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v VOLUME XXIV. CAMDEN, S. C., FEIDAY MORNING, MAY 18,1866. NUMBER 45.
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Confession and Death of
an Army Chaplain.
M. M. Pomeroy, the able editor of I
the LaCrosse (Wis.) Democrat, gives the j
following death bed scene, whieli he J
was called to visit in his recent visit to j
Chicago.
The Itev. Henry Clannard, an exarmy
chaplain who loft off expounding
the llible and recruiting, for the Savior,
and by indorsing the nigger and abolitionists
became an army chaplain in
one of-the "Wisconsin regiments, passed
from life to a home beyond a blessed
- immortality, the other day, and thus
shuffled off his mortal coil.
A physician had called on him two
. or three times a day for a month, doctoring
him lor an ague brought on while
stealing cotton in Arkansas while with
General Curtis. On learning that the
ex-minister and ex-chaplain would
hardly live tho night out, we called
with the physician.
In a little wooden looking room not
over twelvo feet square, iu au obscure
i 1 ? l .... niiJnrw,*! fniinrl
ooaruuig jiuusu 111 uwutgu .. ~
the invalid. The room was bare offur-!
niture except a poor bed, a little dirty
washstand, two wood-bottom chairs, an
old trunk, a pine table, on which was
spread a newspaper 011 which lay an
old biblo, a pair of old snuffers, wrno j
pill boxes and such stuff. The dying
man was propped up in bed, while u
faithful negro woman sat on the foot of
the bed. As wo entered, he rallied a
little and asked tho doctor who ho had
brought with him. On being told that
it was "Brick" Pomcroy, ho sank back,
closed his eyes?rallied a little and said
"Perhaps it is as well. He might as
well know it {is any one."
.. . And ho proceeded to. make liis dying
statement, which was in these words,
as wq took them down in our memorandum
book as tho physician requested
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1\ly name is Henry C annard. I am
forty-one years old. I am a Methodist
minister?at least I was once. I was
onco happy and contented, aud loved
Chris*, inv Master, with ail the zeal a
Christian over had. At last I grew
coll in religion, selfish and envious of
tho good fortunes of others. 1 wanted
to make money and to have so mo fun.
1 had. no nartieular education, to I
thought I would bo a llepublie&ii politician.
I began by preaching politics
from the pulpit, and praying lor the
negro.' It paid me in money, but I
lost influence at the Throne of Grace,
.'lint I did not care for that, if I could
only have influence with tho Itepubli- j
can party. I forgot Christ and became j
interested in' tho negro. I had inllu- j
once with a few members of my church, ;
and talked politics to tlieni. I was
\ f paid by oflice seekers to- influence |
Christians. Sometimes I have mndo
as high as tiftuen dollars at an election
for my influence with Christians.
At lust I found politics paid better
than religion, and t worked for the !
chaplaincy of a regiment and got it.
Then I lot religion go, and wont to tho
war. There 1 wrote letters home do-'
"^miein<F T)nmnereis as conrierlicads.
And Istolo cotton, and silver ware, and
pictures, and bocks, and drosses for iuy
wife and sisters, and horses and mules
for my brothers, aud a piano for the
Governor who gave me my commission,
and a gold watcli for my captain, and
, a lot of household furniture to sond for
my colonel. And I robbed the soldiers
of jelly and such stuff sent down to
thom to use while in hospital, and I
had my share of goods 6tolen from Sanitary
fairs, and made lots of money.
"Please give me a little piece of that
pounded ice!"
The physician gave it to him when
he continued:
. "But I was not happy. I drank
whiskey with the boys when away from
home, and indulged in somo excesses
not worth mentioning, and laid up
quite a pile of money. And I was taken
sick while out stealing cotton from
a plantation where a widow lady lived.
T ha/1 (viRTcrl h?r nicwrs to rim flxwiv.
and they are all dead now. When the
war was ended I came home to Wisconsin,
but oould not stay there. So I
camo to Ohicago. And I grew 6ick.
Anil I hare got to die. I have called
on Christ-*! have prayed to God, but
somehow I cannot get reliof for my soul.
. The door of mercy seems shut against
' . me., I forsook religion for politics, and
now God has forsaken me. I pray to
my Saviour, but he don't hear me. I
mik to the ihithfij negro woman?she
Raj's "ves, msssa " and that is all that
I can get out of her. I know I can't
live long,sI feel that I am dying. I
feel certain that I am going to hell.
Please give nie a little piece more of
ice before I go. I want these things
written down, as a warning to others
who forget Christ for politics. I feel
that the negro can't save?that Christ
won't save me. I was unfaithful to my
religion find am forgotten. I was faithful
to the negro, but alas the negro
can't help me where I want help?he
can't ease my guilty soul. I am going
to hell, and I know it. I expect to
meet many persons there who forgot
religion for r polities. I do not expect
to seo you again iu this world or the
next, but I want this confession printed.
'I >1 n n Vfi rvi vo rt i <1 n? 9m n 11 ,'imn 11
^ ivivcv O* ' ~ "*v %* f
pi ere?of? of?of?ico !"
And thus died the l?ov. Henry Clannnrd!
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The Difference Between
a Southern Man and
a Yankee.
The freedman who gave this
shrewd and philosophic view of
the difference between his old
and new musters, we take it, is
capable of getting his living without
the aid of i\ Bureau, ami of
maintaining his "civil rights''
without the help of Congress :
Now, white folks, I'se gwinc
to tell you de dilference 'tween a
Southern man an' de Yankee.? ;
Well, de Southern man he stop I
at de hotel; he ax for a zoom, j
he get tie key-; lie say, '*Hore,
Jim. take my valise.1' When he
get in de room he say, "Jim, you
black rascal, brush mv coat and
'boots, and be in a; hurry." While
Fse dpin' dat he wash hissel?
comb his liar, and take a drink,
ami when I give him de boots he
hand me a dollar. When de
Yankee stops at de hotel lie say,
"Mr., Johnson, please brush my
boots; Mr. Johnson, please to :
carry dis note to Mr. Smith at de
railroad depot; Mr. Johnson, I
guess I'll have to trouble you to
bring me a pitcher of water; Mr. |
Johnson, pibase cany dis mcs-i
sage to de telegraph office; Mr.
Johnson, i guess 1 ought to have |
a cigar?run down and gat a live j
cent one." I cum back, and
'spec, ob course, he gib nie about
two dollars, but 'stead of givin !
..me de money, he ax me to take 1
a seat, apd tell him 'bout my i
grand fa dder, my grandmudder, j
my brudder and my sister, and j
my cousin, and my ole massa,
and how much I'se making, and
how old I is, and all sich non-j
sense, and den after a -'while he j
ay, "Well, Mr. Johnson, I guess !
I'll have to gib you a dime afore I
I leave here." Now, white folks,'
! dat's de difference 'tween de;
I Southern man and do Yankee,!
| and it's every word truf.
JL Hi." j-/uui.->> ijuu wit/K;/ oajo . ;
"A prominent dry goods house!
of this city has just received a j
large invoice of false calves. An ji
experienced cutter and fitter is j
expected from New York this;
week, who will take the measure (
of the ladies' legs and warrant a
satisfactory exhibition. The;
ladies will have to be very particular
as to the fit, as we are informed
by certain regular attendants
upon the street corner
(Fourth and Jefferson), that the
latest style of tilters shows not
only the entire leg, but half the
knee."
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A benevolent lady went to visit
a family who were said to be almost
starving. She found them
half clad, cold, and not a morsel
of food in the house. "What do
you most need? What would
you like to have ?" she asked of
the mother of the family. The
woman thought for a moment,
her face brightened, and she answered:
"Why, I always did
want a waterfall; tljey're pa "bo'
comin !"
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THE MA SOX'S DUTY.
To stretch the liberal hand.
And pour the stream of gladness, .
O'er misery's withered strand,
To cheer the hearth of sadness?
To dry theorphan'3 tear
And soothe the heart nigh broken,
To brcatho in sorrow's ear
Kind words, in kindness spoken:
This ii$ the Mason's part
A Mason's bounded duty
This rears the Mason's heart;
In wisdom, strength, and beauty.
To practice virluo's laws,?
Willi fervency and freedom.
And in lior nobis causo
Advance where'er she lead 'em.
To curb the headlong course
Of passion's fiery pinion,
And bend Its stobborn force
To reason's mild dominion.
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This is the Mason's part, etc., etc.
To shield ^brother's famo
From enfe'and destruction.
And prorc that Tumi's our aim
In spiric, and action;
To trust in God through all
The danger and temptation,
Which to his lot tnny fall.
In trial aud probation :
This is the Mason's part,
A Mason's bounded duly?
This rears the Mason's heart
In wisdom, strength, and beauty.
"Brick* Pomeroy on But
ler.
At last the great American
thief and blundering murderer
has resigned and is no more an
officer in the army he disgraced.
Grant has "bottled" him up forever,-and
in a few words proved
the truth of-our oft expressed
opinion of this natural thief,
j .1 *1:1 nri-_ 1
cowani aim unmury ass. :vvnat
lie will do now is more than we
know. Most likely gq to 'shop
lifting, "grave robbing, or insulting
women,'' At heart a traitor
?by instinct a thief-?by education
a robber?Benjamin 1\ Butler
has won a name for infamy,
venality, and incompetency, second
to none in the world. Ke
was one of the peculiar tools of j
* ? * * the Republican, and has j
been a nightmare on the Aracri-.
can pcopio for the past live years. |
An original secessionists, he ncv- i
er had a patriotic motive in his
heart-. He never deserved a position
in the army?he never
fought a battle?he never won a
victory?he never lost an opportuuily
to steal from and plunder
the defenceless?he never made
the Union flag other than a signal
to mark the- depository of stolen
soods, and should have been
dismissed the army long ago.
The greatest curse a mother
could put on her child would be'to
wish it the heart and attributes
of Ben. Butler, whose sun has at
last sunk in the deepest infamy
and whose eternity we trust will
be spent in the home of his employer.
Thiet, robber, abolition
patriot, military blunderer, woman
insulter, grave-yard robber,
soldier murderer, egotistical ass,
;pet of Republicanism, child of the
aevii, cocK-eyea abortion ot nurn.iTii.ty?
bottled braggadocio, played-out
politician, dishonored ganeral
and traitorous citizen?farewell.
Thus one by one of the political
generals and causes of our
national troubles?one by one
the cotton-thieving, plundering
scoundrels who have strutted
their brief hour on tho bloody
stage, drop into infamy here, as
we trust they will in hell, hereaf
tcr. Bottled Blunderer, Big
Bethel Butcher, Bigoted Braggadocio,.
Ben Beast Butler?Fakewell.?La
Crosse Democrat.
At a late election for constable in
Indiana, the radicals demanded that a
negro should be allowed to vote; whereupon
the conservatives and . Democrats
elected the negro over the radical candidate.
A good joke.
The Masonio fraternity of St. Louis,
Missouri, have resolved to commence
the work of erecting a grand temple,in
that city, at a-costef not loss than one
hundred thousand-dollars.
General Lee Again Before
the Reconstruction
Committee. r .
"We understand," says* tho Boston
Commercial, "That General Lee will bo
summoned again before the reconstruction
Committee, and the following
questions will be proposod to him:
Is not pitching quoits a favorite
amusement in Virginia, and will the
people of Virginia bo ready to give it
up and take up tho game of base ball
instead ?
Will tho people of Virginia "be inclined
to give pp the eating of bacon and
greons and to substitute therefor the
Yankee dishes of pork and beans and
codfish and potatoes ?
Is there any prejudice in Virginia
against buckwheat cakes and popped
corn as Yankee dishes? And is that
prejudice increasing or decreasing ?
In yonr judgement have secession doctrines
been promoted in Virginia by
the drinking of mint julips ? And is
that any prejudice there against sherry
cobblers as a Northern dnnk ?
" Do the people of Virginia read tho
writings of P. Wr Emerson ? and if so,
do they understand them ?
"Would a youth in Virginia be disinclined
to many a Yankee girl whq, was
young, good looking and a rich man's
daughter.
Do you have Thanksgiving Day in
Virginia, and is the shooting of turkeys
practiced on that day ? Would a Virginia
marksman be unwilling to lire at
a turkey on that day, because it is a
Northern custom ?
Do tho people of Virginia ever play
poker, and if so, would a Virginia secessionist
be willing to pay the money
won of liipi at that game by a Northern
man ? ,
Do the people of Virginia regard
Wendell Phillips as the greatest of
American orators, and if not, are thev
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iiseiy 10 come 10 uiai opinion Hereafter
?
Ho"* many people in Virginia look
upon Goncral Butler as a groat military
genius, answer the same question
to General Hanks."
Is there a pieco of tho Pilgrim rook
anywhere in Virginia, and if there is
not, would it not be a judicious step to
send n piece of it to liicliinon.d ?
?Have you yourself over seen" a ejitiir
that came over in the Mayflower, and
if not, would you like 16 seo one ?
The question thut follows you rnny
answer or not, as you choose. Is Wirt's
Life of Patrick Henry regarded in Virginia
as a historical work, or a work
of fiction ?
Do you believe the story of Captain
Smith mid Pocahontas, or do you think
it was made up by Captain'Smith many
years after its supposed date ?
Do the colored race in Virginia generally
go in when it rains, and if not,
why not ?
Slinnlrl flm pnlriYwl rnr?p nilrlipf. tllPin
selves to the study of metaphysics,
would they be likely to become disciples
of Sir Wm. Hamilton or John Stuart
Mids?
Was Hannibal, in your judgment,
a negro ? Answer tho same question as
to Othello.
Do colored people in Virginia usually
sleep with their heads under the bed
clothes'? and how far will emancipation
modify this habit ?
What do the pcoplo of Virginia think
of the Ho6sac Tunnel ? and of the new
drill? Do they think it will work as
well as tho Froedinen's Bureau Bill:
Dan Rice' before the ReconstructionCom
mi ttee.
The Committee on Reconstruction
still persists in suppressing the most
important testimony elicited before
it. Dan Rice has recently been on a
circus tour through the lately rebellious
States, and has had opportunities
such as afforded to few, for observing
tho condition of tho Southern pooplo as
to loyalty. His testimony will bo found
to show tho true feeling that exists at
tho South when the thin crust of preX.
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tenaeu. xuyuiiy is muuou mvuy anu uuo
character is revealed us under tho exbilerating
influence of a menagerie,
when man stands in the presence of
the untaimed forces of nature^eperated
therefrom only by the thin partition
of an iron cage. Mr. Kice, being duly
sworn, testified thus:
Q. You have an unruly animal,
known as a pet mule, with your circus,
have you not ?
A. I have. !
Q. What axe the idiosycrasies of that
beast?
A. He is much given to kicking.
U. it is almost Impossible to ride
him, is it not ?
A. It is. I generally offer 825 to |
any man who will ride him round the
ring.. ,
& On your lato visit to the South, ,
did you receive any offers to ride th%t ,
&ule? < ;
A. i did.
Q. State what occurred on these occasions.
A. In Richmond,' a discharged Confederate
soldier attempted to tide him.
but was immediately thrown flat on
his back. ,i? '
Q. What did the Confederate soldier
say to this ? . J ; i / '
A. He said the mule was:aad ?d
Yankeecuss.
Q. Hid any others make the attempt
?
A. Another of Lee's veterans tried
to ride him and^succeeded.
Q. What did lie say ? >rA.
He said, after ho had dismounted,
that if he had a regiment o' them ere
cavalry he'd have -whipped Kilpatrick
all to smash ; and that in tho next war
against the Yankees lie intended to
raise a brigade of e'm.
Cross examined by Mr. Stevens :
Q. Is that a ho mule, or a she mule?
A. It's a lie mule.
U. You have monkeys in your show,
have you not ?
A. I have.
Q. Have von ever heard anv disloval
remarks in rolatiou to the monkeys ?
A. I can't say that I liavo.
Q. Have you ever heard anything
said in their presence?
A A couple of young ladies-were
one day standing in front of the cage,
and I heard one of them soy it louked
like a Frcodmcn's Bureau.
U. How was this remark received?
A* It created much laughter.
Q. "Were tliero any personal allusions
made on that occasion.
A. Some of the crowd said, pointing to
the ourang outang, "that's Sumner."
Q. Did that please the bystanders?
A. Very much.
(1. Did you ever hear any observations
about the bears ?
A. I heard it said once about a
one-eyed bear that lie looked like lien
Butler, and alfout a grizzly that it
pught to be called Ben. "Wade.
Q. "Wore the points of resemblance
stated ?
A- They were not. The observation
was made on tho tout. etmetnhU, with
special reference, perhnps, t,o tho occulur
deformity in tho case of the oneeyed
animal.
Q. Have you side shows with your
circus ?
A. I have.
Q. .State if you ever heard disloyal
remarks in relation to them ?
A. I believe I hoard somothing of
the kind once about Daniel in the lion's
den.
Q. State what it was?
A. A young lady asked me which
was Daniel and which was the lion.
(I What was your reply ?
A. I told her it was easy to distinguish
between Daniel and the lion, as
tho former wore a swallow-tail coat,
and had a cotton, umbrella uuder his
urm.
Q. What did sho say ?
A. After looking into the cage, she
said, very spitefully, that Daniel looked
like a mean Yankee, and sho -wished
the lion would chaw him lip;?Cincinnati
Commercial.
Kissing.
The following appears in some
of our exchanges. It does not
appear where it originated; and
we presume the latitude doesn!t
matter much, as it will doubtless
suit all climates, kindreds, peoples
and tongues. Ovid wrote
the Art of Love; this may be
called the Art of Kissing?in one
lesson. Of course it will take
some practice for a novice to become
a proficient, even with the
very best of instruction; men
learn so much better bv examnle
t/ 4.
than by precept.
Read, ponder, and be wise :
People will kiss, yet not one
in one hundred knows how to
extract bliss from lovely lips, no
more- than they know how to
make diamonds out of charcoal.
And yet it is easy, for us. This ;
little item as not alone for new !
beginners, but for the many who j
go it like hunting coons or shel-1
ling corn. First know wh^m j
you- are to kiss. Don't make a
mistake, although a mistake may
be. good. Don't jump up like a
trout for a fly, and smack -a woman
on the neck, on the ear, or
on the corner of the forehead, on I
the end of the nose, or knock oil* j
her "waterfall, or jerk her bonnet!
ribbon, in haste to get through.!
the gentleman should be a little j
the tallest. He should have n
clean face, a kind eye, a mouth '
full of expression instead of io-j
bacco.
j\To noise, no fuss, no 11 uttering j
and squirming like hook-impaled ;
ivojms. Kissing don't hurl: ii
don't require a brass band to
make it legal. Don't job down
on a beautiful mouth as if you
were spearing for frogs! Don't
*rab and yank the Tady as if ^hewas
a ^struggling colt! Don't
muss her hair, scratch down her
collar, bite* her cheek, squizftle
her rich ribbons, and leave hei4
mussed, rumpled and mixed!
Don't flavor your, kisses with
pnions, tobacco, gin-cock tails,
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lager Deer, oranay, etc.; ror a
maudlirig kiss is worse than the
itch to a delicate, loving, sensible
woman. \
Don't kiss everybody, including
nasty little dogs,, male or'
female. Don't sit down to it;
stand up. Need not be anxious
about getting in a crowd. Two
persons are plenty to corner and
catch a kiss; liiore persons spoil
the sport. Stand firm; it won't
hurt after you are used to it.?
Take the left hand of the lady in
your right; let your hat go to?
any place out of the way; throw
the left, hand gently over, the
shoulder of the lady, and let the
hand tall down upon the right
side toward the belt. Don't be \
in a hurry, draw her gently and 1
lovingly to your heart; her head
| will mil ligntl}' upon your suoulI
dor, and a handsome shoulder
I strap it makes ! Don't be in a
hurry- Send a little life down
your left ami and let know its
business. Her ^eft in your right:
let there be an expression to
that, not like the grip of a vice,
but a gentle clasp, full of electricity,
thought and respect. Don't
be iu a hurry ! Her head lies
careless on your shoulder! You ,
are nearly heart to heart! Look
] down into her half closed eyes T ~
Gently, yet manfully, press her
to your bosom! Stand firm, and
Providbncc will give you strengtli '
for t.hn nrdpnl ! lift bravo. brave.
but doiVt-'lje in a hurry. Her
lips are almost open! Lean
lightly forward with vour head,
not the body. Take |ood aim;
the lips meet?the eyes close-?
the heart opens?the soul rides
the slorm, troubles and ; sorrows
of life (don't te in a hurry)?
heaven opens before you?the
world shoots from under your
feet as a meteor flashes across
the evening sky (don't bo&ifraid)
?the nerves dance before the
just erected altar of love as zer\livrc
rJannn /totxr fr!rr>_
|;aj io uuuvv mivu va?v v*v
med fl<j>wers : the heart forgets
its bitterness, and the art of kissing
is learned
Furnishing Rats With
Tails.
It inay bo of interest to our readers
to know that the Paris physicians, after
many experiments, have succeeded in ;
grafting the tails of rats uptm other
rats. The new tails live and flourish
as perfectly as the old ones. It has
been asked what advantage it may be,
either to the physicians or the, rats ?
This is not stated; but it would Vppoar
to us an important development in the
matter of uniting animal tissues in cases
where an organ or part of the muscles
of an organ has been lost, and is to be
Buppliod. Men have been supplied
with, noses and parts of noses by a similar
process.
Nashville is not a very pleasant place
to live in just now, according to the-,
correspondent of the Charleston iV???':
As regards to politics this is a curious
place, and one has to be over cuutious
in conversation, for thero is no
tolling whether the gentleman with
whom you converse may be a Northern
man?a Tennessee ex-eeoessioiiiats or a
Tennessee Union man?There is such
a jKjlitieul conglomerate,. I hat a stranger
has to keep his weather eye open ; and
as to getting into a personal difficulty
here, it is unpleasant?as nine men out
of ten?or nine and a half?in Nashville
wear pistols, and nine pair of inexpressibles
out .of ton are made with
pistol pockets. Fist fighting is obsolete.
?weapons are always used; it is much
more common there for a man to wear
a pistol than a watch, and the newspapers
never speak of n nian's drawing a
pistol, hut. of Lis drawing Lii tist-ci, as
w? would t'.jj ins wat-.k Lis wu-istcost,
Li j book., etc.