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WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA. MAY IS, lOOl.
NEW SEltlKB, NO. 103.-VOLUME Lil.-NO. 20
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A TRAGIC DEATH.
Mrs. Cornella Thompson Burned to Death in
the Recent Firo at Jacksonville.
fe Telegraphic reports from Jackson
w ville, Fl?., gave among the list of
those who were burned in tho de
structive fire in that city, the name
of Mrs. Cornelia Thompson, tho
widow of the late C?en. Waddy
Thompson. The report says that
Mrs. Thompson's bones were found
in the ruins of the Old Ladies'
Home.
This news was a shock to tho
older citizens of (Loenville who
knew Mrs. Thompson so well.
Years ago she was well known in
this section of the State and wat
loved and admited by all who knew
her for her many admirable traits ol
character and her gentle and pleas
ant disposition. Mrs. Thompson
was a Miss Jones, of Wilmington
N. C. Her father, Col. David Jones
is buried in thc cemetery of Christ
church, this city.
Mrs. Thompson was a member Ol
Christ church, and tl tiring her rest
dence in this city she was an carnes
and conscientious church worker
She was between 70 and 80 year
old.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson lived fo
a number of years on Paris motin
tain at what is familiarly known a
the "Thompson place." Gon.Thomp
son, however, owned a plantation ii
Florida, and shortly after thc war b
moved his family lo Madison, Fifi
Gen. Thompson's death occur re
while bc was a resident of that cit)
Mrs. Thompson then moved t
Jacksonville, where her son, Presto
Thompson, was engaged in bushiest
That was about twenty years ag
and she was living with her son ti
the time, of her death.
Gen. Thompson was one of th
most prominent men of the Sont
during his time. Ile was a membc
of Congress and also Minis'.cr t
Mexico. Mrs. Thompson was coi
nected with Mrs. S. A, Townes, Mil
Lily Thompson and Misses Ii tn nv
and Lizzie Jones of this city. SI
was well known by tho older cit
zens of the Piedmont section, wi
will bc grieved to hear of her trag
death.-Greenville News.
How Arn Your Kidney* f
Or. Hobbs' SpArAEUft 1*1 ll (touro nil kill noy Ills. Sa
plo frOO. Add. StorlliiK ltuincdy Co., OlllCAKO ur N.
Methodists arc Successful.
The Hoard of liducation of tl
Methodist Iipiscopal Church, Sont
met in Nashville, Tenn., last wee
Bishop Galloway presiding. Dr.
I). Hammond, recording secretar
reported that $1,500,000, ordered I
the General Conference as a thai
offering for the twentieth con tm
had been raised.
In a trial at Omaha, Neb., M
'iii, Callahan, the accused kidnap)
who was supposed to bo implicit
in tho Cudahy case, caine clear ?li
pite the fact that there was a grt
deal of convincing evidence aga ii
him. The prisoner was ag?
arrested on other charges and will
all probability have another ti
soon.
. p
David Bankin, the Missouri cal
king, has planted 10,(100 acres
corn this year, employing about ?
men and utilizing 000 horses.
A TEXAS^ WONDK
Hall's (front Discovery for Kidney i
I'ladder Trouble.
One small bottle of Hall's (?real I
Covary cures all kidney and bladder li
tiles, removes gravel, oil IOS (Habe
seminal emissions, weak and lame l>a<
rheumatism and all Irregularities of
kidneys and bladder in hoth men
women, Regulates bladder trouble
children. If not sold by your drugf,
will be sent hy mail on receipt of $1
One small bottle is two mouths' tr
mont, and will cure any case ahuve n
tinned, Dr. K, W. Hall, side manu
turor, P, o. llox 020, St. bonis. Mo,
Send for testimonials. Suhl hy
druggists.
Vicksburg, Miss., January H, Iflofl
have, used The Texas Wonder, ll
Great Discovery, for Madder and kb
trouhle and would hot take a thom
dollars for Hie bondit received f
Using ODO hottto, I feel that I am
manently cured. I make this staten
from a sense of duty that 1 owe to tl
likewise aflliotod, and trust that
will take advantage of the. Inform!)
and realize the truth of my assertion
O. II. Kosh
Sings Hor Husband's Praise.
After thc trip of tho Presidential
party (in New Orleans) had been
concluded ono afternoon last week,
and while Mrs. McKinley was wait
ing at the nook on tho steamer City
of St. Louis, which had been set
aside for her until tho President had
bidden farewell to tho hosts of the
occasion, she consented to be inter
viewed. It was tho first and only
interview ever secured from her.
After she had expressed her delight
at tho new scenes which had been
unfolded to her she began to talk
about the President, whose name
was mentioned.
"Do you know Major McKinley ?"
she asked.
"Ah, no one can know him, because
j to appreciate him one roust know
him ns I do. And I am not speak
ing now of Major McKinley as the
President. I am speaking of him as
my husband. If any ono could know
what il is to have a wife sick, com
plaining, always an invalid for 25
years, seldom a day well, and yet
never a word of unkindness has over
passed his lips, he is just tho same
tender, thoughtful, kind gontleman I
knew when first he came and sought
my hand. I know him because I
nm his wife and it is my proudest
pleasure to say this, not becauso bc
is tho President, but because ho ie
my husband. I wish that I could
have seen him yesterday ; I love to
sec him among the people whom bc
seeks to serve so faithfully. But I
read his speeches this morning. 1
read all Ins speeches. I only wish
thal I could help bim as I should
Ile is so kind, so good, so patient.
He gives mo all the time he can ; ho
never forgets me, no matter how
busy he is. But I will bc glad whet
he is out of public life; I did not
want him to run a second time. ]
thought he had dono enough for tin
country, and now I know that lu
has done enough, and when thii
term expires he will come home ant
wc will settle down quietly, and lu
will belong to me."
During the year 15)00 more thai
0,000,000 Bibles, Testaments an?
portions of thc Scriptures wer
issued in England, an increase o
nearly 000,000 copies over any previ
otis year.
Mr. W. J. Baxter, of North Brook, N
C., says ho suffered with piles for flftce
years Ho tried many remedies with n
resid?s until ho used DeWitt's Witc
Hazel Salve ami that quickly cured bin
J. W. Hell.
- - --
The Cost of a Queen.
Queen Alexandra will find he
new position no sinecure in the wa
of housekeeping, as the royal house
hold contains 1,000 servants.
Ii is said that thc late Queen Vu
loria was in the habit of oversooin
every detail of thc household.
There aro sixty housemaids i
Windsor ?md the late Queen kne
the name of each and her speer
line of duty. Going hilo an un USC
room upon one occasion, she notice
a cabinet that had not been dustc
that day. She promptly wrote tl
royal autograph in thc dust, and b
neath it the name of tho partiouh
maid whose duty il v.-ru; to brush tl
room.
The kitchen is ruled over by
chef, whose salary is C700 a yen
Under the chef arc four mast
cooks, who aro on duty about a foi
night at a time. Then there n
two assistant cooks, two roastii
cooks, about sixteen apprentie?
half a dozen kitchen maids, two yt
men of thc kitchen and thc clerk
thc kitchen, who keeps the accour
?ind docs the carving. l\a reoeh
($00 a year.
Thc confectioners get jCSOO a
C250 each, The chef has a nm
room set apart on one side of t
kitchen ; tho others work in thc c
room.
Thc most costly dinner service
tho world is at Windsor castle,
is ol solid gold and is valued
I'S,DOO. of the ntimorous servi?
of plate ami china but three aro o
in us<>. In tho crimson draw
room is kept a magnificent coll
tion of china.- Philadelphia Pr<
WILLIAMS REPLIES TO THE STATE.'
Says The State Looks at his Efforts In thc
Hampton Matter in Wrong Light.
Richmond, Va., May 8.-I have
just seen the three column editorial
in Thc State of Monday regarding
tho suggestion of Gen. Wade Hamp
ton for the Columbia postmaster
ship.
The idea of the writer of that
article seems to ho th at I was trying
to have Gen. Hampton do a dis
graceful thing to shelter others
under his name and prestigu.
I nm glad to have direct assur
ances from Gen. Hampton that he
has no such thought.
I nm suro no man who is accus
tomed to high standards and straight
motives will have such a thought.
There has never been a human pur
pose, however large, for which a
narrow mind could not invent a
small end, no human act, however
honest, to which a vindicitive and
petty spirit could not attribute dis
honesty. To judge the methods and
intentions of others hy our own is a
common human characteristic.
I ara entirely willing to have the
South Carolina public consider my
course from the standpoint, of Wade
Hampton on one side and the State
newspaper on the other.
Tho South Carolina publio knows
both and tho contrast is sufficiently
vivid to bc impressive. If any man
in South Carolina who has accepted
or may accept an appointment from
President McKinley should need
illustrious precedent to justify him
he would not have to look beyond
thc ollice of the State newspaper,
two members of the staff of which
held commissions in the volunteer
array on the recommendation of
Governor Iillorbe.
That was in limo of war, but ray
information was that there was no
lack of applications for positions as
oflicors and that the appointments
were distinctly favors.
The State itself, organized as a
fiercely anti-Tillman and independ
ent and Cleveland Democratic publi
cation, subsequently accepted a
rather advantageous printing con
tract from an administration to
which it was supposed to be bitterly
hostile. It is now apparently trying
to contend that acceptance ol' an
appointment by an anti-Tillman
Senator would disgrace Gen. Hamp
ton eternally.
The opinion of The State concern
ing myself is immaterial. To keep
thc record straight, however, permit
me to say in conclusion that I have
never sought nor accepted any jobs
for myself or favors for my news
paper which could subject mc to the
suspicion of fulfilling a bargain on
one sido or gratifying my resentment
on tho other, and that my political
plumage has never changed. I did
not begin ns a Cleveland gold Demo
crat opposing the Populist influence
so fiercely as to ineffectively lead a
contesting delegation to a national
convention against it and then
become a red hot and intolerant sup
porter of freo silver and a Populist
alliance. My recollection is The
State did.
I have fought Hen. Tillman since
the day ho.was nominated, free silver
from the timo it was broached,
Populism from its beginning. Per
sonally I would rather bo a McKin
leyite than a Ilryanitc or a Tillman
ile, but I ara none of them.
The result of the last Presidential
election showed what tho Demo
cratic party has boen brought to
under tho leadership Tho State fol
lows. I want tO seo tho puny j
become something botter than a |
laughing stock and the South some
thing more than a rallying point and
tool for the cranks of the continent
and a menace to tho country's pros
perity. A. ll. Williams.
PISO'S CURE FOR
CON SUM PT IO
SHOJI
A woman who holds up a train
isn't, necessarily a robber.
I
Sheep on tho (-arm.
Of all dom est to animals sheep aro i
the greatest fertilizers, the best
soavangers ami tho easiest kept with
the least expense of any live stock
on the farm, says VV. Watson in
Wool Markets and Sheep. My own
experience has taught mo that they
are not only tho farmer's relief from
hard work, but that they will pay for
all tho earc and all tho feed that is
given them in tho way of manure.
There can bo found on almost
every farm in tho land some rough
and hilly ground that is not produc
ing as it should, and all that land
could in a short time be made aB
valuable as thc rest by the pasturing
and feeding of a few sheep thereon,
for they will seek the highest points,
and there they will scatter their
manure better and evener than can
be dono in any other way. It is my
opinion that a farm can maintain a
Hock of sheep, say one sheep to
every two acres, at comparatively no
cost whatever, and they will bring
him from $51 to &f> per head each
year, so that on every farm of 100
acres 50 sheep can be kept, and they
will pay in manure for every bit of
feed and all the care, and the farmer
is ahead from $150 to $200 each
year.
I believe the worst trouble experi
enced by many shepherds is the
feeding of corn to their sheep.. Corn
should never be feed to breeding
sheep tinder any circumstances.
The best and cheapest feed is bran
and oatr, mixed equal parts with
good clover hay or corn fodder.
Good shelter from storms should hot
be neglected. They must also have
good water to drink, for that is as
necessary as feed.
"Our little girl was unconscious from
strangulation during a sudden and terri
ble attack of croup. 1 quickly scoured a
bottle of Ono Minute Cough Cure, giving
lier three doses. Tho croup was mas
tered and our little darling speedily re
covered," so writes A. h. Spalford, Ches
ter, Mich. J, W. Moll.
A Word to Boys.
If you have anything to do, do it
at once. Don't sit down in tho
rocking chair and loose three
quarters of an hour in dreading the
job. lie sure that it will seem ten
times harder than it did nt first.
Keep this motto: Boin time on
small things as well as great. The
boy who is behind time at breakfast
and school, will be sure to get left
in thc important things of life.
If you have a chronic habit of
dreading and putting off things,
make a great effort to cure yourself.
Brace up? Make up your mind
that you will haye some backbone.
Don't be a limp, jellyfish kind of a
person.
Depend upon it that life is very
much as you make it. Tho first
thing to decido is, What arc you
goings to make it?
Thc next thing is to tako off you''
co il and go to work. Make your
self necessary somewhere. There
are thousands of boys and young
men who wouldn't be missed if they
would drop out to-morrow.
Don't bo one of this sort.
Ile a power in your own little
world ; and then, depend upon it,
tho big world will 'near from you.
Our Si oday Afternoon.
They Work While You Sleep.
While your mind and body rest ('as
eareis (Jandy Cathartic repair your
digestion, your liver, your bowels,
put them in perfect order. Genuine
tablets stamped C. C. C. Never sold
in bulk. All druggists, ioc.
Once when Judge (bay, of Chi
cago, was trying a case, bc was dis
turbed by a young man who kept
moving about in thc rear of tho
room, lifting chairs and looking un
der things. "Young man," Judge
Gray called out, "you arc making a
great, deal of unnecessary noise.
What arc you about?" "Your
honor," replied the young man, "I
have lost my overcoat and am trying
to lind it." "Well," said the venera
ble jurist, "people often lose whole
suits in here without making all that
disturbance."
' THE TRUTH ABOUT GRANT.
A Sentimental Story that ts Not Sustained by
Facts-"The Humanity ot Grant."
Tho following timely article is a
communication recently publishod in
the Atlanta Constitution :
Editor Constitution : Not long ago
you "reproduced, by permission from
the Now York World's Sunday
Magazine," an artiolo by Mrs. Jof
? forson Davison "The Humanity of
Grant."
Mrs. Davis han certainly depended
upon imagination and hoavsay in
this eulogy on grant.- Speaking of
the sword story of Appomattox, she
says : "Gen. Grant did not keep it
as a trophy, but respectfully returned
it to the band which had made its
fame as deathless as that of Excali
bur." In Grunt's Memoirs, Volume
2, pago 494, ho says : "Tho much
talked of surrendering of Lee's
sword and my handing it back, this
and much moro that has been said
about it is tho purest romance." It
wnB pure romance about Grant re
ceiving tho sword, and it follows
that it was not "respectfully re
turned."
In bis memoirs, Gen. Grant says
that Gen. Leo told him that in thc
Confederate army the cavalrymen
and artillerists owned their own
horses. Gen. Grant was of the opin
ion that thc war was about ended ;
that most of thc Confederates were
small farmers and would not bo able
to make a crop without "the aid of
the horses they were then riding."
Hu said to Gen. Leo about the
horses: "The United States did not
want them, and I would, therefore,
instruct the oflicers I left behind to
reccivo thc paroles of his troops to
let every man of the Confederate
army who claimed to own a horse
or a mule to take the animal and go
to his home." From this it will be
seen that Gen. Grant, according to
his own statement, was influenced
by two facts in allowing lite Con
federates to retain their horses, to
wit: The horses were the private
property of tho soldiers, and "tho
United States did not want them."
This means that thc horses would 1
have been taken if they had belonged
to the Confederate States, or they
would have been taken anyway if
the United States had wanted them.
This horse story has been told so
often that no doubt some persons
believe that Gen. Grant sent (ion.
Lee's soldiers homo on horseback,
but that is not the case. When tho
surrender came Gen. Lee. had only
7,81)2 infantry with arms in their
hands.
Before the paroles were made out
stragglers enough came up to run
the number up to about 2f>,000. Of
these about 5,000 were cavalry and
artillery. Then at least 20,000 men
had to walk home, and were not
beneficiaries of Grant's magnanimity.
The men who did rido home were
allowed to keep their horses only
until they i>ol in good condition.
Then treasury agents swarmed
through the country and carried off
every horse that had tlie brand U. S.
or G. S. on it. Hut this did not
satisfy them, for they took away
every horse that some trilling negro
would say had been in tho army.
When it comes to magnanimous
treatment of Confederates, Grant is
not to bc classed with Sherman.
(Jen. Benjamin F. Butler states that
there was an agreement between
Sherman and his leading oflicers to
pr?vido a ship at Charleston for the
escape from the country of Jefferson
Davis and such of his cabinet and
others as chose to go with him.
It is a fact that Sherman proposod
to allow tho men of Johnston's
army, who surrendered at Greens
boro, to take their guns .and go home
as if no war had taken place. Ile
said he would rather have thc paroled
Confederates control tho South than
tn uiyo it. turned over to negro rulo.
Mrs. Davis should writo no moro
such articles for the newspapers until
she is sure of her facts.
The story of John C. Calhoun's
courtship of his pretty cousin and
"The Groat Nullifier's" iirst and
only love hater makes an interesting
story that has recently appeared.
The great statesman's messages to
his youthful sweetheart, which show
a stupid effort to guard against exu
berance in confessing the gentle pas
sion, are embodied in letters to her
mother-all but one. Just before
their marriage Calhoun's love seem
ingly would brook no more stich re
straint, and he wroln his ?lear Flu
ride a tender avowal, impatiently
longing for tho wedding day, and
signed it "your true love. Had
this stately and formal beau lived in
our day he would have had to change
his tactics of love making or else
lose his girl.
Robert H. Ilomphill.
Better Known as "The Sect
was Conceived in Columb
[Col. Robert A. Thoi
To tho Editor of Tho State : At
your request, I have propared tho
following article on the Constitu
tional Convention of I860, botter
known ns tho "Seoession Conven
tion." The paper comprises a part
of tho proceedings of tho convention,
and incidents, and reminiscences of
that eventful period.
The election of Mr. Lincoln as
President of the Uuited States, pre
cipitated upon thc country a jpoliti
cal storm and sectional fury, which
had tor nearly thirty years boou
gathering with great volume and
forco. Tho excitement in tho South
was very great, and in South Caro
lina it was intense.
In November, 1860, Governor
Gist convened tho General Assembly
of South Carolina in extraordinary
session, for tho purpose of casting
thc vote of the State for President
and vice-President of tho United
States ; and, further, to see that the
State should not in the emergency
impending suffer any detrimeut.
During the early days of tho seces
sion excitement a most remarkable
public meeting was held in Charleston.
Judge Magrath, of tho Federal court,
tho District Attorney, tho Marshal
and the Collector of Customs, re
sinned their offices, rather than con
tinuo to serve the Federal govern
ment, especially undo:* tho incoming
administration of a purely sectional
government. The meeting was ono
of tho largest ever held in Charles
ton, and great excitement was mani
fested. A strong committee was
appointed, with Judge Magrath as
chairman, to visit Columbia and urge
thc Legislature to call a Constitu
tional Convention for the purpose of
seceding from tho Union. The press
of the State UIBO very generally
united in urging this course.
On the 13th day of November,
I860, the Legislature enacted :
"That a convention of the people
of the State of South Carolina is
hereby ordained to be assembled in
the city of Columbia on Monday,
tho 17th day of December, 18G0, for
the purpose of taking into considera
tion tho dangers incident to the po
sition of the State in the Federal
Union, established by the Constitu
tion of the United States, and the
measures which may be necessary
and proper for providing against the
same, and thereupon to take caro
that tho Commonwealth of South
Carolina shall suffer no detriment."
By another provision of the same
Act the election for delegates to the
convention was to be held through
out the State on the Gili day of De
cember. Thc canvass was unusually
short. But as a matter of fact no
oanvass was necessary. There was
not much opposition to secession,
and what there was was by no means
active or violent. Ex-Gov. B.
F. Perry, J. L. Pettigru, Esq., Judge
O'Ncall, and a few other public men
in thc State, were opposed to seces
sion. In addition to the gentlemen
named, there wero quite a number of
persons opposed to this movement,
hut they followed tho conservativo
course mapped out by their loaders.
The election passed of remarkably
peaceful and quiet and without un
due excitement.
The convention assembled in Co
lumbia on the 17th day of December
in the Baptist church. The sessions
of tho convention were opened by
prayer. There wero four ballots for
Presidont, tho last ono resulting in
tho election of Gon. I). F. Jamison,
of Orangeburg. Quito a number of
gentlemen wero voted for by thoir
friends. Col. J. L. Orr, of Anderson,
received a very handsome vote.
(Jen. Jamison made a short address,
advocating immediate recession. B.
F. Arthur, Esq., of Columbia, was
elected secretary.
A resolution was adopted unani
mously by tho convention, declaring
for secession at the very earliest
moment.
The presence of smallpox in tho
L?ity caused tho convention, as woll
ns tho Legislature, to adjourn to
meet in Charleston on the following
lay.
The members of the convention,
fis well as the members of tho Legis
lature, left Columbia for Charleston
at A o'clock a. m., on tho 18th.
From a newspaper report of thc
exodus of tho two bodies, wo have
the following: "Four o'clock a. m.,
TQTfl?ML
ION or 1860p
?ssion Convention"-Secession
ia and Born in Charleston,
mpson, in Tho State.]
was tho hour for leaving, and I "can
asaure you that a scone onsuod that
bailies description. From 600 to
1,000 persons wore ileoiug from tho
smallpox in a panic Wiso legisla
tors, grave members of tho conven
tion, with a crowd of hangers-on,
hastened to tho depot of tho South
Carolina railroad. The first scram
ble was for the ticket office, and it
was no small affair. Next was a
contest for baggage and chocks.
This was a scene not often seen in
the dignified capital of tho State.
Everybody was desirous of being
first served ; and, as a consequence,
disappointment, sometimes vented in
bitter curses, ensued. Soon the
checks gave out, and with it tho
moving of the oars, tho platform
being piled up with baggage, and
each ownor thereof holding on
thereto with tho tenacity of poverty
to a last 'chango of linen.' The
prospect of being left with tho small
pox waB imminent, hence a rush was
made, baggage in hand or on tho
shoulders, as convenience suggested,
to tho cars."
Tho ordinance of secession was
adopted by the convention unani
mously, by a yea and nay vote, on
Thursday, tho 20th day of Decem
ber, I860. All the members of tho
convention, oue hundred and seventy
in number, were present and voted
in the affirmative.
The convention met in Charleston
at 4 o'clock p. m. on the 18th and
held its sessions in St. Andrew's
hall, on Broad Btreet. The House
of Representatives met in Hibernia
hall, and the Senate found quarter
in tho Court House.
At 7 o'clock p. m. the convention
Govornor Bickens and staff, both
branches of tho Legislature, and th
people, assembled in Institute hall
on Meeting street to sec the ord i
nance of secession signed and rati
fied. Tho crowd was tho largest
that ever entered the hall. Tho
prcsidont of thc convention called
the "house to ordor," Tho ordi
nance had been enrolled on parch
ment and was signed by every mom
I b?\ of tho convention, the election
districts and parishes having been
called in alphabetical order. When
the signing was completed, the presi
dent of thc convention arose and
said : "Tho ordinance of secession
has been signed and ratified, and I
proclaim tho State of South Caro
lina an independent sovereignty."
As tho signatures were attached,
one by one, tho applause was great,
but when the President declared the
act perfect, the wildest enthusiasm
prevailed, thunders of applause,
dapping of hands, shouts, whirling
of hats, and other demonstrations of
olation and joy took place. Outside
of thc hall there was music and
thousands of people were unable lo
gain admittance. Bonfires had been
kindled in tho Btreets, fire works
popped and blazed on all sides, and
happiness rested on tho countenance
A all. Tho 20th of Descmber, 18G0,
was long to be remembered. It was
regarded a? the second independence
of thc State, and was hailed as the
harbinger of peace, safety, pro. por
ity and happiness. At a lato hour
tho crowd retired, having realized
apparently their only earthly hope.
Tho convention authorized the
president to appoint Messrs. John A
Calhoun, W. P. Finley, J. D. Wil
son, W. F. DeSnussure, Langdon
Chevc8 and M. E. Carn, "to prepare
an address to thc Southern States
A cominitteo consisting of Messrs.
John A. Inglis, lt. B. Rhett, Janies
Chestnut, Jr., James L. Orr, Maxcey,
Gregg, B. F. Dunkin and W. F.
Ilutson, was appointed to draft all
ordinances to bc voted on by the
convention.
A number of othor important com
mittees were announced from day to
day.
In Charleston politics or secession,
was tho shibboleth. Tho excitement
preceding tho election of delegates
was unheard of. Tho signs were
abundant. Across thc streets, at
prominent points, on public and
private buildings, there wero Hags,
transparences, palmetto trees, tin
leaf, mottoes, otc, characteristic of
thc contest. On a restaurant was a
life-sizo painting of Mr. li. Barnwell
Rhett, which was illuminated eael
night. On tho front of the theatre
there was a painting, representing
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twenty foot, handsomely executed.
Dispntohcs were received hy the
convention from distinguished oiti
r.ons of the Southern States advising
that prompt action was imperative,
rind that their States would ulti
mately follow our example.
On tho 21st of Decombor it was
announced through a dispatch from
Governor Pottus that Mississippi had
voted for secession, four to one.
This was tho second State to secede.
On the 24th of tho Bame month,
Hov. Perry, of Florida, was in
Charleston. Ile was a native of
Charleston, and announced that his
State was for resistance Ho was
invited to a seat on tho Hoor of tho
jonvention.
Tho 27lh was a day of great ex
citement. Maj. Anderson ovacuated
Port Moultrie and occupied Fort
Sumter. Gov. Pickcns called out
,ho military and occupied all the
'orts around tho city. No blood was
med, but war was regarded as almost
certain.
Thu convention was in session on
ho Sabbath day.
Much discussion took place in the
convention, in secret and open ses
lion.
December 31st was the last day of
i most eventful year.
The convention authorized tho
jiovernor to call into active service
wo rcgimotits of soldiers to garrison
he forts in the harbor.
Tho convention adopted a Boheme
or tho formation of a Southern Con
ederacy.
On Saturday, thc 7lh day of Janu
iry, 1861, the convention took recess,
o be called together by the presi
lent.
The Constitutional Convention of
Clorida, on tho 7 th of the same
uonth, adopted a resolution by a
otc of 62 to 6 to secede from the
Jnion. In a few days Alabama and
ilississippi seceded.
On the Oth of January the "Star
if tho West" endeavored to enter
he harbor of Charleston, to succor
? ort Sumter, but was driven off by a
ow shots fired from Major Stevens'
lattery.
The convention reassembled in
Charleston March 26th. The Con
titution of the Confederate States
/as ratified by a vote of 146 to 16
Vnd soon after the convention agrcei
? another recess, to be called to
?ether hythe President, if necessary
The battle of Fort Sumter occurro
Vprtl 12th. Mr. John Maxwell,
lelegate lo the convention from Pick
ns was in Port Moultrie during th
ight, giving his services to his Stati
Chancellor F. II. Wardlaw, a mom
ter of tho convention, died tn Coluni
lia, on thc 20tll day of May.
The personnel of the eonvontio
/as remarkable. Senators and Rep
esontatives in Congress, Chance
Drs, Judges and many other person
listinguisbed in all the avocations c
ife, were members of this body.
Two brothers, Judge D. Jj, Wan
aw, of Abbeville, and Chancellor J
I. Wardlaw, of Kdgelield, we
nembors of the convention.
The delegates of the secession coi
ention numbered one hundred ai
onvonty.
Chancellor B. F. Dunkin, who
ionio was in Charleston, and wi
/as also a native of Mnssachuset
eproscntcd Georgetown in the co
ention.
Two of the oldest members appr
nlly of the convention were Mess
loKeo, of Chester, and Green,
'limier. Their heads were wb
villi tho frosts of many winters.
Chancellor Inglis presented t
irdtnanco of secession lo the c(
Chtion, and has always been credit
irith being the author of that imp
ant doon men t.
The convention was in sessi
Christmas day.
Hon. Kdinund Iluflin, of Virgil
n aged gentleman, attracted mi
Honiton in (Charleston when
rdinanoo of sco?Bsion was pasi
nd ratified, by almost constar
arrying on his shoulder from pl
0 place, a large piece of palme
lis presence never failed to ov<
beers and applause.
Tho convention was in session
ember 80th tho blcssod Sabbn
Col. U. C. Logan, of Wilhams!?
1 as tho youngest man in thc coin
ion.
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