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V J V A I3Y K. 13. MURRAY & CO, ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1883. VOLUME XVIII.-NO. 32 Tilt IIAJIPTOH LEGION. hood of Manauas. Here on the ?lst of I "\V?ll ? i ~ ?.? . Orri"*; stor-v "f ,,M Il",,lorluI Command. ?tate ll. Il- Teague, ?f Ottn/tany li, ?a ''? .' the Charleston Weekly News. ?mone tlif heroic banda of gallant sol tori ?Weh left the Palmetto State to do ? i .tieon tiie historie soil of Virginia for > defence of Southern rights and ?tide- j ?Mhlence, n,orfl illustrious nor renown j? COQ)iii'aiid upheld the honor of the sute by its intrepidity, fortitude and gio- j rijo? achievements than the Hampton j [?.?ol?. Organized as a Legion, it took i Rename ol its first commanding officer I ?Wsd? llampton-a name dear to tho usrt of every Soutli Carolinian and one I >beannals* of the State ever usiioeia Lj*trilh nobleness, bravery, truth and, W'i'ii a battalion of infantry, a squad- I raoof'cavalry and a battery of artillery | uah integral niili'.ary force, it arrived at ?aeail of war in time for the infantry j :o'participate in lill-. FIRST 1IATTI.I? OF M A NA ss AS. I $tvt iii the business of war and un ?ra'i?ed, the J."gioii bravely fought the outnumbering enemy, and, though the tittle waged iu favor of the Northern I toe thc iuborn valor of the Southern j soldier rendered him fearless of panic and i ??oconicious of defeat. He lought on until reinforcements turned the day from disaster to a glorious victory for the southern arms. Though the loss in numbers was not very large, yet in the taifa of the brave Lieutenant Colonel .Winson, who fell early in the day, thc legion met with an irreparable loss. I?rave and gifted he at the time held the hearts of the men of tho Legion as no other officer in it. Just previous to the battle the Legion encamped in H?ckels, u suburb of Rich mond. This encampment was remember ed bv its old soldiers as the jolliest one of chewar. Camp lifo with every comfort sod with the full belief that one victory would end the war and return them home to lie lionized gave to the men the best ol ?pints, and mirth and jollity reigned supreme. Thc fiery baptism of Ma?os os dispelled these pleasant anticipations of peace, and as they realized practical warfare a more serious cast came to tho countenances of the men. As the more perfect organization of the army was effected, tho Legion was disintegrated. The cavalry andnrtillery le'xg detached and put into oilier or ganizations, tho battalion of infantry, by the addition of other companies, was siled out to the full strength of a regi ment. Thus reorganized, its companies came from different sections of the State, from Greenville to Charleston. Retain ?ag its distinctive name of THE HAMPTON LEGION, it waa remarkable as being ono of the feir.il not the only regiment in the ser viceof the Confederacy which was known anl designated by a name instead of a mmber. If the writer is not mistaken ill other Legions were but sectional parts of larger commands, or were never full regiments. The cavalry portion helped to form the celebrated Secoud South Carolina Cavalry Regiment, and was com manded by that noble soldier, now able ?euator, Geu. M.C. Huller. The artille ry, firat under Capt. Stephen D. Lee, fol lowed the rounds of different branches of the Army of Northern Virginia, and came out of the great struggle for liberty covered with laurels and known as Han's Battery. The llampton Legion, proper, had per haps a more varied experience of war than any other regiment from South Carolina. Fmt in the invincible Hood's Texas brigade under that peerless leader, Stone wall Jackson, it became familiar with ihe "foot cavalry business then in tho brigado of the brave and brilliant Gen. Jenkins it lcaruc? "hard fighting" under the once true and trusted Longstreet. Lastly, bc'tug metamorphosed from infan try into cavalry it served on the left of Lee's army during the last year of the ?ar iu a brigade, commanded by the iiihing Gen. M. W. Gary. It was in the spring of tho year 18G4 that this last change was made. About the same time ?call of the Confederacy for ibo "seven teen-year-olds" included tiie writer of ibis sketch-a willing youthful recruit, ?ho, as a Charleston school hoy, had had ?udy driven from his mind by the thun der and ruin?lo of the guns as he heard fem open the first act of the war's tragic drama-tho scenes being those of tho firing on "THE STAR OF THE WEST," the battle of Fort Sumter and tho bom bardment of Port Royal. The peda gogue, himself moved with patriotic zeal, wbatituted the discipline of the school of jbesoldier for that of tho scholar, and hjing aside his "rattan," took the sword m command of tho Pickens Rifles, in with boy company it was a pleasing privilege for mo to become au amateur wittier. Tho impending invasion of the C"J, however, drove a majority of its smilies to places of greater safety in the ?teciit of the State. Edgefield was our place of refuge. Here under parental authority the amateur soldier burned to ?ter the lists. The time came at last, ?nd when the boys of tho gallant ".Wal Mn Guard" were choosing and caparison - ,ng their steeds and recruiting themselves 14 cavalry, the heart of the youngster "?won from "Company A," hiB first ?3 'tte company of our fathers," the a ii V an(* his name was entered on 2 of "Company B." The persoual Recollection of the Legion by the writer, {oerefore, began at this time, and though ? T?ert ?nd tell the tale of the Legion ? infantry, I'll tell it aa it was tole to me "J ?ts Teterans. After the Battle of Manassas the Le pw camped in the neighborhood of the ' orrii !Ur?UDd for 80tne timo when ifc WR9 Bi? p winter quarters on Ocquacon titi' ^toraac River. In the spring, Mm 1 an(i inaclive existence of Ynfii moQtK it moved under orders to 'u'ttown. Beyond a few skirmishes no to?*?e"?k?' lmportance with the eno ?L u . p!ace during the short stay on T ??tonc ground. But McClellan's ?;ON TO RICHMOND" 5"ttnta drew lhe Confederate forces SSi L "^"Insula and concentrated in iii j rhe north of ?he threatened city the ii'? 0 ^i081 this invasion. On ioirJi . ?f ?Iay tho opposing armies ? toe hard fought battle of Seven ffl which the Legion did gallant tillbat l08t heavily. It was iii this that the sutler of the regi ?K^9> of Clarendon, a noble Is? Stt7fW wUh patriotism, forsook his and ?ir . bu8>ness, shouldered a musket Ye,t *u ,n the front rank with the bra aftiiv. Sntee' martyr to the cause. I*Bio" balt,e' with Hood's Brigade tho to toi? o*8 rap?dly marched to the north Mi n..,-?n?wall Jackson, and under km?? c,pated ln ?he glorious victories Se? ,f8 lhe "Seven Days' Fight," l2??**? McClellan to Harrison's Waa"d rc,Vehvod Vh0 C!ipilRl of- li?e ^ibmii i 'S , rhe Legion especially il ft1 .,,?dJkeir ?t Gaines's M?1I and H,.?- After a few days' rest atU?hTjf?er?t,0Di heing transferred and ?? SJ? ^?'?."eet'a Corns, .with the ^fflJH,tartednOfthward, arid *f ~ m?rches roached th? neighbor. itw?, a secoua battle was fouirht o . tim renowned field, the position, of the Confederate* and Federals being ?n reverse to the or.ler of ibo fi"t b.fil|c' r?BHifnair.vlc.ory. to ll,e Soutu Hie rMuit. ihe Legion's pan in this battle was very couspicious and eventful, it ?wept THttEE LINES OE THE ENEMY from its front, capturing t|,re(i ,,and>) ()f colors and a battery of artillery. So completely did it demolish Duryca'a Zouaves that they were never afterwards reorganized. Following the lead of the new idol .zed Lee the Legion with thenrmv emu ed tue Potomac River near Leesburg, en gaging with the enemy at Boonesboro' and South Mountain, hut it was at Sharns burg on tho Kith and 17th of September that death with a relentless band deci mated thc ranks of this dauntless and intrepid regiment. Thinned bv previous losses it went into this battle "with nine commissioned officers and seventy-five rank and file. Of this number fifty pri vates and non-comniissioned ollicers were Killed or wounded, (ive commissioned 1 olhcers were killed and two wounded. : No single company could muster a cor-1 [.oral's guard, and thus dwindled a once strong reginvnt was for the time formed into two spar e companies. By an ira petuous advance the Legion liad pone- j trated the enemies lines, and being (lank ed on each side ?iud opposed by rem force ments in front was compelled to retreat to escape complete annihilation from the deadly concentrated lire of the foe. Il was during this HAIN Ol' LEADEN HAIL that the color bearers were killed in suth quick succession thct the Hag fell to the ground and the men hesitated to lift it; seeing it lying in the dust, Major Dingle' Beized it and held it aloft to seal thc gal lant act with his life. With devoted for titude Private Marion Walton, of Edge field, next rescued it and bore it safely out of the tight. For this brave deed he was appointed color-sergeant. Fearing the loss of the colors under similar cir cumstances it was deemed best to return them to the State for safe keeping, and the Legion after this fought under a small battle Hag, presented by the ladies of Lieut-Col. Logan's family. This flag was received while the Legion, on its return from Maryland, was at Charlottes ville, Va. The fruitless victory of Sharpsburg caused the return of the army, and after a few weeks of camp life in the Valley of Virginia the Legiou Marched to Freder icksburg and went into winter quarters. It WHS during the dull days of this win ter, to give diversion to the men and keep them in spirits ns well as proficient in drill und manoeuvre, that the snow-hall I battles were introduced and fought by the soldiers of Lee's army. Led by their generals and line officers, r?giments and brigades of Southern soldiers would in mock battle, vie with each other with an earnestness bordering on seriousness. Thc missiles being snow-balls no dam age was done except when a piece of ice would accidentally become incorporated in the ilakey projectile. A contusion would be the result, giving the wounded an acceptable off duty spell of a few days. These days of tun and frolic were very shortly brought to an end by the gathering of the euemy on tho Rappaha nock, and then was fought THE HATTLE OF FREDERICRSIlIJIlO, a terrible defeat to thc Federnls and a glorious victory to thc Codfederates, in which the Legion participated with slight lass. In the spring of '03 Lee having de termined on a second advance into Mary land the Legion was detached with the rest of Jenkins's brigude from the main army and stationed near Richmond ns a protection against tho Federals under (Jeu. B. F. Butler on the Peninsula. It thus escaped tho horrors of the bloody field of Gettysburg and the retreat into Virginia. During this time the Legion was recruited, reinforced and thoroughly drilled, and beyond a few excursions and skirmishes on the Peninsula hada quiet time. Soon after the return of Lee from his disastrous campaign in Pennsylva nia the Legion rejoined the Army of Northern Virginia, and when Long street's corps was ordered to reinforce the Western urary with this portion of the army reached Chickamauga in time to participate in the closing scenes of that hard-won battle. The subsequent camp ing and fighting arouud Chattanooga was attended with much hardship and suffer ing. THE SIEGE OF KNOXVILLE, by Longstreet, was tho next net in the Erogr.numo of the war, in which the ,egion took part-made interesting by alternate assaults and sorties; The Rev. William Thomas, for coolly and bravely administering bodily aud spiritual com ? fort to a badly wounded comrade between the lines under fire during one of these passages of arms, received well merited praise from his commanding officer and was appointed chaplain of the regiment. The attempt at starving out Burnside and hiBaruiy having failed, tho additional unfortunate disaster of Missionary Uidge compelled a retreat towards Greenville, Tenn. While in this neighborhood, on a cold wintry day, the commander of the Legion rode up to the quarters of a cer tain quartermaster, when tho following conversation took place : . "Hello, Gary, where aro you going7 "I am ordered to Richmond, captain, and I want some money and clothes to go with I I do not known what it is for, but I am satisfied it is for rriy benefit." The money and clothes were furnished by the well provided for quartermaster and Gary sped to tho Capital. In a few dayB he returned and aa commander ot the brigade issued orders lor each regi ment to report to headquarters tho number of men able to provide them selves with horses. Strange to say, every man of the Legion reported ability to procure a steed. Nothing was thought of this unusual order to infantry. The brigade bolioving it to be a matter o! moonshine until it was aroused on - certain morning in carly spring bv thc glad and exulting whoops and yell? of tho men of the Legion "Jney brok? camp and marched out of the ?nea. It was then known that they were ordered homo to mount themselves as cavalry With faces turned homeward and with light step the march WUB easily made to Greenville, S. C., where the regiment was disbanded to meet in Columbia each man with a horse, within thirty days. At the appointed time the regiment in a new role assembled on the banks ol fhe Sngawe" recruited and newly MUIR ned A grind review terminated an Enjoyable Sp of a week or two wber "On to Richmond" was the order. A detachment went with thc?on? by^ "dirt road" while tho regiment journey ec bv rail. Eu route the Tatter contingent dfsembarked at Amelia Court house v?rf?isto repel a Federal cavalry raul ^tt%B| beat a retreat ,i a dav or two the journey was continua Passing a train of prisoner, bound South .ari inquisitive Yank inquired of us "What troops are you I j ?Tho Hampton Legion, WM thc rc I i>iy. . D?*,M l'~> 1 u?pc tue last one of you will land in h-I. I've been captur ed t.irec tinten by that d-d Hampton Let-ion." Richmond reached, we camped in the suburbs until Aie arrival of the horse? and then began life as cavalrymen, or as the comrades of Jenkins" brigade said of us,'-having served with honor as 'web feet we were about to disgrace a splendid record as BUTTERMILK RANGERS. Thee names were applied during the war respectively to the infantry and cav- i airy, on account of tho facility of tho former for making forced marches in wet and stormy weather, and of the foraging ' propensities of the latter for everything edible in general, but buttermilk in par- ; ticular. The parallel movements of. Lee and (traut after the battle of the j Wilderness towards thc J ames Uiver, soon brought the Legion in proximity to the ! enemy, and at Riddle's Shop it stubborn* ly fought (irani in one of his dashes to- ', wards Richmond, until reinforced and relieved by Lee's infantry, who drove thc enemy back, punishing him severely. After this endeavor to break through the Confederate lines upon tho devoted city, Cirant (citied bm swarms ol'blue coated , soldiers around it in a semi circle of forty miles, reaching from llio neighborhood jf Malvern Hill on the north to Peters burg on the south, and began tho ulti mately successful starving atid wearing out process of his oicge. PICKET DUTY ON THU JAMES. The Legion meanwhile had been order- I id to do picket duty nea- the James ! Uiver, some fifteen or twenty miles below j Richmond, at localities known as deep Moiton), Drill Shop and Double Gales, i Here the time waa spent idly and without excitement, except now and then re living a good shelling from trio enemy's gunboats when we ventured too near the river in reaping the grain from the rich I bottoms which the farmers had been I compelled to abandon on the approach of i Cirant. Loth cavalry and iufantrv would reap at night and carry the grain away ! to some mill and provide themselves ! with extra rations of flour. A veuture some ranger during the day would invari ble provoke a bombardment. A daring ! cavalryman, angered at his being driven from the fields, secreted himself uear thc edge of the river at daylight and with his carbine "bushwacked" Uncle Sam's look out from the topmast of the gunboat, thereupon the whole country around was complimented with a bombardment, which did little damage beyond intimi dating raw recruits. For a month or two this picket duty on the James was kent up, when the regiment was stirred into activity by an I tittack In force from thc enemy. The 1 cavalry held them in check until thc irrival of the infantry from the right moving parallel from the south side with th? advancing Federals. On this occa iion, being relieved by McGowan's Bri gllde, n ragged rebel wanted to know what regiment lay in front of them. When informed, he said : "Hoys, they" (the Hampton Legion) "will slick. I thought it was some eus jed cavalry." During this advance a Federal cavalry officer, while reconnoitering, rode up to thc post of John Lyons, nf Company H. Hiding behind a tree, Johnnie waited until thc officer approached near enough, when, rushing upon him at a "charge bayonet," ordered his surrender in classi cal brogue. The capture was made and Lyons became the possessor of the ?llicer's splendid charger. This event teemed to make a brave soldier of Johnnie, who was not previously noted for dis fondness for fighting. Astride of bis glossy steed he was afterwards always ready for duty, and delighted when made tcourier. During a severe skirmish he vasseut on a dangerous errand. His Hirse returned with an empty saddle and moulders BESPATTERED WITH IILOOD, jut Johnnie Lyons was never more heard jf. In this Deep Bottom fight tho Legio n sustained few casualties. The enemy retired and we camped on New Market Heights. Herc for a while wc hud light dutyaud perfect peace to be abruptly broken on a splendid morning by Grant's throwing a large attacking force suddenly cn the north of the river. The whole linc fought bravely against vast odds, but the overwhelming number of tho enemy outflanked and drove us back towards Richmond iu a retreat of ten miles. In this engagement the Legion was under the hottest fire since the East Tennessee campaign, but being behind earthworks the loss was light. A rally was mode ru we neared thc outer lines of earthworks and batteries of Richmond, with n morass of bog and felled trees between us ant the works. At bay we turned upon oui advancing victors und with desperate fighting broke their line und checked them. Amidst their confusion a sufi passage and retreat across this "slough o despond" to the works was effected. Thc Yankees did not advance further, nt doubt believing we were but an outer Uni well supported. But for this LAST STAND OF CARY'S BRIGADE Richmond would have been easil; entered. Many soldiers of tho Legioc will remember the splendid practice tha day of a battery of artillery on our righ as it played upon tho advancing line c blue, sending its shells with deadly effec into the column at the discharge of ever, gun. The anaconda like line of th enemy was thus drawn closer around th doomed city. Sharpshooting between th infantry outpost on the right for sevcrvt davs kept us on tho alert as we di heavy picket duly to the left on tl: highways leading into the cit; Determining to recover lost groun orders were received from Lee to attuc and turn the enemy's flank. Before du we were on the move and by counti roads got into position at right angles I Anderson's (Georgia) brigade and to tl infantry lino. We waited until the il fantry opened fire and then advance A battery of artillery fired three shells at and limbered up in rotreat. Two these missiles burst over us and ec vere wounded two men-the third cut a pu top which fell on the writer and sever others, but without hurt to us. tor tl only time during the war as we press the Federals back I was permitted to s the flashing of the muskets of two opp sing lines of infantry for nearly a ba mile distance. The sight was grand 1 deed and intensely exciting aa the eneo eave way. I shall remember as long life Inst? the yell of victory as the bc in grey charged on the fleeing blue cos Gary's Brigade turned the flank. T Legion captured the battery and pu nu toe enemy until checked by tho murd out fire of their double lineof reinfor ment?. , . Trusting to memory, it ia Imposai v??or^aTTc close nf a pleasant day went into camp, feeling assured of a w Jr "woof rest and quietude At m.dm wc were aroused, horses and camp lell charge of a detail and hastily marched several miles, put in position on the line of tlie infantry to the left ina body of! woods, given picks and spades, and com- ' mandcd to throw up earthworks, tirant ' had made A sunnies* DASH ON RICHMOND, and would attack in thc morning. As' this was the first lime after the Legion ! became cavalry that it was ordered to do this fatiguing work of infantry, tho mur murs and curses were loud and deep, tho men averring that it was a false alarm Hld lhat no largo force had crossed tho James. Just before day, the work being i finished ?ind the men resting and sleeping iftcr their labor with guns and accoutre ments lying about carelessly on the 'round, our v ide t tes were driven in. Our dd soldiers knew thc import of tho j .tacks ol the rifles iu trout, and there was i scramble for the guns and cartridge loxes and a hustling into tho ditches; or ii must be known that breastworks vere made by Lee's veterans during tho var by digging a ditch about two feet lecp and three feet wide, throwing the .art h up three feet in front. Here we itaid for three long days and foiled the ?tierny in an attempt lo surprise us. The yorks were not charged, but a scattering ire was kept up during this time al "long aw," the enemy evidently being afraid o advance. Tho officer in command of Jouipauy 15 finding thc ditch too crowded br comfort reclined on the ground just ?:ick of it. Tiic sharp whiz of a bullet ibove his bend, nt intervals, showed dainty that he was the mark of ono devatcd sharpshooter. A Cherokee lil lian named Uly in Company K, on our eft, at hist espied him up a tree, and ?king careful aim with his rille sent a hot at him. the result of which was mown by lily's laconic "Mc kill him," ind there was no more sharpshooting. )n this occasion Lieut.-Col. Nicholson, he gallant veteran of many battles, was everely shot in the arm, his first and mly wound during the war from, which ie recovered. After this the Legion was in a fight icar russel's Mill, and then with tho irigadc it aided a cavalry force under Jen. Hampton to defeat a body of Fed rals near Samaria Church, driving them o the James River under cover of their mnboots. In one of Graut's attempts n Richmond strong columns wen; sini iltaiicously hurried by forced marches long the Charles City, Williamsburg and fine-Mile roads towards tho city. On ho first-named road the Legion held hem at bay until relieved by infantry, hen marching rapidly along the linc ol arthworks to the next road, reached it ml got into position on either side ol he artillery in the fort just as a lino ol iluc emerged from a body of woods everal hundred yards distant and dashed or the works, supposing them to beheld iv thc battery of artillery only. A well lirected lire staggered and so demoral zed them that they in panic broke their ?ne, some retreating to the woods whih bc ?greatest number flung themselves ink . ditch running across the open Hpace ir rout of the Confederate works. At thii tincture an officer in breathless haste or lercd the Legion to the Nine-Mile road Vt tho double quick wc rushed diag mally across a field for the works on tba nadwhilea hlack-and-bluc column o YANKEE NEU HO TROOP.S uoved rapidly on them in front. The? rere gailantiy held at the time by tw< ;ims of thc Palmetto Lattery and sixti uouuted cavalrymen under command o len. Cary. We gained the entrench neills and opened a deadly fire on tin itgroes, nt twenty paces, as we niovet long the linc in the attempt to place ou lank opposite to their's. The lines wer n two close proximity and their's wa ho longest. So we fought and drov hem in front of us, while their right out tanked, turned our left and captured th wo guns. The Legion fell back aa th lusky mob swung around to its rear, bu allying to thc flag, carried by Col. Logai t charged the howling horde and ?le hem like sheep. When our left wa lard pressed two of Company A wei nptured and immediately bayohetted b; he blacks, who came over the work homing "No qunrter." When thc .'ere retaken the men of the Legion wei u incensed that it was with difficult hat thc officers restrained them froi ;?l?ng the prisoners taken. As it wa ?oor Strohecker and comrade were full venged. Thus Clary's brigade one igain saved Richmond. Thi:; was the last formidable attetn] o take the city on the north, and soc ifter the Legion went into winter qua ers near the battle ground of Sev< Mncs. Here we pitched tents and hui mts, and managed to live in compar ive comfort despite the BF.VEHE PICK ET DUTY in tho White Oak Swamp, several mil listant, which was the service of tl -.c-gion for tho winter. But once durit he time were wc ordered from camp lattle array. It was an uneventful c ledition of the brigade through soi ind ice to the Darbytown road, whero i vere in lino all day on our horses, nh i ;ring in the wintry blast, to return maners at night, having had only a fe ihella to pass over our heads from t junB of the enemy. Loxes of provisio icnt by the folks at home during t nrintcr would to some extent chango t neiiii of camp fare and put us in go .-hecr. A groat effort was made hy t Virginians to give the army of Lee jinner on Christmas of 1864. T soldiers heard of it, and the anticip?t! ind expectation was of a grent fes The day came and was well nigh go into night when the commissary wag L>rongbt our portion. The writer rec leets receiving as his share a morsel baker's bread and the attenuated wing ii Rebel hen turkey. The winter wi nway and then came the evacuation Richmond, the retreat and surrend \Ve were quietly ordered Tom camp ? during the night marched to the ci which we reached at dawn amid con gration?, explosiona and general pat The terrible excitement and scenes that day are impressed indellibly memory. We were hurried across river and for six days the Legion "iou and fell back" until Appomattox reached, and then came the finale, w Col. Arnold signed our paroles "to ret unmolested to our homes." A few dai spirits tore the flag into tatters, REFUSED TO SURRENDER, and led by the gallant Gen. Gary bi through thc encircling lines of tho tors. A piece of the flag is now poss ed by the writer as a sacred memcntt ,e war. The Legion's four colonels, Hamp Gary, Logan and Arnold, lived thrc the war, and it lost in battle but lieutenant-colonol, the lamented Johc He foll in tho Legiou's first battle furnished the Confederacy two lieutct generals, Wade Hampton and S. D. one major-general, M. C. Butler, three brigadier-generals, Gary, L and Conner, and the W. L. I. c Pettigrew, a fourth. But once sine disbandment has the Legion had union. It was hold iu ^Columbia appropriate ceremonies'- and a ban On this occasion the old flag was ur cd once again to tho gare ot the vet ?rho bad not seenlf it^'gincelithe" bloody battle of Sharpsburg. With" bedimmed eyes and j husky voices they greeted it with long, loud and continued demon strations of joy. The survivors of the Legion aro proud to know that the three most prominent leaders of the people iu their day of deliverance from Radicalism in '70 wero Hampton, Huller and Gary. One sleeps regretted in his grave. Two are South Carolina's honored representa tives in the Senate of thc Nation. ( hanging Her Religion and Her Home. HAI.IIMOUK, February 9.-Miss Lotta Galloway, aged seventeen years, brought up a Methodist, a daughter of John T. Galloway, residing at. No. 223 Forrest street, was converted to the Jewish faith on Sunday last by Rabbi L M. Lilien thal, at hisresidonce, No. o.r> Front street, in accoidance with thc orthordox Hebrew ??ritual. There were p. num ber of persona of both faiths pre sent at the time. Dr. Lilienlhal staled yesterday that by coming in con tact with the Jewish families she had contracted a love for tho old faith. About eight mouths ago she expressed a desire to be converted. She was careful ly questioned in order to ascertain if her desire sprang from selfish motives or per suasion of any kind. Mr. Lilienlhal ascertained that she did not wish to change her religion in order to live au easier life, as she had a very good homo, nor was it owing to that usual cause-a desiro lo wed a Hebrew youth. He then began to give her lessons in the Hebrew language and taught her thc rudiments of the Jewish faith and all the Jewish laws. After thc lapse of eight mouths, when HIIC was well versed in all tho Jewish branches, Mr. Lilienlhal thought that if her conversion was to take place at all il was then tho proper lime. All suitable arrangements were made, and on Sunday last, in the presence of proper judges, tho ceremony took place. She was examined in the Hebrew creed, tho duties of a Jewish woman, Ac, all of which were satisfactory. Sho ..?sumed the namo of Rebecca, and waa declared a Jewess, after which a feast was spread. Tho young lady recognized Mr. Lilienlhal as her father, and will reside at his house permanently, and Mr. Lilienlhal declures thal she is ns strict a disciple of tho Jewish failli as can be fouud anywhere. Thc young Indy is quite modest in her demeanor, mid bas a very pleasant face. It seems somewhat unnatural for a young girl of this nge to leave her falber and sisters permanently. Sho has no mother. Her people were at first opposed to the step, but she states that they are now reconciled. The opin ion was expressed to Mr. Lilienlhal that a person cannot become a Hebrew unless he or she is such by birth, but thc revert? ed gentleman brought a large volume of H eurow laws to prove that ibis can bo done if the motives are pure. Fish Distribution. A short limo ago a palace fish-car belonging to tho United Slates Fish Commission left hero for California with lS.OOii young fish. These tish are not placed loose in tho tanks, but aro in pails partly filled with water, BO tlinl tho motion ot tiie cars is broken. This car's first stopping placo was St. I^ouis, whence a large number of thu pails con taining from twenty to twenty-five fish each were sent to various Western rivers. Siuce tho beginning ol the carp distribu tion oeason two allotments have been sent to South Carolina by tho United States Fish Commission to supply orders from that State. Tho first comprised 1,000 and about 4,200 went the last time, making 5,700 sent lo the State lo date. During tho shad season iwo allotments, each of 250,000, were sent to the different rivera in South Carolina, mid it is expect ed iu a few years that the most delicious fish to Washingtonians will be within the roach of tho cultured palates of the Palmetto State. The carp distribution season is from the middle of October till Murch. Hereafter most of the fish for South Carolina waters will be furnished from Columbia where a largo quantity will be kept. ? The commission expressed itself as very favorably impressed wilh the advantages possessed by South Caro lina for ilh'a propagation and growth. The rivers in the Slate run gently toward the sea and in their course pass through a country fostering various sorts of vegeta tion. Before the close of tho carp season a large number ef others will be sent to the t?tate. The orders this year are nearly double whal they were in 1881. A Mouse that Wore a Diamond. Several months ago a lady living on Beacon street took off a number of ringa from lier lingera and luid them upon her dressing table. After washing her hands BIIC returned to the room to replace her rings, when, to her astonishment, one of them, a diamond ring, was missing ! Sho was certain that she took the ring from her finger, aud equally certain that no one could havo entered the room without her knowledge during the five minutes she had been in the bath room. A most rigid search was instituted, but the missing ring, valued at $200, was not found. A few weeks siuce, the lady was much annoyed by mice. Almost nightly they held iheir revels. They not only destroyed her sleep, but choico laces were mutilated. The lady procured a trap, one of the old fashioned kind, and, having baited it with a tempting bit of cheese, placed it near the scene of dep redations. On the following morning she had three fine silky mice of various sizes. Oue of them was so peculiary constructed that it attracted her atten tion, aa it appeared to have a string tied around its body. The servant girl was instructed to drown tho captives and reset the trap, and she was about to throw too dead mico into the dirt barrel when her eye was attracted by a sparkle from what proved to be the lost diamond ring, which was not perceptible when the mouse was alive, but which came to light after the severe soaking which thc mouse received. It is supposed that in bis haste to get away he ran bis bead through the ring, and subsequent strug gles only forced it over his foreleg, where lt remained-Boston Journal. - A wag, speaking of a friend whom he suspected ot living altogether beyond bis means, observed that he believed be "would owe several thousand dollars after all his debts wero paid."-Lawrence American. - Two Irishmen were lamenting the illness of a friend who had been much brought down of late. "It's dreadful wake be is and thin, sure ; he's as thin as the pair of us put together I" one of tiie sympathizers observed.- Chicago Tribune. LIVER, KIDNEY AND BBIOUT'K DIS j EA.SK.- A medicine that destroys the germ or cause of Bright's Disease, Dia* , betes. Kidney and Liver Complaints, and bas power to root them out of the system, is above all price. Such a medicine is Hop Bitters, and positive proof of this can be found by one trial, or by asking your neighbors, who have been cured by it. THE WESTERN DE LU ti E. l on lido Results of tito Overflow ol thc CINCINNATI, February LL-A special from Louisville, Ky., says that the dam protecting the low lands in tho eastern part of tho city broke about midnight, letting sixty foot of water upon twenty blocks of dwelling*. Tho scene which followed is indescribable. Il is reported that thirty lives wore lost, but tho fact cannot bo verified at present. The houses inundated arc a? a rule small and mainly occupied hy poor people. WASHINGTON, February EL-A dis patch from Louisville dated last night says: The highest point of tho Hood of February, 1882, was roached this after noon and is passed now. There is moro than sixty-six foot nf waler on thu falls and sixty-four fool in the channel at the foot of tho falls which is luit two feet below tiie groat December Hood of 1 s 17. The water is rising slowly and tho groat I tide from tho Kentucky Uiver is to be added. Tho houses along tho river front aro vacated and tho drift is damaging them seriously. Fourth street is closed from Main to the river, livery building in the shipping part of the city luis from three to eight feel of water on the Hoor. Tho Cement MUIH, the principal indus try there, are submerged. Nine squares '.n Portlaut) aro nt the mercy - f the wa ter and business is nt au end. The houses on the river front will h?ve water on the second floor before morning. It is estimated that in thc shipping part of tho city and Portland 1,800 persons aro homeless. In the city proper heavy damage has been dono. Work has been stopped in the factories and two thou sand men have been thrown out of em ployment. Business is almost, ut it standstill ow ing to the flood. The mayor is distribut ing food to the sufferers with a liberal hand. The Hoard of Trade has turned over $000 to tho sustenance fund anti more is to follow. The (?ertnan flood sufferers' funds has been diverted to home use. It amounts to $710. Tho theatres will give the gros? receipts of Saturday's performances. Tho greatest disaster that ever befell Louisvillo is now upon us. Tho flood crisis came about mid night and to-day nearly a square milo of territory is under wnter within tho limits of the city. From 5,000 to 8,000 people are driven from their homes. To enp the climax there has been loss of I i lu, how great it is impossible lo say. This morning tho entire section of tho city from Freston street Fast is cut-off and all North of the short line embankment is in tho river. Tho people living there lind plenty of warning. The river all day yesterday just lapped the top of the Fulton street cut ofl em bankment and in places tho water trickled over. At 3 o'clock a consider able break occurred at Adams' street, and a hundred men worked vigorously to Btop tho waves, but in tho face ? f ' the inhabitant* of the bottoms Lear Grass remained in theil nu and most of them wont to bod as usu.. About ll o'clock mst night the break came. The cut-off dam, overcome by tho terrific weight of water from above, gave way, and instantly with a loud roar the flood rushed over it.. Tho ?valer iiad a fall of from fifteen to eighteen feet to the low ground beneath. The unfortunate people wero surprised in their houses. 'Hie waler swept from square to square, rapidly rising in the houses anti swerving many of them from their foundations. The scene was awful. Thc roar of waters could not drown the screams of the terrified people escaping from thc doomed dwellings. Skills shot about from window to window. Men, women and children waded through the advancing waters with whatever household goods they could lay hands on. ground which the poor outcasts had gained. Hundreds of people shivered in their wet clothing about the smoky fires. To au observer wbostnuda to-day at the foot of Jackson, Shelby or Clay streets, it is impossiblo to understand why the loss ot lifo waa not larger. Many persons wero removed from their beds and escaped with children in their arms as they carno from bed. Thirty-five tquures are inundated. The situatio!! may be briefly summed up as follows : All ol' "Tho l'oint" is under water, nnd thc country beyond the cut-oil', compris ing one hundred and fifty houses, known aa Ponde ville, is flooded. Half of Port land and all of tho shipping part of the eily are in the waves. Most of tho houses uro small cottages of frail con struction, and perhaps one-third of those in tho flooded locality have been swept away from their foundations. Io Inc lower hollows of the bottom lands the water is within a foot or two of the roofs of thu houses. Tho entire neigh borhood is doing all it can for the succor of Ibo sufferers. The river is Btill rising an inch per hour, with a few inches over thirty-nine feet m the canal, thirty-six feet and eight inches in the chute on tho fulls, and thirty-four feet and two inches over tho rocks. LouisviLLK, KY., February 13- ! Evening.-The river continued to rise slowly all day, and is now about sixty six and a half feet at the foot of the canal and forty-one feet at the head. The weather is warmer, and a light rain is falling with indications of an increase during the night. The rise is now au inch above the flood of 1847, and eight inches below that of 1882. On the point where the disaster occurred last night the flood extends over a space more than a quarter of a mile wide and more than a mile in length. Over 250 houses are either under water or floating about. The fact that the water was comparativo from floating away, and many aro tied with heavy cables. Comparatively few are thought to have lost their lives. Many occupants of houses in the sub merged districts had moved away and thus escaped. The survivors are scat tered over the city, which renders it impossible to mako a definite statement as to who are lost or saved, and it is sufficient to say that the death rate is smaller than the circumstances would indicate. A GREAT DISASTER IN CINCINNATI. CINCINNATI, February 13.-A shock ing disaster is reported by telephone from the western part of the city. Both the freight and passenger depots of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad were un dermined and fell into tho surrounding water, carrying with them a hundred or more people. The denota were one story frame structures renting on McLean avenue, which waa almost covered by water. Both sides fell into the water, which was 30 to 50 feet deep. The earth had become so soaked aa to melt, and the catastrophe waa further hastened, by the breaking of a sewer, which sent a current along the hank. Crowds of people have been in that vicinity looking at the floods and It is supposed that these uro the victims. At 10 o'clock last night the flood had i reached the height ot 64 feet and 2| 1 inches and was still rising. Tho National ' Guards are patrolling the ut reels assist ing the police. The electric lights are out and at midnight it ia 'very dark. Ohio. prevented most of the houses Thora is MO gas and the people are obliged to u?c oil and candles. Tho situation at Lawrenceburg, In diana, is alarming. The town is entirely cut off front communination except by boats, and is hali* submerged. It is con sidered certain that there is suffering for food and fire among the imprisoned peo ple. lt is impossible tins afternoon to tell the extent of the disaster to tito Southern Ital I road depot. Only tho freight depot collapsed. A great crowd of people were there looking at thc Hood when Ryan's restaurant, a small building near by, sunk. The crowd rushed over on the platform of the depot lo see what was the matter when Buddeilly the whole de pot 'auk in the water. The track was at ibo same time depressed and the cars standing close by ran into thc depression covering thc people who had gone down with tlie falling structure. Not one body had been recovered at 1 o'clock nor could the bystanders give any intelligent account as lo bow many escaped. Thc work ?d' recovering the drowned will be exceedingly difficult ns the place is dan gerous. Ii is possible, however, thal the break in tho great sewer in McLean avenue caused the depot lo sink. The Common Council to day voted to recom mend an appropriation nf $75,000 and to ask the aid of the Legislature to as sist the sufferers by tho Hood. At ll a. m. the river had reached 04 feet ll indus and was rising slowly. It will cer tainly reach ? feet before it begins to fall. The weather is cloudy and warm. Tho water work's engines arr? rill idle and thc water in thc reservoir will last only six days. Tho polico report no increase of crime consequent on the lack of gns last night. Much sickness is found among the imprisoned people in the tenement houses, relief bunts aro busy visiting all such ?daces and ample means aro at hand to prevent suffering. Later information makes it definite that threo boys, two freight handlers and four members of Coup's circus have been drowned. No bodies have yet been re covered. The names of tho members of Coup's circus repurted missing aro Har ry Cardoni, of England, ?Miss Fannie L?eindof, of New York, William F. Franklin and Wm. C. Matthews, of St. Louis. The baggage master says he lizard a rushing noise when Ryan's sa 1 ...MI went down mid hurried nrouml and saw tho depot give way. He is sure that ut least lilly people were thrown in tho waler. It now appears certain that the disaster was caused by the breaking of the great sewer. Twenty-live feet of one end of the freight depot und half of tho pas senger depot aro gone, tho latter hoing separated at the portion between the waiting room arni ticket office. The books, tickets, safe, etc., were gone in an instant. Tho recommendation of tho Common neil to ask the Legislature for aid sent by telegraph, tho Western n Company giving free usc of its . for tho purpose. Within hall nu a bill was introduced in tho Se?ale orizing thc city to borrow !? 100,000 ami the bill was soul to thc House. LATEST.-There is strong ground for the hope that the disaster at the South ern Railroad depot was not attended with so grcal loss of life as was report ed. The mailer has been very carefully in vestigated, anti but for the positive state ment of one man it would be difficult lo say that any lives v.jrc lost. That mun is thc baggage m ister. Hu says thero were ti great number of people on tho platform of the depot, and that bethinks ut bust twenty-five went down in the wulcr. This statement ho repeals. All other persons present HIUV no ono in tho wuter, and believe no ono was lost. Hut they all admit there was great alarm and a hurried Hight, so that the people might havo been engulfed and mil seen by those fleeing. Lotbman, the cashier, had suf ficient warning to enable him to secure 1=2,000 cash, but not enough to Bavo nil tho money in the safe. $200 or ??300 was lost. With tho exception of the mem bers of Coup's circus, who ure reported missing, nothing like a definite statement can bo made ns to any loss of life. No employees of tho railroad company are missing. Thu company shows enough confidence in the stability of tho remain^ lng portion of thc depot to use it. Truins arrive and depart regularly, but access to tho freight depot is cut off. THE DELU?E AT NEW ALUA NY. NEW ALIIANY, INP., February 13. Thc river rose 18 inches Inst night and is still rising. All the houses and fac tories along tho river front have been abandoned. The water got into the fur naces of the gas works last night and thc fires are all out. They will lose at least $100,000. About 3,000 persons are thrown out of employment. From 300 to 500 families had to move and all avail able room on thc high ground is lilied. The railroad track between hero and Jcffersouville has been abandoned. The ferry boats are making only occasional trips to the Kentucky side of tho river. FALLING AT FRANKFORT. FRANKFORT, KY., Fobruary 13. Tho Kentucky River began to fall at dark last night. At 12.30 p. m. to-day it bad fallen 4J feet. Brooker's distillery at Clifton, 12 miles above Frankfort, gave way, and 500 barrels of whiskey were washed out, the greater part of which wau recovered. Hie bridges here remain intact. THE FLOOD AT LAWRRNCEBURO, INDIANAPOLIS IND., February 13-ll n. m.-Thc following dispatch has just been received from the railroad station near Lawrenceburg in regard to the condition of affairs in that town : HARDF.NTOWN, IND., February 13. There has been no loss of life so far as we can learn. Th6 damage will be verv heavy, but it cannot bo estimated until the water goes down. The water is now about three feet higher than it waa last February, and up to this morning it has risen about one inch per hour. Law renceburg is entirely covered. The en tire villnge of Hardentown is covered with water. Some people had to aban don their houses entirely. - A million of money in five-cent nickels weighs one hundred tons. It would perplex us moro than a little if any one were to pay us that much money in five cent nickels-though wo uro will ing to be perplexed.-Morristown Her ald. - A stranger called at forty-eight dif ferent houses in Cleveland and asked : ''Is the boss home?" There was no man home in any one instance, and yet forty seven of the women promptly replied : "Yea, sir-what do you want?"-Detroit Free Press. - The Boston papera Bay the girls of that city have begun to wear police bat?. Thon should the Host on papera warn the Boston girls. If they go to imitating the Boston police, they will nover catch a man. A Druggist ia New Richmond, O., Mr. E. J. Donburn, writes us tho following : "I consider Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup one of the very best things made. I use it i altogether in my own family aud can therefore recommend it. BENEVOLENT POVERTY. 'uliuily Crmiiii;: Hleli, hut Muny Kcruuc liili ttl Keep up Appearances. From (hr Atlanta Constitution. I don't hear of many folk? getting rich. I don't know of but few who arc making moro than a good fair living, and there's len to one who aro powerfully scrouged lo do that. Tho majority of mankind aie alway? on a strain. Most of ctn work hard enough, but somehow or somehow other, they can't got ahead, and a good many are in old Plunket's fix who Maid he was even with tho world for ho owed about as much as ho dident owe. The average family man is hard run. There's nobody perishing or freezing in this sun ny land, and verv few folks boarding at the poor house, (mt still there is a gen eral struggle going on in thu town and the country. Most everybody is in debt moro or lesa, and what one crop don't pay has to lap over on the next. The merchants say that money is awful tight right now, ami I reckon it is. I'm sorry for tho merchnnts, for as a general thing money is their solo dependence. If he basent got money he is a busted institution, and that is where the advan tage of being a fanner "comes tn. Ho can be out of money and still squeeze along for hu has corn and wheat and sheep and hogs and chickens, and don't have to wear ?toro clothes to nny great extent, and his children can wear their old ones a long time and go bare headed and baro footed when there's no compauy around. Town folks have to dress better and dress oftener, whether they can pay for 'em or not. Hut it is a hard time all around to mako a living, and I don't know exactly what is the matter. Tho average family is uot extravagant. They understand thc situation at home and try to conform, but it looks liko they arc, just oblcgcd to fudge a little and go in debt, and then tho misery begins. When tho good man get? his mail from tho post-office, lie is most afraid to open it tor fear of a dun. These darned little just debts, as Sam McCarney used to call em, hang around him like a shadow. Tho four D's are mighty close kin-debt, duns, death and tho devil-and one is nearly as welcome ns tho other. A man who was boru rich and managed to keep so or a man who was born poor and has gotten rich don't know much about tho horror of debt and basent got much sym pathy for thc debtor class and is very apt to lay it all to their imprudence or bad management hot tho fact is most of our rich men got a start before the war or built up on the ruins of it beforo society with its extravagance got hold of em. They conldent do it now. I know lots of rich men wdio if they wero to lose their fortunes couldent start now and mako another. They think they could, but they couldent ; mankind are too smart and too sharp now for an old-fashioned man lo stund any chance. Ho would get licked up in his first experiment. Money makes money and money eau keep money after it is mudo, but tuero is a slim chance now for a young man to mnko money and savo it and keep in gun-shot of society. Ho can bottle him self up and remain n bachelor and turn his back on society and accumulate a fortune, hut tho trouble is that most of em want to marry and ought tn marry, and if he bottles himself up and spends nothing and dresses common he is not the sort of a man tho girls aro waiting for. And so ii ho spends freely and rides around, ho is apt to get married, and then comes house rent and servant's biro und clothes according, and ho squeezes along and is always on a strain. There aro mighty few getting rich now a-day, but when a man does gut a start, ho can get richer than they used to. A half a million now is about what fifty thousand dollars used to be. Hut tho averago man is not going to get rich, and I reckon it is the com I mon lot, and therefore it is all right. Nobody ought to distress himself about it, or hanker after money, but somehow I can can't help wishing that our com mon peoplo were a little better off. I wish they wore out of debt and had a lit tlo ahead-just a Btart. Why the very best people I know are about the poorest according to their position in society. Look nt our preachers. They don't bauker after monoy nor luxuries, but they aro entitled to a reasonable living. I told a mau the other day about a man who had got rich, and he said ho always knowed that he waa a shifty cuss. They aro not shifty. I wonder what is tho matter with the churches. They aro always behind. It ain't one in ten that ?ays tho preacher what they promise, here is always a balance to Inp over, and tho laps aro never paid. The church wants repairs, and there is no money to do it with. I don't know much about tho cities nor about all tho towns in the State, but I know of but ono town that hos nice churches all paid for and well furnished and that nays the preacher? all they promise, and that town is tho nf?? little village of Acworth. All thc rest that I know aro struggling along, begging and pleading and hoping to do better uoxt year. I know that it is mighty hard to keep up four or five churches iu a little town and pay four or fivo preachers. I was reading about this tho other day in Scribner't Magazine-about the now church in Con necticut that has absorbed all the others. They call it the Chris.ian League, and it includes Methodists and Hap tis ts and Presbyt?. rians and Episcopalians and has but oue ct:od and that is the apostle's creed. Towns that bad four churches and four preachers to pay have consoli dated into one, and everybody goes there and helps to build it up. This movement begun in New Albion, three years ago, a city of thirteen thousand inhabitants, and has spread all over the State until, as tho article said, every town io the State has followed Buit. This is a new departure shore enough, and if it is all tro o ls the biggest thing I have read about in a long time. I heard an old man say the other day tba: church money was the hardest money in the world to raise, and he was in favor of changing the constitution of tho United Slates and have the ?overn racnt to pay the preachers, like they do in England, for, says be, it gets no bet ter, but worse ; and if it wasent for the women the preachers would perish to death. Ho told me about a member who got mad with auother member and wanted him turned out of the church, and because they wouldent do it he quit paying tho preacher. Jesso. Anything for an excuse. Well you see the preach ers can't talk for themselves, and they don't talk, aud have long since learned how to suffer and be strong. The trouble with churches is pretty much the same that it is in any other corporation. The members are aU stockholders with the individual liability clause struck out of the charter and no man owes the debt. They feel like some body else owes it and are not doing their ahareof paying, and I reckon tbat'sso, too. But after all the big trouble is poverty. The preachers ought to be all rich and the people, too, and then may be every body would be happy. May bp they would-may be. Hut whether we would Ior not, most everybody is willing to try it awhile and see. BILL Aar.