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WIPE RHEUMATISM OUT ENTIRELY. •AYS HOME-MADE TREATMENT CURES DREAD DISEASE. HORSE-SHOE ROBINSON A TALE OF THE TORY ASCENDENCY BY JOHN P. KENNEDY] Shako the ingredients well In the Bottle and Take a Teaspoonful Dose After Meals. When an eminent authority. an nounced In the Scranton (Pa.) Times that he had found a new way to treat that dread American disease. Rheu matism, with Just common, every day drugs found In any drug store, the physicians were slow Indeed to one of the largest buildings of the village, and in a short time the pris oners were marched into the presence of Ferguson. They were received In a common room of ample dimensions, furnished with a table upon which was seen a confused array of drink ing vessels, and a number of half- emptied bottles of spirits surround- CHAPTER L. A British Partisan. As the events of this history are confined to the duration of the Tory Ascendency in South Carolina, It be comes me to prepare my reader for the conclusion to which, doubtless much to his content, he will hear that we are now hastening. We have reached a period which brings us to! ing a wooden bucket filled with water, take notice of certain important oper-i Immediately against one of the posts ations that were in progress upon the i of the door of the apartment, the car- frontier, and touching the details of i cass of a buck, recently shot and now which, to avoid prolixity, I must refer, stripped of Its skin, hung the tendons . _ to the graver chronicles of the times. 1 0 f the hinder feet; and a soldier was attach much Importance to his ^ answers my present purpose mere-1 at this moment employed with his claims. This was only a few months. i y t 0 apprise my reader that Colonel, knife in the butcher-craft necessary ago. Today nearly every newspaper clarke had lately assembled his fol-, to Its preparation for the spit. Fer- in the country, even the metropolitan ] owe rs and marched to Augusta, where ; guson himself, conspicuous for his dailies, is announcing it and the ho m ade an attack upon Brown, I robust, athletic, and weather-beaten splendid results achieved. It is so almost at the moment when j exterior, stood by apparently direct- timple that any one can prepare it jds dexterous and valiant adversary j ing the operation. Around the room at home at small cost. It is made up had fallen w ithin his grasp, a timely j were hung the hide and antlers of as follows: Get from any good pre- succor from Fort Ninety-Six, under former victims of the chase, interm- scription pharmacy Fluid Extract the command of Cru.ger, had forced; ingled with various weapons of war. Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound him to abandon his ground, and re-j military cloaks, cartridge-boxes, brid- Kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup treat towards the mountain districts ies. saddles, and other furniture de- Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Mix by 0 f North Carolina. To this, it is im-j noting the habitation of a party of shaking in a bottle and take in tea- portant to add that Ferguson had soldiers. There wag a general air of spoonful doses after each meal and now recruited a considerable army disorder and untidiness throughout at l adtime. These are all simple in- amongst the native Tories, and had i the apartment, which seemed to be speak early and late revels, and no great observan-.v of f he thrift of even military housekeeping. This impreo- gredients, making an absolutely moved to the small frontier village harmless home remedy at little cost. ()f Gilberttown, with a purpose to in- Rheumatism, as every one knows, tercept Clarke, and thus place him Is a symptom of deranged kidneys, under the disadvantage of having a (cion w<is heighten ’ to the tye of the It is a condition produced by the fail- f 0 £ both in front and rear. i beholder, by the unchecked liberty ure of the bidneys to properly filter »pbe midnight seizure of Authur | with which men of all ranks, privates or strain from the blood the uric aold Butler and his friends, whilst return- as well ag officers, flung themselves, and other matter which, If not eradi- j,,g from Ramsay’s funeral, was ef-|as the! • occasion.-: seived, into the Gated, either in the urine or through footed by M'Alpine, who happened at room and made free with the con- the skin pores, remains in the blood, the moment to be hastening, by a tents of the flasks that were scattered decomposes and forms about the forced march, with a detachment of; over the table. •Joints and muscles, causing the untold newly-recruited cavalry from Ninety- The irregular and ill-disciplined Buffering and deformity of rheuma- g; x> t 0 strengthen Ferguson, and to host under Ferguson’s command lay tlsm. aid in w-hat was expected to be the in and around the village, and pre- This prescription is said to be a certain capture of troublesome Whig | sorted a scene of which the predom- splendid healing, cleansing and Invig- partisan. , inatng features bore a sufficient ro- arating tonic to the kidneys, and a s ^j’Alplne's purpose required des-: st mblauce to the economy of their gives almost immediate relief in all patch, he made but a short delay af- leader’s own quarters, to raise hut an forms of bladder and urinary trou- f er gnn-rise at Drummond’s cabin, 1 unfavorable opinion of their subordi- hles anfi backache. He also warns then pushed forward with Is pris- ; nation and soldier-libe demeanor: it people in a leading New York paper onf . r w jth all possible expedition. The was wild, noisy, and confused. agai.u:t the discriminating use of route of his journey diverged, almost When M’Alpine entered the apart- at the spot of the capture, from the ment, the words that fell from Fer- ronds leading towards Musgrove’s guson showed that his mind, at tho Mill, and he consequently bad but lit- 1 moment, wa s disturbed by a double j tie chance to fall In with parties who j solicitude—alternating between tho might communicate to him the nature operations performed upon the car- • of the accident which threw the prts-1 cass of vension, and certain symp- oners into his possession; whilst the' toms of uproar and disorder, that prisoners themselves were sufficiently manifested themselves amongst the discreet to conceal from him every-; militia without. many patent medicines. o in in. ginning to ii some day. “The .lap.” says Lougisney. “is by r. i lure a fighter If b.e turns to lighting he would bo more of a : -•;V than a boxer. I:is head and jaw j slU'Md like a iign.. has v^at prize f'.g!i He can light a losing battle bice an. Irishman. In studying jiu jin.u I lin . o found t!i:'.t the Japanese are not n ri y A. ?!. I ' V ■ been "tn ’ ••‘ng iiu that tb'* Japs arc great interest in Aim ricaii ioxiiig .. that great prize tighter will unb. i edly b turned out by (!: it couniry thing that might afford a hint of “Curse on these swaggering, up- Butler’s previous condition. | land bullies!” he said, whilst M’Al- The roafl lay throdgh a rugged I pine and the prisoners stood inside wilderness, and the distance to be the room, as yet unnoticed, “I would travelled, before the party could reach as soon undertake to train as many Gilbert-town, was something more wolves from the mountain, as bring than sixty miles, it. was accordingly, 1 these fellows into habits of discipline, about thp middle of the second day Thady, you cut that haunch too low— after leaving Drummond’s habitation,, go deep, man—a long sweep from the before the troop arrived at the term pommel to the cantle—it Is a saddle of their journey, a period that coin- woi-th riding on! By the infeftnal eided with that of Cornwallis’s break-i gods! if these yelping savages do not inn- ground from his late encampment learn to keep quiet in camp, I’ll make at the Waxhaws, which we have seen; a school foi; them with my regulars, in the last chapter. 1 where they shall have good taste of Ferguson was a stont, fearless, and: the cat! nine hours’ drill and all the bluff soldier, and instigated by the | camp duty besides! Ha, M’Alpine, is most unsparing hatred against all! it you who have been standing here who took up the Whig cause. He had all this while? I didn’t observe it, been promoted by Earl Cornwallis to man—my quarters are like a barroom, the brevet rank of lieutenant- colonel, and have been full of comers and a short time before the battle of goers all day. I thought you were Camden, and dispatched towards this but some of my usual f.ee-and-easy wild and mountainous border to col- customers. Damn them, I am sick of lect together and organize the Tory these gawky, long-legged, half-civiliz- inhabltants of the district. His zeal | ed recruits; but I shall take a course and activity, no less than his peremp- 1 with them yet. What news, old boy tory bearing, had particularly recom- What have you to tell of the rebels? mended him to the duty to he per- 1 Where is my pretty fellow, Clarke?” formed; and he is, at least, entitled "Clarke is still in the woods,'* re- as suscfilio! • l" I’-ia i a ; w e aro . .iiii jitsu is terribh •painfi .'! and dong’ ;* I'OIJS. If they can and that. they c. nU stand prize fig hting a md not nii; d 1 ir* punishment. “I taught; n • how c > Pox \ -lii! > in Japan. The y kiiov. : very 1; i i !c it. but learned with r oma rk abio « ivdck* 3 X o o Ut of (hoi.* i l.at h in./. • sword p lay. 'I ’In.*'- i ill vaniage t!;.‘ S il ll'tUC! ss ut t lioir reach.”—RaUhno: o 1 v\ Mouse Had a Charr jion. A Wasbingt on nu III Wt •ut ii ito a downtown bu M1K.V K o.‘9t >.• uiO O ! day. He was : i comp •mica by hi S The dog vo:y y i.h i j ' • '• ■ y n r.. IUOU: e which !;•> e j • 1 M ' * ’ 1 r* ' i k !l'7 Of the desk at v. h ich a c l ork v. •us at w v'.i. Tho do (T e e ■i C • 1 M * into a f'O’- nor. wh Mv ir took ref O' • » | r> i; •; a waste paper bash •!. 'i Ii • nor i ; was wild wiih rage “Cali o.f tha t GUI* (> .■ i v. : ;1 !: ; M ip. "• he slu...ted i » i :.(* o (• 4 ' iji il.j i “\7!ty. h e-- ; it .. lO ■ j i dog “Don’t < r " •} i Jin/ 1 ;> j e pei. and if our do ■ i! 1 V. !•! kii 1 dog lief ore h O filll get out « >1 ‘l - * The ovYwi* of I '.a ( cU . . ae v. as la dined to g> ;.n;;ry. but 1 iV i V • 11 tron de in the clerk's 4 eyc\ and ! ie !o>t no time in j : .in; ilu * i •• ‘ J’.’.l tl’fO’W- ing him < : de the on j* * had made fi .'lends v. i*h the ill else to the commendation of having ac quitted himself with great prompti tude and efficiency in the principal objects of his appointment. He was now at the head of between eleven plied M’Alpine. “It would take good hounds to track him.” “And Cmger, i hope, has nose enough to follow. So, the coming In dian hunter will be caught at last! ami twelve hundred men, of which; ^y 0 j,ave him safe now, M’Alpine. about °p® J iur ’^ro < * and fifty were reg-i There is but one path for the fox to ulars °f British line the remain- come ou t of bush, and upon that der consisting of the disorderly and p a fj 1 Patrick Ferguson has about as untamed population of the frontier, j p re tt y a handful of mischievous imps Gilbert-town was a smsll village. , ag ev , er japped blood. The slinking composed of a number of rather well- runawa y never reaches the other side built and comfortable log-houses. It mountains while I am awake! was situated in a mountainous but ^ypjj Cruger behind him—ojr line of fertile district of North Carolina,; p of .f S U p 0n his right—the wild motm- about the centre of Rutherford tains, as full of Cherokees as squir- try. And I may venture to add (which r( ,j s n p 0n bis left—and these devils T do upon report only), that althoug mine right before him—we have itg former name has faded from the j n a p re yyy Iie y Who have you maps of the present day, under that p ere ca ta j n ,., reprehensible indifference to ancient , associations, and that pernicious love J? 01 . 1 " vt; *•' ‘ , K am< ‘- Buit of change which have obliterated so picked up on my road, as I came lrom many of the landmarks of our revol- ^ ,n ^ ry ‘ SlX - lu ; ' n: I b arn, i nioiitbs ami was ntintiarv history, yet this village is ls M- l Jor Butb-r ot 'be outinentai man or dog :.u still a prosperous and pleasant com- : JBi-we otbeis, some oi .ns i. 1\-.. I.! munitv 1-nnxvTl fla the af>nt Of in«tice P-H rt • during a period of prepared to tight offered to destroy his pet.—YVashingiou munity, known as the seat of justice st to the county to which it belongs. “So. ho. moral rebels! damn it. When the troop having charge of man.” exclaimed the commandant. For all the newt, eubBcrlbo f 0 p The Butler and his companions arrived, "why do you bring them to me? Ledger, $1.50 per year. they halted immediately in front of What can I do with them"—then dropping hlc voife into * tone ot oon- fldentlal conference, he added, “but follow the fashion and hang them? . I have got some score of prisoners al ready—and have been wishing that they would cut some devilish caper, that i might have an excuse for atrig- ing them up, to get clear of them. A major in the regular Continental line, sir?” he asked, addressing him self to Butler. Butler bowed his head. “I thought the cuffs your people got at Camden had driven everything like a day-light soldier out of the province. We have some skulking bush-fighters left—some jack-o’-lantern devils, that live in the swamps and feed on frogs and water-snak-es—Marion and Sump-i ter, and a few of their kidney: but you, sir, are the first regular Conti nental officer I have met with. What brought you so far out of your lati tude?” “I was on my way to join one,” re plied Butler, “that but now you seem ed to think in severe straits.” “Ha; to visit Clarke, eh? Well, sir, may I be bold to ask, do you know where that worshipful gentle man Is to be found?” “I am, free to answer you,” said Butler, “that his position, at this mo ment. is entirely unknown to me. On my journey I heard th'o report that he had been constrained to abandon Augusta.” “Yes, and in baste, let me tell you. 1 And marches in this direction, Major, Butler, as he needs must. I shall make his acquaintance: and inas-, mu.eh as you went to seek him, you 1 ; may count it a lucky accident that; brought you here—you will find him all the sooner by it.” “Doubtless, sir. Colonel Clarke will feel proud to see you,” returned But ler. “Well, M’Alpine,” said Ferguson, | “I have my hands full of business; , for I certainly have the wildest crew of devil’s babies that ever stole cat tle, or fired a haystack. I am obliged to coax them into discipline by a somewhat free use of this mother’s milk—(pointing to the bottles)—“to which I now and then add a gentle castigation at the drum-head, and, when that doesn’t serve, a dose of: powder and lead, administered at ten paces from a few files of grenadiers. I have shot a brac« of them, since you left me, only for impertience to their officers; This waiting for Clarke; plays the devil with us. I must be moving, and have some thought of crossing the mountains westward, and burning out the settlements. Faith! T would do it. inst to keep my lads in spirit, if T thought Clarke would, give me another week. How, now, T1 ady?—that buck should have been half roasted by this time. We shall j never have dinner with your slow work. Look at that, M’Alpine, there is something to make your mouth water—an inch and a half of fat on the very ridge of the back. Give over your prisoners to the camp major-*- be will take care of them: and, hark you, captain,” he added, beckoning bis comrade aside, “if you choose, as you seem to think well of this Major Butler, you may bring him in to din ner presently, with my compliments. Now. away—I must to business.” The prisoners were conducted to a separate building, where they were put in charge of an officer, who per-, formed the duties of provost-marshal over seme twenty or more Whigs that had been captured in the late excur sions of the Tories, "nd brought Into camp for safe keeping. The place of their confinement was narrow and un comfortable, and Butler was soon made aware that In the exchange of his prison at Musgrove’s mill for his present one, he had made an unprofit able venture. His condition with Fer guson, however, was alleviated by the constantly-exciting hope that the events which were immediately in prospect might, by the chances of war, redound to his adventage. In this situation Butler remained for several days. For although Fer- ! guson found it necessary to keep in almost constant motion, with a view i t 0 hover about the supposed direction of Clarke’s retreat, and, conformably to this purpose, to advance into South Carolina, and again to fall back tow ards his present position, yet he had established a guard at Gllbertown which, during all these operations, remained stationary with the prison ers, apparently watiting some fit op- ]>ortunity to march them off to Corn wallis’ army, that was now making its way northwards. That opportuni ty did not present itself. The com munications between this post and the eommamler-in-chief were, by a fatal error, neglected; and in a short time from the date of the present < vents, as will be* seen in tho equal, a web was woven which was strong r Tiongh to ensnare and hind up the limbs of the giant who had, during the last five months, erected and maintained the Tory Ascendency in Carolina. (Continued next Friday.) HEARTILY ENDORSE COOPER REMEDIES Dealer and Patient at Hallowell, Statements Under Oat ■ , Make In connection with the intense in* l "rest manifested by the public at large in the theory of L. T. Cooper ; > to the human stomach being the : mice of nearly all ill health, the . utciucnts of Mr. W. D. 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