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REMINISCENCES OF The Days of '76. as Witnesj Holmes, of the Ba The death in Columbia last week of Ka Col. Alexander C. Haskell was the j La ending of a ^ife without fear and < without reproach. As a soldier of Wi the confederacy he suffered grievous inf Wounds, bearing upon his face scars He - - * -' J - ?+ >,01 that showed tnat ne neiu a. num place on the _ battle line near the leg flashing of the guns. When peace tra came he returned home undismayed, for and strong in the faith of his ances- wa try. sh< At the age of thirty-six years, in of the supreme effort to redeem the he: State from the misrule of the carpet tin bagger and the scalawag, he was elected chairman of the State Demo- crs cratic Executive Committee. The He iny burden was a heavy one, but he bore wa it bravely and grandly. Under his Ch V' wise guidance Democrats touched el- Ja: - t bows from the Blue Ridge to the At- Joi ?lantic, and when the polls closed in Br the November election of 1876 the Sei great victory was won and Wade poi Hampton was chosen Governor of the Co ? State, the civilization of the people vie redeemed and home rule assured. But the Republican State Board of th< Canvassers, to nullify the voice of the on good people of the State, white and th< colored, to perpetuate the carnival of sei official corruption and political crime, un threw out the votes of Edgefield and th< ... . - - _ p Laurens counties, thereby seeking to wh rob the people of the fruits of the cai campaign and to continue the run of doi f- v- ';'' Republican rule. Col. Haskell rose en r to the occasion. He summoned all the Wj Democratic members of the House of ch; f.Representatives to a meeting to be me held in Columbia on the Saturday otl pTj^v^.Bight previous to the meeting of the chi t .General Assembly. They all came, pla : Our personal reminiscences may Wj prove interesting and instructive and coi bring home to the minds of the 1 IRfe r younger people the distressing con- loc ditions that eight years of Republi- ea< can domination had brought upon De South Carolina. we When we took the train at Willis- om on that Saturday morning for tal ^ l Columbia, we were called into a car Pla f-' 'H. filled with prisoners from Barnwell Du *nd Aiken counties, charged with sat Ipjpf: violation of the election laws. Dr. mt .Bardeen, a white Republican from sei the North who had settled near Pla ^ Aiken, was the deputy marshal in coi 1^,;.: &**** He at flrst denied us ad- ! mission, but upon being told that we Pu were of their counsel allowed us and PO' &?--- *b? late H. M. Thompson, Esq., of 1|^V Williston to enter and remain in the of ^.'.car. The boys were all cheerful and sin c6urageou8, and satisfied that they cei had done no wrong and no one mani- Ho ^^j^^fested any uneasiness. sec agfe On arriving in Columbia they were Ho \X71 f,r ' carried to the county jan. Aiier an r.V' f rearly breakfast on Sunday morning the tjxi' -.v "wo went to the Jail to see them. of. When we approached the barred Ca: K s -door that kept them from freedom vei > one of the number whom we had Sp< known from boyhood reached out his hand, said, "We have not had a Sir mouthful to eat since we left Aiken Ho yesterday morning." We promised ey? llpfeX^ them that their hunger should be tin v qnlckly appeased, and walked back hi* Sijp v ''to Main Street. The first man we met was the late Col. Lee Hagood. We 0{ ^ . | told him of the treatment of these 8id foprisoners, he made it known to the da' ^ leading Democrats, and in quick time Sp< breakfast was sent them from the Ma Wheeler House, a furniture store was reI 7 opened, mattresses and bedding were his sent them, and other comforts in the hii way of cigars and various liquids 1 ?%/.: contributed. An afternoon visit found them all very cheerful. Judge er? * <' Bryan of the United States District sin Court and Judge Bond of the Circuit a 1 Court granted them bail, which was SP* readily furnished by citizens of Co- t0 is- lumbia and they wpre released and % that was the last of their election ert Sip troubles. ow At the caucus on Saturday even- rej ing of the Democratic legislators 101 elect,/ Gen. William H. Wallace, of S? Union, was nominated for Speaker, Col. John T. Sloan, Sr., of Columbia, a11 for Clerk, Capt. John D. Brown, of rei Williston, for Sergeant-at-arms and lui W.. B. Williams, of York, for Read- gQl ing Clerk. On Tuesday, the day for the opening of the legislative session, ^ the doors of the State House were stl guarded by Federal soldiers with t01 bayonetted guns, who had instruc- a J tions to admit none except those P1{ having certificates of election from ^ the colored Secretary of State. As eri the members elect from Edgefield ad and Laurens counties had no such wi thp Dpmnrrflts refused to accept the situation, a ringing pro- coi test against this political outrage was read by John C. Sheppard, of Edge- th< field, fair notice was given that the He Democrats had won the victory and do would not be cheated out of it by ke fraud or robbed by military power, wl They returned to Carolina Hall and an held their daily sessions there, while legal proceedings were in progress to Ec establish before the. State Supreme cr; Court the election of Governor do * ')/.j' TRYING TIMES. sed by Major John W. rnwell People. mpton and of the Edgefield and urens representatives. Good work was also being done in ishington, and after weary delay ormation was received that the use securing a majority of memrs would be recognized as the ;al one by the incoming adminisition of President elect Ruther d B. Hayes. To make converts it s decided that the Wallace House Duld occupy the hall of the House Representatives, which had been Id- by the Mackey House before it time. In a very leisurely way the Demoits strolled down to the State use before the Republicans had iked up. In advance had gone airman Haskell, Representatives mes L. Orr, R. W. Simpson and bn G. Blue, and Sergeant-at-arms owne with a number of assistant rgeants, all of whom had occupied sitions as Colonels or Brigade mmanders in the Confederate ser:e. \ They found two doorkeepers at i door of the Hall, one white and e colored. Judge Haskell knew un both and whispered to them >arately that he would blow their tins out if they tried to prevent iir entrance. Orr took hold of the lite man, gave him a sling that Tied him 20 or 30 feet away, the Tiroe nnonorl 9()H tVlA Flpm nrrats l/i nao v^/vuvu MMV* . tered and took possession, Gen. illace occupying the Speaker's air. Afterwards the Republican smhers came in and occupied the ler side of the Hall. An inferior air was procured for Mackey; iced by the side of that of Speaker illace and the dual houses both nmenced proceedings at noon. During the continuance of the deadk from noon until midnight of Jh 24 hours two Speakers, one a mocrat, the other a Republican, re addressing the House. ' When a became exhausted another would te his place. The oratorical disiy was continued until midnight, ring all this time the members . with their hats on, smoked as ich as they pleased, had their meals it to them from their boarding ices, and every white Democrat ltracted a severe cold. The arguments of the Democrats, blic and private, were sufficiently ^erful to convince the required mber of Republicans of the error their ways, they forsook their king political craft, gladly ac)ted membership in the Wallace use, giving it the majority which ure its recognition as a lawgul use by the Hayes Administration, len this had been accomplished 5 Wallace House, at the direction Speaker Wallace, withdrew to rolina Hall. This was done to prelt bloodshed. The Republican saker, B. W. M. Mackey, had been ormed by Col. Haskell at the beining of the dual occupation of the use that if trouble came he, Mackhad been selected as the first vie" - "*T? i of Democratic vengeance, r our ive men had been selected and inucted to take care of him. One these, a man of powerful phyue and corresponding courage, sat 7 and night on the top step of the maker's platform within six feet of ,ckey. We asked him why. He ilied that if a collision came it was purpose to seize Mackey and throw n through the window. Gen. Hampton had also assured n. Huger, commander of the Fedil troojffe in Columbia, that if a gle Democrat should be killed not nember of his command would be ired. Gen. Hampton had a force make good his threat. Several jusand men, many of them Confedite veterans had come of their n accord to Columbia, ready and >olved to win for home rule or ce the establishment of military imrnmonl Manv of . them had TVI UJUIVUV* wy J w m. . ?? aught guns of various sorts along, claiming that the weapons needed pairing and they wished the Conbia gunsmiths to put them in od condition for the winter's huntEvery afternoon towards sunwn they would gather in Main reet in front of Governor Hampl's little office and call on him for speech. He would address them in dn matter of fact way, assuring em that he had been elected Govaor and that he would be Governor, vising them to avoid any conflict th the military forces and to rern home whenever it suited their Qveniences. Representative John S. Verner was 5 first to enter the Hall of the >use, stooping and entering the or under the arms of the doorepers and the Democratic pioneers, lile the argument about opening d entering was in progress. T?pnrpsenta.t.ive .Tas. Callison. of Igefield, was the champion Demoatic speechmaker, having spoken wn two consecutive Republican r orators, but he was so hoarse from the effort that he could hardly speak above a whisper for a week. After their return* to Carolina Hall the Democrats secured the election of Gen. M. C. Butler to the United States Senate. Governor Hampton took the oath of office on a platform outside of Carolina Hall The. Bible that he kissed was a new one, bought for the purpose by Capt. Chas. Petty, of Spartanburg, and is now no doubt among his most cherished treasures. ' Viio tnoncriiral arl. .A-iier uenvcniio u? uiuu&u.u. dress, Governor Hampton was surrounded by such a multitude of vigorous handshaking Democrats that he was almost exhausted by the exertion and remarked to the writer, "They have nearly killed me." We took him by the arm and guided him up the steps into Carolina Hall. Soon after the inauguration of President Hayes on the 4th of March following, orders were issued and obeyed for the removal of troops from the State House, and the Republican State Government collapsed. Chamberlain published . his farewell address in which he quoted these sure words: "I see a hand you cannot see that beckons me away; I hear a voice that you cannot hear that b'"ds me not to stay." The refusal of the Democrats to pay taxes to the Republican government had left them without the sinews of war,, and the carpet bagger hurried away and the redemption of the State was accomplished. And never before since time began was there won on unfurrowed sea or short plowed battlefield a grander victory than this triumph of the right For the supreme hour of our civilization had come, the day for the passing of the judgment of its success or sacrifice. And never before was there and never again can there be in PornHna's rnrntal such an gaV/U^l VU 1U VM.* r assemblage of such men. Wade Hampton, the incomparable, the one man who could, unflinching, look deadliest danger square in the face and dare its worst attack, the soldier spirit that could kiss his dead boy, the joy and pride of his heart, and turn with unsheathed sword to lead his squadrons to the charge again, Lieutenant General of the Confederacy, now forever gone, the leader of them all, calm, passionless, unafraid, unerring, when but a single fault might have been fatal, guiding his people as a safe shepherd leads flocks into the safe, sweet pastures of a lasting peace. And such counsellors as he had to hold up his hands in those days and nights of weary anxiety, Matthew Calbraith Butler, a Major General of Cavalry who had left a limb but not an atom of courage in old Virginia, Brigadier General Johnson Hagood, "the Savior of Petersburg," James Connor, a maimed veteran who had given into the bosom of Virginia a part of his body for keeping until the final muster of eternity, M, W. Gary, "the bald eagle of Edgefield," John Bratton, Samuel McGowan, John D. Kennedy and many more of highest heroic mold. And the plain men who thronged Main Street from the capital gates to the post office, clad in homespun, bearing their own cots, sleeping where they could find shelter from the frosts and winds of the wintry nights, uncomplaining, were hero soulds that had come at the last call of the Mother State to save her or to be sacrificed with her. From beyond the Savannah had come a volunteer the knightliest son of a grand State, and in graceful, reminding memory of his splendid help the portrait of John B. Gordon hangs upon the granite wall of the House in which the Wallace victory was won. Ah! We shall never look upon their like again. To-night as we sit in the quietness of our chamber, disturbed only by - - - 1 the counting or tne seconas uy iuc clock ^nd the footfalls of the church goers through the April moon glory, among the memories of the vanishing years comes this one picture as if limned upon our brain but yesterday. It is the strained anxious face of a plain, every day man, but an unwritten hero worthy of immortality here and hereafter. He had come from his quiet home among the foot hills of the Blue Ridge in Pickens County, sent by his fellow citizens as their Representative. He had left in that sequestered home a wife ill nigh unto death. She had, perhaps, kept the fajrm work going and the spinning wheel and home busy while he wore the gray in Virginia. Whether so or not we can not tell but she was of the spirit of the bride of the early sixties. She bade him go to Columbia, and though day after day the tidings came to him that still lower ran the sands of her life the stress of the Mother State was so great and urgent that he could not be spared, that he could not tear himself away from duty to her side, to. catch the last whisper from her lips, the flnai love glance from her closing eyes. The look of heart hunger on his face, as of one suffering the tortures of a crucifixion, will not pass from our mental vision. That patriot was Representative Bates, of Pickens county. When the General Assembly was called in special session in the Spring of 1877, Columbia was as peaceful as "Sweet Auburn, loveliest' village of - **1" ? ? '' sismi ?*+ Vio/1 oiiof oinfiH Lilt! pictlU. J. lie eviui t, uau ouowiuvu the validity of the election of Governor Hampton and his co-candidates, and the removal of the federal garrison left Governor Chamberlain's administration without a ray of hope. The Republicans of the State, saving and excepting its beneficiaries, accepted the results and the task of undoing the wrongs of the reconstruction years occupied many weeks. In the reconstruction of the Supreme Court Col. Haskell was elected an Associate Justice, resigning his position as president of the old Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. He filled that exalted office with characteristic force, fidelity and ability until happier conditions warranted his resignation that" he might enter upon and carry to success long cherished business ambitions. Well nigh a score of years have passed since last we met him but in that well remembered interview he described the incidents of the entry of the Wallace House into the Representative Hall as narrated by us last week. Nothing was said as to giving the facts publicity and knowing Judge HuhItpII's mnripfltv. his fnriifFerpnpe to deserved compliments as to unmerited censure we took aud kept the account as the confidence of one who had honored us with a friendship that had added much of sincere satisfaction to our life. And as we parted the thought came to us of the high tribute paid to the dead great Bishop Elliott, of Georgia, "And matchless sweet the golden wheat that nurtured him." Of course there were in constant circulation startling rumors during the deadlock struggle hut the realties taxed sufficiently the actors in the drama and confidence in the Democratic leadership was so complete that they caused little worry or excitement As showing the temper and devotion of our best people we chronicle this one recollection. It was said to us by some one that at one critical period there was need of an argument in the form of ten thousand dollars in ready cash. We mentioned the rumor to Gen. Francis M. Bamberg, who said to us: "Go tell Governor Hampton that if he needs ten thousand dollars I will furnish them." But the money was not needed. Children and Money Getting. "A number of parents of my acquaintance cultivate the business instinct in their children." says Mary Louise Graham in Woman's Home Companion for May. "They pay them for the services rendered to the family; they urge and help them to urge and save money in every ijpssible way, even by doubling the amount of their savings. Now I should as soon think of tipping their father for carrying packages as of paying one of my children for any ordinary services to the household. Besides stimulata love for money, this practise works against the feeling of reciprocity, of solidarity, which I am so anxious to cultivate. Much is done for them often at a great sacrifice; it is fitting that they should in their turn render service. I cannot see that they are exempt from graiitude for the much love and care that is given them, for they were not brought into the world of their own volition, a fallacy that Is made the excuse for much selfishness. Therefore, the boys care for the furnace, the cellar, the sidewalk and the garden; thej girls do a great many things about the house. I give them money, as much as I can afford, for I want them to learn the value of it, but it is a free gift.,. | "I do not know when I have been so shocked as I was last Thanksgiving in New York City, when children, respectable looking in spite of their fancy dress costumes, and evidently coming from comfortable homes, stopped me on the^Btreet and asked me for money. 'What are you going to give me for Thanksgiving?' was said to me many times in every block. They tell me it is a regular custom in New York City, accepted there without apparent protest. What could be a better school for the mercenary spirit of the age which people lament so much?" INFANT'S BODY IN WELL. Gruesome Find of Mill Operative in Anderson. Anderson, April 28.?The half docomposed body of a black infant was found in a dry well near Anderson by a mill operative to-day. The coroner and sheriff made investigations but as yet have made no arrests. A I negro woman was seen throwing a bundle in the well but' before the contents of the bundle were ascertained the negress got away. The officers have her description and her arrest will follow. On account of the advanced stage of decomposition the coroner could not determine whether the babe died of natural causes or whether it was killed. ^ V J ' ; . ; ' . ..VV . . . - , rrm I Top Notch in I Bottom Notch i I SATISFACTION GUA gJNO. W. /V || "The Quality Store.'' 'Phone 3 . 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