The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-04-07
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worked by the novelist and romancer. One OF
singular and varied novelty has come to our
notice which battles the imagination in any
effort to surpass it in richness and effectiveness.
We presentto the novelty Loving public, for
the first time, the true and wonderful story
which follows s.
Col. M. T.. DeMahler is the name of the hero,
as the readerm confess he is after reading
his adventures. He is a native of Loudon
county, Virginia, the scion of long and hon
orsd line Of Huguenots, who first settled IN
that State about 200 years ago.. He received
liberal education in Europe, returning to this
conflict He Immediately raised a company of
infantry, rendered his sword to the Confederate
government, and, under Lee, was rapidly pro-
NOTED for gallantry and meritorious conduct.
He received six wounds, all involving serious
fractures of bones, thereby so -crippling him as
to compel his retirement from the service.
In 1866, when, Selma was threatened by the
Federals under Maj Gen. Wilson, the Colonel,
who was passing through that place, prompted
by asense of patriotic duty, assumed command
of aregiment and took part in the terrible bat
tie which resulted in the capitulation of the
city. Here he received his seventh and eighth
wounds. each more severe than the others One
bail entered his abdomen near the navel and
came out lust to the right of the spinal column;
the other entered and shattered the left shoul-
der. passed through both lungs, and issued un-
der the right arm. From these he suffered Sc
yerely, and as a consequence, Of them and his
other wounds, paralysis ensued.
The war closing soon, he went to Paris, and
after exhausting all the ordinary modes OF treat
ment, and deriving 10 benefit from them, by
advice of the members of the faculty OF the
University of France he undertook walking to
~. IT, in M
yember, 1865, So crippled that it was with dltf-'
Guilty three-fourths Of al mile was accomplished
the first day, and it required four days for him
to clear the suburbs of the city. Taking a
southerly direction, he Travelled with much dit.
fcuity through the vineyards of France and
made his way to SPAIN.
The exercises now began to develop the most
satisfactory results, and it became evident that
q continuation Of his tour would wholly restore
his lost health and yigor. So he Travelled
through Spain, the home of romance and ex-
citing legends of love andwar, passed into lta-
", through Southern France, taking IN his
route Florence, with all her learning; Rome,
with all her ancient and glorious associations;
Ebeantifiil bay and awe-inspiring Vesuvius !;
ND the western shore of the .Adriatic, stopping
at Venice and on to Trieste. From thence,
making an entire circuit of Austria. Through
the marshy districts of the lower Danube,
Transatlantic, Gallicia, Moravia, Bohemia, down
through mountainous Syria, then up, through
unhappy, but proud, Poland, along the north
ern frontier of Prussia, into Hanover and the
Rhine country, thence south to Switzerland and
en- to Verona, thus making a. complete circuit
of continental Europe, Turkey and Russia ex-
eepted.
From Verona his travels described second,
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as the central or pivotal point, going through
fia and the Palatinate; and third circuit of
still smaller extent, through Baden, Wurtcm-
berg, Franconia, the land of the Hess, and
then around, entering Frankfort from the
northwest-thus making three circuits IN spiral
form
By this time his health was very nearly re-
stored. He had contracted an Unsuitable pas
sion for travelling, and having exhausted all the
enticing portions of Europe, he determined to
embark for America.
With this view he left Frankfort, passing
through Strasburg and Paris to Havre, thence
sailing for Vera Cruz, Mexico, where he landed
in February, 1867. From here he resumed his
foot journey, going southwest, then north to
the city of Mexico, east to Jalapa, then north
west to Queretero, San Luis Potosi and Monte
rev, striking northward to Ell Paso. From here
his route lay northerly through New Mexico,
northwest Texas, the southern portion of the
Indian Territory, to Baxter Springs, and thence
on to St Louis, Mo-, reaching here in July of
the same year. From our city he diverged
south to Mississippi, through the Gulf States
and then along the Atlantic board, visiting the
principal cities as far as Augusta, Me: From
this point he struck West, following the course
Of the lakes as far as Minnesota. From thence
he made another circuit through the more cen
trally located States, which he had gone around
in his first or border circuit, reaching ST. Louis
fer thesecond time in February, 1869, where
he stopped for few days, and then proceeded
northwest and made a circuit of the Territories
east of the Rocky Mountains, going through
Texas and Louisiana to New Orleans, and then
up the Mississippi, crossing and recrossng it
of various places to St. Louis, arriving h.re for
the third time on Friday last at pm. q
We have thus followed the Colonel rather
1ninutelY in his travels To give the reader
more accurate conception of the vastness of
the undertaking, it must be borne in mird that
this enormous distance $4,000 miles, was ac-
complished on foot by one solitary man during
average weight of forty-6ye pounds. He was
called upon to use almost every civilized tongue
--one night beside the bright blaze of some
prcely hearth, the next at the peat or turf fire
of the humble peasant-to-day in the home
and study of the savan, tomorrow in the gilded
salon, where pleasure wakes delight az keen
and fresh as the breath of spring" andhoping,
as it were, against hope, in the effort to carry
out his medical advice, travelling alone in the
face of usually unsurmountable obstacles, over
remote and trackless regions, day after day
under torrid suns, or through the rigid cold or
stormy winds of winter-the Colonel instances
in his marvellous experiences what indomitable
pluck and courageous perseverance, which nei-
ther fatigue, hardship nor pain can subdue,
may finally accomplish.
Aside from the results sought for physically,
and happily found in his complete restoration
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