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HORSE Si
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A Tale of the Revol
Upper C
By JOHN P.
CHAPTER LVIII.
The Conclusion.
The victory was won. In the last
assault, Campbell had reached the
crest of the mountain, and the loyalists
had given ground with decisive Indications
of defeat. Ferguson, In the
hopeless effort to rally his soldiers,
had flung himself Into their van, but a
hniiot at this instant reached his
heart; he fell from his seat, and his
white horse, which had been conspicuous
in the crowd of battle, bounded
wildly through the ranks of the Whigs
and made his way down the mountain
side.
Campbell passed onward, driving the
royalists before him. For a moment
the discomfltted bands hoped to join
their comrades in the rear, and, by a
united effort, to efTect a retreat; but
the parties led by Sevier and Cleveland,
cheered by the shouts of their
victorious companions, urged their attacks
with new vigor, and won the hill
in time to intercept the fugitives. All
hopes of escape being thus at an end,
a white flag was displayed in token of
submission; and the remnant of Ferguson's
late proud and boastful army,
now amounting to between eight and
nine hundred men, surrendered to the
assailants.
It has scarcely ever happened that a
battle has been fought, in which the
combatants met with keener Individ
ual exasperation than In this. The
mortal hatred which embittered the
feelings of Whig and Tory along this 1
border, here vented itself in the eagerness
of conflict, and gave the Impulse
to every blow that was struck?rendering
the fight, from beginning to end,
relentless, vindictive, and bloody. The
remembrance of the thousand cruelties
practised by the royalists during
the brief Tory dominion to which my
narrative has been confined, was fresh
in the minds of the stern and hardy
men of the mountains, who had pursued
their foe with such fierce animosity
to this his last stage. Every one
had some wrong to tell, and burned
with an unquenchable rage of revenge.
It was, therefore, with a yell of triumph
that they saw the symbol of submission
raised aloft by the enemy; and
for a space the forest rang with their
loud and reiterated huzzas.
Many brave men fell on either side.
Upon the slope of the mountain and on
its summit, the bodies of the dead and
dying lay scattered amongst the rocks,
and the feeble groans of the wounded
mingled wkh the fierce tones of exultation
from the living. The Whigs
sustained a grievous loss In Colonel
Williams, who had been struck down
In the moment of victory. He was
young, ardent, and brave; and his
many soldier-like virtues, combined
with a generous and amiable temper,
had rendered him a cherished favorite
with the army. His death served
still more to Increase the exacerbation
of the conquerors against the conquered.
The sun was yet an hour high
when the battle was done. The Whigs
were formed In two lines on the ridge
of the mountain; and the prisoners,
more numerous than their captors,
having laid down their arms, were
drawn up In detached columns on the
intervening ground. There were many
sullen and angry glances exchanged,
during this period of suspense, between
victors and vanquished; and It
was with a fearful rankling of Inward
wrath, that many of the Whigs detected,
in the columns of the prisoners,
some of their bitterest persecutors.
This spirit was partially suppressed
in the busy occupation that followed.
Preparations were directed to be made
for the night-quarters of the army;
and the whole host was, accordingly,
ordered to march to the valley. The
surgeons of each party were already
fully employed in their vocation. The
bodies of the wounded were strewed
around; and for the protection of such
as were not In a condition to be moved,
shelters were made of the boughs of
trees, and fires kindled to guard them
from the early frost of the season. All
the rest retired slowly to the appointed
encampment.
Whilst Campbell was Intent upon
these cares, a messenger came to summon
him to a scene of unexpected interest.
He was informed that a gentleman,
not attached to the army, had
been dangerously wounded in the fight,
and now lay at the further extremity
of the mountain ridge. It was added
that he earnestly desired an interview
with the commanding officer. Campbell
lost no time in attending to the
request.
Upon repairing to the spot, his at{rvn
ti-QQ flranrn a etrqncpr who
lay upon the ground. His wan and
haggard cheek, and restless eye, showed
that he suffered acute pain; and
the blood upon his cloak, which had
been spread beneath him indicated the
wound to have been received in the
side. A private soldier of the British
army was his only attendant. To
Campbell's solicitous and kind inquiry,
he announced himself, in a voice that
was almost over-mastered by his bodily
anguish, to be Philip Lindsay of
Virginia.
"You behold," he said, "an unhappy
father in pursuit of his children."
Then, after a pause, he continued "My
daughter Mildred, I have been told is
near me; I would see her, and quickly."
"God have mercy on us!" exclaimed
Campbell, "is this the father of the
lady who has sought my protection?
Wounded too, and badly, I fear!
Where is Major Butler, who was lately
prisoner with Ferguson?" he said, addressing
the attendant?"Go. go, sir."
he added, speaking to the same person.
"Bring me the first surgeon you can
find, and direct some three or four men
from the ranks to come to your aid.
Lose no time."
The soldier went instantly upon the
errand, and soon returned with the de
HIS
lOfilSOl
utionary Struggle In
Carolina.
KENNEDY.
sired assistance. Lindsay's wound
had been already staunched, and all
that remained to be done was to put
him in some place of shelter and comfort.
A cottage at the foot of the
mountain was pointed out by Campbell;
a litter was constructed and the
sick man was borne upon the shoulders
of four attendants to the designated
spot. Meantime, Campbell rode off to
communicate the discovery he had
made to Mildred and her brother.
Lindsay's story, since we last parted
from him, may be briefly told. He and
Tyrrel had Journeyed Into the low
country of Virginia, to meet the friends
of the royal government. These had
wavered, and were not to be brought
together. A delay ensued, during
which Tyrrel had prevailed upon Lindsay
to extend his Journey into North
Carolina; whence, after an Ineffectual
effort to bring the Tory party to some
decisive step they both returned to the
Dove Cote, having been nearly three
weeks absent.
Upon their arrival, afflicting Intelligence
met Lindsay of the departure of
Mildred and her brother for the seat
of war. Mildred's letter was delivered
to him; and its contents almost struck
him dumb. It related the story of Arthur
Butler's misfortunes and announced,
that, for nearly a year past,
Mildred had been the wedded wife of
the captive officer. The marriage had
been solemnized in the preceding autumn,
In a hasty moment, as Butler
traveled south to join the army. The
only witnesses were Mistress Dimock,
under whose roof ?t had occurred,
Henry Lindsay, and the clergyman.
The motives that induced this marriage
were explained; both Mildreld
and Arthur hoped by this Irremediable
step, to reconcile Lindsay to the event,
and to turn his mind from Its unhappy
brooding; the Increased exasperation
of his feelings, during the succeeding
period, prevented the disclosure which
Mildred had again and again essayed
to make. The recent dangers which
had beset Arthur Butler, had determined
her to fly to his rescue. As his
wife she felt It to be her duty, and she
had, accordingly, resolved to encounter
the peril of the Journey.
For a day or two after the perusal
of this letter, Lindsay fell into a deep
melancholy. His presentiments secerned
to have been fatally realized, and
his hopes suddenly destroyed. From
this despondency, Tyrrel's assiduous
artifice aroused him. Hei proposed to
Lindsay the pursuit of his children, in
the hope of thus luring him Into Cornwallis's
camp, and connecting him with
the fortunes of the war. The chances
of life, he reasoned, were against
Butler, if indeed, as Tyrrel had ground
to hope that officer were not already
the victim of the snares that had been
laid for him.
Upon this advice. Lindsay had set
out for Cornwallls's headquarters,
where he arrived within a week after
the Interview of Mildred and Henry
with the British chief.
Whilst he delayed here, he riceived
the tidings that his daughter had
abandoned her homeward journev an-1
turned aside in quest of Butler. This
determined him to continue his pursuit.
Tyrrel still accompanied him;
and the two travelers having arrived
at the moment of the attack upon
King's Mountain. Lindsay was persuaded
by his companion to make the rash
adventure which, we have already
seen, had been the cause of his present
misfortune.
It is not my purpose to attempt a
description of the scene in the cottage,
where Arthur Butler and his wife and
Henry, first saw Lindsay stretched upon
a rude pallet, and suffering the anguish
of a dangerous wound. It is sufficient
to say that, in the midst
of the deep grief of the bystanders,
Lindsay was composed and tranquil,
like one who thought It vain to
struggle with fate. "I have foreseen
this day, and felt its coming," he muttered,
in a low and broken voice; "it
has happened as it was ordained. I
have unwisely struggled against my
doom. There, take it," he added, as
he stretched forth his hand to Butler,
and in tones scarcely audible breathed
out. "God bless you. my children! I
forgive you."
During the night fever ensued, and
with it came delirium. The patient
acquired strength from his disease,
and raved wildly, in a strain familiar
to his waking superstition. The same
vision of fate and destiny haunted his
imagination; and h? almost frightened
his daughter from beside his couch,
with the fervid eloquence of his madness.
? -- -?* 4-1 ? 1 f
rne cottage was suuaifu ueui nan
a mile from the encampment of the
army. Towards daylight, Lindsay had
sunk into a slumber, and the attendant
surgeon began to entertain hopes
that the patient might successfully
struggle with his malady. Mildred
and Mary Musgrove kept watch in the
apartment, whilst Butler with Horse
Shoe Robinson and Allen Musgrove.
remained anxiously awake in the adjoining
room: Henry Lindsay, wearied
with the toils of the preceding day,
and old Isaac the negro, not so much
from the provocation of previous labor
as from constitutional torpor, lay
stretched in deep sleep upon the tloor.
Such was the state of things when
near sunrise, a distant murmur reached
the ears of those who were awake
In the cottage. These sounds attracted
the notice of Horse Shoe, who im
mediately afterwards stole out of the
apartment and repaired to the camp.
During his walk thither the uproar became
more distinct, and shouts were
heard from a crowd of soldiers whe were
discovered in a confused and agitated
mass in the valley, at some distance
from the encampment. The sergeant
hastened to this spot, and, upon his
arrival, was struck with the shocking
sight of the bodies of some eight or
ten of the Tory prisoners suspended to
the limbs of a large tree.
The repose of the night had not allayed
the thirst of revenge amongst '
the Whigs. On the contrary, the oppor- I
tunity of conference and deliberation ]
had only given a more fatal certainty
to their purpose. The recent execu- i
tlons which had been permitted in i
Cornwallis's camp, after the battle of '
Camden, no less than the atrocities 1
lately practised by some of the Tories 1
who were now amongst the captured,
suggested the idea of a signal retrlbu- <
tlon. The obnoxious Individuals were' I
dragged forth from their ranks at I
early dawn, and summary punishment
Uvas inflicted by the excited soldiery
in the manner which we have described,
in spite of all remonstrance or command.
This dreadful work was still In progress
when Horse Shoe arrived. The
crowd were, at that moment, forcing
along to the spot of execution a trembling
wretch, whose grand form, crouching
beneath the hands that held him,
and pitiful supplications for mercy,
announced him to the sergeant as an
old acquaintance. The unfortunate
man had caught a glance of Robinson
and, almost frantic with despair,
sprang with a tiger's leap from the
grasp of those who held him, and, in
an instant, threw his arms around the
sergeant's neck, where he clung with
the hold of a drowning man.
"Oh save me, save me, Horse Shoe
Robinson!" he exclaimed wildly,
"Friend Horse Shoe, save me!"
"I am no friend of yours, Wat
Adair," said Robinson, sternly.
"Speak for me?Galbralth?speak,
for old acquaintance sake!"
"Hold!" said Robinson to the crowd
who had gathered round to pluck the
fugitive from his present refuge. "One
wuru menus: mu.hu uuuk, i nave t
somewhat to say In this matter." c
"He gavel Butler Into Hugh Habershaw's
hands," cried out some of the I
crowd. t
"He took the price of blood, and t
sold Butler's life for money?he shall c
die!" shouted others. t
"No words!" exclaimed many, "but t
up with him!" s
"Mr. Robinson," screamed Adair, <2
with tears starting from his eyes, "only r
hear me! I was forced to take sides t
against Major Butler. The Tories I
would have burnt down my house; a
they suspected me?I was obliged?> t
Mike Lynch was witness?mercy, mer- c
cy!" and here the frightened culprit c
cried loud and bitterly.
"Friends," said Horse Shoe calmly to a
the multitude, "there Is better game to t
hunt than this mountain-cat. Let me 1
have my way." ?
"None has a better right than Horse s
Shoe Robinson," said a speaker from
the group. "to say what ought to be
done to Wat Adair. Speak out, Horse *
Shoe,!" t
"Speak! We leave It to you," shout- r
ed some of the leaders; and Instantly <3
the crowd fell back and formed a clr- a
cle round Horse Shoe and Adair. t
"I give you your choice," said he to v
the group, "to say what ought to be *
though your iniquities. Wat Adair de- n
sarve that you should have been the t
first that was strung up to yonder tree, t
yet you shall have your choice, to tell C
us fully and truly, without holding
back name of high or low, who put I
you on to ambush Major Arthur But- a
ler's life at Grindall's Ford. Tell us F
that, to our satisfaction, and answer o
all other questions besides that we may a
ax you and you shall have your life, H
taking however, one hundred lashes t
to the back of It." F
"I will confess all. before God, truly"
cried Adair with eagerness. "James d
Curry told me of your coming, and h
gave me and Mike Lynch money to
help Hugh Habershaw." C
"James Curry had a master in the o
uumiiws, adiu nuuinauu, ma iiamr.
Adair hesitated for an Instant and d
stammered out. "Captain St. Jermyn." v
"He was at your house? Speak It, F
man. or think of the rope!"
"He was there," said Adair. f
"By my soul! Wat Adair, If you do h
not come out with the whole truth," t
said Robinson, with angry earnestness, I
"I take back my promise. Tell me all C
you know." r
"Curry acted by the captain's dl- t|
rection," continued the woodsman, "he F
was well paid for It as he told me and ?
would have got more If a quarrel r
amongst Habershaw's people hadn't c
stopped them from taking Major Butler's
life. So I have heard from the
mem myself."
"Well, sir?" E
"That's all," replied Adair.
"Do you know nothing about the
court-martial?" asked Robinson.
"Nothing. except that as the major
wasn't killed at the Ford, it was 1
thought best to have a trial, wherein ?
James Curry and Hugh Habershaw, as f
I was told, had agreed to swear against
the major's life."
"And were paid for It?"
"It was upon a consideration In c
course," replied Adair.
"And Captain St. Jermyn contrived ?
this?" 1
"It was said," answered Adair, "that
the captain left it all to Curry, and ?
rather seemed to take Major Butler's *
side himself at the trial. He didn't '
want to be known in the business!" ?
"Where is this Captain St. Jermyn?" ?
demanded many voices. This interrog- c
atory was followed by the rush of 1
the party towards the quarter in which 1
the prisoners were assembled, and, af- 1
ter a lapse of time which seemed in- ^
credibly short for the performance of ^
the deed, the unhappy victim of this '
tumultuary wrath was seen struggling '
in the agonies of death, as he hung J
from one of the boughs of the same (
tree which had supplied the means of f
the other executions.
By this time Butler and Henry Lind- ^
say, attracted by the shouts that reach- t
ed them at the cottage, had arrived at \
the scene of these dreadful events. '
Wat Adair was, at this moment, un- ]
dergoing the punishment for which ^
his first sentence was commuted. The I
lashes were inflicted by a sturdy arm (
upon his uncovered back; and it was ,
remarkable that the wretch who but '
lately had sunk, with the most slavish '<
fear, under the threat of death, now (
bore his stripes with a fortitude that ^
seemed to disdain complaint or even i
the confession of pain. Butler and.
Henry hurried with a natural disgust J
from this spectacle, and soon found ,
themselves near the spot where the r
lifeless forms of the victims of military j
vengeance were suspended from the
tree. j
"Gracious Heaven!" exclaimed But- '
ler, "is not that St. Jermyn? What 1
has he done to provoke this doom?" j
"It is Tyrrel!" ejaculated Henry.
'Major Butler, it is Tyrrel. That face,
black and horrible as it is to look at,
1 would know it among a thousand!"
"Indeed!" said Butler, gazing with a
melancholy earnestness upon the scene
ind speaking scarce above his breath,
'is it so; Tyrrel and St. Jermyn the
same person? This is a strange mystery."
Robinson, at this moment, approached,
and, in answer to Butler's question
told the whole story of the commotion
that had just agitated the camp.
"St Jprmvn was not with FertTU
son," said Butler, when the sergeant
lad finished his narrative. "How came
le here today?"
"First or last,'1 replied Robinson, "it
s my observation, major, that these
schemers and contrivers against oth?rs*
lives are sure to come to account.
The devil put it into this St. Jermyn's
lead to make Ferguson a visit. He
:ame yesterday with Mr. Lindsay, and
tot the poor gentleman his hurt. ,
Tames Curry has done working for him
low, major, master and man have traviled
one road."
The scene was now closed. The
lusiness of the day called the troops to
>ther labors. Campbell felt the necesilty
of an immediate retreat with his
irlsoners to the mountains, and his ,
?arliest orders directed the army to
irepare for the march. ,
When Butler returned to the cot- ,
age, he found himself surrounded by ,
i mournful group. The malady of ,
Lindsay had unexpectedly taken a
atal turn. Mildred and Henry were (
seated by the couch of their father, j
vatching in mute anguish the last
bbings 6f life. The dying man was ,
omposd and apparently free from ]
lain and the few words he spoke were |
if forgiveness and resignation.
In the midst of their sorrow and si- ,
ence the inmates or tne aweiung naa
heir attention awakened by the miliary
music of the retiring army. These
iheerful sounds vividly contrasted
vith the grief of the mourners, and
old of the professional indifference of
loldlers to the calamities of war. By
legrees, the martial tones became
nore faint, as the troops receded up
he valley; and before they were quite
ost to the ear, Campbell and Shelby
ippeared at the door of the cottage
o explain the urgency of their present
leparture, and to take a sad farewell
>f their friends.
Stephen Foster, with Harry Winter
ind a party of the Rangers remained
tehind to wait the movements of Buter.
Horse Shoe Robinson, Allen Musrrove,
and his daughter, were In content
attendance.
Here ends my story.
In a lonely thicket, close upon the
nargin of the little brook which waters
he valley on the eastern side of King's
nountaln, the traveler of the present
lay may be shown an almost obllterited
mound; and hard by he will see
he fragment of a rude tombstone, on
vhlch Is carved the letters P. L. This
estlge marks the &pot where the renains
of Philip Lindsay were laid, unII
the restoration of peace allowed
hem to be transported to the Dove
'ote.
There, also. In a happier day. Arthur
Jutler and Mildred took up their (
bode; and notwithstanding the fatal
resentiment in regard to the fortunes
f his house which had thrown so dark
color upon the life of Philip Lindsay,
Ived long enough after the- Revolution
o see grow up around them a pros erous
and estimable family.
Mary Musgrove, too attended Milred,
and attained an advanced, and I
iope a happy old age, at the Dove Cote.
Wat Adair, I have heard it said in
Carolina, died a year after the battle
f King's Mountain, of a horrible dlsemper,
supposed to have been proluced
by the bite of a rabid wolf. I
i-ould fain believe, for the sake of
oetical justice, that this was true.
Another item of intelligence, to be
ound in the history of the war, may
lave some reference to our tale. I find
hat, in the summer of 1781, Colonel
lutler was engaged in the pursuit of
?ornwallis in his retreat from Albenarle
towards Williamsburgh; my lnluiries
do not enable me to say with
recision, whether it was our friend
trthur Butler who had met this pronotion.
His sufferings in the cause
ertainly deserved such a reward.
The End.
JOY RESCUED DOG FROM WOLF.
)esperate Fight on Kansas Prairie in
Which Dog is Beaten.
To have his dog attacked in broad
laylight in an open field by a wolf
ind to witness one of the hardest
ights he ever saw was the experi;nce
of the nineteen-year-old son of
(Villiam Bennett, who lives east of
21smore, yesterday afternoon. The
log was nearly killed and the wolf
vas driven away only after repeated
issaults with a club In the hands of
ne siuruy lanuci uuj.
The story was told to Sheriff Rich- .
irdson while he was in Elsmore by |
dr. Bennett. The boy was ploughng
yesterday and the dog, which Is
i shepherd of fair size, was playing
ibout the field. Suddenly the boy's j
ittentlon was attracted from behind J
>y the barking of the dog, and he
urned to see the animal fighting full |
lit with a large gray wolf. The fight
vas fast and furious and the animals ,
vent round and round, finally work- (
ng their way clear up under the (
dough handles. The wolf was so inerested
in Its combat with the dug
hat it evidently did not take account 1
>f the fact that the dog had a faith- '
ul ally in the person of its master.
The Bennett boy saw that the wolf |
,vas getting the better of the bargain,
and seizing a club hammered 1
he animal with all his strength. The i
volf hung on with great tenacity, i
lOWever, and it was only after a severe
beating that it let go. After the
>xperienee which the animal had
vhen it came in contact with the club i
t was considerably cowed, and made (
ff to the woods as fast as its lugs
vould carry it. It made no attempt
.vhatever to attack the Bennett boy I
rhe dog was thoroughly exhausted i
ind covered with blood, but it was not (
?owed, and a little later in the ufierloon
raised a great rumpus around a '
ille of rocks in the field where the
ight had taken place. I
Tht? Ppnnptt hnv ninrlp fin lnvi?sH
ration anil discovered the wolf's lair
n the rock pile. From the pile of '
oeks he took eleven young wolves. ?
I'he game fight which the wolf had
put up was then explained. The dog
tiad discovered the wolf's den, routed
>ut the wolf, and the animal, for the i
purpose of protecting Its young, had <
nade the hard and determined fiirht |
vhlch wild animals know how to
nake under such circumstances?Iola '
Register. I
THREATENED TO KILL LYON
Sensational Turn In Dispensary Investigation.
MAJOR JOHN BUCK IS HOMICIDAL
Committee Gets Cloee After a Rumor
of Alleged Bribery, and Parties at
Interest Seek to Prevent Further
Inquiry, Resort to Intimidation?The
Matter Is Laid Before the Governor.
From the Greenville News of Saturday.
Columbia May 25.?Things are getting
red hot about the dispensary Investigation
committee. The sub-commit
tee, Messrs. Lyon and Chrlstensen,
today felt It their duty to tell the
committee and the world of the threats
that had been made against their lives
and the lives of others connected with
this Investigation.
Major John Black, a member of the
present board of control, this morning
Is credited by Mr. Lyon with having
used very violent language towards
him and then rounding off things by
telling him that he "Had a notion
then and there to shoot and blow him
up on the spot." Fortunately for Mr.
Lyon, Major Black and all concerned,
there was no pistol practice, because
good citizens are too hard to get and
there Is no need to break Into the harmony
of things.
Major Black was apparently provoked
by a letter which he had gotten
from his former home, in which it was
evidently suggested that Mr. Lyon was
there working up testimony. Major
Black stated that he resented any prying
into his personal affairs.
Mr. Lyon, of the committee, stated
that he did go to Walterboro, and that
the purpose of his visit there was to
enquire into a rumor that he had
heard, which was to the effect that
Major B'.ack and Mr. Hi H. Evans had
bribed a member of the general assembly,
living at Walterboro, and it was
>n this work that he had gone to Walterboro.
Mr. Lyon did not go into details with
regard to the result of his investigation
on this particular question.
The committee evidently wished the
situation understood by the people of
the state and then they asked Governor
Heyward to take such action as he
thought best.
When the statements were heard
Chairman Hay made a suggestion
ibout removal. The committee went
Into executive session and it is un1
nrtit i \/\d Vi n * n flrof oiink n oiia-erootlnn
id niwu inai ai uioi OUV.II a susgcoiiuii
ivas made In committee, that the governor
be asked to remove Major Black
for his demonstration. It was then
thought In committee that It might be
discourteous to suggest to the governor
what he should or should not do
ind some of the committee even
thought it going a bit far in suggesting
that the governor had the right of
removal.
This Incident was the most striking
ind Important of the session.
When the board met this morning,
Mr. Fraser Lyon arose and with one
land on the large table in front of
ilm, and with the utmost deliberation
ind calmness made this statement:
"I want to say this; that I do not
<now how the committee feels about a
:hlng of this sort, but as far as I am
ndividually concerned, I shall continue
:o investigate Mr. Black and Mr.
Evans, and anybody else who is on
:here, and if it is necessary to be blown
lp In this matter, Mr. Black or somejody
will have it to do."
The chairman. Senator Hay, said:
'Is there anything you suggest? It
icerns to me that it might be called to
he attention of the governor, as he Is
i member of the state board of control
ind he (the governor) has a right to
emove him from office."
Mr. Lyon?"This thing has been gong
on for some time. I did not know
hat It had taken such violent shape,
aut it has been reported to Senator
Chrlstensen that witnesses who testified
that any one had received graft
>r had stolen anything would be shot.
[ was warned by a gentleman in
Wright's hotel that Mr. Black was in
Wright's hotel, vowing vengeance
igainst Senator Chrlstensen."
Mr. Chrlstensen?"Mr. Chairman, I
regret very much to have to take any
aotice of the matter of threats, but
they have been going on for a long
[line, anu u sinners me inai in vicn ui
the culmination that has been reached
today, something ought to be done. As
long as your sub-committee had to
JeaJ with sub-dispensers we had no
trouble of that kind. They took the
natter very philosophically, but just as
soon as we approached the higher officials,
we immediately began to realize
that great pressure of various kinds
lad been brought to bear and witnesses
tiad been made to understand that vloence
would be done them if they tistified.
The former chairman of the
aoard, Mr. H. H. Evans came to me
In Wright's hotel last winter, and told
ne that if Mr. Kllngenberg, who was
assisting us in Investigating, should
isk questions of what Mr. Evans considered
his private affairs, he would
shoot him on sight, and he came to
srive the warning. I did not pay much
ittention to It at the time, but Just
aefore the investigation In the supreme
?ourt room, Mr. Evans called me off
ind reminded me that he made these
threats and that he wished it understood
that if any witnesses got on the
stand and said that he (Mr. Evans) had
<ot any money or graft, that he would
settle with such person on the stand.
"Now, various matters along this
line have been reported to me for
months, but you know the sub-committee
has not deemed it wise to bring
:he matter to the attention of the committee
and the public."
Mr. Lyon?"Mr. Chairman, there has
1 matter come up this morning that I
Jeemed my duty, though unpleasant,
to call to the attention of this committee.
I also will state that the part of
It that affects me personally I do not
consider, but that part of It that affected
the welfare of our committee.
"For this reason I do it, and I deem
it important to the final particular determination
of our investigation that
It be brought forward to the attention
if this committee.
Describes Contretemps.
"This morning In my coming from
my room which is above the store of
Sirardeau & Marshall, I was stopped
by Mr. Solomon, who is the agent of
the Big Creek Distilling company of
Savannah. He was talking to me about
some accounts which the committee
has held up. These are accounts due
by the dispensary. We have had some
conversation about this matter before,
and he renewed the conversation there,
and wished me to give him some definite
information about when we could
reach it. As I was standing there
talking to him, Mr. Black, of the dispensary
board of directors, appeared
before me. I really could not state
from what direction he came. I could
not say whether from the back or
rear. I was intent In going on with
my conversation with Mr. Solomon.
Mr. Black's face showed decided anger
and he used some very Insulting
language towards me. He said that he
understood that I had been spying out
on him on his private lire ana imngs
of that kind, and it was his purpose to
kill me on the spot. I do not care to
use any of the particular language he
used on that occasion, but he said that
he had a notion then and there to
'shoot -me and blow me up on the
spot,' to use his expression. There was
in his company a person that I do not
know to have seen before. My recollection
is that there was a person in
his company with a straw hat, blue
suit of clothes, and red mustache.
"While he was making his threats
against me and daring me to Investigate
his affairs, he also used very violent
language against Senator Chrlstensen,
which I suppose were in the
nature of a rebuke to me for attending
such a person about the streets. I
remarked that there were three of them
there, that I did not care to discuss
the matter with them that I was investigating
the dispensary and expected
to continue to do so. He was sd impetuous,
though, that I scarcely had
any opportunity of putting in a word,
and believing that he Intended to make
an attack on me, and his running his
hands about his person, and that be
Intended to do violence, I turned and
walked back to my room.
"He used very unpleasant epithets
towards me, and told me that I might
go and arm myself. I returned to my
room and shortly afterwards returned
to Wright's hotel. As I passed the
Columbia hotel I did not see Mr. Black
or the gentleman with him. I presume.
Mr. Chairman, that Mr. Black
Iexhibited or attempted to exhibit a
letter from Manning, which I understand
was from Mr. Black's former
home, Walterboro.
"I found It necessary to go to Walterboro
a few days since, for the reason
that I had heard and I can recognize
the difficulties that it is likely to
place us In, and I heard that Mr. Black
and Mr. H. H. Evans had been parties
to bribing a member of the general
assembly, who lives In the town of
Walterboro. I do not know the facts
in that case. I had some information
along that line, and I went there to
get some additional Information In regard
to the matter. That was the object
of my visit to Walterboro, and I
presume that Mr. Black has been Informed
by those of whom I enquired
there of the purpose of my visit.
"I wish to say this: That I did go to
Walterboro for the purpose of Investigating
Mr. Black and Mr. H. H. Evans,
and this member of the general
assembly whose name I do not care
to mention, as I do not think this proper,
as he Is not a party to this transaction."
Letter to Governor.
The committee adopted this letter,
which will be sent Governor Heyward:
"To His Excellency. D. C. Heyward.
"Dear Sir?The committee appointed
to Investigate the affairs of the state
dispensary would respectfully call your
attention to the following testimony,
taken before the committee: (Testimony
attached.
"The committee would request that
you Investigate this matter and take
such action as may appear to you to
be proper, the control of the directors
of the dispensary, with absolute power
of removal of such officers, being in
your hands. Signed."
All of the papers will be ready to be
turned over to Governor Heyward upon
his return to the city. He is now on
his plantation in Colleton county and
Will no QOUlll laKC up nitf niaiici cio
coon as it is formally presented to him.
Mijor Black Talkt.
Major John Black this afternoon, after
hearing what Mr. Lyon stated to
the hoard, said that he had never heard
anything about the allegation that he
said Evans had attempted to bribe a
representative from Colleton. He said
he was incensed at Mr. Lyon because
it appeared to him Mr. Lyon was attempting
to hound him down and
blacken his personal character because
he had refused to allow Mr. Lyon to
run the state dispensary to suit himself.
When he went to the dispensary he
found the institution a half million
dollars in debt for whisky for which
I it had no use. He wiped out a large
amount of this debt by forcing a number
of houses to take back their unsalable
whisky, and had done this agal ist
the protest of Lyon and Christensen,
which they telegraphed from the west.
They wanted the whisky kept to suit
their convenience. They also had been
unable to force him to buy at a loss
to the state, from firms they favored.
He had blocked their little game to
force the board to buy from their
henchmen and let them usurp the powers
the legislature had given to the
state board.
When they found it Impossible to get
anything against his official record to
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gralliy ineir spue, mey eiiucuvuiru in
blacken his personal character. He
had a copy of the taking of testimony
in Cincinnati, In which this attempt
was made and In which they attempted
to blacken supreme court Justices aid
circuit court judges of this state by
asking if they had received presents
of whisky or other things from a house
he had once represented in a clerical
way.
Major Black said he had always tried
to live a clean life, and his official record
as sheriff, mayor and in other capacities
would show he had never done
anything dishonest In his life. His
character was his proudest possession,
and the best thing he could hand down
to his children was a clean name. He
had no intention of permitting anybody
to blacken It to gratify their personal
spite.
The letter referred to was from his
brother. H. W. Black, Jr., of Walterboro.
In which he said: "I am told
this morning that Lyons, of the Investigating
committee, was here Saturday,
last. From what I can learn he was
trying to flrd out something about a
conversation Walter had with his wife
over the long distance 'phone the night
of your election." That conversation
was a perfectly private conversation
between a man and his wife, In which
the former said he was glad that Black
was elected, as he was a friend and
had helped him and would help him
with his personal Influence In case he
ran for solicitor.
Major Black said this was a purely
personal and private conversation In
which he had no part and when he
heard that Lyon was Inquiring Into
such matters, It confirmed his belief
that Lyon was willing to go any length
to trv and find snirm mud tr> niif on
his personal character.
Major Black said he was perfectly
willing: for the fullest Investigation of
his record as a public servant, but
would never submit to an attempt to
besmirch his private character. As a
member of the state board he had not
tried to please Lyon, but to do what
was right, and Chairman Hay and Governor
Heyward could both testify that
he "had consulted them and was earnest
in his endeavor to know and to do the
right thing. Mr. Mobley, the clerk,
and been sent to see Chairman Hay
about some of the problems of the
state board and his advice had been
shaken. Major Black said the board
was willing to do anything for the Investigating
committee as a whole, but
they were elected to Investigate the
dispensary, not to run It. The directors
were elected to run the state
dispensary, and were not going to turn
over the running of the institution to
either the whole investigating committee
or a part of It.
Finally, Major Black said: "When
my personal character is assailed I
am willing to die by It. I would rather
go home to my family dead than go
home alive, but robbed of my character."
WHO 8WUNQ THE AXE?
Japs, Spaniards or Sir Francis Drab*
300 Years Ago?
Uprooted during a recent windstorm.
a large fir tree near Grays Harbor
has let fall the light of speculation
on a medtum-slzed cedar log
bearing the marks of an axe similar
to those of the Spanish design of the
time of Columbus. The cedar log
was found under the surface of the
ground In a fair state of preservation,
where the fir tree had been growing
over It for nearly three centuries. The
axe marks are said by the discoverer
to be clearly those of a metal blade,
made probably by a man of the prehistoric
Indian times of the Northwest.
The cuts Indicate that the blade was
narrow and curved.
Perry M. Watson of Elma, Chehalls
county, Washington, has written Prof
Edmond S. Meany of the University
of Washlnton, of the discovery. Mr.
Watson says It was found near the
mouth of the Wyneochee river and Is
between 250 and 300 years old. How
an axe could come Into use in this
state so long ago Is a mystery. He is
Inclined to believe the axe came into
the possession of the Indians of this
section of the country after Sir Francis
Drake paid his visit to southern
California, In June, 1579. In the diary
kept of the exploration tour of Drake
there Is an entry of a landing made
In a harbor on the coast, which Mr.
Watson would believe was Grays Harbor,
for two reasons. Besides the
presence of the axe near there, he
himself hap heard the Indians of the
early days of Washington sing songs
of interminable length of "King HlHo,"
the name by which Drake was
known to the tribes where he landed
and took possesion of the strange
lands in the name of his queen.
Prof. Meany does not favor this
theory, but, however, he has advanced
several others in attempting to explain
this unanswerable question. He
says historians practically agree that
jltcikc uiu 1101 nmKe any tannings
further north on the coast than old
California. In this case he feels confldent
that the axe could easily have
found its way to the Grays Harbor region
through the channels of barter
between the Indian tribes. When
Lewis and Clark crossed the Rocky
Mountains In 1805, they met with Indians
on the western slopes and at
the head waters of the Columbia river,
who had never before seen a white
man, yet they were lully acquainted
with the use of horses. On several
occasions he found copper kettles in
use that were exactly like those of
Mexico, and one of the Indians numbered
among his holdings a mule and
an nIH Snanlqh Kfldillp OurltifiT the
lifetime of the mule the tribes, trading
in turn with their neighbors,
passed articles from Mexico as far
north as Washington. In like manner
axes presented to the southern California
Indians by Drake could have
leacheil thn state. His tour was only
a few years before the tree sprouted.
Thirty years before Drake paid his
respects to the Paolflc ocean, while
making his way back to England to
avoid complications with the Spanish
men-of-war, whose treasure fleets he
had plundered, Ferrelo sailed along
the Pacific coast, charting it as far
north as the 47th parallel, but made
no landings. There is a possibility of
some exploring expedition visiting the
coast of which there Is no record with
which the natives could have "swapped."
At a much later period, in
July 1775, Asteca landed at Point
Grenville, north of Grays Harbor.
Gray landed with the first party of
Americans on the Oregon coast in
1789 and discovered Grays Harbor in
1792.
Still another way which the natives
could have secured the tool is
that In comparatively recent times
Japanese fishermen have been blown
across the Pacific ocean In their small
junks to this continent. In 1832 records
show that four Japanese fishermen
were thrown upon the shore of
Queen Charlotte Sound. Two of them
died of exposure and the remaining
ones were brought to Victoria, B. C.,
and sent back to their native land by
the Hudson Bay Fur company. Other
Japanese, have, no doubt, been as unfortunate.
The Indians could have secured
metal tools In this manner.
Last of all the theory of the stone
axes made by the Indians is advanced
by Prof. Meany, but as he has not
seen the log In question he does not
feel Justified in intimating that the
chopping was done with a stone axe.
B. E. Ferno, a government timber expert
examined a fir stump on Prince
William Sound and gave as his opinion
that the tree was undoubtedly chopped
down with a stone tool.
Unless voluntary steps are taken by
private parties there is no chance of
the interesting relic finding a resting
place In the state museum, as no provisions
have been made for the expenditure
of money for this purpose.
?Seattle Post-Intelligence.
"WA8P8" AND TILLMAN.
How Chandlor and 8outh Carolinian
Became Friends.
"The Wasp of the Senate" Is what
they used to call William S. Chandler
In the days when he was one of the
most Influential figures In that body.
He is not in the senate now, but the
developments of the past week have
shown that the wasp has not lost his
sting.
No one who has followed his career
In the five years that have elapsed
since the railroads drove him out of
the senate doubted that the wasp preserved
his stinging power unimpaired.
No ex-senator lias been more continuously
active more vigorous in Inter
meddling in public affaire. Though the
fact that he had no official position
tended to keep him down to a small
space allowed in the daily papers,
Chandler has been fighting just as incessantly
out of office as he did when
he was in. He has been in the forefront
of all lights to control or regulate
corporations, especially railroads.
His nimble pen and fertile brain have
been as busy as they ever were.
It was this which Impelled President
Roosevelt to call him in as an aid in
this railroad rate fight. He knew he
could have no more sincerely devoted
ally in any fight against railroads.
Chandler had been writing essays, articles,
open letters and interviews by
the ream ever since he got out of the
senate. Last year he got into a sharp
controversy with Foraker about it,
which raged in the newspapers for
some time ana nnisnea in tne silencing'
of Foraker.
If this is taken to imply that Chandler's
fight against the railroads was
caused by the fact that the railroads
drove him out of the senate, then whoso
implies this has got the cart before
the horse. The railroads drove him
out of the senate because he had been
fighting them In the senate.
Tillman says the origin of his friendship
with Chandler arose In the fact
that In the senate they stood shoulder
to shoulder In every fight to control the
railroads. Chandler fought and beat
the pooling bill time and time again.
And Tillman and Chandler together
fought the Armor trust before the naval
committee, as they did the railroads
before the Inter-state commerce committee.
But what first attracted Tillman to
Chandler was an Incident characteristic
of both men. The wasp delighted
in stinging all' senators who were
stlngable. It was his keenest joy by
some bland sarcasm to lash a senator
Into fury. Tillman, in his early senatorial
days was pie for Chandler. The
wasp would lie in wait for hours for
a chance to start Tillman going.
On such occasions Cftandler had the
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hide, goading him continually
Into greater fury. Finally the big
southerner leaped to his feet and started
for Chandler with a face purple
with fury.
"I wish the senator wouldn't do
that," said Chandler, pettishly; "he
frightens me."
Tillman stopped short In his tracks
transfixed with amazement. The galleries
roared tempestuously. Chandler
gazed at him with mild Inquiry. The
South Carolinian returned to his seat
without a word.
When he thought It over it appealed
to Tillman's sense of humor. After that
Chandler never could provoke him and
he watched the waap's proceedings
with awe-struck admiration. Soon
they became friends.?New York
Times.
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AFRICAN GAME FOR 80UTHWE8T
Plan to Bring to America Thirty Species
of Rare Beasts.
With the personal indorsement of
the president of the United States
and the hearty approval of the Los
Angeles Chamber of Commerce, one
of the most interesting moves ever
made by public spirited men in the
southwest is soon to be started.
It Is for the transplanting of thirty
species of African game animals to
our preserves. Congress will be asked
to set apart portions of the forest
reserves as a perpetual United
States sanctuary, and when this is
done the Importation will Immediately
commence.
Money is not wanting for the complete
consummation of the scheme. At
present $50,000 awaits the word of
it may be used in bringing the game
to this country and establishing it
upon a healthy footing.
Not more than a third of the proposed
thirty species will be introduced
at the start, other rarer varieties
being brought in later, as fast as
conditions warrant.
For the high mountains is proposed
the tropical chamois, a beautiful
creature, somewhat different from
the Swiss chamois but better adapted
to this climate.
Then will come the bush-bok, an
African animal the size of the black
tailed deer. The flesh of this creature
Is good to eat, and its hide makes
leather of extraordinary toughness,
worth probably five times as much
as ordinary leather. The Boers use
It for the extreme ends, or "crackers,"
of their great fifty-foot whips.
For the open plains country the
sprlng-bok will be brought There
will be different varieties for different
altitudes, and as the species is
very hardy. It Is expected that there
will be no tr uble in preserving the
species. This is the species for which
congress has appropriated the money
to the Wichita reserve and the first
experiment will be tried there. The
local promoters, however, will pro
cure their animals direct rrom south
Africa, working In conjunction with
Gardner Williams.
The mountain reed-bok will be Imported
for the foothills. It will stand
a considerable amount of heat and
is about the size of a deer.
Another foothill creature will be
the greater koodoo, a magnificent animal
the size of the elk, weighing 400
to 500 pounds, with great spiral
horns. Yet another Is the great sable
antelope, the size of the koodoo.
black In color, with dainty white
markings.
On the desert will go the gemsbok
and also the grantal. The latter Is
an animal weighing about 150 pounds
and is capable of going great distances
from water.
In addition several varieties of the
small gazelle will be brought over.?
Los Angeles Times.