The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 17, 1882, Image 1

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THE ?UMTEK WATCHMAN, Kstftblishe? April, 1S50. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth^ THE TI?L'E SOVTHttO>\ K^tablfebcd ,Ttin<?, IS?G. Consolidated Aug. 2, 1SS1.1 SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 188&___ New Series-Yoi. I. No. 25. HUH i i i?. ii J tnirmr ? L1 ? - ?i$e Maftgmrai at? Jkmiljron. Published every tuesday, -BY THE ^Fatcliman and Southron. PuhUshing s Company, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : Two Dollars per annum-in advance. ADVERTISEMENTS. One Square, first insertion.Si 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 ? Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private nterests will be charged for as advertisements, j Obituaries and tributes of respect will be | charged for. Marriage notices and notices of deaths pub listad free. For job work or contracts for advertising j address Watchman and Southron, or ai>pl v at j the Office, to N. G. OSTE?N, Business Manager. FOR LEASE OR SALE. THE PLANTATION KNOWN AS AN DERSONVILLE, in Charleston County, eighteen miles above .Mount Pleasant, most desirably and beautifully situated ou See Wee Bay, with a good landing for ves? sels of 4 to 6 feet draft. The place is quite healthy, with fish and game in abundance, and the s-jil quite productive, being adapted j to both Cotton and provisions. The finest j quality ot Long Staple Cotton has been grown upon it. It contains between eight and nine hundred acres, a large patt of which is well wooded and timbered. The place is in need of repairs : but it has on it a dwelling house, in good condition, and som- out-buildings. To a good tenant, who will obligate to put the place in order, a favorable lease will be given ; or if preferred ii will be sold for a fair price. For further particulars applv to X. G.OSTEEN, Sumter. S. C. F. H. FOLSOM, t. W. FOLSOM. F. H. FOLSp & IBO, Native-born Sumtoniaiis. 3 M 00 co Practical Watchmakers and Jewelers, Main-Street, opposite John Eci'Vs, DEALERS IN" Watches, Clocks, GOLD AND PLATED JEWELRY, Spectacles, Silver and Plated "E"are, FISHING TACKLE, Sewing Machine Needles, Oils, Etc. General Repairing done at Conscientious Prices. Give us a call and be cont i aced. Oct 25_ 3m GRAHAM'S ST?BXsi", REPUBLICAS-STKEET, i . JUST ARRIVED One Car Load of CELEBRATED Old Hickory Wagons,, Manufactured hy the Kentucky \Vapc'u Manu? facturing Company, of Louisville, Ky. They are made of the best material, by skilled workmen. Every Wagon sold guar? anteed for 12 months. They run lighter, and are in every respect ns good as any Wagon made, while at the sam" time their price is as low as Wagons of inferior grade. Also, on hand, a fine assortment of BUGGIES, OF ALL STYLES AND GRADES, At prices to suit the ??mes JUST ARRIVED ONE CAR LOAD OF Fine Kentucky Horses, some of them* extra good drivers-selected with care for this market. Oct 25 | W. M. GEA HAM.^ CHERAW ANO DARLINGTON AND CH ERA W AND SALISBURY RAILROADS. PB E S i I) E X X 'S OFF IC E. SOCIFTY MILL, S. C.. M.-.v 2*. lib!. ON AND AFTER TUTS DATE. TRAINS on these Roads will run a? follows,-every except Sunday. Leave Wa*?esb?ro. 8 40 .\ m Leave Bennett's. 9 ?0 a m Leave M orren. 9 15 a :u Leave .VeFarlun . 9 :>5 ? ia Leave Cheraw._. 10 15 a iu Leave S^iety Hill. 10 50 a UJ Leave J>-r:Ington. ? . :>>5 :i m Arrive a Florence. 12 10 p ui CP. Leave Florence. 12 10 p tu Leave Darlington. 1 20 p ui Leave Society Hill . 2 I? p Ul Arrive at Cheraw. 2 5u p JO Arrive at Wadesboro. -i 15 j> in The freight train will leare Florence at ? 30 A M every day except Sunday": making the r<>unu trip to Cheraw every day; ami to Wad?ib'?ro :i? often as may be necessary-keeping out of the way of passenger train. _ii l) TOWNSEND, glutens PAVILIC^THOTEL; CHARLESTON, S. C. THIS POPULAR AND CENTRALLY located HOTEL having been entirely renovated during the past Summer is now ready for the reception of the traveling public. Popular prices $2 and 2.50 per day Special rates for Commercial Travelers. E. T. GAILLARD. Oct 25 Proprietor. THE GRI^?TCENTIIAL HOTEL. COLUMBIA, S. C. HAVING renewed my Lease of "The Grand Central Hotel'' for a temi -?f years, I beg leave to inform the Public that the House has been thoroughly re-painted, and is :>ow j furbished with _ new and improved Black'j Walnut Furniture, Wire Spring Beds with j best Hair Mattresses Velvet and Brussels j Carpets. Electric Annunciators -connect with j every roora, and the Hotel ?s Ci.::::cct2? ', through the Columbia Telephon ic Exchange ! with every prominent place ot business j throughout-theCity. T nest ad va uta g es, with j competent attendants, warrant me in assuring j the traveling fu1?!;?" as good accommodations i as the Sonth ean afford. JOHN T. WILLEY. Proprietor. __Sept 20 ;:,n I C?LTJMSIA HOTEL j R. IN. LOWRANCE, Proprietor COL CX 'HA, s. a Table, Rco?us and Servants First-class, j RATES REASONABLE. Sept 20-?rn ROBERT mm ? SONS, I IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN Bip, lim ?k? WmsKles, | W^jffikJi-StreeL Baltimore, Md. j December 9 WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND : AUGUSTA R. R. 0^ggy--.s.> ! gil 5BS ?apig3^g^ ^ v Ltrcr- j ON and after J:?n. Tit, ISS2. the following j sche?u?e will be run on this Road: NIGHT EXPRESS AND MAIL TRAIN. (Baily ) j I (Nos. 47 West and 4S East.) j Leave Wilmington.10 ?5 p ia ; Arrive at Florence. 2 20 a m j Leave Florence.2 50 a m j Leave Sumter. 4 20 a. m i Arrivent Columbia. 6 lu a in j Leave Columbia.10 00 p m j Leave Sumter.12 OS a m ? Arrive at Florence. 1 34 a m ? Leave Florence. 1 52 a m i Arrive nt Wilmington. 6 20 a tu i This Train stops only at Brinkley's. White- j v>l:e. Flemington, Fair Bluff. Marion. Fh>rei>oe, j Timmonsville, 3JayesviIle, Sumter, Camden j Junction and Eastover. THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIN. j D.i?lj-, except Sundays. Leave Florence. 11 40 p m Leave Sumter. 2 2S a m Arrive at Columbia.~_. 5 30 a m Leave Columbia....5 00 p in ; Leave Sumter.... - S 20 p m j Arrive at Florence. 11 10 p in i LOCAL FREIGHT-( Daily except Sunday;) Leave Florence. fi 00 a m I Arrive at Sumter. !0 55 a tn I Leave Sumter.11 40 ami Arrive at Columbia. 4 00 p m j Leave Columbia. . 7 00 a tn Arrive at Sumter.Il 15 a m Leave Suturer.12 15 pm Arrive at Iloreoce. 5.TO'p m ! A. POPE, G. P. A. JOHN F. DIVINE. General Sup.'t._ Columbia and Greenville Bail Road, ! PASSENGER DEPARTMENT, COLUMBIA. S. C.. August 3?. ISSI. ON AND AFTER THURSDAY, September 1st, ISSI, Passenger Trains will run as herewith indicated, upon this road and its branches-Daily except Sundays : N<?. 42 Up Passenger. Leave Columbia (A). ll 20 a m ? Leave Alston.-.12 26 p m ! Leave Newberry. 1 21 p tn ! Leave Hodges. 3 52 p tn j L?a ve Belton. . 5 05 p m j Arrive at G reen ville. G 27 p m ; No. 43 Don n Passenger. Leave Greenville at.10 33 a m j Leave Belton.11 57 a tn j Leave Hod gt s. 1 12 p tn Leave Newberry. 3 47pm; Leave Alston. 4 46 p tn j Arrive at Columbia (F). 5 50 p m 1 SPARTANBURG, UMOX & CoLOUMA lt. ll. J No. 42 Up Pa$ser?;cr. Leave Alston. 12 40 p m , Leave Spartanburg. S U & C Depot (Ii) 4 0>t p tu j Arrive Spartanburg R ? D Depot (K) 4 12 p m j No. 43 Down Passenger. : LeaveSpartanburg lt & D Depot (ll; ?2 4S p ra : leaveSpartanburg S U & ? Depot (G) I 07 p in J Leave Utiion. 2 36 p m : Arrive at Alston. 4 30 p m ; LAURENS RAIL ROA P. i ' Leave Newberry. 3 55 p tn j j Arrive at Laurens C- H. 6 45 p m ? i Leave Laurens C. H. S 30 a tu i Arrive at Newberry.li 30 a in j ; ABBEVILLE BRANCH. Leave Hodges.-. 3 50 p tn Arrive at Abbeville.IT. 4 4.o p tn ; Leave Abbeville.?2 15 p m : Arrive at Hodges. ! 05 p m BLUE RIDGE R. lt- & ANDERSON BRANCH. ,' : Leave Belton. 5 OS p m :' ; ber.ve Anderson..... 5 4 1 p m j Leave Pendleton. G -0 p tn ? brave Sena ca ,'C). 7 2o j; U) : ! Arrive at Wa i ha lia. 7 45 p ui : 1 Leave Walhalla. y 23 a in Leave Seneca (D). il 54 a m j ' Leave Pendleton.10 30 a m ] Leave .Andersen.Il 12 a tn : \rrive at Beit'.-n: .il 4S a tn : < On and r.frer above date through c tr? will be ; ! .un between Columbia and Henderson vi Ile with? j 1 >ut change. ; i CONNECTIONS. ; j A-"With South Carolina Rail Road from ; i,'har;ect!;n : with Wi i ming to tl Columbia it Au : ' tust? R R from Wi!mii!gt<<ti and al! points north j hereof: with Charlotte. CVdumbia & Augusta ' ( tail Road i'p'Ui Charlotte and points north \ hereof. i ( B-Vi"th Asheville '& Spartanburg Rail Road i ' br points in Western N. C. C-With A. .t C. Div. R & h. R. R. for all ?lints S"tttli and West. . ; ' D-With A. ?fc C. Div. R. ? D. R. ll. from At ; I anta and beyond. j j E-With ? & C. Div. R. & D. lt. R for ail ; /oints S"Uth and t\"est. I F-With South Carolina Rail R?vad for Char j I est?.,. ; ,^ttu \\tt:.?;nctt>3; Columbia ?fc Augusta j ( inti Road for Wilmington ana tue j.*-..*. . _.M ; Charlotte, Columbia <fc Augusta Rail Road foi , charlotte and the North. i 1 ti-With Asheville & Spartanburg Rail ??oad ; ] rom Ilea tersonvitle. ; i If-With A. ? C. Div. lt. & D. R. II. from ; Charlotte & beyond. ' ' Standard time used is Washington, D. C., j < Urbich is fifteen minutes faster than Columbia. ? , J. W. FRY, Sup't. . j A. POPE, General Passen?rer Agent. ! ! August *.?. 1-^1 _^ j 1 South Carolina Railroad, i i CHANGE OF SCHEDULE: j i ON AND AFTER OCTOBER 10th. ISSI. \ 1 Passenger Trains on Camden Branch will i .un as follows, until tunber notice: EAST TO CC LU 51 Bl A-DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS. Leave Camden . 7 4<> a tu : Lia ve Camden Junction. S 45 a tu At rive at Columbia.ll 00 a m : IV EST F't"M COLUMBIA- DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS, j Leave Columbia. 5 15 a rn... fi 1?? p tu j .J rrivc Camden Junction, H IO a nt... 7 4<: p tu Arrive at Camden. I 10 p m... S 45 pm! i EAST TO CHARLESTON AND AUGUSTA. (Dai'y except Sundays.) Leave Camden. . 3 ?0 p m Leave Camden -lune'. 5 37 p m Arrive at Charleston. lb 30 p m j Arrive at Augusta. 7 40 a m j WEST FROM CHARLESTON AND AUGUSTA. : [1 >a? ly except {Sundays.) . : Leave Charleston. fi 30 am ; Leave Augusta. 7 00 p m ; Arrive Camden .Jone'.ll 10 a m ' Arrive at Camden. 1 10 p tu CONNECTIONS. ; Columbia and Greenville Railroad h uh ways, ; for all points on that Road and on the Spar? enburg. Union and Columbia and Sparenburg . and Ashville Railroads, also with thc Char lotte. Columbia and Augusta Railroad t" and . from all taints North by trains leaving Camdon at 7 la a m. and arriving at S 45 p to. Connections made at Angula t - all points West and South : also at Charleston willi ..?learners for New York and Fiorida-..?n Wed heydays and Saturdays On Saturdays ROUND TRIP TICK HTS are ; ?old to and from all Stations at one first class ; faro for the ri.und trip - tickc-'S. being good till j Monday KOMJ, to return. Excursion tickets g<;<>'5 for D' dsiys ?re regularly on yale to .?nd from all sta tic ns at G tents per mi!^ f r round trip. XII ROUGH TICE K I'S to all points, ran be ! ..urvhased by applying to .lames Jones. Agent ii Ca m tl cn. D. C. A LL KN. General Passenger and Ticket Agent. JOHN B. PECK, General Stip't, Chtirieston, S. C N?B?H:E?STERN1?7 B7C?7 OUPEfiINTENDE3STT'S OFFICE, ? N O RTH EASTERN RAILROAD (X>. CHARLESTON; S. C., NOV. 20, 1S3T. Oh and after this date the following Scut= i;j!e ..viii be run. Sundays in dud 1 : Li i.vi; Charl. -ton. Arrive Fiurencc. 3 i)tj A. M.12 tit"? M". .1 r>o :.. M.11 55 f M. H 15 i*. ;.i.1 A. M. Leave Florence. Arrive Charleston. 1 40 A. M.C 45 A. M. 1 (? i", M.5 35 v M. 4 00 A. M.? 45 A. M. Train leaving Florence at 2 40 A. M. will not Stop *br way passengers. J."K. IHYiNl (lend Supt. P, L. G LEA PO R, /ion : j. Ti clift A sion t. IE S??MPS r-:AME STAMPS FOR MARKIG CL0TKIN8 ,vi:h ?.'ldellib?e i :. k, or for printing vi-hiug ?ards, and STA 35 PS OF ANY KiXD Call on C. P. ?STREN, At the Watchoiau and Suuiui'ou 'Juice. THE ROUND OP LIFE. i -o Two children down hy the shining strand, W iib eyes as blue as summer sea, While the sinking sun fills all the land With a glow of a golden mystery : Laughing aloud at the sea-mew's cry. Gazing with ?oj on its snowy breast, Till the first star looks from the evening sky And the amber bars stretch over the west. A soft green dell by the breezy shore, A sailor lad and a maiden fair ; Hand clasped in hand, while the talc of yore Is borne again on the listening air. For love is young, though love be old, And love alone the heart can fill ; And the dear old tale that has been told In the days gone by, is spoken still. A trim-built home on a sheltered bay ; A wife looking out on the glistening sea ; A prayer for the loved one far away. And prattling imps 'neath the old roof tree ; A lifted latch and a radmnt face By the open door in falling night ; A welcome home and warm embrace From the love of his youth and his chil dreo bright. An aged man in an old arm-chair; A golden light from the western sky ; His wife hy his side, with her silvered bair, And the open Book of God close by. Sweet on the bay the gloaming falls, And bright is thc glow of the evening star; But dearer to them are the jasper walls And the golden streets of the Laud afar. An old churchyard on the green hillside, . Two lying still in their peaceful rest ; The fisherman's boats going out with the tide In the fiery glow of the amber west. Children's laughter and old men's sighs, The night thai follows the morning clear, A rainbow bridging our darkened skies Are the round of our lives from year to year. SIXTEEN YEAKS AFTER, The Spot Where McClellan Cried .?Ha?r. -Malvern Hill and its Relics and Recol? lections-Over the Dead to Death "And the Green Meadows Were (?ray With Corpses." Detroit Free Press. Standing iu the front door of tito old brick Malvern House you sue Turkey Bend in tlie James River to the south, lt is two miles aivay, over ravine, hill and thicket, and yet it seems almost at your feet. In that bend lay the gunboats which helped tave McClellan's army. Thirty steps in the rear of the house is a natural sink, the beginning of a deep ravine which runs into Deep Bottom. The bottom of this sink is a solid bed of marl. In taking out marl they have taken out over fifty cannon balls and unexploded shells, and there are more to be discovered. The trees are broken and splintered, and a thousand bullets have been picked np along tue steep sides. To the southeast, ou a clear day, ? ?he eye can discern Harrison's Land-j ing, which was McClellan's haven of j! safety To the northwest is the Stews farm, across which the Con? federates surged as they came to the ' Utack, and on which blood poured ! 1 JUC until the quivering earth would '1 .trink no more. To the south and ? ?vest is forest-below me is the road 1 ead ing to Richmond by way of Va- 1 una Grove, between the hill and 1 die road, where Porter was posted in ' eserve that day, is a field of ripened 1 ;oru. To the ri&h* T - j neadow. To-day it is a tangled wil- ' .Ici ness of shrubs and vines. ! THC via bi-ioli house hus a story o? ts own. Four hundred and thirty? nine grape shot and bullets hit the 1 urick that day, and thirteen cannon 1 balls left marks which only the trowel i :an efface. Here in the yard under j thc shade trees, the surgeons worked, j md as tliey plied saw and knife great j branches fell upon them from the tree ] tops. Shell and ball and bullet are j lying in the tangled grass, and tlie j rank weeds hide rusting swords and broken bayonets. 3?ALVERN HILT. Is a singular spot. It is an almost level plateau of ground nearly two j miles long and about a mile wide. ? On the river side the banks are too j steep for soldiers to climb. In front, j or towards Richmond, the ground j slopes away like a lawn, and a creek ? winds in and out and furnishes with j its banks natural cover for 10,000 men. McClellan had fought the bat? tles of Fair Oaks, Williamsburg, Gaines' Mill, Peach Orchard and Savage Station, and here was his last stand. Supported by thc govern? ment he could have captured Rich? mond. Refused that support, Lee j struck his exposed right llank and i hurled him buck. McClellan's pian for the investment of Richmond in? cluded McDowell's corps. With it he had the equal strength of the Con? federates and could complete his j circle. Without it he was outnum- j bored and exposed lg a Hank and rear ! attack-just thc attack which Lee I made. | "If McDowell's corps comes up j Richmond must be evacuated," said j General Lee. "If it does not come up we will ? bag McClellan's wholel army," replied ! General Jackson. TUE LAST STAND And so thc retreating Federal army i at lust reached Malvern Hill. Every ! day had witnessed a bloody battle, | and every night a long march. Mc- ?? Cicllan hud been sacrificed, but he : was doing what he hud ever done- j wi ti nillir victories in a retreat. Lach ! i'll hattie was begun Ly the Gonleueraf "S ? with thc feeling that the Union anny \ would be eui. to pieces and captured, j Each baltic ended in a victory for tho ; men in blue. If McClellan reached : City Point his anny was saved. ' Therefore a? he reached Malvern Hil!, on his retreat, tlie Confederates made otie lust desperate effort to crush him. Ami, therefore, too, us McClellan reached that grand battle-ground; he determined that the foe which lia?] so exultantly pursued his trail should receive a bloodier check than hud yet. been given his logions. ON TIM' I.KIT. There were lour roads on which the Confederates could p"iir their troops against McClellan's left. Sixty cannon were massed to strengthen tina j flank. On the crest on wine j of those guns bellowed thnud day a farmer's boy is dragging i wheat. Further to the left win i other twenty added their flan smoke, there is a tangle of wei briar and brush. As McClell? on his horse that day on this cr eye could take in his whole circle of battle and count 300 c with their black muzzles to the BELOW THE CREST. j Down under thc crest of the li hind knolls and ridges and the of the creek, were four brigac Federals. Before them were the and meadows of the Crews farm, hind these fields were the dark woods in which the Confederates massing. Above these men lyi ambush were the sixty cannon, gun having a plunging fire or ; plain. All night long Sykes, Morell, and Couch, and Hooker Kearney and a dozen other h had been busy, and as morning little further was needed. A guns were shifted, lines dressed, filled, and in the full glory ol glorious summer morning the waited for the fury of the stoi burst. A DEATIT-LIKE SILENCE Fell upon the army as it wa Here for the first time since the den and overwhelming attack ii swamps of the Chickahomiiry t was exultation in the hearts of men as they stood in battle line, humblest soldier could see that at meant defeat, no matter what force. Couch's division was hit at the foot of the plateau, eagei the fight to open. Further up v the grim cannon. Beyond these blue lines and the drooping fl; Hunted and hounded, the victim turned at bay. Betrayed and al doned, he was going to prove him more than a match for the host Lee, Jackson and Magruder. UNDER TUE PIXES. To the right of the Crews farm, the fields hidden by rows of sin bery, the Confederate infantry marci and massed until the earth trcmbl To the left, under the dark pin legions of men in gray stood waiti From the pine-bordered Varuna Gre road other legions debouched into i forest and marched by the flank ui they formed into battle line tieri the green fields which were drinki in the summer sunshine. All 1 morning.lines of gray marched to t right or left, batteries wheeled slow into po-ition, and that ominous sileu which means more than murder he the air and the earth in its grasp. A SUDDEN TREMOR Quickly ran along tlie lines of bin The Confederate skirmishers can out of the pines in a long, thin lin and boldly advanced into the field The}* can count 200 Federal canin* on the plateau, and they can see tl blue lines massed for battle, but thc are coming to feel thc way across tl fields-to see what that fringe i bushes conceals-to discover what ?liddon behind the ridges. The skulk-they dodge about-they cree iud crawl over the grass like snake! ft is a mere handful-routed and sei 3ying by the volley from Couch's a?, rance line. Thc Confederates no understand what is before Hiern, au Ikey wait for,, other brigades an divisions LO come np and swing int Everv fifth man in those qrra !mes will be a corpse before tins Jul sun goes down. AX R!OUK A ETER NOON The storm bursts Out from thos dark pine woods sweeps a double lin of battle, banners rippling, musket gleaming, and lines dressed as if oi parade, in ten seconds mote thai two hundred cannon, each piece hav ing a clear range, open on tlie m ovin < lines with shot, shell and canister Where the shells burst a gap fifty fee wide is opened in the lines. When grape shot and canister tear throngl men arc piled three deep. Malven Hill quivered from center to circum ference under that terrible roar o: artillery, and yet those gray lines came on. Behind them the fields were strewn with corpses, but the liv ing wall lolled on and on as if no powei on earth could stop it. The same steady tramp, tramp-no faster, ne slower, and men who looked at them under thc SUK ke-cloud wondered il they were soldiers of flesh and blood. TICERS IX AM?l'SU. 'Now, when the lines arc only a stone's throw from the men lying be? hind the creek, a whole division springs up at the word, muskets ure brought lo an "aim" and a sheet of fire a mile long leaps across the narrow space anti withers und scorches and shrivels whole brigades. It is one grand terrible crash-one leaping, hissing billow of flame-one furious shriek and scream of Um thousand bullets seeking for prey, and the ambushed tigers along the creek and the grim guns on the hill have no further work to do. Of all that grand line of battle, a few poor hundreds hobble back beneath thc shelter ol the woods. From creek to the forest thc land is no longer green. It is gray with tue dead-it is red with thc blood ot mon torn into frag? ments. Men never made a more gal? lant advance-lines never met with a bloodier ?-"pn!-c. Slowly the blue clone, lifted a:rd flouted away over the thick forest toward ii un ison's Lauding, and the guns were still. THE t ru X Bo AT. Thc Federal signal-men on Malvern If ?II, now gave the gun-boats in Turkey licnd the ?ange and h ?cai ion of (he Confederate l ight, and a dozen monster guns suddenly opened lire. Great shells rose with a terrible whirr, sailed over the heads ol'Por ' ten's men and Jell among lin: pines I and exploded with a crash which was I heard miles away Ikaiiches as thick as a Dian's body and lilly feet long crashed down on the massing Con? federates or were whirled about like ?straws, and nines which had braved the hurricane a;:.i the lightning iiasdi for haif a century were splintered and l iven and dashed to earl li nt a blow. Gilder thc cover of thc woods-amidst lin; awful oxp.I?-si* >r.s and the lea ?-ful crashes, the Coi .(.'derates reformed . and moved out again. OVER T?fK DEAD TO PEATIT. ; Tlio ins!fi?it tliose gray lines 1 j clear of tho forest, Malvern . shook arid trembled again with ? roar of cannons, ano the gunboat I doubled their lire. Shot and s ; and grape shot and canister wins I and screamed until there was awful and continuous shriek. E< man in gray looked into the eyes horrible death, and yet the colu moved forward without an insta halt. Regiment's were dec?m; before they had traversed a tlrir thc distari ce, and yet the su ITV moved forward. One shell from gunboats killed foity-one men, thc gap was closed and eleven i left to represent the company. Tl ol' the SOO cannon-the sh ricki screaming tons of iron hurled i that crowded mass, and then won how men faced it ! With heads t forward as if breasting a snow-st< -with teeth hard clinched and mi ets tightl}' grasped, the Confedere again dashed at the hill, to be ag confronted and withered by the of. Couch's mer.. A single vol and the gray lines were no more, place of them were heaps of de writhing, wounded, and a few \ tallions rushing back to cover. THEN SPENCE FELL fjpon hill and forest, for the next t hours broken only by the sullen bo of the Parrotis on the gunboats their fire was stilt trained on 1 woods. McClellan's left was weakest point, and that weakest po had beaten back two desperate cha es by 20,000 men, and had not lost hundred in killed and wounded, the left could not be routed the ci ter and right must bc impregnab Did the silence mean that the ener had abandoned his purpose '! M looked down upon those fields sm rug the blood of 6,000 corpses, ai answered yes Silence is never more omnious th, during a battle. Then it means th batteries arc taking new position battle lines being changed, and ne plans being brought into play. L the roar of battle suddenly die awi on the right or left and grim siieni take its place and those "who wc, fighting like heroes a monent befoi will turn pale and tremble. At 4 o'clock the birds sane: in tl Did trees around Malvern House, an commanders of brigades and divisior asked cached other what the silenc meant. Not a living Confederal sould be seen, and what was passin under the pines no man knew. FURY LET LOOSE". Beaten back in those two desperat charges thc Confederates were th nore determined. They had attack id by r?giments and failed No^ .hoy would attack by brigades am li visions and succeed. At 6 o'clock is the sun hung like a great ball c ire above the trees, fury was let loose Scarcely a guu was fired as a warn ng -All ora sudden 200 Confederad ield pieces were galloped to position: dong the far edges of the lipids anc it once oponed a terrible fire on Mal 'em Hill. Three hundred guns in .tautly replied, and the roar of that orrible artillery duel was piainh leard thirty miles away. For half au hour hill and plain waf vhVeh" flames" tofehm brough diricked. Then the Confederate bat .erics soddenly ceased and thc gra> litantry moved out of the woods. Dver the bloody grass-over the dead -a mighty torrent of war swept for vard to du or die. Death swooped i ow n from the plateau and claimed scores and hundred. The gunboats mrled death to hundreds more, but hose lines never slopped till within .hirty yards of the creek. Then Jonell's men rose up and swept them yfl'their feet with one terrible valley. THE MADNESS OF DESPAIR. The Federal cheers had not yet lied awi*3T when the gray masses came i?7ri?. .Bridados reduced to seven mildred men by that fire rallied and .(?formed where thc corpses lay three ?eep and dashed at the hill on the jouble-quick, but not to reach it. three-live-seven successive times :hosc gray lines rallied and rushed, md field batteries crept forward over :he corpses until the color of the gun? ner's eyes could bc told by the men mder the guns under the hill. When :he sun wont down the fight was end id. McClellan's position was im? pregnable. His left wing alone had neaten back five times its strength, md the army which had so exultant? y pursued, and which was so persis? tently determined to destroy, was shattered to thc core. Those who locked down from Round Top at Get? tysburg, after Longstreet's charge, did not see such a sight as the men who looked across the meadows of the Crews farm. The horrors of war left footprints there which fifty years of time will not etfacc. IN TUE WOODS. Not a hundred trees are missing from that dark, silent forest. There they stand, just as when that July sun went dowii on those scenes ot horror. It was not a tornado which rent and twisted and shivered, and left scars and traces to astound. It was not tiie sudden sweep of a whirl? wind which brought down treetops and splintered trunks. THERE IT LAV. In thc sandy bed of a dry ravine in those woods which hid Magruder's men that day, I found a startling re? in ludet of that fierce grapple. There lay an unexploded hundred pound shell, just as it crashed through the trees. Relic hunters-.have carried away thous;.ods ?d' bullets ami hun? dreds of pieces of shell, and the bat? tle-field lias sent to tho Richmond junk dealers tons upon tons ol' lead and iron, but no man lins been bold enough to disturb this sleeping mon? ster. SAFE AT TUF UIVER. Ali day long, ;is can non roared am! muskets crashed, McClellan was hut ry?i;?r his trains through Deep Bot? tum io the1 river, whose glimmer Iiis soldiers could see when tlio smoke lifted. Night brought him victory, but it also brought retreat. Only when the river was reached could the army bc lcd and reorganized. SHADOWS OX T'?E WALL. The afternoon is waning* as ? turu for a last look on the old brick house i with its scars of ball and bullets. The : rent and shivered trees cast their shadows on the bricks. No hand has I traced a word or letter there, but still II read : "Twenty thousand Federals lie dead between tins hill and the Chick ahominy ! Who sacrificed them ? i Aye? who did! Who baffled McClellan's plans? Who left that army exposed ? Who refused him support to make victory of defeat? j Who was it who muttered and sulked j when that army was rescued and ; crowned with victory ! j There is no tablet in the wall, but i across the bullet-chipped bricks I read the words dispatched to Secretary j Stanton from the Chickahomiuy, and j never to be forgotten while history j lives :" j "I know that a few thousand more I men would have changed this battle I from a defeat t<? a victory. As it is, j the government must not and cannot I hold me responsible fur the result." "I feel too earnestly to-night. I have seen too many dead and wound : ed comrades to feel otherwise than ; that the government has not sustained j ; this army. If you do not do so now j I the game is lost." 1 "If I save this army now. I tell yon | ' plainly that I owe no thanks to you or to any other persons in Washing ton." "You have done your best to sacri? fice this army !" History need only preserve the words. Every house and hill and for? est and meadow from Malvern to the ?dark waters of the Chickahomiuy will furnish accusing witnesses Ibr half a century to come. Glendale, Va. M. QUAD. A BLESSING IN DISGUISE. Exodus Views of our Delegation' in Congress. [Special to tlie News and Courier.] WASHINGTON, January 9 -In accor? dance with your telegraphic instruc? tions I intel viewed to-night each member of the South Carolina delega? tion, with the exception of Represen? tative richardson, who had not arriv? ed in thc city. Thc question asked was, "What, in your opinion, are the causes of the Edge-field Exodus, and what will be its effect?" S EX ATOP. ITA Mi'TO X said : "I believe that the incentives to the migration were chiefly the fail? ure of the crops, the glowing prom? ises of Westert! well-doing held out to tho negroes, the passage of the Stock law, and political restlessness. My information, however, indicates that the movement has not been as large as has been stated, and that a considerable proportion of the emi? grants have returned to their homes. A similar movement threatened some of the best counties of Alabama last year; but subsided before there was a great drain of population. As to the effect of the Exodus, 1 anticipate no serious consequences to the Slate. The places of those gone can be read? ily filled from other sections of tiie State, and even should the emigration increase the inconvenience would be , bo??nieat measure temporary. The la- \ ?ly controlled, win pidvv,'uo.rj:- read- ? dent and make more money. I see no reason for apprehension, save of temporary inconvenience to the plant? ing interests immediately adjacent to the depopulated section." SENATOR BUTLER was found very busy and could only say that the Exodus was due to three leading causes First, bad crops ; sec? ond, the influence of sensational preachers among the negoes, and third, the efforts of Western railroads to obtain settlers along their lines. He thought that in the end the State would be much benefited by the move? ment for reasons which he would give me as soon tis he had time to state them. Ile did not credit the theory that ill-treatment of the negroes by thc whites was any factor in the ques? tion. It P. I'HES EXT ATI VE AIKEN had long been of opinion that the State would bc permanently benefit? ed by the wholesale departure of thc negroes. This movement would prove transitory and resultless, but it would be better were it otherwise, Ile con? sidered that the gaps left by the ne? groes would be readily filled by white immigrants who would furnish a safe and efficient class of laborers, and that such au exchange of citizens would be of infinite benefit to South Carolina Thc assurance of negro competition kept white labor away and prevented better methods of agriculture. There might be a temporary lack of labor, but the inconvenience would not prove permanent. - REPRESENTATIVE DIBBLE said: "It will be the best lesson for tin; colored man that he can learn, for he will find out that the white people amono' whom he has lived and labor ed for years arc better friends than the strangers he will meet abroad. To both white and colored it will be beneficial in making each race more self-reliant. The innate energy of the Caucasian will utilize the re? sources now donnant, and lhere will be less farming by proxy than at pre? sent, while the colored man will ac? quire more independence of character and broader views of men and things. There is no danger of disaster to our resources nor tutu our fertile fields : will become deserts, but some politi-1 cal and economic problems will be j greatly simplified. There may be a i few instances of individual suffering; ! bul lo the State on the -.me hand and ; to the emigrating laborers on the: other the ultimate results will be std-j : olary." j Neither Col. Aiken not Mr. Dibble possessed personal knowledge ol thc : causes of tlie Hight. mein: ES [.: STA TI v E E VI X S said: "1 believe the Jesuit will be entirely good. X?\un> emigration is a solution of the problem with winch South Carolina is confronted, it. would be most fortunate ii the negroes Could . be dispersed th ron gb o nt thc country j until they ceased to be a political j power. Thc places they leave will ! be lilied by while emigrants or bv ; negroes from the up-country. There j is a tendency among the negroes to , gravitate towards the coast as lhere I is one among the whites to monopu j ljze the up-country. As to this par j ticular Exodus I have no special knowledge, but in general sueh move j rnents are due to the childlike belief j of the negroes in an Eldorado some i where on earth known to their preach j ors and ottering milk and honey' in j exchange for simble idleness. I think j that the whole thing is a scheme to j got laborers for the Georgia Pacific Hoad, and ? doubt if they get beyond ! its proposed line." RFJ'KICSEXTATIVE TILLMAN' said : "The Western railroads are be? hind it all. They want cheap labor to build some of them and to settle their lands donated to them by the govern? ment. They will sell the negroes land on long time, but they will not allow them to eventually own it. The improvements will be*rnade, and then, some year, a high price will be I demanded which the settler cannot i pay. The railroad efforts constitute ! the prime Cause of thc Exodus. Be? yond them are the short crops and. perhaps, the sensational clamor about ? the fence law. These two latter facts I prepared the negro to listen to the lies and illusive promises of the rail? road man. The roads bought up the negro preachers, the Joshuas of the race, and thus effected their purpose. The Georgia Pacific will get most of the laborers, but many of them will go to Kansas or Arkansas. The fence law and the crop failure would not have moved them but for the induce? ments offered by the Western roads. I met and talked with a good many at Augusta and Atlanta during the height of the Exodus, and am satisfied from personal observation that thc number departing has been exagger? ated ; besides many are returning. The effect on the State will be admi? rable. A few white laud-owners will suffer temporarily, but not many nor for long. Thc planters will be able to get all the labelers they desire within a few miles of the deserted district. My township in Edgefield, Washington, and Beech Island, in Aiken, could supply the places of all who have gone and be none thc worse for it. Nothing but good eau come of tho movement." It will be seen from the above that the delegation are practically unani? mous in their opinion that the Exodus will not injure the State. N. G. G. Governor Hagood on the Stock Law. Governor Hagood scot the following message to the Legislature OD the 11th instant : Gentlemen of the General Assembly ; I herewith return with my approval the Act to provide a general Stock law and regulate the operations of thc same. In doing so, T desire to accompany the approval with some comments. The Agricultural Department at j, Washington in an elaborate aud care? fully prepared report, in 1871. upon the cost of farm fences in the United States, estimated the cost of such fenc?s in. South Carolina at ?21,136,S9G. mw -- JP*** of the State have est22r,CII,tui'al writers of the average cost for Dofiit?e fact that the iu this State is about four doinu-tJnae ! every acre enclosed I have not the figures of the census recently taken, bat previously thc number of acres of improved lands in South Carolina j was put at 4,000.000 acres. This gives thc sum of ?16.000,000 as the cost of our boundary farm fences, and is corroborative of thc estimate o? the ?uitcd States Agricultural Department, which includes cross as well as bounda? ry fences. The duration of the ordinary rail feDce of the country is known not to exceed ten years. With, therefore, an annual depreciation of 10 per cent, upon the capital, and interese at 7 per cent, upon thc investment, it clearly appears that the annual cost of bounda? ry fences to our agricultural iudustry exceeds ?2,700,000. The State and county taxes levied for all purposes for the last fiscal year as shown by thc comptroller's books, amounted to ?I,30S,S1G. It is therefore, apparent i hat the abolition of boundary fences saves an? nually to thc agricultural industry twice as much money as is paid in taxes by all the iudustries of thc State combined In view of thc facts and figures I have given, the geueral scone and ob jeet of thc Act I return to you meets j with my approval. I regard it as eminently wisc and judiciously pro? gressive. There is a feature in '.t, however, which does not commend itself to mc, and which is notneccesstiry to thc accomplishment of the o bj crt sought, xou wiil permit me to call year attention to it, and suggc.-t its re? moval by supplementary legislation-. Com mon ol pasturage on unenclosed land is a feature in our public policy coeval with our history, and has pre-j vailed uuimpurcd with us until a very j recent period. Along with ir. came j our law of enclosures, which tho law j under consideration so fundamentally j ehauges. Common of pasturage was j thc right of every citizen to graze his j animais upon thc unenclosed (which was thou synonymous with the unim? proved j lands of his ueighhor. lt was j a right founded not only in a supposed j public policy; but in abstract equi ty. ? Thc theory of eur law of real estate i-. j thai in the origin of social organizaron all lands belonged t.. the people in common. When they beg'm ie par? cels to bc as;>igncd to individuals it . was, except perhaps ie. some few case s. . upon broad grounds of general hench?s j to accrue ; that thus assigned they : would become improved and through : taxation add to the general welfare. ; Thc grants from the State to the iu div!Jual were all free and there was no other consideration than lin?; involved. No present proprietor, what?.-vcr sum ho has paid for his title, can siana on higher ?round (han the original 'ran tee from the ?tato through whuUi he ! claims. Until now it has not been ! sought by legislation to place him high ? cr. When he improved his hinds aud j fenced thew, as existing legislation re ! quired, he was carefully protected by , law from intrusiou by u;cn or animais. Y\ hen he failed to improve bis lands, and left them unenclosed, though paying his taxes on them at their unimproved j rate, the law protected him in the en : joy.meut of such value as he derived I from them-the use of its timber and j water. But tha? value which was left, i. j c., thc right of pasturage, which he had j uot appropriated by improvement was ; left to public enjoyment. The first in ! friogemcnt upon this comuion cf pas i turagc by our Legislature occurred in 11SGG, when it was enacted that every entry on the enclosed or unenclosed lands of another, after notice from tee owner or tenant prohibiting thc same, should be a misdemeanor. The Aat which we are now discussing, goes further, and absolutely abolishes common of pasturage. It makes it a trespass for the owuerof any live stock to permit it to run at large beyond the limits of his own land. While the lands of much the larger part of our State are devoted to agricul? ture, there remain sections in which it is not so. Small areas there arc highly improved devoted to profitable culture, while thc larger portion remains in a state of nature and affords only wood and water anda pasture of limited value. Kven in the most highly improved sections portions of the country arc waste, and there would -Jeem to be neith? er policy nor propriety in forbidding to the general public the consumption of the pasturage on these lands which the owner does not himself appropriate, and the consumption of which does not im? pair the value of thc land themselves. It seems to me therefore that the Act tc provide a General Stock law is seri? ously defective in abolishing common of pasturage, and should be amended so as to restore this ancient right while re? taining all thc economic advantages proposed by the Act. Let common of pasturage be restored upon all unimproved lands, properly defining what constitutes improved lands, and require no fences around im? proved lands to protect them from tres? pass of men or animals. The account between the landholder and the general public will then be fairly adjusted upon equitable principles. The landholder will have no unnecessary burden im? posed upon him in the development and enjoyment of the property upon which he pays taxes ; and the non-landbelder will enjoy that right which remains from the original general fund, and bas not been appropriated by the grantee through'the improvement contemplated in tho grant. Observe now with such amendment the operation of the law. The agricul? tural landholder is relieved of the heavy burden of fencing of which he com? plains. The pastoral landholder or the non-landholder is deprived of no right which he possessed. He may still have the pastoral use of all waste lands; he is only required, in so using them, not to abuse his neighbor. While pastur? ing his stock upon his neighbor's waste lands, he is not to pasture them upon Iiis neighbor's crops. That is all ; and surely unless thc ownership of live stock without thc ownership of land confers extraordinary rights, there is no iniqui? ty in thc requisition. A system of individual or co-opera? tive herding, entirely practicable and ?omparatively inexpensive, as evi? denced in the experience of other coun ries. wili take thej^c^jaL?iu- JUU>~~* fro^esraTJiTwe will as a people soon .ecogoize thc passage of thc Stock law ia au or:i in our progress, JOHNSON HAG GOD, Governor. Th<TMethodists. It will perhaps be interesting to read the statistical and financial report pre? sented at the recent annual conference. Here it is : Number of churches, 563 Number of members, 47,039 N umber of Sunday schools, oo* Officers and teachers, 3,912 Number of scholars, 25,9u6 Children baptized, 1,910 Adults baptized, 1,^34 Value of churches. $589,970.00 Value of parsonages, (102) 45,157.00 Salaries of Pastors, 71,745.84 Salaries of Pr Elders, 9,636.73 Conference collections. 4,613.11 Domestic missions, 5,176.00 Foreign missions, 3,053.50 Education, 2,473.00 Bishops, 722.65 Publishing minutes, 440.00 The twenty-second of next month isthe 150tb anniversary of thc birth of George Washington. Judge Craves, thc new' Supreme Court Justice, from Massachusetts, has taken his place on the bench. A little boy who recently wrote to Sunt-.: Ciaus for a pony was wise enough to add : 'Poscrip-If he's a mule pony, please tic his behind legs.' Tho value of property assessed for taxation in the United States in 1879 S0 was ?330 SO for every mau, woman and child. Mr. Alexander Stephens will bc 70 ycart' old on thc ll th of February 1882. For thirty voars he has looked ltkc a corpse, but"ho has outlived seores of his hale associates. Tho Polish Bishops banished in 1S64 have boca pardoned by thc Emperor of Russia. After-..venteen years of suf? fering ano persecution she amnesty come?. Better late than never. Ju dee Porter's speech in the Gui te;-u triai is spoken of very highly. Ile i-. ene of the tirsi lawyers in this coun? try. He was of counsel, it will be re? in otu be red, in the great Beecher-Tildcn na&tiness of six years ago. Ali Siam is thrown into a terrible condition of dismay and bereavement. A white elephant has died. Owing to the discontented condition .if ireland the Empress of Austria post? poned her hunting trip to that ill-star? red country. C.'.VcC drinkers shouH read the adverlisc 1 tacut ia another column headed CAW CvjfiC.