The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-08-06

were not political. and members of
both parties participated in them. -
Very remarkable information, indeed
How could any one other than Radi-
cal engage in any OF the corrnptions
which have marked the Radical sway
hereP No man other than a Radical
could get even the Office of Constable
Morton also said that what is known
Of corruption in the Republican party
has been brought to light by it's own
diligent determination. He ought
to come down here. He would make
splendid South Carolina politician.
The FALLING FLAG a-Evaouation Of
Richmoud-Retreat and Surrender
at AppomsLtox. BY AN OFFICER OF
THE REAR GUARD.
Suoh is the title of an unpretendinc
little volume. which comes to as ruddy
with the blaze of the campfire, ring
ing with the blast OF the bugle and
redolent with the smoke of the skir-
mish-a simple. unvarnished recital of
the last gloriously -mournfnl expert
ences which terminated under the
apple tree of-Appomattox-A tale of a
part OF a soldiers life, told in SOL
dier's own words, where the very
absence Of all attempts ut display, tho
very simplicity of detail, go to the
heart with an e!oquence beyond all
power of the rhetorician's art or the
poets tongue to effect.
To us who have lived through the
days and hours 80 vividly recalled by
this little book. when every pulse was
a heart-throb of untold agony of sus-
pense, when every breath was sigh
uud every thought q prayer; to the
men who fought and endured in the
field; to the women who worked aud
prayed and suffered at home, "Tke
Falling Flag" comes like friend from
far country or voice from the un-
forgotten past. bringing memories
unburied end reviving. with thrill
that Is anguish, the hopes of long ago. /.
But to those who are to come after
as. the boys and girls who are growing
up around us-those who see honor
and power and wealth in the hau.ls Of
the moat ignorant and degrAded-who
see vice in the high places of the land
and the abomination Of desolation
come upon all that is pure and lovely
and OF good repnte-to these this little
volume IL q priceless treasure. Its
plain statement of scenes as they
occurred. bearing truth and pathos in
every line and carrying to every heart
the weight OF conviction, will show to
the world that We Of South Carolina
in its past days are in no way RESPONSE
BILE for the riot and misrule which dim
her glory now, but that our fathers
aud brothers did ail that moa could 90
to avert the doom which lies so dark
upon her to-day.
On the fatal field of Appomattox,
our author tells ns-and his words are
borne out by official recorl-the Con-
federate soldiers ''stackei 5000 stand
OF arms. all told--artiilery, cavalry, in
fantry, stragglers, wagon -rats.' and
all the rest, from twelve to fifteen
thousand men. The United States SOL
diers, by their own estimate, were $50,
600 men, with railroad connecting
their rear with Washington, New York,
Germany, France, belgium, Africa,
'all the world and the rest of man
kind, as Gen. Taylor oomprehcnsively
remarked, for their recruiting stations
were all over the world" Was there
anything to be ashamed Of in such q
surrender as this-or. rather, shall we
not pay to them tho tribute with which
they made the earth and sky resound,
as on that last day their leader ap-
peared before them, "faithful, though
oil was lost2"
To South Carolinians, and especially
TO us of the middle country, this
charming brochure is particularly inte-
resting; its author, a well.known gal
liant cavalry officer, is from our neigh.
boring town Of Camden, aud the regi-
mens whose deeds are the theme OF
the story and to whose officers and
men the book is dedicated-the 7th
South Carolina Cavalry-was com.
manded by our honored fellow towns.
man, Col. A. O. Haskell. II is pub.
lished by E. J. Hale. New York, and
has heretofore been sold only by pri.
vate sale. We learn that the FIRST edi.
ton has already been exhausted, and
hope that when the second is issued,
the means for circulation will be more
extended. I. D. NJ.
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