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TO THIN? OW? SELF BS TRUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW AB THE NIGHT THE DAT, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BB FALSE TO AMY MAN. BY J A YNES, gUELOll, SMITH & STUCK. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, APRUL SO, 1002. ' ? .'? NBW SCHUBS. NO. 218.-VOLUME LUI_NO. IS C. W. & J MAJESTIC FLO UR, PIEDMONT FLOUR, - . - SILVER STAR FLOUR, TWO LARGE SIZE We also call sp 25c. per pound ; als If you try either ol State Mutual Ul ?-I ? OMI The Parent Annuity Asi Assets,. Surplus, over all liabilities, Ju IT IS WITH PLEASURE AND PARIN ATTENTION OF OUR FRIENDS ai contract for Lifo Insurance now hoing olTo Annuity Associai ion, of ?ionic, < It is not au assessment company, but MIUM CONTRACT. Tko plan is tho An toed annual income to tho momhor in old his widow, and in tho ovont of hor death, THE S T A. T ! issues tho strongest, tho safest and most 1 now on the market. Thoy number arnon; flnanoiers of tho States of Georgia, South Alabama, North Carolina and Virginia, ono accord they unhesitatingly pronoun? THOMPSON HILES, President. ELBERT T. MoGQEE, Secretary. OHlco and Consulting Rooms: IC First-class Agents wanted. Adi Or T. H. FRANCIS, .18(1 Whitehall S Atlanta, Georgia. Any information cheerfully furnished by J. A. S WHEN Y( FIRTH I 5 10 SURE TO T. E. Alexandc You will find me OS^Two doors above I 'IMPORTANT NOTICE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, \ COUNTY OP OOONRK. J In Court of Common Pleas. PURSUANT to order of Henry Mciver, Chief Justice of the Supremo Court of South Carolina, a Special Term of tho Court of Common Pleas for tho County of Ooonee, In the Stato of South ('aro lina, will bo held at Walhalla Court House, boginning on Monday, tho 12th day of May, 1002, at 10 o'clock a. m., and continuing for tho period of ono week, if so much time bo necessary. Hon. R. O. Purdy has been commis sioned by his Excellency, tho Governor, as Special Judge, and assigned to hold said Special Torin of Court. All persons having business with said Honorable Court will tako duo notice hereof ami govern thomsolves accord ingly. Given under my hand and seal of the . -W^-N Court of Common Pleas this < Seal. [ 2.UI day of April, Anno Domini ( ' 1002, and in the 126th year of tho Independence of the United States of America. C. R. D. BURNS, C. C. P. April 23, 11K)2. 17-1!) STRIBLING & WHITE, Custom Millers, WALHALLA, - - - S. C. When you havo grinding to do, tele phone us, and wo will call and get your corn and deliver moat on same day. Satis faction guaranteed. Meal for sale. Phono No. 58. 8-20 Just Dou WHEN A norn to estimate Hud lt, wliieli is neve? than double the t h How About Malli plij the dis i age height, and the required nah KING'S NEW YORK ELECTRIC READY-MIXED PA J.H. DARI . E. Bauk - $4,90 per Barrel. - $4.60 per Barrel. - $4.00 per Barrel. NICKEL PACKAGE tecial attention to 01 30 a special Green C ! these it will make -."IT PAYS TO Bl le \ Annuity Co. 3, Gr .A.. - sociation of the South. $139,471.89 ly 1st, 1001, . $ 68, 59.46 .) NA ll LE PRIDE THAT WE CALL THE ul tho puhlic generally to tho oxcellont | rod hy Thc State Mutual JLife and Ja. a GUARANTEED STIPULATED PRE nuity System, which provides a guaran ago. lu caso of his death it pr?vidos for for Iiis minor childrou. E MUTUAL beneficial contract for a dopondont family ', their policy-holders some of tho leading Carolina, The Best. J. W. ROUNSAVILLE, Vico-Pres. W. P. SIMPSON, Treasurer. OD Main Street, Columbia, S. C. [bess: Lock Rex No. 127, Columbia, S. C. FRANCIS A HAILEY, State Agents. treot, TECK, RESIDENT AGENT, WALHALLA, SO. CA. 20* .HERS CJA-Ll^ O TV ME. 5T, Walhalla, IS. <J. on Main Street, lauknight's Store, VALUABLE LAND FOB SALE. T HE UNDERSIGNED is authorized to near Walhalla, S. C., to-wit: Ono tract or lot of ten acres, fronting weston tho pub lic road from Walhalla out by Col. R. Thompson's to Oconeo Station; adjoins Wm. F. Ervin, Mrs. Henry Riomann and others. Also ono tract of 107 acres on Cano Creek ; adjoins Wm. F. Ervin, W. A. Strother, J. W. Holleman and others. Prico and terms roasonablo. S. P. DENDY, Attorney, 18 26 Walhalla, S. C. Notice to Creditors. Tho Stato of South Carolina, I County of Oconeo. ( In tho Court of Common Pleas. Parmelia Land, Plaiutiff, against Eli/.abeth Abbott et al., Dofondants. HY VIRTUE of an order to me di rected and signed by His Honor G. W. Gage, Presiding Judge, on March 14. 1H02, in the above entitled case, all ana singular tho creditors of W. M. Isbell, deceased, are V",uircd to provo their claims, according to law, before me, in mv Omeo at Walhalla Court House, on or before the 7th day of May, 1002, at ll o'clock a. m., or bo barred of all bonefits under this proceeding. W. O. WHITS, Mastor Oconeo County. March 26, 1002. 13-18 ible^l XS PAINTED it is safe a value h as be idded to . less, and som, tiing more, tost of painting. Your House? tance around it by the aver divide by 2i)0. This gives fiber of gallons of Th is Paint costs $1.50 per gallon. Come in INT. andJt?t Sample Cards and study Color Effect 3Y, BlMJ?<ai?Tt night are S PLUGS EARLY BIRD, 3 PLUGS SCHNAPPS, 2 DOUBLE THICK, (Eitht S ARM AND HAMM ar Hihgland Blend toffee we are selling us good friends. HY FOR CASELA A VOICE FROM OLD PICKENS. Reminiscences ol the Glorious Past-Men of Prominence in Old Pickens District. Old Pickeus, April 20.-Editors Courier : Fearing the length of my last communication might consign it to the waste basket, I omitted to mention in ray reminiscences of Old Fickens several prominent families, who, though not all of thom resided in the village, engaged in busiuess there, worshipped in the old church and sent their children to school there. Nathan Boone, for a long time the only doctor in tho place, (but not a graduate of any medical school,) was among the first Commissioners in Equity for Pickens District, which office in tho last years was held by Col. Robt. A. Thompson. James Doyle, if not tho first She riff, was among the first. Ile was the brother of our lamented Dr. O. M. Doyle, and uncle of O. Ramsay Doyle, the efficient operator at Seneoa, and of tho two promising young physicians, W. R. and E. Clay Doyle, of the same place, thc latter of whom is prominently spoken of as a candidate for the next House of Representatives. Samuel Reid, another one of tho early Sheriffs, is remembered as a large planter, a most kindly neigh bor and as tho father of Mrs. W. C. Keith, Mrs. Isabella Lee, Mrs. Sallie Shelor and Capt. James T. Reid, who distinguished himself in tho war between the States and carries upon his person the evidence of his bravery ; and George T. Reid, a prosperous merchant and planter, of Chappells. Col. Miles M. Norton had an .ace and did business there until he vol unteered in defense of his country and fell mortally wounded at the hoad of his regiment in tho Second Battle of Manassas. His body awaits the resurrection morn underneath tho blood-stained soil of Virginia. L. C. Craig and W. N. Craig both served as Sheriff of Pickens District. The former was killed in battle and tho latter died in Walhalla,, having located there after his election as Sheriff of Oconec county. A. lt. Craig and William Craig both mado gallant soldiers, are still living and aro engaged in farming in Pickens county. William is tho father of your merchant, Mr. John F. Craig, and L. C. Craig, of Seneca, and C. L. Craig, Superintendent of Education of Oconeo county. Col. Lemuel Thomas, who diod near Richland a few years ago, was the last Sheriff of tho old District and was esteemed by all who knew him. Wm. Keith, Sr., was Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and Goneral Sessions for twenty-oight consecu tive years. Ho was sucoeeded by James E. Ilagood, who held tho office until the division of tho Dis trict. Ho is still living, has been for many years Clork of the District Court of tho United States for South Carolina, and has a number of sons prominent in business and profes sional life. Living near was Alexander Ram say, an extensive and prosperous farmer, tho father of Capt. Andrew and William Ramsay, of Toccoa, Qa.; Samuel, of Texas; Reid, of Alabama; Julius, of Tugaloo, and Alexandor, of Pickens ; tho .j.st named owning and occupying tho old family homestead, with its undu lating hills and fortilo bottoms. All tho others have achieved marked success in their several vocations. John W. Li Cary, plantor and mechanic, lived near, was Tax Col lector of Pickens District for twelve years, and during tho whole of that timo not a single execution was issued by him against a delinquent tax-payer. Taxes were not so high then as now ; hence not so hard to pay. Ho entered the army as cap tain of a cavalry company, was dis abled at Pooatalago, returned to his home and died in August, 1865. He was the father of John C. Cary, president of Lockhart Mills; Wm |J., of Lx>okhart ; N. B., F. M. and Offering .25c. 1.25c. ir Kind), - 25c. ER SODA FOR 5C. Roasted Coffee at ; at 15c. per pound. Z. G., of Oconee ; Louis W., de ceased ; Mrs. Sallie 'Huffman, de ceased ; and James P., of Piokens, who in 1872 waa "a devil" in The Courier office, and ie now presiding as special Judge of tho Cirouit Court at Greenville, S. C. E. E. Alexander engaged in mer chandising and was for a long time postmaster at Old Piokens. He was tho father of T. E. Alexander and Mrs. Rosa Schroder, of your town. There were two other sons-Wil liam, who died in Anderson a few years ago, and Frank P., who served nn apprenticeship in Tho Courier office, wont to Texas, and when I last hoard from him was Speaker of the House of Representatives of that groat State-a splendid example of what energy, perseverance and in tegrity of character, unaided by ample means or collegiate education, can accomplish. John and Thomas Keith, brothers of Col. W. C. Koith, in the glory of young manhood, gave their lives for the "I.^st Cause." Dr. Joseph Lawrence was regarded as a good man and excellent physi cian. He was tho father of Mrs. Richard Lowis, formerly of Wal halla, and Mrs. G. W. Gignilliat, of Sonooa. I cannot conclude this article with out mentioning thoso worthy and useful gentlemen who taught tho youth of that day : Messrs. O. H. P. Kant and H. A. H. Gibson are among the first remembered, both of whom are now living, much esteemed and highly respected by their country men. Rev. John L. Kennedy,-Phil pot, - Harnett and Rev. J. B. 11 i 11 h o ii so taught thoro at different times. All those havo passed into the valley of tho shadow of death. Tlie efficiency of tho rod was be lieved in more then than now, moro hours were taught and fower books used ; but public schools and modern progress havo wrought many changes. I can remember when tho only books I used for twelve months wore Web ster's blue-backod spelling book, Smith's arithmetic and a reader, the name of which I have forgotten ; but I know it was a good book, for it contained on tho last pago a picture of Patrick Henry and an extraot from his last will and testament, which declarod in substance that, "if it were in bis power, ho had rather bequeath to his ohildren the Chris tian religion than all the gold and riches of this world." So he must havo boen a good man as well as patriot, orator and statesman. c. The State Confederate reunion will be held at Greenville early in August. Tho day of mooting hns not yet been appointed. Horse Sense. * Any fool can take a horse to water, but it takes a wise man to make him drink," says the proverb. The horse eats when hungry and drinks when thirsty. A niau eats and drinks by the clock, without re gard to thc needs of nature. Because of careless eating and drinking "stomach trouble" is oue of commonest of dis eases. Sour and bit ter risings, belch ing?, unnatural ful ness after eating, dizziness, headache, and many other symptoms mark the beginning and pro gresa of disease ot ie stomach. Dr. Pierce's Gold en'' Medical Discov ery cures disesses of the stomach and other organs of di gestion and nutri tion. It cures through the stom ach diseases of other organs which have their origin in a dis eased condition of the stomach, and allied organs of digestion and nutrition. ?t strengthens the stp.maoh. purifies the lood, cures obstinate cough ?nd heals weak lungs. M wit? taken with Orlppe, which resulted In heart ?nd stomach trouble,? writes Mr. T. B. Candid, Montland, Alleuhaney Co., N. C. "I was unnble to do Anything a good part of the time. I wrote to Dr. fierce about my condition, having full confidence lu hi* medicine. He ad vined me to take hi? ' Oolden Medical nisouyery,' which I did. nefore I had finished the aecond Instile I began to feel better. I have used nearly al? louies. I feel thankful to dod for theitenf flt I have received from Hr. Fieri*1* Ophion Med ical ?Iscover*. I cnn highly teromnlcoa lt iii ||| perso.ni ns a good and MA: medicine.^ Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets keep th? bowels healthy. REV. 8AM JONES ON TRUSTS. They Will Finally T?rpla and Fall by their Own Unwieldiness. Many honest people fear the infla? ence of capital, and dopreoato its ag gregation. The Rev. Sam JoncB says on this subject : "Tho large trusts and combina tions already formed, and being formed, by aggregations of oapital, are considered hurtful to the manses, and the common people. This is a theory. Theoretically a thing may be so, and practically it may be very untrue. When we speak of trusts and combines we think of the Stan dard Oil trust, the sugar trust, the tobacco trust, etc. When the Sian dand Oil trust was formed 1 was paying forty oents a gallon for kero sene oil ; I am getting it now for ten cents a gallon. I was paying twelve and one-half cents for sugar several years ago, but when tho com bines set in we got it for five and one-quarter. When the whiskey trust was organized I was in hope it would put up tho price of whiskey where the poor devils couldn't get it, but they Beemed to oheapen that down to whero they can pay the government $1.10 a gallon revenue pn it and yet soil it for $1.27?, which demonstrates that they are making it and letting the public have it at about seventeen and one-half cents a gallon. "There is no doubt tho aggrega tion of wealth, with brains control ing it, oan manufacture any article cheaper than it is or has been manu factured on a small scale. The groat railroad combinations, many think, will eat us up blood rare. Occasion ally I get on a little jerk-water road that is not in the combination, and I want to double my accident polioies and bo satisfied with a 15-mile-an hour gait and console myself that I can ride all day for a dollar, but when I get on the Pennsylvania or Vanderbilt system of roads, with their schedules forty miles an hour, vestibule trains, with parlor oars, Blooping cars, dining cars, I have a hotel on wheels oarrying me toward my destination, and all this for about two cents a mile. Give me the road, that is in the combine to oarry me where I am going. "Publio sentiment is the safeguard which is thrown around all aggrega tions of wealth and all combinations of interest. The Standard Oil, the railroad combinations, the sugar trust, are as sensitive to publio senti ment as the snow banks to the rays of the sun. Trusts and combines will not hurt tho public, but stock holders and bondholders may suffer later on, when these great bulky in stitutions become unwieldy and fall with their own weight. Fifty thou sand men in the United States, per haps not more, control tho great trusts of the country. These fifty thousand men know that there are 70,000,000 of other people in Amer ica, and their wisdom teaches them where boundary lines aro, over which they cannot go without peril of themselves and disaster to the pub lic. No combination now says "damn the publio," but they have thoir weathercocks out on every prominent cupola watching how the wind blows. "Of course, politioal oapital can be made out of such forma tions of wealth, and social orders may raise the black flag to fight them ; but I am a thousand times moro afraid of demagogues and poli ticians than I am afraid of trusts and oombines. Good government -. which means not only the well-being of the oitizons, but the overthrow of all that will hurt the citizen-de pends upon good men in office, and instead of shouting against trusts and combinations one should give more attention to those whom wc elect to office in the municipal, State and national governments, Mr, Stead, in his book, ?If Christ Came to Chicago,' speaks of the 'Big Four of Chioago,' and says of them that 'their methods are clean and their transactions are honest, but that in tho road of thoir success lie tho blood and bonos of the victims over whom they have run to success.' Nevertheless, tho big four have fur nished the publio with bevtor and oheaper meat. The successful man ox combination means tho d< v. niall p,f other raen and combinations. Ono preacher, preaohing to flvo thou gand, twenty preachers around him consider seventy-five a full houso and a hundred a porfeot jam ; one physi cian making $10,000 a year, and forty little dootors in the neighbor hood not making their grab. A Wanamaker selling $6,0,000,000 a, year means macy little merchants applying for clerkships in bis store, it is tjt? Survival, of, the fitU^ I; may be. When God made this world he made mountains towering into the clouds and valleys below the level of the sea ; he made lakes and oceans ; he spread out the prairies of the Wei, and piled up mountains around the valleys along the ranges of the Rookies and the ?lloghenies. In the ocean's waters we find whales and some very small fishes, and when the whales come along the little fishes have to hide out. I have travelled over this country from ocean to ocean, and from Mon treal to Galveston annually for twenty years. I have watched the progress of events and the proces sions as they marched. I have yet to know of a single instance where combines and trusts hurt the masses or permanently raised the pride of any product. I am a thousand times more willing to deal with trusts and oombines and purohase their produots than I am to put my money into their institutions and imperil my holdings, (-onscions of their-want of stability, and fearing their final downfall. "Of course these . combinations affect, legislation, if they do not control it in many instances, but while they may procure legislation in their own interest, yet they have one eye upon the publio sentiment all the time, conscious that they oan go so far and no farther. Here and there they have shut down a manu factory and closed up an institution, and affected some individuals, but wo aro not looking from that stand point. When we look at the 76, 000,000 of our population we say they are only procuring cheaper and buying for less money these produots than they could have done under other circumstances. "With the final disintegration of trusts and oombines-which will in evitably come when financial disaster and shrinkage of values shall oome of course the surplus of their pro ducts will be thrown upon the mar ket, and only the stockholders in these trusts and combines will suffer. As sure as that the sun shines, when ever any institution becomes un wieldy because of its size and bulk, it will finally fall of its own weight "I am an expansionist, and I be lieve that one of the oauBes of strin gency and shrinkage of values in this country, when they occur, will be beoauso wo have not gone oui .over the seas with our products, at we should have done. While thor? is a demand for our products of th( farm and manufactory of this coun. try, there will always bc plenty ol money ; but when wheat and core and cotton, and all kinds of manu factures, are a drug on the market and no demand for them, then w< have stringency and hard times But when tho highways over th? seas are laden with our produots int< foreign countries, and thc gold ii brought back in the ships, then wt shall flourish perennially. Thest great combinations are the only pow era in this country that can do thi thing for us. A negro and an ol< mule can make corn and cotton ; i follow with a two-hundred-dolla saw mill can make lumber j but onl; aggregations of wealth and up-to dato appliances oan do it cheapl) and can build ships and opon mat kets for our surplus in foreign lands. Intime. Sold by qrorelttt._Bl Man To Have Part of Dog's Skulf. Saginaw, Mich., April 25.-Pbysi cians of the College Hospital hav performed a remarkable operatioi that of grafting a piece of dog's sku upon a human head. The patient i John Olberg, of Kenton, Houghto county. He is now recovering from a old affliction. Olberg's skull was fra? t ii red four years ago. Over the hob whloh was an inoh and a half in d mooter, there formed a foreig growth. This prossod on the brai and oaused convulsiono. When was decided to operate on Olberj the dootors chloroformed a dog ar removed a piece of its skull. Tl piece taken out was then implante in the opening of Olberg's head, Cheap corn is not to be cxpeot< for a long time to come no matt how bountiful the orop of 1002 mi be. The granaries of the world a empty and old corn in the feedii distrlots will be a scarce artiole ne winter. At the same time the cou try is full of oattlo and the demai for pork sufficient to justify raisii more hogs than ever. Several bon ti lui crops of corn will be needed g?ut the market with that cereal. Chicago Live Stook World. Rook Hill boasts of a oitisien flf years old who has novcr owned dog nor a gun, never has been Into: eato<I but twice, and that many yes ago when he was a boy, and lastly has never smoked a cigar nor a oigi 15 Mi sufficient to | delicious tea Royal Baking rected. A pure THE DALLAS REUNION. Gen. Gordon is Again Chief-New Orleans Wins Next Reunion. Dallas, Texas, April 24.-The Con federate veterans assembled in re- j union here to-day and transaoted important business with a rush. Genp. Gordon, Lee and Cabell were re-elected and Gen. C. I. Walker eleoted to succeed the late Gon. Wade Hampton as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. New Orleans was selooted as the place for the next reunion. Gen. Gordon was given no chanoo to retire. A voice from the back of the hall oried : "The only way you can get away from the office, general, is by dying." So for another year Gen. Gordon will be eommander-in-chief; Gen. Stephen D. Lee commander of the Army of TennesBoe department, and Gen. W. L. (?Old Tige") Cabell commander of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi department. The oleotion was unanimous by a standing voto. Glowing tributes were paid to the officers, and half the audience was in tears when tho meeting adjourned. Long before tho mooting opened the camp grounds began to fill up, and by ll o'clock tho largest crowd of the reunion was present. The bureau of information gave out a statement saying that lodgings for 140,000 people had been found. The estimated number of veterans pres ent was 12,000. Gon. Gordon called tho convention to order at 10.45 o'olook, and memorial services for the late Gen- Wado Hampton began. Chaplain Gon. Jones dolivored tho invocation, and Gen. Loe followed with an eulogy of tho lamented Southorn warrior and statesman. From Gen. Hampton the speaker had received his commission as a lieuten ant, a lieutenant colonel and a colo nel of artillery. His association with the famous soldier had boon intimate, and there were tears in his eyes as ho spoke of Hampton's recent death. 3on. Gordon spoke briefly of the dead soldier. "With his death," said thc General, "a great light went out. No, did I say tho light went out ? The light of such a life can nevor go out, but will burn forever a light to guide our footsteps to the highest pinnacle of glory." "Nearer, My God, to Theo," was then sung by the audience, following which eulogistic resolutions for Gen. Hampton were adopted. "Old Tigo" Cabell was called for and added his tribute while his eyes wore fillod with toara. "Private" John Allon, of Missis sippi, who was to have boon the ora tor of the day yesterday, was next introduced. Ile said he could not be an orator without a windmill, and that his windmill had blown down and he had to stay at homo and fix it. Thon, for an hour, tho witty Mississippian kept hi? hearers in a high stato of enjoyment with anec dote after anecdote. He was nearly exhausted when he concluded, but tho eries of "Allon, Allon," were so strenuous that he waB oompelled to return and say a few moro words. In oonoluding his speooh Mr. Allon gaid : "It was not the flash of tho Gene ral's sword that struok terror to the Yankees' hearts. It was the Hebel yell and the crack of the privates' rifles. They were the men who kent the Yankees off tho generals whilo they slept. They fought not for con quest, nor for ambition, but for prin ciples and sontimont, hacked by the bravest, truest womon that over lived. God bh SB our oountry from Boa to sea." $100 KEW ARD $100. Tho readers of this paper will bo pleased to learn that thoro is at least ono dreaded disease that scionco has boon ablo to euro in all its stages, and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive ouro known to tho medical fra ternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disoaso, requires a constitutional treat ment. J lull's Catari li is Cure taken inter nally, acting directly upon tho blood and mucuous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of tho disease, and giving the patient streugth by build up the constitution and assist in? nature in doing its work. The proprietors havo have so. much faith in its ourativo pow ers, that they ofter oho hundred dollars ?or any oaso it falls to euro. Sond for ist of testimonials. Address, F. J. CIIKNRY A CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggist, 76c. Hall's Family Wills are tho best. The State Bummer school will be held at Rock Hill from Juno 25 to July 20. The State Teaohora' As sociation will moet there on July 10. ^ive you most biscuit using Powder as di !, true leavener. ? CLOSE CALL. A Reminiscence ol One of Gen. Hampton's Raids in 1862. Col. T. B. Crewe, editor of the Laurensvillo Horald, publishes the following reraiuisoenoe in the last issue of his paper whieh will be read with interest by many in this county : At a memorial meeting held in Anderson last Sunday afternoon in honor of Gen. Hampton several thrilling inoidents in his war career were rolated. Among others was tho following as reported to The Daily Mail of that city : "Mr. W. W. Russell, who was a soout and guide, rode with both Stuart and Hampton, gave some incidents in tho raids of the latter. He related how, one dark night, two detachments, one under command of Hampton, the other in charge of Col. Crews, of Laurens, met in the darkness while trying to flank Burn side's army, and nothing but the presence of mind of a private saved Gen. Hainptou from being killed like Jackson by his own men." The facts in this inoident, in which our name is raontioned aro as follows : A short time before the bs* tie of Frederioksburg, some time in tho latter part of November or early in December, 1862, Gen. Hampton made a raid and reconnoissance into the Yankee linee, his oomraand being composed of detachments from the several regiments of the brigade, consisting of about 1,500 cavalry and a couplo of pieces of Hart's Battery. The command orossed the Kappa hannock at Kelley's ford and pro ceeded to a point near Stafford's store, in Stafford county, on a road known as the Telegraph road, a highway leading from Falmouth, whore Burnside's army was then en camped, to Dumphries. This road was strongly guarded by Yankee oavalry, pickets being posted every half milo, with a strong reserve post . of several hundred. Gen. Hampton's main purpose was to cap ture tho reserve force. Just before reaching the Telegraph road, which was approached by a oross-country road, Gen. Hampton's command, with tho exception of the Jeff Davis Legion, was halted several hours If in order to allow time for the latter regiment, which was sent a circuitous route, to got in rear of tho Yankee reserve, capture or disperse it. After waiting a sufficient time, as supposed, for tho Legion to make tho circuit, tho main portion of Hampton's com mand struck the Telegraph road and proceeded upon it for the purpose of capturing all the forces at the reserve post that tho Legion failed to cap ture. Unfortunately the guide for the Jeff Davis Legion made a mis tako by not making tho circuit ex tensive enough and striking the road between the reserve and the next picket post. The Logion, although failing at the reserve, captured seve ral smaller posts and proceeded down tho road to meet Hampton's command, who was expeoting the Yankees to be retreating in that direction, having heard the firing for some time. As the Logon approached near enongh to bo distinctly heard, Hampton's two videttes about 40 yards ahead of the advance guard,of which tho writer had ohaige, oallod out : "Hore they come, boys I" Whereupon Gen. Hampton, who was abreast of the first set of fours of the advanoe gnard, gave tho com mand to charge, he himself leading, followed by the First South Caro lina, which was the leading regiment that night, the wholo affair taking place after dark. When the head of Hampton's column struck the Jeff Davis Logion there was a terrific crash, each thinking tho other tho corny, saber and pistol being nsed as in a death struggle-a hand-to hand grapple, lasting, however, but a short time. Hampton, with his in nate coolness and presonce of mind in every emergency, having disoovored tho mistake, called ont : "Stop this, man, we are all 'Georgia I' " "Geor gia'' was tho watohword that some what eventful night. When ordor was restored it was fortunately found that though seve ral of the mon were wounded, some of them painfully, none of thom wero killed. The horses were less fortu nato than the men, several being killed. The writer reocived a severo but not serious blow on the head and shoulders from a saber, delivered by tho hand of his chief. Wo remem ber the night as exceedingly cold, the sky thickly overcast, threatening snow, and although there was a young moon it gave little or no light.