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BATTLE OF [Recollections Sugge Veteran by the 13 Hiouisvi vj ' \ ?' ? 1 To the Editor pf the State: Among the many attractive features of the magnificent program of - the recent Louisville reunion of the United Con federate Veterans that failed of exe cution on account of the daily down pour rain was the sham battle of Percyville, Ky. It was this feature of thc program more than all others that induced me to attend that reunion. I was notified that it would take place Thursday evening, May 31st, I was on baud with uniform and reported to (Jen. Harden, chief of ceremonies, for duty. But this rain forced the com mittee to defer till Friday. Another downpour, which carried tho time over to Saturday. Another rain came a- before and the battle was declared off. I read several superficial descrip tions of that battle in the Louisville paper, but they wero so mengrc and un- uisfactory and on the whole so uncomplimentary to Bragg and his determined Confederates that as a mat ter of history as well as a personal duty I take this opportunity to place on record my own participations and observations as ono of tho actors in that mcmorabL campaign. The reader can more readily grasp the situation of that historic campaign conducted by tien. Bragg by first knowing the primal causes that instigated it. It will be remembered that the Army of Mississippi under Beauregard was in a shattered condition. The battles of Shiloh, Tupelo and Cedar Creek had leen fought and Albert Sidney John son had fallen, Jubal Early defeated and Beauregard dismayed. Davis held a war council in Richmond. They recognized tho stern necessity of springing a crisis upon the entire western department of the Confed eracy, that the impending collapse of the Confederacy should be diverted. At this juncture Yancy, Helm and Hardin, together with Kirby Smith, then operating in Kentucky, declared it to be their conviction that if a force with munitions of war should march into Kentucky, showing ability to defend the property and inspire confi dence in the Confederacy, that 50,000 Kentuckians would rally to the Con federate flag and boldly proo?aim their fidelity to the Southern oaHse. Im pressed with so flattering ' a proposi tion from so prominent-and reliable a representation it was agreed at - once that Bragg should be placed in com mand of ?the western forces. It was with intense eagerness that I, then a private in the Mobile Dragoons, the first company of volunteers that en listed in Alabama, watched these stir ing movements. Having sent a mes sage to my personal friend j J. W. Hardee, expressing a wish to join him in the Kentucky move and receiving a reciprocal sentiment, I set about to get a transfer, but nothing but a sub stitute could be granted. This was quickly done and being free to choose I accompanied G?n. Hardee as one of his personal aids. The first thing Bragg did after assuming command was to ?8sueN a proclamation to all Kentuckians 16 tho effect that he - would move immediately into Ken tucky at the head of a united army able to cope with all Federal opposi tion. That his purpose waa to liber ate Kentucky from Federal oppression, protect them against Union aggres sions so much complained of through their publie meo,'civil and military, and that he would have munitions of war sufficient to equip and supply 50,000 soldiers. These stores were sent- forward tb Bryantville and Bragg pursuant to his proclamation moved forward at the head of 45,000 troops into Kentucky, expecting to be met with welcome hearts on all sides and 50,000 rein forcements. Kirby Smith sent hun dreds of his soldiers as couriers among thc Kentuckians with Bragg's procla mation exhorting them to rally around thc Confederate flag. Back ncr, Smith, Hardee and Cheetham issued commis sions to suitable persons, empowering them to raise troops and form compa nies, battalions and regiments for the Southern army. - These efforts were, almost a total failure. Coi. Johnson, i'se nephew vi Albert Sidney Johnson, was the only man of prominence who, like LaFayette, openly espoused our cause. Wo marched to Bardstowo, old alma mater, and pitohad tents for one week on the park for recruiting Pur poa ea and further preparations to ! weet the enemy, Buell at this time was at Bowliog Green with 100,000 men. Af fer the lapse of ohe week a most exhaustive ; lest satisfied Bragg and his noble ad [ risers that Kentucky was joined to ?ncr idol "neutrality" and on every [ band he was met with stolid indiffer \ ence and often witt scoffs and geera applauding tho atora ?sd stripes aud : ridiculing secession in the most defiant ! Carmor. It ls impossible io u?p?ot PERRYV?LLE. s ted to a Confederate decent Reunion at lie, Ky. on paper, nor can the most fertile imagination oonceive of thc dismal pall that nestled upon the countenance of our brave and gallant Bragg, nar dee, Cheatham, Anderson and tho almost heart-broken Buckner and Kirby Smith when thc truth was fully realized that they were actually in an enemy's country instead of among their friends. What must be done was the question of tho crisis. To back down was impossible. To re treat without a fight would be an irretrievable disgrace. Here tho bat tle of Pcrryville was planned, which goes down in history as the most ter rible conflict that ever took place on Kentucky soil, and the saddest part of this terrible stiugglo for civil liberty and constitutional rights is that Kentucky stood aloof and heard but heeded not the cry of their de fenders. On the 6th of October, 1862, Bragg t)ok up a line of march towards the Kentucky River. Bucll moved at once to Bragg's front. Rosecrans attempted a flank move from Louisville to join Bucll. As the surgeon says in thc peril of his case the heroic treatment is the last resort. So Bragg resolved upon the bringing on the fight at Perry ville. We reach ed the outskirts of Perry ville in tho evening of the 7th of October, 1862. Bucll had swelled his ranks to some thing over 160,000 strong. Feints were made upon Frankfort, Lexing ton and Danville by Kirby Smith, Withers and Wheeler as decoys to draw as much of the enemy's forces away from our front as possible. Im mediately in linc of battle were Hai dee, Cheatham, Anderson, Buckner, Polk and their brigade commanders, among whom was the intrepid Maney with hio Tennessee brigade. Just at this juncture early in tho day one of the gunners of Barrett's battery be came disabled, a substitu?a was called for whioh the writer readily filled dur ing the entire engagement by com mand of General Hardee. A more perfectly formed battle line I never saw then went into this battle. Dur ing the night of the 7th an act of daring was performed by three Con federates that find a parallel only by the side of Montgomery at the heights of Quebec, the sentinels at Thermopy lae, the guards cf the Alamo and the hero of the Merrimac. I must say in passing that the most inspiring scene that ever met my sight was on that bright cool October morning when our brave army moved out from Berds town park to the martial strains of Dixie from a hundred bands, and that young battle flag scarcely a year old, waving aloft from a thousand staff?, flaunting defiance over brave hearts that knew Only vio tory or death. The 8th of October was an autumnal beauty, marred at sunrise only by rapid booming of the enemy's big guns.-. Fearlessly and silently stood in battle array the chivalry of thc West. Forward 1 steady! were the only words uttered, but exeouted as orderly and free from rush and con fusion as if we were moving in a grand exposition parade. To me the whole earth looked to be in a motion-a real ground swell truly. Then the muske try in rapid succession. Here the Confederate columns halted. It was here we had reached the dead line be yond whioh another move would have inflicted upon our entire front the enfilading sweep of all similar emer gencies a Roland or an Oliver was sure to spring to the rescue. So at thia crisis the intorpid Maney with his brave brigade of Tennesseeans double quicked up the elevated grounds in front, scaled the ledges of rooks that ley jogged in front, mounting them with e deafening yell that waa'heard above the noise and din of shell and musketry, and with hand to hand the conflict waged till the tide turned and Maney's brigade was master of th a field, capturing four batteries, three alive and working whilo the fourth was fonnd silent and disabled. Of this disabled battery more will be said elsewhere. These batteries together with 15,000 prisoners were the fruits of l?rngg H day7s work on the 8th of Oe tobe:-. His force? occupied the battlefield that night, which Ss the accepted evidence in modern warfare of victory. The next day Ruell was driven across the Kentucky River and being content with the honors of the day he resolved to retreat from tho State. Euell's purpose was to uapture Bryantville, hence Bragg moved on .fiarrodaburgas a decoy, while Wheeler made feints in other directions en abling the main army to retreat in good order down tho Lancaster ?oute to Cumberland Gap. WV.lo all this was going on Bucll was concentrating his forces at Lexington, and other points to which Bragg had decoyed |im. It is evident tbat tho verdict of his HBL^HaHL^^H I ? WHLUB tory must bo that this lamentable fiasco was attributable" alone to the stolid indifference on the part pf Kentuckians. That instead of rally ing *o Bragg's support they were in deed a drawback and a clog to his movement, giving aid and comfort to the Union army. It saddens me to say that I rarely ever see a line in any history of the Civil war that does this noble South ern patriot and soldier simple justice. The histo if a Southerner, has to rely upon the limited data that chance to fall in the way of his researches and thc few meagre, yet often garbled, report.^ that have survived the doom of time. If the historian be a North ern writer, ho depends on the data that come to him by undue influence and a falso ambition to appear at all times, right and victorious. And it is a recognized fact that nearly all of our material data aro iu thc hands of our enemies. For these reasons, and many others equally obvious, we Con federate veterans, who made all the history that is or ever was made dur ing the Civil war, should contribute in plain and simple manner the parts we took in those historio events that arc now being shaped in living form for our schools and tho education of our children". Prompted hy this sense of duty as a ^Confederate soldier, I submit the foregoing tu the candid reader upon a 38-years memory with its consequent inaccuracies es to minor detail, which 1 trust the generous reader will readily perceive is inevitable. I hold now as I have always advocated that Gen. Bragg will ever be justly ranked among the best and bravest generals of thc war. The immediate benefits of his operations in Tennessee and Kentucky were obvious and of incal culable good. Buell and Rosecrans, whose presence in Kentucky and Ten nessee had been a menace to Chatta nooga and Atlanta and thereby threat ening the invasion of Alabama and Georgia were defeated in all their, plans, thereby enabling the people to go on with their domestic and agricul tural pursuits. lld carried jeana and hogs out of Kentucky and Tennessee enough to supply his entire army, be sides capturing over 20,000 prisoners and largo quantities of arms. He whipped Rosecrans at Stone river, and defeated him at Chickamanga. He needed reinforcements, but failing to obtain them to tho extent he desired he was whipped at Chattanooga by Grant and shortly thereafter withdrew from active field duty and accepted a position as chief of staff to Jeff Davis, which he held to the close. It is already agitated that this Per ry ville shani batt?e must come off at Memphis next year. This ir, urged particularly for the reason ?hat the best fighting brigades in that fight were Tcnnesseeans. It is due these brigades and thoir noble leaders, Cheatham and Maney, that this fight should take plaoe. Also to show that the battle was not a draw. That we beat them at the spring, we drove them beyond the river, we slept on the field, we captured four batteries and 15,000 prisoners, and retired from the State in good order. And yet notwithstanding all these many supe rior inducements and victories Ken tucky eat like the sphinx, stolid and unmoved. Yet, generous-hearted brave Ken tucky, with all her faults, I love her still. Though neutral in war, yet in peace, she is. of the South, for the South and with the South. May the rich insence of pure love and affec tionate hospitality so generously lav ished upon the thousands of Confed erate veterans, their wives and daugh ters and sons at the glorious reunion of May 28-June 3,1900, be ever em blematic of fraternal fellowship be-, tween her and her Southern sisters forever. 8. G.; SPANN. Sumter, S. C., June 21,1900. An Epidemic ef Diarrhoea. Mr. A. Sanders, writing frem Co coanut Grove, Fla., says there has been quite an epidemic of diarrhoea there. He had a severe attack and was oured by four doses of Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says he also recommend ed it to others and they say it is tho best medicine they ever used. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. "Wo have sold many different cough remedies, but none has gjven better satisfaction than Chamberlain's," says Mr. Charles Holzhauer, Druggist, New ark, N. J. "It is perfectly safe and eau be relied upon in all cases of coughs, colds or hoarseness." Sold by Hill-Orr Drug Co. - Blobbs-"I understand that den tista now not only extract teeth but insert them." Slobbs-"Humph 1 My dog can do that." LOST-Many golden opportunit?s have been lost by those who suffer rheumatism. By taking Rhenmacide now they will. be permanently and positively oured. Sold in Anderson hy Evans Pharmacy. - Among the Ko nd eh people, who live un Lake Ny ass a, in Africa, the favorite form of suicide is to enter the water and allow one's self to be de voured by a crocodile. D. W. Mciver, Tukege, Ala., wrote: Our child's bowels were passing off puro blood and all prescriptions failed to relieve her, until wo tried Teeth ?ne (Tcethi?g Powders), and she is now ; doing well. , Stffit^^^^^^^t?HBaS^&Vr.'< v/? > Legend of the Pine and Oak. Mr. Pine-tree and Mr. Oaktree used to be great friends and live in peace side by side; well Mr. Oak-tree he got.jealouB of Mr. Pioe-tiee 'cause Mr. Pine-tree keep his fino green clothes on all winter; hut just as sure as cold weather come Mr. Oak-tree's clothes they fade out a most ugly sort of color and fall off, and that make Mr. Oak-tree jealous to see hisself and his family with just a few faded old clothes on their backs, while his neighbor, Mr. Pine-tree and his fam ily, stand up proudly with all their fine green clothes on. Mr. Oak-tree he grow more jealous year by year, but he keep it all to his self, case Mr. Oak-tree he dou't know just what he going do about it. Ono year the people was looking for a place to havo the camp-meeting. Now they always have the camp meet ing on big grove hill, where Mr. Oak-tree and Mr. Pine-tree grow side by side, and Mr. Oak-tree and Mr. Pine-tree, both powerful prideful, 'case they have camp-mectiug there. But one time the people come, and instead of placing round thc se*ats and breshin' up thc grounds, theygo'b?ut tearing everything up and toiling them over in the big p.De grove, where Mr. Pine-tree live all by his self. Mr. Oak-tree he hear the people talking, and they say it am much nicer in Mr. Pine-tree's house, 'cause he have a nice carpet on tho ground, while Mr. Oak-tree's house all covered with dirty old leaves. Well, it nigh 'bout break Mr. Oak*? tree's heart, that it do, 'deed and dou ble 'deed it do; and Mr. Wind, he done see how Mr. Oak tree drooping and mourning, and Mr. Wind he ask Mr. Oak-tree what his trouble. Mr. Oak-tree he tell Mr. Wind all 'bout it, aod Mr. Wind, he say to Mr. Oak-tree: "Cheer up, cheer up!" and Mr. Wind he tell Mr. Oak-tree how he going help him get the best of Mr. Pine-tree. So all winter Mr. Wind, every day, and all enduring the night, he take the dirty old leaves from Mr. Oak-tree's floor and carry them all over and spread them all over Mr. Pine-tree's fine carpet. Mr. Pine-tree he don't like it, but he can't help his self: 'cause' what Mr. Wind want to do he going to do it, Mr. Wind is. But when camp-meeting time come, Mr. Oak-tree ae-^tf&^d there, and he see the people come* and rake off his leaves, what Mr. .Wind done carry on Mr. Pine-trse'" arpet. Then Mr. Oak-tree he say he can't bea: it no more, and Mr. Oak-tree be tell Mr. Pine tree how they can't live together 20 acre; and Mr. Oak-tree lie say, he will go to the plains and Mr. Pine tree can go to the mountain; or he say: "Will Mr. Pine-tree take the plains and let Mr. ' Oak-tree go to the mountains?" Mr. Pine-tree he 'low how he will take the plains and let Mr. Oak-tree go to the mountains; and Mr. Pine-tree he go to the plaine and Mr. Oak-tree he take the up coun try, and -they don't live together no more. But they still on the watch but; for when - Mrf Oak-tree leave a field, directly here como Mr. Pine-tree, and when Mr. Pine tree leave a field, sure enough up come Mr. Oak-tree; but they don't live together friendly like no more.-Journal of American Folk Lore. Neglect is the short step so many take from a cough or cold to consump tion. The early use of One Minute Cough Cure prevents consumption. It is the only harmless remedy that gives immediate results. Cures all throat and lung troubles. Evans Pharmacy. - At Clifton, W. Va., Frank Hin kle, while sharpening an indelible pencil, a small jpiece of it lodged in his eye, discoloring the ball to a deep purple. One eye is blue and the other purple. Starvation never yot cured dyspep sia. 'Persons with indigestion are al ready half starved. They need plen ty of food. . Kodol Dyspepsia Core digests what you eat so the body can be nourished while worn out organs are being reconstructed. The only prep aration known that will instantly re lieve and completely cure all stomach .troubles. Evans Pharmacy. - Sohool Teacher-What little boy can tell me where is the home of the swallow? Bobby-I kio, please. Sohool Teacher-Well, Bobby? Bob by-Tho home of the swallow is the stummuck. -- In Massachusetts free libraries are maintained by mci.ns of the dog tax, every town but seven in thc State being so equipped._. Catches Fish by Electricity. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June IG. There is one man in Minneapolis who has all the fish he wants, and neither buys them nor fishes for them. The man is the ehief electrician of the elec tric light and power plant, and he gets them by electricity. ? Tho ten gigantic dynamos of tho plant are run by the waters of the Mis sissippi River, in which during the Bpring season are found immenso num bers of various kinds of fish. The bed of the river where the power-house stands is composed of cement on a concrete foundation, which makes it practically a nonconductor of electri city. The chief electrician has a wire run ning from the positive pole of a dyna mo along tho sideway by tho power house. This wire ends in a plate which is a few feet under the water. There is a switch on this wire and whenever the chief electrician wants to catch any fish he orders the switch man to turn on thc current on thc line that runs into thc river; the current leaves the dynamo at the positive pole, travels along the wire to the plate, and then begins to make its way back to thc dynamo whence it started. When the current leaves thc plate on its return any fish within tcu feet of the plate or along the homeward path of the current gets shocked to such an extent that it comes to the top of the water, bottom side up, without power to wriggle a fin. When the fish are scooped in by the net they are rigid and do not show any sign of lifo for a few minutes. Afterwards, how ever, they flounder around and make quite a commotion. Some U5U volts go into the plate in the water, but no fish begins t? jret nearly that amount, as the electricity radiates from all points of the plato. Within ten feet of the plate and the power house there is plenty of electricity to bring the fishes to the top, but outside of that distance thc fish get only a mild shock which merely disturbs them to arrest er or less extent. This is the reason the current is turned on ouly at inter vals, otherwise the fish would take warning and keep away from the vicin ity of the power-house. Can Swallow Her Own Tongue. Miss Agnes O'Keefe, the twelve1 year-old daughter of John O'Keefe, of Thorndyke, MaBs., astonishes the re sidents of the village by performing the uncommon feat of swallowing her tongue, so that when she, opens her mouth for inspection there - is nothing of it seen in her mouth. A week ago was the first time the girl found her self able to perform the feat, and the discovery happened in a peculiar way. She was in the act of turning her ton gue, backward toward the roof of the mouth, when suddenly it slipped down her throat half way, and tho occurrence greatly frightened her. With difficulty she got it back into, normal position. Since then she has practiced it, and now can perform the feat with ease.-Brooklyn Times. Fowls as Farm Hands. In some parts of Tennessee the cot ton fields are said to bc overrun with grasshoppers. To meet the emer gency thc farmers are buying all of the turkeys they can get and turning them loose upon the farms. The tur key has a ravenous appetite, and noth ing seems to tickle his palate better than a grasshopper. One turkey, it is said, will eat upwards of a pint of grasshoppers every day. The tur key, however, is not the only fowl that farmers find useful in their cot ton fields. The goose in some sec tions occupies the position of regular farm worker, pulling and eating the grass from among tho growing cotton. It has been estimated that five geese in a cotton field will destroy as much grass as one full grown hoe hand. Savannah News. Moved into their Banking House, and are open for busi ness and respectfully solicits the patronage of the public. Interest paid on time deposit? hy agreement. LIME, LIME! CEMENT, CEMENT 1 NOW, is the time to whitewash your barns and build. We handle the Lime, Cement, Plastering, Hair, ?fee. * We carry the largest stock and best Soods at low ptices. Over 5,000 barrels of our Lime have been sold in An ergon during tho last year. Our Tennessee brand ia the Lime that built the Orr Cotton Mill and the Cox M'f'g. Co. Wo are prepared to furnish you from a barrel to a car load Lime, Fortland or R?sendle Cement at any time. Use nd other Lime or Cement but ours-they ave the best. Remember, we are Headquarters on Corn, Oats, Hay, Flour, Tobacco, And everything in the Grocery line. Come and see us or send us your order. Yourcj for business, O. D. ANDER8ON & BRO. ICar Unkno'/h and Whippoorwill Peas to go this week. Come quick, they are'going cheap. A SLUGGISH BRAIN .... Is caused by Imperfect Digestion and Disorder in the Liver and Bowels. PRICKLY ASH BITTERS IS A BOON TO BRAIN WORKERS. It purifies thc bowels, strengthens and regulates the liver, aids digestion, promotes vigor of body, cheerfulness and mental activity. 80LD BY ALL 0RUQQI8T8. PRIOE $1.00 PER BOTTLE EVANS PHARMACY. Suecial Agents. Fruit Jars, To put up your Fruit in. Preserving Powder, To keep Fruit from spoiling. Fruit Jar Rubbers, To put on your old Jars. Tartaric A_cicl, To make Cherry and Blackberry Acid. ?ticky F*ly Paper, To catch the flies while working with your fruit ALL AT HILL-ORR DRUG CO. E G. EVANS, Jr. R. B. DAY, M. D. ZETV\A.:LsrS &c JDJ^IT, PENDLETON. 3. C. IDIR/TTC3-S aiid"l^BIDZOI3?ES, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, Fancy Soaps, Sponges, Combs, Hair and Tooth Brushes, Rubber Goods and Druggist Notions, Faints, Oils, Varnishes, Dyes, Buists' Garden Seeds. D. 8. VANDIVER. E. P. VANDIVER V ANDI VER BROS. We are strictly in it on HEAVY GROCERIES, Such aa FLOUR, CORN, BRAN, MOLASSES, COFFEE, SUGAR and TOBACCO. We buy all of the above for Spot Cash, which puts us iu posi tion to take care of your interest aa well as any firm in this County, and pos sibly better than some. We can do you more good than anybody on SHOES. Strictly wholesale prices to Merchants on'the celebrated Schnapps and "Blue Jay" TOBACCO. Big Stock DRY GOODS, .SHOES and HATS, bought before the recent big advance. Come and get your ?har? at old prices. Yours for business, VANDIVER BROS. CLARENCE OSBORNE. RUTLEBUE OSBORNE. Stoves, Stoves! Iron King Stoves9 Elmo Stoves, Liberty Stoves, Peerless Iron King Stoves, And other good makes Stoves and Ranges. A big line of TINWARE, GLA8SWARE, CROCKERY and CHI NAWARE. Also, anything in the line of Kitchen Furnishing Goods-such as Buck ets, Trays, Rolling Pins, Sifters, &c. Thanking our friends and customers for their past patronage and wish ing for continuance of same Yours truly, 0SB0BNE & OSBORNE. MONEY TO LOAN ! OX REAL ESTATE. Long time ii eecm Ly is good. Fine Farm Lands for Little Honey. Strong i- arms in Pickena for half the price of Anderaon landa. Call and see our list of them ; will aid huyera to get what they want, and lend them half of purchase money. B. F. MARTIN, Attorney at Law, Mascnio Temple, Anderson, S. C. NOTICE. WILL let to the Jowest responsible bidder on Saturday, July 7th next, at!) o'clock a. m., tho repairing or rebuilding of a Bridge over Town Creek, ea?tof Pndleton, and on road leading from Pondleton by M. C. Dickson's, lu Pendleton Township. Reserving rl?ht to accept or reject any or all bide. Successful bidder to enter Into to bond in double amount of bid tor faithful performance of work. J. N. VANDIVER, Co. Sup'r.