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VOL. XVII.?New Series. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL 30, 1880. NUMBER 17.
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OF T1IE
MACBETH LIGHT ARTILLERY.
No.
nv ONE OF Til KM.
In my previous communication J. M. Gadberry's
company was made prominent, becauso
H was the gem of the Macbeth Light Artillery.
The six months it had served was nothing
more than a training school. One that was,
in a measure, to Union County wliat the Citv
del Academy was worth to the State, and worth
as muoh to South Carolina and the Confederacy, ^
as if each member of the company had killed
llta man on a aoowo V..iiI. 43.~l.l-. ^- J1 1
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Company was made up largely of intelligent
men, who had now seen enough of service to
'apprioiate the advantages of being an officer.
Hence, it was the nucleus for the formation
of several other companies and regiments.
In fact, the relish for office was so great that
more oompanles were attempted to be raised,
than Union County could supply with men.
The prospeot for success with so many embryo
companies in tlio field, was not oncouraging.
It, nevertheless, acted as a stimulant, and so
inspired the zeal of those interested in the success
of each prospective company, that it became
almost a grab-game. There was activity
in every direction. Men might have held themselves
at a premium. Like the seven pretty
sisters, each prettier than tho other, and numerous
guano companies, each sellimr a hrttnr *
fertilizer than the other, so each of these prospective
organizations had better inducements
to offer than the other. The trouble with all of
them was, thore were too few offices to (ill in
proportion to the number of men wanted. The
happy thought of raising an Artillery Company
and naming it in honor of one of Union's most
popular sons, wan a stroke of policy that lead
to the organization of the Maobeth Light Artillery.
The oomptuy, however, was not made
up exclusively of men from Union County.
Spartanburg, Laurens, and Chester, each contributed
handsomely to its organization. And
Camden and Charleston were both rcp-esented.
But all the commissioned and most of the noncommissioned
offices were takon from dadberry's
old oompany. With a complete organization,
we quiety left Union on the 12th of
November, 1801, and on tho evening of the same
uay, worn into ooum taronna s uamp ot instruction,
at Light-wood-Knot Springs, seven miles D
north of Columbia, on (he Charlotte & Columbia '
railroad. Wo fouud several newly orgauized regiments
alreidy there, and interspersed among
them workmen from Gregg's old oommond, who,
with the cadets from the oitidel, were busy preparing
these raw Iroops for "a place in the picture
near the flashing of the guns." At first we
had no cannon, and our drilling was confined exclusively
to (he infantry tactics. But in course
of lime we received a brace of superannuated
guns, worth just as muoh, however, for learning
the detail of the artillery drill, as if they
had been bran new pieces out of the moulds
of the latest modern improvement. We maneuvered
around with these ancient looking guns,
the commands now ringing in our ears,?"load
hyde'ail,,' "load, one, two, three, four, spunge,"
and "men to the front,'' and "men to the roar,"
until the drill became as monotonous as a protracted
summer drought is to a croaking far- ^
mer. We ought to have been proficeat soldiors '
in the details of artillery tactics; for, in addi- '
tlon to the one duty of drilling day in and day 1
out, our oamp was situated in tho midst of a 1
barren waste of glaring whito sand, and nothing 1
of interest, so far as I erer knew, in tho sur- 1
rounding country for miles to divert ut from (
our military duty. We were the last Iroops '
ordered from Light-wood-knot Springs. And '
when the order came for us to go to Charleston, '
the welkin was made to r'ng with acclamations
of joy. On arriving at Charleston, tho com- 1
pony went into camp at Half Moon HaOery, on 1
tho north eastern suburbs of the city, and over- '
loiking the confluence of the Cooper River. 1
Our surroundings were vastly improved, and 1
we enjoyed eome of the spice of life. Variety 1
WM added to our diet, books nnd daily news- <
papers to our scanty reading matter, and some <
whole-soul patriotic citizens, living contiguous '
to Half Moon Battery, shire 1 with ns their
noble hospitality. The kindnoss and consider- <
ation shown us by the Xowell and Manigault <
-families, will ever remain, like an oasis in the i
desert, fresh iu the memory of the ofhoers of tho i
Macbeth Light Artillery. The change from the
sand hills north of Columbia, to Charleston,
where attractions were numerous, and whisky i
i and sweethearts convenient, was of such a de- i
moralising tendenoy, that a more rigid disipline i
Ibscamo necessary. But I have never sien a 1
discipline so exacting, or sentinels so>igilant,
*u?v n iu?u ? uii m*j ivi ? urauR, u 1 uint IT IIIUII 19
unore leudible, to boo his sweetheart, that Die
*rink wm not found and the sweetheart not
seen ' wonder if friend Nicholson could, not
giro some ?o?ounls of the stratagems
which he used, to ?*> "ntincls and
slipping the lines, in or(,#r 10 T,#,t hi" l*djlore,
who was at that tin. 'n Charleston. I
A short time after going into* c*mP? ws (
ware ftirnished with a battery of si-T 8un,? ?n<* <
Lieut. Starks W. l'ortsr was immediate'/ dis- 1
patched to upper Houth Carolina, to buy lior.!"*'
for H. He returned in a few. weeks, with a <
choice lot of horses, having evinced exoellent
judgment in purchasing them, as well as showing
the judicious selection Capt. Iloyce had !
made of a man for that duty. Drilling with I
horses, was more cxoitiog and interesting, 1
than the detail and practice of firing stationery i
guns. So our drilling was more animating, and
we were enthuiastio over the change for awhile.
a^taei mm nf (VAlnrr A mil* LA thft rtr.A
lu> ingvuKuKuuo W. (v...n ? ?... ? ?.
<o urae, for the purpose of drilling, made it necessary
lo move our camp there. Then our
drills were esore frequeot end much longer.
We soon imagined that our accuracy in drilling
wee sufficient to stand the test of official criticism,
end ire were not afraid to invite it. We
?vtu uvfv lucrciurii a an ueu wneu, one ntternoon i
Gen. Ueplejr, commander of the post, an?l aer- c
eral other officers, put in their appearance to ?
witness our drill. Our proficiency drew from o
them words of commendation, which was to us, I
in a measure, some justification of the good n
opinion wo had of the Macbeth Light Artillery, a
When mention is made of the race course, 11
my mind bridges over the chasm of .twenty-fire 0
years of time that interrenes between tho pori- *
ods of 18<>l nnd 188G, and Iter. James Depass ^
atanda before tho imagination as a dashing 11
young minister, who did the duties of asergeant 1
and looked after the spiritual interest of our "
company. Ilis was a character that you had to ^
tudy to understand. And the more you read 1
him and the better you knew him, the more of u
a man you found him. To nil appearance, he
was as well pleased with himself as a peacock is *
with its feathers. I hare seen him on drill, ?
lecmingly forgetful of all clso but solf, put a
ipurs to hia horse, and fly far out of his prop- ^
:r place in tho drill, and return laughing as if
;t wero a joke, and receive the rebuke of the a
lommanding officers in the best of hutnor. He tl
ivas lacking in stability of character, and a p
rein of levity ran through his conversations, a
rhese made him a target for misjudgments, It
inkind remarks aud severe criticisms. 13ut tl
vith all of his short comings, which wero si
argcly overcome by his many good qualities of o
leart and mind. 1 regarded him as aj'chrisian
gentleman, and missed him wlion he left *
he Company. c
It was also at the race course that W. A. g
Nicholson received his hurt that unfitted him for D
active service in the field. Our horses had been p
veil cared for and were very spirited. Nicholson li
vas more of a youth then than he is now, and w
ull of fun. In the indiscretion of his young c<
nnn|.??.l i. .--i ?:.i? ? J?- -
u.uuuuu. u? uivuuivu, miuuui euuuio or unuie, o
ine of these pampered horses, that was easy to L
tart and hard to stop. In somo way, as Nich- it
dson was sailing alpng over fences, brush, and s<
litches, he received a concussion of the spinal h
lolumn, that so disabled him that he had to tl
;ive up the severe duties of the artillery sor- w
rice for lighter work. The efficient service sc
hat the Macbeth Light Artillery thus lost was
;iven to the country in faithful and kind nurs- f,
ng of her sick and wounded. The end of the e]
var found him at his post in Columbia, where 0I
le was when Hampton vacated it, and Sherman ],
intered it. He saw the first blaze from the
oroh that burned Columbia, and is a living
vitness of the fact, that it was Sherman's com- ti
aand not Hampton's, that did the fiendish w
rork. fl
While wo were at the race course, target 01
ihooting and snake banting were some of the i<
imusements the men resorted to for relieving a
he tedium of camp life. They formed squads
ind marched down the ditches on either side of j
he raoe track, dig into the holes along the fl
>anks, and kill sometimes as many as 75 or a (
rvt ? 'HI
iw ou<?no9 av u Iiuuuiig. J UC3J WCIM3 BOIDV- |
imes suspended in the air &s targets for pistol T
iracticc. In the company were some good T
hots, aud the Macbeth was divided as to who c
ixcelled. It was oonoeded, 1 believe, that Ser- p
;cant C. T. Scaife and James Bunch were the t|
test. A large and magnificent water oak spread
ta pendent limbs over the camp, and its top- ^
nost bows wero favorite resorts for small birds.
Sergeant Bunch shot into a bunch of them, and ^
tne came down minus its head. Sergeant ^
ieaife was then called for, end at the report of p
lis pistol, another bird came down without a
lead. Had both shots been fired by ono man, q
t might have been some evidence of a good ^
narksman. Both of them might have fired n j(
lundred times more without'touching as big a c
hing as a barn door. They had good sense ^
enough to stop shooting before their laurels ^
withered. So the two accidental shots served
ihe purpose of keeping up their reputation as ^
irag shots. t
It was a traditional belief among Charleston- f
ans, handed down from time immcmo- ^
ial, that to be caught out of the city limits
dter nightfall, during summer, was a sure preicription
for a case of country fever. I do not
mow that it was out of any deference for an
pinion so hoary with age, that we chauged ^
>ur quarters to the Accommodation whArf, as
loon as tho heat of approaching summer was
pelt.
When I recall to mind the many places of
incampment we had during the war, in South
Carolina, North Carolina,'.Virginia, Mississippi, ^
lud Alabama, I look upon our camp at the 9
Accommodation wharf as the cden of them all. q
It was here that the mild sea breeze cooled the r
warm summer air, and banished the pestiferous
nosquito. Here we spent days ofmirliul in- ?
activity, free from uunoying care and opprcs- K
sive heat. And these dolightful days were fol- 1
lowed by nights of balmy calmness and sweet C
repose. Wo wcro sometimes, however, haunted 1
with an increased conviction that such delccta- t
bio quarters could not be of long duration.
About the first of July, 18?>2, to conceal (Sen.
McClellan'a real design, and prevent (len. Loo I
from being reinforced from the South, tho en- ^
eniy betfame unusually active nil along the lino t
from tho Potomac to tho Mississippi. The Mac- c
beth, with other troops in and around Charles- ^
Ion, were sent to James Island to mcet^a threatened
attack in that direction. Our duties at
the Accommodation wharf was almost passive.
Drilling with horses had heon suspended, and 8
toing through the detail of loading and firing t
Were reduced to shorL meter time. Hut more c
time than usual wae taken up in grooming our }
horses. Ho, when we passed the streets of
Charleston on our way to James Island, our
boreee were as fat and seals-sleek as moles, high
spirited, and regular star-gazers. There was
not a member of tbe company whoso heart did <
not beat with emotions of pride, as he looked I
that day upon ths splendid appearance the bat- <
tery presented.
Tho change lias been ma le, and wo aro now '
in Camp on James Island, and I am without <
adequate words to express the loss we sustained,
in comfort, by that move. Our physical annoy- '
atices were inexpressible. We were besotged by
anumcrablc hungry fleas?I dare not say, wi
ut tome qualification, that every tenth gr
if sand was a flea; but, I do say, like the so
if the sea shore, they were very nutnero
)rifting of sand before the wind is very co
non.on the sea shore. Our breast works w
omctimcs almost obliterated. An old nej
nan, who was throwing sand upon the fori
ations, being asked one day what made
iroast work? so low, replied, "it is most
lea, and I spec he done jump away." 1
losquitoes were as numerous and as bit
birsty as the fleas. If I wore permitted to p
onify them, 1 would say they were the ni
ouorublo foe we had to coutcud with on
slnnd. The fleas And Yankees would take
nawares at any disadvantage, but the mosq
jes warned us?always singing their v
ongs when they approached to take our blo<
lany were the extravagant stories told in cai
bout the wonderful feats that were perform
y the James Island mosquitos .
Tho sections of the Macbeth Light Artilh
.lternatod between camp and picket duty out
re line. 1 was always sorry when I went
icket duty and gla l when I caiuo off. In I
amp smoke from our fires and pipes, woi
;ssen tho visits of the mosquitos, but out
10 picket line, where fire was Dot allowed, y
aflercd all the tortures that the triple nlliam
f sand-fly, flea anil mosquito could inflict.
The Federal and Confederate picket lii
rerc daily drawing closer together. They h
xcellcnt bands, and often treated us to sol
ood music. Sometimes they played \anki
ouble, to tantalise us, and then played Dixie
utus in good humor. One afternoon tho tv
nes came together, ami the rattle of musket
as so great that it secmcl like nobody c >u
>mc out of such a fight, whole. Old mi
ul. Thompson, a member of the Macbeth fr<
aurens, listened until the firing ceased, and r
larked, "if nobody is hurt over there, I dor
?c the use of so much shootinu.'' 1 m?v
eard that any one was killed or wounded
tat skirmish; but, as big as it sounded then,
as the merest child's play, compared wi
>mo we afterwards heard.
Lieut. B. A. Jeter was on picket with t
rst section of the battery the morning that t
acmy threw themselves so gallantly ngaii
ar works at Secession. They madeitabloo
ttle fight, but most of the blood came frc
lem. They left in haste, and no doubt felt b
sr when they got back to the protection
leir gunboats. No 0110 of tho battery in
as hurt, and 1 do not know that the sccti
-out the Macbeth hurt any ouc, but it is re
oablc to suppose that men who were so an
>us to bo initiated, left their marks at ,Scc
ionville.
Our camp at this time was in tho center of i
stand unft surrounded by marshes and
orts of pests. As the preventive againet coi
ry fever, whisky and quinino were issued
be soldiers in small quantities. Our hor
rere attacked by a strange disease that proi
ery fatal. It appeared first in a cough and
reascd in violence until the animal qlied.
ost-mortera examination revealed the fact tl
ae lungs had been entirely consumed.
The eosmy became dooile after tho lest
hey were taught at Secessionvillc, and we w
ot needed on the picket lino, so we were
ered, to Fort Johnson, in quest of more heal
il quarters ; and the move was quite an i
rovemont. We again rejoiced in tho sea bro
nd feasted our eyes in looking at tho city
harleston. Fort Moultrie, Fort Surapter, I
lockade vessels, all in full view. The men
)iced in sea bathing, and amused theinsel
atching fish, llut, just as an occasional ve>
rould slip in and out of Charleston harbor,
pile of tho vigilance of tho enemy, so an oc
ional case of country fever would put in its
>CH*1 ituvv, 111 oj.nv VI niuonjT, ?|uiiiuii; mm uci
unitary arrangements. William Perry,
ricml and playmate of my School-boy days c
racted country ferer and died!
Soldiers do not endure confinement well. Tl
oon grow restless, and arc always ready
change crcn when it is for the worst. So wl
rere ordered to Virginia, the men left I
sland with demonstration of joy.
Vint.
?
Op Interest to You no Men.?A g
Ionian who has had largo cxpericoco
tusiness matters, and whoso advic6 is un
ought in connection with the inanngem
if business enterprises, made somo rcuiai
ecently, which are rather startling. '!
;reat trouble is. now a days, to lind
nan. It is almost impossible to find yoi
aea who have qualities to inspire basic
lonfidenca, and insure business siicc<
rhcro are lots of yo"ng men, but they hlot
the fidolity and industry to comma
iucccss by deserving it. They nil w
>romotion ,aod nil waut their salaries lais
>nt their main thought seems to be to
brough tho working hours of the day
lasily as possible, and get away, put r n li
Ircsj suits, and havo a good limo in
ivoning. Now that is not the way to i
relop into business uion. It o.inuot be d
is long as the height of ambition seems to
oseo how littlo work they can do during
lay and how much so-oallod 'fun' they c
lave at clubs, dances and parties at nig
? Springfield Union.
Haii. Htohm.? There was n heavy hail M<
it Teller in the afternoon of Ihe 21st., folio
>y & drenching rain. The hail fell several r
lies, but did no harm exoept to wheat.
tfinety-Six and tlokesbury also there wai
lharp hail atorm. The effect was felt here
% perceptible lowering of the temperature. '
immediate neighborhood was Ihrciteue 1 \
a thunder etorin all day, but no rain fel
Greenville Newt.
th- INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN THE STATE OF
ain MISSISSIPPI,
mil Washington, April 17.?Gen. Stephen D.
us. Lee, president of the Agricultural and Metn?
ehanical College of Mississippi, has been in the
ere city a few days. Vour correspondent, knowgro
ing that Mississippi has taken the lead among
:ifi- the Southern States in an organized movement
the of redemption from the cotton specialty?the
all fetich of t lie one-crop idea?and that Gen.
Che Leo, as the head of the machinery of that
iod movement, would be eminently qualified to
er- speak of its achievements and its prospects,
ost called on him at tho Cbbitl House. Gen. Leo
the wa8 enthusiastic over tho outlook for his adop*
us ted State, and readily responded to all inter,
ui- rogatories. The following is a verbatim report
var of his remarks :
od. revolution is going on in Mississippi in
inP diversifying her industries, especially in the
icd iin0 of agriculture. Heretofore, and even
now, the farming interests are mainly in the
try raising of cotton and corn, which have restricon
ted her peoplo to the incubus of the one crop
on ?leading to soil exhaustion and money receipts
;he mainly at one season of the year. Many in.
lid telligent citizens, however, have long since
on abandoned cotton, and it is now known that
ou Mississippi is soon destined to be one of the
jes leading States in stock aud dairy farming.
These gentlemen have demonstrated that the
lc3 nativo grasses, such as Ucrmuda, Japan clover.
a(j Johnson grass, crab gr<vss and oilier kinds,
mo supplemented with the varieties of sorghum?
30 or, as known in its deteriorated shape?chicken
t0 corn, afford as great a variety of food for stock,
ro and of a permanent character, as is given in
ry any State. It is known, too, that cotton seed
1,1 is the most valuable food for cattle, and cotniQ
bincd with the grasses affords better and
>m cheaper food than can be had anywhere else.
0. It is a fact that cattle in Mississippi have not
i? t been fed until of late years. They mado their
cr own living on tho comtnous, subsisting on such
in gross and food as tho country afforded, even in
it winter. It is true they usually got poor during
ith the three months of December, January and
February ; but in the remaining nine months
jJc they had ample food in grazing, the grass nfI
fording good grazing from about March 1 (at
t which time corn is planted) to December 1"). In
jy other words, stock is handled readily thronghout
tho vcar bv feodinir ihom nnlv i?? nr>,l o
tin * ' ? ' * "
et half or three mouths, vrith which slight attcntion
tlicy aro kept iu good tlx. Is it strange
eQ then, that Mississippi is a stock State, when at
on the North feeding is necessary for four or six
months ? Ensilage also is easily prepared and
^ successfully fed to stock in Mississippi. Among
the gentlemen who have led off iu this important
industry may be ineniionel, Col. W. 11j'
Montgomery, of Starkvdlle, who has a lionl of
^ 10 ovey-*wo UusSjlred registered Jersey cow*. Iu
the same section, or northeast portion of the
lin" State, may be mentioned Col. II. M uldrow, as,0
sistant secretary of the interior, John Alien,
SC3 Mi O. Winston Garth, Mr. Abbott, Judge
Houston, Mat Mahorner and others. Col.
,n White; of Hernando, Col. Hemmingway, Mr
0. Denoal, of Jackson, and Col. Stuart, on the
Gulf coast. In fact there is no portion of the
State that is not suitable for stock of somo
ion
kind.
ere
or. "Along the coast or southern tiers of cnunth
t,es *outh of Meridian and the Vicksburg
im. Railroad sheep are raise 1 with great ease, and
eie the recent Mississippi exhibit gotten up by Maj.
of S. A. Jones (interior department) demonstrated
(ho tliixt Mississippi had as fine wool as could be
re- found in the United States. Market gardening
ves '8 successfully carried on throughout tho Slate,
:sel ftn'l l'10 railroads are now furnishing refrigerajn
tor cars for sending vegetables and fruits to St.
ca- Louis, Chicago and other cities. Around
ap- Madison Station are many hundreds of ncres
tor of strawberries, and Dr. II. E. McKay, from
the his KrCf*t success in handling and shipping this
on- fruit, is known as the "Strawberry King."
South of Jackson and along the Illinois Central
XCy Railroad is a great vegetable and fruit region.
for Large shipments of peaches, tomatoes, cabbage.*,
beans, &c., are tnade every year. Tho lumber
the husincs of Mississippi is very great. The
State as yet has almost an inexhaustible supply
of as good timber as is found iu the world, and
these valuable forests are iiw being bought up
CD- ^y lumber men. The extensive buildings for
the Cotton Centennial Exposition of New
ia Orleans were made of Mississippi pine. The
ir?h i! ?.1-- a.i. .
nmocr exiiiuiv wi iiib .n?c ai I lie exposition
cnfc attracted great attention, fA great impetus has
rks been given to diversifying the industries of
Pho *',e ^ l',e establishment six years ago of
tho t,^ie A8ricuUurttl a"^ Mechanical College of
Mississippi at Stockville. This i nstitutian IF*
lnS genuine agricultural collego; and is oonducted
less by an able board of trustees and faculty loy al
sss to the agricultural interests of the State. It
ivc bas had an average annual attendance of 800
n(j students. During the present session 415
. studen's have attended and over 800 were reant
fused for lack of accommodations. The college
lC' ' was localod on a farm of 1,700 acres of land,
much of it made poor by Continuous cultivate
tion of cotton and corn. In a few years the
icir farm has been brougiit up to a high state of
t|,0 cultivation, demonstrating that improved
methods ami a diversity of crops are peculiarly
adapted to tho South. Hy introducing the
t)UC stock feature the poorest lands afford ample
' 'JC and good grazing for more than nino months
tha i.. .... ?I .i? i?* i?i ?
?? IU ?uv I, ??l?* IIIU tICBb IMUU9 mo KITillK 1
Mil munerntivo return* in the different crops
ht.' planted. The college is building up a tinegrade
herd of tlio different breeds; has now
forty-five head of pure-bred cattle, ilolstein,
Devon, Galloway, llubfar), Jersey, &c., 150
or,u grades, 100 common cows, &c., over three
hundred head in all. Last June a creamery
nin- Hn,i dairy was established, worked entirely
At by students. A I>e Leval separator suocess,
s n was procured. The experiment is a great
,n and now, in less tlnu a year since its es'''i*
lablisliincitt, (it was the first,t there arc going
up twenty rreamericu in different portions of
' ? the State -at Meridian, Aberdeen, .Macon, Kdwards
Depot and other points. It bas been
|
f
elcarly dcmonstiated that tho bugbear of "climatic
conditious" does not exist and that the
"dairy belt" has disappeared ; that a successful
creamery can bo run in Mississippi as well
as in Iowa cr Michigan or Illinois. Last July
and August, immediately after starting, 175
pounds of butter were shipped daily to New
Orleans, Mobile, Vicksbnrg, Memphis, &c.,
and the co'kge has never been able to supply
one-fifth of the demand made on it for butter.
By June tho milk of over <>00 cows will be
handled at the collego creamery. Tho butter
is put on the market fresh, and commands a
better price than "Elgin, 111., butter." These
creameries can bo put up in Mississippi at an
expense of from $1,200 to ?2,000. Smaller
rtrpnmot'inu awA ? ?4 4 ' *
? .vo utv Iiun ul'lii^ pub up Ub less C081
and for individual uso, as separators are being
offered at reduced pricos or lower than the Do
Leval. It is seen, then, that a creamery put
up at the college has introduced a new industry
in the State, llcsides the stock feature, so
successfully aud officially demonstrated, the
college is also cultivating large orchards of
fruit. Over 5,000 fruit trees are coming on;
twenty acres of strawberries aud other fruits,
large and small, vegetables, &c. The college
is liberally supported by the State, receiving
from $50,000 to $40,000 a year. It cannot accommodate
all the students desiring to attend.
The commencement occasions bavo usually
from 11,000 to .1,000 visitors fiom all portions
of the State. It is doing a grand work, and
has demonstrated that Mississippi can be made
as great a success as a cattle and fruit State as
a cotton State ; that food for cattle grazing and
winter food is ohca{fbr than elsewhere; that the
lands that were considered worn out are splendid
grazing lands. Fields that have not been
cultivated for years arc now being iuc'oscd by
wire fencing and herds of cattle put on them.
Tbo ordinary Indian corn, cow poa, sorghum,
cane, &c., are being utilized for ensilage und
teed. Tho ordinary or native grasses nre
equal to any other when cut and handled properly,
and it is entirely unnecessary to introduce
foreign grosses. In fact, tho native grosses
are the best and afford a greater variety. Tho
people of Mississippi aro now awakening to
the fact that if they will just look beyond a
"cotton row" they have a State which will pro
duco nctt only what they have always grown,
but almost everything else, and her capacity
for diversified agriculture and industries is inexhaustible."
Qen. Stephen D. I. e is a till, soldierly, liaudlorno
man about fifty years old. Trained to
military life and having given to that profession
the earlier years of l/s manhood, he has,
since 18Co, devoted himself to the peaceful arts
of agriculture. Before ho was called to the
presidency of this college, four or five years
ago, Gen. Lee was a firm believer in tho mournful
old fallacy that a Southern farmer could
raise nothing but cotton with profit, lie had
seen the lands gradually exhausted under this
murderous policy aid thmfarniers living from
hand to mouth, never advancing or accumulating,
always at the disheartening dead level of
stagnation and dependence ; yet he dwelt in an
atmosphere of fealty to this system, and had
ma# in 1? ia nvnaKinnn* 1^ An,..l U IT -
4V? fu * ?U v*[/vitvuve IIVUI u IV ?|UCOIlUilUU. IXC
was among thoso, however, who first began to
impeach its integrity and to discuss its overthrown.
The establishment of the Mississippi
Agricultural and Mechanical Collego was the
practical result of this movement. It has been
in existence only a few years, but in that brief
period it has shown Mississipians that their
State is blessed with boundless resources ; that
if offers rich rewards to every form of agricultural
industry, and rejoices in a climate of unsurpassed
hcalthfulness. The collego farm has
demonstrated the capacity of the State for gardening,
fruit growiug; stock raising, dairy farming.
The college is turning out every year
hundreds of intelligent young men, trained in
all tho details of diversified agriculture. Gen.
Lee has every right to be proud of the gtoat
work he is conducting, and hopeful of the result,
not only for Mississipppi. but for the entire
Southwest.? Ntio York Star.
A Cowaudi.y Lynching.?Anthony,
Kansas, April 10.?About two months ago
a light occorred in the village ol Danville,
near this place, between two brothers named
Weaver on one side, and a man named
Add on the othor. The latter was fatally
woundod; and the Weaver boys wore arrestod
and hurried away to avoid the mob.
Last wock they woro returned for t?ial,
but the oases were continued for the term,
with bail fixed at 810.000 each. At 1
o'clock this morning a mob of forty artned
men surrounded the residence cf tho Sheriff,
where tho prisoners were under guard,
in this city. The guard, hearing them,
rushed tho prisoners out tho back door aud
into tho basouient of n new building. The
Sheriff was taken prisoner by the mob and
guarded. The deputies finding it useless
to resist surrendered. Tho Woavcr brothers
defended themselves in their strusrelo
for lifo with ft revolver whioli they hail taken
from ono of the deputies. They wcro finally
overpowered by the mob and disarinod.
Ropes were placed about their necks and
preparations tnado to hang thorn to the
rafters, but iho trample of approaching feet
scared the mob; so they fired fifteen to twenty
shots iqto each man. literally shooting
thorn to pieces and, mounting their horses,
rode rapidly away. The mother of the boys
and tho wife of one of them witucssed tho
entire tragedy.
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Fatr or tiikrk Litilk Boys.?Quincy, 111.,
April 21.?Three little (Jerinnn hoys disappeared
on September 4 of last year, ami it was supposed
they had been kidnapped. Yesterday a sand
hauler, loading his wagon a*, the bank of livor,
discovered lheir remains in an excavation he
| had made. Tt it evident that the boys had dug
a cave in the bank in play, and that the sand
I had caved upon and smothered them
How Columbus Found America.?
The following storj comes from a school in
tho Midlands. Tho master told the boys
of the third'class to write a short essay on
Clumhufi. Tho following was seut up by
an ambitious essayist :
Cluinbus was a man who could mako
an egg stand on end without breaking it.
The lviug of Spain said to Clumbua :
'Can you discover America V
'Yes/ said Clutnbus' 'if you will give mo
a ship.'
'So ho had a ship, and sailed over tho
sea in the direction where bo thought
America ought to bo found. Tho sailors
quarreled, and said they believed thcro
was no such place. But, after mauy days,
the pilot came to him and said :
.Clumbus, I seo land.'
'Then that is America,' said Clumbus.
'When iho ship got near, the laud was
full of black men. Clumbus said :
'Is this America ?'
Yes, it is.' said they.. Then Cluuibus
said :
'I suppose you arc the Niggers?
'Yes,' they said, *we arc.' The Chief
said I suppose you are Clumbus ?
'You are right,' said ho.
Then tho Chief turned to his men and
said :
'There is no help for it; \ro are discovered
at last.'?London Standard.
Affectionate to IIis Wife:?'Yes,
said Gigglcsnicker. as he passed tho dough4?
.k- t 1? -T i:i? ?- -
uuio iu tuu uuw unurucrj "j. iiku id sue a
man affoctionato to his wife; but men havo
different ways of showing their affection.
Now there's Briggs. lie always puts his
arm around his wife when ho goes to work
in tho ui rning. kisses her good-bye. and
leaves her to bring up tho coal. I tried it
once, but I found my wife had rather liavo
mo show my affectiou by shoveling off the
walk and putting up her clothes-line, than
by kissing her good-byo. Young man,' aud
Gigglcsnieker put on his serious, fatherly
loo*. if you want to show your affectiou
for your wife, just do it in that way which
'11 take a little work off from her shoulders.'
After tea Jjr. Gigglesnickcr wont down
to the drug store, and Mrs. Gigglesnickcr
went to the shed aud split tho morning
kindlingwood.
'Ah, Farmer Robinson, said his city
guest, -how quietly you live, out here in tho
couutry ; you are not disturbed by society
quarrels, or political excitement, or lnbor
troubles, but all is SO comfortable and ideas
ant.'
Ye?. Mis*, I s'poso it looks so to you ;
but there's the hottest society quarrel over
who's going to sing alto in the choir next
year, an' then there's politics; Ben Johnsou
swears I shan't be Selectman again ;
and as for labcr troubles, my hired man
struck yesterday because I wanted him to
milk the cows beforo breakfast. Oh. you
see, we have our little season of enjoyment
as well as you city folks '
iiM'i.i ir.u urw.r.?.w a certain uatue 01 Uic
late war, a Federal Chaplain happened to get
into the vicinity of a battery of artillery which
was hotly engaged. The Confederate shells
were ploughing furrows about the guns, and
t ie cannoneers were grimly and actively at
work to answer shot for shot. The Chaplain
addressed himself to a Sergeant, who was very
efficient, but at the same time rather ptofane,
in the following words :
'My friend, if you go on this way, can you Ms
expect the support of Divino Providence ?'
Ain't cxpectin' it, said the Sergeant. 'The
Ninth New Jersey has been ordered to support
this battery.? Southrrn Jiioonae.
Tun Sr. John's Bvk.? Jacksonville, Kla. *
April 21.?The recent high winds on the Floriida
coast have worked a change in the channel
between the jettie of the St. John's llivcr,
Tue current has cut out the sand, au<l tiie
steamer Monticrllo, drawing twelve feet of
wafer, passed through lite channel yesterday
on hour before high water. This is the
first vessel of any size that over passed ever the
bsr in that channel.
Capt. lluriihnm, the oldest lighthouse keeper
on the const, died at Cape Canaveral on the
kOth.
Within Foubtrkn Milks.?The Greenville
and Laurens railroad track is now within four"
teen miles of the city. An extra force of hands
was put on Monday and the work is being pushed
faster than ever before. It is now certain
that tlio first locomotive will run in here, barM
_ , . _
riup ncoKicnis, somo mac in j?uc. ? Urtenville
St in.
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'The cockroaches in this house are romarkably
versatile,' said nn actor at a hotel
table, picking up a biscuit. -I notice that
they appear in different rolls every morn- ;3
iug.'? Wnxhinqton Critic.
Djcatii ok Col.. 11. /.. Ukrxdox.?Hodges,
April 21.? Col. U. Z. lleriiiion died suddenly 1^,. J
nl Ins home in Cokesbury this morning, at halfpast
3 o'clock of congestion of the brain.