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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSO A i, JUNE 27, 1878. VOL. XIII- NO. 60. lATHi OF SUBSOBIPTlOrr.-Op* DOLLA? and FirvrCwrs ott rjagara, In adiasae. Two (K) LL A RS at end or y ?ar. 8B~JITT-FIVS Can for iii- laontbi. Jabaeriptloni ar? not taken for a Itu period tbr!b?rilc?aUacti wlllb? nade with thoa? wliW a? .0?dT?-rtli?forthree,?ixor twelje rnoatha. Ad Virdiio? hy contrast maal b? can ftnad to tnt Un. mJlUtetailnciiafihaflrm ortndlrldual coatrac "'oCitutrr Notleoa exceeding Ore linea, Trlbatee ,.r iiMpKt. and all terian ?I communication* or in?tter? of IndlTtduaflntereat, will ba charged for ?t idrfrtlalng rates. Announcement! of tsarrUges .ud .lritiif. oiiJ art wai "fa raU_*>q crmi-n?ar.ara fM|K;ctfullr totlcited, and wttl baInserted gratia SIEGE OF NINETY SIX. A BRAVE UKFKNCE, MITT A BRAVER ASSAULT. A Short Sketch or What our An cesto ra did for American liberty. The village of Cambridge waa situated io the southeast corser of the preseut county of Abbeville. lu a direct line it was about twoaty mites, nearly due east, from the ?ito of Abbeville Court HOUBO, six miles west of the Saluda River, and about one-half milo north of the line which divides the counties of Abbeville and Edgefleld. A ciltort time prior to the revolutionary war, the name Cam bridge had been exchanged for that of Ninety Six. Tradition has preserved two reasons for this change of name. ,The one is that Cambridge was ninety-six milos distant from Fort Prince George. The other is that at one time, after tue Indian tribes had planned a massacre of the frontier settlers, an Indian girl mounted a horse and rode, in on? day and part of a night, ninety-six miles, to givo the white settlers wv nlng of tho impending danger. The point at which une communieaUxi io ibo whites the con templated outbreak of the Indiana was Cambridge. From this circumstance, j soys one tradition, the name Cambridge j was exchanged for that of Ninety Six. ' At an early period in the settlement of, the up-country, Cambridge, er Ninety Six, became a place of importance sec ond to none- other in the State of South Carolina. To protect the frontier set tlers against the attacks of the Indians the place was fortified. From time to time, as necessity demanded, these forti fications were'improved. When the difficulties between the col onies and the mother country began to assume a threatening aspect, Ninety Six became the scene of bloody conflicts be tween Whigs and loyalists. The region around Ninety Six -was the most popu lous, and, perhaps, it may be said, the most wealthy section of the up-country previous to the revolution. It had been the abode of wild Indians, who made anything else than agreeable neighbors to tho Europeans residing in tue interior of the State., . ? ' A special effort was made to induce white settlers to take possession of thia region of country. Grants of one and two hundred acres of laud, on terms the most favorable, were made to any one who would occupy them. The region was represented as one of fabulous fer tility. The result was that both the ambitious and the needy were attracted tn? the new country. Population of all kinds flowed in from various quarters. Ruffians of the ' vilest sort and bands of lazy freebooters flocked into the region. The frequent- outbreaks of the Indians gave these outlaws the semblance of a pretext for making attacks upon the Koperty of their industrious neighbors, ouse-hreaking and horse and cattlB stealing became conuron occurrences. The law WAS powerless, and every one went to bed at^ night vr h the dread on his mind ?hat before uioruicg hi? proper ty would be raided upon by these despe radoes. To meet tho exigencies of the case, the mere respectable of tho community organized themselves for mutual pro tection. Without tho ordinary forms cf law, these organised bands proceeded to inflict summary punishment 'upon all offenders who came into their hands. That which was at first organised with the design of promoting only the public good was,soon abused. Individ?ala un dertook, under cloak of correcting a public wrong, to punish private injuries. J The good of the whole was forgotten i a~ punishing individual wrongs. The're sult was that thos? who had no connec tion with the lawless raiders who infest ed the region were often seized and pun ished to appease the hatred of some pri vate i&di?ia&si? Neighbor* i**e$ began to cherish toward each other bitter ani mosities, and tho whole country was thrown into a atate of anarchy and con fusion.' In 1766. Governor . Montague and the Council aent a man'by the name of Seo vii to adjust the difficulties which ex isted between the settlers. Scovihproved to be an unprincipled villain, anu, in stead of establishing peace, came very near bringing on a civil war. In 1769 a court of justice waa estab lished at Ninety Six. The seeds of ha tred and strife bad, however, been sown broadcast and had germinated, and were flourishing with a growth too vigorous to be checked by the forms of law. Regu lator and Scovilito continued until 1775, when the former waa exchanged for that of Whig, and the latter for that of tory or loyalist. For a period cf twenty years multi tudes on 'each side had been nursing their -wrath. Esch party charged the other ? with tho opprobious epithet of coward ;' but truth demands that wo say that neither deserved the title. They were, braver'-i? many instances cruelly Every circumstance),5 both:. In, tho settlement of the region and- in tb* foi tercourseof the'settlers with each other, conspired tti make the ?rar in that com munity fierce. The main object the British had in garrisonihg Ninety Six was to keep np their intercourse with tho Indians. The power of the savages had been broken, but their fierce spirits had not been subdued. The British fed the flames of revenge which still blazed in the bosoms of these grossly wronged, but dear?eratnlv omni, anna nf tho forest. - The fortifications of Ninety Six were erected in the forks of two roads, One of these roads led from Charleston, by the way^bf Saxe Gotha, to Ninety 8ix, The other road led from Augusta, Geor gia, to Ninety Six. A short distance north of the fortification was the town. On tho west of tho fortification waa a small stream, by which the garrison was furnished whir water. On the west bank of this, stream,-on a slight emi lio-nse, wes a stoa**de| and on the. etat bank of thia streak waa the jail, wbtrh was also fortified and garrisoned. On the norlheast.of the village was a star sbaped redoubt This waa the principal place of 'defence. It consisted of a stronghold, built with sixteen salient and an equal number of re-entrant ?nni^ -J...~J this was dd" ? d??n circular ditch-, trace? of which**.* stifl to be seen. The wholo waa strengthen*! by a fraise and abattis. Tbc entire vil lage waa enclosed by a line of atock ? aden, and covered communications ex tended /rom the star redoubt to the several stockades. As the garrison was .upplied with water from the rivulet on" the wost, this point waa protected by the stockade on the eminence weat of tho village, and by the garrison ata lioncd in the lail: which occupied a site between the rivulet and tho Tillage. . Tho garrison at Ninety Six was com minuted by Col. John Oruger.p man of good family, a native of New York city, a brave soldier, and a very superior officer. Hi? commune! consisted of five hundred and fifty men. Of these two hundred were New Jersey 'Volunteers, aiid one hundred and filly Were a de tachment from Pclaneey'a royal .battal " m of Now York. The nacaiodcr wero tories from the neighborhood, command ed by Col. King. It will be seen that in tho conflict which we are about to de* scribe, American waa pitted against American and neighbor against neighbor. So soon after tho capture of Fort Granby aa Lieutenant-Colonel Carring ton had competed his arrangements for transporting the baggage, of the Ameri can army, and the stores which had beeu secured at the several forts recently cap tured. Gen. Greene broke up his camp at Friday'a Ferry on the Oongurce, and aet out, by the most direct route, foi Ninety Six. The distance betweon Fri day's Ferry and Ninety Six is about sixty miles. .On the 22nd of May-the day after the surrender of'Fort Galpbin--General Greene* arrived io the immediate vicinity of the only remaining British post in South Carolina, in the interior of the State. By the prudence, skill and iu domitable courage of the subaltern offi cers and troops belonging to General Greene's army, tho BrTtibh strongholds and provision denota had melted away like morning clouas. Ninety Six would have been abandoned had not all com munication between it and the other British posts been so completely cut off by the Americans. Gen. Greene could not bot feel in tensely anxious with regard to the suc cess of his undertaking. His'indi vidual successes heretofore u> the South bsd consisted rather in baffling the under takings and disconcerting the plans of the enemy than in positive victories. As yet no British officer Iud boen forced to surrender to him in oerson. At Guil ford Court House and Hobkirk's Hill his victory consisted in depriving his enemy of a grand triumph. It munt be con fessed that from the moment of his arri val ct Ninety Six Gen. Greene was not very sanguine of success. Ho found th? place in a good condition both to resist an assault and to stand a siege. Coi. Cruger had not been idle. Aided by Lieut. Haldane, a skillful engineer be longing to the corps attached to Corn wallis' command, he continued, day and night, to strengthen his works. Gen. Greene determined to undertake the reduction of thia post by regular siege. His force consisted of less than one thousand Continental soldiers and a varying number of nndrilled militia. These latter troops, ic some kinds of warfare, did wonders ; but in a regular siege or a pitched battle they were not of much avail. These troops were sta tioned in four camps, about half a mile distant from four aides cf the enemy's works. Such was the position of thc American encampment? that the enemy, as veli'as the spring from which thev rpr.nivr- ii nuoriUfia rt? ivai^r. MM aniirt?\v - - - . -^ * i.-- 11-r ~ J enclosed. Thaddeus Kosciusko, Ibe celebrated Polander, was with Gen. Greene as chiel of his engineers. On the evening of thc 22d of May, ground was broken a abort distance north of the star redoubt. Col Cruger was not alow in discovering th< designs of the American generals. WitI a promptness and energy which shower, that he was a superior officer, he begai to make preparation* to repel the ap preach of the' Ame : c He nosse-wei out three pieces of cannon. These hi mounted on vhc h and placed upon i ?latform constructed for the purpose [is parapets-were manned with infantry whose accuracy. With their deadly riff seldom ' missed the object of their aim Under cover of the artillery and riflemen a- sallying party, ander Lieut. Roney supported. by Major Green, rushed cu of tho enemy's ditches upon the be siegers. In a moment the guards wer either bayoneted or driven away ; th lately begun worka of tho American were destroyed, and their entrenchini tools carried off. The gallant Rone was mortally wounded. This was ai the loss the enemy Bustained. So vigoi ous and so promptly did the sallyin party act that, although Gen. Greene cen a reinforcement to succor KoSciuskc tho work . was comp!?te before the dc tacbment arrived. Tinder the directio of Kosciusko ground was again broke on the night of the 23d, This time th besiegers. commenced operations at point more distant and under cover of ravine. A grave mistake seems to havo bee made at the very outset. The garriso were supplied with water hy the sprinj This was guarded by a stockade fort an the fortified jail. It would seem that th first effort should have been to.depriv the: garrison of the uno of the aprittj Instead of this being attempted; ti approaches, by parallels, were begu on the opposite Bide of. the enemy works, tbuB leaving them In undisturbe possession of the Bpring and rivuie The pick-axe end spade wer?, plied da after day by the Americans, but tb work advanced slowly. The brave Kc* ciusko was censurea on account of h slowness, end Gen. Greene waa blame for osibuiitting to bin ??gineer so entir ly. On the forenoon of the 8th of Jun Col. Lee. with bis legion, arrived i Ninety Six, and Gen. Pickena follow? ia a few days. Lee and Pickens we directed to operate against, the stock?t fort, which. In part, guarded the Boriu Lee pushed forward the work assigni him with great dispatch. . On the s?roi day after bis arrival he had complet* bis ditch to the point designed for tl erection of a battery. On the arme di the battery was erected, a six pound f?laced in position, and Lieut. Finn p n command of it. Cruger was now pushed both on tl _u.ua. rr-.i u?r> ir. . - f=;i ju* ? situation was perilous. His only ho waa in receiving succor from Rawdc With th's officer he waa, however, wbol unable to communicate. When Kt ciusko had completed his second par lela, Gen. Greene' directed Col. Ot! Holland Williams, adjutant general, summon Coh-Cruger to surrender. Ci ger replied verbally, through bia adj tant, that he waa determined to hi the pince to the last extremity, and tl he held in perfect disregard both t rarest, -sd premises nf thc Amtric general. A t this state of the siege sallying p ties vere aeut out by the enemy to thw tne progress of the American wor The conflicts with these sallying part wer? fierce and bloody.- It waa no chil Ula* , . .?-#.?->. i* www- ..-.iwtMvr? - -v^-j- -- . by their surroundings, were met by bn men in whose bosoms the fires of hati had boen covered fbi- years. In no Btanc? were thewa sallying parlies of 1 British successful. Failure did t however, dlahearten'tnem, bul only r dered them moro desperate. The ho of the American General and Amern soldiers were growing brighter i brighter each hour, while, on tho ot hand, dark and gloomy furebodi filled the mind of the brave Cruj Evidently tho crisis was fast appro* lng. It waa only a matter of time thing* continued.at they wem, whin last garrison in the interior of South < olina would be forced to surrender. In war, a-? in everything elfe, app; onces are often deceptions. The I laid plans. p?sh?d with the most < summate skill, are often blighted In moment of their final aocompllahm On tho llth of June Gen. Gi ecu o ceiyed a dispatch from Gen. Sumter, con taining the startling intelligence of the lauding at Charleston, on the 3rd, of por* tiona of three r?giments, a detachment of tlie Guards, and a considerable number of volunteers, all under the command of Colonel Gould. These forces were de* signed for Cornwallis, but that officer, In Arder that South Carolina might be re* tained in possession of his Majesty, aa* Binned them to the succor of Rawdon, So soon as the Irish troops landed, Rawdotv, who was in camp' at Monk's Comer, repaired to Charleston to make preparation for tho relief of Ninety Six. Previous to this time he had uot heard of the fall of Augusta, nor of the invest ment of Ninety Six. His fears, how ever, for both these poets were great; but with thc force then at his .command, be set as he vf a? by Sumter and Marlon, he was unable to render Gruger and Brown any assistance. On the 7th of June Rawdon Bet out from Charleston for Ninety Six. Soon after leaving Charles ton, the troops left by Rawdon at Monk's Corner joined those fed by Gould. The whole consisted of seventeen hundred in fantry and one hundred and fifty cavalry. On the way a few others fained h'm, so that on arriving at 0-i?ngeburg his com mand amounted to more tbau two thou sand. Rawdon soon heard of the fall of Augusta and thc liege cf Ninety Six. On hearing of the advance of Rawdon, the fin?t thing t-h-t suggest^sd itself tn th? mind of Gen. Greene Aaa to meet and disperse the force advancing to relieve Cruger, and then return and force Cm ger to surrender. To effect thia design, Marion, who was in the low-country, was ordered to placo himself in front of Raw don. Gen.- Sumter waa ordered to collect all the forces on tho Congaree and joia Gen. Greene, at some point between that river and Ninety Six. Gen. Pickens, to gether with all the cavalry 'under Colonel Washington, were sent to join Sumter. Although the plan of first beating Raw* don was undertaken, it was soon dis* covered that it couid not be put into ex* tuition. The concentration of the forcea under Sumter was necessarily too slow, and the movements of Rawdon too rapid, to put into execution such a pian. It was determined next by Gen. Greene tc raise the siege and lead his forces into some safe retreat. To thia both the offi cers and the men objected. Some were anxious to wipe out old stains; others were desirous to give an exhibition of their chili and prowess: whilst mary, rendered reckless by cruelties and suffer; lng inflicted by the enemy, were longing for an opportunity to satiate their venge ance. It was manifest to nil that tho S?st must be taken by assault or aban* on?d. Rawdon waa moving forward to ita relief with ail poaaihtn dispatch. In the. meantime, neither party had slackened its labors. The work of the besiegers was pressed forward, whilst the besieged labored .day ana night in strengthening their fortifications. The American marksmen often drove the artillerists from their guns, li was at tempted to bnrn the houses of the village with arrows, as was doue at Fort Motte ; but Cruger promptly had the houses stripped of their roofs. Major Green, who c?i?irmn?ed TY??? ??jtiiij^?ibacu ability the star redoubt, o? seeing the advance of the American third parallel and the erection of a Maham *o*?er, cov ered his parapet with sand bags, leaving an aperture between the bags for the use of h.? riusmen. It now became evident to all that; an error had been made in not directing the main forc? to .the reduction of the (stockades that guarded the sp ring. In order to cut the enemy off from their supply of wafer, Col. Lee proposed to Gen. Greene the propriety of attempt ing to set the stockade fort on fire. On the 12th, whilst a dark and portentous cloud waa rising in the west, Lee asked Gen. Greene's permission to make the attempt to set thia stockade fort on fire. The request was granted, and a sergeant and nine infantry, belonging to Lee's legion, were immediately selected for the perilous undertaking. Thia intrepid lit tle band was furnished with combustible material and directed to advance to the stockade fort by tho most concealed route. At tho same time the batteries in every quarter opened a terrific fire upon the enemy, designing to produce th? impres sion that a general'assault was about to be made upon the star redoubt. The gallant sergeant and his faithful little band made their way amid the raging of the storm and tho thunder of the cannon until they baa reached the stockade fort, and were in the act of applying the fir?. At thia critical moment they were dis covered, and the sergeant and five of his men were instantly killed. The other four escaped unhurt, notwithstanding many muskets were fired at them os they nia across the field back to their com* mand. On the 174t the fire of the Americans was very destructive. The enemy were forced to withdraw their forces stationed uoiweca the spring and the stocked5 iori. The garrison soonbegan to suffer greatly on account of being deprived of toe use of the spring. The females ia the Brit* ish camp, sheltering themselves beneath the respect due to their sex? undertook to supply the garrison with water. Una* ble to supply the demand, the soldiers, it was discovered, dressed themselves in female attire and went to the spring. This , being discovered, the order was given to fire upon eveiy one going to the spring, whether male or female. Although Rawdon hod been advancing rapidly since the 7th to relieve Cruger, the latter was in total ignorance of the fact. In the neighborhood, only a few ju??i.t (?m xi:-nt- af? -- ' young woman who had lately married a British officer in the garrison of Ninety 1 Six. The young lady was the daughter | of a patriot, and* she had a brother who 1 had heartily espoused the cause nf the Whigs. This woman the British bribed to communicate to the commander at] Ninety Six the fact that succor would ' soon arrive. Rawdon was ac Orangeburg when.be sent his emniissary to contract with this woman. She communicated the facts in tho caso to a young loyalist in tho corri m unity.. Dressed - in citizen.? clothes, this loyalist appeared, on the afternoon of the 13th. riding along the American-lines, ?oath of the village, tal ki ng4 carelessly to the soldiers. No notice was taken of him, as the country people were accustomed to virit the J Am^ricsn c*n?n dail*% So soon ss ne I reached the road leading to the village, he straightened himself in the saddle, and, putting sp?r? to bb horse, dashed through tho American line and into the village. Tho sentinels and guarda near est him fired upon him, but he escaped, unhurt. When out of danger, he took a letter from his person and triumphantly ] waved it back at- the Americans. The Garrison received him with shoats, of joy. 'he gate was opened for his admission, and ho was conducted to beadquf rters | <with loud and prolonged huzzahs. Cru ger, already brave, was? on tho r?ception of tho intelligence that Rawdon waa ad vancing to his aid, rendered confident. Both the besieged and besiegen began to pres? matters with 'great vigor.. Euch knew that the contest mut come .to a close within a few days. On the left, the .third parallel was completed, oho two ttencLi* and a mine, which reached within a few feet of the enemy's ditch. On the right, the trenches were within twenty yards of the enemy's works. The garrison was nearly cut off from the spring an?rivulet, and suffering had al? ready begun. Rmwdon had, by inclining to tue right, passed Sumter, and such was the rapidity with which the British General marched that Sumter could never gain bis front. The only Ameri can party which harassed Rawdon on his march was Col. Middleton, with thres hundred cavalry and mounted militia. Col. Middleton hat) been sent from the Conga roe to hang upon the rear of the enemy, capture stragglers, and, particu I larly, to cut off the foraging parties of 1 Rawdon. This partisan corps, efter giv ing the enemy considerable trouble, was unfortunately led into a well planned ambush and charged upon by Major Cof fin at the head of a body of the royal cavalry. Middleton and bia party were so completely scattered that they* never made their appearance again. The Americana were of the opinion that thirty hours would be sufficient to reduce, without assault, the garrison at Ninety Six; but they dared not wait so long a time, lest the arrival of Rawdon would expose them to totaV overthrow. In view or the circumstances, it was de termined to attack the place by a general assault. The A*sault. Mid-day, on the 18th of June, was ap rv/\? gag i?io mAmont rulion e?# as gliton signal, the forcea would advance to the assault. Long poles with' iron hooka were prepared with which to pull down the sand bags on the enemy's fortifica tions, and material was collected for the purpose of filling up the ditches. Lieu tenant-Colonel Campbell, of tho first Virginia regiment, with a detachment from the Maryland and Virginia bri* Sdes, waa directed to lead tho attack on e left ; Lieutenant-Colonel Lee, with his legion of infantry and Kirkwoods Delaware regiment, were charged with the attack on tho right. Lieutenant! Duval, of Maryland, and S?ldon,,of Vir ginia, iud 1*10 forlorn hope on thc left ; Captain Rudolph, of Lee's legion, thai on the ri^ht. Tho signal for attack was to be giver from the centre battery. At ll o'clock the third parallel was manned, and thc abarpshooters took their position in th? Mabam tower. On the firing of the firs cannon, which was f bo.signru for the as sailantfl to prepare for action, tbs Aineri can columns entered tho trenches. Th< men were full of enthusiasm. . At tin hour of 12 the second cannon fired, am simultaneously and in good order tue as sailing columns, under Lee and Camp bell, advanced. Cruger, if not expectinj the . assault, was fully prepared for il The parapet? {rl?autiV ' with pikes am bayoneta, and through the apertures be tween tho sand bani the-riflemen c Major Green mowed down the ranks c the assailants. On an intermediate bal tory Cruger bad placed his th rc o piece of cannon. These, as circumstance seemed to demand, he sometimes directe upon the column led by Campbell, an sometimes on that led by Lee. Cruger mind was cool and prompt, and bis me well trained and desperately bravo. Th cannon were useu ?tri?o i-siung eocctupo the Americans. Col. Campbell and hi brave Marylanders ana Virginiat pressed forward amidst showera oil eade I nail. No one flinched. With the hool the soldiers were dragging the sand bag on the enemy's parapets into the dite below. The moment waa near at hat when Campbell would ascend the para pet and termin?t.- '.he contest in a bade tO-hand conflict. Major Green, Sri commanded the star redoubt, discoveric th.) progress which the Americana wet making, and fearing, the result of a bant to-hand conflict between the garrison ac assailants on the para-pets, determined t try the bayonet in his ditch as well ase his parapet. At a sally port he sent ob with small ' detachments, Capt. Frond of Delancey corps, and Capt. Oampbel of New Jersey. Taking opposite dire tions in the ditch, Campbell soon ei countered Duval, and French Soldo: The conflict was dreadful. The Amer cans had to encounter the enemy on tl parapet and those in the ditcn. Tin stood their ground and fought gallantl until both Duval and Seldon were woum ed. Then the forlorn hope was. wi; great loss, forced to retire to the Araei eau trenches. Only a few survive The most were left in the enemy's dite The assailing column led by Lieute ant-Colonel l<ee was more snccessfi Capt. Rudo? ph gained the ditch whit surrounded tue stockade fort, and beb followed by the main column soon e tered the fort, when the garrison fled the main works. Lee was about to ma ah assault upon the jail and then to asa! in reducing the atar redoubt. Ge Grceno, seeing the slaughter which h taken place in the ditch i \ front of t atar redoubt, and nnwilling co sacrin any more ot hL troops, ordered Lee hom the stockade asa attempt ?othi more. The, assailing column led Campbell lay in the trenches, and tl led by Lee remained in the stockade t til dark, when both were withdrawn. Gen. Greene now determined to rein to avoid Rawdon. On the evening the day after the assault the alega * raised, and Gen. Greene led bia fon across the Saluda and retreated rapic in the direction of tbe Enorce. The siege of Ninety Six lasted fr< the 22d of May until the 18th of Jui T>o American loss during the siege ti Captain Mark Armstrong,'' shot throu the head on the day of the assault^*, one hundred and eighty-five men L-i lb-tl u-niinrff?A and ml mon cr. Thfl or rison lost eighty-five. It ia* remarks1 that only one officer on o?cb aide ? killed. ; The failure to capture Ninety Six i very mortifying to both the officers.a men in the army. Whether all \ done, and done in tho right way and the right time, that could have been d< to capture the place, cannot, at this 1 date, be ascertained satisfactorily, the time Kosciusko waa censured on count of bis slowness, and some thou J~i-?-?? ? - --<-- -1 _ UCU. UICCIIU DUUUIU Ii/*TO C*CIUI3UU Ul of his own judgment with regard to manner of conducting the siege. Chat bids ns say that all acted their parts v from patriotic motives. Th? Aban4oara<rat, The failure of Gen. Greene to capt the British nmt of Ninety Rix diawini ted somewhat the plan's of both Americans and British. Previous to cssau.lt upon the enemy's works Gre had sent his sick and Inefficient men I in tho direction of Charlotte, North ? olina. After raising; the siege, he, v the whole of his forces; followed b; rapid marches aa the circumstances wt allow. Lord Rawdon reached Ninety Sb the morning of the 21st. Both he Cruger were delighted. Under dre stencee tho most trying, the latter defended himself ; - ana surrounded difficultine* which only a bravo mar?, leader of veteran troops, could overee Rawdon had corso to Cruger's relief, fourteen days Rawdon had marched nfen, in the heat of summer, ? Charieaton to Ninety Six, a distant" near two bund red miles. No small number of his .troops t Irish volunteers, who had landfv Charleston on th? 3rd of Jona. De ceived hr the false reports which they had heard at home of the success which had attended his Majesty's forces in crushing the rebellion of the colonies, these troops bad come over to possess the subjugated country. Each one thought that, on arriving at Charleston, all he would hate.to do in order to become tho cwner nf a large landed eftat? was to make bis selection and buvo his land marked out by metes and'jounds. Thrco days siter landiug they discovered, no doubt to their sorrow, that before thcv could settle down in thcf country os land lords they must first conquer*the present inhabitants. Although Lord Rawdon had by rapid marches reached the vicinity of Ninety Six soon enough to drive away General Greene and save the garribon, he was not disposed to give himself or troops np to supineness. .On the very evening after reaching Ninety Six he selected hts bett men and horses and set out in pursuit of Gen. Greene. The sick and broken down u.en and horses were left with Oruger, He crossed the Saluda and pushed on to the Enoree. Here his vsn encountered the American rear, under Colonel Wash ington aud Lieut-Colonel Lee. General Greene, with the main forcea, bad crossed the* Enorco-nnd Tyger, and, perhaps, Broad river, and consequently was out of danger. ? Lord Rawdon, discovering very ?OOn the superiority of the America cavalry to that of bis ?wn; concluded to abandon the pursuit of the Americana and return to Ninety Six. Rawdon ecema to have come to tho conclusion that Gen.' Greene had determined to leave the State of South Carolina end go either to North Carolina or Virginia. Laboring under thlB mistake, the British General conclu ded to circumscribe the field pf his oper ations to the tract of country included between tho EdUto, Congaree and Santee rivera. Within this tract of country he contemplated establishing, in the most eligible position, a military pest, from which he might lead out his fot*es and act as his surroundings might in??u?!?. On returning to Ninety Six lie promptly set about making preparations for the abandonment of that post. Many cir cuni?Lances indicated tuts as a propel courte'to be panged. Even had it been true, os Rawdon no doubt thought, thal Greene and his army was forced to leave the State of South Carolina to the mercj of the British, stilt Ninety Six was toe far in the interior of die country, nut! too much exposed to attacks from the various partisan corps which were etil known to exist, to warrant its retention This waa not all. The various other posti in the up-couhtry had been captured one their garrisous made prisoners. Und? such circumstances the maintenance of i garrison at Ninety Six would have beei attended with great difficulty. The plan'chosen by Rawdon for tb abandonment of the post and the futur disposition- of the troops was that Raw don, With a portion of the whole forc? then at Ninety Six was to proceed direct!; to' Friday's ferry on the vengares, while Cruger, with the remainder,In charge e the DsggAgo, loyalists and sick, was t a?gebt?rg. ?t Friday's ferry and Orange burg cantonments were tobeestablishet Colonel Stuart was ordered from Charlei ton to form, with the troops under hi command, a junction with Rawdon i Friday's ferry. .'. Before, however, the troops move from Ninety Six, Lord Rawdon discoi ered that his conclurions with respect 1 the'intentions of General .Greene wei incorrect. On leaving the Snores, 1 was followed by Lienc-Oolonel Lee crops. General Greese, from the mi ment lie raised tho biege at Ninety Si: contemplated regulating his future tnovi menta by those of his enemy. His pu Kose was to keep at a safe distance fro: is foe. and yet near enough to improi any advantage which might bo presei Previous to advancing upon Ninei Six,. Gen. Greene hod sent his hospit stores and heavy baggage to Winnsbor So soon as the intentions, of Rawdc were discovered, Gen. Greene order? his Btores'?. Winnsboro to be removed i Camden. . Lieut.-Oolonel Lee was o dered to- watch the movements of U enemy and communicate all intelligent Eined to General Greene. Sumter at arion were apprised of the movemen of the enemy, and also of the aims at intentions of the American Generai. It was at this time that an event tran pired which has fucnished a theme f the poet or novelist, and a fit subject f tho painter. When Gen. Greene bi written a letter to Gen. Sumter, contai 'lng an outline of his plans and ordei he fonnd it difficult to find a person wi was willing to convey the letter to GD Sumter. The advance pf Lord Baird; into the ?p-w?niry had encouraaed ti tories and loyalicts to take a bola stau Thc cciiutr^ through "'hich the bea* of"tho letter wou?T necessarily have .pass, in some places, swarmed with gan of horse thieves and pepriaef pied tori No one was willing to volunteer to bc ?e letter to its destination. At this cr il juncture of affairs, a young gi acr.rcely eighteen years of age, daughl of a German planter of Fairfield couni offered her services for the perilous tai Her name, which bas become historic I was Emily Geiger. Gen. Greene read \t spted the offer. "'ne maid was mounted upon , a flt ?oreo, and the lotter placed by Gone Greene in her hands. Fearing lest soi mishap might befall the heroic girl, G Greene .took the precaution to commu cate to ber the contents of Ibo lett Without molestation "she passed th rou the country, crossed the Watereo river the ferry below Camden, and was neari Sumter? camp. In, one of those I bottoms in which that region, of conn abounds she was, on tho second da; her journey, baited by a small scout! party of tories. In accordance with i principle laid down by tho Scotch pt that the "real hardened wicked are t few restricted," the tory scouts, indlvi I al}y. IhmtMire tn search Emily, in or to discover whether or not she was bearer of any contraband documci She was taken to a house in the nei borhood, and a woman sent for to m the search. Emily was shat' up it room alone, there to remain antil the dividual designed to .search her per should arrive, lmring this interval ?2a deliberately and wisely chewed ut ; swallowed the letter placedlo her cbs When her person was searched, it found that there was nothing ?bout that was suspicious, or that furnisht reasonable cause for her longer de Mortified that they had acted so hart the gallant tories apologized to .tho maiden and permitted her, 'ritbout fu er delay, to pursue her journey. She reached Sumter's comp, and, s she had eaten np the lefter, promptly livered the massage from General Gn to General Sumter. Emily Geiger ai Tanina a jsarr?c? O ffcill?c?jiiii \JJ tu? ? of Tburwits, and settled in Lexin? county.-REV. ROB*T. LATH AN, in I vittt. Enquirer. . Correction. /"(OM tht Ninety"Sit (hutrdiah We give below o letter from Dr, ? Calhoun relativo to the "Siege of -Ni II m-m - - mi ?Jii - i-jiii-iiiiM ni?-(? wm iiMwirtaj-aawsnMp-arswir Six," Dr. Calhoun is one. >f the best posted men in South Carolina, and doubtless his views upon any subject pertaining to the history of upper Caro lina are very authentic : GREENWOOD. 8. C., June 14,1878. MB. EDITOR: I am astonished at the gravo mistake in the artiole headed, ''Slew of Ninety Six," published in your last Issue. I read In tho first paragraph; "A short time prior to the Revolutionary War, the name Cambridge had been ex changed for Ninety Six." In the same paragraph I read, "From thia circum stance, says one tradition, the name Cambridge ru exchanged for that ol Niuety Six." The very reverse is true, and ail hLtory testifies that original Ninety 8ix was exchanged for Cam bridge. There would ' have been no an? ptopriateness. at its origin, in calling the place Cambridge, but there arose after j wards a plausible reason. I Let mo digress right here to give th? I origin of the uame Cambridge. There I is in Old England a river named Cum In process of time It was spanned by ? bridge, which was called Cam Bridge, j and when the city afterwards sprang ur J at that point It took the same name Late in tm last, or early in this, century a wealthy gentleman of the low countrj donated to three places a handsome BUDD of money to aid in building up colleges One of the three was Ninety Six. A! that ?rnA thara vagg an Educational A?' sedation in that place, composed o. many of the most distinguished men ic upper Carolina. The donation fell intx its hands, and it went immediately tx carry out the object of the donor. Tem Eorary buildings were erected, and I igh classical school, the embryo college started. Flushed with the idea that i was to become a great seat of learning and deserved a more classical name thai Ninety Six, an exchange of name wai made to Cambridge, after the great sea of universities ir. jcmgland. A variety o causes combined worked against an< finally bro':o down the enterprise. Tin last do'Iar of the endowment was apen pav'.ug the teacher's salary in 1820. I learned years ago, from reliable tra ditional sources, that original Old Ninet; Six waa east of the' spring branch, an! on the road leading ?rum Willow FOTI towards Saluda river. Several hobsc: relics of the old town, stood there aa lat as 1880. When the college building wa erected on the opposite hill it becam the centro of attraction, and all ne\ comers built and settled there. . E. R. CALHOUN. A CHAT WITH SIMON CAMERON j Interesting- Story or the mot to Unseat President Lincoln. A correspondent of the New Yoi Times mot ox-Senator Simon Camero the other day at his Pennsylvania fart and had a long talk with him about h life and publie service. He was hale ac hearty as ever, in spite of bis savent; nine years of active life and cone tai struggle. In tho courso of tho intervic the ex-Senator took occasion to rema1 that he commenced lifo in a printing c nco, oeesme au ru??Btaoi C???O?; tum i far from disliking presa men he bad r. ways had a high regard for them. "Th story," he said, "they tell of me talkii of 'them literary fellows' is made up o of whole cloth. He told also how 1 thea got into thc banking business ai made money, and then into politic?. After a while General Cameron drift into war times, and related what .! termed a secret effort which was made unseat President Lincoln, an effort whi was even then known to but few poop He said : "It was shortly ufter I. came back America, (from Russin, in 1862,) a while I was resting at my home in Pen i sylvania, that I received from a numb of most prominent gentlemen an invii tion to visit Washington and attend I consultation which was to be held in : Sid to national affairs. I afterwai louvered that this invitation was e I tended to me because it was believed th my somewhat unpleasant exit from t I War Department bad rendered me host ?to Mr. Lincoln and his administratif. '.Knowing nothing of this at the tin i however, I went to the capital and fou ! assembled there a number of influent Smtlemeu, who bad como together ostc bly for the purpose of advising togett I regarding the erudition of the count This, I say, was thdr ostensible purp< for calling the meeting, but I soon fou \ that their res! object was to find met [by which the President could be i peached and turned, out of his om* The complaint again*.-*. Mr. Lincoln -. that he lacked ability and energy A that he was not pushing the wai w sufficient vigor. These reasons, and I plan of attack, if ? may use the exp: sion, were all mado known to me, am waa asked for my advice. I gave il once, stating with as much earnestness I could commend that the movement p posed would' be a disastrous one, a strongly urging that it would be lil abort of madness to interfere with i Lincoln's administration. Then I 1 Washington and returned to my hom firmer friend of the President than 11 ever been before. And, as you koo' the Senator said, in conclusion,. "the ! peaebment scheme never amounted anything. Indeed, it waa soon afterwa utterly abandoned." Mr. Cameron, it may be mention waa of the opinion th?l with the b'. of Gettysburg tho war should have end and after that engagement he vial Gcr.cril Head's } "~d"~z?iz~ where became so strongly impressed with conviction that the udvantage of t fight ought to bo followed up with s fi attack that he waa on - the point of t graphing to President Lincoln. He not, however, but shortly after, on ac? I bim in Washington, related the eira stance, when Lincoln assured him I had he received his telegram he wc have -ordered a general and immed battle ; but, returning to Mead, he ai "We cannot blame him, Mr. Oamei ?frc cannot censure a mau wuo ?nm v so much because he did uot do more. In the course of the "interview" Cameron takes considerable credit himself tor having from tho first i that the war was to be a long and blc struggle, while Seward and others thoi il WK5 to last only a. few months. \ the Republican talk now of mises Hayes, the disclosure of a Ropubl plot to unseat Lincoln is not inop tune. PRUNINQ TOMATOES.-Many pei find much profit in pinching back branches of the tomatoes; and it good practico whoo judiciously done may DO overdone, however, and h result. In the first ??lace it ia ro u attempt it after tho flowers huvo ft The idea is to force the nonrUbuicnl the fruit at the earliest sti?it; for it that time that tho future fato of tba ia cast A few' loaves beyond the fr an advantage. It ia only the growth ia to bo checked. And then much age ia done by taking off the loai well as the fruit. The tomato plant i all the leaves Hean get It is ?nj .branches thc* are to be checked in growth. BILL ABP. Wh?t He Think? of Winding tie Shear**. lavern tAe Atlanta Cbntlitaiion. MB. EOITUB: The harvest is over. Qreat expectations have besn real ized. Farmin' is a good deal like tebin'. Every time 70a start oat voa caa just see yourself catchln' era ; hui after tryio' every hole in the creek yon go home nor rowfully. with a. fisherman*., luck. But we are not complainln' br JO means, for we've got wheat enuf for binait every day and light bread on Sunday, and .a few bushels to spare for them angele that is to cum along unawares sum of these day?. We finished cuttin' the oat crop tnie morn in', and what with them and the clover already housed, tho nattle are safe for another year. I Imagine ?hey look sassy and thankful ; bat as for me. Mr. Editur, I am a used up individual. Durin' harvest I havo had to be a binder, and if you don't know what that 1s> ask Harris. The ends of these fingers which are now inscribi?' this eplatel are in a bad fix. Skarifido and stack ap with bull nettles and briars, they are os sore as a school-boy's bile. There was sum variation to my business, such as catchin' young rabbits, nod find!a' partridge nests, and pickin' dewberries; bvt the romance wore off the first day, and by the end of tho next my wife says I was nura? Kia ?L TTt a rt on un tr wnm m rt tynn\A A Amt wm. ?.a a mity purty thing to write about and make up oado and pomes. The golder/ grain, the many reapers, the struttin' sheaves, the song of the harvesters, and purty Miss Ruth coquetttn' around the fields of old man Boas, and "how jokin' did they_ drive their team aSeld/'is all so sweet and nice to a man ap a tree wita an umbrel, but if them poets had to tie wheat half a day in a Juno san, their sentimentality woiild henceforth seek an other subjek. I tried swingin' the eradla awhile: but somehow or eomehow oise, I couldn't exactly get the lick. It wataal tho kind of a cradle I've been used to, and I'm too old a dog to learn new tricks now. The sw lng of the reaper's Cradle is a very peculiar motion-very regular in its irregularity, and goes for thevcedJ and bushes and briirs and tho wheat-all the satse. Somehow or other it reminds me of an independent candidate aside wipin' around to get offis in a twistifidd way. Well, I like independence, and that's why I like farmin'-nobody to look! to for a lfvlu' but Providence. I like to ace a man inuimendenUin opinion and tri action, too, and if he BUckaeeds, lt shows that there is gum in him-but it won't1 do to run that skedale too lons or tod fur, ia Dolitics or religion. Bona,part arid I Beecher trido lt, and if thoy couldn't! keep it up, nobody can't. Everybody hos'got to fall into line some time. For a while ali sorts of people will pat an in dependent on tho back and say "go it; my I arkey, bully for yon." but before long they'll begin to thiak over what a good, fat thing he's get, and then haman nature, which you know' is os mean aa 'the devil, will crop out, and the next time they'd drop him so coif he won't) know it. On the whole, the aspirin' man had better go along smoothly with his party or his church or his copartners, aa) tho case may be._ General Black says he io me, Bays ne, "aili, os you oro goin' to farmin' let me give yon a piece of ad vice: Don't go off cn new linea, but witch your nabors and do party mach ai they do." Woll, he didn't mean ?hat if the nabors went bar footed in the sum mer time ?nd slc^i in ? shirt and washed their feet in a skillet, and their darters! ' worked ia the field aad dipped snuff, w? must do so too-by no moans. But he . meant to say that the kind of farmin'' that is sustained by the majority, of for mers was mity apt to be the best. Jessa with gitan offis-the beat way is the old way. It may be, hqweye;*, that Providence does raise op a maa as aa in strument to reform society, but1 the in strument is very likely1 to think he is dom' it all on bis own hookl and he'll keep on reformin' till the in?ionium ii the people will let him. I think it would be well enough for him to report progress sometime, and may ?e the good Lord w?u'd let his servant depart in peace. But you let a feller git a taste of washington and it does loos onposaible to ever get him away from there. "I toiil elana for reelection." Of course 'he will, but ft does seem to me that if I had held a rotsten office right straight along for forty years I woola hunt the shade of Liberty Hall and quit. Why, sur, thore'r forty mea ia that district been patiently waitin* twenty, years for his chance, aita he's now proposin' to outlive 'em all and himself too. Spose he does wont to die In harness, whats that to Berry Houck? There's aum other gentlemen worthy and well qualified who woiild take'the gear, 1* kindly, and work in 'em; too. Bot if I >. had a norse that wore out his breechin' a holdin' back up hill, and hadent palled nary pound in seventeen years, he wculdcst dio in my hsr????s, shore. * Ho moat hant another wagin. Vvo no idee: of todylng a moa who toady* evcrbody' and evert oin g I don't like, from Gen. Grant down to a patent medicine, and there's c heap of folks my way of think-] in'. Everytime I think about it I hear, myself exclaiming "Time's out-Next." Yours, Bi LL ABP. ' P. S.--I wont to know how to git sh?t of moles. The castor been grows 'all round here and don't-seem to do any. ?;ood. Can't you pat somethia' in your armin'column about it? B. A. N. B.--Ax Harris whether'snakes lays eggs or has their young 'uris jusso. B.A. BI.ACXDEREY WESTE.-Choose a .dry: day for collecting the fruit, set ia an! open vessel-one of those oaring a tap fitted to tho side* of it rather near the bottom-and pour over the irait' tofft clent boiling water to cover itv Next let the blackberries be braised thoroughly, cover the Vessel, end let it ?taud Ihres or four days, when it will be round tha? the pulp has formed into a croat 00 the top. The fluid must then bo drawn off into another vessel, and one pound of anear: _l-l_1 .-U _\]rr- ---ll _1--S- . ?Os? ??? ?nu MUUGJ rr ol* iui*cu au, aime which the whole is ready te be put into a cask to work for a week ar ten days, .luring which time the cask ehobld be kept weil filled, more' especially at first. When the working has ^ceased; let the: wine be bonged down.; at tho end of sis' months it may bs bottled, and if kept for four or firs years the wine will be excellent. AM UKfOttTUNATE EXPKHIMUHX.-A New Jersey man, of inventive tum of mind, undertook to accomplish the bibli cal feat of walking on the water. Ho hod made two imurense Iridia robber shoes, inflated with air. Then he went down to the river, buckled on his air shoes, and ? succeeded in walking fifty yards* and was making .bravely lor tbs opposite shore, when b? was hlruok by a stiff broeifo and .lost ms balance. His h**4 went down and hts feet remained above water, and fifteen minutes later a couple of gunners, sighting tho huge shoe* mistook them for a couple of am phibious monsters, arid rlduUSd them with buckshot. This relcaaed the air. and ?he mon disappeared. Uo was foaod Um wscks aflAsward, b?kt, ho wo? os dwi as the bkte Julius Casar, ~ ?li IIISW Bl Wl?tMBbw^y^^ .-: ? - ? ? ' ? . SS SO ' vU*rrv ln*3rtlon-, - . 2.09 j?* lrurrtion? . UNIS.-In order to rwslra J ?Ard mant^TjSo^lrnot be relumed, oslen tb? ?oeaamry ?tampo axe furnished tb repay tb* pottigv tb at aaa. ?V Wo ara not Karulbie for tbe Tlevsaed opinions ot our corespondents. Al! cosununicailoaa ehou'd be add leaned to "Ed itor?Intelligencer." and all ehecfc?. draft?, money order?, de., should ba laMe payable to tba cid? of K. 13. MUBUAY A CO., Ande?<JH,a. C. Peaches-How to Mala Them Fofct Io your May number reference was made to the abundant milt crem in tbe South this season, and some points giv en as to the disposition of same to the best advantage to the growers. Grati fied by the inter- it befog taken in this important subject,' we venture a few sug gestion** The South bas become celebrated for its Ano peaches, and during tho present month a large crop of this delicious fruit will ripen and be sent to the great mar kets of the East where, until the pro ducts of that section come into compe tition, our Southern, fruits command prices which handsomely remunerate the shippers and producers. Success In marketing fruit depend; upon Its quality, manner of packing and method of transportation. To secare the bes* prices, the fruit should be placed in thu market as early ss possible, care being taken io pluck only such its has arrived at the pro ocr stage of maturity, and to assort it. e that fruit of the same aize apd grade may be packed together. "What the consumers insist upon ia a good quality of <ruit delivered- to them, neatly packed, fresh and unbruised. To meet these .-c^uirementa should be the aim of ail who wish to footer and en courage fruit grow!' ;g ; but the labor and pains bes tc ired upon tbs prsdr.ciicn, Sbering and preparation of fruit for anent?, will go for naught if a proper mode of transportation is not used. Th*? question of transportation is ono of tho principal features connected with this business. In the first place, rapid transportation is a aine qua non for the peach traffic with distant points, and tho ordinary freight train and Bteamersya tenus do not offer th? expedition required. ?It bas b?en supposed that fruit, to be mored any distance, in warm weather, requires refrigeration, but experiment has demonstrated that the various re frigerating processes which have been invented to preserve peaches in ?good condition while in transit by ?low methods of transportation are not suc cessful. Tho peach, a succulent, juicy fruit, is of a' substance and flavor so delicate th?i tho humidity of come of tho refrigerators causes its rapid decomposition ; others reduco the temperature too far below the natural degree of heat to which tho fruit is exposed when dellvcnk", and though preserving them en route, peaches so car ried when brought into the normal at mosphere suffer such deterioration from the sami-fireasdrur tkop undergo that il:cir rapid decay causes forced sales, entailing, a loss upon the shippers,' ??he?? a profit would otherwise hafe been made. What is needed is quick transporta tion iii properly ventilated cara, kept ca route In an equable temperature and not extreme refrigeration. The Southern Express Company has facilities particularly well adapted to the business, and have reduced to a mini mum the risks of the fruit spoiling m r?ut?, and have made Buch arrangements as enable the shippers to get tho highest 8rices obtainable by prompt delivery of leir fruit in stood condition at dead na tion. If growers will keep podted, mehi og daily nhipments by express, in quanti tica easily handled, ar i care be taken to oleos good fruit in neat packages, regu lating the supply according to the do mana, there is no clanger of overstocking the market from the South during tho first month of ripening, when she has tho monopoly, but this immense trafilo will bo^re^n&rl^and indefinitely increased. Two tittle GlrU Smothered to Death in o Trank near Clxonj Mo. One of tho most awful calamities ever recorded, is that of the death of the two daughters of Mrs. Amelia Moondi, first assistant teacher of German in the Fwnk iin School, by being raoben ted in a trunk. The little girls havo. for ct year pnst been with their father on a farm four miles from Dixon, Mo., which ia 188 miles dis tant from St. Louis. Mre. Moencb spends her vacations on the farm, and was pre ered to go to her husband and children mediately upon tho close of tho school. Mr. Moencb had gone, to Dixon, on Saturday, and his girls called cheerfully after him to hurry back, and if he wrote to their mamma to send their love. On his return ho was surprised not to see them (awaiting bim. He went tato the house,, and saw tho tray of tho trunk set ting on tho floor. A berri blefear flash ed on bis mind. He opened the trunk and found the'two little girls; the younger, who was underneath,-wa? evidently.pass ed nil hot.^ but tho elder WON BUU warm * and Ump. Not a neighbor was; within haif a mila, Tba fftth|r 'h^ed cold ws ter on the children, then rubbed thom vrith vinegar, and made every effort to restera animation, laboring until twdve o'deck, but in vain. He Iben gave up in despair, and rent tb seek help frem a netobbor. Their age? wcro eight and five years. It transpired that the little girls were in the habit of playing hido and seek, and batt often hid in the trunk separately. It had been their habit to hlSe when they saw their father returning home, in order to, enioythe sport of having him hunt them. The trunk had, no spring lock, and why they were unable to wisc the lid remains a mystery, butit is supposed heat overcame them immediately. Their faces ga vu no indication that they suf fered or struggled* ..being calm and amii? ?ncr. Tha Hi tin al ria VCATA tmriirjihudw bright, intellig?nf, healthy, and tho dr cumstancee bf their death are such as to ?awaken. a sympathising pang in every parent's heart. A POWERFUL Vo?CK.-~Jnat before the ' thunder Gtorm on Saturday evening ?sst, A Whitehall man stepped into the telegraph office at thia place, and request? ed tho* privilege of talking through the telephone with his wifo, who wat visiting friends at Troy. Mr. John W. Eddy, tho Rchucrmamy assistant manager, granted the request, and the Whitehall man bo gan operations. He couldn't bo pre vailed upon to believe that it was really his wife who was talking to him and abo so many miles away. He finally asked her to say or do something know? to yem HCIVCD ??lj, that ?i? K?igut Ira cwon??w that it was her. Just then a rambling streak of lightning came in on tb? wires, keeling the husband over oa his bead, When lie jumped to his fee. and ex claimed: "That's the ole woman martin'-ord y abe's grode a 1-e-e-etle mo^powernu since abe left hum."- Whitehall Tint?s. - Tha Straightoutera of the TMrd District aro fixed- v d?*nnid*iic* ^ send Col. G. D, Tillonwi to t"ongw?? "?ff1 March with such a majority faclroito Mm aa* - will forever do away wUbeurt iaata&nd *-~ ' Baby shows are ibo ^JMHE^^H aa long as toother* continue ?'.'JHH thoir little ones with T-wda?uM'o*?*?^;:..