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BT CLINKSCALES & LANGST?N. ANDERSON, S. G.. THUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1893._ VOLUME XXVI. - NO. 50. Guess how many Pieces in the Jar of Candy! \V B offer to the one guessing the exact number or nearest; One Barrel of Best Patent Flour, or a Bill ol "Groceries, your choice, amounting to the value of the Flour. Every Cash Purchase to the amount of One Dollar will be entitled to a gues^. The Jar has been sealed, and is now on exhibition. All guesses must be registered with us on day of purchase, and on August the first, 1802, the Jar will be opened by a Committee, candy counted and prize awarded to successful guess er. Make a guess?it costs nothing extra TAYLOR &CRAYTON, 42 Granite Row. SEASON OF 1892. Woraens,' Misses' sind Childrens' Fine ? OZFORD TIES! Duchess, Langtry, Brighton, Elite, Souvenir, Theo, Adonis, Everett and Southern Ties. Juliet Strap, House and Opera Slippers. YACHTING and LAWN TENNIS SHOES. JAS. P. GOSSETT & CO.? - Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Boots and Shoes, Anderson, S. C , under Hotel Chiqaola. THREE CHEERS FOR TARIFF REFORM EREE COINAGE OP SILVER. THESE WILL HELP YOU, BUT ClgAPMAN Will put money in your pocket if yon will call and sea Ms Goods and Prices. My STOOK IS NOW BEADY FOE INSPEClTION, and. I ask the Trading Public to call and examine my Goods before baying. My stock was bought with the HAED OASE, and I have? SOME RARE BARGAINS To offer the people of Anderson, thereby saving them money on every dollar's worth, of Goods yon buy from me. To my old customers and friends I wonld say that I am in & better position to save them dollars and cents than ever before. My Stock of Prints is.Fascinating:. My Stock of Canton Cloth is.Beautiful. My Stock of Delhi Cloth is ? ? ? ? .... Immense. My Stock of Ginghams is. Lovely. My Stock of Cord Du Eoi is.Wonderful. ? My Stock of Embroideries is... y.. Surpassing. My Stock of Laces.. .Beats the world. My Stock of Wool Dress Goods. .Thereis none better. My Stock.of Braid is. .. . .The Latest. My Stock of Shoes..- Beats the World. In fact my entire Stock is pretty, Bought Cheap, and Will toe sold Cheap. B&. come and see me. W. A. CHAPMAN, Agent, -_. _Kext to Masonic Temple. ? DON'T FAIL TO VISIT I f Ml k IS, DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, FRUITS aid CONFECTIONERIES. t&~ We are selling Goods CHEAP, and will treat you right. ? Give us a call. Yours truly, E, W. BROWN & SONS. HOW TO SAVE MONEY! Yob can Save Money by Buying your 1 School Books and Stationery at COLLINS' BOOK STORE. a fall line of School Books, Blank Book., Stationery, Pictures and Picture Frames, and other goods too numerous to mention, all at the lowest trices. PHOTOGRAPHS. My Photograph Gallery has been lately reined with all the latest improved appara tns 'or making Pictures of all kinds, from th* s:za of a postage stamp to life size in the finest finish. Portraits enlarged to any pttd^z-?, from small pictures, at reasonable Knftfs Don't force*, this if you want a IBfePhoto. ?J CHARLOTTESVILLE CASSIMERE. JUST received, one bale Cbarloitesville Cassimere for Summer. Any one wbo has worn these Goods will tell you they are the BEST GOODS in the market. One bale of those pretty and good Checks ?as pretty as Ginghams. I still keep the? Best Coffee, Best Tea, N. 0. Molasses, Flour, Meal, and Pure Muscovado Molasses. A lartfe line of WALL PAPER, BOR? DERS and CANVASS. A few Shoes and Hats at and below cost. Call on me and be convinced. A; B. T0V2JRS. . P." 8.?I forgot to Eli^flte>Kt opt Teja?hu^'Column, "ttfix* All communications intended for thisvtolumn should be addressed to 0. WARDLAW, School Commissioner, An? derson, 8. 0._ Mies Lillie E. Bigby will teach at Welcome this summer. She has given such results that the patrons do not feel willing to let her go. The easay on "Strange Tilings", pub? lished below, was written by a pupil of the Belton High School and read at their closing exercises. Bead it and eu joy it. The writer asked us not to put her name to it. It is coming time for our people to begin making their arrangements for schools for ne~t year. Do not put it off nntil you have to take just any one. Se? lect the teacher you want and then make your arrangements. Do not rely on the public funds, but proceed to get a teacher. Make a contract with him or her for the term, and let the public funds be used to aid you in carrying out that contract._ We regretted so much to miss the pic nie at Enoree. But the weather was bo threatening, and we had been lu the heavy rain the afternoon before, con.e queatly we did not get to the pic nie. We regret this very much, indeed, for the good people of this vicinity were ex? pecting us, and we never like to disap point people. If we could have foreseen the turn the weather took we would have certainly been present. We hope to see the people, in arrang? ing for schools, use business ideas. Do not commit your children to the tuition of just any one, but be as careful in se? lecting the teacher as the importance of the work requires. See that you have a distinct understanding about the matter. Arrange to pay the teacher at stated times. Do no not expect him or her to wait until the end of the school before receiving any pay. Generally they need the money. Pay them monthly, or half in advance and the remainder at the end of the school. At least make some con? tract as to when you are to pay, so they may know what to count on. As we stated before, do not depend on the pub? lic funds. A good way for s community to do is to make up by subscriptions from those who live near, enough to pay the teacher, then let all the children in the community attend. Put people on their honor to contribute, and if you cannot get it this way you need not ex? pect it. Be determined to have a good school, it is worth many times its cost. The Honea Path High School has closed a most uuccessful session. The enrollment during the session was over 200. Several counties were represented among its pupils. It U the pride of Honea Path. The closing exercises were exceedingly interesting. The scholars acquitted themselves admirably. We congratulate all of them, and espe? cially Miss Mol lie Stepp, a ten year old lassie, who ;s President of the "Rosebud Society" uf that school. She presides with as much ease and dignity as could be expected of a grown young lady. Honea Path and tbe High School de? serve the grrat popularity they have justly gained. A very large crowd was present to etjoy the exerci.-ea. The closing exercises of tbe Belton High School brought together a large crowd, who enjoyed tbe occasion very much, indeed. Tbe examinations were very creditable, and the success with which the program of the clotting exer? cises was carried out reflects credit upon Rev. J, T. Smith and Miss Maggie Grubbs, the teachers. We are delighted to see such schools springing up all through our County. We want a better common school system. Build up the schools at borne so tbe boys and girls can get an education sufficient for tbe ordinary affairs of life without having to leave home. Belton appreciates this and is building up a good school. Her people are united, and are pulling together. This wi!l help greatly in pro? moting tbe educational interest in any community._ STRANGE THINGS. Isn't it a Btrange thing that I have thought and thought until I have thought my head empty, and still can't think how to commence this composi? tion ? I guess 18hall have to call Web? ster to my assistance. Here is what he says about strange: "Not according to tbe common way, odd, unusual, irregu? lar, causing surprise, exciting curiosity, wonderful." Now I do think it is a strange thing, a thing that excites at least some curiosity, that a young mun will treat bis own sis? ter with less courtesy and esteem than he will somebody else's sister. When tbe sister of bis cbum asks him to do her a favor be is all smiles aud tells her that he will gladly accommodate her in any way that he can, but if his own Bister asks a favor of him the reply too often is "Pm too tired," or "I can't," or "I have not tbe time, and sometimes "I wont." Of course all brothers do not act in this way, but quite a number of them do, and it is not confined only to the young men. Why a little boy five years old was asked a few days ago by his sweet little sister for some cards. He refused to give them to her, but immediately gave them to another little girl, and on being asked why, he said be loved this other little girl better than bis sister. I suppose, therefore, that it must be some kind of love that causes our brothers sometiiaes to act so Btrangely. But isn't this remarkable conduct no ticeable in girls as well as boya? I do not believe I would be perfectly correct in Baying that girls and young ladies always treat their brothers with more kindness and courtesy than they do other boys and young men. They say that human nature is the same at all times and everywhere, and that man (and wo? man too) is fearfully and Wonderfully made. So I suppose that girls, too, will have to come in for their share of these strange actions toward other girls' broth H^fe&paii will go to Chnrch on Snay day and protend to be a Christian, and then on Monday stand around the bar? room all day and at night ait around the gambling table until 12 o'clock, and lose all his money, while his wife and chil? dren are, perhaps, at home without meat and bread) is certainly a wonderful thing to me. But of all the strange things, the most remarkable to me is that woman will have no more sense than to hook on for life to that piece of ani? mated nature called a man. Again, do you not think it surprising that money has bo much to do with the conduct of men? Some people will sell good name, sell character, sell heaven for money. It has been said that woman rules the world, but if Bhe does, is fit not surpassingly strange that money controls woman ? For it must be admit* ted that woman, too, sees in the rich ex? cellences which could not be perceived were it not for the glittet of gold. But I wanted to Wedge in somewhere in this paper the thought that it is a very unusual, if not unreasonable, thing for a teacher or anybody else to expect a girl with a light heart and a light head to write an entertaining essay without any assistance.. Again, to be more serious, it is wonderful how much good our kind, beneficent Father in Heaven has done for bia wayward children on eaxth. "As we warm ourselves by our fires made of coal and read by our oil lights, bow straoge the thought that their light and heat streamed down upon the earth ages ago, were absorbed by the leaver of the ancient coal forosto and kept safely stored away by a divine care in order to provide for our comfort!'^ How won? derful the transformations that are at all timeB taking place within and all around ns I It ia strange that we should call so many things our own, when we do not posaesa one single thing. The water we drink and the food we eat to-day may have been used a thousand times before, and that by the vilest beggar or the low* est earth-worm. Our bodies which we so fondly call our own and decorate so carefully, a few months ago may have dragged boats on the canal, or waved in the meadows as grass or corn. These strange thoughts we gleam from the study of Bcience. Shakespeare conveys the same thought when he makes Ariel sing: "Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made ; Tboss are pearls that were bis eyes j Nothing of him that doth fade Both doth suffer a sea change Into something rich and strange." A Novelty In Duels. The details of one of the strangest duels evjr fought has been brought to this city by a prospector who has been in the mountains southwest of Las Vegas. The country is near the border line be? tween Old and New Mexico, and the people there are a mixture of the two races. Two young men?an American and a Mexican?fell out over a young woman they both loved, and the result was that the enmity became too great to be carried, and it was determined to end it in a duel. The matter came about in an unusual way, however, and it was not a regular challenge and acceptance, but while in company of mutual friends the Mexican taunted the American with being a mem* ber of a race of cowards and said the American had no bravery. The Ameri can, of course, disputed this and said he would test the Mexican's bravery if he wished it. He would be willing to go into a dark room with the Mexican and there decide the point. But the stipula? tion was that in the dark room there should also be a lot of tarantulas turned loose. If either came out alive he was to have the girl. If either showed the white feather and came out before the death of the other or before all the taran? tulas were killed he should give up all claim to the girl. The Mexican was dis? posed to refuse, but the fear of being looked upon as'a coward caused him to accept, The room was prepared and the two men went in. There were at least a dozen tarantulas in the room and also tiro scorpions. The American walked boldly into the room and took his stand, while the Mexican followed, but was hes? itating in his manner. The doors had been clossed' but a short time until the Mexican was heard to scream out that he was bitten and was dying. The doors were opened and he staggered out and fell to the floor. The American walked out unhurt, and then it waa found that the Mexican had not been bitten at all, but bad scratched his hand on a protrud? ing nail in the wall and had thought it a spider's bite.?Galve&tcn Newt. ? Let's reason together. Here's a firm, one of the largest the country over, the world over; it haa grown, step by Btep, through the years to greatness? and it sells patent medicines!?ugh 1 "That's enough I" Wait a little. This firm pays the newspapers good money (expensive work, this advertising!) to tell the people that tbey have faith in what they sell, so much faith that if they can't benefit or cure they don't want your money. Their guarantee is not in? definite and relative, but definite and absolute?if the medicine doesn't, help, your money is "on call." Suppose every Bick man and every feeble woman tried these medicines and found them worth? less, who would be the loser, you or they ? The medicines are Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery," for blood di3easeB, and his "Favorite Prescription," for wo? man's peculiar ills. If they help toward health, they cost $1.00 a bottle each ! If they don't, they cost nothing. ? If you are good a i figures get out your paper and pencil and try this sum. Here is a single problem in arithmetic: A baby is born in 1892. Now suppose iti ancestors had married at the age of twenty one, from the time of our Lord? fifty-six generations?how many grand? fathers has the baby had ? The answer in round numbers will be three figures followed by fifteen ciphers. Professor Proctor at one time figured that if from a single pair each husband and wife had married at the age of twenty-one for 6.? 000 years, the population of the earth, if there had been no deaths, would now be 2,199,915, followed by 144.ci BILL ABFS TALK. Atlanta Constitution, Old Father Time keeps rolling od. All the d&yB and weeks and years seem to be coming this way. Anno Domini has brought another birthday to my house not exactly a ceutennial but a Bixtennial. I used to think it would be very sad to grow old and I wondered that old people could be so cheerful. When my young wife was Bweet sixteen it never occurred to me that ehe would be over sixty, 'it Beemed impossible of at least bo far away that it gave me no concern. But here it is, Bhe has crossed the Rubicon, trying to catch up with me. Yesterday was her Bixty-first birthday, but she ia only sixty years old. How is that, children ? We didn't know what to do for her. Didn't know what Bhe wanted or needed, for she never tells. I did hear her romancing one day about how she would like to have a carriage and a pair of gentle horses and a good driver at her command so that she could ride around and make visits and go to the missionary meeting. I'm going to get her that equipage or turnout or plant or establishment just as soon as t can, though it may be in the new Jerusalem. She deserves twide the rest of her days, for she has worked and walked enough. She has done her share. Good gracious, what a mountain of toil and care and anxiety it would make if we could see it all piled up. The mother who raises ten children in the old-fashioned way has d?nb enough, has fought a good fight and deserves a pension. For more than forty years she has been making their garments and teaching them to spell and to read and the catechism and wash? ing their faces and blowing their noses and fixing them up for Church and Sun? day School and little parties and tying up stumped toes and cut fingers and nursing them in sickness and watching the measles and mumps and whooping cough by night and by day. Job tells us of the dark hours of the night when deep sleep falleth upon a man?yes, a man but it don't fall upon a we?ry mother with a teething child. And I have not forgotten the beautiful plaited bosom shirts she used to make for me before the days of sewing machines. Tbe children were tbe biggest thing, of course, and they are yet, but she has never forgot me. All she wanted me to do was to provide tbe heedful and I did it. Yes, 1 did it, except during the war. It was nip and tuck then and she was dodging the yan kees a good part of the time, with half a dozen little chaps tugging after her, who thought it was a frolic. They run her and her little brood all the way up and down the Chattahoochee Biver for 300 miles, and she would hardly get settled down to rest in one place before she had to skee daddlo to another. The good book Bays, "Love your enemies," but that ia such a hard thing to do Idou't believe that very many people undertake it; maybe some of the siDDtrs do, but the Christians don't, I know. They dident at Omaha nor Portland, and eome of our Southern preachers bristle up and show fight like a porcupine. There may be some sanctified women who have no resentment, but the men are scarce. Most Of the sanctified folks never had to run from the foul in? vader. Well, I don't know what to do for the maternal ancestor, nor bow to celebrate her birthday. I thought of doing as Cain did?bring her some of the first fruits of my garden?the garden that I planted and worked in every day?my beautiful potatoes and peas and beans and raepber ries and asparagus, and a squash bloom to put in her hair, but the girls said that I had better not. Then I thought that I would write her some poetry and say verses inscribed to my wife on her sixty first birthday. So I tried to work up a poetic frenzy, but I couldeut. I wanted some thoughts like John Anderson, my Joe, ought to have written in reply to his wife's sweet words: But now your brow is bald, John, Your locks are like tbe snow, But blessings on your frosty brow, John Anderson, my Joe. That suits me, but somehow it doesn't seem to suit her raven hair at all. She is not old enough to be munched up and crunched up with pathetic poetry like that. I used to write Borne poetry, but some? how I've lost the lick. Frank L. Stanton writes all of my poetry now, and he does it beautifully. In Beven years more we will have a golden wedding, if we live, and I'll get Mr. Stanton to write some verses for that. We never had but one wedding, and there wasent much fuss made over it. No presents. My wife cost cte $25, that's all. Ten dollars for a ring, aud $10 for the preacher, and the reBt went for a fancy marriage certifi? cate. Yes, we did get some darkies to wait upon us and nurse the children and they were good and loved us and loved the children. They were part of the family, but Mr. Lincoln proclamated tbem all away but Tip. Tip wouldn't go until we told him. He had a wife and children to support and we all had to scuffle for bread then. But it ia r 11 right. We are not complaining?"whatever is is right" ?except some few things like snakes and tarantulas and hyenas and train robbers and Omaha preachers and the foul inva? der. But I did commemorate her birthday after a fashion. I backed an envelope with "lines inscribed to my wife on her sixty-first birthday," and inside she found the Hues which was a check on Mr. Howard's bauk for ?20. That eettled it. That made domestic affairs all calm and serene- It generally does. Money is a good lubricator for the wagon in which we make the journey of life. Money is good for Bore eyes and fainting hearts. Money inspires our love and graduates aud stimulates our religion. Not that the maternal ancestor had been restrained in her desires or limited in her pride, but there is a tranquil satisfaction in having some spare money about you. No man ought to allow himself or bis wife to get clean out of money. He ought to carry a dollar or two in his pocket and feel of it now and then. A man can afford to owe $100,000, but he can't feel like a gen? tleman if his purse is empty. Some folks. carry a buckeye or a rabbit foot in the pochst, but a silver dollar is better than either. History just keeps on repeating itself. Thirty years ago our little four year-old daughter got the scissors and slipped off in another room and clipped her flaxen hair and cut up things scand? alous. Her mother found her diligently pursuing the same business and suddenly lit npon her unawares and spanked her bo vigorously that the memory of it is still fresh and green. That little daughter lives over the bill not far away nnd has plenty of spanking material of her own now. Yesterday morning her little four year-old got into the pouts and wouldn't go in to mofnihg prayers. So she was left out rather than have tho usual so? lemnities disturbed. And bo while they were praying the old devil was watching and he gave the child the scissors and told her to go it. And she did. Her mother found her hair mangled and gashed and scarified awfully, and forth? with withe ut warning she elevated her garments and spanked her indignation in the good old way. They are even now? mother and child, and so it keeps going on down the line and the law of heredity comes in. But my wife says it is all wrong and uhe pities the poor little inno? cent thing? and comforts them In their troubles and tribulations. And that is all right, too. It takes a mother to do the spanking and a grandmother to com? fort them and sympathize with them. So let the procession proceed. Bill Arp. The Lifo of Plants. About one fifth of every living thing is composed of numberless little points of life called bioplasts. They are bo minute that only the most powerful microscope can detect them and ap pear to bs a Colorless viscid fluid, which in most animals and plants' is sontained in a cell. They are continually in mo? tion, taking in nutrient matter aud throwing off all formed material. In the human system they spin the nerves, bones, muscles, etc.; in plants the roots, stems, leaves, etc. Now, strange as it may seem, this little bioplast, examined by the most powerful microBCope, looks just the same in a plant or vegetable as it does in s, man. We plant a flower seed; the bioplast, which we call life, feel a quickening influence, and at once throws off another bioplast. These littl e workmen have the power of converting instantaneously non-living into living material, and the one that is found weav? ing the barks looks just like the one that is spinniog tbe fibre or the flower. German students have lately been studying this life principle. It can be destroyed but not resuscitated. A crystal can be dissolved and recrystalizcd, but once thin little life is destroyed no one can bring it back. Tbe more more we think of it tbe more wonderful it seems. An intelligence past our comprehension appears to attend the gn wth of every? thing. Ninety-five per cent, of all the vegetables and plants is taken from tbe atmosphere. These little bioplsste seem to know just what they want with which to build every part?tbe root, stem, bark, leaf, flower, and not only that but the shape of every part as well as the delicate coloring and perfume. How can it all be djne by this little point of life which we call a bioplast? It is natural for men to Bleep once in twenty-four houre. The prevailing theory is that refuse matter accumulates in the nerve centres in such quantities as to bring about insensibility, which continues un i: ho brain has been re lieved of wa>ti- in ..ter by its absorption into the circulation; and yet many flowers and plants exhibit the phenome? non of sleep. As night approaches the dandelion folds its petals, tbe acacia its leaves, and remain so, to open with the dawn of day. Flowers and plants have no nerve centres and organs, yet they must sleep once in twenty-four hours. The leaf of many plants contains tbe principle of the whole plant, for by root? ing it a plant can be obtained complete This shows that the germ which is con? tained in tbe seed is, in many instances, found in a leaf or branch. This same phenomenon is also exhibited in tbe an? imal kingdom ; for there is a worm called tbe nais, which if its head is cut off a new one is at once produced. The same is true of tbe tail. Thus we Bee that the vegetable and animal kingdoms are closely allied, and life, wherever found, is a hidden mystery, and yet we have not oome to the most wonderful part. As we have said, the microscope reveals tbe pro? cess of building or forming tbe various parts of animals and plants. We see tbe little bioplast in a cell taking a nutri? tious matter, and converting it instanta? neously into living matter; tben throwing of formed materials?such as, in animals, bones, muscles, and in plants, roots, flowers, leaves, etc., also throwing off oth? er bioplasts. One would suppose that this living matter in a cell, since it looks exactly alike whether found in a plant or ani mal,would do thesame kind of work, and continue to multiply cells in a mass without form; yet we see the most intri? cate mechanism, and not only that, but one part is made to serve another, as the munclea of the fingers to contract and move tbe fingers, etc. In plants we see combinations of colors which easily rival the art of tbe most skillful paint? ers.?Popular Science. Deafness Cannot be Cnrcd By local applications, as they cannot reach the disaaed portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condi? tion of the mucous lining of the Eusta cbiau Tube. When thh tube gets in? flamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is tbe result, and unless tbe inflammation can be taken out and this tub "i restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., r Toledo, 0. le^Sold by all Druggists, 75. HOW A. P. HILL DIED, A Detailed Account of ono Ttagedy of tbe War. The following account of the death of Gen. A. P. Hill is taken from the Balti? more American, and appeared the day after the unveiling of Gen. Hill's monu? ment in Richmond, Va., which took place a week or two ago, and is an ex? tract from a narrative written by George W. Tucker : We went directly across the road into the opposite field, and riding due south a short distance, the General drew rein, and for a few moments used bis field* glass, which, iu my still profound igno? rance of what had happened, struck me as exceedingly# queer. We then rode on in the same direction, down a declivity toward a small branch running eastward to Old Town creek, and a quarter of a mile from General Lee's. We had gone a little more thau half this distance when we suddenly came upon two of tbe enemy's armed infantry men. Jen* kins and myself, who, up to this time, rode immediately behind the General, t?ere instantly upon them, when at the command "surrender" they laid down their arms. Turning to the general, I asted what should be done with the prisoners. He said, "Jenkins, take them to General Lee." Jenkins started back with his men and we rode on. Though not invited, I was at the gen? eral's side, and my attention now having been aroused, and looking carefully around I saw a lot of people in and around the old log hut winter quarters of General Mahone's division, situated to the right of Whit worth house, and on the top of the hill, beyond the branch we were approaching. Now as I knew that those quarters had been vacant since about March 15th, by 'ie transfer of Ms hone north of the Appomattox, and feeling that it was the enemy's troops in possession, with nothing looking like a Confederate anywhere, I remarked, pointing to the old camp: "General, what troops are those ?" He quickly re? plied* "The enemy's." Proceeding still further, and General Hill making no farther remark, I became so impressed with tbe great risk be was runniDg, hat I made bold to say, "Please, excuse ne, genera], but where are you going ?" He answered, "Sergeant, I must go to the right qb quickly as possible." Then pointing southwest, he said, "We will go up this side of the branch to the woods, which will cover 03 until reaching the field, in rear of General Heth's quarters. I hope to find the road clear at General Heth's. From that time on I kept slightly ahead of tbe general. I had kept a Colt's army pistol drawn since the affair of the federal stragglers. We then made the branch, becoming obscured from the enemy, and crossing the Boydton plank road, soon made the woods, which were kept for about a mile, in which distance we did not see .a single person, and emerged into the field opposite General Heth'o at a point two miles due southwest from General LeVs headquarters, at the Turnbull bouse, and at right angles with the Boydton plank road, at tbe Harman house, which was distant half a mile. When going through the woods, the only words between General Hill aud myself, except & few relating to the route, were by himself. He called my attention, and said i "Sergeant? should anything hap? pen to me, you go back to General Lee aud report it." We came into the field near its corner, at the foot of a small declivity, rising which I could see that the woods were full of troops of some kind. The general rais? ing bis field glass said : "They are here." I understood perfectly that he meant the enemy and asked: 'Which way now, general ?" He pointed to that side of the woods parallel to the Boydton plank road, about one hundred yards down the hill from where our horses stood, say? ing: "We must keep on to the right." I spurred ahead, and we had made two thirds of the distance, and coming to a walk, looking intently into the woods, at the immediate edge of which were several large trees, I saw what appear? ed to be six or eight Federals, two of whom being some distance in advance of the rest, who halted some forty or fifty yards from the field, ran quickly for? ward to the cover of one of the large trees, and one above the other, on the same side, levelled their guns. I looked around to General Hill. He said, "We must take them," at the same time draw? ing for the first time that day, his Colt's navy pistol. I said: "Stay there, I will take them." By this time we were with? in twenty yards of the two behind the tree, and getting nearer every moment I Bhouted, "If you fire you will be swept to hell. Our men are here?surrender." Then General Hill was at my side call? ing: "Surrender I" Now within ten yards of the men covering us with their muskets?the upper one, the general, tbe lower one myself?the lower one let his gun down from his shoulder, but re? covered quickly as his comrade spoke to him, and both fired. Throwing out my right band toward the general, I caught the bridle of his horse, and wheel? ing to the left, turned in the saddle and saw my general on tbe ground, with limbs extended, motionless. Instantly retracing the ground leading his horse, which gave me no trouble, I entered the woods agaiu in where we had left them and realizing the impor tance and of all things most desirous of obeying the general's last order, to re? port to General Lee, I changed to his horse, a very superior one and quite fresh, and letting mine free, kept on as fait ae the nature of the ground would permit. ?: # * * * * The Fifth Alabama Bataillon, skirm? ishing, found the general's body, which was still slightly warm, with nothing about it disturbed. The Federal party were doubtless alarmed at what had been done, and must have instantly fled. Tbe writer did not again see General Hill's body, which was brought to Venable's by a route still further to our rear. * * * * * * I' learned that tho ball struck tbe general's pistol band, and then penetra? ted his body just over the heart. JThe main actor iu the tragedy tells bis own story. John W. Mauk, the man who shot General Hill, is still living in the little secluded town in Bedford coun? ty, Pa., in which he was born, and where he spent his whole life, except the three years given to the service of his country. He is a carpenter by trade, haB always been in limited circumstances, and of late years has been partly depend? ent on a small pension which he draws from the government on account of the disabilities contracted in the arduous campaigns in which he took part. When yonng he was tall and strong, and would have been picked out as a most desirable recrnit for a fast marching and hard fiightng regiment. Of dark visage, and some what taciturn disposition, he is a perfect type of the hardy race of men indigeneouB to the mountain regions of Pennsylvania, who in peace were wood choppers, rough carpenters and ordinary laborers, and in war were persistent fighters and deadly marksmen. This particular representative of the Penn? sylvania soldiery is a man of kindly and. gentle nature, whom nothing but the fierce rage of battle or the instinct of self-preservation could have stirred into an act of violence. Daniel Wolford, who fired at Sergeant Tucker, but missed, is now living in Blair connty, Pa. The account of the shooting of General Hill, given below, was written by Mr. Mank himself, and has never before been published. It agrees vrith Mr. Tucker's account in all the main details, althongh at the time of writing it, Mr. Mank had never heard of Mr. Tucker or his contribution to the Southern Historical Magazine: "On the morning of the 2d of April 1865, after the rebel works had been car? ried in tbe front, the main portion of the troops deployed to the left inside the enemy's works. A portion of the Second Brigade, Third Brigade, Sixth Army Corps became separated from the main body and pushed forward to the railroad and wagon road, running parallel with I each other, Comrade Daniel Wolford and myself, of Company F. One Hun? dred and Thirty-eighth Pennsaylvania Volunteers, reached this point. We came to a mill just across the railroad, and cloee to it, nnder a slab pile near ! the track, we found some crowbars, with which we tore up two rails of the track. Previous to this, however, we who were separated from the others saw a wagon i train passing and advanced, firing on it, ? expecting to capture it. This accounts for our advancing to this direction. After tearing up the track we went ob ??liquely to the left, from the railroad, in the direction of a swamp about a half or three-quarters of a mile from the saw mill, which we had passed to the right when firing on the train, and going in the direction of the railroad. Here we attempted to cross back to the corduroy road, which led through the swamp to a body of our men on the bill near the former line of the rebel works. These men were stragglers who had been lost from their command and were making coffee and eating breakfast. Just as we entered the swamp we saw two men on horseback coming from the direction of Petersburg, who had tbe appearance of officers. They advanced until they came to the men on the hill, they then turned and rode toward us. We had just entered tbe swamp when they ad? vanced with cocked revolvers in their hands, which were leveled at us. See? ing a large oak tree close to tbe road, we took to it for protection against any movement they would be likely to make. Seemingly, by direction of his superior, one of the Confederate officers remained behind. The other advanced with his pistol pointed at us and demanded our surrender, saying, "Surrender, or I will shoot you. A body of troops are advanc? ing on our left (i. e. from the directio of Petersburg), and you will have to to surrender, anyway." The officer still advanced and peremptorily demanded, 'Surrender your arms!' I said,'Icould not see it,'and said to Comrade Wolford, 'Let us shoot them.' We immediately raised our guns and fired, I bringing mv man from his sad? dle. The other officer, throwing himself forward on the horse's neck, rode off in the direction from which they bad come. We, knowing not what was on ouir flank and not being able to see in that direction, backed out, went farther down the swamp, and crossed to the men on the hill. Shortly afterwards I told Comrade Wolford that I would go and see what the officer had with him. I went a short distance and saw what I took to be a skirmish line advancing. I went back and got part of the men on tbe hill perhaps ten or fifteen?and deployed them as skirmishers for self-defense. Tbe advancing line got within hailing distance. I ordered them to halt, which they did. Then I said: "Throw up your arms, advance and give an account of yourselves." On being questioned, they said they had captured some rebel prisoners, and were taking them to the rear. Six or eight of them were carrying gun j, and were dressed in our uniform. About that many were without guns, and wore rebel uniforms. I took their word, and let them go. Turning around they asked if a man had been killed near there. I told them I had killed an officer in the swamp. They went off in that direction. I had no suspicion at tbe time, but afterward thought this was a Confederate ruse to get the body of the man I had just killed. Comrade Wolford and myself shortly after this joined our regiment, and nothing more was thought of the affair until sum? moned to brigade and corps headquar? ters to answer questions. After I had given a statement of the affair, General Wright asked me if I knew whom I had killed. 1 told him that I did not. 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