The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, March 15, 1879, Image 1
TR1WEEK,Y EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. C. SAT UR DAY. MARCi 15, 1879 iTOL 3, NO; 9
A COXRJiD REIATE STORY.
Iow a Letter from Hone Caused a
Brave Soldier to Desert--A Toucbhng
Incident of the War.
At a recent political gathering in
Tuseumbia, Ala., Gen. Cullen A.
Battle related the following story in
the course of his speech
During the wintor'of 1863-4 it
was my fortune to be president of
one of the courts-martial, of the
.Armiy of Northern Virginia. One
black December morning, while the
snow covered the ground and the
wind howled around our camp, I
left my bivouac Jire to attend the
session of .. the court, Winding
along for miles, through uncertain
paths, 1 at length arrived at the
court at Round O %k Church.
Day by day it had been our duty
to try the gallant soldiers of that
army, charged with violations of
Military law ; but never had I on
any previous occasion been greeted
by such arxious spectators as on
that morning awaited the opening
of the court. Case after case wa
disposed of, and at length the catc
of "The Confederate States vs,
Ed ward Cooper" was called-charge,
desertion. A low murmur arost
.sponcaneously from the battlo
scarred spectators as a young artil
leryman rose from the prisonor%
bench, and in response to the
question, "Guilty-'or ndt guilty r
.nuswerod "Not guilty."
The Judge Advocate was proceed
ing to opc-n the prosecution, wher
the court, observing the prisonei
was unattended by counsel, intor
1)ose.i and inquired of the accused
A.1Who is your counsdl?' ?He replied
"1 have no cotns3l." Suppn sing
that it was his purpose to represenl
himself befoir the court, the Judg<
Advocate was instructed to )ro.ed
Every charge and specificatiot
against the prisoner w:as sustained
Tue prisQner was then told t(
introduce his witnesses. He r,
plied : "I have no witnesso-s.
Astonished at the calmness witt
which he seemed t: be submitting t<
what he regarded an inevitable f,ate
I said to him. "Have you no defence
Is it possible that you abandono(
your conrales and deserted you
colors without any reason ?" HI
replied : "There is a reason., but i
'will avail tme nothing in a militar;
.court." I said : "Perhaps you ar,
)uistaken ; you are charged with th<
highest crime known to militar;
la-w, an.d it is your dutty to nal
known the catuses that influancec
your actions." For the first tim
his manly form trembled, and hi:
blue eyes swain in tears. Approach
ing the president of of the court h<
presented a letter, saying as ho die
-so, "There, General, is what did it.
I opened the letter and in a monen
any eyes tille:i with. te.ws. It w.a
passed from one to the other of .th<
court.t'ntil at last all had seen it
and those stern warriors who ha6
passed with Stonewall Jacksor
through a hundred battles wept likt
ahildreu. Soon as I sufmcientl3
recovered my self-possession, I rea
'the letter as the defence of th<
prisoner. It was in~ these words .
"My Dear Edwarda :-I han
always been proud of you, and
since your connection with the Con
federa-te airmy I have been prouder
.of you than erer before. I would
not have you do anything wvrong
for the 'world a but before God,
Edwai'd, unless you come home we
must die I Last night I was aroused
by little Eddie crying, I call'od and
said : 'What's tlo matter, Eddie?i
;and he said :'Oh, mamma, I'm sc
hungry, And Lucy, Edwvard
your darling Lucy-she never comn
plains, but she is grow.ing thinner
~and thianer-every day. And before
God, Edward, uafess you comue
hiome we must die. YouR MAR."
Turning to the prisoner I asked :
-"What did you do when you received
this 1" HIe replied :"I made ap pli-.
,cation for a furlought and it wa
:rojected ; again I r.nade application
-,and it was. reject6d.; a third time I
maude application and it was rejet
,ed, and that night as I wandered
:back and forward thinking of my
home, ,with the mild eyes: of Lucy
:looking up to me, and the burning
nyords of nary .sinking in my braiid,
.I was mo longer the Confederato
.soldier, buit I was the father of Lucy
,and the husband of Mary, .apd I
-would have passed those linge' if
.every gun in the battery had $r:ed
.at me. I went to my home. M(ary
ran out to meet me, her angel arms
emibraced me, an~d she whispered :
'Oh I Edwa.rd, I am so happy I I
~an so glad you got your fur loudh;~I'
She must have felt me ghaudder, for
abe turned pale as death, and catch
JngIher..breath at every word, she
said :'.Have you come homse with-'
are.oback . go back ALot me
Kt -~ ~
and my children go down together I
to the grave, but oh, for heaven's
sake, save the honor of your name.'
Ard here I am, goutlcamon, not
brought hero by military power but
in obedienco to the command of
Mary, to abide the sentence of your
court."
Every officer of that court-martial
felt f the force of the prisoner's
words. Before them stood, in a
beatific vision, the eloquent pleader
for a husband's and a father's
wrongs ; but they had boon trained
by their groat loader, Robert E. Leo,
to tread the path of duty, though
the lightning-fash scorched tho
ground boijoal,h their foot, and each
in turn pronounced the verdict
Guilty. Fortunately for humanity,
fortunately for the Confederacy, tho
proceedings of the court wero
reviewed by the Comnianding Gen
eral, and 'upon the record was
written ;
"HEADQUARTE$S A. N. V.
The finding of the court is ap
proved. Tho prisoner is pardoned
and will report to his company,
Rt. E. LEE, Gen,
During the second battle of Cold
Harbor, when shot and shell were
were falling "like torrents from the
mountain cloud," my attention was
directed to the fact that one of our
batteries was being silenced by the
concentrated fire of the enemy.
When I reached the battery every
gun but one had boon dismantled,
and by it stood a solitary Confeder
ate soldier, with blood streaming
from his side. As he recognized me
he elevated his voico above the
roar of the battle ond said, '3 e'ier.i1,
I have one shell left. Tell me, have
I saved the honor of Mary and
Lucy ?" I raised my hut, Once
more a Confederate shell went
crai hing through the ranks of the
enemy, and the hero sank by his
gun, to rise no more.
SERiOUs ACCIDENT.-On Wednes,.
day afternoon last accident occur,
red at Fairview which camo near
resulting in the death of a little
daughter of J. W. Stowart, Esq.,
Mr.s. Stewart also m"cking a narrow
escape. A hawk having .mado a
dart at the chickens in the yard,
SMrs. Stewart took u1'.) a gun to shoot
the hawk, admloniehinlg the girl who
was standing bchiud a chicken coap,
to be still. As the hawk flow within
shooting distance Mrs. Stewart
rai.ed the gun to fire, and the gun
going off accidentally, two large
bucksiot struck the little girl; one
passing under the skin on the right
side of, the head and another lodging
in the right shoulder. ''he gun
being heavily loaded burst when
it fire:d, and Mrs. Stewart, though
the escape \vas narrow, received
only a severe shock. The child fell
senseless to th'e ground, when the
gun fired, and for several days it
was thought she would not recover,
but by the skillful attention of Dr.D
R. Anderson, is now considered out of
dauger. The ball entering the
shoulder of thA little girl has never
been extracted--Grenvilla .News.
ANswLRs 'TO ClouRE5PoNDENTs.-,
Desperate Wif.-(1) My husband
trea.ts me very unkindly. He
knocks me dowvn with a chair, or
something, every few hours, and.
last week locked me up in 'the cellar
while lie wont hunting, When he!
returned after five days' absence, he
released rae with tbe remark :
"Groat Scott, ain't you dead yet ?"
Yesterday X detected .hinm putting
arsenic in my tea. What shaill I do
ahout it i (2) Ar.e underskirts cut
gored with rufflos this winter or
not ?.---(1) You must win your hus
band by kindness. Hiding behind
the door or uder the bed will only
make him worse. Plait your hai~r
like a trunk landle so that he can
drag you .around the door more!
easily ; and work him a satin..quilted
club-holder to haug on the bedpost.
The gr'eat thing is the consoiousnoes'
ofthaving performed your duty. D)o
this and all will be wvell in ton or
fifteenyers (2) We'll find ou t
thi evnig.-anFranisc6 Post.
T.edlpidated brick wall, in old
Pot'sield, Columbia, ' within
whs nlosure repuose the 'rernriins
of Henry Ilana Ward, ISs., his wife
and other m' oe of the famijy,
is to. be retuo',ed and Itbe duet of
the dead Wards, with the well pre,
.served tomb- stones eurmounting
them, are to be transferred to Elm
woo'd Cewetry. 16h a ' fii years,
all vestige .of this old place of
sepulture will have disappeared.
.i h~e ParisiansLrfsve introduced
squa.re .umbellas. 'Capyl beo just.
as bad as. the other kind,-never
'round 'when it rains.
IWe are kiways looking into the
Ifurn. bnt wo una orily .the npat.1
THE APPORTIONMENT IN 1880.
Probable Losses and Qains in the Dif
forent Btates.
Some of the most intelligont of
the Washington corrospondents
have been figuring out how the next
census will probably affect the rop
resontation in Congress. Should
the basis not be changed there
would be an increase of sixty-six
members of the House, but it is
reasonably certain that the basis
will be changed. That, however,
would make no difference in the
relative increased strength of the
States in the House, and so the fig'
uring is done on the present basis.
Eleven States-Colorado, Connecti
cut, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana,
Maine, Nevada,- New Hampshire,
Rhode Island, South. Carolina and
Vermont--.- et no increase. The
largest relative increase appears in
Kansas, whose delegation will be
increased to seven, it being three ;
Califorl)ia increases from four to
seven, and Texas adds four to the
six already given her. Alabama,
Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mas
sachusetts, Mississippi, Now Jersey,
Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia and
West Virginia gain one each ; Ar.
kansas and Nebraska gain two each,
Indiana and Minnesota will havc
each three additional ; Illinois, Iowa,
Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Peunsyl.
vania and Wisconsin got an increase
of four each, while New York's dele
gation is augmented by five. By
geographical divisions, the New
England States gain one member,
the Middle States ten, the Westorn
thirty-two, the Southern nineteer
and the Pacific States four, or an
aggregate of forty-seven to the
North and nineteen to the South.
CARPET-BAQGEns GOING WEST.--I
is not generally known that thi
thriving and hitherto happy young
Commonwealth of Colorado has.be,
come the Mecca of tho Southern
carpet-bag ers, who are swarming
thither from the desolate pastureE
of the South, where for the pasl
ten years they have been feathering
their nests at the expense of a war
worn people. About a year iand
a half since, Judge R. B. Carpenter
a South Carolina judge undea
Chanbc.rlain's administration and i
notorious faro dealer, went tc
Denver City, where he opened c
faro bank and a law office, and wa,
soon followed by ez Congressnman
L. Cass Carpenter and about n
dozen of the lessor lights of South
Carolina Radicalism. Quite a nutu
ber of carpet-baggers have also
gone to Denver City from Arkansas,
Alabama and Mississippi, an the
good people of Colorado will soon
find themselves at the nercy of a
most graceless set of l$n:ves.
Dakota is to be burdened with ex
Senator Spencer. who has been
laying pipe for a warm reception by
inflating t! i D.ako"ta items on th(
river and harbor bill about' 200 per
cent. He was supposed to repre.
sent Alabanm'i to a sn ill extent, but
he bent all his logislative energios
in the direction of building up his
prposed new base of operations.,.
WashingtoLtterj.
FrATt, ArriAYv IN ATt,ANTA.--Col
Blobert A. AIutou, a .native of South
Carolina, but for years a 'esident of
Georgia, and ai niember of the
present Legislature, was killed in
an affray in Atlanta on Tuosday by
Cap.t. F. S. Cox. Alston fired three
shots and Cox two. Aiston was
shot in the right temple, the ball
passing through his brain. ,Cox
wvas shot m the moutli and through
the left hand. Aiston is dead, but Co,
is not seriously hurt. The difmculty
arose from Alston's having a power
of attorney from Senator Gordon
to sell the latter's interest in the
State conviet lease. Cox is a subs
lessee under Gordon, and wvanted
Alston io sell Gordon's interest to
Walters, who land promnised to buy
Cox out. Aiston sold to another
person. - ox threatened Alston at
noon that he would 1kill hite before
snndown If the trade w~as not can..
celled and made with his mnan. Je
hunted Alston down. Governor
Cokpnitt and others having detained
Aiston at the capitol, the quarrel
was reneweod, andi both drew thoir
pistols with the result above stated
PREdAUTbON AoA1IAST Ta PLAG0E.
--By an official notice published
elsewhere It viill be esen that 'ys
gels arriving~ at.this port from, apy
port in Southern ussia,,or bring
Ing ar.tiples from My such port
will be guarantined, under instrue
okNmWqahington- News and
The. 4posed Ameer, -op-A f eanis
tan,,10 dead. His! lon;'T pp
K-a annacufn hiun.
ST'ALIN( A 04QeT,
Robert M. Martin, palo and hag-4
g(rd, and with head bowed low, yet
every inch a gentlrnan, not only in
attire, but in manor, was led to the
bar of the special sessions yesterday,
Mrs. Allen, a boarding house keeper
of Macdougal street, having ac
cused him of steal a cQat and a shirt
from her house,
"May it please the court," Mr.
Leonard Jerome, Jr., said as the
prisoner, covering his face with his
hands, burst into tears, "May it
I pleaie the court," Mr. Jerome re,
poated, "it is only this mornibg that
I loarned that r4y old friend was in
trouble. Not ten years ago Robert
M. Martin was worth nearly a milw
lion dollars. He was an honorod
member of the stock exchange ; and
his career of twenty years in Wall
street aq a broker was one of the
most honorable. To day we hear,
for the first time, of his distres3. I
remember, your honors, when the
gift of Robert M. M%rtin of $100,
000 to several churches in this city
was quoted as a royal gift. He
failed in 1872, and since then his
family have been scattered, and he
is left, I now understand, a pauper,
your honors. I learned from Mr.
Johnson, the clerk of the court, that
my old friend's mind seem
ed to you so much affected when he
was first called up for trial that you
ordered his case to be left over un
til you could have him examined by,
the physicians. I ask the mercy of
the court for a man who once was
not only honorable but abaritable."
Justice 'Vaddell, aftar a long con
sultation with his 'associates, said
with much fooling ; "Robert U.
Martin, you have had enough expe
rience in this world4 to know the
disgrace of comnitting a crime.
UJr. Jerome, however, has told us
of your great misfortune, and we are
therefore inclined to deal with you
mercifully. The sentence of the
court is that yott be imprisoned in
the city prison for the term of f.ve
days."
Mr. Martin, who seemed daged
and utterly crushed, was lcd to his
cell.-New York -Sun.
THE KENTUIC -GIANT'S BABY.--A
few weeks ago the wife of Capt. M.
". Bates, the famous Kentucky
giant, who lives on a farm about a
half mile east of this town, gave
birth to a child, the second since her
union of marriage with her present
husband, and in both instances the
child was still.born. It is to be
greatly regretted by all that life
should have been extinct from this
child-body, whiel. is nothing Nss
than a wonderfil prodigy of nature
for its remnarkable , If the child
should haye lived a)d grown up to
maturity, we would have beheld a
being beside which we would be
nothing but mere dwarfs. To
child, fully developed in every fea
tur.e on the day of ite birth, meas.
urnd thirty inches, a length which
many children of normal growth
have not attainod after two or three
years of age. Tt weighed twventys
two p)ounfds; its chest measure was
sixteon inches, and its feet six inches
long. To the sorrow of all and
more particularly its parents, the
child came into the wyorld dnead,, aand
never sawv the light of day..--Uleve
land Leader.
The death of the young -Duke of
Newcastle gaJ)a to mind the unhap,
py life of his father, who visted
America with the Prainee of WVales.
He was a man of good character
and ability, his im)comne was $350,000
a year, and (iluraber Park is consid:
ered one of the fjnest estates in
E~ngland1. B3ut his wife ran away
from hinm ; his only danghtbr rear
ried a drnard, who becarge a
lunatiec; his younger sons, with one
exception were disreputable, and the
eldest., just dead, was a confirmed
gambler. The old duke was much
respeoted and loved by his tenant.,
and the old people in the neighbor
hood of Olumber lark have a good
word to say of hitm. Tbe landlord
of the old inn at Mansfield is the
proud possessor of a walking stick
cut~ by the Duke at the tomb of
WVash.tgton.______
IRenry B4rgh, Jr., a nephew of
the pres)#46 of the Soeiety for tllo
PreventAon of Ortelty.to Aninals,
and .bimselfta special ' ont of th&
society, was 'exagninilng 4 ileg of a
lamed stage horse SM44. , when
,the agitmal kicked him (nt, te facey'
from which he suffered~ 8ontuslon
and a .cgmpouf 4roV,of the
AA)ttle tellows ontto qhnrch
the first- 'ini - ' pews' ~e
vy'II ~ ek,on
4 he rep lfed,'weabt' noha uo o3
SEWIN MACHINE
E VIR PRODUO1D,
Whether for family use ormanufaoturipg,
is the double-thread, look-stitch
light-ruunipg
Ti EW ]DA VIS!
It will last a lifetime-'overy Machino
warranted,
r 1 IF, Vortical Feod' id the greatost ad.
... vance made in sowing modbanism
since tho,invention.af s,uoing maohino.
Wo invito a caroful examination of it,
bolieving no one can fail to ro0ognize the
fagt that it is the most perfect 8owing
Machine made, oonbining simplicity
strength, durability, And ooononiy. We
do not hositato to claim for the
DIPROVED DAVIS,
in addition to its anperibr prinoi ples, }.
more absolute perfootion of workmaz ship
and more complete adjustability than
portaits to any pompeting runohino now
in the market. Anlong the various imu,
provoments' is the Improved Shuttle,
Millod Shank Neo4le, Adjustable Noodle
Plato. Now Pategt Thread.Ooztrollor and
Automatic Bobbin Winder. - jvory Ma
chino is on good substantial rollers, for
wlhich thore is no extra oharge. For
tucking, dording,. braiding,quilting,
rufiling, fringing,: -ozbroidoring, shoo
fitting, tailoriig, dkegs-making, and
fanitly tie,
THIE DAVI HAS iAVQUAL
Rofereneos to those whq htvo the Im,,
proved Davis ?maohize in use i Fair? $
field county.
Mrs. William :VcNall.
Mrs. William D. Aiken,
Mrs. 4. W. Ladd.
Mrs. J. 0. Rowe.
Mrs )r. T. T. 4Iobertso4,
Mrs. Ur W. l. '?urper.
Mrs. J. W, lluljok,
Mrs. William Stovogspgi.
Miss rIu"garet 411ci,
Mrs. 4.1?. Miller.
Mrs. Eliza Willi,}s
Mrs.. ains Q. Davis,
Mrs. tobert Craw'flrd.
Miss J. I-lnryey, and othoYa,
Just think of it-a niohin? selling for
$60 a short time ago yov can ,ow pup
coso for $30, from nr
ff, 0. BOAG,
4gont for Firfleld Cnnty.
Ajso agent for two other frst-olasg
machines-'the Now .An erigan, and the
Improved Wood.
Call on J. O, J OAG. and get the bent
Faily Sowing.Dil%ohipes mnade.
DRY GOOIM .
groat rodiotior in prices of Dyog
Goods, Sboe$, Ifatc, (#othipg." &o.
Always o full and oompleto line of
Faniily Grocories, TQbacoo, 0igaas, Cone
feotionaria, F;4 iW .&a., as ql i pes 'ho
cheapest.
Lumber tl Furlillte' foi' sale low
for cash l,y
.f..BOAG
REMOVAL,
ABOUT the 15th of Marrely 'wa pro-~
L.pose to irergove -otur .stock: of
goods to, the store now ~ecupiedJ
by J. M. Boea1y & Co.,. where we
will be pleased to,see all our former
friends arA. customers. Previote
to that .eveut we will Bell at
I$OTTOM PIGURES,
to avoid gleeessay .broulel$ ii
Just reesiye4 q, M# of idue un,
canvassed( haws. Also, Plows f
PlowsJ . J? Pows!I'I
J, F. McMA4STJM p C0.
JUST MEOEIVEp.
.HAMSM.UnotwvassedSya-Cbred..
Canned Good-.--TomnatQo, EPeach,
es, Salmon, Saufdines, 1Elekles, &o.
Jlyson. J M. BEATY & 0,
J3Y thot so,6f X.meap Ko di~e Got
4.ve .4 moe 4an oie1gs 6 afeo
Whnon. immeIrs -loar~ to , urohaae
hiaflsand ina , theI6'uV lis ors.
callandget bMktelies n be
i ne A Afl A i&G