order to uncover, because h? Wanted hi* men to show proper appreciation of Bj woman who had the loyalty and pa triotism to stand up for her side. . . . "Those are the facts. My parents wore there! .They- told mo. I tell you. * . . . '. "There waa no Btlcklng any flag staff in any window N o order by General Jackson to halt and fire, no seising of the flag and waving it after lt had been shot from the. r?aff, no begging General Jackson to shoot anybody's grey head, bat to 'spare tho. nag of ht* country-all of this is described in tho poem-but. none of it ever happened. . ? . "Very funny about Barbara Frietch. ie bel?g 'four score and ten.' " Who waa Barbara Frletohlo? ."Wliy she Was tho young daughter ot Mr. Frietchle-the yoting slater of Mar/ Qunutreli, who waved the flag ^-that'a all." . . . . ? Mr. McLean told mo that he had three brothers in the federal army. He wat, of course, too young to enlist. He vra? born, I think, tn 1861. . . ? His father was doorkeeper cf the Maryland afaembly and his uncle waa r. member during the stormy sessions held at Frcdsrleksburg, wr,en the body hatly discussed for matty days, tho question as td whether Maryland r.ltmtld secede. ^ Ono day Mrs. McLean' asked per mission to speak with her -brother, ?vito waa a tjcm*-??. t?, waa ai first re. futed but .'?fc&u sha sent to tba body that she WAS tba wife ot thc doorkeep, er and slsitt of a member, r?*m,< j elan was granted, ll She expressed to her broths? i'i l?tcere hope that they would sol ;?*.. licagn^Bciauso if .they did, hunfredo of i j Ktiitt^wowr.'bp at once trained upon the members. Maryland .did not secede, but wheth ?if?t? fPV&w*? Influenced to thia course" by the warning worde of the Mother, Mrs. McLean saya aha dona vax Know. . * * Whittler's porra ls a reflection u . n twHamory of Stonewall Jackson 'Jj-" poet simply let nts prejudice > j ajrtlnst a gre?-', man run away with his r'aeft?a of iuatice, u he erat bad any TBE SfeCKS?WN COXVEKTtOff IX SERIOS 1> tOMTBBlA. Obsert j ?hr Wyle of Dre** In Those iJsjs-Thls I? a Reptedttctloa fro* a Browlhg at thc Tflhe for Harper*!.Vf eek!,. by a it?o?7ra^.At^?t-;!Skciio WH? th? Interior of the Flmt Bu timi Chiirrb-Froat fhefe the Ccttvenwoh Adjourned ti ChaH?stdis ott Aeeeeal?t of (he Pear of ItttaH Pox In Co. . 1 umhin. ' lt tiree me pleasUro to aid in :<ml- Salute the Plan: and Hat? off' Hg Mr. Whittler by quoting thc tr Uh T..oro ar^ onlv a f?W. of lhl!ttl ,ert u ebout the matter, aa given by Mr. Mb- T ?J* onlr * ttW ot "tom len us ***?. Hau off! ?m.i<?i?? ""?"J"i VJ"* ?" .h? Th? hfclr so gray-the furrowed brow groundlo7? l^rcauae t?o a salute. Hate Off! - wU&it stretch of poetical license sar.V ? re. ? Justify the Irbelllttg of a gnrnd- "rave they wore abd true and pure, .valrle n an. Hat? off! , ^ ^ .. > fuse efcOWns fade, but croKct of |..., ... ? ? .......... e. . """ ?"?? "JT*. iinnnoeooooooo'oooooo *"? /? " OOOOOOOOOO oooooooo l?ale off. o i_ o I Aa th? Gray Veterana go by o *r.1fOR!A!.- !?Af * With halting step and age dhunod n 9 I eye, 000000900000000000 Hats o and salute! -- I (By Walter! O. Doty.) Toelr uniforms are faded and worn. Down the dusty village street, [Hats oflfl . With their faded nus they Some, 'The dear old flag's tatered and torn; Marching to the measured beat Of thc mournful muffled ?rum. Haltingly thji flied go by, Shrinks tu? column j?year by year; Once they shook the vbry sky With their lusty cheer. Old and bowed wjtb many griete, {loaring wounds ot shot otra shel!; HJW they fought for their belief* Scores bf battlefields can tel!. i * They hare seen the meadows red t Where tho olartghig cannon cried; They have leit their gallant df**d Halt the southern streams beside. Theirs lt wss. when carnngiV reigned, ?*^XSfL t?irC'?hC KjittU gtyvta. Ours- lt ie to keep unstained All tho nations old Meals. 1 Ayo. our fathers fought and bled,- - * -Our? the profit, theirs the Wc Stall lt ever theh be ?aid ?Welnlj- ft/Mt th? debt We owe? Kay, we'll not forget. Indeed. North and South, bur Uvea we'll lr agaift shall como th* need That the dear old Hag may live Hoses for Ulfe boys in blue, t Roses for tho boys in gray. All Impartially we strew, . There's no south her north today. tn the mountains, on tho plains, In this cities by the sea. .Dirie'*Jhingles with tho strains Of. "My Country, Tis of Thee." i the fields that erst did prove 3EiW- ~ztz oss ii; j;? Isings Vbe ?tty wh??"of Vnvd. 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Cox St*tl**try C/mmKf' www Agtani_ I j_LJ_LJ_!JM?1-L' '?'i'if.mil i Tn Jamen Preton. now a member of tha UarrersWo* Illinois varsity niuo, is to Jotr. the Chicago Americans at tho close ?rt the college year, tie wilt try for second base.