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BT CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1891. VOLUME XXVI.?NO. 16. AT COST BEGINNING OCTOBER G, 1891, 0?E ENTIRE STOCK OF STATIONERY. ?N order to make room for the immense Stock of BOOTS and SHOES that we are opening up, we are compelled to close oat oar entire Stock of Books and Sta? tionery at ;hs earliest possible date. Cc me at once and secure a real Bargain. JAS- P. GOSSETT & CO., Boots and Shoes, Under Hotel Chiquola, Anderson, S. C. NEW STORE. New and Elegant Stock of STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. EVERYTHING FRESH, FIRST CXASS, . ' AND GUANANTEED. FLOUR, MEAL, MEAL, GRITS, SUGAR, COFFEE, LARD, HAMS, MEAT, MOLASSES, PICKLES, CANDY, CRACKERS, In ahort, EVERYTHING GOOD TO EAT. ?S- 'Delivery Free to any part ol the City. This is a new departure for me, and I want my friends to give me a trial. My chief thought shall be to please my customers. Yours truly, N W. W. WHITE, No. 16 North Main Street, just above C. A. Reed's Music House. HOW TO MAKE YOUR ?tti in t n NEVER try to wear a Shoe too small, or that is not the shape of the foot. Never let your Shoe get hard or dry. Don't let it run down at the beel or side. TA Shoe repaired in time will retain its shape and comfort, and it is true economy. Never put wet Shoes by the fire to dry, but dry them gradually and carefully. Never dry a wet Sboe without first applying some oil and grease. Don't allow a thick crust of blacking on your Shoes. Wash it off occasionally and apply a little castor oil.; you can polish it over in an hour or two. We now have a complete line of the. Celebrated Hamilton & Brown Shoe Co's. goods ic stock, and it is a duty you owe i.o yourself to give these goods a trial. Our Ladies' $2.50 Dongola and Goat Button Shoe?made on Opera, Half Ope ra, and Common Sense last3?we believe stands without a rival. Our Gents' $2.50 Calf, Button, Ball's and Congress?made on London and French toed lasts?will simply astonish you, to see bow the Sboe could be gotten up for that money. We have the Largest and Most Complete Line of Shoes in the State, And considering the CLOSE PRICES at which wo buy, and SMALL MARGIN at which we sell, we can safely say you will lose 15 to 25 per cent in buying else? where. Very respectfully, R. 3. HILL. Manager, No. 10 S. Main Street. for Infants and Children. "Cas'.orlal3so well adapted toch?dren that I Castorla cures Colic, Constipation, Ir^e^ SeS?SSotes dl inownlome." H. A. Abcheb, M. D., I gertior^ 111 So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. T. | Without injurious medication. The Centaur Comtaky, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. HAVE YOU READ THIS ? MY COLLECTING HORSE w, ILL go on the war path October 1st, 1891, and, with several years experience and ab-j jt six months rest, I think he can win the race. I have been running for the second prize, but now I.must have the FIRST. If you don't want to lose your stakes, tall and see me with your first Cotton. I have iio promise to make for ex? tensions, or longer time. When the race is up I want my money. You know when ycur paper is due. Late Cotton and other debts to pay is no excuse. Take fair war-iing?SAVE COST AND TROUBLE. WE HAVE A LARGE STOCK OF Carriages, Phaetons, Buggies, Carts, Wagons and Harness, - That we will sell Cheap for Cash, And a few good HORSES and MULES. You can buy anything in my line at a Bargain, and get goods well worth the money. J. S. P?WLEB. TflA?H?Rg'GoifUMN, AH communications intended for this Column should he addressed to C. WARDLAW, School Commissioner, An? derson, 8. 0. MEMORY GEMS. "True liberty can exist only when jus? tice is equally administered to all." "The man who, for party, forsakes righteousness, goes down ; and the armed battalions ot God march over him." Belton District schools open 1st No? vember. They pay 1st Grade $12.50, 2nd $10 and 3rd $8. The schools will run seven months. There are a few things that the future generation would be greatly benefited by learning. One of these is that there is no use watching an honest man. And to watch a man is to throw at him the charge of a suspicion, at least, of dishon? esty. This i3 so exceedingly unkind. The rule now seems to be "watch every man," or in other words every man is presumed to be dishonest until he proves in some way, possibly by a long life of hard, honest toil, that he is worthy of confidence. The rule once was that every man ia presumed to be innocent or honest until the contrary be proven. Now-a daya members of the same Church are constantly heard to make direct charges, and very often bold insiouations of dishonesty against each other. The farmer is distrustful of the merchants, and the merchants are just as distrustful of the farmer. This ought not so to be. An honest man is honest, whether a far-' mer, merchant, doctor, lawyer or any? thing else. If a person is not honest, such person is not a Christian. An hon* est man will not do dishonest things, and if he will not do dishonest things there is no use watching him. Oh for more con? fidence by man in man! To find an honest man you need not go to any special calling or profession. The poor man who plows an ox, splits rails, ditches or hires out at fifty cents a day may be, and frequently is, an honest man abd sincere Christian. The doctor has this same right and is frequently noted for his piety. The rich landlord may bo, and frequently is, an exemplary Christian and an example of honesty. Among the lawyers you may find just as good men as can be produced. There are merchants whose lives are most worthy and upright, and whose hearts beat warmly with Christian love and sympa? thy. Thank God no class or calling has a patent right on the genuine principles of life, nor are the keys to Heaven trusted in the keeping of any profession or calling, but every .man from every station, condition or calling in life who fears God and keeps bis commandments, stands as the noblest work of God, and the equal of any other man, be be poor or rich, wise or foolish, (in the thing3 of this world) educated or illiterate, profes? sional or non-professional. Hold up to the children of this country the possi? bilities of a noble and useful.Christian life in any position or condition. Teach them to look not to any class for'the honest and the upright. It is a fact, as a recent author has shoivn, that the coming man will be a woman. Then what sort of a beiDg will the coming man be? This is an impor? tant question, since we are educating our girls to do what it was supposed, a gen? eration back, only a man could do. Fifty years ago Mrs. Willard's school at Troy, and Mias Lyon's at Holyoke, were only shadows of the coming women's colleges?the Smiths, Vassars, and Wel? lesloys. Just how many more of such schools our country can support cannot be told, but it is certain that before fifty years there will be fifty at least. But whither are we tending ? What's going to be done when women are educated into doctors, [lawyers, ministers, and all sorts of money-making beings. What is to come of home and the patient wife, with her face against the window-pane, anxiously watohing and waiting for her husband's late or, perchance, early re? turn from '"business engagements?" Who will mend the clothes, wash the dishes, scrub the floors, and knit the socks? The grandmothers are now all dead. Will wives be dead also? We are educating our girls into what ? Time is beginning to show, and if signs do not deceive, we must prepare our sons to find good old-fashioned wives in some good old fashioned land where girls are trained to make home, and all that per? tains to it, the gladdest place on the face of the earth. If Greek and conic sec? tions spoil wives, then let Greek and conic sections be tied to millstones and drowned in the depths of forgetfulness.? School Journal. Onions. One day I was taken with chills and headache. My quinine box wab empty, and I was looking forward to a restless night, in desperation jl peeled a raw onion and ale it slowly, then went to bed, with warm feet and an extra quilt. I was asleep in five minutes, and awakened in the morning quite well. Our homely but strong friend will be appreciated in time as a medicine, and if agriculturists would turn their attention to raising a model onion, with the strong scent taken out that taiuts the breath so unpleas autly, families will be putting such pills into tbe cellar by the barrel, and the doctors would lake to onion farming. The onions acts as a cathartic and diu? retic, and may help to break up a cold or lessen the bad symptoms. A doctor says: "I always More a barrel of onions in my cellar in the fall. We have them cooked twice a week, and whoever of the family is threatened with a cold eats some onions raw. If this vegetable was generally eaten raw there would be no diphtheria, gout, rheumatism, kidney or stomach troubles. I know the young women are afraid to eat them. One young man went so far as to say to me : "If my wife ate onions I would get a divorce the same day."?Selected. ? Verv popular, very small, very good. De Witt's Little Early Risers, the pill for constipation, billiousness, sick headache. For sale by Wilhite & Wilhite. f BILL AHL' AT AN ARKANSAS HfjTEL. Atlanta Constitution. It's just awful to get along without money. It looks like the older I get the less money I have and the more it takes to get along and keep up with the wants of the family. An old friend told me the other day that St. Paul made a mistake, or else the translators did, for it was the lack of money that was the root of all evil and not the love of it; and he said also that the best band to bind the family together was for the old man to have a good healthy bank ac? count. A surplus that could be drawn upon when the children were in need. I don't admit the truth of either propo? sition, but I do say that money is a good thing to have in the family, and I wish everybody had a surplus that was hon? estly earned. I would risk a preacher on that. I wish his Balarylwas $2,000 in? stead of $1,000. About this time of the year my wife like a prudent woman, begins to mention incidentally along the wants of the fami? ly and bow the beds needs refurnishing, for the sheets are abont worn out, and will be obliged to have some new blankets, and the girls must have some winter gar? ments and the whole family will need shoes, and she winds up by saying "and you need undensbirts and socks and a de? cent suit of winter clothing. You look right shabby and it don't become you. At your time of life you ought to dress more like a gentleman. You nave worn those pants until they are right slick and they have drawn up and are baggy at the knees. I was right ashamed of you last Sunday." "I cannot keep up with my expenses," said I, "I owe some money and they are dunning me pretty bard. I don't know how we will get along this winter unless something turns up. But I am hopeful and trusting in Providence, for He has never failed yet." The next mail brought me letters from Arkansas, inviting me to visit Pine Bluff and a fair at Warren and offering me $300, and aB Mrs. Arp perused them she said, "Well William, that is all right. You say money is so tight here you had better accept the offer and go where it is loose, but you must take care of yourself. You know that you can't Btand what you used to." So in due time I took the train for Chattanooga, and it was really a pleasure, a luxury, to ride on Mr. Thomas's road. From there I took a sleeper for Memphis over the Memphis arid Charleston rail? road, and was agreeably surprised to find how much the road has been improved since I last traveled over it. We made the 300 miles in eleven hours and that is fast enough for anybody. At Memphis I took the Little Rock train for Brinkley and Pine Blufi'. We left the depot at 7 o'clock p. m., and soon stopped at the river to wait for the ferryboat. And we did wait, for the ferryboat was bringing a circus across, and we never got off un? til 9 o'clock. It took us another hour to crosB, for the river was very low and they had to dodge the sandbars. And when the locomotive backed down to pull us up from the boat it carried up the first three cars very well; but when it backed down to take up the passenger cars and had pulled us up about half way an alarm was given that the headblock of a sleeper was pulling out, and just such a rumpus was never heard. "All hands to the brakes 1" somebody cried, and the en? gine commenced backing, backing, back? ing, and before we knew it we were all on the boat again. But I tell you it was alarming, especially to the sleeper, for if that headblock bad have pulled out that run through the ferryboat and into the car would have never stopped untiiithad river. Well, it took another hour to repair the headblock and make the connections secure, and at last about 11 o'clock, we got off, and then such a road, such a road. It was jast a sin for any State to to allow Buch a track to be used. The cars actually jump off of every trestle, You can feel the jump and that sway sidewise like an oscillating engine and move along with the double wabbles. Strange to say, these trains hardly ever jump the track, and I can't explain it unless it is as a man said, the track is straight and the wheels bave got used to the bumps and hollows. We were due at Pine Bluff at 1 o'clock, but never got there until daylight, and it was a long and miserable night. "Sorrow endureth for a night, but joy cometh in the morn? ing," and so I went to bed thankful and relieved and slept a few hours. The Truelock hotel is a good one and I en? joyed it, so when I was ready for break? fast I took my seat in a luxurious dining room and was presented with a gilt edged bill of fare, and I picked out a porter bouse steak and breakfast bacon, and sausages, and cream toast, and eggs a la Truelock, and potatoes a la something else, and coffee, etc. Thiuks I to myself, I'll take a liberal variety and eat what I like best. I never noticed the little fig? ures away off on tho margin. I thought I was in a hotel, I did. Well, I partook of the well-cooked viands, and the polite and attentive waiter stood by aud fanned me l;ke I was a prince. When I had finished he laid a slip of paper by ray plate and I saw $1.25 marked on it in plain, large figures. Then I glanced at the gilt edged card and saw the little fig? ures adjacent to everything I had order? ed, and I couBidered myself the injured person. I never said anything?not a word?but with lordly mein I walked up to the captain's office and paid tho bill like a gentleman. But I shall always think that the landlord ought to let the guests know in some way that he lodges you aod that other feller feeds you, I knew there was one way to get even with him, and that was to do without dinner, which I did. I like Pine Bluff, though I don't see the pine near the bluff. The pine has been cut down and the bluff caved in, but it is a nice, delightful little city of 12,000 oi 15,000 people mostly black and mulatto. The town is well laid off and solidly built up, and the streets paved aud the suburban residences spacious and homo like. New and handsome houses are going up all the time. The streets are crowded with wagon.s loaded with cotton and the negroes throng the Bidowalk.s and the stores and laugh and spend their money free. A fine-looking mulatto named Wiley Jones owns all the street car lines and is said to be worth a quarter of a million, and says he would give it all to be a white man. He is highly esteemed by the white people, and lends all his influence to keep peace between the races. This county sends three negroes to the legislature. Pine Bluff handles more cotton and does more business for its size than any city in the west; everybody seems to be prospering and their business increasing. I wanted to soe Mr. Howell, one of eight brothers who were raised near Borne, and who are now running eight compresses at differ? ent points and have made fortunes. His place of business was pointed out to me, but when I called for Mr. Howell a good* natured gentleman said ' his name was Howell, but he was not the man I was looking for?"You wish to see the Geor? gia Howell, but I [am better stock than he is; I am from South Carolina." Most everybody here is from Georgia, or South Carolina, or Alabama. The native-born citizens are very scarce and very young. Now if a man can stand the negroes, and face the conflict that may come, Pine Bluff is a good place for a young man to come and settle down to business, but some thoughtful citizens told me that there could be no general prosperity until they got rid of the negro. Their rich lands would never bring a fair re? turn until a white population cultivated them. It is all cotton?for miles along the railroads you see nothing but im? mense cotton fields and negro shanties. On these farms there ought to be raised cattle, and sheep, and hogs, and fruit, and there ought to be little thriving vil? lages with churches and schoohouses ; but there is nothing but miles of cotton and that is badly mixed with weeds and grass, for the negroes don't give it but one plowing. I have heard that Pine Bluff was sickly but I saw no signs of it among her people. I never stood up be? fore a more healthy looking audience nor a more cultured one. And now lam here in Warren, which is not far from the Louisiana line. It 1b just 100 miles from Pine BlufFand it took us just thirteen hours to make the trip on one of Jay Gould's roads. It took us seven hours to make thirty-eib.it miles of it and that is the fastest and the only train he had on it. But for good com? pany who were used to this kind of rai!-. road, Ishould have been desperately mad. As it is, I could see, with fatisfaction, Jay Gould tied in that car and made to ride in it every day for a month. Arkansas needs a railroad commission badly. Gould does exactly as he pleases out here, and cares no more for the comfort of these peo? ple than he does for a drove of hogs. Warren is in a different country. Only about one-third of the population are negroes, and they give no trouble. The exhibits at the fair show that white folks run the machine, and are im? proving their stock and emulating each other in raising corn and oats and pota? toes and hay and fruits of all kinds. The country is filled up with good old-fash? ioned, substantial people, who still be? lieve in a God and a Providence, and in virtue and temperance and a judgment to come. Bill Abp. Influence of the Moon. In a talk about the weather an observ? ant gentleman said : "Until this year I was always in doubt as to which was the dry moon and which the wet. I knew that if the moon hung on its point it was either dry or wet, just as the old woman's indigo was good if it sank in water, or good if it floated, she did not remember which. But this year I find that the wet moon is the one that rests on its back. Last March we had such a moon, and it either rained or snowed twenty-eight days of that month. In September we have had no rain at all and the moon hucg on its point when it was new. Some people say the moon has no effect on the weather, though they admit it regulates the tides; they say it has no effect on the crops; but against all such I put the experience of practical men. There are 10,000 men in Kentucky who will swear in a court of justice that planting potatoes in the dark of the moon will be followed by a larger yield than the planting of them in the light of the moon, other conditions being equal. They know it by experience, the result of years and years of observation and prac? tical trial. What is the moon for, any? how? Was it just flung where it is by chance? Was it merely made to spy upon lovers? Was it created for the wonder of children and to be the bete noir of yaller dogs ? No; it was given to the earth as a satellite, and it regulates our weather for us, and rewards the pru? dent granger that confides in it. There never was a new moon, winter or sum? mer, that 'bung to the north' that did not bring cool weather, and there never was a new moon that 'hung to the South' that did not bring warm weather, no matter the season? Louisville Courier Journal. State ok Ohio, City of Toledo, ) Ltjbas County, } Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the seuior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co , doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State afore? said, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. ? I A. W. GLEASON, s^ J Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mu? cous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. SST-Sold by Druggists, 75c. ? The smallest "moonshine" distil? lery ever captured by the revenue offi? cers was found recently in Atlanta, Ga., and sent to Washington as a curiosity. Its capacity is about three gallons, it is constructed so as to bo operated on an ordinary cooking stove and it is complete in every detail. BUFORD'S DEFEAT, Nearly every neighborhood in the up? per Counties of South Carolina is memo? rable on account of some tragical affair which occurred in it during the years 1780 and 1781. On the 26th of Decem? ber, 1779, Sir Henry Clinton, with a corps of more than 8,000 British soldiers, well provided with everything necessary for the efficiency of such a coarse, clear? ed the harbor of New York and directed his course towards South Carolina. Four things?the mildness of the climate, the richness of the soil, the nearness to Georgia, and the distance from General Washington?suggested South Carolina to the British commander as the fittest region, in all North America, in which to crush out of existence the rebels against the British government. His conclusion, judging from the past history of the contest and present condition of the colonies, was correct. The war of the rebellion had been raging, with all the fierceness, the contending parties} were able to effect, for a period of more than four years, and not a single decisive bat? tle had been fought. The forces of Sir Henry Clinton, de? signed to operate in the South, were con? voyed by Vice-Admiral Arbuthnot. The voyage was not a prosperous one. A storm scattered the fleet; some of the Bhips were captured, one ordinance ves? sel foundered, most of the artillery, and all of the cavalry horses perished. It was not until near the middle of February that the forces were landed and ready for action. With promptness, energy and skill, the British commander began to exucute the work which he had undertaken. The country, far and near, was scoured by armed parties, for the purpose of securing horses to supply the place of those lot t on the voyage. Notwithstanding the many difficulties which beset the British commander on all sides, he began, with a large force, the work of throwing up redoubts in front of the city of Charles? ton. The siege began on land on tbe night of tbe 1st of April, tbe British Bhips Rosebuck, Richmond, Romulu.j, Blonde, Virginia, Raleigh, Sandwich and Renown, closed in upon the city, and, with the land forces, cut it off entirely from communication with the country at every point, except that which faced the Cooper river. The American forces were commanded by Grigadier General Benjamin Lincoln. On the 10th of April, tbe commanders of the British land and naval forces, jointly, summoned the American general to sur? render. General Lincoln replied, "Sixty days have passed since it has been known that your intentions against this town were hostile, in which time has been af? forded to abandon it; but duty and incli? nation point to the propriety of support? ing it to the last extremity." On the rejection of the summons, the British batteries were opened and a con? tinual firing kept up until the 12th of May, when the city was surrendered on tbe same terms as those offered on tbe 10th of April. As Charleston was the largest, and in every respect the most important town in the State, its capture was regarded by the British, and by many of the inhabitants of the State and a considerable number of tbe inhabitants of Charleston itself, as quivalent to the reduction of the whole State. No less than 210 of the inhabi? tants of tbe city petitioned tbe comman? der of tbe British forces to be readmitted to the character of British subjects, and in the same petition declared their dis pprobation of the doctrine of American ndependence. Time has dealt gently with this petition and its signers. Both have been preserved. The fall of Charleston was a terrible calamity to the struggling colonies, but wae regarded a grand success for tbe British. Tbe loss to the Americans, in prisoners alone, was 5,618, besides near 000 seamen. That the besieged might be able to resist the besiegers, all the cannon and firearms of every description tbe colony, had been transported to tbe city. All this fell into tbe hands of tbe British. To announce the fall of Charleston, the Earl of Lincoln was sent to Europe. On the reception of tbe news, all England was jubilant. So soon as Charleston sur? rendered, Sir Henry Clinton set about to tablish a civil government in tbe city and State. Having reduced, as be sup? posed, Charleston to a state of subjection the King of England, he returned to ew York, taking with him a part of his army, while the remainder was placed der the command of Cornwallis. Be? fore his departure, Sir Henry Clinton planned three expeditions. One to move the Savannah River to Augusta; an? other to pass through the country to Ninety-Six; and the third, commanded Cornwallis, to pass through the east? ern part of the State in pursuit of Colo? nel Abraham Buford. It is with this last that we are present concerned. During the siege of Charleston, troops from different Bections of the State, and from other States, were sent to assist e besieged in repelling the assaults of o enemy. The entrance to the city was, soou after the work of throwing up I redoubts was began, entirely cut off. mong the troops cut off were those led Colonel Abranam Buford. The exact number of his command cannot, at this late day, be ascertained. An old and j trustworthy authority sayB: "It consisted about 300 Continentals, the rear of the irginia line." This probably was only 10 nucleus to which many others con ected themselves temporarily. How lear Colonel Buford had approached Oharleston is not certain, but the proba ity is that he had reached the neigh? borhood of Monk's Corner. On the 18th day of March, Cornwallis began tne pur nit of Colonel Buford. With some dif? ficulty he crossed the Santee at Laneau's ferry. The difficulty aroHe from the fact hat all tbe ferries on the river had been destroyed by the Americans?some, probably, by Colonel Buford?for it eems that Cornwallis learned, on cross? ing the river, on tbe 22nd, that Colonel Buford bad left that point ten days pre? vious. Immediately, on getting all his troops across the Santee, at Laneau's ferry* Cornwallis set out in hot pursuit of Bit ford, following in his track. On the 27 th, at Nelson's ferry, on theSantee I CornwalliB detached Colonel Tarleton with a command consisting of forty cav [ airy?one hundred and thirty of the le? gion ; one hundred mounted infantry, and a three pounder, to pursue the American colonel. The whole force of Tarleton, exclusive of the three pounder, was two hundred and seventy, all of which was either cavalry or mounted in? fantry. The pursuit by this detachment began on the 27th of May. Camden was reached on the next day. Here Tarleton learned that Colonel Buford had left Kugeley's Mill, on the 26tb, and was hastening to join a body of troops on their way from Salisbury to Charlotte. At two o'clock on the morning of the 29th, Tarleton's detachment was again in motion. At daylight, Rugely's mill was reached, where it was learned that Col. Buford and his command were about 20 miles distant. It is manifest that Colonel Buford thought he was entirely. out of danger, and, as the weather was very warm, moved forward leisurely. He seems to ] have halted for some days at Camden and and then went to Rugely's mill. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the 29th of May, Tarleton's detachment overtook him. At Rugely's Mill, however, Tarle- j ton sent Captain Kinlock to summon Colonel Buford to surrender. To this summons Colonel Buford returned the following reply: "I reject your propo? sals, and shall defend myself to the last extremity." The place where Tarleton overtook Colonel Buford, is about ten miles, by the road, nearly east from Lancaster, the County seat of Lancaster County. Al? though it is more than one hundred and eleven years since the battle?if battle it may be called?was fought, scarcely any change has taken place on the battle ground/ The road runs where it did then, and with the exception of a small amount of undergrowth, the trees which were the silent witnesses of the slaughter, stand there to day. i The land on which Colonel Buford was defeated, is now the property of Rev. P. M. Plyer, of TradeBville, a few miles distant, in a north-eastern direction. Colonel Tarleton gives a strictly accurate I description of the battle ground in these I words: "an open wood." It is, with the exception of a small amount of under? growth, an open wood to-day. j In full view both of Colonel Tarleton and Colonel Buford, the advanced goard of Tarleton captured four Americans who were in the rear of their line. Whether or not Colonel Buford bad placed videttes in his rear for the purpose of learning the approach of the British is not cer? tainly known, but it seems that he had not, and that after receiving the summons to surrender, conrinued his march. This is what Tarleton says he did. Immediately on taking four of the Americans prisoners, both Tarleton and i Buford began to put their forces in posi? tion for action. Tarleton's description of the order of his own troops and also that of Colonel Buford, is perhaps correct, as is as follows. Of Colonel Buford he says: "He chose his post in an open wood, to [ the right of tie road. He formed his in? fantry in one line, with a small reserve. He placed his colors in the centre, and be ordered his cannon, baggage and wag? ons to continue their march." Of the I disposition of his own troops, Colonel Tarleton says: "He confided his right wing, which was composed of sixty dra? goons and nearly as many mounted in? fantry, to Major Cochran, desiring him to dismount the latter to gall the enemy's flank before he moved against their front with his cavalry. Captains Corbet and Kinlock were directed, with the Seven? teenth dragoons and part of the legion, to charge the ceutre of the Americans, while Lieutenant-Colonel Tarleton, with thirty chosen horse and some infantry, assaulted their right flank and reserves." Such was the order of the battle observ? ed by two of the commanders as stated by Colonel Tarleton. The British commander had rushed his detachment forward with great rapidity, having marched 105 miles in 54 hours. Many of the horses had broken down or become so tired that their progress was slow. These, with the three pounder which was still behind when the plan of battle was arranged, were ordered to take position, when they arrived, on a small eminence which commands the road. This was desigued as a rallying point in case of a repulse, which Tarleton seems to have apprehended. The two forces were within 300 yards of each other when the arrangement for battle was made by the British, yet the Americans did not fire a gun. As soon as the British commander got his forces put in position, he moved forward to the attack. When at the distance of 50 yards from the American front, the Continental troops prepared to fire, but were com? manded by their officers to reserve their fire until the British were within ten paces. When this distance was reached, the Americans fired, but with scarcely any effect. The British closed in on the command of Buford, and in a few mo? ments the affair ended. The Americans had more men than the British, and they were well provided with arms and ammunition, but tney failed to use them to any advantage. The whole British loss in the battle was five killed aud fourteen wounded. The loss of the Americans was terribly great. The kill? ed were one hundred and thirteen; the wounded and unable to be moved, one hundred and fifty; and the prisoners, fifty three. In all three hundred and sixteen. Tarleton captured three stands of colors, two brass six pounders, two royals, two wagons with ammunition, one artillery forge cart, fifty-five barrels of powder, twenty-six wagons loaded with new clothing, arms, musket cartridges, new cartridges boxes, flints and camp equip? age. The reader j'f no doubt, ready to say, this was a strange battle and so it was# Colonel Buford seems to have made many egregious blunders. If he had opened his artillery on Tarleton, when he was forming his men for action, the -esult would have been far different. Many of thoso in the command of Colonel Buford were citizens of the Counties of York, Chester and Lancaster, who had gone down to assist in the defense of Charles? ton. For safety, they joined the com-1 I maDd of Buford, and while returning [ home many were cut to pieces. We are at a loss to know which to censure most, Colonel Buford for his mis? management, or Colonel Tarletou for his cruelty. It is admitted by the Americans that some of them laid down their arms, while others kept up an ineffectual Gre. It was declared, while the slaughter was going on, that Tarleton was killed. This incensed the British, and they hewed the Americans to pieces without mercy. On the morning of the 30th, those of the Americans who were so badly wounded that they "were not able to travel, were," Colonel Tarleton says, "pa? roled and placed at the neighboring plan? tations, and in a meeting house not far distant from the battlefield." The wounded from Chester County were in a few days removed to their homes. On \ the way home, however, a number of the j wounded became so weak that they were deposited in Waxhaw Presbyterian Church. Here some died and were bur? ied in the graveyard. The meeting house, not far distant from tbe battlefield, in which Colonel Tarleton placed some of the wounded, was an As? sociate Church within, perhaps, four hundred yards of the battle-field. The probability is that tbe spring used until lately by Mr. S. E. Usher was the meet? ing house spring. This meeting house waB also called Waxhaw, and so was tbe whole country from a short distance north of Camden. The meeting house, not far distant from the battle field, was one of the placeB at which Rev. Thomas Clark, M. D., preached as early as 1769. Some of the families with whom tbe wounded were placed by Tarleton, were Usher, Barkley, Hull, Montgomery, Nelson, Porter, Galloway, Carnes, and others for? gotten. Thirty-five or forty years ago, a plain marble monument, seven and a half feet high and eighteen inches square at the base, was erected to tbe memory of those Americans who fell in tbe battle, and a rude wall of flint stones placed around the grave in which eighty-four of them were buried. On tbe east side of this monumental shaft is the following in? scription : "Nearly the entire command of Col. Buford were either killed or wounded. 84 gallant soldiers are buried in this grave. They left their homes for the re? lief of Charleston, but bearing, at Cam don, of the surrender of the city, were returning. Here their lives were ended in the service of their country." On the South side is inscribed : "Erected to the memory and in the honor of the brave and patriotic Ameri? can soldiers who fell in the battle which occurred at this place on the 29th of May, 1780, between Colonel Abraham Buford, who commanded a regiment of 3;30 Virginians, and Colonel Tarleton, of the British army, with 350 cavalry and a like number of infantry." The inscription on the North side is: "The cruel and barbarous massacre committed on this occasion by Tarleton and his command, after tbe surrender of Colonel Buford and his regiment, origi? nated the American war cry: 'Remember Tarleton's quarters.' A British histo? rian confesses at this battle, 'the virtue of humanity was totally forgot.'" Some of the statements contained in these inscriptions vary from the state? ments made by both Americau and Brit? ish historians. Evidently the number of Tarleton's forces are greatly exaggerated, while those of Buford are greatly dimin? ished. The massacre of Buford's forces arous? ed the Scotch-Irish settlers of Chester, York and Lancaster, and tbe result was that tbe British were defeated at Wil? liamson's, King's Mountain, tbe Cowpen and Yorktown.?R. Lathan, in York ville Enquirer. _ Dynamite Plowing. Subooiling with dynamite is the latest advance in scientific agriculture. Mr. D. U. Sloan, of Atlanta, has invented a method by which the hard ground may be broken up to a depth of two or three feet at a cost of $25 an acre. This work, he claims, is equal to the process of "trenching" used by market gardeners to locsen the earth to a depth of two or three feet. Ground prepared in this way will absorb a great deal of water and sus? tain vegetation luxuriantly through a protracted drought. It will also receive and assimilate several times the quanti? ties of fertilizers taken by the soil plowed to the usual depth, and, enriched to its full capacity, will sustain much heavier crops. It is possible in this way to make five bales of cotton oi 250 bushels of corn to the acre. This has been demon? strated by the actual achievement of these results. The great trouble heretofore has been the enormous expense of trenching ground. Ab done by market gardeners, the work costs about one thousand .six hundred dollars an acre. Consequently, but small patches are so treated. Mr. Sloan proposes to do tho same work for ?25 an acre, aud so make intensive farm? ing so economical that it will become the fashion, and tho old surface scratching will Le discarded. His plan in brief is to drill holes two to three feet deep and five feet apart, making 1,600 to the acre. In each he puts an explosive, and, after tamping, sets off the charge. When properly ar? ranged, tho explosive will disturb the surface of the ground very little but will crack and pulverize in every direction to a distanco of two or three feet, according to the depth and quantity of explosive used. Yesterday afternoon, at 3.30 o'clock, Mr. Charles L. Patterson aud Mr. J. C. Thurraan, representing the Refaur:. Chemical Company, arranged explosives in twenty-eight boies dug in Mr. Sloan's garden, in rear of his residence, at 15 East Mitchell street. The plat was 25x40 feet and tho holes were two feet deep. In each was one-fourth of a small sized dynamite cartridge with about au ounce of Judson powder. Attached to an electric fuse, these cartridges, planted two feet deep, were exploded by means of a wire commuuicating with a battery. There was a dull, rumbling, smothered roar, and tbe whole surface of the ground appeared to be lifted two or three feet, while a few small clods sailed above the housetops. When the smoke cleared away it wa,a. found that the ground was broken to the depth of thirty inches at the points of explosion, and broken sideways for a part of the distance betweeu the holes. The plat was estimated one-fortieth of an acre and the cost of the explosions in twenty eight holes was 75 cents, includ? ing two hours labor in drilling the boles. Mr. Patterson said it was only a ques? tion of experiment to see just how much powder to use, and at what depth?two feet or mere?to place it to make it pul? verize all the ground between the holes. He offers to take contracts to break and pulverize the ground two feet deep for $25 an acre. Mr. Sloan has filed a caveat for a pat? ent and Mr. Pat Calhcun, who u now in Washington, will look after the patent? ing of the invention?Atlanta Consiilu tion._ AH Sorts or Paragraphs. ? Tho largest railroad station in the world is at Birmingham, England. It covers eleven acres. ? Tho only negro elected to the next Congress is H. J'. Chctham, and North Carolina is rcsponsibe for him. lie comes from tho eastern or coast district, and if ho serves out his term ho will have four years in the House, which is about the average service of colored members. Cheat ham is a large burly mau and a mulatto. ? If food sours on the stomach, diges? tion is defective. De Witt's Little Early Risers will remedy this. The famouB little pills, that never gripe and never disappoint. For sale by Wilhite & Wil hite. f ? The streets of Helena, Montana, are not exactly paved with gold, nor can ono pick up a livelihood in nuggets from tho roadway, but cellar digging is apt to un? cover enough gold to pay for the labor and sometimes more. In digging tho founda? tion of a business block thcro tho inter? ested parties are taking out ?100 per day in pay dirt, and do not socm to think it a very remarkable iind either. ? Tho present Legislature of Georgia, composed largely of Alliance men, has been passing seme very stringent meas? ures for tho Government of tho railroads in that State, but they will hold on to their passes all the.same. In the Georgia House on Monday a bill was called up prohibiting tho members from riding upon free passes, but after a lengthy de? bate a motion to suspend tho rules and pass the bill was vo'.ed down by a de? cided majority. Ono of tho Representa? tives declared that overy mem bor had been riding on freo passes. They will continue to do so. ? Purifies the blood, increases the circulation, expels poisonous humors and builds up the system. What more do you want a medicine to perform ? DeWitt's Sarsaparilla is reliable. For sale by Wil? hite and Wilhito. t ? There is in Detroit an equine thor? oughbred which is pronounced not only the handsomest, but one of tho largest horses in existence. He is in truth a giant, and tho veriest novice in horseflesh could not but view his size and beauty without a certain feeling of awe. This colossal animal is 5 years old and is 21 bauds high, weighing 2,:!'j3 pounds. An ordinary sized man cuts but a small fig? ure beside him. Hois dark chestnut in color with superb mann and tail. Ho is owned by Richard Tregaskis and can trot in four minutes. ? A beautiful skin, bright eyes, sweet breath, good appetite, vigorous body, I pure blood and good health result from the use of De Witt's Sarsaparilla. It is j sold by Wilhite and Wiihite. f I ?An underground lake has becu dis? covered three miles from Geuesse, Idaho. It was found by a well digger. At a ? j depth of sixteen feet clear, purolake \va-_-1 tor ran out over the surface for a time, then settled back to the earth's level. The most curious part of it, says tho Boiro Statesman, is that fish were brought to tho surface on tho overflow. 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If they will, tho Sub-Alli ces can hold tho key to popular educa? tion in tho country 'districts!.?Chester Re? porter. ? It is quite the fashion now to take De Witt's Little Early Risers for liver, stomach and bowel disorders. They A re small pills, but mighty good ones. Wil- ? hite and Wilhite sells them. f ? Twenty years ago the wife of John Stewart, now a merchant of Schell City, Mo., died, leaving an infant daughter, The wife's parents had opposed. tho match, aud at tho first opportunity they kidnapped tho littlo ono aud carried it to Virginia, Iii., where, under the name of Br?se, itgrcw to womanhood and recent? ly married. About three weeks ago tho young woman, now Mrs. Ida Funk, learned that her father was living aud was at Schell City, Mo. She wrote to him aud as a result is now on her way to see him for tho first time since her baby days. ? Catarrh, neuralgia, rheumatism and most diseases originate from impure blood. 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For pure meanness the following i'>ig without :t parrallel in mir town'-, history* i On last Sunday night whilo William Tor V ncr and Iiis son were away from home, ^ leaving his wife aud littio ones as ho \ thought secure, after midnight some ono on mischief intent burs ted tho .sash out ol the window sol' tbo dwelling and fright 'Jiicd the in mates almost todCo th, and not content with this put a quart buttle of powder under the bouse and made an ellbrt which, however, was not successful, to blow up tho house. Mrs. Turner, by her cries, succeeded in awakening her * neighbors, who came to her rescue, nrv1" the raiding parties loft. 2S*o arrests havo been made, as the guilty parties arc-un? known and left no clue by which they can be traced.? Westminister' Banner. The Ladies Delighted. The pleasant effect and the perfect^ safety with which ladies may use the Ii- M I quid fruit laxative, Syrup of Figs, under 9 all conditions, make it their favorite 1 remedy. It is pleasing to the eye and to I the ta^te, gentle, yel effectual in actiDg I I op the kidneys, liver and bowels, I