Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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_ fc' - >. v, . *svt. J' TIE WEEKLY jBHIQH TIMES. (L^onoiui), pWtiitcraiurc, politic:;, and the Current Ileus of the ?lai>. JZ&f-'' - 1" - ,* - _ VOL. IX.?NEW SERIES. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 2, 1877. nitmui'I? a* STONEWALL JACKSON. A REMINISCENCE OK THE WILDERNESS. Ah ! but these calls for regimental reunions uicau something more than decorated halls, grand dinners, and toasts and responses. Memory sits down with the boys in blue and the boys iu gray, and makes their hearts thrill as they remember the terrible charge of the Confederates to possess themselves of the key-positiou at Ccttys burg. She nsks the veterans to remember how the brave .Seventh Michigan pushed -across the wide river flowing past Fredericksburg and looked into the tierce eyes of Barksdale's Mississippians. She calls upon the at Trevillian Station, "the tramp of Stonewall Jacksoh's men on the plains of Manassag^und the mad, eager rush at tho earthworks arouud Petersburg. Well may memory sit at every veteran's right hand, for under one soil, lulled to eternal repose by the same soft breezes, are the blue and tho gray?falling ou their skirmish line, in the charge in.rlrt n..?i o~i p,v "uu "J - scores?aud no man dares say that they were uot brave and true. ^hat was an uwtul day when that Confederate liou, Stonewall Jackson, crept upou poor Hooker, hiddeu in the wilderness. LEE ON ONE SIDE?JACKSON ON THE OTIIEK, and the woods around Chancellorsville shook and trembled, aud were almost swept from the face of the earth by the whirriug round-shot, and hissing shell, and the screaming grapc-sbotfc Men wefts "struck 1 stone dead as the battle-line, advanced or retreated. White-faced recruits and bronze- 1 faced veterans were torn to fragments and ! hurled against the living. Wounded men fell in thoir tracks, to be crushed in the earth by the great limbs cut ( from trees by shot and shell. The roar of guns, the crackle of musketry, the Gerco 1 shouts and awful groans, made suc}y-u.i V.iVi |" upon earth of that buttle-fij^^f^^a8 ncvcr seen before or ? 'o'lt'"^|fl|^?ookcr was iu a box, but not ahis great army dreamed that ! >. until the long gray line of Stone' JSffnJacksou cauie creeping through the , . ^niiol. flit" at nf M r.'nlrw?L- nr. tt.nl >-< remembered 2d day of May, 18G3. The 1 light earthworks had been thrown up to face another way-^toqrard Leo. All lines faced Lee; all men were looking for when three divisions of Confederates, moving with soft step, took Hooker's army in the rear, and drove one brigade pell-mell into and over another, until veteran soldiers wero without streugth or presence of mind. That awful uight when THE WOUNDED WERE 11EING BURIED ALIVE in the woods, and the dead were thicker than, the leaves just broadening into full life, a report, ran through the reorganized ranks that the great Stoucwall Jacksou had been killed. Thousands bebieved it; but three of us, lying side by sido in the new battle line, born after night caine down, put no faith in the rumor. Why wo did not is what I started to write about. Stuart's cavalry had been following up Hooker's army, but it was like a rat fellow n?g in (lie iouisteps or a norse. Lico was so far away am] coming up so slowly that Hooker hail time to throw up light earth- J works, seize tho best ground, fell trees to 1 protect his flunks aud make ready to shatter 1 and hurl back the expected attack. On * that 2d day of May, his soldiers, hidden 1 in the woods or lying in the fields, washed ' their clothing, wrote letters home, uiade ; comfortable beds for thomselvcs, aud were not in tho least troubled about what nuoth- ' er week would bring forth. Asa deep riv- 1 cr suddenly bends to avoid a bluff, bo did 1 that great army of Lee's bend to avoid the Wilderness. It split iu two to attack at a given hour on both sides, aud Joo Hooker 1 sat iu his tent aud congratulated himsolf ou his impreguablu position?teonsidsred-impregnable" by him when two grea't highways ran aloug the rear of half of his army. So universal was tho feeling of security that soon after noon three infantrymen started out to i BKO OH BUV FOBAUK FOOD. Sigel's corps wa% on Hooker's west flank, and commanded thai day by Howard. Part of this corps faced the old turnpiko and plank road ; part faced the other way.? Most of tho men ware hidden in the woods aud behind ridges, and up the broad highways which should have been,first looked to as Stuart was pushing his cavalrymen asskirmishers Wo three mon were beyond Signet's corps, and on the point of cnleriug a farm house frotn which everybody had fled, -when, less than a rifle shot away, wo caught sight of the Confederate advance. Tho oavalrymon were advancing slowly, evidently expecting to find a heavy guard at some point, but at the tirno we imagined that less than a regiment of Stuart's men were feeling along up to piok up stragglers, locate positions, etc. We, at least, did not fear , ' them, and the proposition to enter the house and secure a better view of tho roads speedily conveyed us to a chamber win dow. Wc could soo but little more froui that poat, but wc did see, soon after reach' ing it, THAT HAMB 8TONF.WAM, JA0K8ON ride from shelter out upon the turnpike in full riew, attended by only three or four ofti ccrs. He had conic out there to make observation Like a cat before she destroys the mouse, lie was wondering at what point he should strike to disable his victim soonest. Grim-minded and sour-tcmpcred was the third man of us. and war's horrors delighted him. When he had taken his second look nt the little party sitting on their horses on i the or,en road, a wicked suiile crossed his face, and ho whispered : "liy the hundred gods of the heathen ! but j.hat chap 011 the left there is old Stonewall Jackson, and I'm going to drop him !" Old Vete, our sour-tempered companion, ' had a first-class "Minnie riflo with him. He 1 had carried it for several mouths, in some I way escaping the attention of the insnentnr 1 and in souie way always secured ammunition ! for it. 1 saw him iu at least half dozcu instances shoot down videttos or skirmishers * who seemed to be half a mile away, and lie 1 was known throughout the regiment as a f dead-shot. There was considerable firing around us v from foragers, stragglers, and men cicauiug ^ tbeir guns, and a shot from the window j might not attract particular attention.? Resting the heavy gun across the wiudow- 1 sill, and having as steady rest as huntei ever " asked for, "Old l'ete" was ready to keep l' his word. IT SEEMED I.IKE COM)-HI.OODED ASSASSINATION. I could almost couut the buttons on Jack- P son's coat, aud there socuied no escape for " liiui. I was watching hiui when the rifle " tracked. Ho had a field-glass to his eye, uid the only movement wc could see was a c; |uiek motion of the head, as if the bullet liud cut close to his ear. The glass was not " jven lowered. "Old Pete" swore a terrible 01 oug string of oaths as he realized his fail- J' ire, hut in a mini t LlU-HUISJVVu', V - '.HI ?. VH. .' 1*1 hope to never draw another breath if I don't kill him stoue-dead !" he muttered 11 is he knelt down. Jackson did not lace us P. is before, yet was a good mark, even for a jiusket. Wo watched liiui as before, aud P; :his time the bullet must have swept past L lis face, as lie dodged his head backwards. L'he glass was down then, hut ho raised it II an instant and went 011 with his^ittrvcy. ti "llavo f'got to bo a fool! or have I grown a( ilind!" howled u01d Pete," as he looked ^ lown upon his unharmed victim. "TUTtl! rr? iiui this time or shoot myself iu this chaui- 11 >cr. ' It was dangerous to remain there longer, Sf is the cavalry had crept nearer, and Jackton's aids seemed to have got the idea that :i, i sharpshooter was posted near by. Yet je 'Old Pete" would have had a third shot if t; he Confederates hud been in the house. ]{ TIIE TAMliKT WAS AS FAIR AS 11EFORK. ai lie took a more careful aim, and yet when 11 le tired we saw splinters fly from i rail way R1 >vcr beyond the General. The cavalry 111 vcro then cloro upon us, and our two mus- s< teta were lost in the hurried flight from the w wim^ Half an.'hour after that Jackson j11 ,vas driving our brigades and divisions as " ic willed. 11 "I'll measure off tho same distance, oft- w land, and bet my life that I can hit a sol- j)! lier's enp nine times out of ten !" growled n 'Old Pete," as lie hurried forward, and, c suddenly'overcome by indignation and cha- 01 jrin, he battered his cherished guu aguint P i tree and destroyed it. As if seekiug perjonal revenge, Jackson's legious passed k' right by us. Tho nearest brigade of SigePs ? jorps wa9 picked up and dashed to pieces 11 is a strong man would lift and hurl a child. P Punning along t?Hh-thwmrized and fright- b 2ncd men, but bearing off towards our own P division, we picked up other muskets to re^- u place our lost o:es. Reaching a knoll from b which we had another view.of the turnpike,, we halted for a last, look over (he heads of e the frightened, fleeing, soldiers?over the d ground strewn with, orw tod accoutrements ?or*r tKc bhiiF MiloW jest beginning to rise * WE SAW JACKSON AGAIN. * W 1 I He was far away, but it was Jackson. "Curse him ! but bo has got a guardian ^ angel," howled "OH Fete," as he shook his j. fist toward the turnpike. No other man ever yet had a riflo drawn on him at such a range aud escape three t cool, carefully-aimed bullets. His escape sent u thrill of superstition through each ^ mind, iinil frmn thnfc Kinnr tn ihn mnmont *w *"'w "" y when the news reached ui "Old Pete" ncv- t er spoke a word. It was a puzzle ho could j uot solve. As we lay in lino, everj eye peering through the darkness to catch sight j of*the gray line coming ou again, an aid j came hurrying along aud shouted out: "We're all right, boys. ?tODeyrall Jackson has been killed'up the road thecs 1" f "Old Pete" leaped up, whirled around to face tho bearer of the news, and savagely g shouted back : g "You lie ! you lie ! you lie! Stonewall J Jackson can't be hurt by shell or killed by bullets!" BUT IT WAS 80. ( Lying in the arms of those who loved j him, so near us that the cries of our $ wounded must .have reached his ears, was ' tiio mortally wounded General whose skill t and strength had no match. While the t white-faced dead looked up to the torn and 1 shuttered forest trees?wile the wounded | crawled here and there in their awful agony i ?while the living looked into each other's I > < < r* anxious faces and wondered if another night would find any of us there, the legions of Jackson were strangely sileut. Now and then came the sudden boom of some great gun, sounding like a deep groan of despair, but there was nothing more to break the sileuce. While uicu rested in line of battle, having the awful horrors of war on i every side, there was one who gave up his life as he whispered, "Let us cross over the | river and rest under the shade of the trocs. 1 ? Detroit Free 1'ress. " t 1 1 itk Gukat Wall ok China.?The j great-wall of China Jtrns- inrfrured many ( places by Mr. Unthank, an American en- , raged on a survey for a Chinese railway.? ( His measurements give the height at eitrh- . ,een tret, and a width on top ol' fifteen foot. , Kvery tew hundred yards there is a tower J wenty-four feet square, and from twenty | o forty-five feet high, The fouiidiUion of lie wall is of solid granite Mr.-I'ntliaiik s >rought with liitn a brick from-the wall, | vhich is supposed to h ive been made 200 -j 'ears II. C. In building * his immense t tone leticc to keep out the Tartars, the j, tuildcrs uever attempted to avoid uiouu- j ains or chasms to save expense. For 1.300 j nilcs the wall goes over plain and moun- j, nin, and every loot of the foundation is in (| olid granite, and the rest of the structure t| olid masonry. In some places the waH is s uilt up against the bauk, or canons, or |. rocipices, where there is a sheer descent j f 1,0UU feet. Small streams are arched tl ver, hut in the larger streams the wall runs || > the water's edge, and a tower is built on fl ich side. On the top of the wall there ,sj re breastworks, or defenses, facing in and U| ut. so tlie defending force can pass from ^ no tower to another without being exposal t; > an enetny from either side. To fralcu- |;! t.- ilo- tluvavd \mildiug-or cost of this wall | i beyond human skill. So far as the. mag- ? itude of the work is concerned, it sur- w asses everything in ancient or uiodcrn j; mcs of which there is any trace. The j, yrauiids of Egypt arc nothiug compared (j i it. ^ ai Cot.otiKD \IoRTAIilTY.?The cxtraordi- 1,1 ary mortality among negroes of the Uui- u id States is beirinuiiu? to uhiiuk 1,1 ; tho North, and the New York Times ^ ikn?-that < the vuglio*? ;opic <>t North variTTTnTr now in session. at aleigh, shall consider what must bo done > decrease the alarming death rate. It !' icnis that in all the large cities .vherc the egroes have congregated since the war the I1 forage of deaths among the blacks is at P1 nst do jble and sometimes as much as five t mes as great as among the whites. In h iehuiond, for instance, 14 white people . id 25 negroes died during the week end- ; lg August 28, this year, while tho deaths ! sl uring the week, in last year, were 11 whites | " nd 28 negroes. Memphis shows a record i w ill more startling, lor during 187<: 052 1 hites and 601 negroes died ,which is a | u inch greater mortality Ibr the negro?> .ban j 1 i llichutond, because of the larger p:op"V- j , on of whito people in Memphis hot hilo this shows that very nearly four times A: i many negroes as whites died in 1S76, tiie j lortality reports this year 'indicate au in- . reased death rate among the doomed colrcd people, 148 negroes and only 128 white 1 eople having died in Memphis during the *' lonths of July and August last?a propor- 11 ion of five negroes ta,one white man. The ^ nuscs.of this excessive mortality arc well 1 ndcrstood ; and, though tho matter is not r< olitical in itself the negroes have certainly w een brought to this dreadful condition by " olitics. If they had been permitted to re- ' >ain hi agricultural districts, instead of f cmg encouraged iu every way to herd in ? he attics for the use of the party tvhich j" in ployed them as voting cattle, this terrible eath rata would never have oceured. v . : ?' AFkuoc1ous1Iok.se.?A telegram from ' 'ctaluma, California, says: ''Last nigh- v ho 'Man-eater,' a valuable but savage stalt fil ion that was brought herefrom tho Fast ^ jnio tiuto since, heavily ironed, with shack- ' js on his feet, on account ef his well-known u srocious nature, got loose and escaped from 6 is stable. At six o'clock in the morning n man by the name of Kenny was sent out * a look for the horse, and two hours after -11 e was discovered dead in the horse-track, rhere h ! had been killed by the stallion ^ rhilo trying to catch him. The body of ho mau was frightfully mutilated, his j. ireast being tornl and bitteu in a most hocking manner,% and disfigured by tbo ( ioofs of the fierce animal, that after throw* ' ng him down hndjevidectly jumped and roddtn upon him,-^crushing in his chest. ^ nd attacking him ,.with his teeth. The ? ricked and dango?us Man-eater, that l. ?! 1 ? veins u> uu appropriately iifinou, was 8UU- t ?quent)y captured by tw^ Mexican vafneros. and is now securely lodged iuiut * table" ^ "What did they ever nan4 Aiorsif Tom J )chiltrce for ?" asked an oldtfn&oned Sou- y itor. "lie was once a United oiates Marshal in Texas. Was ho floA of foot ?"? f fhu answer of a Kentuckyroorqcinan set- , ;lcd tho question: "Did ?u never hear f -he expression," "lie can j|c as fast as a horse can run ? Well, that waifT 'out Ochiltree's great forte, and hence th%* belief that > no horse named after him cdn ever he c licatcn." 1 i i A FIGHT FOR LIFE WITH RATS. An Amu/ <>/ J tilts Attachui'j a Siyiuil S'vrvirr Officer anil /[is Wij'c?CiinijHcriiii/ the liui/chts hi/ /An tcici'.j? T< rrihle Fate, of a C'hihf. Tho vast number of rats inhabiting t!i? rocky crevices ami cavernous passages at the summit of Pike's Peak, in Colorado, have recently become formidable and dangcious. These animals arc known to feed upon a saccharine yum that nercolatos through the p res of tlie rocks,- apparently upheaved by that volcanic action which, at irregular intervals of alji^days, gives to tlftf tftoWHRTiT crest "that vibratory motion vhieh has been detected by the instruments tscd in the office of the United States sigml station. Since the establishment of the government signal station on the sinnniit of lie Peak, at an altitude of nearly 1~>,0IMI eet, these animals have acquired a voracious ippetito for raw and uncooked meat, the cent of which seems to impart to them a j erocity rivaling the starved Siberian wolf. L'lic most singular trait in the character of hose animals is, they are never to be seen n the day-time. When the moon pours ,owu her queenly light upon the summit hey uiay be seen in couutlcss numbers, opping around among the rocky boulders hat crown this barren waste ; and during lie warm summer months they may be seen wimmiug and sporting in the waters of the ike, a short dbtauce.below the crest of the cak , a nil of a <1 irK. cloudy night their rail iu the water exhibits a glowing, sparkng 'light, giving to the waters of the lake a ickcring silvery appearance. A lew days nee Mr. .John T. () Keef, "lie of thu govruuieiit "p-.-rat- rs :.l the signal station, re anted to his post from Colorado Springs, iking with him quarter of beef. It being ite in the afternoon, his colleague. Mr. lobbs, immediately left with the pack ani lai 101 l'ie springs. Soon alter dark, liile Mr. O'Kecf was engaged iu the office awarding night dispatches to Washington, e was startled by a loud screaut from Mrs. ''Keel', who had retired for the night in an J joining bedroom, and who came rushing ito the office screaming, '-The rats! the its!' 31 r. O'lvoef, with great preseucooi' iiud, immediately girdled his wife with a iroll of zinc plating, such as had been used i jrtaiwf ' nwMlaQiii climuiug ujmn nor person; id, although hw own person was almost terally covered with them, he succeeded i incasing his legs each iu a joint of stovcipe, when ho commenced a liorco and drseratc struggle for the preservation of his fe, with a heavy war-club preserved at the at ion, among other Iiidiau relics captured ; the battle of Sand Creek. Notwilhstandig hundreds were destroyed on every side, ill tlicy seemed to pour w'n.h increasing uuihers from the bedr <om, the door of Inch had heeu left (-pen. The entire ipiar- | rr of beef was eaten in less than live miiites, which seemed only to shnrpi n their ppctites fur an attack upon Mr. O'Kecf, hose hands, face and neck were terribly icoraled. In the midst of the warfare irs. O'Kecf nianogod to reach a coil of lectrie. wirc hanging near the battery ; and, ciug if uiouutain girl familiar with the irqiffng of the lariat, she hurled it through ic'air, causing it to encircle her husband, nd spring out from its loosened fastenings, laking innumerable spiral ways, along inch she poured the electric lluid from the oavily-charged battery In an instant the join was ail ablaze with electric light, and 'henever the rats came in contact with the 'ire they were hurled to an almost instant eatlp The appearance of daylight, made ueh by the coruscation of the heavily-charnlwirc, caused them to take refuge among lie crcvices and caverns of the mountain, y way of tlic bedroom window, through rhich they had forced their way. llutthe iiddcst part of this night attack upon the 'oak is the destroying of their infant child, dtich Mrs. O'Keef thought she had made I'eurcbya heavy covering of bed clothing; ut the rats had found their way to the inimt (ouly two months old,) and had left othiug of it hut the peeled and mumbled kull. Drs. Thorn and Anderson thought t first that the left arm of Seruoant O'Keef rould have to be amputated, hut succeeded a saving it. Didn't Want His Hair Cut.?The allowing coloquy took place in a barber hop not more than a thousand miles from last Day a day or two ago: Bulldozing barber. Have your hair cut o-day, sir? Customer. No, sir. B. B. Awhile thumhlintr fluiontr the locks.) Sory long, very straggling, sir; comesclear lown. t^your coat collar. C. AH right; I'll have the collar moved lown. End of the colloquy. Two uicn were riding in the cars the other noming, when one asked the other if he lad a pleasant place of residence. l'Yes," vas the <eply ; we have seven nice largo oonis oyer a store. "Over a store ! I ihouldu't think that would he a quiet place." 'Oh ! it is quiet enough. The folks don't idvertise." Men arc frequently like tea?the real trength and goodness arc not properly lrawn on', until they have been in hot water. DOMESTIC RECIPES. Jumiii.ks.?One cup butter, two sugar, tiirco eggs, tour cups Hour; mix soft; bake in round cukes. CltAB-appi.k Jki.i.Y.?Out in halves and boil in water till soft; two quarts water to half peck apples; strain and add one pound of sugar to ouc pint juice; boil 25 ininules. Apple Custard Pie.?One pint of sweet milk and three grated sweet apples, two well beaten eggs, little salt, sugar and nutmeg to taste. * Have only an undercrust. J^intfs Pudding.?Beat six e^gs ; add one quart of sweet milk, one pound of white sugar, one dozen of soda erackers, four large apples, cut in very thin slices, and a little salt; spice to taste. Bake about two hours. C u it it A NT Pake.?0renin, one cup of best butter, and two cups of sugar, one cup sweet milk, llim: well-beaten eggs?(he whites ami yolks separately?three cups of silled flour, two cupsof well-washed curruuts ? dried and well dredged with Hour?two teaspooiiluls baking powder. Ct'l' (Jakk.?One cup of butter, one cup of sweet milk, two cups of sugar, three wcll-beateu eggs, four cups of silted floar, (always sift flour alter measuring it,) one half teaspoonful of soda dissolved in u little hot water, one tenspoouful of cream n?.jUMr- ?, . tar, sifted-in tt>o llnur, tap of raisius well dredged with Hour. Sukt Pudding.?Two and a half cupfuls Hour, one teaspoonful salt, one cup suet^ chopped fine, two eggs, scant pint milk, one half teaspoonful soda, one half cup apples, chopped liue, one cup raisins, one teaspoonful each of cloves and cinnamon, three tabiespoonslul of molasses, steam one and three-quarter hours. Addle Fruit Cake.?Soak three cups dried apples over night in cold water; in the morning chop aud stew till soft in three cups of molasses; when cold mix with threo cups flour, one cup butter, three cgcs. one tcaspoouful soda, spices, two cups raisins, one of currants, ono Icinou chopped tine; this makes two pans of cake. 1< rkncii Ckeam Cake.?Boil scant pint waii/rtim milk ; when the milk boils stir this in slowly with scant cup sugar, one tablespoon ful butter, two tablcspoousful lemon essence ; make a cake of throe eggs, one cupful sugar, one and one half eupsful llour, tcaspoouful baking powder, two tablcspoousful milk ; bake in three layers, and while warm spread with cream. Ciiocoi.ate Cake.?One cupful of best butter, and two eupsful sugar, beaten to a cream ; one cupful of sweet milk, three and one half eupsful sifted llour, oue tcaspoonlul cream of tartar, sifted in the flour; onehalf teaspootiful of soda, dissolved in a very little hot water; the whites of four eggs, well beaten, and the yolks of six ; make a frosting with the whites of two eggs, one and one half eupsful powdered sugar, six tablcspoousful grated chocolate, ono tablespooniul of vanilla; frost when the cake is warm. ]>akei> Tomato Puddinu.?Take a deep pudding dish and butter the inside of it well; first put in a layer of brc.id crumbs, then a layer of peeled sliced tomatoes, then a small onion cut very Jiin ; dredge on a little llour, pepper and salt; now begin with bread crumbs again, tomatoes, ouiou and si>:\snninf? li 11 I tin llivtl ic I'llll llin low/,,. =? - ~ ?"t' **VV' must bo bread crumbs, with salt and pepper, and a few small bits of butter over it; put (bis in the oven, keep it covered with a tiu plate for an hour, then remove the plate and let it browui It docs n'ot require too hot an oven. It will take at least two hours to bake. Those who wish can add sugar to suit the taste. It is batter to send it to table in the dish it is baked in. Home has been happily saved and many a fortuue retrieved by a man's full confidence in his wife. Woman is far more a seer and a prophet than man, if she be given a fair chance. As a geueral rule, the wives confide the minutest of their thoughts I and-plans to their husbands. Why not reciprocate, if but for the pleasure of meeting confidence with confidence? I am certain no man succeeds so well in the world as lie who, taking a partner for life, makes her the partner of his purposes and hopes. What is wrong of his impulses or judgment, she will check and set right with her almost universally right instinct, aud what she most craves and most deserves is confidence, wiinoui wincu luve is uevcr iree irom u shadow. Moved by the numerous cowardly murders in Kentucky, the Louisville CourierJournal breaks forth : "The puppy that is afraid to go among his fcllow-uicn without a navy-six ou his hip, ought to be kicked out of society on the tiptoe of public sentiment." I A innn vhii ft nonur in Tavoo iaw -- - rT"' " *"' two years is one of the curiosities now traveling with Barnum's show. 11 o carries 117 bullets in his body, 11G Bowio knife sears, has one eye gouged out, one car bit off, his nose twisted around on his left check, all his teeth knocked out and his skull trepanned. *S?.