The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-01-17
Death of Hon. Arthur P. Hayne.

tinguished citizen took place, in this city,
on the afternoon of Sunday last, at the
residence of his esteemed friend and con-
nection, VIM. B. Pringle, Esq. Colonel
Hayne was descendant of one of the
most patriotic Whig stocks of the Revo-
luton of 1776, that which gave to his
country and to history the martyred
Isaac Hayne; and his career, as man
and soldier, fully yindicated his descent.
He was born on the 18th Of March, 1888,
and had therefore nearly completed his
seventy-ninth year, when he was sum-
moned to meet the common doom Of hui
manity. He wis the elder brother of the
Hon. Robert Y. Hayne, one Of the most
gifted, eloquent and cherished sons OF
South Carolina. When quite youth,
the attack on the frigate Chesapeake, in
| 1907, kindled his patriotic ardor and mil
itary spirit, and induced him to leave the
counting house for the field Of Mars, and
enter the army as 1st Lieutenant in a
Regiment of Light Dragoons, comman-
ded by General (then ColoneD Wade
Hampton, of revolutionary fame. In the
war Of 1872, as Captain Hayne, he en-
gagged in tho battle and victory OF Sack
etts' Harbor, under the immediate COM
mand of the gallant Lieutenant-Colonel
Backus, and for his meritorious services
on that occasion, he was promoted to the
command of squadron Of cavalry, with
the rank of Major, in the limo of the ar
my. In 1913, he campaigned with Gen.
Wilkinson, in the contemplated attack on
Montreal About that time, Gen Hamp-
ton thus signalized his high appreciation
of Major Hayne, in letter to Gen. Arm.
strong, then Secretary Of War-"Send
me Hayne and Haig; / want their con-
stitutional ardor-it will add much to the
strength of my army" Early in the
year 1874, Major Hayne received from
Gen. Jackson the appointment of Inspec-
or-General, and, joining that illustrious
commander, in the Creek Nation. he won
and enjoyed his entire appreciation and
confidence. He performed valuable and
brilliant service ut the storming OF Pen
sacola, in November, 1914, and, as Gen.
Jackson's Adjutant and Inspector-Gene-
raj he was eminently conspicuous in the
celebrated night attack on the British
army, of the Esd December,~ 1914, and
was equally 30 in the subsequent glorious
victory of New Orleans, on the 9th of
January, 1915, In an official oommuni.
cation Of that event to the Secretary of
War, Gen. Jackson thus wrote-"Colonel
Hayne was everywhere that duty or
danger called" In his general orders,
after the battle of New Orleans, Gen. J.
thus characterized the conduct of Col.
III. and his associates-"The skill, vigi-
lance courage and constant attention to
duty, exhibited by Col. Hayne, and his
two assistants, Majors Davis and Hamp-
ton, have been appreciated, as they de-.
serve to be, by the commanding General"
In subsequent letter to Col. f., Con.
Jackson said-"Be assured, sir, when you
are thus about to leave me, at the close
of a campaign, which has been 30 full of
interest, and to the successful prosecution
of which your skill and courage have 30
much contributed, I should do no less in
justice to my own feelings, than to your
merits, did not return you my warmest
Acknowledgements. Be assured, sir, wher-
ever you 60, you carry with you my high
sense Of your services, my thanks for
them and my prayers for your prosperi-
ty." One of the venerable contempora-
ries of the deceased informs US that Gen.
Wade Hampton, in speaking to him of
the battle of New Orleans, said, "Sir,
there was but one man, who rendered
greater service in the battle OF New Or
leans, than Col. Hayne, and that man was
Gen. Jackson" In further honorable
connection of Col. Hayne, with the battle
of New Orleans, may be mentioned the
following anecdote "from the highest
source and unquestionable authority:
"After the battle of the night Of the
23d of December, Col. Hayne, having
been on horse back, from o'clock in the
morning, until II at night, requested the
Commanding General, while the troops
were lying under arms, to allow him to
proceed to his quarters in the city, to
take some refreshment. It was on his
return to the field of battle that he sur
veyed, with military eye, the different
positions, which might be defended, so as
to prevent the enemy from reaching the
CITY, and selected the very spot, which
Con. Jackson subsequently approved, at
his suggestion, and where the enemy were
so gloriously repulsed on the 9Th OF JAN
uary."
On the conclusion of tho war Of 1872,
Col. 81. was retained in the army, as Ad-
iutant General of the Northern Division,
and, subsequently, On the reorganization
of the army, and the restoration Of the
Inspectors Department, be was, at Gen.
Jackson's request, transferred to that Of
fce and attached to Gen. Us division.
In the second Florida campaign, he was
placed by Gen. J. at the head OF the Ien-
nessee Volunteers, with full authority to
organize Brigade, and every power to
oiSe it efficiency. How COL q. acquitted
Simaelf on this occasion, was thus mani
fasted by Mr.. Calhoun, then Secretary of