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VOL. XVII.?New Series. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA,. MA.Y, 14, 1886. NUMBER 19.
ICKMIBUBNOBS
or TUB
MACBETH LIGHT ARTILLERY.
BT ONK OF THEM.
No. 3.
After the spirited assault on our works at Secessionville,
the Federal soldiors ou James
Island were more like lambs and less like lions.
They were neither as demonstrative along the
picket line nor so musical in camp. Their bands
no longer discoursed Yankee doodle to tease, or
Dixie to please us. Indeed, they were so passive
that our government concluded to withdraw
some of our troops from the Island. It
was, especially, decided that this could now
be safely done, since it was quite apparent that
the fight at Seoessionville had been made more
for the purposo of screening some plan of Gen.
McClellan than with any solid hope of carrying
our works. So Qen. Evans' brigade to whioh
the Macbeth had been attaohed, was ordered to
VI..!.:. ? T ' >
AVfvrAV wv uiutiaiuuu| I ugiUtO< UOUi JUOO UAU
already anticipated the move of den. McClellan,
"took the initiative and struck the first
blow." And it waa well known to the troops
on the Island that Gen. McClellan's army had
boon badly cut to pieces, hurled back on the
James River and was now cowering under tho
protection of their gun-boats. The wise men
of the camp began to guess at Gen. Lee's pur*
pose ia ro-cnforoing his victorious army, before
the prostrate form his of antagonist showed any
sign of recuperative strength.
We reached Richland only to be hurried cn to :
join Gen. Lee's army, then in camp near Malvern's
llill. Confederate soldiers had great
fears of gun-boats, and we were a little apprehensive,
less Gen. Lee designed thriving Gen.
Clellan's army further South, in spile of his
gun-boats.
The oartel for exohauge of prisoners had been
effected, and in a day or two after we went into
our first Virginia camp and the Federal and
the Confederate prisoners began to pass by, returning
to renew their allegiances to their respective
governments. I looked into the faces
of our many thousand returning prisoners and
did not see one whom 1 recognized. One of
them said, in passing, "boys if you had our experience
you would never surrender." They
looked dirty, and hagard, and bore other
marks of a hard prison life. Late one evening,
just after the last ^exchanged prisoner had
passed by, Gen. Lee's army was drawn up in
line of battle, and as we, with the long column
Of soldiers to the right and loft of our position
in lb* road, moved forward towards tho cno- ,
mic'B stropg-hold, I tm impressed with the j
a?*>?^ to t? fought <
that would deoide for all tlmt tho foto of tho ' ]
United SUUes and the Confederaoy. Qen. Lee ]
had harried troops from the South and made * j
demonstration towards. the Federal line, to <
throw Qen. MoOlellan and* his government off i
their guard, llow'fcell he suooeeded, was at- i
tested by the events that immediately followed \
eaoh other in rapid suooession. Qen. Leo had <
thoroughly analysed Gen. MoClellen's charao- i
tor, and seeing how well developed his bump of t
caution was, conoluded that the Washington |
Government would havo to nurse him a long \
time before he would be sufficiently eonvales- j
oent to take the offensive again. Gen. Lee i
oould not sit down and wait for Ueu. MoClellan
to becomo beligerent, while his own army was ,
wasting away before tho insidious attack of the ]
malarious fever. Necessity with him, was the i
mother of a grand concoption. The plan he \
adopted to relieve Richmond from the attack of i
a strong menacing amy and at the same time i
protect his men against the malaria of the Chioahominy
swamps, was eclipsed in boldness only i
by the daring of its execution. It was, perhaps,
the next morning after Gen. Lee had threatened i
Gen. MoClellan's position, that we moved i
toward Richmond, and in the afternoon of the !
same day found ourselves north of Richmond,
marching towards Washington and in the di
rection that Jackson had gone the previous
week. We were moving on as ignorantly of
Lee's objective point us the heathen is of the i
attributes of his God. But what of that. His i
men idolized him and were willing to follow
blindly where he led.
Lee left one or more divisions below Riohmond
ho scare off the timid McCleltan while be was
making u bold dash towards Washington. 1
What a grand opportunity that was for MoClellan
! Had he seized and pursued it with
vigor, he might have speedily crushed the rebellion,
immortalized himself, kept Gen. Grant
out of history and died himself an ex-l'resident
of the United States of Ainerioa. A Lee or a
Stjnewall would have ooveted no better obanco
to have marched, into the Federal Capital. But
Lee's bold stratagem and the celerity of his
moves put the Federal geuorals at sea, all was in
eonfusion. Our march was oontinued north
wora until wc readied Uordonsville; where we
blvouaoed for a few days, taking breath and
making preparations for that memorable campaign
that terminated at the second Manassas
in Pope's defeat and humiliation. Qen. Jackson
had already fought the battle of Cedar llun,
worsted his enemy and, as adeee;,as well
as to present overwhelming numbers from being
oonoentrated on his flanks, fell book to
Qordansrille to await the arrival and eo-operaMon
of Oen. Longstreet.
Our soldiers now began to hear, for the first
time, of one tien. Pope and his braggadocio
speeches. It begat such an antipathy for him,
that even private soldiers were anxious for an '
ooeasfon when they might give expression to
their feelings in battle. Oen. Lee's plan was
to press forwerif rapidly, get Pops in a ooil and
crash him bsfors McCletlan ooull re-lnforee
him from the Psninsula. The sueoets depended
?n quick and rapid moves. 80 impressed
was Oen. Leo with this fact that ho loft Oordaasville
with an imperfect oessmioeariat if the j
, eg tMii Msonot or mtene oooeumed by Ui Mm*
beth durtag the ton deye that followed to m any
criterion by wbioh U oould be judged. Geo.
coon Pord and Jackson higher up. The two
commands came together at the confluonoe of
the two roads they were traveling, on the top
of the hill just beyond the Raccoon Ford. Thero
the road diverged a little north of parallel to
the Rapidan and ran towards the Rappahannock
River. Jackson and Longstroet's men
marched along this route in parralled columns.
When the Macbeth reached the junotion of the
roads on lop of the hill, the scene was grand and
imposing beyond de Oription. The country was
open and comparatively level for somo distance,
and as far as tho eyes could reach was a
mighty river of moving men. Longstreet in
the road and Jackson in the field to the left; the
two commands hurrying on in tho spirit of rivalry
to overtake Oen. Fope before he could
escape to the north sido of the Rappahannock
At the forks of tho road some miles south of
the river, Jackson n'.cd up tho left road leading
to Beverly Ford and Longstreet down the
right to Kelly's Ford. The impression that we
were ncaring tho enemy was now quite general
among the soldiers, and stimulated with the
A* I 4*1- il * -
i*tvot>cvb vi uumc, me/ movcu lorward with
quickening steps. It was, therefore, a matter
of some surprise when wo were suddenly halted
long before dark and ordercl into camp
for the night.
The next morning, as wo were marching out
of camp, a man in a full suit of Confederate gray
was arrested just across the road from us, in
Col. Qadberry's regiment, as a spy. Not knowing
the, particulars that led to his arrest, it
was easy enough to imagined that lie might
have fared better had ho couin into Longstrcot's
camp strictly in the uniform of Longstrect's
men. At that time a soldier in rags might
hare passed through Leo's army easy enough
while one in good apparel would bo the "observed
of all bserrcrs" and a target for witijism,
criticism and suspicion. Aught I know
his good olothes may have led to his arrest,
lie was marched up to head-quarters at a house
in the bend of the road, tried by a drum-head
sourt-marshal, condemned, and sentenced to be
hung. The executioner, a Confederate soldier,
was not long in adjusting one end of a rope
iround his neck and the other over the limb of
i tree in front of the house. Just as he was
ibout to be executed the lady of the house begged
not to hang him at her gate, and her rcnonstranco
added five or ten minutes more
>f time to his life. I looked him well in the
'ace, as he was carried back just in rear of
>ur battery and executed. He seemed to reilize
that his mission was at au end, and I noiced
him shut his eyes and shudder, lie was
t splendid looking specimen of humanity and
ke exhibited at least one noble trait of characpr,
*9,4 i,t was fa lad?y ef some refinement:
Rather than his family should anfferTTecau se of
lis ignominious death, he rafused to give his
lame. He had gone out like Andre the British
ipy of revolutionary fame, on a perriloue misilon
for his country, and like Andre when the
neritable overtook him met his fate heroioally,
sent down with his colors flying, bat unlike Anire
in thet hie name will never appear in history
The exeoutioner proposed an exchange of rainent,*and
taking the aitence of the spy for oon1-/?
I-1 " - '
,Vu? i?iu >us |imo nuiinuK mo ueau man s
soots before bo was cold la his grave, rcjoioing
in the luck that made him tho fecipient of a
seeded article of personal comfort.
A man quickly arrested, tried, condemned and
executed is an episode iu war that excites
more interest and impresses more soldiers than
the dead and wounded on a thousand battlefields.
It was common talk that morning that
a bogus dispatch, brought by him from Jackion
to Longstreet, occasioned the sudden halt of
the previous ovening. We had now reachod
the river and found Pope in a strong position on
the north side. The original plan of foroing a
crossing at Kelley's Ford was abandoned as
impracticable, and we marched towards Brandy
Station, along a road running almost parallel
with the Rappahanock. We passed through
Stevensburg alter night and crossed a stream
on what seem to be a bridge under water. It
was very dark and impossible to take in our
surroundings. I was impressed with the idea
that tho slightest deflection to the right or
left would carry me into water of a great depth.
I felt more comfortable when wo moved out of
that stream and went into camp on top of the
hill just beyond. The enemy tired an occasional
shell at us during the day, but they exploded
short of their mark and did us no more
harm than excite our nervos a littlo.
Tho next morning we oontinued our march
up the river. We passed through Braudy Station
and marched down near to Beverly Ford,
where an artillery combat was already in pro
groas. j,earing me roaa to our tell, we passed
up through a yard and halted to the right or a
residence, some three hundred yards in rear of
a battery of the Washington Light Artillery,
then engaged in a spirited artillery duel
with a Federal battery across the
river. Many of the shot fired by the enemy
passed over the battery they were fighting
and went richocheling by us. We had been
watching this interesting duel but a few
minutes, when we were ordered to take a position
on the crost of a commanding hill, some
quarter of a mile or more to our right, and
engage a Federal battery that was annoyir
our infantry stretched along the hill-side in
expored position. The charge of the -Mar
through that open field and up to our p
on top of the hill, no doubt excited ' 0,'t
miration of some and the pity of othnr 'll?
Just before reaching the poeitior
we had been ordered, a line of 1 t0
breastworks confronted us. Thf somi-oirci
words the setting of the sun an ' curT0 WM
tion from which wo were apy d in the di
dirt was fresh end had ovld .roaching it.
grownup by the enemy I eut1y been reee:
attack from (leu. Lee. n anticipation of
from the crest of U>e ' At an equal diet*
towards the rising o' uill, on the opposite
dine with its ourve f the sun, was a tin
reotlon of the eat toward* the river in (he
up by the tr ?J- It may have been (hi
* " ??*y, fc*l fbr what pnrpo<
could not disern; for it was constructed in an- i
ticipation of an attack from towards Washington.
It could not have been thrown up In anticipation
of Jacksou's move to the rear of the
enemy. That would be to accredit Gen. l*ope
with more prophetic ken than ho ever possessed,
as Jackson said, demonstrated in more
ways than one. Pope would not have thrown
it up for the protection of Confederate soldiers
It did protect our infantry that hugged the
ground while wo were there as closely as if
they had grown there. Perhaps it was thrown
up by Gen. Joe Johnson's troops, when ho retreated
from Manassas and went to tho
Pcnensula below Richmond. This is the only
reasonable explanation that suggests itself to
my mind. The works on the west side of tho
hill as wo approached it, was on higher ground
than that which our guns would have oocupicd
had we halted there. And the cncmios position
was on still lower ground. It would have bccu
necessary to have fired our guns at an elevation
of forty-five degrees in order to have cleared
the summit of the hill, and any depression sufficient
to have trained them on the enemy,
would have been obstructed by tho breastworks.
Capt. Boyce, who was a little in advance of tho
company, took in tho situation at a glance.
He saw that the battery must occupy the space
between the two lines in order to engngo the
enemy. Leaping the brestworks ho ordered
the pieces to pass in through an opening towards
the north.
The first section, under Lieut. B. A. Jeter
passed in and took position on tho right, tho
second crowded in on the first, and then came <
the third under Lieut. S. W. Porter, and there '
was acomplcto jam. Here were six guns and as <
I >U UVtll|7 11 SjlUCB IIUl '
more than sufficient for the successful manning I
of two guns. And in addition to our battery,
a large number of infantry lying on the ground, <
and very mnch in our way. They seemed to '
prefer being trampled to death by our excited I
horses and crushed by the wheels of our pieces, I
rather than expose themselves for a moment to '
the deadly /ire of the enemy. The men of the ;
first section unlirabered, but were not able to 1
man their guns for the want of room. i
The enemy saw the trap into which our.reck- 1
lessncss and inexperience were impelling us
and reserved their tire, in joyful anticipation of '
our destruction. They opened on us from two, i
some said four-, batteries a rapid and murderous 1
fire, and with remarkable accuracy of practice. 1
Two minutes would cover every moment we
were there. And in that breath of time, Lieut.
William Munro was severely wounded, being
shot through both hands and both thics, five of
the mcu slightly, and three mortally wounded,.
["JUT*?. Wiled righttenjor JifiueaI
slightly, our guns and ealsson C vrh-jOa carrlou
from the hill numerous evidences of the severity
of the enemy's fire. Seeing thai we were under
a murderous fire and in no oondilion to return
it, Capt. Boyce ordered the battery to retire;
and leaping the breast works ho went out as lie
had gone in.
I Am nnitn bum iKn* \laaKa<U -
quite as good time in getting away from gravo- ;
yard bill?for such was its name?as thoy did
in going there. The only deficiency in the
enemy's practice resulted from the cutting of
their fuse; an error they would have corrected 1
if we had given them time. Had their fuse 1
been one-half of a second shorter, the damage,
great as it was to the battery, would have been
much more disastrous. Owing to the small
J area we had to occupy, my section was thrown
on the left and next to the battery that did the
execution. I sat on my horse to the left of my
left gun and there was not as much as a bush
to obstruct the view?tho bullets and the dazzling
rays of the sun as it was reflected fron
their burnished guns. The shells passod over
my head and exploded just to my right abovo.
but so close to the heads of the men that x
noticed them cringe at each explosion, as jf
they were affected by the concussion. AJ kUv
of the balls from the spherical case ' jhellr,
passed into the ground beyond tho * jtrer.ie
right of tho battery. Had the fuse ' t>een cut
one half of a second shorter, the she ,jj3
... .. 1 <1
, ... on bail from
them would have been poured i-V thft uiW<t of R
crowded mass of horses ar id mcn WilUam
MeNeace was the lead driT , in
-_L , /er of my left gun.
When the enemy opened h'" . ,, r
' 1 ,s terrible fire on us,
MoNeace sprang to the i , , . .
f . ' ground, and burying
himself as belt ho could i ? ? litt? ??h lh,
ground,looked up end ?c,?clli saiJ ,,Li??
tenant, jump down or . . .? ,,
. J . , you will be killed.'
It was so quick over . , . .
, . 1 that 1 had no time to re
alue the impending , , ., , ,
, r danger, and therefore real
used no emotions </ .. , ... t , .
, . t fear until I was safe be
yond the euemy'r . ... . .
, * j guns. 1 did not hear th
order to retire. , . . , . .. x.
. * and do not know how MoNeac
and James Jot . . . . .
iiison managed to get out of sue!
olose quarter ? , . . . ,
M i so well, so quick and in perfec
i j horse was always a foci about tli
^ of an engine and the booming c
cannonr . ... , . . .
, but on that occasion hejwus quiet, n
horse? usually faro under fire; but when th
... kA.nn (a mAvo ha tiara mo nntnnnntrai
Ible *rjr UOfe"" *" ? e>^
. I dismounted and led him across an ope
eld for half n mile, before 1 passed out of it
range of tbe Federal guns.
I passed Lieut. Munro's horse at the botto
8 of the bill. He followed the botterj aero
an the little branch und fell as he started up t]
second bill. A little further on I passed Jam
i?B Jolly's saddle horse. Tho noble animal nidi
ad- |Q getting the gun almost out of danger befo
be fell. Here 1 mounted my horse, and pa
dob sing over the hill into a piece of woods foui
tier the battery. The men were nil seated on t
to- ground looking serious, discouraged and d
rco- moralized. I now began to realize tbe unne
The essary danger to whioh we had been expoi
ntly and shared with the men the bitterness of c
' an baptismal experience of the actual meaning
race war. We imagined thatjust what that fight v
side all others would be.
liar Had Capt. Boyoe given the placo a persoi
dl- inspection before attempting to execute tho
own der, the hazardous experiment would ne
e I kava been made, lives would Wvl been sat
and tho mornlc of the company better for the
next fight. But he ?as inexperienced, ambitious
and reckless, and thought soldiers were
machines nnd orders were given to be obeyed.
It was afterwards said that one of the batteries
of Washington Light Artillery was ordorcd
there, but had too much cxpcricnoo to attempt
to occupy a position that was not tenable.
In our inexperience we attempted to obey the
orders. Whether Capt. Boyce or Gen. Evans
was to blame for the blunder I do not know.
Immediately folloving this was an indiscretion
for which Capt. Bojrce was inexcusable: Five
horses out of six to one caisson had been killed
and tho other left mortally wounded. Sergeants
C. T. Scaife and Jvmes Bunch, with four or
live men, were ordered back to bring the horse
away and roll the caisson down the hill by
hand, thus subjecting them and the infantry
to another severe Safe Whilo we were drilling
nt the race course, two of our horses made
more use of their heels than was safe for tho
men, and Lieut. Jeter expressed the wish that
both might be killed in the first battle. That
was the first, and both were killed. At tho
same time they were killed, John Crow, I believe
it was, had the horrible experience of
seeing his horse shot from under him. The
Bhell passed through his saddle horse and exploded
inside of liia off wheel linr.sa.
Fortunately for the morale of the Macbeth
ere were ordered to join two batteries that
wore passing by, to take positions in a piece of
woods to the right of Graveyard Ilill and open
du the same batteries. .Shot and shell in the
rery midst of them were the first notice'that
they had of our hostilo intentions. We sueseeded
in moving tbcm just abovit as quick as
lliey moved us from Graveyard Ilill. Gen.
Longstreet says, iu reference to this last action,
ihat the enemy were worsted, and out of spite
set fire to some farm houses. I was of the impression
that the houses referred to were fired
by our shells, and that impression still remains.
It was now dusk and the eocmy beyond
the range of our guns, so we return id to
the house whore we left the road in the morn.;Qg
>...1 A M19 A 1 ?... C. It. _ l_A U'? r.wl
??>* pui&uu uui j^uua lur iiiu uigui* ?i v icu
our hungry horses thai night freely nml extravagantly
on hay ^pd wheat that hud been cut
?ud left in thf 5 jr/^^ULS. The .next raoraing,
as we mov<?<J^^^Ramp I saw some South
Harolina sol&.vA^^^Mhlanket around one of
their comrade;,| "l? previous day's
Cght, and lay bfc- P in his rude resting
place on the banj^"^^ little brook. Ifo was
tho first Confcdi tidier killed in buttle,
that I saw durir pr. That day the ivod
oral and ConfcroJ/^kldiers marched up tlx
llappshannocl^ ou? ou
y?Lying
in .Point o* Vibvt.~
Au address 5Jgjwsas Bar A ate
eiatiuii on lib the following noa
summary of tyiog
I)e Quincy, ^/XlBHn^p<^j^iqao sac
mcmorablo easavg, of tnurdoi
as a fine art. I jjowe5brilliant essayist oi
to-day can Gad in equal field for his genial
it> tho woaderf J\ eohiermeuU of the scootn
plislied liar.. ^ It must bo rauioiubered
tborc i/t a di v< vsUy in falsehood ; thai on<
lio d'ifferof ,h fvcm another Ho in skill,'it
well as it j dishonor and injury. Therq i
tho coa'.se, nal edjapokoo, untruth of tha on
e?' .ucat ,cd man , |b J knows not tha oapaoit;
\angu.nge. Tin .4 ia tho ifldireot Ha ; the un
trutlj convoy-4 by bin who so a sea Una
gu^ge, and so aids U by expression a&
gesture, that ?;gile saok separate clause, an
even the senfcfce as a whole, may nodi
some aspects m considered true, yet th
hearer roceivas only a falsehood. An
then there is yio lis pf silence; keepin
still when obl jntion requires speech. A
Sam Jones epiaramtnatioally expresses" i
''keeping still ( a horse trade is the met)
est kind of l}?ug."
General {Kennedy Ovv for CniN
- ?General D. Kcnnody took hia d
parture lnrr|>f "?*?" """ Unit
lie was acco'^HfDifd by his wifo and Iiti
_ daughter, awl Alford, hia only son, ai
? Mr. C. WilsbiV Miller. Quite a number
e relatives and: iriends were at tho depot
h bid them goM-bye. As General Kcnue
:t stepped into tho car, whioh was th
'f crowded, aod began to bid good-byo
nil. thero ?n 'lot a dry eye to be seen!
is '
e was one of ~t the ir.ost touching bcci
i- which wo h^yo ever witnessed. We i
n not attew?to portray further tho dep
' of sorrow w'hibited by all in giviug up <
distingaisttjl and noblc-hoarted friend.
M is gone, all wo trust that his voyage \
1# bo a safewye nud his future will pr
en happy ao? /prosperous to him.? Cam
id Ltno|SSt> in Kbrsiiaw. ? Cam
he May B.^wfwley Williams, a uogro
0_ about ofag&r cn years of age, was found
ied
day ena^Mhd to the limb of a tree, al
,ur five milii ielow Camden. It is repo
?f that httXm summarily dealt with on
rM count of Jrkatteoiptcd assault on an i
il 'a(^ vicinity. Tbo coroner's
roturdHftpfdict that ?! ? deceased <
ver ^>Piby haegins bj the hands of
A Remedy for IIard Times.?I noticed
an article published in the March
number of the Cultivator, under tbo head '
of '*A Common Sense View,-' it strikes i
near tbo right koy?what is the cause of |
tho hard times that we hear spoken of l
every day ? For fear that this important I
i oubject may be droppod just here, I will
1 give tho wheel another turn. This subject |
is generally brought up by tho very ones
who have caused such a decline in our
country by idling away their timo. ^God i
has said that wo shall labor six days, and
rest on the seventh. How can they rest
when they havo not worked any ? Consequently
few of them keep the Sabbath.
I was raised by a good old farmer, wbo
learned me to work as he did his own children
; and when I say work, I mean just
what I say. I did not loiter around country
stores, or other places of resort, as I see
boys and even grown men doing now, some
playing ball, cards, or indulging in other
vices that are not known to the American
people. This is one great cause of jails,
chaingangs and penitentiaries being (
crowded to-day, and it greatly helps to :
make harder, and harder the times. Let 1
II f - I- I - *
us an go 10 wors wun renewed energy, ana
also teach our children to work, which will 1
bo a blessing to them as well as to us, which '
will protect them as they grow up from the
greatest evils of the day. The poople just 1
after the late war worked tolerably woll a (
few years, but since that time a large portion
have almost quit it. I hear people
say, "I have nothing to do,"' but I have
never seen such a time as that iu my life,
neither has any man who has au honest
inclination to work. If farmers have nothing
more important to do, they can employ
themselves in ditching and terracing their
rolling lands ; also by getting up manures
of all kinds, such as loamy soils which are
collected around the back yards, barn-yards
and every other place that is producing
weeds which arc a nuisance generally.
, The farmers of our country are lotting
their good lands be covered up by the clay
from thoir upland*, which will soon causo
a solid poor country. I think I have given
J you a very poor method for preventing
? suob, but it takes work to do4it.
r * Go to work totiukenpaXTlkoja wUere
they are now poor, and create bleseinga out
of things that appear to be ouraos; quit
"buying so muoh guano and costly fertilisers
and use more that you mako at home, which
will improve permanently your soil. Bear
1 iu mind that the farmers are trying to cul:
tivato too much land. Prepare your lauds
I better, cultivate fetter, make more on less
r acreage. Divide your largo farms into
? smaller ones and cultivate well. Let us all.
* Sake a creator interest in lands and imnrovo
' I than by degrees, and t think we will not
' hear to artjusb of Jb*rd times in future. I
8 am *"Mif jjlabsecibor to. The Cultivatort yet
8 it is a welcome visiter ^ to iny home. It
8 gives the eapecimonts of good farmers, that
* | would not get pthorwiao, and all progrosf
*ve fcrmers s^ouTd rtfad-y t and profit.by
-- each other's opinions, as it is the eheapest
f* way of obtaining usefnl agricultural intori
matftb "w. Lindsay, in. Soutltern
d Cultivator. ' *
? - *
m "Compliments or Moses."?It has
d been ttfmored in different portions of the
g State, and baa been alloged by several of
ls our exchange*, that the present farmers'
t, movement U simply a tidal ware originated
a- bt Mr&&&+***>> whisb,
"Agrlnihiiiff
When we e^w^8|lwWMlHW^K^ftil
e b?<? -rrjjrAflBR^S-^K^WeSI
,a- ernor, together iHtli ?ofn\ other circuml'e
stances. the rumor seems to lid founded on
Dd fact.
We were shown sonio days ago a Cont0
gressiooal document from the Hon. G-. D,
dy Tillman , soot to ono of the delegates elecen
ted from this county to the State Convent0
lion, which on tho back contained Lht
^ followng words: "Comp. of iMoaos."
aes This, standing by itself, sioms a little
thing, but when you oonneot it with othoi
facts, which poiut to tho samo conclusion
oar it amounts to a great deal towards confirm
He fag the rumor that the movement was gol
sill ten up in the interest of some ono fc
ore Governor of tbe State, and that tho ma
dm is the Hon,Georgo D. Tillman. Wh
"frank" it with "Comp. of Moses ' unlci
it means something ? We oan only awn
(|on the result of limo to eeo whether it is
, 'significant fact or not. We predict thi
the ruuior is true and will bo proved 1
*?~ future developments.? WYnns&oro Nei
,oat and Herald.
rted . . ......
ac- Convicted ov Murder.?Augusta, G
aged May 9.?Preaton Valentine colored, w
jury to?day found guilty Of murder in the ii
)am? degree. He waa indicted for killing W
'par- liam Vales. The prisoner was ably def<
dad.
A Biiead and Meat Convention.?
To the Editor of The Ncxcs and Courier '
The Convention of Farmers which will m' Ot
it Columbia on Thursday next will havo a
r^reat many questions to consider iu connection
with the material coudition of the
State. It is not likoly that much good will
be accomplished, and in order to prevent a
great deal of unnecessary discussion wo
rospcctlully submit the following paper,
with the suggestion that it be adopted as
soon as the Convention is organized, aud
that tho Convention thereupon immediately
adjourn sine die :
Whereas, it is admitted that the farmers
of this State for several venrs lncf nnt'
_____ ? J , r???,
have failed to raise enough supplies lor
themselves and also for those not engaged
in agriculture ;
And whereas the latter classes, at great
iuconvcnienco to themselves, have been
forced to obtain their supplies from other
States ;
And whereas, this failure has not resulted
from any deficiency in the (juaulity
of land cultivated, not from a want of the
fertility of the soil, but from improper culture
and management :
And, whereas, it is very important that
a State should be self-sustaining in this respect
;
And whereas, it is believed that sufficient
oxcreised towards the farmers in this bchah.
Now it is suggested that a convention of
the non-agricultural classcs)bo called to meet
at the Capital of the Stato on the 4th day
of July next, for the purponc of taking
steps, cither by tho appointment of a receiver,
or otherwise, to turn out all those
now engaged in farming, 'from tho mountains
to the seaboard with the view of obtaining
a new set of farmers, who will
pledge themselves to raise cuough producfor
us all?agriculturists and von. agriculturists
as well. This convention shall not
be considered political in any respect, but
purely a bread and meat convention.
Farmers.
Orangeburg, S. C., April 2G, 18S0.
Tiif. Fate oe Cluvkrius Seai.ed.?
Richmond, Va., May 0.?The Supreme
Cgjjrt otj Appeals of Virginia to-day rendered
n decision in the case ot T.<r J. .duverius,
convicted in the Hustings Court
of this city of the murder, on March 13,
1885, of Fannio Lilian Madison. Too ease
is notoriously known as the reservoir mnrder
mystery. The judgment of the lower
Court is fully sustained. Eight bills of
exoeption were 61ed by the prisoner's counsel,
being elaborately discussed and sucoes
sively overruled.
The opinion was delivered by Judgo
Fauntcllry, tie Court staudiug 1 to 1 in
favor of eustaioing tlio judgment of the
lower Court. Judge Rinton dissented, b?ing
in favor of a new trial. *
Cluvcrius will surely hang, unless Executive
clemency interposes.- The time'first
fixed for his execution has long passed by. * >
Ho will have to be brought before the Hus*
tings Court for resentence.
A LyNCUINO in Viroinia.?Richmond,
,Va., May 6.?JTcster<|ay a young negro
named Diok Walker with tko daughter
of a respectable Charlotte County farmerk
10 the road near Keysvillc and attempted
to assault her. lie dre'w a kujfe and told
her if she made any noiso he would kilt
h'er. She soreamed and ao old negro man
: ratf to her asssistance. Watkcr, baffled in
; purpose, ran off. The old negro then
hastened to tho nearest telegraph station
and gave a full description of Walker,
- hHJfnd tho old negro aud was committed ,
1 to jail. T/aiTnTgrnrih^ i-anmr. muvuu- ^*
dod the jail and demanded the keys from
tho jailer. The latter refused, but was
overpowered, and Walker was taken out
and hanged to a tree.
5 German Millet.?I have two acres of
> loamy clay bottom land, third year's culti,
vation, sown in oats ; I want to plant iu
r German millet after oats nro cut iu June.
Which is bost, to sow broadcast or in drills
h and how much scod to tho acre ? What
will be best to manure it with ? Made fifty
ir bushels of corn to aero last year without
n any manure.?1*. 11. M., JIarlcm Ga.
y Answer,?Germau millet will mako a
5"s largo coarse stalk if not crowded. On tho
other hand, if sown too thick it does not do
a wall. Grilling crowds the plants aufficientat
ly to minify the-stalks and yet gives air and
)V light enough to permit healthly growth.
Cjt Half bushel of seed is enough for an acre.
As it is very rapid-growing and maturing
orop. it calls for a manure that is very quick a.,
ly available. A good ammoniated guano or
ras a well-fermented compost would arswer.
ret A mixture of eotton seod meal and acid
il- phoephate, one-third meal and two-thirds
in- phosphate, would give good results.?
SoulUtrn Cultivator.
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