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m?? FIXES THE BLAME . --? ^Ou.General Longstreet for Gen. lee's Repulse nt Gettysb rg. ViL-'wm NOTABLE INCIDENT Recorder! tu tho Boole is nu Inter view. "Which Occurred Do Uvcon Gen. Juco und Gen. Jackson. ; lb ls a valuable contribution to the materials-for the future history of our civil war that Gen. John B. Gordon has made in his Reminiscences of the Civil War. The contribution is valu able, not only because the writer has had it lu his power to furnish a great deal of first hand testimony concern ing Important events and distinguish ed commanders, but because, tho trustworthiness of the narrative is guaranteed by tho admirable spirit that pre'vades lt. Gen. Gordon is one of those bravo men who sheathed their ^ tongues when they sheathed their .swords. He is indeed, just as firmly convinced now as he was in 1861, that the seceding States were constitutionally justified in attempt lng to organize a separate Confed eracy, but he holds that the arbitra ment of war has made the question purely academic, and that, as it is now the duty, so, too, it should be the happiness, of ex-Confederates and of their descendants to demonstrate their loyalty to thc reconsolidated Union. As also might have been ex pected from a fair-minded man, he studiously refrains from caustic com ments on any of the generals who took leading parts in the contest on one side or the other. There is not a trace of prejudice, much less of ran cor, in the book. Even of Gen. Long street, whom he regards as chargeable to a considerable extent with the de feat of Lee's army ab Gettysburg, he speaks in accents of regret rather than of reproach. ' His references to such northern commanders as Mc Clellan, Hooker, Meade, Grant and Sherman, >are nob only impartial, but magnanimous; they always show ap preciation, and are sometimes tinged with admiration. l'llAlSK FOR GEN. MEAOE. "With regard to Gettysburg, Gen. Gordon concurs in the wellnigh uni versal opinion that this battle was the turning point in the south's for tunes. Ile concedes that "the high water mark of the Rebellion" was reached when Pickett's Virginians under Kemper, Garnett and Arrni stead, in their memorable charge, Bwept over the rock wall. It is Gen. Gordan's conviction that to the Union commander, Gen. George Gordon Meade, history will accord thc honor of having handled his army at Gettys burg with indisputable ability. In Gen. Gordon's judgment, thc record and the results ul the battle entitle Meade to a high place among Union leaders. "To him and his able sub ordinates and heroic men is due thc credit of having successfully met and repelled jtho Army jQf Northern Vir . glnhvin thc meridian bf -its hope and confidence, and. power. This much seems secure to him, whether his fail ure vigorously to follow Gen. -Leo and force bim to another battle Is justi fied or condemned by the military critics of. the future. Gen. Meade's army halted, lt is true after having achieved .a . victory. .The victory, however,-.- WA?^.riQ?i_lnfu?o.-.J., '.'"'"? .? character as to demoralize ! Lee's for ces." Our author recalls the dictum of the great Napoleon that bad as may be the Condition of a victorious army after battle it ls Invariably true that the condition of the defeated army is still worse. The comment on this dictum is that, "if any success ful commander was ever justified in disregarding this truism of Bona parte's, Gen. Meade was that com mander, for a considerable portion of Lee's army, probably one-third of it, was still In excellent fighting trim, and nearly- every man in it would have responded with alacrity to Lee's call to form a defensive line aud de liver battle." LONGSTREET LOST QETTVSIIU KO. We have said that it is rather with regret than reproach that Gen. Gor don marks what he believes to have been Longstreet's fatal shortcomings at Gettysburg. His deliberate deduc tions from all the evidence obtainable are set forth in a footnote to page 1G0 of this volume. To Gen. Gordon it now seems certain that impartial mili tary critics, after thorough investiga tion, will consider the following facts established: "First, that Gen. Lee distinctly ordered Longstreet to attack early on thc morning of thc second day, and If Longstreet had done so two of the largest corps of Meade's army would not have been in the fight; but Longstreet delayed the at tack until 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and thus lost his opportunity of oc cupying Little Round Top, the key to the position, which he might have done In the morning without firing a shot or losing a man. Secondly, that Gen. Lee ordered Longstreet lo at tack at daybreak on the morning of the third day, and that the latter did not attack until 2 or :t o'clock in the afternoon, the artillery opening at 1. Thirdly, that Gen. Lee, according to the testimony ol'Col. Walter Taylor, Col. S. C. Venable and Gen. A. L. Long, who wcic present when thc or der was given, ordered Longstreet to make the attack on thc last day with thc three divisions of Iiis corps and two divisions of A. P. Hill's corps, and that, instead of doing so, Longstreet sent only 14,000 men to assail Meade's army in the latter's strong and heavi ly intrenched position. Fourthly, that the great mistake of that halt on the first day would have been re paired OD tile second, and even on the third day; if Lee's orders had been vigorously executed, and that Gen. Lee died believing that he lost Gettys burg at last}by Longstreet's disobedi ence of orders." Referring to a state ment made on verydiigh authority, that Gen. Lee said some time before his death that if Jackson had been with him at Gettysburg he would have won in that battle a great and possibly decisive victory, our author produces the following corroborative evidence. He says that the Rev. J. William Jones, 1). I)., writing of thc assertion attributed to Gen. Lee, uses these words: "(Jen. Lee made that remark to Prof. James J. White and myself in his office in Lexington one day, when we chanced to go in as he was reading a letter making some inquiry of him about Gettysburg. He said, with an emphasis that 1 cannot forget, and bringing his hand down on the table with a force that made things rattle; 'If I had had Stone wall Jackson at Gettysburg I would have won that fight, arida complete victory there would have given us Washington and Baltimore, if iut Philadelphia, and would h?vo estab lished the independence of the Confed eracy." ' . A NOTAlliiK INCIDENT. - OntsMf the most : notable ;incldenta recorde'd In .this book ; ls . ah interview, which occurred between Gen; Lee and Gon.'/Jaolisori, at tho inception of the Coofeflerate movement against Gen. Hooker's army at Chancellorsville. It is evident that Gen. Lee, although Comin?rider-in-Ohief was willi Dg to chango his plans at Jackson's sugges tion, whereas another Incident, tobe mentioned- presently, shows that Jackson having made up his mind, could not bo moved to reconsidera tion. As the fight at Chancellorsville was about to begin Jackson rode up to the Confederate commander, and said to him: "Gen. Lee, this is not the best way to move on Hooker." Well, Gen. Jaokson," was tho reply, "you must remember that I am com pelled to depend to some extent upon information furnished me by others, especially by the engineers, as to the topography, the obstructions, etc, and thee engineers aro of the opin ion that this is a very good way of approach." "Your engineers are mis taken, sir," said Jackson. "What do you know about it, Gen. Jackson? You have not had time to examine the situation." "But I have, slr," was the rejoinder. "I have ridden over the whole field." It seems that he had, "Then, what is to be done, Gen. Jackson?" "Take the route you yourself at Urst suggested: move on the flank-move on the Hank." "Then you will at once make tbe movement, sir!" said Lee. Jackson, on the other hand, had en tire faith in his own judgment when once made up. He would formulate a judgment, risk his last man on its correctness and deliver the blow while others were hesitating and debating as to Its wisdom and safety. This trait was strikingly exhibited In our author's presence at Malvern Hill. Our author was sitting on his horse facing'Gen. Jackson, and receiving in structions from bim, when Major Geu. Whiting, himself an officer of high capacity, rode up in great haste and interrupted Jackson as he was giving Gordon a message to Gen. Hill. With some agitation Whiting said: "Gen. Jackson, I And, sir, that I can not accomplish what you have direct ed unless you send me some additional infantry and another battery;" and he then proceeded to give the reasons why the order could not be executed with the forces at his disposal. All this time, while Whiting explained and argued, Jackson sat on his horse like a stone statue. He looked neither to 'the right nor to the left, ne made no comment and asked no ques tions; but when Whiting had ("unshed ! Jackson turned his Hashing eyes upon him and used these words, and only these: "I have told you what I wanted done, Gen. Whiting." There upon, planting his spurs in his horse's sides, he dashed away at a furious speed to another position. Whit ing gazed at Jackson's disappearing tigurc in amazement, if not in anger, and then rode buck to his command. Gen. Gordon points out that tho re sult attestod the accuracy of Jack son's judgment, for Whiting did ac complish precisely what Jackson in tended, and he did it with the force which Jackson had placed in his hands. . ' A MEAN THIEF. Frank Jones, a White Mau, is a .Boarding House Robber. -Tlie. State says frequent depreda tions have been made of late on boarding houses in Columbia. The burglaries are of two classes, money alone seems to bc the object of some operators and clothes and valuable household effects of . the others. The clothes thief is generally supposed to be a negro, hut recent developments disclose the information that one white man at least is so low and de graded as to bc in this class. Frank Jones is the name he gave when arrested, and he claims that Ra leigh, N. C., is his native city. Jones is a tall, clean-shaven young man and gives his age at 2.? years. After he was overwhelmed with proof Jones confessed to a number of depreda tions on residences in the city and told police authorities where some of the goods could be found. The manner In which Jones con ducted his scheme was not in the least dramatic. He never climbed the clinging ivy, nor did the moon pour Its silvery rays upon the rogue's unhallowed head as he risked life or limb to enter the window in the sec ond or third story; nor did he open lock:; with tlie use of a skeleton key, nor with a diamond remove a window pane and enter sleeping apartments with thc stealth of a cat. He did none of these things, for this moral runt is without courage, and has no higher conception of the rogue's pro fession than to go from one board ing house to another, obtaining board and lodging and decamping during tlie first night with the clothes of his room-mate. Special Officer Strickland and Thackbam, with the assistance of Policeman Broom, made a study of Jones' methods of disposing of thc stolen goods, and when they were In a position to recover practically all the swag they closed in on Frank Jones, whose aliases are legion, and now tho confessed clothes-rogue lies in jail In default of bond awaiting trial at the spring term of general sessions court. "The night Jones spent in Mrs Faulk's hoarding house, corner of Lady and Assembly streets, he carried away Mr. W. W. Fogel's best suit of clothes. Jones was wearing the trousers when arrested. At Mrs. W. I. McDonald's, a suit of clothes, overcoat, a pair of shoes were stolen from Mr. W. B. Huey. Jones also was successful the night he applied for lodging at the McCullough house on Gervais street, and It Is said that he got three pairs of pants and a coat from a man hy thc name of Rice. There happened to be only small sums ol money in tlie clothing appropriated by the rogue; at no time did he get over $5 in this manner. About Hight. General M. C. Butler has a letter in a washington paper, in which he ex presses dissatisfaction with the atti tude of this country in respect to . the secession of Panama. His judgement is that "if congress has the courage to investigate this Panama business. It will unearth a cesspool of corruption, discreditable intrigue and bad faith without a parallel In our history." An Untimely Death. Au uni imply ilo.'itli HO oi l ni follows nouleut A TEEIIIBLE CB?ME. k? Prominent Merchant of>Bamuefg . - Waylaid and Murd redi i MB. M. B. V ABN IS THE VICTIM. His Head Was Crashed by a Blow ; ?rom Bolitnd and Hie -Money) Ntolon. SQVoral Negroes . Under Arrest. Tile town of-Bamberg -was shocked and thrown Into a state of'excitement Thursday night, over one of the bold est and most- high-handed murders that has ever happened in this State. The following account of the dastard ly orime we take from The State: Mr. M. B. Yarn, a prominent mer chant of Bamberg, left his store, cm Main street Thursday night about 9 o'clock to go home. He lived.in the southeastern part of town, on Carlisle street, nearly a mile from the business portion of town. He did not arrive at his usual hour, so about 9.30 o.'clock his wife became alarmed and started out, accompanied by one of her little sons, to see what was tie matter. About 100 yardB frqm her house, nearly In front of the residence Of Mr. Ot. JP. Harmon, they stumbled over Mr. Yarn's body lying on the sidewalk on his face in a pool of blood, with the whole back of his head crushed in, a ghastly sight. His skull was frac tured, be was unconscious and never spoke afterwards. The alarm was raised, several neigh bors hurried to the scene and the man so badly done to death was carried to his home. Physicians were hastily summoned but nothing could be done and he died at 10.15'o'clock. He was blt twice in the back of the head with some heavy blunt Instrument, the na ture of which has not been determ ined. An axe handle and a heavy piece of iron, a part of a buggy spring, apparently, were found in the street not very far from the body, but no blood was on either. Two men evidently did the killing, as two different tracks were found at the body, as well as on a vacant lot on the street near town where they had sat down in Un; weeds and watch ed for their victim to pass. When he came they followed a short distance until a favorable opportunity for striking the fatal blow presented itself. Mr. Varn usually took his money nome at night in a little sack, iie did this Thursday night, couuliug lt out in the presence of a drummer, a gentleman from town and a negro. This sack was missing from the body. From examination of his cash book Fridy it is supposed to have con tained $8 or $10. In a small pocket book in one of his pockets was found some silver and a $5 bill. He also had some bills in another pocket, which were not touched, the robbers no doubt thinking he bad all his money in the sack. His watch was not gone. Magistrate W. W. Idghtsey form ed a jury of inquest Friday morning, who viewed the body at the house, took Mrs. Varn's testimony and reas sembled at the court house, where the attending physicians were examined. No light was thrown , on the tragedy and they adjourned until Monday for a more thorough Investigation. Three negroes have been arrested on suspicion arid are now In jail-Joe Robinson, Ned Warren and Tom Ma tery. Robinson and Warren formerly drove a dray for Mr. Varn and he has had some trouble with both of them. Last summer Robinson, after work ing for ?r". Varn some months, bought a horse and wagon and started a dray of his own, naturally getting work from some of Mr. Varn's former cus tomers. Recently Warren has been working for Mr. Varn, but was dis charged last Saturday, as his returns for collections were not satlsfatory. On Monday Robinson got a horse and wagon for Warren and started him up In business and Mr. Vam and Robinson had some words about this, so it is understood. The shoes of each were taken off after their arrest and titted to the tracks on the vacant lot and at the body and it Is said they fitted exactly. Matery is an associate of these two and it is thought that he kuows some thing about the murder. Thc dead man had been cautioned about his practice of carrying lils money home at night and whoever did the killing evidently knew of this habit of his. His wife tcstiiicd that a few months ago two men followed him home, one with a shotgun, but did not molest him. They acted suspiciously and he told his wife about it after reaching home, saying that iu the dark places of the street they walked fast, but under tho lights they slacked up. An effort was made Thursday night to get bloodhounds for the purpose of trailing the murderers, but they could not be obtained in time. The negro who saw him pub bis money in his pocket Thursday night is not known. The town has been saddened and horrilied at this awful occurrence happening right on one of the' princi pal streets of the town so early In the evening, but all is quiet Thursday night and there is a disposition to let the law take Its course. City counsel had a special meeting this morning and offered a reward of $200 for the murderers. Bri vate subscriptions of our citizens raised a like amount which was offered in a short time. Mr. Varn was one of our best citizens, highly esteemed by all. He leaves a wife and several children. Tho Hank Assigned. At a meeting of the board of di rectors of the Farmers and Merchants hank, of Camden thc following action was taken: "Having, with thc aid of two able experts, examined all of the available records, hooks, papers and accounts found in the hank vault, the result of which satisfies the board that thc assets and securities of thc bank are sufficient eventually to meet all its legal obligations and to pay all depositors and other creditors, hut in view of the serious interruptions caus ed to its business by the calamity which has occured, tho lack at present of an available person willing to as sume the duties of president and in thc further condition which exists that some time will be necessary to convert the assets into cash, we do hereby resolve and determine for the best interest of all creditors under the circumstances to make au assignment of all thc property,. securities and credits of the bank to Fi. S. Vaux and A. D. Kennedy to bc administered for the equal benefit of all creditors, ac cording to law." This resolution was signed hy the entire board of direct ors and the deed of assignment excut ed at once. ' } ( i ? ?. , ...... - ? - ?' ..... M, .FORREST AND THE B?XJ.Y. Ho ;JUaae Short Work of ?ao Who .' Threatened Ht in. ,' r?o 'tU?-8ummer of i868 tho Tennes see d?U^gat^^to tho national Domo cracti?; c?riy?ntion..whIoh nominated Mr.' Seymour for the .presidency met at "Nashville and proceeded in a body. General Forrest was a delegate;!'f rpm Memphis, and it was the flrsb'tlmo he had gone North Bince the Avar. Sectional .feeling was intense at that period, hub.no one of the party, felt any concern for the safety of even Geherai Forrest. . ' ?. "' ?." The war had ended and there, was no occasion for "alarm, Reaching Louis vi He, tho. ; Kentucky d elegates joined the~Tehnesseea?s? onei of whom was General JBajstl^Duke..... General Duke had not before met General For rest, but after making his acquain tance, the two sat opposite in the sleeper chatting pleasantly over the events of the past. "While in Louisville General Forrest telegraphed the ticket agent at,., Cin cinnati, asking him to reserve a sec tion for his use in the New York sleeper. The operator, like every one else at that time, was familiar .with, the fame of Fortest, and gladly snared' with his friends at other stations the news, which would afford them an op portunity of seeing the great cavalry man. At one or the sb? tions there lived a man who had been for some timo a terror to his neighbors. He was known to have killed several men, and everybody at his home gave bim the right of way.^/ . ' Be was a man of Herculean build and wore a scowling expression. He preferred war to place, and sought every opportunity to pick a quarrel. This, desperate fellow happened to hear that Forrest would pass on the train, and went from place to place telling those he met that he intended to take the d-n rebel from the train and drag him through the streets. Fully 2,000 people collected at the little depot to sec him do it. The big rul?lan grew more furious as the crowd was augmented, and the operator who gave out the news deemed it wise to notify General Forrest and suggest that he remain where he was and await the night train. The con ductor on ti southbond train was told co state the facts to the conductor on thc train bearing the delegates, and say that a great mob had already as sembled to witness the humiliation the bully proposed to inflict, and to urge Geueral Forrest to turn hack. These facts were communicated to Geno.ral Dnkft. wSin felt much delicacy in relating the story to Forrest, but deemed it his duty, and, therefore, explained the situation to him. The train was nearing the station, and whatever was decided on must be done quickly. The conductor accom panied General Duke and urged For rest to get off; that he knew the man to he very desperate. General Duke simply stated what he had been told, and said: "General, we will stand by you." Forrest thanked him, but said: "The man does not know me, therefore cannot have any quarrel with mc. It is all talk, and I am going to remain in this car." Thc train slowed down for thc sta tion and, the crowd surrounded the platform,' NP one could tell what tl?? next few minutes would bring*] tb. As soon as the' train had : gr? .-J, tho big -o.^y' "Oarst (men t?ie 'fe. 'aper door and smashed the glass in' the upper part of lb. as a herald of bis ap proach. " He strutted down the aisle dalling for the d-n rebel to stand up. Gen eral Forrest was eating an apple, and the only person in the car without evidmces of excitement. The bad man finally sized bim up and made toward him, cursing-and charging. General Forrest, quick as a Hash, grasped him by the throat, and in less than ten seconds bad thrown him head long from the platform of the car to the ground. The general made, the air blue for an instant and when thc bully regained his feet he was..pn.a dead run. Forrest quickly realized the ludicrousness of the affair .and burst into a laugh. '~: The train soon pulled out, and thc crowd, which had assembled to B?e the d-n rebel dragged through the streets, was waving hats and hand kerchiefs, and giving cheers for For rest. JAMIES DINKINB. DR. JUDSON'S SPLENDID GIFT. Of Twenty Thousand Dollars to Pur ni an University. Furman university Friday received the largest gift ever made by one in dividual during the half century of its exisbence under the present name in Greenville. Dr. Chas. H. Judson has donated $20,000 to the endowment fund upon condition that the present movement is successful whereby 8100, 000 is to be secured for this fund hy Dec. 1, 1003, and that $5,000 in addi tion bc obtained upon like conditions so that the sum total will reach $125, 003. Thc friends of Furman are jubilant over this generous gift and every one feels assured thab bhe acbion of Dr. Judson will secure the remainder Of the $100,000 within the time limit and that the $5,000 additional will also be obtained in due time as an nounced in .Tho State a few days ago. It is expected that $90,000 will be in hand Saturday night, which will leave only $15,000 more to bc made certain in the next 10 days, which will cause great rejoicing throughout the State and beyond its limits. Dr. JudBon became connected with with Furman university more than 50 years ago and has filled the chair of mathematics ever sinee. In the last few months he has been serving as emeritus professor without salary and now he has crowned his long connec tion with the institution by this sup erb gift in the niok of time. Ile ls 84 years of age and ls in excellent health, iiulto robusb for one ab his advanced Limo of life. His gifb is the largest ever made to a Baptist shool m South Carolina hy any single individual and perhaps the largest made to a denom inational college in this vicinity since Ilcnj. Woofford founded the Institu tion hearing his name. J. A. H. Tflkon Up nud Reburied. Tho remains of Mrs. .Tames Monroe, widow of the fifth president of the United States, and of their daughter, Mrs. Samuel Gouverneur,..which were disinterred from their resting place near Lcesburg, Va., and brought tc Washington Wednesday night, were taken In a private car ovor tho South ern railway today bo Richmond, where bhey were relnbcrred by bhe side ol bhe presidenb in Hollywood coraebery, A number of descendants of the Mon roe family were on the brain. MRS. CAEME NATION Visita the WTiite Houjo and Rebukes th? President's 8eoretaryv - B?ISES. A RACKET AT CAPITOL Filially Landa in tho Police Coiirt, Whoro Bhe Payo u Fine ': of XwontT-?TO r Dollars, Mrs. Carrie .Nation paid the olty of Wasbingtqn a visit last week, and as usual she had a'strenuous time. She. appeared ih the " principal role of ? sensational scene at the White House Thursday. Her'request to see the' president being refused, she became violent and had to be taken from the executive office by .two police officers. As she was being escorted from the building she shouted at the top of her voice: ; : i ? . "I am going to pray for a prohibi tion pr?sident and we will have one-^ one who will represent the people and not the distillers-and brewers. You may put me out of the building but if a brewer or liquor dealer were here he would have been admitted at once." Mrs. Nation said she wanted to see the president about several matters. "I understand be carried a dive full of liquors on his western trip; that be smoked cigarettes on the steps of the capitol at Topeka; tbat his Sag has on it a coat-of-arms. Are these things so?" Assured that she bad been misin formed she replied: "Oh, well, I want to see him anyhow and have a talk with him." . Presently she was Informed that the president could not seo her. "Well, that's funny,'! Bhe cried out. Remarking on the number of United States senators and representatives who were passing in and out of the president's otlice, she o. ntinued: "I see a lot of men going in and out of his office; I would like to know why they can Bee the president and we mothers and sisters of tile country can't get near him." While she was walting her turn to talk to Mr. Loeb, several representa tives happened to pass through thc of fice. Mrs. Nation, Immediately be gan to lecture them on the evils of the liquor trafile. ''Madeline," broke in Secretary Loeb. "I am compelled to request you to discontinue your talk. If you want to deliver a lecture you will have to go outside. These are my ofllces." "You are mistaken," shouted Mrs. Nation hysterically, "These are the people's offices. I propose to do what I can right here and now to crush the iquor traille. You tell me the presi dent Is too busy to see me, but I tell you that I don't believe it." Secretary Loeb beckoned to the po lice officers who removed Mrs. Nation by force and escorted ber out of the grounds. Mrs. Nation went direct to the capitol and appeared in the senate gallery a few minutes before the sen ate was called to order at noon.. She was soon discovered and surrounded by pages and messenger boys and un til prohibited by the senate officials did a thriving business in selling her cards with a tiny hatchet attached. She left the gallery when asked to do so and went to tho marble room and talked with . Senator Cockrell. She-had been absent from the yel lery about ten minutes when she reappeared at one ?f the doors of the ladies' gallery and raising her right band far above ber head shouted in a loud and clear tone: "rfaloons are " anarchy! Saloons are treason and conspiracy!" - The senate was at thc time engaged in receiving bills but Mrs. Nation's voice was so much more penetrating than the reading clerk's that it was distinctly heard throughout the sen ate chamber and even In the corridors. The incident created a ripple of excite ment. Mrs. Nation was expelled from the gallery and turned over to the local police. She was arraigned in police court on a charge of disorderly con duct and fined $25, which she paid. A STORY OF THE WAR. Why an Execution Ordered by Ge?. ; Grant Did Not Occnr. Col. George Inman, ii civil engineer, who was an engineer in the Union army with Grant in front of Peters burg in 1864-'G5, as colonel of engi neers, now engaged on some public work near Richmond, told this story Of U. S. Grant to a group of Confeder ate veterans, ex-olllcers, there re cently. In the winter of 186-1 a Captain Hamilton, of the Confederate army, was captured within the Federal lines, and there were found on his person papers which clearly indicated that he had penetrated the lines for the purpose of gaining Information for General Lee. He was courtmar tlaled and was at once condemned to be hanged at sunrise the next day. Colonel Hamilton, who was in com mand of a cavalry regiment, under General Grant, was charged with the duty of furnishing the detail, which was td execute the sentence* of the cdurt. The night of the day on w?ich the court pronounced the sentence on Cap tain Hamilton. Colonel Inman went to General Grant's tent to so? him on a matter connected with the opera tions against the Confederates. He bad been in the tent for some time when the orderly announced, "Colo el Hamilton." A soldierly appear ng officer entered and saluted. Be fore General Grant had time to speak the colonel said in hard tones: "Gen oral, I cannot obey the ordor to exe cute that spy tomorrow morning." Goneral Grant started as if tc shoot." "Why not?" he said in ataarp tones. TUB FATHER'S lUiriiY, The colonel was silent. He stood with barsd head, dropped on his bosom. General Grant again asked him why he refused to obey his order, and this time there was a sharpness in his tone which was not there be fore. Colonel Hamilton raised bia head and looked the, commander in-chief full In the face. "General, that man is my only son." General Grant looked his officer in 1 the face for a moment. Then he 1 turned his back. A Tho colonel re ? maincd standing and silent uncovered and his head bowed. Then Gener o Grant wheeled around and said ina ! harsh voice: "Colonel Hamilton, you will obey your, orders." The colonel saluted and left th? nt. .^Colonel laman rom'cmbered that the next morning the:detail charged with . the*d ufcy of han ging the spy went to tho tent, and wheh the ?entry entered it:was. found that thero was nobody inside. About ten years axterward O?lon?i, ' Inman was in San Francisco on busl- - ness connected with his profession. While there he chanced'to meet a Mr. , Hamilton, with .whom he became ac-] qualnted. Hamilton ono day men tioned that he was in the .Confederate army, and tho relation of war experi: enees began. It came out that. tbe Mr. Hamilton was the Captain Ham ilton that bad been ordered to hang. There were questions from Coronel Inman, of course, and the story of the escape of the young soldier was brought out. GENERAL GRANT'S VISIT. On the night before tho day on which be was to bo executed, he Bald, after midnight, he was lying on the blanket In ,hls tent; half asleep, 'cr the circumstances did not warrant heavy-sleep. . He was aroused : by the entrance'of some one into the tent. A candle was burning dimly, and he saw before him a heavily built man with short, stubby whiskers, wearing a blue uniform without any Insignia of rank on his shoulders, a black slouch hat pulled down over his eyes. He recognized General General Grant. The Btory does not go Into details as to the conversation which ensued. The result was that the condemned spy, after there had been exacted a pro raise that he would never again assume the part which had so nearly cost bim bis life, was given the coun tersign which would enable him to pass the sentries. Then the man in the slouch bat went away. And the mah who was to have banged him at sunrise did tho-same rjhing, and before the sun was ?et was in the Confederate lines.-New York Journal. SHOCKING 1RAGEDY. President and Cashire of a Camden Bank Kill Themselves. Our neighboring town Camden was the scene of two terrible Dragedles on last Monday. Col. E. Miller Hoy kin, United States marshal for this state under Cleveland and a leading banker of Camden, killed himself accidental ly in the afternoon. After reaching home he picked up his gun, which had a complicated reversible action, and went out to shoot a hawk, lie was discovered an hour afterwards lying dead while his gun was found leaning on the opposite side of the fence. The supposition is that as lie started r.o ?llrnh the fence he set the gun over the fence at the same time making a motion to get river himself,, when the gun was dis charged, and such was the verdict of the coroner's jury. He was president ol' the DeKalb cotton mill, of the Farmers' and Mer chants bank and other large corpora tions, and was probably the leading citizen of the town. He was a dele gate-to the National Democratic con vention which nominated Cleveland in 1884. SUICIDE OF THE CASHIER. The second tragedy was the^niicide of Mr. E. C. Zernp, the cashier of the Farmers' aurt Merchants' Bank, of which Col. Boykin was President. Mr. Zemp shot himself a few hours after the death by accident of Col. Boykin as above stated. Shortly after receiving the news of the death of Colonel Boykin, Mr. Zemp left his home ostensibly to go over to Mr. Baykln's nearby, but in stead went to his barn and committed suicide, shooting himself with a pis tol through thc mouth. Few men were held in higher esteem in Cam ? den than Mr. Zemp. A dispatch to the News and Courier from Camden < says: "If there is any shortage in thc bank's accounts it is not known, but a meeting of the directors will bc held in the morning and a thorough i investigation will follow. In view of the death.of the president uud cashier ? the bank will necessarily be closed for a day or so, when it is thought its business will be resumed as usual." -L_ Killed Him in Sclf-Dcfense. Once upon a time two cronies were sitting up with their dead pal and one , of them concluded he must get a drink before the saloons closed. The other one said he must go, too,-hut, with a shade of decency thc ilrst one i said it would not do to leave the corpse. So lt was agreed, tinnily to . take the corpse-and they put a hat ' on it-got it between them and walk ? ed to the saloon. Standing the corpse up against the bar.they ordered drinks for three. The two drank their whis key and walked out leaving the corpse still and motionless. The bar-keeper demanded the price of the drink once-twice-and as there was no re sponse he struck the corpse between the eyes and sent it sprawling to the lloor. ^ The two cronies rushed in, felt the pulse of their dead friend and exclaim ed: "My God, man, you have killed him!" The bar-kepper replied: "Gentle men, I cannot help lt-thc scoundrel drew a knife on me and 1 killed him in self-defense-" And that's the kind of self-defense we have been hearing about lately. Ghastly Gilt. Miss Rochester, the postmistress at Central, Pickens county, was tho reci pient of a ruttier odd and ghastly gift through tile mails last week, lt was the left hand of a woman, and it is puzzling to know who would make such an unheard of gift to a young lady. A druggist at Central has the mysterious gift and is preserving lt, at the suggestion of a postollice in spector. Four Humeri Alive. At Luverene, Ala., Pohe Brooks, his wife and child and an unknown t man, were cremated by a lire which destroyed the Brooks residence Thurs day night. Tho charred remains of the four persons were found next morning. lt is thought no foul paly was done, but thc coroner will iuvesti > gate._ Three Firemen Killed. Three tiremen were killed and two injured as the result of the largest lire that Cloveland, Ohio has suffered in months. The dead arc: Robert Duffy, James Scheweda and Robert Reed. , Duffy and Sch wed a were killed almost Instantly having been caught under a j falling wall._ Ho Will Hung. I At New Orleans, La., the jury in i the case of Lou W. Lyons, who has i been on trial for the assassination of District Attorney J. Ward Gurley, re - turned a verdiot of guilty as charged, tho effect of which is to send Lyon to ? tho gallows. The only defense offered was Insanity. . t . ?. u, ^".?.y.'TThw failed until ooo ??ocMtr ore*crlbo?? IT CURED'HELPLESS ^CRIPPLE, iii. Wllljci write. In the e'eutte ol a Ions letter, d aie.l Aup?tt 18,1902? .' . ' ? - : My lett trete drawn back j..\ll my lect touched my hipi. I ?rai aa hclpteit ta a baby for neatly 12 montht. The muiclet ot my at roi and lett ?cte hard and thtireled up. ' I .uttered death many ttaiei orer. . 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