TWO VIEWS OF FORT SUMTER.
She watched the fleecy clouds Go onward toward the sea, Floating high in heaven Like angels silently.
The city lay behind her, Calm, perhaps asleep;
Out through the gleaming harbor Came the sobbing of the deep.
A step upon the sea wall, Pausing on its way,
There came and stcod beside her A veteran tall and gray.
He grasped the iron rail And strained his fading eyes Toward the long, dark line Where old Fort Sumter lies.
For him the years rolled back; He heard the cannons' roar,
And saw their curling smoke Along the distant shore.
The whizzing shells came fast, Bursting far and near, Blazing in their fury, Dealing death and fear.
Upon his ear there came The rush of many feet, The echoes of the bugle That made his old heart beat.
The child saw pleasure yachts With white sails gliding by; He saw the phantom war ships
Framed against the sky.
Sweet laughter came to her, Wafted by the breeze;
He heard the flying bullets Which cut the battery's trees.
She looked so young, so sweet, Her battle of life begun; He so sear and gray, His fight with life was done.
And slowly the sun sinks down, Kissing their lips and brow
On the sea wall, leaving his crimson 'Nerth the shadows of then and now.
Confederate Veteran. 4or
LAST ROLL. Tripute To GENERAL Evans sy Apjt. Gen. W. E. Mick Le.
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General Evans was a remarkable man, and his career as an officer in the Confederate army was as glorious and brilliant as his life as a private citizen was pure, modest, and retiring. He entered the army of the Confederacy as a private on the breaking out of hostilities, and by sheer merit rose to the rank of brigadier general, which was given him in 1864. He had for such a length of time had charge of a division, and carricc it into action on so many occasions with such conspicuous gallantry that I shared the opinion held by many that he was a major general. He was beloved by his men, who appreciated his reckless bravery, and would follow him into any action.
As a private citizen his life can be pointed to for emulation by the young. He has held many offices of responsibility and trust under the State, and no one can find a flaw in his conduct. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, subsequently a minister, and it was his highest ambition to meet its requirements in every particular; and next to that to enjoy the love and confidence of his army associates, which he did to an unusual degree.
Pure in his life as a child, modest in his character, uwnassuming in demeanor, delicate and refined in imagination were qualities that entitle him to rank with the first of the land.
It is rare indeed that in the whole course of our lives we find an individual in whom all the high qualities of mind, heart, and manners were so harmoniously and admirably combined. sentiment, a moral grandeur of character united in him which
There was a rectitude' of principle, a refinement of
commanded the honor and esteem of all who knew him ax 1] which will cause his name to live in history. It was my good fortune to have known him intimately for