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VOL. IX. M3ANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1894. NO.25. LMST WEEK IN WAGNER. A GRAPHIO STORY OF THE BOMBARC MENT OF THE FORT. Diary of Lient. Col. J. G. PresileY, Com manding Tweny-firh Scath Carolina Volunteers in the Fort Durtcg the Last Week of the Bombardment. To the Editor of The News and Cou rirer: In the acc'unt of the unveiling of the monument to the Confederate dead, erected by the ladies of Orangeburg County, published in The News and Courier of October 19, 1893, your Co lumbia correspondent used the following language in reference to the Edisto Ri fles and the St. Matthsw's Rifes, two compamies of the 25th South Cat olina volunteers, which I bad the honor to lead in more than one bloody engage ment in the civil war, in which these companies covered themselves with glory and were conspicuous in winning undying fame for the whole regiment. You say: "They were in the battle of Secessionville in June, 1862, and in 1863 served in garrisoning Battery Wagner the Edisto Rifles being one of the com panies in the evacuation of Morris Island in September, 1863." This language is somewhat obscure, and from it it is fairly inferable that the St. Matthew's Rifles were not in Fort Wagner during the last days of that greatest of modern millitary works and during the most terrifid bombardment known to modern history. To set the matter beyone question in the future and to make a record of which the children of these brave men will be proud as hero lam stirs the human heart, I propose to send you a few extracts from my diary. written very soon after the events to which reference is made. The 25th re giment had but one tour of duty in Wag ner, arxd that was from the 1st to the 7th of September, 1863: FIRST OF SEPTEMBER, 1863. Orders received this morning directine me to proceed with the regiment to Fort Johnson, tasere to take the steamer to night for the purpose of being transferred to Morris Island to constitute a part of the garrison of Fort Wagner, relievin: one of the regiments in that fort. These orders were notth time countermanded; ar.d the regiment in fle spirits, marched to Fort Johnson this afternoon. There we found a row boat large enough to carry one company. This boat was turned ever to Company A, (Washington Light Infantry,) under the command of Lieut. H. B. Olney. which embarked upon it and started late in the afternoon for Cumming's Point. The rest of the regiment was embarked upon a steamer about dusk. The changes of the garrison were always made at night to prevent the enemy from sinking our boats, as nearly the whole of the harbor was under tire of their fleet and land batteries. It was the custom to make a detail of boats from our nava' vessels in the harbor to transfer the troops from the transport steamers to Cumming's Point. The steamer on which the 25th was embarked stopped near Fort Sumter. The usual detail from the navy failed to report, and the steamer was deficient in sailors to man the few boats which she had on board. One boat with a few men pushed off, and the captain of the steamer offered me a scow large enough to carry about fifty men if I could find otrsmen. There was no dificulty in this. A number of men, mnostly from the Beauregard Light In fantry and the Wee Nee Volunteers, declared their ability to row and ex pressed their desire to go. I soon had the scow full, and with Dr. W. 0. Ra venel, our surgeon, Lient. F. J. Lesesne, acting adjutant, and about fifty men and officers started to Cumning's Point. When about halt way the monitors came up and com menced to hombard Fort Sumter. The steamer with the balance of the regiment on board, being in great darmer, returned to Fort Johnson. The harbor was smooth, the mocn s~r'Le b'ightl-. si spurred on by the exp ts'i- '* 4 0 from the monitors, my ua ii a made rapid progress. We were Boo.n wadin sont of the water under the guns of Batter y Gregg. Our boat drew so much water that- she could not get near encuith to enable us to land on "terra firma." Company A, had reached Cumming's Point, and with the men brcught with me my command consisted ot eighty or ninety, rank and file. There was no prospect of getting the remainder of the regiment before the next nieht. This detachment was marched to Fort Wag ner, where I reported to Gen. Colquir, whom I fcand in command. As I had not men enough to relieve any of the batalions or regiments he ordered me to return to the sand hills between Wag ner and Grega and protect my command as well aslIcould. Allithat part oftt e island was under the enemy's fire, and their shells were continually dropping. We retired to what the soldiers called "private bomb proofs." These were boles in 1.e sand about larse enought to -hold two men. Here a man was safe ex cept from shells bursting' immediately overhead or falling vertically. I did not find a "hole in the grcund" very- com fortable, and so Lieut. Lesesne and I apread our blankets between two sand hills, and under the shelter of a small bush passed the balance of a very dis agreeable night. It became quite cold to wards morraing. The monitors bombarded B umter all night. Battery Gregg, on Morris Island, Fort Moultrie and the batteries on Sullhvan's [Eland tock part in the affray and did some excellent tir ing. The mzonitors would belch Out .2olumns of flame from their 15 inch guns intheir turrets. Whben the shot from cur batteries struck them they would see-ni to be covered by sheet lightning. Fort Wagner and the enemy's batteries in front exchan'aed shots all night. SECOND OF SEPTEMBER. This morning the enemie's last paraliel 200 yards from Wagner, was nearly cmpleted. Both the garrison and the enemy were working like beavers, she former repairing damages and the latter pushing forward their trenches. The gafrieon kept up a steady fire. My de tachment was detailed as a working par ty for Battery Grrgg, at Cumming's Point, where another gun was to be mounted. I marched t down andi turned them over to the engineer and ordnance officer in eharge. Capt. R. Press Smith, of the regular infantry, was mn o.mmand. Lient. Eagerton, of the same regiment, formerly a sergeant in Company B, (Washingtorr Li~iht infan try.) was assistmng him. The enemy poured their shell into Sumter, Wang ner and Gregg all day. At dusk, as in. structed, I reported with my detach ment at Fort Wagner. and we com menced our tour of duty. By 10 or 11 o'clock the rest of the regiment arrived. The commanles did not al) come together and they were stationed on the perapet of Wagner as they came, relieving a worh a romina reiment which lef t the island by the same boats which brought L the remain'er of the 25th S. C. V. The a 28th Georgia, a small regiment, occupied o a part of the land face. The balance. >f the land face, all of the sea face, and a llank wall outside, running from the fort s to low-water mark, were occupied by 2 .he 25th S. C. V. Major. Glover was as- a signed to the command of the flank wall 'I and the sea face. I had command of the a land face and the general supervision of e the whole regiment. T .e two regiments 2 mentioned, and several companies of C the 2d South Carolina artillery (iu all ( about 2,300 flective men) constituted a the garrison of the tort. The 27th s Geogia was kept in the sand hills as re- o serve. Battery Gregg was garrisoned t by a company of regulars. These were e dli of the Confederate troops on the n sland. The fire cf the enemy was not c very brisk during the night, but there t was very little chance for any rest on I the part of our troops. I was directed to s make the salient angle,'on the land face, e :egimental headquarters. Major F. F. u Warley, of the 21 South Carolina artil- e ery was chiet of artillery and had the s eneral supervislon of all the b uns. During the night Col. Lawrence I bA- Keitt, of the 20.h Sou.h Carolina fi Volunteers, came down, and relieved t Gen. Colquitt. who left the island. fi HIRD OF SEPTEMBER, THURSDAY. Enemy still approaching. Oae of two >f our guns and one mcrtar keeping up a steady fire. The men of tte 25th were n n high spirits, a great many of them , went to work building defences on the b walls of the fort with sand bags, in b which they constructed loop holes, s through which to fire at the enemy a whose works were provided with similar I means of offence and defence. Firing v through these loop holes had become I very dangerous, yet it was steadily kept I ap. As soon as light was seen through I one of these holes the "Federal sharp- I sooters" fired, and not unfequently c succeeded in sending their balls through. t Each side fired at the dashes ot the ri- t flea of the other. Oar men, alter firing, c Shoved their hats into the loop holes to s carken them before they drew out their c muskets, which when reloaded were put cautiously back, and the hole covered c by a man before the bat was withdrawn. s Private Wallace, of Company C, re- v ceived a Yankee ball in his piece, which, e happening to ne of larger calibre than e the enemy's gun, did not lodge. He t took it out, put down a charge of c powder, and sen . the bail back to its for mer own. Musket firing and the hissing e of balls were incessant. The enemy did d not today make much use of his artillery c but was hard at work in his trenches. Not a man could be seen, but a line of , spades was visible as they were lifted r up to throw the sand out of the trench a on the side towards us. There was no t entire cessation of fire, but only a slack u enm of the artillery. Our James Is. land batteries and Fort M 'ultrie briskly , cannonaded the enemies trenches all it day. -Tbe fleet came up, as was the n custom, every day, and opened tire on c as throwing eleven and fifteen inch 8 shells. They were otten thro wn with small charges of powder, ricocheted - along the water, and striking near the i top of the covered ways fell nearly ver- b ucally, searching every part ,f our I works. Sme of the fifteen inch shells v were loaded with smaller shells, which, t when tWe large shells burst, would have. c their fuses ignitsd and would explode, b scattering their pieces in every direction c and doing much damage. During the r day from one fourth to one third of the a men were kept on the parapet. The rest were allowed to remain in the bomb, proofs. At nighttall they were all, turned out and kept on the parapet all, ight. The enemy had gotten so near I that we could be heard making our dis- j positions for the night. The fire was then quickened and shot and shell'came a literally like iron bail. The garrison bad a great deal of work to do constant y repairing damages. It was soon ap- b parent that this fort was near its last 1 day. The exterior slope of the salient b was drifting slowly into the ditch under e the enemy's fire. FOURTH OF SEPTEMBER, FRIDAY. t Tbe enemy commenced a lively can nonade this mornIng. Quite a number of cur sharpshooters' stands were knocked down. The firing of the sharpt shooters was very brisk on both sides, and continued so all day. The United 1 States flag was put up by the enemy at I the head of his trench, now only about - one hundred yards from the salient. My opinion was that the intention of ~ sen. Gilmore wa' to pass the fort at L C low tide and assail us from the rear. e There was in width at low water aboutt ffty yards ot bard beach between our fank wall and low water mark. This was one of the defects of our work. t There w as a time when a line of pal- c sades might have been driven to low g water mark. The engineers thoughtv that the salient would be the point 0f 1 assaulf. This would have been in ac- T cordace with scIentific approach and 1I assault. I expressed my dissent from - the eugineers, and urged Col. Keitt to a allow me to strengthen our force of twod companies lef t on the outside behimd the fank wail to meet any effort that t might be made to pass the tort HeI t agreed with the engineers and did not allow me to strengtsen our .torce. un thes outside. The batteries on James Island kept up an unremitting fire aud were doing some excellent practice, particularly the one at Shell Point, called "Battery Simk.ns," in honor of the gallant Lieut. Col. Simkins, who fell during the assault on this fort on the 18'-h of July. Major F. F. Warley was w oundled in the at- C ternoon by a piece of shell, which made C painful tiesh wound on one of his lees. t He was Eoon after started to the city in Brig. Gen. Ripiey's boat, which came down to bring dispa'ches. An accu at of the condition of the for; was given a Maj. Warley for Gen. Beauregard. On I th way up to the city one of the enemy ~ boats cemmanded by Lieut. Charles ~ Craven, ,f tne United States navy, fell ~ in witn Maj. Warley, and captured him and his noat's crew', which was greatly ' cutnumbered by Lient. Craven's party. Major Warley had the pre sence of mind to tear open the envelope. containing I t communication for Gen. Beauregard, and after putting: en oar lock iside b thre e' it overboard before he surrendered ( met Lieut. Cravcu since tne war and neard irom him an accojunt of this iuec den). The ens;. weic inl the habit 01t sendog btoats at nigtht from the creek between Jamnes and Morris isiauds around Cumnming's Point, and between 1 Sumter and Gregig out towards the Bar. C Capi. Thomas Huguenin. of the 131t South Carolina iniamtry, wno had with c bs company reieo'ed Capt. R. Press Sm~.ith and the carrison of Utery Grg, weas ordered up from that work and made chief of artiliery in Warlex 's place. One of Capt. Hluguenin's l?au- I tenants was left mn commaud ot Gregg.I A more etlicieni. successor of Warle nt could not have been selected. Eugueny i was wmoutfeor, had been trained at - ae South Carolina Military Academy, nd was thoroughly acquainted with all f the duties of an artillery officer. Our working parties were hard at Pork all da3 repairing damages, occa ioned by the enemy's fire. Corpl. iewcomer, of Company A. was killed nd several men wounded this afternoon here were a number of casu ties in the ther regiments of the garrisou. The nemy's fire slackened after nightfall. t L calcnum light was displayed by Gen. hlmore but was turned on the creek. ant. Sellers' and Company F. (St. latthew's Rilles,) were with me in the client tonight. They had been with ie there last night. I had been directed > remain in the salient when my prea nce was not needed elsewhere. Both ien and officers had gotten so they Duld sleep und -r fice, when permitted take a tittle rest. The shells from 'ort Moultrie passed directly over the client, and as they were now timed to splode just two hundred yards beyond s, the danger of a slightly premature spiosi:n was great, as will be under tood, when it is remembered that loultrie was nearly two miles away. esides this danger and the danger om the enemy's shot and shell, the enches were now so near that pieces om our own mortar shells thrown *om the fort came back into the salient. FIFTH OF SEPTEMBER, SATURDAY. The last parallel of the enemy was ow completed, just 200 yards from our rorks, and their guns and mortars be ind it ready for action. In the bom aidment of today shot and shell from eventeen seige and Coehorn mortars nd thirteen 100, 200, and 300 pounder parrot grns, all in the land batteries, rere incessantly poured into the forts. 'tiese, with the fire of sixteen 1 inch )anlgren broadside and 200 pounder 'arrot bow and stern guns of the ronsides, ave 15 inch Dahlgren guns a the enemy's monitors, added to the bunder of Moultrie, Johnson and the atteries on James and Sullivan's Island Dade an artillery fight the fury and randeur of which can hardly be con eived. It is r eyond my powers of escription, surpassing the iost highly olored accounts of bombardments of rhich I have ever read or heard. No ords in the English language can xaggerate it. Tne mortar shells of the nemy, which could be seen throughout heir entire flight, fell so fast that they ould not be counted. The Parrot guns wers so near that the xplosion of their shells in the fort rowned the report of the guns. All of ur guns in the fort were silenced. It ras impossible for the artillerists to ork them under such a fire. When di eced to any one spot, as it was when ur artillery opened, it became i npossi le for anything to live, and the work ig of our guns was therefore out of the uestion. Men were beiug killed and rounded in every direction. It was noossible to stand even fot'a few min tes on the part t f terreplein or parade f the fort without beinz covered with and thrown up by bursting shells. We :ept about one.fourth of the iofantry utside of the bomb proots. The sufacr ,g of the men m the bomb proofs from eat and want of water Was terrible. 'ne supply brought from the city was rholley inadequate. That gotten from be wells on the island, corrupted by orpses buried in the sand, was horri le. Extreme thirst alone drove the en to drinking it, and it was almost as inch as a man's li'e was worth to visit well for the purpose of getteng it. A great many horrible sights, which ili remain in the minds of those who ritnessed them as long as life lasts, ere to be seen. Private Moses A. tawlinson, of Company G, (Edisto iflee,).was knocked from the prapet, rhere he was fearlessly doing his duty s a sharpshooter, to the middle of the sarade, a distance of forty or fifty feet, ong fully twenty feet up in the air in .is passage. The braye fellov never at bis rifle go, but fell with it in his .ands. Two of the litter-bearers start d to bring him into the bomb proof hos lital. I stopped them, izecause it seemed o me to be almost cs rtain death to go him till the iron hail slacked a little. e appeared to lie dead. In a few min tes he was discovered to move. I then old the litter-bearers that he must be rought ib. They did their duty fearless. 7, but their tenderness to the poor fel >w and their bravery were useless. He ed in a few minutes. Lient IHenry iontgomery, Jr., of Company C, was iliad about 10 or 11 o'clock in the iornig. A piece of shell took off~ tbe reater portion of his head. A Chris an gentleman, true-hearted patriot and rave soldier was lost in him. The mortar shells, being visible as bey camie hissing and spluttering into ur works, could many of them be dod d. The Parrot guns sent their shells ithut warning. rhe fort was now be g so rapidly demolished that it was ery evideat it could not stan ! a much >nger continuation c f the bombardment. 'he parapet cf the salient was gone. nd the ditch at that point filled with the rft. It seemed that the bomb proofs ould soon sucenmb to this destructive re. A portion of our signal corps had en specially detailed to observe the ignals ot the enemy. Every dispatch ignaled between Gen. Gilmore, ot the ~ederal army, and Admiral Dilhlgren, f th.e navy, was transmitted by our ignai officers to Gen. Beauregard in he city, and euch as he desired us to aow were thetr sent to Col. Kiett for is information and guidance. One of bse dispatches, which was read by Col. eitt to a few cf us who were in his onidence, detailed the plan of an attack n Battery Gregg which had been agreed pon between Guilnore and Dahlgren. ie arrangemneni was made by wvb~ch )aiiren was to furnish the boats and imore the men, and! Battery Gregg. t Cumminc's Point, was to be su *risd. But tar this its formnation it seems ertai that Greg would n ave t allen and be Confederates on Martis IAI:tmd cut if from ahi hope of escapt; Tne expr di tn was to come1 in Ooatr with medied ars iromn the creek which separat.t.s ames fro~m Mmrris Island, and whe the e~s of the b.,ats struck the beach the 2en were to jump out and charge the attery. Capt. Martiao I S :iers, w an is coispany, (St Mathle w's R lies,) and ompauy I, (Beauregard Lunst Infan e.) under the comimaudi 1Leut A. J. Ls, with a detaicment ul tinty meai om the 28:.a Georgie, uzde. c ,mmuaud Capt ilayne, wete deauied as reDo re meats for B.tery Gree. Ti e miole detachment was put under t: omand of Capt. Schecrs. (fIain': as killed before he re ported watn his ,marid to S iers. VTe same shell1 mich killed ha ni kd Lieu:. I. A. hlu.) The assriihcg force sent to caipture attery Gieg~ came according to gro ramme, but they were the parities tu rbed. As soon as their boats struck he beach they were greeted with a volley ICONTINUED ON PAGE FouR.J THE GOVERNOR DEFIED. THE DUVAL CLUB WILL FIGHT TO A FINISH. Statement to the Public Gaarantaelog the Match as Advertised-To Test the Law With a Negro Siugging Match. JACKSONVILLE. FLA., Jan. 9.-The managers of the Duval Athletic Club set a snare for its enemy, Governor Mitchell. today into which they hope he will fall and thereby give them an opportunity to test the Florida law in relation to prize fights. The snare in question is the arrang ing of a contest between two negro sluggers to take place at the opera house in a few days. The principals to the atf-air are Perry Watkins, negro champion middle weight of Florida and Green Harris, negro champion middle weight of Tennessee. The men are to fight for a purse of $500 and have signed'articles of agreement iden tical with those signed by Corbett and Mitchell. The purpose of the club is to test the sincerity of Governor Mitchell's oppo sition to the Corbett-Mitchell mill and also to get a decision from the courts as to the-law in relation to prize-fights in this State. If the Governor and au thorities of Duval county allow the ne groes to meet and slug one another, the club people will say that the Execu tive's opposition to the proposed Cor bett-Mitchell fight is insincere and is dictated by other reasons than a de sire to preserve the "peace and dignity of the State.'" If the authorities of the county acting under instructions from the Governor, prevent the fght and ar rest the negroes, the club managers say that they will very likely be able to secure a decision from the courts as to whether prize-fights are violative of the State law. In either event the club hopes to be a winner and down the Governor. When questioned in regard to the mill between the negroes the club man agers deny that they are promoting the affair, but in sporting.circles. it is said that this denial is only made for a blind and that Manager Bowden and others have arranged for the bout be tween the negroes. The following correspondence be tween the Governor and Sheriff Perry of St. John's county, where rumor has' it the club has decided to attempt to ring about the fight, shows how vigi lant the Governor is and how deter mined he is to checkmate the club. The Governor's letter to Sheriff Perry is as follows: Executive Department, Tallahassee, Fla., Jan. 5, 1894. C. J. Perry, Esq., Sheriff of St. John's County, Florida, St. Augustine: Dear Sir: I see by the papers that James J. Corbett and Charles Mitchell, who propose to disgrace Florida by one of their brutal prize fights, have so amended their agreement that said fight might take place in either Duval or St John's county, and you, are in structed to prevent said contest in'St. John's county whether it is known or called a prize fight, glove contest, or is known or called by any other name. You understand the situation in your county, and if, in- your opinion, you will not be able to prevent said contest with the means at your command, you are instructed to call upon the Execu tive of the State for such assistance as you may deem necessary. I have confidence in your int'lli gence, and you are expected to carry out these instructions to the letter by preventing the proposed contest be tween s iid parties in your county. Very respectfully, IH. L. MITCHELL, Governor. To this Sheriff Perry. after consult ing Judge W. A. Mac Willhams, his at torney. mailed on the evening of the 8th the follo'vng reply: Sheriff's Office, St. John's County, St. Augaistine, Fla., Jan. 8th. Hon. Henry L~. Mitchell, Governor of Florida, Tallahassee, Fla.: Dear Sir: Your communication of January 5th, 1894, received and the contents duly noted, and in reply there to would say, It is now, and always has been my intention to uphold the law in accordance with my oath of office. If it becomes necessary to call upon you for assistance to that end, I will not hesitate to do so. Very respectful ly, C. J. PERRY, Sheriff St, John's County. Win. A. Brady, who is managing Corbett, today came up from Mayport, where the champion is training. Ques tionad by the Soutnern Associated Press correspondent in regard to the outlook for the fight, Brady .said: "I am strongly of the opinion that the club people will be entirely success ful in their efforts to bring the contest to a successful issue, and you may be sre that our ena of the affair will give them all the support in our pow Brady was also asked about the at tempt made by some unknown person to enter Corbett's sleeping room, re ported in these dispatches last night, but he refused to give any opinion as to the purpose of the intruder. The Athletic Club late tonight fur nished to the Southern Associated Press corresponnent a statement to the public, which, after reciting the history of the leg'al battle for the past two weeks, already familiar to the pub lic, and describing Gevernor Mitchell's action, continues as follows: This club, through its manager, coin :"n'ricated with Governor Mitchell and asked him to submit the case, with the contracts with Corbett and blitchell, to the Supreme Court in a fair and im partial manner, and that that body be allowed to pass upon the same. This the Governor refused to do. There is no fair-minned person who will not agree with us that we have done ev erything in our power to have an ad judication by the courts of this case, and that there is no other conclusion o e arrived at except tilat Governor Mitchell is afraid to submit the case to the courts, and we hereby, in this pub lic manner, throw the gauntlet at his feet, and not only invite, but dare him to ak the Supreme Court for a decisa ion in tmis csise. His whole attitude has been that of a bulidozer, aLd wili be until this contest has ended. Right here we wish to say to the putblic in most positivre terms that, barring acci ents of a providential nature, and it Corbett and Mitchell appear at thp rmgside January 25, 18914, as they have ct racted to do, just so sure will this cintet take place. We assure the pub hc at large that the sentiment of the peo.l of the city of Jacksonville, and the State of Florida, is in favor of this coitet, and being legally assured triat tnere exists ua law in this State against c~tessof1 this kind, we now assure all inteding pa~rons ot the event, and tce publuc in general, that tney can come to Jacksonville secure in the kowledge that they will1see two of t;'e greatest boxers in the world in a contest, that will do nothing more than demostrate which is the more scien We have added to the membership of this club some of the most iniluential and wealthy citizans of Jacksonville and Florida, and we know that we have the means and ability to see this thing through. Further we wish to say that no one knows who will be fi nancially and socially hurt if an at tempt is made to stop this affair until it is attempted. This statement is signed by the Duval Athletic Club. WILL STOP THE FIGHT. JACKSoNVILLE, Jan. 11"-The Gov ernor of Florida has got his back up. The numerous defiances and manifestos of the Duval Athletic Club has clinched his determination to stop the Coi bett Mitchell fight at all hazards. The club has thrown down the g;auntlet and he has accepted the challenge. His Adju tant General, Patrick Houston, is in the city under orders of the chief execu tive, who is also commander in chief of the State troops, to investiga'e the sit uation and report. The Adjutant General and Sheriff Broward were clos eted in a room of the Everett Hotel for over an hour this morning and the situ ation was tnlly discussed. The Southern Associated press corre spondent met the Adjutant General tonight and asked him it he was here to stop the fight. He said: "No," adding that he was here simply in obedience to the orders of the Governor instructin him to investigate as to the situation and report. He could not say what the intentions of the Governor were. Gen. Houston was also asked how long he would be in the city, in fPct if he was going to remain here until alter the 25th of January. He repiied that he did not know ho A long be would remain. He would be here until he had crunphed with the instructions of the Governor. It is said that the Governor purpos.s to keep the Adjutant General right on the scene with full power to mass the troops shculr the emergency require that the sheriff be supported by more force than he can muster in deputies. It is the general opinion hece that Governor Mitchell proposes to stop the fight if he has to mass the entire militia of the State in Jacksonville. No one who understood the real situation has ever believed that the contest would be permitted in Jacksonville, and in spite of the repeated declarations of the Atb - letic Club to the contrary, these dis patches have so stated. If the promot era of the fight bring Mitchell and Cor bett tgether in Florida, they will have to do it secretly in the woods, so secret ly that the Governor can gain no ink ling of where the meeting is to occur. It is reported that the club's attorneys do not believe that the fiaht can be pulled'oft publicly in the tacs of the Governor's opposition. A prominent newspaper corespon dent, whose name cannot be divulged, called on one of the leading attorneys for the club recently, and asked him about the prospects -for the fight. Tne attorney refased to talk for publication, but as he was on intimate terms with the correspondent, practically admitted that the Governor had the club in a hole and that nothing could be done if the executive persisted in his attitude. Up to date it looks as if the club people have been playing a "bluff" game, and so far the Governor has called them down every time. The promoters of the contest between the negroes, Berry and Watkins, have filed an sppllcation with the city record er f:r a license authorizinn the men 60 meet at the opera house Monday nigit, but no action bas been taken on the ap plical gn. The application was under the rccsnt ordinance per mitting glove coptests, which was passed over Mayor Flet cher's veto. Major Buwden gave out a long letter today, which be sent the Governor on January 1. The let ter was almost in the nature of a plea for the Governor t- "let up." It is understood that several letters of a aim ilar character have been sent to the ex ecutive by members of the elab, -but Governor Mitchell doei not seem to be in the "letting up" business so far as prizs fights are concerned. The Worid'd FAsr Fire. CHIICAGO, Jan. 9-Last night's ire in the World's Fatr grounds produced greater changes in the appearance of Chicago's famous pleasure park than it was expected would be made by six month's removing of buildings. The Casino, where thousands spent delight ful hours watching gay scenes upon and about the grand basin, was wholly destroyed. The Peristyle, once illumi nated with thousands of incandescent lights and Greek fire, furnished Greek fire, and nothing remains. Its arches are burned away and its stately col umns. half burned and charred' lie in a confused mass on the - promenade which surrounds it. Colossal figures which'-surmounted it, toppled to the ground when their supports burned away and are broken in pieces. Co lumbus and his heralds with their war horses and Ohariot, are an unrecogniza ble mass. of ruins. The Music Hall likewise is a melancholy heap ot ashes save here and there where twisted iron girders protrude. Not a portion of it was saved from the flames. All about the walks are strewn with debris. charred tsands which the wind blew fronthe burning buildings and little piles of white :tshes where some of the brands were consumed after failing. The Manufacturers' building, both within and without, presents a sight not desired either by artist or exhibitor. The lattice work between the top and the roof, and curved work covering tne central aisles on tne east side were burned away from a point above the southern end of the United States sec tion south to one above the Russian section. Upon the tin and glass. arched root lie half burned boards, which formed part of the httiee an-I which, when loosened by the lire, slid down ward. Inside the building appearan ces are worse than on the roof. With in the region burned. over and for some distance on either side, the 11 Aor is cov ered with water. Stauding in water, which at some plases is two inecies in depth, are innumerable boxes contain ing precious wares. bailed -and uound for reshipment as soon as they could be released from bond. Upon anJ about them lay and now destroyed dec orations of pavillions. the Frencn, Belgian and Eriglish sections, suff -red most and in spalces occupied by thei is to be seen the most disastrous results. The scene inside the great Manufac turers' building was or absoroing in terest. Here and there were s:-en boxes with their tops half burnied through, but their coatertssate, except for water that lea intl the n-. C vl Sarwic + Ex'antuation. WAshINGTON, Jan. 11.-The Civil Service Couwmission has completed ihe schedule of examinatiocs thast will be held during toe first six mmtis of the present year To till positions in the railw'ay mail and Indiati services The chronological orde-r of the S.>uthern route is as follows: Rie:~und, Vi, Tuesday, Janury 30; Lynenbourg, Vt, Thursday, February 1; Charlotte. A - C., Saturday. February 3; Wilmingtou, N. C', Tuesday, Feoruary t; Columbii, . C, Thurday, February 8; Charlesiton, S. C., Saturday, February 10; Savan Lah, Ga., Tuesday, February 13; Jack snville Fla. Saurday, Fnruary 17. CLEMSON COLLEGE. THE EXAMINATION OF AP.'LICANTS SOON TO BE HELD. Instruction?; to tha Examining iBoards The Number of Vacancies at the Next Season-T. 'ha Propertioned Among the Counties--Coat to Cadais. The second session of Clemson Col lege will begin on thursday February 15, 1894. There are about one thousand boys in the State who want to become students in the college, but only 600 of them can get places. In fact it is not likely that more than from 200 to 300 new applicants can enter, There is room for 600 boys, that number having been present at the last session, but the Board of Trustees estimate that a great many of them will not return. They will leave vacancies for a numb er which is yet unanown. The Board of Trustees decided at the last meeting that future applicants must undergo examination, As many boys as desire may enter these examina ations. So soon as the authorities of the college known the number-of vacant cies existing in the respective counties they will notify a suficient'number of those who stood the highest to fill the vacancies. The following announce ment to. intending applicants has been sent out: "An examination, begining at 10 o'clock in the morning of January 18th 1895, will be held at the county seat of your county, under the direction of your County School Commissioner, to determine who of the applicants are entitled to enter the college at the open ing of the session of 1895, on the third Thursday of February. "Students under fifteen years of age are not to be admitted except were two brothers apply, one being' over fitteen and the other not under fourteen. "For those desiring to enter the Freshman class a thorough proficiency. in arithmetic, elementary algebra English grammer, geography and his tory of the United States is required. Applicants not prepared to enter the college classes will be admitted to the preparatory department." The following resolutions regarding the adimission of students were adopt ed by the Board of Trustees: "Resolved, That the admission of students other than those already in attendance at the college be upon the following conditions: "1. Students must undergo :a medical examination and no person will- be ad mitted who is not healthy and free from contagious diseases, including con sumption. "2. Students will be appointed among tue counties in proportion to represen-. tatives .in the House of . Representa tives, under the following regulations: "Boys. prepared to enter college classe> proper will have preference over those who can only enter prepar atory classes. "As between boys of eq,ual prepara tion, the oldest will have the prefer ence. "Applicants already entered will be examined at their respective county seats after due notice, and permits to enter to be issued 'by the examining board. "Other things being equal, the..irat applicants will receive permits. "Where i county has not sent its quota, the place thus left shall be divid ed among the other counties by lot. '-3. Boys not availing themselves of the opportunity of entering within ten days of the opening of :he session will have their rights in the place given to applibants next on the roll." Accompanying the foregoing facts is a circular of information. The text-books recommended to those preparing to enter the Freshman class are Wentwortb.'s Grammar Shcool Arithmetle, Venable's Easy Algebra, (used in the preparatory course), or Robinson's Elementary Algebra, Whit ney-Lock wood's English Grammar, Ap pleton's Higher Georgrapby, Eggles ton's History of the United States and Its People. There are two courses in the Fresh man class-that in chemistry and agri culture and that in mechanics and en gineering.. Besides the studies in the first course is the.- following: Practical work in agriculture, eight hours per week; prac tical work in mechanics, two hours per week: free-hand drawing, four hours per week; military drill, live hours per week.. In the second course, beside the stud ies, is the fcllowing. Practical work in mechanics, eighcthours per week; physical laboratory work, four hours per week; drawing, four hours per weeks, military drill and tactics, live hours per week. In addition to the uniform students may provide themselves with .work clothes as they desire. Each student will be required to bring with him four sheets, two blank ets, a comfort-, sixr towels, one pillow and two pillow cases. - The expenses for one season of ten month are as follows: Board................. ..... 70 00 Washing--................. 00 MedialiFee.............-- 5- 00 Two Uniforms............... 23 73 Incidental Fee............... 00) S108 75 .Tuition, $40 a session, is charged to students whose parents are worth $5,000 above all indebtedness. Before entering the college. astudent must pay for uniforms, $23 75; for one month's board and washing, $7.50; for medical fee, $2. 50; for incidental fee, $2 50--ia all $36.25. No deviation, whatever, from tims rule will be made. The amount that must be paid for each month following the first will depend upon the quality and quantity of labor performed by' the student. Agricultural students are paid8S cents per hour for productive lab~r- two hours per day. Mechanical students are required to work two hours daily, and are paid ac cording to the value of work--never over 8 cents per hour. Hi-ace, a student may make by labor about si a month, and thus redwee board and washing to $3.50 per month. In short, a poor boy maty pa.ss one ss sion of ten months at Clemson Courtge b r aboul S-allo wing sl) for iioo s and stationery, which are~ so'd to the students at actual cost. No reductian in ooard wiul be made for students who come ira after the operdiog, nor f..r those wtIo are absent during the session for a period of less than one mouth. WASm N'.'oN. Jau. 10.-Tucker of a~g : n sea canvassing the situ ~iion in the ilouse with :t vie w to de ~er ainig the chances of the incomue tax pro'position Wneu it comels to a vote. Tue conclusion is that the vote -ullii be very close. He tigures thit 100 Democrats, nine P'opulists and :,ixR publicansgwill support the propositio. hiwilgve the' advocates of anl in come ta-x about 173 votes. Tucker is of the opinion :hat the Rtepuibhian and Democratic opponents of the iaiconcu tax, if tney cannot secore a votmng nia jrity, will insist urion a quorumn of the advocates of the proposition and here he thinksa the chief rennrer lies QUICK JUSTICE FOR VAILLANT. A Bold Front Maeintained by Iim Dur ing the Short Trial. PAnIs, Jan. 10.-Auguste Vaillant the anarchist who threw the bomb in the Chamber of Deputies on December 9 last, was tried before President Judge Case and a-jury in the Assize Court to day, convicted and sentenced to death. Policemen, in couples and threes, were stationed every ten yards around the immense block occupied by the Palace of Justice in which the court sits. Every door in the palace was shut and guarded by sentinels with fixed bayo nets.' Nobody was admitted unless they had a special card of identity. The cynosure of all eyes was the pris oner who stood in the dock with an of licer on each side of him. He was, like itavachol. entirely self-possessed and gazed about the court room as though he gloried in the interest he was creating.- Throughout the day, he never lost his attitude of dellince and self-justification. Baron Rothschild was not a member of the jury, contrary to puixic expecta tion.- In reviewing the details of the bomb-throwing Judge Case said the people who had been hurt the most were not tne members of the Chamber of Deputies, but spectators of the pro ceedings. "That was -not my fault," retorted Vaillant. "The deputies are in the highest degree responsible for the social misery prevailing. It was they I meant should feel the responsi bility." When questioned as to his es cape during the confusion following the explosion, Vaillant denied the story that a sentinel had stopped him at the door by threatening to pierce him with nis bayonet if he advanced a step. The prisoner declared energeti cally thit he dai not wish to flee and even if l had i. would have been ut terly imputs:)le i hnim to have done so, because he wa:. o m led in the leg. He gave the lie to ; i :esses :gainst him and held steadily to his pase of martyr in the cause of humanity. The only regret he bad was that he had been obliged to injure irresponsible persons in the crusade. Describing the manufacture of the bomb, Vaillant declared that owing to the dimensions of his apparatus, he had the alternative of putting in a large number of projectiles, which would wound many persons slightly, or a small number than would do more effective work. Le chose the former plan, so that the projectiles would kill= a few people outright. Vailiant ad mitted tha he had been condemned five times for petty- thefts, but he -ad ded, mendicancy and theft were the necessary results of the present so:ial condition of the poor. The prisoner asked permission to ad dress the court on his mode of life. This being granted, he said that he had endeavored to lead an honest exis tence. Employers had profited by hi poverty to pay him starvation wages. Finally, without money or work, he determined instead of famishing sub missi vely to voice the feeling of revolt that was fomenting discontent every where among - the popr. He read a written anarchist speecn that he had held in nis hand ever since the opening of the court. In this speech, he ex pressed the grievances of the poor against society, buZ.nade no reference He was fluent and declau.atory, and read his speech in a clear ?ad pleasant voice as he leaned over the rail if the dock. Vaillant was emphatic ,n his denial of the statement tha ne had taken Marchand's property as well as his wife, evidently considering the former charge to be a dishonorable one. He said he desired to clear him self of this reproach. Judge Case read extracts from the prisoner's .declarations to the effect that he had become convinced by stu dying philosophical works, including those of Herbert Spencer, that anarch ism was the logical outcome of the op. pression of the poor by modern society. In regard to the outrage, the prisoner explained that he had chosen the Chamber of Deputies as the pli.ce to throw the bomb in order not to hurt innocent persons. Unfortunately he did not succeed. Two short recessrs were taken, one at the conclusion of the hearing of wit nesses and another at the conclusion ot~ the address of the public prosecutor, Bertrand. The latter closed by de manding the capital penalty. Vail lant's advocate, Laidori, made no de fense of anarchist theories. Vaillant, he said, had given him absolute liberty as to the line of defense to be followed. His iirst pomnt was that the bomb had killed nobody. Vaillant, he declared, was not a monster of criminal vanity. He simply wanted to remind the depa-1 ties of the miserable poor whose claims the legislature eternally shelves. He could not forget that crime, which is closely, allied to the universal social movement, is increasing daily. IHe appealed to the sympathies of the jury in behalf of Vaillant, who was an illegitimate child, abandoned -in infan cy by his motner and grew up to be come a mendicant and a vagabond, not from vicious inclinations, Dut trom force of circumstances. When he heard the sentence Vaillant shouted "Welcome death." ntuna wounds. RhcirMOND, VA., January 9.--Special: The Senatorial contest in this ttate, which resulted in the defeat of ' Gen. Fitz Lee by Mr. Thomas S. Martin,. has left heart-burninigs which are sure to manifest themselves in the Congress ional contest this year. Somne of Gen. Lee's friends do not hesitate to say that they will even up with the Martin men in the coming struggle. Th'e Lee men, it is. asserted, will show their bands ia nominating conventions this fall. The plan seems to be for the friends of the General to strike at the heads of those wh;, were conspicuous in compassing his defeat shoula they bou up in these conventions. In Gieu. Lee's dis:riet, the 10'.h. tne Ion. itied;lph Tuwrer is to be op'posed by Sta~te 5ena;tor l'lood,a strong Martin man A special tonight irojm Gen. Lee's ho ne~ says: "If United Stat s Sen sor .John W. Daniel lives to complete his term and asks for a re rirer ou he will find that he will be snowed unidtr in defea:t." M dj >r Dan iel w'as one of Mr. Martin's strongest friends in the Senatorial light-News anid Courier. Fr. e ra 7Iriu ea. RIICuMOND, Jan.10.-An .interesting and spirited mght wi take place in the1 Legklature here to-mrorrow cver a bill to require railroads to furnish membe rs of tne General Assembly with free nas res. The members have been receiving passes on railroad foI r years, but at the tast S J -sc of um L Mgislture a law was passed prohib. ing the r,:' roadsf from zurnish ig th-em. Thle memnbers of the Legislature, howeve, hlv f~on it very iconvient to 0 loc ed to takie money out o: -ag p...kets wanuever thiey wish to" tr ! over tUe idi~re'nt roads----e--ate, he~ne the in ninduced tul i ssin, whica is onfly to legie c c-tomu which the Ler ila ure has io ud it almost im r. cticale to break up. One of the inost nromIien miembers of the Leg islature tonigh't denounces the bill as a simple sys em of demanding the rail road corporations to stand and deliver fre trannnoration to the isotrs. THE DIPENDING BATTLE. CAPT. SHELL TO LEAD IN THE CAM PAIGN AGAINST COL. IRBY. The First Oficial Bale Blast of the Cam p2igan From the Stronger Faction's Or gan-March Convention Practically Called-Til1lnan's Hands Oft. COLU3MIA, Jan. 11.-When the an nouncement was made in December that the campaign this year would open early in January, a great many had doubts about it. Few outside the "charmed circle" then knew that the political pot within the ranks of the Reform party was boiling over, and that there was a fight within the ranks of the heretofore solid phalanxes of Reform, imminent. But such was the case. It has been brewing for a long time, and now there is a crisis. There are to be two. factions in the Reform party in the coming campaign. That fact is now no longer denied by the leaders of the more powerful fac tion. The indications are that Senator Irby, the present State chairman, will lead the faction which represents the minority, and that he will have but little to do with the real manipulation of the coming campaign as far as the Reform element is concerned. He and several followers some months ago cut loose almost entirely from the main wing of the Reformers. and they are all likely to fall by the wayside, fight ing as they fall. Congressman Shell, it is positively announced, was approached while in the city a few days ago by the leaders of thA Alliance or farming element of the Reform party, and he has consent ed to be at the head of the committee that will manage the campaign for this faction. He was the former president of the Farmers' Association in. this State. The Cotton Plant, which is the offi cial organ of the Alliance-farming ele ment of the Reform party, will sup port the latter faction. Wnen this week's issue of that paper is issued this afternoon it will publish the fol lowing double-leaded editorial, under the caption, "A March Convention," which is equivalent to a call for such a convention. "With the very beginning of this year we are confronted with the fact that this is a campaign year and that we are soon to meet our opponents in a battle for the people's rights and the development of our State in business prosperity and the happiness of its citizens. Such being the case we at" once realize the great importance of at once getting our forces together and coming to an agreement on the policy to be pursued so that there can be no misunderstanding, and the success of our cause assured.. "The politicians mast be made to take a back seat and let the people themselves set the pace. To do.that the people should meet in their neigh borhood clubs and send delegates to a State convention, which. will adopt a platform and nominate a candidate for Governor to represent our people on that platform. A Lieutenant Gover nor should also be puc up, but the re mainder of the State officers caa 'be nominatettbythedelegates to the Sep tember convention. "The State convention for this pur pose should be held not later than the month of March-before the farmers get too busy in their crops to attend to it, and before bad blond rises between the friends of the aspirants for the Governorship on the Reform side. "The Alliance cannot take part in partisan politics, and. therefore has only the right to point out the necessi ty of calling the people together and leaving it to some one else to do the work. We believe that the last presi dent and executive committee of the Farmers' Association of this State are the proper oifes.to issue such a call,and we are conrident'that the people would respond promptly a~n~'aaimously tii a call issued by them. This ls~a move ment of the people to reform arid im prove our government, and not a move ment to place any man or set of men: in ofice merely. We must keep on the high ground of pure patriotism, and seek out the men for service who will be t'ie most capable of carrying out our wishes. -Measures and not men must be made prominent. "It will be noticed that we do not agree With some points in the resolu tions passed on last Friday by our Laurens brethren and published else where in this issue; tut after mature consideration we feel satisfied that our, position is the correct one. We hope that our readers will use our columns in a discussion of the matter, and in that way reach the most satisfactory conclusion. We have briefly outlined - our vie ws, with reasons therefor, and we shall -use our best endeavors to maintain the rights and privileges of our people and promote harmony in the work." Yesterday a representative of the State had quite a long talk with one or two oQf the leaders of the Alliance side. They say that the leaders of the other side will be ILoy, Stanyarne Wilson, La-rry Gantt and John Gary Evans. They seem to think that a combination was formed nearly a year ago by Irby and his followers to run things to suit themselves and make a slate of the of tiers for the coming term,which would be prestanted to the voters and would be s wallowed by them. They say that the effort to crush oat every leading Tillman man-the attacks upon T~dsl, McLaurin and others-was the diret result of this combination engineered by Irby. They consider Irby dead as far as State politics are concerned. In regard to those Alliarnce resolutions adopted in Laurens a few days ago,one of these men yesterdiay said that they were gottea up under Irby's influence, and represented nobody's views but his own. Hie was a good manipulator, and got the County Alliance to adopt them. Hie did not think that another Alliance in the State would have done so. The leaders say that inasmuch as this will not ctiect Governor Tiiman's ziaht for the Senate, he will be hands off in the light. They say that Irby has been spreading the idea that he and Tillman have been working to cether. They know that Governor Till man's views in regard to a conven tion are not those that were expressed in the Laurens resolutions. They think, too, that Governor Tillman w ants a farmer for Governor.-State. Used a FIstoI. NEw onI:LEAs, Jan. 6.-George Winchesiter saxcided dramatically this mnorning in front of the residence of Cap:. T. IP. Leathers, the famous s -amboat man and Captain of the Natchiez, one of the boats in the race to St. Louis manI' years ago. Winches ter was a son-in-law of Captain Leath ers, having married Miss Courtney Leathers, who stool high in social cir cles and who was once queen of the Carnival. At an early hour to-day Winchester walked :ip to the entrance e f Captain Leather's residence on Car ondelet street and putting a pistol to his head, olew out his brains, dying in stantly. Ile hod been ill, and this is the nr17 known caus for the deed,