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The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-25
THE PEYTOy KINSHIP
A REALISTIC STORY OF TIE WAR By FILL.
MORE PEARSON.
[Copyright, 1888, by .he Author. l

GCopyr'rht, 1853, by The Author.l
During the early winter of 1864, on
chilly, lowering day, in one of the main
streets of Petersburg, Va, stood rough,
ragged, wretched, desperate looking
crowd OF men, who naturally drew the
attention of passersby, many of them
well dressed women. They were prison
ers who had been confined in Castle
Thunder, near the more notorious Libby
prison, in Richmond, and were on their
way to Salisbury, N. c.. where rascals
generally and dangerous characters
were sent as TO kind Of military peni-
Tertiary. They were, indeed, a sorry lot,
made up Of deserters, thieves, maraud-
ers, rufiians, the riffraff of both armies,
without patriotism or principle of any
kind, who sought war as a cover for
their iniquities.
Some Of them wers handcuffed, and
some wore balls and chains, to prevent
their escape, as they were evidently &C
counted desperadoes. One of these did
not look the character at all. He had a
MOI iceable face, distinguished, if not
handsome, brown hair, gray, luminous
eyes, harmonious features and deciu-
cd air. He was slender, rather tall, we'll
knit, apparently about %. How did he
happen to be in such company? He GER
tainly could not be vulgar criminal.
Had he not got among those scoundrels
by mistake? But. see, he was hand
cuffed. Who was he and what had he
done?
Such questions and comments passed
from lip to lip as the throng in the
street swept by. The contrast between
him and his mates forced itself OH ev-
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-25

eli aed him as her newly discovered
cousin as soon as Ilio nd read in the
newspapers Of his ha,ing been danger
ously wounded and captured at States,
vile. Through the Peyton connection
and on the ground Ct kinship he was re-
moved from the military hospital to the
colonel's home, the change being re-
Rarded as essential to the saving Of his
life. The captain had been so much of
the time delirious that eight or nine
weeks were mental blank. He was de-
lighted to have discovered so charming
a cousin, but it must be admitted that
he esteemed the relation to be apocry-
phal. He told her frankly on leaving
her fathers house that he owed her his
life, but that it had already been conse-
Grated to his country, and that he must
rejoin the srmy.
"Do your duty as you see it," she
said. II have been Interested in you as
my kinsman wholly. The Pevtons count
blood as the strongest of bunds. Our po-
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-25
Inauguration of Jefferson Davis.

AS the hour of noon approached an
immense procession was formed, and
to the music of fife. drum and artillery
it moved toward the capitol building
On the platform awaiting the arrival of
Mr.. Davis were the members of con-
gress, the president of that body, the
governor of Alabama and committees
and a number of other distinguished
persons. Round after round of cheers
greeted Mr. Davis arrival After being
seated on the platform, the Rev. DR..
Manley arose and offered "a deeply i'm
pressive prayer. President Davis then
arose and read his inaugural address
Then turning, he placed one hand upon
the Bible, and with the other uplifted,
he listened to the oath. His face was
upturned and reverential in expression.
At the conclusion of the oath, in sol
elm, earnest voice, he exclaimed: $50
help me Godp He lowered his head in
tears, and hundreds wept as they viewed
the solemn scene. Thus was officially
launched upon tempestuous political
sea the confederate ship of state.-Con-
federate War Journal.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-25
Death of General Lee.

GAS the old hero lay in the darkened
room, or with the lamp and hearth fire
casting shadows upon his calm, noble
front, all the massive grandeur of his
form and face and brow remained. and
death seemed to lose it's terrors and to
borrow grace and dignity in sublime
keeping with the life that was ebbing
away The great mind sank to its last
repose almost with the equal poise of
health. The few broken utterances
that evinced at times a wandering in
tellect were spoken under the influence
of the remedies administered; but as
long as consciousness lasted there was
evidence that all the high controlling
influences of his whole life still ruled
and even when stupor was laying its
cold hand on the intellectual perceptions
the m1ral nature. with its complete orb
of duties and affections, still asserted it.,
self. A southern poet has celebrated in
song those last significant words, Strike
the tent and a thousand voices were
raised to give meaning to the uncertain
sound when the dying man said, with
emphasis. Tell Hill he must come up. ;
These sentences serve to show most
touchingly through what fields the
imagination was passing; but generally
his words, though few, were coherent,
and for the most part his silence was
unbroken. "-William Preston Johnston.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-25


litical enmity cannot sever our cousin
ship. After the war we shall be glad, if
we live, TO welcome you again TO our
hospitality" She had greatly expand
ed in the last three months.
The war ended suddenly, as we know,
few weeks subsequent to that inter
view. Captain Barbour entered Rich
mond soon after Jefferson Davis and his
suit had abandoned it and aided with
his command in securing order in the
blazing and distracted capital. He placed
guard in the Peyton mansion, having
found Virginia pale, but calm, the pic
ture of tranquil despair.
He said to her: Virginia, in the abb
sence Of your brother and father, can
better offer you protection if you will be
my wife. fear am not your cousin.
But love you devotedly, more than a
thousand cousins could. After all you
have done for me you must care for ne.
Don't you?'
He stretched out his arms, and she fell
into them all passion and tears. Be-
tween her signs she said: "Cousinship
was the artifce of love. Iprefer you in
initely as husband. Oh, my darling !"
And their first embrace was taken amid
the cracking of flames and the explosion
of shells-the true accompaniment of
war
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-25
AFTER APPoMATTox.

It was April weather. Softly the ruffiing air,
With subtle and vital touch, set blossoms ev-
erywhere;
Daisies dappled the grass; all the apple trees
Stood brave in bridal bloom for their lover
honeybees;
The mathis Of the fairies the Ginning bluebells
rang,
Aud the elf Of she fronded fern uncurled, and
the grass sprite upward sprang,
And through his ooral clarion the trumpeter
woodbine
Throughout the land reveille blew to laggard
leaf and vine.
The Southland, waste and weary,
With all but honor lost,
Heard singing trumpets blare defeat
From mountain top to coast.
"Bewaili Bewaill'' the trumpets sang,
"Bewail nation doadl
Ashes and dust your swelling hopel
Your quick come glory fled!
Fold up, fold up the starry cross,
The meteor of fight
world hath watched with bated breath
Through all it's burning fight.
No more in shock of battle Joined
Its light shall cleaning shine
To lead to victory death
A steady thin gray line.
Weep, Southland Weep your ravaged fields,
Your homes all desoate,
Your rat lands, SCARED by wars red seattle
Weep all your piteous fatei
But smile above your happy dead,
Your martyrs truly blest-
They fought and fell while hope was high
Asleep in your soft breast,
Nor dreams may come, nor heartbreak touch
And to your latest age
Your constant heart shall keep their names
Writ on its dearest page
Through the April weather's heartbreak,
The April weather's peace
Past mountains steep as black despair,
Through flowery wales of ease,
Mocked by the liquid sunshine,
The Tilt Of nesting birds,
The men in gray went struggling home
With grief beyond all words.
Still In each heart there echoed
The beat of the last tattoo,
And still they thrilled to the last wild charge
The Southland bugles blew.
Paroledl At Target 1t was all dream
Whose marvel might not cease.
The good fight fought the good fight lost,
How bear d vacant peace2
Martha McCull oh Williams.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-25

"During the civil war;" said Major
Thomas McWilliams, a gray haired vet
eran of the Confederate army, Il saw an
act of bravery Of one of the Union sol
diers that I will remember as long As l
live. 1t occurred at Leesburg. where
the regiment | belonged to was then sta
toned. On the 2lst of October, 1861. a
brigade of General McClellan's troops,
numbering nearly 1000, was thrown
across the Potomac at this point. With
out proper support or chance to make
their escape, they were attacked by our
troops and driven to the river. Colonel
Baker, their leader, was killed, with fully
800 of his men.
"In that retreat the act Of bravery,
which showed q love Of the stars and
stripes that can never forget, occurred.
The bank was steep and covered with
underbrush, which made it difficult for
the artillery to save their guns, We
were in full pursuit and firing rapidly.
One of their cannon became entangled
In some gnarled roots, and the gunner,
seeing no means of escape except by
abandoning his piece, faced squarely
about, and laying one hand on his gun,
caught the regimental flag from the en-
sign who was fleeing past, flung it
abroad and stood facing our advancing
column. The cry of Don't fire. ran
along our lines, but too late, the fatal
bullet had already sped, and the gallant
soldier fell dead beside his cannon. st.
LO1iS Globe Da1nOc1.9t
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-25
Empty Honor.

During the war a man, great in his
own eyes, was, by some influence, ap-
pointed brigadier general. His sense
Of his own Importance was greatly in
creased. He could hardly speak of any
thing else but his new dignity. Meeting
"homespun" Yankee one day he ac-
costed him thus: "Well, Jim, suppose
you know have been appointed briga-
der general2'' yes" said Jim, 81 heerd
So" well. what do folks say about it,"
''They don't say nothin'," replied James;
''they just laugh" Exchange
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-25
Over Their Gravas.

Over their graves rang once the bugle's call;
The searching shrapnel and the crashing ball;
The shrek, the shock Of battle and the neigh
OF horse; the cries of anguish and dismay,
And the loud lannon's thunders that arpall.
Now through the years the brown pine needles
fall,
The vines run riot by the old stone wall,
By hedge. by meadow streamlet, far away,
Over their gravesi
We love our dead where'er so held in thrall-
Than they no Greek more bravely died, nor
Gaul.
A love that deathlessl But they look today
With no reproacheS on us when we say,
Come, let us clasp your hands-we're broth
ers ah,'
Over their gravesl
Henry Jerome Stockard.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-25

During "Stonewall's" brilliant cam
paign in the Shenandoah valley it be-
came necessary that bridge over a
small creek should be built in great
haste. One evening Jackson sent for
his old pioneer captain, Myers by name,
and pointed out to him the urgency of
the occasion. saying that he would send
him the plan of his colonel of engineers
as soon as it was done. Next morning
Jackson rode down to Captain Myers
quarters, and saluting the veteran, said:
Captain, did you get the plan of the
bridge from Colonel -?' well, :"
said the captain, 1.-THE bridge, general,
is built, but don't know whether the
picture is done or not
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-25
The DentII Roll.

The following distinguished veterans
passed away since last Memorial day:
May "a, 1896 General John Echols, in
Stanton, Va.
June 20, 1S96-General Gustavus w.
Smith, i'll New York city.
July 2, 1896-General A. R. Lawton,
at Clifton Springs sanitarium; aged rs.
July 6, 1896-General Pierce M. B.
Young, i'll New York city; aged 81.
Aug. 3, 1886 General r. E. Colston,
in Richmond; aged II.
Feb. 10, i897-General Joe Shelby, in
Adrian, Mo-. aged &c.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-25
The Second United States Cavalry.

1t is doubtful If any other one regiment
furnished an equal number of Gistin-
guished officers during the civil war
Among the officers were Albert Sidney
Johnston, colonel; Robert e. Lee, lieuten-
ant COLONEL William J. Hardee. brevet
lieutenant colonel; George II. Thomas,
major. Robert E. Lee and A. S. Johnston
became generals in the Confederate army,
and Hardee became lieutenant general.
Thomas became a distinguished general
in the Federal army. Among the captains
were Earl Van Dorm, f. Kirby Smith and
n. G. Evans all of whom became generals
in the Confederate army. !. n. Palmer,
George Stoneman and r. W. johnson held
the same positions in the Union army.
Among the subalterhs John B. Hood
Charles w. Field, Chambliss and Phifer
became southern generals, and r. Garrard
and others attained the same place in the
northern army. Captain Evans left the
United States service before Colonel Rob-
ert E. Lee did, and when they parted at
Fort Mason, Tex, Colonel Lee said: I'm
sorry to give you up, Evans. Don't know
what may b, )pen before we meet again.
Perhaps they I'll make you a general"
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-25

"Other leaders have had their tri-
rm2hs. conquerers have won crowns
and honors have been piled on the vic.
tors of earth's great battles, but never
yet, sir, came man TO more loving peo-
pie. Never conquerer wore prouder
uladem than the GeaUhless love that
crowns your grey hairs today. Never
king inhabited more splendid palace than
the millions of brave hearts in which
your dear name and fame are forever
enshrined. "-Henry Grady. 1885.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-25
MNo North. No Smith %

81 would to GOD we could today for
get every bad feeling engendered by the
war, that we might live in peace and
affection, and march hand in hand,
shoulder to shoulder, no north and no
south, in pursuit of one common, great
and glorious object-the prosperity of
our common country. General Pierce
NJ B. Young. 1880
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-25

There were in the confederate SER
vice one commander i'll chief. seven
generals, 10 lieutenant generals, "a ma
jor generals. 3l3 brigadier generals.
The commander in chief and seven full
generals are dead OF the lieutenant
generals the following six only are liv-
ing: Stephen ID. Lee, Starkville, Miss. ;
James Longstreet, Gainesville, Ga; ST.
mon B. Buckner, Frankfort, KY; Jo-
seph Wheeler, Wheeler, Ala; Wade
HAMPTON, Columbia. S. c.; John b.
Gordon, Atlanta, Ga.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-25

THE NEXT MOMENT lie FELL FROM Ills SEAT.
ing the beside laid her soft hand on his
and said in a low, singularly sweet
voice: cousin Sydney, please be silent
You have been very i'll You are much
better now, but your complete recovery,
with which 1 am charged, depends on
your keeping quiet. Be loyal to your
nurse. 3" And she put her finger on her
lips and smiled.
where am I?'' he half articulated
"Who are you?" And just then dim
ray of recognition fell ON his clouded
consciousness
"Ask nothing. You shall know all in
due time. You are with good friends
You must sleep more. - And she slipped
out Of the room.
In another fortnight he was compare
lively strong. He learned that he was
in the house Of Colonel Whaley Peyton
in Richmond, who held command in
the city, while his son was on the staff
Of General Fitz-Hugh Lee. His daugh-
ter had taken care Of him, having
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-25
Oar Hero G Dead.

A king once said Of prince struck down:
Taller he seems in DEATH
And this speech holds true, for now as then
TITS after death that we measure men,
And as msts of the past are rolled away,
Our heroes, who died in their tattered gray,
Grow taller and greater in all their parts
Till they fill our minds as they fill our hearts
And for those who lament there is this belief
That glory sits by the side Of grief"
j. BARRON Hope,
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-25

As recently as our civil war no man
would dare let it be known that he wore
e bullet proof garment of any kind.
myself once saw in an abandoned camp
a wornout waistcoat that had steel lin
ing. 1t had been kicked and battered
apparently by the troops that had occu-
pied the camp, and the troops who came
on to the same spot picked 1t up, and it
was passed about for inspection as Gu
riosity, with an unceasing expression of
contempt for the coward who would
wear such protection. An analysis of
this feeling would probably show that it
had its origin in the circumstance that it
was worn secretly, and that such excep-
tional protection was considered an I'M
fair advantage over comrades who expos
ed their unprotected bodies to the death
storm Of battle. Sure it was that no
man on either side had aught to say
against the knights of the age of cnival-
ry, who went about clad in amor from
head to foot and were held in memory
as paragons Of bravery. Cou-
rier-Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-13
REJECTED.

Wilmington is favored with several
good public schools, hat teach through
long sessions. That act may explain
why u people took so little interest
in the school tax election and so few
voted for it. That the people who I'M
derstand the republican movement in
his matter, and the very questionable
features Of the law under which the
election was called. do not mean to
trust themselves and their pocketbooks
with such a set is made conspicuously
manifest. We believe the vote in the
state will be a rejection of the scheme.
A few scattered townships may go for
the special tax and the probability Of
the Jail, but not many as we now sup
pose. It was in no sense whatever
any rejection of popular education. The
effort to make hat appear was false,
slanderous n mean. It was a rejec-
ton Of more tax now under the great
burdens the people are bearing, the
s%tringency of money, the falling for
debt and a general mistrust of the fell
lows manipulating and controlling "the
machine" t.t i'sjfE1EHM
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-13

Newport, r. l., August 1.-THE tor
pedo boat Dupont, built by the Here
shoff firm at Bristol, to make a speed
Of 27h knots, received her second Off
cial trial over a sixty-mile course in
Narragansett bay today, during which
she made an average speed of 1888
knots. Although this exceeds her CON
tract requirements, it is not quite up to
the trial speed of the Porter, a sister
ship, nor is it as high as that made by
the Dupont on a previous trial. This
is the third attempt of the boat to
make her trial. The first time she
broke down while going at tremendous
speed. The second time, one week ago
today, after speeding over the course
for about thirty-six miles her vacuum
dropped, making a continuance unad-
visable. Today there was again a lack
of vacuum out despite this hindrance,
the boat made great speed. This trou-
bic with h vacuum is purely a local
n and will quickly be obviated after
going into commission.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-13

The German Kaiser, in his capaci-
ty as King Of Prussia, has just met
with a rebuff from the Prussian Diet.
which refused to pass a bill designed to
prevent Socialist and Radical mass
meetings, and much desired by royal
ty. h defeat gives the British news
papers an opportunity to read William
II many sharp lectures, which they are
accordingly doing with great satisfac-
ton To themselves. Perhaps the most
CALLING of all these m is the
hope Of the Globe that the Kaiser
may nave the wisdom to accept his
discontinue with dignity and good
temper" Obviously the London press
has not forgotten, and does not NEAR
to forget, that provoking telegram of
congratulation from Queen Victoria's
German grandson to Dom PauL.-From
the New York Commercial-Advertiser.s
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-13
: R. MILES
v cures insomnia.

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Sleeplessness, fear Of imagin-
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trouble over Insignificant trifes, irri-
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each or all indicate nervous prostra-
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by Dr.. Niles Nervine.
That ominous dead pain at the base
Of the brain, those frequent recurring
attacks Of headache, nausea, dyspep'
STA; may be permanently cured IL DR.
Niles Nervine is taken. It restores
deranged nerve centers Of the brain te
their normal condition, builds up the
exhausted WORKOUT nerve tissue, givet
strength, brings good health and
clearheadedness.
WON. ". FL. ANDERSON, Cedar
Keys, Fla, writes June lS, '96
II take great pleasure in add
ing my tribute to the merit of DR.
Miles great remedy, Restorative
Nervine. Two years ago I had a Sc
vere attack Of L%aGrippe; my recover!
was slow, and I was left in a yer!
weak, Frustrated condition. My ner
vous system seemed completely broker
up. I suffered for months with in
somnia, unable to sleep day or night
though utterly worn out for want o
sleep. I fell of in weight from 145 Il
118 lbs I felt that my mind or body
or both, must soon give way under tn
strain as no remedy seemed to do m
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-13

We must hope that the reports Of the
vile band operating in some Of the
eastern counties Of North Carolina are
exaggerated. II not 1t is most dis
graceful to the state that it IL allowed
to carry on its most internal work, the
description of which is nauseating and
horrible. Why the gang has not been
cleaned up before this is only an
other evidence of the ~forbearance and
long suffering Of North Carolinians.
The appeal to the governor should be
needed so far as his legitimate author
ity extends. To call such a marauding,
peace destroying, understanding,
devil-ordered thing by such a name as
Observation-Disclosures" is a fearful abuse
of a word and a prostitution to base
ends of a doctrine taught in Gods eter-
nal Word.