The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-04-16

He spirited men WHO are o%fincalcu.
liable advantage to the community
in which they live. He found ed
the Stonewall college, built the
first narrow gauge railroad in the
United States, and has done as
much as any man in Mississippi
for the encouragement of the agri-
cultural interests of the country.
As a lieutenant in the Mexican war
and as a colonel in the Confederate
Amy he distinguished himself and
won the appreciation of his superb.
or officers. He commanded the
second Mississippi regiment at the
first battle of Manassas, and it was
on that bloody field that General
Beauregard pointed to Colonel
.Falkner who was charging Rick,
ett's battery at the head Of his gal.
liant regiment, ard asked General
Johnson who the officer was who
wore the black plume. On being
informed who it was, he addressed
a new battalion hat had just ar.
rived, and as he pointed to Colonel
Falkuer, he said: "Men, follow
yonder knight OF the black plume,
and history will never forget you'll"
This occurred late IN the evening
on that memorable day, when the
left flank of our army was being
pressed back by a fresh division Of
Federal reserves. Ricketts, bat
terry was pouring grape and CAMS
ter shot at short range into the
Confederate ranks, moving them
down like wheat, and fate seemed
on the eve of deciding the day a,
gainst the south. The battlefield
was thlckly strewn with the dead
and wounded. General Bee was
killed, and Colonel Falkner was
the only field-officer OF the brigade
who was not killed or disabled
General Johnson, who had been ell.
gagged at another part of the field,
now came galloping up to the spot
to where his presence was so much
needed. The general instantly
comprehended the critical situa-
ton, and said to Colonel Falkner:
"That battery must be silenced
Immediately at all hazards; and,
Colonel Falkner, shall depend on
you to do it." Ill DO not succeed
general" the colonel replied, "you
will please have my dead body sent
home to Mrs;Falkner." Within three
minutes afterward Colonel Falkner
was quietly seated on one Of the
captured guns, experimenting the
collection of the gallant dead and
wounded Of his command, eighty.
two OF whom had been shot down
while making the charge. 1t was
while Colonel Falkner was making
that gallant charge that General
Beauregard gave him the. complI-
mentary title ofthe knight of the
Black Plume" Colonel Falkner
has encountered and triumphed o.
yer many dangers and difficulties
outside Of his military career, that
would have discouraged and crush
ed the heart Of any but a courage.
Gus hero. With all the facts con.
nected with the Hindman feud,
which resulted in tho death of Rob
ert Ii. Elindman and Mr.. Morris.
We are perfectly familiar, as one
of the editors Of the APPEAL had
the good fortune to effect a final
reconciliation between Colonel
Falkner and General Thomas q,
Hindman.
Immediately after Col. Faikner
ner was acquitted for killing r. III.
Hindman, whose life he had been
compelled TO sacrifice in order to
save his own, General T. o. Hind
man, the brother of the deceased,
renewed the difficulty, a street
fight ensued, m which Colonel
Falkner, while acting purely on
the defensive, was forced to take
Morris's life, who became in