The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 24, 1902, Image 4
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
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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.
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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
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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
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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>.
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.5 ht? m P<". ly.
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y'fE 'n yonr blood inonnmnlBor y an 1
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rvn AT\0 \7 Cured in 30 to 00 days.
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