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

va, a preachcr--a Methodist preacher.
i am member of the Methodist Church
said he. 'and would he be kind enough
to pray for me- for it is long since have
heard prayer After the prayer was
ended the subject of religion continued
TO be our theme. He said he vas quite
resigned to Gods will concerning him.
and that he was not afraid to die; and
while dwelling on the goodness of God
his 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 oar con-
yersation it WAS found that amputation
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-
NAMED firm and unshaken, and he
pillowed his sinking head on the bosom
of Jesus and 'breathed his life out sweet
" there while 10 all around Witnessing
4 good confession of Ghri>ls power TO
save to the uttermost AL who put their
trust in Him. The name of this young
man WAS IL. +. Hays, of the 18th Geor-
gia Regiment
One morning the ladie, noticed u pine
box. covered with flowers, being carelilI-
ly pu, upon the train by some gentlemen.
In answer 10 the inquiry, whose remains
were in the box? DIR. q. replied: In
that box lies the body Of Il young man
whose family antedatcs 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 past
THE pROTEGE OF THE HOME.
But an account of the Waysde Home
would be even more incomplete than the
writer of this fears this one will be with
out some notice of its protege, Jimmy
Matthewes. One Sunday among the
number of sick and wounded who came
in from Virginia WAS miserable, ENACT.
ated, ish-looking boy, who appeared
to he about II years old, but who said he
was really l3. lie had been badly
wounded and Was SO 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 pitiful looking little OBJ
iect, and their hearts were more than
ever moved when they learned his sad
story. He and an older brother were the
only two left of B family of Irish emf.
grants who had come 10 America aud
settled in Georgia when Jimmy was
baby. Tho two brothers were living 90
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 LETT
,lone in the world with Yankee bullet
in his feeble body He did not have
an idea where to 60, as he heard the
family in Georgia who had employed his
brother had been forced to leave their
home. 1t did not take the ladies OF the
Wayside long 10 decide to adopt Jimmy,
the girls undertaking to clpthe him.
The little fellow was removed 10 prl-
vate hospital in the town, where he was
nursed with tenderest care by his guar
dians. The bali 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 Oh 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 waysidc ladies standing as his
sponsors. After while it Was thought
best by Jimmy's guardians that he should
be put under the discipline of Il boarding
school, and he WAS kindly received on
most generous terms by Mr.. Q. I. por-
cher ut his excellent school in .Abbeville.
This poor little wait, however, manfcs.
ted no liking for study, and the duties of
school proved very rksomc to him after
the freedom of the camp life. 1t was
Judged, too that 4 farm life would be
better for his health, and he was then
taken by Hon. John Townsend to llls
home on Edisto Island where he was
given light employment and the most
kind and jndicious treatment. His con.
slitution had, however, never recovered
from the shock Of the severe wound, and
he died at EdiS,o 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 mora!c of all army than by the
conduct Of its men when off duty and
away from the surveillance of their oti.
GERS. Our men stood this test nobly. y
lady who was almost daily at the Way.
side during the whole time OF its exls.
tence says: IL must have been brought
into contact with thousands Of men and
certainly conversed with hundreds.
Among all these remember seeing onc
drunken man, and he was so slightly in
toxicated that the only manifestation OF
his condition WAS an insane desire to
present one Of the young ladies present
with q 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 IA sentiment of disloyalty
or Dissatisfaction never heard a doubt
! thrown upon the right of our cause or u
regret that the war had been begun. |
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 so that he might
be back at his place in the field again
and while encountered many iliteratc,
rough aud uucnulh men never met nnc
who failed in that courtesy whic! every
! Southern man, however humble his sta
ton, i,slinctivcly accords 10 woman
/ hood"
! A SAD CONTRAST.
Another of these Wayside visitors
says, 81 stood on the morning of the
/ 18th of February, 1860, where ! could
see Shcrman's army enter Columbia. |
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