The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, January 18, 1894, Image 1
VOL. XXII. PICKENS, S. C., TIlURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1894.
LAST WEEK IN WAGNER. tu
01
A GRAPHIC STORY OF THE BOMBARD- in
MENT OF THE FORT. B
Diary of Iieut. Co1. J. G. preepley, 04m
mandlug Twenty-firth South Carolina ni
Voluntee1 In the Fort Durlng the Liast
Week of the Bombardment. n
To the Editor of The News and Cou- 0
rirer: In the accqunt of the unveiling of T
the monument to the Confederate dead, at
erected by the ladies o1 Orangeburg N
County, published in The News and N
Courier of October 19, 1893, your Co i
lumbla correspondent used the following 2
language in reference to the Edisto Ri. a
desand the St. Matthtw's Rifles, two of
compamies of the 25th South Cat olina
volunteers, which I had the honor to
lead in more than one bloody engage- t
ment In the civil war, in which these th
A4 companies covered themselves with a
glory and were conspicuous in winning a
undying fame for the-whole regiment. la
You say: "They were in the battle of
Secessionville in June, 1862, and in 1863
served in garrisoning Battery Wagner- at
the Edisto Rifles being one of the com
panies in the evacuation of Morris Island G
in September, 1863."
This language is somewhat obscurn, b]
and from it it Is fairly inferable that the al
St. Matthew's Rfles were not in Fort
Wagner during the last days of that
greatest of modern millitary works and
during the most terrifld bombardment
known to modern history. To set the
matter beyone question in the future and
to make a record of which the children r
of these brave men will be proud as hero- l%
lam stirs the human heart, I propose to
send you a few extracts from my diary, g(
written very soon after the events to
which reference Is made. The 25th re- v
giment had but one tour of duty in Wag- G
ner, and that was from the 1st to the
7th of September, 1863:
FIRST OF SEPTEMBER, 1863.
Orders received this morniag directing a
me to proceed with the regiment to Fort in
Johnson, tnere to take the steamer to- I
night for the purpose of being transferred w
to Morris Island to constitute a part of w
the garrison of Fort Wagner, relieving I
one of the regiments In that fort. These W
orders were not this time countermanded, n
ard the regiment in flue i
spirits, marched to Fort Johnson v
this afternoon. There we found a row u
boat large enongh to carry one company. o1
This boat was turned ever to Company al
A, (Washington Light Infantry,) under a,
the command of Lieut. H. B. Olney, E
which embarked upon it and started late fi
in the afternoon for Cumming's Point. F;
The rest of the regiment was embarked d
urn a steamer about dusk. The changes n
o the garrison were always made at c
night to ptevent the enemy from sinking b
our boats, as nearly the whole of the 13
harbor was under fire of their fleet and c
land batteries. It was the custom to h
make a detail of boats from our naval U
vessels in the harbor to transfer the ic
troops from the transport steamers to ),
Cumming's Point. The steamer on u
which the 25th was embarked stopped1 ol
near Fort Sumter. The usual detail n
from the navy failed to report, and the hi
-steamer was deficient in sailors to Ukan N
the few boats wh!ch she had on board. ,
One boat with a few men pushed ofl, and <
the captain of the steamer offered me a i
-scow large enough to carry about fifty el
en if I could find o tremen. There was e,
no diSculty in this. A number of men, ia
-mostly from the Beauregard Light In- c:
fantry and the Wee N,e Volunteers, d
declared their ability to row and ex. ec
pressed their desire to go. I soon had u
the scow full, and with Dr. W. G. Ri- si
'venel, our surgeon, Lieut. F. J. Lesesne, si
~acting adjutant, and about fifty al
mnen and officers started to t(
C~umming's Point. When about half ti
way the monitors came up and comn-w
menced to iombard Fort Sumtetr. The -
qteamer with the balance ot the regiment .w
on board, being in great danger, returned (I
to Fort Johnson. The hnrh,' w-*,~
smooth, the moon s'aUL b i&1,, .ia
spurred on by the expectatLai At a shot dij
from the monitors, my oarsmen made ni
rapid progress. We were soon wadin gout re
of the water under the guns of B it,tet y
Gregg. Our boat drew so miuch water it
that she could not got near enou.th t:a n1
enable us to land on "terra firma." ~
Company A, had reached Cumming's &
Point, and with the men brought with ta
me my command consisted of eighty or ii
ninety, rank and file. There was no hi
prospect of getting the remainder of the l
regiment before the next night. This
detachment was marched to Fort Wag- e
ner, where I reported to Gen. Colquit, w
whom I fonnd in command. As I had u
not men enough to relieve any of the
batallons or regiments he ordered me to
return to the sand hills between Wag
ner and Gregg and protect my command in
as well as I could. All that part of t,te 01
island was under the enemy's tire, and k
- their shells were continually dropping. si
We retired to what, the soldiers called ai
"private bomb proofs.' These were S
holes mn the sand about larire enoughit, to La
hold two men. Here a man was safe ex- (ii
cept from shells bursting~ immediately ?M
overhead or falling vertically. I did not G
find a 'hole in the ground" very corn- Ic
P fortable, and so Lieut. Lesesne and I 'T
spread our blankets between two sand fil
hls, and under the shelter of a small i
bush passed the balance of a very dis- W
agreeable night. It, became quite cold to- T
wards morning. The monitors bombarded aS
Sumter all night. Battery Gregg, on w
Morris Island, Fort Mouiltrie and the tii
batteries on Sullhvan's Island took part at
in the affray and did some excellent Or- cc
ing. The maonitors would belch out at
columns of tJame from their 15 inch guns tli
In their turrets. When the shot from our al
batteries struck them they would seem cc
to be covered by sheet lightning. Fort fi9
Wagner and the enemy's batteries in m
front exchanged shots allnight. a
SECOND OF SEPTEMBER. al
This morning the enemie's last parallel 01
200 yards from Wagner, was nearly
completed. Bloth the garrisoit and the ui
enemy were working like beavers, the so
former repairing damages and the latter or
pushing forward their trenches. The Si
garrison kept up a steady fire. My de- Ci
tachnwent was detailed as a working par- od
ty for Battery Gregg, at Cumming's F.
Point, where another gun was to be tei
mouwated. I marched t down and ar
rned them over to the engineer and I
dnance c1licer in charge. c-,ipt. it. I
ress Smith, of the regular itantry, was d
c mmand. Lieut. Elgerton, of the o
,me regiment, formerly a scrgeant inl 3
Dmpany B, (Washinton l h Infan- t
Y ) was assisting him. The enemy b
)ured their shel, into iumtcr, Wauz- (
,r and Gregg all day. At dusk, as in- it
ructed, I reported with my detach- a
ent at Fort Wagner, and we com- o
enced our tour of d ity. 11v 10 or 11 1
clock the rest of the regiment arrived. t
lie comnanles did not all comne together e
id they were statio-ied on the perapet a
Wagner as they came, relievn. a t
orth Carolina regimfut, which belt the (
and by the same boats whici brou0ht h
e remainder of the 25th S. C. V. Tine d
th Georgia, a small regiment, occupied a
part of the lund face. The balance, t
the land face, all of the sea facz, and a
Lok wall outside, running from the fort !
low water mark, were occupied by
e 25th S. C. V.Major. Glover was as
yned to the command of the llank wall I
id the sea face. I had command of the 4
ad face and the general aupervision of (
e whole regiment. Ti two regiments a
entioned, and several companies of'
e 2d South Carolina artillery (in all t
iout 2,300 cflective mer) constituted I
e garrison of the fort. The 27th <
Bogia was kept in the sand hills as re- v
rve. Battery Gregg was gacrisoned I
a company of regulars. These were a
I of the Confederate trJol)s on the o
and. The lire ( f the enemy was not
ry brisk during the ni..lt, but there v
as very little chauce for any re3t oil
e part of our tioops. I was directed to
ake the salient angle, on the land face,
gimental headquarters. Mijor F. F.
'arley, of the 21 South Carolina artil
ry was chief of artillery and had the <
neral supervision of all the I
ins. During the night Col. Lawrence (
Keitt, of the 20h S>u'.h Carolina (
olunteers, came down, and relieved I
en. Colquitt. who left the island. 8
[IRD OF SEPTEMBER, TIIURSDAY. I
Enemy still approaching. Oae of two U
our guns and one mcrtar keeping up <
steady fire. The men of tLe 25th were n
high spirits, a great many of' them c
ent to work building defences on the I
alls of the fort with sand bags, In ]
hich they constructed loop holes, 8
rough which to fire at the enemy e
hose works were provided with simlar u
eans of ofl'ence and defence. Firiug
rough theme loop holes had become
Iry dangerous, yet it was steadily kept
. As soon as light was seen throuvii
le of these holes tbe "Wederal sharp.
looters" tired, and not unfequently
icceeded in sending their bIAllS throug1h.
ach side fired at the lashes of the ri
as of the other. Our men, alter firing,
loved their hats into the loop holes to
irken them before they drew out their
Luskets, which when reloaded were put
Lutiously back, and the hole covered
7 a man before the hat was withdrawn,
rivat3 Wallace, of Company C, re
ived a Yankee ball in his piece, which,
ippening to ue of larger calibre than
,e enemy's --un, did not lodge. ie
(k it out, put down a charge of
)wder, and sen', the ball back to its for
er own. Musket firing and the hissilIF
balls were incessant. Tbe enemv did
)1 today make m uch use of his artillery
it was hard at work in his trenches.
ot a man could b- seen, but a line of
>ades was visible as they were litted
> to throw the sand out uf the trench
I the Side towards us. There was no
itire ces. atioa of ire, but ond y a slack
in of the artillery. Our James 13
rid batteries and Fort Mu teio briskly
mnuonaded the ecemifes trche all
IV. The fleet canme up, as was the
ISL.o every day, andl openedc tire on
io r.ving eleven and tilteen inch
iells. They were often thrown wi,.h
nall chiarges of p)owder, ric achet,ed
ong the water, and striking near the
>p) of the covered ways fill nearly ver
cally, searching every par't af' ur
orks. S>me of the fifte~en inch shell a
era loaded with smaller shells, which,
hen t.ie large shells burst, woul.l have
elr fuses ignit A1 and would ex plodIe,
atteriuig tbeir pleen'. in every direction
ii doing much (damage. D hrmng 1,he
iy from one fourth to one third of the
en were kept, on the parapet. The
at were allowed to renmaitinm the bomb
*oofs. At nightlall they were all
ened out and kept, on the p trapet, all
~ht. The enemy had cotten so near
at, we co)uldl be heirJ making our di1
>sitions ior the night, The fire wasI
en qmeckened and shot an(fdh hl came
erally like Iron hail. Thefr garrisn
1(d a great deal of work to do conistant
rep)airing damages. 1, was sooni aip
rent that this fort was necar it,s last
iy. The exterior slope of the salint
as drifting slowly into the dlitch under c
C enemIfl's fire.
"OUnynli C)! SEi'i.:Mi.:n, i*ini)Av.
TIhe enemy commn:cell a live-ly can
)iade this mornig. Quite a in1 ner
our~ sharpshioote:'s' stands were~
3Ocked down. Thle firing of thle sharip
looterA was very brisk on hath s idesi.
id c:mitiinued Iso atll day . 'The Uited
ates fli'; wvas putL up by th'.e en''my '.
te head of his trenchi, no.v'~ otly ab, ut
ie hundred yarids from fthe sah eint.
y opinion was that the inteionIi) of
en. Nilmore wa' to paa,' thie foti~ at
w tide' andI assail us fron t(' rear'.
here wais in widith at, lmv water a'oiit I
'Ly yards of hard beach bect ween our i'
mnk wall and low water mark. This
as one of the defets of our work.I
here was a time whuen a line o1 Paili
des might have been diriven to low
at er mark. The engineers thought,
at the salient woulti b3 the p)oint (it
sault. This would have been in ae
rdance with scientiaic approach andl
sault. I expressed my dlissent, fromI
e engineers, and urged Col. Keitt toI
low me to strengthen our force of two
mpames leftL on the Outside behind the
nk wall to meet, any effort that
ght, b)e made t,o pass tbe fort Ir
reedl with the engineers andl did not ~
how me to strengtaen our force on the
taide,
The batteries on .Jame3 Island kept
an unremitting fire and were doing I
me excellent practice, p)art,icularly the c
e at Shell Point, called "Battery g
nk.ns,'' in honor of the gallant, Lieut. y
>l. Simkins, who) fell during the assault iu
this fort on tue 18th of July. Major v
F. Warley was w.uuded in the af-. hi
~noon by a piece of shell, which mad~e.
alnfal flesh wonnd on one of hislo,.
[e was so )m after started to thi city in
Irig. Gen. Itipiey's holit, whic' came
oWU t) bring (is)atche4. An icc:)uat
f the condition of the forL was iven TI
lai. Warley for Gen. Beauregaid. Oa
le way up to the city one of the enemy
oats cominanded by Uput. Charles
'raven, of the United States navy, Fell 8t
i witli Maj. Warley, and captured him
nd his boat'3 crew, which was greatly
utnumbered by Ucut. Craven'a party.
injor Warloy had the pre ir of miud
> tear open the envelope contaiin, cLe mn
ommunication for Gen. llaurcizrd, so
l tter puttini an oar lock un-ide M
lire.v it overboird betore he surrendered he
[ met U'eut. Craven since the war and ol1
eard from him an account of this itici- rel
ent). Tble enemy were Iu the habit of
Bndiing boats at nihiit from the creek it
etween James and Morris islands h
round Cumming's Point, and between ti
umiter and Grepyg out towards the Bar. cli
,apt. Thomas IIuguenin, of the 1st at
outh Carolina infantry, who had with in
is company relieved Capt. It. Press ar
nmith and the marrison of I ittery hi
xretr, was ordered ip from that work tic
.nd made chiet of artillery inl Warle'( 's M
ilace. Opw of Uapf. llugueninl's licu
enauts was left itn commaud o! G lreg,
IL more efliient 4iceessor of Warley "i1
oul- not have been selected. tiguenin aI
eas without fear, had been trained at
he South Carolina Military Academy,
nd was thorou-0bly acquieatei with all
f tIe dLuies o 1an arill.rv oi:!r' cl
Oar working , parties were hard at ti
rork all da, reilairin,L, daia,-es, ocea- be
ioned by the (!'eIcy's fire. Corpl. di
iewcomer, of Company A. was kiled sit
id several ime wounded this .iternoon of
L'here w-rC a number f1 c:-u'ties 'n the co
ther reginictits of' the garrison. The Lh
nem's Wico slackcned after ntW-fiffall re
Scalcium h t was displayed by en. S
'ilmore but, was turned on tha creek. s
,ait. S-llers and Company F. (St.
latthew's 10113s,) Were with mie in, the
alient tonight. They had becu with c
ae there last night. I had boen directed
o remain in tbe salient when my prea. m
tice was not needed elsewhere. Both a
aeti and ollicers had gotten so they ti
ould sleep uad r fire, when permittad sa
o take a little rest. 'he shells from bl
ort, Moultrie passed directly over the ot
alient, and as they were now timed to tv
xplode just two handred yards beyond
is, the daner of a sliglitly premature t
xplosiDn was ;;rcot, as will be under- o
it
tood, when it is retmenbc-red that i
bi
Aoult,rie was nearly two ailes away. Ia
Besides this danger and the danger
romi the enemy's shot and shell, tlhe -1
,renches w(re now so near that 1,ieces i,
ron our own nortar shells thrown
'com the fort came back into tile salient.
FIFTIF OF SEPTEMBIER, SATUtDAY. C
The last parallel of the enemy was
20w completed, just 200 yards from our
vorks, and their i,uns and m2rtars be- V
und it ready for action. In the t>om- o
)azdment of today siot and shell from a
ieventeen seige and Coehorn mortars Ii
L,d thirteen 100, 200, and 300 pounder 01
.'arrot, gu.ns, all i the land batteries, 9t
vere incessantly poured into the forts. JI
wlcsi, wit ote fire of sixteen I 1 inch ea
Dj,lgren broadside and 200 Pounder
arrot b,w and stern guni of the
.eonsides, !ive 15 in ) thl,gren nis C
m the C C'.)s iml )uitor 1, add,!d to the 1
'un-der of Muli2, J >lison an.1 Ow .e
>atteries on James and Sulltvan's Island Li
r'ade an ar:i(ry i t the Fury and Y(
,randeur of wich can hardly 3 cen
TlVed. It ii r ('oind my po,Ners of ge
lescription, surpas,ing the itst be -l hiy ol
Slored accounts of honbird:unts of 1
whi h I lav,- evur read or hL-iard. NJ Li
V,.>rds in the .0l il huuae can
'XaLu;crate !. Thle morte ': . olls it the
ne my, whiich t c* 1 toe leen tL. ru: h't
heir (e0t1re lebt, f.Il so. las'. th. the
Tlhie Pa'~rrot uns ii rs so itjearx'L hat thii
.xplosiont 'i t.leir shllsii in thel fot.
Ieow~ned the repot sI the igunw. Al Ioft If
mrt guns In the ori. were sleniced. IL
w'as imipossible lur the artilleri':ts to
vorki thenm under11 "1u4 i i'e. Wh fen di- -1
ecee to anty one sp)ot, as it was wh'ten e~
4(ir' riillery openetdt, it became i upss.
une I t anty tin- to li ve, and the~ wok(-:h
nig of nur. puns was tereb>re ouit of' thef
10ushtin. MenI were' beil .. kie I and
i'ountded mi ever'Uy dir'ectiont. lI. was5
miaxusibli 1.o stad "ven fur a fow min1- J
tie on the p'.rt .1 tcrreplein or plarade
af the fort w;tIhout t'tin/ covei'ed wi th
atnd thuron u p by burs'~ting she I '. We Ci
:epit atbotut onte- turthi (f the inifatry w ~I
nt side ofl the bomb plrouts . TVhr' suifer.. Iii
as of thle meni in the bomb 1)roofsi from I'
eat amlOi watat of watte r was te rr ible. mi
hie suppily brtough! t fr'om the cit y was
v'hollhey mtadeq Iut e. TJht tt cIl from t L
he wvellIs on t.he 1i(n, carraptedl 4 by
orp1sels bur1ied inl the x:and, was, Iti
10.* I'x tremei thirst al oinel d:ive the
ilen to dIriniklin it, and it, was ahno it as'44,
iinch as ai man0's he.o was wor'th to v,isit
wvell for the putrpose 411 geittmg it. L
A cieat maniy horrible si.his, whih to
al ('-nain int t!'e Iiund(s 'f those who0
ntars i1 themit as4 lon11 as~ I I ' Ia'-:- bi
iere t') be steen. Pr(ivatel El4.i(se A * I
El 6) was:ii kniocktd fr'om the~ pa:rapt. i
5 a sharpthtop-r, to the nm-dle of thie t I'
,aradetI, a ii e o fs 110I fortv o: l',t.y fee'hi
t!ing fully twtt feat i, im t,he iri in
s pasae~. T24.he brate fellio,v ne vet'ir
his rill go, but, f ell wit,h it, in~ !,is
11nd1s. Twvo of t he litter-bearer., start I
d to bring huimt into the brnh Itroof hos).
Lital, I st.op ped thin i, I,tii.ue it seemied eo
0 me to be4' alltnos 0 iLtain dleab Io II) : to
n hims till the 1ron hil SlacOkedt ai ittle, p:a
le atppteared i oc thend. In a fuew mn -- all
Ies lie wahs d(e > vered to mUove. I then01 th
old1 tha lit ter-b)earers':- that lie must1 be tic
ui'oughit ii. Th'ey, (11 th:eir (duty fearle as. ag,
y, bult their t.ende'rnien ti the 1poor fe-' t'r
Oil and1 the~ ir bravery w( t uless4. 1 341
at
bied in ai few m1!itLes. ,eut Ileery Ia
vontiomnery, J.1. nof Cotmpan y C, was
.illedl abot ' 10 r 1 o 'ch>uck mi thei
'torning. A liceO of' shelI toolk ofl the lb
.eater portion ofl his hell. A Chriis- Ic
tan gentleman, trui --hecarteri patriot andi to
rave soldIer was lost itn him,i in
The mortar shells, hmini' visib!ce as hi:
bOy ca-neO histmg and spluttering1 ito be
ur works, could m:my of them be dod)4-- he
e.d. The Parrot gunis sent theiir shiells m1
,ithout warning. The furL was ntow be- dle
ig so rap)idly demolished Ltat it wVas C
ery evident, it, couldl not, stnti 1a much rt
nger continuation of' the bombardmenit. ca
Co
f enNT INUE:Ir ON I'A. I-. ........
lIE GOVERNOR DEFIED. the
con
ther
1E DUVAL Cl.UB WILL FIGHT TO A con
inte
FINISH. the
con
tentint to thne 1'ub I cGuarantee lug tie kno
the
latch as Advertted-To Test the I.aw con
Wvit h a Ncgro slugging MlAtchl. dein
tile
JACKSONvIL.E, FiLA., Jan. 9.-The I
nagers ef the Duval Athletic Club this
a snare for its enemy, Governor and
tchell, today into which they hope and
will fall and thereby give them an hay
portunity to test the Florida law in thin
lation to prize lights. say
Trhe snare in question is the arrang- nan
Z of a contest between two negro tem
iggers to take place at the opera it i:
use in a few days. The principals to sigr
e aif tir are Perry Watkins, negro
ampion middle weight of Florida
d Green Harris, negro champion C'
iddle weight of Tennessee. The men the
e to ligh for a purse of $500 and year
,e signed articles o1 ';greenent iden- terd
al with those signed by Corbett and the
itchell. foll(
The purpose of the club is to test the nion
icerity of Governor Mitchell's oppo- i
ion to the Corbett-Mitchell mill and ' C
;o to get a decision from the courts ruax
to the law in relation to prize-tlghts P
this State. If the Governor and au- sest
orities of Duval county allow the ne- B
oes to meet and slug one another, the Sn
ib people will say that the Execu- Inf;i
re's opposition to the proposed Cor
tt-Mitchell light is insincere and is lr
otated by other reasons than a de- C
e to preserve the "peace and dignity I
the state." It the authorities of the E,
unty acting un(ler instructions from .eb
e Governor, prevent the light and ar
it the negroes, the club managers Isla
y that they will-very likely be able to
cure a decision from the courts as to mer
iether prize-lights are violative of
e State law. In either event the saw
.ib hopes to be a winner and down the ary
)vernor.
When questioned in regard to the I.
ill between the negroes the club man
ers udeny that they are promoting and
e affair, but in sporting circles, it is C
id that this denial is only made for a
ind and that Manager Bowden and rua
hers have arranged for the bout be
reen the negroes. Fel
The following correspondence be- 1
7een the Governor and Sheriff [erry Y
St. John's county, where rumor has erl
the club has decided to attempt to A
ing about the light, shows how vigi- t
ut the Governor is and how deter- --
ined he is to checkmate the club.
lie Governor's letter to Sheriff Perry er 3
.is follows:
Executive Department, 13.
Tallahassee, Fla., Jan. 5, 181. 1
.T. Perry, Esq., Sheriff of St. John's 90
County, Florida, St. Augustine: 14.
Dear Sir: I see by the papers that I
anics J. Corbett and Charles Mitchell, 1
'ho propose to disgrace Florida by S
ic of their brutal prize lights, have so
nended their agreement that said 1
?ht might take place in either Duval bia
' St. John's county, and you are in- i
ructed to prevent said contest in St. Ala
)hn's county whether it is known or
lied a prize light, glove contest, or is Dr
iown or called by any other name. s
ou understand the situation in your bur
unty, and if, in your opinion, you E
ill not be able to pre vent s tid contest Ed
ith the means at your command, yol 'I r
e instructed to call upon the Execu- J
ve of the State for such assistance as
in may deem necessary. 28.
I hive conlidence in your intelli- Al
nce, and you are expected to carry St
it these instructions to the letter by ril 3
eventing the p)roposed contest be- .3
,een s ,id parties in your county. ril 1
Vr y respect fully, .
i. L. Mil' m lul.L, Gjovernior. ril.
1e t.his ShnerilT I 'erry. aftier consult.O
g ,Judge W. A. Mac Williains, is at- C
rney, mailcdi on the evenineg of the (2
h the followinig rely: A pi
SherifT's Ollice, St. .John's Conity, F'
St. Aug dt ine, Fia.,..lan. 8th li
oni. llenry I. Mlitchell, ( vernor of teer
Florida, T'aliahassee, Via.: Npr
Deanr i: Youir comm niicat ion of . F
mui ary o>th, 1891i , recei ved and the nl ,I
ntit a dly notedt, anid ini reply I here- is
wotuld say, it is now, and alwafs has g"".
nU lily intention to utph old the aw '
aiccordiance wit h my oath of iltice. A "
it, becomes necess. ry t') call uipoin
ii for atssist,ance to t hat endu, I will -N
>t hesitate to do sio. Very respect.l ii
C. .1. l'i.:iu:v,
SieiiTI St, . lhn's CounIIty -
Wim. A. liradIy, who is imiagiing
>rhiett, today 'aume uip from M ivytort,
here thne chainpion is training. Q its- M
ma ~l by the Souitnern Assici ed i
.-s cornres9pondeniit ini regardl to t ie
tIook tor the light, .Ira,dy 0,aid1:A
"'I am st ronigly of tine opinion tht
cluii pt ,ph. will be entirely success
I in their eilortsn to bring the contest
a suiccesAt iii issume, and you may be
no thnat, our1 ten( of tIhe affair will
i'e them al lie suipport in ou r pow
re
lIrad y was alIso :askil a bout t he at.
upt iniade by soin untkinown person
Snit er (Corbet.t 's sletpinIig room, re.
irtedtI in i t (I diptche (11 as1mt ighit
it hei refused to give an iy oiion01 as
thle pulrpose 01l ihe Iintrutder . M
Thei A thiet ic' Cliub late toni gh fuiir. Sanri
Ihiel I tji~ o theSuth ern Associated wife
-es: coirriesponnmlenti a staite(menit to horm
p 1) pbic', which, a fteor recitinrg the and
sto01 y of tIhe legal battle for the past was
-) weeks, already f amniliar to the pu11h- lire,
anid describing Gevernor Mlitchnell's to e
loin, comnt in uies as follows: Sant
lis club, through its manager, corn- Iloor
inated with Governor Mitchell and bod(i
<ed him to subm it the case, with the Nei1
it racts with Corbett and olitchell, the I
the Stipremie Court in a fair arid irn- cove
rtial mannter, and that that body be eigh
owedl to pass upon the same. Thlis Sam
a overnior reIused to (do. Thecre is by a
lair minu1e1 d person w ho will not hend
ree wit hi as t hat. we have (done ev. tIne s
i't ir'm in our power to have an ad.. hieas
dic in b1y the cournts of thlis case, b rn
dI thiat thIerie is no( oIlier conceluisi on t o care;
arriv((d at excep thnt, (Governior stocl
ItIchiel IIs ai raid to siubminit~ the ease to was
et coiurtI', an 11wie herey, ini this pu nothii li
mnannere, throw tine gaiintilet at is seneC
itt, auInI iot onily inv Ie, hint (tare him in nil
ask thne Simpreme Cournt, for a decis- was
i in this case. lls whole attitud(e fai
s been that of a bulidozer, and wili wast
utntilI this contest Inas ended, Rlight
re wve wish to say to tine public i
)st positive termis that, barrIng acci-,
rits of a provIdential naturne, andi it 0
rbett andit Mitchell appear at the meni
igside Janiuary 25, 1891i, ais they have form
ltractedl to do, just so sure will this op)01l
aitest take place. We assure the ptub.. Gary
at large that the sentiment of the theih
anin of the cit.y of Jackronn llma nd ae
QUICK JUSTICE FOR VAILLANT.
A Holti Front matutaluel by iiam itnr
Ing thxo Short Trial.
PAH,IS, .Ja1. 10 -Auguste Vaillait
the anarchist who threw the bomb inl
the Chamber of Deputies on Decemiler
9 last, was tried before President J udge
Case and a jury in the Assize Court to
day, conyicted and sentenced to death.
Policemen, in couples and threes, were
stationed every ten yards arouind the
imiense b!ock occupted by the Palace
of .ustice in which the court sits.
Every door in the palaco was shut and
guarded by sentinels with fixed bayo
nets. Nobody was admitted unless
they had a special cird of identity.
The eynosire of all eyes was the pris
oner who stood in the dock wit.h an of
lieer oin each side of him. lie was,
like Ravachol, entirely self-possessed
and gazed about the court room as
though he gloried in the interest 11e
was creating. Throughout the day,
he lever lost his attitude of dt fiance
and sIf-justilication.
Baron lithschild was not a member
of the jiry, contrary to public expecta
tion. In reviewing the details of the
bon b thrwiing .1 ige Cise said the
people who lid bieen huiirt the most
were not te memburs of the Chamber
of I)eputits, but speotators of the pro
ceedings. "I'iat was not my fault,"
retortd Villant. "rIhe deputites are
inl the highet degree responsiilo for
the sicial nii-,ry prevailiing. It was
hey I mInit should feel the responsi
bi' Y." Whi (lucstimie<l is to his es
cpo 'luring the conision tllowing
th explosion, lill:tut deni (I the
story that a sentinlel hid stopped.1 him
at the door by thrk-atening to pierce
lini W ti hIlis hayonet. if' I!- advanced a
step. [he prisoner declared enlergeti
cally that he (id not wisI to 11 e tand
even if Ie Ilad it wolild hav. been it
terly iInupOssibl4e for hii to Ihave done
so, he:a me he was woundel in t leg.
]I0 gave (the lie to witntsses againist
hin and hold ste.ldily to his ps1 of
martyr in t(e c:mise of '11111inity. 'i'll
only rugret lie had was thal he Lad
been obliged to itjure irrespuniible
ilwrson in the cru;aide.
Dc:crihing the iaufan'ure of t
bollib, \'aillant dIlclared that ow ingm toI
til tiiensions el his apparat, li
hadI the alt'rnative of Ilittlig 1i i
large niminbIr of projectiles, which
wil,l wo1t,i many perions :lightly,
o a sillali iiibet that wmhl (tO Iore
- f et c t iv e work. Il, chose the foriner
phlan, so that Ihe pir.jiwlles would kill
a few people outright. \'alllat ad
1111tted thar he iid been c .>nd e ed
liVe ile fo etty I it l, b!it le :ai
dedti, nienidicanicy mi I theft. ' rere theo
i. sary resulIfts of tie preent Fso_iAl
L- conditn f t pIo
h Thie' pri. r w4kedl, perih ili:-. enli " :o(1.
re.sthe courtL on his ll'o of lito.
hi(.being gr.nt11d. h-, :;till thit, he
had inleaVo rl o to lciiii i hon . exis.
l? r t ) paluy "Jilnl ty.'o w g s
, l'ildly, witiolit tojeY ()I' woik, }ie
determineIt insteat (),, faulijjhijng sib
m Issi Ily to voice tle fecling ofrv
that was foentilgi d1isci)li evry
ihero anioig l i r' :t)t t l ajt
writ ten anarchist speech thitt lie i ad
-held ,i his liine ever sihce t e opeling
o I the cout. li this :p 'ch, he .x
pressid the griofncs f tIhlb poor
figail!;t !WViet , hI'l moadi no r,fereice
toa boint *.
. i Ie was 11m,ent, aull declainatory, and
reiI his sm,cl inl a char a11:1 plv,asait
voice a.s ht leauied over the rail ii tihe
dock. Vaillat wais empali in his
diial of the statenient that Ie had
taiknmi \p reli property as well as
his wile. evidetly cotsidriig the
litrV Iharg0 to i)' a thshonoranle
inie. lie 5, (1iiid Ie dIsiredI to clear in
sitl oh ii hi- reprol)i.
-lt I i Cas rliil i hx ia t s frm i n Ihet
I'ig ilop ll worki ii, icitding
i el hi 'ii ii i r ipner ili niat an lirch
" I 'h ' hwh I II' liit o t .he op
Ini-iud totth it'.e Ithe riLtn-ri i
i .Ot! ht I 'it1lii' itifhli ihos in)i het
( ha nin- :- I)epu ii s iih tla ito
th v ;h-bla -i ord t tn-ot t i iut
li : illi-- i.
al t it , i- I1 t hei ng of w ' it
bi (1,) nsta i - AIni v. h\ie
a t . ~ si-i-. . - ef. i w d
tilin lidln ;t i tidt e Shol i here
kilb (I o l.mi . \iX :-iottl, h.. <b. nlimt,
ii,( ti:sl Wt 't l t [.In I )r i. , mr I' (ii
ht it'll 1th 0, ileru iii whaw litr.u us
(101 im t disi'iie n lr th i v rs . .
N i',' (t ill i a it)ay I iiv - (') di eial
til 'Vi' iniri ft In l h w ing il;thi v. (!mi
rt,lie aeahtii'h 20ynipsfae and
jtry ion toh f t lI ':".u.N ivn, : au
Mil'tht:ilit pr''nlir, hi t)d e i di's at1,1
( ayi n y. lo:vdr ail liew hadt be.i
evi ': ~T it'yh a .-i :d a'~ va ab n-,to
(rft ili viA f.4 [c ela;lo. n7, 1 N. ol Lo
im.rte Vdf cir (maneiln \\'h -nt h
ICml e ta n'eii all ailOtidCI u>uedi
m 1,n0 a s udtmet ati a:u al iie, cy,
riev: iling lie nlollowsig ;la{vande
o)lcun t oe ta oe te, whot it by
for~s the oitit.nh, a on
State of Florida, is in favor of i
;est, and being legally assure I tha
e exists no law in this State agains
;estsof this kind, we now assure al
nding patrons of the event, and
public in general, that they car
e to -Jacksonville secure in tlh
wle(Ige that they v:ill see two 01
greatest boxers in the world in .
est that will do nothing more thai
onstrate which is the more scien
e have added to the membership ol
club some of the most influential
wealthy citizens of Jacksonvilli
Florida, and we know that w(
the means and ability to see thi,
g through. Further we wish i.
that no one knows who will be i!
,Ually and socially liirt ifi an at
pt is made to stop this affir until
I atteripted. This statement i
ed by the )uval Athletic Club.
Dlte for Iumi,etiown.
)LUIMNIIA, .Jan. 11.-The iniit.airy ol
State will be inspected earlier thi.
than usual. General Parley yei
ay issued general order No. 1, fixinp,
dates for inspection. They are ai
iws and will intereit all militiry
irst Regimuent of Cavalry, Col. W
auSy comnmanding, JIa:npton, Feb
y 1, 2, and 3, at scch time am
e as the conmmanding ollicer miy
gnate.
3aufort Artillery, Na%val 10serv.,
inter Iillie Guar(Is, leaufort Light
intry, N. G. Ieaufort, -'ebruiary 5
aufort District Troop. C Ipt, W. N.
ies, Okalie, February 7.
)mbehee Alounted Ullemiien, Whio
I, February 9.
.listo Alountc(l iilm,n, E !i;to
ruary 13.
askell Alounted Iflemen, 1 .to:i
rd, February 1~.
unmerville Liglht, l)rag,oOns, S tIm
ville, l'ebruary 16.
ordon Light )ragoons, Wassamis
Cavalry, Monck's Corner, Febru
19d.
intee Cavalry, sl. Stephens, -'ebr u
20.
ourth lBrigide, Lafayette ArtillerS
Chicora llilles, Navail res-rves
rleston, February 22.
ational Guard ;, Charl.ston, P'h
ry 24.
ake Cit,y Light 1)ragoonF, 1,aku Ci'.
ruary 26.
orry Ilussars,;Conwav. -'ebruary 2
faccamaw Alounted Ri-Ilemen, Wiay
Mills, March 1.
[arion's Men of Wijnyal, (eor,e
n Ilille Guards, Georgeto wn M-Irel
[anigault Light Dragoons and Com
bounted Rlilemen, Alarch 1.
llendale Guards, Allendale, Miarel
agood Guards, (ordon Light )r,
ins, Brown G narls, Iarn well, Al:ir
'rordon Volunteer:;, lilacville, 'M .re(
ally Ri les, Sally's March 1I,.
an,ee Rilemen, March 8.
utaw Light Dragoons, Eta iwvilk
rch 9.
icnardson Guards A1ontMmreci
rch 19.
,ilmetto I-ills and Aiken Light
goons. Aiken, lWirch 20.
weet Water Light )ragooi.s, in:i
;, Iarch 21.
Igelleid 11,i1les. 1', iWeliLd ilissars
elield U2ght, I)ragons E IgeiJeld
ch 23.
listo Itilles, ,Johnston, Mrch 27.
Arley i0fles, Itidge Spring, Alircl
anninir G ards, MartmIng A pril 2.
tnter L,ight I i antry, Stinter, A p
ishopvillt. Gur d; liihoivill A p
arlingtori;uud,1)thga
LIrdIon Ihiles, Il'iiet t:~ vib-, A\ liri
lesterfi eld (4 ir-trd , Che s' rliebtI
il 10.
3. Cohuinia. %, laves,( Cu H.
il 17.
>r. t,Aotte ( iiards, P-ort. Aiiott .\p~ I
us, ( rarigebuirg, AX pr il I'..
>rdon I,ighit Infant ry, Winnsborii,
-e laight infaintry, C'hester, A pril
itviaw~i bailib-, lIock 11111, A jiril
-ake 4 'ards, Il'eake's A pril :11.
>hnison Ihiies, 11-nion, NIiy I.
organ lh,ul"s, ('h iltn, Mlay 5.
ewberry Ii's .N Newherry,1 NI y 7.
bbeitle Ilii, A bhi vile, ay .
nor's laight liiii y, I'arkl,vi:i,
'II.
linpsonr Ihangers, C<<'lir ( ir ve, NI iy
'''civille Guiirds, ilr G;i:rds
-iville, .\a:y 16.
iruldini fiards, Mla'ildio, Niav 17.
ariettar ( inards. Ala~rietta, .\ly ivIS.
ekenis Guairds, l).rcusvill,, NI .'y 2I.
'gister.
-r, a resipectale (Cermnan, an,l i.a
wvere iunieredl last, slight in t h-i
e near Il'ineh' own, fou r niiies nIr i b
Lh"ir son is inijsing'. Theiri bara
birineid aind thei hout'se wvas i- I. o
btut thet necighbairs arrive:l ins Iine
<tinui sh the bla z'. .\lr. antil .\its
r lay full lengtl honl the Liteni
,their cloth ing bus .,md I romu lih ir
L's, hsavin ii een situ rateid with oi.
lhorsg put out the blaz'. and saved
odles arid hiousi. he Il r wasi
red with b)lo01, wh'ich ebhed iriomi
I bullet holes in the left. sul' of Mtrs
r's head, andI frosi a wouol'd caused
heavy blow ini t he back of Sanri's~
. Near Sainer lay the barrels of
'un . Th'Iey we're b eint as if' from
y blows. A visit to the lire at the
revealed nothinig except Ithe bu rr.t
15:es 0of hori ses, co)ws aiiint l ther
:.I\lny supposedCi that thle b)oy
burned in the ba rin, hut t here is
inug to warrant this save his ab
.'The coronier sooni arIlived andi
r's pocketbook, containiing 9320i,
ondi. it is b elieoved tbhat the (ent ire
ly was uurmireredl a'd that robb jr y
the obiject.
Ciheoky Chisnese.,
N 1"RA N('.Si Co, , auar y 7.--Thec
ese here have torn dJowni the Govern
posters put up mn Cirnat.own in
ing them th:'t the efliee huad been
edI for their registration under the
'law, arnd Chinese lacards warning
countrymen not to register have
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IMPENDING BATTLE.
CAPT. SHELLTO LEA2 !N THE CAM
PAIGN AGAINST COL. IRBY.
' Ot* ~ Oie lite ni~at I the Cmi
tile R t F&ctlon'% Or
onvenion,Pactically
bui -. 11--Wyhen the an
n Im wa a in D ecem ber
thatth uaignthiS Rear would
pil nary, a great many
[Ul ;O ilt it Pew outside the
hr : 'rcle" tiW-! knew that the
politwic,ti within the ratiks of the
IM41orit ary was b)iling over, and
th it thre w.L a ilght. within tho ranks
of I!ie hfrotofore solid phalanxesof
Ref orm, imuinoent. Bit such was the
case. It l:i heen brewing for a long
tim e, ;t'i 1 i there is a crisis.
Thero sut, t ) b two factions in the
1%efori p uty in the coming camDaign.
That fae , noiw n longer denied by
the leader, )t the more powerful fac
tion. rhe u ulic:ttlions are that Senator
Irby, the p: St State chairman, will
lead the frl -m which represents the
minority, a1 I aat he will have but
little to (o w1th the real manipulation
of the co)ti,i, c''mpaign as far as the
iteforin eleni' is cnrned. lie and
several follow, rs some months ago cut
loose almost (nWirelv froin the main
wing of the 1, I:rmer.s, and they are
all likely to fill' by the wayside, fight
Ing as they fill.
Congressman lell, it is positively
announcevd, wai .nproached while in
the Cit) a ft w <hn s ago by the leaders
of th A i InCe ' .1ning element of
the Reform p:lirt I lie has consent
ed to be at the hea f the cominittee
that will manage thl a:np.tiga for this
faction. lie was tie fortier president
of the Farmers' A Iociation in this
Stite.
'Thie Cotton ['iant-. which is the offi.
cial organ of the Allialice-farming ele
mn,It of the Reform party, will sup
port the latter faction. WQen this
week's issue of that paper is Issued
I hi.s afternoon it will lviblish the fol
low i dlouble-leaded <ii;torial, under
th ciplion, "A l 3arvh Convention,"
wib is equlivalent to a cal1 for such a
coinvt tion.
"With th'! vtry ieginning of this .
yetr we are Colfr te I with the fact
that I his is a campain year and that
we are soon to meet our opponents in
a bal tie for the lieople's rights and the
development of our State in business
prosperity and tlhf h:ppinesi of its
citin. -uich1 being the case we at
n~ce reali7 the great imuportance of at
one gett,ing our forces together and
c)'ling to an agreenmeit on the policy
t. )e piuIIu'Id So that thier can be no
inuundtrtineinig, aid ie s,cces3 of
o'ir caliise a.rd.sil
"The C liticians must 1)a imade to
t:tke a back seat and let the people
thteniselves set the pace. To do that
t.he people should meet in their neigh
boro club, and send delegates to a
State convention. which will adopt a
platfori adl(I nominate a candidate for
(overnor to ropresent our people on
that platform. A Lieutenant Gover
nor stiouldI also be put up, but the re
niainder of tit State olicers can be
noininated by the delegates to the Sep
teiber convention.
, ,t State convention for this pur.
1ose should be held not later than the
nt h of March-before the farmers
r,t too busy in their crops to attend to
I, tI beIforo bad blood rises between
he Irientds of the aspirants for the
averniorshiip onl the I 'for)m side.
'The Altlinco cannot take part in
oir- is mn politics, and therefore has
)mly t.he right, io point out thet necessl.
y of eialliing thet p-ople together and
Ituving it, to some one2 eise to do the
york. We bielieve that thdu-~t presi
lent aind exectiv e committee of the
;rllrmrs' Asociation of this Sa0
het proper ones5 to i'siite s'uich a call,aod
ye are conlident that the people would
'epn promptly and( tinanimously to
i ill lasuedt b)y themi1. TJhis Is a mrove
uttlt ofi t he people to reform and im
>rov Vour go~verrnmert , and not a move
mt-nl to place any mnan or sot of men
II oilhii meirely: WVe must keep on the
agh groundI of puire patriotism, and
t'.k outt the imen I or service who will
t - miost capable of carrying out our
vishies. M'easures and not mnen must
"1 , will be nioticed that, we do not
uir'e wi't h omie ptoints in tihe resolu
itons passetd oil lis, liriday by our
:torenst btrethrenz anrd pulblished~ else
.'here ini this issue; but after mature
insidetratIion we Ifeel s Itistled that our
o)mititon is the correct one. We hope
haut ou r readlers will use our columns
ii dlissioni of the matter, and in
mtt way reach the most satisfactory
ttnJllusion. Weo have brielly outlined
ur v-i e w, with reasons therefor, and
ce shal rise our best endleavors to
muu t tin theu rights and privileges of
ur peoplht an't promote harmony in
he work<
Yesterday a repre.sentative of the
t ate had (juite a long talk with one or
vo) of the leaders of the Alliance side,
hey saiy 1 hat the leaders of the other
i(e ill tie I rby, Stanyarne Wilson,
irry Giaitt armt John Gary Evans.
.hity 5(11m to think that a combination
vas Itoined nearly a year ago by Irby
tut his lolio wers to run things to suit
hleSlves amlI make a slate of the of
icers l or the coming term,which would
m presetntted to the voters and would
meswallowed biy them. They say that
i ('Ilort to crush out every leading
'ii inn mnanl-the attacks upon Tindaj,
tllLaurin and others-was the direct
esuilt 0t th,is combination engineered
ty I rlby. 'rihey consider Irby dead as
ar as State politics are concerned. In
(gard to those Alliance resolutions
dopted( in Laurens a few days ago,one
f thevse men yesterday said that they
vere gott(tn up under Irby's Iiluence,
md1( represented nobody's Views but
us own, lIe was a good manipulator,
md1( got the County Alliance to adopt
heml. Ile di not think that another
Xliiance in tile State would have done
The leaders say that inasmuch as
tie will not aff ect Governor Tillman's
ight for the Senate, he Will be hands
>lf ini the light. They say that Irby
as ,been spreading the idea that he
md 'rillman have been working to
zether. ,They know that Governor
imnaviews in regard to a conven
[l'are not those that were expresse4
In the Laurens resolutions. They
thmnk. too, that Governor Tilinan
wvants a farmer for navenma.....Sme