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BY F. M. TRIMMIER. Devoted to Education, Agricultural, Manufacturing and Mechanical Arte. $2.00 IN ADVANCE
VOL XXIII. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 18G6. NO. 12
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Tlie IIIood> Field of t'orlntli.
TIIE FEDERAL AND CONFEDERATE DEAD.
From a correspondent of the Memphis
Argus, written froin Corinth, Mississippi,
we make the following interesting extract:
The first point usually visited by those
who stop here to examine the battle field,
is a strong earthwork known as l'ort Itob
inett, immediately north of the Memphis
and Charleston road, oil the hill, just above
the first "cut," on that road, about a quar
ter of mile west of the town. Here occurred,
on the morning of the 4th of October,
that desperate conflict, so well known
to immortal fame, in which Col. Wm. 1*
Rogers, of the 2d Texas regiment, commanded
on that and the previous day a
brigade of Texas and Arkausaa sharpshooters.
Col. Rogers fell, fighting, within the
fort, nnd is buried just without the ditch
Of all tho Confederate dead on this field.
Col. Rogers is, L am told, the only one who
was properly buried; that is to say, the
only one who was buried deep enough to
prevent the rains from washing the dirt
away a id exposing his bones He, it is
said, was buried under the immediate su
per vision of Gen. Roaecrans, who bad a
substantial paling placed around the grave,
and a headboard, with this inscription:
"Col. Ceo. Rogers, 2i> Texas Regiment,
KiLLEOflDcr. 4th, 1802." As will
be seen from this (which is an exact copy),
General Rosccrans made a piistake in the
first or Christian name of Col. Rogers. It
should read: "Col. William P. Rogers, 2d
Texas," &c. It will bo remembered by
many of your readers that General Rose
crans, in some otficial correspou Icncc with
Generals Van Horn and Price, soon after
the battle, spoke in most glowing terms of
the gallantry of Col. Rogers, naming him,
I believe, "the bravest of the brave." lie
also complimented the entire division to
which the knightly and peerless hero belonged?Maury's?and
said that "the bruv-'
dead of so gallant a division should never
want for fitting burial at his hands"?or
words to that eft'oet. No doubt the General
fully intended to carry out this prom
ise, and probably issued orders accordingly;
but those orders were certainly never fitting
ly carried out, as will appear to any one
who rides over the field?as lias appeared
to hundreds and thousands who have ridden
over it since the close of the war.
In the northwestern angle formed by the
crossing o! the rail:onds, from Corinth out
to auil beyond the outer line ol works,
three and a half miles distant, the whole
of this great bat tic tie Id is dotted, here and ,
there?in some places thick as meadow |
molehills?with the graves ol federal, and
the exposed remains of Conlederate dead.
The Confederate dead, it clearly appears, I
were merely covered up on the ground
where they tell. The Federal dead were ;
all neatly ^interred, in the usual way, with
head and foot boar Is in every instance, and
in most cases, I believe, wero enclosed with
wooden palings. 1 saw but one Federal ,
frave where the hones were at all exposed.
saw but one Confederate tumulus where
the bones?generally the skulls?were not
more or less exposed or scattered around
in all directions. / t the outer line of entrenchments,
where a portion ot Maury's
l>iviuion made the assault, I saw two human
skull bones, one pelvis, and two jawbones,
lying on a stump, with no trace of
a grave or tumulus nearer than fifty or a
hundred yards. In front of the outer
breastworks, not fur from the same spot, I
saw two tumuli, where some six or eight '
Confederate dead had been covered up on
the side of a hill. Here several ot the
skulls and the feet of most of the bodies
had been uncovered by the action of the
elements, and were lying around upon the
ground, already bleached perfectly white, j
and of courte rapidly crumbling to decay.
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i ne coiuiiti jii o! tliesc tumuli, 1 am told
by gentleman residing in tlie vicinity who
have examined every part of the field, is
a luir specimen of all the rest. In one
place (oh 1 was infoimed l.y ('apt. Mask,
of this town, who, with Col. I'olk, rode
over the field with me) the bodies of two
or three Confederates were placed by the
aide of a log, (to save labor, 1 suppose,)
and a little dirt thrown upon them ; the
dirt had all wushed away, and there the
skeletons lie, wholly exposed and uncarcd
for, u like the beasts that perish !"
A description of the condition of the
remains of the Confederate dead on the
Gold of Corinth will, I presume, answer
for that of most of thoso who fell in the
desperate and sanguinary battle of Shiloli ;
and it is earnestly to be hoped that the
public journals of the South will, at an
early day, call attention to the subject, aud
ur<?c the people to move in the matter ini
mediately, to the end that remedial measures
may be udopted, and the demands of
common humanity satisfied.
All over these fields of carnage the hones
of brave men from every Southern State
lie exposed to the notion of the elements
above ground, and are rapidly hastening to
decay. Especially interested in this subject,
and in seeing that justice be done in
the premises, are West Tennessee and
North Mississippi, and Memphis and New
Orleans, whoso gallant sons perished here
by the hundred and by the thousand, in a
cause which, though now forever last, they
honestly believed involved the salvation of
a great prrnciple and the defence nl their
native lund from unwarranted invasion,
shall the memory of these brave and earnest
men he thus dishonored ? Shall that
memory be held so cheap by us, the survivors,
that we may deny to them the poor
tribute of decent burial, and a compendious
monument, here at Corinth, to perpetuate,
at least, their daring and their devotion
to principle'/ Forbid it. Heaven !
The cause lor which they struggled has
gone down beneath the stern decrees of
fate ; but they were none the less good
men and true. Tho great and still open
question of ultimate State sovereignty, for
which they had died, has been decided
adversely by the supremcst ol all earthly
courts, but they were none the less honest
litigants, and are entitled to the respect of
all honest men everywhere, however much
differing with them in opinion. The rc
nowti <j1 their courage and devotion, rivaling
that of the bravest and truest knights
of old, or that of the men of King Lconi
das ai the 44 I'ass," has gone throughout all
lands,
" Where o'er beneath the sky of llcaveu,
The birds of lame have tluwn."
Everywhere, except among those unappeascable
cowards of our own land who
commenced fighting after the War was over,
these noble dead have been recognized as
gallant gentlemen who laid down their lives
like the true Anglo-Huxons of every ago,
for a principle. Without deciding whether
their cause was, ou the whole, right or
erring, the intelligent, the good and the
truthful oi all civilized countries have hailed
them as heroes, and held up their noble
qualities to the admiration to all mankind.
Shall we be loss respectful to our own
brethren? Shall we neglect them? Shall
wo permit their bones to bleach and rot
above ground on all those battlefields?
Again 1 say, forbid it, Heaven ! Forbid it,
every noble, every honorable impulse ol
our common humanity !
Tlic (.real Tclencope.
We copy lroin the Cambridge (Mass.)
Chronicle the following interesting laots
in relation to the grand telescope intended
for the observatory in Chicago :
''Understanding that the great refracting
telescope, constructed by Alvau Clark,
was to be taken to its destination in a few
days, 1 embraced an opportunity of visiting
bis place to examine the-instrument,
which has already become so lainous. Mr.
Clark invited me to look at the different
portions of tho telescope, which occupied
various parts of the shop. The mahogony
tube is twenty-three feet focal length, and
1 inquired of Mr. Clark how he was intending
to pack it for transportation; lie remarked
that it would be quite easy, as an
aperture was to be cut in the end ol the
baggage ear, when it could be readily loaded.
In one end of the upper rooms of the
house, we saw the object trlass. or irr.-m
" o "" h"" "v
eye, of the telescope; it is over one foot
and a hall in diameter, ami consequently
nearly five leet in circumference; it is said
to be the largest refracting telescope in the
world now in working order, and is probably
equal in power to the great llosse and
J Icrschcl reflectors. One of the lady visitors
at Mr. Clark's expressed much regret
that this telescope was to be taken one
thousand miles West, and inquired with
great earnestness why it was not retained
in Massachusetts.
"The first cost of the object glass, which
consists of two disks, was one thousand
dollars each, in Jfirmingham, Knglaiul,
and its present worth (now completed) is
eleven thousand one hundred and eightyseven
dollars, and it is insured for eleven
thousand dollars.
"The expense of the equipment is seven
thousand dollars, making a total for the
finished telescope of cightccu thousand one
hundred and eighty seven dollars.
"Mr. Clark ami his assistants (two sons)
intend to start tor Chicago with the great
telescope by the middle of March, it will
then be permanently attached to the tower
already prepared lor it at the Pcarhorn
()bservatory. The best wishes of the friends
of science will attend them on this journey."
gut Lovcngood'N llu?l<ly Acting j
Uorae.
"Hold that ore horsedown to the yerth." !
"He's spreading his tail to fly."
These and like expressions were address
ed to a queer looking, long-legged, short
bodied, white haired, hog eyed, funny sort
of genius, fresh from bouio second-hand
clothing store, and mounted on "Tarpole," !
a nic-tailed, long, poor horse, enveloped all '
over in a perfect network of bridle reins,
cruppers, martingales, straps, sirsingles and
red terreting, who had rained up in front
of Pat Nick's grocery among a crowd of
wild mountaineers full of fight and bad
wins icy.
"I say, you darned asli oats, jlist deep
your shirts on, will you? You never seed
a rual horse till I rid up. Tarpole is next
to the best horse that ever . nelled nubbins,
and he's dead as a still worm ; poor old
Thickcy Tail."
"What killed hiin,Sut?" said an anxious
enquirer.
"Why, nothiu' you tarnation fool ; he
jis' died, standing up at that. Warn't that
good pluek ? Froze stiff; no, nut udzactly,
but starved l'ust and then frozed afterward;
so stiff" that when dad and uie pushed him
over he jist stuek out so, (spreading his
arms and legs) like a carpenter's bench,
and we waited seventeen days lor him to
thaw afore we could skin him. Well, thai
was dad and me (counting his lingers) dad
and me, ISal and Jake?tool .lake, we used
to call him for short?-and I'hineas, and
I Simeon, and Jonas, and Charlotean, and
Tallinn, and Cashua Ilenry flay, an' Noah
Pan Webster, and Catharine second, and
Cleopatra Antony, and Jane J.indy, and
Tom lfullioti, and the baby, and the pros
pcct, and inarm herself, all left without
any horse to crop with. That was a nice
mess lor a 'spcctablc family to be slushed
in, warn't it? I declare if 1 uid'nt feel
l like stealin' a horse sometimes. Well, we
I waited and rested, and waited well on to
strawberry time, hoping some stray horse
might come along; but dog my cats of euy
sicli luck us that ever come whar dad is,
he's so dratted mean, and lazy, and savage,
and ugly, and tryin.
Well, one nite, dad he lay awake all
| nite, a snorrin' and a rolin' and a whisper
in' at marm, and next moruin' says he:
"?Sut, I'll tell yoo what we'll do ; I'll be
boss myself, and pull tne plow while you
drive me, and we'll break up corn ground,
and then the old quilt (that's inarm) and
the brats can plant or let it alone, jist as
they please."
".So out he goes to the pawpaw thicket
and peeled a right smart chance oi burk,
and inarm and me made gears lor dad, and
tney become liiiu mightly; then he would
have a bridle, so I gits an old umbrella
what 1 found?its a iittle piece of iron,
sorter like uuto a pitchfork, ye know?an
we bent and twisted it sort r into bridle
bit, snail shape, (dad wanted it kerbed, as
I he hadn't worked for some time he was
ulcered he might feel his outs and go to
I onl/nrf :n 1 -- ? 1 n
I was the tighcst race I ever did e; down
I thru the grass they all went, the hornets '
I II vti, nuvu ML- g-'l utc nriuie
' all lixcd on dad, he chomped his bit jist
I iike a raal horse, (he always was a most
| complicated duracil old fool anyhow, and
inarm always said so when ho waru't
about,) then I put on the gears and out
dad and I goes into the field, I a leadm
J .id by the bridle and totiu the gopher I
i plow on my back.
| "When 1 come to the lenco, 1 let down
i a gap; that made dad mail, lie wanted to
jump the fence on all hairs, ho-s fa.shun.
1 hitched him to tho gopher and away he j
I went, lcatiin forward to his pullin' right!
j peart, and we made sharp plow in', dad go i
in right over the hushes and sprouts saunas
a raal hoss?tho only difference is he
went ??n two legs, rrcscntly we come toa
sassafras patch, and dad, to act up his character
as a hoss, bulged squar inter it, and
tore down a hornet's nest as big as a h j
head, and all the trihe kivcred him lite,
j strati-'. lie rarcd and kicked once or twice
' ami fotchcd a squeal wuss nor ury boss in
lilt- district, and hut into runnin' away jist
! as natural as you ever seed.
' 1 let the plow go and hollered, woa,
dad, woa, but ye mout as We!l said woa to ,
a locomotive, dcwhilikius, how ho run.
| \\ hen he cum to a hush, he'd clear it .
gofiller and all ; he thot there tnuut be an- 1
I other Huttlcuu lit of bald hornets in it ; and
' that it was saler to go over than thro, and
quicker done. Kvcry now and then, lie'd
paw one side of his head with fust one tore
log and then tothcr; then ho'd gin hiui.seIt
an open handed slap, that sounded like a
wagon whip, and rum,in' all the time and
a carry in' that gopher iistahoutus last and
high from the ycarlh as ever a gopher was
carried, 1 swat W hen ho cum to the
fence, he busted right thru it, tarcli nigh
into seven panels, seatUriu' and brcakin'
j the rails mightily ; and hero he left the
gopher, gears, swingletrcc and klcvis, and
mixed up, not wurtli a dent; most of his
shirt stuek to the broken cud ol a splintered
rail, and nigh onto a pint o' hornets
I staid with the shirt, a stingin' all over?
the balance on 'cm, about a gallon and a
half, kept on with dad lie seemed to run
ndzactly as last a> a hornet could fly, for it
sorter matin' it look like smoke all round
(lad's head, and he with nothin' on hut the
bridle, and nigh onto a yard o' plow line
sailin' behind him. 1 seed he was uiinin' i
for the swimmia' holo in the creek, whar i
the bluff is over twenty lect perpeudicular i
to the water, and it's nigh onto ten feet ]
deep. To keep up his character as a horse
when ho irnf ti? ?l?r> 1.1..IT I... 1 -11'
..v ?v vuu uiuu UU J191 It'll pt'U IUI, ]
or ratlicr hojist kept ou runniu'. Now,
right thar, boys, he over did the thing; <
it that was what he was artor, for thar's
nary boss ever foaled, darned tool enough i
to leap over sich a place; a mule mout
have done it, -ut dad warn't acting mule.
I crept up to the edge ami looked over.
Thar was old dad's bald head, lor all
the world like a peeled ingun, a bobbin
up and down, and the hornets a sailin' and
circliu' round, turkeybuzzard fashion, and
every ouco in a while, one, and sometimes
ten, 'ud make a dip at dad's head. He
kept up a peart dodgin' under, sometimes
they'd hit him and sometimes they'd hit
the water, and the water was kivered with <
drowned hornets. 1
" 4 What ou yearth are you doin thar, i
dad says I. i
" ' l>on't (dip) you see these infernal i
varmits (dip) onto ui??"
4,4 What !' sod I. 1 Them arc boss Hies <
thar; ye aiut really afeared of them, are* 1
yc " 1
" ' I loss flic* !' scd dad ; ' they're real
(dip) gcucwine bald hornets, you t^ip) 1
infernal cuss.' i
44 4 Wol', dad, you'll have to stay thar !
till nite, and artcr they go to roost, you '
come home and I'll feed you." I
44' Aiul know in' dad's unmodified natui, 1
1 broke from those parts, and sorter cum I
to the copper mines. 1 staid hid till about <
next arternoon, when 1 seed a fellow j
travelling, an<.? scd 1, 4 What was goin on 4
at the cabin this side of the crock you pass I
cd it?' i
" 4 Why, notliin' much, only a man was i
sittin' in the door with nary shirt on, and i
n woman was greasin his hark and arms, i
and his head was about as big a- a ten gal- ]
1 >ii keg. and he had'nt the tirst sign ol an I
eye?all smooth.' I
44 4 That man's my dad, scd 1. t
"4 Ueen much then in this neighbor- i
i i .? ? i .i *
iiuuj miviy . hmu inc traveler urj iy.
"'Nunwuth spcakin' ol', personally or i
particularly,' sed 1.
44 4 Now, boys, I haiut seen <lad since, i
and would be afcarod to meet him in the <
next ten years. Let's drink."
The Hkvii. Kii.i.kd.?One night last j
week a man in Caroline was aroused by
an unusual noise in his yard, and went out (
and touad that some one had broker! open
his meat house, and was making oft with (
his meat. lie hailed the supposed thief, (
but ibuud to his astouishment that he had
waked up the most unearthly looking four
legged customer he ever beheld. At first
lie was tempted to leave the field to the intruder,
but not likiug to lose his meat, he
concluded to make at hiin. He was met 1
by a terocious growl, lie at oi.ee ran to '
the house, got his gun, and blazed away at
the monster. The shot had about the same '
impression 011 it as would bo produced by
shooting green peas against a brick wall. 1
The devil uttered a growl, shook his chains,
spit sparks of lire from his mouth, and 1
tilled the air with the smell of brimstone,
The unearthly manifestations of the demon
luudc the hair stand 011 the man's head ; 1
hut he could not bear to los? his bacon.?
lie then, nothing daunted, determined to
have another lire at the devil and took the
precaution to put a minuie bullet in his
gun. The shot took eficet directly in the
eye of the monster, and he rolled upon the
ground a lifeless corpse. 1 poti examination
it was found to be a negro man,
wrapped in a mule skin, which he had
padded and fixed up, to render it impcrvi*
uuo 10 Midi, una me lire ami I rumtonc was I
but :iii artifice intended t>> frighten away I
intruders, while he committed t !>? robbery.
I'tsfoit (M>/.) Sfitr
How to Know 'km.? It is generally
thought that the feminine dross has no par
ticular significance ; but souie one skilled
in the art of female attire makes the following
statement in regard to long ribbons
hanging round the neck : When the girls
wear the ends hanging in front it means
" the lady is marriedover the left
shoulder, that" she has a fellow coming to !
see her, but isn't engaged," and down the
hack it means, " Hoys come follow me." i
If she doesn't wear any at all, it means she '
" is engaged," and don't wish to have any
thing to do with " any other fellow."
? s ? yi ?
A 11 km ah iv a i'.i.k DltKAM.? A frW days
since a robber entered the house of Mrs.1
Powell, in Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, '
and carried oil ?500. Mrs. Powell saw '
the thief as lie made the exit, and was I
able to identify him when arretted shortly
after. No clue eouhl be obtained t6 the i
stolen funds. Mrs. Powell, however dreamed
that it was secreted in a batch of dough.
She communicated dream to the police,
and Captain Loich going to the room ot
the robber the next day discovered the
money hidden iu a loaf ot bread.
Tlie Scotch Coveuuntcm.
One of the most sublime and affecting
scenes in the religious history of Scotland
is connected with the signing of the Covenant
in 1638. By this Covenant, the people
of Scotland encaged themselves to the
Lord to maintain among themselves the
pure doctrine and discipline of his church
in nnnimitinn ?1' n 1 - ' " '
-ri u.i x upai ana episcopal
errors aud innovations. A National fust
hud been appointed lor the 28tb of February
in the Grey Friars' church, in Edinburg.
As many as sixty thousand, it was
computed, from all parts of Scotland, filled
the church and the large space around it,
at an early hour of the day. At 2 o'clock
the Covenant was brought in, ready for
signature. After the meeting had been
constituded with prayer by lleudcrson,
"vcrrie powerfullio and pertincntlio," the
Covenant was read a'oud by Johnston. The
reading was followed by silence as still as
death, till Kothcs called for any who had
objections to present them. When the
doubts of a few had been satisfactorily answered,
the venerable Earl of Sutherland
stopped forward, and put the first name to
the document. After it had gone the
round of tho whole church, it was taken
out to bo signed by the crowd in tho
churchyard. llerc it was read and subscribed
by as many us could get near it.
Many, in addition to signing their names,
wrote ''fill death" und some opened a vein
md subscribed it with their blood. The
large sheet soon became so much crowded
with names on both sides, aud wherever
there was room, that there was not space
ieit lor a single additional signature. Zeal
tor Christ and the liberties of Scotland
warmed ever}* breast. Some expressed their
joy in shouts, but a much greater number
wept bitterly for their past defection from
the Lord. \Vheu called upon to testify their
iiuccrity by the additional confirmation of
in oath, they all, with groans, and tears
streaming down their faces, liftod up their
right hands at once. When this awful opDeal
was made to the 1 ?
_ ...V MVMt wuui VI liuurus ill
the day oi judgment, so gTeat was the fear of
breaking this solemn engagement, that
thousands who had often laced the dangers
of battle undaunted, now trembled in every
joint. The solemnities o( the day wero
closed by a powerful exhortation to the
people to begin their personal reformation ;
and about 9 o'clock in the evening the vast
crowd retired.
Copies of this Covenant were immediately
sent to all parts of the kingdom, and
before the end of April there were few parishes
in Scotland where it had not been
dgncd by nearly all of competent age and
charaetor. Never, except, perhaps, among
God's ancient people, the Jews, was a covenant
so truly National.
Ex-PoNtinnntcr Cien*l Reagan.
The New Orleans Crescert of the 29th
ult., publishes a private letter from lion.
John 11. lleagan, Postmaster General of
the late Confederate Stutes, written to a
gentleman of that city. We publish an
extract to show how the author adapts
himsclt to the present condition of affairs,
snd as an example of industry in a gentleman
who has occupied high public station,
that others would do well to imitate :
' Uii my return home I determined that
it would comport most with my self respect,
and with what was due to iny frieuds, for
me to avoid ail participation in public affairs,
and 1 chooso ot to en crane in tho
practice of my pr.ies.sion, tor the present
at least, and have quietly settled myself
down to farming. 1 tound uiy farm in
bad condition, though I am now getting
it into a good state ol cultivation, and have
improved it much since the first of .January.
L have ouc white man and seven
freed man at work; have planted some fruit
trees and shrubbery, and most of my vegetable
garden and Irish potatoes, and beaded
out my sweet potatoes, aud planted
thirty-five acres of corn and bavo as much
more rcaJy to plant; have sowed down
twelve or fifteen acres in small grain, and
shall plant about thirty-five acres in cotton.
I am orchardist and gardener myself, and
when not engaged at this, or in the necessary
superintendence of the frecdmen, I
work on the farm constantly with my own
hands, and can do as much work with apparently
as little fatigue as any of them.
I make fence, gtub, and pile and buin
brush, plow, etc., and am as thoroughly
bronzed as other laborers.
"You can hardly imagine the sense of
relief aud repose of mind I enjoy in tlio
absence of the cares and perplexities of official
and public life, or the great interest
1 take and the enjoyment I experience in
my retired and quiet life. And if our
country was again blessed with constitutional
government and civil liberty, aud my
beloved chief and a few other dear friends
were n stored to their liberty and families,
I should leel perfcetlv contents.l nmi
* " " "* ??|'ry.
A lady speaking of tho gathoring of
lawyers to dedicate a new court-house, said
she supposed they had gone 'to view tin*
ground where they must shortly lie !* %
w