Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-05-23

only child, little daughter of three years
who had died almost two years ego. Thehus
band was not less affected by the sight thai
his wife. He embraced her with emotion
begged her pardon again and again, tore tn
decree of divoce into q thousand pieces, has
tened to the Clerks Office, took out ney
marriage license, and was married immedi
ately to his late wife"
Confession and Death of an Army
Chaplain.
NJ. M. Pomeroy, the able editor of the Ii
Crosse WISCONSIN, Democrat, gives the fol
lowing death bed scene, which be vas callet
To visit in his recent visit to Chicago:
The Rev. Henry Clanuard, an ex-armJ
cbanlain. who left off expounding the Bible
and recruiting for I'll Saviour, and by endor
sing the niggcr and abolitionism became al
army chaplain in one OF the Wisconsin regi
ments, passed from life to home beyond 6
blessed Immortality, the other day, and thu!
shuffled off his mortal coil.
A physician had called on him two or three
times day for month, doctoring him fol
an apue brought on while stealing cotton ii
Arkansas while with General Curtis. Or
learning that the ex minister and ex-chaplar
would hardly live the night out, we called
with the physicians -.
In little wooden.looking room, not Over
twelve feet square, IN an obscure boarding
house in Chicago, We found the invalid. The
room was bare of furniture, except poor
bed, a little, dirty wash-stand, two wood-bo
tom chairs, an old trunk, pine table, on
which was spread as1ewspaper, on which lay
an old bible, pairof old snuifers, some pill
boxes, and such stuff. The dying man was
propped up in bed, while faithful negro wo
man sat on the foot of the bed. As we en-
tered. he rallied q. little, and asked the doctor
who he had brought with him. On being
told that it was aBrick" Pomeroy, he sank
back, closed his eyes, rallied little, and said
aPerhaps it IS as well. He might as vel
know it rs any one." And ne proceeded tc
make his dying statement, which was in these
;:?orls. as We took them down in our memo
randum book, as the physician requested:
"My name is Henry Clannard. am forty
one years old. Iwas once happy and con.
tented. and loved Christ, my Master, with all
the zeal o Christian ever had. Atlast | grew
cold in religion, selfish and envious of the
good fortunes Of others. / wanted to make
money and 10 have some fun. | had no par
ticular education, so thought l would be 6
Republican politician. Il began by preaching
politics from the pulpit, and praying for thu
negro. 1t paid me in money, but | lost ir.
fuence at the Throne of Grace. But die
not care for that, if,I could only have inlu
ence with the Republican party. rorgo
Christ and became interested in the negro
I had influence with few members of my
church, and talked politics to them. was
paid by oGce-eeekers to influence Christians
SS5quetiuses-t haze, ,made as high as fifteen dol
lars at an election Tor my. ir,auencc-
Christians.
"At last, ] found politics paid better thar
religion, and ] worked for the chaplaincy O
d regiment and got it. Then ! let religion
20. and went to war. There l wrote letter:
home denounciDg Democrats as copperhcads
And I stole cotton, and silver ware, and pic
turcs, and books, and dresses for my wifi
and sisters, and horses and. mules ior my
brothers, piano for the governor, who gave
me nv commission, and gold watch for my
captain. and lot of household furniture tC
send to my colonel. And robbed the soldier;
of ielly and such stuff sent down to them tc
use while in hospital, and 1 had my share o
goods stolen from sanitary fairs, and made
lots of money. Please give me little piece
of that pounded ice." The physician gaye;
TO him, when he continued:
"But was n. happy. 1 drank whiskey
with the boys when away from home, ant
INDUCED in some excess not worth mention.
ing, aud laid up quite pile Of money. Anc
I wns taken sick while out stealing cottor
from plantation where 4 widow lady lived
I had coaxed her niggers to run away, and
they are all dead now. When the war wa:
ended | came homo to Wisconsin, but coulc
not stay there. Sc came to Chicago; and
| grew sick. And have got to die. I have
called on Christi have prayed to God. bu
somehow | cannot get relief for my soul
The door of mercy seems shut against ME.
forsook religion for politics, and now God has
forssken me. I pray to my Saviour, but h'
don't hear me. talk to this faithful negro
woman-she says, 'Yes, massa + and that i;
all | can get out of her. Iknow can't live
long. feel that am dying. feel that
am dying. feel certain that am going tt
hell. Please give me little piece more o
ice before so. L want these things writer
down, MS warning to Others who forge
Christ for politics. Ifeel that the negro cam
save-tbat Christ won't save me. | was un
faithful to my religion and au forgotten.
was faithful to the negro, but, alas the ne
gro can't help me where l want help-h'
| can't ease my guilty soul. | am going tt
hell, and l know it. 1 expect to meet man.
persons th .re who forgot religion for politics
do not expect to see you again in this worlc
or the next, but want this confession printed
Please-give-me-a- a-small-small--pie
-of-of-ice /"
And thus died the Rev. Henry Clannard
An OUTRAGE SuMMAR1LY PUN1sHED-W
learn that party of three bushwhackers'
went to the house of an old negro man namet
Henry Cobb, in Lincoln county, on Monday
night of last week, and demanded his money
Upon his refusing to deliver it they hung tn
old man, but not succeeding in extortinl
money, left, saying that they were going f
the house of Cobb's son in the neighborhoo'
and would return in q short time. The.
went TO the sons house and hung him, bu
not till life was extinct. Upon their dcpar
ture, the old man, who had recovered from
his strangliDg, proceeded to ask the aid of hi
white neighbors. As he was much respec
ted in the neighborhood, he soon got the as
sistance required, and upon the return of th
banditti they were fired upon by the party c
neighbors. One Of them was killed upon th
spot, another shot through the neck, and tn
other took to flight and the horses of oil thre
we're captured.
The man killed was stranger, the wound
ed man citizen of Lincoln county, and til
third of Columbia country. An inquest wa
held upon the dead man and verdict'fn az
cordance with the facts was rendered.
We hope that all such bandits, leagued tc
gether, for no other purpose than plunde