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Sk««ch Which Won •
Gold Modnl—BntM-taiiilnc Review
of ihe Oowntrjr end the People.
mv,^ t —« tm iKa ■ ir i / PAiiOV
written by M1m Mery Knrle Lylee.
dnughter ot M»*. Wm. H. Lyle^ of
"Columbln, which ceptured for the fair
author the beautiful fold medal of
fered by the Columbia chapter of the
Daughter! of the Revolution for the
beethiatorioal sketch presented ;
Upper South Carolina 41 embraced,"
in the modern Dlatrlota
Edyeflnld
Greenville, Pickena, Newberry, I*ur-
“ “ ' f. Fairfield.
ard the militia waa d la beaded.
The brillleat victory of Port Moultrie
la Jane, 177*, which relieved Carolina
for more than two ynara of the pree*
of the Britiah, bed not the aame
happy affect in cedartrr for the ep-
oountry the oeaaatlon of, ho*allltlCe be*
twoea the Whi^a and Torlea. “Other
Statea,” aaya Simms, “know nothing
of the horrora which were the com
uhenoe of theae domeatlo feuda of the
south.” The Torlea after their defeat
Colonel Rlohardaou fled into the
country of the Cberokeea, where they
Incited the Indiana to riae agalnat the
Whifa. They, therefore, began their
massacrea upon the froatiera. The
panic atrlcken inhabltante, unable to
defend themselves, fled to the stockade
forts which had been built for their
protection in such emergencies. ■ A
notable one of theae massacres waa
that ofthe Hampton famttyrwhicbw
\tver
little i
Union, Spartanburg, Fairfield,
Cheater, Lancaster,, York and Rich
land, is the clamic ground of the
American Revolution.”
That it waa a country of aurpaasing
beauty and fertility U abundantly
shown by the testimony of the writ-
era of that period. Lord Cornwallis
■aid of Fairfield, a typical country:
“I can conceive of no fairer region,
taking into consideration ita fertile
soil, mild cUmate r ita long drawn beau
tiful Talleys and glorious high lands."
The forests have been described as
peculiarly grand and Imposing, and
through their open depths could be
seen dtretrhe* of the country for miles
around. Extensive plains werp filled
with waving masses of cane; gushing
springs bubbled out from the sides of
tbs hills; and flowers of every hueX
blossomed In the green valleys and
ornamented the tops of the mountains.
Abundance of game was found In the
woodlands, and the streams were filled
•with fish of the choicest varieties.
la this ndw and salubrious rs
oar Fathers of the itovohttioa
built their oablns, and were felling
the primeval forests and cultivating
the virgio soil. But, though nature
was hare seen le her “ kindest prodi
gality,'V and the simple wants of the
pioneers were eesiiy supplied from
her well filled store house, they found
many dlBonltias aad dangers In the
way of their advancement. The ooun
try was already Inhabited by a race of
Indiana, who would act tamely yield
to strangers the possession of their
rich pasture lands aad ideal hunting
grounds. Step by stop the red men
retarded the progress of the sei
aad seb)eotod them for many long
years to all the horrors of savage war
fare. Wild beesU. disturbed la their
native fastsimss, frequently prowled
around the on bias of the pioneers, pre
pared to eprtag upon the eawary oo-
eepeats do sparsely nettled was the
onus try, that there ooald be little ooo-
sort of aatloa la eaaaa of danger but
relied for safety upon the
Of hisowa resource* aad the
i of his good right arm Thee,
to dearer aad laured to
_ i of tbs soir earn
ita win tha hard foagbt batilae
ad out
all SMBfearoial one ires by al
-:Wr:
curred in Spartanburg County, and to
which General Hampton so eloquently
referred in his speech at that county
court house In 1870.
General Williamson, having raised a
fopce of three hundred men, proceeded
to attack the savages, and captured a
small body of them, among whom
were thirteen white men, disguised as
Indians. This seemed only to intensi
fy the hatred of the Whigs and Tories.
“They pursued each other," said Gen
eral Gates, "like wild beasts.” Gener
al Williamson came upon the main
body of the Cherokees at Ocoonoree
Creek, where he defeated them and
laid waste their territory. The sav
ages sued for peace and were com
pelled to cede to South Carolina all
their lands, now comprising the
counties of Pickers, Oconee, Ander
son and Greenville.
The campaign of 1780 opened with
South Carolina, after her long respite,
as the principal theatre of hostilities.
After the surrender of Charleston on
May 12, General Clinton, determined
to subdue the whole State, sent out
three armies into the Interior; one
under Colonel Cruger towards Ninety-
Six ; another under Lord Cornwallis to
Camden ; and a third under Colonel
Brown to Augusta ; while the “Bloody
Tarlelon " was ranging at large over
the whole State.
Hearing of the advance of Colonel
Buford with four hundred Continent
als, Colonel Tarleton with seven hun
dred cavalry and mounted Infantry
hastened to Intercept him et the Wsx-
haw*. Negotiations for surrender
failed ; and while they sought quarter,
Tarleton fell upon the rebels with a
fury equaled only to the eouals of la
dles warfare and cut to pieces the
whole com mead. “ Tarleton s guar-
tor" Is to this day a proverb for whole
sale cruelty
As a result of tbeee combined disas-
■plrit of the Carolinians
broken. Charleston bad fallen
their oouetry wee overruo by an
lavadlag arm y which they felt them
selves pewerleee to oppose At this
jd. vure. General CUetoa offered a
perdoe to all who would take British
protectioo The people geaeraMy,
those of York accepted, took edvea
tags of tbeee terms, aed General Clla-
toe believing tke subjugation of the
oouetry complete, sailed for New
York, leavleg Lord Cornwallis in enm-
Bet the British mode the fatal
Is take of oalllag upoe those who bed
their protection to take ep
agateel their oouetry
the i
»•»!
town. The ,
Oates displayed little ability Is ,
manag'-ini'ntiOf this battle: the militia,
beisf placed in front, gave wqy before
the .'barge of the British regulars,
cresting * psnlc wbloh It was imix»»i
hie to arrest. Among tbs klllss was
tbs brave Baron Be Kalb, who had
generously taken up arms In tha cau.ee
of independence.* Own. Qatoe, haying
lost almost half hie men bad aU nm
baggage, fled into North*Carolioi
Another disaster was sustai
the Americans at Fishing Cirsk,
where Sumter, encumbered with pris
oners and baggage, was surprijwd and
routed by Tarleton. Almost his entire
command wore either killed or cap
tured. Lord Cornwallis, seeing the
rebel forces dispersed, proceeded to
Charlotte, leaving Tarleton and Fergu-
spn to overcome the Inhabitants of the
“baclrcountry.** Ferguson- encamped
on Kings’ Mountain, where be was at
tacked with great .fury by a party of
Whigs, collected for the purpose from
the up-country and the* adjoining
States of Virginia, North Carolina and
Kentucky, under the leadership of
Cels. Campbell, Cleveland, Williams,
Sevier and Shelby. The attack was
made simultaneously, from the four
sides of the mountain, the several di
visions advancing under cover of the
trees and delivenug their fire as they
went. The action was short and de
cisive, and the death of Ferguson was
followed by a surrender of his force.
But two hundred of them escaped,
leaving behind them thirteen hundred
comrades, killed, wounded and prison
ers and fifteen hundred aland of arms.
The gallant Col. Williams loit his life
In this battle. His friend Col. Ham
mond, went to his side when be fell,
and received his dying command,
“ Never give up the hill.”
Gen. Gates, having exchanged bis
"Northern laurels for Southern wil
lows,” was recalled, and Gen. Greene
was apuionted In his place. In Decem
ber, be reached the Southern
army which he himself decribed as a
“ shadow without a substance.” The
undaunted Sumter, after his defeat at
Fishing Creek, bad collected a new
corps of volunteers. W’itb this small
force, and no Continental army in the
State, be had kept the field for more
than three months, and bad so harass
ed the enemy that they could only
move with caution and difficulty. He
rated about Kooree, Broad and
No Law.
1 saver oommlttod highway robbery
but once in my life, and It shocked me
exceedingly that I had It te do. When
I joined the army at Winchester, Ye.,-
in July, 18*1, General Bartow sent for
me one morning and said he bad been
made a brigadier and had completed
ifilf excepting It brigade com mir-
slary, and asked me to accept tbeXMel-
tlon. I told him that I knew nothing
about the duties of that office, but he
and Dr. Miller and Major Ayer Insist
ed -that I could soon learn, and so 1
bought me a horse and a pair of high
top boots and some big brass spurt and
gut ready for business. The blanks
had not been printed, and I couldent
-find * hook on that subject,
"SO - F
river, tryieg to I
grandchildren,
log for the
how one morning a band of these
cklled scouts came there and demand
ed ^he keys of the smokehouse and
•aid the army must be fed, and how ha
tried to reaeon with them and told
how many ha had to feed at home, and
bow little meat he had, but they got
rampant and said they would break
down the door if he didnent surrender
the keys. He kept three double-barrel
shotguns well loaded, and when tHey*
went round to the smokehouse he went
up»t U«f j to a window and said a detar-
mined voice; "Stop. Don’t you go
any nearer to that door. If you do 1
will kill you. 1 am old and not afraid
to die, but i will klllsomeof you before
I do.”
They saw the muzzle of the gun and
and hour oa which she
her last.
by 8t. John the set
sail aad aboa arrived at Syria. Whe*
they reached Jerusalem the Virgin
retired to Mount Zion, which was but
a short diatanba from tha nalacee in
which the princee of her blood hnd
lived, and went to the house, as Is
narrated by several writers, which had
been sanctified by the descent of the
Holy Ghost.
Cuba l as
■■HH ‘Vi
United Staton government will be cut
down at least *1.000,000 ftotn the port
>f Tunica alone during the next jear,
s»j,» Collector Wilson of the Internal
S TJ
>
br‘
After
a brief consultation they retired.
There was my wife and six children
and two little orphacs and a score of
little negroes, and these lawless men
would have taken the last morsel away
from them. Friends! sometime we
abuse the law and the lawyers and the
court, but after all the law of the land
is the strongest bulwark of liberty and
J ustice. Blackstone says that a man's
muse is his castle, into which the
king of England dares not enter with
out permission, but we remember
when vagabonds and thieves not only
entered but drove the inmates out.
Let us all sustain the law and the
courts and leave them as a blessed
heritage to our children.
/; Bill Arp.
THK VIRGIN MARY'S HOME.
»rely
this
It was difficult for e . .
helerogeauoev la character as that of
the sp oowatry to arrive at uaaalmlly
of op.l.on They bad M •ubstaetial
for revolt agalaet Eaglaod to
tv of ihitm wtrr •inc^rei
attached, aad who had op to
exerted herself to protect
ity ; nelthee had they
leollaatloe to espouse the quarrei
their brother* on the coast, who
allowed them small representation lo
the assembly aad had treated their
public men with but little respect.
But, among men (rained to the ex-
erclee of iBdependeeca of thought and
aottoo, by lives of hardship In a new
aad untried region, there were those
who clearly perceived the danger*
that lay In the principle of “taxation
without representation.” There were
many, too, among their number who
had oome across the seas seeking
country where the; might won
God niter the dictates of their own
consciences and where they might
enjoy the right of every man to be a
freeman. Men such as these were not
to be lulled into security by the enjoy
ment of a present prosperity. They
.riot fort
ag a
snip
T1
united with the patriot forces already
collected and were known as Whigs.
Among them no man exerted a wider
influence than Gen. Andrew Pickens,
the Revolutionary hero, " par excel
lence,” of the up country. His courage
and ability had been already displayed
in the kar with the Cherokees, and
these qualities, added to his modesty,
greatly endeared him to his country
men.
Those among the inhabitants who
adhered to the king were called Tories.
They were, in many instances, men of
honest convictions and sincere loyalty;
it was their misfortune that the dis
affected, the idle, and the vicious were
drawn into their ranks by British
emissaries. Fierce and bloody was the
conflict waged between these two par-
tlee. in Upper South Carolina during
the Revolution.
As South Carolina was the first to
enter a protest against the tyranny of
England, so the first real battle of the
war, (the encounter at Lexington be
ing considered as only a skirmish), was
also fought within her borders between
the Whigs and Tories. It occurred at
Savage’s Plantation, near Ninety-Six,
where General- Williamson, entrench
ed with a party of about three hundred
Whigs within a fort hurriedlv con
structed of fence rails, was attacked by
a force of nineteen hundred Tories
underGeoersl Robinson. After severs!
days’ fighting, In which neither side
gained tha advantage, the comba
tants agreed upon a parley, General
WlUlameoa consenting to surrender the
fort hot not bin men. Colooel Richard-
who was has tea inn to the rsliaf
ritha fores of
■sen, proceeded sga.n.t
;rawing and dispersing
ibers,' Most
ia prisoner*
jail. This
hie
over
ly drove
Wbea it le
Mat
owl; agalaa*
oiao their tws
aad this without
kve what
*ee. with-
• xoept as
It will be
how ■topeadous was the under
taklag. bow marvelous the result.
It wee at Uue try lag period that the
woesee of the Stole, seeing the straits
to which their hue beads aad brother*
were reduced, performed so meay bo
role deed* sad exhibited thoee quail
ties of endurance, patience aed deep-
lion which were afterword* emulated
by their greaddeughtorv of the Con
federacy. Space fella to speak le
tall of the youthful aad darleg Emily
Geiger, who carried a message from
Geaeral Greene to General Sumter
through n country Infested with To
rise; of Dicey LaMstoo. who swam the
id Tyger to warn her
opei
Tyger Hivere. Gen. Greene sent Gen.
Morgan with n part of hie foroe to
the relief of Niaety-Six. Lord Core
wail Is, who bad returned to the State,
dispatched Tarleton to overtake Mor-
< ao, which be did at Cow pens. A
eroe aad hard fought battle ensued
la which the British were defeated,
with a lose to the patriots of oaly twelve
mett killed and sixty wounded. Never
was n more •Ignal victory achieved,
the defeat of Tarleloe destroyed the
terror of M* name aad the friends of
liberty took fresh courage. Coagree*
preoeatod a gold medal u> Gea. Mor
gen. ooe of silver each to Ueuteaaat
Geo* rale Washing toe aad Howard, a|“C
sword to Gea. Plekeae. aad promoted
other* who greatly dlsUegulehed them-
ffhlsaa.
Lord Cornwallis, to recover the
prlooser*, hastened to Intercept Mom
gaa. but failed because of a rise la the
Catawba River. Shortly afterwards
Grease arrived aad took corn-
of Morgas's army HeooaUaaed
retreat aad eroeeed the Yedkla
River Boc'oeely pursued by the British
that he lest a part of hie baggage.
Corswam* wm a eeooad time deterred
from the pursait by a rise in the river,
aed retreated tale N>rtb Carolina,
bn wm la term punned by
dident do anything for a few days. I
dplent recede any rations nor issue
any, for I was waiting for my commis
sion and instructions and blank forms
to come from Richmond. These had
not come up to the time old Joe John
ston made that all-night march to join
Beauregard at Manassas. The day
after our army forded the Shenandoah
General Bartow’s brigade took a rest
at Paris and after dinner began the
march to Piedmont, a .station on the
Manassas railroad'^ General Bartow
said to me: “Major, I have sent Major
Ayer on ahead to get corn and forage
at Piedmont for the artillery horses
and other horses of my command, and
I am informed that most of the men
have either eaten all the rations they
started with orgot them wet in cross
ing the rivqyCaad they must have
something to eat when they get to
Piedmont. You had better ride on
ahead and secure rations for about
4,000 men. The regimental commis
saries will not have auy. for their wag
ons are several miles behind.”
“Will I find supplies at Piedmont? ”
said !. very innooentiyk.g
“You must find them,” said be
“This country is full of provisions, aod
you<must purchase enough for 4,000 men
—beef, beoon, flour, salt, coffee and so
forth. The men must not suffer.”
And he knit his brow and looked
stern. With exceeding modMty 1
said : “General, I have no money to
buy with, and maybe they will not sell
on a credit. W^ettheo?"
“My dear •ir,” said be, "this is war.
‘Inter arms leges silent.’ If they will
not sell to you without the money,
must ImpreM what you need,
men must be fed.”
I perceived that he wm desperately
in earnest. *o I hurried oa to Piedmont
and found Major Ayer with a pocket
fall of Richmond bank*' money, baying (or lbet * M soanc*meale—that
cora from a m>! .1 old V.rgieiu farmer. M i uuorieea la tbeir overteal
There were two wagoo load* that had miaieSee
baea haul- d bv two of the Aim *1 yoke* Mm Ute habitation just unearthed
of fat <oa*o I ever eaw. 1 took the ^ i.pbeeu* must be realtor be regarded
■eJor Mlde aad told him my order* |m tke one the Virgle occupied. Tor t
Tb*r« Ia aom# * Ary Aaa bAAi ia I YbiUbaa Imm oAciaily d<K:l arvd it i
those • toe re," said be. , —bee put the *aeJ of tie approval,
“Bat I bar# ao moaat,” aaU I* |ftdvl*aa U> haadiUU. oa Ihaa&aoua
’fhS
SENATOR MORGAN ON CUBA.
Strong Appeal Am* Help from the
United States-* Warning ^tiven
to Spain.
The CffbAn question was revived in
the Senate on the Kith inst. when Mr.
Morgan,-* ! Alabama, -who-reported
the original resolutions, spoke in favor
of further and more decisive action
towards the recognition of the Cubans
as belligerent?. The Senator declared
it to be the duty of Congress to adopt
joint resolutions on belligerency which,
unlike the previous concurrent resolu
tions, would require the approval of
the President and thus fix the responsi
bility.
At the close of Mr. Morgan’s speech,
the Senate adopted, without division,
the resolutions introduced by him, di
recting tbe Committee on Foreign Re
lations to inquire into tbe report on
tbe treaty relations between tbe United
States and Spain relating to tbe Aineri
cans now under condemnation at Ha
vana, also requesting the President to
furnish tbe recent diplomatic corre
spondence with Spain on the subject.
The resolutions have uo reference to
tbe recognition of belligerency, al
though they served Mr. Morgan as a
text for bis speech on that line.
Mr. Morgan, in tbe course of his
speech on tbe Cuban.situation, said
tbe proximity of the island to our
ahnrtu, our ttfunnmwutaJ with
the Cubans, the American ownership
of much property there, the actual
residence of many Americans there, all
combine to compel us to examine into
the conditions existing in Cuba and to
determine for ourselves whether a
state of war existed.
He spoke of the impatience of Ameri
can people in witoemiug the painful
oocurrrcnccs in Cuba, while our gov
ernment measured tbe losses by dollars
aod submitted claims for compensation
for individual losses. A great civil
revenue department^ if the order? are
carried out by tbe Spanish authorities.
Thousands of Cubans in Florida will
be thrown out of employment if there
“ ts no Cuban tobacco" to manufacture,
and having both lug to do, these Cubans
will go over to Cnba to fight for the
independence of tbeir native land.' It
is the gent-ral opinion that Generdi
Wcyler has made a bad move in issu
ing any such order. His object was,
uo doubt, to throw the Cubans in this
cooutry out of employment and thus
reduce their ability to aid tbe cause
of the InsurfpmtB tlnauclally, but while
he may succeed in this, be will in
reality have strengthened the Cuban
army to a great exteut and brought
the victory of the Gub.tns nearer.
The House Where She Once Lived
In Ephesus—Official Endorsement
of the Discovery.
New York Herald
Tbe interesting news hM just come
from Europe that some time since
party of antiquarians, in digging over
tbe ruins of tbe ancient city of Ephesus,
In Asia Minor, came across the bouse
in which the Virgin Mary lived after
she bad left Jerusalem, aod before
she went to Mount Zion, where* she
died. •
It wm well known that the Virgin
had spent some years of her life in
Ephesus aod tbe ambition of entique-
riansbM been to find lhe ' b * blt * l ‘ un I conflict had been waged ia Cube si nee
nfc oeooptofi. TW ■aaon»oartsot haa | u» laJ i u , h.^id, » 0 <j bed la-
be* n made Mveral times that the p noe creiut . d #Uh ma * n i lude
i *" u " ^ >»
Valluaa, that there wm do foundation
the
tl.c
have no mo
i'% you lend me tome
*1," uaid be. ' 1% w<
Yon
?U*o* foe but
v lad loti ve neighbor*
try in her on» arm# or
two
nod Rev
interior Ip
MMSfdid-
or lo ooliet
Owing to tbe
Use loyalist lead-
met with little
U
of Guilford Court
returned to tke
ling pertieeae la
•f
oa April
mrd lUwd
deep
rapid
brothers of the approach of “Blood
Bill” - *
who
dark
Cueolngham; of Mr*. Dill
rode sixty mile* through the
iom to save Colooel Clarke and
en, encamped at Cedar b
from a surprise by tbe TotIm ; of Mr*
Brattoe, "who would co: have her
husband and his comrades owe to
cowardly stratagem tbe victory they
should gain In tbe field of battle;” of
the lovely Mary Muagrove and the
courageous Esther Gaston, whose
gentle ministrations soothed the pains
of the wounded and the dying: those
nod many other noble deeds have been
recorded In history ; some are preserv
ed in family tradition ; others again
are known only to that ever watchful
Eve which takes note even of the fall
of a sparrow.
The most active of the partisan lead
ers at this time were Pickens, Sumter
and Marlon, the three great and
choice spirits of the Revolutlbn. Ma
rion operated from Camden to the sea-
coast; Sumter from Camden to Ninety-
Six; while Pickens traversed the
country from Ninety-Six to Augusta-
On the twelfth of July, Sumter at
Williamson's Plantation in York
County, engaged a detachment of
British and Tories commanded by Cols.
Huoh and Ferguson and completely
routed them, killing both these officers.
After an unsuccessfql attack upon the
enemy’s poet at Rocky .Mount in Fair-
field County, he moved on to Hanging
Rock, where he defeated a large body
of British and Tories.
Col. Williams, another brave parti
san, always on tbe alert to harass the
enemy, attacked and defeated, on tbe
eighteenth of August, a considerable
body of British and Tories at Mus-
grove's Mills on tbe Enoree* River.
The notorious Cunninghams were of
this neighborhood and In it were per
petrated some of the most murderous
acts of “Bloody Bill” Cunningham,
the leader of the “ Bloody Soout.” It
was here that he shot Major Caldwell
la his wife’s pretence ; and it was here
that he surprised Col. Hay with
twenty men in oommabil of a block
house. In compliance with the winhee
of some of his men the women and
children were spared, but tbe bonne
wm fired by throwing heated irons
upon it, and tbe men, after having
surrendered themselves, were deliber
ate! v massacred.
In Jely, 1780, Gen. Gates, tbe hero
of Saratoga, wm appointai to the
ooamand of the Southern forces aad
was approaching w’th an army from
tbe Nortn. Be directed hie march to
wards Oamdee, where the British na
dir the command of Lord Cornwallis
Oa Jnly »0, the
if
lu|
lad iff
Altar
House, i/eo
help of the slrugg
South CeroiioM He
Hobktrks Hill
17(11, be wm etteked by Lord lUwdoa
For e while, victory seemsd to be oa
the side of tbe Amerlcaee. but Lord
Howdoa by a mMterly disposition of
hi* *ee*M MmpeUed Gea. Greene to
retreat He proceeded to Mealy-Six
by way of Graaby, dlepatoblag Gee.
Lee with n force to subdue that fort.
After e brief ooofllot tbe garrison,
consisting of four hundred men. *ur-
rendered The term* of the capitula
tion giving tbe enemy the privilege of
carrying off tbeir bog gag e. were greei-
nioed ef by Col. TbomM Tay-
utber Carol leieso, who were
tat seeing wagons, draw a by
tbeir own ItorsM. and filled with the
produce of tbeir own homes, driven
awny before tbeir eyM. Gee. Lee’s
excuM for this action wm that Lord
Hawdoo was rapidly appronching to
lbs relief of thn fort.
On may 22. Greene took up his posi
lion before Ninety-Six aod, after be-
selgiug it for nearly a mouth, attempt
ed to carry the place by assault, but
wm beaten off with heavy Iom. He
fell back before Lord Lawdoo, until
tb* latter, weary of the hopeless chase,
discontinued the pursuit and gradually
withdrew his army into Charleston.
Soon after this, the news of tbe sui^
render of Lord Cornwallis at York-
low u reached South t^roiinn; and, on
May 14, 1782, tbe British evacuated
Charleston.
The war was over ; the colonies were
free ; our heroes laid down their arms
and returned to their plow shares, re
joicing that their struggle had not
been in vain.
The love of liberty and the inflexible
devotion to duty that were displayed
by these meu during the dark and
gloomy period of the Revolution, have
kept aglow the flame of patriotism up
on tbe altar of their country. It was
tbeir example that inspired such sous
as Andrew Jackson, the hero of the
battle of New Orleans; as John C.
Calhoun, the apostle of State’s rights ;
as our own loved martyrs of the Lost
Cause, whose honored graves we still
water with our tears and cover with
tbe sweet emblems of immortality.
But not only for themselves and for
their children did our. worthy fore
fathers gain the blessings of freedom.
When, in the not distant future, the
shadow of the Statue of Liberty shall
fall upon .the shores of Cuba; and,
when, in the progress, of the ages, Its
reflection shall be cast upon all lands
that are down-trodden and oppressed,
then will history record, “Tbe Ra-
tribts of tho American Revolution won
a victory for the world.”
Mary MuSorove.. ’
—It now looks as If the State of
WMhlngton would eventually rival
California as a gold producer. It has
been comparatively a very short time
since it was learned that gold in any
quantiliM could, be found in
ngton, and in fact, the fabulous
pockets that have Been discovered lo
other new field? appear to be wholly-
wasting, out for good medium Trade
ore there in no field equal to tha$ of
northeast WMhlngton. There ia not
a great deal of excitmeat, but stamp
mills aad smelters am going up la un
precedented Dumber*. -
l
me my
tbe uses "
M Septus* that old Ml
elet* What then?”
“ Get Captain Tewern
detail end nrreet him If
up penonahly."
Hoi timidly approached
aed proponed to buy hie
dIdeal wish to sell them
Held he wueideal take (ISO
them Whea I finally
ktm with thn general *
furious at.J *»» wm hie
f the
test
meet that the ccvmhiiog walls —
dwelling foued lo the nsiM of aa«
impress KphMU(
oar* sheltered the mother of
I the Redeemer This approval wm not
should re- giv*»o hurriedly, but only after most
1 ousel us! ve wide see had been submiv-
t° *!*•_ 7®* * ted to the i'ups that there oonld be no
he woe t give nboot the mailer.
It will be a diMppuietmeat to all la*
*1 sane I tMMtod In eeoh mailers that no details
reepectisg the habilellee acoompaay
the os souses meet ef Its discovery
cress
until laO.UUO Spanish troops wore
I the field*. Yet, upoe a denial of lb
solf-evident facte mete lb* position of
tbe United Siatet must not recognise i
coeditioe of war os existing.
Mr. Morgan said the flagrant coed I
Hoes exletlog might escape the attea
lion of thews le authority, yet It
•bock the world that a diplomatic
fallacy permits the assertion that n«
ear exists This diplomatic fallacy L
AAAiAlAAd bj li)A oIaIaI ttlAl the OttblMM
hftVA AD fort*, when the* wiAA gcorrA*
ship of the Cubes* kept them f
onaoeatrmiieg lo fort*. It wm
leveed also by the claim that the
beM had ho fleet aad Bo m-s).
V heQ It WA* AflfiifPAt thAt thftrtqy d
be maielatsed oely by beevy art11
Entitled Tp a Vacation —“John,
i think i ohcnld like lo vLit my old
home in tbe East a month or two this
summer.’’
“I dou't know. Marie, I'm af aidl
can’t bpure the time fr< in imsir en,”
“I’m not asking you to go. John. I
cau make tbe trip irtjbeif without any
trouble.”
“You would get homesick, if you
were to?tay away from home as long
as that.”
“I think now I ahould like to try
it, anyhow.”
“What L the matter with you,
Maria? ’ irritab'v. “ Haven't I been a
good husband ?’’
"I am Dot making any complaint
about you, John, am I ? ”
. “ Ain't 1 affectionate enough ? Hav
en’t I always kissed you when U went
sway from come in the morning and
when I came back in _the evening
every day Tor the last 25 years? ”
“Yes, and you’ve had a chew of
plug tobacco in your mouth eveny
morning and evening for the last i*>
years, too. I think 1 want a vacation,
John."
at oa/
hot
pri
be
DA-
ff*»
r bo dared
a dog. They e
bock horns aed
ill the first maa
touch their oxea. Tbe old mo*
stood guard while the aoe west hum*
—half a mile away to get their gee*.
"Aad yon don't oven propose to lot n
men price hie own prrperty eor to pay
a dollar for It. but you ell! g*ve n
receipt for it that may
darn A ay robber uweid do that If
this lath* way tht Southern Goofed
eracy ha# started out it
ilvdadfiM
a yobe lor ib# bouse wm
u<>wa oe ^ oommoo la th
be ooe-etorted etructsre. It will ba
I felt m ureal, eg to ksov In what coed It?
they ^os fiunJ snJ
thsir I f^ttoin It to Its original shape.
io It to
Thws Kphosm
time oa a morn
th* Christian,
that a stately
tree tod to mark
m from lb I
than usual isle rest fu
aad the probability I
cathedral will yet n
irgla
f ber
be north a !Vh»t
if*.
them CxoTi
will huet wi
I wish to God
paying
Wash in
illy
p deteble
uaier vjkoa
OIL
In sixty day
It won Id 1 ”
Up to this time I had talead kladly
aad nerseMiTslj but at iMt, whea I
foued out he wm a Usloe sympathiser,
1 got fired up ia my te< l.-s, aad m
th* Eighth Georgia marched np I got
a detail of toe mtn aad had tho steer*
drives away, aad os the old mao wm
crying and waiting for hie eon with
the guM I told him that If be would
oome over to th* station 1 would give
him a receipt that would be good at
Hlchmood. He never cursed, for be be
longed to the church, but he sold “Gol
durn" and “dad burn” aad "diagoa-
tion’ with greet emphMle.
The steer* were soon turned over to
some expert butcher* from the First
Kentucky regiment, and by the time
the young man and some of the neigh
bors arrived with their guns and dogs
tbe ill-fated brutes bad been killed
aod flayed on tbe altar of tbeir coun
try. In an hour’* time tbeir carcarse*
were cut up into me** pieces end dis
tributed and tbe camp fires lighted.
At a store nearby I purchMed from a
good Confederate some flour and
crackers and.a thousand pounds of
bacon. 1 bad no trouble with him, for
he said the boys must be fed if it took
everything be had. I invoked bis
good offices to make peitoe with the
old man and his son, and about dark
they came to me and said they woul J
take my receipt, but it was a gol durn
cowardly piece of business. And it
did look that way. I wonder how (bey
got tbeir wagqns home.
* But before long tbe good people of
the valley got the bang of tbe business
and surrendered at discretion. I never
had much trouble with thoue who
were on our side.
One day I seised 400 barrels of flour
in a merchant mill not far from Oronge
Court House. The man was desper
ately mad, but I bad beard that bis
wife was a rebel to the core, and so I
visited her and made a good impres
sion, for I was right good looking then.
She invited me to stay to supper,
which I did, and I played with her
babv and captured j?li tbe family ex
cept her husbpojl. He was a suspect
and was on botii sides of the war. I
put a guard over the mill that night
or he would . have hauled the flour
away. It was hard-.on* those Virginia
farmetp, for if one army dident take
their substance the other would. For
nearly four-years* they were between
two tires, and remained true to tbeir
great leaders.
Wbat a blessing is law—the laws of
the land and tbq .protection of the
courts. Any law is better than no
law. We old people remember when,
toward the close of the war, this part
of the country that bad been desolated
by Sherman’s bummers wm infested
oy so-called soout* who were mounted
on stolen horses jaod pretended to be
commissioned tos protect the women
nn4 children and to get up supplian for
ouf army. Every vagabond aad de
serter jo:ned them aad thnv were*
terror to the oM aad helpless. My
wife eomellmee tolls tke children
about her refugee Ufa, aad bow all
the sput wb*r* the
»• of the tetter days
It wm from this 1*100*
joorseyed to Monet Zina,
where *b« died The body wm placed
.i. » •< i ... « .i. U.c i i. . U
semens, bat whoa, a few days later,
the Apustise rolled tbe stose away
' root the door of the Mpnl'-hr*. the
had
The Senator
declared toai
feome cvsiwilto)
ii by thsm* Am<
aoe held at U
a vase mere *»
Suriowe thaa *a
luffilag It w
■ret duty ot thl
m jt' ** flft*** fi %
mead that the
military trial
Americas cl Lee
a# m tel Afrifil#.
thl
ffv
e done.
Ms sbov
.* •
1*1
setaolde, dot
day le a day
u* m a peopt
After me
U s.tod Stele
i Ml! te lions,
u? n|
1
not there. Thence arose the
tradition ef the aoeumptloe of th*
VIrgla Into Heaven, e tradition that
Titan transferred to ceavM and mad*
oa* of lb* greatest creatloas of bis
fcaiu*.
Ephesus wm a very aaciuat city *o
the west cqmi of Asia Minor. It wm
partly oe n fertile plain Bear the
mouth of the river Geyster aad partly
on some hills that ruse gradually from
It. It wm famed among the aacieale
os the site of the Temple of Dli
Tbe place wm an Important city
ive and varied
hM it that It
i by tbe mylhl
a uered
I
If
ao
•xtet
commanded
commerce. Tradition
wm originally Inhabit*
cal Amazon*. It wm early ooi
by the Ionian*, tbe time, accoi
ling to
tradition, being tbe eleventh oentury
U. C , and from that event deles the
history of Epbesu* os a Greek posses
sion. It figured in Church history also
because it was at a general council of
tbe Church held there in 4.‘ll that the
heresy of Nestorius was condemned.
The place will now figure further in
church history owing to the discovery
in it of tbe Virgip's habitation.
Just wby the Virgin sought refuge
in Ephesus the re ere several stories in
tbe traditions that have come down to
us from tbe dim past, but the one that
seems to be most generally credited by
writers is that is was due to persecu
tions that broke out in Jerusalem.
After the final scenes in tbe tragedy
ot the Crucifixion had been enacted,
Mary, accompanied by. Mary Magda
lene and St. John the Evangelist, to
whose care tbe Redeemer bad com
mitted his mother, repaired to Jerusa
lem. There they remained until tbe
persecutions forced them to seek safety
elsewhere, and they chose Ephesus.
The Virgin’s flight into Ephesus, under
tne protection of John, has been made
tbe theme of many a famous painting,
in which the Virgin is generally
pictured with a halo about her bead
walking beside John, whose demeanor is
most leverential to hrr.
So far as known, nothing has been
handed down to us with regard to the
sojourn of tbe Virgin at Ephesus, no
details of her life there, or any in
cidents of it. beyond tbe fact that it
wasthe'o Mary Magdalene breathed
her last. This statement is made by
various Greek writers, and one of
them, in describing a journey he made
to Jerusalem, says he saw tbe tomb of
Mary Magdalene |at Ephesus. There
is also good authority for tbe state
ment that the Einporor Leon removed
the remains of Mary Magdalene from
Ephesus to Constantinople in the year
880 and deposited them in the church
of St. Lazarus.
There are some writers who say
that while the Virgin and Mary Mag
dalene were living at Ephesus they
used to sit on the shore* of tbe Icartan
Sea and watch the Grecian galleys as
they •■directed their course toward
Syria, their birthplace. After Mary
Magdaleno’n death the Virgin journey
ed back to Syria to revisit the
oious ex
! rented im
W*yi#r ”
islve evid
| shooting oi
With
the laws of *er, i
I of nations, would
our ciusen* now
1 would forbid Spain
| m Insurrection isle.
Mr. Morgan said laoooclusloa : " It
Is, therefore, the proper course for
! CoogreM to observe u> seed a joint
resolution to tbe Rresidenl,declaring
| that a state of public war exists In
Cuba aod that the parties engaged
1 in that war are belligerents, to each of
whom the laws of nations equally ap
ply, If such is the oplaion of Congress.
Thl# Isa duty of wise aod sincere pa
triotism, although It may not be other-
wise imperative for tbe reason that
such a declaration is not a legislative
act and is not, therefore, required to
be sent to tbe President for his ap
proval. Congress can waive tbatque*-
tion, and should not raise it in a mat
ter that docs not necessarily involve
the statas of tbe constitutional dis
tribution of tbe pq^nrs of our own
government, whether it is in a state of
war or peace, but only concerns a
duty we owe to our own people in de-
terming for ourselves whether a state
of war or a condition of peace exists in
Cuba. If the President, acting on the
assumption that a declaration of the
existence of war in Cuba, and a recog
nition of tbe rights of tho parties en
gaged in that war as belligerents.
Falls within his exclusive constitutional
power in conducting diplomatic inter
course with foreign governments,
should chobse to ignore tbe existence
of such a war, Congress, after the al
most unanimous expression of opinion
on that subject, owed ft to tbe honor
of the body to devolve the responsi
bility upon the President. Under ex
isting circumstances, some department
of the government must become re
sponsible to our own people, and to the
judgment of mankind^for_continuing
to permit the falsehood" tirfeiBain un
rebuked, that peace prevails in Cuba
and that war does noG exist there.
Whether it is Congress or tbe Presi
dent that denies tbe facts and repu
diates tbe appeal to tbe sentiments of
our people and tbe honorable duty of
our government, there will be a great
account to render in tbe end for tbe
blood that patriots are shedding, every
hour, in the cause of human liberty,
that a word from Congress or tbe
President would stop.” ‘
—A curious incident showing- how
polyglot is the population of San Fran
cisco took piac*. in a court there the
other day. a.ut wm brought by O. R.
IT. Wettirok to endeavor to recover
certain mon*sy? of Eureka lodge qf Her
man eons. laasmuuh'as the judge, tbe
attorneys, the p.aiesLff, the defendant
i scenes court, nil ep »ke Germae, It Wm decid-
aad to | ad toceaducUhsaaee in that language.
owteg
is* la lb*
>, the He sal or com pa
arch for ' technical ao
tecs * to dsbe
atfi ** such tyr
referred to the ooociu
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