The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-06-11

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t>n''< eAs:s n iAs >H.i@ CaIv>,;a;&a. 81
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sIto7.a.$ ot those tr:i:>a, I:.ut$ aH&
tasce, ,smpte>t: hy the Ns$<las A>as ~
co::,Ns7at:Ve calm, he married. MSS
Na:e Gnr5w!a, N ai:s, :!.s ta:7 Ssxou. "
Of lis en- aisle $o-E.
Here The wae ;hs; hs<i wrsrks! a.,
It's plans, h.s Eea.ih, aui hr>S<. msGs
literature Tor time b<>ssar'S vrtS-
;ion. !et; him with wi!s,sui child. :he
"dar.inE Wit.ie." Of his verse depend.
ent on MS alreaiy ssppei suG ta<. isil.
ing strength for support,
Here he saw the capiisl OF his ns:ive
State, marked for vengeance, pitiieSs,y
destroyed BY fire, gaunt ruin stalked in
wan: entered his own home made desc
late as all the hearthstoues Of his peo-
pie. The peace that ensued was the
peace OF the desert. Here the army
broken, and defeated, came back after
the long and heroic struggle to black
ened chimneys sole vestige Of home, and
the South with not even bread for her
famished children, still stood in solemn
silence boy those deeper furious watered
with blood. The suffering that he en-
dured, actual physical want, and black
of the commonest comforts Of life was
felt most kecnly by his sensitive and
delicate nature.
In the midst OF this fierce stress his
boy, the crown Of his life died; and all
Of his affections, it seemed, were poured
out at once, as water spilled on the
ground.
lie was dying Of consumption, ard
| earth shadows were gathering around
him.
His last illness was brief; nd the
best physicians lovingly gave their
skillful ministrations and the states most
| eminent men, in their common need
tcnderly cared for him.
With death before him he clung pas-
/
patton was that OF correcting the proof
sheets OF his own poems: he passed away
with them by his side and stained with
his own life blood
| In the autumn Of 81, he was laid by his
beloved child in Trinity church yard in
| Columbia. General Hampton, Gov.
Thompson and other great Carolinians
bore him TO the grave,-a grave that
through the sackcloth OF the Recon-
struction period in South Carolina re-
maincd without stone.
But as he himself wrote OF the hosts
Southern dead OF the war
J seeds Of laurel in the earth,
The blossom of your fame is blown,
And somewhere, waiting for It's birth,
The shaft Is in the stone.
Student,
| Columbia COllepc