Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, January 29, 1891, Image 2
Tho past two weeks have witnessed I;
much animated discussion in the United
Stamou Sonata ayer tho passage Of the
olovtlon or f oreo hf II. Tho Republicans
h two fought* dosporatoly to close debate
and to nroaip?tate the vote on tho bill,}
vhf lo tho Dem?crata have succeeded in
Uedding ihr?,floor for proper and ncces
r.ary dtaousalon of the proposed loglsla
':on whioh Would afcrldgoso largely the
VAo. vblo rights of thc- American people.
1 no situation hos hoon extraordinary,
nnJ in aom* rospeota unpreoodented.
Huidnos* al bo'.h eu'?? of thc Capitol has
,>eoi; blocked, lin met? i A* .>ly after thc
"???i.Agt r>? the free oinege silver bill,
ie light 'heiO'.VMj ! .11 bogati in ear
nest '! ne majority o' the Republicans it
. ?r thc lirai time ir. many yoara attempted 11
Cr tire out: (hr minority by moans of a|t
t?o?si?r, nrotrnctod through tho night ofu
tin? .Otb instant, .nawing a continuous']
r-?M|cu o' ? ?cu:* The offort waa ah
. . mpi?tU >6?luie. The Domocrats stood J |
ihojr ?pv-md manfully and uo point ol.
advauli.?f? ?jas gained by the enemies o? .
popular and ooeeitvuttoup.l liberty. j <
The Domocrats e ninon ti?euatora ' I
Stewart, of '-'o r \, rind W^loott, of j ?
Colorado. 1' ; asia, for tearing the
mask off I" bf J! ano sito wing how
hidSbvM ?: ct; to Republicans, who
aro not r lU-io^l brigands. They havo
shown.that, if tho Sections of the coun
iyy are to be run by a machine, capable
rf being controlled by a ?ow political
basan* residing in Washington, L'-on thero
must bo an end of popular govornrnont.
Tho Dem?crata havo rosiated the l?\i
<iuitoua conspiracy of tho Republicans
with nil known parliamentary woapona,
and in so doing may lt not bo said that
'.hoj ate as truly fighting tho battlo of
aolf-govornmont aa Gcorgo Washington f
and his soldions did In 1770? They aro I
fighting for tho inolionnblo rights of tho ]
Amorican citizen in their prlatiuo purity.
Tito bill was again aide-tracked on | ]
Monday laBt. .Senator Morgan was
speaking in opposition *o the nlotnro
roBoltttion and tho bill, when Senator
Wolcott interrupted him and made a
motion to toko up the apportionment bill
and mako it tho unfinished bnaineaa of
the Sonnte until finally disposed of. The
mot ion prevailed by a voto of S5 to !$',
and thus thc forco bill was again skil
fully relegated to mako room for moro
Important and necessary legislative busi
ness. Ureat wno the Democratic rejoic
ing in tho House when tho nows of tho
defeat of tho force bill for tho presont was
announced. Greater atilt is tho rejoic
ing of tho propio at tho prospeot of
thwarting this conspiracy against tholr
llbf" tics. Strong resolutions havo been
panned ">y Ibo Legislatures of Kansas,
?llb j\t> and Minnesota, denouncing tho
forco bib, thus giving a silver lining to
tho threatening cloud.
,/hllo wc do not want tho forco bill to
become a law, yet its passage by tho
Republicana would bo ono of tho surest
gvr.ra:; Leos of Democratic success in 1802.
'k v.T. TO--k c.?. .??an.,,, u_<uu.Yii x.c cu., i*?
publloan party appreciate tho grave poli
tical mistake willoh thc pagsago of titi A
bill would fasten upon their party, afid
hence thu opposition of some able Re
publican Senators to tho measure, and
their alliance with tho Domociata for ita
defeat
Tho Negree? Emigrate.
It is estimated by persons woll informed
on 1 iio subject that 100,000 negroes loft
uio ?outli last year for the North and
West, about 40,000 going North and C0,
UU0 tu the West. Thoso who wont from
Southern cities, as a rulo, havo stopped
in Northern cities, whilo tho nogrooB
going Westward wero mainly from tho
rural districts.
tv bile t li in exodus of tho negroes has
boen going on, it is said that about 25,000
whites from tho North and WcBt have
como to the South and taken up their
abode with us; and it is reasonable to
t xpoct that tho number will bo greatly
Increased as tho years go by.
In this progressive ago may not tite
changes of ton or twenty years Bot at roBt
tho much agitated race problem? With
a population of 10,000,000 and the 8,000,
000 negroes somewhat evenly distributed
between tho gt cat geographical divisions
of the Unit d .States, tho Northeast, tho
South and the Pacific .Slope, and a still
greater influx of Northern white? in the
South, this vexed problem would be vir
tually solved.
Southern Progress.
lt is well nigh impossible to examino
any table of statistios nowadays that will
not rovoal some evidence of tho South's
progress. This ls not only so of mining,
manufacturing or industrial atatiBtlcs,
but in also truo of figures which denoto
general advancement.
In an examination of tho annual roport
o? rostinattter-Geuoral Wanamaker for
tho y. ar ending Juuo 30, 1800, wo find
some unexpected, but valuable testi
mony of Southorn development. Thia
roport allows that tho new post offices
established last year wero 5,500, and that
2,028, or nearly one half, woro In tho
fourteen .Southern States. And, as now
post offices arc established only where
increasing business and population mako!
Lb om a necessity, it is a striking illustra
tion of ho South's growth and develop- I
mont, that nearly one-half of all tho now |
post offices were planted hero durim? tho
year.
Postal requirements Increase with the
?non-aso of business and advance in edu
cation, These figures furnish an in llroot
proof that the South ls rapidly develop
in?, along all the linos of her vast and
varied activities. The last decade of tho
nineteenth century mo8t assuredly has
groat things lr ?toro for our fair and
favored Southland.
The New Railroad Through Rabun
Oap.
On our Hist page wo puolish ai. inter
eating roport by Capt. W. J. Kirk, o' tho
survey for thc projected railroad route
through Rabun Oap. This is an enter
.?iisc which promises muoh good to
Oeonce county and ono which wo hope
Hoon to seo in tho way of practical accom
plishment.
lt is pretty generally understood that
Capt. W. P, Parker, of Westminster, is
tho prime mover io tho enterprise.
WAI? ALL A, 'S. ?" J?uiu??> ?O, ??wi. ;
?)KAB COVWKB : The Siu'viVox??* Awo>
elation of Orr** lttflo. Regiment, jj* our
lft3b r? union, requested mo to furnish
you ?or publication tho following sketch
of tho ttoftlmont up to it? leaving Sulli
van's Leland, which I prepared for that
meeting. Conscious pf the omission of
tnuoh which ought to be Incorporated, ?
obtained leave to re-write it, making auoh
additions a? might bo suggested, Noa?
melt having been furnished, 1 think/lt
botter not to delay any longer, ? hope,
however, that any person who knows an
neldont, proper to bo Incorporated, will
yet furnish it to me.
Yours truly,
J. J. NORTON.
South Carolina by a unanimous vote of
lier convention oleoted to consider that
incut ion sccedod from tho Fodoral Union
sn the 20th of Docombor, 1800, contrary
to the judgment of many, probably ?
majority, of hor sturdy, thoughtful moun
taineers, and soon afterwards, through
rm Aot of her Legislature, oalled upon
tter oltieons In each battalion o? militia
o raise one company for a year's service
a hor army.
Events followed eaeh other in rapid
luocession. By >e 6*b of May nine
>thor States had sp ?eoeded, thu Con- '
red?rate States Government had boen
!ormed, hostilities had begun at Port
Sumter, and President Lincoln, calling
nu- troopB rebels, had ordered them to j
lisporso in twonty doyB, and had callod
for 80vonty-livo thousand volunteers to
Bsporso thom. All earnest, loyal Citizens,
having only Small families, woro roused
bo tho consideration of. Choir duty, and
ivhen that groat consorvntivo stntosinan,
James Lawrenoe Orr, offored to lead a
rogimont into tho servico, in less than
Uxty days moro than ono thousand gal
lant ?oldlors woro ready to rally around
lils standard.
Three companies had alroady been
'onned and wt??o awaiting acceptance by
the Governor, namely : "Tho Koowco
Rlllomen," Captain james W. Livingston;
' McDufllo Guards," Captain James M.
for rio, and a Cavalry Company, Captain
Milos M. Norton, afterwards charged to
11 Oeoneo Riflomon." These woro tWken
is a nucleus and tho ot hov sovon oonrpa
iiios were soon raised.
Daniel A. Lcdbottor was Colonol of tho
Second Regiment of South Carolina Ml-"
litia, tho lines of whioh weto almost
identical with those of tho present Oco
ncc county, and T was a mombor of his |
staff. I lived in tho first or upper battal
ion and ho In the second or lower battal
ion. I raised tho company oallod for by
tho Legislature from my battalion, and
ho raiBod tho company in his. Wo woro
oleoted Captains of our respectivo com
panies. Captain Frank E. Harriston and
.lohn B. Moore's companies were raised
in and near Anderson ' . IL, and Captain
George W. Cox's oom; my in and near
Bolton in AndorAon county. ^ Captain
Gcorgo MoD. Miller raised a company I?1
Abbovlllo county, and Captain Georgi' M.
Fairlee tendered a company from Jt?rion
sounty.
Although it had been thoroughly under
stood who wero to ht our fl?'hl ofllcors,
y-~* -wi,.m .ttw.-t?.n. t.%..ii|n\*-?i**? l.rtcl Yu?Qfci
tendered an election W- A ordered and
hi.Jd at which James L iwrenco Orr, prl
vato in Captain Harris on's company, was
elected Colonol; J. Foster Marshall, of
Abbovillo, Lieutenant Colonel, and Cap
tain Daniel A. Lcdbottor, Major, each
company assembling at it s own place of
renae-/ous to voto.
Tho novel al cornpanics had, on tho 10th
)f July, 1801, in obedieuco to orders, as
omblcd at Sn udy Springs, a notahlo
amp-ground o? tho M. E. Church, South,
si Anderson DJi.'.riot, S. C., had boon as
igued quarter/ in tho tents, and at . I P.
I. paraded toðor for tho first time,
'he companies were arranged and let
jred as follows to carry out an announco
lont that tho Captains would bo coiu
lisBioucd and havo seniority as of tho
sspectivo dates when oach tendered his
?iopany to thu Colonel, to-wlt:
A, (Kcowee Riflomon,) J. W. Living
Son, Captain.
B, (McDuflio Guards,) James M. Perrin,
ap tain.
C, (Mountain Boys,) Joseph J. Norton,
aptaln.
D, (Orr Rifb B,) Frank Ii. Harrison,
ap tain.
E, (Oconce Riflemen,) MUCB M. Norton,
aptaln.
F, (Blue Rb ige Riflemen,) Robert A.
law thorn, Captain.
G, (Marshall Riflemen,) G. McDufllo
Idler, Captain.
II. (Pee Dof Guards,) George M. Falr
ee, Captain.
K, (Marshall Guards,) Gcorgo W. Cox,
Aptaln.
L, (Calhoun Guards,) John B. Mooro,
Japtain.
The chango from calvalry to Infantry
waa pot made by Captain Miles M. Nor
ton's company until it was apparent that
bis. rcgimont would be formed, and al
though undoratood to bo ready to enter,
it could not bo formally tendered until
tho chango wan actually roado ; boneo the
rank of its Captain. You rcinombor tho
remarkably fine physiquo of this com
pany. Its momborB avoraged a year oidor
and an inch tailor than mino. Remark
ing on this to an editor I said : " My com
pany will be aa tall as my fathor's when
it gotn to bo as old." Ho loat the point
and reported mo as saying " That my
company will bo as tall aa my fathor's
when it got? to bo as old as bis ia note."
My commission is dated 10th of Juno,
1801, and my fathor's UOth of Juno, 1801.
The regiment, composed of four com
panies from l'ickens District, (now Ooo
noo county,) tinco from Anderson, two
from Abbovillo, and one from Marion,
was mustered into Borvico on tho '2oth
day of July, 1801. Thc following ap
pointments had been mado by Col. Orr,
to-wlt:
B. F. Cray ton, Quartomaster and Com
missary.
Dr. Thomas A. Evins, Surgeon.
Louis Hunter Assistant Surgeon.
B. Sloan, Adjutant.
Thomas B. Lee, Sergeant Major.
IL T. Sloan, Chaplain.
John Kennedy and S. E. Maxwoll,
Aldcs-do-Camp.
rtergoaui Sitohoffs diary, which baa
sthorwlso greai.'v assisted mo in prepar
ing this Hkotch, r H ni m In us that vc dally
had "rovlleo" at sumiso, officers' drill
it 5| to Oj A. M., breakfast atO A. M.,
mrgeons* call at 7 A. M., Rquad drill from
li to8} A. M., guard mounting at 0 A. M.,
iquad drill at 10 A. M.,orderly sergeants'
rall at 12 M., drummors' call at 12> P. M.,
?(?o'noon ?rill from 8) to H P. M. and |
dross parado at 0 p. M.
Our Adjutant wo? ? gr*du?io of We**
Point and our* Sorgeant Major of tho
CJ?idc?/ and c,-,? tb J S^'og August c^xt-J,
from th? Citadol, Wim bad boon assigned I
to assist in drilling us, arrived. Of thone |
C*dct Charle* waa af forward* a valued i
Lieutenant In Company fl.
On tho 26th of Jnly, 1861, news reookod
our camp of victory lu the battles Of Bult
Pun and Manosees, which greatly en
thused us. Oho (who was afterwards a
brave Captain) says that " he then greatly
?Wt??* that the war-Would close before he
oould got into a battle, but that tho first
battle he was in .satisfied him." My mer,
with perhaps the same fear, frequently
asked rae whon I thought the war would
end. I told them in about two years, 1
thought, for by that time the Yankee
army will be tired of ohasing us back
wards and forwards ovor the Confedrate
States and a newly eleoted Democratic
Congress will say, ?* Wayward Bisters, go
in peace.'' A guess erroneous in o\ory
particular.
?ut every rose has its thorns, sud at
this auspicious momeat wo wore troubled
becauRo wo hod no bake oven, and for
threo long weary days, if we hod hot
brood for breakfast, it wos privately
cooked. How ridiculous ii, now seems,
especially when wo recall the boxes of
delicacies from home and tho lusolcus
fruits of ton presented by fair and beauti
ful visitors. Indeed ?quiet1 Old Sandy
Springs, where the Gospel of Peace was
periodically preached to orowds of e ,)<;?.
listeners, was now ocoupiod by real carnot
soldiers? and wa? daily thronged with
vip'to. s, some to see tho hitherto unseen
s] i t.?cio, some to bid farewell to fathers,
hi ot bent, husband* or sweethearts, some
to bring us solid comforts, all to oncour
ago us to tight bravoly for tho land we
loved.
Among tho notable gifts wero somo
beautiful company flags, ono by Mrs.
Ootgon to Company C, and two by Mrs.
Lieutenant Colonel Marshall, ono to Com
pany fl and tho other to Company K. A
Rogimontal Confederate States flag al
ready floated on a forty foot polo in tho
camp. Tho ladies ot Columbia also
present ed each soldier with a Palmetto
badge.
On tho 28th of July, 1801, Company D
was armed and sont to bury Adjutant S.
M. Wilkes, of tho Fourth Regiment, with
military honors. Mo mm been 1; ii i ed in
,ho bottle of Manaases aud his body
brought t<> Audei son, s. C., for intermont.
On tho 26th of August, in obodionoo to
tho thoughtful orders of tho Colonel,
many wore vaccinated. About tho samo
time mumps appeared in tho regiment.
At 4.!10 A. M. on tho 3d of September,
1801, Companies A, ll, D and II ombarkod
for crimp duty at Summerville, S. C., and
on tho 6th, at tho same hour, Companies
C, K, F, O. K embarked for tho 'samo
camp. Tho oitizons gavo tho latter do
tachmont a most enjoyable breakfast at
Donald's. Tom Long, tho jolly one-eyed
ordorjv o?rgeani of Company F, came
nr ... losing that on thia trip. A comrade
?brow him a poach at baaoball speed. Ho
failed to catch it and it hit him on tho
oyo and sorionsly bunged it up.
Company L, which had been loft be
hind for police purposes, followed on tho
Otb.
On tho 7th J. W. Holleman, of Com-1
j f,:niy O, W.Wo ikj>,. ..into! M/'??tirrmi>K.l TV?ULT
gago Mastor.
Our recollections of camp duty aro
most unsavory. It was pitched in an un
drained Hold, where a part of East Sum
merville now is, which tho rains had sup
plied with a running stream in tho mid
dle and slimy mud all over, and naturally
we had much sickness, hut not of a seri
ous nature. Hore, too, on tho 10th three
deserters wore dishonorably discharged,
ono of whom was of feeble intolloct, and
tho other two wore drummed out, as tho
diary says, "marched in front of tho regi
ment, drawn up in lino, from tho right to
tho loft, followed by a corporal and two
privates with fixed bayonets and a drum
mer and life, playing a pitiful tuno."
On tho l it li tho right wing and on tho
1Mb of Septombor the left wing of tho
regiment moved to Sullivan's Island.
Surgeon Evins' horse foll from tho ferry
boat bet ween Charleston and nlli van'n
I shu ul. Six companlos woro quartered
in the " Moultrie nouso" and tho other
four in private houses.
On the 19th a company, furnished with
tinco horses for messengers, was posted
at Thompson's Point, on th? Er.at sido of
tho Island, noar whore Fort Marshall,
named in honor of our gallant Colonol,
was afterwards built.
In addition to our rides, wo hero man
ned a small cannon. Tho pickets woro
relieved monthly by a fresh company.
Tho ocean wo? BCOU for the first timo
by tho greater number of tho soldioiB,
and tho sight of tho British and Fronob
men-of-war, and of tho hlockadlxig squad
ron, woro tho sourco of continual inter
est. Tho blockado bad boon established
11th of May, 1801. It was wonderful how
accurately tho privates loamed of tho ox
pected arrivals and departures of block
ade runners and bow they would spend
dark night after dark night in trying to
catch glimpses of tho darkoncd boats os
they passod along tho channel near our
bench, with prcolouB freights both ways.
Thc 12th of Ootobor. 1801, is especially
momorablo for tho safo running of tho
blockado by ottr Minlstors, Mason and
Slldoll.
In fact, tho soldiors wero well posted
in the movement? of tho army in all parts
of tho country, and woro very anxious to
got into activo service. On the 3d of
October, 1801, a freo regimental library
of four hundred volumes, contributed by
our frlondB, was opened.
On the 4th, Col. llayne, in behalf of
---, presented a beautiful silk Hag
to tho reglmont and it was received by
Col. Orr and committed to Sergeant H.
Y. Hoyne Lowery, of Company C, which
wrs then tho color company.
On tho 6th of October tho first paymont
WUH niado to tho regiment. Wo woro not
again poid until tho 25th of February,
1802, when payment was made partly In
Stato blllB and partly in C. S. Treasury
notes, being thc first of tho latter wo had
over seen. Some of it changed hands at
a premium.
On tho 21st of October, 1801, wo bad
the flr? t death, that of a private in Com
pany "H," of typhoid fever, a day
moro than threo month? aftor wo woro
mustered Into service. Mumps, measles
and jaundice had prevailed,?but our vigo
i on- constitutions and careful and skill
ful treatment, bad so far kept tho grin?
monster off. About twenty otbors diod
bofoW* wo loft tho island, 20th of April,
180.2. Whon I bad Jaundico my quondam
frlondi Capt. H. ll. Vandlvor, called to
cheor fne np. AB WO sat on the upper
?THU'-??j.Mr- i
frout platsa ia tba ?Vloultrlo Houso" ko
.aid, "Did ? over <?l you why I novo*
loaaiod?" Aa $4. g st;!' H bseheloV, i!
would tiot Ilk? 4? gaSthat wo thou oaV?d
)jiiv> un oi?Jbjflfl^o^fbut X hadn't Uonvd
why k? k^nHHR^tr-iicd, (to ho told mo
that bo tgSESRw*? because he bad
ntUintorp? |K answer ot a young
lady to hlnH^HuL whioh contained but
throo lotuW^S*?trVfgf, These ho had
interpreted to taiyh i>W.t Komo it Kial),
when on reflection ha wa* satisfied that
the proper i ?Ui-pry*atio?? w*? Kin Kotue
it Kiah. Bit tho tftor thought carno too
late, and so/ho k nie.(rio still. It wa*
before thin that Comp my "C" Roomed
ono mornhg uuaooourjtably disibollnod
to drill properly, and to arouse thom
from their, lethargy I double ijuukod
them up t ie beach about three-fourths of
a milo, w/ton I ou.h-rcl "parade rest."
Thereupon Private Ko. Slater, a Ano,
bright l ehman, paid, 4 Ho jabbers and j
I believq,tho Captain la jjoing to mako a
cavalry r*mpany out of ?u? without any
horses."; It bad been runorodthat we
wore f? have a; legion - ?nd tho'rumor
appoar?d woll founded, ai Captain Tho
mas Tho in sou'H Company, on tho 24th
of October,, ami Captain, (Thomas H.
Bog^* and Captain Itober, A. Thomp- j
sou's companies, on ?ie 7ib and 14th ot ?
'X? tomber, oaauvio ilk isis ad s&d' wer
under the command oj our ??olonel. But I
the notion wa?.wyver ?utcrtelnod, or was '
Abandoned, fot 4,hoao. oompanlo? were !
With others orabnteed as tho ?ctiomt iti?lo
Regimon? ./T^,
On the 27thpf |kovombor Companies B
and O wero se|?w on detailed service to
FocalAligo arid tyrmV led away until tho
20th of Jan?ary;'l802.
On the 80th of October, 1801. tho womon
and ohildren w*e ordered off the island.
On the 81st t*6 lorry boat botweon tho
island and tho oky was burned.
On tho 8d of NoVombor tho Thompson
Point picket oamtrcd a Yankee prlsonor
who had escaped from Charleston and
had presumably iassod through our lino
of sentinolfl, wlrjoh strotehed aorosB tho
whole Island. A} few days lator ono of
tho sontinols on this lino halted a funeral
procession in broad day light and tho
Colonol was very much inconsod booauso
an oscaping onem, r was allowed to pass
unohallongcd ape. our frionds burying
their doad woro lt dtod.
A t?rrido conflagration raged in Char
leston f or twoiitwuour hours, from 8 P.
M. of tito iith/jox.-Deoombor. As vre
gazod at tho shrM.j?* failed to enjoy Ita
gorgeousness* bequiso of our sympathy
with tho sufferers, . .
On tho 81st of December Company E
wr.s dotailed to g?iard Fodoral priBonoi-s
from Charleston to Columbia.
On tho 1st of January, 18112, coffee
rat ioin; woro ?mt ?<f.
On tho 1st of Fobruary, 1802, Col. Orr,
having boon elected to tho Souato of tho
Confederate Stator and having resigned
his command, bade farowoll to the regi
ment. HIB resignation was a sourco of
rcgrot and complaint by somo of his
friends at homo who considered that ho
waB under obligation to remain with
tho regiment and tako porsonal over
night of their sote?, but forgetting that
liiB virtuo of being a safo man to follow
in peace or in war,, was appreciated, by
othors ami WSB auto to bring him pro
motion and conscqtiont Reparation front
us. When I was hVjp.it to, rabjo my Com-.
?~.<.v.i.? .?MA..I,?"^'?',-?*' ?-^it^i^?j,:*
with UP, but .will-go p.< \iyg?BS, or a?mC
tliing of tim kind, and he replied, "I will
not go to tho House of RopresontativcB.
I loft tho Unitod Sjatos Congress Speaker
of tho HOUBO.". ^ioro'tho subject was
dropped, but of tcQur8o tho evont was not
a Bin prise to mo. Tho administration of
Colonel Orr was ruark?d by a firm, yet
mild disciplino, groat watchfulness and
training to bo always ready; at every
nlarm from movements of tho enemy or
rumor tho rogimotit was called to arms,
partly as a precaution^ partly as a means
of perfecting tho regintont in tho art? of
war. Colonol Orr liked to enjjy his
morning nap uninterrupted. Ono even
ing at Buppor he said to his cook that tho
biBCitit needed moro elbow grease. Next
morn'-ig tho cook waked him, calling,
"Mah, Lawrence, Mass Lawrence T
" What do y<i?B|.t ?" "Some of fiat
elbow groniflHHa told me about lust
niKbtl" dWWHBB^
Two 8abait'H{hHi;rtiO>irtir ????.-. adntitiis
tration took "so "much offence at being
disciplined by Colonol Orr that thoy re
fused for some years after tho war to
speak to him. When ho was Governor
of tho Stato we passed a militia hill,
among tho providions of which wits one
that tho Governor should appoint tho
Colonols of Regiments. Ho askod tho
delegations front difforont Districts to
recommend portions for appointment.
Tho members j'rom Bickens District,
igiurrant of the rolatiomi between Gover
nor Orr and tltcs-t mon, by >>cm? strange
fatuity, nominat?d.the n vor tho ColonolB
of tho two ro.-jimou'-d ir our District.
Whereupon ho (said we thought him a
groat fool or ve: jf fovgiving, but ho made
tho appointment.
Tho promc'ion<of J. Feater Marshall
to Colonol, Dj?. .A. Ledbotter to Lieu
tenant CoJonel(;ud of J, \V*. Living
ston to Major fol. owed. On assuming
command Colonal Marshall said ho woiil-i
cot serva unloss**jw "rogimont was f.;,ti8
rtcd for him to, > "nd submitted the quos
ion to thom. Tho regiment signified
its satisfaction '(jr unanimously moving
taree pacen to tl c front.
AVc never ki r w whon we are well
off. Kvon tl .^8 regiment, enlisted
from a BOUBO < ? duty and composed
for tho most part of thoughtful,
intelligent men cf families, not satis
fied with tho sir ide discharge of duty,
boeatiio restless mder tho inactive ?nd
comparatively na o mid unoxposcd lifo on
tho Island and olutnored for active servico
in tlio field. Tile order of tito 8th of
Match, 1802, detailing wagon makers
from tho reginion; was accordingly hailed
with plcasuro as tn oinon that otu wishes
woro about to lc realized. About six
more ?coles of monotonous waiting and
watching passed before tho order came
that wo woro to (jo to activo servico in
Virginia was re.<ftiyod with loud choerB.
At 4 P. M. on %> "'i\h of April, 1802, this
rogimont of one'ti ousand bravo, dotor
minod nif?f full rf health and vigor and
enthusiasm, ombarkod at Charleston, S.
C., on the Not thcastorn Railroad for Vir
ginia.
Notice.
There will bo a call mooting of tho
Ooo.ico Karmors' Allianco at ltichland
(!l!M!-.,h "ii Thursday, tho 20thof January,
at ll o'clock A. M. Sub-trustoo stock
lioldcr?' and stock-holders of Ocotic? NCWH
aro requested to bo present.
J. C. Al.KXANOKIt,
President.
.1. B. SANOKIIH, Secretary.
Dc ni ni i?? of tho Laborers*
Ali tho Uhor organisations of the
ootmtry, including tho Alliance, have
had delegate* in se?sion ist Washing
ton. They have adoptod tho follow
ing platf orhi :
1. We demand tho abolition of tho
national banks aa bank* of issue,
mid, ns a substitute for national bank
notes, wo demand that legal tender
troasury notes bc issued in sufficient
volume tc transact tho business of
the oountry witbodt damage or spe
oial advantage to any class or oalling,.
such notes to bo legal tender in pay
ment of ull debts, both public and
private, and such notes, when
demanded by tho people, shnll bo
loaned to them at uot moro than 2
per cent per annum on non-perisha
ble produots, ns indicated in the sub
troasury plan, and also upon real
estate, with proper limitations upon
tho quantity of lard and amount of
money.
2. Wo demand the free and un
limited coinage of silver.
3. We demand tho passage of
laws prohibiting alien ownership of
land, iuul that Qongroef? toko prompt
action to devise some plan tb obtain
all lands now oWnod by aliens and
foreign syndicates; and that all lands
I now hold by railroads and other cor
porations in excess of such as is
aclu.illy used and needed by thom,
bo reolaimed by tho government and
hold for actual settlors only.
4. Behoving in tho doctrino of
equal rights to all and speoial privi
leges to none, wo demand that taxa
tion, national, Stato or munioipal,
shall not bo used to build up ono
intorcst or class at tho expenso of
another one.
5. Wo demand that all revenues,
national, Stato and county, shnll bo
limited to tho necessary expense of
tho government, economically and
honestly administered.
6. Wo demand a just and equita
ble system of graduated tax on in
come.
7. We demand' tho most rigid,
honest and just Stato and national
governmental control and supervi
si?n of thc means of public commu
nication and transportation, otc. If
this control and supervision does not
remove tho evils now oxisting, we
demand government ownership of
such means of communication and
transportation.
8. We demand that tho Congress
of tho United States submit nu
amendment of the constitution pro
viding for the olection of United
States Senators by a direct vote of
tho people of each Sf??gjf??tlf?t^?*^ !
popular vote.
"Resolved, That this confederation
of industrial organizations demand '
that in each State a system shall be
provided and faithfully executed
that will insure an honest and accu
rate registration of all voters, a free,
fair, secret and official ballot, and an
honest public count; and wo demand
that each State Legislature shall
make it a felony for any improper,
interference with the exercise of reg
istration, ballot or count."
Permanent organization was then
formed by thc election of Hen. Ter
rell, of Texas, President, and J. W.
Hayes, of Pennsylvania, as Secretary
and Treasurer.
Upon invitation, L. L. Polk, Pre
oiv?o..t of tho National Farmers1 Alli
ance, addressed the meeting. Mr.
Polk spoke warmly in support of
tho views of tho confederation, as
expressed in the above series of
I demands.
The farmers of Edgoficld county
have about 1,000 bales of cotton
stored in the warehouse at Edge
field.
SF -.
ALLSKINTND BLOOD
DISEASES.
Tho Beat Houaoh old Medioine.
Once or twine each y et nv the mya*
tom needs purging of tho impm-l
ties which clog tho blood. From
childhood to old ago, no remedy
meets all oases with the same cer
tainty of good results as
BOTANIC BLOOD BALM.
W. C. McGauhey, Webb City. Ark., writer
" fi. B. B. ha* done me mr.re good ?nd for less
money than any other blood purifier I evrr used.
I owo the comfort of my life toll."
P. A. Shepherd, Norfolk, VP., Aii??ist io, JE88,
writes I " I depend on ll. ll. lt. for the preservation
of my health. I have had it in my family now
nearly two yeats, and in all that time have r.ot had
to havi ?. doctor.*'
n** Write for (Unatratetl "Rook of Wontlm,"
IILOOD j!A i.M CO.. Atlanta, 0a. ffc>ntfrep.
Tuft's Pills
Is an invaluable remedy fm
SICK HEADACHE, TORPID
LIVER, DYSPEPSIA, PRES,
MALARIA, COSTIVENESS,
AND ALL BILIOUS DISEASES.
Sold Every wBevo.
mil 3 t? I WHEAT
nVrnn K,",n '?Jury hy tho "Fly" by
?IATS top-dressing with'
UA1? (?BREA LITIS.
Ono hag per aero will largoly inorcaso tho
yield of grain and straw.
IIOVKIN, CAIIMKK & CO., IIAI.TIMOHK, Mn.
November IS, 1800. 45>18t
New Advertisements.
TUG?L0O STOCK FARM,
STALLIONS IN SERVICE,
SEN KO A BISMARCK, 9897. WO to |
bonne.
WYKLE, 11280. ?26 to intuit.
For further Information apply to
JOHN W. SHELOR,
Tugaloo, Oooneo County, 8. C.
Jauuary 2t), 1801._*-8m
WM^m, Hats, Etc.
MY atockof DRY GOODS, SHOES,
HATS, HARDWARE, *o., will Boon be |
complote.
I keep conatautly on hand a nice line 1
of STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES.
I have juBt rocelved a fresh lot of j
ORANGES at 25 to 40 cont? per dozen.
LEMONS, 25 cents per dozen, and ]
COOOANUTS at 5 and 10 oents each.
Give mo a call.
Goods dollvorod free.
Respectfully, I
Sam. N. Pitchford.
January 29,1691.
Assessor's l?otic^
>> ? ':?*: A'
Notice of County Auditor.
OFFICE OF COTNTY AUDITOR,
WALHALLA, S. C., January 27, 1891.
Tho following named persons constitute
tho Township RoardB of Assessors, as
indicated below, whlojh will moot at the
Auditor's Offloo in Walhalla, ri. C., on
Saturday, February 28th, 1891 :
Centor Township-A; P. Hunt, D. E.
Smithson and M. II. He Junkin.
Sonooa Township-W. A. Barron, John j
J. Ballongcr and S. Y. Stribling.
Tugaloo Township-O. I. Walker, B.
n. CroBs and A. P. Cox.
Wagnor Township-F. F. Sharp, C. L.
Roid and J. D. I nb oil.
Koowoo Township-Wm. C. Robertson,
K. A. Porry and E. F. Aloxander.
Chattooga Township-R. L. Symraes,
S. G. Conloy and Davis Crauo.
PiiliuOti Tow nulli ii-F. D. ltot hell. JOB.
G. Loo and N. H. Carter.
Whitewater Township-J. M. Whit
iniro, F. Ii. Moody and W. B. F. Corban.
Those Boards will ploaso moot at tho
Auditor's Omeo on tho day mentioned,
and after taking tho constitutional oath
and electing a Chairman will becomo tho
Township Board of Assessors. Boforo
those Boards tho Auditor lays tho roturas
of proporty in tho rospootlvo Townships [
for tho year 1890-'91, which thoy will
assess without dolay and cortify its va Ino I
to tho Auditor for taxation.
Tho Chairmen of tho Township Boards
compone the County Board of Equalisa
tion, which Board will moot at tho Audi
tor'? Ofllco on Tuesday, March 10, 1891,
to equalise tho proporty in tho Town
ships, hoar complaints, ?fcc.
T. R. NORRIS,
?AUDITOR OCONRK COUNTY.
??^JSi^Mt3aa*w .^M.--.V-A .. <*. '
Sow the Seed?
rAHBY & CO. lia ve sold nearly all of
tho Tobacco Seed thoy liad from
Richmond, and Joo writes ni. from Dan
ville, Va., that, ho will send moro in a day
or two, (thoy will probably bo on BRIO
boforo this i? printou) and ho Bay? that in
that celebrated tobacco region seed ia
not sown boforo tho 1st of February and
often much later. Solcct your Plant Red
so ns to got as muoh Bifhshiuo upon it as
possible, but with timber on tho North
of it, which is thought to be a considera
ble protect ion against insects wonl to cut
down tho Plants. Seedsmen say ono ounce
of seed will ?ow a bed of 50square yard?.
J. J. NORTON.
January 20, 1801.
Pension Notice.
ri!HE Pension Commissioners of Oconoo
X county will hold a meeting for tho
purpose of oxamining new applicants for
pension'., ut Walhalla Corni Houss, be
ginning January 28th instant, and con
tinuing tho 27th, 28th, 80th and 31st.
Thoso who have already boon granted
pensions need not attend.
E. A. FERRY, Chairman.
January 22, 1891. 4-2t
Assignee's Sale.
Vii E as Assignees of H. D. A. Bie
msen will sell to tho highest bidder, in
front of tho Court HOUBO door, between
tho legal hours of salo, on Salosday in
FEBRUARY NEXT, all that piece, parcel
or lot of land in tho town of Walhalla,
and bounded on tho East by lot of J. E.
Hendrix, South by Main Street, on tho
Wost by tho Cappelmann lot, and having
tborcon tho ongino house, <fcc, of H. D.
Riemann. This is good proporty.
TERMS-Cash.
J. W. HOLLEMAN, Assignee.
V. F. MARTIN. Agontof Creditors.
January 22, 1801. 4-2t
Mortgagee's Sale,
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, )
OOONBE COU NT V. J
HY virtuo of a mortgage, oxeouted and
delivered by H. I). A. Biomann to J.
I). Vornor, dated tho 4th day of Septem
ber, 1890, to secure bi? note of that date,
payable on thr 7th day of Ootobor, 1800,
for tho sum of twenty-nine hundred and
twenty-nine dollars and twonty-nino
cents, ($2,029.29,) I, W. L. Vornor, as
Agent of said John I). Vornor, will soil,
to the highest bidder, for cash, at tho
stables of D. Biomann, in roar of tho
Hank Pudding, on Main Btrcet, in Wal
halla, S. C., on FRIDAY, January 80th,
instant, tho following porsonnl proporty,
viz :
Eight two-horse Wagons,
Ko voy Bots twodiorse Wagon liarnos?,
Two single Buggies,
Ono Omnibus,
Klovcn hoad of Mules,
Eight hoad of Horses.
And, also, ono-half Interest of H. I). A.
Biomann in tho following d? ?ribwi por
Bunal property, belonorina .? tho ftrm^o*
inomann * Ervin :
Eight Hacks,
Two Carriages,
Eight Buggies,
Two Ruck Boards,
Ono Cart,
Ono Omnibus,
Two tWO-horse Wagons,
Two MMH two-borso Wagon Harness.
Ono one-horse Wagon,
Ono ?ot one-horse Wagon Harness,
Two sots two-horso Carriage Harness,
Six sot? Singla Buggy Harness,
Tliroo Saddles and Bridles,
Ono Cart,
Niuo head of Horses.
W. Ia VERNER,
Agent of J, D, Verti??, Mortgagee.
January tho 10th, 1801. 8-2t
A.NJ) CHEAP ENOUGH TO SVXT
Villi POOREST PURSE, aro our ? ,
GOODS, consisting of Ola??. Croatxtv,
?T?a, Gift Cup?, Cone?, Sugar,
Starch ?loo, Pearl (hits Soda, Ch,.
Cracker?, Candy, Raisins, Nut?, Kl?. '
Call and Boo US, and do not foi ?Ot that 'iwB??j?
we exohange Goodb for Cask, Coin, Poa?
aud Cotton Kag?.
S. M. VanWyok & Co.
Dooombor ll, 18?0.
lll'iHtlilttW
hri?tma?
-AT
oods
w. w.
0.
Como and eeo what I bavo.
Itoannot begin to nftmo all.
P. have a largo and nioo supply for
Xmas.
Nioo Cups and Saucors at 10 ots. each.
I ?Iso ofter to tho neon)a of Walhalla
and surrounding country a ntoo lino ?i
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, HOOTS,
?li?iv?, HATS mid CLOTH INC..
Also, flrst-oloss Groceries.
JImvn "."ii.i.iHn lino of Rubbor doods.
C??! S?ifJ Sse ??y ??"W < ?hrlwl mnu ? t .... i: :. .
I havo somothing to pion mi ni i "and tho
I cheapest in town,
W. W, Robinson.
I
iii fails,
OPEN TOP BUGGIES,
Carriages, &c.
HAVE JUST RECEIVED A OAR
LOAD of ono and two-horso
Tennessee Wagons,
of all sir.es, and havo on hand a full stock
of OREN and TOP BUGGIES, CAR
RIAGES, SURREYS, ROAD CARTS,
BUGGY AND WAGON HARNESS,
WHIPS and LAP ROBES.
Examino my stock.
Also, como and seo "SAVIDGE'S
ABDALLAH," ono muong tho finest
Stallions in tho world, .
A. W. Thompson,
Seneca, S. C.
Soptombor 18, 1800. 80-tf
Don't Ml Down.
? ?
"Now, Tom, I want you to romombor
your promise."
"What promise, Mary?"
"Why, don't you romombor last spring
I you promised to toko mo to That Man
Todd and let me pick out a nico STOVE
and a SAFE? Now don't baCK.' lu......
Tom. I am going to hold you to it Mrs.
Smith says Mr. Todd has splendid Safe?
fe?? ail
Now, Mr, Tom, just lot us Ray you *
ought tx? koop your premiso to your good
wifo. Don't cease to romomber
THAT MAN TODD
AT SENECA.
,.P /\V . AGENCYJo r
y A pamphlet of Information nu? ab~/jfll"W ?
^ ?tr?ct of tho laws,mowing How to/ff
s\ Obtain Putouts, ('uTCiUe, Tf?IIO/?HW
?gvMark?, Copyrights, ??nt Ittu/JUEm
W^A?<r*M MUNN A OO./?^W
JUST ARRIVED
To-Day
1,000 Pounds of
? ?
Fresh Candy,
Raisins,
Citron,
Currants
And Nuts.
Darby & Go.
?iiin ni i a Julian.
ISToTICE is horoby given that tho under
signed, Administrator of the Estato of
Wyatt Hudson, deceased, will apply to
Richard Lowis, Judgo of Probate of
Goonoo county, on thc Slat day of Janu
ary, 1801, tb make a final sottlomont of
Bald ostato and bo discharged as Admin
istrator thereof.
J. R. HUDSON,
Administrator.
January 1, 1801. 1-<R
r Notice
.I n bAraby given to any and all porsons
not io inwlo for any note or notes glvon
by me to C. A. Smithson! This January
7th, 1801.
W. P. BARKER,
January lfi, 1801. 8-8t
Notice to Trespassers.
?\TOTICE is horoby glvon that tho iwi
131 dorslgnod warns all persons not to
trcspafls on nor lands for tho purposo of
hunting, snooting, fishing or any othor
purpose whatsoever, as porsms so found
will bo . prosecuted lo tho fr.ll oxtont of
the law. MRS. . ! JONES.
January KS, 1801. U-St*
. $! -
ai wm
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