Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-05-22
command of

V;-tf' capsaly tniongh Horth
a.laoama, seized Selma, and turning
east to Montgomery continued into
Georgia. General Candy, command.
ing the Union armies in the South
west, advanced up the eastern shore
of Mobile Bay and invested Spanish
Fort and Blakely, important Confed-
crate works in that quarter. After
repulsing an assault General Maury,
in accordance with instructions, with
drew his garrisons in the night to
Mobile and then evacuated the city,
falling back to Meridian, on the line
of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.
General Forrest was drawn in to the
same point, and The little army, less
than 5000 Of all arms, held in readi-
ness to discharge such duties as the
waning fortunes of the cause and
the hono- Of its arms might demand"
General Taylor claimed to have
made the last surrender of Confed-
crate troops. This event occurred at
Citronvile, some forty miles north Of
Mobile, in the early days Of May,
1865, General Candy receiving his
sword. The story Of that occurrence
is pleasantly told by General Taylor
in contribution to Tile Times IAN,
nails of the War" He says; There
the gr,at war virtually ended. After
this net hostile gun was fl ed, and
the authority of the United States
was s:preme in the land" The con-
querei chieftain made his way to
Noble, accompanied by single aid,
havifg to sell their horses to buy
breat and meat. From Mobile he
went to New Orleans. 1t did.not
takehim long to find out that he was
ruined in fortune and at forty years
of are must make q fresh star in
life. AS soon as the field Of politics
was open to ex-Coniederates he re-
suned active participation in public
ailars. He went TO Washington to
obtain permission to vf1is'-:"s]n ]nede
6jend Jefferson Davis, then inn pris.
oUst lit -rvrrrrss i,t,nroe, whS WAS
connected with him by marriage He
succeeded, and an interesting pr Of.
lis book is devoted to the stOiy Of
hs interviews with President John
sm, Secretary Stanton, Thaddeus
Sevens, Charles Summer and5ther
rominent men of the day Oh this
iusiness, His polished pen was
Iiipped in vitriol when he sote Of
these worthless of the war perltd. In
the same year he figured lin the
7Johnsonian National Union 6nven-
ton, better known as the armand.
arm convention, held in this city.
For several years he was connected
with the public works of Louisiana,
but went abroad on private business
in 1873. His reception there inaris
toeratic circles has scarcely an Ameri-
can parallel, except in the case o1
Charles Sumner. \
Ills SOCIAL TR1UMpHs ABROAD. \
He first gained notoriety 1T the
London clubs by his admirable skill
as whist player. He was a disciple
Of Hoyle and the older school Of
players, and cared little for the mod
ern niceties Of the game. His memo
ry was wonderful, and he never for
got card. The English club men,
who had learned their science from
James Clay, Cavendish and Pole,
were astolished at this old-fashiened
player, who beat them in spite OF
their rules and formulas So General
Taylors fame came to the ears Of the
Prince of Wales, who loves rubber
next to- tiser la'aft7ssspd a'f7 sspd they met at
the Marlborough Club one night and