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lewis m:. oitist, Proprietor, j $nbtptitbtttf Jfamilj $jttfosp]|tr: Jor fjjt Ijromotion of % political, jJocial, ^griraltnral anb Commercial Interests of ljje jSonfji. TERMS?$3.00 A TEAR, IN ADVANCE. "VOL. 23. YORKVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, JTJLY 5. 1877. * JSTO. 27. . potetg of Carolina. HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE Early Settlement of South Carolina. BT BEV. BOBEBT LATHAH. RETREAT OF GEN. GREENE AND FIGHT AT QUINSY BRIDGE. From Ninety-Six, General Greene led hie forces in the direction of Charlotte, North Carolina, as far as the cross roads, a short distance east of the site of the present town of Chester. Here he learned, with certainty, concerning the movements of Rawdon and Cruger. The former designed passing from Ninety-Six, in a direct course, to Fort Granby; the latter to Orangeburg. LieutenantColonel Lee pressed Rawdon both on his rear and flanks. From the cross roads, General Greene took the road passed over by Cornwallis, early in January of the same year. Passing through Winnsboro, General Greene then led his forces to Fort Granby. Cruger, watched closely by Gen. Pickens, was advancing towards Orangeburg. Rawdon, annoyed by Lee and not feeling safe at Fort Granby, had retired to Orangeburg before the arrival of General Greene. It is manifest that the siege of Ninety-Six had disconcerted the plans of the British, whilst the failure to capture the place had thwarted, for the moment, the purposes of the American General. Rawdon had ordered Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart, with a considerable force, to join him on the Congaree. Stewart set out from Charleston, but he had not proceeded far when the commander of the post ordered him bark. General Greene ordered General Marion to retard, as much as possible, the advance of Stewart and then to join Colonel Lee. Stewart was again ordered to join Rawdon. His advance was slow. This rendered the advance of Marion slow. The result was that both Lee and Rawdon were disappointed on arriving at Friday's Ferry. Here Lee expected to meet Sumter and Marion, and Rawdon expected to be joined by Stewart. " Rawdon reached Friday's Ferry on the Congaree on the first of July and camped. Lieutenant Colonel Lee having a perfect knowledge of the country, and knowing that Rawdon was dependant on the surrounding couniry for supplies, began promptly to make preparations to cut off all foraging parties of the enemy. Lee was on the left bank of the Congaree, whilst Rawdon was on the right. In order to gain the enemy's front, it was necessary that Lee should cross the river. This was done with dispatch, and a reconnoitering party of thirty cavalry, under Eggleston, and I a similar party under Armstrong, were sent to the southern portion of Lexington county for the purpose of striking any foraging parties Rawdon might send out ?-*Atan early hour the next morning, a foraging party, consisting of between fifty and sixty cavalry and a number of wagonB, were discovered approaching a farm house. Eggleston permitted the party to advance to within striking distance, and then dashing in upon it with spirit, captured the wagons and forty-five of the cavalry. In this affair the * Americans did not lose a single man. "" Rawdon left Friday's Ferry and advanced elowly towards Orangeburg. On the road to Orangeburg he was joined by Stewart. General Greene, who was encamped near the confluence of the Broad and Saluda rivers, when Rawdon precipitately retired from Friday's Ferry, followed by rapid marches, thus preventing Rawdon from entrenching himself. The American forces, now increased by the commands of Marion and Sumter, numbering, in all, about two thousand, encamped five miles from Orangeburg. Cruger had not yet reached Orangeburg and General Greene, for the moment, was un? l.l~ nUt nnn?o fr? nit rait A Raw. auic bu UCUIUC n uwv WMiuv vw -.WW.. . don's force, although augmented by the corps of Stewart, was inferior to that of GreeDe, but was favorably situated and protected by the buildings of the town. On account of the difficulty in crossing the Edisto, an attempt to intercept Cruger and cut him and his loyalists off before uniting with Rawdon, would be, thought Greene, attended with great risk. In view of all the circumstances, General Greene thought it prudent not to hazard an assault, but to retreat to the High Hills of the Santee. The American array remained in the vicinity of Orangeburg only a few days, but during that time the men experienced great suffering from lack of food. The supply was limited, and to most of the troops the quality was very unpalatable. For bread they had rice in limited supplies. To the Maryland and Virginia troops, who had been accustomed all their lives to bread made from wheat flnnr nr r.om meal, rice was verv unpalatable. In addition to this, the supply of rice was in-1 adequate to the demand. Fortunately, the swamps, lagoons and rivers furnished an abundance of frogs and aligators. The troops subsisted mainly upon frogs. The cravings of appetite overcame all aversion to these creatures, and both officers and men sought them with avidity. The weather was oppressively hot and the troops began to sicken. General Greene, that he might give his array a short period of repose, left Orangeburg on the 13th of July, and reached the High Hills of Santee on perhaps the 16th. Before leaving Orangeburg, Gen. Greene - ordered Sumter, Marion and Lee, with the ; troops in their several commands, to advance 1 in the direction of Charleston, for the pur- i pose of breaking up the British posts at Dor- j cheater and Monk's Corner. These officers ! were also charged with the duty of cutting off all communications between Kawdon and Balfour, the comraanderof Charleston. These objects accomplished, they were to join Greene on the Santee Hills. The commands of the partisan leaders, Marion and Sumter, were made up of small companies of State troop, led by Taylor,Mahara, the two Harap- ' tous, Lacey and Horry. Leaving Orangeburg, these gallant officers each led bis com-! mand into the particular section of country assigned him by General Lee. They soon swept the whole region between Orangeburg and the capital of the State. Colonel Wade Hampton dashed in upon a I party of British cavalry and loyal refugees,' within five miles of the city of Charleston.! The garrison was thrown into the utmost I confusion. The drums were beat, the bells rung, alarm guns fired, and the whole available force of the city hurriedly collected, and together with the garrison drawn up to meet the Whigs. Hampton having captured between forty and fifty prisoners, exhibited i them to the view of the sentinels on the more advanced redoubts, and retired at his leisure, i Colonel Hampton also burned four vessels bearing supplies for the British army. Colonel Lee took the British post at Dor* 1 Chester, scoured the whole surrounding coun- ] try, capturing & large number of wagons and wagon-horses, conveying provisions from < Charleston to Rawdon. ( Whilst Sumter and Hampton were opera* 1 ting in front of Charleston, and Lee in the ' neighborhood of Dorchester, Marion and ' Maham, having crossed the Cooper river near ' its head, and Wadboo creek, were operating ' in the neighborhood of Biggin Church. 1 At Monk's Corner, about one mile distant, T !...ian.n? rinlnnnl Pnotoa tvflfl afftfinnpd His I JJlCU iciiau ii~vuivu^i vuM?ww -?*-w ? command consisted of the nineteenth regiment The American officers were exceedingly anxious to overthrow Colonel Coates and bis regiment For this purpose Lee and Sumter, having effected their plans in the sections to which they had been ordered, led their troops to join Marion, in the region of Monk's Corner. Ou the assembling of the forces, the first object to be accomplished was to destroy the bridge over Cooper river. The cavalry of Coates advanced with the determination to prevent the destruction of the bridge. Here a severe skirmish took place, in which the Americans weresuccessful. Coates drew out all his force to protect his cavalry, and Sumter supposing that Coates was advancing to bring on a general engagement, retired to a more favorable position. Coates had no such design. Waiting until the day had passed away, then, under cover of the night, be collected the greater part of his stores into Biggin Church, and setting fire' to the whole, quietly but rapidly, withdrew his forces in the direction of Wadboo and Quinby. The flames whicLillumined the surround ing country, revealed to the American officers 6 the plans of the enemy. Without a moment's 1 delay, the Americans began the pursuit. Lee ' and Hampton led the van. On crossing the k Wadboo.they discovered that the infantry and cavalry of the enemy had separated. The cavalry had directed its course to the . right, keeping close to the Cooper river, while the infantry had pursued a more easterly route. Colonel Hampton set out in full pursuit of the cavalry, whilst Lee followed the infantry. The enemy's cavalry advanced so rapidly that before Hampton could overtake them, they had crossed the bridge and were out of reach. Hampton returned to assist Lee, whom he ? found neir Quinby's bridge, about eighteen - " ' ? ? r\ TT I C miles trom modus corner, xiere a severe * skirmish took place. A short distance North ^ of the bridge, a detachment of the cavalry j of Lee and Marion came upon a detachment t of one hundred men belonging to one of the lately arrived Irish regiments. The Ameri- t can detachment under Marion and Eggleston, J made a furious charge upon the enemy. ? Without making the slightest resistance, the Irish recruits surrendered. No alarm gun 1 was fired ; no effort was made either to retreat or defend themselves; although within a mile v of the maiu force of Colonel Coates, he heard j nothing of it. '< The greater portion of t! e enemy's force ? had already crossed Quinby bi.dge. Colonel c Coates, with a howitzer, was on the opposite v side, waiting until his rear would pass over, t when the bridge would be demolished. AN c ready the planks were loosened from the b sleepers. Ignorant of the location of the a bridge and the proximity of the enemy, a detachment of Lee's legion cavalry, under Armstrong, came dashing up. Both parties mora tnkon hv snrnrise. Neither susDected e ,,v'v v? r ----- 4 the other to be within striking distance, v Armstrong reported the condition of things 1 to Lee, neglecting to mention the fact that 1 Quinby bridge interposed between him and Colonel Coates. Lee hastily aDd imprudent- ? ly ordered, in an angry tone, Armstrong to 8 strike the enemy boldly, without a moment's a delay. Armstrong obeyed promptly, leading c his detachment hurriedly over the partially demolished bridge, in the face of Colonel Coates' howitzer. Rendered furious by the angry commands of Lee, Armstrong madly ^ rushed in upon the British, drove the artille- t rists from the howitzer, and swept everything *] right and left before him. Lieutenant Car- c rington followed Armstrong. Capt. O'Neal, f at the head of the third section, attempted to ! follow Carrington, but by this time the loose t planks had, by the rapid motion of the hor- j see, been thrown from the sleepers, causing a i r in the bridge. O'Neal could not uree ! 1 his horses to leap the chasm. At this mo- r raent Maham, at the head of a detachment of ^ Marion's cavalry, came up and passed O'Neal. Maham's horse was shot down. Captain McCauley, who was leading Maham's front section, leaped the chasm in the bridge, and joined iu the fierce hand to band conflict with the enemy. The British, by this time, began to collect in force, and the American detachments which had crossed the bridge were sorely pressed, whilst those on the opposite side of the creek could render them no assistance. Colonel Lee, assisted by Maham and Dr. Irving, exerted himself in attempting to repair the | bridge, but without success. Armstrong, ij Carringtou and McCauley soon found them- j | selves alone. Of the few soldiers who had i been able to cross the bridge, but a single one I remained. Coates, and a few followers, un- j der cover of a wagon, fought desperately. J His infantry were fast coming to his support. J In this perilous condition of affairs, Arm- , strong, Carrington and McCauley, determined to save themselves by flight. Through the j confused squads of British forming on the | * causeway in front of the bridge, these gallant i ' soldiers dashed. So soon as they could, they j /*. * .1 i-A ? J ? i-.i ;n ! niea 10 me ien huu vuuvcaicu wcmguih m . ( the woods. | ] Coates, now left without a foe, soon ad- i vanced to the bridge, and with the howitzer which still remained, he soon drove away ' Lee, and having completed the destruction of i the bridge, retired with the howitzer to Shabrick's plantation and took post behind the houses. The creek was narrow but deep, and such was the swampy nature of the banks, that it could not, at that place, be crossed ex- { cept on the bridge. i The Americans, determined to fight, rapidly made a circuitous march, and, having ; crossed the creek, came up with Coates late in the afternoon. Here the fight was renew- ] ed. Colonels Lacey, Polk, Middleton and Taylor, of Sumter's command, closed in u the enemy. Marion's shattered comm was divided into two divisions, and a 6 resembling in many respects that of Ki Mountain, was begun with spirit and w? with determination. Coates had the ad tage of position, and whilst he had but piece of artillery, the Americans had non The Americans were now within stril distance of Charleston. Lest they shoulc overpowered and cut to pieces by succor bo Coates from that post, it was deemed p sr to retire. At dark the thinned divisioc the partisan chiefs were led from the fiel< conflict. Armstrong, who with Carrin| and McCauley had again joined their c mands, was sent to the field of conflict Quioby's bridge, to bring off the dead wounded. The dead were placed on the p mels of the saddles before the men, and 1 carried off. The wounded were conve away in the easiest manner possible. On reach of the enemy, one grave was dug the dead placed in it and covered. The affair at Quinby's bridge was one the most spirited fights that occurred dui the Revolutionary war. The loss of Americans in killed, wounded and prisoi is not accurately given. In proportion to lumber of men engaged, it was very gr mostly in killed and wounded, as few prii jrs were taken. The British lost, in teveral engagements, in prisoners alone, i ;wo hundred men and nine officers. A If imount of valuable stores, wagons and ho 'ell into the hands of the Americans. Bes ;hese, the Americans captured the pay-c ?r's money chest,which contained seven i Ired and,twenty guineas. This money C ta rater ordered to be divided amongst loldiers. Of the troops engaged at Quinby's bri tnd Shubrick's farm, the majority were So Jarolinians. On the 20th of August, lay after the battle, the troops reached ] ion's Ferry. Here they rested for a day light, and then, by easy marches, procee ,o join General Greene on the High Hill san tee. Mt Jforg ifrllrr. WHY BANGS HATED DOG WAS HE RIGHT IN DOING 80? "Get out!" "Bangs, that ia my dog!" "Voo T Irnrkts it Oct nilt. vnn hrnJA I" And he shied at him an iron paper-weij My face flushed. "Bangs," said I, "excuse me, but I've iflection for that dog." "Excuse me, Pills, but I've an antipa igainut all dogs. Get out, vermin 1" And he gave my black-and-tan a vici cick that sent him howling into the corrii Bangs shut the door and locked it, and he key in his pocket. "I wish, Pills, the next time you come ny office, you would leave the brute beh ['ve a most unconquerable antipathy aga ill canines, and?" Bangs might have said more, but the 1 >n my face must have convinced him the vas seriously angry. "Suppose we let this pass," he said. "I vrong, I'll admit. I ought not to have kic 'our pup; but you don't know how I 1 em, big and little. Sit down, Pills, and ne tell you something that heretofore >eeu a sacred secret with me?a secret 1 leu from the gaze of the cold, unsympathi2 vorld. I feel now that it is necessary for o make an explanation, in the hope tha nay prevent a misunderstanding between uch firm friends as we have been in the p md, I hope, will be in the future." I sat down in the chair Bangs pointed ,nd said : "Go on!" "I do not know," continued Bangs, "thi ver had any particular dislike to dogs ] ious to the circumstances which 1 am ah 0 relate. Do you remember the sprinj ook a trip iuto the country ?" "Very well," I replied. "That was some six years ago. I had t ined myself very closely to business e ince ray admittance to the bar, and I thou 1 month in the country would freshen me onsiderably." "It did not seem to, if I remember right! said. "You'll not wonder at it, Pills, when I rou all the facts. I went down to a li easide resort called San Marino. Ever b here ? No ? Well, it's a queer sort of pli rbere is a very fine stream of water cou lown from the mountains and empties i he sea half a mile from town?although tl s no town there, only a little hotel ani dacksmith shop. The stream empties i he sea in winter, during the heavy rains; n the summer-time the surf banks up nouth with sand, and forms quite a lake agoon. Laguna la Puritas is the Spat lame. The proprietor of the hotel bad a ittle sail-boats fitted up, and they were :onstant use by his guests. Game is pie .1 -i?...1 j I . me niiis auuuimere?ueer auu tjuaii , :reek is full of speckled trout, and the h s just far enough from the sea to render jlimate delightful. The San Marino Ht vas filled to its utmost capacity that sea: [t was a curious kind of a crowd gathc here. City sportsmen, with dogs, guns, 1 ng tackle, etc.; and superannuated old w ;n, for the benefit of the sea breeze; yo joys fourteen or fifteen years old, mak heir first trip from heme alone; two or tl jrass widows; a somewhat fast clergyma ode down from the city on his velociped ind three or four young ladies and a dc 'risky school-girls. On the whole, it was oily a crew as ever gathered together. W lorseback-riding, boating, fishing and hi ng, the time passed rapidly enough. 11 :here were three or four young ladies, bui far as I was concerned, there was only on Miss Tootie Tusby. Excuse me, Pills, bi cannot speak that name even now with amotion," and Bangs drew forth his hand! ;hief and wiped his eyes vigorously. "I cannot describe all of her charms ; ! Pills, if there ever was an angel in this wo jhe was one. I devoted myself to her f the very first. When Miss Tootie rodi rode; if she walked, 1 walked ; when went fishing, Bangs went fishing; if she sa 3n the lake, Bangs was there also. Pill loved that girl ! And when I think of w jeparated us, you'll excuse rae, but?" There the handkerchief again came requisition, and Bangs' voice left him c pletely. "Did you propose?" I asked. "No! - Pills?no! Ah! if I only had I ouly had!" "What prevented ?" "Well, nothing but my own folly. I faint-hearted when it came to that. I ha in my mouth a dozen times, but my ton failed me. There was another fellow th too, that made me terribly jealous. Shedii show him any particular favors, but thai was a great admirer of her any one cc see; and really I wasn't certain in my n which she preferred. She might in time, ipon baps, have shown some preference, and my and doubts been dispelled, had it not been for the ght affair that happened which I am about to re,' late, and which blighted all my future life." n*8 "Bad as that r I said, iged "Pilla, you never was in love?you never van- loat the one heaven assigned for you?you one know nothing at all about it." e. "That is so. Go on." ring "There was a party at the San Marino j ke House one evening?a soiree dansante, or something like that, they called it. They sent 86111 up to the city for music, and went in for a roP" gay time. I was counted out, somewhat?you >b of know I don't dance. The other fellow did. 1 of More than that, be danced with Tootie nearly rton all the time. .Pills, you don't know any thing :om- at about it You never had the girl you I at 'ove dancing witb your rival all the even, ing right before your eyes, while you sat in a and corner like a knot on a log; see him in the l0m' Quadrilles, when all the rest of the couples thus simply take each other's hands and promoted nade?see that fellow just put his arm around ,1; 0f that girl, and then go waltzing or polkaing all aQ(j about the room, every time right in front of you, and that cussed fellow treading on your corns every chance he can get?you don't ) of know any thing about it" ring I admitted my ignorance, the "Well, I couldn't stand it; it was too much. Qers I rushed out and started off toward the sea. , I don't know as I had any intention of suicide, but I was in a desperate mood. The eat? path to the beach led along by the side of a son- lagoon, and by the time I had gone a hunthe dred yards I changed my mind, and thought iear I would take a swim in the lake. That is irKe aboutall the accomplishment I possessed, and rgeg one can't show that off before the ladies, you ., know?not in the way you can dancing. I disrobed under the branches of a huge alder, DB8' or sycamore, or some snch tree, and struck tun- out for the other side of the lake. The moon Jen. was shining brightly, and the water was warm the and delightful. Having crossed to the opposite side, I swam along in the dark shadow of , the alders until I came to the sea beach. Then I noticed that the moon was getting low. I >ut" must return soon, before I was missed at the the I nartv. After a short rest. I clanged in again. STel- aad struck out for the place where I left my and clothes. I could find it easily by the large tree growing there. In fifteen minutes I was * there; and, Pills, I tell you, the situation of 80 things about that time was precarious." "How's that ?" 5=5 "I couldn't find my clothes I Gone, sir? every article, except my plug hat 1 I rushed round among the brush and nettles and poison = oak like a setter after a quail. Jerusalem ! ?j Whew 1 I tell you I got a dose that lasted me for a month. Not a rag of clothing could I find. At length I happened to look up the path toward the hotel. What do you suppose I saw ? A cursed greyhound that belonged to my rival with my white vest, tossing it upon his nose, and dragging it about ^ among the dust and tarweed as though it had been an old dish cloth. The situation flashed aQ upon me in an instant. The dog had stolen my clothes in sport, and there I was?out there in the night air?with no possible show of getting into the house without discovery." Pleasant, wasn't it?" "Decidedly I" j "You don't know anything at all about it, sir! That was nothing to what followed. Just as I was wondering how in the dickens I I j? was to get out of the scrape, I looked up to!n ' ward the hotel again, and saw something that 108 fairly made my blood freeze in my veins. I , saw three persons coming down the path, and 00? I at once recognized them as my rival, Wilkins, Miss Tootie, and another young lady. They met the dog when about half way between the lake and the hotel. I saw, by their j actions, the discovery of the vest had alarmed l?j ? them. They all came hurriedly down the , e path toward the very spot where I stood. h.^8 Pills, that was a situation I hope never to be . placed in again." /\/l 1 9 T%IA mam fata fA fKn tea. U UUUUU tcu I T i X/1U TUU Mtno vu wuv i? * . t ter?" ' "I dared not .do it; but it would have been 0 better if I had. You see, I had been in the ' water too long already. I was in an awful shiver?goose flesh all over me. There wasn't ' time to deliberate long. My first thought wa9 to spring up into the tree, and i did so. They T came rushing down to the water's edge, uuder the tree, just beneath me. I could hear their ' voices quite plainly. They were discussing 0Uy the probability of my being drowned. I was ? roosted up there on a limb, Bhivering like sin, nothing on but my plug hat, you kuow. "By and-by they began to talk about going :0D" back to the hotel and giving the alarm. I could hear one of the young ladies weeping; ? but hang me if I could tell which one. I was UP anxious to know, of course, for if it was Miss ? Tootie, the fact would be significant, at least. In my anxiety to discover which one was crying, I crept noiselessly out a few feet further te" on the limb. I didn't stop to consider that the sycamore is a very brittle tree. StretcheeD ing my neck to the utmost, I peered down iCe* through the leaves, and?crash 1" rses "The limb broke ?" nto "Vps air *ni T fnnnri mvself stretched at 'ere full length on t!ie sand, right in the midst of a a them ! 0, Jupiter 1 Pills, you don't know nto anything at all about it. I prayed for an earthquake to open the earth and swallow me the up; but it didn't." t or "Well, the denouement?" iish "The girls looked at me a moment in astonisbment, and there was a tremendous fluttering 1 in of white dresses as they ran back toward the Dty hotel. Wilkins burst into a roar of laughter, the an(] kept it up until I sprang up and collared ?tel him, and told him if he valued his life to the g0 the hotel and bring me my valise, )use which contained an extra suit of clothing. I 30D- made him promise to keep mum, too, until I sred wa3 c|ear 0f the place. He was glad to do it "h- for if I left he would have the whole field to om" himself. He brought the valise as he promts ised, and I walked eight miles that night to :'D? the next hotel. The following day I took the ,ree stage for the city. Miss Tusby married VVilD kins, and I have never seen her since that 6 fatal night." >zen "And, therefore,you hate dogs?" i as "And who wouldn't? If it hadn't been for that dog, I never should have met with that JDt- accident. I might have won Miss Tusby. I said might now have been the father of a large t*90 family, instead of a misanthropic bachelor. e~~ I might?" Jt * Here Bangs was interrupted by some one [out rapping at his office-door. He unlocked it, k?r* and ushered in a disconsolate looking fellow, who, on seeing him, intimated a wish to conbut, suit him privately. Bangs' private office is rid, separated from his reception-room by slidingrom doors. Bangs invited his visitor in there, e? I and closed the doors, as he thought. But it she happened that the track on which they run 'led was out of order, and the doors slid open 8, I about three inches. Unavoidably I listened rhat to the whole conversation. "You are Lawyer Bangs, are you not?" into 8aid the stranger. om- "Yea, sir. Can I do anything for you ?" "I think so. I am unhappy in my marriage relations." ?if "Ah ! that's bad. Thinking of a divorce ?" "Yes, sir." "Ah I perhaps it is best, where two cannot was live together happily. Personally, I have ald it ways thought the marriage state the only gue happy one for a man in the world." lere, "You are not married ?" dn't "0! no, sir?no, sir; might have been, ; he possibly, had it not been for an unfortuuate >uld accident I once?" tind "You ought to think yourself lucky, sir," per- interrupted the stranger. "Perhaps so. But let us proceed to this trail business of yours. On what grounds do you was intend to proceed ?" cro* "Incompatibility of temper, first." stop "Can't agree, eh ?" low< "No, sir ; could as soon agree with the stra devil." buil "Any thing else?" car "Yes, sir, deception. She claimed to be a his maiden lady." Hof "Wasn't she?" ders "She had been married three times, and ryin was the mother of three children." step "That was bad." graj "Her reputation, I know now, is not good, his < She was nothing but an adventuress." an "Let us get this thing in shape. I will Gov take down yonr statements." Gus And immediately I could hear Bangs bow scratching away with his pen. Cap "Your name?" said "John Badger." capl "Wife's name ?" was "Sarah Badger." duci "Name when you married her ?" Trei "Sarah Tinkham. Tinkham committed som suicide six months after their marriage." stay "Name before she married Tinkham ?" riag "Plnnlroff Plnntaff ran ? ?? and lflffc RoSJ her, and she got a divorce from him." "Ah, ha! She's one of 'em, ain't she? What was her name before she married , Plunkett?" lPe "Wilkins. He lived with her about a 8,?? year, when he got a divorce." *1? "Wilkins 1?name sounds familiar. Do q you know her name before she married him ?" n "Yes, sir. It was Tusby?Susan Tusby? or Tootie Tusby, as she was called. - , I heard a dull thud on the floor, a cry of 0 dismay from the stranger, and, throwing open I,?,, the door, I rushed in. Bangs had fainted. Ipsttflattwttsi |i*adittg. GOT. HAMPTON AND THE YANKEES. A Cap The Palmetto Governor's Cordial Reception to hi at Aobnrn. Gov gray Osborne House, Auburn, June 20.? rebe Governor Wade Hampton stepped off a Des- unjf brosses street ferry boat into New York City a the day before yesterday afternoon at ten min- wJth utea past 4 o'clock. He carried a handsome whei new carpet-bag with bright steel-clasps and , locks. In this disguise he passed safely through the crowd of hurrying New Yorkers, g and was seen to enter a ciose carnage, wmcn was driven rapidly up-town. In a few min- t^6 ( utes an employee on the boat brooght the news to the collector's office that Governor Wade Hampton had just passed through the cam gates. He had got it from one of the train ?Fpo hands. Thus it first became known to the e collector that the Governor was in town. He j?orc immediately salted the information down. In J?!"81 the meantime all of the principal hotels had ^18CI been "covered" by reporters, and in the even- *or ? ing a bevy of them gathered at the New York ?am Hotel, where Dr. John T. Darby, a relative, ^ 1 by marriage, of the Governor, lives. It was 6 ' wondered what could detain the expected a ca guest. He bad been delayed twelve hours on 10 . 'the road, but that amount of time had been Pam discounted, and a large margin remained. Dr. "a?' Darby and Gen. Preston were at Ocean Grove, a short distance south of Long Branch. THE No word bad been received from them except an inquiry addressed to the proprietor of the A hotel as to when their friend would arrive, mail About 11 o'clock that night a rumor came Fou from the Jersey City depot that the Governor para had arrived. This rumor was soon confirmed, able but nobody knew where he had gone. It appi would have been a wise and pleasant thing if the 1 he had gone to spend ^he night with bis dene friends in Ocean Grove. The sea breeze there treai is delightful, and the night in New York was stani oppressive. So some or the reporters sent exte him there, some of them sent bim to an un- the $ named hotel, and some to the house of a per- Han sonal friend. The truth is he stayed with a gues friend on Thirty-eighth Btreet, where he man- Rob aged to escape reporters during the night and all next day, while the city wondered. Among , those who were densely ignorant of his whereabouts were Augustus Schell, Mayor Ely, Pe- . j* ter B. Olney, and other magnates and active !n , workers in the Manhattan Club aud Tarn- a ' j H"?- thn>i OFF TO AUBURN. At 6 o'clock, last night, a tall, broad- ed f? shouldered man, in a slouched hat, entered ed h the Grand Central Depot. Beside him walk- er> w ed a smart colored man, who carried a carpet- ped bag and a long, narrow pasteboard box. He 0f hi walked up to a sleeping-car conductor, and that engaged a lower berth. "What name ?" ask- nect< ed the conductor. "Hampton," said the tall Raj] man. In a few minutes it was known from t]em one end of the depot to the other. "How his a handsome I" said a lady to a companion, he hi "Not a year over fifty," remarked a gentle- emei man. "What a splendid-looking soldier he trolli must have made sixteen years ago, when the re8C(] war broke out!" The Governor was shown grav into the sleeping-car Newark, where his at- Deve tendant deposited his carpet-bag and left him. ;n hi The Governor opened the carpet-bag and took out a linen duster and a pair of worked slippers. In a few minutes he had himself com- is 67 fortably ensconsed on two of the broad velvet aQd covered seats, forming a bridge between them, glist< and managing to look cooler and more at ro*r< home than any other man in the sultry car. waa i He told your correspondent that when his eral friends in Auburn had got through with him, been and he had returned to New York for a few esdays of quiet, he might compose himself to speai converse on political matters. Then he looked ray. unduly grave, as if he had meant to quiz his nors questioner. He explained that the long narrow pasteboard box contained the silk flag gn8U which had been presented to jntro THE PALMETTO REGIMENT are ( in the City of Mexico, and he was carrying it quen to the North to place it side by side with that ly g? of the descendants of the brave men who had wher been brigaded with the South Carolinians un- hand der General Shields. ("The eloquence is your Gov< correspondent's not the Governor's.] He had throi expected to meet Governor Robinson, of this 8ecre State, at Albany, but he thought that owing cana to the delays he had experienced in making pri8G his trip North, the latter had already started ficja] for Auburn. Two gentlemen recognized him in tbe car, and conversed with him through all the noise of Vanderhilt's long tunnel and G< far up tbe Hudson. Opposite West Point swor Governor Hampton looked long and earnest- largt ly at the government buildings, Cozzen's hotel tion and the mountain tops, and asked many ques- him tions. The river was at its best. A warm, "par yellow light lay along the mountains, fading The gradually upward into the dim of evening, the Heavy topped pines occasionally stood alone care! outlined against the horizon, looking in the to a distance not unlike preternaturally upright gethi . .? ?_ _ *?:?i Tu. ka pairn trees in u trupicai picture. mo eveu- w u< mg star twinkled out ioto view just above talio them, and sailed along northward on the west as A side of the mountains just as fast as the train Zous moved on the east side. Your correspondent said looked at the scene pensively and thought of a ha the Governor's Southern home, but the Gov- intrc ernor had been imm CAPTURED BY A FAT MAN, with who wanted to learn all about the new status ough of the negro in South Carolina. The Gover- Govt nor appeared to be very patient and instruct- C0D8' ive. Just below Albany he retired, and when A| he arose the train had just passed the salt McC works at Syracuse. mad( THE ARRIVAL AND RECEPTION. At half-past seven o'clock this morning, the on b 3 arrived at Auburn. "The little town : emptied of its folk." They bad all < vded into its big depot. As the train 1 ped the boom of a cannon was beard fol- I ;d by another and another. Theo the 1 ins of a band arose from one corner of the ] ding. The Governor descended from the i steps, with the long paste-board box in j hand. Immediately handsome Captain i ;an of the Shields Guard, on whose shoul* 1 the responsibility for the successful car** I g out of the day's celebration rested, 1 ped up to him. He was dressed in full 1 r uniform. Behind him stood a detail of j company, whom be had ordered to act as I escort. "I welcome you," said he to the i ernor, "to Auburn on behalf of the ? >rds and of the citizens." Gov. Hampton 1 ed and thanked him. "Here is something, . tain, in which you will be interested," he 1 . "Oh! the Palmetto flag," said the i ain. Then the ceremony of the reception I ended. Governor Hampton was intro- i 3d to Mr. E. P. Ross, father of State i isurer Charles N. Ross, at whose hand- I e residence, on Genesee street he was to i ? .1 t. M- o>..> ?... I . men ne was la&eu mi jjxx. xwoo w e, which he occupied, together with Mr. i 9 and Capt. Hogan. i POPULAR DEMONSTRATIONS. " j he carriage was preceded by the detail of , Guards and the band, as the little proces- j left the depot, followed by over a thous- ( people; the booming of the cannon and j ihrieka of the locomotive were deafening, the way up Genessee street, the Governor greeted with the waving of flags, and 1 r demonstrations of welcome. Occupants j le fine mansions crowded to their front i s. The chimes of St. Peter's Episcopal < rch played "Auld Lang Syne." Gover- 1 Eobinson, who bad arrived the night be- < , had already taken up his abode with the < e treasurer, whose residence is next door < lat of his father. I THE OLD REBEL UNIFORMS. t the door of Mr. E. P. Ross' residence , t. Hogan introduced Governor Hampton , is men as they were drawn np in line. The < ernor said pleasantly, alluding to their < suits: "It is very natural to see the old | 1 uniforms. I think it is a very pretty j orm." , 8 I close this letter the streets are alive j excitement. There are uniforms every- { re. 'The horses are capering and prancing. j Their accoutrements shine like a star." verybody is preparing to see the parade, ? nart in the Dicnic. and attend the ball in < i r ? evening. ' gen. shields e last night on the same train with Govr Robinson. Nobody recognized him. old man strolled all alone into the Oste house and took a room. What was at supposed to be a rifle cane was afterwards avered by the clerk to be a wooden box i sword. Then the clerk looked at the e on the book and read "Jos. Shields." rd was at once sent to Mr. E. P. Ross, and :>ld veteran was taken to his residence in rriage. The sword was the one presented im in the city of Mexico and is a cornon piece, as a memento, to the Palmetto F. T. P. celebration?speeches of the two governors and gen. shields. uburn, N. Y., June 20.?In my letter ed this morning I left this town in a rth of July excitement preparing for a de with two Governors in it and a venerhero General of the Mexican war as the 'opriate figure-bead. It was noon before bead of the procession arrived at the resi-' leofMr. E. P. Ross and his son, the surer of the State of New York. They . I side by side in a park of eight acres in . nt, said to be the finest private park in State. During the morning Governor J ipton and Gen. Shields, who were the ts of the father, were joined by Governor 1 inson and the State Treasurer. 8 the distinguished party . * led through the grounds in privacy, i ! at last they were seated in the carriages i ie procession, the people for the first time 1 an opportunity to view and compare their i ts. The wide, tree-planted avenue was aged, and cheer after cheer greeted them, splendid figure and handsomely whisker- G ice of Governor Hampton at once declar- ] is identity. Governor Robinson is short- t rith a broad face circled with close-crop- r iron gray hair, that leaves the firm lines a s mouth and chin to be read by anybody G may run. He has been honorably con- j, id with the tangled affairs of the Erie c way, and once when a distinguished gen- t an was in despair at the confused state of ] ccounts, representing important business r id transacted for the State in a great ( gency, Governor Robinson, then comp- ? er, personally straightened them out, and t ted an honest man from the chance of t e suspicions. Governor Hampton, I think f r could have done that. To each honor fc s kind. t GEN. JAMES SHIELDS 1 f years old, slightly .under the medium size . TJT I n AMAM MAAMAl] Allf spare, jaio cjco dcoujcu wj ouauu uuiauu so with the excitement of the hour. The . :h to a grove in the suburbs of the city 11 a continuous ovation, of which the Gen- ^ received his full share. A platform had ? ereeted under a canopy of graceful beecb- : The day was cool and delightful. Every 11 r of grass and every leaf was in June ar- ? When the General and the twe Goverbad been conducted to the platform, | AN HOUR OF HAND SHAKING \ ed. Hundreds of Union soldiers sought 1 iductions to Governor Hampton. "We li ill on the same side now," was his fre- q t greeting. Governor Robinson modest- 1 ive place to his friends, often assuming c ) persons pressed forward to shake his o I, that they wanted to be introduced to \ jrnor Hampton and General Shields. A ? Dg of inferior people, including an ex- f tary of State, canal commissioner, an ex1 flnmminainnpr. Riinprintendant. nf State ins, several Senators, and other State of- 8 .8 and ex-officials, were scarcely noted. ] THE SWORD OF HONOR. t m. Shields brought with him the $6,000 ^ d, ornamented with a large sapphire, a ? i ruby and a large diamond. Its inscrip- j( showed that it had been presented to j by the State of South Carolina for his ' ental care of the Palmetto Regiment." g large blue silk dag, with its gilt eagle in centre, which Governor Hampton has Fully brought with him, had been affixed ? staff and now leaned against a tree, to- ' er with the stars and stripes waiting to t furled. A lad, who commanded a bat- Q n of boys, was introduced to Gen. Shields laj. Frank Richardson of the Starke *j k?es. The old general bent over him and with tears in his ears: "My boy, this is ppy day for you and for me." Then he duced him to Governor Hampton, who ^ ediately took him to Governor Robinson the remark, "Governor, I think you rj it to issue cadet guns to this company." e 3rnor Robinson smiled, and said he would rj ider the matter. t last, about half-past 1 o'clock, Mayor F !r? introduced ex-Mayor Pomeroy, who 8 c THE ADDRE8S OF WELCOME 1 ehalf^of the Shields Guard and the citi- i tens of Auburn. The timely speeches of Qovernor Robinson and Governor Hampton, which followed in order, have been transmitted to you by telegraph. You should have beard the grove ring with cheers when the Palmetto lag was unfurled, and Governor Hampton said, "I came, at the request of a zallant soldier and my old friend, General shields, to bring from South Carolina that flag which waved over him in those glorious battles on the bills and plains of Mexico; that flag which derives not a little of its lustre from his brilliant achievements. [Applause.] That was the flag?[Here the battle-flag of the Palmetto Regiment was held op by Captain Hogan and received with uheers]?that was the flag, my friends, which was first placed on the walls of the City of Mexico, over the "halls of Montezumas." It was the last flag to wave as the conquering > ""? loft tlio oanifal tVio rflffimnnl: n>mnininir ?tlUJ 1U1V VUV VU|#I?H<| vuv * vg>* ? p by request of the Mexican city authorities ind forming the rear guard. That regiment, my friends, went out 1,100 strong, composing the best blood in the State, young men buoyant with life and hope. It returned to South Carolina with 220 men, and now but a small remnant of them are left to guard this sacred relic. I am sure they would hare loaned it for no other purpose than that it might do bonor to a man who did honor to it." [Applause.] His reference to the work which bad been accomplished by the "good men and glorious women of South Carolina," was applauded to the echo. GEN. SHIELDS' SPEECH was not well transmitted by telegraph, because it was a speech which the telegraph was incapable of grappling with. I wish I could io more than faintly describe it The words svere a small part of it The manner, the occasion and the man made it something wonlerful. Picture to yourself a generous-hearted Irishman proud of his Irish speech and birth, bent and crippled with age and honorable wounds, elated with the exceptional honera he had been called upon to accept, and iot ashamed to show his delight, and then picture turn talking to msnmen (tne omeias Gruard is an Irish company) and to a throng )f Americans ready to cheer his lightest utterance. The people laughed and cried at ;he same time. "It is a wonderful sight,* laid he; "I hardly know what to make of it [ expected to make the acquaintance of the Shields Guard. Think of the honor of that A.nd I come here and find all this array. And the ladies that have come here to make it raliant I have grown to think that nothing goes on well when they are not present They some to welcome the Governors, and me, too. rhink of that And Auburn! Why, what i great city it has become, and all full of exsitement And the people, the vast throng that fills this beautiful green grove. And Glovernor Robinson, whose name has become i household word for his noble fight with corruption ; and he's come to welcome me. Think >f that And that man, (pointing to Gover- ... . aor Hampton) the Governor-of old, gallant, '!V^ jbivalric South Carolina?'[great cheering]? md he's come to welcome me. Who'd have aver thought it ? If there is one man in the -1 . ??1 .:! .1 . _ country inai is illustrious, mat man is uov3rnor Hampton. Yes, that's the way you cheer him ; that comes from the heart You are quick to cheer when you find a brave ? ^ heart. If we had a succession of Governors is these two here, we might place America at the head of the world. And Captain M. H. Hogan, of the Shields Guard ; I don't believe there is any man alive but he, that could bave dragged me all the way from Missouri. [ am receiving too much praise here. All my reputation in Missouri is, that I am an honest nan and about the poorest farmer in Carroll :ounty. Twenty-five years ago this company ivas organized and took my name. * I have ived 67 years. What is this ovation to-day cut a certificate that that name has never >een stained by either of us except by blood ihed in honorable battle ? When I go back ,o Missouri it will be with a better opinion of ny name than I ever had before." The people cheered long after he had relumed his seat. Then dancing was begun in he grove, while the special guests of the day -eturneu to the city. This evening there is a veil attended reception at the house of State treasurer Charles N. Ross, and a ball in the egimental armory. F. T. P. ? A Washington telegram to the Philalelphia Times says: "The visit of Governor iamDton to New York has more significance ban has yet appeared on the surface. His oission is two-fold: First, he goes to negotiate l loan among the capitalists for the payment if interest on the State debt; and second, he 9 interested in securing the personal presence if ex-Governor Chamberlain in South Carolita. The special committee appointed by the legislature of that State to investigate the ascalities of the Sinking Fund and Land Commissions, which operated extensively in State funds, has driven a bargain with one of he thieves, named Niles G. Parker. The erms of the compact are that Parker shall go ree of criminal prosecution if he tells all he mows about the swindle. He was State reasurer when Scott was Governor, Chamlerlain attorney general, and H. H. Eimpton inancial agent. These men were all more or ess implicated in the crooked purchase of worthless swamp lands for $750,000, and this 9 what Chamberlain will be called on to exilftin Pftrlrflr has suhmit.fpH his evidenra. md Attorney-General Conner has consented o bring no criminal proceedings, and now it s all-important to have Chamberlain on the ;round to stand his catechism. The commitee has already sent him summons to be preset, but be has paid no attention to them. Governor Hampton has had an understandng with Governor Robinson, of New York. Uter displaying the evidence given by Par:er, and when the proper time comes, a re[uisition for Chamberlain from Governor iampton will be duly honored. Parker is tow in business at Newark, N. J. He walked iff with a barrel of money from the State vaults of Sooth Carolina and l)as turned itate's evidence against his partners under iromise of protection." Poor Economy.?In cutting down the alary or school commissioners, without reieving them of the duties imposed upon them iy law, the legislature did a very little thing. Jnder the new law the school commissioner ;ets three hundred dollars for doing what no can on the continent could properly do for ess than twelve hundred dollars. Let us ook at the statute defining the duties of the chool commissioner: He has to visit all the chools in the county at least three times durng each term ; examine the instructors and lupils; note the character and condition of he buildings; make suggestions to the differnt boards of trustees ; encourage the formaion of teachers' associations, advise, instruct, onduct and manage them, he shall deliver a iublic lecture in each of the school districts luring the year; report all of the operations f each one of the schools under his charge, ,nd for the non-performance of his duties hall forfeit his salary and be liable for all lamages resulting from his neglect or failure o discharge the duties imposed upon him. [he legislature has placed it beyond the powr of the school commissioner to do his duties. Phey give him three hundred dollars and ex- v- . tect him to do the work of ten men for nothng. This is a bit of parsimony in which we ' v> an see no sense and for which there is no excuse. It would'be better to abolish the ppb-' ic schools than expect to run them on sdd& \ scale.?Abbeville Medium. X! IC w* v V* ' '