The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-07-15

weekly receptions. On the east porch
Is pointed out the SPOT from which
The Presidents little son fell aud was
killed; and every room is hallowed by
some sacred association.
In the Georgia room Zone of the spa.
cious parlors Of the executive man
stony is the priceless collection Of
Mary de Renne, Of Savannah, be-
queathed by her son, DR.. Everand de
Renne, and embracing an extensive
war library, with records, letters.
maps, portraits, and cabinets Of the
most interesting mementoes. An OBJ.
ject Of interest to the cultured is a.
revolving stand Of Confederate etch.
iDgs By Dr.. yoick Of Baltimore. The
cartoons scattered among them, with
their clever political hits and uumis-
taxable caricature likenesses appeal to
wider public. A straw hat in one Of
the cabinets, made by girl ten years
old, recalls how Southern children
shared the enthusiastic devotion
which inspired their elders, while bits
Of homespun from Georgia looms, nap.
kins woven in Augusta, nankeen cot.
ton grown on her soil, and candles
from her wild myrtleberry, tell not
only of her ingenuity and enterprise
during tke struggle, bat marx hs4
phenomenal progress in the years
succeeding it.
Above the mantel Of the second par
lor, now the general reception ROOM"
is a life-sixe painting of Jefferson
Davis; q picture of the petit jury inn
paneled to try him, with it's comming-
ling of white and black faces, hanging
below. Other noteworthy pictures
are water colors Of Confederate scenes
by William Sheppard, Of Richmond,
with collection Of oil paintings by
Chapman, representing the siege of
Charleston. Here, too. q valuable IL
brary is acoumulating, an interesting
fact connected with which is that 4
prominent citizen Of noston ie one of
its largest individual contributors.
Mrs. Davis bedroom, in which Win.
ME Davis was born, and now the South
Carolina room, adjoins, few Of its
distinctive misoellanies being paint
ing Of the last flag which fioated over
Fort Sumter, donated by the Wash
ington Light Infantry, Of Charleston;
socks knit BY the mother of John @.
Calhoun, "the father Of secessions;"
General (uow Bishop Capers' war
saddle, Wade Hampton's pistol, used
also by Jefferson Davis during the
Mexican war; full-length painting
Of General Stephen Elliott, The hero
Of Fort Sumter, with paintiugs Of
Piokens, the secession governor; Gen.
Hampton, and others; the whole form
ing one of the largest collections in
the building. ->-4a
Above the mantel Of tho North
Carolina room is framed copy OF the
States brilliant war record. Osher
features are the tattered, blood-s.ain-
ed flag Of Company A.. of the First
North Carolina Regiment; che uniform
in which Gen. Pender was Killed; -
flag made BY the young ladies' Of P,sSt.
Mary's School, Of Raleigh, with other
historic objects, all meriting examina.
tion.
Silver sRaT5 worn by Con. Albert
Sidney johnson ct the time Of his
death, and made from Mexican ooins, !.
are pointed out in the Arkansas room,
as are life.sise portrait ofGon. Ole.
burne, and flag carried through the
war BY the Ninth Regiment of Arkan-
sas Iafantry, and presented to (, che
mueeum By Rev. Father Lucsy, Of
Pine Bluff.
Among the noteworthy objects in
the Florida room is . spinning wheel
used during the Revolutionary and
civil wars; the flag Of the Marion
Light Artillery, made Of crepe
shawl; portrait Of Stephen Mallory,
Secretary Of the Navy, and Beaure-
CARDS camp chair.
The Texas room boasts the only
stained glass window in the building.
Other features peculiar to it are an in
laid memorial tablet TO Albert Sidney
Johnston from the citizens Of Oorsi-
cana, with q carved memorial chair to
General Magruder from the Jefferson
Davis Chapter Of the Daughters OF
the Confederasy in Galveston, and q.
memorial chair to T. a.. Dafin from
the employees Of the Houston and
Texas Central Railroad, Of Ennis. Al
life -siae picture Of Gen. Boone. from
the ladies Of Huntsville; the Texas
coat.of-arms, from the pupils Of The
Sam Houston Normal Institute, and
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