Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-07-21

at Ihe HedQ OF Lne Maryland DlVlSlOn.-
With these and the continental troops Of
Delaware, he marched southwark, in April,
to reinforce Gen. Lincoln, bat was too late
to afford him aid at Charleston" for Char
lesion fell May, 1880.
''Gates succeeded Lincoln in the COM
mand of the Southern army, and reached
Dekalb's camp on the Deep River in North
Carolina, on the 28th of July, $780," The
progress of DeKalb from April to this time
had been slow. His army had to be sup
ported in an almost destitute country
Want and hunger were his daily enemies,
yet his army was in fine condition when
joined by Gates, and was pressed over the
intervening country to Gum Swamp. On
the 10th Of August, 1880, Gates marching
to surprise CORVALLIS, unexpectedly en-
countered the columns of the crafty but
heroic Briton, and was shamefully defeated.
DeKalb fought like lion at bay, and was
nobly seconded by his gallant continentals.
For long time they held the enemy n
check; at last overwhelmed, they fed, and
''while trying to rally the scattered Ameri-
cans, DeKalb fell, pierced with eleven
wounds. He died at Camden, three DAYS
afterward, and was buried there" His
place Of sepulchre, l have understood, was
doubtful, and that it was with difficulty it
could be found, land then doubtfulIy) so
that his remains could be placed under his
monument Losing saws, an ornamental
tree was placed at the head of his grave,
and that, IN allusion to it, the following
beautiful lines were written:
"But where! o where's the hallowed sod,
Beneath whose verd the hero's ashes sleep?
Is this the cold, neglected, mouldering clod I?
Or that the grave at which ought to weep?
Why rises not some massive pillar high,
10 grace name that fought for freedoms
prize
Or why atleast some rudely etched stone nigh,
10 show the spot where matchless valor
lies?
Yet, soldier, thy illustrious name is known,
Thy fame supported, and thy worth con-
fessed,
That peerless virtue, which in danger shone,
Is shining still, where thou art laid in rest.
And though no monumental scrip is seen.
Thy worth to publish and thy deeds pro-
claim,
Each son of freedom, passing near this green,
Shall hail DeKalb and venerate his name. y
General Henry Lee, who knew him we'll,
such had been the temperance Of his life,
that he not only enjoyed to the last day
the finest health, but his countenance still
retained the bloom of youth, which circum-
stance very probably led to the error CON-
mitted by those who drew up the inscrip-
ton on the monument to be erected by
Congress-" 1t seems that Congress, in the
first gush Of gratitude, after his death, or
dered a monument to be erected to his
memory, but like many others, it is still in
paper. In the inscription directed to be
placed upon it, Baron DeKalb was said to
have been, at his death, in his 48th year.
Gen. Lee speaks of him "as possessing a
stout frame, moderate mental powers, sober
-drink;ng acater only." What an admi.
rable lesson is thus taught by the life O
Baron DeKalb, in favor of Total Absti
nence. His friend and compatriot, Gen
Lafayette, was another follower of cold aCa
ter. He endured captivity and suffering
under which most men would have perish
ed, yet he lived to great age, and wa
hailed as the Apostle Of Liberty, in the ole
and new world. Camden once was, pa
excellence, the city of Total abstinence.
hope still is. In any event, Wateree Di
vision should, on the next 4th of July, han|
a garland on the monument of DeKalb, a
the champion of both Temperance and Lib
erty. SO.