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?PRECIOUS TATTERED EMBLEMS."
Unlit ? Kla* of ih? 4btl> VhffluU lnf?ntrx.
'I hero in no <Iu?? of tUe capture of thin ling.
ttiltti Tt ui>e??r? K?Klm< ut Itattlfi llu*.
Captured ut Hwiloj'u ( Vaek, April 1, lHttft.
IHE VALIANT 'ORPHAN BRIGADE'
?yld. Porter Thompson, Jr., Compiler o I Con
federate Accords, State of Kentucky.
The "Orphan Brigade" wa? com
posed of the Hecond Kentucky In
fantry; Fourth Kentucky Infantry;
Fifth Kentucky Infantry; Sixth Ken
tucky Infantry; Ninth Kentucky In
fantry; Byrne's, Graves' and Cobb's
Kentucky Batteries, and tho First
A Charge by Forrest's Cavalry.
Kentucky Cavalry was also attached
to. this brigade, and the men of thiB
regiment" were designated "adopted
orphans. '
The "Orphan Brigade" wait known
as one of the finest brigades In either
army. The following extract froin an
t article by Professor N. S. Shaler, a
rtrong Union man, published in Scrib
nt*r's Magazine (1 890) will show
something of the brigade's standing
among those who had followed its
career: ? * "Some years ago I
jought carefully to find a body of
troops whose ancestors had been for
many generations upon our s.oll, and
. whose ranks were essentially unmixed
with foreigners, or those whose fore
fathers had been but a short time
upon this continent. It proved dif
ficult to find in the Northern armies
any command which served the needs
"of the Inquiry which I desired to
make. It seemed necessary to con
sider a force of at least f>000 men in
order to avoid the risks which wo. Id
come from Imperfect data. In otir
Federal Army It was the custom to
put In the same brigade regiments
from different districts, thus com
mingling commands of pure Amer
. 'can blood with those that had a con
tlderable percentage of foreigners or
men of foreign parents. I found In
ny Inquiry but one command that
vSer.crnl I?. (*. T. Hcaurvgard.
tatlsficd the need of this Investiga
tion, and this wa? the First Flrlgado
of Kentucky troops, in the Confed
6rate Army." * *
When first recruited, this brigade
sontalncd about FiOOO men. From
the beginning It -proved as trust
worthy a body of Infantry ns ever
aiarcbed or stood In line of battle,
tts .military record is too long, too
~ rarled. to even bo summarized here.
I will note only one hundred and
twenty (120) days of Its history In
the closing stages of Its service.
On May 7, 186-4, this brigade, then
In the army of General Job. K. John
iton. marched out of Dalton, On.,
1140 Htroug, at the beginntng of the
great retreat upon Atlanta before the
army of Sherman. In the aubsequent
one hundred and twenty days, or un
til September 3, the brigade was al
most continuously In actio or on the
m^rch. In thin period the mon of
the command received 12 60 death
or hospital wounds, the dead counted
as wounds, and but ono wound being
counted for efich visitation of the
hospital. At the end of (his time
there were Icbb than fifty men who
had not been wounded during the
one hundred and twenty dt>ys. There
were two hundred and forty men left
for duty, and less thau ten men de
serted.
A search into the history of war
like exploits Tms failed to sh6\v~mo
any endurance to the worst trials of
war surpassing this. We must re
member that the men of this com
mand were at each stage of their re
treat going farther from their fire
sides. It Is easy for men to bpar
great trials under circumstances of
victory. SoldlerB of ordinary good
ness will stand severe defeats. but to
endure the despair which such ad
verso conditions bring for more than
a hundred days demands a moral and
physical patience, which, bo far as I
ahuftH, but, oh, let ub not forget the
no Icbb heroic Burvlvora! Let ub In
our every-day Uvea Bulwtantlully and
practically show our sympathy for the
Monument to TVrry'B Texns I Iji 1 1 i-k.
living heroes of the "Lost Cause."
For though their cause is lost they
romaln and still live, but it will not
bo long before the last Confederate
J AM KM K. ItANDAM,
Author of "My Maryland."
MARYLAND.
Written at I'ointe Coup#*, !>?., April 29,
IRfll. l''il?t published ill the New Orleana
Delta.
Tho despot's heel in nu iliy uhore,
Maryland!
1 1 in torch i? ut thy templa door,
Mary l? nil !
Avenge the patriotic gore
That Heeked the streets of Ualtimore,
And he (he battle queen of yore,
Maryland! My Maryland!
Hark to an exiled son's appeal,
Maryland !
My mother Stnte, to thee I kneel,
Maryland!
?'or life and death, for woe and weal,
I'liy p'-erh-KH chivalry reveal,
\nd gird thv beauteous limbs with steel,
M ryland! My Maryland!
I'hou wilt not cower in the dust,
Maryland !
?Fhy beaming sword hIiuII n?ver rust,
.Maryland !
Remember t'orroH's sacred trust;
Remember Howard's war-like thrust',
?And all thy Hluntberers with the just,
Maryland! My Maryland!
C-,
trmne! 'Tin th? r?d dawn uf the day,
Maryland !
',,'ome! with thy panoplied array,
Maryland!
With Ringgold's spirit for the fray,
With Watson's hlood at Montcrav.
With pecrlcwi Lowe and dashing May,
Maryland! My Maryland!
Dear Mother, hurst the Tyrant's chain,
Maryland!
Virginia should not call in vain,
Maryland!
She meets her sisters on the plain,
"Sic seinper"? r'tia the proud refrain,
That baffles minions hack amain,
Maryland !
Arise in majesty again,
SCENE ON XENNESAW. wttRRR CONFEDERATES PR0P08ED AN ARMISTICE TO SAVE WOUNDED
ENEMIES FROM BURNING.
? From tho Confederate Veteran.
have learned, lias never been excelled
In any array.
General Joa. E. Johnston, a trained
WeBt Pointer, a veteran of two wars
and a native of. another State, speak
ing of the "Orphan Brigade" said
that they were the finest body c?f men
and soldiers he ever saw In any army
anywhere.
Show Sympathy For the Living
Heroes of the Lost Cause
i
By COL. H. A. LONDON.
Let not only strew flowerB upon
the graves of our heroic dead and per
petuate their memory with marble
soidler will have "Toised the river"
and joined hid comrades with Loe and
Jackson !?
Let not our Ingratitude cause any
Confederate veteran to envy the fate
of his comrades who were slain In
battle. But let a grateful people ren
der proper homago to both the dead
and the living ? fondly cherishing the
memory of the former and rendering
all possible honor and help to the lat
ter!
The main wheel of a watch makes I
460 revolutions a year, the central I
wheel 87G0, the third wheel 70,080, j
the fourth 525, COO and the escape
wheel 731,860.
THE LEE STATUE AT r EXINGTON, VA,
Maryland! My Maryland!
Come ! for tny shield is bright and strong
Maryland!
Come! for thy dalliance does thee wrong
Maryland!
Come! thine own heroic throng.
Striding with liberty along,
And sing thy dauntless slogan song,
Maryland! My Maryland!
I see the blush upou thy cheek,
Maryland!
For thou wast ever bravely meek,
Maryland !
Hut lol there surges forth a shriek
From hill lo hill, frmn creek to creek ?
Potomac calls to Chesapeake,
Maryland! My Maryland!
I hear the distant thunder? hum,
Maryland !
The Old Line bugle, life and drum,
Maryland!
Fhe is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb.
Huzza! She spurns the Northern scum!
She breathes! She turns'. She'll come
She'll come!
Maryland! My Maryland!
? James 11. Randall.
William Oliver, who masqueraded
ns the Marquis do Louvllle, died re
cently at Brighton. England.
M PERSON DAVIS* TRIBUTE TO SOUTHERN WOMEN
In the dedication of his able historical work, "The Rise and Fall of
] * the Confederate Government," President Jefferson Davis pays a hand
some tribute to the women of the South. The Dedication is as follows:
To the women of the Confederacy whose pious ministrations to our
mded soldiers soothed the last hours of those who died from the ob
at of thdir tenderest love; whoso domestic labors contributed much to
the wants of our defendors in the field; whose zealous faith in
our cause shone * guiding star undimmed by the darkest clouds of war;
m.: r ?; --
whose fortitude sustained them under ell the privations to which they
wore subjected; whoso annual tribute expresses their enduring grief, love,
and reverencib for our sacred dead ; and whqs? patriotism will teach their
r revolutionary sires; these pages are children to emulate the deeds of ou
dedicated by their countryman.-^- Jefferson Davis.
DON'T BB AFRAID!
Don't be afraid to work, it i?
healthy physical and mental exercise.
Don't be afraid to hustle, be glad
of the ehanco.
Don't be afrnid to think before
you act.
Don't be afraid to tell the truth.
It ia a pafrt of your honor.
Don't be afraid of imitators. Ori
ginality always bean a trade-mart
Gets at Least Temporary Re
lease from Asylum
FURTHER EFFORTS ARE PLANNED
A a a Result of . Monday's . Pioceod- j
i&ga on a Writ of Habeas Corpus (
Sued Out in au Effert to Have Him
Declarod Legally Sane, He is
Transferred to Jail to Await Final
Decision ou the Writ.
Poughkeepsie, N. V.. Special Tem
porarily nt least, Hurry K. TIiiiw ia
out of the Mat l <mi wan llocpittftj for
the Ctiniiyul Insane. As a result of
the proceedings on t lie writ of ha
focus corpus sued out in an effort to
have hi tn legally deelured sano ho
will remain in tin* Dutches* county
jail until the dual decision <>u tl*)
writ is handed down. The formal
hearing in the case will come before
the Supreme (\?urt here next Mon
day.
The adjournment was taken upon
request! of a representative of the
district attorney of New York coun
ty to give District Attorney Jerome
an opportunity t?>, appear in person
to oppose Thaw's release from the
asylum.
Thaw appeared to In' in excellent
healtli, having gained fully 'JO pounds
in weight since his transfer to the
asylum from the Tombs.
Evelyn Stii] True.
One of the interesting features of
the proceedings was mi announcement
thai Kvelyn Ncsbit Thaw, although
she has hrougbt suit for annulment
of her marriage will appear, if nec
essary. as a witness in her husband's
behalf.
That lie himself unjouhi cdly wlH
go 011 the stand i'fi m* own behalf. A
Russell Pea body ?>ue of Thaw's coun
sel. declared that the prisoner is will
ing to submit to any examination the
court or the district attorney may
desire as proof of his sanity.
The opening of the hearing was de
layed by a conference between Dis
trict Attorney Mack, of Duchess
count v, ami Assistant District Attor
ney (Jarvin, of New York. I
The Merger Suit.
Salt Lake City, I'tnh.. Special. ? II.
H. Rumors and James Stillmnn, nam
ed 11 ri defendants with the llarriman
and other Tftil roads in the merger suit
j of the government , (lied their answers
in the Foderul Court. They, wi I }i K.
II. llarriman. Jacob SchifY and others
and the I'nion Pacific, the Atchison,
Topeka & Sonta Fe, the Southern
Pacific and other railroads are t* harp
ed with unlawful conspiracy in at
tempting to {tain control of other
railroads and restrain and control
commerce between the States.
Mr. Rogers makes a sweeping \leni
nl of every allegation and demands
that the case against him he dismiss
ed because he is not a resident of
Utah district and therefore not with- j
in the jurisdiction of the court. He
also asks that costs he. granted him |
and also damages for injurv to his I
character by reason of tin? allegations
nade against him.
Application Tor Re-Hearing of Shipp
Case.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Special. ? For
mal application was made to tb?
United States Supreme Court in
Washington for the re-opening of the
contempt hearinw of Sheriff .T. F.
Shipp in the Johnson lynching case.
The court is asked to re-appoint
James I"). Maher as special commis
sioner and to authorize him to pro
ceed to this city to take the testi
mony of the two newly discovered eyo
witnesses of the lynching, this com
pleting tho government's ea*e. The
pet. 'lion had been taken under ad
visement by the court, which will not
re-convene until May 18th.
Negro Boy Instantly Killed.
Spartanburg, S. (\; Special. ? Ros
coc Hill, colored, aged 15 years, n de
livery k. >y at the meat market, was
killed Monday afternoon while rid
ing a bieyele on South Church street.
The boy collided with a colored
woman and fell, his head striking the
bitulithic paving with great force,
t killing him instantly. The woman
was not injured.
Lynchburg Man Indicted For Alleged
Embezzlement.
Lynchburg, Va., Special. ? Samuel
II. Taylor, until two months ago
cashier of the American National
Rank of this city, was indicted in the
corporation court on the charge of
embezzling $4 350 from the Ronsack
Machine Company, a local concern. It
is charged that Taylor extricated a
certificate of stock from the stock
book and sold it at the. figure named.
It is claimed that he paid the divi
dends on the shares for two years. lie
has not been arrested.
in fkorrK
Eastman. 'Ja.. Sn?r>nl ? Tom Spiers
shot and killed Oscar and Walter
Stnckey Monday afternoon about (5
o'clock. It seems from reports that
an altercation arose over 'some wor'.t,
en the form of Mr. J. S. Stuckey,
which resulted in Spiers shooting and
killing the young men. The Stuekc\*s
arc among the brtst families in Dodaro
countv, baing highly rcpoctcd and
an quiet and law abiding
citizens.
SOUTH CAROLINA ITEMS
Newsy Items Gathered From the Different Sections of ;
South Carottna.
Handsome Prizes in Ooru Contest.
Columbia, Special.- The field eiv>p
department of tlx* South Carolina
fair ?o????*ly in offering for the
largest yields of cotton and corn on
lilt' acre iik follows; Largest yield
>(' corn uii oiu' acre, first prize, $f>0 ;
u?cond prize, $2.').
Lftrgesf yield of rot ion on one
lore, tlrsl prize, ijGO ; second prize,
W.
In addition to the above prize# the
Coe-Mort irncr company offers $'200
*ach for (lie largest yield of cotton or
corn on on** avrc ; (lie Maulers' Fer
tilizer and Phosphate company offers
$100 each for the largest yeild ??f
cotton or corn on one acre and the
Armour Fertiliser company offer*
timi fur the largest yield of cotton
mi one acre. Other companies will
pl'ohnhly offer prizes later oil as
they have been i^piested to swell
the list of these special prizes.
In compel iug for the prizes offered
by (he State fair society the conies
tan! may use any fertilizer material
wished, but in the Contest for the
special pfizes offered by (lie fertilizer
companies lie must use only the
hramN of fertilizers sold by that I
? i
company, and must' not use an\' ;
stable manure, compost, cotton seed,
or any other substance having a Cer
tilizer value. %
Futries .should li?* sent to A. W.
I.oye, secretary Soulli Carolina State
fair, Columbia, S. ('., and when send- I
i njr entries for the special prizes tluij
contestants must send certiHeates '
from their dealers showing that cer- 1
'tiHTu brands of fertilizers have been j
purchased.
Any other information may be <?!>-'
taincd from the secretary at ('olum
hia. Dr. Wade Klackhouse, Dillon,
Ma.j. 1L M. I'egucs, Kollock, or from
the compairies offering l'10 specials.
The Stair department of agricul
ture also offers a prize of $500 for
the largest yield of corn on one acre.
Stogner Brothers Held for Crime.
Lancaster. Special. ? The impiest
over (lie body of ,1. Hart Sims who
died on Sunday night from wounds
received the preceding Wednesday
was completed Monday night. The
decision 'that "J. Mart Sims came to
his death from effects of a gunshot
wound inflicted bv the hands of Hen
Stogner and thai Lee Stogner was
an accessory thereto. M It was stated
that Sims on his death-bed said that
Hen Stogner shot him. It was furth
er stated that both Lee Stogner and
Hen were seen near the place of the
shooting on Wednesday evening last.
In accordance with this verdict, the j
two Stogner men were arrested at j
once. They are brothers of S. Hamp
ton Stogner, who was mortally woun
ded by Sims an February .'I. A
motion for bail will likely be made,
at -once. " .
Dispensary Short at North AuguBta.
Aiken, Special. ? The board of con
trol of the county dispensary visited'
the North Augusta dispensary and
checked up the accounts of that in- ,
stitittionl finding a shortage of some
$400. The dispensary was ordered j
immediately closed and will not be
again opened until the matter isj
straightened. State Dispensary. Au-|
uitor West has been uoiijied inui lie j
may come to look after fhe shortage |
at once. There is about $200 due tl;o I
dispenser by the board as salary and I
bottle account, which has been with
held, and this reduces the shortage
to about $220. The North Augusta
dispenser is 0. II. Moyer. It is stat
ed that the shortage enn not be ac- j
counted for and Mr. Moyer gives no i
reason. i
Wholesale Arrests of Alleged Tigers.
Greenville, Special. ? Magistrate'
St ra.lley went on the warpath and
had his constables arrest 27 persons
charged with running blind tigers.
Half of these are now in jpil and half j
are out on bond. The evidence has
been accumulating for some time and
preparations have been making fori
the haul. White and colored are
about equally divided in the number j
a r rested.
Cokcr College For Women.
Florence. Special. ? At a meeting
of the trustees of the Welsh Neck
high Mcliood, held in Florence April
2!) lflOS, it was unanimously agreed
that, owinij to increased interest and
aid given by the State to public high
schools, the further maintenance of
the institution under existing condi
tions might hecome burdensome,
therefore, with the full consent of
t lie originator and its chief benefac
tor it was determined to convert the
institution into a college for women,
to be known as Cokcr college, under
the auspices of the Raptist denomina
tion.
The Madstone Applied.
Gaffnev, Special. ? Three young
men from Spartanburg, who ? had
been bitten by a dog supposed to bo
afflicted with rabbies, come to Gaff
ney to try the virtues of Mr. Lowe's
madstone. The stone waft applied to
the wounds of each of them, but
failed to stick* in either case. The
names of the yonne men are Will
Clayton, B. P. Wofford and Harvey
Case. All thres were bitten by tho
same dog.
i * ' . . > .
The Pension Fund.
i Columbia, Special.*? Comptroller
(?ouural Jones line Aoflt* out to the
clerks of court Of various counties
In the State the sum of $251,270 a?
pension money ? for the confederate
veterans ami the widows of Confed
erate veterans. The appropriation ??
amounts to $250f000? hut there waa
a refund <?f $1,270 duo to the fact
that a number of veterans or widows
died since last year? There has been
an increase of 214 pensioners sinoe
last year. The number now amounts
fo !),27.r>. Of this number, 4,277 tre
women, being about one-half of the
total number ??f pensioner*. These
widows draw $110,310. Those vet
erans who are paralyzed or totally
disabled come under class A, and re- t.
reive $00 each, ('lass B? those who
have lost a Jog or arm during the war
get $72 each, Class C, those wound
ed in the war or suffered disabilities,
receive $4H each, ("lass 1), those
widows whose husbands died or were
j killed in the war, receive $48 each.
The remaining two classes receive ?
$21.20 each. Excluding the pen
sions of $251,270, tho State has paid
? ?lit $1,000 for nrtiiicial limbs. In
Richland county there are 7 in class
A, <i in class H, 23 in C, No. 1 ; 14ft
in class. C, No. 2; 24 In class C, No.
iJ ; 1M ij). class C. No. 4 .
Edwin Kill Killed in Horrible
Man nor. *
I Laurens, Special. ? Mr.. Edwin Hill
u young man of the Cross Hill gection
was killed last week in a most hor
rible manner. lie was ploughing in
j a field some diBtanco from his
[father's homo and it is presumed un
hitched his mule from the plough,
mounted it and rode toward a spring
for water. The niule ran away with
the young man, throwing him ami
dragging him all around the field and -
through the woods. Tho tracks in tho
vicinity show that tho animal was
headed toward the spring and nlso
that the body of Mr, Hill was drag
ged for a considerable distance.
When the mule returned to Mr.
Hill's home about dark fears for tho
yomg man's safety were immediate
ly aroused. A searching party *.vas
at ?nee organised and at about 11
[o'clock young Hill was found uncon- v
[scions near the field where he had
been ploughing. He was horribly
mangled and bruised, his body being
cut almost to pieces by being beat
against trees and rocks. Mr. Hill
never regained consciousness.
York Cotton Mills Close For One
Week.
Rook -Hill, Special.-^-A meeting of
cotton manufacturers was held here
last week at which not only the lo$al
mills but those of Yorkville, Fort
Mill and Chester were represented.
The purpose of tho conference was to
consider- the situation as to the mar
ket and v.-hat these mills should do.
It wns decided that instead of run
ning short time from three to five,
days per week as some have beert
doing, the mills* will shut down for
one week, beginning with May 11.
All of the mills, represented ..except _
the Arcade and Highland Park of
this city, agreed to this plan. These
two mills ore considering the matter
and will probably come in.
Horry Berries at a Premium.
Conway, Special. ? The strawberry
season is on full blast. Shipments go
out daily to the Northern markets,
l'riccs have tyen unusually good
ranging from 20 cents to 30 cents
per quart. Conway growers are elat
ed over the fact that Conway ber
ries are bringing $1 per crate moire
than North Carolina berries of simi
lar grade. This is true of all grades.
Death in Hartsville.
Ilnrt svillo, Special. ? Leslie, the
j 2-year-old son of Ur. and Mrs. J. L.
jPowe, died after a few day# illness
| with cholera infantum. The death
jof this little one has caused much
sorrow in Hartsvillo. Last week
death entered the honpO of Mr. and
i Mrs. ,T. E. Miller and took away their
10-year-old son, Mr. Herbert Miller,
who had been sick several days with
a fover brought on from being pois
oned several weeks ago by poison
oak. Mr. Millor, tho father, is a
prominent farmer of this section,
who resides jnst beyond the town
limits.
Ansel has Named the Solicitors.
Columbia, Special. ? Gov. Ansel an
nounced that ho had appointed as
solicitor for tho third judicial cir
cuit Mr. J. B. McLaughlin of Bishop
ville, and for solicitor for tlihe Fifth
judicial circuit Mr. C'li'stio Benet of
Columbia. Tho anointments take
effect on Mav 1 and expire after the,
general election in November when
tho solicitors for the regular term are
named. ' **?