Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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taint; ?bout ?ptitfarv dltrlnllnr Ke .aid, "Genera!, you hare been tao rash; you will he arrested." Toomba repiten be thought bo too. A row days .Aar, he araa summoned to General Johnston's^tent to attend a counsel of war and ii was satined thal he was the only brigadcer lb the counsel, and Jot aston stterwads remarked that Toomba was ftc biggest and the brav, est man in toe Confederacy. locs?tr?pt fc?srd cf It-ssst?. bak ing stump speeches to the-army, re ferring in. anything but complimen tary terms, to; his commander and he ordered him- under arrest. He after wards said that Toomba had the kind ling eye and. rare genius of a soldier, sud that If he-had had military disci pline he would: hare made a great sol. dier. . Kow here was praise from two mea whom Toomba had severely criticised, Viet they were big enough to accord him proper credit Xor his merit., ia this day of pigmies, if you differ from them, they' cry out crucify him. His speech in the-Senate lp: defense of set. cession was said 'by Mr. Stevens to have been equal to the speech of Per icles at the opening of the Pelopone siao war. Mt. Blaine in his great book says that Mr. Toomba was the only Southern: statesman- who "put up on record the grounds upon which and' the grievances- for which destruction of the Union could be Justified." ; I sat one day at the White Sulphur Springs amt->heard Olm talk for five hours. During all of that time I never moved out of my seat, but remained ag If rooted'to the a pot. He held the audience spell-bound- like a magician' with his wand; NO one moved or ev en spoke. I never ssw such a copious flow of sparkling wit, of burning sar casm, of classical allusions and such perfect scattering,, of the diamonds of the mind. I-remarked'to at gent lem?n v what a pity.:these inteUeetual Jewels that he with; so little-effort threw at our feet could not be treasured up and transmitted tc posterity. As he spoke he would move nervously to his chair with an unlit elgar l? hie hand, every muscle of his frame seemed to crawl, and his bosom would rise and swell as his mighty mind-throed-to deliver forth his thoughts,* his eyes blazed like burning'sons and when he-would work' his long arms and hands, . lt seemed like a tut hammer* ot Vul can heating out tnought for the gods He would straighten himself up as. if to give emphasis to what bs was going to. say and shake his big . head-until bis hair looked like the main of a war horse: and when- he reached the climax he would utter some fiery de nunciation and th? foam dashed f. om his lips. The effect was electrical up on the audience and it stunned them like a clap of thunder or dazzled them like a flash: rot lightning. It. almost took your breath and it required-some minutes for-you to recover. It was as brilliant as a display of fire works or the falling of a celestial shower. 1 was so awed by tibe, grandeur of his big though*-, by the brilliant language and the glowing eloquence that I.felt that 1 could; not speak. "The-material which he threw away on- this occasion with such lavish prodigalit? was. like the mighty waste -of Niagara. 'I was forced to throw up my hands and ex claim, "What a man!" A Georgia Judge said of h lin: "Hit ieapsL are like a -kangaroo and hit bppjmi- gave me the headache. His ep. iBra?uo rrci tr t-cTSe ?Sd hs ? Hr*?w th*m out like proverbs." His home and; do mestic lim, was pure and beautiful. He would corouso and hurrah v.'ith .thc boys in day, but at night be would re pose in tim bosom of his family ant enjoy the ssrcsts cf wedded love. Nc man was more loyal or devoted tc his wife than- he waa. I remembei seeing them at the springs after thej had passed the-meridian and'were go lng featly toward the /iiestorn. decllvt ties and .were approaching..the cham bers of the setting sun,wising toi gether with: burly form towering above har like some lofty-mountain perk ani she, modest, gentle, amiable, clinging to him Uko a tendril- to the majestic oak. She was a typical. Southern, ma tron of the. old- school, plump, of .figure and with traces o' loveliness In- hei face, which Indicated ".hat in her earl) days she must have been beautiful The gentle,. Christian example of Ulli lovely woman had a soothing, salutorj effect upon the Boering, stormy apiri ot Robert Toombs and when, .she died it seemed to steady bim and like th< prodigal, he came to himself and h< threw himself at the foot of the crosi and made -an open declaration cf hi faith lu the Christian reliajbm. Tb* man \rho defied presidents af*d: aener ab) and whom no mortal could int im idate, couldvbe governs* by .a: oed o the head or tte gentle touch of th< hand of bte WIf5. I witnessed, na itt Jnslance myself when his temper Uki the pent fires of a volsssja .waa ajana to burst forth, she Wished him ol the flhouWOr and he became as, qule as a IamoT. He was always- otrbbttm aud oversowing with kindness an generosity.}; White he waa-.Senator ti Washington, he wrote a letter to bi wife on hhs fortieth Wr^day^ifiira ferrad to her as the same lovely an true hearted) Woman to me that yoi were when I- made you my-bride t yeara ago, and there was no ethe change except the superior lovllaes of the full blown over th* buddta rose and that whatever success In Iii 1 have hsjfc whatevtor?(?g evUfftiipiai have avoided- or whatever good I ma REUNION JKF HEAD ;,>?-;f OWBt^i have doner T. am martly Indebted t tu? heautiAa pure. tamrteartefl HUI Mack eyed giri who on the Mtb S May. IMO. casse trustta* to? my ftivoi the s*eetM$*a? dearest of wives." Thi ls th? .ar?uaco eC-t??..lovor? Hom? could not have uttered a. sweeter c more poeUR-sentiment. Now th st th kindred spirit of . Davis and Toom* b?v? stepped on the "silent Solem ?hore nf that vasa a?*nw^MMM&i sail soon0:iaay sse yer ih9?iv*,vtai though discerdent and betlgcrent hei they h-,ve- walked Into the unfadtn lights of ?fto- ceiastlal: city ?od-the: Wasted chrfcks have been kissed b the breath afcthe .eternal morning an that they ma? slade and sb hts lu tl splendors of en?, "beneath wbpse.fsi .the stars arad?**?" C. 8. WOOTEN. LsOrance, N.> C., Marok 2?, lftOt. > ?. . - 'v . . % .VC ...'...' < DistingM?tliP/? Mlcolnnlon ?.'hO Si 'with Mexico, waa afterwards Secrets! and suffered-fpr the Confederacy off . breaWngyears. being. U^fcown,into pris] ali sorta of odium. Nelson A. Miles I has stigroatlifed Mr. Davis as traitor :thlnJc^o. _ ^ juL_^ _ . _,, PICKETT OJD NOT "DO IT ALL ?tit ten ant er Interest A ho pt ?ie Fighting ?t Gettysburg. Editors Atlanta Journal: I have .been very^.niiich Interested j tik\tfi?'slo^R? jbf the war'-?>el#een'"tile j States written by. men who served iu the ranks - and recently appearing In yonr columns. Lserv'fedin the infant ry from, the First MCtfaJ?ffs to-Appo matox. At tho First M?nassa-?, ? was j l a private m the Seventh *?t?t?i Caxoll fna Volunteers- and. epsc?uRy detailed' (as orderly for G?nerai M. L. Bon 'tam, | who held Mitchell's turd, or the cen-1 tes of. tho line. In-1862 I was trans ferred from'?s*|ltiflrt*- brigade and the Seventh South Carolina Volunteers to tin* first South Carolina Rifles of the Gregg's (afterwards McGowan's) bri gadas'which* was under Jack?oa anti! his. death and then under A. P. Hill unUl ? the screwier, : This statement will introduce roe tb-the Georgia sur vivors ot the Army of Northern. Vir ginia. ^ One ot ? thc young correspondents of Wright's brigade, speaking of Pickett's j charge at Gettysburg,- says; "It cer tainly was a most hazardous affair. *Eb$y suffered bejWfWy landry et i havel never been convinced the battle of th? ] second day- previous, should stand in history aa the. bloodiest fought bat-j Ho of tho. two.' . Another correspondent, a survivor I of Semraes' brigade says. "The sub-1 Seqocnt sacrifice of Pickett's gallant] division waa simply murder." I helieve. in . giving, honor ' to whom ] honor ls due. Pickett's IOSB baa bsen greatly exaggerated and for nearly 39. years- the fancy ?tory of this sacrifice haa hfeen written up in glowing words-until .many people bel ive that! Pickett did aiK^he fighting at Gettys burg and that Georgia, North Caro- ] lina and* other : States weree not in I it - I Let us see what.the fleures prove asl to Pickett's command au Gettysburg] before the battle and, after lt. From July t, 1842 .to June 30, 1SG3, l.tl lHiijtlii* werer fought by parts of thc i whe'o of the Army of Northern Virgin, j f l?. Isy .OwaP jr^atett's 'division, con-1 1 Histing of Garnett's, Armistead's andi OBMcfav brigade?,, lost In trilled and ] landed ?T2 men, while the brigades ] J of Arohe, Sr.a)es and Lane lo-^t in J killed ared woondod 3.G?0 men. ? At Gettysburg Pickett's division lost I itt killed. - ?3*..?aaa ; Hood's* .division 343- Barty's division lfC; Johnson's dlsfafc*.*29; Rhodes' division 42Pd McLaw's division. 313; Antrim's db-; vteiaa ?47 ; HeU?.'a divlsicar A ?4; Pan der's division 26? and the cavalry lost] 3?*V-*:.-. : ' . .. At Gettysburg, the loss In wounded |H|g*Ydlvrslon* was aa follows: Pickett ll 1,157; McLaws l.f>38! Hood 1.504; Ear ly 8C5; Johpsim U60; Rodes . 1.738;; ? Anderson 1.128; Heth l.OOO?; Pender ^tn -the c&puired^r^mlssing. the losa bf divisions waa: Pickett- T.490; Mfc .JXWS 327; Hood 442; Early 22?; Roda? 1*84 Andwison 840; Early. 226; Heth B34r Pender 116; and the caval ry f,4. l. From the above lt will be aeen thai Hood. Rodes, McLaws; Heth anrt Pen der each had-more men killed than picket. Early, Anderson an*> John l^eai?J?afe'fawer men killed, *7f$' WV&t0m-'afcLaw*. Hood?'John son. Rode?, Heth sod Pender each los? more: .tba? Pickett. Early end Anderson: ; t?st > fewer men. " A' -Pickett teat in c*ptkre?4W, near ly thvae times es mantis Hclh'.'whbfce .p^.went as far in ?ie charges and [stayed MfcnwLa* .Pickett did. Pickett's division waa O?mjjoscd of IS regiments and hi? lons to kille* avatssPMl a lHrt?mora than 15 tc tho i, PHKNWENT. :rvod v.?th great fi.t?aiii.ry in tn? war .ry of War. and. United States Senator which he was president for four heart! ion for two years and, paade to suffer . waa tbe< Jailer-Theodore Roosevelt , but the people of che world do njafc^ . ^^BT^BTBTBTBTBTBTaT^BTBTBTr--i WM fBfffHBih, M Br ' vs Qt by the Patriot Pu'wiert^swhnpany. i 'OknSUAX? ir. ?. b. ?rv?ror Ar?0 UWBM? ' l rrrzBtron LKK. COYTRPBHATS cavaba* I ? Mt sores A'T KELLI'S BOKO. !-__-;-__--^-^u*-11 regiment. Thia certainly was not much of. a slaughter and sacrifice, i Georgia lost in. killed at o.-Hiysourc does not include the cavalry or the ar 421, v-hile Virginia lost 388. Nor t>. Carolina, lost In killed C8? or 198 more' than Virginia. Thc destruction wrought by the afc: tilery at ?ettynbt?rg; has besa de scribed a? appalling, but the- los* i?J hilled of tho Confederate artllU^wi only 78; While tte loss i wai? e the moral effect *w&s somewhat that at the cn anonade ftt Valtny, tiiiere tho invading army under the.} Duke of Bruawlok,waa defeated hy=j the French Ropobl'.Cins tn 17U2.. <.? of thc R?bellion-' cerles/.l. Volume partit, pago. 338, eto. They ese Rahed so that justice may he done and? that rh? present g^n ?tatton may know ? i who hor? the brunt o? the bottle *fci ' Gettysburg . ^ : On, Mbrch! j, 1885,. Pickett had officers and 8,151?' men effective nod i ' present for duty, hut at Appamatoxj. only. 120 officers and Ml men were ptfcjr ro'.ed.. Vj?ij^jB?. J' - "4f3lH??^ ft? H?tUPUl?.U AhhJV?lio, ? C. March ll. 1?01. ' J' HRKillf FLAG n <3nard? fbURfiet- 1 gestate. I (From an old newspaper.) [ ? The following rees sage was sent to .the geobral assembly last night: tGeetlernen of t?te General Assembly: . |S-^ . . . . ?. ...-,"y.. Voiii* I_ t? & . . '4 11 . > J I ? >? ?-^r ? m i . <. - i . . I ' irr . ? . i ; ' ... MS . ? ' - * --^-. li . aat Confede?ate^^ the boy? in gray, tattered au* tom, stacked their guns, .sheathed their sword*i-aj*ret^edito thahr Aasdej* rhey displayed a herolspv and fortt tude never..auzp^sseih by.aoy army oi modern or ancient times, because they were move* bja- patriotism-that was pare an*intense and it wa? thiB which supported them "through the weary rears of autteilng;..which they were called upon to fac&7;-. ?j. We have the heritage they hate left ua? and aii -Uifj ^re^ant fast becomes the past, ww wit! leave to posterity toother ^^j^**.jff^*^' tha l)e" A sentttrVmt w?$hj reveres. the past ind stope long aa?ng^ aaa* themed 'nsh fo^ ^he iqa ?iR toh^^e^a^??^^?^r^^rn ^**ha' nar ?' ~?B? ~'~ ' n**baMatteV ?a? rfc?^^^A-** e roar excellency, .tor. tender to their St*** tor kaAtJbsepta?, the-attke* aaa:, aer-twhlchr UfcaJ*dkNr4?f jCipa>>M>a4>- 8. C-'? piaeei ia ?bargen of ?^ coatpaAv upon: thc ere of? Ita?departa?? tor ths frpa*T04|.hanne?:^as pr? ?ented through Col. ?. W. Aiken, the SSa^inJ?? 'u!a?Sm!>i3matiaaud? Thia company had ir lt* ranks as tWflllJJ..'.',.. red Tine Same fi - ? ? ? y ? ti 5 * i fe , m ! . il ?<? :f? Under the fold* of this benner. the ginla before the "Mother of StatesT company with the most remarkable had seceded and tho first day of May, | unanimity replied to the urgent appeal 186,? found lt in lY.chmond, Va., ovdr dov. Picken? by stepping foyth io? strong. It was the last to leave ttfc -aft ^regiment, fe,V. V.* : tnctehs^at rairm* no?t*a?tj?e? Ju* foe the servier-ftr- VIrH*tm und oa the ?**.**. ftetl nea. waa --J- i'ni ii i - nmm' J gretMees^rtoQ - ea9B*aje**>*rt' on i Ule even? rjJm&fr yipt tt weft furled aa the bul tbo company remained on the field to illustrate Cat. ol ina's valor and continued for four years a part of that ^array of bright ronskets and tattered ?nU?wns" which force* ih? admiration oferte reluctant foes, fawell as pxnt^L^, Wld. w^^^^*^ ^V^uffice i- ts to^f?w tV,was't,??;r|gbt ride compandor ?(hat right regiment tot the ? .sm t*<e*??br;vw- ?iuW division ii. found tl^'gw^esi. ntunAb^ en emv'B daadt ..fct S?xty-oite-of ita noble ebtfs .weat out for their couhiry'e good-i% upon the battlefield and 22 cl^ewhore; twenty foor^ood to th^h^^j^^^-iba eur-; c^ 'v ' * ' a lilt . ..*.<?? For promptness In keeping your th^?ral?gSp^^^^^^H In Kau aa? tralnjM.^a?ssas wa- ha lag ertehllrhed fTo^fty mauagers abd