The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-01-10
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
Bill Writes Aboutthe Confederate a d1nirsal.
Raphael Semmes, and His Work During
the Civil War.
atlanta Constitution.


could get only four Of his old officers,
for they became scattered during the
delay and joined other cruisers. But
Lieutenant Kcl was at his side ready
for service and so was Lieutenant
Armstrong, another Georgian. / was
Illuminating about this; venerable man
descendant Of the grand old McIntosh h
family o' Georgia, the Chevalicr Bav-
ara Of thr revolution. Is it possible
that our state wli neglect him in his
old age? i there is Il man in Georgia
or the South who deserves an ample
! pension aa,! Il comfortable home he is
the man. Thousands Of dollars are
contributed 10 Northern heroes who
commanded negro regiments during
the war and who melted our slaves to
arson and rapinc and murder, but our
own noble heroes are almost forgotten.
Oh, the shame Of it! Here is man
who was the admiral $ right bower
the braycst Of the brave foremost in
all these naval engagements aud in
! the capture and destruction Of eighty
eight vessels and Of $25 900, 900 in
property and his friends have almost
to beg for him a bare support. Oh.
ic shame Of it.
Friends, young men Of the South,
! get these books aud perusc them slow
~, carcfnlly aud they will make fast
you' southcrn Patriotism and Gll your
bosoms with q fresh glow Of Southern
prlde-thcy contain thoughts that
breathe and words tlat burn. You
may have already read some so-callcd
books of ;3cmmcs, but he declares in
this volume that he did not write
them and they we're got up only for
sale and are miserable abortions.
This book is published by p. j. Ken
ncdy, in New York. do not know
the price, but that does not matter.
Buy it and read it. If you begin it
you will surely finish it, for Maryatt
never wrote more charmingly in his
romance Of the seas. Semmes remov-
ed to Mobile, Ala, away back in the
Gus and ever afterwards claimed that
State as his adopted mother and named
his second cruiser for her. He lost
his vessel in the fight with the Kear-
sarge, for he did not know that that
vessel was cased in concealed armor
plate, while his own was but wood. It
was yankee trick. just before he
surrendered ne threw his sword high
in the air and it fell deep down in the |
sea, where it still remains.
But the war was then about over
and the Alabama could not have done
much more damage. Six months af. |
ter Lee and Johnston's surrender
Semmes was arrested in Mobile and |
imprisoned charged with piracy, but
he was never tried for the same reason
that Jefferson Davio was never tried.
Andrew johnson then released him
and he published paper in Mobile
until 1877, when he peacefully died. |
Well, our family frolio is over.
The show Of It and the pleasant hilari-
ty of the occasion with all the delight
fui surprises and rejoicings passed
away most happily, but the sweet
perfume of love and affection that
Christmas brought with it remains
with us still. We had nineteen of
the family with US at table, but the
boys were all absent and all we could
do was to fill our glasses with water
and in silence drink to their health
and happiness from New York to
Mexico. They seat us kind, loving
letters and kilograms that gave us
comfort and they premise us their
presence at the next Christmas gath
ering. May we all be here in life and
health is our prayer.
Rrrr Ann