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VOL 35. YOEKYILLE, S. C., "WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1889. NO. 43.
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The Story of a Young
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not prevent his enjoying them to the full.
Apparently, he was the kindest of sons
and most affectionate of brothers. Ho
was never known to give Ins mother a >
cross or impatient word in his life, and
his attentions to his sisters were all that
they could ask and more than they could
expect, judging from the relations of
other young men in their circle to their
sisters.
He was very popular in the village,
for he was not only the most amiable
but the gayest and handsomest young
fellow in all those parts; and there was
a dash of the hero about him, too, foi
he had served with distinction in the
army, having gone in as a private and
won his captain's straps by sheer bravery
and devotion to duty. Fonder of luxury
than any man I ever met, he fairly
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endured. Easy going as he was by nature,
and slow to act under ordinary
circumstances, he was as quick as a flash
in an emergency. At home lie was
never on time, no matter what the urgency
of the case; in the army he was
punctuality itself. The most dandified
about his toilet arrangements, and taking
as much time to array himself as the
vainest belle, he would take a snow bath
it he could p*?t nootlwr drv himself in
the sun and be ready for marching in ,
five minutes. His mattress at home had
to be of a particularly choice quality of
curled hair and the springs of the very
best steel, or he could not sleep. In the j
army he would roll himself up In a blan- 1
ket, lie In the mud during a pelting storm
and sleep as peacefully as a child. John
Hurlstone was made up of contradic- .
tiona
He loved his mother so tenderly that i
he was completely unnerved if she was
ill, and waited upon her with the gentle i
devotion of a daughter; yet he did not
hesitate to do things that he knew would
break her heart, simply to gratify his
own pleasura He would have given his
last crust to Iris mother and sisters, yet
he would not do an honest day's work to
Bave them from want. He did not say
that lie would not; he simply did not,
and that was the end of the matter. His
mothers and sistere were devoted to him.
They knew lie was thoroughly selfish,
but he was so sweet and kind at home
that they forgave him everything. Women
always liked him; men?that is, the
the 6erious minded?regarded him less
, leniently. Among the class popularly
known as "the boys" he was a prime favorite.
They admired his cleverness,
and he was pleased by their homage.
He would sit for an hour at a time talking
with big Sandy, the village blacksmith,
a miserable, drunken, fellow, because,
ho said, "Sandy isso fond of me."
Every barkeeper in the town and every
hanger on of the saloons shook him by
the hand and swore that "Cap'n Jack"
was a "perfec' gemman." The attentions
of the Prince of Wales are no
sweeter to the professional beauty than
were these words of compliment to Capt.
John Hurlstone.
Jolin received the attentions of the
young ladies more modestly. He never
toasted of his conquests; indeed, he did
not seem to think that he bad made any.
He never tired of telling how fond ho
was of the girls, individually and collectively,
but that they were fond of him
he modestly denied. "They know I
love them all, and they feel sorry for
me," he used to say, laughingly. John
Hurlstone was the most dangerous sort
of a flirt, for he was really in love for
the time being with each of the girls he
flirted with. When he transferred his
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other he did so in the kindliest manner,
and seemed always to have a warm place
in his heart for the old love. At the
time of which I am now writing lie was
paying marked attention, even for him,
to Amy Bayliss, the pretty little simple
minded daughter of the Rev. Dr. Bayliss,
rector of St. Ann's church in the village.
It was more than whispered than John
Huristone was engaged to Amy Bayliss,
but nothing authoritative was known
upon the subject But the dashing
beauty, Emily Barford, denied the rumor
flatly, and said that John Huristone was
not the man to be caught by a baby face;
that he was amusing himself with Amy
Bayliss because he saw, as every one
could see, that 6he was dead in love with
him. Emily Barford, like many a clever
girl before her, did not understand men
as well as she thought she did, and in
the case of John Huristone was entirely
mistaken. He was just the man to be
caught by a "baby face;" and when Amy
Bayliss rolled her big blue eyes up
towards his and stretched her little mouth
with a smilo that showed two rows of
the whitest teeth, the big heart of Capt.
John swelled to bursting, and ho swore
to himself that ho was at last madly and
seriously in love.
John Huristone had been a hard drinker
at different times in his life, but the
folks at home had never seen him under
the influence of liquor. He either went
without drink altogether or ho gave himself
up to it. They used to say in the
army that he could drink the entire mess
under the table. He didn't care much
for champagne, though when ho was
thirsty he would fill a celery glass and
drain it to tho bottom. But this was done
rather to amuse or astonish his compan- !
ions than to 6lako his thirst "Hard" I
liquors were his choice, and when he j
once began on them he kept it up in a j
way that would have killed most men. !
He was a convivial drinker, and seldom, :
unless to wipe out the memory of something
unpleasant, took a drink alone, j
When he had money, ho treated tho j
crowd; when he had none, tho crowd j
treated liim.
When he had money! There was a
mystery about John's money. Some- |
times he was absolutely penniless; again I
ho would be quite flush and his pocket
book would be 6tufTed out with greenbacks
of large as well as small denomina- j
tions. His mother was the most unsus- j
picious of women, and when she 6aid to !
him one day, "John, dear, where do you |
get so much money?" he answered her in j
his most ingenuous manner, sealing the |
statement with a kiss, "The government |
owes me a lot of back pay, mother, and i
every once in a while it pays up. Some |
day it will bo all paid; then I'll have to j
go to work like Rush and the rest of the j
boys."
She was perfectly satisfied, poor wo- j
man. Ilow little she knew?it Is just as
well that she didn't?that there were as
hard and daring gamblers in that little
town of Fannsted as the metropolis itself
could boast, not only among the low fellows
in the barrooms, who played for
small stakes and lost as little as they i
won, but among an outwardly respect- |
able class. There was a little club of six, J
of whom John Hurlstone was the young- '
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est (and the sharpest), who met on certain
nights in a private room in the
Union house and played high till the
gray light of dawn crept in through the
chinks in the window shutters and
warned them that 6oine busy housewife,
up betimes, would seo them slinking
home in tho small hours unless they
stole away at once.
What consternation there would liave
been in Farmsted if knowledgtof this
little card party had come to the ears of
the gossips of that quiet townl for these
men were the "solid men" of the place?
the wealthy merchants, lawyers and
bankers; and one of the number (I regret
to betray it) was a vestryman of St. Ann's
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This worthy man was indignant that
John Hurlstono should be paying court
to tho rector's daughter. "The young
scapegrace!" lie muttered behind his
sanctimonious, smooth shaven lip; "1
should like to tell Dr. Bayliss of his
wickedness." But, much as he would
have liked to expose the young man, ho
hesitated, for fear the young man might
in turn expose him.
The more John Hurlstone thought of
marrying Amy Bayliss the more liis conscience
pricked him, not only on account
of the error of his present way, but also
on account of the past. To blunt the
points that pricked, he had recourse to
liis favorite liquor, but kept the knowledge
of his dissipation from his family,
for they never asked when he came
home. His bedroom was on the ground
floor, and he could admit himself through
the French window if there was any
reason to suppose iiis entrance by the
door would be heard.
One night the card party held a very
late session, and the vestryman, who had
had an unusual run of luck, insisted
upon "whooping it up and letting the
devil take the consequences." This sentiment
thoroughly harmonized with
John's mood, and ho brewed a bowl of
punch that was as seductive as it was
treacherous. The vestryman smacked
his lips and slapped John on the back
with brotherly affection. "Never tasted
inything sho good in m'life. What :
d'yer call it, Jack, old fellow?" he said,
helping himself to a fifth ladleful.
"I don't know what the right name
is," answered Jack, "but in the army
Ihey called it hell broth."
"The devil they did!" exclaimed the
vestryman; "they're a wicked lot in the
army."
Finally, It was proposed that the party
Bhould break up, and, as the night was
breaking up too. and the punch was all
drunk, the motion was adopted, and the
vestryman and the lawyer, the banker
and the merchants, linked arms and took
the middle of the road until their paths
diverged. Then they parted, after oft
repeated vows of undying friendship.
John had the farthest to go, and the
punch was well down in his legs before
he got half way home. His head swam,
and he put up his listless hands to wipe
away the cobwebs away from his face.
How sleepy he felt! He wanted to lie down
along the road; but something impelled
him to keep on, and on he went, his uncertain
footsteps taking him within an
inch of ditches, heaps of stone, and the
rows of trees that flanked the paths. At
last he reached the homestead gate. What
was the matter with tho latch? It seemed
possessed of a devil. (John never for
a moment suspected that ho was tho one
so possessed.) But finally it yielded to
his fumbling, and swung back with a
bang against tho fence.
PTio mnflior nKvarn lin-lit. cindiuir
heard the unusual noise, and came to the
window to see what was the matter.
"Some stray horse or cow must have
pushed the gate open," she thought. "I
must see that a better latch is put on."
Thus musing, she looked down upon
the path, and saw the figure of a man
staggering up the walk.
What is it that puts so fine an edge
upon a mother's intuitions? Mrs. Hurlstone
had never 6een a son of hers intoxicated,
yet her heart sank within her,
and she knew in a moment whoso figuro
that was, and the cause of its unsteadiness.
Hastily thrusting her feet into her
slippers and wrapping her dressing gown
about her, she ran noiselessly down
stairs, fearful lest she should be heard
and John's disgrace made knowu to the
family. With trembling fingers 6lio
turned the heavy key in the lock and
stepped out upon tho wide piazza.
Where was John?
There?that limp and lifeless body
lying at the foot of tho steps?that was
John?her first born, her beautiful boy,
covered with mud, his hair tumbled
about and matted on his forehead, his
face pale and bloated, breathing long,
heavy breaths. That was John.
Once, years ago, she had seen a miserable
tramp lying drunk in tho gutter, and
had pitied him that he could bo so base
a thing. And hero was her own son in
tho same condition. Sho knew at a
glance what was tho matter with him,
and when sho stooped down to put her
hands upon his brow she smelt tho stale,
foul liquor that puffed up from his half
open mouth.
"John! John!" 6ho cried, in an agony;
"wake up, my son; come into tho house
and let mo put you to bed. It is your
mother, John, who is speaking to you."
No answer but John's heavy 6nores.
Sho got down on tho gravel, and held
his head in her lap, and tried every
means in her power to wako him; but
ho slept on. Sho thought ho must bo
dying, and her hot tears rained upon his
face. Still he slept Tho gray dawn was
breaking over tho wooded east. Streaks
of silver and gold 6liot through the pine
trees. In a short timo the family would
be up, or a neighbor passing by would
stop to ask what was tho matter. Sho
must get him into tho house, into his
own room, and there try to revive him.
Just as sho was about to exert all her
strength to lift him, sho heard footsteps
on tho gravel, and saw old Pete, tho colored
man of all work, coming around a
corner of tho house. Old Peto was an
early riser, and liked to have his chores
done "before tho day got ahead of hi "
so he said. The old man stood for a moment
and surveyed the scene. Ho took
in tho situation at a glance, and from
his coolness in tho matter ono might
have inferred that it was not tho first
time that he had seen his young master
in this condition.
"Oh, Pete, Pete, what 6hall wo do?
Mr. John is very ill and I can't wako
him," sobbed Mrs. Hurlstone.
"Jes' you go in tho house and leave
him to me, Miss Kitty; I'll soon bring
him to," said Pete, laying down the
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bucket lie was carrying to wiu wun.
"What are you going to do to him?"
anxiously inquired the mother, kissing
her son's damp forehead.
"This ain't 110 place for you, Miss
Kitty; you go inside, out of tho cold.
Jes' leave him to me. I'll rub his years;
that'll bring him round." And he suited
the action to tho word, rubbing the
young raan'6 ears with his horny palms
till the mother begged him to stop. But
Pete knew what I10 was about, for in a
minute or two John opened his eyes in a
dull, listless way, stared at his mother
md closed them again. Then Pete resumed
his rubbing, and he opened his
eyes wider and tried to get up.
"Go into tho liouso, please, Miss Kitty;
this ain't no sight for you to see. Leave
him to me. I'll get him to bed." And
he gently pushed his mistress insido tho
door, and then ho helped his master to
his feet.
"What's tho matter, Pete?" said John,
rubbing his eyes.
"Nothin" oncominon," answered Pete,
laconically. "Jes' take my arm, and I'll
help yer to bed."
John took the arm of the faithful
negro, and staggering slightly, got to his
room, where the old man undressed him
and put him in his soft white bed.. There
he soon fell fast asleep, but not so heavily
this time. While the son was sleeping
in his room, the mother was lying
on her couch upstairs, racked by a grief
too deep for tears. But she knew that
6he must get up and put on a cheerful
face before her children and be ready to
answer any questions they might ask her
about John.
Fortunately, John was never an eariy
riser, so their suspicions were not very
much excited. They asked why he didn't
come to breakfast, and their mother replied
that he had a bad headache?perhaps
a truer statement than she had
thought. About 11 o'clock John appeared
upon the scene, and except for a
slight pallor in his cheeks and a faint
tinge of gray under his eyes, he looked
as fresh as a rose. He had had a cold
bath, a good rubbing down, and a cup of
hot coffee, and he felt pretty bright. His
hands trembled a little as he held the
morning paper up to read, and he had no
appetite for the nice little breakfast his
mother brought him; otherwise he was
in fine condition. He had forgotten all
about the night before, and he wondered
if it could have been a tear he saw in his
mother's eye when she kissed him good
morning. The mail had just been fetched
up from the postoffice, and Mrs. Hurlstone
handed John a large, business like
envelope, addressed to him in a rough
hand. An elaborate stamp on the outside
bore the name of "The Grand
Mutual Dividend Mining company."
John ripped open the envelope nervously,
and his eyes glistened as they
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"Mother, this is from Col. Mortimer,
of Ours; ho has organized a mining company
on a new plan and ho wants mo for
secretary. Ho offers a good 6alary and
little work, and I am to go to New York
at once. I'm sorry to leave you, mother
dear, but thi3 is an opportunity not to be
lost. Mortimer has a great head for
schemes. If he goes into one you may
be sure there's money in it?at least for
him," added John, with a laugh.
Mrs. Hurlstono did not jojn in the
laugh; for if there was a man iu the
world whom she feared and disliked it
was Col. Andrew Mortimer. He was a
bravo soldier, but a corrupt and hardened
man, and she knew that his influence
over John was anything but good.
"You don't congratulate me, mother,"
said John, gayly, putting his arm around
her waist and kissing her. Indeed she
did not. How could she, knowing all
6ho knew?
CHAPTER VIII.
/I%/h not slowto
Emm invitation
Knowlton to
w \ "drop in some
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with him, and to
p^y that ho enjoyed
his privilege
is not doing justice to his sensations.
There is no denying that Rush was a
very attractive fellow. He was a gentleman
by birth and instinct; ho was bright,
and could be very amusing. Ho was so
much younger than Helen that Aunt Rebecca
regarded him as "perfectly safe,"
and Helen never thought of him as anything
more than an agreeablo boy?enthusiastic,
and enough of a musician to
bo sympathetic.
His ear for music was quite remarkable.
Of notes he knew little, but he
could catch an air and play it on the
piano after a few hearings. Helen
Knowlton, whose outward life was necessarily
more or less artificial and constrained,
found this young fellow a pleasant
change from the men of fashion and
of the stage, by whom was usually
surrounded. By the people of the stage
she was surrounded only at the opera
house, to bo sure, but she saw enough of
them to have a pretty poor opinion of
their manhood, the tenor's in particular.
Indeed, she quite shared the opinion of a
big voiced basso I once knew, who, on
being asked if he didn't think a certain
tenor was a pretty good fellow, replied:
"Yes, as good a fellow as a man can be
who sings in that clef." No, the average
tenor is not a very noble animal. Ho is
as whimsical as a woman, and a very
whimsical woman at that, and vain beyond
words. I don't say that there aro
no exceptions to this rule, but, if thero
are, they have not come under my observation.
I am sorry to say that Rush occasionally
dropped into song, but ho sang very
unprofessionally, and his voice was a
barytone. Ho was on such friendly relations
with Helen and her aunt that one
evening, when he wanted to show them
how a certain Creole song went which
lie had picked up from a young Louisianian
at college, he played the strange
accompaniment on the piano and sang
the song. Helen was delighted with his
voice as well as with the song, and 6ho
thought his style, uncultivated as it was,
very fascinating. She complimented
him so judiciously that he was led on to
sing often, and she offered to teach him
some Scandinavian love songs she had
brought home from Europe with her.
Bo it will bo seen that their evenings
were passed very pleasantly.
Aunt Rebecca did not like her niece to
be dragged too deep into the social whirlpool;
she thought that her professional
life was exciting enough, and, unless
Helen had some invitation she could
not well refuse, she liked her to
pass a quiet evening at home. Sho
looked upon Rush as a godsend, for
he was interesting enough to keep
Helen from being bored by herself, and
as ho was so young and without fortune
ho did not come into lino with possible
suitors for her niece's hand. Rush was
very well satisfied with this arrangement,
for it put him upon a very friendly
footinc. Helen would see him when slio
would not seo men whom she regarded
with more favor in a certain way, for
she did not feel that she had to put herself
out to entertain him. When West
Hastings referred to Rush's rather intimate
footing in the family, she replied
that he was "only a boy," and seemed to
be very much amused that this man of
the world should regard him with tho
slightest feeling of jealousy.
"Boys are often more dangerous than
they seem to be," he replied, with a
slight scowl; for nothing annoyed him
more than to bo laughed at, no matter
how gentle the laugh.
As for Helen, she soon forgot the conversation.
She liked Rush as a companion?"a
nice young brother," was the
way she put it. Rush did not regard
Helen with so Platonic an affection. Ho
fell more deeply in love with her every
timo ho met her, and ho was very much
afraid that ho would betray himself.
Such a thing as that, ho knew, would be
fatal. So ho waited as patiently as ho
could.
"Constant dropping wears away a
stone," he said to himself. "I 6hall hang
on and keep up my spirits as best I may.
In the meantimo I shall work for money
and position as no man ever worked before,
and my time will come." Archie
Tillinghast, who could not but notice
Rush's devotion to Helen, said to him
ono day, "Rush, old tuan, I hate to seo
you playing tamo cat to a prima donna."
Rush replied with a fierceness that
must have proved to his friend that if
there was anything of tho cat in his disposition
it certainly was not of the tame
species. "If another man had 6ald that
to me, I would hive made him measure
his length on the sidewalk. But I will
take a good deal from you, Archie. No
moroof this, however."
"As you like, dear boy, returned
Archie; "but I think you are cut out for
something better than to Btand around
with a hundred other men and burn incense
before a public singer."
"Your words are no doubt well meant,
Archie, but they are uncalled for. I am
content to bo one of a hundred now;
there is no reason I should not be; but I
may outstand the ninety-and-nine, and
be swinging my censer all alone some
day," he said, laughingly; and, putting
his arm through Archie's, they continued
their walk in peace and quietness.
Archie made up his mind to say no
more upon the subject, no matter what
he might think. "As well try to sweep
the cobwebs out of the sky with a whisk
broom as to open a man's eyes when he
is in tills condition," ho said to himself.
Rush was Dot always content with
himself or with his position. Thero were
times when ho resented being treated as
a boy. One night in particular he was
in a lamentablo state of mind. Ho had
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aunt, and, naturally, expected to take
them home; but West Hastings came bohind
the scenes with Uncle Lightfoot
Myers, Mrs. Dick Griswold and a lot of
other people to congratulate tho prima
donna on a brilliant evening's work, and
invited tho whole party to supper at Delmonico's.
Helen, who thought that Rush had
brought her to tho theatre to accommodate
her rather than for any pleasure to
himself, believed that he would bo glad
of tho release, and said, in her politest
tones: "I won't trouble you to take me
home, Mr. Hurlstone. Mr. Hastings
and these good friends have kindly volunteered
their services. It was very
good of you to bring me. Good night,"
she added, putting out her hand. He
bowed over it, but said nothing as he
turned to go. "Stay one moment," said
Helen, taking up ono of tho dozen bouquets
that had been thrown to her. It
was of red roses; they were not so common
then as they are today. West
Hastings had sent it. Ho always 6ent
the same, for he liked to hear people
say, as it fell upon the stage, "That is
from West Hastings; ho always sends
those big red roses."
"Mr. Hurlatone, don't you want a
rose?" And, choosing the finest one
from the bunch, she fastened it in liis
buttonhole.
"Thank you," he said, rather stiffly, as
he bowed himself out. Ho would have
felt better in his mind if ho had seen the
expression of annoyance that passed
over West Hastings' face and known the
cause. But ho didn't, and ho went out
across tho dimly lighted stage in a most
unenviable frame of mind.
"Am I tamo cat, after all?" he asked
himself, bitterly. "Shall I allow her to
kick me out of her way, and then come
purring back and be happy again to rub
up against her garments? What an idiot
I ami This sort of thing will drivo all
the manhood out of me. I had better
take to the wilds and chop wood to the
end of my days. That at least would be
a manly vocation. I'll never 6eo her
again. I'll forget all that has been so
pleasant and buckle down to work. I'll
win fame and fortune, and then 6ho will
see what she has lost."
And he pictured scene-; of future greatness,
where he 6tood conspicuously in
the foreground receiving tho homage of
the crowd (for what, he had not quite
made up his mind), while in the background
Helen Knowlton looked on and
sighed, and said to herself: "Ah, mel
what might have been!" He found him?1%J?
ava\ mrtrn
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intently at the background, where he
pictured Helen, than at the foreground,
where he pictured himself. Poor boy I
ho really suffered tortures. Just at that
moment life did not seem worth living.
He had been walking aimlessly along as
these thoughts had been flying through
liis brain, and ho did not notice whero
he was until the awning across the sidewalk
(it was a cloudy night) reminded
him that he was in front of Delmonico's.
Ho almost recoiled. "If she saw me
she would think I was following her,"
ho muttered. The thought hardly passed
through his mind when ho heard his
name called, and, turning, ho saw Bessie
Archer, her father and J.rchie Tillinghast
alighting from a carnage drawn up
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"We are just going into Del's to have
a bird; won't you come with us? I'm
sure Uncle Archer and Cousin Bessie
will be delighted," said Archie, pulling
him gently by the arm. Mr. and Miss
Archer added that nothing would give
them greater pleasure, and they said il
with so much sincerity that Rush accepted
the invitation. Their cordiality
was not his only reason for accepting,
He hoped, poor boy, that Helen would
see him there, and with another woman
It was quite late and there were not more
than half a dozen people in the restaurant.
The birds, however, had barelj
been served when a feminine rustlinj
was heard in the doorway, and a voice
that brought the blood to Rush's cheeks
and set his heart to beating like a tri{
hammer said, "I feel too tired to climb i
flight of stairs; let us have supper ir
here; it is late, and every one has gone."
She didn't see the little party. It was
just out of her range from the door. So
they came and were waved to their seats
by the dignified Francois, whom Rusl
had mistaken for Delmonico the firsl
time he visited the place.
"Why, there is Bessie Archer," said
Helen, bowing and smiling, and bowing
and smiling again as she recoc lizet
Rush and tho others. Rush had hitupor
a plan of action. Ho was going to maks
Helen see that ho could be happy witl
another woman (she had never for a mo
uient doubted it), and ho laid himself oui
to bo agreeable to Bessie. For her part
Bessie was very much predisposed in his
favor, and was not at all averse to his
attentions. When her health was pro
posed by Archie, Rush drank to her witl
his eyes as well as with his lips, and lu
took a sly glance to see if Helen was
looking. Sho wasn't, as it happened
she was listening very attentively tc
something that West Hastings was saying.
At last Rush felt her eyes turned
in his direction, and ho played his ace ol
trumps: ho took the rose sho had giver
him from his botton holo and presented
it to Bessie in his most impressivo man
ner, and Bessie tucked it in the folds ol
her hair. Helen saw all this, and she
said to herself, "Why, tho dear boy i:
in love with Bessie Archer. Ho couldn'l
.In fnr cVirfc ia 1 trvanf on/I ,
very lovely girl." But down in her hcarl
slio felt a little pang at losing so devotee
and pleasant a friend as Rush had been
for if ho becamo engaged to Bessie then
little evenings would como to an end,
However, 6ho would not bo selfish, ant
ho might count on her as a friend t(
further his suit.
To 15H CONTINUKP NKXT WKKK.
Hi: Traveled fou C?od.?Ai
amusing story is told of Bishop Join
Scarborough of the Southern Protes
taut Episcopal Diocese, of New Jersey.
The Bishop, who in appearand
is not unlike a traveling salesman
was once on a journey through hi:
State, when he met on the train i
knight of the grip. The drummei
took an unoccupied seat next to tin
reverend gentleman, and taking t
long look at the hitter's traveling bag
sahl
"What's your line of floods?"
"Lawn," answered the Bishop
gravely, referring to his Episcopa
vestments.
"What house do you travel for?'
queried the salesman.
"The house of (jod, sir," repliet
Dr. Scarborough.
The drummer looked astonished
the bishop explained who lie was
and the two men shook hands and re
mained friends for the rest of tlu
journey.
A runaway train on the Dulutl
& Iron Kangc railroad attained i
speed of one hundred and ten mile.an
hour.
COMPANY B, TWELFTHS. C.V.
IN
Bivouac and Battles.
BY MAJ. WM. 8. DUNLOP,
Formerly Captain of the Company.
Written for the Yorkville Enquirer.
Company B, Twelfth Regiment
South Carolina Volunteers, was organized
at Cain's Spring, York district,
South Carolina, on the 13th of
July, 18(51, with John L. Miller, captain
; Wm. S. Dunlop, first lieutenant
; Thos. J. Hell, senior second lieu!
tenant; J. Hemphill Bigham. junior
1 second lieutenant: and the following
i non-commissh nea officers: M. V.
Darwin, first sergeant; R. W. White
sides, second sergeant; W. P. Wylie,
i third sergeant; J. R. McKnight,
fourth sergeant; R. L. Simmons,
: fifth sergeant; w. M. Brown, first
> corporal; W. W. White, second cornnrnl
"R Ti WhitessirlfM! third mr
poral; B. C.^Pressley, fourth corporal.
^ -V
PRIVATES.
Alexander, J. J. |McDaniel, J. L.
Arrowood, James [McFadden, John B.
Barber, G. C. IMcKnight, John B.
' Blackwell, Alf. jMcKnight, I. E.
Bolin, Louis McKnight, Ros9
i Bigliam, J. T. Miller, VV. J.
, Brigman, James Mulleneaux, R. A.
Brown, Isaac-T. Mulleneaux, W. W.
Castles, Thos. Nichols, M. R.
Castles, E. P. Nichols, J. A.
Chambers, Jno. S. Nichols, Irwin
Chambers, W. E. Parish, C. W.
Childers, E. C. Pinkston, W. M.
Childers, W. C. Porter, J. B.
1 Childers, Shorrod, Quinn, Warron
Childers, Joe Quinton, John
Clark, J. M. j Ramsey, T. W.
Cobb, Geo. VV. jRawls, Martin
Cobb, Jas. A. Rhea, F. M.
Darwin, E. S. Sadler, S. C.
1 Doggett, J. L. Sanders, M. L.
Doster, Alf. iStrain, Sam'l
i Dover, Pinckney iSherrer, L. B.
, Dover, John ISherrer, W. A.
Dowdle, John Sherror, Georgo
1 Faris, J no. R. Smith, R. W.
Ferguson, W. C. Smith, V. P.
? Finley, W. M. Smith, E. C.
i Gardner, W. F. Smith, J. L.
, Hagans, S. Smith, J. II.
Hagans, John Spencer, T. N.
Hagans, W. L. Spencer, Jasper
1 Harmon, J. B. Stewart, VV. T.
i Ilolbrooks, Martin Stewart, J. D.
i Jackson, Jno. L. Templeton, VV. A.
Jenkins, Lawson jTempleton, J. VV.
Jenkins, Berry i Wallace, A. L.
1 Johnson, Steph. M. Wallace, VV. L., Sr.
< Jones, Elihu Wallace, W. L., Jr.
; Kell, John 1). , Ware, Jos. S.
Kell, E. B. Ware, George
Kincaid, John Westmoreland,IIVV
Kincaid, James Whitesides, Jno. B.
' Lanier, Louis Whitesides, J. M.
Lanier, Win. Whitesides, J. C.
Love, R. J. Whitesides, T. D.
Lowry, Win. Whitesides, Joe.
Manning, Wm. Whisonant, T. P.
Manning, R. L. Whisonant, J. B.
Moore, John Wisher, G. VV.
Moore, M. A. Wood, Lewis
Soon after its organization, Company
B was ordered into camp of
instruction at Light wood Knot
Springs, near uoiumuia, ana mere
received its rudimentary education
in the science of war. It was formally
mustered into the Confederate
service on the 13th day of August,
1861.
Upon the organization of the regiment,
It. G. M. Dunnovant was elected
colonel; Dixon Barnes, lieutenantcolonel;
and Cadwallader Jones, major.
Among other appointments to
positions on his staff, Col. Dunnovant
appointed Lieut. Thos. J. Bell, quartermaster
of the regiment, with the
rank of captain.
Company B, "hy a rule of military
tactics, was the left flanking company
of the regiment, the second
post of honor.
The company was at once put upon
drill in the squad, platoon and school
of the company, as wen as Drougiu
under the restraints of army regulations.
' Although South Carolina boasted
the finest militia organization in
the South, and had paid more atteni
tion to her system?in the way of
i equipment and drills?than any of
her sister States, yet it would have
, made the veriest stoic smile to see
the awkwardness of the boys?some
, of whom had been drilled for years
, in McComband Gilham?when they
) tackled Hardee's tactics. They soon
, became proficient, however, in the
' company drill, and were advanced
to the school of the battalion.
During our rendezvous at Light'
wood Knot the measles broke out
and prevailed for some time with
fatal effect. Among other patriotic
young men who fell victims to this
contagious and malignant disease,
' " * ' '?<? T MAtvtAtvihnw 7 T A Iav.
1 its wen us i leuieiiuiei, w. u.
5 ander, G. C. Barberand J. W. Quinn,
of company B, diecl.
p As soon as the regiment was thor;
oughly drilled and the southern coast
) became threatened, we were called to
3 the field of active operations on the
> coast of South Carolina, and stationi
ed at Port Royal harbor. The right
, wing, under command of Lieut.-Col.
> Barnes, was assigned to duty at Bay
, Point, east of the river, and the left
t wing, under command of Major
Jones, was placed on Hilton Head,
west of the river.
"We reached Port Royal early in
the month of October. Upon reaching
our destination on the Island, I
1 was assigned to duty as adjutant of
' the battalion, and took quarters with
1 Major Jones in a comfortable cottage
1 some distance in rear of Fort Walker.
' The battalion occupied tents in regui
lar order just in the rear of headquar
ters, and the men were soon supplied
t with everything necessary to render
, them comfortable, consistent with
; their duties and the exigencies of the
3 service.
The major commanding had every i
thing in the line of furniture and
, camp equipage that a soldier could
. reasonably desire?even an elegant
. "medicine" chest, which was very
| ingeniously constructed, somewhat
resembling a carpenter's tool chest/
' When opened in front it exhibted a
' nice arrangement of shelves, with
holes cut through of convenient size
J to receive three several demijohns of
' different kinds of "medicine," be*
sides other delicate compartments for
f spoons, sugar, spices, etc.; which
> said chest, when placed in a head5
quarters wagon, would neither break
t the aforesaid demijohns nor spill
i their contents.
t The adjutant also set up in good
1 style, lie hud a nice camp cot and
; mattress, with nice pillows, sheets,
- heavy white double blankets, campstools
with Brussels seats, books, puI
pers and periodicals, and eleven
, nice new linen shirts, which he considered
would last him through the
war. But, alas! Col. Wagner,
commanding the fort, informed the
adjutant that one gun on land was
1 fully equal to seventeen guns on
1 water, as had been demonstrated
* over and over again by actual exper"
iment; that all Yankeedom could
' not drive the Confederates from the
> island, and that the Federal gun*
boats would be riddled and sunk as
I r- .a ? "'iUiin niiwrn iif
MSI ilS IIIUJ Wi'"^ OIIIIIM luii^v ...
r Fort Walker; all of which the adju1
taut believed. But alas!
1 Fort Walker, with her frowning
i batteries in grim repose, sat upon
the beach gazing eastward, with her
guns trained upon the centre of the
i channel, while Fort Beauregard, on
1 the distant shore, stood facing, with
f a visage calm and portentous, anxiously
awaiting the appearance of the
enemy's squadron under Rear-Ad'
mind DuPont, which had been organized
and sent out, and was now
? descending the Atlantic from the
* great North ; a formidable expedi"
tion against Port Royal and the
J Southern coast.
Besides the garrison at the fort
there had been collected on Hilton
t Head an infantry force of about fifi
teen Irundred men, the whole under
* command of Brig.-Cien. Thos. F.
Drayton. The infantry partook of
the same spirit of confidence and defiance
manifested by the artillerists
under Col. Wagner, and all were
eager to meet the enemy.
Admiral DuPont, on board the
steam frigate Wabash, left New York
on the 19th day of October, 1801, accompanied
by numerous men-ofwar.
He received large accessions
to his expedition at Hampton lloads,
including twenty-five schooners
laden with coal. On the 29th, the
immense flotilla steamed out to sea
and formed in double echelon upon
the flagship Wabash, rounded Cape
Hatteras on the 31st, passed Charleston
on the 3d of November, and cast
anchor off the bar at Port Royal early
on the morning of the 4th.
As soon as the day was up and the
fog and mist, which hung like a cur
tain over tne mce 01 tne aeep, naa
lifted away, the masts and rigging of
the immense fleet was discovered
bristling up from the bosom of the
gulf like an immense forest in the
distance, void of foliage.
The facts of war now supplanted
the visions of peace, and stared the
Confederates in the face. All was life
and activity in camp. The boys polished
their rusty rifles, replenished
their cartridge boxes and donned
their long bowie-knives, with which
all were armed, and made general
preparations for the impending collision.
The Federal fleet drew nearer, day
by day, and took soundings in the
mouth of the river, about the centre
of the channel. Commodore Tatnall,
meanwhile, with his "mosquito"
fleet, (consisting of three small side-wheel
river steamers), came out
from his moorings in Skull creek
and defied the enemy. Several times
the little Confederate commodore attacked
and drove off the Federal
gun-boats which were making the
reconnoissance, to the delight of the
troops ashore. The Federals, however,
pursued their investigations
until tney were satisfied.
Aoout \f ociock, jNovemuer /in,
the magnificent armada, in battle
array, was seen to be advancing,
headed by the flagship Wabash
and followed at close intervals by
nine other steam frigates, sloops and
gun-boats, designed for the attack of
the forts; while the Bienville, abreast
of the flagship, followed by four other
gun-boats, designed to meet and
ward off the Confederate squadron
from interference with the attack
upon the forts, kept pace with the
movement.
The Confederate infantry was
drawn up in line of battle about half
a mile in rear of the fort, and the artillerists
stood to their guns.
The Wabash, with her long train,
headed for the centre of the channel
and steamed up the river midway
between the forts. As soon as the
head of the column came within
range, the guns of Fort Walker
belched forth their iron thunderbolts,
one after another, in rapid succession,
until the whole water front
was ablaze with the-fires of her ponderous
armament.
Fort Beauregard opened a moment
later. The men-of-war, pursuing the
order of attack, responded with
broadside after broadside until the
whole line became engaged, and the
whole atmosphere was rent with shot
and shell and the thunder of artillery.
Rapidly passing from beneath the
destructive range of the forts to a
point some half a mile north, the Wabash,
with her active compact train,
veered to the left, swung into position
enfilading the water-front of
Fort Walker, and floating with the
current side foremost, delivered one
broadside after another with most disastrous
effect upon the guns of the
fort. The starboard column, headed
by the Bienville, turned upon Commodore
Tatnall, whose mosquito
fleet was doing its best to stay the
irresistible onslaught, and after a
sharp contest sent him flying to
cover behind the heavily timbered
banks of Skull creek, and joined the
Wabash.
The whole floating battery now
slowly dropped down by Fort Walker,
pouring shot and shell into the
works, and was defiantly answered
by the few remaining guns, here and
there, bearing upon the inlet. Wheeling
out to seaward the Wabash again
led the way up tl ^ channel, this time
directing her most furious blows
against Fort Beauregard. The same
movement was made against Fort
"T ? 1 -J?i
wiUKer una uie circle utsuuucu, n.->
in the first assault, ancl repeated
again and again, until the last Confederate
gun was knocked out of
battery and silenced.
Meanwhile, Gen. Drayton held his
infantry forces well in hand, ready
to lead them against the enemy
whenever they should attempt to
effect a landing, and several times
during the struggle, under a misapprehension
of the situation, swept
down across the field to a point a
short distance in rear of the fort, only
to receive the full benefit of the enemy's
destructive fire. About 1
o'clock ]>. m. the last infantry charge
was made. The brave garrison stood
by their silent guns and defied the
Federal, to land, while the infantry
stormed down to the dismantled fort
and flaunted their banners in their
very faces; but they dared not come.
Every gun of the vast flotilla, drawn
up in battle array in front of Fort
Walker, was turned upon our unprotected
line, and with plunging
shot and screaming shells literally
tore up the ground upon which the
infantry lay. This terrible storm
was endured until complete destruction
seemed to be inevitable. The
commanding general, now convinced
of ultimate disaster and ruin to his
command, from a contest absolutely
exparte and one-sided, ordered the
troops to retire. The fort was abandoned
by its gallant defenders, the
infantry'line withdrawn, and Port
Jtoyal was given up by the Confederates.
I do not remember the casualties
in Company 11, nor of the batallion,
except that all our furniture, the
"medicine" chest, etc., with the
lto'.inHfnl theorv of "one iruii to sev
en teen" were gone, and gone forever.
After the evacuation of Hilton
Head and Bay l'oint, the regiment
was reunited on the mainland, and
during the winter and early spring,
remained on the coast at Pocotaligo,
Adams' ltun and other points between
Charleston and Savannah.
When State Rights (list was commissioned
a brigadier general in the
Confederate army, Col. Dunnovant
resigned, and Lieut.-Col. Barnes was
promoted to colonel, Major Cad.
Jones to lieut.-colonel, and (.'apt.
W. H. McCorklc to major. Capt.
Miller became the senior captain and
company B the right flanking company
of the regiment.
About the middle of April, 1K(!2,
the Twelfth regiment was transferedto
Virginia and placed on duty
near Fredericksburg, where it was
brigaded with the First, Eleventh,
(Orr's Rifles), Thirteenth and Fourteenth
South Carolina regiments,
under Brig.-Gen. Maxey Gregg, of
Columbia, S. C. The regiment remained
in this section until McClellan,
with an immense army, appeared
before Richmond.
About the 1st of June Gregg's brigade
reached the vicinity of Richmond,
but too late to participate in
the battle of Seven Pines. We were
placed in position on the Smith farm,
fronting the Cickahominy, adjacent
to the nine-mile road, and about seven
miles from the Confederate capital.
This position was occupied,
with slight variations, for several
weeks. Meanwhile, typhoid fever
dysentery and other diseases prevailed
among the men and very
much reduced the number and elliciency
of the Confederate forces hefore
Richmond. Among others in
Company 11, that excellent soldier.
Corporal W. M. Brown, sickened and
died. Lieut, lligham was here pro
motcd to the office of senior second bu
lieutenant to fill the place of Lieut. Co
Bell, and M. V. Darwin was 301
elected junior second lieutenant to ioi
fill his place.* The "Light Division," Lc
which afterwards achieved such re- en
nown in Virginia, was organized and thi
placed under command of that gal- Nt
lant and accomplished officer, Major- to
General A. P. Hill, and was com- stc
posed of the brigades of Anderson, pr<
Branch, Fields, Archer, Pender and r
Gregg. m<
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, having an
been disabled by wounds in the bat- be;
tie of Seven Pines, was superseded cai
by that peerless Confederate com- an
mander, Robert E. Lee, who at once un
set about to organize a force adequate en
to the defense of the Confederate cap- fie
ital. Troop after troop and brigade bri
after brigade were added to the Con- Fc
federate lines, until the Army of en
Northern Virginia reached the for- se^
midable aggregate of 80,000 men an
present for duty on the field. A1
Having weighed the subject in his de
own mind, as to whether, with the
forces at his command, he could sue- wl
cessfully meet Gen. McClellan with di'
an army of 100,000 men now con- Mi
ironting nun m n position 01 great ng
natural strength ana well fortified, wi
the Confederate commander deter- of
mined to make the attack and to Ri
measure the strength and valor of stf
his troops with that of the enemy. pr
Accordingly, soon after dark, on th
the night of the 2oth of June, A. co:
P. Hill's light division was put in na
motion and ordered to move up and Co
cross the Chickahominy at Meadow a 1
Bridge, strike the enemy in the
flank and drive him down the river in
until Longstreet's front was cleared, an
when he was to cross over and join lai
Hill on the right. Jackson, in the of
meantime, was to assist Hill by an he
attack from the rear. The move- ty
ment was somewhat delayed, and sti
Gen. Hill did not cross the river un- de
til the afternoon of the 2Gth. Field's
brigade crossed the river first and di
struck the enemy some distance this Ja
side of Mechanicsville and drove an
them back upon the town. Here go
they were in strong force, well forti- H
fied and made a stand. The gallant wi
Virginians, without hesitation, at- Ja
tacked them in their fortifications, pr
and after an obstinate and gallant Ja
defense on the part of the Federals,
drove them from the field and bivouacked
for the night.
On the next morning, with Gregg's
brigade iti front, the light division
moved forward, driving the enemy II
from one position after another back pa
upon their centre. The skirmish re
line, which was composed of Com- th
panies A and B of the Twelfth and T1
two companies of the First regiment, to
rendered valiant service in front of co
the line of battle. The second pla- tu
toon of Company B was formed at v?
right angles across the left flank of pi
the advancing line, to guard against cli
an attack from that direction, and in
kept pace with the line. Soon alter gi
driving the enemy from a strong po- da
sition at Beaverdam creek, a body of fo
about one hundred Pennsylvania to
" Bucktails" were discovered to the fa
left and rear of the advancing line cli
and some three hundred yards in N
front of the flanking skirmishers, ar
They had been passed in making the ar
drive, and came rushing down a hill lit
to the left, with the intention of pass- or
ing the front of our transverse line ce
and rejoining their comrades, now th
slowly falling back towards Cold o\
Harbor. This force largely outnum- ta
bered us, and we expected a lively in
tilt with the Pennsylvanians; but at to
the command, a well-directed volley bi
was delivered with such deadly ef- th
feet that, to our great relief, with T1
increased celerity, the Bucktails to
bounded into the woods in our front pn
and disappeared, leaving their killed th
and wounded 011 the ground, with lif
seventeen prisoners in our hands, all
wlm rlonlinof] tn run the trail 11 tlet of ar
a second volley, and laid down their in
arms on demand. ba
This, in our estimation, was a grand tfc
achievement lor Company B, the ul- di
timate results of which would be the co
capitulation of (Jen. McClellan with
what forces were left of the Federal "f
army; the triumphant return of Gen. e,)
Lee at the head of the Army of North- Jo
ern Virginia to the Confederate capi- "l]
fed; a grand military ovation to the m
second platoon of Company Band its Wi
illustrious commander; the declara- Pr
tion of peace; the establishment of J*1
the independence of the Southern Fj
Confederacy; the dispersion of the co
armies of the divided sections, and
the inauguration of a government in
the South, the like of which the to
world had never seen. But we were
slightly disappointed; for when we Jo
marched the seventeen Bucktails tri- M
umphantly to the rear and met the
Confederate commander, he refused *>a
to pull off his hat and cheer, or in any 1,1
manner whatever to recognize the th
Cm>l. W
t'UllIiUUl M*1 > JV.C lunuciui uj
puny B, but continued to push buck c'e
MeClellun upon his base, as if notli- Pl
ing of importance had occurred, and "J
MeClellun declining to surrender, the
struggle was continued. "ll
The Federal right wing, as it was J1!
successively driven from Mechanics- br
ville, Beaverdam and Gaines' mill, 11
swung back upon the centre and
formed on McClellan's right at Cold
Harbor, facing the advancing columns
of A. P. Hill and Stonewall i0(
Jackson, as they closed down upon s,,
them from the west and north-west, of
As soon as Longstreet's front cj]
was clear he crossed over the Chick- fh
ahominy and joined Ifill on the 0f
right. li^
About 2 o'clock in the afternoon, oil
June 27th, the battle was joined upon m
the bloody field of Cold Harbor. A. wi
P.Hill led the attack with his light es
division and maintained a fearful lil
contest, single-handed and alone, for wi
a period of two hours, with a heavy ar
loss. At 4 o'clock Longstreet went ec
into action on the right, and togetli- ea
er these gallant divisions waged a fai
continuous and desperate onslaught ea
against the enemy's position, with hi
varying success, until late in the af- im
ternoon, when Stonewall Jackson, th
with his victorious legions fresh from th
the conquest in the Shenandoah val- th
ley, supported on the left by 1). II. foi
Hill, came down with the force ofan th
avalanche upon the Federal right ec
and rear, dovetailing his right into er,
the left of the light division. The so
whole line now closed with the ene- to
my, and with cheer on cheer and ec:
charge on charge, the grev columns th
of Longstreet, Jackson and the Hills tec
surged against the crescent shaped im
lines of blue which girded the sum- dil
mitofCold Harbor, Only to meet a t\v
foe as immovable in determination th
as they were irresistible in impetu- tw
osity. tal
To !in<l fro the battle swaved, amid l,ti
shouts and groans and the clash of ea:
arms, until tlie shadows of nightfall SP!
began to settle down upon the bloody
scene. To this juncture results were *n
meagre, hut the crisis had been reach- |?
ed, and right bravely did the Con- Wi
federates meet it. Without any ap- -su
parent relaxation of their persistent do
endeavor, a sudden wild enthusiasm a?
seemed to seize the Southern troops, h*]
under the inspiration of which they y
swept up the hill like a mighty cy- i* :
clone, stormed over the Federal se'1
breastworks and sent the enemy >'e
flying in utter rout from the held, stn
capturing a large number of prison- fr<
ers and munitions of war, and biv- th<
ouacking upon the battle field. ar<
Company B had a number of casualties
in this battle, but I cannot Ju
recall the names of the unfortunates, m<
except that (.'apt. John L. Miller was
wounded. The Twelfth regiment,
however, lost in this battle 138 offi- or
cers and men, killed and wounded. thi
During Saturday, the 28th, we a i
rested on the hard-earned field, and lej
performed the last sad offices for our by
dead comrades, while MeClellan re- ml
treated. On Sunday we took up the pr
line of march in pursuit, crossed the in
Chiekahominy and moved in thedi- pa
rection of the James. The battle of lie
Savage's Station was this day fought, pr
t Gregg's brigade was not engaged, gr
ntinuing our inarch on Monday, wi
;h, we overtook Longstreet's divis- re;
1 in line of battle at Frazier's farm, lie
ingstreet was soon put forward and if
gaged the enemy, supported by sp
ree brigades of the lignt division, en
?ar sunset Gregg's brigade was sent
the relief of Pryor and Feather- '
me, whose brigades were sorely Bi
Bssed. thi
rhe Fourteenth regiment led, of
iving through the dense woods th
d driving the Federal skirmishers Hi
fore it. This regiment soon be- Sc
ne engaged with a heavy force, K<
d continued the fight furiously da
til long after nightfall, when the ry
emy obstinately yielded up the qu
1/1 Tho nflioi* riwimpnta nf thp till
iprade formed to the ieft of the To
mrteenth, but were not actively su
gaged. The Twelfth regiment lost T1
/en men wounded while under fire, sh
long whom, as I remember, were 1
f. Black well and John B. McFad- an
n, of Company B. "k
[11 the battle of Malvern Hill, th
lich was fought principally by the or
visions of D. H. Hill, Huger and clc
agruder, on the 1st of July, the fn
;ht division only supported and be
us not engaged. This was the last th
the seven days' fight in front of er
chmond, which yielded, in sub- be
intial results, over ten thousand dc
isoners, fifty-two pieces of artillery, th
irty-five thousand stands of arms, t\\
mmissary, quartermaster and ord- er
nee stores of immense value to the ne
nfederacy, and last but not least, scl
iberated capital. m
For nearly a month we remained Zc
the neighborhood of Malvern Hill IB
d Laurel Church, watching McClel- tu
i. who had fallen back to the cover w:
nis gunboats on the James, and fo:
re the troops suffered greatly from T1
phoid fever and dysentery, but bl
ange to say there were but few th
aths. w:
About the first of August the lierht w<
vision was ordered to join Gen. gi
ckson in the neighborhood of Or- ce
ge Court House, whither he had
ne soon after the battle of Malvern
ill, and henceforth Hill's division 01
is attached to and became a part of fo
ckson's corps, which now com- or
ised the two other divisions of co
ckson and Early. m
TO HE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK. th
Cr
ANOTHER INVENTION. pi
The Birmingham, Alabama, Age- fig
erald gives some particulars or a w
itented scheme which, if equal to y(
presentation, might revolutionize ch
e cotton industry of the South, be
le project is said to comprise a cot- bl
n ginnery, a machine to prepare the ar
tton for the spindle, splindles to p<
rn it into yarns, and looms to con- di
>rt it into cloth, the cost of the whole la
ant not to exceed $10,000. A ma- ar
line is put up at some central point th
a cotton growing country. Its bl
nning capacity is three bales per si
ly. Within a radius of three or fr
ur miles it will draw enough cot- in
n to supply it for a year. The tr
rmer hauls his cotton to the ma- m
line just as he now does to the gin. sh
ow he pays for having it ginned es
id packed, also for bagging and ties, m
id then must come and get it and ea
lul it away to some railway station Ii
market town. With the new pro- pi
ss he sells his cotton in the seed at ni
e market price to the company or w
vner of the gin. The machine will ul
ke the seed cotton, gin it, put it gi
to rolls, the rolls will be transferred in
the spindles. These yarns are is
mdled up and shipped directly to re
e mills to be woven into cloth. k<
tie saving is the freight of the cot- la
n to the market town, the cost of lo
icking and the difference between sc
e cost of bagging and ties and the ti
jhter covering of the yarn bales; v<
so the commission and insurance
id warehouse charges and weighg,
altogether about $3 or $4 per
ile. Nearly all this difference would j,,
?into the planter's pocket. In ad- w
tion to the enhanced price of the
tton to the producer, there would th
i a vast amount of money kept at
>me which now goes to the people
uployed in spinning the raw eotn.
Every neighborhood would ^
tve its own factory, giving employ- jn
ent to its people and keeping their 0f
ages in circulation as well as the 0j
oflta of the mill owner. Next after ,)(
e spindle would come the loom. m
rom turning the cotton into yarns af
me the turning it into cloth. It is tb
it likely that these little neighbor- ai
>od establishments would ever get ^
making the finer goods, but they y<
uld turn out cloth sufficiently fine \\
r common uses. The inventor is VJ
r. H. M. Allen, who proposes to p(
:hibit his machinery at the Alaima
State Fair, to be held at Bir- ^
imrham. The invention is now
e property of a stock company, 8CJ
hich has determined, since the rent
successful test at Tuskaloosa, to tii
isli it. Prominent among the stock- er
>lders are Judge J. B. Head and (j<
r. Robert Warnock. of Binning- n]
im. Mr. Allen himself was brought gj
) in a cotton factory, and he and his e>
other built the Allen factory at
attsville.?[The South.
THE VELOCITY OF LIGHT. tjj
Light moves with the amazing ve- st<
city of 185,000 miles a second, a ca
eed a million times as great as that
a rifle bullet. It would make the b?
rcuit of the earth's circumference at jn
e equator seven times in one beat st
the pendulum. For a long time 01
jlit was thought to be instantane- at
is, but it is now known to have a pi
easunible velocity. The discovery n?
as first made by means of the eclips- ar
of Jupiter's satellites. Jupiter, 0f
ce the earth, casts a shadow, and th
lien his moons pass through it, they t?i
e eclipsed, just as our moon is jn
lipsed when passing through the th
rth's shadow. Jupiter's shadow fr<
r surpasses in magnitude that of the \\
rth. His moons revolve around fa(
m much more rapidly than our se
oon revolves around the earth, and ru
eir orbits are nearly in the plane of ed
e planet's orbit. Consequently se
ey all, with the exception of the T1
Lirtli and most distant satellite, pass th
rough the planet's shadow, and are en
lipsed at every revolution. Roeni- ti<
, a Danish astronomer, made in 1G75 ai]
me curious observations in regard m
the times of the occurrence of tliase pj
lipses. When Jupiter is nearest st<
p nnrHi tbp prlinses occur about six- "l
3ii minutes earlier than when he is 0f
ost distant from the earth. The
ft'erence in distance between the A
0 points is about 185,000,000 miles, pe
e diameter of the earth's orbit, or th
ice her distance from the sun. It Va
<es light, therefore, sixteen min- re
es to traverse the diameter of the gr
rth's orbit, and half that time to fa<
an the distance between the sun and re
e earth. Light is thus shown to no
ivel 185,000 miles in a second, and Oi
take eight minutes?or more exact- $2
, 500 seconds?in coming from the st<
n to the earth. It follows that we $p
not see the sun until eight minutes $i
:er sunrise, and that we do not see is<
in eight minutes after sunset, ee:
hen we look at a star we do not see Cc
as it now is, but the star as it was
/eral years ago. It takes light three (jl
ars to*come to us from the nearest cy
ir, and were it suddenly blotted
?m the sky we should see it shining b<
sre for three years to come. There A]
1 other methods of finding the ve- M:
ity of light, but the satellites of
piter first revealed its progressive g
ivement.?[Youth's Companion.
ha
aT A good story is told of Govern- ev
Tom Bennett, who presided over 00
3 destinies of Idaho more than bu
decade ago. A member of the co
jislature who had been annoyed do
his neighbor's hog, introduced a co
1 compelling the owner of the in
ascribed animal to keep him with- cr
the limits of a pen. The bill 00
ssed and went up to Governor Ben- th
tt for his approval. To the sur- gr
ise of the members, and the cha- gr
in of its sponsor, it was returned
th his veto. When asked for a
iison he exclaimed: "I don't beve
in the bill in the first place, and,
I did. I wouldn't sign a bill that
elled nog with a big H, and Goviior
with a little g."
riie Seven Bibles.?The seven
bles of the world are the Koran of
e Mohammedans, the Tri-Pitikes,
the Buddhists, the Five Kings of
e Chinese, the Three Vedas of the
indoos, the Zendavesta, and the
riptures of the Christians. The
aran is the most recent of the five,
ting from about the seventh centuafter
Christ. It is a compound of
lotations from both the Old and
e new Testaments, and from the
ilmud. - The Tri ritikes contains
blime morals and pure aspirations,
leir author lived and died in the
cth century before Christ.
The sacred writings of the Chinese
e called the Five Kings, the word
:inj*" meaning web of cloth. From
is it is presumed that they were
iginally written on five rolls of
)th. They contain wise sayings
>m the sages on the duties of life,
it they cannot be traced further back
an the eleventh century before our
a. The Vedas are the most ancient
ioks in the language of the Hin- t
ios. but they do not, according to
e late commentators, antedate the
-elfth century before the Christian
a. The Zenaevesta of the Persians,
;xt to our Bible, is reckoned among
holars as being the greatest and
ost learned of the sacred writings,
(roaster,'whose sayings it contains,
red and worked in the twelfth cenry
before Christ. Moses lived and
rote the Pentateuch 1,500 years here
the meek and lowly Jesus,
lerefore, that portion of our Bie
is at least 300 years older than
e most ancient of other sacred
hifinr*<3 rplia vrl/lna uatyii.onnrnrl
L A blll^Oi X llv X^UUUO) Ui
ork of the Scandinavians, was first
ven to the world in the fourteenth
ntury, A. D.?[St. Louis Republic.
The Sources of Beautiful Colis.?The
American Druggist has
rmulated a list of the choicest cols
used in the arts, as follows: The
chineal insects furnish a great
any of the very fine colors. Among
em are the gorgeous carmine, the
imson, scarlet carmine and purple
kes. The cuttle fish gives the sea.
It is the inky fluid which the
ih discharges in order to render the
ater opaque when attacked. Indian
illow comes from the camel. Ivory
lips produce the ivory black and
>ne black. The exquisite Prussian
ue is made by fusing horses's huffs
id other animal matter with impure
itassium carbonate. This color was
scovered accidentally. Various
kes are derived from roots, barks
\r\ /vnmo V)Inn Llonlr nAiYHki fi?Am
iu e uiuo* jjiuc uiata vA/mto ixv/uj.
ie cnarcoal of the vine stalk. Lamp
ack is soot from certain resinous
ibstances. Turkey red is made
om the madder plant, which grows
i Hindostan. Tne yellow sap of a
ee of Siam produces gamboge; the
itives catch the sap in cocoanut
tells. Raw sienna is the natural
irth from the neighborhood of Sien- ^
i, Italy. Raw umber is also an *
irth fourid near Umbria and burnt,
idia ink is made from burnt camlor.
The Chinese are the only
anufacturers of this ink, and they
ill not reveal the secret of its manacture.
Mastic is made from the
im of the mastic tree, which grows
l the Grecian Archipelago. Bister
the soot of wood ashes, very little
al ultramarine is found in the marit.
It is obtained from the precious
pis-lazuli, and commands a fabuus
price. Chinese white is zinc,,
arlet is iodide of mercury, and nave
vermillion is from the quicksilir
ore called cinnabar.
Dead-Letter Money.?There is
the United States treasury vault a
own wooden box, eight inches
ide, a foot long, and eighteen inches
iep, which contains paper money of
19. nominal value of several hundred
lousand dollars. It is not worth a
)llar.
The queer thing about it, observes
le American Banker, is the manner
t which it was collected. Every bit
" it came from the dead-letter office
' the postoffice department. Some
)rtion of it is counterfeit, but the
ost of it was genuine many years
jo. The banks which issued it, and
ie officers who signed it, are gone
id forgotten. It was all sent over
i the treasury department several
jars ago, and Assistant Treasurer
<fhelpley undertook to trace up the
irious banks, and get as much as
jssible of it redeemed. Occasional'
he found descendants of some of
lese old bank officials, themselves
inkers, who were willing to redeem
?me of the notes for the sake of the
gnatures of their fathers, and in
lis way he succeeded in getting seval
hundred dollars' worth of it rejemed.
A little of it is Confederate
oney, but most of it is of banks,
ate and private, that went out of
:istence many years ago. The oldt
notes are dated back as far as 1812.
S?- The St. Louis Republictells
lis story of the Shah and Mr. w mon,
who briefly represented Ameri,
in Persia not long ago. When Mr.
rinston got to Teheran, the chamirlain
presented him four elephants
the name of the Shah. Mr. Winon,
who had never seen an elephant
itside of a menagerie, was paralyzed
his situation, hut managed to ex ess
his thanks for the Shah's kindjss.
After he had been presented
id had assumed the duties of his
lice, his greatest official burden was
e care of his elephants. Relief
me on the second day, when the
timation was politely conveyed
at the Shah expected a present
Dm him. "Certainly," said Mr.
'inston as a smile wreathed his
lie. "I have only lieen waiting to
cure one worthy of so great a
ler." That afternoon he proceed[
in State to the palace and prented
the Shah with five elephants,
le chamb^lain seemed to regard
e animals ./ith suspicion, but Oriital
politeness prevents the inspec)n
of a gift horse in the mouth;
id anyhow the extra elephant reoved
all doubt. "That extra elelant
cost me $100," said Mr. Win)n,
in telling the story afterward..
Jut I considered myself getting out
a bad scrape cheap at that."
Adorning Bank NotEs.-It would
rhaps be difficult to tell whether
e frequency of circulation or the
ilue of the note determined the
lative esteem in which our coness
held the various men whose
:es appear on our national curncy.
The following list tells what
irtraits are on the different notes:
1 United States: $1, Washington;
, Jefferson; $5, Jackson; $10, Web>r;
$20, Hamilton; $50, Franklin ;
00, Lincoln; $500, Gen. Mansfield;
,000, DeWitt Clinton; $5,000, Madm;
$10,000, Jackson. On silver
rtificates: $10, Robert Morris; $20.
mmodore Decatur; $5, Edward
t-erett; $100, James Monroe; $500,
larles Sumner; $1,000. W. L. Mar.
On gold notes: $20, Garfield;
I), Silas Wright; $100, Thos. H.
mton; $500, A. Lincoln; $1,000,
lexander Hamilton ; $5,<X)0, James
adison ; $10,000, Andrew Jackson.
6T The corn crop of the South for
SO, says the Manufacturers' Record.
,s, like cotton, given the best yield
er secured, reaching probably 550,0,000
bushels, against 509,705,000
ishels in 1888. Oats, wheat, tobac,
sugar, rice, vegetables, have all
>ne better than for years, and it is a
nservative estimate to place the
crease in the value of all southern
ops of 1889 at $126,000,000 to $150,0,000
more than in 1888. and
at, too, remembering that the agegate
value of last year wits the
eatest on record up to that time. A