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THE GREAT LEADER. Outline of the Career of South Carolina's Noblest Son, LIEUT. GEN. WADE HAMPTON. Hclatiot'n Kumily of Men \otc<l for Their t'otirune. Some lncl(l(MitN ofnn RventI til I Ale. Lieut, (leu. Wade Hampton was horn 1 ti Charleston on March 28, lsis. In 11 asel street, within the sound of the chimes of old Saint Michaels, he first saw the litfht. His jrrcat 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 tlie family were murdered by Indians in 1Several of I In* sons Innliidlnw Gen. Hampton's grand father were away at t.lie time and escaped 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 tlds soldier was a general. He 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 he loved hlooded stock, lie had a private race track at his beautiful home near Columbia, burned by Sherman. Col. Hampton was a warrior also, lie served on (Jen. 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. I lis mother was a Miss Kit/.simons. Gen. Hampton was educated at the South Carolina university from which he graduated in t he class of 18,'iu. He then studied law. hut with no inten tlon of practicing: however. Prior to the war the young man's planting interests in Mississippi consumed much of his lime and he usually spent 11is winters there. The last crop before the war raised on this place was .">.000 hales. The command of the great number of overseers and laborers gave him good schooling for what he was soon to devote his attention the command of soldiers. When the State seceded Hampton obeyed the call to arms quickly, going iu as a private, but soon raising the Hampton Legion composed of six companies of infantry, four troops of cavalry 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 lilted for good service. The dilferent arms of the service were separated, "and each became the progenitor of a famous body of its kind." If was corps elite. Of its original members two became lieutenant generals Hampton and Stepnen 1>. Lee; one a major general, I in tier, and three brigadier generals Connor, Cray and Logan. At Seven Pines Hampton was again wounded in the foot, ids troops distinguishing themselves. On .luly 28, 18(52. Hampton was made a brigadier general of cavalry and his command was known its the Hampton Legion. It was com p >seu or rsouui Carolinians, North Carolinians and Virginians. At its head Hampton rode in Stuart's famous raid in August, 18t>2, round Pope's Hank and rear. He made the Federal general date ids correspondence from "Headquarters in the Saddle." (Jen. Hampton was always successful in detached service. His work was dashing in the Maryland and Pennsylvania campaigns 1802-03, and full of incidents. The story of Hampton's meeting with Col McClurcof Chambcrshurg is one of the best of the campaign in that section. At Gettysburg Gen. Hampton was thrice wounded in the momentous struggle. About half the men were wounded in this battle. In June 1803 at brandy Station, Gen. Hampton's younger brother, Lt. Col. Frank Hampton, was killed. Gen. butler lost his leg here also. "On another part of the Held," says the historian. "Gen. Hampton was that day performing brilliant service in many a charge. One of these a mounted charge against a Federal brigade, was said to have been the most hotly contested and magnificent horse encounter of the war, but Hampton's star lighted t he path and his saber cleft the way to victory. As the general dashed to the head of his command to lead them on t his occasion his eyes 'snapping lire,' as the men used to say, he threw otT his overcoat to leave his sword arm free and Hung it to his son, Preston, acting orderly a mere lx>y, who was afterwards killed at burgess' Mill." who t hrew it :uvnv Haying lie didn't come to carry coats lint to fight. At Gettysburg Gen. Hampton was severely injured, though after receiving Ids wound he, in handto-hand conflict cleft the skull of his adversary with his saber, in August 18U3 lie was made a major general and then soon followed the magnificent campaign of Virginia, where Hampton won his fame as a general. I lampton broke up Federal plans with the move at Trevilllans' Station, and in 2:t days captured :i,000 prisoners and much war material with a loss of only 719 men. Jn August 18<>1 Hampton was made commander of Lee's cavalry with the rank of lieutenant general, in September he struck the rear of the Federal army at City Point and brought away 4<)0 prisoners and alxiut 2,500 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 bebefore the war ended by taking charge of Johnson's cavalry and did fine service in harrassslng and retarding Sherman's army. Geu Lee's famous order commendirig \ \ I ^ n ih nininu4i|t.vt </vhh?v i _ " ' I . I Feb. 28, 18t>3, concluded with this paragraph: "In announcing these achievements, the oou\mandlng general takes special pleasure In adveillng to tlie promptness of t heotllcers Inst rlklng a successful blow whenever the opportunity offered, and t he endurance and gallant ry with which the men have always supported t heir commanders. These deeds give assurance of v igilanco, act Ivlty and fortitude and of the performance of st ill more brilliant act ions in I lie coming campaign. U. K. Lee, "General." Historian Wells in his volume relating to (Jen. Hampton gives a striking instance of Ids personal bravery and mental acumen, lie.says: "lOarlyon the morning of March 11, 1HH.V Johnson's army was crossing the Capo Fear river at Fayetteville, North Carolina. The infantry, artillery and wagon t rains had nearly alTected a crossing. I while the cavalry were across. Sherman's forces in parrellel columns were pressing up. (Jen. Hampton was near the hotel in tlie town when one of his best scouts, Hugh Scott by name, galloped up and told him that the enemy were close by in the parrellel streets, a company of them having come through a byroad that had not been picketed, and that more were, behind them. The situation was critical. If the enemy succeeded in wedging In between the retreating army and its cavalry, the rear guard, it would entail disaster. The cavalry would thus he cut oil' from covering the retreat and the bridge across the river which it was essential to burn after I the crossing was completed, if left in tact, would alTord the Federals the opportunity of swift pursuit. Not a moment was to be lost. The cavalry leader must he able to Ik>Hi think and act with the rapidity of a ilash of lightning, and that Hampton did on this occasion, lie realized that an ounce of prevention is wort h a pound of cure in war as well as in disease and that one man's services in the nick of time may he more valuable than that of a thousand a few minutes later. So calling to the scout and two members of his stall to follow him and picking up three privates from Company K, Fourth S. <C. (Charleston Light I'racoons) " and also one man said to be from Wheeler's command * * the general dashed around the corner and gave the order, 'Charge.' Ilis seven followers there were no others in the charge obeyed with alacrity and all, the general leading, Hung themselves upon the federals, who wore drawn up in the street. These tired a volley with their carbines but by that time the Confederates had struck them and confused by t he suddenness of the atattack, tlie tierce assaults and the powder smoke they did not realize the small number of their assailants. So they tried to wheel about to run. but among them were pistol halls at close quarters, and the hack and thrust of sabres. Less than a hundred yards down the street was a turn at right angles to the left into the byroad by which they had entered the town and by which they were endeavoring now to escape. Here they oecame jammed together in confusion, all organization lost and their pursuers cut and thrust like devils incarnate, as the fugatives probably thought. Kleven Federals were killed and I" captured and the rest, many of them wounded, tied in wild panic carrying consternation to their friends with excited tales of hundreds of men in buckram, as the best will do in such circumstances." The only Confederate casualty was the killing of a line mare. Thus was the crossing of the river secured to the Confederates. Hampton had grasped the situation and solved the problem. After the close of the war (Jen. Hampton resumed his cotton planting opera! ions hut was not generally successful. lie spent a good portion of 1 his time looking after his Mississippi plantation and this gave rise to the charge, made hy his political enemies some years later, that he was an alien, .lust, here it may he well to tell how 1 it was that (Jen. Hampton came to 1 head the movement that led to the re- 1 demption of South Carolina from Kadi- ' I cal rule. 1 In December, 187f>, became to the ' distinguished South Carolinian who 1 was at the head of the white incipient ' organization, lie was then on his way J to Mississippi, lie asked what was going to he done and asked specifically 1 could the people of the State tie arous- ' ed to do anything. He was answered 1 'yes,' that they had determined to ( made a straight >ut tight and win or ? die. I le said, "That is the only hope for the State." lie was then asked: "If we nominate you will you lead the light?" "On that, platform," he 1 answered. "1 will make the tii/ht t<> n < linish, not for the ofttce but for the . principle." <Jon. Hampton went on i to Mis Mississippi plantation and in t the meantime Col. Iloyt's paper in 1 the up-count ry and a few others began \ to help the white leaders. The State j convention was called for May, but ; Chamberlain's Kuslonists were so < strong that all that could be done was I to adjourn the convention without ac- t tlon. The fusionists contended in i that convention that Hampton was a 1 I'usionist. (rcn. Hampton came hack i to South Carolina in June and went to his home in the sandhills. When he ( got back he was in bad health and it I looked as if there was but little hope I for the State. He was sent to the mountains to get his health back again and the convent ion was postponed until August. Karly in July he went to Walhalla and olT in the mountains. s Karly in August a letter was sent him \ urging him to come to Columbia and j be present in person at the convention. ., He was oiT in the mountains hunting '| l?ut be got here t be night before the n convention and tin; next day was on ' the tloor. After a hard tight ids nomination was won and then men who , bad been lighting the white leaders (] all day came over that night, while j enthusiasm prevailed in Columbia, j Hen. Hampton returned to the moun- s tains and opened the campaign at An- j derson. The leader referred to alwive j stated yesterday that lie had made the ^ greatest and grandest campaign ever ;i conducted, lie connected his light wltlilh the hounds of perfect law and order and on all occasions displayed the wisdom of a Solomon. Friday was the anniversary of the v day upon which Daniel 11. Chamber- g lain turned over to Wade Hampton ? tlic State capitol at Columbia, and It J is a coincidence that he should have c /Hod u?vk? the anniversary of the YOJv Jj I. I ?. day that he witnessed the fruition of v. his efforts to reclaim his State. The following documents In regard to this matter will be of especial Interest: Heating that Mr. Chamberlain was willing to yield the possession of the executive olllco in the State house, (.iovernor Hampton addressed him the following note: State of Sout h Carolina, Kxeeut ive < hamher, Columhia, s. Apl. 10, 1x77. , Sir: Having learned that you now propose to turn over to me the executive chamber, wit lithe records and papers belonging to the executive office now in your possession, I beg to inform you that 1 wil send a proper officer to receive the same at any hour you ma\ indicate as most convenient toyourseli. I am very respectfully your obedient servant, Wade Hampton, j Coventor. f To. I Ion. 1). II. Chamberlain. To this Mr. Chamberlain promptly v replied as follows: i State of Soutli Carolina. .. Kxeeut ive Chamber, Columhia, S. C., April 10, 1x77. I Sir: Replying to you note of ibis ( date, I have to say that my private secretary will meet such officer as you may N designate at 12 meridian tomorrow, at ^ t he execut ive Office, for t he purpose in- j dicated in your notc. Very respect fully, * lb H. Chamberlain, ^ (iovernor of Sout h Carolina, To lion. Wade Hampton. News and Courier, April 11. ( At ten minutes before 12 the troops ' in tiie State house were brought to At t cut ion." Thcscnt ry at t lie gover- 1 nors's door resumed his place in the 1 ranks. Col. black stood by. As the first, stroke; of thr clock sounded the order was given, "Altonlion, guard; carry arms; right shoulder arms; twos right, inarch." The sound '! of heavy and heavier footfalls resounded along the corridors and before the s bell had reached the fifth stroke of N tlie twelve the last tile bad crossed the [ threshold. A number of the negro constables, evidently aeintg under per- s emptory and urgent orders, instantly 1 sprang to the heavy doors and slammed t belli with :i li:iiur in llwi f.m? ..r tlx. ' crowd within, and in the immediate rear of t he last tile of t he soldiers wit h- ' 'out, who are hardly out of the way of the closing panels. A heavy har 1 dropped into Its brackets, and the military occupation of the State is ended, much to the relief of the citizens and t he military as well. J _ li On Wednesday, at seven minutes to 12 m., Mr. Manning, private secretary of the governor, presented himself at s the executive olllcc and was politely *' met by Mr. Itahhctt, of whom he requested t he surrender of the governor's olllcc in the name of (iovernor Hampton. Mr. Habbctt replied tiiat lie was a ordered hy (iovernor Chamhcrlin to 01 make the transfer sit 12 precisely, and !'< would do so wlien that hour arrived. 1 As the tirst stroke of noon was heard. Mr. Hahhett handed over the seal and keys of t lie olllcc, accompanln^ t he ae- . lion with the usual verbal formula. And Governor Hampton was in possession of the ollleo. A few minutes more were spent in explaining the details of u hooks, papers, etc., and l?oth gentle- 's men retired from the premises, leaving the olllcc locked, as It will remain until the key is turned to admit (iovernor ,vl I lampion himself, lie will probably take possession in person tomorrow. J1.1 A few idlers were present about the .. building, but only one or two gentle- ' men were allowed to be present at the ' ceremony as witnesses. News and " Courier, April 12. ' di Postponed Af(nlu. is Tlie It. it. Kvans case, which was to have been tried in Columbia last, week <; has been continued until next term of t( court, on motion of George Johnstone, p; attorney for defendant. Mr. John- m stone presented an atlidavit setting ai forth that a most Important witness, ov the defendant's brother, was in Wat- to floury, Conn., where his wife was |<j dangerously ill, on account of the in loath of her mother, and that it m would be impossible for him to he at the trial last week. Next week Mr. vvi Johnstone had an Important engage- so nent elsewhere. The affidavits also cl( dated that Mr. Johnstone had hoped ^r to have the witness here Wednesday, oil >ut the above stated facts prevented 1 t. Solicitor Thurmond announced Yi that the state was ready to try the so ^ase. Judtfe Buchanan granted a i>r out inuance of the case on t he grounds w; ;et out in the affidavit,. ti< de MiiHHaciMMl by Kurds. C|News has been received of massacre al >y Turks and Kurds of three hundred Jhrlstians at IMabeckir, Kurdestan. '1(1 A band of roving artnenians recently ippeared near the town. The an- w' jhorities sent Abraham I'aeha. at f lu; 011 lead of the Kurdish regulars, to dis- k( ierse them. The regulars pursued the Armenians some distance, attacking 'ni 111 Armenian village en route. Kinilly Abraham and his party were '?1' Mrced back, .lust as they reached the own, seeking reinforcements, the Ar- ' r<] ncnians opened lire. Heavy ti^hlin^ astcd for some time. The Kurds, en raged at not being able to force the. Armenians buck, turned into tjie co Christian <iuartcr of the town and '.ll dlled unmercifully. Many Turks and m| Kurds were also killed. t-ei 111! Two Negroes Suicides. *" Negroes d<? not often commit suiidc hut two made away with them- an elves In this State last week. On donday night Eugene Code commit - ^u ed suicide in Columbia. Code has S()| ittempted suicide several times he- |,j, ore and this time an overdose of laud- jia inuin produced t he apparently desired esult. The other case was that of r(.( lam Johnson in Charleston on Wed- (ol icsday morning. Johnson had been wj Irinkine heavilv for sevcrni wnni/u 1c came home early Wednesday mornng and said to his wife; "I'm as k,a lck as a dog; I l>elleve I'll blow my jn> trains out." And he did. Raising sj(1 lis revolver to his head, he pulled the |,;i rigger then lie fell across his ltcd nd lay still. mc hto A Popular Choir. dl'< Of fourteen young men and women m<j dio sang In the /.ion German Kvanelical Lutheran church on the Huddo county boulevard in Greenville, N. P'a ., less than a year ago, the sixth " 1H ouple will be married this week and 1 bescvcnt^Ji41lljjl%ttU\.cngaged. ^ v ora -I .1 50ME WAR HISTORY i Federal GTicei's Tribute to On Kicah Jenkins of the CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY. V <. rn | > 11 it- Dcscilpt ion ol'llic I lit 111 iit'lln' AVihlcriicHH Where Thut (jiilliiiit Soldier (in ve l'l? His Ulfr. Mr. T. 11. I.aekic, .of Detroit ilicli., who was an otllcer in tli anions Sixteenth Michigan regiment vrites to the Atliinta Journal a coi ection of tlic statement going th oundsthat (Jen. Mieali Jenkins wn tilled at Gettysburg, and gives i letail the circumstances connecte villi 11is death in the battle of th iVilderness on the Otli of May, 1S<>1 0 which is added a glowing tribute t Jen. Jenkins from the pen of thi pillant Federal otllcer: The ciremnstances connected wit 1 lie death of that very distinguishc itllcer were as follows: All day th tli and until about Ida. in. the (Itli .Jeneral A. 1*. Hill's corps had bee :oiitending against vastly superlc in in tie is of Federal troops. ()n th atal morning of the fith llaneoc iad advanced his corps on 11 ill's posi ion, and forced the latter a linos Kick to his artillery line badly broke iixl worn out by incessant lighting lisastcr to the Confederate arm eenied assured. (Jeneral Lee wa villi the artillery and directing th ("-formation of the broken lines. II iad sent for his old war horse (Lony tree!) and was anxiously waiting hi online always reliable and on ham t the right moment, he is seen com no down the Orange plank road, hi nagnilieent men on the double-quick esist less as t he ocean tide! Gregg' 'cxans are deployed into line air inmediately advance with that neve o lie forgotten yell. The iminorta ji-i-??iiiiiikm u? uie inimio lead ihem hey halt. He must go back or tlicr ,'ill he no advance of Texans. / ironzed-faced demon of the hattl rout gently takes the bridle rein am urns the head of his charter. Le orrowl'ully rides over to Longstreet n goes the Texans. Loud rour th mnon with shotted breath, and mor wful t he yells of battle demons. The Texans strike Hancock's exult nt advance; the shock is tremend us: neither line recoils; but the tangl I forests tremble, and the tangled aired Texans and the veterans o lancoek settle themselves down t< le science of butchering one anot her lie slaughter on both sides is awful calling's and Law's brigades come t< le aid of (Iregg and take a hand ir ic work that is 011; with a yell th< hole line charges. The Keneral lliu forced hack, but Wadsworth comei i the aid of Hancock; the tide of hat e ebbs and Mows. Wadsworth 1> died; Longstreet strikes the Fedora ft tlank; rolls it up In a confuscc ass toward the plank and back 01 ie I!rock road. Everything now ineated a complete victory for tin .mfederates. General Longstreet ide forward to prepare and take admtage of the opportunity to indict a cisive blow on Grant's army. With nit end in view Jcnkln's fresh brigade moved forward to the plank road. Supplemented by Kershaw's brigade, eneral Longstreet. moved forward ? recomloiter the situation, accommied by GeneraLlenkins. Ma hone's en seeing a movement in their front id by the indistinct view obtained ring to the density of the forest misok them for the enemy and tired, lling the gal lent Jenkins and woundg Longstreet, a most lamentable istakc. Asa Federal soldier 1 know that it ill not be expected of me within the ope of an article intended for the we call department, to write a bloaphlcal sketch of so dist inguishedan leer as General Micah Jenkins, wot. lit ted for the work, which 1 am nay. et the temptation is so great to see mething more, that I venture a ief retrospective view of that hero's ir record, and under my own ohserva>n. As colonel of the regiment signated, the Palmetto Sharp Shoot* s of South Carolina, we joined him the battle of Manassas, or Hull in, as the Federals have it, in the attest part of that field, near the Biiry house, and down the slope, icre so many of the Hampton Legii fell, and where valiant deeds and tod generalship crowned the young mfedcracy with victory and cverlastg fame. To Beauregard, Jackson, ;e, Bartow and Klrby Smith, the Iter a cifiz.cn of Connecticut , under moral Magrudcr, we find the gallant tlonol Jenkins within the defenses of >rktown. After the evacuation o? that strongId Jenkins' regiment, with others, vercd the retreat and facing about Williamsburg met the overwhelm* i advance of the enemy, inflictine rrible loss in his ranks and checking > advance until tlie Confederate my and subsistence trains are at a fe distance, and proper line of deuce established. At West Point d oilier places his regiment had ight the hard bat tle of the rearard until the army was safe on the Uh side of the Chlckahominy river, i regiment having suffered untold rdships and severe losses in men d oillccrs, for which he received Just 'ognition for his gallant and ineririous conduct in face of an overtiming enemy. Next we iind him at t he battle of ven Pines or Fair Oaks, with his llant regiment and one other driv( before him a whole Federal divi>11, gaining a good position, held the tt le Held and inflciting a loss on the amy about equal to the nnmbcr of it in his regiment, only abandoning i position when the army was withiwn to the former defences of Richmd, In the dark hours of the ConIcracy which followed the battle of ,'en Pines, when Johnston's vague ns and operations puzzled and coned the President. \ new star appeared on the Confcdtc horizon. It illuminated the j Itl Dmii |Wmm wv ^ ? " 1 ... t! Whole American continent, lis veful' I gent ruvs penetrated the remotest bounds of the Old World. That magnificent and glowing 01 h personified in '* i.ie wonderful Uohert IS. Lee gnve r.uw life to the Confederacy. vigor andsw ifl juessof movement. 1'lans were speedily consummated; hostile guns must not cover the capital; the siege must be raised, the enemy beaten to cover. Jackson in the valley receives a message, his foot cavalry are put in mole tlon. He heats Hanks and Shields down Mm valley as with a Hail. Consternation is in their path. One takes refuge in Harper's Ferry; the other across the Potomac. The great Mailer returns and brushes Fremont out of his path, drops buck a few foot-sore Spartans as pickets for Fremont to ' gape at until his (Jackson's) return. Leo crosses the Chickahominy at Meadow Itidgc and drives the enemy r- to its common center about CJrapcc vine Hridge and Woodbury bridge. ! The Seven Days'battle is on. The lS second day, J line 27, 1802, Longstreet 11 strikes the enemy's left and Jackson <1 i he right flank. The battle rages all c the afternoon. The enemy hold their , ground. Late In the evening Lee makes the final effort to count that ? day's victory his own. The Texan is brigade under Hood are hurled like a thunderbolt against the left center. Ij Colonel Micah Jenkins with his vali,1 ant Palmetto regiment and one other e against, the extreme left. The left center is broken and shattered into ,, fragments. Jenkins tires one volley .. and charges with cold steel. The , (> enemy Is broken, slaughtered, and the k survivors driven into the swamps of | the Chickahominy and only the * , sheltering wings of night saved us 1 n from complete annihilation. The writer's regiment, one of the j most magnilicent regiments in the ? army, 12 companies, 1,110 men, was j, almost a total wreck andJenkins held .. our beautiful banner. Col. James A. lloyt, editor of The tirceiivillc . s Mountaineer, then an ollleer in ('< 1. I Jenkins' regiment, has told the story j correctly in t he Confederate Veteran. , s Lee is victor. McClcllan is on the , retreat to the James river. The siege ! s ^ of Itichmond raised. The f?th of t lie I ^ ,1 iiattie days, June .'tuth, Jenkins takes |, r the advance of the battle at F razor Farm. Heats back the enemy. Molds , . the bat tie ground, lb; has command-j , (1 ed K. II. Anderson's brigade in both , ^ battles. Mis regimental loss is severe, c himself severely wounded. The { tj Palmetto regiment alone sustaining a . l(?ss of 17."> and no prisoners reported, j . After a march of over two hundred ., miles on half rations, we lindCcncral , p Jenkins again on t he old bat t le ground of Pull Pun, or Manassas No. en . Longstreet's right. Porters' Federal ' corps left, this time he lights Maxcy (ireeg, old enemies of (iaincs Mills. .. .lenkins' brigade has some desperate j, f lighting and again himself severely j , wounded, and brigade loss about b"?0. , Me is one of the otlleers mentioned in j Men. Longstreet's report of this battle , for extraordinary bravery and unex- j , celled heroism. . , IIis brigade, now in command of Col- ( , onel .Joseph Walker, of the Palmetto t, . Sharp Shooters, advances into Mary- c . land audioes into action in the battle t . of South Mountain, sustaining a loss I of 20, then back to Sharpesburg. or s I Antietam. Their Held of operation | , was not far from (Jen, Lee's head- ^ . quarters, becoming desperately en- | , gaged and drove the enemy at every j point, losing 20S otlleers and men, holding their battle ground and crowning their wounded Jenkins with glory and sustaining the proud record of the ( , old brigade. J Thus Lee had beaten McClellan's n army olf the Peninsula, destroyed the t grand army of the man whose head- t! quarters were in the saddle, and had ' fought the combined armies fit'Antictarn to standstill. This Is the most bloody and desperate of the aires Tin. "? ~ I only mark of victory to be credited to < eitiler was their battlefields. v During tlie Gettysburg campaign I the gallant .ienkins, being assigned to the deparment of North Carolina, performing valuable service also around Kichmond, Pcterburg, and the d Black Water, be very urgently re- \\ (picsted in bis many applications to a the department commander and the d authorities in Kichmond to be per- f mitted to share the battlefields of f Lee's army along with the divisions wit h whom he had been so long, and often in bloody conlliet in defense of j his cherished rights and glorious Stars i and bars, butalas, his wish was only f granted when Lee and (irant met in u the Wilderness on the Orange Blank 1 road, that fatal (5th of May, ix<u. a i- ii though his cause and mine was at war, l loved him none the less. lie . was noble and brave, and such as he -j gave a world-wide glory to the. a meri- j-( can Held embattled. The spirit of > such men do not sleep with the tone a ment of clay, but lives again in great deeds. The newer generations of the Southland will have their Lees and Jenkins, but nowhere else on this eonvex world. It, would be sad indeed v were we only to find them in dusty |, and time worn volumes and on cold e mutilated stone. It is pleasing to note h the presence of the distinguished otli- <1 cer of whom my feeble pen has writ- c"' ten personified in young Major Micah Jenkins, the hero of Santiago, one whose daring deeds have won the applaud its of the Western Hemisphere. | T. It, Laekie, f< h>7 Vlnewood Ave., Detroit, Mich. a I.ate a lieutenant 10th Mich. Vet. s; Vol, Infantry. ? lllown to AIoiiih. e (junndry Lieut. .James 11. bourne, ? Lieut. Miller and nine bluejackets were instantly killed Wednesday by p t lie bursting of a 12-inch gun on board the Hritish lirstclass battleship Mars, o during gun practice olT llerchavcn. p In addition, several men were injured y by the explosion. The breach of the Kim blew out after it, had twice missed tire. The bodies of the two men who were sighting the gun were scattered C to pieces and blown overboard. 2, M IXckeiiH Wuh ltiglit. ;1) Charles Dickens, on a dinner given w at a notable agricultural occasion, ti took the position that "the Held it S< paid the farmer best to cultivate was in the one within the fence of his own gi skull." What Dickens said was a m serious truth, thouKh comparatively m few at the time he said it were able M from insiKht to accept it as such, cji Now it is generally allowed in all civ- tl nt^ed countries. m I The World's Greatei For nil form* of fover tnko JOHNSON'S I times better than qulnlno and does In a I do In 10 days. It's splendid cures are In I made by quinine. COSTS 50 CENTS ATLANTIC COAST LINK Kail road Company of South Carolina I Condensed Schedule. Trains doing South. Dated Nov. In. 1800. No. 65* No. 35. P. M. A. M. Leave Wilmington 5 45 *1 15 Leave Marion < 54 Arrive Florence 7 15 Leave Florence *7 15 *2 : 1 Arrive Sumter 8 57 5 *<? No. 52 i A. M. Leave Sinnter 8 57 *0 40 A rrivc Columbia 10 20 11 00 No. 52 mils I hrough from Charleston ] via Central H. K.. leaving Charleston 7 00 a. in., Lanes 8 ;n a. in., Mannii g II 00 a. 111. Trains 1 ioing Nort h. No 51* No 5:1 A M P M Leave Columhia *0 40 *4 15 A rrive Slimier s 05 5 35 No 52 I 1* M Leave Suinler *8 05 0 CO Arrive Florence 0 20 7 20 Ijoave Florence 0 50 Leave Marion in 50 A rrive Wilmington 115 * Daily. No 5:1 runs through to Charleston, s C, via Cent ral K It, arriving at Mauling 0 01 p 111. Lanes 0 15 p m. (MiarlowIon 8 50 p 111. .1 It Ken ley. (loneral Manager. T M Kinersoii, Trailic Manager. II M Kmei son, (lenl. Pass. Agent. < 'heap Mail l!o.ves. Senator Tillman last week olTered | in amendment to the postotllee apiropriat ioas hill that is a long step oward the per fee tin if of the rural I ree delivery. This amendment pro- . /ides for the purchase by the United slates of locked iron mail boxes In vholesale quauit ies and their stile to he farmers 011 th ' rural free delivery outes at govern nont cost. Under 1 lie present laws and regulations of lie postoilicc department the ptiruis >f t he rural free delivery are forced to >11 rehase t hese boxes f r<nil one of h>u reen lirms named by the department it a cost of from one to three dollars atoll, or else get 110 delivery. This irbitrary regulation gave the nianuacturers of the boxes speellied by the jostotliee department a chance to form i combine and lleece the public by barging exorbitant prices. Senator rillman's amendment, which was idopt.cd, protects the farmer against xt ort ion l?y t Ins t?ox eoml)ine by limit ng the price of the boxes to lifty centsinch. Senator Tillman said in olTorng tbis amendment lliat it was to )revent the fanners from being robicd under the law which compels them o purchase these boxes. The postttlice appropriation bill has gone to a (inference of the house and senate ounnittees and it is not known what bis conference committee will do in egard to amendment. Should they trike it out the bill will have to go lefore the bouse again and then to be senate where Senator Tillman is ?re pa red to make a vigorous light for he amendment. Could Not llrcathe. (Joughs, colds,croup,grip, bronchitis, >ther throat and lung troubles are Itiickly cured by One Minute Cough Jure One Minute Cough Cure is not a acre expectorant, which gives only emporary relief It softens and 1 i<111 iles the mucous, draws out the intlamaion and removes t he cause of the disuse. Absolutely safe Acts at once One Minute Cough Cure will do all hat is calmed for it," says Justice of he Peace, J I food, Crosby, Miss." My wife could not get her breath and ras relived by t he lirst dose It has icon a bene lit to all my family." 1 >r. 10. Norton. Found Dead. Four persons were found dead Tucslav niirbt in Mm i<v?iw... 0 ..xmiiiv \ 'I iiOUUUl I \ < M I I I i) New York. They were Esther Kohn, widow, aged 50, a son aged 2.'i, a laughter aged IT and the daughter's riend aged 10. They had been sufocated by illuminating gas. l<'or The Complexion. Tlie complexion always sulTcrs from >i)iousness or const ipat ion Unless l he towels are kept open the impurities rom the hotly appear in the form of msightly eniptious DeWitt's Little Sarly Risers keep the liver and bowels n healthy condition and remove the ause of such troubles 0 E Hooper, klhany.tla., say: "I took DeWitt's! jit tie Early Risers for biliousness 'hey were just what 1 needed I am celing better now than in years." sever gripe or distress Safe through nd gentle The very best pills. I Dr. E.Norton. i Surgeon's Knife Not Nceilcil. Surgery is no long necessary to cure iles. DeWitt's witch Ilazel Salve ures such cases at once, removing the ecessity for dangerous, painful and xpensive opera! ions Eorscalds, cuts, urns, wounds, bruises, sores and skin iseases it is unequalled Reware of ountcrfcit s. I>r. E. Norton. Practically Starving. "After using a few hot ties of ICodol )tvspepsia Cure my wife received per ct and permanent relief from a severe nd chronic case of stomach t rouble," < lliv I I? I loll- 1 - ....... > ifni, i ?-ui i >?i <ii e, iiisuranee iid loan agent. of Macomb, 111. 4,lte;n'C using Koaol Dyspepsia Cure she ould not eat an ordinary meal wft lint intense suffering She Is now enirely cured Several pliysieians and lanp remedies had failed to give relet'." You don't have to diet Eat ny good food you want, hut don't verload the stomach. Kodol Dysepsia Cure will always digest it for ou. I>r. JC. Norton. " v War ta Cliinu. A courier who arrived at Canton, idna, Wednesday, reported that over 000 Imperialist soldiers, sent by [arshal Su against the rebels, were nhushed in a narrow defile and all ' ere. killed or captured. The sltua- 1 on In the rebellious districts of J igthern China is increasing alarmigly. The viceroy of Canton lias tele- s a plied to Peking, urging the im- 1 ediatc forwarding of re-cn force- 1 cuts. Lack of news from General " a and Marshal Su is taken to Indl- i ite that the rebels have surrounded J ic Imperial troops and cut off com- I lUnicatlon with them. ' ,11? I .1 11 I I 11 I II III it Feyer Medicine. 1 i CHILL AND FEVER TONIC. It is 100 I single day what slow quinine cannot striking contrast to the feeble euros I IF IT CURES. iy gion and Usnway Ha.iroad. Southbound.? 10. S?7. ^"ixcd . Pa'ly except Sunday. i I rut ('liavlliou i> I*2 01 pin L Sto Ciai't u J> M 12 26 put \*e M' Tabor . 12 45 pin Lti.? Lt r.s 1 06 ptu ! I.tiu aai f- iii ... . .... J 20 pra Let, n M?>(nio 1 85 pin t.r- v? !' ? on > .. 1 46 pin l.? ?t?t A i 1 60 pm Aii'tvi.u* J ... 2 20 pin Norti-bon, -i. - X.i. S l^ixtd Dully Xco i S .n 'i.y Le>4fs Con .fay 2 65 ptn L?\*o Ad i a a 8 20 pm Li 'a f h ' i i et s ....? 'A 2o pm Lv.i. Lai boro 8 86 pin leave 4siii(ii,l 8 60 piu Ltfr.fv l.ci'is 4 i'6 pm v i Mi 1 jt.v.|- 4 80 pm Lea i e * 'ImshK .... 4 60 ptu IT" < v ' !?' 6 20 hhi N 1 H A lii'ivi-ii! ' .ii i . w y io(.had6." n .|i 0 1 I V- <v ,i : v .i . f p wuh No 55 'i ;n n 1 r -in ; ... ii. ?.. a ;j0j( ifavo h?Jb <i <i :i o:8(i 'c vii ; in H'ii. ul'o No 60. Noi'O n .it | t nil I' o l? .vi.i !\ Va.cs hi i > ii Ijr A iiui,1;i u .. I ! u'ciock t> l a Dyspepsia Cure Digests what yous eat. 11.artificially digests tho food and aids Tsaturo in sirotigthenlng and reconstructing the exhausted digestive organs. It is tho latest cllseovored dlgestanb and tonic. No other preparation can approach lb in ofilclcney. lb Instantly reUevesand permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Kiatulonco, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Sick Headache, Gastnilgia Crampsand a!'other results of imperfect digestion, prior,5?v* e.ridfl. r_>nr'?r siBcrontrvlns 24 t)me? Pitiiiii ffie-j. all abontiiysiKpsiuruall?<tlro? P^wrod by Conway & Sea Shore Railroad. Daily Except >>? ? da/. ' n ert'ec S ?p? 2, 101 Sjuhb-mn I.?N 1"? L aveu Ccn ?ra> ... 8 00 am Lean I'in? Dian<l 8 3 ' am Arrive Myt'o fen. h 8 45 ain Moribh ? M??. I ? L?*y?< Myrtle Ilea -5 5 3 pm Leaves f in a is'ar d 5 45 pin on?'ny . > 15 pm P. Mi- Sm.I den, Mqimfi! , 1VAWJAMAW LINE 81 E * \Iiill8.?Tho T t Sionmcr will leave Cm wharf al 'oner ay eveiy \l inlay ami V,.. ! net-day morning for Georgetown at 4 o'e'ook, touching all intermediate point*: nm! <* ?! leuvo her v harf at Georgetown overy TiKfdny and Friday morning for Conway -\t 7 o'clock, tombing *1 *11 intermediate poinu>. I? T McNeill. Gt-u'l Agt and Tren* . Cor way, 8 'V .5 ht? m P<". ly. Agent iipi.ifi'iinii Hi! ^ The World's Greatest [|sj ?jlg_.for Malaria. a: JjV for all forroB of Mala rial poison. jST* !ng take Jntinon'A Chth and Pewr ionic taint of Malarial pel son8^4 y'fE 'n yonr blood inonnmnlBor y an 1 Hfca 'adore Blood uiodiclncscau'tOU! o Kg* Malaila! poiBoninj?. Tho antidnto ?? ,2TJl * - OHNSOfl"; TO tIC g|j * bottle tcLday. TH ^TYOU^GOLOOD^ LUMBER COMPANY augusta. oa. Okkhjk ani) Wohks, Noutii Augusta, S. C. Doors, Sash, Blinds and Builder's Hardware. Flooring, Siding, Ceiling and Inside Finishing Lumber in GEORGIA FINE All correspondence given prompt attention. .July2-ly Conway Lodge, No. 00. Knights <> Pythian will meet regularly the flrst and third Thursday nights of end: month until otherwise ordered. i). A,Svivkv ('han. Cum. 1 ('. HriVKY K. H. A 8 Mav 14th. Ort " gt^mt^it^tala^ Atiorney and * ounfcelor at Law Conway t> 0. OkpICB n Htuvm Hn> fri-*r dr. h. ii. burroughs, I.ORIS. *0. Jails promp ly answered night 01 day. ^TiTwoo7r\vX^ \ttorauy aid Connso lot at Law, (Jo N way. A. C. R. B. Scarborough, conway. s 0, ATTORN RY a?' i iw 1\ K. BE TUBA, Physician and Surgeon, I Conway, 8. (J. Offie* in Spiv*y BailJing rvn AT\0 \7 Cured in 30 to 00 days. QKUlOI T.M,.layS|lr, almc,,l. Would be glad to have names of all ufferlng with dropsy. <). K. C()LjlJM DllorSY MKDICINECO.,3123 Lowndes Huilding, Atlanta, (la. H L3U M 3lyi?ii l'uhitrt 0(ir?xl nt int riinitor B n) " Sum, In KO atujr*. Hundred* fgj] of refnrenono. 36 y?nr? ft ?i i?tly Book c*. I IS llomn Tr?Mtm?nt Mut KHEll. AddrtH IW ? M. WOOtO.1V. M. O.. MtanUu Oar