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ISSUED SEMI-WKEKL^^ l. x. grist's sons, Publishers. } % Ajamilg newspaper: Jlor the |r?m?tion off the (political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial interests of the (people. {mlVii<oL^orT.KMviNcE2T^NCI!' ESTABLISHED 1855. ~~ YORKVILLE, S. C., FBIOAY, JULY 20, 19Q6. 1STO. 58. the r; A Story of the Times Alexander BY JERE ( CHAPTER XII. I "It was a dreamy mountain land. Where lawless men a refuge found; And Murder, with his purole hand, Reign'd sovereign o'ar the bloody J ground." Prom the lines of Westchester Colonel Burr repaired to Newberg, where he remained for some time the honored guest of General McDougall. Oppressed by mental anxiety even more than by physical suffering, he lingered for weeks on the very verge of the grave. At last his temperate habits triumphed, and the healthy current began to creep slowly back to his shrunken veins. In the month of June the British, in large force, made threatening demonstrations against West Point, and General McDougall, justly alarmed for the safety of the place, sought by every means to open communications with General Washington; but this was a work of no ordinary difficulty for the British had so posted bodies of Tories on the roads and among the mountain passes as to render the destruction of any small party or the capture of a single messenger almost certain. General McDougall made renAnvnv intolliCTPnPA tf> the commander-in-chief, but all proved abortive. When these facts came to Colonel Burr's knowledge, feeble and emaciated as he was, he volunteered to undertake what so many had failed to accomplish. The general at first remonstrated, but finally yielded to Burr's urgent solicitations, and, giving him only verbal instructions, dispatched him on his journey. Well armed, and mounted on a good strong horse, he set out early in the morning on his dangerous mission. Toward nightfall, when approaching one of the most difficult passes of the mountain, he observed a man step from the bushes a few yards in advance of him and turn leisurely up the road, giving, apparently, little heed to the horseman of whose presence he could not fail to be aware. He was dressed in the common garb of the country, and carried no visible weapon of any kind. Those were days when prudent men seldom went abroad unnrmwl hut Burr inwardly thought that if any one was justifiable in neglecting that precaution, it was the powerful figure before him. Not more than five feet six inches in height, his shoulders were of herculean breadth, and over his ample chest the bones v/ere laid in thick curved plates that would have bid defiance to the hug of a Nor. wegtan bear. His thigh was so long as almost to amount to deformity, and over it was twisted a net-work ol muscles as hard and much more elastic than steel. The short space between the knee and the ankle-joint was almost entirely filled by the swelling calf; and the broad feet looked like pedestals to a mighty statue. He raised his head when Colonel Burr rode up alongside, and exhibited a countenance that would have been singularly pleasing but for the fierce light which flashed from his dark-hazel eyes. "Good evening!" he said in a natural, unaffected tone. "Do you travel far on this road?' "Perhaps so," was the reply. "Perhaps not." "Shy, eh! Shy and skittish! That looks bad." "Why so? These are not times, nor is this a country in which a man can safely tell his secrets to every person he may chance to meet on the highway." "Well, there is some truth in that; and it was none of my business, anyhow." But although thus disclaiming any interest in the motions of his companion, the sturdy footman kept within grasp of the bridle-rein, quickening or slackening his pace to suit the gait of the animal. Burr could not fail to notice that, move as he would, the relative distance between them was always the same. His quick eye, too, had detected the butt of a heavy pistol beneath the coarse frock-coat worn by the countryman, and he doubted not that other weapons were concealed by the same friendly cover. Believing from these indications that the purposes of his new acquaintance were in nowise friendly, he thought It more advisable to bring on the struggle at once than to allow his adversary the selection of his own time and place. "What is that?" he suddenly asked, pointed to a stunted beach-tree on the mountain side. The man turned his head for a moment, and only for a moment, but it was enough. The steed was reined sharply back, and snatching a pistol from his holsters, Burr leveled it full at the head of his pertinacious companion, at the same time sternly demanding.? "Who are you? and for what are you dogging my steps?" The pistol was double charged; It was held by a hand never known to tremble In the hour of danger; the least motion of his arm. the scraping even of a foot, and the giant pedestrian would have been launched into eternity. His e? caught that of Burr as he turned, and his own fierce gaze sank under the overwhelming power of that steady look which no living thing ever encountered unmoved. It was not anger that flashed from those large orbs, nor courage, nor determination merely. but all these combined; and added to them was a nameless spell which carried with it an irresistible conviction that whatever they threatened was certain to be performed. You felt that it was the glance of doom?that there were no chances to take, no wavering, no hesitation to hope for. You saw that the man's whole soul was aroused, that all his energies were alive and active, and you knew that it would be as safe to play with the lightning's forked dart. The bold strong animal quailed in the presence of a master-spirit, and, in a tone resembling the whining growl of a chained and conquered bear, he answered.? "My name is Alexis Durand." "That is little to the purpose. Answer me truly, or, by the Mother of God, your lease of life will be a short IYALS. \ of Aaron Burr and Hamilton. :lemens. one. Are you not one of Tryon's Tories?" "I have no choice, I suppose, but to own it. I am." "That is enough. I can make out the remainder without your help. Un Dunun uitu. uutu. The order was sullenly obeyed, and the open garment revealed a belt containing two pistols and one of the broad hunting knives of the day. By successive orders Colonel Burr compelled him to draw out first one pistol, then the other, and then the knife, and drop them at his feet. This done, he marched him forward five paces, counting the steps and following as he advanced; then he made him lie down on j his face until he leaped from his horse and secured the arms. This done, he again mounted his horse and ordered the Tory to rise. I "Where Is your troop now?" "Three miles ahead in the woods at the back of Jordan's house." "Who Is Jordan?" "He Is a Tory, and keeps the only public house on the road." "That at least tallies with my own information; and pray, remember In your answers, that I did not come here in entire ignorance of anything it concerns me to know. I shall most certainly detect you In any attempt to de ceive me, anu men jruur iu.ie is scaicu. Will any of your troop be prowling about before dark?" "Not on this side. I was sent to watch here." Burr mused a moment, and then said,? "Now, Mr. Alexis Durand, I propose to sup this night at Jordan's, and as I do not like solitary meals, I shall take you along for company. As much, however, as I love the society of a single friend, I object decidedly to larger parties, and if any unpleasant intruders should join us, or any other circumstance should occur to mar the festivities of the evening, my dissatisfaction will be instantly manifested by sending a brace of bullets through your skull. You understand me, I hope. Now. forward, march!" They had proceed In this way for a little more than half a mile, when they came to a place where a bridle-path led off from the main road through the woods. Here his prisoner indicated a wish to halt, and Burr, reining up. Inquired what he wanted. "I should like to ask you a question, sir, that I hope you will not refuse to answer. I know I am in your power, and you may do as you will; but I swear by all that Is holy that it shall do you no harm, to tell me truly wheth er or not you are Colonel Burr?" "I do not think I should attach much importance to your oath, if I did not myself feel certain that it can make no difference whether you know me or not. I was Colonel Burr, but I have resigned my commission and left the army." "Then for God's sake go no farther 1 on this road." 1 "Why, you told me Just now that it 1 was free as far as Jordan's house." "So it is; but your horse would not be in the stable five minutes before it would be known by those who will compass earth and hell to spill your blood." "Your care for my blood," answered 1 Burr coldly, "has wonderfully improved in the last hour. Methinks it is not very long since you had some such purpose as murder in your own head." 1 J uiu nui kiiuw juu men, auu x suspected you of being a spy of General McDougall." "And now that you do know me, I cannot understand what has produced so marked a change in your praiseworthy intentions. I am not generally held in high esteem by my country's foes." "You saved my father's house from being burned; you set a watch over it, to protect my mother from insult; and you fed her starving little ones when you knew us to be friends to King George and enemies to Congress. I am the son of John Durand, of Westchester. Have you forgotten him?" "No my good fellow, I remember him well. I remember, also, since you hnv? brought It to mv mind, that his eldest son was accounted a confirmed robber and murderer, and while I protected your father and mother as an act of justice, and fed your little brothers and sisters as an act of humanity. I should have taken singular pleasure in hanging you to the first tree that offered." "I did not begin it, and it is not my fault if there has been a long and bloody account run up between me and those who drove me to take up arms when I was willing to remain in peace with the old folks at home. But. there is no time to talk it over now. The sun is going down. Will you trust me, and follow me? Believe me. there is no other escape from death." "I will trust you." answered Burr, without the kast hesitation. "Lead on. I think you mean well, and if you do not. my hand will be as steady and my aim as certain in one place as another." Durand turned into the bridle-path, and walked rapidly on until they were entirely out of sight or hearing from the highway. Here again he paused until Burr rode up to his side. "I am taking you," he said, "to the house of a friend of mine who is, of onnrse in Rritish riav There will be no use in telling- him anything we can help, and therefore I should like to ask another question or two. Where are you going?" "To General Washington's headquarters." "So I expected. Do you bear dispatches?" "No. I have only verbal messages." "That Is safer and better. Bill Jenkin's cabin is in less than a mile of us; there you can have your horse fed, gtt your own supper, and some hours' sleep. After that, I will myself guide you safe beyond danger. I shall call you Mr. Jones, for although I do not fear any treachery from Bill, It is not wise to tempt him too far. Give me my arms; an angel from heaven could not make me hurt you now, and besides averting Bill's suspicions, it may be necessary to use them in your defense." Colonel Burr promptly complied with his request, rightly, Judging that he had already trusted him too far to hesitate about any additional confidence. Durand placed the weapons In his belt, and again moved forward with a quick and nervous step. A few minutes brought them to a clearing on a level bench of the mountain, surrounded by a high, strong fence, In which were three or four cabins, Irregularly placed, and built so nearly alike that It was difficult to decide which was designed for the use of man and which for the cattle and poultry that lowed and cackled within. The owner of the premises who was engaged in the unmascullne task of milking a cow, had a villainous, bandit look, and the natural repulsiveness of his countenance was Increased by an ugly scar, extending from above the left eye across the nose to the right cheek. He put down his milk-pail, and walked to the gate , at the summons of Durand, silencing, as he did so, two fierce wolf-hounds, who were growling and barking furiously at the Intruders. "This, Bill, Is my friend, Mr. Jones," said Durand, after shaking the outlaw by the hand. "He wants some supper and a night's lodging, and I have brought him here, knowing that you would give him a hearty welcome for my sake." "To be sure!'' answered Jenkins, extending his horny hand to Burr. "I'm glad to see you, sir, and though I havn't got much, you're welcome to what's here. Aleck," he continued, "take vour friend Into the house and build a fire. He looks sick and weakly, and these mountain dews are mighty chilly. I will take care of his horse." "Rub him down well Bill," replied Durand, "for he will have to travel hard in the morning. Take your time, I will get supper for you." Jenkins led off the horse, and Durand entered the house followed by Burr. It was a square one-story log-cabin, covered with boards. Over the Joists, for about one-half the length of the room, loose boards were laid, forming a kind of upper room, which was reached by a rough ladder, and was used as a general depository for any and every thing that the owner desired to put out of the way. The floor was of dirt. Over the fire-place suspended In racks made of forked sticks, were a long rifle, a British musket, and three or four pistols of different size and make, showing that they were never intended to match, and indicating pretty, plainly that the mode of their acquisition had not been entirely honest. Tn fart thrv ha/i heen nicked ud here and there in the different forays of the present owner, and to some of them tales of murder, as well as robbery, attached. One chair and four or five stools were scattered about. In thg center was a rude, square table. In one corner a rough bed, and In the other a pile of blankets, couuterpanes, and a miscellaneous collection of other bedclothes, which never came there through fair traffic. By the door there was a shelf for a water-pail and near the chimney stood a large cupboard made of pine plank, and fastened by a wooden button. There was no window, and no other furniture. Durand had brought in a dry board, which he split to pieces over a large stone that did duty as an andiron, and, raking the embers together, soon succeeded in blowing them into a flame. While he was thus engaged. Colonel Burr had been noting everything in the house, and he now asked ? "Does your friend live here alone?" "Not exactly. I am with him a good deal myself; but, if you mean to ask whether he has a family, I answer no. Men like us, have no use for women folks about the house. It is bad enough to be harried and burned out when we are alone, without being maddened by hearing the women screaming, and the children squalling besides." "True," answered Burr, "and there has been too much of that on both sides, in this unhappy war. God knows I tried to put a stop to It wherever I held command!" "You did, sir; and you owe it to that that you are now safe and sound beneath an outlaw's roof, instead of being bound and bleeding In the hands of men who are deaf to the prayers of mercy. You thought you had me In your power, sir; and while we were upon the highway may be you did; but the moment you had passed Jordan's gate, nay, in the very act of getting from your horse, if your eye had turned from me one instant, you would have been lost. A blow given with half the strength of this arm would crush your ribs like rotten pipestems, and it is certain that I should have found some chance to deal that blow. It was your eye, sir. that saved you. I remembered my mother's description, and I knew you by that." "I am thankful the trial was spared us; though I am not so certain that you, an unarmed man, could have made me a prisoner when fully armed and on my guard. We will let that pass, however, for the present, and, as I have been trusting you more than prudence dictates, while you have given me no information of your plans and intentions, you will excuse me for questioning you upon some things wnicn 11 iinpuri^ me uiucii u> niiu?. "Ask me nothing, if you please sir," said Durand, interrupting him. "I know wnere you want to go, and I intend to conduct you there in safety or die in the attempt; but I shall be no more a friend to George Washington and his cause, when that is done, than I am now. At the same time I serve you for protecting nty mother and her children, I remember that it was against your friends that protection was necessary, and I have no idea of sparing the whole brood of a wolf-bitch because I have found a noble hound among them. Do not ask me anything therefore, and do not tell me anything. Draw that chair nearer to the fire; it is always cold up here at night. I must get about supper." The meal, and the manner of preparing it, was one for .which Burr's experience, notwithstanding his military life, furnished no parallel. Taking down a small iron kettle, which was suspended from a cross-piece in the chimney, he filled it with water and hung it immediately over the blazing fire; then opening the cupboard, he took there from the cold leg: of a goat, which he cut Into mince-meat; some slices from a side of bacon were added; two pods of red-pepper, and an onion chopped fine, some hard biscuit broken to pieces, and a handful of Irish potatoes, peeled and sliced thin. All these were stirred together, plentifully sprinkled with salt, and poured into the now boiling water. By this time, Jenkins had returned. Producing a lamp, and drawing a stone jug from underneath his bed, he invited his guests to partake of some "real 1 AM InifiiaitAri 4/\ wklrth uiu jaiuaita an aixviiaiiuii iv n uivm Durand did double honor; and Colonel Burr, fatigued by his ride, swallowed a larger quantity of the potent spirit, according to his own acknowledgement, than he ever did at any other time In his life. Those who know nothing of life, except what they have learned In peaceful times, and with carpeted floors beneath their feet, will And little In the foregoing description to please them, and will probably shudder at what Is to follow. Three tin plates, or rather pans, were placed on the table by Jenkins; as many iron spoons, tin cups, knives and forks some hard bread and cheese, a pitcher of milk, and a gourd filled with salt. The kettle was then removed from the fire, and, hot and boiling as it was, placed in the center of the table, so that each one coul.l help himself; and the three, without ceremony, sat down to a meal that a hungry man would have pronounced savory anywhere. In his old age, Colonel Burr declared that It was the sweetest dish he had ever tasted. Durand was the first to rise from the table. "You must excuse me, BUI," he said; "I am going to the camp and will not be back until after midnight. Finish your supper, put plenty of wood on Jhe Are, and go to sleep. The soonTKx* Koitor fnr mv frlanrl .Tnnpfl Close the door and bar the gate; do not open either for man or devil, until I return. Call the dogs into the house; they will help you bravely at a pinch." "What If any of our boys should come along?" inquired Jenkins. "How can I turn them off?" "They will not; but If they should, pretend not to know them and shoot the first one that crosses the fence. Mark me," he continued, observing the astonished stare of his companion, "If Governor Tryon himself knocks at this door tonight his welcome must be a rifle-ball. I will explain tomorrow. Good night!" With these words he stepped from the door, and was soon lost among the bushes which grew In rank luxuriance along the mountain side. TO BE CONTINUED. ? Isaac Callahan, who died In Anderson county last week, left a legacy amounting to $10,000 to $15,000 U> Connie Maxwell Orphanage at Green wooa. ? The Union, S. C., team was barred from participating in the firemen's tournament at Astrevilie, N. C., a few days ago because the fire wagon had a negro driver. The management offered to admit the team if a white driver were substituted for the negro but the Union flermen declined, clined. ? Greenville, July 13: Division Superintendent McManus, accompanied by a force of some twenty-five men, will come to this city Saturday and will occupy offices in the Palmetto building, the headquarters of this division of the Southern having recently been transferred from Charlotte to Greenville. A permit for the erection of a large round house was issued today and the work on the round house has already begun. The train dispatchers of this division will 1 be put into the Palmetto building, The change of headquarters will bring about twenty-three new families to this city. ? Anderson Daily Mall: The recent congress made an appropriation for stimulating animal industry i in the different states. Five thousand dollars was given to the agricultural experiment stations in each state for the purpose of breeding the best breeds of horses, cows, sheep and hogs. ? - ?l 1 1 A^,ro.ln^A A3 I lie aiuiuaia aic uicu auu uc?civptu they will be given to the people of the states for breeding purposes. The idea is to develop the animals, best suited for the different sections of country. Mr. J. M. Harper, director of the experiment station at Clemson college, will leave next week for Kentucky and Tennessee to i purchase animals for experimental | purposes at the college farm. He has asked Hon. M. L. Donaldson, a 1 member of the board of trustees of the college, and Mr. J. C. StribllYig of Pendleton, to accompany him on the trip and help select the animals, and they have agreed to do so. ? Columbia special to the Charlotte Observer: Now It is admitted on all sides in Columbia that in the beginning the cards were stacked for Manning of Sumter, and Senator Tillman, though he has done it guardedly, has been throwing the weight of his influence that way, In his speeches and otherwise, it is understood. This is but natural in Senator Tillman, If he consents with himself to take any hand in the fight, Mr. Manning being one of the authors of the Mannlng-Raysor-Tillman dispensary purification bill, 1 which the senate passed and which the house killed. But recently the tide seems to be turning with steadily increasing volume toward M. F. Ansel of Greenville, on account of his county dispensary platform. In his speeches recently Senator Tillman has been charging that there Is a conspiracy to that end, and that the "enemies" of the system are lining up for a so-called local option between county dispensary, county prohibition and county license, and among the Tillman opposition in Columbia It Is admitted (or contended) that the popular drift is toward Ansel on account of his county dispensary platform. With the exception of his opening "lecture" at Sandy Flat, in Greenville county, where about 4.000 were present on a picnic occasion, Senator Tillman has been drawing scanty crowds in his speech-making tour over the state in behalf of the state dispensary. There is a painful contrast Detween me yening, nunaiiIng, excited crowds of thousands of the "one-gallused" he used to draw and electrify and the apathetic, unresponsive handfuls that now gather to hear him. There is no more whooping up the boys as of yore. The boys won't whoop a little bit. Senator Tillman is as forceful as he ever was and he is a much more attractive orator than he used to be. his Washington experience Improving him wonderfully, but while he seems to be giving his subject the best he has In stock there Is no popular demand for his "sermons;" he is not meeting a popular demand. His manner on the stump indicates that he feels that he is pulling against the current. On several occasions last week he said publicly and in private conversation that he hoped the liquor question would be settled permanently by the time he came around again. He Is tired of it. The "invitations" from the various communities upon which his Itinerary through the state has been based, are not the result of any popular desire to get his advice and counsel. These invitations come from the politicians who want the advice given. Senator Tillman's position has been made plain through the weekly as well as the daily press. SOUTH CftROUN How the Spirit of Liberty Unconqneral Hy REV. ROBEm From the TorkvIUe Enquirer of 1876. f INSTALLMENT XVI. I General Preparations?Rocky Mount. In order that we may have a clear and distinct knowledge of the subsequent movements of the contending powers, It Is necessary that we have a correct and exact knowledge of the disposition of the British force^ in South Carolina. When on the 6jth of June. 1780, Sir Henry Clinton set out for New York, the command of the southern division of the British ariry In America, was entrusted to Lieutenant General Earl Cornwallls. No better selection could have been made. Cornwallls was a soldier by choice and a soldier by profession. Brave, energetic and skillful, he entered upon the discharge of his duty as a soldier. In this particular instance, hoover, not because he thought it was right In the English government to subjugate the North American colonies, because as a soldier, he felt that It was his duty to obey. The subal- < tern officers designed to assist in executing the task assigned to him, were generally, skillful leaders unJ < some of them were dashing heroes. To keep South Carolina and Georgia In subjection, and when the I proper time arrived to subdue North Carolina, Sir Henry Clinton left ' ^ -in- ?UA..nnM/1 Aifo hnn v^urn weuua hi a. muusauu auu utc dred effective troops. These troops i were British regulars, hired Hessians and loyalists from the colonies. This force to ?.11 human appearances, was more than sufficient. Both Georgia and South Carolina were lying prostrate, at least In appearance, at the feet of the British lion, ? Still it was the design of the British commander to augment his force by enrolling the loyalists scattered over the state. So :soon as the force was sufficiently jBtrong. and the season of the year ind the supplies of the country would[ warrant It, the commander contemplated marching into North Carolina and having reduced that state, then to continue his progress northward until a junction was formed with the northern division of his Majesty's forces. In vision, both Clinton and Cornwallls saw the American forces melting away and the $)rltish flag waving In triumph from^jBoston to Savannah. It was a dream: and like most dreams, never realized. To keep Georgia and South Carolina In subjection and be convenient at the proper time to advance north ward, the following disposition was made of the British forces in the ' south: Sa\annah, the capital of ! Georgia was garrisoned by a corps of Hessians and loyalists, under the I command of Col. Alured Clark; Au- ' gusta was entrusted to Col. Thomas Brown, a Tory. His forces consist- 1 ed mostly of loyalists from the ad- ' jacent regions of South Carolina and 1 Georgia. Lord Rawdon, with the 1 twenty-third and thirty-third regi- 1 ments of infantry, a legion of volunteers from Ireland, Brown and Ham- ' llton's corps of loyalists and a de- ^ tachment of artillery, was stationed 1 at Camden. Major McArthur, with ' the seventy-first regiment of regu- 1 lars, was stationed at Cheraw, ! Lieutenant Colonel Balfour was ' placed in command of a garrison at N'Inety-SIx, and Lieutenant Colonel ' Turnbull was stationed at Rocky 1 Mount, on the Catawba. Brigadier 1 General Patterson, with three regi- 1 ments of British regulars, two battalions of Hessians, a detachment of 1 artillery and whatever number loyalists he could gather up, was stationed 1 at Charleston. At several other points, 1 as necessity aeenrud to require, small 1 detachments were stationed. 1 Taking everything In considera- 1 tlon, one would surmise that there ! was not even a possibility for South Carolina to make even an attempt < to release themselves from the heel of the Invader. As we have already ! seen, when Buford's command, on ' the 2i>th of May, 1780, was cut to I pieces by Tarleton, the patriots had I no armed forces left in the state. In- i stead of giving up In despair, those i who could do so, left the state and ! began to prepare for renewing the < conflict. I It has been customary to say that I the approach of General Gates, at i the head of a considerable number I of Continental troops, infused life ? into the people of the two Carollnas. I This Is not true. Sumter, Marlon, ' Pickens, Clarke, Rutherford, Locke, : Davie, Davldsor and a multitude of 1 others, were preparing to meet the ' British. I The progress of the enemy < through the country was announced, I by refugees from Georgia and South Carolina to the Whigs in western < North Carolina and southwestern I Virginia. Campbell, Shelby, Sevier, I McDowell and other patriotic spirits, ] determined to aid their kindred and i their friends. The Whigs of the i whole of upper South Carolina, north- : ern Georgia and southwestern North I Carolina, were concerting measures i to drive the king's troops and the i king's friends from the shores of 1 North Carolina. I After the defeat of Huck at Wil- I llamson's on the 12th of July, 1780, I those of the British and loyalists l -1-- ?> their wav to I wiiu trnitt^cu, inuuv .. _? Rocky Mount. The Whigs dispersed; < some going home, and others joining I Sumter at Clem's Branch. As Is gen- i erally the case, victory had Infused . life and energy Into the minds of the i Whigs in all the region around Wll- I Hamsun's. Sumter's army at Clem's I Branch, began to Increase rapidly, j The Whigs of Fairfield, Chester, I York and Lancaster counties were ' not long In discovering thf.t Clem's 1 Branch was a safe retreat and that I Thomas Sumter was eomjetent to 1 lead a partisan corps to victory. i What was joy to the Wnigs, was t sorrow to the British and Tories. Fear and trembling seized the whole I ft (ft KE REVOLVTtOR < r Was Kept Allive By an ble People. r LATIIAN, D. D. fraternity, from Cornwallls down to the meanest thieving Tory. After the fall of Charleston and the establishment nf a rhAln of ernrrisnns in the up country, they had not even contemplated that the Whigs would make an effort to resist the king's troops; much less did they contemplate that the king's troops would be defeated, routed and cut to pieces by a band of unofflcered and undisciplined farmers. Sumter knew that the only way that the troops which were gathered around him, at Clem's Branch, could be retained and be of advantage to the country, was to keep them busy. It would have been impossible to have made Clem's Branch a drill camp. The men who had collected at that point would have rebelled against any such a course. Sumter was aware of this. He knew mat me men were Burning wun Hatred toward the invaders of their country and were anxious to be led 1 into battle. They needed training; but they must not be trained in Vhe camp, but on the battle field. After i the fight at Williamson's, he began to look around for some enterprise In which he might engage the peo- i pie who had flocked to his camp. The British post at Rocky Mount : was selected as the place upon which to make an attack. i Rocky Mount is in the extreme i southeastern corner of Chester county. between big Rocky creek and the i Catawba river. Lieutenant Colonel i Turnbull was in command of the i post. The garrison consisted of something more than three hundred i soldiers?all loyalists. One hundred i and fifty were New York loyalists I and about the same number of South Carolina Tories. The place it- i self consisted of a rocky eminence; i hence the name. Rocky Mount. The i artificial fortifications consisted of < two log houses, with loop-holes, i which were surrounded with a ditch ] and abattis, the latter of which was some distance from the house. I Te region around Rocky Mount i was settled by Scotch-Irish Presby- 1 terlans?Covenanters. They were < all Whigs. Not one of them took i British protection. They never in- i tended to submit to British rule. The Rev. William Martin was, at that i time, .pgst?r of the Catholic church. In every way that he could he stlrr- i ed the people up to resist the en- ; croachments of the British and the ( Tories. In the pulpit and out of it, j he was the bold advocate for American Independence. To keep these ] Scotch-Irish quiet was one object the j British had in view in stationing a | garrison at Rocky Mount. The truth Is, the British hated them, and the i British officers frankly acknowledged ( they feared them. They were troublesome. No defeat could dlscour- | ige them; no victory could so elate , them as to throw them off their j ?uard. i East of Rocky Mount, In Lancaster county, Is Hanging Rock. Here a [ British garrison, also was stationed i under the command of Col. Car- ] ion. It was concerted by Sumter i ind "Davie of North Carolina that a i simultaneous attack should be made < upon Rocky Mount and Hanging i Rock. The object was to prevent troops from being sent from one ; point to the other. The distance be- i tween the two garrisons was about i fifteen miles. ] To carry out this plan, Sumter moved down to Davie's camp on Waxhaw creek. On the morning of the thirtieth of July, Sumter and Davie set out with their respective troops. Sumter crossed the Catawba river at what was then Blair's ford. He was accompanied by Cols. Neil, Lacey and Irvine and Captain John McLure. Davie passed down the east side of the Catawba. Early on the morning of the 31st, Sumter reached Rocky Mount. A Tory had apprised Turnbull of Sumter's approach, and preparations had been made to give Sumter and his men a warm reception. Sumter had no cannon. The Whigs poured volley after volley into the fortifications, and the British were soon forced to take refuge in the log bouses. Here the enemy was safe ind no victory could be gained unless they could be driven from the houses ir the houses be destroyed. The tiouses were situated at the bottom of a. slope. The idea occurred to Sumter that the houses might be burned. Accordingly an old wagon was loaded with dry brush and straw, [fathered from the abattls and rolled lown against the houses, having first been set on fire. This failed. Sumter then with his Impetuosity, :alled out for two men to volunteer to stt the houses on fire. Col. William Hill, the grandfather of Gen. D. H. Hill, and James Johnson, stepped out and offered their services. An irmful of rich pine was provided md the heroes set out to accomplish the task. If they were so fortunate is to succeed, Col. Turnbull would be made a prisoner; and If they failed be would be permitted to live to fight some other day. They had to Tace the loop-holes of the houses. In front of them was a large rock. Protected by this they boldly proceeded to accomplish their dangerous unJertaklng. Crouching on all fours, 1 keeping the rock between them and j the house, they boldly advanced. ( Johnson carried the armful of pine ; ind Hill watched the enemy. When , they arrived at the proper distance, t (o/io r>f a tf?rriflr? fire Johnson rushed forward and threw the burning faggot9 on top of the houses. The flames #began to roll toward the heavens. Hill and Johnson rushed back to their fellows. Their clothes ivere literally riddled with bullets md the locks of their hair shot iway. Turnbull hung out a flag Indicating his readiness to surrender. Sum ter ordered his men to cease firing. Just at this moment, when both parties thought Rocky Mount and Turnbull would soon be in the hands of the patriots, it began to rain and extinguish the flames. Sumter now seeing that nothing could be done, led his men away and having crossed the Catawba at Lansford, went back to Clem's Branch. i At this time there were a number of Whig prisoners In the houses. | Amongst these prisoners was the brave old covenanter preacher, Wil- , llam Martin. The Whig women of tKa nolorKKnrKrtr*/? nnmo A tha onot IIIC llClgilUWI IIUUU K.O.IIIKJ iw IIIV D|/VI. so soon as the firing was heard. They came not to Idly look on, but to act as angels of mercy to the wounded, and to fight if there should be need for it. No accurate account of Sumter's loss was kept. Amongst those | who fell was Col. Nell. The British lost twenty In killed and wounded. < Neither Sumter nor his men were discouraged. They did all that men, situated as they were could have done. The raw militia stood the fire of the enemy like veterans. At ten o'clock on the same day. Major Davie, with forty riflemen and about the same number of cavalrymen, attacked a party of the British at a house in the immediate vicinity of Hanging Rock. Davie captured sixty horses and one hundred muskets, and without the loss of a man reached his camp. HABITS OF THE RICH. 8amples of Millionaire Extravagance In the Metropolis. Zola, in his youth, before fame came to him, wrote some stories about millionaires, wherein it seemed to him he exaggerated shamefully in his descriptions of the costly homes and habits of the rich, but later on, when Zola became a friend of millionaires, he found that his accounts of their extravagance had fallen far short of the truth. In the same way stories about the extravagance of American millionaires that sound like exaggerations may also fall short of the truth. Here, for Instance, are some facts that an interior decorator of New York supplied the other day. They sound extreme, but let Zola be remembered. A man bought for his hall twelve antique marble columns at Pompeii. Finding he could only use eight of the columns he had the remaining four destroyed, although he was offered for them twice what he had paid. He had paid $5,000 apiece. Aubusson carpets, with a pile three inches thick, are often made to order at a cost of $40 a yard. Such a cost, though, is nothing beside what is ordinarily paid for antique rugs. They, measured by the yard, often cost $500 or $600 a yard. Chairs of ivory inlaid with wood are occasionally sold at $500 apiece. One millionaire's piano cost |160,000. A five Inch band of Ivory, four years in the carving, runs around the case, which was decorated by Everett Shlnn. The gold and silver plate of one household requires an expert to look after It. The man is a goldsmith, and his salary is $2,000 a year. eimara rooms soiiieimm lusi ???,)00 to furnish. The tables and cues are Inlaid with Ivory and gold. Certain wines?Schloss Johannesberg, for Instance, stamped with the :rest of Prince Matternich?are sold it private sales to millionaires for $40 and $50 a bottle. Automobiles of ninety or more horsepower, made to order, will cost Trom $30,000 to $40,000. Some millionaires keep a dozen or more automobiles, with a head chalfeur at 14,000 or $5,000 a year salary and two ar three assistants at $25 a week ;ach. Then there Is the ocean going pacht, which cannot be maintained In the most modest way at a smaller annual expenditure than $25,000.? New York Press. XST One striking feature of the Internal revenue laws is that they never look to quality or value, but always to quantity, says the National Magazine. The tax on 1,000 cigars Is three dollars, no matter whether they are "Pittsburg stogies" or the Key West brand whose retail value 1 Is, say twenty-five cents each. The ' tax on. the "Pittsburg stogie" Is < about one-fifth of the retail value; It 1 is less than one-eighth the value of ' '" ttt?. ?1 ? TWa nnun t pv i ine jvey wcsi ugai. v....... ploughboy who comes to town on Saturday afternoon and Invests five ?ents in a package containing three 'Old Virginia cheroots," pays as much tax as does the fellow who buys three cigars for a dollar. The tax on the cheapest "twist tobacco" Is six cents a pound; it Is the same r>n the best grade of the fine cut. It s about one-third the retail value of the twist: it is about one-twentieth the retail value of the flnecut. On i barrel of "common beer" worth tour dollars, the tax is one dollar; on i barrel of the best grade of ale, porter or beer worth twelve dollars, the tax Is one dollar. The man who Puys a quart of Georgia corn whisky for fifty cents pays twenty-two and me-half cents for the whisky and twenty-seven and one-half cents tax, the other dollar and twenty-two and nne-half cents being the value of the ?oods over and above the tax. The negro frequenter of the New Orleans 'honk-tonk" pays as much tax to the ?overnment In the purchase price of the "booze" consumed by him In a night of wild debauch as does the nwellest New York millionaire In an svening spent at his club. "Pale ieath enters with impartial step the cottages of the poor and the palaces jf the rich!" Likewise the Internal revenue tax-gatherer, equally as certain as death, makes his demands in the rich and poor. But comes in luch a way that he Is not recog- " nlzed and not at one time In every , million does the man who bears the burden of the tax know when he Is { paying it. c Sure Wat to Got Bait.?The boy c .vanted some worms for bait. He had I (elected a promising spot, a shady and f ow-lylng dell, but, though he had been t iigglng now for fifteen minutes, not a t dngle worm had his spade turned up. r "Here, sonny," said an old angler, f 'take this chunk of soap and make me c i quart or two of soapsuds." c The boy brought the suds, the old t nan sprinkled them over the ground, I tnd then he in turn began to dig. It a vas amazing. Here where the boy be- t 'ore had not found a single worm the v >ld man now discovered them In doz- c ?ns. t "You can find worms almost any- t vhere, sonny," said the old man, "If t 'ou wet the ground with soapsuds first. 1 The soapsuds draws them the same as f molasses draws files. A weak mixture a >f blue vitriol and water will do the c tame thing also." t PEACE ON RIO GRANDE BORDER. Bad Man Extinct?Used to Be an Inquest Evsry Monday Morning. Peace, sweet peace, has settled down upon the lower Rio Orande border region. In this section, which in former days was the hotbed of Mexican revolutionist and American smugglers and the rendezvous of desperate Mexican and American thieving cutthroats, the Industrial invasion has swept the six shooter aside, and acts of lawlessness now rarely take place . No one Is better able to appreciate these changed conditions, Bays a Hlldago correspondent of the St. Louis Olobe Democrat, than John Closner, for the last sixteen years Sheriff of Hlldalgo county and for Tour years before his election as Sheriffa deputy sheriff For twenty years Sheriff Closner has been in close touch with the criminal element of the lower border, rhe building of a railroad into this section two years ago caused an exodus of the bad men, and since that time there have been but two terms of court held in this county. There has not been a criminal case on the court docket for more than a year. Alfalfa fields and irrigated farms now cover the region which was formerly ei cactus covered desert and the hiding place for bandits. "I remember one summer, a few /ears ago," said Mr. Closner, "when there was an Inquest every Monday morning for eleven consecutive weeks. The inquestswere not the results of accidents, although the verdicts the jurors brought in when they met in the Justice of the peace's office may have been to that effect hTere hasn't been a killing for four or five years, and not an atrocious murder for many years. Closner noes not iook UKe a person one would expect In a man who had been a Sheriff on the border for sixten years. Being Sheriff of Hidalgo county these days Is only incidental with manageing a large sugar plantation and looking after the care of hat and chaps have been abandoned In Hidalgo county. The Sheriff of Hidalgo would be mistaken for a bank cashier or a man of business. "No I never had to kill a man In my life," said Closner. "There was once In 1892, I think it was, when it came nearly to the place where I had to kill or get killed. It was wheen Pan:ho Garcia hnd his band of Mexican outlaws were stealing and terrorising ilong the American border. Several men had been killed by the reckless bandit. We learned where he made tfslts to a Mexican's woman's house, ind on a certain night, when he was expected, I had two men stationed in the house where the woman lived, rhat same night Garcia and one companion held up and robbeed a party >f seven persons and tied them to mesqulte trees. The travellers were reilevd of thlee valuables and the- ? ?a* horses were stripped of the saddles Mid bridles. " 'We don't want to hurt you,' 3arcia said to them. 'All we want is what you've got, but there Is one thing we are going to do. We are* going to Hidalgo and kill the Sherlffand his leputy and the woman who has given is away.' "Leaving the men tied 3arcia and his companion went to the iiouse where he had visited the wo man. When he knocked at the door hie was covered with a gun from a window and commanded to surrenler .Replying that he never surrendered, he started to run. Closner'8 deputy filled him with buckshot, killing him Instantly. "Pancho Garcia Is the same bandit who made an appointment with the :hief of police of Reynosa, Just icross the border, one day to meet Mm in a lane not far out from the :own. With a dozen picked men he went to the appointed spot. Garcia soon appeared, walked toward them, Ired several times, wounded the chief if police and two of his men and got iwny before the officers ever got a shot at him. "It may have been the same banlit who killed a tenderfoot. It seemed that a pedler In traveling L- J nno rtf thA naa maue mc aunuouimuvv ?. .... ?and, had learned of Its methods and ndignantly said he Intended presenting what evidence he had before i Grand Jury. The pedler was taken >ut and literally cut to pieces and lurned. The Navy's Marksmanship.?"The trlterlon of target practice is the actual lumber of hits per minute," said Se:retary of the Navy Bonaparte. "Many ships now average between 75 and 90 llts per minute with ail their main jattery guns, whereas In former days he percentage was rarely over 40, even hough firing slowly at a target more han seven times as large as the present one. Then the target was 100 feet ong and 25 feet high; today it is 21 'eet long and 12 feet high. This in- , irease in hitting ability is due to the isslduous training In the target pracices which have been carried out under he new system adopted and also to improvement in ordnance. Going back to 1898, when the navy was using black lowder and when sights and other jarts of the equipment were poorly developed, our firing was both slow and naccurate. At that time it was conddered satisfactory if a 12-inch gun Ired one shot in five minutes. But vlth each subsequent improvement in >ranance tne rapidity was somewnai ncreased, and by carrying out systemitic target practice the present striking >fflclency has been attained. For eximple, the heavy turret guns that wer$ )ut a few years ago allowed five mlnites In which to Are a shot, have re:ently fired three shots and made three llts In one minute."?Greenville News. A.nc1 hnt Hall of Tara.?In the :ounty Meath, Ireland, some broken uins are still to be seen of the ancient 3all of Tara, which previous to the leventh century was the residence of he high king of Erin. Later it was he dwelling place of one of the provin:ial rulers, who held the title of King >f Tara. In the thirteenth century it lad passed into the possession of a amiiyof Norman descent, the Repenhenyes. It. Queen Elizabeth's reign he head of this family, then an old nan of seventy years, was put to death or using treasonable language concerning the queen, and his estates were confiscated, but King James I, restored hem to his descendants. During the ron rule of Cromwell the property was igain alienated, and after the restoraion of Charles II to the English throne vas granted to his brother, the Duke >f York. After the tatter's abdication hey passed Lord Tyroonnel, who, by aking part in a rebellion, also forfeited hem to a wealthy gentleman of Dubin. The old palace had long before alien Into ruins, apd the lands were it last divided and sold, thus wiping tut of existence the ancient estate of he lords of Tara.?Housekeeper.