The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, April 19, 1879, Image 1
'.-1' Eli LY EDiTIO(N.} WINNSIORO ,S. C SATURIL)AY. APRL 19, l879. iVOL.i
GEN. RICHIARD TAYLOR.
A SIKETCII OF TJII% 7ATE CQNFFD
1:JiATJ CJII 1'2'AIN.
The Son of Zachary Taylor and Broth
pr-in-Law of Jeff. Davis--A Dashing
Warrior, Accomplished Gentleman
and Pungent EssaysLt.
The funeral servieps of General
Dick Taylor, who died at the resi
donco of S. L. M. Barlow, Esq., in
Now York, of affection of the spleen,
on the 13th instant, were poformsd
in "The littlo church around the
corner," by Dr. Houghton, His
pall-boarers wore Hons. Hamilton
Fish Chas. O'Conor, Secretary Win,
M. Evarts, D. D. Withers, Win. It,
Traivers, Geo. Ticknor Cm tis, August
Bolimont, Charles L. P.orkins, Win.
Constable, Abram S. Hewitt, Sena
tor Bayard and Mayor Cooper. Gov.
Tiklcen and other celebrities were
present.
General Taylor was born in
Florida, but moved to Louisiana,
and represented that State in the
Charleston Convention in 1860, when
he opposed a split. On the election
of Lincoln ho moved in the Legsila
ture for the Stato convention, lIe
was made colonel of a Louisiana
regiment, then a brighdior wid was
placed under Stonewall Jackson.
His first remai kable service was in
the famous valley of Yirginia cam
paign. At Port Rteptiblic the Lou
isiana brigade carried the day and
responded witb cbeors to Jackson's
comnand,
"THE ]iA'FTEiiY MUST BE TAKEN!'
General Taylor was not a great ad
miror of Jackson, whom he has
described as a man given over to
lemon sucking and prLyers. On
this occasion, riding o,i the fiaii. of
his column, between it and the hos
tile line, ho saw Jackson beside him.
Taylor did not consi.lor that this
was the place for the .cammander of
the army, and yenturecd to tell him
so ; but he paid no attontion to the
remark. "Wo reached a shallow
.depressi,n where the enemy could
depress his guns," says General
Taylor, "and his fire became close
and fatal. Many men fell, and the
whistling of shot and shell occasion
ed much ducking of kacls ii the
column, This annoyed n.e no little,
.as it was but child's play to tio
work immediately in hand. Always
an admirer of the delightful Uncle
Toby, I had contractdd the most
villainous habit of his beloved aripy
in Flaniders, and, forgtting Jaclt
son's presence, ripped out, 'What
the hell are you dodging for ? If
.Lior is any more of it yQ.t will be
halted under this fire for an hour '
The sharp tones of a familiar voice
produced the desired elrct, and the
mil lookel as thoigh they had
swallowed ramrode ; but I shall
never fo.rge t the reproachiful sur..
pr-iso expressed imn Jackson's face.
.He placed a hand on miy shoulder,
and said ini a gentle) yoicC, 'I am
.afraid you are a wicked follow,'
.turnel an,ode back to the pi/.o."
TRANsFERRED 70O LOUIsIANA.
Geneoral Taylor was a fterwar'd
-transfitrred to anoth'er and die.tant
field 07 :operations, and, wvith .the
ranik of nyaor-.general, on the re
commendations of Jackson for ser..
vices in the Valley, p)laCcd in corp -.
mand Qf the clitrict of West Louisi
ana. He aho\ved great skill in his
new sphere. .Actuated by a dream
of recapturing Now Orloans, he
fiercely attackced Banks, cut off his
supl))ies and w\as in a fair way to
success when ,th.e fall of Vicksburg
destroyed 1hi8 hopes. .1Ii second
service in i he trans-Missjissippi w's
in the famous Rod Rive.r .campaign,
in tihe spring sof 1%Q4, .ie -which lhe
actedl under the ordere of General
E J. Kirby Smith. He encountereod
Banks' army moving fro.m Alogn
dria, and gainbd two of the most
important victories for the Southerai
side. After the battle of Pleasant
l;1ll1, Qeneral Taylor was .for pursu
ing the enemy . to the
water's -edge, and, ',ontemnplating
the destruction of Banks and Porter,
indulged tile prospect of thus' over
throwing tho enlemy's power and
,opening tile way to New Orleanis.
But the.comripanding general did not
.favor this view. Taylor *llmosi do-.
fled General Smith and ,took- the
;responsibility of changing a recon-.
noisance into a battle, and 'on tihe
1comnmencement of the action he hlad,
declared to General Polignac, whlo
commanded one6 of his' divisions,
-"Little F"renchman,
I'r ao'rKG TO Gau' -An
there if he has a million of maen.A
despatch frpm General Smith came
to him in the midst of the battle,
ordering him to withdraw near
Shreveport, "Too late, sir," said
Taylor to the carrier who brought
it ; "the battle is won. It is not the
first I have fought with a halter
around my neck." Fortulately for
him he obtained a victory, but it
was pretty clearly shown afterward
that had he qbeyed orcors and]
waited for hia sppports it is im
probable any portion of I1anks' forcec
would have escaped. The conse.
quonce of the disagrepmont be
tween Generzls Taylor 4pd Snitlh
was that the former Nyns made a
lieutonant-goneral and transferred
east of thp Mississippi and given
command of what wvas popularly
known 4s the Department of the
South west, conltprising East Louisi
ana, Mississippi and 4labain.. Thia
command G'eneral T.aylor surren
dered to General Canby on May 4
1865. Qn being asked whether the
tranr-Mississippi army ought to be
surrendered he quickly replied
"Yes ; surrender as uoon as possiblo.
You are only sitting up with r
corpse. I sat with it until it wa*
blue, and if you delay much longei
it will becom'o too offensive for do
cent burial.
THE SURRENDER
is thus described : "A bquntiful
luncheon wa$ spread, lof which w<
partook, with joyous popping of
champagno corks for a pompaninjont
thse first agreeable explosive soqilds
I had board for years. The air o:
'Hail Columbia,' wllich the band had
struck up, was ipstantly changed b3
Canby's order to ilixie ;' but I in
sisted on the first, and expre.sed n
hope that Columbia tyould be agaic
a happy land, a sen.inent honorei
by nan' libations." After an ab
seQce of four years he saw hif
hope, Now Orleans. His estatc
lia4 been confiscated and sold, and
he was without a penny. His first
caro was to se:l his h.rses, and o
purchaser was found who agreed tc
take and pay for t4em the following
morning. The est horse was bad
ly foundered bUt suflicint "green.
bac3hs" were obtained for thn othei
to bring his wife and children fron
the Rec River to Now Orleans.
FETED DY THE PRINCE OF wALES.
Th? ,crowning triumphs of Goner
al Taylgr's social career wpre won it
Erigland and qn tthe COntinent o:
Europe after the war. He firs
gained aotori.ety at the L ondon clubi
by hia admirable skill as a whis
player. Ho yas a disciple.of Hoylc
afid the ol.ler school of players anc
oared lit.le for the moders niceties o
tho game. His inemory was wor.derful
at.d he never forgot a card, Tht
l;ng)ish club men,-who had leacoi
their science from James Clay, Cav.
endish and Pole, were astonished at
this old-fasbioned player, who beat
thom in spi,te of their rules and
f >rmu'aa, So GEfl3ral Taylor s fany
came to the ears of the Prince of
Wales, whq loves a rubber next tQ
a tiger hunt, and they met at the
Marlborough Club one night and
played together. Tlzus began an
intimacy wvhich endured to .the last.
WVheroer the Prince wventi, whether
to Sandringham for.g whift' oDf rustic
air, or to Scotland to stalk the deer,
or to the races at Ascot, or to the
jJniversi.ty boat race on the Thames,
thither h^e was certain~'to inyito Q'en
oral Taylor. He introduced him at
Windsor 'to the Queen, and the
Queen wAe. so charmed with his
company that ihe prayed him to stay
for a week at t40 Castle. W'hen the
Prince wep.t tQ India 3.he invited
General Taffor to be one of the
par,ty. But..j).ie gener'al preferred to
stay in London, anrd many a quiet
rub.ber wvas played at the Marl
borough House by .tl,e Princess, the
Duke of Cambridge end the Ameri
can, wvhile the .1rince wvas riding in
an elophant howdah through the
jungles of Nepaul. In $4e royal box
at Ascot his f.iur6 way familiar to
every jockey og1 the course, though
his means never allowed him to gwn
race horses anid rarely A. bet.. One
wager he took, however, the issue of
which troub,led him to the last. Hie
was on the Prince's boat following
the Univerei.ty .rewve when the Earl
of Dudley, spying some 'tokel of
F'rench imperiauim.oni the lawp~ at
Dhiswick, suddeinly cried that he
~vonld bet ?5,000 to, $.1 twice Qver,
bhat the Napoleon.ic dynasty was
gevor restored in Fr-ance. The
Prince of WVales took one of thheo
bots, andl General Taylog~ took the
>ther, and he has byer:sinrce regard
3d the metamorphasey of -Frepeh
politics with an uncontpoply wistful
3ye. But despite this nb*.lorn
irdor for impepajism,her yes atec ' .
3d with mleb'distactinin Parlib
*rai MaoMahon, and evey'i
mugged JMismarc geeted hint g J
warmth that savb red of persoial
triendship. Indeed, his 'passage
across the continent was one of
unalloyed triumph, and the first
gentflmen in Europe wore proud to
call ihil1 their friend.
sECIET OF 111s SOCIAL SUCCESS.
At the root of this prodigious
success lay his wonderful faculty for
being all things to all men. \What
over the topic of conversation might
be, to that he would adapt himself.
To men of a younger generation he
was particularly charming. iWhen
the faster menbers of the Prihlee of
Wales' set would mnept at the Marl'
borough ho would discuss coaches
with Lord Carington, cock pheasants
with Lord Aylesforcl and the latest
horse raoo with Lord Charles Beres
ford. Ti the .urk, with the Prin
cess and children, his manner was
redolent of antique chivalry. At the
Turf Club he would arrange handi
Caps with Admirable Rous and help
Lord Roseborry ipako his book for
the Newmarket rpeoting. At the
Athenmun he would cross literary
Pwords with Sir Charles Dilke, and
at the United Service would discuss
military tactics with Sir Garnet
Wolsely at}d Lord Napier of Mag
dla. Notning caio amiss to him.
George Otto Trevelyn, nephew of
Lord Macaulay, read his articles ih
the North American Revieu', and
sai. thero was in him the stuti of a
great, military writer. Statesmen
listened with delight to his disserta
tions on the American constitutioil.
Von Moltko himself rgave in his hon
or the dinner ut which he met }3rinc3
Aismarek. Everywhere he spread
about him the charm of his person
ality, and nothing distinguisl)ed hiip
from the crowd of. raconIteurq piore
( l,an this, that hih conversation was
never forced or ovt of place, never
l,;b.ored or prepa':ed before hand,
welling up naturally from the stores
pf a naturally rich mind.
General Tayvlolr had just before his
d :ath I u*lished a be ok "Destruet.ic
and Reconstruction," which is said
;to be piquant, elegant and even
brilliant in style, and in which lhe
haudles men without gloves. His
death will prevent recrimination on
.this account.
With a pri4e which was possibly
unwise the refused to take any
me.isures looking to - the restoration
of his confiscated estate. iie looked
upon it as a stake lost in te great
game of war, and to him lo-t forever.
But as the contiscation wai only of
a life estate, the property, ,low of
considerable value, will ret>.rji to his
children, of whom three dapghters,
residiig at Winchostor, Va., survive
him.
General Taylgr's wife, v:llo died in
1874, was a Mis Myrth .Brinnier, of
l New Orleans, and belougel to a
Creol.e family of distinctiun'and in.
fluenco.
AssocIATE REoRMED PREsBYTERY.
The first Presbytery of the Associa
ate Reformed Presbytorian Synod of
the South, convened Monday, 27th
of April, at Sardis Church, six miles
south of Charlotte. Religious exer
.c'.sas were commenced .o.i the Fridt y
prviu and were continued every
.day from ths,4 time to the day of ads
journmen t. Last Sunday afternoon
.Rev. J. P. Marion offteiated. Ini the
n;iorning the Sac.ramn ct 9f the Igord's
Supper was ptwrtaken of by twv9 ln%
dred and fifty per'sonis.
The business meeting o,f the pres
lbytery commenwcd Mon day morn ing.
r,te were p,resenit 49 delogates, as
follgwvs: 20 9rdailned ministers, 1
liceitiate, 20 elders,'1 stuident and 7
comm issi oners. 4.11 the .congregar~
,tions reported on pastor s' salaries.
Calls were received for the services
of ministers under the charge of the
presbytery as followvs: From Gileacj
and Prosperity Chnprehos, Mecklon
burg county, for Roy. D. 0. Cald
well ; from Unity (Church, Lancaster
eounty, S. C., for one .fourth 9f the
tige of Rev. 4. F/. Plressley ; from
Hopewell Church, .Ghostor copipty,
S.. 0., for the services,PI Rev. J.. H.
White.
J. T. Chalmers, somo.f Rev. 3. 0.
Chalpersa, was received as a student
of theology and preached his trial
.sermon, which was ggcepted as evi
Qence gf the candidate's progress.
$en germons were preached dur
tng sle ssiop o i Presbytery,
adth. e teoting i a a pleasknt one
in all iespects.
The Freelytery adjourned on
Tuesday afternoon, April ~8th, t9
meetsext year at Amity Church,
Iredell county.- (Agfrlott6 .409)9
4ppropos o ite~ pgoceeding4,i'n
the 1iver-CAvreyp ciase, 'Qld i
says egeXr et be. jak de dresgu
sirkAe ob qr\%. ~oA1et-nos' d~n in,
fd'r'siinite sollytude wid or 'widdet
'oman d1at.a9 en dy nai-ry.!"
MAKING THE DESERT BLOOM.
RECLAIMING TiE WASTE8 OF
CALIFORNIA.
An Enterprise to Create an itland ?a
and Make Southern California and
Arizona Blgasom Like a Rose--A RT
glon of Great Mineral Wealth and
Resources.
General Fremont, Governor of
Arizona. has submitted to the prop- i
or authorities at Washington a plan
for brii. ing the waters of the Gulf
of California back to what is sun
posed to bo their old basin in
Southern Glifornia. This basin,
which is now a dry ind sandy
desert, is 200 ipiles long, ?0 miles
wide aidq in its central part is 35Q
fpet below the level of the sea. It
l'es between Southerp California
a:ud Arizoa, and is unfit for the <
sustenance of man or beast. Gen-<
eral Fremont said to a Now York
Ierld reporter, in answer to the
questie n as to how he proposed
ci enting this inland sea :--"It is I
perfectly feasible. Between the
upper end of tho Gulf of Califorrda
and the basin or valley in question
a ridge of land interposes, through
which it is proposed to cut a canal
for a distance of ten miles to p lake
about twenty miles long, and at the 1
other end of the lake continue the
canal some lifteen miles more. The
cost might be $1,000,000 and the
time necessary for the work perhipr
six months, but the benefits to 'the
two States of Ctlifornia and Arizona
would bp incalculable. The great
wants of Southern California and
the adjoining region of Arizo4a are
water and moisture. On the eastern
slope of the low range of ipountains
that separates this basin from Ari
zona all is dry and 1barrei) as in thp
basin itself. The boat is intolerable
and no veketation is possible. The
introduction of this groat body of
water would change the whole fece
of things. It wouli induco cool and
tempering winds to blow over and
fori cloucls t9 u}oisteu the parched
arid plains. In short., it would
make the whole surrounding coun
try to blossom like a roae."
"Iave you an idea that this I
leiert basin was onco pld with
.water "
"Certainly; .11 the ov d,ence goes
tq show that such was the case.
Nu,mberless sea shells may be ob
sorved.on its surface, and- the gen
eral soil and formation is that of the
bed of a dried up sea." '
"How is the project regarded gut ]
there ?"
'1t is quite popular. ;t would c
be the means of redeeming S.oth
eastern California and .Southwestern i
Arizona. Sonora, to thq south '.of N
Arizona, is yory fortile because ;t
has water, and there ie no reason ]
why theds othliq egion, phould not*
be the same.''
"How far has the udertaking a
progressed 7"
"WVelI, the plan, briefly drawn, is
in Wasington, wl.1ere I intena ro
eoding this wveek and having it fI
submitted to the President. If t
ap)proved, n.s I feel pretty well as-- a
suret, it will be, surveys of- tee land v
thrQugh which the ,course of the e
cana,l will be laid, 1gmat be made by: t
officers detailed by the government,. 8
and .fter that Congress, will .pe~ )
asked to make the necossary appro- b
priatign for what will be a .national fi
work. It hasu been yery favorally g
thougl,t of by all tlgue gentletge'n in d
WVashngton with whomn I conversed. t:
The capal s,bould, I'think, be made c
;deep and wide enough to admit d
s0uch vessels and steamers as sailg
the ;i'acifc. Another rb,it of f,
.creating this inland sea woull be to p
develop settlements around its Ii
border, where there is nothing to o
be seen ng w but the barren' sand~
and sage brush. The great 9bjedb,
however, of forming this vast "dheet P
of water is to .temiper the heat of the '4
climate and:iptrodudo ~~eiufe il 9
the atmosphere, to which it is now a
stranger. The one grand dialderak- 0
tumn is rain thijt iNili, ''k i!eegetas .
tion and life posspible, and this 'I &
am satisfied cap oni he obtained by r
floodiiig this vast '.sins with' thg9 t
wvatier-,of the Gyl.f of.Cal1fd~i. e
AnlIZoNA' k DyANTAGE8.
of Anizona. . , A T
fry~v t has pdlver~ a o14 d
ymux4d' gold anid -silvet n o
carrying gold and biYer~jv ~i)ty
large percentage, .1eld,9 '$~~&V
.and.coal nminee The bi iih Ai~
coal deposite are said tis be u i
otts. The. climate iEd1irIabe A
tween the sea level and the highest
elevatjon, 13,000 feet high. Any
height above 2,500 fe t is, however,
very plonsant-somiethiug Xile the
limato of Northern Italf- 'Though
mountainous country, it has a
great many fertile yalleys that ar
really lke gardQps.' As you enter
ho country from thlo east you meet
i succession of imountain rauges, be
:weon which are sheltered ' green
md loyely valleys. Who.r I passed
broggh the valley of 'Salt Biver in
Tobruary last apricots and fig ' treei
were i} bloom, and4 the plainis were
sovred with alfal a, a kiind of
aitiothly grass."
'1Vhat is the draiybapc to itj
p;os lerity ?"
'Ilailroad commuip} ation is the
)pe great thing nee4pcl, and this we
;oon expect to have. Iluntiigton's
Jaliforoia Southern road is now
milt to within one hundied miles of
ort Yuma. To get to Arizona now
me has either to go to San Fran
isoo and from there soutl eat by
silroad, occupying nine days, o'r
ake the Atobuson, Siuta .e and
Copeka Railroad to the .el Norte
md cross the plains by a stage-a
ong and harassing journey. Next
vintert or the following spiing,
rowever, it is hoped that thQ Cali=
'oruia Sot;thern road and thQ
ltcheson will meet 'at Tucson, thua
naking a cqmplete southern link of
ommunicat}gn between thQ 4tlantio
tnd Pacific, aid yiplding espeoiAl
)enefits to Arizona. Next year, it
a thought, a rot}d .vill he projected
rom Tucson passing through the
&Iexican State of Sonora and strik
nug Guayma3 on the Gulf of 'Cali..
ornia. Arizona has a' greet future
)efore her. Her population is .rov
iot more than 30,000, but with the
nflux of capital anii labor that'lpust
3ecessarily follo;w the establihment
f easy corpmunication, th'ere is no
;elling how prosperous she may not
>ecoly,e. Her climate is zpilder than
;hat qf (olorado 'a'4d her mineral
vealt. ie 4ortainly as' great."
General 'remout lgo ed in splen.
lid health,.and though his hair anc
beard tre white h.e appeared to hav4 -
,ll jlh'o vigor ,9f, tbe tippa when, as
l1Q 'UPathOnder," he crossed th?
rackless deserts of the West ty thq
;h9Fes of thQ Pacific."
TJE Eao.-Our legal readers 1vilj
)erlaps do a little smile at the fQl.'
owing, which we quote fro "Fifty
iears of AIy Life," by the Narle of
klbexyarle
"cene, Dublin. Baron Q'QrAdy
)residing ip court. Jush, 1eu a
ng g'a cogasel, was pieadipg e, oause
vith much elgquence, w'Ven a donk.
;y in the court yard 'set up a loud
ray. 'On.e gt a time, brother
3ish,' calloc out his lordship. Peals
>f Iaugbter filled the ,court. Th.
ounspl .bore the intWription as he
oulsi. The judge was proceed,igg
o sum up with his usual ai' ity,
when the donkey again g .to. ;ria.
[ beg your lordship's par n sai4
lush, putting his harpo to "js ear,
but there iseuch an ech tA
ourt that I can't hear a ggr yoig
ay.
In Germany, emnployet;a pnist be
areful what they .say or write is.
ivor of diphonest servants whom
hey discharge.' A merchant who
pent' the syui is Weoigl;>ade,y
rith his fane ly left his hovse' i
age 9f h' seryant girl. On h,is re...
tarnidcovere tbat she ad.aba
sos e ,itJi, ya,1wables. e said
dat h~ ormzer .popldger, who, as
e itet rned,, ,ad 4ismilssed ,ei
>r .'did t.~ , had Nievertheleep
n:en her'i i' p~ reoQDRendatipp,
eolaring her to ,e ."f ihful an$~
eustworthy?' )t wa '$ ially. do
ided that Ll?4 agit 's yell rought,
ad that th9 wpan who, 1y ise negi
ont or r'eOkless -indorserpent 'ofe,
utheg servrpt, caused another td
ut eom degee in her, ogight to be
old lialle for .the darpiage therely
ocapioned..
At a ruass mieet,ing gf~olore~
med. e igrants eo~ ho oph now
t Qapaw~attom ~lrown, pik$ishes ip
mtter, ini N . v'oliw terp bli
arviges to .~i the suf'erip -P9F4
afugees of'the 6i4th. He*te
pa$ iti hIs'' opi'nion lhe 'tIn~7
20, xi maatkand althog .
y l t.years old~ he is rayt
evot ahi remarnlig energ es t4
W6t93~ WP eafre4s,, tI
sepf