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VOL. 2. - ABBEVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 22, I,SMC. NO. 42.
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A Revolutionary Amu/011.
During the (lurk and stormy period
when the Americans were sacrificing
fortunes and lives for indepedonce the
women were not less patriotic than the
brave and defiant men. When assistance
of any kind could lie accomplished
by the fair sex they did not hesitate to
make the best of their opportunities.
When the men were in fort and dared
to show their faces to the enemy the
women would walk before the gbn?
ing muskets of the Britons and risk the
deadly shaft of the brutal savage and
carrv water from the springs through j
tliif!.-i.tti wlinro tlie enemv were in mil
bush, to the thirsty men behind the
breastworks.
The llrilons ami savage Indians seeing
the bravery and true patriotism of
the American women were ashaine to
fire the deadly bullet or let fly the murderous
shaft to pierce such noble
hearts.
History records the names of many
nohle hearted women who participated
in the cause of American lihurry, but it
never contaienod one nobler than that
of Jennie Langdon. This name may be
new he new to many readers, but it is
well known that many beautiful flowers
bloom and sweeten the atmosphere
with their fragrant ordor. fade and decay,
unseen by the eye of man, so it
said of this sweet, brave and
patriotic Jennie Langdon. so far as remembrance
is concerned, by many.
When the Revolutionary War broke
out Miss Langdon arrayed herself
in male apparel and joined the army as
a private. She shouldered her musket
ami braved the hardships and privations !
incident to the ravages of civil war as !
well as the sterner sex. In the very
first engagement she showed as much
coolness ns her commander and won the
highest pr.iise from her lei low-soldiers,
and odicers as well, for her bravery and
cool behavior. The men with whoir.
she fought shoulder to shoulder at once
regarded her with the higljest respect
for her modest and kind deportment.
Her sex was not known by any one, she
being considered as a male as a matter
of course.
From private she was promoted from
time to time until six.' became captain of j
01 mu i?rav(>si companies in the l
whole army. One thing worthy of note !
connected with this, bravo young a;nazon,
was. that a soldier, no matter how
wicked he was, was never henrd to
swear in her presence, she being so
highly esteemed even by the most vulgar.
She altraded her soldiers to her
as the magnet attracts the steel and
they would go to the very point of the
enemy's bayonet at her modest command.
When Washington wis looking for a
soldier who eould be relied onj'or absolute
secrecy and brnveiy to accomplish
some of the most important work that
was ever placed in the hands of a spy,
his attention was directed to this dating I
young officer. The work which the j
commander-in-chief wished to have
done was to convey a message to a cominantlill"
otlifiMV lint to 11 Iv_
the spy wms required first to <lixgui.su as
an Englishman ami enter the enemy's
lines in order 10 inspect the strength of
the foe. The young olllcer was enthusiastic
and highly delighted when learning i
of the confidence which Washington \
had m her (ho supposed his) bravery.j
Women are joyful when they know i
they are discharging their duty and win- |
niiiK laure'.s of honor for their crown, i
. . I
For many reasons I withhold the masculine
name by which she was known !
ami only mention her real name, .Jennie!
Langdou, which was learned after her 1
career as soldier was ended. To return
to the subject, Washington had a long
consultation with his hrmh'-r ui'ieers in
planning for the successful work of a
spy in this the most hazardous of undertakings.
When all had viewed the
prospect of success in thi.i perilous job,
it was as though they had been looking \
through a glass darkly ; when at laM. i
pne of the oflicers said. "Capt. j
can plan this work now better than wo |
1 I
can," Capt. was called ?<> the,
officer's presonco and asked for an opin- ,
1011 concerning the host mode of acting
in this dangerous emergency. When
she had given hor views they were satisfactory
and at once decided upon as
the host. She disguised as an Englishman
and entered tho enemy's camp successfully,
gained the required informafor
the .Americans without being suspected
as a spy. and returned with it
y / ? -
safe ami sound to iho commanding offi- f
cors. 1 lor work was not nil accomplish- <
<mI yet as has already boon mentioned (
she was required to cany this news i
also to another officer of Washington's <
stall" who was posted about thirty miles t
away. The whole Vountry from this t
post to that was lined with red coats i
and savages who were in ambush and
ready to fire any moment on any one t
whom tlmy suspected as an enemy. t
This brave spy ran the gantlet sue- *
cessfully but not without being arrested '
several times though always managed '
by strategy and the finest deception to 1
foil the suspicions of the enemy, esoap- 1
ed ami delivered the message to the '
American ollicer who at once acted on s
Washington's suggestions and inarched '
his army double-quick to re-enforce (
Washington, and was just in time to t
assist in one of the most des- '
perate lights which resulted victoriously 1
for the American army, but no doubt *
would have terminated otherwise had c
this daring young spy been less oner- 1
getie. For this brave act a medal was (
stru::l\ iti her honor by Congress, and s
she was ollered a sword and major's :l
commission, but she wisely refused 1
both and still acted as a spy with great '
success. '
At another lime she was sent rito '
the? enemy's lines to ascertain the
strength of army. While there dinner 1
was announce' *ind she was asked to f
oat which she wished to refuse but was (
insisted on and finally consented. The '
reason she did not wish to eat (
with the ofllcers was because she (
always carried her most secret messages 1
in bi?r inr>iif 1* clw? ?li<l in f..;.... f
> " IVIgll
sickness as tin* doctor would insisnt on 1
seeing her tongue and, then her little '
game would he discovered. Any way
she thought sho would he able to eat a
a little without destroying the message
in masticating her food. After eating a
short while she cdasod. excusing herself !
l?v saying she was not hungry. At last 1
wine was passed round which she most
emphatically refused but was told that 1
it was King George's favorite and was
insisted on at least tasting it, .vhieh she
verv reluctantly did, but as soon as
she had lasted it she was strangled, and
in coughing, the important document
which told she was a spy Hew from her
mouth on the table. She was at once
arrested, tried and convicted, but the execution
frr some unknown cause, was
delaved fur KCIIIM* tinu> ilnrimr
/ - ra " ,,,v"
lime her sex was discovered in a very
peculiar manner. Ilathing her face one
morning she was noticed to wash peculiar
to all ladies, apply the water and strike
gently down: while men apply the water
and ruh briskly and smart.
After this incident one of the most
noble and popular British officers fell
deeply in love with the fair yountr
ama/.on. The King had promised to
grant this officer any request, owing to
former bravery, and the ollicer at once
applied to the King for the pardon of
this girl which the King now was honor
bound to do. The officer did not ask
the girl to be his wife until he had re- .
eeived her pardon, but when his request
had been granted ho asked her to he his
own hut she replied, "No, I would rather
die than marry my country's enemy.''
The officer was so struck with her
patriotism than he gave her her liberty
oven after receiving her refusal of marriage.
She afterwards married an honorable
American and her descendants
now occupy, with deserved distinction,
the highest position in church and Suite.
Gko. W. IjOmax.
The General Assembly ami Dr.
Woodrow
i Augusta Chronicle.1
Union Point, June 1st, 1880.
Editors Chronicle : A brief review of
the Woodrow difficultjf may not be uninteresting
to the readers of your excellent
journal. The question has been
asked again and again. '"What docs all
this excitement mean?"' Dr Woodrow
seems ti> have incurred the odium of
his brethren. Kegarded as a trouble ii.
Israel, ho has been hunted down and i
executed without Iho form of trial, j
Surely he must be guilty of some crime
so glaringly outrageous as to shock ttye
sensibilities of the whole church?one
that demands a speedy remedy?one
that cannot wait the slow process of
law.
Two or three years ago Dr. Woodrow
was requestedby tho Hoard of Directors
! of the Theological Seminary in Columbia
j South Carnlina, to give his views on the j
subject of evolution. This he did in :i
carefully prepared a<ldress in which he
rankly admitted that his views had
indergone a change. His investination
)f the phenomena of nature led him to
;hc conclusion that the science ofevolu,ion
was applicable to body of Adam as
t manifestly was to all other animals.
This announcement started the whole
:hurch. The editors and D. D's
hroughout the land critd out, "Heresy,"
"heresy!'' This is (lie theory that
ihirwin, lluley and Tyndall are wieldng
against the Holy Scriptures. Are
ive to have such teachings propagated in
lie schools of the l'rophets ? If the
'owntain Ire corrupt will not the issuing
streams be the Same ? Soon the cry is
icard, "Jown with the heretic cast
>ut this evil from your midst!" Under
he pressure of gnat excitement the
our synods having control of the Seuiilary
instructed the Directors t<> put a
it op to such teaching. These wore soon
sailed together, and in a very summary
nar.ner ejected Dr. Woodrow from !iis
diaii*. lie appealed to the Synods for
;ome trial before he is executed, i'li*
iclion of the Directors was not sustain d.
and Dr. W., as a Professor, continued
o lecture in the Seminary as before,
>ut under a pledge not to promulgate
lis views on evolution.
This did not satisfy his enemies, lie
vas victor in the struggle to drive him
iway, and now his very presence may
mntamimtlo the students, ami he must
>e removed, lint how is this to be
lone ? His own I'resbytery, without a
lisscnting voice, says he is not a heretic.
llis nsKocinto
;atno* What then is to l>o done ? We
nust get rid of him, heresy or no her
isy.
We can nrruigu him for teaching
tilings contrary to Scripture. His Presbytery
says they timl no ground even
For this charge. Hut a certain 1). D.
>ays 'M will assume the responsibility
i?f making the indictment and proving
liis guilt/' A day is appointed for
trial.
In the meantime the General Assembly
of the whole church is to meet in
Augusta. The order goes forth from
a 1). I), in Kentucky, "Lot all the Presbyteries
sen:l up anti-Woodrow delegates/'
To ensure some action by the
Assembly he further urges the Presbyteries
to send overtures asking for deliverances
that will silence evolution
forever.
The General Assembly meets. A
special committee of the best men are
appointed on the first day of the meeting
to consider the overtures on the
subject. They come together to compare
-notes. What shall we recommend
? We cannot condemn evolution.
This is a purely scientific question, and
our Confession of Faith forbids our
handling such matters. Well, we can
bring him to Scripture and test him by
that. We read that the Lord God
formed man of the dust of the earth.
This, of course, refers to his body.
"But,'' interposes a friend, 4,l)r. W.
believes and maintains that as sinceroly
and earnestly as you do. lie is a tirm
believer in the plenary inspiration of
the Scriptures. They constitute a basis
for all moral truth as immutable as
their divine author." This sounds
rather strange. We thought he was a
little skeptical. But it will never do to
stop now. The pressure is too great.
Something must be done to quiet the
commotio:). Lot us take Gon., 2-7.
When wo read "dust of the earth'' we
mean dust ; it may not have boon sand
or clay, but humus or mould it must
have boon. To make sure of the mattor,
we will add a little to thu text, so
as to clinch him fast. "The Lord (iod
formed man of the dust of the earth"
?iminod:ately, instantly, on the snot,
in the latter part of the sixth day ol
creation ; and a day is a day from sunrise
to sunrise.
Dr. \Y. and his friends objected to
any such addition to the word of (iod,
but in vain. 'J'ho edict had gone forth,
and in no other way could their pre-ar
ranged plans be excmiU'd. Kven thisaction
does not satisfy the enemies ol
Dr, Woodrow. 'i'hey n>usiVget rid ol
the man.
Though the (ienerul Assembly has no
more control over the Seminary in ('o>
lumbia than it has over the State University
in Athens, y<;t the decree is senl
down to the Synods that control the
Seminary to put Dr. \V. out ofhischairj
closo tho doors of the institute and wail
for peaceful times.
Think of all this occurring in tht
' ' . \ -A &
Presbyterian Church, near the clow of
the 19th century ! ! Is there a pnralell
case in all the past history of the
church ? What does all this mean ?
Who is the disturber of the peace ? A
professor in the Seminary in Columbia,
who loves and defends the symbols of
his chuich as sincerely and as earnestly
as any man in it ; who loves the holy
scriptures ; wlio receives them as the
inspired word of O.mI, the only and snf(icic.it
rule of faith and practice. What
then is the trouble ? Why such bitter
persecution ?
The only point of difference between
hint and bis brethen is, that be does not
believe that 'Must of the earth'' in CSen?'sis
'2-7, necessarily means clay, or sand,
or humus.
Are there no do> trines'of the church
involved in the mailer ? Not one : not
a single one. Was there ever such an
exhibition of prejudice, passion and
folly ? The time is not distant when
| the Church will wish th^t this record
I could bo blotted oi:t of her history.
; l?ut, alas ! alas 1 it is written and must
' remain. , X.
Who is llic Aulh.wof Ihiuk'Uoks Destio
[Now York Sun.!
The despatches from Door Park com
plicate th<i philological question which
has boon in controversy for several
months, Who invented tho celebrated
| phrase "innocuous desuetude
Some authorities have attributed it to
Secretary liayard. Others believe that
Col. Dan Lament devised the expression.
Mr. lJIaino siys tliat it manifestly
originated with the Hon. Alvey A.
A dec. Third Assistant Secretary of
; State. According to some of the* able
I .
journalists who are spending the honeymoon
at Deer Park, Mr. Cleveland
claims the invention as his own.
This claim, or admission, was made
in tho frank, free intimacy of a conversation
with several of tho reporters
whom lie had invited up to the cottage.
Mrs. Cleveland had been reading aloud
to the reporters some of the congratulatory
telegrams just received by the
! happy pair. In one of these the phrase
I kMnni?PlW?IW <1 twin" Wrtt! rn/?AtiA?iL?l*i
employed l>v the sender :
" 'There has been considerable discussion
as to the origin of that phrase,'
asserted a reporter.
" Oh, it originated with me,' responded
the President knowingly, 1 remarked
when 1 wrote the words that the}
would probably give rise to considerable
amusement throughout the country, bul
the variations that have been played
upon il exceeded my expectations.'"
Another despatch gives a slightly
different version of what the President
said :
" 'Where did you get the words/'innocuous
desuetude ?" asked one of the
isitors.
'They were my own,' the President
answered. '1 wrote them without
uunKing now uiey would sound. Un
reading over the letter I said to mysell
those two words will make" some fun,
but they are not bad arid I will let them
stand. There all there is to it.' "
Ilere is a third account :
".Before leaving, one of the reporter*
asked : kI>3* the way, IMr. President,
(here has been suine discussion as tn
who invented the expression "innocuous
desuetude," and where it came
from ?"
" 'Oh,' answered Mr. Cleveland with
a hearty laugh, '1 invented it; I thought
it might amuse somebody.' ''
And still another :
" 'It's my idea,' replied the President
; 'I used those words and though)
they would ulun.su the Western tax1
pap ers, who are fond of such things.' '
The various versions agree as t<> I he
the main point. Mr. Cleveland asserts
his undivided claim to Lli?? authorship ol
1 the phrase that has occasioned so tnucb
controversy, lie says that he invented
' innocuous desuetude, and put it into hi*
" message with deliberately humorous in:
tent.
^ But is Mr. Cleveland's recolloctioi
^ accurate ? There is such n thing as unconscious
assimilation and repetition
Everybody knows how easy it is for t
" speaker or writer, without the slighesi
intention to plagiarize, to appropriate
^ and offer as original and idea or a forn
XM exjjrussiuii wiiiuii iiu? iiiiprc.sbuu ii?
>v wlf upon the gray matter. of some on<
^ of his ganglia, unaccompanied by i
memorandum giving credit to the rca
) [author.
I
III questions like this internal evidence
has often more we:/.lit ?'h:in oven
so positive :i claim to the authorship of
innocuous desuetude us Mr. Cleveland
has advanced. Any competent critic
who is accustomed to subject the features
of literary style to qualitative analysis.
to trace in the minutest details the
hahits of expression, the choice of
words, tlie tendency toward Latin or
(Jreek formation, and so forth, will be
struck at once with the inherent probability
that the author of innocuous
desuetude was also the author of those
phrases and expressions :
Predestined to cubical deliverance.
The abyss of theological pedantry.
The subtle equities of this silent reciprocity.
Till. : ?
. i?ii M?..n0iiutiuii ui hud i unity.
A perverse profound of obliquity.
The eternal irresponsibility.
The distracting impotence of invalidI
ism.
Yerdeqt with perennial resurrection.
Luminous unci i. raving illimit|
ably.
Momentary seeming arises to evanescent
view.
This same saturation of imajina- j
lion.
An especially roll noil exploration of
sonl.
Fruitful contemplation, grandly jr?-* 11 eric,
of man.
Capacious curiosity.
Yawned with irreconcilable divergence.
The thunderous vociferations.
A shower of auspicious portents.
Selfish segragations of the cliques,
j The vain folly o! selfish subjectivi
. I ty.
j The intrinsic, immutable, indestructij
bl<> element evaporated.
That excessive elaboration which
is tlu; inevitable precursor of corruption.
^
A sensual sophistry, emasculating
ideal knighthood.
A matter of tenuous reciprocity.
Vvith the single exception of the
phrase ' innocuous desuetude," there is
nothing in President Cleveland's writ,
ings that discurcs the peculiar quality?
, the exact angle, so to speak, in the crystallization
of thought?that appears in
the phrases which are quoted above.
, The family resemblance is common to
them all and to innocuous desuetude
also. What critic can doubt that tenuous
reciprocity and innocuous desue,
tude came-from *he same intellect ?
And all of these specimen phrases
^ are taken, not from the speeches and
I public writings of drover Cleveland,
but from the ethical essays of his sister,
r Miss Hose Elizabeth Cleveland.
A Split in Oconee
[Correspondence of the Daily lle?ister.J
Wkstminstkij, S. C., June 12.?At a
county political meeting convened at
' Walhalla today, two opposing delega"
tion from Seneca City prasented them1
selves, both claiming to be Democratic.
r
Upon their applictiyn for admission, a
' Coinmitte on Credentials was appointed.
1 which upon deliberation, submitted a
majority and minority report. The
majority report advised the seating of
' twenty of the Cary delegation and ten
' of the Moore delegation. The minority
' report advised the seating of the Gary
delegation entire, claiming the delegation
to be thoroughly Democratic, dnlv
and legally constituted, and rightfuli >
1 entitled to its full representation; and
1 advised the excision of the Moore
delegation cntiro on the ground that it
was largely domposed of men atliliuting
with the Republican party.
u The majority report was adopted l>y a
vols fo r><> to ;*><>. Upon the adoption of
this report the Gary delegation and
'4 xarious others withdrew from tli??
' convention. After the withdrawal of
r
Die |>nrti<??4 named representing the bulk
k of the Simon-pnre Democracy of the
' county the remainder, composed of
' Democrats and Republicans, organize!
and adjourned to meet July 3d. A
convention of the straightout Democracy
' of the county will bo held at an early
day. A.
THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
1 Correspondence New and Courier
t It is especially duo to the Seneca
i clubs Nos 1 and 2, and the Democratic
1 party in the county, that an explanation
' should be given as to how this diliiculty
* arose. From the best information we
i can get Mr. Gary the president of the
1 Seneca Democratic Club published a
call for this club to meet on June 6. and
t . r. '' . . , ' % * ... ... V I
teiP&'iy*tSL?\?iid?S* WA".> ?*1 :f
on that day it was ascertained that tho
club roll together with its constitution,
by-laws, etc., could not be found and it
was afterwards found to be a fact that
all the club papers had been lost in a fire
that occurred in the town since tho
last campaign. When this condition of
things became known Mr. Cary referred
the matter to the executive committee
of the club who according to the constitution
of the club claimed the right and
power to postpone the club meeting,
which they deemed wise and prudent to
the following Wednesday, the Ikh inst.,
in order to get up its roll of members,
etc.
l*i of. C. W. Moore warmly aided and
stimulated by Dr. Mullally, with about
lifty othere who had me t in the town to
attend the club meeting called by Mr.
Cary for .June 5, took exceptions to the
actions of Mr. Cary and his executixe
committee in postponing the club meeting
to a later day, met and proceeded to
organize what they denominted "The
Seneca Democratic Club" and appointed
twenty delegates to the County Convention.
On Wednesday, the Oth instant
according to previous notice, the postponed
club meeting was called by Mr.
Ci'ry, met and reorganised, and appointed
thirty-three delegates according to its
club roll, to tye County Convention.
Hence it was that in calling the roll of
clubs wh<?n the name of Seneca was
<.u:n-u nuciiii,m; organi/.uiiou respond
ing to the call siml then the referring
the whole matte to the conuniitec on
' , 1
credentials with the disastrous results
as above stated. It might here be
stated that in referenec to the standing
respectability, and as to finances and
otherwise the bolters possess much of
the very best element in the eounty.
Just as our paper is going to press a
call for another County Democratic Convention
has been handed to us for publication.
We had previously prepared
a plain statement of the facts of this
unfortunate division as they occurred in
the County Convention on Saturday
last. The Convention was regular in
all respects. Kverv uuestion submitted
to it was determined in a just and fair
manner. The inajoiity in that body
claim the light to rule. This rule is inherent
and its exercise is necessary for
the self-preservation of the Convention,
as well as (lie well-being of the Democracy
of the county. As we said before,
we regret this struggle, but we know
our duty and we shall dare maintain it,
and preserve thereby the integrity and
unit)' of tlie Democratic party of Oconee
county ?Kfjoivcc. Courier.
'
A preacher once said : '*1 will divide
my subject into three propositions.
Firstly, the world is wrong side up ;
secondly, the world must besot right
side up ; thirdly, we's the people to do
?> M:.. i t.:.. 1
it, Alia uwiuivit'iiut' ill lll& vvus
unbounded, but no greater than ours
should bo in the teacher's work. Tho
world is wrou;; side uj.?. It must bo
righted. In the school-room is tho
place to work the lever of tho mighty
force that will do it. Archimedes said :
' (Jive n?e where I may stand and I will
move the world." The modern Archimedes
is tiie teacher, lie has tho place
on which to stand. The lever is in his
hands. It is underneath tho world.
He is using it. The world is moving,
up?up?slowly but surely into its right
'side up, one of these days, and it will
It..- 'he teachers who will do the work.
? Teachcr's InsfiUitc.
'v.'%3
t
There is no excuse for a man who
{jets mad with his friends because a flea
bites him, or who concludes that tho
t ?
iiuiiu in Villi vii juiiil uuchiihu DC seiis It
through jaundiced ej'es. It is fruitless
to chase a lie when it has gotten a good I,
start, with any hope of overtaking it,
for it takes to itself longer legs than
has any man who thinks he can catch,
up with it. Teachers will generally
find that misrepresentations will soon
die if let alone ; at least, they can never
be made less lively by running after
them.
"Something hottnr ! t U
0 ? mv??ui . . aiiia
is tho cry of tho true teacher. It is
right to think so, say so, act. so. '"I
don't want anything better," is the answer
of the contented fossil who litres
for place, and is willing to fight reform
for fear of losing it. But the world 3
moves, thank God, and progress is the ^
watchword of the times.*. Standing still
is to be left behind. The fossil will find y*J
it out?too late.?TeachePs Instil
tvte. y-v, ' '