Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

S-"" f* ~ MA* - > , - - -. w * 1 - ' ' ' THE GREAT LEADER. |j i' j. Outline of the Career of South Caro* 6. liua's Noblest Son, I LIEUT. GEN. WADE HAMPTON. Bclanofa Family of Men Noted for Tliclr Courage, Some Ineidenutofun Kventlul Idle. , Lieut. Geu. Wade Hampton was born in Charleston on March lsis. In llasel street, within the sound of the chimes of old Saint Michaels, lie first saw the light. His great grand father came from Virginia to the colony of South Carolina prior to the Revolution and settled in Spartanburg district, where he and most of the family were murdered by Indians in 177.). Several of the sons including Geu. Hampton's grand father were awav at the time and eseaned the massacre, and all served in the War for Independence. Wade Hampton, the deceased general's grand father, was in Washington's cavalry, and was lieutenant colonel at the battle of Eutaw. The swish of Col. Hampton's sword was always heard in the charge. In the war of 1812 this soldier was a general, lie was one of the lirst cotton planters and acquired much land in Mississippi and Louisiana as well as South Carolina. Col. Wade Hampton. the dead chief's father, was a planter with large estates, and lie loved blooded stock. He had a private race track at his beautiful home near Columbia, burned by Sherman. Col. Hampton was a warrior also. He served on Gen. Jackson's stall' at the' battle of New Orleans and bore news to Washington, riding one horse the entire distance to Columbia, at the rate of 72 miles a day. The deceased general learned to ride, shoot and "speak the truth" at Millwood, and received rare training. His mother was a Miss Kitzsimons. Gen. Hampton was educated at the South Carolina university from which lie graduated in the class of is:w. lie then studied law, but with no intention of practicing: however. Trior t-? the war the young man's planting interests In Mississippi consumed much of his time and he usually spent his v . winters there. The last crop before the war raised on this place was ">.000 bales. The command of the great number of overseers and laborers gave him good schooling for what lie was soou to devote his attention the command of soldiers. When the State seceded Hampton obeyed the call to arms quickly, going in as a private, but soon raising the Hampton Legion composed of six companies of infantry, four troops of eavL airy and one battery of artillery. lie ; commanded this organization with conspicuous gallantry at Hull Hun. where he received a wound in the head. Such a command was hardly tilted l'or f good service. The different arms of the service were separated, "and each became the progenitor of a famous l body of its kind." It was corps elite. <")f its original members two bcca ^lieutenant generals Hampton and Stepnen D. Lee: one a major general, j uuuci, iiiui curee nrigaaier generals Connor, Gray and Logan. At Seven Pines Hampton was attain wounded in g- the foot, his troops distinguishing themselves. On July 28, 18i>2. Hampton was made a brigadier general of cavalry and his command was known as the Hampton Legion. it was composed of Soutii Carolinians, North Carolinians and Virginians. At it head Hampton rode in Stuart's famous raid in August, l*i>2, round Pope's;1 tiank and rear. He made the Federal general date his correspondence from "Headquarters in the Saddle." Gen. Hampton was always successful in detached service. His work was dashing in the Maryland and Pennsylvania campaigns 1802-02, and full of incidents. The story of Hampton's meet-' J ing with Col MoCluroof Chamhcrshurg is one of the best of the campaign in that section. At Gettysburg Gen. j Hampton was thrice wounded in the momentous struggle. About half t lamen were wounded in this battle. In 1 June 1802 at Brandy station. Gen. Hampton's younger brother. Lt. ? ?1. Frank Hampton, was killed. Gen. Butler lost his leg here also. '"On another part of the Held,'" sa\s <. the historian. "Gen. Hampton wasii that day performing brilliant service l in many a charge, one of these a r mounted charge against a Federal j ;i brigade, was said to have been tin- t most hotly contested and inngniti- ) cent horse encounter of the war. but 1 Hampton's star lighted the path and . itis saber cleft the way to victory. As I the general dashed to the head of his I command to lead tlicm on this oocasi. >n h his eyes 'snapping lire.' as the nu n c _ __ used to say, he threw o(T his overcoat t to leave his sword arm tree and Hung ii it to hisson. Fresh n. acting orderly .1 Ii mere boy, who was afterwards Killed a at Burgess' Mill," who threw it away e saying he didn't come to carry coats i, but to tight. At Gettysburg (Jen. t; Hampton was severely injured, though d after receiving his wound he, in hand- st to-hand eon diet cleft the skull of Ids g adversary with his sahcr. In August 1lie was made a major general and w then soon followed the magnificent <> campaign of Virginia, where (lamp- tl ton won his fame as a general. Ilampton broke up Federal plans with the ,| move at Trevillians' Station, and in )<| 21) days captured .'J,000 prisoners and n much war material with a loss of only js 719 men. In August isni Hampton ,|j was made commander of Leo's cavalry ,| with the rank of lieutenant genera!. |, I11 September he st ruck t he rear of 1 lie p Federal army at City l'oiiii and n) brought away 400 prisoner-, and alioiit 2, ">00 beeves. It is impossible here to tell of the many brilliant battles conducted by Gen. Hampton. The story would till volumes, lie concluded his service tiebefore the war ended t>y taking charge of Johnson's cavalry and did tine service in harrasssing and retarding Slierman's army. Gen Lee's famous order commcndin . |,i Gen. Hampton's cavalry, issued on : 1 i Feb. 28, concluded with tl is 1 pi paragraph: "< llt , \ 1 'In announcing these achievements. |( the commanding general takes special ,,, pleasure in adverting to the prompt ness of theortieers in st riking a success- ,i(. fill blow whenever the opport unity <>l fered, and the endurance and gallant r\ | with which the men have always slip ported their commanders. These deeds give assurance of viirilunci- :u-i n. -....i ? fortitude and of 11 - i? rfm Stfe still more brilliant act Ions In i he co n rap Ing campaign. R. B. i. "Oeneral." Historian Wells In iiis volun In# to <?en. Hampton gives a striking | <!< ^^ intance of his personal bfruvery u? mental acumen, lie Rays: "Early < the morning or March U, lsoj' Jolt wii's army was crossing the Ke; river at t'ayet twille, North Carolln The Infantry, artillery and \vag< trains had nearly all'eeted a crossir while the cavalry were across. She man's forces in parreilel columns wo pressing up. tlcn. Hampton was ictlic hotel in the town when one of h l>est scouts, Hugh Scott by name, g: loped up and lold liim that theenen were close by in the parreilel street a company of them having con through a byroad that had not Ik* picketed, and that more were behii them. The sititalion was critical, the enemy sueeceded in wedging in 1 twecn the retreating army and I cavalry, the rear guard. it won entail d is; is tor. Tire cavalry won thus he cut oil' from covering the i treat and the bridge across the ri\ which ii was essential to burn aft the crossing was completed, if left tact, would afford the Federals t opportunity of swift pursuit. Not moment was to be lost. The cava! leader must lie able to both think a act with the rapidity of a Hash lightning, and that Hampton did this occasion, lie realized that ounce of prevention is worth a pou of cure in war as well as in disease a that one man's services in the nick time may be more valuable than til of a thousand a few minutes later, calling to the scout and two mcmbi of his stall' to follow him and picki up three privates from Company Fourth S. C. ('. (Charleston Lig Dragoons) " and also one man said he from Wheeler's i >> uinand * - t general dashed around the corner a gave the order. 'Charge.* I lis se\ followers there were no others in t charge obeyed with alacrity and a the general leading. Hung themseh upon the Federals, who were drawn in the street. These fired a vol! wit h their carhines hut hy that fit tlie Confederates had struck t hem a contused by the suddenness of the : attack, the fierce assaults and t powder smoke they did not realize t small number of their assailants, they tried to wheel alniut to run. h among them were pistol balls close quarters, and l he hack and thru of satires. I.ess than a hundred var down the street was a turn at rig angles to ttie left into the byroad which they had entered the town ai hy w hich they were endeavoring in to escape. Hero l-liey oceanic jamni together in confusion, all organizatii lost and their pursuers cut and thru like devils incarnate, as t lie fugativ probably thought. F.leven Feder; were killed and F2 captured and t rest, many of them wounded, lied wild panic carrying consternation t heir friends with excited talcs of iiti dreds of men in buckram, as the 1m will do in such circumstances." Ti only Confederate casualty was the ki iii^ ?m <1 ii 111" III. I If. 1 llllh Wilh I lll'lTfl! itig of the river secured to the Co federates. Hampton had grasped tl sit nation and solved t he problem. After the close of the war tie Hampton resumed his cotton plant ii operations tan was not generally su eessfnl. lie spent a good portion his time looking after his Mississip plantation and this gave rise to tl charge, made by his political cnemi some years later, that hewasan alie .lust here it may he well to tell he it was that Hen. Hampton came head the movement that led to the r demption of South Carolina from Hat cal rule. In December. IS7*>, became to t! distinguished South Carolinian wl was at the head ot the white incipici organization, lie was then on his wj to Mississippi. He asked what w; going to he done and asked specltical could th people of t he Stat i bearou ed to do anything. He was answeri 'yes,' that they had determined fl made a straight tut tight and win ? die. lie said, '"That is the only ho| for the State." !! , was then aske< "It we nominate you will you le; the tight?" *>11 that plat form." ! answered, "1 will make the tight to finish, not for I he otllce hut for tl principle.'' Hen. Hampton went t lo his Mississippi plantation and i ihe meantime C I. Hint's paper i [he tip-count r.v and a few ot hers bega to help the white leaders. The Stal i nvent'on was called for May. In 'hamherlain's I'usionists wete j ;trung t hat all that could he done w; oadj itirn the convention w'thout ;u .ion. Tl; l-'usionists conterrled i hat conv ntion tint Hampton was h'n.iionist. (icn. Hampton came hail o s; .nth I'arolina in .lime and wa nt t lis home in lite sandlt Is. When l> rot hai k lie was i ' id health and I ooked as if there s !?rit lit'.ie hop 'or the State, lie was > tit to th notint a ins to get his heal tit hack agai ind the convention was postponed tit; il August. Karly i:i .Inly he went t iValiialla and oil in lie mountains airly in August a Id erw;s.-cnt iiii irging 11iin l ? cotnc to Columbia an ic present in person at thee invention le was Oir in the mountains hu'ntin ait he got here the night before th on venf ion and t hi" n ' day was oi he Moor. Alter a haul light his nom nation was won and then men win ad been lighting the white leader 11 day eatue over that night, whili nlhusia in prevailed in Coliunhia ifii. I lump a rel urned to the inoiiii nn> a11>i opened t lie campaign at An erson. 'I'll" leader referred in aIm>v< latnl yi >tcrda\ tli:it lie had made th real est and grandest campaign ve inducted. ll> connected his tigh itliih the hounds el perfect law ant rder and on all casii ns displayci 10 w isdom ol a Solomon. I rida\ smss the anniversary of tlx i v 11 poll w 11i? 11 I >an:ol II. < 'hainber hi turned o\ r to Wade llamptoi i< State o.apilol at ? 'liniihia. and it a coincidence that lie should hav? ied upon th" anniversary of the very i\ that lie witiiessed the fruition ol is elTerts to reel iin In- State. Tin illowi ig o leiiments in regard to t.liir attei will l?e of esp? rial interest: I lea riii)/ that Mr. < hainherlain wa> illing to vield tli" |hism ssion of tin nvutive oiltee in tli" Slate house, ovcnior llanipton addressed him tin >1 lowing note: State of Soul h ( aiolina. Ilxcciil i\e < 'hamhci. ('oilnnl?ia. S C., A pi. in, is"7. Sir: Having learned that you now 'Opose to t lit n over to me the oxeelive eliainher, w it li t he records and pa rs liclongiiig to the executive oilier iw m \oiii jmssessitin. I heg to inform ... 11. A 1 .. ii - 1 - ?? - r,? ....II ? Mil .-Ml m ?| |?i v| i(.' i Hiiiri'i l( reive t lie sumo at any hour you ina.v (I it ;i 1 c ;is iiittsl eom onion t lit vtuirsoli. I am v? i> rospoet fully v<>i11- obedient i vant. Wade I lainpton, i iov ernor. >. 11 on. I >. I!. < .'lit 1111>? i la in. To this Mr. ( liamht rlain prompt Iv plied as follows: State of Soul h ( arolina. Kxeetil i\r ('handier. ' oluinhia. S. (A |n il lo, 1*77. Sir: lioplyiiiK to you note of this to. I have to suv that my private seelary \\ ill meet suehollleer as you may senate at 12 meridian tomorrow. at 0 \ ?.? _.v id the executive Office, for the piiTiiose in- < ,n dloated in your note* 1 n. Very respect fully. ,|r I). H. Chamberlain, ftoverno**of South (.\trolina, * To lion. Wade Hampton. | News and Courier, April 11. ~ <r? I '* At ten minutes before 12 the troops i r,> I in the State house were brought | 11' | to Attention.*' Thesentry at the gover-1 1,s nors's (iiKir resumed his place hi the l'" j ranks. Col. lllack stood by. ] As the lirst stroke of the clock s< ; sounded the order was given, "AttenIU> tlon, guard: carry arms; right shoulder en arms: twos right, inarch." The sound IM\ of heavy and heavier footfalls resound" ed along the corridors and before the K'~ bell had reached the tiftli stroke of 'ls the twelve the last tile laid crossed the !'1' threshold. A number of the negro constables, evidently acintg under pcrv* emptory and urgent orders, instantly 'er sprang to the heavy doors and slannned or .. *? ?*? It 11 v ~ 111 Willi ?! tiling, III IIIU hltc Ul lllf crowd within, and in the immediate rear of t he last tile of t lie soldiers wltha I out, who are hardly out of the way of r.v , the closing panels. A heavy liar 1 11(1 j dropped into its brackets, and the ndiitary occupation of tlie State Is ended, i much to tile relief of the citizens and Iin the military as well, nd < ,u' On Wednesday, at seven minutes to i ' 1 1:1 in., Mr. Manning, private secretary iat' <>f the governor, presented himself at the executive otliee and was politely 'rs met by Mr. ltabbett, of whom lie requested the surrender of the governor's ,v- otliee in the name of (iovernor llamp- ( ton. Mr. itabliett replied that lie was 1,0 ordered by (Iovernor Chamberlin to '1(j make the transfer at 12 precisely, and would do so when that hour arrived. ''n As the tirst stroke of noon was heard, ',c Mr. ltahhctt handed over the seal and " keys of l lie otliee, uccompaning t lie acvs tion with the usual verbal formula. l,P And (iovernor Hampton was in posses?-v sion of t ho otliee. A few minutes more were spent in explaining tlie details of ,M' 1 Kioks. papers, etc., and Intth gentle- , men retired from the premises, leaving [ the otliee locked, as it will remain until '}c the key is turned to admit (iovernor S|' llampion himself. Me will probably take |H?sscssion in person tomorrow. :1' A few idlers were present aliout the i lsl hiillding, but only one or two gctitlc('s men were allowed to lx present at the lit ceremony as witnesses. News and '' v Courier, April 12. ud _ ns; WEATHER AND CROPS. ed un h'! Tlie (iencral ItackwurtlnewH ??f the , es 1 ll-s SeiiHou Saves tlie Crops. lie ' i" The second weekly bulletin of tlie ' season of tlie condition of the weather . s) and crops in .South Carolina was issued < l?. last week by Director Itaucr of the < 11- South Carolina section of tlie climate ' ,s" and crop service of the I Till ted States . II" weather bureau. It is as follows: 10 The early part of tlie week ending J ,, Monday. April 11, was unseasonably ' u: cold, with heavy frost and thin Ice In , K-'- exposed places to witiiin about 20 j "! miles of tlie coast, on tire Oth. Tlie 1 pi llc close of the week iiad about normal ' ,-s temperature. Light frosts occurred in J n. tlie northwestern portions on the Ittli , ?w a ud llt.li. The frosts of the week nip- j to ped some corn, yellowed some oats, , e- probably injured peaches slightly in t ii- places, but otherwise did no material , damage, owing to tlie backwardness . of the season. ( id On the 7th, there was a beneficial t it rain that covered the entire State, j iv and ranged in amounts from one-third is to over an inch. In places it was ac- ( Iv coinpanied by hail. There was a snow , s- flurry in Newberry county on the 8th. j il The sunshine was about normal. High , id : winds prevailed on the 8th and tttii. . ,r The week was generally favorable for ic farm work, and rapid progress was ( I: mad" in preparing lands for spring ^ k! planting, except on lioltnm lands, j ic | wliicli are still too wet to plow, a' In the southeastern and cast central icjcouuties corn planting Is nearly tin- v .ii ished and much is up to poor stands, s i! : while some has been replanted. Itirds c in and cut worms have injured stands. ^ a. ! In the central counties upland corn ,, to | planting is well under way, while j ii : over t he western it has only begun. ,m Not much cotton has 1 tecn planted s is : anyuv re, scarcely any in the western j, l-- ; portions of the State, hut over the v n eastern port ions t lie bulk of the crop t a will lie planted during the present ,i k ! week. o, Uice is being planted, in all the re-1., n-j gions where grown, under favorable | j; it condiI ions. ^ Tobacco plants are plentiful l>nt j ] , sina'l: transplanting will not liegin for ? ii i some t line. () i Truck had favorable weather, the ^ 0 rainfall having been particularly ben- !, clicial along the coast. j( ii Wheat is generally promising, al- ( | d i bough small, with, however, niinicr-1 j. oils except ions, w he re t lie crop is poor. |; z ?)ats arc exceedingly variable in condi- j (> c t ion. with only a few localities, where 1 tlie crop is entirely satisfactory. Hardens are backward. rastures L, i alfunl grazing over t lie eastern por- c< s t ions of tin* State only. ;i Fruits are late in blooming, and the L, majority of correspondents regard it as safe to date, but in Lexington conn- p - i ty and a few other localities peaches a j have been malcriallv injured hut not s. all killed. f; 11 i : n i I .MaNNAcrcd l?y Kurd*. ! ^ i News has been received of massacre j gi i i by Turks and Kurds of three hundred | si < 'hrislians at hiaheckir, Kurdestan. I h A band of roving armcniaus recently ! in appeared near the town. The an- ai i ttiorilies sent Abraham I'achn. at the r< le ad of the Kurdish regulais, to dls- | tc perse them. The regulars pursued the w ' A rmenians some distance, attacking I an Armenian village en route. Fin- Si ally Abraham and his party were , forced back. .Inst as they reached the in town, seeking reinforcements, the Ar- si inenians opened lire. Heavy fighting |>; lasted forsome time. The Kurds, en- or raged at not being able to force the ni Armenians hack, turned into the hi Christian quarter of the town and di killed unmercifully. Many Turks and m Kurds were also killed. : fe Two .VcjjriH'H Suicides. p] Negroes do not often commit sui- ^ll eide hut two made away with themselves in this State last week, ou er Monday night Kugenc Code commit-1 w , ted suicide in Columbia. Code has attempted suicide several times belore and tins time an overdose of landanum produced theapparently desired IJJ] result. The other case was that of Sam Johnson in Charleston on Wed-1 nt nesday morning. Johnson had l>ecn , cn drinking heavily for several weeks. 00 lie eame home early Wednesday morn- ra ing and said to his wife: "I'm as '!l siek as a dog: I lielleve I'll blow my s:l brains out." And lie did, liaising his revolver to his head, he pulled the *'(l j trigger t hen he fell across his lied I and lay still. rc ] V . SOME WAR HISTORY. A Tedoral Oifleer's Tribute to Geu. Idic~h 2?nkina of >;he CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY. A (iraplilc Description ul' the liattle or the Wilderness WlioroTlint ( itllani Soldier Uave l'p Ills Idle. Mr. T. 11. Lackie, of Detroit, Mich., who was an otlicer in tln? famous Sixteenth Michigan regiment, writes to tlie Atlanta Journal a correction of the statement going t lie rounds that Gen. Mleah Jenkins was killed at Gettysburg, and gives in detail the circumstances connected with his death in the battle of the Wilderness on the Oth of May, 1HU4, to which is added a glowing tribute to Gen. Jenkins from the pen of this gallant Federal olllcer: The circumstances connected with the death of that very distinguished officer were as follows: All day t lie 5th and until about 10 a. m. the i>th. General A. P: Hill's corps had been contending against vastly superior numbers of Federal troops. On the fatal morning of the r>th Hancock had advanced Ills corps on Hill's >.-??tion, and forced the latter almost back to bis artillery line badly broken and worn out by incessant lighting. Disaster to the Confederate army seemed assured. General Lee was with the artillery and directing the re-formation of tlie broken lines, lie bad sent for bis old war horse (Longstreet) and was anxiously waiting bis coming always reliable and on hand at the right moment, lie is seen coming down tlie Orange plank road, his magnificent men on tin* double-quick, resistless as the ocean tide! Gregg's Texans are deployed into line and immediately advance with that never to be forgotten yell. The immortal Lee springs to the front to lead them; they halt. He must go back or there will be no advance of Texans. A bronzed-faced demon of the battle front gently takes the bridle rein and turns the head of his charger. Lee sorrowfully rides over to Longstrect: in goes the Texans. Loud rour the ;annon with shotted breath, and more iwful the yells of battle demons. The Texans strike Hancock's exultint advance; the shock is tremendous; neither line recoils: but the tangl>d forests tremble, and the tangledliaircd Texans and the veterans of Hancock settle themselves down to the science of butchering one another. The slaughter on Im?tli sides is awful, lienning's and Law's brigades come to the aid of Gregg and take a hand in ! llie work that is on: with a yell the whole line charges. The General line ! s forced hack, hut Wadsworth comes | .<> the aid of Hancock: the tide of batle ebbs and Mows. Wadsworth is vilied: Longstreet strikes the Federal eft llank; rolls it up in a confused nass toward the plank and t?ack on he ltrock road. Everything now iniicated a complete victory for the Confederates. General Longstreet ode forward to prepare and take advantage of the opportunity t" inlliet a lecislve blow on Brant's army. With hat end in view Jenkin's fresh brigade s moved forward to the plank road. Supplemented by Kershaw's brigade, . reneral Longstreet moved forward 0 rcconnoiter the situation, accom>anied by General .lenkins. Mahone's nen seeing a movement in their front md by the indistinct view obtained wing to the density of the forest misook them for the enemy and tired, tilling the gallent Jenkins and wouudng Longstreet. a most lamentable 1 nistako. Asa Federal soldier I know that it rill not be expected of me wit hin t lie cope of an article intended for the i lose call department, to write a bio- j raphical sketch of so dlstinguishcdan Ulcer as General Micah Jenkins, wot. I fitted for the work.which I am nay. i 1 ct the temptation is so gn it to see j nmothing more, that I venture a . irief ret rospective view of that hero's i ar record, and under my own oliservaion. As colonel of the regiment} esignated. the Palmetto Sharp Shootrs of South Carolina, we joined him t the battle of Manassas, or Bull hui. as the Federals have i'. in the ottest part of that Held, near the leury house, and down the slope, rherc so many of the llampt >n Legi- , n fell, and where \aliant deeds and ood generalship crowned tiie young on fed e racy with victory and everlastig fame. To Beauregard. Jackson, lee, Bartow and Kirhy Smith, the itter a citizen of Connecticut. under eneral Magruder, wetindtlsc gallant olonel Jenkins within the defenses ot 'orktown. After the evaeuat ion o? that si rongold Jenkins' regiment, with others, ivered the retreat and facing about : l Williamsburg met the overwhelmig advance of the enemy, intlicting 1 rrible loss in his ranks and checking < is advance until the Confederate ' rmy and subsistence trains arc at a ife distance, and proper line of de nce established. At West Point ad other places his regiment had mght the hard battle of the rear- 11 uard until Hit1 army was safe on the >iith side of the Cliiekalioininy river, j' is regiment having snlTered untold i ardsliips and severe losses in men i ad ofllcers, for which he received just ! < cognition for 11is gallant and incri- > irioiis conduct in face of an over- > helming enemy. Next we find him at the battle of veil Pines or Fair Oaks, with his! illuiit regiment and one other driv- j \ ig Ir*fore him a whole Federal divi- ( mi. gaining a good position, held tlx ( lttle tield and Inllciting a loss on the , lemy about equal to the nnniher of i en in his regiment, only abandoning j Is position when the army was with awn to the former defences of Kieh- , ond, in the dark hours of tlse Con- : , deracy which followed the battle of , ven Fines, when Johnston's vague ans and operations puzzled and coniscd the l'resldent. A new star appeared on the Con fed- ; ate horizon. It illuminated the j 1 hole American continent. Its refill- ji nt, rays penetrated the remotest t muds of the (>1(1 World. That mag- s ticent and glowing orb personified in * le wonderful Robert K. Loo gave new * 'e to the Confederacy, vigor and swift f ssof movement, l'lans were speedily nsummatcd; hostile guns must not ' ver the capital: the siege must Inised, the enemy beaten to cover. icksoii in the valley receives a mes- v go, his foot cavalry are put in mo- ,, hi. He lieats Ranks and Shields s wn tile valley as wit h a Hall. Con- j crnatIon is in they/path. (lne lakes j j, fuge in IlarpcH* Ferry; the other . % ' \ J ?~r. ' ... acriKs the Putomac. The Rteut tlailer returns and brushes Fremont out of his path, drops buck a few foot-sore Spartans as pickets for Frerronf to ! ja;c at until his (Jackson's) return. J.ee crosses the Chlckuhowitiy at ; Meadow 1 tit * unci .-hives the enemy i to its coiiiinou center at*>ut CrapeJ \it.e ItriiiKc and Wo* id bury bridge, 'l'he Seven l>a>s' battle Is on. 'J'he , second day, .lune 27, 1SU2. Longstreet strikes the enemy's left and Jackson 1 the right flank. The battle rages all the afternoon. The enemy hold their ground. Late in the evening Lee inakesthe final elfort to count that day's victory his own. The Texan brigade under Hood are hurled like a thunderbolt against the left center. Colonel Micali Jenkins with bis valiant Palmetto regiment and one other against the extreme left. 'J'he left center is broken and shattered into fragments. Jenkins tires one volley and charges with cold steel. The ' enemy is broken, slaughtered, and the 1 survivors driven into the swamps of ' lt.S? < 1 ~~1~ II Vy VI I I V-I\?l I ?\#11 I 1 I I J ?IIIU UUiy LIJl" sheltering wings of night saved us ' f'.om complete annihilation. 1 The writer's regiment, one of tlie 1 most magnificent regiments in the { army, 12 companies, 1,140 men, was ' almost a total wreck andJcnkins held 6ur beautiful banner. Col. James A. ' Hoyt, editor of The Greenville ' Mountaineer, then an ollicer in Col. 1 Jenkins' regiment, has told the story eorrectly in the Confederate Veteran. Lee is victor. MeClellan is on the ' retrnat to the James river. The siege 1 of Richmond raised. The 5th of the : battle days, June 30th, Jenkins takes ' the advance of tlie battle at Fra/.er I Farm. Heats back tlie enemy. Holds 1 the bat tie ground. Tie has command- ' cd K. 11. Anderson's brigade in both I l>attles. His regimental loss is severe, ' himself severely wounded. The 1 Palmetto regiment alone sustaining a loss of 375 and no prisoners reported. ' After a march of over two hundred ' miles on half rations, we tind General ! Jenkins again on the old batt le ground ' of Hull Run. or Manassas No. 2, on I Longstrcct's right. Porters' Federal 1 corps left, tliis time he tights Maxcy ' Greeg, old enemies of Gaines Mills. Jenkins' brigade lias some desperate ' lighting and again himself severely 1 wounded, and brigade loss about 150. ! He is one of the ollicers mentioned in ' Gen. Longstrcct's report of this battle for extraordinary bravery and unexcelled heroism. His brigade, now in command of Colonel Joseph Walker, of the Palmetto Sharp Shooters, advances into Mary-1 land and goes into action in the battle j1 ! of South Mountain, sustaining a loss i of 20, t hen back to Sharpesburg. or |1 Antietam. Their Held of operation I was not far from Gen. Lee's head- * ipiarters, becoming desperately en- '< gaged and drove the enemy at every 1 point, losing 20S ollicers and men, 1 holding their battle ground and crowning their wounded Jenkins wit h glory ' and sustaining the proud record of the old brigade. Thus Lee had 1 tea ten McClellan's ' army oil the Peninsula, destroyed the grand army of the man whose headquarters were In the saddle, and had ' fought the combined armies of Antic-1 I tarn to standstill. This Is the most bloody and desperate of the ages. The ? only mark of victory to be credited to I! either was their battlefields. |< During the <Jettysburg campaign I tile gallant Jenkins, being assigned to I: I lie deparment of Nortli Carolina.'1 performing valuable service also I around Richmond, Reterburg, and the '' Hlack Water, be very urgently re* I nested in li is many applications to: the department commander and the , authorities in Richmond to be per initted to share the battlefields of I bee's army along with the divisions ' with whom lie had been so long, and 1 often in bloody conflict in defense of 1 his cherished rights and glorious Stars jf and liars, hutalas, his wish was only I, granted when Lee and Crant met in!' the Wilderness on the Orange l'lank , 1 road, that fatal ?">th of May, 18(54. Al- ' though his cause and mine was at ' war. 1 loved him none the less, lie ,' was noble and brave, and such as lie I gave a world-wide glory totheAineri- ' can field embattled. The spirit of s such men do not sleep with the tone 1 mcnt of clay, but lives again in great deeds. The newer generat ions of the 1 Southland will have their Lees and ! Jenkins, but nowhere else on this eon- :I vo\ world. It would lie sad indeed * were we only to tind them in dusty!1 and time worn volumes and on cold mutilated stone. It is pleasing to note 0 the presence of the distinguished otli-; 1 ccr of whom my feeble pen has writ- c ten personitied in young Major Micah 1 Jenkins, the hero of Santiago, one 1 whose daring deeds have won the np- ' plaudits of the Western Hemisphere. ' T. R. I.aekie. fi>7 \"inewood Ave.. Detroit, Mich. c Late a lieutenant Kith Mich. Vet. e Vol. 1 nfalit ry. Postponed Again. The If. li. Kvanscase, which was toh have he?-n tried in Columbia last week ( lias tiecn continued until next term of |, court, on motion of(Seorge Jolinstone, !t attorney for defendant. Mr. John-j stone presented an atlidavit setting j forth that a most important witness, the defendant's brother, was in Wat- s crbury, Conn., where his wife was s dangerously ill, on account of the v death of her mother, and that it j would lie impossible for him to be at ( the trial last week. Next week Mr. a lobiistone bad an Important engago- p mcnt elsewhere. The alVidavlts also | (_ stated that Mr. Johnstone had hoped b to have the witness here Wednesday u but the a 1 mve stated facts prevented w It. Solicitor Thurmond announced ci that the state was ready to try the ! t< case. Judge Rucbanan granted aw out inuance of the case on tlie grounds i cs set out in the atlidavit. I< isiou ii to Atoms. Cannery Lieut. James II. Koiirne. Lieut. Miller and nine bluejackets ^ ivere instantly killed Wednesday by 1 [lie bursting of a 12-incligun on board ^ in- oni inii nrsicmss ounicsmp Mars. ' hiring gun practice olT Herehaven. In addition. several men were injured i> the explosion. The breach of the fun blow out after It had twice missed ire. The bodies of the two men who ,\cre sighting the gun were scattered o o pieces and blown overboard. yj ntckeiiH Wim UIr'h. Charles Dickens, on a dinner given w it a notable agricultural occasion, ' ook the position that "the field it 1^ >aid the farmer tiest to cultivate was 1" lie one within the fence of his own K' Ikull." What Dickens said was a m erious t ruth, though comparatively 111 ew at the time tie said It wore able ^ rum insight to accept it as such, i1"' Sow it is generally allowed in all civ- " lized count rlcs. | m A INipulnr Choir. Of fourteen voting men and women vho sang in the Zion tier man Kvan-.dt relical Lutheran church on the Hud- in 011 county iKiulcvard in Greenville, N. a I., less than a year ago, the sixth dr ouplc will Ik? married this week and fr he seventh couple arc engaged. fo ii?i i iii MORE REVELATIONS. | Whi |m lllf Mini Ht.w il I* V ii ;i"iI. The secretary of vs;ir has place 1 in the hands of the senate committee ' nn Philippines a larKC number of orders, circulars and reports bearing upon the conduct of military affairs in the unpacitied provinces of the Philippines. On December 24th last Capt. \V. E. Ayer, adjutant general of the Sixth brigade, issued a circular to the sta i? *- " ... 111 auinar 111 winch the conviction was expressed that the wealthy classes or "pudlentcs'' among i,he natives were, while professing friendship toward the Americans, more responsible than any others for the continuance of hostilities. I'nder such conditions, he said, the only course to pursue, would be one that "would create in the minds of all burning desire or longing so Intense, ?o personal, so real that it will impel them to join hands with the Americans in the accomplishment of that end." In announcing the policy of the brigade he said it would be from this time on to "wage war in the sharpest and most decisive manner possible." (living instructions for the carrying aut of this order, he said young officers were to l>e given great latitude for this cor.duct in harrassing the enemy uid that natives, and especially those af wealth and influence were to l>e regarded with suspicion, adding: "Kvery native, whether in arms or living in these pueblos or barrios will be re garded and treated as an enemy until lie has conclusively shown that iO is ?i | friend." Suspected persons should be appro- j bended and if there wr.s not sufficient J evidence to convict they should lie held j is a military necessity. This direction j was ".lube especially applicable to 1 priests of whom Capt. Ayer said that ! their profession would "not tie slti- i clent to protect them." In February, lt?02. Gen. Smith, the j brigadier commander in Samar, an- i nounced that he was convinced oppo- j sitioti had been crumbled away anil ! counseled a softening of the rigors of, war saving a "watchfulness and kind- i liness henceforth must go hand in ! hand." In Hecemlier. inoi. Gen. . K. Hell issued a circular saying: "Whenever prisoners are unarmed or defenseless Americans or natives, fiiendly to the I'liiled States government or murdeved or assinated for political reasons, and this fact can he established it is his purpose to execute J n prisoner of war under the authority ! contained in sections f>5? and 11*. This prisoner of war will lie selected by lot from among 111 ollicers or prominent , citizens held as prisoners of war, and . will be chosen when practicable from those who belong to the town where the murder or assissination occurred." ( Several orders were issued by Gen. [fell against permitting any monopoly it loud products and extortion in prices. , Instructions wore given to make ex- , . opt ions to all persons who had demon- j it rated loyalty. "There lives. I'amilios j md property will not only he given j protection, so far as practicable. ' igainst Insurgents, hut will !> > care- ! fully respected hy our troops." Especial warning is given against looting. Cheap >!ail Ituxoh. Senator Tillman last week oirered in amendment to t lie postortiee ap- j propriations hill that is a long step ! ( ward the perfecting of the rural free delivery. This amendment pro- j rides for the purchase by the I'nited states of locked iron mail boxes in wholesale (inanities and their sale to ' he farmers on the rural free delivery j oute.s at government eost. I'nder 1 he present laws and regulations of i he posLoftfcc depart ment the patrons 't >f the rural free delivery are forced t<> : I jurchasc these boxes from one of four- j < ecu lirms named by the depart incut j 1 it a cost of from one to three dollars j t ach, or else get no d( livery. This i irhitrary regulation gave the mann- I acturers of the Ikjxos specified by tlie j 1 jostoltice department a chance to form ' i i combine and llcece the public hy | barging exorbitant prices. Senator I'ilhnan's amendment, which was idopted, protects the farmer against ' j xtorlionbv thisInpx combine hy limit- , ng the price of the boxes to lifty cents ach. Senator Tillman.said in ? tier- , ng this amendment that it was to | trevent the fanners from being loh- , ?ed under t lie law which compels them | o pun-base these boxes. The p st- | itliee appropriat ion hill has gone to a , (inference of the house and senate j ominittees and it is not known what , his conference committee w.ll do in egard to atneudment. Should they ( trike it out the bill will have to go letore the house auaiu and then t<? , he senate w here Senator Tillman is , re pa red to make a vigorous tight for lie amendment. This Is a liootl i >ne. A dispatch from St. .loseph Mo.. ' avs in tlie stomach of a steer s laughtercd in a packing house there " i-as found a diamond brooch worth -.00 that was lust hy Miss Margaret arrull. uf 1'altimore. Md.. two years ' go. The steer was grown on the Jains near liodge City. Km, Miss larroll happened to he detained fur a s i'W hours at Kinsley, Kan., thirty % liles from 1 lodge City while t raveling rith a party of friends in a private , ir. Miss Carroll had taken a fancy (| > a baby on the train, and she had it s dth her in the observation end of the j, ir. She 1hnight the child a toy bal- ^ ion to which the ha by playfully at- ,. iclied the woman's diamond broo-h. ,| tfiist or wind caused tlie baloon to jj rench the pin fruin its fasteinir anil ( was carried nil. disappearing in the estern sky. A reward was olTered ,, ir tin* recovery of the ornament, but j, lere was no trace of it until it was s iken from the stomach of the steer. ^ \\ ar in I'liina. A courier who arrived at Canton, liina. Wednesday, reported that over 000 Imperialist soldiers, sent l?v arshal Su against the rebels, were ~~ nbushed in ;i narrow delile and all , ere killed or captured. The situaon hi the rebellious districts of {' iirthcrn China is hicrcasinir alarm- s i;ly. The viceroy of Canton has tele"iplied to Peking, uririnj? tlie im- 1 edlate forwardinir of re-enforce- ' ents. Lack of news from (Jcnernl a and Marshal S11 is taken to Indi- i " ite that the rebels have surrounded te Imperial troops and cut oil comunication with t hem. tl I'miml lleitll. J\ Four persons were found dead Tues- ti ly niirht in the house of Ksther Kohn n New York. They were Ksther Kohn, p widow, aired fto. a son aired 2:t, a \ luirht.er aired IT and the daughter's 1' lcr*l aired It;. They had been suf- n catcd by illuminating irns. n i A I The World's Greates I Tor all form* of fever take JOHNSON'S timet better than quinine and duet in a II dolnlOdays. It't aplendld cure* are in 9 made by qutnlne. COSTS 50 CENTS THE LAST SAD KITES. The itciiiaiii of the l.umrnlril Dritil in I ,;i ill til Ki'kI . The mortal remalnsof th aillustrous (lead wore laid to rest 011 Sunday afternoon in the presence of thousands of people. The State says: Wade Hampton is gathered unto iiis fat In rs. I lis sacred dust was consigned to th" grave Sunday, and just as It lie sun was sinking the buglers sounded taps over the soldier's grave. They buried him under the spreading j branches of a mammoth live oak! whirl! vOniiic ..?.U <" " ?? ?? "vw IJ? i any storms as Wade Hampton stood i in the midst of turmoil; it stands green and nourishing in ail seasons, ; and us did hcappcar more l>cautiful and syminctrieal in character when tried by adversity. Itshoughsdroop in bonedic-t tion o\er his grave, just as lie but a few mouths ago gave a blessing to himdrcn; of his old comrades who I gathered under his upU>n-d hands as! ho stood upon I he- iJortico of his cot- j tage on Senate street. It was in that! cottage that iiis soul took its ilight to t he Cod, '.vho gave it. and it was a happy eliding to his grand career, to his unseltish lite, that lie shoul 1 pass ; away in the house whi?*h represented ; the love, admiral ion and loyalty of the ] women of South Carolina. He endured to the end without murmur, knowing that these just and critical cen; I sors were proud t<> be Soutli Care-, linians because Wade Hampton was j t.hcir ideal soldier and gentleman. i'.ut it is needless now to pay further tribute to the man who in life j needed it. not. It is to Jell of his obsequies that the chronicle of today must he devoted. The capital of tiie State yesterday saw such a funeral j \ tribute to a man as has pcihans never been given in Soutb Carolina history. It was an outpouring of the people, not only of Columbia, but from all points of the State. No attempt was made by any to make the oUseutiiest of Wade Hampton other than simple. ] In deference to his own wishes, the! desires of the people for a State funeral for the State's illustrious dead was disregarded. The most significant!, feature of yesterday's outpouring; therefore was tlie very naturalness of ] it. showing beyord expression the love that the people had for the; grand old man who was no more. N<>, liner spectacle lias ever been witnessed : in South Carolina. Men who knew ^i-n^l ilv.t ?i.? ?..J . * 1 u.iiiu I..V- imiuai 01 til.UilMIW not compare with that of Hampton: that the obsequies of Calhoun were j overshadowed. Many conservative men who know how to estimate i, crowds said yesterday afternoon that there must have been at least Uo.ooo \ people about the residence and theji church and along tlie line of march. And that vast multitude of people!, were bowed with sorrow that was not feigned. Each man and woman ; realized that they were pay in*: a just 1 t rihute to a great man, and the faces it that watched the solemn passing of: the funeral cortege were marked with mourning. Walking in that procession were 1 such men as the aged scholar and soldier. I>r. Janu s Woodrow, supported by younger veterans, and wall ing with the noble women of the State 1 were such as t he venerable Wood row's i' faintly wife. At the church was a I \ctcmn who has not been <iut of bis j < room f**r three years: when ho heard | Hampton was dead he said "take me j lo Columbia and let me go to the fun-'' rah lie had to he carried to the:1 hurch. The world of meaning he- j i hind such incidents as these is ohvi- [. >us. From tlie tirst sound of tlte j muttied drum yesterday afternoon to j * Lhe blowing of the soldier's requiem 1 ipon the bugles the people bowed ; i their uncovered heads. The crowd j \ ivas unwieldly, but it was good nalur-1 n1 and kind to itself. ?. Mr. I,ever Wins. ' Congressman hover is now secure ' n his seat. We learn from a dispatch 1 0 the News ami Courier that in the \ oiltested election case of Iteprcsentaive hever.Commit tee on Elections No ' 1 lias decided to make a unanimous ' eport in favor of the conte.>tee, Mr. i Lever, and has ordered all expenses of he case paid. This is the old election aso of Dantzler vs Stokes, which was lending at the time of l>r. Stokes' , leatii. representative hever. as l>r. ^tokes' successor, became contestee iu lie case. The contestant, A. I>. 1 ,miu/.um', is it negro from orange- ' nirg. who contested tlie election oil he ground that the election laws of ?outh t'orolina were unconstitutional. k I'here is no douht that the report of lie committee will he adopted by t he louse, though it will probably not Inuhmitted for some time yet. We ,re ({lad to know that the case has N >een practically decided, and that 1 dr. Lever will have no in ire trouble1* ilxrnt the place lie so worthily lills. ' I'usrting \ivny. The Columbia State says the penion elerk is busy making out the reiscd pension rolls for the further j ction of the State hoard of pensions lexl week. It was announcedThursla.v that while there would lie a con-; iderahle increase in the total nuink r of pensioners on this year's rolls, | lie Increase wiil not lx> as large tis was xpected. Many names have been popped by the State board from the sts sent in. and there are a In nit j.'.o j hat will he taken otf b\ reason of the cat hot' the pensioners. This is a inch larger annual death rate than : as heretofore been prevailing, and i liows in cold figures how rapidly j hose who helped to tight the south s attics are passing away. -? < iin't He Keinoveil. _ 1 Judge liuchanan lias declined to rant the petition for the removal of he case brought by the State against lie Virginia-Carolina Chemical com- ( any for violation of the State anti- N rust act from the State totlic United tates court, and other moves of In- l "rest in the now famous proceeding re expected in short order. The case as heard by Judge Ihiclianan in Col- j. mbia 011 Thursday. Hearing Fruit. The W ashington correspondent of lie Columbia State says because of in-1 . irmatioii gained on his Charleston I ' rip 1'rcsidcnt Roosevelt will renomi- j ate Miss Maggie M. Mix ire to the j I ostottice at Yorkville, S. C. Miss I?mre was originally appointed by 'resident Cleveland in 189.'l. She was si ot endorsed by the State Republican j; lachlne. t Fever Medicine. 1 m CHILL AND PEVF.R TONIC. It U 100 I ilugle dmy what How qulalne cauuot H trlkiug cootrajt to the futble curea I IP IT CURES. 1 >?j Tin' > \ ;i i I of*it liixMlli r. Senator i'epew, of New York, makes :i st J?at the South by in trod Qe- j ing an amendment in the United , State Senate to the resolution passed a few wet ks ago t?y the House of Itepresent.a! f ves altering tiie manner of elioosimr s< I..1I1HS miiLrlner tH?lr " m v'"v lion dependent uiion popular vote In ? ? fill uro. The amend merit, which provide* th;il "the qualifications of citi/. 'tis fiit itlod to vote for United States smators and representatives in congress shall lit* uniform in all the states, and congress shall have power to en- ' < "j force this article by appropriate legislation and j rovide for the registration ft of citizens entitled to vote, the conduct of such elections and the certification *Ji ot the result." Is-lntcndtd, of course, i to give tlie United States government the right to supervise tiie elections in VrtMro-SVntv+i -e \ > all the restrictions tin so States have put >n the negro vote. This amend- ? i enf practically kills th>- measure. as ?! the South would nev r agree to its adoption, and if ir is included in the original hill every Southern Senator <?3 would be compelled to vote against it in defence of his section. The late (lov. Altgeld, in speaking ^ of Senator l)?pc*.v. sail '"he tirst attracted attention many years ago as a lobbyist at Albany, where he, for a iotig time, was engaged in the highly honorable business of putting metaphorical collars on the hew York r-r' ' 1 legislators, so that, to the public, they appeared to belong to the Vandcrbilts and the New York Central railroad. J According to reports, this business was reduced to such a science that when ver the New York Central railroad w ished to huv a legislator they did not .oven stop to negotiate with him, *//j but simply put him on the scales and weighed him. A train of slime and corruption was stretched across the state of New York'eity. byway of Albany, to buffalo, polluting legislative halls and even tilling courts of justice withod >r. This was the beginning of that tlood of corruption which is today washing the foundations from under the whole governmental fabric. No man could be a dealer In this prosy without soiling his lingers, and I am told that since that time Mr. Dcpewr has never been seen without gloves. \ ' lie made of all this a stepping \ stone to greatness. He wrapped the Stars and Stripes about hiin. He became a red, white and blue orator?he changed his calendar so as to make the Fourth ol July embrace 365 days, | leaving but six hours for the JiIT tier of the year, and then he started 1 for the white hni>'. Subsequently I the Yanderbilts. titiding him to be a ttreat convenience, made liim president )t New York Central railroad and paid liim a salary of $30,000 a year. The >ld railroadmen smiled at the idea, but they had not yet learned that one >f the most important features of the * * rtndern railroading is to construct a ailroad near courthouses and operate i line through slate capitols. In the irt (?f engineering money out of the Tublic and into the pockets of private ndividuals he lias no superior. And t looks as if lii> career will compel lie American people to adopt an leventh commandment reading as ollows: 'Go thou and do evil, that hou mayest live on the fat of the and, and that thy sleekness may l>e he wonder of men.' " This is a good iicturc of this man who pretends to > > so jealous of the purity of the balot. f Five at a Itirtli. Isaiah Rhodes, of Hailey's Gap. lster county. N. Y., antinounced Wednesday that his daughter, Mrs. lames McCowan, aged 2*. of Tucker's SfinHa orners. a hamlet in Ulster county, flBHB eceiitly gave birth to live children, ill girls, and that all are doing well. drs. Mel'owan's other children area BSHS ion and a pair of twins. BHBfl A Moor Remedy. HBH Rev. Samuel Krell, pastor of the HBH Methodist church ;it Laeona, Iowa, vho served two the Philiplines as a private soldier, committed iuicitie Wednesday being despondent to a large atend; n?:e to bis church meetings. The World's Greatest t* " 11 ^1 Gure for Malaria. A feyT for (HI rorma of .V 11 Art at potsosKt : tak* J->hn?on'? *. Sill and 1-rvcr Tonic A taint of M .larial jxuvh.Bb 'nK'n yeur bU^-l mr-trjamlaary an,! En 'naure. Hlood ruoritf ir.okcan'1 c.i-a BU Malar'.*- poisoning I'h* action*.* tV? '^T ? (OHWSON S TONIC fcjtf >*\ -tu* ISI fsfcf* a fanck t It r?E YOUNGOLOOD .UMBER COMPANY RUQUSTA, GA >KK1( K ANlt WoltKS, ?OUTII A I'OI'sTA, S. O. >00 rs. Sash, Hlinds and Bnfkfer'fc Hardware. Mooring, Siding, Ceiling and Inside rinisliing Lumber in -GEORGIA PINK All eorresixmdenee given nrompt atom ion. JulyiT-ly AD ADC V t'ured in :u> to tin davs. J [\U 1 IJ I Ten (l l>S1'HKK1Cnt Would l>e glad to have names of all utlering with dropsv. O. E. COL I'M DROPSY MEDIOINE CO.,312t Lowndes Building, Atlanta, Oa.