Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A GREAT occasion in i,ouisvn,i,r;. TWICI.Kril UONKKMKltATK UKl'N ION. I he Veterans :wnl the Hihih and l>?n :1 1111 i . i ? i i i iu CoiitVtli-riM-y Make a Urea) Gathering In old lion lucky?Homo NiiImIiI)- Konturen <it'n. ?.in 11,mi Itu-clectetl Comman der. I .ouisvillo, Kentucky w?n during week the scene of a ^reut gathering. This time the remnant of Hie great Confederate Army, Unit once invaded Kentucky with hostile intent, went into ttio homos and hearts of the people witii gladness and in peace. The Umuiontf the Veterans and the meetlngH of the Sons .ii Confederate Veterans and tiie Daughters! of the Confederacy began Oil Wednesday and ended Friday. The rain interfcrred with some of tlii" arrangements. The ! following is a con longed account of the proceedings : Tlio reunion was called to order shortly after noon by Major General Poyut/., commanding the Kentucky division, who announced thai tue exer cises would begin with the Blllglng of the doxoiogy, ami after it had been sung hy the entire, assembly with fer v if, introduced Kiv. .1. Wm. Jones, chaplain-in-chiof, who doiivored a short prayer. Mayor Weaver, of Louisvlllo, wel comed tho veterans as follows : " The city of Louisville bios you a glad welcome. Her 250,OUU people, with ooo voice, greet you with the most generous oilers of hospitality. " Tlio superb history of the armies of the Confederate States tills the bright est pages in the annals of human cour age ami human self-sacrilice. And no* that the war is gone save in the splen did memories of glorious manhood and patriotism it developed, this city, us you come to renew tue memories o' the past and pledge again tlie vowd of du vollen and loyalty to each other and the principles for which you fought, feels especially honored to have you assem bled for this laudable object within our gates. "On behalf of the city 1 oiler you its freedom, its hospitality, its entertain ment and welcome." Short welcoming speeches were made hy Col. Thus. VV. Bullitt, of the hoard of trade, KiV. Carter Helm Jones for the Commercial Club, and Chief Jud tieo Ha/.jirig, of the Kentucky Su preme Court. Cen. S. B. Hnckuer, delivered an address of welcome in bo half of the Confederate veterans of Kentucky. The Confederate Cloo Club evoked great enthusiasm hy the manner in which it rendereit " My Old Kentucky Homo." Ceneral Bennett Young, of Lniis vlllo, prosented the building to the visitors in an eloquent speech and pro- I nounced uu uxtemled eulogy on the courage, fortitude and patriotism of the soldiers of the South and declared that Kentucky cherished among her proudest horitago the privilege of car lug for the thousands of Confederate deail who lie within the State. " This hour witnesses the realization of long cherished plans and the fulfill mont of years of hope. Tlie Confeder ates of Kentucky with groat desire have longed for a meeting of tlio sur vivors of tho Lost Cause within the limits of this commonwealth, and now that you have come, there is no goud thing they would withhold from you." Coneral John 1$. Gordon replied to thueo welcomes and to tlie generul welcome in a thrilling speech. Aftor a general reply and warm expressions of gratitude for the evident hospitality toward tho battle-worn men, ho went into an oulogy of Kentucky, and drew dome striking pictures. The latter part of Iiis speech was as follows : " As a Southerner 1 glory in the un rivaled gifts of this section to tlio gen eral government; in its illustrious names, in the untarnished honor of its public servants and In the brilliant achievements of Its sons in peace and war. As an American, who loves his whole country, I confidently claim for hor the foromost place among all tho nations. 1 proudly challenge the rec ords of all time to furnish a parallel to her career ; to equal the practical and developing genius of her citizens ; to match her high and holy political aims; to present a spectacle so inspiring to humanity ; as she stands, the nohlost representative of all that id pure iu re liglon, conservative in government, or ennobling in freoedom?the one com manding and conquering republic, un challenged iu her leadership and un approachable In her isolation of gran dour and glory. Loyal as I boliovo myself to he to all Wtatos and sections, as well as to the great republic itself, I nevertheless declare my conviction that Kentucky's history taken as a whole, entitles her to a podition in tho front rank of States. Look at her early strugglos with stealthy and blood thirsty savages in tho wilds of an un broken wilderness, when her bold pioneers were all heroes and their wives und daughters were all heroines. When even hor faithful black slaves caught tho contagion of courage and of sacrifice. What story in fiction, for example, can compare In romantic in terest to that of Kentucky's three maidens captured and lurne away by Indians, and rescued by their three lovers after long and eager puroiiitday and night through douse canubrakes and tangled jungles'. "Beginning her life amidst such sur roundings, reured to statehood upon food ho conducive to exaltod manhood and nohlo womanhood; Is it any wonder that the Kentucky of today boasts of tho proud array of her great sons, of her Hrocklnridges, of her Clays and tier Crittundens, her Helms and her Hansoms, her Marshalls and hor Mor gans ; and hor almOP* endless cataloguo of soldiers and statesmen worthy tho highest nlchos In our republican Pan theon? Is it any wonder that Ken tucky's daughters of today are the prldo of a groat commonwealth and challonge uuivorsul recognition as among tho fairest, tho truest and ten dercst of our peorlois women ? Is it any wonder that from such a held, sown with such seed, wo shnulil to,luv (rather thin harvest of generosity and lavish tribute, to the heroic remnants of tho Immortal Confederate armies V la It any wondor that such planting and such culture sho.ild havo produced a hospitality as free as tho air, and as bound Ions an tho ocean ? " In conclusion pormit mo brlelly to recall another chapter In Kentucky's llfo ; a ohapler which embraced the most momontous poriod of her history, or of the history of thin republic. Dur log the stupendous conti I st between tho Amorlcan States, Kentucky's most fa mous families and all classes of her peo ple wore ruprosonted In both the Union and Confederate armlos. In hor mar velous fecundity, she had previously given birth to both JetTei-sonDavis and Abraham Lincoln. Those two great tona bora wlthlb a fow mouths and miles of eaoh other, nurt nod on the bosom of this common mother, why. destined In God's mysterious providence to lind homes In different sections, to grow up under different institution*, to become tho reprosentatlvoa of conflicting civi lizations and the respective presidents of contending republies? The one was to die at hist disfranchised by the gov ernment, which he bud long and faith fully served, and for whose Mag bo bad Shed hie blood on Mexican soil. Tho other was to meet his death by an as sassin's bullet. " in like manner Kentucky's counsel lors were divided : some for the Union, pouio for the Confederacy. These coun selors ably strove to kuep her aloof from tho impending conilict; to render her passive and neutral : but there was no such word as neutrality In Ken tucky's lexicon Neutrality never had been and never will be Kentucky's role. It could not tie the policy of Buoh a peo ple : for neutrality Is nowhere an at tribute of iiuiuau progress, nor of Cod's economy. Neutrality lias no place in masterful minds, nor in heroio hearts. Neutrality has never yet developed it grout character nor characterized n great peep <?. nor written u sparkling page In human history. Kentucky therefore would have none of it. Gov ernors might proclaim neutrality; leg islatures might enact it ; but no edicts nor BtatUUJ could chain down the un corquerable spirit af Kentucky's sons. Into the one army or the other they went as their convictions guided them. And Wherever they fought, whether for the Union of ail the States or the independence of the Southern Slates ; whether tbey followed the Hag of this great republic, or the fiery cross of bat ! tie, which represented the aspirations ! of the Southern people for separate na tionality and constitutional freedom ; under whatever banner or leaders they were marshaled, Kentucky's sons wrote their noble record on history's most luminous pages." THURSDAY, MAY olst. Business was the order of the day in the second session of the Confederate reunion which convened at 10 a. in. in Kjunion hall. Tiie Sons of Confeder ate Veterans met at the samu time. The weather showed no signs of im provement and the rain came down in sheets at brief intervals. Many of the decorations wore ruined by the steady downpour which continued for the greater part of three days. Nearly ail of the outdoor features of the reunion were of necessity abandoned. There was to have been an equestrian tourna ment in the morning out the depth of tu - ojud at the pam made its abandon ment a matter of course. The basket picnic to be given this morning at Wil der park to the visiting ladles of the Confederacy was likewise given up. At 10.22 General Gordon rapped with his gavel and called for oroer. lie then oaliod on the Confederate soldiers to render all honor anil glory " to the greatest captain of them all, the Cap tain ol our Salvation." lie asked that the assembly join in singing " All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name," and after one stanza of the hymn hud been ren dered General (iordou introduced Hishop Dudley, of Kentucky, who de livered a touching invocation. Oa motion of General Walker, of South Carolina, a loving message of congratulation was sunt tu the United Sons of the Confederate Veterans. A resolution was offered by General 3. 1). Lee providing that a message of sympathy bo sent to General Wade Hampton, who is ill at his home in Columbia, S. C. Colonel Packard, of Louisiana, In troduced a resolution providing for the erection in Kichmond, Va., of a monu ment to commemorate the sacrifices and loyalty of tho women of the Con federacy during tho war. Tho resolu tion staled that tho matter should he placed entirely in the hands of General John B. third on. Hon. J. 11. Lieagan, of Texas, asked that the monument should be placed in some central part of the Confeder acy. The resolution with the amend ment of Mr. Reagan was referred to tho commltte on resolutions. The com mittee on credentials retired to fonnu lato their roports and while they were so engaged a number of short speeches were made by Hon. J. 11. Ltoagan, Gen eral Mat. Kansoin und others. Committees on resolutions and on credentials were appointed. South Carolina was represented on the for mer by T. W. Carwilcand on the latter tiy Col. Zimmerman Davis. W. K. Garnet, chairman of tho edu cational committeo, road the report of his committee, dwelling on the re searches into tho history of tho war made by tho committee. During the report he paid a high tribute to tho personal character of Abraham Lincoln. Senator lierry, of Arkansas, was in troduced as tho man who left ono quar tor of himself at Corinth, hut remained a better man than any who ever stood before hiin. Ho spoke upon the suhjee'. ol "The Soldier of tho Trans-Mississip pi." In opening his address ho called upon his hearers to remember tiiat the men who charged with Piekett at Get tysburg were not braver than tho men who fought at Oak Hill. The men who stood for tho Confederacy at i'ea Ki Ige and who followed Price through Mis souri woro of tho saino fibre and the some lighting courage as tho men who llgured in ttio great events in Vir ginia. James Diukins, of Louisiana, an nounced that during tho sesaii :i he would olTcr a resolution asking the President to name a naval cruiser after Miss Helen Gould lor hor services to i tho country during tho Spanidi-Auior lean war. All the officers were reelocted ThUrf - day afternoon by acclamation. Tho list is as follows ! Gon. John B. Gordon, general coin man: log, Lieut. Gen. Wade Hampton, Army of Northern Virginia, department com mander. Lieut. Gon. S.D. Leo, commanding Army of Tennessee department. Lieut. (Jen. W. L. Caboll, command ing trans-Mississippi departmjnt. SONS OK VETERANS. The ?rst session o( tho United n.un? of Confederate Veterans wau hold Thursday morning. Tho convontion w?s called to ordor by Commander W. W. Ddvios, of John A. llroadus Camp of I lOulsv i 11 <?, and the opening prayer was olTerod by Chaplain General McCoy. Tho convention then Many " America." Tho hand played "Dixie" and a United States and a Confederate Hag wero unfurled at either side of tho presiding omeor. After an address doaling with the ob joets and principles of the Sons of Vet erans, Commander Davles Introduced Stato Commander Ibmn, who read a telegram from W. B. Uankhead, com mander of tho Tonnessee department who was unable to be present. Commander iiowe presented B. 11. Kirk, commander of tho truns-Mls elsslpp1 department, who made a pic turesque address, dealing largoly with the personal oharaoter of tho civil war lighting djod, North and South. Tho opening exerolaos were complet ed by an address of welcome from I Uriscoo Hind man ami an address by Commander Colqultt. Tiio eonveotloo thon took up buainoas matters. Commander Colqultt appointed a com in It too to extend alTeotlonate proet* Ings to the United Confederato Vete rans. A committee from the lloit'd Vote* j rana delivered, through Gen. C. I Wal ker, greetings from thu United Vete rans to tho Sons of Veterans. Lieut.-Commander liiacoe illndiliau, formally welcomed the Sons of Vete rans to Louisville. Sheppard llryan, of Atlanta, responded to the address of welcome, returning the thanks of the visitors for their welcome. Speaking of tho objects of tho or ganization Mr. llryan said the tons of Confederates would bo aatiaUod with nothing less than the truth of history. " While loyal to tue United States, tho Sons of Voter ana have a trust to keep in having truthfully recorded by his tory tho deeds of the Bouthorn sol d iors." DliSCUlt'TlON OV mali,. Along the north side of tho hull wo 1*0 placed portraits of d i it i ne, u Ished heroes of tho Cod fedora to sor vice. Too portraits Included those of Itaphaol Sotumea, Wutlo Hampton, John B. Cordon, stonewall Jackson, Ltoborl K Lee, S. B. Buokner, Joseph IS. Johnston, Laonidas lJolk, Stephen 1). Lee, Nathan B. Forrest, John Morgan, John Brook Inrldge, Governor lahani Harris and Colonel John Marshall. The portraits will ho unveiled this evening with appropriate ceremonies. High up on tho windows hack of tho rostrum at the east end of tho hull wore painted tho nnmes of illustrious soldiers of the South, Around ouoh uame was drawn a laurel wreath of crimson. Ahovo the names was in scribed the places of nativity. Two enormous Confederate battle Hugs were hung over the stage, the bold of white with the crlinaon edge. Along the side of tho Bpeaker'a desk woro strung strips of crimson und white bunting, the festoons und loops of the sumo color ornamented the front of the stand. On tho right and the .of t of tho stand stood u braSb N upo'eou, both guns being twined und garlanded with wreatha of ribbon ami bright green foliage. Directly under the speaker's stand stooil two crossed rilles, while at either end of the stand hung a rllid with the accoutrements dangling free. On each one of tho three windows In the upper part of the hall was painted tho name of a battle of the civil war, no buttle being mentioned in which at least 50? men were, not killed or wounded. On the posts around the .-ides of tho building were hung tho coats of units of the States of the Confederacy, each shield being held In plaee by knots formed of the stars and liars. Diagonal ly aorosa the roof Ol the building wore at reached long lines bearing a great number of small Con f?derale Hugs. KHUN ION NOTES. The News and Courier's representa tive suys : The v. teraua from South Carolina are scattering about thu city. Hen. Walker and stall' and Govornor Me Sweeney are at the Willard Hotel. Camp Sum tor is ut u fumily hotel and the other members arc living whore they like. All have comfortable quarters. Mr. Louis J. Bristow, of South Carolina, bus offered valuable help to the veterans ut division head quarters. The portraits of (iens. Hampton, Kerahaw and Conner adorn the wulls, und the palmetto trees from the Isle of I'alma have been stationed by the door. The handsome H ig of tho division is Moating proudly over tho headquarters. Among the ceremon ies of interest to South Carolinians to-night was the unveiling of the Un derwood pictures ut K-union Hall. Dr. I'Vuncis S. I'arker, of Charleston, presided to tlay ut the unnuul meeting of the surgeons of the Southern army and navy. The meeting wus organized, anil some routine work was done. You hear all kinds of talk in this good old Bourbon country about the dispensury law in South Carolina. One big liquor dealer is going to pres ent every man from tho Stute with u quart to take home. To-tlay the Caro liaa veterans have found that dodging drinkd was rather diflloult. Just how well they have succeeded might be measured from the statement that a man from ('liar ostOD selr.cd a pulmetto tree to-night and thought it was a bunch of mint. Writing on Wednesday night the correspondent says I This has been a glorious tlay for the votorans from South Carolina. bVora the moment of their arrival until late tonight, when the erowtls are turning in. they have hud the ehunce to weigh the hospitali ty of Louisville and it has not been fount! wanting. The weather bus been had, with rain and thunder storms, but this did not interfere with the fun of thu South Carolina crowd. ? A Washington special to tlio At lanta Journal says it bus been decided by tho administration that tho war in the Philippines must ho stopped bofore tho November elections, and tho fol lowing program has boon mnpped out : To recall the volunteer troops a fe v I days bofore election, solely for politi cal ell'ect and toainounco that tho in surreetlon is over. The 2*1,000 regulars will be loft to police tho Islands osten sibly, but really to do whatever light ing may be necessary. News to Dear out tho statement that tho insurrec tion Is over will bo sunt out in every available wny from Manila anil printed in every available newspaper. After tho election, should McKinley hu re elected, tho 1'hllippino war will begin business again. ? Nearly all tho ropo used by the United States navy is manufactured in tho Government ronowalk at the Char leston Nuvy Yard. Tho plant bus juet boon thoroughly overhauled, and olect ricalmotlve power has been Instulled teero. At the time of '.he outbreak of the Spanish war tho Q< vernmunt rope walk has boon allowed to deteriorate, and tho Navy Department was obliged 10 buy largo quantities of supplies out- I Hide; but the improvements made slneo tliun, at a cost of over $100,000, iinvu so Increased tiio capacity of the plant that it is now one of the largest rope walks In i?no world. ? For tho llrst vlnio in the history of tho national census there will he an enumeration this year of animals em ployed in the cities and towns, iloro toforo the live BtOCk census has been ccnlined exclusively to farm animals. CASTOR IA The Kind You Have Always Bought For Infants and Children. Bears the Slgoaturo of UNMARKED BY A STONE. Was the man Insane V Ho knelt praying upon the hank of tho Ya/oo, a memorial wreath In each hand, and as I watched him from my hoal he arose a-id cast the wreaths one after another into the river. "Paidou me, sir," said l,tn 1 stepped ashore, " if I ask the meaning of these WI oaths. As this is Memorial day, I suppose your action is Inspired by some sad memory of t> o civil war." '"Yes," he replied solemnly. "The strange act which you saw me perform memorializes what was to mo ODO of the saddoit incidents of the civil war. I was decorating the grave of John Douglas, private in a Pennsylvania reglmout of volunteers, a bravo man and the truest frieU'J I ever had." "His grave!" I exclaimed. "I see no grave?only water." " Ami only water covers my hero. His grave is there souiewhere in the river. "What you say," 1 remarked, "ex* cites my curiosity. I served in the Campaigns along this river and I shall he deeply interested if you will tell mo mo aiory. xnia nu Uui as we out aide by side on the hunk of tho river. " The Pennsylvania regiment to which I belonged," said he, " formed part of the force with which General Sherman attempted to attack Vieka burg by way id the V?/.[>o river. Wo ascended the river on transports on December -?'?, 18(12, and began opera lions on the following day. Between us and Vicksburg lay a swampy region intersected by numerous bayous. After several skirmishes it was found im possible to force a passage through tho swamps, which were passable only by narrow causeways, commanded by Confederate batteries, aud the attempt I was abandoned after a few days. " In tile last of the skirmishes 1 was severely wounded and was loft un noticed by my comrades in a dense canebrake upon their return to the Ys'/.JO after the attempt had failed. I lay for t>omo time in a semiconscious condition, securely screened from the eyes of my enemies, as I i ad been, un fortunately, from those of my friends. My condition was truly deplorable, for 1 was not only seriously wounded and wouk from the loss of blood, hut the causeway was not patlOlled by Con federate soldiers, and even woro it otherwise tho Federal troops had pro bably by that tune re embarked on the transport, toid slioied I reach the i'u/.'jo it would only be to fall into the hands of the enemy. '?Without any doflnltO purpose to guide my steps, but impressed by the necessity of leaving a position wiiero I was in danger of being captured, I moved aimlessly through the dense thicket in a direction which led me away from tho causeway. A siigt t frost hail rendered the swampy soil more linn, and the chief difficulty en countered was in making my way through the cane aud bushes and in terlacing vines. " After slowiy groping about in this manner for three or four hours I saw rising grounJ in freut of mu aud un opening in the thick growth of trees crowning it w hieb I thought indicated a near approach to the abode of man. If my conjecture was correct, tempo rary relief was at hand, for even enemies would not refuse to uid mo In my pitiable condition. Upon reach ing the opening in the woods I euw a neat, whitewashed cottage, surrounded by an orchard, a short distance in front of UK-, while in the rear of the house a .small, well cultivated farm ex tended down the opposite slope to a bayou where tho oasis abruptly ended. "Completely exhausted and feeling that even death would lie a reiief, I painfully made my way to tho gate leading through tho orchard to the cottage Upon reaching it I saw in tiie patli before me a tall, beautiful girl, and then 1 remembered nothing more. When 1 recovered conscious ness, I found myself lying in a bed In a tastefully furnished room. The con clusion was forced upon mo that 1 had fallen into kind bauds, and then, just us I recalled the vision of a beautiful being in white, the girl herself atood before me. " How can 1 describe her beauty? her perfection of form t I thought of Murillo's masterpiece 'The Immacu late Conception,' but hero was a beauty transcending ti e painter's inspiration, and tho music of her voice was like the trill of a BOng bird, softened by ttio coo of a dovo ! " Sho caino forward with some do greo of hesitancy and apparently maid enly reserve, anil in a tone of sym pathy Inquired after my condition. She told me that 1 had been very ill aud delirious and bad al/eady passed two nights in tho house, Her father, she added, was ardently devoted to the Southern cause, as she was herself, but they were always ready to respond to the calls of humanity and in minis tering to the sick they made no dis tinction between a Confederate and Union BOldior. " As you may judge from my enthu siasm, i fell In love with this fair angel of the Ya/.oo, Olympia Uu Moyne. 1 convalesced rapidly, all too tapldly, fur I dreaded the approach of tho time when I would be compelled to rejoin my regiment and leave her, perhaps forever. I was soon on a footing of the most friendly intimacy with her fatlier, Francis Uo Moyne, who had been at one time engaged in business in New Orleans. Why ho aud his daughter Olympia had removed to that lonely spot, in a region of swamps and bayous, I did not inquire, aud ttiey volunteer ed no explanation, l'hey wer?; people of refinement, and whatever their motive in so secluding themselves I felt it to he one that could cuat no dis credit upon them. " I remained a mouth in tho Lo Moyne cottage. Olymylu and myself were together on every possible op portunity, aud finally she made me supremely happy by confessing that she loved me. How well I remember each separate incident in this delight ful and romantic period of mV lifo I I was oblivious of everything but that contained within my narrow environ mont. Olympia 'was tho ocoan to tho rivor of my thoughts,' and ?11 my hopes and dorjircri oontorod in hor. " Ahout tho end of January Mr. Le Moyno told mo that hin h?h, who was a cup tu in In tho Confodurato Horvico, had hoon woundod and witu coming Homo on loavo In a fow days. Ho, as well aa myself, know it would be at least omburrasslng woro wo to moot. My oheek mantlod with ahumo when 1 thought of my comrades lighting the hattlOH of their country, while I, an Intruder upon the hospitality of the oncmlcri of the eause I loved, was pass i 111- my time in happy, hut inglorious easo. " I at once Bought Olympia and told her I would ho compelled to leave on the day following. She exhausted all tho resources of a fascinating and beautiful woman to dissuade me, but seeing that all her arts were In vain finally gavo reluctant consent. I " Hut how to get awey and rejoin my regiment was now ino problem prcaontciL to my mind. I could not anything I know to tho contrary, the banks of tho Vuzoo might ho in pojscs eion of tho Confederates and their ves aeld instead of Union gunbouta might ho patrolling tho rlvor. '?Just at thia juncture a BCOUtiog party of Union troops from one of our gunhouta appeared upon the scone. Among tho number I was delighted to aee my boon comradu and tout mate, Johu Douglas, who grtetod me with a warmth and enthusiasm which did not require the evidence of tearful eyes to convince me of their earnestness. " 'My dear fellow,' he exclaimed, his face aglow with surprise and plea sure. 'I thought you had gone to tho land of shades, und here 1 lind you by the side of a beautiful girl lo un Arca dian paradise which seems to have arisen by mugic amid the swamps and bayous of the Va/.oo river. 1 let your family kuow of your disappearance and my fears as to your safety. Now you can let them know that my fears were groundless and that you are still living and ready to tight for the Union, unless,' he continuou laughing, 'the beautiful Confederate who just now left your company has converted you to the cause of her nconle.' " Whilo wu were absorbed In our greetings, Aunt Diuuh, u domestic of tliu household, oame hurriedly towurd us from the opposite side ol the farm, Seeing me, she rushed forward and ex claimed excitedly : " 'Massa, massa ! Dj Coofeda aro coming shun? a whole reg'lUOnt. Vouso babe timo yet to 'scape, if youah lohe now.' "Though doubting the accuracy of the faithlul creaturo's account, so far us the strength of tho enemy wus eon corned, wo deemed it prudent to avoid eueouuter with them, if possible, as our party numbered but 21. " 1 sought Olympia and bade her a tearful, heartbreaking farewell, con soling bur with the promlao thut I would return to her after the war. This promise 1 faithfully performed. Wo were married and have liveil for over thirty years in the cot,age where she nursed mo. " As we rouehed tho causeway there on the verge of the rising ground leading to tho nearest of tho cause ways, we saw the Confederates rapidly npprouching und in such numbers thut there wus no possibility of our coping with them. So we rushed along ut our utmost speed, our progress In ing much impeded by Interlacing vines, which in some plucos hud f?llen across the truck und in others hung from thu trees just low enough to entangle our huuds in their meshes. "As wo reached tho cnusewuy there wus no Indication of the enemy, und we begun to hope thut they hud not discovered the route WO took. We did not slucken our speed, however, und when we hud covered most of the dis tance to the river wo saw them follow ing ut full speed. Henceforth it wus a ruco in which the stakes were doutb or captivity und sufety. As our lend ing 11 lea hud rouehed the hunk of the rivor u Confederate bullet, tired at long range, hit me in the leg, and I fell helpless into the bushes by thu wuyoide. Our moii the l lired a volley ut the foe, which did some execution und checked their advance. "Soon after 1 fell John D.iuglas wus by my side und ruined me to my feet. It was impossible for me to wulk or even to stund alone, und I begged him to ieuvo mo to my fate and save him self from oapturo or perhaps death. Hut the noole beurteil follow, not listening to my rumonstrunces for a moment, picked me up In his power ful arms unit boro mo to the bunk of the rivor. Oar comrades who in the hurry of hoarding their bout had not probably missed us, were now beyond hailing dlstauee. Fruitful in re sourcos, my compnnion rushed to a part of the bunk wliero bo saw a plunk und, returning ut once, placed moon it in the water. Attempting to go on It himself, ho found it would not hour us both, so ho guve the plank a vigorous push and suid : " 'Try to puddle In the direction of tho gunboat. They will soon seo you und come to your rescue. I can swim.' " " Following his advice and using my hands as paddles, 1 had made some progress toward tho vessel when ! saw a row bout coming to our rescue. My heroic, Belf-sacrificing friend still kept me company. The boat approached nearer mid nearer until she wus only two lengths away. Then I turned and looked for my friend, und 1 saw his head disappear beiieuth the water. I threw myself from tho plank into the water in an agony of despair, wishing to share the fate of my comrade, but I wus soon rescued and tuken Into thu boat. " Can you wonder now," ho con tinued, while tears Mowed down his pule eheeks, " that I oust a Mower wroadi on the dark waters of the Ya/.oo on Memorial day ?" ?James Abbott McNeil Whis'ler, whoso brother was a surgeon in Orr'? regiment, C. S. A., is tho most inter esting foreigner represented at the Bjrlin artoxhlblt this year. Whistler is one of tho greatest of living paint ers. Although an American, ho has ull hut repudiated his na.ivo land, and this is forgiven him by his country men hecauso he Is Whlatlor. In his early days ho wus a student with Du Muurlur in Paris, und hu is thu original of the. most amusing caricature In " Trilby." ?Mail reports from tho Philippines show thut there has boon a steudy in crease In tho number of eases of bu bonic plag in-. Thero were thirty cases in Manila during January, 48 during February and oil during Murch, und din ing the three months approximate ly 100 oases of leprosy were discovered. Kxcollout work is being done by the Manila hoard of health, under the direction of Major Ira Itrown, in !in provlug the Huuitary condition of the city and chocking the progress of the plague. ?In tho line of genoral Improvement planned In connection with the Trans Siberian railway, term in itlng at Vlad ivostok, the Kussian government will ojtahlish an uleetrlc railway and an oloctric light plant. Tho railway I? to he twolvo miles long. ouit GKBATB8T Hi?KCiAMST. l?'or "JO years |Dr. J, Newton Hathaway hnn flo successfully treated ohronio diseas. I es thai hc.ifl acknowledged today to stand at the head Of his profession In thin line. HiR eXOlllSlVe method uf treat men i for Varicorclo and stricture, without tno aid of knife or eiiutcry eures in 00 per cent, of all oases. In the treatment of the loss of Vital Forces. Nervous Disorders, Kidney and Urinary OomplaintS| Paralysis, Blood Poisoning, Rheumatism, Catarrh, and dia enflCR peculiar to women, he ir equally BucceBsful. Dr. Hathaway'? practice ia more than double- that of any oilier spec ialiat. CascR pronounced helpless by other physicians readily yield to his treatment, write in in today fully about your caso. He makes no charge for consultation or advice, either nt his oltloe or by mail. J. Newton Hathaway, M. I)? 2t)i Mouth Broad street, Atlanta, Ua. mi,i. NYU ON ADVKlUisiNU. An Unpublished Article of the Great II it in or iHi OonoerninK i bo I toot ami M. I11 ? -1 in ? I. Tho manuscript of ihis article was given to a friend of tho author shortly before the hitter's death. The recip ient mislaid it and gave it up as lost until a few days ago, when it turned up unexpectedly. It is one of Mr. Nye's hest and most characteristic productions, 1 have received the following letter: j " Dear Nyo : 1 am about to start In I tlio hoot and s.'ioe business. My friends Bay I am cut out for it, have genius in that direction. (Jan you suggest some wa|i to get going and stay going with out usiug the newspapers V An early reply will greatly oblige, Reginald." To begin with ?stay wheie you are ! Don't move ! Aliens '. " About to start" is better than starting without tho aid of the press, Itegglo. 1 am glad to hear that you have a genius?you'll need it, Higgle, to suc ceed in any direction, unless you are bound "up Salt Creek," without the genial and necessary assistance of printer's ink. I can suggest a way ? I will suggest a way?a road as plain as is the nose. on your face, LlOgglO. 1 take it for granted you nave a face and that the nose ornamenting it is a K >mun one, and not a mere dent in your physiog noiuy. A road Unit lias boon travelled ' by more unadulterated failures both in the shoo trade ami other brauehos of business endeavor than that charm ing country ramble which Shakespeare says " is paved with good intentions." It will bear careful consideration and is as follows : SOMK MINI'S ON SKI.K ADVKIITISINU. The Ural tiling on waking in the morning, turn over anil go to sleep again ; this will rest you and keep you from getting up. No self-respecting shoe dealer should reach his place of business before 10 o'clock in the morn ing; and it might add to his dignity not to get there till lu p. in. When you have opened the store, bring in the hose and wet down the slock to make sure it does not loak. If it's a cold morning, wet down the walk in front of tho store, so it'll frct'/.e, and the Ural man thut attempts to go by will fall, like Lucifer, and drive his spinal column up through his brains. This is un etllclent way to see if the man tvho attempted to go by has auy. Drag him into the store and soud for a doctor. This will draw u crowd, some of whom might need shoes and steal a pair. While the doctor is pushing tho man's spine buck to place and sewing up tho hide, tell the injured wretch a funny story, and sell hi in a pair of shoes thut wout slip. You might turn tl e hose on the crowd, at the same time making some facetious remark about the weather. Hy this time lota of folks will have slipped down on your improvised rink, to their great merri ment. This little stroke of business can be dealt by you any time when it is not (roe'/.log by spreading a few banana skins on the walk. Folks'11 sue you?if they don't kill you outright ? and a law biiit will keep your name be fore the public. When the excitement is over, take the best pair of shoes in tho store, if you've paid for them, and get a big bammer und a long spike and spike them down to the sidewalk in front of tho door. This will attract attention and atTord you infinite amusement when any one tries to carry them off. When a lady culls, don't jump at "business'' the first thing by asking her if she wants to buy u pair of shoes; she always goes to the drug Btoro for them Ask her how old she is ; if her teeth are fulse und if she lives happily with her husbund. Then introduce the subject of shoes carefully, bui lirmly with a slight innuendo, as: "Ah ! 1 see you've got your feet with you !" or "When small feet were given out in Maine, you were in Texas I Try a lino of Kiln Wheeler on her : women like poetry : " Laugh und the world lnughs with yen, Weep and wo all repine ; An extru bi/.ud shoo is the thing for you When your foot is a number nine." When she llouncos out, ask her if Hint's her own hair or uswitch. Then, when her husbtuid or big brother comes around, laugh yourself as he jama your tuoasly bend through a shoe ense. " Laugh und be will laugh with you." This will keep tho town tnlking about you and is much cheaper than advertising in tho papers. The Into I'. T. Humum, when busi ness wus dull at the old " Museum, Now York," hud a man w'th a very solemn fueu walk out and lay a brick down in the mi.ldle of tho street, leave, it there, walk buck in and through tho museum without Baying a word or cracking a smile, take up another brick und lay Hint down by the lirst; pick up tho lirst und buck through the 1 museum again. This he repented till a crowd hud gathered and paid to fol low him iu to see what he was doing. I wouldn't advise you to do that: they'd call you an imitator. Thut you don't wunt. Ho original. Uuy a loud ol brlcks-havo them dumped in the yard buck of the store, and, when all the town is trying to sleep after Hie excitement you have already caused, curry the whole loud up on the roof, one brick at n time, thus you can count thom and it will perfect von in figures. Next day, about 10 or !' n. m.. get up on tho roof und b -gin to dunce and yell " Flro I" This will bring tho town to your store. Tuen holler "April fool !" on the loth of October, if you like, it will ndd to your eccentricity. Increnso your popularity, mid perhaps lnud you In the coulor. Keop everybody tnlk ing about you?that's the keynoto of success. If you see a liltlo girl going by with a bundle, luko it away from her and cult her ears BO She'll run homo crying. When her father in trying a different liraml of shoes on your pusillanimous eareusB, suggest to him that ttie shoes you carry will givo hotter satisfaction, if lie kicks you into insensihility, pay no mere attention to him. Shut up your store thrco days each wook, leaving a big placard in the window, " (Jone Fishing, will !)?>. back most any time." Thon from behind a broken window pane which you have knocked out back of tho shutters, you can enjoy the comments of your feilow townsmen. You might close up alto gether, und thus play a joke on the sherllT, who was just going to save you the trouble. Finally, whon you are too (inancially doad to tan and make into a pair of 7G cunt hrogans, you will have a big monument with " Adam Fail uro " cuWinto it in tho latest ecru pattern. Yours for health. lin.i NVK. ? s t o n. x . Bear? tho _/) M K|f|d YQiJ Have Alw.iys Bought IK> I'll IMttltCKI) BY BULLKTS. I A Virginia Ktliior .?.mi a Prominent Lawyer Mot on the Field of Honor Tho Isvfiil Wan IrHKic anil Sim MlltidllUl. The recent death of Capt. I'ago Mc Carty, the celebrated editor and duel 1st, lias recalled the tragic all an- in which ho was one of the principals, and a correspondent tells the story as ful lows : Captain 1'age McCarty was the last of the famous S inthern duelists. Lie was in May, l^Til, mm of the principals in an allair that was romantic as well as fatal, lie killed John Mordecai. a prominent lawyer, ami was himself terribly wounded. Too lady wbo was at that time the helle of the South was the. innocent cause of this duel. McCarty came of the best Stock. Cue of his atieoslors was speaker of the old House of Burgesses, away hack in 1715 He ami Mordecai were about the same age. They were desk mates at the Uni versity of Virginia when law- students there just before the war. McCarty, as a volunteer, was present at the time of the time of the capture of Harper's l'\:rry. Hi; was then a beardless youth, but it was not long before he was ran idiy promoted from private and became a captain of artillery. Alter th? war Gaptaiu McCarty turn ud hid attention to newspaper and literary work. In tho year I87U he and his old friend, Mordecai, were both desperately in love with Miss Mary Triplett, who was at that time the most I celebrated beauty in Virginia, if not in tho whoio South. A grand hail was given in April of tho year mentioned, and all the fashionable people of Rich mond were there* On this occasion Miss Triplett wounded the feelings of Captain McCarty by showinga decided preference to dance with some one else. Shortly after tile ball the fol lowing verse was printed in a local newspaper, but no name was signed to it : ? When Mary's form divine I press, l n tjtrauss s Bwcoiest waltz, I hose lips I. ion, would fain caress, A It ho' i hose lips ho false." John Mordecai was sitting at a res* I taurant on Main street wailing for his j order for breakfast to be tilled when | ho read these lines. His friend, Wil liam Royall, one of the leading lawyers in Richmond, was with h m. Mordecai said it was evident that McCarty had written the verse and that the "Mary'' referred to was Miss Triplett. 11 o an neu need his purpose to hold McCarty personally responsible. Mr. Rjyall in sisted thai if lue author of the publica* lion was to be punished Iber*) was no reason why Mordecai should undertake to do it, as the lady had a grown broth er and other male relatives. Hut the young lawyer was terribly angry and lie would not listen to tile advice of Ilii friends. He sought the counsel of Wil liam R, Trigg, the present head of the W. R. Trigg ship building company. Mr. Trigg look the same view of the matter as did Mr. ICiyall and Mordecai was finally convinced Itiat it would be a piislaKc for him lo challenge Mc Carty. The old Richmond Club was then the place where tue ultra-fasnlouablo gen tlemen of Richmond spent their eve.ii iugs. McCarty ami Mordecai Were members. One evening McCarty's ne phew hoard Mordecai roundly ahusing tils uncle and reported the matter to the captain. There was some corres pondence paesed and it is said McCurty denied the authorship of the lines. (Everybody believed thai trouble would be averted alter this. A few weeks later McCarty and Mordecai met in tho cale of the club and some angry words were passed. This dispute resulted, in Mordecai knocking McCarty uown. The latter at once sent a challenge to a duel and it was prompt^' accepted. The meeting place was just outside of Oakwood cemetery, which is in the suburbs of Richmond. It was un iduui May morning. William L. Royall and William K Trigg acted as seconds for Mordecai and Colonel William 13, Tabh and John S. Mercditn were there as friends of McCarty. Dr. Hunter McCuire, who had been Stonewall Jackson's chief medical director and who attended that great soldier after he received his fatal wound at Chan collorsville, was present as surgeon for Mordecai. The late Dr. J.S. Dorsoy Cullen, who was surgeon on General James Longslroot's stall', went along to attend McCarty in case he received a wound. Hotti men faced each other wilii tin courage and coolness euch possessed. At the first lire tho hall from Mor dcoal's pistol struck McCarty in his right thigh. Mordecai wa.? shot in Iiis abdomen. Hoth men had Ui he carried from the field, and Morderai died two day litters. McCarty's life was despair ed of for several weeks, but he linally recovered. This all air occasioned a tremendous sensation throughout thoeountry. The seconds were all arrested and kept in tho Richmond jail six weeks. They refused to testify and under the laws Of the State could not t'o forced lo do so and were re'eascd. McCarty a'ter his recovery was ar rested und tr'ud. He was convicted and scntence.il to serve six months in j-iil and to pay a line cf $5no. The line was promptly paid. Ho had been in j ill but a short time vhen the surgeon of the prison oertlliotl that longer con* lincment would restll in his death, and he was pardoiod by Governor Kenipe r. Soon after tho diel \ilss Triplett, who, it is said, hal more than lifty suitors, was marriei to Captain Philip Hax ill, a wealthy i >ur manufacturer. Sue reigned as tin. acknowledged and undisputed soolal huodn of Richmond until her death n ew year?, ago. Mc Carty never agali sought the fcocluty of Indies. Uo du'otod ins life to jour* na1 ism and to Uerary work. As a political editor in was a bold me) fear loss writer. Tin Democrats had him to edit their campaign papers, and he ma?o hovcral m.'eo ami savage attack-1 upon tlu> late Omoral William Muhou ami Other Kopiblican leaders. It was Often thought, that ho would bo challenged by Ii s political oppo nents, but bo lover was. Shortly do* lore his doathbo said in these ai tides ho was ever uiroful to indulge in legi timato oritlojrn and to avoid personal abuse, for Is did not want to light another due.' Tho DenboratS presented him in 1883 with apleialid watch ami a medal for bis won. His health has boon de clining for he last sjvoral years. Mor deoal'a Onl brother died a few weeks ago. ? ilishp William Taylor, who is now on ho superannuated list of the Mothodlt episcopal Church, has had a most ventful career. Before his re tl?*omet from active life, four years ago, It had preached regularly for fifty flroo years. He began as a street pres/ler in California and then enter ed int. foreign mission field, lie has wiufod In Africa, Australia, Asia and S(/th America, and on most of the. i- of the South Pacific. STATIC i:\Ki'l IIVK COMMIT I'M All Doubts lie moved ns in the Statt ol Prohibit ion Candidalos?Mul Slinking L^orbldUon, Tho state Democratic exeouttf coiuiuittou 'i.ot hi Columbiu Wed no day night to arrange for the stat Campaign. The action of the cur; inittuo in regard to tho Prohibition nominee for Governor was plain ,au Iiis standing as a Democrat is in n I way dliToront from tbat of any ii dlvlUual who may choose to run. Mr. Apoolt, of Clarendou county, iq troduued tbo following resolution : " Whereas there la some contenthfl as to thu proper construction of a cor tain provision ol s? Hon ? of ii o con stitution of tbc State I) mm.ath party, which said pro\ ? ?> salt! section roads as follows " Provided, That no vote shall b| counted for any candidate who dood not lilo with the cha rinau of the St^te executive committee, or with tho re* spectivo chairmen of the county execu tive committees, a pledge in writing that he will abide the result of ;'UOu primary and support the nein es thereof, and that he Is not nor will he become tue candidate of any faction, either privately or publicly suggested, other than the rogulur Democratic nomination." I'> i :l k-solved, That iho Democratic State execullv s committee boroby con trues said proviso In Boctlon U to moan that it is in violation of tho Intent and moaning of tho constitution of tlio De inocratie puny for auy porson or per sons to become candidates in the prl inury elections to bo hold uodor tbo auspices of tbo Djinocrutlc party of this StatOi wlio have boon or who may bo nominated or suggested by any organization or faction. After considerable discussion, tbo following substitute was pass id as ex pressing tho attitude oi tbo com* mittou : " K-solved, That wo Interpret tho constitution as disapproving faotlohal nomination, out if tin- pledges are signed by tbo candidates as Indlvidu* alp, the votes will be counted." The. rules were changed so as to make logal only tickets printed by tbo State or county committees and con taining the uumes of all the candi dates. Too com in i ttee declare! in favor of a clean campaign by un uilmcusly passing the following resolution olTer* cd liy VV. W. William-, of Aikon : " Whereas thoro is good feeling among all Democrats in tie- State to day, und whereas it is desirable that tin: campaign, being a contest among Democrats, shall he conducted on a high plain- : therefore, be. It "Kjsolved, That the state Demo cratic executive committee suggest to the county chairman of ouch county of the State the advisability of requir ing the. candidates not to indulge in personal ahu.se, hut to COnlillO them selves to n discussion of toe issues; mid that any candidate who persists in refusing acquiescence to this sugges tion be not allowed to sneak.' Tho schedule for the state cam paign was adopted us reported by I lie sub-committoo. This schedule has al - ready been published. Pakviiku Kyan's Monummnt. -A few days ago a monument to the poet oriest, Father Ityan, was unveiled at Norfolk, Va., by t!ie I'ickolt-Duoh anan chanter, Daughters of tho Confed eracy. The women of Norfolk erect ed the shaft, their !vio?? > c'...t. lo (e'l posterity that Norfolk wai tho birth place of the poet. Tho monument Is a cross of rough lilchmond grumte, and it simply recite:, the fact that Father Abram J. Ityan wua born al Norfolk on a certain day, died al Louisville, and was buried at Mobile. Thoro was some doubt as to the birthplace of the famous Confederate laureate, but this was sot al rest by Mrs. Walter l*. Harrow, who secured from various sources indisputable proof of the statement on tiie monument. According to Mr. C. J. O'Malloy, of Louisville, one of Kyan's relatives, the Ityan family, after leaving Ireland, lived at Ilagerstown, Md., Dalti moro, and then at Norfolk, where Abrain wus horn. Tho house has been torn down. O.i the day of the unveiling ad dresses und poems were delivered by several distinguished Southerners, und "The Cono, uurcd llanner" wus recited, after which the United States naval post band played "My Old Kentucky Home." The memorial is surrounded by a fence formed of cannon balls und bayonets, und the expense was defray ed by contributions from every South ern Stales. - The Itiblo was the best selling book of tho past year. The Ameri can Linie society put out l,'IUli,8Ul copies. ? A raw, mellow apple is digested in an hour und one half. " The doctor said I must not ride. In fact I could not ride." "This is . i certify that I>r. l'icrcc's Golden Medical Discovery is the besV blood-purifier that I ever used," writes Mrs. M. I far trick, of Demstcr, Oswcgo, Co., N. V. " It is about three years since my licnltli began lo full. I.?st September l gave ' it entirely with wii.it Die physi- j"i ci.ui-i |iroiiouncc<l t\j*(j\ eutnl k< ineiil 'if [ijLmJ tllC IlVI l C?tlld <T\; not do anything; ' ^ ?**? my bnck jminei' mi nil tin' thin ttu- doctor ^ni.l I must n,'I ikIu, in f.tct I could not ride nor walk, in>r hardly sit still; COtlhl nut lie on inv lixiit ?ide I coin. irteticcVl taking the 'Gold ? ii Mi iliciil 1 >is? ovei v ' and 'pellets' took tin-in for (hree month* ind still continue the ' Pellet* ' I will l>?- i! I . .111 say anything '?? help tTi<?-.? win. arc sun. , iik Voll CAM lillhlUh I His ii t(. i it you tliiuk tu st " It Mrs. Hartric1 h.nl begun the '...f 1 >r. Pierce' ? < '-olden M ed lea1 I liscovery when I -r "health began 0 fail," site would have saved that tl rec years of increasing misery, until s ie " gave out entirely," l or dis eases i I the Ktotllficll and organs of di gestiot ami nutrition there is no known reined} to compare with "Golden Med ical I)i covery. It reaches the. heart, liver anti lungs through tin- stomach and the blood ind its cures tire prompt and permanent. Kolbing else will give such good results, There is no tt'cohol or opium <>r other narcotic contain I in "Golden Medical Discovery." The ?? is nothing "just as good " as this tel. edy. Don't oxpt-ii nieut on you f self wi.h Substitutes.