The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-04-19

despatch from General Smith camo
to him in tho midst of tho battle,
ordering him to withdraw near
Shreveport. ''Too late, sir" said
Taylor to the carrier who brought
it; .the battle is won. It is not the
first ! have fought with o halter
around my neck" Fortunately for
him he obtained a victory, but it
was pretty clearly shown afterward
that had he obeyed orders and
waited for his supports it is i'm
probable any portion of Banks forces
would have escaped. The conse,
1quence of the disagreement be-.
tween Generals Taylor and Smith
was that the former WAS made q
acknowledgement and transferred
east of the Mississippi and given
command of what was popularly
known as the Department. of the
South vest, comprising East Louisi..
ana, Mississippi and Alabama. This
command General Taylor surren-
dered to General Candy on May 4,
1865. On being asked whether the
trans Mississippi army ought to be
surrendered he quickly replied,
eyes surrender as soon as possible.
You are only sitting up with a
corpse. I sat with it until it was
blue, and if you delay much longer
it will become too offensive for do
cent burial.
THE SURRENDER
is thus described ga bountiful
luncheon was spread, 'of which wo
partook, with joyous popping Of
champagne corlxs for accompanying ent,
the first agreeable explosive souqds
1 had heard for years. The mir of
Hail Columbia, which the band had
struck up, was instantly changed by
Canby's, order to Dixie ); but T in
sisted on the first, aud expressed q
hope that Columbia would be again
q happy land, a sentiment honorcd
by many libations." After IN alb
sepco of four years he saw his
home, Now Orleans. His estate
had been confscated and sold, and
he was without penny. His first
care was to sell his horses, and q
purchaser was found who agreed to
take and pay for them the following
morning. The best horse was bud
ly foundered but sufficient "greon-
backs" wero obtained for the other
to bring his wife and children from
tho Red River to New Orleans.
FETED DY THE PRINCE OF WALES.
The browning triumphs Of Gener-
al Taylor''s social career were won in
England and on tthe Continent of
Europe after the war. He first
gained notoriety at the London clubs
by his admirable skill as a whist
player. He was disciple of Hoyle
and the older school Of players aud
cared little for tho moders niceties OF
the game. His memory was wonderful,
and he never forgot card, The
English club men, who had leal ned
their science from James Clay, CAV
endish and Pole, were astonished ut
this old-fasbioned player, who beat
them in spite Of their rules and
t,rmu' as. So General Taylor famo
came to the cars of the Prince of
Wales, WHO loves rubber next to
tiger hunt, and they met at the
Marlborough Club ono night and
played together. Thus began an
intimacy which endured to the last
Wherever the Prince went, whether
to Sandrin CHAM for q Whit If rustic
air, or to Scotland to stalk the deer,
or to the races at Ascot, or to the
University boat race on the Thames,
thither he was certain to inyite Cen
oral Taylor. He introduced him at
Windsor. to the Queen, and the
Queen was 50 charmed with his
company that she prayed him to stay
for week at the Castle. Whom the
Prince went to India she invited
General Taylor to be one of the
party. But tile General preferred to
stay in London, and many a quiet
rubber was played at the Mari
borough House by the Princess, tho
Duke of Cambridge and the Ameri-
can, while the Prince was riding in
an elephant howdah through the
jungles of Nepaul. In the royal box
at Ascot his figure was familiar to
every jockey on the course, though
his means never allowed him to own
race horses and rarely to bet. One
wager he took, however, the issue Of
which troubled him to the last. He