The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-22

After his disastrous QeIeaL Oh Iue
first day at Shiloh, Grant bent all his
remarkable energies to the reorgan-
izing and Strengthening his army
during the night, and came up bold
and game on the next morning. 1t was
a trait of Grants as with Wellington
and NAPOLEON. to never know when he
was beaten. During the night, he
had all steamers and boats of every
description, carrying over his wound
ed and demoralized troop and bring
ing back fresh fighters under Lew
Wallace and Buell., the former cross
ing over late in the evening and ear
1y at night of the day Of battle. 1t
was the ccncensus CT opinion of all
the Northern newspaper correspond
ents, and foreigners on the ground,
as aides or onlookers with Grant, that
mad the battle been pushed vigorously
the latter part of the day by Beaure-
gard, Grants army would have been
utterly annihilated. But as it was,
the South lost another grand oppor-
tunitv, towards ultimate success. With
Grants army out of the way, Gen
erals Price and Van Dorm almost in
striking distance, with $4,000 or 20
900 fresh troops, to add to the victor
ious columns of Beauregard ara
Bragg, the base of war would have
receded Northward, through Tennes-
see and Kentucky, with the Ohio river
as line of defence The public opin-
ion in the northwest was turning even
at that time, strongly against Lin
coins policy Of subja eating the South
by force of arms Northern historians
record the fact that Stanton, the I'm
ion secretary of war, had at one time
in Nothern prisons, thirty thousand
citizens of Ohio, Illinois and Indiana
on account Of their sympathy for the
South. What effect the Southern army
marching victorious to the Ohio river
could have had upon these people can
well be imagined. But it seemed as
if the South had the fatality during
the whole course of the war Of doing
ttthe wrong thing at the right time"
Some of our generals, especially,
were cursed with this fatality. I said
something in my former chapter
about evan Dorn's coming up" Well,
let's see. This bright young general,
one who had occupied the same posi-
tion in his class as did Lee at West
Point, and one whom the South had
the right to expect great things, one
OF the greatest among cavalry leaders
of the world, having under his stand
ard at one and the same time, 25,0OO
troopers, the greatest body of cavalry
under one commander ever known on
this continent, if not in the world,
dashing, brave, brilliant and hand
some, but - - Reader did you
ever think Of the part that frail, deli
cate woman has played in history?
Some by the strength of their tower
ing mind, others simply by the beau
ty Of the face, or fascinating man
ners. One little slant-eyed Mancha,
governed, and wisely too, for half a
pire of China. The croshrdluetashr
century, the great and ancient en-
Dire of China. The crown Of France
could. not rest easy upon the head OF
her ruling family, as long as Madam
Roland lived, and as he mounted the
steps to her place of execution, she
saw for the last time the dome on
the Column of Liberty" and called
out those ever memorable words, ooh,
liberty, what crimes are done in thy
name?" The conqueror Of all con-
tinental Europe could not sleep sound
" as long as Madame De Stael was
within his domirions. We all reme2n-
Der the story Of the dark-eyed and
dark-skinned beauty, the sorceress Of
the Nile, how she lured away from his
army, the brilliant Mark Antony, de-
moralized the Roman troop in the
East, and lost the scepter for herself,
the dynasty to her people being one
of the most powerful empires Of anti
quinty. Mark Antony had his Claopa-
ira, and Van Dorm had-well tt has
been a long time ago, so we drop the
name. But the truth Of history de-
mands this: AS this brilliant South
ern soldier was leading his horsemen
through city near the border he met
the glances of a dark-eyed beauty,
her dropping lashes, the enchanting
beauty of her face, the faultlessness
of her form, clothed in respondent
robes of the times, captivatd Van
Dorm, lured him from his soldiers, he