Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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You will often R {j-T save the cost of n | , I #\j Tears' Hubscrip- I M \ tion to tbe gj ^ ENTERPRISE j] by consulting its I F advertisements. I Vol. X. for tho Ektbkphihk. Co. "D" 1st. 8. C. Regiment V;>1nnteers in the Battleoi "Will's Valley," East Tenn. By a L'ar ticfpunt. Away back in 1803, in tlio days that tried men's souls, when the g} watch for the returning bravo. ^ All this and more of individual experience finds a lasting place in the uncertain niomory of surviving veterans. It was in the month of Oct., on 2Sth day. The writer had just r.joiaed his com mand, having returned that after noon from homo, where he h id boon on a sad mission?that o! carrying homo fi r burial the re mains of his brother, Lieut. A. M. Perry, of Co. "II", Captain Me Manns' old Company, 2nd S U. Rogimy.it. who lied at Kershaw's ? c.i 1 : - <: - - livmioti iii-m 111 urinary, on imi Ohiekamaujja river, from I ho of iectrf of woun?l6 received in the ADVERTISEMENT. Now Den, * _ Do finest Clodin^ dot ever y ' You can lind here in Lancus i'or, lie keep* ovorydintr <1 ol. From a line pair of hone to i And, do nicest black coatu t< Vot. never van know: lo ?;v lie will sell you a zuii vot v And, if you voar hint ilv/ay: For do tailors vot made him Dot you ennt voar him out f We don't care vol's your po< Vot vi 11 blease you no matt< For if you'se a farmer ve'l! a To vear in do furrow, or out And doy'il last you and last Him do host zuit of close vo And do lau'vor v<.i wimro 1 Vill make, for hi client, de gM And if h? will l>uy him slms lie vill heat every man vol Iiut every goot man vot nee I shust ask liim to corn? h^r M Do purtiest coats. for do she 9 Dot ho over hoard of hofo, 11 Yell Sir, She Our Shoes, Oh ! vot shoos, v Vot vill last yoa till life in < In all aorta of sty lee and all And ?voryding ?!s? vot ,i ti> And, if you vearn shoes, vot Shust walk in and see me at XT -r* rl Av*/"r1 rv/l -5 r* O TV w uivtv-Ji vj IVHK Hl.( I i' And nice underg.oding and Vot vill voir 1nr t'.vo wec!*i Vile wo'vo irot. e? liars, orav? Vot yon over saw mil vour i And overydinn else vot a rn k So come in and ?no n? an 1 I Will aliow you ezaekly vole _ And de price? veil vonever ?You will sav deyn de nheape Tho LancasterOlo R. MILRS. ( horizon was darkened by (he clouds of war, Jenkins' old Brig ade of S. C. Volunteers, then commanded by General Bratton, av oomposed of 1st. (Hagood's old w Regiment), 2nd. Uitlos, (Colonel Thompson), 5th (Col, Coward), 6th, (Col. Steadman), and L" ilf metto Sharpshooters, (Col. Walker), was encamped at the base of Lookout Mountain, East Term. Thirty-seven years have rolled down the stream of time since this battle was fought, and my heart cat hers fullness >it flmt n.r C3 " ** w 4 *"*V * rospection, and I sigh as the then and the now I contrast, bat there yet, remain some of old Co. (Capt. It. L. Crawford's old Com pany), who can recall those font Jong, woeful year?, and can vet hear the bugle and the life, and can fool as though the oal! foi 1roops came only yesterday. In mind we can go hack to those days and recall the sudden part ings, the desolate homes, the broken family ties, /.lid the lone Yot's Dot? -<? tn voro, (or 111 U. Miuks Sthkk. any juan vantH, l'j puvf lOf l pants ; > l <> ru.t > our breeches, e ii ?le stitches. ill make you feel appv ? he vni ntrver ^et nappy, F.hust fix hirn so troot, or ne s such a yoo<t suit.. i*zuess, vo'll sell you de close, Jr verever von noes. it I! you de _'o i|r 311 do wpoda, you, till you vill shust swear, J you over did venr. p ur ol m> l>i ceehos purtiost speeches. t von of my coats dor is i.i dot iloiirt. ds any close 0 so to him wo can show a post cash price, 1 his lite. >os ? Veil, Yes. r'c have uem my vrend, lis cuntry vill end, sorts of shapes? to sho" store keeps I know dot you do nl I'll show dom to you. A.ine Guntry, Yes! bootilul aborts, : nd d n not show dorf, its and de part it it ties two Hi' rtal e ves an vants to vear. Coiikrt or Bikk vor you like, mv Roots you have Rot dot von ever hot t.hlncj *** Shoe St.oro. Proprietor. IN6AS LA great battle of Chickamanga vSo:r oly had tho writer arrivec 1 and extended the usual greeting to ti?3 "hoys" from whom ho hat been absent seven days, nor hat: the cry, "Ilello Lieutenant." t "Hello Lieutenant", which wai > quickly caught up from the Com pany by a thousand strain inn i throats and wildly vocifeatec , down the lines, ceased before i cou' 1 be seen that there wai "something up". This needs m , expl mat ion to an old soldier. 1 was. merely a meaningless hur rieano of greeting which some i times swept from one end of t.h< lino to the othe.r when a soldio: [ returned to camp. On tho crag; i and peaks of this forest capptu i Mountain, overlooking our heads couhl be seen the flagmen of tin signal corps, waving their flags t< i and fro, indicating that thero wa ' some movement of tho enemy,ai if vicing with ono another to giv< 'I the greatest visible manifestatioi . of patriotism. This was a metho( I of supplying information as t< the movements of 1 he ouemy, am i the system of communication wa i! very complete4. I can give no ex pianation of flag signals, Int >; assume that tho red one wa ; used to make us mad. You know my reader, it makes a bill mighty mad to shake a red rag a ijliirn. But, be this as it may, tin moaning was this : "Ye shall fim : the enemy over tfie Mountain" i A soldier's life has it trials, tri umph?, and failures?starvatioi and death only seem part of tin j natural order of things, but evoi thes-* have their jocular side. So II \v:M ask iny readers to excus< me it I make a little digression am weave a little fun and pathoi in the fhroa<r of my narrative i W a were ignorant as to when ? wo were going, or what we hat to do, but it was reported ii i camp that a large train of wagon: )TEI^ SEM1-W1 NCASTEE, S. C., WEDN 1 r?a<l???1 with oomqaisgary stores j had crossed the Tennessee river hat day, *and that our brigade, j which had bean so often "tried . and approved in action", had been selected to capture those J good tilings. This was good news to the boys, who had not indulged in luxurious living for many j months, and who wanted to sup^ piement their Beauty rations with ^ som. thing better, more palatable and substantial. Ah. what a fV?nst awaited lis! What inroads we expected to make that night on tho.se things down in (lie depths of the valley. Oapt. J. II. Kirk, J Lieutfl. V. M Welsh and J. O. I Witherspoon, It M. Kirk, Thos. , J J. Welsh and J. V. Welsh eon'titiued our mess niaics at that , j'i'.r.o?ail halo, hearty, and self- j 1 oeders too. onie of whom never ") ! ' anew the ni nboi ol cubic incites' 3 I . I I contained in their bins, and I s . especially i- thio true of our old j f'rieml .1. V. W , the mayor oi l j Kershaw .peak. i tito living?' , ; ?>t ??i" tho silent dead. Now the' > . ! , i next tlung in order was the for-! motion of to. brigade?then the B ' i I march. About 8 o'clock that ' night the order was given to t | .... I (?apt. Kirk to get Ids company ready ulo move at onco in light j | marching order"?ato send a j detail to 'he ordnance depart1 ment and get 40 rounds of ammunition to tho man". Well, | we knew then that there was 1 trouble ahead?a night attack at that. Our boys had lost their :t 1 i>Ii for night attacks?having had about a noli ighl before this, : bi'i.- i litih E! v'auev over Onat|ianouaa creek. wliich, to sav ! the least ot it. left a mighty I had taste in our mouths inr night attacks. In this little ' fuss" our regiment lost some good men; and among the killed was Manes ^ Wallace of our com puny?a brave I soldier. Ii v. is a d irk night 1< r II ua ramble", but tSoufh Carolina : chivalry was cut in lull force that night, and tho boy.-, having I groat faith in tho patriot! in and i good .^nsi- <>! , !.?-ir J< adors, and j being men t<? ', in whom the in* | St I net ol obedience wm? t-.ihrnM. I obeyed I ho order without a murmur. 80, with an immense iimo'in' ot onlhnsiastn, we set on; on r-ur mar< li, up, up, up the 'Mountain, (which w;n a port ot [ 45 degree ?iflair iti the elinib all ] the way up), tumbling and fall j inM over rocks which appeared at refill tf i o crvals .i.oir: the way, , lit-. 1 series of Ff.tppinp stones leading from civilization into the heart of some grout wilderness. Hm' rnv subject suggests that 1 | should tell you something of this i ; Mountain latere wi reach its I summit. This wonderful pro 1 notion of nature, located in East 't'punecpoe?lii'unt about two miles from and overlooking the city ot Chattanooga, has ever 'been tin object ol much euriositv land veneration on account 01 it grand and picturesque scenery ! \0:1 had wmdered over this Mountain away buck in tliat day j and t'nie, von rhans you'd have J : believed you wore transported back a litiudred years, but now I you would he made to realize I that you were living in the every (lav 20th century, so many and I 'great have been f he improvements ! j since then. One of 'lie nio-d his1 torV pots in east Tenneg?ee, is; iioiincn TnEUR^TE. A startling incident, of which Mr John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the <ubject, is narrated by him as follows: "I was in a most dreadful condition. ! My akin was almost yellow. yea aunjken,tongue coated, pain coot iniially in hack and sides, no appetite?gradually growing weaker day by day. ' Three physicians had given nie lip. Fortunately, a friend advised trying Flectric Hitters; and to my great Jo} j and surprise, the first bottle made a decided improvement. I continued ; their n?e for three weeks, and am now a well mad. I know rhoy saved my ! life, and robbed the grave of anntner t victim." No one should fail to try ibern. Only 50c.. guaranteed, at < rawford liroa. Drug dtora. *! ENTE ^RKI.Y. ESDAY, FEBRUARY Lookout Mountain, upon and around which so many events <4 interest transpired during the civil war. Having crossed the Mountain, at 2 o'clock in the morning, we 11 nd ourselves at Peavino creek, near the outposts of the eneiuy. Hero we halted. Behind us was this great Mountain, with its tall, gigantic oaks, which had wit nessed the changing scenes ol many decades. In front were the silent terrors ol a vast army. There was a death like silence. We knew and felt that u deeper ate an<l death dealing struggle was about to ensue. Oh, for the song of the whip poor will, 1 he hoot ol the owl, or the guttering twang of tiie bull-frog from the hanks of the creek?just anything to break the silent monotony of the plain. It was a solemn hour. Some such thoughts as these llitted through the writer's mind: "Separation", "Shall w e iv.now each Other There", Blackeve ' Susan",1"Cheer boys, Cheer"'. 1 v as wide awake that night, and on the lookout, and things I did o! e, wmv tho invisible things. After crossing the creek, the brigade was halted and a little time was consumed in making the proper disposition of the rug iments. This disposition having been made, the advance was ordered, "Forward, march". Oil wo moved with quiet, cautious, deliberate step?holding our canteens. not speaking above a wiiis per, knowing that talk wastes lorco in war, and feeling that it might be dangerous to awaken u man suddenly when asleep. Out object was to surprise the enemy, ami do our work quickly lor feai ol reinforcements. Our plan wa1 liuman. Wo had to rely upon our grit, powder ami ball There was no Joshua there?no mma horns to blow, as had Joshua when he took the city of Jericho. On, on we moved through the dark woods until we came in con tact with the enemy's outposts. Here they warned us by practical demonstration that they would iesi?t 1 on her progress and advancement on this line. At first the b !n whistled by, whiz, whiz, -it; . .nd one could count thorn b\' sounds, giving tin but a small L.ivdntto ot the real entertainn: ;:.t, 1 u! presently we lost count, an ' only listened to the contin *tnit, roar of battle. We pressed steadily forward, walking over their dead and wounded bodies, the momentum of our advance weeping all before it, driving ha ; their advanced lines to the rm'tronfl tr w n - Uor., 11, .? . V ? MO IIVII I 11(11/ found Itosecrans in strong force, and well prepared to receive un expected company. Iloro we met, lace to face, about 75 varde n part, the blazing lino of the enemy. W'o could a<*e before uh a long lino of people?a great, dark multitude, standing as firm a- the tit at el v oaks behind them. The battle raged furiously, it 1. oked as it all the artillery of the Heavens with bullets ol iron was pounding us. It took some time f<.r the true situation to develop if self, but aMei \>h;le we realized that we w: ;e playing, a losing game. ?s'e found ourselves conlionted with two ineonipatil lo do land one torotre.it rem the r ip ?us;bili. ios thri - npoi. os? the othe: t?> go forward and i>h< v the marvelous development <d Southern chivalry. Our hue seemed tube in ? dieaway condition, it. reeled, it rocked, it wavered. 1, lor one, began to thsuk seriously of change and movement?thatearo was a prime condition of continental health, even in persons who are physically vigorous. .Just then some sort of a supertluous feeling that wanted to take a v??nt abroad crept over our line. and the retreat began I believe the boys would havo deaorted me in a boily, had I not kept ahead of them. It wan indeed a serious time. Upon one point all were agreed, that he, who Jin not dili pent in the use of the means the Lord has given him to ''flee" from danger, might fall an easy prey to |the enemy. Religions incli? nation prevailed at that time tn ft limited Mtvat im Ihe arnagr, but RPRI 0. ( nHBBOEHHBBBHBBaBB U. L . the idea seemed with tim boys that thev must take rare of them selves?that the Lord never madt any provision for the "hurry cidea", accidents and emergen ctes of a retreating army. II there were any prayers nindt there that night, they were made, not on bended knees, hut moving leas. Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, elders, deacons, breth ren high in class meeting, made signs that f hoy w? re tir.?d of leading such a strenuous life?that it was against then idea of modern justice to be kept there anv long, er, and that tie v 'longed for a mo e quiet existence over the mountain. And it came to nass that- we did "flew' hue;: over the mountain and "lit," resolving our sel\ os into an asertivo power for the continuance of this ! thing, but nexi time upon im proved plans out company cari ried into tliis baulc mi no n, i0 of whom \v< p* ?'v <i? 41, none i being killed on the field. The survivors of Company D,"AVax thaw Guards," many i f whom j were wounded in iJiis battle, I are : F M Welsh, .1 V Welsh, J Thos Faile, 0 O ' "aile, Owen Gregory. Sail ford l>oas, James M Crenshaw, Kdward Sweat, Tlios Flynn, R M Sullivan and 1 Wnt Hilton. All the rest have crossed over ll\e river and an swerod the last roll call. 1 J Montgomery Caskev, H H Goocli and Fdi Dunlap of the 1 Sixth, W B Dunlap, Warren Robinson, Newman Robinson, > Thos li Nishet and Dr J II Witherspoon/'LancasterGraj's.'' 1 Fifth regiment, wore tliere and took part in tiiis little "unpleas HttlllCHH. 1 Col F W Kilpatrick of our regiment wa= Killed in this hattie. The last command ho ever gave was to Col Thompson : "Move your regiment up in line with ours," his strong voice stirring the hearts of all within hearing The command was Uttered with a vigor and decision which bore out his reputation as the embodiment of iron will and stubborn resistance. This was the last I ever saw of him. We parted in this dark valley, Thou for the celestial plain, We to battle on for our country's rights, , And freedom to proclaim. L. .1. PKKRY, 1 Ex-Lieut. Co. I), 1st S C Vols. ATllUirs.nn TOSIH'ES Could not expre** i ho rapture of A n, i nie 10. Springer, of lltlf* Howard St. Philadelphia, Pa., when she found 1 that 1'r. King'a New Pipeoverj for i Con uniption and eompletely ourrd 1 her . f a haokillkr m .l.'h ?h*f for nmr.v j years had made life a burden. All ; other remedies and doctor.* eoold give her do help, but she says of this Hoy ft I { Cure? "it soon removed the pain 111 ' my chest nod [ car! now sleep soundly, omelhing I can scarcely remembei | doing before, 1 feel like sounding its praisec throughout the ITniverne." So , will every one who tries I?r. King's i New Discovery for any trouble of tin ! Throat, flhest or Dungs, Price f>On and t'.oo. Trial bottle* free at f'rawford ! Drug Sfore; every buttle guaranteed 5 Litdiauu Towns Tin t! of N'gtprM. j Kvaji?vill?, lndM Citioa and t'j'Vii i ' t" fh OKi rivor have boirun i crusade i ngainat the negroes. The entire i 'rouble dates back to the lynch Jiapof the negroes at Ilockport ,jand Hoonvilie for the murder of tho white barber, Simmons, at j Uockport laat month. The board i of safety of this city has ordered ine ponce ro arrant ail strange negroes and biing them h^foro the oily police jvalue. 11 they I cannot give any reason for being here tliov will he sentenced to the rock pile. It is estimated there are 2,000 colored men in , thin city who absolutely refuse to work. They spt>nd their time 1 in the low saloons and dives of 1 the city and live the heat way they can. On election day they , aro in the market for the highest a bidder. Other town* ib Indiana -??? . i jf* ?|???*1 mill ? ??? IF" ^ If r*? k*r? ^>7^ I j A17tkllflR(?a 11 advertten it in KrJ JLW 0 tk? BHlnpUi it?Ui rnnii. Mn. ' * "No. 88 :? . : jm along t'iH river are taking step# to drive tho worst element of nogroen uway. In some towng|n# negro is permitted to remain. Vigilance committees have been appointed at Grand View, Enter* prise, Tall City and Leavenworth. Sinoe^the recent trouble at Newbtirg many of the colored people have left that town. Editor** Awful Pllghk F. M. Iligging, Editor Seneca, (Ilia.) News, whs afflicted for years with Pilen that no doctor or remedy helped until he tried Uuoklcu's Arnica Haifa. I lie writeH two boxes wboll* aured | hi 111, It's the suroit Pile eure on earth ' iml the best salve in the world. Car* i ^naranteed. Onlj 25 cent*. Sold by .Crawford Hros, druggist. 5. White Woman Mistaken for a Negress. 1 Florence, .Tan. 31.?The Jim '.h ow car law keeps the passengi?-t conductors guessing sometime* in their efforts to decide whether sonio of their dark bran1 fttte and bright mulatto passenger* are white or colored. Aa a .rule they make few mistake* but two nights ago conductor Jones ( f the Atlantic Coast Line made a slip up whieh probably will end in a suit for damage*. Train No. 55 is the regular passenger train from Wilmington, N. O., to Columbia. Conductor Jones was standing by the platform of his train just before it pulled out from Florence at 8 p. rn., watching the passengers fl? they boarded the train, when a woman approached him, and from her general appearance he was unable to decide whether she was white or colored, and etarted to tell her to go into the negro coach but desisted as he was uncertain. The woman eutered the coach provided fcr white folks and 1 took l?er east. A rtor thil train cfartnH f, \t? ductor JoneB began tuking up tickets. When he came to this particular passenger he scrutinized her closely. He law bei fore him a woman uncut sixty | years old?u verv dork brunette wilh short curly hair that fell iu ringlets over her houd, and after looking at the woman the e?eond time, he told her ahe wok in the wrong car and at the next station (Timmonhville) eent the negro j porter to her and moved her and jhei baggage into the other ear among the negroee. The woman protested, but she was compelled ;o go. Oarteraville, her destination, is only six miles beyond Timmoueviile, and when the train pulled up to the station where her son wan awaiting her, his indignation j know no bounds when he saw his mother emerge from the uegro car in charge of the train por tor. The boo and mother walked ap to the conductor and protoeted ]*gainst his treatment and it at dawned upon Conductor , Jov.oa thftfc ho had mado a grave j mistake, but it was too late for him to apologize bo he ordered ; hia train forward. The woman proved to be a ; Mrs. Cooper, who was born and reared in Darlincton oonntv jiBwnll known in her community. Her Ron has taken the matter up with lawyers here aed a suit j for damages is pending. Conductor Jones haw in his possession certificates from ?ix pasi songers on his train that night, whe certified that from appearances they too judged her to be a ' negress. T? ( *r? a e^ia la e?a l>wr Take Laaatlrs Bromo-Qainlna Tablets. All druggists refund the money ifitfails to JC- B^Groya's ai?