The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-27

! struck Buffers leg above the ankle. tore
through his horse. and cut OF Farley 8
leg above the knee. Down they AL
went Butler tls SsGSn S and Sdvsed
/ Farley how TO do the same. captain
/ John Chestnut. Lieutenant Rhett, and
/ other officers came running up TO Butler =
help. but at that moment ne observed n,,'',iv yea
and seemed likely TO crush him. SO he
told the officers who had come TO his
help to "gO at once 10 Farley. lie
needs you more than | do. This they
aid. placing Farley In litter. He ask
ed them TO bring HIS leg by him in
a. and said: Now gentlemen, you have
done all for me possible: / shall be
dead I'm an hour. God bless you for
your Kindness. 1 bid you all an affec-
tionate farewell. Go at once 10 Butler
That evening about o'clock Buffers
leg was dressed In the field hospital
Just as poor Farley breathed his last.
Butler had never seen Captain Farley
before that morning. when Stuart sent
orders by him 10 Butler. HencefOrth we
shall not need 10 go To Sir Philip sidney
for an example OF noble self-sacrihco.
Butler Is full of genial good humor
and ready wit. as OF more sterling
qualities Of manhood. on one occasion
he was at reception In a western city:
a coarse. vulgar doctor was introduced
TO him, whose graceful salutation was:
80 you are the fellow that killed all or
them niggers in South Carolina with
an Infinitely humorous expression. In MS
mellOwest tones. Butler said; Doctor, !
have no doubt you have killed more men
than / have" The retOrt carried the au-
dence. who despised the doctor and on
joyed his discontinue as he skunk away;
This foolish invention Of an Edgeheid
massacre. published by politicians who
used to ride over us and try to keep us
down. gave Butler another opportunity
TO show his mettle. a leading senator,
who had announced that he was an adj
Vocate of settling personal difficulties by
the code Of Honor" had pressed this
charge against Butler with especial viz
ulence. and led I'm the effort made 10 eX-
clude him from his seat In the Senate.
After all the charges had been thoroughly
diSpTOvcd, and all honest men were sat
ished that Butler had successfully striven
to prevent bloOdshed and violence In that
business. this senator failed 70 acknowl-
edge IN any way that he had done inJus-
tice. but soon gave an occasion for But
Ter to bring him down from his perch,
and received at the CarOinians hands
such castigation as he had never before
been subjected to.
Butler married Maria Pickens. the sec
ond daughter Of Governor Francis w.
Pickens. the first war Governor of South
Carolina. In q recent letter Butler says.
NO sketch Of my life would be complete
which did not mention the good woman,
my wife. who has 50 much 10 DO with
shaping my career. If l have had any
success In life, Ii is due more 10 her and
my venerated mother than all else
BESIDE General Buffers name should /
be written that of another South Caro-
lima soldier Colonel Haskell. whose arm !
was so terribly shattered that amputa-
surgeon was about to administer chlOrO- /
form when Haskell said: stop. Doctor |
You have very little chlOrofOrm since |
he enemy has declared IL cOntraband Of |
war. Is it not 500 YES. Colonel Then |
keep it for some poor soldier who needs /
Il; l can do without It,