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wqmmmmm VOL XXI11. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE i 4 ,1900. ■41. . .. ECHOES OF THE EOUISVII^I/E REUNION WHY 8TIR ASHES OF THE FAST? V BeoauM Our Dead Henw H Sltall Not Go Without Their Faine. Rev. B. M. Palmer, D.D , the annual orator of the Confederate reunion in LouU?ille, anawereu thu question as follows: “Accustomed through sixty years to address public assemblies, I am never theless subdued with awe in your pres ence today ; for we stand toetiher un der the shadow of the' past. It is the solemn reverence one might feel in the gloom of Westminster Abbey, sur rounded by England's illustrious dead. Indeed, we are here the living repre sentatives pf countless comrades who sleep in lonely cemeteries turougboul the land; where perchance a single monumental shaft is the goo^tly senti nel keeping watch over,the bivouac of the dead. “It la live and thirty years since the Confederate war was c.oseu, and about thirty-nine years since it was begun; and it is sometimes askeu why we should stir the ashes o( that ancient feud, why we sbould not bury the past in its own grave, and turn to too living Issues of the present auU the future. To this question, comrades, we return the answer with a vme«* imui as seven thunders, because it is our history and the history of our dead heroes, who shall not go without their fame. As long as there are men who wear the gray, they wlh gamer the charred embers of their old camp dree, and in the blaze of these reun.ons tell the story of the martyrs who fell in the defense of country and of truth. “Nay, more than this: It is the story of a strife that marks an epoch in the annals of the American people. It Is known.to every school boy In' the land that two parties existed at the forma tion of our government, who could not agree in locating the paramount sover eignty which should decide upon all issues arising between the S »ies and themselves. The Fcdcrauntr, as they were termed, demanded a strong gov ernment, concentrating power in the national administration; the Republi cans, on the otuer hand, coo'.euuod for the distribution of power among the States, claiming their original sover eignity among their reserved rights. Both parties were too strung to a,low the question to be determined by arbi tration or through forensic <i| F cussion. It was, therefore, permitted to siumber beneath certain ambiguities of ex pression In the constitution itself, to be settled by the exigencies of the future, not as an abstract principle, but as an accomplished fact. L need out remind you how this issue was raised is l&M, and was postponed through the conciliatory legislation ol that period. Such an issue couid not, however, sleep forever. The admis slon of- new States Into th« Union, with their conflicting interests, must reopen tie question and compel docusuion. Thus it arose in our day, leading to the establishment of the Southern Confed eracy and to the civil war that followed. “ It Is simple folly to suppose that •uch a spontaneous uprising as that of our people in istiO and IStil could be effected through the machinations of politicians alone. A movement so sud den and so vast Instantly swallowing up alt minor contentions, would only spring from some great faith deeply planted in the human heart and for which mea werp willing to die. What ever may have been the occasion of the war, its ‘cardo causae,’ the hinge on which it turned, was this old question of State sovereignty as against national supremacy. As there could be no compvomlie between the two, the only resort was an appeal to the law of force, the ‘ultims ratio regum.*’ Th$ surrender at Appomat: tox, when the tattered remnant of Lee’s great army stood guard for the . leak.limegver Southern liberties and rfgirtr rtTswthi Mininaiai ilntiUliiV Lng between tbe past and the future of \ “In the Army of the Shenandoah you were tbe firtt brigade, in the Army American history. When tbe will of the strongest Instead of the ’cocssnt of the governed’ became the base of our national structure, a radical transfor mation took place. Tbe prlnciole of confederation gave way to that of con solidation and the American nation emerged out of the American republic. .»■■■ HISTORY OF STONEWALL BR1UAUE. The following interesting article was contributed during the reunion to the Louisville Post by Gen. J. A. Walker, of Virginia, the last commander of the Stonewall brigade-:. When Virginia seceded in April, Ibbl, she did not immediately become one of tbe Confederate States, but for a brief period remained an Independent sovereignty. On the adoption of the ordinance of secession by the V Irginia convention, the Governor, as com- mander-ln-chlef of the State militia, ordered the organized volunteer com panies to assemble at various points. Col. T. J. Jackson was placed in com mand of the troops at Harper’s Ferry on April 30,1861, and remained la com mand of that post until Virginia joined the Confederacy, when Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, of the Confederate army, on May 23d, 1861, superceded him. The Virginia companies at the Ferry were organize^ Into regiments. / Colonel Jackson was made a briga dier general In July, 1861, and the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Twenty-seventh and Thirty-third Virginia infantries formed a brigade known as the First Virginia brigade, ana General Jackson was assigned to its command. These rdglmentb composed the famous Stone wail brigade, and none others ever be longed to it. The fame of this body of troops so indissolubly connected with the name of its first commander was established on July 31st, 1861, when standing like a stone wall on the Heary house hill amid the retreating and disorganized troops, It retrieved the day an 1 won the battle. On Octo ber 4th, 1861, when General Jackson was promoted to tbe rank of major general and assigned to the Valley division, he was separated from the First brigade for a short period. He parted from it wiih regret, and bis only recorded effort at oratory Is in the speech he made io bidding farewell to this command. He reviewed, and in conclusion of bis few brief remarks, be dropped tbe reins on tbe neck of his horse, and raising his hands said with deep emotion: - ^ ~ ■ r of the Potomac you are the first bri gade; you are the first brigade in the affections of your general, and I hope by your .future deeds and bearing you will be handed down to posterity as the first brigade In this, our second war of independence. Farewell. 1 ’ The separation was of brief duration, for in a few weeks the First brigade was ordered to report to him at Win chester, and Gen. R D. Garnett was assigned to its command as brigadier. He remained in command until after tbe battle at Kernstown, in March, 1862, when he was relieved, and Gen. Charles S. Winder was assigned to the command. Winder was killed at Cedar Mountain on August 9, 1862, and after the lapse of three months Maj. E. F. Paxton, a member of General Jackson’s staff, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general, and assumed com mand. General Paxton was killed at Cbancellorsvllle on May 3d, 1863. the day after General Jackson was mortal ly wounded. Oa tbe lOih day of May, 1863, Coi. J. A. Walker, of the Thirteenth Virglpia infantry, was promoted and assigned to tbecommand. He remained in com mand until at Spottsylvanla C. H. the brigade was annihilated and Its name nevt-r again appeared on the rolls of tbe Confederate armies. The small remnant left was consolidated with the river fragments of Johnson’s division into one small brigade, and the famous old bri gade, which for threp years had breasted the storms of war on twenty batilofields, and In combats and skir mishes Innumerable, which had marched thousands of miles over val ley, mountain and plain; which had ex ultantly borne aloft Its battleflag In summer’s beat and winter's storm; which had struggled for freedom on the loftiest, peaks >f the Aiiegbanles, at the McDowell, on the rocky slopes of Culp's hill, at Gettysburg, in the swamps of tbe Cbickabomlny, and had never failered in the darkest hoir, pasted into history. But in passing it left a fame as bright as the stars, as enduring as the ages. . Tbe beautiful Shenandoah valley la filled with the memories of its trlumpnant marches, and brUIUnt* victories'. The traveler who today gazos on the placid bosom of "the daughter of the stars,” or on the Mold peaks of the Massanutton, tblnkr not of tne dusky warriors.whose language Is perpetuated In mountain and stream, or of the Knights of the Golden Uorseeboe, led by tbe royal goveraor, who first scaled tbe towering heights of the Blue Ridge and set tbe f kj' of while men In tbn great Valley of Virginia, or on the Fairfaxes, once proprietors ol this loft/ field; or on Washington, the youthful surveyor, with chains and compas*-: but of Stone wall Jackson and bis men. The waters of the Shenandoah, as they glide peace fully through fertile fields to the gor geous pass at Harper’s Ferry, where Its tide mingles with tne Potomac, murmur of Jackson and, Fwall, of Early and Ashby. The rugged Massa nutton springing midway from the vale and the majestic blue tuounlaias which guard these boundaries of the valley^ stand as silent eternal sentinels over the .mpi-ritbable fame of the brave soldiers who wore tbe gray and fought for the cause and for the land they loved. Thu old brigade was known at dif ferent times l>y several names. At Manassas in July, 1S61, it was officially designated “the First v Virginia bri gade” Afterward tbe brlgsdes were called by tbe came of the’r command ers. and it was Garnett's, Winder’s, Paxton’s and Walker’s brigade. After General Walker was assigned to tbe command, It was officially designated as the ‘Stonewall brigade,” which name it bore on the rolls of the Army of Northern Virginia for one year, and until it ceased to exist. All the brigadier generals except Walker were killed in battle, and he severely wounded at Spottsylvanla, Mountain on August 9, 1862. Jackson died of wounds received at Chancel- iorsvilleon May 2J, 1863. Garnett was killed at Gettysburg on July 3d, 1863 Besides tne. regular commanders, the old brigade was temporarily com manded for brief periods by regimental officers, and several of these were killed in battle. Colonel Allen, of the Second regi ment, was killed at Cold Harbor. Colonel Baylor, of tbe Flftb' was killed while commanding the ^brigade at Second Manassas. Colonels Neff, Funk, Bolts, Randolph and Colston were "ail killed or died from wounds received in battle. That there were other troops In the Confederate army as brave and deserv ing as the Stonewall brigade Is not^to be gainsaid; but it is praise enough'to say that there were none braver or better- in the Confederate or Federal armies. That this famous brigade was not on every field up to Its highest park Is undoubtedly true, as it is of all troops, for it was unfortunate In losing so many commanders and in the nuP- ber of regimental officers temporarily In command by seniority. All were not skillful and efficient ob possessed of the confidence of the men. The finest, the bravest soldiers in the world will be come unsteady and Inefficient when led by timid and incompetentcommanders. Tbe old adage, “Show me bis company and* I will show you,the man,” may be truthfully paraphrased, “Show me the officer and I will show you the soldier.” . On two occasions one of the bravest and staunchest brigades in the Army of Northern Virginia behaved badly under fire, because they believed the colonel temporarily in command was wanting in the courage and skill to lead them properly. THK LASH’ SCOUT OK JOHNSON'S ARMY* Among the visitors to the reunion in Louisville were Me«.-<ra. James and H. Rogers, formerly of Bourbon County, Ky., the sons of the late Col. W. S. Rogers, and both of them were in Morgan's cavalry. James Rogers has resided since the war at Ninety-Six. S. G., and H. Rogers In Shreveport, La., They were both dashing soldiers, a^d participated in the last-«oop4 before the surrender of Gen. Joe Johnston. President Davis was at Charlotte, N. C-, when the news of the armUtlbe be tween Sherman ano Iuhnston waa an nounced. General Sioaeudan was then on a raid near Charlotte, threatening the bridge across the Catawba river, twenty miles south. The telegraph line south suddenly ceased to work, and it was feared that he had burnt tbe bridge and out off communication. It was important to aonouuoe the armistice to the troops at Augusta, Macon and other points. Col. J. Stod dard Johnston was adjutant general to General Echols, then in command of that district/and volunteered to take a flag of truce to General Btoneman and open communication with the South. For this purpose he selected five men, Capt. Harry B. Clay, now of Hawkins County, Tenn.; Tom Moreland,. of Owensboro; James and HI Rog and J ers, a tele graph operator with a hand Instrument, they left Charlotte on a hastily made up train. With a flag of truce on the engine, they proceeded cautiously, but on arriving at the Catawba river, found the bridge burnt, the telegraph wires cut and Stoneman just departed. Finding the end of the wire they ooened communication with General Echols and then first heard of the as sassination of President Lincoln, an announcement received with deep re- f ret, as the worst blow which could ave happened to th 1 South. Night was coming on and a storm, but Colonel Johnston secured an old flatbo&t and succeeded in ferrying his party across After search in the dark the southern eD$ of the iHre waaTouhcT and the news of the armistice tele graphed to Augusta and Macon. It proved the salvation of the latter place, as Gen. J. «H. Wilson was about to assault with a heavy force tbe next morning. When Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, in command of the Confederate force defending, communicated by flag the annoucemeot and tbe attack was suspended, a capitulation followed. The party then found their way to the house of a wealthy planter, several miles off, who, fearing they were Fed- erale, first pleaded Inability to enter tain them, but on learning who they were and the news they bore, opened his bouse and entertained them royal ly. Up to that time the house was In darkness, but after they had been shown to rooms for refreshing them selves, it was brilliantly lit up, and when they were Invite^ to supper found a large company of beautiful young girls and officers of a crack Charleston company, who bad tlH then been in concealment. Colonel John ston presumed alt his squad. Introduc ing them with titles, none below cap tain. After a floe supper, dancing and music followed and the party was kept up until a late hour. m has importuned and reached out her E onerous hands so far and so wide and as been so lavish in her preparations to receive them that they dropped every thing and came. It was worth a pil grimage to Mecca to hear Dr. Palmer's great address—greaVls the word -great and grand. I want every son and daugh ter of a'Confederate veteran to read it and feel Inspired with Confederate pride. The truth is, we have whipped this fight and the victory is ours; after so long a time we are slowly aqd surely killing off the slanders. Barbara Fren ch ie and Sheridan’s ride are dead and burled. The fact has now been estab lished that little Phil Sheridan never rode at all—or, If he did, he rode the other way—General Manning has set tled that, and even the Northern press admits It. He is the braggart whoaald he would make our land so desolate the crows would have to carry their rations with them when they flew over it. But the crows dideut. The South is all right- no crows—no buzzards and no carpet baggers—thank the good Lord for His mercies. As we-journeyed hither the boys joined us all along the line/’They came with a shout of bilarlty, “ All aboard for Louisville.’’ Car after car was at tached at the country towns and rail road junctions, and before we reached Chattan x>ga there were twelve coaches full of unrepentant, unreconstructed rebels. Our Cartersvllle boys were quiet iwa Wber, bnt even ole- Pathw Allday was as happy as If be had been sitting In tbe amen corner of the Meth odist church. He, too, had fought and bled with the Texas Rangers, and the Confederate cause Is part of his relig ion, for he Is now a preacher. He sang a song, part of whlih was “Dixie” and the other part “ Oaward, Chris tian Soldiers,” and it had a refrain about, “ Fight on, my soul; Ne’er think the victory won, Nor lay thine armor down.” At Tullahoma he spied some beauti ful strawberries and bought a whole crate of thirty-six baskets, and his good, patriotic wife distributed them to the veterans in our car. There were just thirty-six of -us, and we had a whole ba-ucet for eacb. All along the line in Tennessee pretty girls came to the doors of their homes and cheered us, and waved little Confederate flxgs. 1 could not hear all the good stories the boys were telling as we speeded along, but scraps came to my eager ears—scraps about old Joe Johnston and Cblckamauga an.l Murfreesboro and Franklin and Hood and Long street—1 think we wbluped ’em every where, from the way the boys talked about it. ' ' But it would take a book to narrate the stories of the boys, (or it is a fact that the experience of most any vele ran would fill a book full of interesting reading, borne of it would be thrilling, some sad, some amusing, and allinter- Ing. Tbe camp fire stories uf*tbe civil war will never be written. Ten thou sand books could not contain them, but at these reunions many of them are re told, and tbe boys find willing listen ers. These reunions are preservers of history and of heroism. They Impress the North with a feeling of respect and reverence for our earnestness and our abiding faith in the justice of our cause. There is no weakening, no sur rendering of principle ; we still say to the Northern soldier, “You thought you were right, and we forgive you, but you musent do to any moi e.” Tbe venerable and venerated Dr. Palmer delivered a grand address that should be read and pondered by the youth of the South. Be has exhausted the argument and no answer can be made to it. Louisville is all ablaze with Confederate emblems and Confed erate glory, and the city Is ourt/ But 1 can’t tee the end of this great reunion. Comrades have nearly sbak- en my arm off already, and the boys have trodden on my sore toe a hundred -times. My evening naps are broken up; and my garden needs looking after, for I am the boy—the only boy—and I ^Jrnow that my little pets are moaning iWTW-' ATjff'tnorer than aft this, to morrow is my wife’s birthday ; and, at Cowper wrote gj John Gilpin : ” Tomorrow is her birthday, And how the folks would stare Jf she should dine at Cartersville And I sbould not be there,” Bill arp. The Louisville Reunion and Chickamauoa Park.—Gen. C. I. Walker, commanding tne South Caro lina division United Confederate Veterans’ returned to the city this morning, says the Charleston Poet, having attended the Louisville reunion of Confederate Veterans and visited the battlefield of Chickamauga as a member of the commission to fix the site of the State monument on the scene of that great struggle. Gen. Walker ‘says the reunion was an unusually and enjoyable gathering, prevented the parade, but interfered little with the About 60,000 visitors attended the reunion. The South Carolina veterans, Gen. Walker said, were royally treated, and every one of them enjoyed the reunion to the full. The Chickamauga commission was met at the park hy Gen. H. V. Boyn.on, the chairman of the national commis- bfoe, and Capt. Smart, one of the at taches, and the party was taken to the battlefield to select the site for South Carolina’s monument.oThis was finally fixed, after a thorough inspection, on the crest of a knoll which was crossed by Kershaw’s brigade in a charge upon tbe enemy. The spot is ideal for its purpose, being vljible from a wide range. Gen. Boynton and Capt. Smart showed every courtesy to tne South Carolina party, and their Immate knowledge uf all the positions on the battlefield made. Vhbir company and conversation moil delightful and In structive. CONFEDERATE HAND-SHAKE HILL AKF LIKEN LOLINVILLK. The Kipsnsnc* of Every Veteran Would Fill a Volume With Id ter eat l —The Ureat Addraaa of Dr. Painter. It would take a week of time and a whole regiment of writers to tell about tbe great Coe federate Veterans reun ion at Louisville. Nothing like it has been wttaeeeed elaoa the close of the civil wer. It peaeetb comprehension. This is Thursdey, the seoond day, and there are now here twice as many vete rans as ever gathered anywhere. For many years we were not allowed to gather -woywhere to jubilate, but now we go where we pleaee and say what we please and voice our old Confederate sentiments and sing “ Dixie’’ and un furl our banners and even the boys le blue join in tbe general-hilarity. I re member when General George H. Tbomas was here in 18<U, and 1 have preserved a letter from him in which be said we Romans must not exhibit a Confederate flag any more in public nor even keep one in private,-for It was the emblem of treason and tbe punish ment of treason was death. Our Ro man young men and maidens had used an old tattered banner in a tableau ex- hibltlon that was given in the city ball eh soma, pews in the city churches, for the Fed eral* bad taiiMh out tbe pews and used them for boiWtroughs and used the churchek for povender. That old war- stained banner wp* the one our boys of the Eighth Georgia regiment marched into the first battle of Manassas with under General Bartow, and our young people thought it no harm .to place U in a dead soldier’s hand in a tableau scene of a field after the battle. Then we were allowed to think what we pleased, but row we can say what we please and do what we please and there’s no treason in it. What a good doctor old Father Time Is. Why he was a Federal soldier who opened the ball at Phenix hall last night and gave a welcome to the veterans. Captain Pirtie was one of the boys in blue, but he paid tribute to us and spoke kind and loving words and would put us on the pension rolls If he could. He is a great, big hearted gentleman, he is. There are'41,000 veterans here now —sure enough veterans who wdre the gray, and they are the llvest men in a dead caura the world ever saw. There are twice as many here as were In Char leston last year., Captain Pirtie said In bis address of welcome : *’ The city is yours,” and It is. Such hospitality was never witnessed anywhere. Just read the papers and it will amaze you. Tnere are veterans here in business who entertain every one who is left of their old regiments. Here is Captain Norton, who went out from Rome with tbe Light Guards and has accumulated a fortunejiero since the war. He wrote a letter to every surviving member of the Eighth Georgia regiment, urging them tw come and to be his guests. I am'proud to be one of them, and Col onel Towers is here, too, giving orders from these-headquarters. A year ago we were lamenting the rapid passing of the Confederate veterans and we really feared we would never more gather enough of them to make it in teresting. But here they have doubled In number and trlbbled In life an^ U can't be accounted for unless the Stales have increased their pensions. Money helps to prolong' life, no doubt of ft. Georgia now glveqhalf a million a year to ber old soldiers and they just keep living on and on. / Time outs down all, Botli great and smalt, Except a pensioned soldier. ' They do not die, But multiply As fast as they grow older. It may be, however, that Louisville Louisville successful The rain otherwise occasion.- THE MTUATION OF THE _ .. ' . CHINA. BOXERS. Two hundred and ninety millions of dollars for poultry, the itroceeds of one J ear, compared with tl86 000 000 for ogs for the same time, tells with em phasis the enormous magnitude of the poultry business. It becomes startling when It Is remembered that we are still importer* of eggs, for we should supply every home demand and be able to export besides. England im ports 135,450,111 dozens of eggs at a cost of $20,365,326, and we furnish 447,033 of the amount, or did In 1897. THE REVOLT S An Anti-Foreign Society DoIbsc a Mur derous Work—Public Sentiment Is Wltb Them. The New York Sun ssys that the grave situation in which tbe Boxers of China have involved not only foreign interests in China, but also their own country, Is the result of the past eight months of active hostility on their part against missionaries and their converts- The Boxers began their raid in Octo ber last and their movement has grown till they seem to have set tbe whole of northeast China aflame. The Boxers are avowedly an antl- forelgn society. Whether or not the society exists in all the provinces it certainly covers a wide area, being strongly organized In Hunan and other* central provinces on the Ysngtee river, as well as lo K Shan-tung and Pechlll provinces In-the northeast of China proper. If the report Is true that a force of the Boxers of Uunan are ^on their way north to re-enforce their brethren In Pechlll, it may be said that the antl-foreign activity of this society now extends through China on a line that is 850 miles long. At any rate, the scenes of thefr numerous murders and outrages within the past eight months extends over a territory that measure 350 miles north and souths from southwestern Shan tung io the neighborhood of Pekin.' Tbe width of the territory in which the outrages have been reported varies from about 75 miles in Shan tung to about 170 miles In the latitude of Tientsin, in other words, as near as can be es timated from tbe reports as to the localities where the Boxer* have mur dered native Christians and destroyed their property or that of the mlfsion stations, this series of outrages has extended over an area of about 30,000 Square miles and tbe area has been In creasing very rapidly within the past few week*. The most recent report says that the Boxers have killed eight iflethodiat missionaries. No definite details with regard to these alleged murders have been received. If tbe report la true they have departed from their policy, which has been to let the missionaries alone. To be sure, a small party of Boxers in December last murdered the Rev. Sydney Brooks in Shan-tung; but this crime appears to have been com mitted without tbs approval of tbe leader* of the m ivemeot. They re membered how promptly Germany resented the murder of missionaries a little over two years ago and tbat her wrath waa appeased only when China conceded to ber a valuable harbor and great privileges In Shan tung. Tbe Boxers did not desire early in their offensive operations to incense tne powtis so far as to cause their direct intervention for the restoration of order, and so they have waged their war upon foreigners only by killing native Christians and destroying mis sion property at out-stations, while stopping short of shedding the blood of white men. But the fire they have kindled has spread very rapidly in the past month, and they now seem em boldened to defy not only their own government, but the Powers as well. Hon. William L. Scruggs, who was in China for several years as consul- general of the United States, has fur nished the Atlanta Journal with tbe following explanation of the causes which led to the present outbreaks, and It will be seen from what he says that the trouble Is serious and not likely to stop short of a revolution: These so-called “Boxers” reorsssat what is undoubtedly the public senti ment of tbe empire of China. Tbat is to say, they represent the sentiment of the masses In all parts of Goins. Despite all treaty regulation* and pro fessions to tbs contrary thff laaases in China are unalterably opposed to any thing like foreign influence in the empire. ' -- - .# The Chinese claim to be a chpeen pie, just as much so as lid the old ebrews. Their whole government, their civilization, their social system are all predicated upon the one Idea tbst their government and their juris prudence are a revelation from heaven. Consequently, all missionary work in China and all Industrial and com mercial enterprises by foreigners are looked upon by the masses as directed to the overthrow of their civilization ac^d, consequently, of their govern ment. The “Boxers,” so-called, merely represent 'that sentiment. The en lightened rulers of China, the best men amongst them, do not share tbat sentiment, but there is no government that I know of that is more sensitive to popular sentiment than China; con sequently, the empress dowager and the officials of the Chinese govern ment hesitate to antagonize what they conceive to be the sentiment of the great masses of the people. I think that will explain the present attitude ’of the Chinese government. They have no desire to treat foreigners unfairly, but they realize that they cannot reverse public sentiment all of a sudden. It is very important there fore, that foreigners in China realizing this fact, should be constantly on their guard not to give unnecessary offense to the opinion's and prejudices of the ignorant masses. I was talking with tbe viceroy of Nankin some years ago and explaining to him how a system of railroads would facilitate the great Interior commerce of the empire, how It would inorease the value of their lands and their farm products and make China a much more wealthy country, than it Is. He readily assented to all I said, but added “ You must remember, sir, that the civilization of Cnlna Is so very different from that of your country ana of Europe that the same conditions which make your country a great one would make ours one of disorder and anarchy. As you see us here now, our laborers, our artisans, our contractors, our agri culturists are all occupied. Every wne has something to do. Every one is satisfied to work for small wages. There are never any labor strikes with us. There are never any idlers keek ing labor. There Is something for everyone to do. Now, introduce rail roads and financial and commercial syndicates and combinations of capltsl, S »op eb end you will thereby throw out of em ployment by Improved machinery a great army of laborers who are now contented. The result will be, ulti mately, a revolution which the gor- ernmeot at Peking would find Impos sible to control. Ws must, therefore, welt and give our people time to grow up to modern Ideas. We cannot break awiy their traditions of the past all of a sudden. And, furthermore. If hap piness be the true object of life, why J hould we make a whole people un- appy merely in order to make the country more rich and powerful ?*’ Rev. David L. Anderson, e Methodist missionary who bee lately returned from Soochow, end who hne been in Chinn for eighteen yenn, says thnt the recent outrage* perpetrated by the Boxers ere to be e lald directly nt the door of the Menohu government. Mr. Anderson was formerly a minister In Atlanta, and he he* made the follow ing statement about the troubles In Chinn. - ’ ■ “ After the Germans entered Klao Chow they got from the Chinese gov ernment many railroad and mining concessions. The Chinese government was not In n position to refuse Ger many’s requests, but with Its usual duplicity, U proceeded at onoe to etlr up the people in upper Shan-tung pro- vince to organized resistance of foreign effort. “ Foreign missionaries and the native Christina* were the first to come in contact with the so-called ’Boxers/ s* they were living back in the Interior. They Immediately protested to the Chinese government eed then through foreign consuls protested to their own governments. “ The Chinese governmeet flatly and positively refused to interfere, and the result was tha missionaries and native Christians were at the mercy of the 'Boxers’. Villages were pillaged and burned, house* and property ‘ con fiscated and native Christians robbed and murdered. Foreign missionaries were attacked. A young Englishman named Brooks was the first mlssioeary killed. That waa several months ago. “ After the death of Mr. Brooks ths Eagiish minister preesed the govern ment for relief and Interference, but he never got it. The government promised to suppress the rloU but in reality it was secretly encouraging the rioters. There can be no riot* In Chine without permission of public officials. It Is impossible. “ While the Boxers represent the at titude of the government toward foreigners, it does not represent tbe attitude of a large majority of the In telligent Chineee. Slnoe the Japanese war tbe spirit of China has changed. All through the empire sow, particu larly in tbe oeatral sad southern portions, there Is e large body of mes pressing for reform. But all reformers ere bitterly persecuted by the Menohu government. Schools have been closed end every reform movement crushed, while reformers ere liable to lose tbelr heads or bavq tbelr property con fiscated. “Whan these persecutions began many of the aatlvee fled to foreign countries’ and many are bow in hiding In Shanghai under the protection of the consuls. As a result of the persecu tion the gulf between the Menohu gov ernment and the body of Chinese Is widening every dey. “ It would lend to a revolution If for eign governments would allow a revo lutloo, but owing to the feet that there ere thousands of foreigner* there and millions of foreign capital Invested they cannot afford to allow It. Probable the only way to end the trouble would be for th* foreign governments to land their troop* and take possession of th* entire Menohu government.” “ You will remember when Secretary of State Hay asked tor ae ’open-door’ In China he suggested that the foreign powers unite to secure good govern ment for Chinn. This will have to be done. The Mnoohu* are a set of bar- owl. BOTH P1KROKD BY A Virginia Editor ead a lawyer Mel oa the Field off -The Event Wee Trade aad Sea- : national. ^ The recent death of Capt. Page Mo- Cartv, the celebrated editor aed duel- let, he* recalled the Wgie affair.la which he was one of th* principals, and a correspondent tells the story as follows : P«ffa McCarty wne th* last of tbe famous Southern dualists. He wne In May, 1873, on* of the principals In an affair that was romantic as well us fatal. He killed John Mordeoal, a prominent lawyer, aad was himself terribly wounded. The lady who wee at that time th* belle of the South was the Innocent cause of this dael. McCarty osme of th* beet stock. One of hie ancestors wee speaker of th* old House of Bargeeeee, away back la 17U. He and Mordecalware about the same age. They were deskmstes at the Uni versity of Virginia when law stadaats there just before tha war. MoOarty.ae a volunteer, wee preepnt at the Urn* of the time of the capture of Harper’s Ferry. He we* then e beardless youth, but It wee not long before he was rap idly promoted from private aad a captain of artillery. Alter the war Captain McCarty tam ed hi* attention to newspaper aad literary work. In the year 1873 he aad hie old friend, Mordeoal, were both desperately in love with Mise Mary Triplett, who was at that time the moot celebrated beanty ia Virginia, if not la the whole South. A grand ball was given In April of th* year mentioned, and nil the fashionable people of Rich mond .were there., Oe this Miss Trli Captain preference els*. Shortly after th* ball tha fol lowing verse wne printed la a local newspaper, but no name was elgeed to It! •** When Mery's form divine I In Htrauss s sweetest walls. tplett wounded the feel lags of McCerty by showing a decided toe to daao* with some oae Those lips 1, too, would fsin AI the those Hi pe be false.". Jobe Mordeoal was sitting at a tauraat oa Mala street waiting for hie order for breakfast to be filled when he read thee* lines. His friaad, Wil liam Royal 1, on* of th* lead leg lawyers In Richmond, wee with him. Horaaeal said it wee evident that MoCarty had written th* verse ami that the “Mary- referred to wee Mias Triplett He an nounced his purpose to bold MoOarty personally responsible. Mr. Royali In sisted that If the author of th* peblloa- tloa wes to be punished there was no reason why Mordeoal shoe Id undertake to do It as the lady bad a grows broth er and otbar male relatives. Bet th* young lawyer was terribly angry sad be would not listen to the ndvloe of hie friends. He sought the ooeneel of Wil liam R. Trigg, th* preneat head of tha W. K. Trigg ship Wilding company. Mr. Trigg took th* aaoM view of the matter us did Mr. Reyall aad Mordeoal wne finally ooavlaoed that it would bo a mistake for him to challenge Mc Carty. Th* old Richmond Club was thaa the place Where th* nltra-faehloaahlo gen tlemen of Riohneoad spaat their even ings. MoCarty aad Mordeoal wer* member*. On* evening MoOarty'* ne phew heard Mordeoal roundly a easing his uncle aad reported the matter to tha captain. There S ondeoo* passed aad It Is said MoOarty ealed th* authorship of tha 11 Chineee ns n Whole have no sympathy for the ’Boxer’ movement. The Manchus cotquered China three hun dred years ago and took possession of the government, and these ere the people who should be crushed. “ The 'Boxers’ drilled every night for months long before the preeent troubles began. They had arms and the drilling was semi-public. It was understood all along jhey had the tjmpatby of the government and no one tried to stop the drilling. They are regularly organized ns military bodies with officers. The Emprees Dowager approves of their work destruction. —The New York Evening Poet says a movement is now on foot under the supervision of eeveral of the Urge rail roads of^e South to Induce the Boers to settle in certain sections of the South. The general prevalence of the belief thnt the war in tbe Trnnevnnl can Inst but n little while longer hne gtren en impetus to the project to en courage the settlement In some of the Southern States those of the Boers .who will not submit to reconstruction under English dominion. It ie re ported In railroad circles that definite plans are being shaped to further the possible exodus of Boers in this coun try. ’ —For the first time in thh history of the national census there will,be an enumerntion this year of animals em ployed In the cities and towns. Here tofore the live stock census has bees confined exclusively to farm animals. OUR GREATEST SPECIALIST For 20 years Dr. J. Newton Hathaway has so successfully treated chronic diseas es that he is acknowltdged today to stand at the head of his profession in this liner His exclusive method of treatment for Varicocele and Stricture, without tne aid of knife or cautery curea in 90 per cent, of all cases. In the treatment of the loss of Vital Forest. Nervous Disorders, Kidney and Urinary Complainta, Paralysis, Blood Poisoning, Rheumatism, Catarrh, and dis eases peculiar to women, he is equally successful, Dr. Hathaway's practice u more than double that of any otner spec ialist. Cases pronounced helpleae by other physicians readily yield to hie treatment. Write him today lullr about your case He makbs no charge for consultation or ad vies, either at bis office or by mail. — J. Newton Hathaway. M. D., if ^ South Broad street, Atlanta. On. ealed Everybody believed that trouble would Be averted after this. A few weeks later MoCarty and Mordeoal met la th* oaf* of the ofub aad some angry words were passed. This dispute resulted ia Mordeoal knocking The letter at onoe a duel and It was promt dtspnto resulted i MoCarty dos seat a ehaUMga promptly accepted, wee just outside of which I* la the Oak wood cemetery, suburb* of Richmond. It wee aa ideal May morning. William L. Royali aad William R-Trigg AOei Mordeoal laloael Willie Dr. Hester Stonewall director aad after at Cfcaa- present as sargooa tor late Dr. J. 8. Dorsey General John S. Meredith ae frleade of MoCarty. McGuire, who Jackson's chief medical who attended that groat 1 he received his fatal wooed cellorsvllle, was Mordeoal. The Cullen, who was enrgeoa James Longetreet’s staff, wont along to attend MoCarty la oaea ha rooelsM a wound. • Both men (need each other with tha courage and ooolnem esoh At the first fir* th* ball from decal's pistol struck MoCarty la* right thigh. Mordeoal wes shot la his abdomen. Both men had to be carried from th* field, aad Mordeoal died two day latere. McCarty's life was despair ed of for several weak*, but he finally recovered. - This affair occasioned a tremendous sensation throughout the country. Th* seoond* wer* all arrested and kept la the Riohmoad Jail six weeks. They refused to testify and under the laws of the State could not be forced to do so and were released. ' MoOarty after hie recovery was ar rested aad tr<ad. Ha was oonvloted and sentenced to eerve slx moaths la jail and to pay a fie* of $600. The fine wee promptly paid. He had been la jell hut a short time whan the surgeon of the prison certified that longer con finement would result In hin death* end he wee pardoned by Governor Kemper. Soon after the duel Mise Triplett*, who, It Is said, had more than ftftp suitors, wne married to Captain Philip Hnxnll, a wealthy flour manufacturer. She reigned ae the aoknowl undisputed social queen of RL until her death a few yean ego. Mo Oarty never again sought the moiety of Indies. He devoted his life to joar~ on!Ism sad to literary work. Ae a political editor he woe a bold aad fear less writer. Tbe Democrats had him. to edit their campaign papers, and ha made several fieroe and savage ottaahe upoe the late General William Mahoao aad other Republican leaders. . . < It was often thought that ho be challenged by hie pollttool neats, but he ■ z'' sever woe. Short! e sold la them nr sfnl to lednlge io aad to avoid per rtiy be- nrttolm for* hie death be said la be was ever oarefal tlmate criticism abuse, for ha did not want to fight another duel. » L T HE m£~Z ' .» yr_