The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-07-16

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For some weeks the family and friends
of the poet have known that he was Ill
beyond the hope of recovery. He was
stricken with something like paralysis, a
ciot of blood on the brain, his physician
described it, and human skill could avail
nothing. Even in his helpless condition
Mr.. Haynes chief anxiety was to cheer
and strengthen his devoted wife and son;
and by tremendous effort he, almost to
the last, spoke hopefully, and endeavored
to divert attention from his affliction.
When it was known that he could not
live, spontaneous expressions OF sorrow
came from every quarter of the country,
and to-day many tear-dimmed eye Is
turned in the direction of the little cot
tage at Copse Hill.
Most people who know anything OF our
literature know something of the lineage
of Paul Hamilton Hayne, the general
outline of his career, and the worlds es-
innate of his genius and his works.
Born in South Carolina, in 1880, our
poet belonged to family distinguished
in the annals Of the state, and de-
scended from an illustrious English ances-
| trV, Lie WAS IL hluSl1ttll VI tliN ioh'ooS
patriot, Colonel Isaac Hayne, who was so
cruelty murdered by the British during
the revolution. He was also closely re-
lated to the Senator Hayne, whose cele-
brated debate with Webster has become
historic.
Young Hayne entered life with all the
prestige that name and high social posi-
ton could give him. After graduating a
, Charleston college, he turned his atten
} ton to literature. He had inherited
; comfortable fortune, and was therefore
liberty to follow his inclinations in tn
> matter Of occupation. At that tim
!. Charleston was literary center. Legar
7 was a familiar figure in its social circles
a q William Gilmore Simms was at his best
Q and the influence of Calhoun was pc
y tential element in letters as well as !
y politics. Hayne naturally drifted int
> Journalism. He was called to the editt
Is rial chair of Russell's Literary MONTH.
s. and from that time until his death W;
n never separated from literature.
e. In 1856, when he was about twent
" five years old, Ticknor & Co., of Bostol
in published his first volume of poems.
ie second volume followed in 1857, and
u u third in 1s60 Success crowned his We
n lures. The critics on both sides of t
on water applauded the young poet, and t
at older bards hailed him as the soutl
od greatest singer. He had married in t
70 TO mean time, Miss Mary Middleton Mich
be of Charleston, the daughter of dist
alf guished French surgeon, whose servi
~, ne under the first Napoleon at the battle
le5 ,u Leipsic were rewarded with a gold me-
the by the third Nopoleon. Of this no
the and affectionate wife too much cannot
eo said. No poet, no literary man, e
zed had more sympathetic, appreciative
uld devoted helpmeet.
of The war found Mr. Hayne suffering
.led health. But in spite of his delicate c
tnd l.ad stitution he felt that he must serve
ers. country. Unable to take the field,
oeo- accepted position on the staff of Go
'sed nor Pickens. His beautiful residence
r9s, ioS5 laid in ashes duiing the bombardment
mid mid Charleston, and his large and valu
she library destroyed. During these sto
| fu- times his pen was not idle. His ''B
Flag" was model of fiery verse, perl
,I ,ner too fierce to be appreciated now.
the refrain:
''Then up with the sable banner!
For we march to the ACKNOWLEDGING
And we follow the captain-Death !"
'h III We must remember that this was
, +ho ten by a man whose native city was
passing through baptism of fire.
,eued The war swept away everything
HAYNES possessed After their
unee, was burned the family silver was sci
ess. Columbia for safe keeping, but evel
'wick was lost. Homeless and pennies
i last little family sought refuge anon!
pine barrens of Georgia. AT Copse
,,srtu nertu in Columbia county, sixteen miles
p0'' Augusta. the poet began the painful
ryard laborious task of literally creating a
rs the place. He had nothing to start
and the land was without a sign of
in Mt the Use. In this lonely spot the exile b
f the little cottage, or 'shanty" as IL was
at first.
Ans He courageously faced the situate
n $780, went to work with his pen. Th'
4, and northern magazines gladly welcom,,
contributions, and some Of them acl
tna1 a wide popularity in Europe. III
entrY. = tr pincotts, in 1882, published his "Lt
and Lyrics,n and in 1878 his edit
'. two Timrod's poems appeared, with p'
They biopraphical sketch. "The Noun
g the +be I,oyers,, was published in 1877
ed. one ~ L. ;fo Of Gilmore 81
of the "ioUo ,snIN.;aI al1o c,,atobes of Or
about and Menlori,.i pAo0on
Crater Hayne and MIR. Legare' ANU
cessary longer poems at this period OF his
y crags wrote tiThe Yorktown Centennial
and the ode read at the opening OF
h. ta's International Cotton Expo
ualities Racentlv his prose articles on Gar
ade up Inn Charleston and Judge Gaya
fool, the Southern Bivouac. have attrat