The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-04-17

said he, 'and would he be kind enougb
20 pray Tor me? for it is long since have
heard prayer After the PRAYER was
ended the subject of religion continued
to be opr theme. He said he was quite
esigned 10 Gods will concerning him,
and that he was not afraid to die and
while dwelling on the goodness OF God
| MS countenance assumed the serene and
beautiful expression indicative of peace
within and joy in the Holy Ghost
Well was it for him that he had strength
from on High and that the everlasting
arms of Gods love were about him, for
in few hours from the time of our con.
| Versation it was found that ampu .ation
of his arm would be necessary, from
! which he suffered excruciatingly until
death came to his relief. But all the
time of his mortal agony his faith re.
mained firm and unshaken, and he
pillowed his sinking head on the bosom
OF Jesus and 'breathed his life out sweet.
ly there while to all around witnessipg
good confession of Christ's power to
save to the uttermost all who put their
trust in Him. The name of this young
man was II. +. Hays, of the 45th Geor.
gia Regiment"
One morning the ladies noticed a pine
0ox, covered with flowers, being careful.
ly put upon the train by some gentlemen.
were in the box? Dr. G. replied: "In
that box lies the body of young man
whose family antede'es the Bourbons in
France. He was the last Count de
Choiseul and he has died for the South. -
Let his memory be held in perpetual re.
membrance by all who love the South
and revere her post
THE pRoTEGE OF THE HoMl.
But an account Of the Wsyside Home
would be even more incom p!c's than :ae
writer of this fears this one will be with.
out some notice of it's protege, Jimmy
Matthewes. One Sunday among the
number Of sick aud wounded who came
in from Virginia was miserable, emaci.
ated, childish.looking boy, who appeared
to be about ! / years old, but who said he
was really 13. He had been badly
wounded and was 80 exhausted that it
was found he was unable to travel, and
the surgeon decided it was best for him
to remain at the Wayside for a day or
two. The ladies soon became deeply in.
terested in the pi.iful looking little OBJ
ject, and their hearts were moro than
ever moved when they learned his sad
story. He aud an older brother we're the
only two left Of family of Irish emf
grants who had como 10 America and
settled in Georgia when Jimmy was
baby. Tho two brothers were living on
a farm with family in Georgia, and
when the war began the older brother
enlisted, and Jimmy, as he said, went
along too." The older brother was
killed in battle, and Jimmy was left
IN ho
in his feeble body. He did not have
an idea where to 20, as he heard the
family in Georgia who had employed his
brother had been forced to leave their
home. It did not take the ladies of the
Wayside long 10 decide to adopt Jimmy,
the girls undertaking to clothe him.
The little fellow was removed to o pri-
vate hospital in the town, where he was
nursed with tenderest care by his guar
dians. The ball was extracted, and after
weeks of suffering he began to mend,
and it was good to see the look of rest
and satisfaction which settled on his
small, weary, pinched face. Then, best
of all, Jimmy was taught the way to the
Saviour, and he received holy baptism,
two of the wayside ladies standing as his
sponsors. After while it was thought
bes. by Jimmy guardians that he should
be put under the discipline of g hosfdinr
school, and he was kindly received on
most generous terms by Mr. o. I. Por-
cher ut his excellent school in Abbeville.
This poor little waif, however, manifes-
ted no liking for study, and the duties of
school proved very irksome to him after
the freedom of the camp life. 1t was
judged, too, that farm life would be
better for his health; and he was then
taken by Hon. John Townsend to .his
home on Edisto Island, where he was
given light employment and the most
kind and judicious treatment. His con-
stitution had, however, never recovered
from the shock of the severe wound, and
he died ut Edisto before he was grown,
surrounded by gentle friends and gracious
influences.
THE MORALE OF THE SOLDIERS.
There can be no better way of judging
of the morale of all army than by the
conduct of its men when of duty and
away from the surveillance of their OIL
GERS. Our men stood this test nobly. A
lady who was almost daily at the Way.
side during the whole time Of it's exis-
tence says: ~ must have been brought
into contact With thousands of men and
certainly conversed with hundreds.
Among all these I remember seeing one
drunken man, and he was 80 slightly in.
toxicated that the only mapifestation of
his condition was an insane desire 20
present one of the young ladies present
with handsome black plume he was
sporting in his hat, which desire was
communicated to the matron of the hos
pital in energetic terms, and most
promptly by her suppressed. never
heard one oath or one coarse expression.
never heard sentiment of disloyaIty
or dissatisfaction. never heard = doubt
thrown upon the right of our cause or a
regret that the war had been begun. I
never saw one man, however wasted by
disease or disabled by wounds, whose
chief desire did not seem to be TO recover
as speedily as possible 90 that he might
be back ut his place in the field again
and while encountered many illiterate,
rough and uncouth men never met one
who failed in that courtesy which every
Southern man, however humble his sta.
ton, instinctively accords 10 woman.
hood"
SAD CONTRAST.
Another of these Wayside visitors
says, 81 stood on the morning of the
18th of February, 1866, where I could
see Sherman's army enter Columbia. I
can best give you an idea of the vast
numbers of the mighty host by telling
you that counted twelve bands Of
music pass by playing at full blast, and
yet they were ut such distance from
each other that the music of the one had