The Kershaw gazette. (Camden, Kershaw Co., S.C.) 1873-1887, June 07, 1876, Image 3
Lsft&lAdvdrttsity.
The B?4iwlfn<, ?f the Om>
dee Jocbial w4 lk? Knuif Uotm,
have tfTMd (a paMiah UwrttomiBti ?f
? ales b/ lbs Sheriff M tk? folluwhm rttM :
kmj Male Ileal Estate. ?' $8,00
PvmuI * 4.00
Aw Mttb?paU la MhMN is
Ul CACTI, oa BO APTItTlllimJ win >?
Mo 4*fUlU* Na this rale will be a*d?
kj sillier f?|W. The rates arc so low that
aoas eaa eb)oot to Uioai, and ars ipoil ap
od mi Ij ftr Lbs jarpasc of aoeariuc cask m
TRANTHA.M k HAY, Trop'r* /?wm<
FRANK P. BIPrep'r Gaitiu.
lob j Mf .
?i . ..i ii?.in .r. ? u?'j?
AM purlieu indebted to the GA
ZETTE will consider (Ait paragraph ,
jwttfmtfy uddntted, wifcuy teUiemeni.'
If# cannot buyer indulge.
i up i. but as aa ?*'
oa the pan of the writer.
i one aide Of wi paper. Bo har
tal La giving uainee and dates,
l letters plain and distinct.
AfUto^er the "UA*CTTE?
TiUE following are Duly Authorised Agunl*
^^SsSS9mSSwrx
BjMorriu L-BafNtL
Ma.xmyu.lk.?William McCutetun.
flit Oiee Hot lee.
P$?m and aflor this data the offls* hoars
will bo as follows t
_ Dallas Uts weak, from ? a. m. to 11^ p. m.
From I tut p. m.
On rtundays from ? a. m. to 10 a. m.
Ths malls will ha etosad as follows:
During tb#week at P p. in. 7\
, OnHuedaya at Ave p. m.
Jaaa A It K. H. Haooks, r. u.
The Mails.
All malls that so by railroad ere closed
dally at*p. m.
Lancaster mull-rla. Flat Rock and PI ea*
r in illil closes Monday, Wcditeeday and Frl
dyui-p. lu. _ _
Lauca.ie ?*Oll uy the way of Unsaol Place
auU l>ry Cr?eu?u> .eson <V?>duc*d*y at*p. m
Jsffsrsou Mali, by ?r*y of Teller's Korry.
Lynsuwojd aud Catarrh closes Friday at
1^ p. la. K. H. H noons, P. M.
, SPECIAL HOTIGB8.
' nuitt-A destructive' flro occurred at
Ninety-Hlx, ?. C., lXoembor ilUt, by wbleh,
four store vulund at HO.-m were bunted. Tho
/unbar aprpjd of lb* oonilajt ration, with
probable il?.liujuon of tl?e whole town mid
Iom of MV?nU hundred ihouaund dollara
worth of property, aud many uvea, wax pro*
?flreuteed by lite arrival of (ireat American
Fire KxtlnicuUhur, au Agent happening to j
?om?la towu at. the nick uf time. Fur full ;
nartleulara, mo thu Abbrvlllo Medium Midi
Ntwbwrjr Herald of tho following week.
Mr, P. F. Tuale of Chnrleaiou, 8. V., I* the
Oeuoral Moutberu A|(?ut for tho Oreat Ainerl
ou Flro KsUukuInIiit, and will answer all
lnqulrlea la rtpuxl w the muim. t
No Exaookhatiox ! Kacth will Tkll I?
I. A. Hall A Co. Mwrt and cau prove by
thouaand* of customer* that have VUited
tbelr MttMtakmeut Mutt they mil their tin.
luenae a took of all alsea oroiaaa, faint*. Oil,
nlte, boon, Hash, Hllnda au<l Builder*,
Hardware, lu am all or larger lot*. at uiiuk
ually low prleea. "Dollar saved Is dollar
rinv:,,
Charleatou, B.C. *
Goep Tamtk.?Jn nothing do people a la
play this quality, or th? want ?>f it, wore than
la the appearanoe of tholr heaaesL PoopU
of good taate and sound Judgment la North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida
Md Alabama, patronise Mr. F. P. Toale, of
Charlealon, H, C., who fUrnUhe* the beat
?doancaMlM^lluda, newel a, balUuHera.oor
nae^HsTa** the be*fyalnt towake to
I and attraeUvo; alao plain and or
FRANK 1*. BKARD Lr?uKMK)a
Beerybodywada the Gjmrvo.
If yon want to rttt* aUttlMlw ofour
people, advertise in the Oaxettb.
8knd your orders Ibr ell olasses of
Job Printing te the Gazkttk offioe.
Drt.?This will be s locg tod dry
summer.?Gaxetle Alpuinac. ,
The boerd of county commissioners
holds its next meeting, oo the , Hth yjf
June. Remember. **
?X ;'
Subscribers wbu f'uil to reesivo their
papers will com for a ftivor by informing
us uf the feet. *
The Oaxkttb b rued every week by
over 3, OOO persons, which renders it i
good medium fqr advertisers. .
* ' 1 1 '* ^ -y
Bill Heeds, Letter end NtiCe Heads,
Monthly Ststensente, Not*, Cironlsrs,
Card* UvHedens, Ac., neatly, cheaply
and expeditiously printed in (his offioc.
#? *
Tax Rktuenb. ? Kleewhere in this
issue the oounty auditor pives notice
thst he will be prepared to reoeive tax
returns fur 187B, from the 1st of Juno
to the 20th. of July.
Thank*.-?We tender onr thanks to
Mr. Coker, at the Messrs. Bautn's plan,
tation. fbr spec! mows of his turnip crop
?the finest We have seen this season.
Evidently he knows how to gardon.
Teimmkd.?Thaabade tree* on Lyt*
ietou atreet, between DeKulb and
AUrena, have beew triwaiod up?eomo
King deNtred by mij for tome tine
uL
It k o?r painful duty teohroniele th?
jleath of Mr*. K. K. Sill who departed thia
if* on laat Friday after* bog a ad pain,
il illueaa.
U. S. JviKma ?Anaoe* the ikt of
urora drawn to aerve a* the July. 1676,
jrm of the U. fl. eoart at Charlaataa,
fa notloe the rin?? of Dt f. L. Zeiap
a grand jarcr, and L. B. fttepheeeoa,
*q., at a p^tlt and pl?M Juror.
Wanted IamidiaUly;
Om hundred ?ubmriben who Are to
arrears for ttooir OAimi to pay up
tfcair ?oba?rlp4t?a. Apply personally or
\n morfty ordar. or any othar w?y, to
tH? pu?>li*har of (kit paper or aay one of
** Vir^
Rnadora, were yoo ?twr awaVol IWtm
ftlambar a* ?Im sfciR kawsf wigWt fcjr tin
' t; If yon bava, yoo mm thm ip>
oUf rnjo^m^nl of a ttandaonto
tliooo hand oa iaot
for obioh ih?y kava
I m
?Blackberries gel&iag plentiful.
?Last Monday was adeeday.
mooih ha* fire Thursdays tod
In Pridiji^
?The bperd of county
next W* ?
Wtxloeeday.
?The airriage nuod goes on, da?
?pits tb? ImX naibct ? ;
?A better uat crop bat been made
this jear than my ;tar?M the war.
?Always read our advertising col
umne before you make yojar purohaaas.
?Fanners are busy chopping ootton
Pretty Wr stands are reported.
? ?Get your camphor bottles ready.
This is the month (or green apples,
?For AAy oeata mm will sead lbs
Gaxstts to any addttas for three
swathe, postage paid.
?If yon have a claim against this
county for 1874, hand it to the cleric of
the boacd of commissioners, that it may
be registered. ,
?Quarterly oonfcrence fur Lancaster
station embraoos the 17th and 18th of
June. v
?When witting for a newspaper,
never use both aides of a sheet of paper.
?Bar. A. N. Experidon, the Bul
garian priest of the Greek church, who
was here some time ego, is preaching
in Baltimore.
?If you wish for money, send s pos
tal eard to the mau who owes you, and
the thing is dun.
?A large quantity of oabbege plants
and potato drawing* have boen set out
rtiuoe tl?e rain.
?Mr. George Pioroe, the South Car
olina Kvaugclist, is holding a series of
revivals in Sumter.
?All farmers who want to raise large
crops thin centennial year, can do so on
ly by subHoribiug fur the Gazettk, au<^
readiug our agricultural departuieut.
?Ifyuwunttu find out' just how
mean and dishonest yu hev bin, git a
nouiiuashuu ttud run fur iuo offia.
Srnhiqlc.?Wo are glad to know
that the fartuors on the line of rail
road from Camden to Clareniout
are planting largely in grain this year.
This oiiunue is perceptible in passing
ovurthe Ca union Brunch.
Redi.ckd. ? Superintendent Solomons
of the S. 0. R. li. was in the eity last
week, and we learn that the fare to
Charleston and return, during the Fort
Moultrie Centennial will be reduced to
tit roe dollars. Cheap enough I One
good aet of the S. C. K. H. for the poo
plo of this section.
A large assortment of pare syrups
and exo^jleat soda water at Kirkley's.
Paid Lop AIM.?Lest there be sOiue
who think everything appearing in our
local department is our own, w? beg lo
sty that suoh Hi not the esse. Sercnd
If. to
in
advertising.
r ?
Fin* ? About 12 o'eloak on W Sat
urdny an alarm of fire vu sounded,
which brought oat the department. Fire
wan dwcovorvd in a small frame house
belonging to Capt. Wm. Ojbura, just
below hie brick run^e on Broad street,
and waa extinguished without the aid1
of the engine* aud with no duuiago to
the building.
Csntsykial.?Gen James Chesnat laj?
on our table two ekl mamiaeript papers,
bearing date respectively of I78U sad 1700.
The one Is a poetlo petition to the Honorable
Town Oounoll, and. tho other Is a lax rcceipt
for 1787. whtati toads as fellows.
Reed from Jasper Button eight pounds
fourteen Shillings A-eight pence In fall for
his Ptahlich TaaS 1*0 year 1787.
}i > > ' fcEN CAUTBR, Collector.
8d June, 1788.
Mail Contracts.?The foltowing
mail contracts have been awarded to the
followiog percent for the term of four
years :
From Camden to Lancaster, two trips
per wcefc, Silas Ingram, contractor,
9590 per year. P. O. address, Jefferson,
ffib. , -
From Lancaster to Camden, weekly,
T. F. MeLemore, $338.
> **** I
Para ice-cold soda water can always
be had at the Arctic Fountain.
v Apoloqv.?Wo regret thst the aHiclc
of "J. R. M.", which appears in this is
sue, was orowded out of last week's pa.
per, though it was in typo ready fur the
prcrn. However, good things keep
well, and so we bring it out today. In
this connootion, we bSg to thank K.
M.", for his contribution* to thfe Oa
ckttk, and to assure him that ho will
always find a plaoe in Its oolumns for his
articles.
"We tender thank* to P. P. Qeither,
jr.. Poetmceter at Liberty Hill, for a
club of ten nabnoribere. That ie right
?fetch the oolored people to reed end
they will be thervbj rendered indepen
duet of corrupt touobere." ,
Wo rcgfot, however, thnt Ihe money
did not eooowntinj the lint of oatni ? ;
?ad ere therefore foroed to decline en
tering thvM upon our book*. In thl*
eannoodun, we wink it dut>netly uud? r
?tood thut no nante* wil1. be eddod to
owr lint without ihe nnlworiptioote peid
w advance.
f
flnuous ir Tin/*.?-TKero m * rumor
tMu M?('roery, Love k Co- tho grout
dry good* mem of <V?Wmilk, wiH bo
CMitel by the gmnd lory of Bioh
, at tfco ne*t torn of oourt, ftr ?d
roriiainf to auiy of thair gooda at C?b
uloaily low pri**, m4 thereby endow
goring the (MM of tlu public, who are
in oonweqnenoo wopfleotieg every otWr
Intoroet but that of aeeaHeg borg|iua
Wo hnro the a?aaanoa, however, that
they will bo able to hiaod off the grand
f. and In tho ead oofdvoo to tfce
ilio bipplneaa. it.
MU wan
VatokLrk^f
want par* toe col l * *U wafer,
'? Artio VotmtM*.
OVWt TUB Wj
pleuara of s ride to the exUmii
tuio* of the Mown. Bat
bet Tk**!*; afternoon, and foo?,
la a Lxwllhy and forward j
awl off
We wort yLrtkwfelj rtrock
b?a?tjr of the
vkora tew
and 100 oowa and calve* in fine
Mr. Colter, who ha* eportal eh
the Mock department, kuowe
manage hi* department of vhie C
plantation, a* la attested by the
condition of the Mock, and the
&i with which Batten aye
Mceam. Bourn are fertaoatc
iag ao weU Informed a planter aa
M. Watt* at the head of their \
interest..' AU in all?we'd like
a little larto lake that.
*:
. OoftapwMM.
: LitUr tread too7 Thwsckua.
Daaa Mr. Urn ?Pw b?caM busy with
the public eatuetaiament that 1 and Tbwacfc
utn ke?ps,lhat I hatw't writ to you in atofag
Urn*, la fao I've beea so bo.aered with
doctor* tad kimuaooo. and Ickspurta, and
fast color*, and aailnsees and
made a tow a at to lot whiskey
Wo again far It* through tain
ki; ikat it all
<a*a will not bar good sa*e enough
bias dags and bo thakful anls r nftnore
about it. It aaadadad mo for all ii*e?wofctd
Mr. bole, tff lit* pow*wow long ago, when,
a hard *h?!Yad Milforite tackled Thw^oWuto
about predestination an the oeud a the
world. Now, Tbwackum i* a harattooaj well
meauing aoul; l?ut he won't give uptoenny
body on tU* round circle of th* atrth but
B*. 80 at it they went, a talking and i rwt
?oaing, aad aquotingaoripter, anda tauiup
ing my labia till I waa afeard they'd treak
it; and if ary one of em understood wl at ho
waa a drivia at hiptself. I'm sure it wai mora
aor I and tot bar one did. I'd *odn 'are rured
Thwackum of sack nonsense, but I waa i feervi
of tho praaober; So I sot there gioatlu over
tha talk t had la store for bin w he* the
preacher was done with him well 1 ( II in.
to a aouud sleep and forget all about lt^> But
always since then, wheu thar'e a preacher'
on hands, I gives Thwackum a short
beforehand, so as to keep his mouth
under the homily. But 1 often see it's
task tor the poor feller. Aud so too,
litis lime out I'll take care to have no wb[
on my table when than* doctors, or kimtaW,
or eckxpurts, or theiu thai would malM be
lieve ?? thar.
I^and Tli wuckum arc g;ttin along reasonably
Mr. Lode, cousideriu the hardness of the
limes. Our table's a lengtheuin atnf our
guestH it;creanin fr ?m week tj w alt and 'tho
s -ute of them haiui either goi the iiiuuHnes*
or haint got tlTa money to pay us our dues
promptly, we bop a none w|l have the
heart to swindle us, but that all will come
up with the cash in the fall when their
poekets ar# full. If they dont I t hall be
down on *?in like a duck upou a juna btwj.
My stars, Mr. Loele, how sorry I am for
Wiuney Dolly and Jetuiiuy Theputnpy.?
Tbey' ve even come down totakiu in nifrgers
and vag^ibonea in tbelraniertaiuiaeut at the
"Modest Influence. And they do coaai'em,
and wh<.e-Jle 'em and pel em up atidpologixe
for eiu to such a degree. If one of the tagi>
bones is caught filchiuga hsnkercher, tl By'11
conic quick to the rescue with a polligy like
this: "Oh, sir !" or "nh, mint I b< s a
gentleman, 1 don't think he meant any I arm
by it.'' Poor things 1 I hope they get ^aid
sometliiu for it. Nary one on em's mat rio.i
yet. Thepumpy, poor, desr little ttottl's,
waited and wished, aud wished and wailed
till she's took the nuiuplepsy, and in alll^ke
lihood won't now marry at all, I never hfard
of tha ailmeni before, but no doubt a medical
aitspurt could ntl:.i< it. Poor dear Thepum.
py, my and Thwaokum'a boat's at her se^Vic#
whenever aha needs it to row her up ; tho
river aad give her a salt bath to war
her blood like, if that would do ber any i
-Pur ra tolly aad truly Mr. Loele, I love I
putapy and Wiuny Dolly too, if they]
serve mew little meanly about that ki*
I'd writa a?ore Mr. Lue!e, but the
mo.?Your* Haspectful.
GRANNY'S QUART]
Till* ha* been the dtyeats<aaon. with
in the nietpjtyiy of thu oldest inhabitant.
Choppingixxtoti has boen the everyday
life of the fwuicr. Geo Green ha* hud
to auoootiib ut every stroke.
?Corn looks remarkably well for
?ory dry weaih'sr. We predial
Qr*? ayQuarter will haul oorn
way thisVneon. .
We have * fine flourishing Sur
sAeol under lbs aeperiotowdsoee of oar ^
kind friend Oapt. J. T. Mickle and we
venture the assertion that them is so
other country school in the county that
oan beat them kinging, or that have mkde
more progrww in their studies.
. Baa Kcrahaw county a School Coin *
mtsaioner, or does DU(. No 8 belong! to
this couniy. We mean no offoooe, mere
ly aek for information, as a very worthy
young lady and oompetent tcaeher
taught hero for some time, under fch?f
impression that Dist. No. 8 belonged to
Kerohaw County, and that some remun
eration would be made for said s^rvipe.
There is lost water in the <ireck
now than we have ever aeen before at
this sesaoa of the year.
You told ou us about the turkfey*.
The hoys have been around, and we talk
ed with one whose conversation didn't
sound like Duoon and Peas Tor dinner.
Wo saw our oraol? in politics on Fri
day evening. Ho hud chutted with tho
oounty th.tirinan and felt confident dbtn
muuicative, wo Assumed a listdiing
attitude and waited, applied the color
tcrt and frit catisHod, and as he drevo
?ff over tho oroek we couid'i't hfclp
hielinji U't r and ga*e throe chejre for
Got. Ohamberlaiu.
We kuow tw>' men, good fn rotors
aod in evrry way patriotic feeling, and
knowing the forne of god example, who
planted less coUon this year than Ust.
They d %dn '( Amm the teed.
Hlea?> aay to our esteemed friend
Butte of Flat Kook that we Quarter
no him for any ofliu* he wishca *wud
butt him io. Jj i
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ANTIOCH jTEMS. ?
From on OtMMlonnl Corresponding '
Cotton is generally small.
Corn U necdiug rain very much. |
General Green is tho bravest of them
all.
& ?
Those who have bees are havii
ateeet time of it.
Wlieo blackberries oone we'll be j
tolerably witty. Then eome to tfce1
No pereon dead ; and but few
riftgea; ao 1 guee<|?ur highly popu
man will uei
eHoeined clergyman will get on the
nothing stool, uiilvaa the j'Qiiug tueii
punctually the debts they owe the J
tail tome along, gentlemen, j
uWf lack." The ladies aro admil
fcewcwelent, eharit*bk>, domestic, *
teal, forgiving, genrrous, hodfiet., it
triows, judieiou*, kind, loving, pleekact,
quiet, mleeU^g, auber, teader, una tic
ami wise. 8$'
? a ? '
Old Times in Camdeo.
K P*? Pionmn or tun Paj*.
^ Hunan* 8. .v
Tba vrllw of tkw c?? d<> bitu?el.
no grcetar plaaaaf*. la thla r*on?MW>?. ?a?J
Wo d? ao greettr htor h? tb? raadrra rftk*
Oakiits tb-n. by iaecniac tha angola*!
IMMptnr'
M(? River, was during the war of the
Kerolaiiou the principal [k< utof*?ter
eel lo Ute middle oouwtry. I( wm the
hendqnertonioe Cornwallis, Kawdon end
Tarletoo, end the so*oe of two pitched
bet t lee There ire many localities in end
about it eoaooctcd therewith that have
their "tale to tell.'' We will, with yoor
permieeion, attempt the description or
otw of three, thinking ihat iu this Ceo>
tenaial J ear b might not be amies to re
? mind our Northern coumiia, at our own
time and in oar own manner, that am
ton,"fought with Pompey and hia legion
"and therrfoie chern (ho right, as did
hi* old eoluier, to lay a chaplet withered
it maj be with the caret and eorrowe
that ue around us, and make libation,
though but a stogie drop ofaaerod wine,
upou hie grave, u * . '?'< ' . "? ?**
still called, in the bi^h MM overlooking
Ibe town of Camden, about two ? mike
from the old site. It waa occupied by
Oen. Greene oo April 25, 1781, with
lis army hvldiug in check Lord Rawdoe,
the British general, who waa ahat np io
the town 9t Camden. The large flat top
pine under Which Qco. Greene's tent
was pitched is still standing immediately
on the edge of tbe road, and commands
n view into the towo itself. About a
quarter, of a mile or Urn from thi? point,
, under the crest ofn steep hill, breaks out
one of the finest springs, we aay it ad
visedly, one of the finest springs of wa
ter iu the world. Itwasuttliia spring
that Greene's men wets washing their
ulothes ; an operation, as Col. Lee tells
us, that hud long been delayed und was
much needed. Rawdon advanced upon
our led flank, which Grceno considered
completely covered by the thick swomp
made by the wuters of the Hprmcas they
flowed for some hull tnilo before joining
the crock ; the two together forming, as
wuP'irdpposcd, an impenetrable harrier.
Theburprisc was complete , in Col. LeeV
on words, "We wore absoibed iu thes?'
employments (cooking and washing,)
the period was very propitious for the
enemy's object; hi* advance was never
dieeovctud uot 1 bis van f 11 upon our
pickets." AndfoG n Greene, a gnlluot
man and a good soldier, with some of
the vory b*4t>regiments in Washington's
army, confident of his ntrength, sat nt
Ills tent door that pleasant Apnl day,
more tliun a bundled years ago, looking
dowa the big roud, exporting wo presume
to see and hear Lord Ruwdon'a trumpet
with terms of surrender ; it was ten o'
clock in the day, too; it was not to be
expected. But llawdon took the soldier's
rules, to supprise your enemy, strike him
where he I n t expectsyor, a d that, of
oourae, is where he is strongest. He
had but nine hundred men to Greene's
twelve or fifleen hundred. ; We had n
great grandfather who was an offioer in
Tarleton'a logionary infantry, so take
quite an iuterest in what waa going on ;
we do not'ntlnd telling this at thia late
day, as we bad n grandfather 'on the
other aide, whe wm with flaw
Kershaw's body Mrvatr, tod til, whan
we knew liito, Col. Cha.?nut's carriage
driver, ha* told us that ho went out *?f
Camden with llnwdon's army, with the
host Whig intentions we presume, but
which would fot prevent hit which
evor side might win. and that th^y
were to orowi two branches before they
made the attack, so as to get into Green's
rear, but utado the mifttuko of oonsider*
ine a small branch head, that rather
made ?>ttt of the main creek than iatoit,
aa one of those landmarks in the topo
graphy of the march, when It wa? not
to nave been so held ; and so turned to
the left and marohed up the right after
crossing the spring branch sixty years
after a dense thicket, as we well remem
ber, for wc built a house upon the very
rpot where llawdon crossed the branch
and turned the hend ?<f his column to the
led to fall upon Greene, who, sitting in
his tcntMlo^r a qnnrter of a mile of^ was
looking for hiin down the big road.
IT WAS A BOLD 8TROKB,
and Rawdou chanced it heavily. If
Oreeno had heard hit hpproach in timo
to form his line and begin h? movement
oven, Rawdon would have been lost?the
grocuid was in Qroeoc's fiivor, down hill.
Ruwdon hud n swamp on either flank
and h deep creek behind him?but that
"if" was in his favor ; as Col. Lee has
?aid, "his advance was not dinoovered
until hia van fell upon-tho piokets." The1
two in frrmt commanded by Capt. Ben
son, of Maryland, and Capt Morgan, of
Virginia, reoeivod him hnndj?omely (but
tho pickets must tavo been very near
(he main body; this the ground shows)
and rotiring in order disputed bravely
every iuoh of ground, supported by
Kirkwood with the ramains of the Del
aware regiment, enoainped almost in or*
der of battle. While the fight with the
picket* uiid Kirkwood's Delaware* wu
going on, Green established hit* line of
buttle. Thus tho steadiness of Oreobo's
troope euahlo him, in spite of the sup
pri<?, to ohook tho British advanoo. Just
then debarred ono of those unfortunate
tokos that htippen to the bust tfuops
and bravest men. In the words of Col.
l>ee, ' In this flattering moment the ve
torau regiment of Ounny, having first
joinud in the fire in violation of order*,
paused, its right falling back. Gunby
unfortunately directed the disordered
btfftolioo to rully by retiring to its' right
company. At this the British giving a
shout pressed forward with redoubioa ar
dor. and the rogimout of Qunby, oousid
ered as (he bulwark of tho array, uever
reoovered. Williams, with Qunbv. as
suited by Lieut ,-0ol. Howard, who hud
no often nod so gloriously borne down
with this very regiment all opposition,
vainly exerted themselves to bring it to
ariler.' Not the menaces of the otte, the
expostulation of the other, nor theaxhor*
Utioun of the third, nor the recollection*
of it* pristine fame, oould raiea its cow
ering spirit." We do not mesa to wea
ry with a special description of the fight,
which is familiar to all reader* of Revo
lutionary history, and have only done
this niuoh to lunrouod our locality with
who associ itions that belong to it.
Uroeti commanded (his retreat, which wan
oondueted in good time ftnd order', *eoV
?rod by bis uubiwfceft' regiment and ' ''
Mt. He by a
the Bruiah home an
wbo attempted ponitit,
fet ike artilery. UncM
Milk a fortified
Creek, twelve
?fed bald ike pod
tf Mr iUddc fouujth
The result of th * affair,
Military point of view on
Kawdoa'o Mi, prodecvd eo nenuaneut
bene* to Uke British army. Mau?uvr
iof: On both jMe* of (he river tod never
s r\jmg emoofito attaek Greeoe^with any
chanoe of MMlw, who waft eooatantly
three toning Km, he evacuated the town
pf Camdva, burning ehurchce, will* and
jail, end oarffhg n embers of the Koyal
uta fam.liea.jrith him who preferred to
remain uedev the proWcttou of hia flag.
Time area* oa, the war wae over and
nothing mailed the aoeno of the fierce
battle, we hare spoken of exoept two
^uiounds where tho deed men lay ; one on
the top of tba hill immediately on the
rjadaide, aboei two hundred yarJa in
(font of when Geo. Greene'a tent waa
pitohed, thffbther deeper iu the woods,
near the ailge of Uie ravine where the
spring nrnftia out. When we first re*
member they eould be rebogoiaed by a
luxuriant growth of the largust kind of
whorilebeyR bushes. Relic* of all kind
scoumalaJLgmfuihot, small .rma. We
bad* a beautifulpocket pistol with a
golden fukfa tilling on a gtobe inlaycd
up n tho bajnvt, sud tho larger mound
00 tlie roadflde caved into the road nnd
axhau>?d <{M? ?kelctoc?8, with numbers
of flat brafebattous of the Eighty third
Ytgimeut, BtHbh proving that the poor
fellowa whf> eame so fur to get their bil
1 eta, had b{M buried with tboir martial
cloaks aroaod Jlhero, not airippei!, at
Atlefiuld.
Edvard Mortimer, Ksq, a youns
Charlcstoojgu, ouuie to Camden seeking
tha lady ilUirtinb It la wife.
This Hiring,a pleasant ride of two milca
frvin ihotown, iu the heart of the breexy
piuclaud*, k proved to have been a place
uf rofcurt tCthat time, for the fact thai
this gcutlciuari, on the occasion of some
convivial meeting at the spring, con
ceuLd a bottle of something good to
drink,' ?rtno, or probably "oofrnoo,"
w i-key"was not in QMejihem.) with the
iiiuaitmn </ returning with a few eboaen
spirits to refresh themselves. He wvut of
a p'casant, viviucous temperament, sim
ilar, we presume, to that ot his son,
Col. Sanity} 4i. Mortimer, a gontleofin
well kuuwu in your citjr. flfj was de
tec-ted, and. l?fcourse, fuund nothing but
the empty bottle. The laugh was a
gain*t him, but he bore it good humor
edly, and the spring was called for him,
^MORXlMEU'a Bl'RINO."
This is-the story us we gut it from old
Col. ChenimC, who 'rememb(rod the ioci
dcriL Time went on, and Hobkirk's
llili and^Mortimer's $pring"remainod
iu ttftoondition that Groeoe aud llawdon
liad found and left them. Camden,
pent upoufita ridge next to the river,
hud not bjroken bounds, but was restric
ted within an area upon which no?hou*e
built prior to*1800 is standing now. The
year JmjB proved a very sleklv one, and
u alalia I fever of a fatal tvpe showed it
*14'in thetowu, many of its oldest in
habitants dying from the effeot of it. As
a oousf^uasee, we find in a copy of the
" now before us:
"Junk 30, 1817.
willing lo dispose
acre each,
the peipyiul uae or the aprfng oa the
south mi4o of 'Mortimei's spring'bnoeh.
kJoHM KlMHAV."
?rshaW, Esq., the gentleman
whose owie is to the above advertise
meet, (he wan the father of Gen. Joseph
B. Kershaw,) owned these lands, and it
see ma i* willing to sell (boa. Dr. Ed
ward U. Anderson, whe waa authority
on all matters of hygiene in thoee days,
and for a long time after, advocating tho
measure of? summer recreat, he with a
Few others, merchants and professional
moo, (the planter* as ? general rule had
pine land t-ettlementa on their planta
tions,) purchasod lots, and built on them
in easy aoo?*s to the spring, in what they
called the Village of 'J?irkwood," in
honor of that gallant Capt Kirkwood,
who with his remuaut of the Delaware
line bad supplied on that very spot Mor
gan and Beuson so gallantry, and ena
bled Greene t?? ruoover from his surprise
uud re-establish his line of battle. As
schoolboys we always thought that Kirk
Wood was killed ou that occasion, and
then and there hia gallant spirit hsd
tsfcsn its flight. It wonld hare been
more poetical, but unfortunately we find
in after reading that it was not true.
H's fate was, indeed, a hard one. Tho
regiment of Deluwarcs, the only one
famished by thut State, dinned with the
Marylaud linv hh tho very beet of tfco
Gentenui:tl troops. This regiment lost
ull Of its field officers at tho buttle of
Cumdun, (Gates'a defeat,) and was al
most annihilated, being reduced to two
companies, ooinmanded by Kirkwood as
the oldest captain; but he fought it
through the war with most distinguish
ed courage at Guilford Courthouse,
tiutaw Springs, flobkirk, aud, iudood,
whcrooTer else bravo men and good sol
diers were needed we fiud "Kirkwood
and hie Dolawaree." It it had boea in
the tough old d^yi pf ohivulry, rude as
they may aoem to ua now, fair and high
born women would have buckled on hie
?pun of gold, and kings hove called him
oommde. But mark the sequel. The
liue of Delewt>re, consisting of but one
fagiaient. and that feduood toacap a'n'a
ooinoiand, Kirk wood, never oould le
promoted in regular routine. Those are
words of "Light Horse Ilarry Lee."
Tho sequel is singularly hard ; Ilirk
wood retired upon pcaoe as cuptoin, and
when the am.v under St. Clair was
raised to defend the West from the In
dtaos, this vetoran resumed his sword
as the eldest oaptain of tho oldoet regi
ment. In the doeisiv* defeat of the
4th of November the gallant Kitkwood
fell, bravely sustaiuiug hia point of the
aetion. it was the thirty.third timo he
had risked hia life for hia country, snd
ho died as he had lived.
THK PitAVK, MIOtlTOfcOt;*, UNMWARDW)
ill it iv win; is.
Dr. Edward A adenou, who took tuoh
intetfeet Id oet*bliahing tbo retrent, wm
hiniawif a Mary!aiid?r. Ho hud an nnoJo
whd was Major in the Maryland liaa,
and lad participated in tneno buttle*.
The nu mory of it all wm dear to. him.
and a* he oounted tha Ddnwaiea in, he
paid tbia juat tribute to the brare, tho
roarltorous unrewarded Kirk wood. For
U^anf yearn Kir a wood w ia a viliago of
aatafl houaea, auitod only for suanior,
their occupants eoaiiu^
r* ig bosk into towa to
Am bard fH**; bat finally tho io?u
bounce were given up. and moiw per*
MHiH rakiciwt built, aod tho village
of Kivkwood b *>?c a reeugutawl locaJi
tjf, giviug Ua mom to all ib? surround
inge, aad tho old mm of "MurUmcr
Spring" baa btoiM a rvlia of th? past.
T b ? "pout taaboone," immediate!)
arouud the spring, was bought out by a
aingle proprietor, and vlegmut grouuda
kid out, with i*h pood, tertaeee, aod
shrubbery, aod the wild batik field of
nearly a Hundred years ago ia to-day one
of the ttioet attractive spots iu the South
ern country. Thousand* were speut by
the late proprietor. Mr. Wui. K. John
am, and with eminent auocees. to 1 make
? the deeert blossom like the rote." TUe
old "Mottii&cr Spriug;" with a halt*
doaoo wvhers, olourod out aud flood up,
pour oat a column of lite purest water
auffieieut to make a small lake, that, with
its vines, shrubbery and traillug rues,
make up a eeeoe of rorj beauty. Some
years ego*, but after its embellishment
tt so happened that it was the writer's
duty to show Mr. Bnucruft, the historian,
over this battlefield. He was going over
the Hsvolutiouary battlefields of the
South with a view to their description.
We were rather proud of exhibiting this
tub auow-pukOK or the vp-cou.ttrt
to one of the aoltd men of Boston, and
watched him curiously as he stood, note
book in hand, conjuring to the miud's
??yea all the features of a heady fight
rbe rcd.couts in Iront pushing through
the denae thicket, their bayoneta glan
cing in the gmun leaves, driving bctorc
them Morgan of Virginia, and Benson
of Msrylund, with their pickets, back
upon the reserve. "Kirkwood und his
Ltolewurcs.' who stop the British rush
and give them something to thiuk about;
step by step these brave men fall back
before the bull (John Bull) by the
horns, though tboy give way before him.
(No finer sight in warfare than to see a
stubborn rear-guard holding in cheek
the rush of a victorious enemy.) Gun
by, ilowurd and Williams', with the
Virgiuiuns, rapidly forming their lino
of battle aerotMi the crcst of the hill, the
roar of tho cauuou aud the rattle of the
musketry, converting at once the w?shor
tneu and cooks iuto veteran soldiers ;
aud Grccm), that brave and stainless
soldier, (for ho was all ot that,) no Ion.
gersittiug iu liis tent door und looking
down the rood to Camden, but iu the
, saddle briugmg ordi r out of clmos. We
thought he hod iu all, our historian,
but
TI1E URAL 8CENK
ffu so different. ' NThe still waters lay
ing between the hill* like a mountain
urn, reflecting a thousand varying
shadows iu their clour depths. The
song of birds, the rush of the waterfall,
the breath of spring playing over it all,
loaded with the aoeut of curly flowers;
made up a "scene from Arcady." The
"seer's" vision scfined troubled, the
"concrete" was too much for the "ab
strict." '-Sir," suid he, emphatically,
they have spoiled the battlefield."
Luudscape gardening was just then cer
tain lj at a discount with Mr. Bancroft.
A young friend, who lisps iu uumbcrs,
submits the following. It tells iu owu
story.
In oldon time with pike and sword
A t ?tcrnljr gathorlng there,
To guard the banner of Uio Lord
Fleroe mon had knolt Hi prayer,
And now within my "flrnt" doth r?l?o
Th? true heart's solemn song of praise.
florae wander then along with no,
old onlu' kindly shudo,
And I
Martian
Aohllil uow oould
My *'Moond" tall you If ho would.
The bending pine responsive calls,
In murmur* floating through the air,
My "whole'Hutt where yon fountains fblls
Sounding tho soft name everywhere.
A naruo amid the auddou routo
And fleree attack, a battle shout.
Hark I to the cry, 'tis ringing yet,
You cannotsure that name forget.
Camden. March 81, lttTO.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
DRUGS & MEDICINES,
Hodgson & Dunlap,
fjESPKCTKUIjLY invitb attention
iV to their stock of
DRUGrt,
MEDICINES,
TOILKT ARTICLES,
FANCY GOODS,
PAINTS,
' OILS,
VARNISHES,
. GLA8S,
PUTTY,
And ovcry articlo usually to bo found in
a
FIRST CLASS DRUG STORE.
rjPBCIAI. attention Is railed to tho AI,AT)l>
p IN HKdUIUTY OIIi, which wo kopp on
hand. This Oil Is warranted to stand a Klre
Tost of t.W K. It Ih the cheapest and most
economical oil In una. and can bo used In all
coal oil or kerosono oil lamps.
pitEBCIUPTIOtfa carefully compounded.
be found anywhere.
_
rfiOILKT AflTIfTLRfl. Be ?nr? to examine
1 our largo etoek of theee good* before mnk
(tiff purebiMMw. Our iitock U large and hund
wme,
CIOARBI CIO AIW II Smoker* ehould try
our real Ilavanna Hgorit, which are nre
nounced PAH KXCKLLKNl'K by thO Iwbt Ju Jg*>?.
All Medicinem purchated from ?? may
l>r relied upon at l*ure and Genuine ?
Onr Stock u freth and composed of the
be*t artic/et. x
n?Tl7tf IIOIMJSON A DUNLAP.
Important Notice.
OrncB Cowr-T CoMMiMrosr.no Khrshaw Co.
Cnm'len 8. C., Apt., 20th, 1870.
NOTICKU hereby to person*
holding claim* ngnhisi Knmlinw coun
ty, whioh accrued between November flnrt,
187#. N'??nl?r flMt, 1874, thnt th?y
nre required hy joint resolution of the Gen
eral Aiwembly, ?<> register the w?m? withfc
ninety days, with the Clerk of the BoOTm of
County CommtMlonem, for Kerohaw County;
who will he In hi? office e<r?lry day during
thin period, prepared to register the seme. '
By Order of the Board.
' W. II. R. WORKMAN,
apt 20 ui3. Ciurk.f
18761 SPRING & SUMMER 1873 !
f H. BARLCll .
fci* 0 x
to announce the arrival of his Spring and Summer ?to?k which is compleU
io ftery department, coutaiumg many novelties ditfervui Irvu uuything utiurwl*
J THE CLIMAX IS REACHED.
GOODS OF ALL SORTS ARE VERY CHEAP-'
t ^ / *
CHEAPERTHAN THEY HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS, AND IT WOULD
BE ADVISABLE TO PURCHASE FOR FUTURE USE.
Qlfif ~SP?CJi,~?l< TF IS WHITS GOOVS.
oim sPEcm&TF is wbitjseoofts*
INCLUDING STYLES AND TRICKS NEVER EQUALED IN THIS MAR
i KET.
} ?
LACE* PIQUES, NAINSOOKS, LAWNS, EMBROIDERIES,
MUSLINS, CAMBRICS, BATISTE, TRIM MINGS,
SWISSES, x ? TARLKTON, BRILLIANTS, HANDK'FS,
JACONETS, ORGANDIES, , LACES.
| AN ELEGANT LINE OF NEW
DRESS GOODS, DRESS GOODS, DRESS GOODS,
ar purees waica s/eft coMrsrtTio/r.
TIES. TIES. TIES. TIES.
A LARGE AND VARIED ASSORTMENT IN BOTH SILK AND LACE
AT PRICES WHICH CANNOT KAIL TO PLEASE.
DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT.
*^VT1i}x department is well Stocked and includes niauy of tha beatjbraods at actual
cost of manufacture.
1 PRINrS 6c BEST STANDARDS AT 8c.
J 4-4 LONG CLOTH 9e AN EXUELLENT;A11TICLE AT 10c
4-4 SEA ISLAND BRO. 10c.
ALSO AN ELEGANT LINESOF
CLOTHING. CLOTHING. CLOTHING.
New Fabrics and Styles. Pices Very Low.
> GENTS FURNISHING GOODS. EVERYTHING DESIRABLE.
Shoes. Shoes. Shoes.
BETTER, CHEAPERITHAN5EYER.
HANDSOME SELECTIONS OF PARASOLS AND FANS. OTHER
GOODS TOO NUMEROUS TO ENUMERATE.
Wo shall oontinuc to receive additions to tho abovo line of goods, sod those in
search of
GEisrTTiirsrzE]. :b.a.:r,q-^_i:?TS
Will certainly find it greatly to their advantago to inspect our stock beforo
making purchases.
t March29
H. BARUCH.
w. l mm
) , ft V* ?/'
V %* ?'
Offers Extra Bargains
. * ftt&i
?*? ?'
IN HIS NEW AND ELEGANT STOCK
OF
; S&giwe ultra Svmmks Goods
i
NO USE TO 00 TO
A.. T. STEWART,
I WILL SELL YOU'AS
CHEAP AT IIOMK.
CALL AND SEETHE NEW CENTENNIAL STYLES
IN LADIES' AND GENTS'
>
FINTE SHOES.
m jl AMwmM:
ap 12 tf: ,
a
Iron, Steel, Plows, &c.
Tho Scbaoriber haa In Store the logout and Beat Variety of
PLOW, TIRE, BAND, and IIOI18E SHOE IKON, PLOW and OAST STEEL,
HALF SHOVEL and BULL TONGUE PLOWS,DIXON COTTON
SWEEPS, HEEL BOLTS. CLEVI0K8, WAGON and
TRACE CHAINS, HALTERS, BACK BANDS and
IIAMES, PATENT GRAIN CRADLES. JiMado
Expreaaly to My Own Order, and Superior
to all othera?try them. Grain
aud Gran* Sc\tl>o Snaths,
Scytho fctonea,
ko.
To bo Found in this City*
lie hns the agency for the celcbnak-d Watt Plowa and the (Jrangor Friend
Plow*. The (lllANOKK FHIKND i"lowa I guarantee will, givo satisfaction, or
the low prioe pnid vitl be refunded. All gooda warranted aa represented, and
prio<* aa low aa tho loweat
AlU orders accompanied with cash or satiafactory city refcronccs, willhavo
pro nipt and careful attention.
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COLUMBIA. SOLTII CAROLINA.
(N#xt Door to Perry & Blaw*>n? Cigar and Tobaoco 8tore.)
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