The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-02
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COL. II. d. IfNDREUS.
Tho Sad Ending of u Brave and IIs-
Lire "A just TrlbutetO Depn.ted NYortI,

Life "A just Tributeio Dapa.tsd worth,
The Rev. A. Toomcr Porter, in lis
anniversary sermon on the 22d %0f
February, to. tic Washington Light
Infantry, Of Charleston, thus touc>i-
ingly alludcd.to u deceased comradc,
who it will be remembered lost his
wife and stcp-daughtcr in the Inflated
Falcon, only few months before his
own death. DR.. Porter said:'
There is All intense pa:Aos about the
death of Col. ~. .. Andrews. Living
: Tor many years a bachcIoiIs life that hc
might unscltishly devote himself TO
the comfort and welfare Of his widow
cd mother, late in life he entered the
married state. Some three years only
had passed when his wife, returning
from Il summers trip abroad, within
few hours OF her home, i'm II moment,
i'll calm, clcal night, without warm
ing, sinks with her daughter under
the waves, coilincu i'm the steamer
which was bringing her to her home.
Her husband returning from the grave
of his mother, whose mortal rcinnins
he had just committed to the earth, is
met at the threshold OF his door bv Il
telegram announcing this ovcrwhclm-
| ing calamity, and there and then, the
strong man began to die. There was
! no disease apparent, but the fountain
OF life just dried up. The sun had
gone down for him, and life was only
night. lie sank into sleep, that in the
spirit land nc might go and join HIM
self to the dead. Col. a. O. Andrews
was essentially ours. lie had only TO
know that the W. l.. |. needed his
services, and no labor, no time was
TOO great or too long to give to our
welfare. a diligcnt student, his was
well stored mind. lie was gifted
with wonderful memory, and with Il
facility OF expression which few men
possess. For three years, when lrv-
eli from his oWn home lie was 7ny
g"est; and many were The nights we
sat and talked till the small hours over
the momcntous events Of that great
epoch. Though loyal to his State TO
the last degree, Ills Judgment did moi.
accord with the policy which had i'll
volvcd us in our then condition., and
long before the final catastrophe have
heard him pi'ophcsy the result, and
predict with wonderful accuracy mo IT
OF the consequences which have fol-
lowed, Col. hntlrcws was Il man Of
peace, but he possessed Il degree Of
moral courage which enabled him to
take positions from which many
! shrlnk. Time and circumstances have
changed, but some of us remember
that memorable occasion when our
sister city of Boston, in tho old Com
monWcalth of Massachusetts, sent
DOWN that national flag as Il token of
friendship, which stands t:.c:c before
you now drapcd in memory of him.
TO cn'2y that flag of the Union then
rcqulrcf some boldncSs; but to 1'cceire
1t, and from Boston then, only the
record Of the Washington Light In
should receive it with grace, gracious
~ from the donors,. acccptabIy to tho
T!cii zen 8? Fht Sc wee more trying,
anxious hours to some among you
than many dreamed of. 1t has been
distinguished characteristic of this
corps, that in every emergency it has
always been able to supply from it's
ranks some oiic for the OCCASION, What
ever it might bi. And now Col. An
drcws, with Il Hull sense Of the re-
sponsibility Of his t;sk, stepped forth
to fulfil il. How he did it none who
were present can ever forget, nor the
electrical ctiect.llh produced when he
took that banner in his hand and said:
"ln behalf of'thc Washington Light
Infantry Of Charleston | accent t,,is
banner on which are cmblaZoncd ilrc
| locked shields Of Massachusetts and
South Carolina, cncirclcd by the FLAG
or our common country, and Vlacc it
under the shielding branches of our
own Palmetto, tho emblem of a State
which struggled to give that flag birth,
and where our bosom was pierced in
bringing it into existence" AS Col.
Andrews uttered these words and
placed that banner beneath a fine Pal
mctto which had been planted on the
Stage, he kindled flame which has
burned brighter every year. lie
aWoic spirit at homo and at the
North that has done more for our
resi- oration and rehabilimcnt than all
he laws that have been. passed since
the war. Again in Boston on the
18th of June, 1875, he delivered q
speech of so much ability, cloqucncc
and sound political wisdom as well as
Christian philanthropy that it attracted
the attention of the whole country at
the time, while it planted seed which
has borne an abundant harvest. Such
were some of the traits and some Of
the deeds Of our friend and brother.
we have laid him down to rest. He
rendered to Caesar the things which
are Caesars and to God the things
which arc Gods.
The Churchmam states that twcn-
ty-siX ministers Of other dcnomina-
tions were received into the Protest
ant Episcopal church in 1879. Eight
Of tho acccssions were from the Con-
grcgational church, five from the
Methodist Episcopal church, four from
the Baptist church and three from the
Presbyterian church.
"A bale Of cotton donated 10 the
Hood orphan fund has been sold and
resoid until the fund has received from
it over two thousand dollars.
"A man who expects all sorts of
D0mn tn elf cfil1 ,,nt;1 1,o - ,,oa1.-