North Carolina Newspapers

t -.J : ... THE GREEN id Ann XX JLJUdL -, ... .-. r,. 1 . . . ;. . : . . . Ann; Hi0 Volume XXV. AYrltten for the Patriot MARTU or SOUTHERN FREEDOM. . Ill HALL. ' t m - friend after friend departs! Who has not loit a friend?" Lieut. HARPER EVANS CHARLES. In the willed Hower ff the summer, in the uni decfiy of all the varif (rated beauties of autumn, in th life which "has fallen into the sear and v!hw leaf," (here n an elo-iuence, silent, Ueep, i done reciting, in the company or the young juns Mib luiujr, Ks idenmg, but yet peaceful and that j pmJentg 0f the place, conversing with them on wmijreih not the heart with the anguish of unex- . tg topics and acquainting himself somewhat wkl t,f rtrdn "stand prrnst.irity. Uutwhenthe taking J chamber-practice He was licensed to practice in . li " is unnatural ami long preceding the opening of : t , i lie iH'Ttntr, oi toe tesi. or in iuu rijm- i . . . f t!. irite'lcftuftl and pj.irirual man, there is rn -ln(ji. re ot wnp, ft It In the human heart, which i irri"i'illf, uri'-'.rurollihl, overflowing and un-f-k.linif. TliW truth forcibly illiiMratrd in the wir wL.i.li i- n"w dfiUiinu our fair country. That ttM'p, rn- .ff, aii'l each nw Uvgash vMed io hr wouieK' I- With trarful eye she i now bending over the grave I tke intrepid ar.d accomplished IIari-fh Evans t'iini r., mi- of the ons of the South who fell at Kra'iT s f.iiin, un the thirtieth of last June! linger Iltans it a nn of John and Phebe Charles nnd w,n minrd fir his grand-father' Evans. He ha -.rii in (Juillord county, North Carolina, on the : of June, IJI. Th mother of every child i a h'i!y iliirM mi l a weighty rVponsibiJity rest in up' ii her ; fin i in il.c ili-cliarge of this important n i ifvin Inly -hr li uM often take counsel of liif or.n !t- t iiifimie Wisdom Thus only can she net I cr .irt fiiiiJiluMy, inviolably, acceptably and .if. y, tun-" only, io Mm. Sigourncy hath written, itu 'lie sow I d" food scc'lbefore the world has sown its tares." Such was ths rniiiM' pursued by Mrs. Charles toward hr child. Harper. Sli a not herself the recipi- c t.i i f it thorough and puli-licl education in that !,ii li uiikctli wi-t and learned in the things of this w.rll, rt 'he liu I drunk drep at that celestial fount ni.Mirc t U - aire w tto s of eternal lie, and she NO; I illy -itiii I Iiit hoy, cen before he had nm l M w ars ol t oiiscioiisness and responsibility, t' i ii ini' unt'iiling source as " the way, the truth, iii. l liic 1!' I.ikr il.i in istcr pirit of (irecian eloijuence and n ci'iiuiii, ho " i iitut- from tlTe du.sl" to that enviable dp 1 1 1 c 1 1 ' n , which lie had attained in the few days t tnl k ,irn in tlu world. His father wa, by no un ui-t, a 'iiMeinaii of atlluence, and though ho i'lni' ins son nil the nl fiintnges, which the common Mti.l niV-triti"ii rcho'ds in his reach afforded, still In; imale to plfxcc hitu at an institution where In-1 -mild Icki n the I'luuagi' of Virgil and of l'lato ii 1 i t.n i r-cd in the hard logic of geometry, ti iyunuii.t iry and calculus. Hut Harjierjuid a .fi mI. .v r f u t :nd I'Oj'i'iul, to wrest Id ngrtint this einifiij ill tiiituni' which stared hint in the face. iihin Uiiu-cli", he rcdolved, by hit own industry tin 1 uureasing ap1icatinn, ' still achieving, still 1'iir-uiiii:," to asi'cuil the lull of letters and science, ami thcurr piiMS out into the way to iircfulness and rUcriiictit. (Quitting the toils of his farmer-life-un I Iii- .'aiher'i humv, with this high and praise Worthy revive, lie entered the Oak Ridge Institute, in i In' i. in th-wcxtern :iVt of this county, then under tin-i h.irp cf I'ruf J. M.Davis, about the time he v us twenty one year t age. Mr. Charles was a yi uriii mini of no ordinary mind, of upright morals, of I iiidiih'e ambition, mid of iron nerve and indom 1 1 mcry. The two years he spent at that institution wire windy and unceasingly improved He n Iv hicf I wnh unusual rapidity in the ancient" ics in lopip nnl rhetoric, and the . exact . So ,ir had thirsted and panted for 1'ieri in -prin.r." that he iiuafTfd eagerly ami in. 1 i !y i f fii l-a!Uit w itfM. which wel1l up so 1.: : i n! l v It ' iii it l-.wc ;t i.j thi. T.ured on by the fi- .urHjifV . ti'iiu. nt i v.Vich he found locked up ii. tin- . -nt lublc iiui-irnl, and splendid l n-;uae8 of tir.i i' ikH'l it.iii!-- lit- I'lnMiiled from lioiirlit In hoivlit in. til in' - 1 n th.- 1.1-initiiul monmmer.tal nhaft of t'ii-iTn'- vi i.i.wu, Uii' nn'olr mlerance : (Jn6 dijfirilvi a ,,;r, .r,. Hpjic, then, blazed out in his path. Itr ti lt il.nt the in. re obs-tn" It" he tuirniounted, the m. tc 1. it i. us would b. liii literar reward ; and, t 'iftu oturtli. In- toiled more pntiently and dcterinin- iiv up the mvd Ftoepr which cant the dark li,do 4 1. 1 ilini'iiiiniiri'tiiem upon him. V. iu f he mil rtiiMgcd in the prosecution of his i ; in i:i'l -oi.ii ii; r he lett home, his mind wm .nketi..-d rn the nil.jert of religion, and he early l uMii e u ht j ctul heUevtr in the Redeemer of the wor',,!. Not be i 'n; i;inr nny rhurch of his choice, im ! - x (: i i. to teach immediately on (juitting the Pi-titnte. lie dnl not connect himrelf with any eliu thn Mo iefn-. He led a conti-trnt and strictly 1 ' l'f , arid hnd he bt en permanently oettlcd, be w nil, d....' iU'i, have joined the baptist, he wui iip'i-tienlly inclined. M! jihrwiiv niter 1 quit the Institute, Mr. h.ir!. -i wns trnpfoyed to fetch a free school in Mii'..rl That i, no bkhII advantaie to him, as it turi.l-hr.l hiin an oT.ri.rtuiiitv to rviw t.;a lei:-. 'inury . ndies and to imjiresM their valuable i- ... .. J I r .wv t mm pnt.v .j I--, iiiort in l.'iibi v upon Ins memory. If the fvMiii-l.idi.il hii.- hi: t l ei'ii well and mm-etlv t ihl c-iriiiii- ii'..i" 11 ilKriiuuli, iivcuriito and accorn- j 11-1 e i si iioi ir. 1 1 a 1 lu' taken his mind from his ic.uh'ii.ie -iii iie.- and . omiiiCLCcd a profession, his I'itu'iai.ilm. wi.iihl hnve ireaflv niifTr.l i.r i oi l, tho reek is .-imply gotten out of the uuarrv Mi.l the touh edjics kiiockol ot, teaching gives it the 1 vdi-.li : or to eluin-e the future, at school, the . f leiiri in are ..nlv tintrd mn ib r.-., " - f.: i'.iin ' ;-. ueh. After tsachinir two schools in this uiity a:i.t one ol tho name kind in Rockingham, he ..11 n i-tunt ttacLcr in a lluurishiug Male .1, i;:n.v in riiwikhn. in this State. There he was i". !'.' (1 in teaching the higher branches of math- rtna'ios ti.l the auciont langu.T 'es. Thence, he T'v at :.i 1 i-iiii s m ;,r, i Patrick county, Virginia, lie iv he was an :;s..s:r.i;t to Mr. T. H. Brame, in tl. tivnville Female InMitute and Male Arade- riiy Ilo renamed thviv until ih si. prine of I80O when he returned to his natie couuty to nrenare hitns.f lor the bar. Me had then been cloeelv em- ployd lor n-ar live yvurs in the "delightful tak" of teaching " the young idea how to shoot " He had m the in. nut inic revicwc.j his entire scholastic course koi ies. an.i in oia and leisure moments, he had I"ikcd mto the lids of classic Black6tone His nCtlt- inuuirhiff atid topical mind hiul n.nrio.l c f " v- x v d mr dvvp ati'i m.Utf li'ttinmg would-be a source VI j 11 L. Li 1 1 I' B II 1 1 l I f j. I vl y 11 v a an. I mn .11 elie, he devotedU time diligently and continually to the gladaome study of jurisprudence. !U his lather's country-home,, sequestered from the ruahing, exciting throng of the buainea-world, he bent all hit energies and hi geniui to the prote ction of his legal studies. After having labored over Blackstone, Stephen," Fearne and Coke, and chopped the severe and difficult logic of the law with out assistance or explanation for two weeks, he would ride to Greensborough and recite to Bobei;t P. Dick, sq. Ilia accomplished and learned in structor found him a very interesting and talented student. . He was quick in his perceptions ; deep in his research; clear in his deductions; accurate in his acquirements ; and fluent though choice in his selection of words to express his-thoughtsand opin ion.. Us would mend several days, ifter he wa tn. County Courts on the 10th Dec. 1860; and at Feb. Term, 18C1, he was regularly admitted to the bar of that Court. Afte the adjournment of that Court, he again returned to his books, expecting during the next wiater to apply for license to prac tice in the Superior Court, but long before that time arrived he was a soldier and in camp near Evans port. If my recollection does not mis-serve me, be never managed a case in open Court; for .at the May Term, he had buckled on 'Lis armor for his beloved South and was canvassing the county for volunteers. Mr. Charles was a Whig in politics, supported the constitutional Union candidates in the campaign of 11,0, and deplored the dissolution of the American Governmei t. Had the imperishable principles of the American party, which sprang, like Minerva from the brain of Jove, upon the country, out of the tltbrii of the old Whig and Democratic organixations, beeinSjenerally adopted by iho American people, the fbod of war which has poured over our land, deso lating uiuch that is lovely and pure and fair, had been etaid in its maddening .and ruinous coui.se. The influx of foreigners was encouraged; a spirit of political recklessness used that population as a means to sway and decide local and national elec tions against the wish oiten of a decided majority of the native born citizens, just as the Tankees now use them against us in battle ; the ultra secessionist and abolitionists are equally criminated by the facts of history in this ignoble and unpatri- otic work : aadthepen of the impartial historian will jndite the incontrovertible fact, that the better successof the Black Republicans over the Diunion i8i in this political thimble-rigging caused the promotion of that bad-principled, time-serving paitiian of Illinois to the Chief Magistracy of the nation. When he put forth his coercive proclama tion, alllhe old friends of the pure, model, Wash ington Union, who had endeavored to stem the tides of black-abolition at the North apd original tr it secession at tha South, which were setting violently in against the very Palladium of our liberty ami prosperity, took up, with sorrowing hearts, the nerv ous and noble exclamation of Vaeuhagen as to his own State: "Arouse, then, my country, arouse! Civil war is thy file, but it is not thy choice ! Go on thy way undaunted, and be this blood on the head of those who will it not otherwise !" They all despaired of Jhe appoarancc of an American Cur-tiu.-, who could throw himself into tffo wide-yawning clmsm between the two motions and save the grand experiment of mans capacity lor sen-gernmcnt - . . and with it the golden fruits of an unparalleled prosjierity. He volunteered on the 17th day of May, 18G1, and his company, of which he was elected first lieutenant, was regularly mustered into service and put in the -2d regiment North Carolina Troops, on the 3th of May, nt the State Capital. Thence, they were sent to Richmond, nnd, then, on to Evans port, where they remained until our army fell back all along the line in March, lbGi. Lieut. Charles' regiment was on the I'eiunsula : was often on picket post in the face of the enemy; shared lhe perils and sutrrmgs f the retreat back near Rich mond; and on the anniversary of thcir regimental organization, he went with his brave men first into battle at the Seven Pines. Such of our troops as were "gallantly led" fought most courageously and desperately; and, according to the official report of General Johrston, had not Huger mov4l liis divis ion with his uniform sluggishness but in co-operation with those of Smith, Longstrect and Hill, " Key's carps would have been destroyed, instead of being rnertdy defeated." l'cttigrew's Brigade, in which wus Lieut. Charles' regiment, together with Whit ing's own, engaged a superior force of the enemy"' on our left. They fought with a valor i:ever &nr patsed. Pcttigrew was seriously wounded ; Col. Lightfoot and Lieut. Col. Long, of the 22.d regiment, were both captured : Maj. Gallowny was woun cd ; and a number of subordinate officers and privates were wounded and killed Lieut. Charl?, who was then adjutant of his regiment, acted with a heroism which called fArth the plaudit of all who saw him. It was the fortune of his regirr.entjKn part, to hold the ground gained on that day, and, conse quently, they wen? exposed, at that sultry season, to the ofTensiveness of the battle-field and weic obliged to drink the exceedingly filthy water of that locality. That produced no l.ttie tirkncbS, .and among this number was Lieut. Claries. After about two weeks, they fell back to higher and healthier groundf, where they re-organized, on the loth day , ol June. Capt. Cole was re-elected, and so was ' eut- Charles ; and, on the election cf Capt. Cole I. . ' W . j-tt m m I 01 '"J0 leui. cnarles was in command ! ot hia company and was by law entitled to nromo- capiaincy; oui in consequence ot tno u"-ll,- uiuvtmcnis 0i our army irom that time up to ' (1,c commencement o the battles in front of Uich- monil, he was not bo 1 ronioted ' Licut- Chl" still couti.ued ill and was so feeble i 88 10 be onfind most of the time to his narters Ivhad been best, if he had been removed to hosni tU until he recovered; hut he was so ambitious to ' ,nal ue would not think, for a moment, of leaving ' u's command. So much was he prostrated by the disease, whiclj was lingering upon him, that on the cver-meniorablc tnursuav, on wLica the crMid and bloody drama near the Capital began, he was una w ble, as 1 am informed by Maj. Cole, to enter upon . lhc spUndid march to Mechamcsvilla except by being borne up for awhile by two of his men; but ajjer he caught the enthusirg, enchanting spell Mars, wmcri win almost "create a soul un.lcr the ribs of Death," he forcot his weakness and helpless r.esg and proudly maijitained hia position in tbe dreadful line of battle. On the Saturday afterward in a letter written on the battlefield, he thus tpirit edly described the onset upon Ellerson's Mills: "We pushed forward, though under their hre tor more than a mil thir shplls .exDlodintr amontst us rtrrv m.r. nn. .n,l ik.- i.irini ntf 911 arm Ipit . . j g uva iu m -i O - - into strings ; still, pressed right on until the iA U I V - J GEEENSBGEGXJGH. and infantry regimenta. The 22d N. C. rigimeat was ordered o charge through a meadow, where tha gTass, weeds and briers were waist high, aad OTr a ditch whose bank were covered with briers uroci. higher than a man's head, and so thick that one could not soe through them; but we got through them somehow, though some of the men with rtrj little clothes on your humble servant suffering greatly in this respect, his hands bleeding freilyj atilL on we went, until we reached the opposite side, and came to aoiece of woods, where we were oidere to march by the left flank down the side of the wooda. We had gone but a short distance when we saw a regiment in the woods not more than -twenty paces m front. Not liking .their general appearance, we bailed them, hating halted and come to a front, What regiment comes there V The 4th Mielugan, was their prompt reply. 'Fire 1' was the quiet command of our brave and gallant Colonel (James Conner, of Hampton's Legion, lately elected Colonel of the 22d,) When a deasily volley was poured directly into their ranks. The shock was so terrible that they fled without firing scarcely a gun. Our boyi kept throwing the buck -and ball, until they reached the summit of the'-n, or at least those" of them who were left. When they reached here, afresh regiment or two came rushing to thir assistance. Our regi- . V.: .1.11. nailnrvnrld n4 fol. Cftn&af uieiu ii.t Ti u v li j ..-j,. , seriously wounded and carried off the field, LLoI Gr.v t-ave ihe command to fallback. The whole .v- -V, . WK Ka .Tranlinn nt m. tultL at I 7 - VI IIIC I IK Alt Tl C f v.." w m-mm J; i . j a.A Co. M, Capt. Odell, hearing the command, fled to the rear of the meadow. This command I did not hear, and thinking the rjght wing in a panic, I called aloud to the "Guilford Men" to stand by me, for 1 would not retreat without orders ; and I am happy and proud to say that not a single man left me, but fired volley after volley into the faces of the enemy, utitil they were driven from the woods, the three i right companies having gone to the rear." They lay on their ar rs that night, and 'next morning about light, the battle opened furiously to ; our left," writes Lieut. Charles. " We were imme- diatelv ordered un. and came upon tho enemy in rifle pits. Some Georgia regiments Georiria reeiments here attacked i them on our right, as we were thus stationed. Thi fight was terrible on the part of the Georgians, who were slain in great numbers. When we saw their position, we were commanded to fall down, a terri ble fire being showered upon us from the ditches ; but our men being wounded so fast, we were ordered forward to a sreek which lay between us and the rifle-pits. Undwihe banks of this creek we sheltered . :, - v x i.:. J 111 OCITv ) U U kit Xayt I1UM s v w VAWMaa wf Maryland battery, which played terribly for awhile on their entrenchments. We were then ordered to plunge the creek and-forward. Our regiment was the first to reach the ditches, but when we reached them they were empty." The enemy, had fled in Iraste. leaving all his stores, provisions and accoutre ments behind. Of the engagements at Gaines' Mill and CoUi Harbor, on Friday, and the part his regiment played, he thus spoke : "No sooner hid our army come upon them than terrible carnage ensued. Charge after charge was made by both sides. A number of regi ments were ordered in before ours, who slew their hundreds, but becoming exhausted, fell back to rest while fresh troops were thrown forward. But we had no time t i wait. As soon as our brigade came up, it was ordered to charge. Into the timber and brush we went, and soon found the expected foe. Volley after volley we fired upon them, and they' I fTtivo voir InfnrA 11a On wa wont until n-n 4oiDnjlDlf I - " - " encounterea a oouy oi iresn irocps I ItplTifr aliortitltr rirlol k, r t Vi a liill urn tiil a ilArllv. I v i vu j ...s. v..- v worK. At no greater uietance tnan one hundred yards, the enemy was drawn up in heavy force, pre senting a rplendid line. We tired into them, until not one hundred of our men were able for duty, when wo were ordered to fall back. At this, the enenif' poured in by thousands. To check their advance seemed almost impossible. The light now com menced ia earnest all along the line. Just at this juncture, Jackson comes up in splendid orJer and to the contet flle. The nrotrress of the enemv beiue now checked, such desperate fighting few nations eer witnessed. At last they give way, and our men go with a deafening yell. Thii was a little after dark.'' On Saturday and Sunday, his regiment was unen gaged in skirmishing or fighting, though a portion ll, r 1. . tn. day, in the acute angle made by the intersection of the Quaker and Long Bridge roads, was one of the " bloodiest pictures in the book of Time."' Hard l y and only a few hours before, Jackson had one ot the fiercest and fieriest artillery duels of the war. And when thgun was only a few hours above the hori-zontMSJ- made an nssault, without arlllleryiT upon the enemy's heavy and serried aitiJCJt Frazier's Farm, pouring into his ranks tTaifer6uring fire' of musketry." While the tight vftrajring, the air was literally crowded with flying messengers of death and destruction. Lieut. Charlex, who had been gradually but steadily growing weaker by reason of fastinr, exposure, fatigue, excitement and marching, had to be supported, again, by his men into the field of battle. His regiment had passe 1 through that sea of blood and airain encieed the enemy, when Lieut. Charles, who was about three puces in advance of his men, and was just commencing to execute a second order to charge. received a ball in his right cheek which came out at the back of his neck, from the repeater of a Yankee officer in a regiment, which was marching by tLe right flank in a'thick woods not more than thirty paces troni them and which was not geeji until that moment. The shades of nieht were falling thickl v. when this nobe young officer dropped instantly dead. Sir ilur ud asira. Nothing, not even the enervating hand of continued indisposition could top him in his strides from glory to glory, until the shaft of death smote him : and, that monster haTins fluu the Caskct of hia lifc awa'' 1:is 80,1 freedom's now, and fame's U2e ol ,he fevv the mortal names, - 1 Tk.i 1 , j:, 1 Lieut. Charles remains were earned back and il- terred by some of his men at Oakwood Cemetery, in the city of Richmond ; and on the 9th of last Doccra- Der, tic was Uisintevred by hii lnenUs, ana on tiie 1 ' - I Hth of that month, he was buried at Abbott's I Creek Church, in Davidsoi county, North Carolina. J At the same rime, hia funeral was preached by the Rev. William Turner, of the Missionary Baptist of persuasion .Mctternich, one of the great minds 01 me wori!,. - I has well remarked : To be born is of little accoe.nt; I to make life valuable is excellent." Here is a happy - j exemplification of that wise utterance. Lieutenant - j Charles was not content simply to float along on the eurrpnf of lifp tti lpumut oarlvthat the palm not ithmit .lust iht hp onlv can fulfill his destiny at and be valuable in hia dav and ceneration, who I imlimt ri.-in in Ipfaticrnblc. As a teacher, I aad moral worth of the youth of tiie coun ij : a- I A1 . vn h & A ( h ji triaHil rxf 1W flTtil trod 1 tinier. 3ST.? C ytiLAcT 28, nd himself a model f upright and unsullied char- j acter : and as a soldier, he was kiad-htarted, sym- ; pathetic, efficient, trust-vroi thy, cheerful amid tho severest cxpesores and trials of cahip-life, and j effectnally tried in the fiery jurnace of! battle. Maj. I Cole, who'went out with LiaTand was a witness of hi entire ?o!d:cr-carecr, remarked to (rue, that he " never saw a braTer'aa .' - - ' . . "What mournelt.le cor.soled if ths uad die forever V was the gr'r.d question asked of Dr. Fen- Wick bv AvP,h tho Voilrd Tfrim!.n In th. Strafe I Storv f rKnu, t-,t, Aa.'A f.m.t i Xo.-onlv 'the body perisheth the soul forever ap- 1 prcacbeth its Author ta perfection, though it can ! Ma. Aw ITT , .. , - , utref Light into unholiness and the blackWew r t - i r-, , i,. , t t of eternal woe. Did te dead die forever, these who ved the gallant patriot-soldier, Harper Evan cirieff, might with reason -mourn jncunsoiabiy ; but the grand elixir of life is the soil u eth : Nay, not only does that ethereal essence Uve, but u may indulge a substantial hope orendleas enjoyments in . A.cru, uyjic, iiiMi " come? fro God, as light comes from the sun." t Over the grave of that christian hero the bow of this inspiring hope is arched in celestial radfr.ncs! Ti ryL. t, . - VICU ln0 Central Presbytcndn, whoso editor llTS DCCUlitir rSllS nf nllf rnrrrrt ir.fVir. ' L ..... v- . . . Nt V 1 ' . - , . . r . ' muw.., gives tno ioitowir nurrattve ot the closing scenes m tho life of tho great ! and gond Jackson : j Tlio secular papers have already con- ', vcyed t most of our readers tho hmJ iutcli gonco of tho death of this brave at.d be. j loved man, which took platoon fSm .dhv, i lhe iQth.iPHtant, aVlJio house of Mr. Chan- dler. near Cfuinev's Station. Tho 1. low-is 1 so heavy and slunniin that we have not ! G heart to UWwll up Jit it, or to -ivc him the tribute which his memory deff ices. A braver, bettor man has never laid itit hie on tho altar ot human liberty, ami his ot human liberty, and his death, as far as man can see, is an irrepar able Iops. His high -religious character, his couruirf, skill, rapidif of motion, and marvellous success, had given him a held on the army such as nootiier man had, ttnd it was lelt that his vey name whs a hv mbol ot victory. 1 hero was n man who n.sjnr , " "V ' ' rvx sir mills or a-k , i iii 4s- . 4'-. wuom tnoy tiaa in ineir. secret, Hearts a i more unbounded rtspect But it mav be thai wc had br run io rely. on his great name, instead ot that of the Lord onr Ci-'icand to tench u.s the Ic-Mm of abfs:I';te reliunce on l;;m-e!i, trod h:is removed our boloved and id li.i d ticnoi il. Wocantu t now attempt to f;il"n. tn th t$ great Borrow, or interpret it. ttuar.ing. but wc know timt .il i.- right, and we (..., ,v n silent a::d pad submission. The immedialo civjse ol Si dea' piieumonta, which his system, j r. by t ic wounds and ampttlatior, v;! ble to cit olf. And il is a ei.aract . .., i;U ci una- ,).., fact that the cold l.b:h issued in I it pneumonia was contralto'" by i.s u:--eiiil anxiet' f-r the iienllh of ( ome yoinig :aet:. ber of'h.s stall'. The night botore tise i K was spent on the field, and. havii.-- i:o rr: tra coveting at all,, after gieat urger . he nfft.'lffl t ' e ,. i I' f .n t tTii-i nil! 0 Ci On I t.lri .. ill'.' - . Dill jn a sl rl lilno ,r0 -0 s,.;d ,rf.ni u-vpr lhe rQ,ln man J ' nd pj enl t i lust as he whs This exio.-;;tv pn ictl a! cold which ei.ded itr paeiimoni:i. A few nights before th.- L.iU.c an c pal ly characteristic incids n" ucciinie l, thut is worthy of record. Ilo was di-cus?ii,cr with one of his aids tin pr.-i ..liiitv awi issue (d :i battle, when be bveanr(u : ;i- tai Jy exvi-c.t. Attc r tiiiumir it t v. r pau.-ed and with deep hnm'.itv i e Ve I' : an; i "-My trust is in tiou," ll. u:; ear ! it'tb.e s;iiiid et l:i't!e xvus 'n n be raised hitnSfdl lQ's tai'e.'st ("l'lU aim with tlu-mt;y eyes ana Jaf! an in;.. .ic; ! with the lire of tho fonltict, ho excl.tuneu -. i i : " I wi-h they wotiitfc )ine. j ..,s h'in-.ij'.o i trust in Cud. combined will, il.e -irit i ine 111 nw.isu i with il.. under," i ... 1. v ;jit-u n t- .1 ". " neeic i-; ..."Lien o '' L'tCe.iotii t no I H Ultl'lUVl! u;iiue ;u;n un, mv- u...iiu. i ti.v .j and tho -houtUi!,'' made U at v:.i ' :i:ij ;"tty .11 . .J... , V I .n I ,i.n. .K .1 II ,. i'Hi'1.1 ty;,e 1 t mar.i.il i.rovvess tun' s -Lr.t.ed .I:iekson nmoft-r the mat heroes 0; I'iO - - 1 i world. 'I'rucit in (iod and eag; i ne- lor the Irav v.ete tno of the Tziil fl-iin'? ofthtit mar-, eilons sucve-s li.a- s. tn'. J ." to! low him like star, so tha . ;is w.t nev er o- or failed in an'tii. r- took. After ho wa?- wounded bo rota'.nou l'.is cheerfulness, and remark' d to ft id d '.lie pleusurabieiiC-ss of th-. solvations i: t : ; 1 ' 1'. chiorof i rn; ht'. ting that lie w:. ' 1.; . . ;.;s of r verv t li i n'- tl.at Was (I )tif toi im, t i al the sawing of bis bone sonn tho H'.veetest music, and ('.' . was ono of dcliu.' t. .il to ii'ia Conversing with an aid jiOinle I ! ny ptop no- t.a '.a.. bis mutiia t' (farm and aid, woai.i rrcr-rd this as a great I regard it' as ono of lho givus of my life." Mr. S. remarket, work to-gether lor gor, i, to t!r Cm! Vj.rf.ves' ho crrii '!; .'. IwV. ," S.iiil "that's it. that's it." Wh.n tien. Leo wrote him in at beau .li : note, so ct.aractei lS-i c 01 0 o . - i- 1. : , . T.ero.-i- tv and worth : ' (ii-neral : 1 have just- vceeiv your . . . ," , ( . . o i 1 . r r mt t 1 1 '. 1 1 V 1 '. 1 1 W i I' W M'.lh.l' '! IIUU' iiii' i iui.'w, I can:.oexpitss tny l'c-gre rence. l.'-ould I b.avo dicta; slu uM have dir. tn fcr tl country to have, been u stuid. ;.t lir '."".: r ... 1 1 evi-nts. 1 ,Oii 1 ' I '!!'.' k.d in V'.V I coni'iatiilato you t:pcn ttie victory c'.vr::y ." which is due to yoyr s kill and After henrii.g it re:yl be s;n.: w; .o 1; usual trrodc3tv at.ct rcverer.ee, "Urn. iVmn'ii mve t!u sriorv to t it' seemed jealous for tiio 't,m:U :..!. . Wi.cn it was to! 1 i led his oi.d 5jt(.newu!l rng:ide to inc c;i with t!ie watchword, "charge ai.- ber Jackson," and that n.-i ne l thev ma le so brilliant and : es: .v s X- t. bv V .- t. l.o h"h .l.'.'nlv moved Ml iieop; a o, last 11 lie lb rn : n was j -St 1 ni. v.'as ThW ar u u...bte bo-iy ot m-. :. t deepiv atiXcled by Gen. lixt -n s tie llib mind ran Very mt 1 : ii. a nd r. ii: lous topic lie t :ia 1 -.f LieU IS 1 hef) OL'ICat StU'.ie-TT" or.- 'f is Ft aii. win! icr thev ever (Jecateo in u. inn is the question, whether tiA-te i - he in 1 TilCU loU i-1 V" . C il TC J b' Je.-:IIS C ei bad a I - , t lal turn 01 ine-uifleif-e. -w ... i in ; d. iwr t ii J a .-..i -, , , t , s . UU V I fc w w X 1863. would nfiver again shake with calav Oh 1 for infinite power I' - , Ho endeavored to cheer those who Were aroand bim. Noticing the Sadness of his beloved wife, he 8aid to. 4ier tenderly, "I know you would gladly give jour life for me, but I am pctfectlr resigned. Do not be ead I hope 1 shall recover. Pray for me, oat always remember in your prayer . it. a!.; a! mi 1 ,r .. u uc mo puimoo. my win oe aone. Ti Ijt- .. -1030 WHO were I wuu were sruuuu uim noiicea a TO rnarkahie development of tcndernoPs in his mncr,and feelmgs donng ht3 tllnCSa, that c . . . . 4 ., , , . .v. ..v. v u liui.vi VI.ftl.VlV VUI U& ,Ud LUdl acteriicd bim in bis military operations. H; X ; "T 7 Advising his wife, in the event of his death, . ft tA unw r.-t w. u . 0Jj .Y0U faavea kind and good father. : But there is no one so kind and good KS Lyour Heavenly Father." When she told him that the doctors didot tfrinlr ho rnnlH live two hoars, although ho did not himself uipt-ci to aie, no repiieo, it win do innnite S&n he translated to Ileavon, and be with Jcsns." He then said he had much to say to her, but was too woak. Ho Lad always desired to die, if it wore God's will, on the Sabbath, and seemed to gffcet its light that day with peculiar pleas ure, Baying, with evident delight "itisthe xjui i a uay unu inquireu anxiously wnai - , . ' . provision Lad been made for nreachinp- to :hn . ".',. moments wero made he was contented iiuj , mm iioiiii nstyi lai ii luni, nr lM.rium, which occasionally manifested 'd doring tho last two days, prevented sme of the utterances of his faith, which ou!d otherwise bavodoubtfess been made. 11 ,s. thoughts vibrated between religion subjects and tho battle field ; now asking S''me que?tions about the Bible, or charch l)'stry, and then giving an order "pass- ; lT e ''Hntry to tLe iront. ' " Tell MajOr '-1-lwks to send forward provisions to the mo,V " Liet us crops over the ri undtr to suade ot the trees unttlat Inst his gallant spirit gently passed over the dark river, and antered on its rest vi here thotre& of life is blooming beside tho crystal river in the better country. :sV !- a -a, u Thus has puscdaway, tho high-souled, heroic man, falling like Sidney and .Hamp den in tho beginning of tho struggle to which his life was devoted, bequeathing to thr;c who survivo bim a name and momo. r3" ,ho "Pme God may compensate lor hisnrmy and, D ns apparently, untimely fiill. A little chilqof tho 'family, when the ; hero wm dying, was taunted with Jackson's ! 'toui.d by s me f the prisoners who were collfcted t h? ro awaiting transportation. ; " Vvo have.a hundred Jacksor.s h it if he '' die." whs tho heroic reply of the child. ! And so we trust it will bo. Tho siiril of i Jti' Kson will bo breathed into a thousand 'iCrtVts which will emulate bis bravery, ard s0 1,c ,0 make up for hi los, and in the j et c! his memory and glory, bio holy lifc,lus tMtudv iiety, and hia pdoriou death may be a richer blessing to us than if his life had ! I ' i' P spared. JIo has shown jho way to j vie'or ; and wc trust that many a gallant I spirit will come ferward eagerly t tread it. and that our dead hero 'shall bo worth to ! tis m re than a host of li ing ones. It will i i j vorv.and 1 iko him cherish that feeling that e , i str.lanply expressed as be passed Ins 1 1. r.i n. .ore uie da uo, ny irusi is in uoa i u!.-;i they would come on Tnr: Wajuuor, Wasi It is a singular l;.."t, im.t ii. the Isle of Franco tiiet"mmon bee is not to be' Lund as a native of the j woods, while in tl c.lslo of Bourbon, it is 1 C 'inn.Gii, a:.d furnishes an abundance of ' v.'-.tx Hii; honey. This is explained by .sup , no.- ing th.it tho warricr.s of whom we are t i - , li)rAil t0 gpeak, deatroj' tho beef, and have . inultj.)lviR? ;Q lhp 1 t ,,,.,? , question. . 1 ruly, like the bandit- ii 1 who in we reuu in uoohh. inetse wums 1 j 1. i . .t 1 :ir(. pnletv.ii llv attired, althoueh tiot on lhe 1 I ' o of tho.-e of whom they have robbed. Their head, chest, and body is of a rosplen- ;Uion for lho lriftdtr by tho order of Burn dent lustre ; now gren, or, scon in anoLii- side, of a captain -and lieutenant, rocontly er posit ion, blue, and glistening with all j executed under bis infamous "demh order." the lustre of an cquisito vjlt.m .'i. Their Tiio two victims will be selected by lot anlenae are biaek, their eyes of a brownih j lrom among tho captains and lieutenants y.Iiov, and the legs partly bronze colored, j now in tho'prison. If the evidence of tho an I artly of a beautiful violet. They are 1 murder ot two of our officers by liurnsido )i!g and f-wift oa the win, and are pos -id of a terrible lance, tho thrust of which even m?n cannot endure without i ii- Ui -v pain and inflamation than at tc'..dsan ordinary 6ting. Tho foe with whom these magt.iacenUy dressed warri- v have to contend,'' is a kind (f insect al.ied to tho eo kr. ach, which in our kitch ei ha-; nrquired tho incorrect title of black beetle." This insect i- delest.jd l-y the inliabilants throughout the island lor i!-t ra vagi" s upon aimosi cvcryiiung 01 , value or delicacy, and is not less bated by 1 1.0 t-ail.ir for its destructivei ets on ship I ,.il I- ij f-nl'ort 1 ?it-ei!i-.e " !irri in,',!,! .ban the c-.ckroach. which is l!i. plague and terror of our cooks. Imag in.i that on" of these great, old, odious in ec.:s is marching along tho high way-. The v.at ri :r wasp has also been making nis ci jiei', it f'Tprey abroad, when suddenly his v.) o ea'. flies s'ght of the kaUerluc ha--tenin' to s iat iiew scene of depredation. Tiio warri-v ir.-t..ntly alight.'', and tlio ka- k.u-ia-' slop.. t.iiiiKing, perhaps, to .ruimo date m advi r.saiy oy uh h.zc arm hmocihus 1 . ?. . . 1 c isj-eci. iwui iM'.'usgwm.tiuii"'" Th,- u-..n is the hi8 to attack au darts iij.on i aeh ether, seizing it b- tbe muzz witii its strong jaws, then bending il brdy so as tu brinj4 it;' tail under tbe abdomen r.i. l- L-i.il.n The lnnf.e. wilh itfi chartre ' s'J'l'Py lo.',in,:i.gJJ.y venom iii" iaesy;cra. naving u.iu ma im-u.-i, th ) v: ,wior lo0r-t s the ioc, 'ixi.d soars in tri.iin: .ii a little way into the uir, Batisticd . i" a s'icc: -la I i-sue. The kalterlac, af-t-r a te'.r bri t Ci nvuisions, lies paralj'zed ..ii t.ie gr.-und. Fully aware ol' this, the vie'wr.iMis wasp, after taking a few turn.", i;t proclaim the downfall ff tho giant Uftkeriae to the surrounding neighbor :. ...J, returns to the scene where the con jir was Tuught. Tbe kalserluc, utiable io r,-t the victor, and bcinf naturally, tho-.i'u a great dyvourer, a very fauit-bear- i i: ... : . r rru th. .vasji eizcs tlie probtrate ioc by the bead u-d in u t-ort of triumphal march drags it i - lnriT tht road iia DOat Numbej? 1,951. The NKVEETirtLiss lit Payxr. Prayr, without ubmiasion, is dictation to God. With the, form of lb petitioner kneeiinrf before hii footstool, it combines the apint of a rival aiming to grasp Hi sceptre or usurp His throne Tor Are we not in effect "aspiring to b gods" when' we demand that God shall work otir will? There is no less reproach of God in pray er. without submission. It emnlova th language of reverpoco ; bat does it not virtually say that! His wisdom is Jess com petent to choose fpr us than onr own dark sighted counsels-JtLat our desires, nay, onr lusts, can carve out a higher happiness fnr II a ikon Iias nttUl. a I Tl"k .Jin' "w.nuum iiio oi rits luiin no iove i Pray er, without sobmissioji, is an offence to God. He can hear it only in angeran anger rooro terrible than when it takes the shapo of stern refusal. Is it not written or our warning that, when the Israelites "lusted excecdingjy in tho wilderness," God " gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul" bestowed tho food for which they asked, but wrapped by deadliest plagues in it, and slew them ! How wise, then, -was tho instruction which Socrates sought bo impress on his pupil, Alcibiades, with tcgard to this question of prayer, thath4 should beseech the an premo God to give htm what was T good for ? him, though ho should not ask it, and to withhold from him whatever would be hurtful, though he should be bo foolish as to pray for it!" How indispensable is it that all our pe. titions should include the nevertheless," haU lowed to us by the example of our Elder Brother! Jsevertheleas, not my will, but Thiuo be dono !" There are-whole libraries of sound theology in that ono adverb. There is no true, effectual prayer without it. Lieut. Gf.w Pemuf.rton. The public wero never able to account for the oaltant promotion by which Col. Pemberton, C. S. A. (Ex Lieut. S. A.) became, without trial or experience and withoat tho posses sion of unuRual abilities that were ever heard of, a Lieutenant General, command ing the Department of tho Mississippi. His management of affairs in tbatquarter, and especially the failure to keep the ene my out of the Capital of Mississippi, has not elucidated tho mystery. When the pinch came, another General, of tried and known ability, was sont there, but it wat too l ite. If Pemberton was not competent for tho duties assigned him why was he sent thero, and why so long retained and if it was intended to relieve him when the c risis came, why was the relief withheld until it could not avail? The telegraph tells us that the plundering and destruc tion at Jackson amounted to from five to ten millions of dollars. AVas it worth so much to any body that Gen. Pemberton should have been promoted over so many officers of experience and ability? " The Government" may feel'very easy on the subject, but the ignorant public must bo allowed to btrvo its doubts. Our Pi'ufir Debt. The debt of tbe I Conledcrato States, says an exehanpo, boars no projiortion to that ol other Statos in like exit'omitm.' Suppose it to amount at enrl f k r t ! 'i fltitnl W r 1 i r AnA lrtAiiani , mmoWm Fn;ncC( hou cxhaaetcd by , , , , f , . . - - f and a population aboufc two and a half times our numbe.r, and prospective resources cer tainly not. greater, had afloat assignats to the amount ot eight thousand millions dob hirs. Her revenue was one hundred and eighty -soven millions dollars; perhtps a little more than our tax will yield in our present blockade and isolated state. Eng land, with twice our population, in 1831, had a debt of four thousand millions, while her revenuo was two thousand and forty seven millions. Vet' her credit has been sustained, and why not that of the Confed eracy ? Retaliation. Tho Dispatch says that two ef the Yankee otficora now in the Lib bv orison .vm shortlv to hp. Imilfr. in rr-tali- j is unmistakable, we hopo the Government wi!i not back down from its determination to retaliate. A Beautih t. Triucte. From the higlily intorccting letter of tho Frederick eburg. correspondent of the South Carolinian, we copy the annexed handsome and appropri ate tribute to the worth of that noble mar- j tvp (;encrH y j lackson : " The message sent by (Jeneral IjCO to General Jackson shows how our noblo old chieftain esteemed bim: "Tell General ! Jackson my losi is greater than his. He ban lost his left arm, but I have lost my right. Suhstitkte fok Hokax. Tho NViloiing tuii Journal says, Mr. '. A. Frost, an ex- i perienced smith, cl that city, uses, as a i substitute. br borax, in welding cant fcteel, I the following prepariitior-, and finds it very I good : Three pound of arT, ono pound of copperas and fifteen pound, of sharp sand, : v-' , Q8cd ke won,d use borax. Died oi;t with the RFrni.i''. Tho National Jntclligeticer ' establishment, at Washington City, has recently been sold at atruiC-n, under mortgage, to Higgn & Co., Bankers, to sei'le uj the estate of tho late Joseph .'ulec ll brought $80,000. Major 1'rentk k. Maj. Clarenco Pren tice, s .n of George ti. Prentice, of tbo Loa i.-vil!e Journal, who was made prisoner by the Yankees some time ago in tlio We.t, came on by a recent flag of truce boat to City Point, and has arrived in Richmond. Major Prentice ha done long aud good bervico in the " Rebel" causo. Don't marry too smart a girl for sho will outrun vou; nor one too. simple, for chil dren will take their talents from their mother nor too ricb, for bho will remind you of it nor too poor, for she will act the beggar on horseback. t 5 ' t J 1 v. As si ill ft A. 1 J 3 t ' 5 111 I I " wm -mm bavb " V 1 f 1 V & WVV VUKOifeKWy VMM MK( ""'VVI ' my, m . mm -m, mmW - V ' r r