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VOL. XXII. PICKENS, S. C., TIlURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1894. LAST WEEK IN WAGNER. tu 01 A GRAPHIC STORY OF THE BOMBARD- in MENT OF THE FORT. B Diary of Iieut. Co1. J. G. preepley, 04m mandlug Twenty-firth South Carolina ni Voluntee1 In the Fort Durlng the Liast Week of the Bombardment. n To the Editor of The News and Cou- 0 rirer: In the accqunt of the unveiling of T the monument to the Confederate dead, at erected by the ladies o1 Orangeburg N County, published in The News and N Courier of October 19, 1893, your Co i lumbla correspondent used the following 2 language in reference to the Edisto Ri. a desand the St. Matthtw's Rifles, two of compamies of the 25th South Cat olina volunteers, which I had the honor to lead in more than one bloody engage- t ment In the civil war, in which these th A4 companies covered themselves with a glory and were conspicuous in winning a undying fame for the-whole regiment. la You say: "They were in the battle of Secessionville in June, 1862, and in 1863 served in garrisoning Battery Wagner- at the Edisto Rifles being one of the com panies in the evacuation of Morris Island G in September, 1863." This language is somewhat obscurn, b] and from it it Is fairly inferable that the al St. Matthew's Rfles were not in Fort Wagner during the last days of that greatest of modern millitary works and during the most terrifld bombardment known to modern history. To set the matter beyone question in the future and to make a record of which the children r of these brave men will be proud as hero- l% lam stirs the human heart, I propose to send you a few extracts from my diary, g( written very soon after the events to which reference Is made. The 25th re- v giment had but one tour of duty in Wag- G ner, and that was from the 1st to the 7th of September, 1863: FIRST OF SEPTEMBER, 1863. Orders received this morniag directing a me to proceed with the regiment to Fort in Johnson, tnere to take the steamer to- I night for the purpose of being transferred w to Morris Island to constitute a part of w the garrison of Fort Wagner, relieving I one of the regiments In that fort. These W orders were not this time countermanded, n ard the regiment in flue i spirits, marched to Fort Johnson v this afternoon. There we found a row u boat large enongh to carry one company. o1 This boat was turned ever to Company al A, (Washington Light Infantry,) under a, the command of Lieut. H. B. Olney, E which embarked upon it and started late fi in the afternoon for Cumming's Point. F; The rest of the regiment was embarked d urn a steamer about dusk. The changes n o the garrison were always made at c night to ptevent the enemy from sinking b our boats, as nearly the whole of the 13 harbor was under fire of their fleet and c land batteries. It was the custom to h make a detail of boats from our naval U vessels in the harbor to transfer the ic troops from the transport steamers to ), Cumming's Point. The steamer on u which the 25th was embarked stopped1 ol near Fort Sumter. The usual detail n from the navy failed to report, and the hi -steamer was deficient in sailors to Ukan N the few boats wh!ch she had on board. , One boat with a few men pushed ofl, and < the captain of the steamer offered me a i -scow large enough to carry about fifty el en if I could find o tremen. There was e, no diSculty in this. A number of men, ia -mostly from the Beauregard Light In- c: fantry and the Wee N,e Volunteers, d declared their ability to row and ex. ec pressed their desire to go. I soon had u the scow full, and with Dr. W. G. Ri- si 'venel, our surgeon, Lieut. F. J. Lesesne, si ~acting adjutant, and about fifty al mnen and officers started to t( C~umming's Point. When about half ti way the monitors came up and comn-w menced to iombard Fort Sumtetr. The - qteamer with the balance ot the regiment .w on board, being in great danger, returned (I to Fort Johnson. The hnrh,' w-*,~ smooth, the moon s'aUL b i&1,, .ia spurred on by the expectatLai At a shot dij from the monitors, my oarsmen made ni rapid progress. We were soon wadin gout re of the water under the guns of B it,tet y Gregg. Our boat drew so miuch water it that she could not got near enou.th t:a n1 enable us to land on "terra firma." ~ Company A, had reached Cumming's & Point, and with the men brought with ta me my command consisted of eighty or ii ninety, rank and file. There was no hi prospect of getting the remainder of the l regiment before the next night. This detachment was marched to Fort Wag- e ner, where I reported to Gen. Colquit, w whom I fonnd in command. As I had u not men enough to relieve any of the batallons or regiments he ordered me to return to the sand hills between Wag ner and Gregg and protect my command in as well as I could. All that part of t,te 01 island was under the enemy's tire, and k - their shells were continually dropping. si We retired to what, the soldiers called ai "private bomb proofs.' These were S holes mn the sand about larire enoughit, to La hold two men. Here a man was safe ex- (ii cept from shells bursting~ immediately ?M overhead or falling vertically. I did not G find a 'hole in the ground" very corn- Ic P fortable, and so Lieut. Lesesne and I 'T spread our blankets between two sand fil hls, and under the shelter of a small i bush passed the balance of a very dis- W agreeable night. It, became quite cold to- T wards morning. The monitors bombarded aS Sumter all night. Battery Gregg, on w Morris Island, Fort Mouiltrie and the tii batteries on Sullhvan's Island took part at in the affray and did some excellent Or- cc ing. The maonitors would belch out at columns of tJame from their 15 inch guns tli In their turrets. When the shot from our al batteries struck them they would seem cc to be covered by sheet lightning. Fort fi9 Wagner and the enemy's batteries in m front exchanged shots allnight. a SECOND OF SEPTEMBER. al This morning the enemie's last parallel 01 200 yards from Wagner, was nearly completed. Bloth the garrisoit and the ui enemy were working like beavers, the so former repairing damages and the latter or pushing forward their trenches. The Si garrison kept up a steady fire. My de- Ci tachnwent was detailed as a working par- od ty for Battery Gregg, at Cumming's F. Point, where another gun was to be tei mouwated. I marched t down and ar rned them over to the engineer and I dnance c1licer in charge. c-,ipt. it. I ress Smith, of the regular itantry, was d c mmand. Lieut. Elgerton, of the o ,me regiment, formerly a scrgeant inl 3 Dmpany B, (Washinton l h Infan- t Y ) was assisting him. The enemy b )ured their shel, into iumtcr, Wauz- ( ,r and Gregg all day. At dusk, as in- it ructed, I reported with my detach- a ent at Fort Wagner, and we com- o enced our tour of d ity. 11v 10 or 11 1 clock the rest of the regiment arrived. t lie comnanles did not all comne together e id they were statio-ied on the perapet a Wagner as they came, relievn. a t orth Carolina regimfut, which belt the ( and by the same boats whici brou0ht h e remainder of the 25th S. C. V. Tine d th Georgia, a small regiment, occupied a part of the lund face. The balance, t the land face, all of the sea facz, and a Lok wall outside, running from the fort ! low water mark, were occupied by e 25th S. C. V.Major. Glover was as yned to the command of the llank wall I id the sea face. I had command of the 4 ad face and the general aupervision of ( e whole regiment. Ti two regiments a entioned, and several companies of' e 2d South Carolina artillery (in all t iout 2,300 cflective mer) constituted I e garrison of the fort. The 27th < Bogia was kept in the sand hills as re- v rve. Battery Gregg was gacrisoned I a company of regulars. These were a I of the Confederate trJol)s on the o and. The lire ( f the enemy was not ry brisk during the ni..lt, but there v as very little chauce for any re3t oil e part of our tioops. I was directed to ake the salient angle, on the land face, gimental headquarters. Mijor F. F. 'arley, of the 21 South Carolina artil ry was chief of artillery and had the < neral supervision of all the I ins. During the night Col. Lawrence ( Keitt, of the 20h S>u'.h Carolina ( olunteers, came down, and relieved I en. Colquitt. who left the island. 8 [IRD OF SEPTEMBER, TIIURSDAY. I Enemy still approaching. Oae of two U our guns and one mcrtar keeping up < steady fire. The men of tLe 25th were n high spirits, a great many of' them c ent to work building defences on the I alls of the fort with sand bags, In ] hich they constructed loop holes, 8 rough which to fire at the enemy e hose works were provided with simlar u eans of ofl'ence and defence. Firiug rough theme loop holes had become Iry dangerous, yet it was steadily kept . As soon as light was seen throuvii le of these holes tbe "Wederal sharp. looters" tired, and not unfequently icceeded in sending their bIAllS throug1h. ach side fired at the lashes of the ri as of the other. Our men, alter firing, loved their hats into the loop holes to irken them before they drew out their Luskets, which when reloaded were put Lutiously back, and the hole covered 7 a man before the hat was withdrawn, rivat3 Wallace, of Company C, re ived a Yankee ball in his piece, which, ippening to ue of larger calibre than ,e enemy's --un, did not lodge. ie (k it out, put down a charge of )wder, and sen', the ball back to its for er own. Musket firing and the hissilIF balls were incessant. Tbe enemv did )1 today make m uch use of his artillery it was hard at work in his trenches. ot a man could b- seen, but a line of >ades was visible as they were litted > to throw the sand out uf the trench I the Side towards us. There was no itire ces. atioa of ire, but ond y a slack in of the artillery. Our James 13 rid batteries and Fort Mu teio briskly mnuonaded the ecemifes trche all IV. The fleet canme up, as was the ISL.o every day, andl openedc tire on io r.ving eleven and tilteen inch iells. They were often thrown wi,.h nall chiarges of p)owder, ric achet,ed ong the water, and striking near the >p) of the covered ways fill nearly ver cally, searching every par't af' ur orks. S>me of the fifte~en inch shell a era loaded with smaller shells, which, hen t.ie large shells burst, woul.l have elr fuses ignit A1 and would ex plodIe, atteriuig tbeir pleen'. in every direction ii doing much (damage. D hrmng 1,he iy from one fourth to one third of the en were kept, on the parapet. The at were allowed to renmaitinm the bomb *oofs. At nightlall they were all ened out and kept, on the p trapet, all ~ht. The enemy had cotten so near at, we co)uldl be heirJ making our di1 >sitions ior the night, The fire wasI en qmeckened and shot an(fdh hl came erally like Iron hail. Thefr garrisn 1(d a great deal of work to do conistant rep)airing damages. 1, was sooni aip rent that this fort was necar it,s last iy. The exterior slope of the salint as drifting slowly into the dlitch under c C enemIfl's fire. "OUnynli C)! SEi'i.:Mi.:n, i*ini)Av. TIhe enemy commn:cell a live-ly can )iade this mornig. Quite a in1 ner our~ sharpshioote:'s' stands were~ 3Ocked down. Thle firing of thle sharip looterA was very brisk on hath s idesi. id c:mitiinued Iso atll day . 'The Uited ates fli'; wvas putL up by th'.e en''my '. te head of his trenchi, no.v'~ otly ab, ut ie hundred yarids from fthe sah eint. y opinion was that the inteionIi) of en. Nilmore wa' to paa,' thie foti~ at w tide' andI assail us fron t(' rear'. here wais in widith at, lmv water a'oiit I 'Ly yards of hard beach bect ween our i' mnk wall and low water mark. This as one of the defets of our work.I here was a time whuen a line o1 Paili des might have been diriven to low at er mark. The engineers thought, at the salient woulti b3 the p)oint (it sault. This would have been in ae rdance with scientiaic approach andl sault. I expressed my dlissent, fromI e engineers, and urged Col. Keitt toI low me to strengthen our force of two mpames leftL on the Outside behind the nk wall to meet, any effort that ght, b)e made t,o pass tbe fort Ir reedl with the engineers andl did not ~ how me to strengtaen our force on the taide, The batteries on .Jame3 Island kept an unremitting fire and were doing I me excellent practice, p)art,icularly the c e at Shell Point, called "Battery g nk.ns,'' in honor of the gallant, Lieut. y >l. Simkins, who) fell during the assault iu this fort on tue 18th of July. Major v F. Warley was w.uuded in the af-. hi ~noon by a piece of shell, which mad~e. alnfal flesh wonnd on one of hislo,. [e was so )m after started to thi city in Irig. Gen. Itipiey's holit, whic' came oWU t) bring (is)atche4. An icc:)uat f the condition of the forL was iven TI lai. Warley for Gen. Beauregaid. Oa le way up to the city one of the enemy oats cominanded by Uput. Charles 'raven, of the United States navy, Fell 8t i witli Maj. Warley, and captured him nd his boat'3 crew, which was greatly utnumbered by Ucut. Craven'a party. injor Warloy had the pre ir of miud > tear open the envelope contaiin, cLe mn ommunication for Gen. llaurcizrd, so l tter puttini an oar lock un-ide M lire.v it overboird betore he surrendered he [ met U'eut. Craven since the war and ol1 eard from him an account of this itici- rel ent). Tble enemy were Iu the habit of Bndiing boats at nihiit from the creek it etween James and Morris islands h round Cumming's Point, and between ti umiter and Grepyg out towards the Bar. cli ,apt. Thomas IIuguenin, of the 1st at outh Carolina infantry, who had with in is company relieved Capt. It. Press ar nmith and the marrison of I ittery hi xretr, was ordered ip from that work tic .nd made chiet of artillery inl Warle'( 's M ilace. Opw of Uapf. llugueninl's licu enauts was left itn commaud o! G lreg, IL more efliient 4iceessor of Warley "i1 oul- not have been selected. tiguenin aI eas without fear, had been trained at he South Carolina Military Academy, nd was thorou-0bly acquieatei with all f tIe dLuies o 1an arill.rv oi:!r' cl Oar working , parties were hard at ti rork all da, reilairin,L, daia,-es, ocea- be ioned by the (!'eIcy's fire. Corpl. di iewcomer, of Company A. was kiled sit id several ime wounded this .iternoon of L'here w-rC a number f1 c:-u'ties 'n the co ther reginictits of' the garrison. The Lh nem's Wico slackcned after ntW-fiffall re Scalcium h t was displayed by en. S 'ilmore but, was turned on tha creek. s ,ait. S-llers and Company F. (St. latthew's 10113s,) Were with mie in, the alient tonight. They had becu with c ae there last night. I had boen directed o remain in tbe salient when my prea. m tice was not needed elsewhere. Both a aeti and ollicers had gotten so they ti ould sleep uad r fire, when permittad sa o take a little rest. 'he shells from bl ort, Moultrie passed directly over the ot alient, and as they were now timed to tv xplode just two handred yards beyond is, the daner of a sliglitly premature t xplosiDn was ;;rcot, as will be under- o it tood, when it is retmenbc-red that i bi Aoult,rie was nearly two ailes away. Ia Besides this danger and the danger romi the enemy's shot and shell, tlhe -1 ,renches w(re now so near that 1,ieces i, ron our own nortar shells thrown 'com the fort came back into tile salient. FIFTIF OF SEPTEMBIER, SATUtDAY. C The last parallel of the enemy was 20w completed, just 200 yards from our vorks, and their i,uns and m2rtars be- V und it ready for action. In the t>om- o )azdment of today siot and shell from a ieventeen seige and Coehorn mortars Ii L,d thirteen 100, 200, and 300 pounder 01 .'arrot, gu.ns, all i the land batteries, 9t vere incessantly poured into the forts. JI wlcsi, wit ote fire of sixteen I 1 inch ea Dj,lgren broadside and 200 Pounder arrot b,w and stern guni of the .eonsides, !ive 15 in ) thl,gren nis C m the C C'.)s iml )uitor 1, add,!d to the 1 'un-der of Muli2, J >lison an.1 Ow .e >atteries on James and Sulltvan's Island Li r'ade an ar:i(ry i t the Fury and Y( ,randeur of wich can hardly 3 cen TlVed. It ii r ('oind my po,Ners of ge lescription, surpas,ing the itst be -l hiy ol Slored accounts of honbird:unts of 1 whi h I lav,- evur read or hL-iard. NJ Li V,.>rds in the .0l il huuae can 'XaLu;crate !. Thle morte ': . olls it the ne my, whiich t c* 1 toe leen tL. ru: h't heir (e0t1re lebt, f.Il so. las'. th. the Tlhie Pa'~rrot uns ii rs so itjearx'L hat thii .xplosiont 'i t.leir shllsii in thel fot. Ieow~ned the repot sI the igunw. Al Ioft If mrt guns In the ori. were sleniced. IL w'as imipossible lur the artilleri':ts to vorki thenm under11 "1u4 i i'e. Wh fen di- -1 ecee to anty one sp)ot, as it was wh'ten e~ 4(ir' riillery openetdt, it became i upss. une I t anty tin- to li ve, and the~ wok(-:h nig of nur. puns was tereb>re ouit of' thef 10ushtin. MenI were' beil .. kie I and i'ountded mi ever'Uy dir'ectiont. lI. was5 miaxusibli 1.o stad "ven fur a fow min1- J tie on the p'.rt .1 tcrreplein or plarade af the fort w;tIhout t'tin/ covei'ed wi th atnd thuron u p by burs'~ting she I '. We Ci :epit atbotut onte- turthi (f the inifatry w ~I nt side ofl the bomb plrouts . TVhr' suifer.. Iii as of thle meni in the bomb 1)roofsi from I' eat amlOi watat of watte r was te rr ible. mi hie suppily brtough! t fr'om the cit y was v'hollhey mtadeq Iut e. TJht tt cIl from t L he wvellIs on t.he 1i(n, carraptedl 4 by orp1sels bur1ied inl the x:and, was, Iti 10.* I'x tremei thirst al oinel d:ive the ilen to dIriniklin it, and it, was ahno it as'44, iinch as ai man0's he.o was wor'th to v,isit wvell for the putrpose 411 geittmg it. L A cieat maniy horrible si.his, whih to al ('-nain int t!'e Iiund(s 'f those who0 ntars i1 themit as4 lon11 as~ I I ' Ia'-:- bi iere t') be steen. Pr(ivatel El4.i(se A * I El 6) was:ii kniocktd fr'om the~ pa:rapt. i 5 a sharpthtop-r, to the nm-dle of thie t I' ,aradetI, a ii e o fs 110I fortv o: l',t.y fee'hi t!ing fully twtt feat i, im t,he iri in s pasae~. T24.he brate fellio,v ne vet'ir his rill go, but, f ell wit,h it, in~ !,is 11nd1s. Twvo of t he litter-bearer., start I d to bring huimt into the brnh Itroof hos). Lital, I st.op ped thin i, I,tii.ue it seemied eo 0 me to be4' alltnos 0 iLtain dleab Io II) : to n hims till the 1ron hil SlacOkedt ai ittle, p:a le atppteared i oc thend. In a fuew mn -- all Ies lie wahs d(e > vered to mUove. I then01 th old1 tha lit ter-b)earers':- that lie must1 be tic ui'oughit ii. Th'ey, (11 th:eir (duty fearle as. ag, y, bult their t.ende'rnien ti the 1poor fe-' t'r Oil and1 the~ ir bravery w( t uless4. 1 341 at bied in ai few m1!itLes. ,eut Ileery Ia vontiomnery, J.1. nof Cotmpan y C, was .illedl abot ' 10 r 1 o 'ch>uck mi thei 'torning. A liceO of' shelI toolk ofl the lb .eater portion ofl his hell. A Chriis- Ic tan gentleman, trui --hecarteri patriot andi to rave soldIer was lost itn him,i in The mortar shells, hmini' visib!ce as hi: bOy ca-neO histmg and spluttering1 ito be ur works, could m:my of them be dod)4-- he e.d. The Parrot gunis sent theiir shiells m1 ,ithout warning. The furL was ntow be- dle ig so rap)idly demolished Ltat it wVas C ery evident, it, couldl not, stnti 1a much rt nger continuation of' the bombardmenit. ca Co f enNT INUE:Ir ON I'A. I-. ........ lIE GOVERNOR DEFIED. the con ther 1E DUVAL Cl.UB WILL FIGHT TO A con inte FINISH. the con tentint to thne 1'ub I cGuarantee lug tie kno the latch as Advertted-To Test the I.aw con Wvit h a Ncgro slugging MlAtchl. dein tile JACKSONvIL.E, FiLA., Jan. 9.-The I nagers ef the Duval Athletic Club this a snare for its enemy, Governor and tchell, today into which they hope and will fall and thereby give them an hay portunity to test the Florida law in thin lation to prize lights. say Trhe snare in question is the arrang- nan Z of a contest between two negro tem iggers to take place at the opera it i: use in a few days. The principals to sigr e aif tir are Perry Watkins, negro ampion middle weight of Florida d Green Harris, negro champion C' iddle weight of Tennessee. The men the e to ligh for a purse of $500 and year ,e signed articles o1 ';greenent iden- terd al with those signed by Corbett and the itchell. foll( The purpose of the club is to test the nion icerity of Governor Mitchell's oppo- i ion to the Corbett-Mitchell mill and ' C ;o to get a decision from the courts ruax to the law in relation to prize-tlghts P this State. If the Governor and au- sest orities of Duval county allow the ne- B oes to meet and slug one another, the Sn ib people will say that the Execu- Inf;i re's opposition to the proposed Cor tt-Mitchell light is insincere and is lr otated by other reasons than a de- C e to preserve the "peace and dignity I the state." It the authorities of the E, unty acting un(ler instructions from .eb e Governor, prevent the light and ar it the negroes, the club managers Isla y that they will-very likely be able to cure a decision from the courts as to mer iether prize-lights are violative of e State law. In either event the saw .ib hopes to be a winner and down the ary )vernor. When questioned in regard to the I. ill between the negroes the club man ers udeny that they are promoting and e affair, but in sporting circles, it is C id that this denial is only made for a ind and that Manager Bowden and rua hers have arranged for the bout be reen the negroes. Fel The following correspondence be- 1 7een the Governor and Sheriff [erry Y St. John's county, where rumor has erl the club has decided to attempt to A ing about the light, shows how vigi- t ut the Governor is and how deter- -- ined he is to checkmate the club. lie Governor's letter to Sheriff Perry er 3 .is follows: Executive Department, 13. Tallahassee, Fla., Jan. 5, 181. 1 .T. Perry, Esq., Sheriff of St. John's 90 County, Florida, St. Augustine: 14. Dear Sir: I see by the papers that I anics J. Corbett and Charles Mitchell, 1 'ho propose to disgrace Florida by S ic of their brutal prize lights, have so nended their agreement that said 1 ?ht might take place in either Duval bia ' St. John's county, and you are in- i ructed to prevent said contest in St. Ala )hn's county whether it is known or lied a prize light, glove contest, or is Dr iown or called by any other name. s ou understand the situation in your bur unty, and if, in your opinion, you E ill not be able to pre vent s tid contest Ed ith the means at your command, yol 'I r e instructed to call upon the Execu- J ve of the State for such assistance as in may deem necessary. 28. I hive conlidence in your intelli- Al nce, and you are expected to carry St it these instructions to the letter by ril 3 eventing the p)roposed contest be- .3 ,een s ,id parties in your county. ril 1 Vr y respect fully, . i. L. Mil' m lul.L, Gjovernior. ril. 1e t.his ShnerilT I 'erry. aftier consult.O g ,Judge W. A. Mac Williains, is at- C rney, mailcdi on the evenineg of the (2 h the followinig rely: A pi SherifT's Ollice, St. .John's Conity, F' St. Aug dt ine, Fia.,..lan. 8th li oni. llenry I. Mlitchell, ( vernor of teer Florida, T'aliahassee, Via.: Npr Deanr i: Youir comm niicat ion of . F mui ary o>th, 1891i , recei ved and the nl ,I ntit a dly notedt, anid ini reply I here- is wotuld say, it is now, and alwafs has g"". nU lily intention to utph old the aw ' aiccordiance wit h my oath of iltice. A " it, becomes necess. ry t') call uipoin ii for atssist,ance to t hat endu, I will -N >t hesitate to do sio. Very respect.l ii C. .1. l'i.:iu:v, SieiiTI St, . lhn's CounIIty - Wim. A. liradIy, who is imiagiing >rhiett, today 'aume uip from M ivytort, here thne chainpion is training. Q its- M ma ~l by the Souitnern Assici ed i .-s cornres9pondeniit ini regardl to t ie tIook tor the light, .Ira,dy 0,aid1:A "'I am st ronigly of tine opinion tht cluii pt ,ph. will be entirely success I in their eilortsn to bring the contest a suiccesAt iii issume, and you may be no thnat, our1 ten( of tIhe affair will i'e them al lie suipport in ou r pow re lIrad y was alIso :askil a bout t he at. upt iniade by soin untkinown person Snit er (Corbet.t 's sletpinIig room, re. irtedtI in i t (I diptche (11 as1mt ighit it hei refused to give an iy oiion01 as thle pulrpose 01l ihe Iintrutder . M Thei A thiet ic' Cliub late toni gh fuiir. Sanri Ihiel I tji~ o theSuth ern Associated wife -es: coirriesponnmlenti a staite(menit to horm p 1) pbic', which, a fteor recitinrg the and sto01 y of tIhe legal battle for the past was -) weeks, already f amniliar to the pu11h- lire, anid describing Gevernor Mlitchnell's to e loin, comnt in uies as follows: Sant lis club, through its manager, corn- Iloor inated with Governor Mitchell and bod(i <ed him to subm it the case, with the Nei1 it racts with Corbett and olitchell, the I the Stipremie Court in a fair arid irn- cove rtial mannter, and that that body be eigh owedl to pass upon the same. Thlis Sam a overnior reIused to (do. Thecre is by a lair minu1e1 d person w ho will not hend ree wit hi as t hat. we have (done ev. tIne s i't ir'm in our power to have an ad.. hieas dic in b1y the cournts of thlis case, b rn dI thiat thIerie is no( oIlier conceluisi on t o care; arriv((d at excep thnt, (Governior stocl ItIchiel IIs ai raid to siubminit~ the ease to was et coiurtI', an 11wie herey, ini this pu nothii li mnannere, throw tine gaiintilet at is seneC itt, auInI iot onily inv Ie, hint (tare him in nil ask thne Simpreme Cournt, for a decis- was i in this case. lls whole attitud(e fai s been that of a bulidozer, and wili wast utntilI this contest Inas ended, Rlight re wve wish to say to tine public i )st positive termis that, barrIng acci-, rits of a provIdential naturne, andi it 0 rbett andit Mitchell appear at the meni igside Janiuary 25, 1891i, ais they have form ltractedl to do, just so sure will this op)01l aitest take place. We assure the ptub.. Gary at large that the sentiment of the theih anin of the cit.y of Jackronn llma nd ae QUICK JUSTICE FOR VAILLANT. A Holti Front matutaluel by iiam itnr Ing thxo Short Trial. PAH,IS, .Ja1. 10 -Auguste Vaillait the anarchist who threw the bomb inl the Chamber of Deputies on Decemiler 9 last, was tried before President J udge Case and a jury in the Assize Court to day, conyicted and sentenced to death. Policemen, in couples and threes, were stationed every ten yards arouind the imiense b!ock occupted by the Palace of .ustice in which the court sits. Every door in the palaco was shut and guarded by sentinels with fixed bayo nets. Nobody was admitted unless they had a special cird of identity. The eynosire of all eyes was the pris oner who stood in the dock wit.h an of lieer oin each side of him. lie was, like Ravachol, entirely self-possessed and gazed about the court room as though he gloried in the interest 11e was creating. Throughout the day, he lever lost his attitude of dt fiance and sIf-justilication. Baron lithschild was not a member of the jiry, contrary to public expecta tion. In reviewing the details of the bon b thrwiing .1 ige Cise said the people who lid bieen huiirt the most were not te memburs of the Chamber of I)eputits, but speotators of the pro ceedings. "I'iat was not my fault," retortd Villant. "rIhe deputites are inl the highet degree responsiilo for the sicial nii-,ry prevailiing. It was hey I mInit should feel the responsi bi' Y." Whi (lucstimie<l is to his es cpo 'luring the conision tllowing th explosion, lill:tut deni (I the story that a sentinlel hid stopped.1 him at the door by thrk-atening to pierce lini W ti hIlis hayonet. if' I!- advanced a step. [he prisoner declared enlergeti cally that he (id not wisI to 11 e tand even if Ie Ilad it wolild hav. been it terly iInupOssibl4e for hii to Ihave done so, he:a me he was woundel in t leg. ]I0 gave (the lie to witntsses againist hin and hold ste.ldily to his ps1 of martyr in t(e c:mise of '11111inity. 'i'll only rugret lie had was thal he Lad been obliged to itjure irrespuniible ilwrson in the cru;aide. Dc:crihing the iaufan'ure of t bollib, \'aillant dIlclared that ow ingm toI til tiiensions el his apparat, li hadI the alt'rnative of Ilittlig 1i i large niminbIr of projectiles, which wil,l wo1t,i many perions :lightly, o a sillali iiibet that wmhl (tO Iore - f et c t iv e work. Il, chose the foriner phlan, so that Ihe pir.jiwlles would kill a few people outright. \'alllat ad 1111tted thar he iid been c .>nd e ed liVe ile fo etty I it l, b!it le :ai dedti, nienidicanicy mi I theft. ' rere theo i. sary resulIfts of tie preent Fso_iAl L- conditn f t pIo h Thie' pri. r w4kedl, perih ili:-. enli " :o(1. re.sthe courtL on his ll'o of lito. hi(.being gr.nt11d. h-, :;till thit, he had inleaVo rl o to lciiii i hon . exis. l? r t ) paluy "Jilnl ty.'o w g s , l'ildly, witiolit tojeY ()I' woik, }ie determineIt insteat (),, faulijjhijng sib m Issi Ily to voice tle fecling ofrv that was foentilgi d1isci)li evry ihero anioig l i r' :t)t t l ajt writ ten anarchist speech thitt lie i ad -held ,i his liine ever sihce t e opeling o I the cout. li this :p 'ch, he .x pressid the griofncs f tIhlb poor figail!;t !WViet , hI'l moadi no r,fereice toa boint *. . i Ie was 11m,ent, aull declainatory, and reiI his sm,cl inl a char a11:1 plv,asait voice a.s ht leauied over the rail ii tihe dock. Vaillat wais empali in his diial of the statenient that Ie had taiknmi \p reli property as well as his wile. evidetly cotsidriig the litrV Iharg0 to i)' a thshonoranle inie. lie 5, (1iiid Ie dIsiredI to clear in sitl oh ii hi- reprol)i. -lt I i Cas rliil i hx ia t s frm i n Ihet I'ig ilop ll worki ii, icitding i el hi 'ii ii i r ipner ili niat an lirch " I 'h ' hwh I II' liit o t .he op Ini-iud totth it'.e Ithe riLtn-ri i i .Ot! ht I 'it1lii' itifhli ihos in)i het ( ha nin- :- I)epu ii s iih tla ito th v ;h-bla -i ord t tn-ot t i iut li : illi-- i. al t it , i- I1 t hei ng of w ' it bi (1,) nsta i - AIni v. h\ie a t . ~ si-i-. . - ef. i w d tilin lidln ;t i tidt e Shol i here kilb (I o l.mi . \iX :-iottl, h.. <b. nlimt, ii,( ti:sl Wt 't l t [.In I )r i. , mr I' (ii ht it'll 1th 0, ileru iii whaw litr.u us (101 im t disi'iie n lr th i v rs . . N i',' (t ill i a it)ay I iiv - (') di eial til 'Vi' iniri ft In l h w ing il;thi v. (!mi rt,lie aeahtii'h 20ynipsfae and jtry ion toh f t lI ':".u.N ivn, : au Mil'tht:ilit pr''nlir, hi t)d e i di's at1,1 ( ayi n y. lo:vdr ail liew hadt be.i evi ': ~T it'yh a .-i :d a'~ va ab n-,to (rft ili viA f.4 [c ela;lo. n7, 1 N. ol Lo im.rte Vdf cir (maneiln \\'h -nt h ICml e ta n'eii all ailOtidCI u>uedi m 1,n0 a s udtmet ati a:u al iie, cy, riev: iling lie nlollowsig ;la{vande o)lcun t oe ta oe te, whot it by for~s the oitit.nh, a on State of Florida, is in favor of i ;est, and being legally assure I tha e exists no law in this State agains ;estsof this kind, we now assure al nding patrons of the event, and public in general, that they car e to -Jacksonville secure in tlh wle(Ige that they v:ill see two 01 greatest boxers in the world in . est that will do nothing more thai onstrate which is the more scien e have added to the membership ol club some of the most influential wealthy citizens of Jacksonvilli Florida, and we know that w( the means and ability to see thi, g through. Further we wish i. that no one knows who will be i! ,Ually and socially liirt ifi an at pt is made to stop this affir until I atteripted. This statement i ed by the )uval Athletic Club. Dlte for Iumi,etiown. )LUIMNIIA, .Jan. 11.-The iniit.airy ol State will be inspected earlier thi. than usual. General Parley yei ay issued general order No. 1, fixinp, dates for inspection. They are ai iws and will intereit all militiry irst Regimuent of Cavalry, Col. W auSy comnmanding, JIa:npton, Feb y 1, 2, and 3, at scch time am e as the conmmanding ollicer miy gnate. 3aufort Artillery, Na%val 10serv., inter Iillie Guar(Is, leaufort Light intry, N. G. Ieaufort, -'ebruiary 5 aufort District Troop. C Ipt, W. N. ies, Okalie, February 7. )mbehee Alounted Ullemiien, Whio I, February 9. .listo Alountc(l iilm,n, E !i;to ruary 13. askell Alounted Iflemen, 1 .to:i rd, February 1~. unmerville Liglht, l)rag,oOns, S tIm ville, l'ebruary 16. ordon Light )ragoons, Wassamis Cavalry, Monck's Corner, Febru 19d. intee Cavalry, sl. Stephens, -'ebr u 20. ourth lBrigide, Lafayette ArtillerS Chicora llilles, Navail res-rves rleston, February 22. ational Guard ;, Charl.ston, P'h ry 24. ake Cit,y Light 1)ragoonF, 1,aku Ci'. ruary 26. orry Ilussars,;Conwav. -'ebruary 2 faccamaw Alounted Ri-Ilemen, Wiay Mills, March 1. [arion's Men of Wijnyal, (eor,e n Ilille Guards, Georgeto wn M-Irel [anigault Light Dragoons and Com bounted Rlilemen, Alarch 1. llendale Guards, Allendale, Miarel agood Guards, (ordon Light )r, ins, Brown G narls, Iarn well, Al:ir 'rordon Volunteer:;, lilacville, 'M .re( ally Ri les, Sally's March 1I,. an,ee Rilemen, March 8. utaw Light Dragoons, Eta iwvilk rch 9. icnardson Guards A1ontMmreci rch 19. ,ilmetto I-ills and Aiken Light goons. Aiken, lWirch 20. weet Water Light )ragooi.s, in:i ;, Iarch 21. Igelleid 11,i1les. 1', iWeliLd ilissars elield U2ght, I)ragons E IgeiJeld ch 23. listo Itilles, ,Johnston, Mrch 27. Arley i0fles, Itidge Spring, Alircl anninir G ards, MartmIng A pril 2. tnter L,ight I i antry, Stinter, A p ishopvillt. Gur d; liihoivill A p arlingtori;uud,1)thga LIrdIon Ihiles, Il'iiet t:~ vib-, A\ liri lesterfi eld (4 ir-trd , Che s' rliebtI il 10. 3. Cohuinia. %, laves,( Cu H. il 17. >r. t,Aotte ( iiards, P-ort. Aiiott .\p~ I us, ( rarigebuirg, AX pr il I'.. >rdon I,ighit Infant ry, Winnsborii, -e laight infaintry, C'hester, A pril itviaw~i bailib-, lIock 11111, A jiril -ake 4 'ards, Il'eake's A pril :11. >hnison Ihiies, 11-nion, NIiy I. organ lh,ul"s, ('h iltn, Mlay 5. ewberry Ii's .N Newherry,1 NI y 7. bbeitle Ilii, A bhi vile, ay . nor's laight liiii y, I'arkl,vi:i, 'II. linpsonr Ihangers, C<<'lir ( ir ve, NI iy '''civille Guiirds, ilr G;i:rds -iville, .\a:y 16. iruldini fiards, Mla'ildio, Niav 17. ariettar ( inards. Ala~rietta, .\ly ivIS. ekenis Guairds, l).rcusvill,, NI .'y 2I. 'gister. -r, a resipectale (Cermnan, an,l i.a wvere iunieredl last, slight in t h-i e near Il'ineh' own, fou r niiies nIr i b Lh"ir son is inijsing'. Theiri bara birineid aind thei hout'se wvas i- I. o btut thet necighbairs arrive:l ins Iine <tinui sh the bla z'. .\lr. antil .\its r lay full lengtl honl the Liteni ,their cloth ing bus .,md I romu lih ir L's, hsavin ii een situ rateid with oi. lhorsg put out the blaz'. and saved odles arid hiousi. he Il r wasi red with b)lo01, wh'ich ebhed iriomi I bullet holes in the left. sul' of Mtrs r's head, andI frosi a wouol'd caused heavy blow ini t he back of Sanri's~ . Near Sainer lay the barrels of 'un . Th'Iey we're b eint as if' from y blows. A visit to the lire at the revealed nothinig except Ithe bu rr.t 15:es 0of hori ses, co)ws aiiint l ther :.I\lny supposedCi that thle b)oy burned in the ba rin, hut t here is inug to warrant this save his ab .'The coronier sooni arIlived andi r's pocketbook, containiing 9320i, ondi. it is b elieoved tbhat the (ent ire ly was uurmireredl a'd that robb jr y the obiject. Ciheoky Chisnese., N 1"RA N('.Si Co, , auar y 7.--Thec ese here have torn dJowni the Govern posters put up mn Cirnat.own in ing them th:'t the efliee huad been edI for their registration under the 'law, arnd Chinese lacards warning countrymen not to register have --- - --------- IMPENDING BATTLE. CAPT. SHELLTO LEA2 !N THE CAM PAIGN AGAINST COL. IRBY. ' Ot* ~ Oie lite ni~at I the Cmi tile R t F&ctlon'% Or onvenion,Pactically bui -. 11--Wyhen the an n Im wa a in D ecem ber thatth uaignthiS Rear would pil nary, a great many [Ul ;O ilt it Pew outside the hr : 'rcle" tiW-! knew that the politwic,ti within the ratiks of the IM41orit ary was b)iling over, and th it thre w.L a ilght. within tho ranks of I!ie hfrotofore solid phalanxesof Ref orm, imuinoent. Bit such was the case. It l:i heen brewing for a long tim e, ;t'i 1 i there is a crisis. Thero sut, t ) b two factions in the 1%efori p uty in the coming camDaign. That fae , noiw n longer denied by the leader, )t the more powerful fac tion. rhe u ulic:ttlions are that Senator Irby, the p: St State chairman, will lead the frl -m which represents the minority, a1 I aat he will have but little to (o w1th the real manipulation of the co)ti,i, c''mpaign as far as the iteforin eleni' is cnrned. lie and several follow, rs some months ago cut loose almost (nWirelv froin the main wing of the 1, I:rmer.s, and they are all likely to fill' by the wayside, fight Ing as they fill. Congressman lell, it is positively announcevd, wai .nproached while in the Cit) a ft w <hn s ago by the leaders of th A i InCe ' .1ning element of the Reform p:lirt I lie has consent ed to be at the hea f the cominittee that will manage thl a:np.tiga for this faction. lie was tie fortier president of the Farmers' A Iociation in this Stite. 'Thie Cotton ['iant-. which is the offi. cial organ of the Allialice-farming ele mn,It of the Reform party, will sup port the latter faction. WQen this week's issue of that paper is Issued I hi.s afternoon it will lviblish the fol low i dlouble-leaded <ii;torial, under th ciplion, "A l 3arvh Convention," wib is equlivalent to a cal1 for such a coinvt tion. "With th'! vtry ieginning of this . yetr we are Colfr te I with the fact that I his is a campain year and that we are soon to meet our opponents in a bal tie for the lieople's rights and the development of our State in business prosperity and tlhf h:ppinesi of its citin. -uich1 being the case we at n~ce reali7 the great imuportance of at one gett,ing our forces together and c)'ling to an agreenmeit on the policy t. )e piuIIu'Id So that thier can be no inuundtrtineinig, aid ie s,cces3 of o'ir caliise a.rd.sil "The C liticians must 1)a imade to t:tke a back seat and let the people thteniselves set the pace. To do that t.he people should meet in their neigh boro club, and send delegates to a State convention. which will adopt a platfori adl(I nominate a candidate for (overnor to ropresent our people on that platform. A Lieutenant Gover nor stiouldI also be put up, but the re niainder of tit State olicers can be noininated by the delegates to the Sep teiber convention. , ,t State convention for this pur. 1ose should be held not later than the nt h of March-before the farmers r,t too busy in their crops to attend to I, tI beIforo bad blood rises between he Irientds of the aspirants for the averniorshiip onl the I 'for)m side. 'The Altlinco cannot take part in oir- is mn politics, and therefore has )mly t.he right, io point out thet necessl. y of eialliing thet p-ople together and Ituving it, to some one2 eise to do the york. We bielieve that thdu-~t presi lent aind exectiv e committee of the ;rllrmrs' Asociation of this Sa0 het proper ones5 to i'siite s'uich a call,aod ye are conlident that the people would 'epn promptly and( tinanimously to i ill lasuedt b)y themi1. TJhis Is a mrove uttlt ofi t he people to reform and im >rov Vour go~verrnmert , and not a move mt-nl to place any mnan or sot of men II oilhii meirely: WVe must keep on the agh groundI of puire patriotism, and t'.k outt the imen I or service who will t - miost capable of carrying out our vishies. M'easures and not mnen must "1 , will be nioticed that, we do not uir'e wi't h omie ptoints in tihe resolu itons passetd oil lis, liriday by our :torenst btrethrenz anrd pulblished~ else .'here ini this issue; but after mature insidetratIion we Ifeel s Itistled that our o)mititon is the correct one. We hope haut ou r readlers will use our columns ii dlissioni of the matter, and in mtt way reach the most satisfactory ttnJllusion. Weo have brielly outlined ur v-i e w, with reasons therefor, and ce shal rise our best endleavors to muu t tin theu rights and privileges of ur peoplht an't promote harmony in he work< Yesterday a repre.sentative of the t ate had (juite a long talk with one or vo) of the leaders of the Alliance side, hey saiy 1 hat the leaders of the other i(e ill tie I rby, Stanyarne Wilson, irry Giaitt armt John Gary Evans. .hity 5(11m to think that a combination vas Itoined nearly a year ago by Irby tut his lolio wers to run things to suit hleSlves amlI make a slate of the of icers l or the coming term,which would m presetntted to the voters and would meswallowed biy them. They say that i ('Ilort to crush out every leading 'ii inn mnanl-the attacks upon Tindaj, tllLaurin and others-was the direct esuilt 0t th,is combination engineered ty I rlby. 'rihey consider Irby dead as ar as State politics are concerned. In (gard to those Alliance resolutions dopted( in Laurens a few days ago,one f thevse men yesterday said that they vere gott(tn up under Irby's Iiluence, md1( represented nobody's Views but us own, lIe was a good manipulator, md1( got the County Alliance to adopt heml. Ile di not think that another Xliiance in tile State would have done The leaders say that inasmuch as tie will not aff ect Governor Tillman's ight for the Senate, he Will be hands >lf ini the light. They say that Irby as ,been spreading the idea that he md 'rillman have been working to zether. ,They know that Governor imnaviews in regard to a conven [l'are not those that were expresse4 In the Laurens resolutions. They thmnk. too, that Governor Tilinan wvants a farmer for navenma.....Sme