Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COL WM L His Frincely^ILiibera and Gare f < ?o tte pditor of The \ New? and Courier: Will you ?How *pice to an old wounded Veteran ?of the Rutledge Mounted Riflemen to tell of his grief and that of ovary survivor of that splended command at the knowledge of the death of their peerless and de voted commander, Col. W. L. Tren holni, and to oorrcot an error that oo oured in your referen o o to his war re cord, where it is asserted he went to Virginia as the commander of a light battei-y? If there was ono distinguishing trait in Col. Trenholm that predominated all others it was hie pride in and de votion to his fine cavalry command, and from the day he led them from Charleston to their first 'tentod field at Pocotaligo to the day he fell severe ly wounded at Hawes' Shop, May 30, 18?4, be was their idolized command er, friend and counsellor. lt is true only that in 1862, while guarding the Savannah ?vd Charles ton Road from raids of the enemy, that he saw the importance of artil lery to sweep the causeways, "which had to be crossed in every instance before the road could foe reached, and, procuring only two pieces, he organ ized a seotion of horse artillery, under Lieut. Do vit Wal':er, which attained great efficiency e nd skill, but when wc took up thc loug line of march of six hundred miles from Coosawhatohie to Richmond he turned these pieces over to the ?post quartermaster and rode at tibe head of his squadron every mile of that eventful march. To the survivors of his command the memory of his care and concern for their health and comfort while for two weary years camping in. the most deadly of all our coast region can nev er be forgotten; how he carefully se lected our summer camps above the malaria belt, and every morning at rollvr il he required the Sergeant to paso down the line, giving ne each man a strong quinine pill and exact ing that he swallowed it. This was prooured at Nassau, and brought in by his father's blockade,] runners at his request and expense. And from the same source he furnish ed us with both winter and summer uniforms, splendid English equip ments for our horses, including boots and spurs; so that we were by odds the best uniformed and equipped squadron in tho servioe, and Brig. Gen. W. S. Walker, our commander, declared on many occasions we were the best disciplined and drilled caval ry in the army; and, after the 'battle of Pocotaligo, in May, 1862, when we drove baok Gillmore's command, he asked Col. Trenholm to draw up the squadron in line, as he wanted to thank them for their splendid conduct and courage in that battle. Among his many gifts to this squad ron none was more acceptable than a splendid set of instruments for a cav alry band, imported, too, direot from Nassau, and, selecting a dozen musi cal members, he Bent thean to Savan nah and had them carefully taught; and they cheered and inspired us on oar long maroh to Riohmond, and vhen we marched through the towns lying in our route their splendid mu sic, coupled with our splendid appear ance, created a great enthusiasm for that stage of the war, and when we cleared the town limits we could hard ly dismount and tie our horses for the <rowd of sweet little ohildten and dear young ladies who felt free to come among UB. At Charlotte, N. C., the president of the Female College brought the en tire body of students to our-dress pa rade, and tendered the command a re option at the college, and the con duct.of the young gentlemen of South Carolina was so unexceptionable that be wrote a letter of kindest expression to thc president of the Female College' at Hillsboro, which secured as a ?harming reception there. At Char lotte Col, Trenholm issued now equip ments for our.horses; sb that when we 'ode over tho James and entered the Confederate Capital oar commander, Wltb just pride, lcd his splendid col umn down Main street, turned into Dank ftreet and halted in front of the secretary of War's office, and, dis ^ounti?g, ho entered and reported for Milty. I?en. Breckiori?ge, accompanied by ll,c Hon. George A. Trenholm, Secre cy of the Treasury, came out upou 'j* street, and ?as so impressed with ? Refino appearance of two hundred B atai)3 finely equipped horses iu Vir B?,Qia in spring of 18W that he was jj^d in his praise and ' walked entirely ?"n the long line of trie squadron ??d. turning to Col. Trenholm, said; Colonel, if you couid have brought *e ten thousand such men and horses ^IS for General Hampton, General eridan would never cease to regret LOllDaABA-J TRENHOLM. lity to His Squadron JJ? tlie ikCen. Richmond. Here waa organised tho splendid regiment, 7tb South Carolina cavalry, composed of the Holcomb le gion cavalry, Tucker's andTiunholm's squadrons, and the command given to that Chevalier Bayard of Carolina, Col. A. C. Haskell. In a few days we participated in the battle of Hawes' Shop with a large body of other cavalry, attaoking Gen. Grant's left wing, sud received tu? withering fire of his converging col umns of infantry. ' The regiment in the shortest spaoe lost by wounds every field officer and seven captains killed and wounded. The field hospital was established at "Old Church," and when Col. Tren holm was laid in the shade o2 its mag nificent oaks sorely wounded the sur geons hastened to his side. Raising himself on his arm, he waved thf m off indignantly and said sternly: "No, doctor, servo me in my regular turn.*' This wound did not, as stated, close his splendid war record; fori met him at Branchville while going to Sum merville before a medical examining board on account of a wound, on bis way to join the Western army. Be ing unable to go out to him, he came into my ?car and ohatted very cheer fully, saying he was going to join Gen. Johnson. This he did and par- j tieipated in the fierce battles around Atlanta. Upon the fall of that city ! ho was orderod to Richmond and com-1 missioned lieutenant colonel of caval ry, and heroically served in the Con federacy in itt closing death throes. j His life after this was a public and j honorable one, known of all men; j therefore my task terminates with his military career. It vis to correct two errors which did him an injustice, and to testify to the absolute love and ad miration which his men ever bore for him, our friend and loving commander that prompted me to contribute this humble sketch of him as -seen daily from the ranks for three years. D. W. B&AILSFORD, Panola, Clarendon County, Jan. 21. The Pension Burden. The New York Sun publishes tho following array of "Facts Without Comment," which should appeal elo quently to every citizen: The annual pension appropriation bill now before Congress carries $245, 245,230. This is the largest appro priation on record. The amount to be appropriated this year for pensions, thirty-six years af ter the olose cf the Civil War, to which the enormous charge is chiefly due, exceeds thc aggregate payments cn the same accounts during tho five years from 1879 to 1883, inclusive It is more than ??ouble the appro prisca of 1890, eleven years ago. It is more than double tho expendi tures of the Federal government, for all purposes, in 1861, the first year of the Civil War. It nearly equals tribe total expendi tures of the Federal government, ex cluding interest on the public dept, in ! 1871, only thirty years ago. Ic is more than five times what the republicana were paping for pensions in 1878, thirteen years after the end! of the Civil War. The total number of pensioners now on the roll is 993,529. Ten years ago there wore 537,994. Twenty years ago there were 250,802. The total number of now olaims al lowed last year v/ap 40,645, exoeediog by more than 2,O0U the reduotion oc casioned in the roll by the deaths of old pensioners, thirty-six years after the end of tho Civil War. There is a good deal of talk in and out of Congress about the reckless ex travagance of the governmentin build ing ships and improving waterways ?nd otherwise contributing to the country's material protection and de velopment, but there is no great agita tion, for reduotion of the pension budget. Why should not some legis lator give attention to that appalling and iniquitous burden? La Grippe Quickly Cured. "tn the winter of 1898 and 1899 1 was taken down with a severe attack of what is called lia lirippe," says F. L. Hewett, a prominent druggist of Winfield, 111. "Tho only medicino I used was two bottles of Chamberlain'? Cough Remedy, It broke up the cold and stopped thc couching like magic, and 1 have never since been tumbled with Grippe." Chamberlain's Cough Remedy eau alway? be depended upon to hivak up a Bovere cold and ward off any threatened attaok of pneumonia. It is pleasant to rake, too, which makcB it the most desirable and one of the most popular preparations in usa for these ailments, tor sale by Hill Orr Drug Co. 4*. _ - Yon can always got a woman mixed np in any argument by nsing tome word that she doesn't know thu Washington's ?iiness? The illness and death of Washing ton, occurring so near the close of the last century, caused by an acuto dis ease demanding energetic and intelli gent treatment, as well as the great prominence of the patient, naturally ut tract attention, as the management of his oase affords an example of the most approved treatment of that day. From the popular record of his illness in lriving'a "Life" it would appeal that he died from laryngeal diphtheria after an illness of about one day, and that the prinoipal treatment wea large and repeated blood-lotting and exter nal applications, and that the symp toms steadily increased unt?l death. Dr. Craik, the attending physician, perhaps naturally affuoted and un nerved by the prominence of his pa tient, seems to have done little. At his second call (to quote) "ho pressed his hand in silenoe, retired from the bedside and sat by the fire, absorbed io grief. " Dr. Diok, the consulting physician, was made of sterner stuff, and although he apparently held his peaoe for eight yea*s, he thoa wrote a letter to a medioal journal, in whioh he speaks very frankly cf the treat meat pursued by tho attending physi cian, states that the disease was mani festly hastening toa fatal termination, and that he (Dr. Diek) strenuously re commended tracheotomy. He says further (to quote:) "At first I had reason to flatter myself that I had ob tained the ooourrence of tho other physicians, and was about to make preparations to carry the measure into immediato execution, when I was ren dered unhappy hy discovering that Dr. Brown had availed himself of the few min ?tea of my absence to operate unfavorably on tho mind of Dr. Craik, whose asKent I was unable to reclaim by either argument or entreaty. Both of these gentlemen were advanoed in years and had eaoh acquired a consid erable share of reputation in his pro fession; but that increased timidity which is, perhaps, a common attend ant on old age, seemed not only to have extinguished all ardor io pursuit of additional celebrity, hut also to have created adetermination to hazard no part of that stock which had al ready boen acquired. * * * I know not what might have been tho result * * * but ? shall never cease to re gret that the operation was not per formed. In this awful and afflicting state of thiegs the lancet was once more resorte?!! to." This waa published about eight years after Washington's death; but Dr. Dick, in 1800, signs with the other physicians an account of Wash ton's illness published in the Medical Repository, in which no mention is made of tracheotomy. It is somewhat long to quote in full, hut quite inter esting : "Some time on Friday, the night of December 13, Gen. Washington was attacked with an inflammatory affec tion of the upper part of tho windpipe, called in technical language oynanohe tracbealis. This disease commenced with a violent ague, accompanied with some pain in the upper and fore part of the throat,' a senso of stricture; a eough and & difficult, rather than a painful, deglutition. The necessity of blood-letting suggested itself to the General, and he procured a bleeder in the neighborhood, who took from his arm in the night twelve or fourteen ounoes of blood. He would not by any means be prevailed upon by the family to send for the attending phy sician until the following morning, who arrived at Mount Vernon about' ll o'olook on Saturday. Discovering the oase to be highly alarming, and foreseeing the fatal tendenoy of the disease, two consulting physicians were immediately sent for. "In t/he interim were employed two copious bleedings, a blister was ap plied to the part affected, two mode rate doses of ealomel were given, and an injection was administered, whioh operated on the lower intestines, but all without any poreeptible advantage, the respiration beooming still more diffioi lt and distressing. Upon the arrival of the first of the consulting physicians it was agreed that as yet there were no signs of accumulation in the bronchial vessels of th? lungs to try the result of another bleeding. When about thirty-two ounces of blood were drawn without the smallest ap parent alleviation of the disease, va pors of vinegar and water were fre quently inhaled, ten grains of calomel 'were given, succeeded by repeated j doses of emetic tartar, amounting in I all to five or six grains, with no other effect than a copious discharge from the bowels- Tho noders of life wero no* manifestly yielding to thc force of tho disorder, respiration became more and moro contracted and imper fect, til! half-past ll o'clock on Satur day night, when, retaining thc full possession of his intellect, bo expired without a struggle. "Several boura before his disease, after repeated efforts to be under stood, he succeeded in expressing a desire that he might he permitted to die without interruption. (Signed) James Craik, 1 "Attending Physician. "RHiba C. Dick; CoBBuIliug Physi mao, pick with ? disease very exhaust ing to vitality,?and so severo that tho illness lasted but twenty-four hours, consisted in the abstractiou of be tween two and three quarts of blood, the administration of about gr ?x of calomel and gr vi of tartar emetic, as injection, with external'applications of a blister-and a pressure of the hand. This treatment administered to a well man in so short a time would go far toward proparing him for his last journey. The repeated regretful statements of tho physicians that they noted no benefit from their treatment, with continual repetition of the unsatis factory meena of curs already em ployed, and their apparent inability to suggest others, and the last request of Gen. Washington that he might be allowed to "die without interruption," havo their pathetic side. Brandy was surely in common use at the time, and no doubt "in the house." Peru vian bark, iron and digitalis wero well-kuown drugs in tho materia medica of 1800, but there is no record of their use. The alms house patient to-day has moro rational treatment than the Ex-President of tho United States had in 1800.-Dr. George K. Weich, in thc Medical Record. An Old Family Burying Place. BEAUFORT, Jan. 27.-A geotleman of this town who returned yesterday from a hunting expedition with sev eral of his friends to Hilton Head Island gave your correspondent tho following interesting account of a visit he made to the old Wm. E. Ray nard family vault on tho Bayuard plantation on Hilton Head ; "Tho vault," said the gentleman, "was substantially constructed of brown stone and in contour was nearly square. The entrance doors, of iron, in a good state of preservation were open. Upon entering the party found a narrow vestibule with marble doors leading into the intciior of the tomb, these doors were displaced and broken and entering through them into the inner portion of the tomb a coffin was observed lying on thc stone floor. Ita lid had beeu displaced and upon lift ing it carefully aside a gruesome sight was disclosed to view. Within re posed thc remains of a young woman which appeared to have suffered but slightly from the ravages of time. Her long blonde hair was perfectly intact as wero also her features. Gently taking her hand the narrator who is a physiciau, fouud to his as tonishment that the flesh was pliable and soft as in life, the arms were cov ered with a growth of hair an inch anti a half long. After a brief iuspectioi of theso remains, of one who in 1 i fe must have beeu a woman of ran beauty, the lid was reverently re placed, and thc gentlemen resumec their inspection of the antc-belluti tomb. Several old fashioned iror coffins were exposed to view and theBc burial caskets differed greatly fron the wooden metallic caskets and con sisted of two pieces of cast iron close ly resembling in contour a humar body. The upper piece fitted snugly over tho lower, extending clear to thc bottom where a line of revits firmly sealed these enduring coffins of a past generation. There were also severa wooden coffins, evidently made on thc plantation, and they, too, appeared u be substantial and well preserved Perhaps a score of spaces for tho re ception of the dead were open and hat apparently never been utilized fo; burial purposes. Sad to relate then were evidences that the hallowec place had been invaded by soldier who were stationed on the island dur ing the recent Spanish Amerioan war The names of these men were scratch ed upon portions of the interior walls There were also additional evidencei of wanton desecration about tho place In the grounds adj lining this ancien tomb were several marble slabs mark ing interrments made in 1808. Ovci I tho entrance to the vault was tho aim pie inscription "Wm. E. Bayoud Integrity and Fidelity." The gentleman giving this interest ing information expressed the hope that it wouP reach some descendant; of the Baynard family who might tber take, measures to have the tomb ol their aneestors restored and sealec against further intrusion.-State. When you need a soothing and heal ing antiseptic application for any pur poso, use the original DdWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, a well known cure foi piles and skin diseases. Beware ol counterfeits. Evans' Pharmacy. - Thirty million persons left Eu ropo during thc ccnt-'ry just closed, t-: seek their f irtuncs in other lands. The most soothing, healing apd an tiseptic application ever devised is Dc Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. It relieve* ai opec and cures piles, sores, eczema andskin diseases. Beware of coun terfeits, cEvans Pharmacy. - Thc census shows that there arc 1,400,000 more farmers in the United States than there were in 18 UO. This season there is a largo death rate among children from ctoup and lung troubles. Prompt action will save the little ones from these terrible diseases. We know of wHt?i?ng sc certain to givo instant relief as One Minute Cough Cure. It can also bc ranlied upon is grippa and ali throat and lung troubles of adults, glgagantlto^ Not in the Alphabet. ?j A thoroughly congenial party was taking lunohcon one afternoon recent ly in a fashionable downtown cafe. Those at the table were old friends, but several of them had not met be fore for years. Thereforo tho 3-year old hopeful of Mr. Mac and Mrs. Mao was not only a new acquaintance of the others, but was an object of un usual interest by reason of the manner in which tho father boasted of the little chap's intellectual attainments. While awaiting thc appearance of the ice cream, Mr. Mao grasped tho opportunity to dazzle hi? friends rith the brightness of tho boy. "Now, son," he said, '"won't you spell 'Jim' for the ladies and gentle men?" "J i m," responded Jimmy Mac in faint, hesitant voice. "That's a good little mao," proudly said the father. "And now spell cat/" "C." said Jimmy, and after consid erable thought and some doubt, "a-" "Correct," announced, Mr. Mac. "Now go on." But Jimmy apparently had struck a snag, and thc proud parent was com pelled to volunteer assistance. "Don't you remember the last let ter?" he inquired. "What is it wc drink at homo in the evenings?" ' Whisky" promptly declared Jim my. Tho bright b >y was excused from further questioning.- Wash. Star. How to Doctor Dogs. A sick dog dislikes medicine as much as a sick boy. Ho does not un derstand why you arc giving it to him and you mutt do it very gent'v or ho will get nervous and frightened. Put him between your knees, and gently raise hil jaw. If thc medicine is li quid do not open his mouth, but part his lips at one sido and pour the medi cine in slowly with a spoon or bottle. Then, if he does not swallow, insert thc spoon between his teeth in front, which will generally make him do it. If thc medicine is a pill or something solid, hold his head the same way, and, with tho left hand under his low er jaw, press with the thumb and fin ger where the jaws come together. - A wealthy young lawyer passed two days and uights over one eas.?*, and at tho end of that timo could not tell which bide ho was on. It was a case of champagne. INDIGESTION AND CONSTIPATION These are twin evils which work serious mischief in the human body. They sap the strength, destroy energy and impoverish the blood. As ? result of these ailments, the system gradu? ally becomes disordered and the con? stitutlon weakened so that the body loses vitality and ls unfit to stand the strain of hard or continuous laver; thus, the vkUm offers a shining mark for kidney disease, lung ?rouble or the life-crushing malarial fever. An easy and certain means oJ warding off this condition ls within the reach of every one. BITTERS the System Regulator, is the remedy. A few doses whenever the digestion is disturbed, or when the bowels fail to move regularly, will remove the diffi. cully and stimulate the vital organs to a better and more complete per? formance of their duties. With vigor and regularity In the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels, there cm be no loss of strength or energy, the blood will be pure and nourishing, and the capacity of the body for work thereby maintained at the highest standard. Send for a bottle to-day. Keep lt always in thc house. A half wine? glassful when the stomach feels bloated, when the breath is bad, or the bowels constipated, wilt quickly restore the feeling of vigor and cheer? fulness. DRUGGISTS 8ELE. IT AT Si.OO. PEA BOTTLE. Notice to Creditors. ALI? pera us having demands sgdr at ^he Estate of John M. Warrt-o, rioiv'os c<l. are h-rt-by notified to prr-acr t them, pr ....orly proven, to tho und? reigned, within ihr time prcsorlbod by Jaw, and those lndobted to make payment. J. C. JACKSON. Adro'r. D. 8. VANDIVElt. E. P. VANDIVER, Vandiver Bros GENERAL MERCHANTS AND JOBBERS OF GROCERIES, W ant Your Trade ! WE are strictly Headquarters on FLOUR, MOLASSES, TOBACCO, COFFEE, COKN aud other Heavy Groceries. DRY GOODS ??a SHOES at Belling prices. Yours for fTrade, VANDIVER BROS. Syracuse Chilled Plows wv ir Are the lightest draft, Best braced, and Moat durable Flow on the market, And costs less for repairs. Have all the good features of any other Flow, And a large number that are not found on any other. Clark's Tarrant Cutaway Harrow, Tho perfection of Cutaway Harrows, will turn and thoroughly pulverize the soil from threo to six indus deep ; have never heard of one that did not give perfect satisfaction. If you will try one you will buy no other. The Empire Grain and Fertilizer Drill, Tho only Drill with thc absolute force feed-will sow Oats where otheTH fail, and will BOW any grain helter than auy Drill made. They are strong built, light draft. Every ono guaranteed to do perfect work. BROCK BROS, Anderson, S. C. Now is the Time to Bny You a . . WE can give them to you at'any pi ice, and any kind that you want. We have a good No. 7 Stove with 27^piece8 of ware for $7.75. We have a big lot of IRON KING and ELMO STOVES which you know are the best Stoves on the market. Now we just want to speak to you oue word about our HEA.TI3STG STOVES, Especially about our Air Tight Heater, which you know is the greatest heater' on earth. If you would see one of them in use or try ono of them, you would ' not have anything else. And just look at the price-they cost almost noth ing-only $1.75 up to $6.00. We want to call your atteniion to our big Stock of Tinware, Glassware and Crockery. Now we have just got too much of this and it must bo sold, so wo just want you^to come and look and let us price you through. We have some of the prettiest pieces of Odd China you ever saw. Would r-ike nice Wedding, Birthday and Christmas Presents. Now we aro just opening up tLo biggest lino of TOYS y?u ever saw. We want you to come round and bring the children and let them see a grand sight in Toys. And remember that all of these Goods munt bp gold at some price be? tween now and the 25th day of Decembor. Come now while you can get a good 'selection of everything. Yours truly, OSBORNE & OSBORNE. o 0 zj ass M s* O < M w 0 ? ? TJ H H ? w GO ? < M H ? O o s Sa W ? ? s s ? g 2 M CO . o o M P tr* m ea M OATS, OATS, AND RICE FLOUR. WE ARE HEADQUARTERS for all KINDS of GRAIN. Three Thousand Bushels of TEXAS RED RUST PROOF OATS. One Car of that famous HENRY OAT (or Winter Grazing Oat.) Tho only Oat that will positively stand any kind of weather. . Have just received Two Cars of fine FEED O \TS at lowest prices. Have just received Three Cars of RICE FLOUR for fattening your hog?, and it comes much cheaper than any other feed and is much better. Yours respectfully,