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K TRIBUTE TO COL PRESSLEY.
.Veteran from Another County Recounts
His Bravery and Chivalry.
Of the date of his birth or his
life, we leave it to those who knew
Him mnre intitrmffil V. Suffice it tO
say, any who came in contact with
him during his military career in
1861-64, and especially those of the
25th (?utaw) regiment. S. C. V.,
of which regiment he was the lieut.
colonel, learned to respect and honor
him, and the survivors of that noble
regiment today speak of him in the
highest terms of commendation and
praise, aud deservedly so.
The Eutaw regiment, 25th, S. C.
was composed of the following
companies: Washington Light Infantry,
Co. B., Capt, E W Lloyd;
"Wee Nee Volunteers, Capt T J
' China; Marion Rifles, Capt W J
McKenalljEdisto Rifles,Capt James
T Izlar; St Matthews Rifles, Capt
H Sellers; Beauregard Light infantry,
Capt N B MazyckjWashington
Light infantry, Co. A., Capt
James M Carson; Yeadon Light infantry,
Capt Saml L Hammond;
Clarendon Guards, Capt J M Burgess
and the Gordon Light infantry,
Capt Gordon. The field
officers were: Col. Chas H Simonton;
Lieut. Col. John G Pressley;
Major John V Glover. The regiment
was organized in 1862.
The first experience of this regiment
was at the battle of Secession ville,
June 16, 1862. From then
until the middle of 1863 they were
encamped on James Island at differMAinfo*
Pomn HIavop F
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\ Cross Roads, Secessionville. About
July 18,1863, one morning near 1
o'clock,the long roll call was sounded
and the regiment was put on
march towards Legare's. There we
surprised and advanced upon the
pickets,(composed of colored troops)
whom we drove back, captured or
killed. The regiment was pretty
generally deployed over that portion
oi the island as skirmishers, and
pretty faithfully and efficiently did
they do their dutv, leaving but few
bf their adversaries to make any report
of the fight. It was .[during
this time that about 150 or 200 of
the regiment were around the colors
about one hundred yards from a
Yankee battery, the gnus of which
were still covered with their tarpaulins
and the bugler of the battery
so badly scared, that he could
only blow toot! toot! toot! toot! on
his bugle. Lieut Col Press!ey was
in command of the 25th, Col Simontou
being detailed in command cf
the whole force ou the island. Perceiving
the opportunity, Lieut bCol
Pressley called his orderly, ? ?
[Montgomery, (Your correspondent
Las forgotton his initials?wonder
if he still li/es?) aud said to him
as coolly as if he was engaged in an
ordinary conversation: "Tell the
colonel there is a battery we can
tiKe, ami as nis orderly moves off
to communicate with the superior
officer in command, he turns to the
regiment and with an equal coolness
of manner gave command, as
if on dress parade, "Attention!
Batallion, fix bayonets." Then he
<lrew his sword awaiting instructions
to go forward and take the
battery. When contrary orders
were received the men were disappointed,
for the battery could have
been taken and brought off without
loss. Lieut Col Pressley leisurely
drew his men off and moved into the
woods where the Yankee gunboat
Pawnee threw a few shellsat us,on
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Iv wastiug their ammunition. This!
is a recollection of 45 years ago and j
details are not given in full, as too i
much space would be required. ;
Lieut Col Pressley's manner and i
conduct oitthat occasion so impressed
the men of the regiment that
their conseusus of opinion was:
'Give us Pressley for a fight.'*
From July, 1863 to May, 1864.,
the regiment by detachments was on
Morris Island at different times until
the evacuatiou of that island,and
afterwards on duty at Fort Sumter '
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lUtcrvaid until *uay,iovi.
In the early part of May, 18G4,
the regiment left J ames Island for
Virginia. On Friday, May 6, 1864,
four companies of the 25th regiment
reached Petersburg, Va., about
midday. Ten thousand United
States troops under Ben?amin F.
(Beast) Butler were advancing towards
that city, and the four companies
together with the 21st S. C.
V., Col KF Graham, were hurried
to Port Walthall Junction, to oppose
Butler's advance. The remainder
of the regiment, as well a3 the
restof Hagood's brigade, reached
Petersburg about dark ef the 6th of
May and they too were hurried to the
threatened points where with Bristow
Johnson's brigade. They made
ready to attack Butler. This ba'.
tie took place at 12 o'clock of the
7th of May 1864, and lased until
late in the afternoon, and though
the Confederates were greatly outnumbered,
they stopped Butler and
saved Petersburg. It was at this
battle that Lieut Col Pres3ley received
the wound which disabled
him for further service with the
regiment, aud that too after the battle
was over. Wishing to get a
view of the Yankee forces, Lieut
Col Presslev raised himself above the
railroad embankment, by standing
on the rails of the track, and while
f V* ?i a ?%aoa/1 n oL?i?rv. eliAAf a* oh Af
t ?j uo tA^vacu, a oiiai jrouwiu ouvt
him in the right shoulder, necessitating
the re-setting of th* bone,
rendering the arm useless, and incapacitating
him for further service
to the sincere regret of the regiment
all of whom loved him and ^ would
have followed him wheresoever he
would have led them.
Mr Editor, the above is a" reference
only to two incidents *in connection
with the conduct of Lieut
Col JnoJ Presslev whilst in the26th
* Regiment S. C. V. These inci
dents cuu be corroborated by Jany
member of the Wee Nee Volunteeis
or Gordon Light infantry who may
now be living in your^county.^ |The
25th Regiment did faithful and honorable
service under Hagood,] until
April, 1865, when, reduced to^a
mere handful,the brigade surrendered
under Joseph E Johnston. Those
were days that tried men's souls,
m eeting and contending daily against
fearful odds, with courage and determination,
worthy of ^better 'results.
We fought, we bled and
m any of the regimeut died; but^the
Confederate soldier was never whipped.
We surrendered because over
powered by the whole world.] 'kOur
flag never went down in disgrace.
' Tis furled now, but in the heart] of
the old Confederate veteran that]flag
floats triumphantly above the ]Stars
u ml Stripes,and shines with a brighter
a ud superior lustre.
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Little Story. ' I
The following "episode" d0'
prove a very clever puzzle as ji t'
of the ability of people tq)rj(
nounce readily and correctly
common words:
An interesting inquiry took '
in the court of oyer and tr; ^'or
some time ago. Indistntli, for
dence was given towOCj \Y |-\\Te
that a heinous incide: mi- the
place during a public .
seems that a pretty ' ^
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juvenile 111 appearance, - ?',
extraordinary head of | d'u
Albino, represented T)\Vt
on a pedestal erected c
floats. The processioi"1' ('?,x'
ing its course down tt mc
the attention of the c foaded bo
drawn to the excited ci iiaT,d. e(*
of the spectators who i tb
eyes upon the tiara, set11 an ^
in the form of a carat, wH.t ?' .
wore upon her head as she'll (
what seemed to be her wonted afttude
of nonchalance and leisur'
This person was afterward 6ho
to be a maniacal laundress w'
squalor and detestation -?id hih*
grimaces were all unn?. Jited bit the ]
mock goddess. What vagary bade l
this reptile turn her servile eyes, 1
full of rapine, on the beautiful j
maiden it is hard to say, but suddenly,
under pretense of seeing
something on the ground, she produced
a hiatus in the crowd and t
thus obtained precedence of all. c
Simultaneously with her appear- t
ance the van drove past. She then
filled the air with gross raillery and
began to promulgate anarchism, society's
lack of probity and the general
predilection of politicians for
patronage.
Then she besought her audience
to hear her dilate on the glaciers of
the Alps, the ruins of Pompeii, the
female franchise, the Pleiades and
her patron saint. She was evidently
demented, and the flow of her vocables
appeared endless. Suddenly
she raised a pestle which had been
hidden under her shawl and threw
it direotly at the visor on the girl's
head. Thereupon a flaccid lithog
rapher who was cutting a swath as \
a tribune on the following van i
grasped a 6eine and threw it over
the gaunt old hag, bo that her efforts
to escape were futile, and she
became as docile as a lamb. The '
pathos of the affair lay in the way *
the girl bore the ordeal. In court
the virago gave an alias instead of 1
her own name. Her defense was ^
that vaccine, whose presence was
shown by a scabious arm, together |
with desuetude in the matter of 3
personal freedom, had produced an
obsession which decreed the irrevo- '
cable death of the girl. An inventory
of her belongings was made, 3
and she was then sent to an asylum 1
as a victim of acute homicidal 3
mania.
A Bible Graduate. ]
An old darky in Florida was am- (
ious to learn to read so that he 5
could read the Bible. He said that 1
if he could read the Bible he would 1
want nothing else. A friend of the <
narrator taught him to read. Some 1
ti:::e afterward she visited his cab- 1
'n or.d asked his wife how his Bible rendu;
was getting on.
"Laws, Miss Fanny," said this
;,n, "he jes* suttinly kin read
'no. He's done got outen de Bible (
in' into de newspapers." Indian- j
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Read the Farmers L Merchant f
Bank's ad, this issue. 11
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do!'" ho queried.
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the school in-*at
many apyear
and see
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notice the little
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the inspector impressen,
and they earnestly
.e matter at recess time.
ier the next day overconversation.
A little
some of her companher,
gravely said:
jildren, just s'pose that
ol r. Inspector. You've got to
.. ow more about common things.
!f you don't, you'll all grow up to
>e fools. Now tell me," she said,
ooking sternly at a playmate, "how
nany feathers has a hen ?"
Tho Ruth of tho Amazon.
The tide has a great influence on
he Amazon, extending many hun
ireds of miles from its mouth. At
he northern part of the xnouth oc:urs
a curioua phenomenon, called
>y the nativea '"pororoca." During
he full and the dark of the moon
ho tide reachea its highest point
or a few minutes only. As soon
la this tide begins to come in a
umbling roar can be heard far
tway, a distance of five or six miles,
it is the pororoca approaching. This
-oar increases with the coming of
;he wave, which is from thirteen to
;hirty feet in height and covers the
jntire width of the channel. An>ther
wave follows immediately,
:hen a third and sometimes a
'ourth. After these waves have
massed, the impetuosity and force of
vhich nothing can resist, the tide
esumes its regular course.
Quick Recovery.
^ A dentist in the Rose building
ias*4 little daughter who believes
ibsolutely in the efficacy of prayer.
If you want anything pray for it,
ind you'll get it that's what she
ihinks.
The other day her father, who
:ells the story, was trying to shame
ler for having disobeyed him.
"What would you do if papa were
:o die?" he asked her.
"Oh," she told him, "mamma and
I'd both pray for another papa for
me, and we'd have one tne very
lext day." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Thought Ho Wat Homo.
A German merchant's wife complained
to a friend recently: "If
jnly my husband were not so absentminded!
The other day when
ive were dining at a restaurant the
waiter brought him some bad fish,
ind all of a sudden Fritz threw the
srhole thing, fish, plate, bread, all
it my head. I was ashamed."
London Scraps.
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he judicious use of Dr Shoop's Re- j
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towels, and to sluggish circulatiou
u general. The customery lack of ,
xercise and outdoor air ties up the,
iver, stagnates the kidneys, andoftimes
weakens the Heart's action
Jse Dr Shoop's liestorative a few
reeks and all will be changed. A
ew days test will tell you that you
re using the right remedy. You
nil easily and surely note the
hang cfroni dav to day. Sold by
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