The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
THE TOUCHS OF THE FIRST.
How Kindness Cured Some. but Failed
With Others.

The correspondent Of the News and
Courier writing from Chickamau@a.
says kindness is proper treatment for
some people but not for all. 1t Is So in
arm; life as it is the world over When
the lst South Carolina regiment left
Columbia several tough nuts We're III
the Guard house: they had been here for
some time. Col. Aston called up the
young men and told them that he did
not want to march them through the
streets OF Columbia rs common prison
crs. and if they would promise to be-
have he would let them 20 and all old
scores would be wiped out There was
i clean start for every man who came
here. and to the credit Of those who had
been on the black list in Columbia. IN
the three week stay lit Chlckamauga
not one of the number has been on the
records for trial.
In the guard house ut Columbia
there was also another celebrated prls-
oner He was no less :, parsonage than
Shchan. who was charged with being L
descrter When Shcban was arrested at
Union he no doubt spoke the truth
when he said he did not understand the
gravity Of leaving his camp without
leave. He was brought back to Colum-
bia and for some time confined to the
county Jail. After this experience he
was returned to his company. When
the regiment came to Chickamauga he
was brought along He had promised
to behave himself. The newspapers said
he had been punished enough. Cover
nor Ellcrbee signed request that he
be pardoncd. Many others thought the
young man knew no better. and that
after one lesson he would never 90 of
again without leave. Senator Tlllma /
saw the war authorities. and by his IN
tervcntion the case was dropped with
out trial. and ,Shehan was returned to
his company and the old record was
blottcd out. Within less than ten days
after authority was received from the
war department to restore Shehan to the
ranks he left his company again. de
made no excuses for leaving. neither did
he leave his address. He induced an
other young man Of the johnson Rifles
to 90 with him. Capt. Hunter said to-
day that since his return to the COM
pany Shchan has been one OF the best
men in the company and has given no
trouble whatever. he is not expected
to return, and Capt. Hunter has no idea
where he has gone to.
"A descrter is not good sort CT a
man to have about military camp. and
excusing this class OF men seems to have
dcmoralizing effect. Since the news
of Shcnan's restoration without trial
came. there have been four absences
without leave. Capt. Hardin. Of Ches-
ter. has reported one man rs being abb
sent over ten days without permission.
4 message was received from the young
man home stating that he WAS sick ut
home and that he would return here as
soon as he was able to travel. No ex-
PLANTATION is made rs to how he got home
without permission Then there are the
two cases from the Union company.
Bowers. the Abbevillc man. who LETT
camp without permission. WAS brought
back here yesterday. and he was march
ed through camp with apIir of hand
cuffs around his wrists and 4 rope tied to
the cuffs 50 that he could not again get
away. Toa man Of keen Scnslbllltlcs
this must be very much more hmIIiat-
ing than the punishment he will receive.
The punishment for ten days absence
without leave is twenty dollars fine and
one month at hard labor. All such cases
are tried by Court martial and are be-
yond the jurisdiction Of the reglmental