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VOL. IX.?New Series. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 2, 1877. NUMBER. 43. - ' 5 - - ; - - : 5 ? I ' RTONPVA1T TAnvcav A REMINISCENCE OF TI1E WILDERNESS. Ah ! but these calls for regimental reunions uieau something more than decorated halls, grand dinners, and toasts and responses. Memory sits down with the boys ? in blue and the boys in gray, and makes their hearts thrill as they remember the terrible charge of the Confederates to possess themselves of the key-positiou at Gettysburg. She asks the vetcraus to remember how the brave Seventh Michigan pushed ' across tho wide river flowing past Fredericksburg and looked into tho flerco eyes of Burkfcdale's Mississippians. .She.calls upon the.m^aeUBghit at TrevilHan Station, 'the tramp of Stonewall Jacksoh's men on the plains of Manassng^and the mad, eager rush at tho earthworks around Petersburg. Well may memory sit at every veteran's right hand, for under one soil, lulled to eternal repose by the same soft breezes, are the blue and tho gray?falling ou their skirmish line, in the <*h?rnr? uln.rl.* , ? ??e>-> """b"" "J - scores?aud no man daros say that they were not brave and true. ^hat was an uwtul day when that Confederate lion, Stoucwall Jackson, crept upon poor Hooker, hiddeu in tho wilderness. DEE ON ONE SIDE?JACKSON ON TIIK OTIIKK, and the woods around Chancollorsville shook and trembled, and were almost swept from tho face of the earth by the whirriug round-shot, aud hissing shell, and the screaming grape-shot^* Men weft? 'struck stone dead as the battle-line advanced or retreated. White faced recruits and bronzefaced vcteraus were torn to fragments and hurled against the living. Wounded men fell in their tracks, to be crushed in the earth by the great liuibscut from trees by shot aud shell. The roar of guns, the crackle of musketry, the fierce shouts and awful groans, made such j 'neii upon earth of that buttle-fi^^^ ueyer seen before or aft^r^.--'" Fighting lIooker was iu a box, but not a ^j3 army dreamed that ? - uutil tho long gray line of Stone -v Jin Jacksou came creeping through tho //quict f'or .st at 3 o'clock ou that ever-to bcromembered 2d day of May, 1803. T-he light earthworks had been thrown up to face another way?toward Lee. All lines faced Lee; all men wcro looking for Left, when three divisions of Coufedcratas, moving with soft step, took Hooker's army in the rear, and drove one brigade pell-mell into and over another, until veteran soldiers were without strcugth or presence of mind. That awful night when THE WOUNDED WEltE BEING BURIED ALIVE in the woods, aud tho dead were thicker than, the leaves just broadening into full life, a report ran through the reorganized ranks that the great Stonewall Jackson had been killed. Thousands behieved it; but three of us, lying side by side in the new battle line, born after night came down, put no faith in the rumor. Why wc did uot is wnat l started 10 write aoout. Stuart's cavalry had been following up Hooker's army, but it was like a rat following in the footsteps of a horse. Leo was so far away and coming up so slowly that Hooker bad time to throw up light earthworks, seize tho best ground, fell trees to protect his flanks aud make ready to shatter and hurl back the expected attack. On that 2d day of May, his soldiers, hidden iu the woods or lying in the fields, washed their clothing, wrote letters home, made comfortable bods for themselves, and were not in the least troubled about what auother week would bring forth. As a deep river suddenly bends to avoid a bluff, so did that great army of bee's bend to avoid tho Wilderness. It split in two to attack at a given hour on both sides, and Joe Hooker sat in his tent and congratulated himself on his imprcguablc position?-considered impregnable" by iiim wlveu two great highways ran along tho rear of half of his army. So universal was tho feeling of security that soon after noon three infautrymcn started out to BEG OH BUY FORAGE FOOD. Sigol's corps wa* on Hooker's west flank, ..l~.l .1.... k.. II 1 !>.._? uiiti uv'mj 111 <iintuit mui iiajr uj iiuniuu. i ait of this corps faced the old turnpike and plnnk road ; part faced the other way.? Most of the men were hidden in the woods a id behind ridges, and up the broad highways which should have been first looked to aB Stuart was pushing his cavalrymen asskirmishcrs Wo three men were beyond Sigid's corps, and on the point of entering a farm house from which everybody had flod, when, less than a rifle shot away, we caught sight of the Confederate advance. The cavalrymen were advancing slowly, evidently expecting to find a heavy guard at some point, but at the time we imagined that less than a regiment of Stuart's men were feeling along up to pick up stragglers, locate positions, etc. We, at least, did not fear them, and the proposition to enter the house and secure a better view of the roads speedily conveyed us to a chamber window We could seo hut little more from that post, hut we did see, soon after reaehing it, 'J'llAT HA M K s : ON i:\VAM. .lACKHON ride from shelter out upon the turnpike in full viow. attended by only thive or four ofliL? 9 * ccrs. He h:id como out thero to make ob- s servation Like a cat before she destroys ' the mouse, he was wondering at what point ? he should strike to disable his victim scon- t est. Grim-uiinded and sour-tcmpcred was the 1 third man of us, and war's horrors delighted a him. When he had taken his second look t at tho little party sittiug on their horses on l tk. J ' * V..Q vj/ou iuuu, u WlUKl'U SUlllO croabtid Ills 1 face, and he whispered : r "By the hundred gods of the heathen ! butjhat chap ou the left there is old Stonewall Jackson, and I'm going to drop liiui !" Old Vote, our sour-teuipcred companion, ^ had a first-class "Minnie rifle with him. He P had carried it for several mouths, in some ^ way escaping the attcution of the inspector and in some way always secured ammunition V for it. 1 saw him iu at least half dozeu instances shoot down videttes or skirmishers 1 who seemed to be half a mile away, and he t<. was known throughout the regiment as a . dead-shot. There was considerable firing around us w from foragers, stragglers, and men cleaning their guns, and a shot from the window might not attract particular attention.? Besting the heavy gun across the window- 1,1 sill, and having as steady rest as huntei ever 111 asked for, "Old Pete" was ready to keep 1,1 his word. IT SEEMED LIKE COLD-BLOODED ASSASSINATION. I could almost couut the buttons on Jack- P' son's coat, aud there seemed 110 escape for " him. L was watching hiui when the rifle cracked, lie had a field-glass to his eye, and the only movement we could see was a (!a quick motion of the head, as if the bullet had cut close to his car. The glass was uol m even lowered. "Old Pete" swore a terrible 01 long string of oaths as he realized his fail- !(> ure? but in a niiniac._w^J^ady ~.'L ija- ~ ' - - **TL~hopc to never draw another breath if '". I don't kill him stone-dead!" he muttered 111 as he knelt down. Jackson did not face us H' as before, yet was a good mark, eveu for a 111 musket. We watched him as before, and W this time the bullet must have swept past 10 his face, as lie dodged his head backwards. The glass was down then, but he raised it in an instant and went on with hisutirvcy. (C. "Have T got to bo a fool! or have I grown at bliud!" howled "Old Pete," as he looked down upon his unharmed victim. "I'll Kill him this time or shoot myself iu this chain- ]{ ber. to It was dangerous to remain there longer, se as the cavalry had crept nearer, and Jack- ni son's aids seemed to have got the idea that :lv a sharpshooter was posted near by. Yet )CI "Old Pete" would have had a third shot if ()| the Confederates had been in the house. |( THE TAHOET WAS AS PAIR AS BEFORE. ai lie took a more careful aim, and yet when ir he tired we saw splinters fly from a rail way 'h over beyond the General. The cavalry ai were then close upon us, and our two uius- sl keta were lost iu the hurried llight from the w hou?e^ -Half an.hour after that Jackson J" was driving our brigades and divisions as 1,1 lie willed. 1,1 "I'll measure off tlio same distance, off- w hand, and bet my life that I can hit a sol- ns dier's cap nine times out of teu !" growled m "Old Pete," as lie hurried forward, and, C1 suddenly'overcome by indignation and cha- 01 :? i. . L .it 1 i.:~ -1 M?l 1 n. ^riu, uu iKtiiercu ins ciiunsfiivu fjuii a^unu \" a true and destroyed it. As if seek in g per- 111 sonal revenge, .Jackson's legions passed *>' right by us. The nearest brigade of SigePs w corps was picked up and dashed to pieces u as a strong man would lift and hurl a child. P Running along with theorized and fright- h encd men, but bearing off towards our own P division, we picked up other muskets to re- u place our lost ones, iteachiuga knoll from *> which we had mother view of the tuynpike, we halted for a last look over (he heads of c tho frightened, fleciug. soldiers?over the d ground strewn with arprt and accoutrements ?ov?r tire blW srfloKe* j?St beginning to rise ' WE SAW JACKSON AOAIN. He was far away, but it was Jackson. "Curse him ! but ho has got a guardian j( angel," howled "Old Pete," as he shook his j. fist toward the turnpike. No other man ever yet had a rifle drawn i,;... ... o ....a .1 a 'it ?ii ui uv oiivii a kiii^g auu tovajn; biiiuu ^ cool, carefully-aimed bullets. His escape j] sent ;i tlirill of superstition through each mind, and from that hour to the moment when the news reached us "Old Pete" nevor spoke a word. It was a puzzle ho could j not solve. As we lay in line, ever) eye peering through the darkness to catch sight j of the gray line coining on again, an aid came hurrying along and shouted out : "We're all right, boys. Stonewall Jack- g son has been killeduptho road there !" "Old Pete" leaped up, whirled around to ^ face the bearer of the news, and savagely shouted back : j, "You lie ! you lio ! you lie ! Stonewall g Jackson can't be hurt by shell or killed by bullets !" RUT IT WAS SO. ( Lying in the arms of those who loved f him, so near us that the cries of our ?, wounded must .have reached his ears, was ' the mortally wounded General whose skill i and strength had no match. While the I i white-faced dead looked up to the torn and ' 1 shattered forest trees?wile the wounded i crawled here ami there in their awful agony ? while the living looked into each other's 1 inxious faces and woudcrcd if another night would find any of us there, the legions of Jackson were strangely silent. Now and hen came the sudden boom of sumo great ?uu, sounding like a deep groan of despair, >ut there was nothing more to break tho ileuce. While uien rested in line of batle, having tho awful horrors of war on ivery side, there was one who gave up his Ife as ho whispered, "Let us cross over tho ivcr aud rest uudcr the shade of the troes. ?Detroit Free Dress. * Tiib Gkkat Wall or China.?Tho ;reat wall of <&}nirj|tra*ia?*kured<4a many Jaces by Mr. Unthank, an American cuaged on a survey for a Chinese railway.? lis measurements give tho height at eighuen feet, and a width on top of fifteen feet. Ivery few hundred yards there is a tower wenty-four feet square, and from twenty > forty-five feet high. The foundation of lie wall is of solid granite MivUnthank rought with him a hrick from.-the wall, hich is supposed to have been made '200 ears 11. C. In building 'his immense uue fence to keep out the Tartars, t ho uilders uovor atleuiptcd to avuid mounlins or chasms to save expense. Tor 1.300 lilcs the wall goes over plain and inounin, and every foot of the foundation is in did granite, and the rest of the structure did masonry. In souie places the wail is jilt up against the bank, or canons, or ocipices, where there is a sheer dcsceiit 1,000 feet. Small streams are arched or, but in the larger streams the wall runs the water's edge, and n tower is built on ch side. On the top of the wall there e breastworks, or defenses, facing in and it, so the defending force can pass from ic tower to another without being exposed , au euemy from either side. To ?_ ?cut<;_ ihi' time oi building or. cost ol'Tliis wall beyond human skill. So far as the mag- | tudo of the work is concerned, it surisses everything in ancient or modern incs of which there is any trace. The ] rrauiids of Egypt arc nothing compared ( it. . Colored Mortality.?The cxtraordt- 1 iry mortality among negroes of the Uui- 1 d States is beginning to arouse attention 1 tho Nurth, and the New York Times \ k*?-ihtft the n loprtc o! North (Tarnrintl, now in session, ar aleigh, shall consider what must he done decrease the alarming death rate. It ! cuis that in all the large cities .vherc the ' igrocs have congregated since the war the erage of deaths among the blacks is at n?t do able and sometimes as much as five incs as great as arnoug the whites. In ichuiond, for instance, 14 white people id 25 negroes died during the week endig August 28, this year, while the deaths .1.........l- i..o? ........ ii ...i.:? ? id 28 negroes. Memphis shows a record ill more startling, for during 1871: (152 hites ami GUI negroes died .wliii '.i is a uch greater mortality for the negror* ihau Riclimoud, because of the larger piopovon of white people in Memphis. Jlot : hile this shows that very nearly four times i many negroes as whites died in lS7G,tho ortnlity reports this year indicate au inreased death rate among the doomed colred people, 148 negroes and only 128 white eople having died in Memphis during the lonths of July and August last?a proporon of five negroes to,one white man. The * uses ..of his excessive mortality arc well nderstood ; and, though the matter is not olitical in iiself the. negroes have certainly een brought to this dreadful condition by olitics. If they had been permitted to relaid in agricultural districts, instead of eing* encouraged iu every way to herd in tie cities for tho use of the party which mploycd them as voting cattle, this terrible eatli rate would never have occured. A FkuooIous IIokse.?A telegram from 'etaluma, California, says: ''Last nighlic 'Man-eater,' a valuable but savage stalt on that was brought herefrom the East jnic tiuic since, heavily ironed, with shackjs on his feet, on account of his wcll-kuown jrocious nature, got loose and escaped from is stable. At six o'clock in the morning man by the name of Kenny was sent out o look for the horse, and two hours after ic was discovered dead in the horsc-'rack. here h i had been killed by the stallion rhile trying to catch him. The body of he man was frightfully mutilated, his roast being torn, and bitten in a most hocking manner,' and disfigured by the ioofs of the lierco animal, that alter throw ng him down bad.evidently jumped and rodd&n upon him,^crushing in his chest, ind attacking hiui v with his teeth. The vickcd and dangerous Man-eater, that ceins to be appropriately ufttned, was subequently captured by two Mexican vajueros, and is now sccOrely'- lodged iifcJhifc liable." ' v "What did they ever name ;^hors<? Tom Ochiltree for?" asked an oldiiaskoned Seuitor. "lie was oneo a United States Marshal in Texas. Was ho flotjjfc of foot ?"? I'lie answer of a Kentucky Tliorseinau settled tho question : "Did 1V\i never hear the expression," "Mccanylc as fast ns a horse can run ? Well, that wai'Toni Ochiltree's great forte, and hence thl> belief that no horse named after him can ever he beaten " A FIGHT FOR LIFH WITH RATS. An Army of lints Attacking <i Siynal Service Officer and His Wifc?Con<jueriny the Iiodchts by Electricity? Terrible Fate, of a Child. The vast number of rats inhabiting th? rocky crevices and cavernous passages at ?l.? - :? -C me ouuiiini m l iKcs i'ouk, in Uolorado, have recently become formidable and duugeious. These animals arc known to feud upon a saccharine gum that percolates through the p res of the rocks,- apparently upheaved by that vulcanic action vrhioh, at irregular intervals of a i^#jays. gives to tM tftoflTITMn crtfst that vibratory motion which has been detected by the instruments used iu tho oflice of the United States signal station. Since the establishment of tho government sigTial station on tho summit of tho Peak, at an altitude of nearly 15,000 feet, these animals have acquired a voracious appetite for raw and uncooked incut, the scent of which seems to impart to them a ferocity rivaling the starved Siberian wolf. The most singular trait in (ho character of these animals is, they are never to be seen iu the day-time. When the moon pours dowu her queenly light upon the summit they may be seen in countless numbers, < hopping around among the rocky boulders 1 that crown this barren waste ; and during < the warm summer mouths they may be seen I swimming and sporting in the waters of the ' lake, a short distance.below the crest ? !' tho t Peak -f and of a dark, cloudy night their 1 trail in the water exhibits a glowing, sparkling light, giving to the waters of the lake a | flickering silvery appearance. A few days ( since Mr. .John T. O'Kocf, one of tho gov- ] eminent operators at the signal station, re , tufiled to his post from Colorado Springs, j taking with liiui a quarter of beef. It boiiur ( late in the afternoon, bis colleai/uo. Mr ILobbs, immediately left with the pack animal foi the Springs. Soon after dark, while Mr. O Keel was engaged in the office forwarding night dispatches to Washington, lie was startled by a loud scream from Mrs. D'Keef, who had retired for the night in an idjoining bedroom, and who came rushing into the office screaming, '-The rats! the rats!" Mr. O'Koef, with great preseucoof mind, immediately girdled his wife with a jcroll of ziuc plating, such as had bacn used 'u"* *?+?' MMufMPTToni cliiiiuing upon ner person; tnil, although hit owh person was almost literally covered with them, he succeeded in incasing his legs each iu a joint of stovepipe, when ho commenced a tierce and desperate struggle for the preservation of his life, with a heavy war-club preserved at the station, among other Indian relics captured at the battle of Sand Creek. Notwithstanding hundreds were destroyed on every side, still they seemed to pour with increasing numbers from the bedr ?om, the door of which had been left ( pen. Thccuiire quarter of beef was eaten in less than live minutes, which seemed only to sharpen their appetites for an attack upon Mr. O'Keef, whose hands, face and neck were terribly lacerated. In the midst of the warfare Mrs. O'Keef managed to reach a coil of , electric.wire hanging near the battery ; and, ( being tv mountain girl familiar with the ( thrqvffng of the lariat, she hurled it through i?ntifiiiirr it t?% iinni ? * !?? lior luiclintitl %..* 1.11, V..UU...^ ,V VV VIIVIIVIW ..V. ^ ..u. ami-spring out from its loosened fastenings, 1 making innumerable spiral ways, along which she poured the electric fluid from the 1 heavily-charged battery In an instant the room was all ablaze with electric light, and whenever the rats came in contact with the wire they were hurled to an almost instant dcntlp The appearance of daylight, made such by'the coruscation of the heavily-charged wire, caused them to take refuge among the crevices aud caverns of the mountain, by way of the bedroom window, through which they had forced their way. But the saddest part of this night attack upon the Peak is the destroying of their infant child, which Mrs. O'Keef thought she had made secure by a heavy covering of bed clothing; but the rats had found their way to the infant (only two months old.j and had left nothing of it hut the peeled and mumbled skull. Drs. Thorn aud Anderson thought at first that the left arm of Sereoant O'Keef would have to be amputated, but succeeded .in saving it. Didn't Want His Hair Cur.?The following coloquy took place in a barber shop not more than a thousand miles from East Bay a day or two ago: Bulldozing barber. Have your hair cut to-dav. sir? r Customer. No, sir. JJ. JJ. (while thumhling ftuiong the locks.) Vary lorn;, very strangling, sir; couiesclear down, t^your coat collar. 0. -All right; I'll have the collar moved | down. ^ End of the colloquy. Two men were riding in the cars the other morning, when one asked the other if he had a pleasant place of residence. ''Yes,'' was the <eply ; we have seven nice large rooms oVer a store. ''Over a store ! I shouldn't think that would he a quiet place." "Oh ! it is quiet enough. The folks don't advertise." - 4? Men arc frequently like tea?tho real strength and goodness are not properly 1' drawn on*, until they have been in hot water. X DOMESTIC RECIPES. j r .miii.es.?One cup butter, two sugar, three eggs, lour cups Hour; uiix soft; bako in round cakes. Cbab apple Jelly.?Cut iu halves and boil in water till soil; two quarts water to half peck apples ; strain and add one pound of sugar to ouo pint juice; boil 25 minutes. Apple Custard Pie.?Ouc pint of sweet milk and three grated sweet apples, two well beaten eggs, little salt, sugar and nutmeg to taste. * Have only uu undcrcrust. Ring's Pudding.?Beat six ; add one qiflfrt of sweet milk, ouo pouud of white sugar, one dozen of soda crackers four largo apples, cut in very thin slices, and a little salt; spice to taste. Hake about two hours. Currant Cake.?Cream, one cup of best butter, and two cups of sugar, one cup of sweet milk, three well-beatcii eggs?the whites and yolks separately?three cups of silted flour, two cups of well-washed currants ? dried and well dredged with flour?two teaspoonluIs baking powder. # Cut Cake.?One cup of butter, one cup jf sweet milk, two cups of sugar, three nrell-beaten eggs, four cups of sifted flour, always sift flour alter measuring it,) oue lialf teaspoonful of soda dissolved iu a little .. iiot water, one teaspoouful of ^f,?-- ?,i.?^ ar. iff I'll-in liiu tlauo, cap"~6f faisiuS sell dredged with flour. Suet Pudding.?Two and a half cupAils flour, one teaspoouful salt, one cup suet, dropped flue, two eggs, scant pint milk, ono iralf teaspoouful soda, one half cup apples, dropped line, one cup raisins, ono teaspoouful each of cloves and cinnamon, threo ablespoouslul of molasses, steam one and Jrrec-quarter hours. Apple Fruit Cake.?Soak three cups lried apples over night in cold water; iu ,hc morning chop aud stew till soft in threo :ups of molasses ; when cold mix with threo ;ups flour, one cup buttor, three eggs, one cuspoouful soda, spices, two cups raisins, too of currants, ono leuion chopped lino j his makes two pans of cakc. French Cream Cake.?lioil scant pint t , nilk ; take two oires. and, two^gmiili takl* . iiilk ; when the milk boils stir this in slowly 4 with scant cup sugar, one tablcspoonful buter, two tnhlcspoousful lemon essence ; make i cake of three eggs, one cupful sugar, ono ind one half cupsful tlour, tcnspoonful bakng powder, two tablespoousful milk ; bake n three layers, and while warm spread with . ream. Chocolate Cake.?One cupful of best butter, and two cupsful sugar, beaten to a . reaui; one cupful ol sweet milk, three and )no half cupsful sifted Hour, one toaspoonul eroain ol- tartar, sifted in the flour; onclalf teaspoouful of soda, dissolved in u I'ery little hot water; tho whites of four iggs, well beaten, and the yolks of six ; naken frosting with the whites of two eggs, me and one half cupsful powdered sugar, iix tablespoonsful grated chocolate, ono ablespooui'ul of vanilla; frost when tho :akc is warm. HakedTomato Pudding.?Takeadeep [ludding dish and butter the inside of it well; first put in a layer of bread crumbs, then a layer of peeled sliced tomatoes, then a small onion cut very thin ; dredge on a little Hour, pepper and salt; now begin with bread cruuibs again, tomatoes, onion and seasoning, till the dish is full; the top layer must ho bread cruuibs, with salt and pepper, and a few small bits of butter over it; put this in the oven, keep it covered with a tin plate for an hour, then remove the plate and let it hrowul lt does not require too hot ail oven. It will take at least two hours to bake. Those who wish can add sugar to suit the taste. It is butter to send it to table in the dish it is baked in. Home has been happily saved and many a fortune retrieved by a man's full confidence in bis wife. Woman is far more a seer and a prophet than uiuu, if she be giv- J en a fair chance. As a geueral rule, the wives confide the minutest of their thoughts and plans to their husbands. Why not reciprocate, it but for the pleasure of meeting confidence with confidence? 1 am certain no man succeeds ho well iu the world an he who, taking a partnor tor life, makes her the partner of' his purposes and hopes. What is wrong of his impulses or judgment, she will check and set right with her uluiost universally right iustinct, and what she most craves and most deserves is confidence, without which love is never free from a shadow. Moved by the numerous cowardly murders in Kentucky, the Louisville CourierJournal breaks forth : "The puppy that is afraid to go among his fellow-uien without a navy-six on his hip, ought to be kicked out of society on the tiptoe of public sentiment." A man who edited a paper in Texas for two years is one of the curiosities now traveling with Baruutn's show. Ho carries B7 bullets in his body, 110 Bowie knife scars, has one eye gouged out, one ear bit off, his nose twisted around on his left cheek, all his teeth knocked out and his skull trepanned. r V,W