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res SCUTER WATCHMAN, Established April, IS50. kBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't a*, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " THE TRTJE SOUTHRON, Established Jone, ?tfe?? Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. O., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 16, 1890. Sew Series?Yol. IX.? So. -L _?. ! j*_ j \y_; j. jj? Ma?tjmtaii w? jsoatljreii Published ever? Wednesday, BY 24. Gk OSTEEN, jSUMTKR, s 0. CKRMa: Two Rollers ? ?mnutn?in advance. O V RT 1??? XTS . On-a Square, first insertion.$1 00 eVrery subsequent insertion. 50 Qexrtracts for three monehs, OTrronger will be made at reduced rates. AU communications which subserve.poixate hrterests will be charged for as advertisements. Obi tu* *ee and tributes of respect will be charged ; . C. I Hott. H. A. Hoyt C. I. HOTT & BRC, Gold and Silver Watches. decks, Jevelry, Spectacles, HBRIDSS BR?TAN? A SILVERWARE, Ac. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feb 1 E. LeGRANP, WATCHMAKER ?ND JE WEHR. sumteb, s. c. THE UNDERSIGNED givre notice to &e citizens of Sumter xr.d vieillit that he b*> opened busin-ss it: the store on Main Street next North of P. Ricfcec & Co.. where he is prepared to ?o any work prrui:? iag to Wa?cfeee, Clocks, and Jrwelrv, and guarantee satisfaction in Snttie. Watches de magnetised by electricity, and key-winders changed io stem-winders A call je ?oi?cited. L E- LkGRAND. Mnreh 5 ATTENTION ! Citizens of Suinter ami Vieillit? ! J. M.WING?TE &G?. Have opened a Blaebii M MwriiM Slop. At the old staod of John ? Brunsoi . on R? publican Street. opposite Grebin? *s S'h?'lr<, jrwaraotee to do first class work in er*ry de partment of their business, nnd a?k t!.e pat ro?are of the cifir-ns of Sun>ter and vicinity. Give us a trial. Come and get first class work at bottom prices. A. WHITE & SON, Fire Insurance Agency, established isgg. Represent, among other Companies: LIVERPOOL & LONDON k GLOBE. NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE. HOME, of New Vork. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, . V. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented, $75,oGo,oOO. __Feh. 12 A CARD. SINCE WITHDRAWING FRO 4 THE firm of A. P. Levy A Co , *nd at the Solicitation of numerous fri^cd* 1 hxv^ de cided to ?? h ?rs:-c!?s>s saloon on Lib**tM Street opposite J. Rvttetif.Tg A Sons' grocerv, and I can h* renter be found there at all hours, hivinjr j t??t opened up ?3 fii.e a Stock of Liquors a:.d S?*;r>?rs as h*s ev?-r bren brought to Sunver. I ex*er?d a cordin! ir.ci tation to ail of tur friends nnd pntrons to .call. Respectful i v. Jan 22. A >. LEW. DRESSMAKING. LADIES' DRESSES (TT AND MADE in the latest st\!e, ?l and work war canted and satisfaction guarnn'eed, by Miss Adele ?stren, Republican s*r*?et, opposite Harby Averue. Prices as reasonable good work can be done for. FeV? ? . B. ST?CKET. JOHN T. GREEN. STUCKEY & GREEN, Attorneys at Law, March 2? J. D. KENNEDY, Attorney at Law, camdk.v. s. c. Will practice in Kersbaw and adja cent eoa e ties. Mch. 2 SHAVING DONE BY ELECTRICITY C. C. REDIC'S, Next door to T. C Scaffe. Jan I C. D. EBERHARDT, Merchant Tailor, Opposite the Opera House, COLUMBIA, S. C , Has now in stote the finest stork of piee< goods ever oiTered by him, which will be n>ad? ? to order in the best stj if. and with promit* oess. Satisfaction guaranteed. An eiatni nation of stock is ?uvited. ?arch 26. NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS. The reason RA DAM'S MICROBE KILLER is the most wonderful med ie-ine, is because it bas never failed in any in stance, no matter what the disease, from LEPRO SV to the simplest disease known to the human system. The scientific men of l?-d*r clnim and prove that every disease is CAUSED BY MICROBES, RADAM-'S MICROBE KILLER Exterminates the Microbes and drives them out of the system, and when that ie done you cannot haie ac ache or pain. No matter %fhxt the disease, "whether a simple case of Malarial Fever or a combinai ion of diseases, we cure them all at the same time, as we treat all diseases constitutionally. Asthma, Consumption. Catarrh, bronchitis. Rheumatism, Sidney and Liver Disease, Chills and Fever, Te male Troubles, in al! its forms, and, in fact, every disease known to the human system. MM imitations ! See that our Trade-Mark (same as above) appears cn each ytg. Send for book "History of the Microbe Killer,'' given away by Dr. A. J. China, Druggist. Sole Agent. Jan 22 Ely's C ream EaS m Cleanses the TSasal Passages. Al lays Inflarciriation. Heals the Sores. Bestores the Senses of 'Sesie, Smell j and Hearing. j partie- ? In cp'.'lir A into e?trb nontril an? ! tXtfgytfaBfcl**. Prfct?SO?*. ?t S?z-ns:xi?tn or bp ? mi-" ??A?i?iC'?Hi^SSfSGWacrenSu,N?wYecx. j mw- . mi n iii.K^w-tagiiaMiw.iiaCTu?po> ?fiE WMim NATIONAL BiN?, OF S?MTER. j S?TATE, CITY A i) COUNTY D?TPOST Tfctftt', SCMTEK, S. C. Pa?? up Capital.$75,000 00 Surplus Fund. 7,500 00 Transacts a General Ranking Business. Ottef1*.! ts?fcHvian {jirre io.r^-lt'oSons. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of St. and upwards received. In terest a lio wed at the rat?- of 4 per cent per annum. Payable quarterly, on first da\s of * ? April, Juh ani Uctok^r. ft. M. WALLACE, Vice PreSideut. W. Alston Prinolk Jr., Aug. 7 Cashier. THE BAAK II Si ll ITI S?MTER, S C. C?TY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking ou? mess. A'so uve A Savings Bank Department Deposits of $1 00 and upwards received. In'esiest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent, per aanum, payable quarterly W. F. . HAYNSWORTH, A. Wt??tk. .?r , Piesident. Cashier. A ug 21. TALB?IT & SONS, RICHMOND, VA., MANUFACTURERS, Will furn?fh lowe>t estimates od al! kinds of machinery: ENGINES AND BOILERS, SAW MILLS AND G RIST MILLS, COTTON GINS, PRESSES AND ELEVATORS, BRICK AND TILING MACHINERY PLANERS aND WOOD-WORK ING MACHINERY. \\ rife to me for prices before buyinp. V. C. BADHAM, General Agent, Fcb li)?o Columbia, S. C G. W. DICK, D. D. S. UrTi'-?- Ufr Bocios ? Store, K?TkAXCK ON main stxkkc, SUM TER. S. C. Offi'-e Hours. ?< to I :30 ; to 5. Sft'* 8 EXTRA FINE SWAMP TIM BERED LAND FOR SALE. O / W \i k '"^ (,i cno're Timbered H " ' L.aud, ettiiHted r:e*r Claremon! lie^ut, Camden Branch South Carolina Ratl way. Well wooded with '?nk. Hickory, Holly, Sweet <?? . Black Gum, Popular, ? >, A<fi an?! Cypress This a =;>!ernlii body of land, lying most conveniently for tram*portation. The tract is known as the Samuel .1. f!:a>l .'ey Lan I boande.i by the Wateree <?: on tli" west und <><i she other s;des bv lands of Hous*, !'? adley, Pinckney (Hiwasse? Caldwetl an<i Biay ton. Titles clear and per fect. Pl*r on record at Sum ter Court House, For terms and price appi to . W. MO?SE, March 26?5. Sumtfr S <' DISSOLUTION. f*pHE COPARTNERSHIP r,u?ire?>8 hereto. ? fore coni'i?-fei by the ?jriderio^ned undei the firm name of J S. PoTTS A CO-, is tbi: day dissolved by mutual consent J. S. Potts, who will continue business ?! a merchant has a>sume<i t ie indebtedness o .ind will receive and receipt for all amount! due said firm. ALVA SMITH, J. S. POTTS. Magiiuiia, S. C, March 21. 1s>j. Author of "De Dauohte: [Copyright, by J. . published b; PRELUDE. Ha-nir stands mtintlv 'tookinn dmm ort the stiJjT+niny frame of his father** old fir?e.nd. Far tip in the northwest. a4??ng t'fce banks of the broad, winding stream the Sioux call the Elk. a train of white top peti army wagons is slowly crawling eastward. The October sun is hot at noonday, anil the dust from the loose soil risos like heavy smoke and |>owders every face and fonn in the guarding battalion s'.> that features are well nigh indistinguishable. Four compattiti of stalwart, sinewy infantry, with their brown ri'h*s slatta over the shoulder, are stri-iin^ along in dispersed order, cover ing tiie eaytoae'tl southern flank from sud den attack. ss bJJe farther out along the ridge line. an<*i ?ier&a?t?*c front and rear, cavalry skirmisher* and scouts are rid ing to and fro, searching every hollow and ravine, peering cautiously over every "divide,*" ari 1 signaling "halt** or "forward" a; the indicai was warrant. And yet not a hostile In?Kta "has been seen: not one. even as ?listant vedette, has appeared in range of the binoculars, sitt *e the seout.s rodi' in at daybreak to say that big h inds were in the immediate neighborhood. It has -en a lon^. harci summer*** work ??ir the troops, and the Indians have been, io aK commands that h wasted strength or swiftness, eiasivy, as the Irish mats's?? ea of tradition Only io ?h??s<: whose numbers wore weak cc who-.e movements were hampered .have they appeared in iighti?ig trim. But combinations b.nv? U.*en too much for I them, an I at la>t they have b;?cn "herd ; r d" down to th? Elk. have crossed, and ? are now seeking lo make their way. with I w<?iMt*n.>t'hi1dreti. tepees, dogs, "travois,** j and the great pony herds, to the fast j nessi* of the Big Horn; and now comes I the opportunity for which an old Indian j lighter has been anxiously waiting In I a big cantonment he h:is licit] the main j body und'T his command, while keeping j ifiii ounsCxftA.routing parlies to the east j and north. He knows well that. true to J their policy, the Indians will have scat tered into small bands capable of reas sembling anywhere that signal smokes may call them, and his orders are to irntch ali ike crossings of the Kik and srab them as they come into bus district. He watches. despite the fact that it is his profesad conviction that tL. Indians will he no such idiots as to come ju?t where they are wanted, and he is in no wi.se astonished when a courier comes in on jaded horse to tell him that they have "d<nibl?*** on the other coiumn ?\?id ?re now two or three days' marcii away down stream, "making for the big bend.** His own scouting parties are still out to the eastward; he can pick them up as he goes* He sends the main body of his infantry, a regiment jocularly known as "The Riflers," to push for a landing some fifty miles down stream, scouting j tie* lower valley of the Sweet Root on the way. He sends his wagon train, j guarde*! by four companies of foot and j two of horsemen, by the only practi cable road to the bend, while he, with ten seasoned "troops" of his pet regi { taeut, the ?th cavalry, starts forthwith ! tin a long detour iti which he ho'?es to ! 'round up" such bands as may have slipped away from the gi-ueral rush, j Even as "boots and saddles" is sound j ing. other couriers cot ne riding in from ' Lieut. C'rane's party. Ho has struck the trail of a big band. When the morning son dawns on the picturcfipie valley !;i which the eantou ! ment nestle? 1 hut the day Udore it illu ; mines an almost deserte 1 village, and i brings no j->\- to the souls of some two ! ic?re ??f embittered civilians who had ar ! rived only tin- day previous, and whose unanimous verdict is that th- army is a i fraud and ought to In* abolished. For I four months or mon? s?>me. ihre*? regi ? ni<-t11 :.?.?1 l>'s-;j crimping, scouting; Iroughing it thereabouts with not a cent '?f pay. Then came the wildly exciting *.i?liiigs tliat a I.imu w;is on the wav up j the Missouri with a satrap t>f the payde parttmmt. vast store of shekels and strong guard, and as a consequence lh?*rv woul?l 1??' son?- 2.000 mea around the r*antoniii4,iit viih pockets full of money and ::o ?? to help tie sjkuhI it. ami nothing suitable to spend it ?> . It was a duty ail citizens owed to the territory t?? hasten to the sc?-ne and gather in for !< <?.?. circulation that was obtainable that disiHJrsementi otherwise the curst1 of the army might get ahead of them, und the. Ix?ys would gam ole il away among lhemse"v??s or spend it f:?r vile whisky manufactured for their sole benefit, ( "?llatin Valley was emptied o? it.s prominent practitioners ?n the game ?f poker. The stream was black with "Mackinaw" boats and other craft, f ?re was a n.slt for the cantonment that rivaled the multitudes of the mining la;. ?>. but all to > late. The com in md was already packing np when t!t?- tirsi contingent arrive.], and the ?-ommandiu;- <A\\< ? . recognizing tlx fraternity at glance, warne?! tie ni out side ? he limits oi ram that night, de clined their ser-v?e?\?*-as volunteers ?.?n tlx im|M*ndiug *%ampa?;?.:i. and trenta-I then with such calmly courteous recognitior of their true character that the ?sistTt pr?"ss was spe**dily tilled with snevrim. comment on the hopelessness of ever sub tluing the savage tribes of the northwest when the government intrusts the dntj to upstart officers of the regular servict whose sole rono<?pii?ui >f their function! is to treat with instili and contempt tin hardy frontiersman whose mere presone, with the command would !*? <? incnlcu lablc benefit. "We have it ?rom indis Charles King, U.S.A. R?dica,n " "T???i t'/OLONEL'S a," ?' aa '? a ," Etc Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, and special arrangement with them.] putable authority," says The MiwrVs Isight of Brandy Gap, "that when our cstoemed fellow citizen Hank Mullican an<l twenty gallant shots and riders like himself went in a body to Gen.-at the cantonment rimi offered their services as volunteers against the Sioux now de vastating the homestead* and settlements of the Upper Missouri and Yellowstone? valleys, they were treated with haughty and contemptuous refer??? "oy that Iwind box caricature of a soldier and threat ens! with arr-st if they did wot quit the camp. When will the United States learn that its frontiers can never i>e purged of the Indian scourges of our civilization until the conduct of affairs in the field is intrusted to other hands than these martinets of the drill ground? It is needless to remark in this connection that the expedition led by Gen. - has proved a complete failure, and that the Indians easily escaped his clumsily led forces." The gambiera, though baffled for the time being, of course "get square," and more too, with the unfortunate general in this sort of warfare, but they are a dis gusted lot as they hang about the wagon trait? as last of all it is being hitched in : to leave camp. Some victims, of course, they have secured, atid there are no de vices of oomnuimling officers which can protect their men against those sharks of the prairies when the iuea themselves are tmund to' tempt providence an? play. There are two scowling faces in the cav alry escort that has l>een left back with the train, and ('apt. Hull, the command ing officer, has reprimanded Sergts. Clancy and (Jower in stinging terms for their atisence from the command during the night. There is little question where they sperrt ?t. and both have l>een "clean ed out." What makes it worse, both have lost money that belonged to othor men in the command, and thoy are in \ \ odor accordingly. Tito long day's march has tempered the joviality of the entirecolumn. It is near sundowa, a still they keep plodding onward, making for a grassy level on the river bank a good mile farther. "Old Hull seems Ixnmd to leave the ' sport* :is far belund as possible, if he has to march us until midnight," growls the I battalion adjutant to hisimmediatecoiu ; mander. "By thunder! one woul-1 think \ he was afraid they would get in a lick at j his own pile." "How much did you say ho was carry - j ing?" asks (Japt. Rayner, checking his J horse {ar a moment to look back over ! the valley at the long, dust enveloped I column. "Nearly three thousand dollars in one I wad." ! "How does he happen to lia ve such ? j >um?" "Why. Crane left his pay accounts ! with him. He drew ail that was tine hi* i men who are off with Cram?twenty of J them?for thev luid signal the rolls be i "m i fon* going, and were exp-icted hacK to day Then tie has sotnesix hundred dol j lars company fumi; and the men of his troop asko-.l him to tako care of a good deal l>es;d'S. The old man has been with them 90 many years they look upon him 1 aa a father and trust him as implicitly aa ? they would a savings bank." ! "That's all very well," answers Ray I ner; "but I wouldn't want to carry any such sum with ine." I "It's different with Hull's men, cap ! tain. They are ordered in through the : posts and settlements. They have a three weeks' march, altead of them when i they get through their scout, and they want their money on the way. It was ; only after they bad drawn it that the news came of the Indians' crossing, and of our having to jump for the warpath. ! Everybody thought yostoFday morning that the campaign w.-is about over so far : as we are concerned. Halloa! h<-re coirne j young Hay ne. Now, what does he ! "wan!?" i Hiding a quick, nervous little bay ?ronp horse, a slim built officer, with boyish face, laughing bin.- eyes, and sunny hair. comes loping up the Ioni; prairie wave; he shouts cheery greeting to oie1 cr two brother subalterns who an?plodding along beside their men. and exciiangea some merry chaff with Lieut. Ross, who i>cor.e to growl at the luck which has kept him afoot and given t<? this f:iv??r<'d youngster a "mount" and ternpirarv staff position. The 1 > ** spirits and fun seem to jar on liaynor*. m?rvcs. He regards him blackly as he rides gracefully towards the ba*talion commander, and with decidedly non chalant :is" of manner and an "off hand" saluto that lia-i an air about it ol saying, "I do this s?>rt of thing l>ecau?*: one has to, but it doesn't really mean anything, you know," Mr. Hayneaccost his -up? ri<>r: "Ah. good evening, captain. I havi just com?? b::<-k from the front, and ('apt. Hull dir?vt?'d me to give you his compii ments and say that we would r:imp ir the In lid yonder, and he would like y<oi to post strong pickets and have a doubh gunrti to-night." **Hhv?? me jK?-*t double guard?! IT??w the devil d- .-s h?? i?x?????*t me to do thai after maretijng ail day?" "I ?lid n?>t inquire, sir: he might hav. fohl 'tiras ?? ?? <?( ?ny busin?*.?, d??n*l yon k:i--M?" And Mr. Ilaym- has th?? suffirai ?!?? !i ?rdiiio.?! (.. wink ::t tin battili' ?ri :?djutant :i y*?iit ??f t wo years i? >: i - - r M-r*. iee 1 h.*.n bis <? \ . "W?d:. Mr. ?layii", this is no mntt?*i for leviti." ? ?. ?. ?. Ray ner. angrily. " Whai dots Cnjii. Hull ?? N> ?I?i with his nil liitn. if I'm :?? do thw guard?" "Thai is .-another point, ("apt. Rayner which I had not the r?qn4r.it?velTronterj if. inquire into. Now. y?>?i might as! him. l ?t I couldn't, d.-n'l you know?" r:siw.|),ls Havin*, smiling amiably tin ivliib- int?> ('? ?? u ml h fu I f i- - of lus su [><? '.|?. Ii rv< onh 5" inak' th?- r. ii ?. liant eapf..?n nuire wrathful: and n? wom !?t. 1: ? ? lias Ixen m? love losl l?e (w.-t the wo siiH'i' Hayn?' j?rm-d tli< ivilb t ? <-.ti ! . llv previous v?*ar. 11??. am lu fr? ? ? nil !;-. :i eilv Ln-d lw?v, Ir.-.-l from rolh'ge. full of spirits, pranks, fui of every kind: ; wf?iid?T.full\ k?vn ham w ith the billiard eue: knowing one cards and such games <>f chance us 'col h-jC?* Ikivs i \< el at: a miisieian of :m< : pret' p ;j:ins. and an irn*pr?-'s>ih'l loader in .:?l lh?- frolicsan?l frivolities <; his com rades. 11<< had leaped |<> popu larily from the start. He was full n court? sv ami gentleness Jo women, on lu-came a ?wf iti st?riai circles. Ilo wn fiati!., freo, off handed with ld.> ass ciates, spending lavishly, "treating" I with boyish ostentation on a'H occasions, living quito en grand seigneur, -for he seemed to have a little money outside his pay?"a windfall from a good *oM duffer of an uncle," as he had explained it. His father, a scholarly ??i? who liad been summoned to an important 'ander office in the state department during tho war of the rebellion, luid lived out his honored life in Washington and died poor, as such men must ever die. It was his wish that his handeom'e, spirited, brave hearted Y ?y should enter the army, and long after the sod had hardened over the father's peaceful grave tire young fellow 4ohw?? his first uniform and went out to join "The Riflers." High spirited, joyous, full of laughing fun, he was "Pet" Hay ne before lie had been among tfoen?. six months. But with in th?? year he had made one or two ene mies. It could not be sah! of hrni tivart he shewed that ?eferewce to rank and station which was expodtexi o? a.jawier officer; and among the seniors were sev eral whom he speedily designated "un conscionable old duffers" and treated with Trs Uttle semblance of respect as a second lieutenant could exhibit and be permitted to live. Rayner prophesied of him that, as he had no balance and was Imming his candle at l>oth ends, he would come to griot ia ?h?rt order. Harne re torted that the only balance that Rayner had any respect for vas one at the bank er's,-and that it was notorious in Wash ington that the captain's father had made moat of his money in ?governtuent con tracts, and that tfec captain's Original commission in litoe regulars tras secured through well paid congrossunia* in?u ence. The fact that Rayner had devel oped into a good officer did not wipe out the recollection of these facts; and he could have throttled Ilayne for reviving them. It was "a game of give and take,*" said the youngster; and he 'behaved himself* to those who were at all decent in their manner to him. It was a thorn in Rayner'e flesh, there fore, when Hayne joined from leave of absence, after experiences not every officer would care to encounter in get ting back to his regiment, that Capt. Hull should have induced the general to detail lu'm in place of the invalided field quartermaster when the command was divided. Hayne would have been a junior subaltern in Rayner's little bat talion but for that detail, and it annoyed the captain more seriously than he would conf'ess. "It is all an outrage sard a blunder t? pick-oat a'boy Jikfe that," he growls be tween Iiis set teeth as Hayne canters blithely away. "Here he's been away from the regiment all summer long, having a big time and getting head over ears in debt, I hear, and the moment he rejoins they put him in charge of the I wagon train as field quartermaster. It's putting a premium on being young and cheeky ? besides absenteeism," he con tinues, growing blacker every minute. "Well, captain," answers his adjutant, injudiciously, "I think you don't give Hayne credit for coming back on the jump the moment we were ordered out. It was no fault of his he could not reach us. He took chances 1 wouldn't take." "Oh. yes.' you kids all swear by Ilayne because he's a good fellow and sings a jolly song and plays the piano?and poker. One of these days he'll swamp you all, sure as shooting. He's in debt now, and it'll fetch hint before you know it. What lie needs is to ite under a cap tain who could discipline him a little. By Jove, Td do it!" And ?ayner's teeth emphasize the assertion. The young adjutant thinks it advisable to say nothing that may provoke further vehemence. All the same, he remem bers Rayner's bitterness of manner, and has abundant cause to. When the next morning breaks, chill and pallid, a change has come in the as pect of affairs. During the earliest hour of the dawn the red light of a light draught river boat startled the outlying pickets down stream, and ti? Far West, answering the muffled hail from shore, responded, through the medium of a mate's stentorian tones, "News that'll rout you fellows out." The sun is hardly peeping over the jagged outline of the ' eastern hills wh?li, Tvith Rayner's entire battalion alnxird, she is steaming again down stroc.ru, with orders to land at the mouth of the Sweet Root. There the four companies will disembark in readiness to join the rest of the regiment. All day long again tho wagon train twists and wriggles through an ashen section of L"s Mauvaises Terres. It Is a tedious, trying march for Hull's little 1 command of troopers?all that is now left to guard the train. The captain is constantly out on the exposed flank, eagerly scanning the rough country to the south, mid expectant any moment of an attack' from that direction. He and his men, as well as the horses, mules and 1 teilinsters, are fairly tired out when at nightfall they park the wagons in a big 1 semicircle, with ?the broad river forming a shining chord to the arc of white can vas. All the live stock arc safely herded 1 within the inclosure; a few reliable sol diers are postini well out to tho south and eaH to guard against surprise, and the veteran Sergt. Clancy is put in com mand )f the sentries. Hie captain gives 1 strict injunctions as to the importance ' of tht?-?? duties, for ho is far from easy in 1 i.? mind over the situation. The l?ill< rs, he knows, are over in the valley of the S\" ft Root. The steamer with , j Rayner's men is tied Up at the bank ! Mime Five miles below, sround the 1> : *.. , The ?th are far to the northward aerosa the Kik, as ordered, ami must I*? cvtxf ting on the morrow to make for i t j the old Indian "ferry " opposite Battle Butte. The main body of the Sioux are , j reported farther down stream, but he [ i fee's it in bis lona that there are iium ! I*ts of them within signal, and he .! wishes with all his heart the.- th were ! here. Still, the general was sure he j would s'ir up war parties on the other r i shore. Individually, he lias had very t ' little luck in scouting during the sum , : mer. and he cannot help wishing he j were with the rest of the crowd instead j of here, train guarding. . J Presently Mr. Hayne appears, elastic ! and del?muir as f hough he had not !w?cn \ \ working like. horse all day. His voice : m muds mo full of cheer and lite that Hull li?>k> up smilingly. I "Wei!, young'-ter. you seem to love this frontier life." 'I "F.very bit o? i'.. captain. I was cut ! out for the'arur.. as i.ilher thought."" "We u-eej to talk it over a ? deal in the old days when I was stationed 1 around Washington." answers Hull. 1 "Your fat lier was the warmest friend 1 ^ ! had in civil circle*, and le? mad** it very 1 ; ideata t forme. How little we thought it would be my luck to have you for r> quartermaster!" i "The f??llows seemed struck all of a ^ : heap ia the IfcihVrs at the idea of your ap 1 i plving for me, captain. I w:is ready t-" swear it was all on father's account, and ! would have toh! them so only Ray nei ;, happemsl to l?e the first man to taekb '" me on the smojec?, and he was so crust* about it I kept the whole thing to myseH rather than give him any satisfaction." | "Larry, my boy, I'm no yreaviher, but I I want to bo the -friend to you your" father was to me. You are full of e?- ! thusiasm and life and spirits, and you ' lovo the army ways and have made ; yourself very fKDrptilar with the y<?un?- ! sters, -bet Vrti afraid you are too careless and independent where the seniors are concerned. Rayner is a good soldier, and vou show him verv scant fesoect, I'm told." "Well, he's such an interfering fellow. They will all fcell you I'm respectful enough to?-to the captains ? like" "That's just it. Lawrence. So long as you like a man your manner is what it should be. What a young soldier ought to learn is to be courteous and respectf ul to senior officers whether he likes them or not. It costs an off ort sometimes, but it tells. You never ki*5w \ trouble you are laying up for yourself in the array fety kecking against men you don't like. They may not be in posi tion to resent it at the time, but the time is mighty apt to come when they w?J? be, anA then you ate helpless.*' "Why,Capt. Hull, I dont see it that way at all. It seems to me that so long as am officer attends to his duty, rninds Ms own business, and behaves like a gentleman, no one can harm him, es pecially when all the good fello .es of the regiment are his friends, as they are mine, I think, in the Riflers. "Ah, Hay ne, it is a hard thing to teach a youngster that?that there are men who find it very easy to make their ju niors" lives a burden to them, attd with out overstepping a regulation. It is harder yet to say that friends in the army aro a good deal like friends out of it?one only has to get into serious trouble to find how few they are. God grant you may never have to I>*arn it, my boy, as many another has !>.? J to, by sharp experience! New we must get a good night's rest. Yon sleep like a. log. I see, and I can only take cat naps. Con found tins money! How I wish 1 could get rid of itP "Where do you keep it to-night?** "Right here In my saddlebags under my head. Nobody can touch them that I do not wake; and my revolver is here under the blanket. Hold on! Let's take a look and see if everything is ail right.'* He holds a little camp lantern over the bagopens the flap, and peers in. "Yes, all serene. I got a big hunk of green sealing wax from the paymaster and j sealed it all up in one package with the ? memorandum list inside. It's all safe so far, even to the hunk of sealing wax. ?Whai is it, sergeant?" A tall, soldierly, dark eyed trooper ap pears at the doorway of ?he little tent, and raises his gauntleted liand in salute. His language, though couched in the phraseology of the soldier, tells both in choice of words and in the intonation of ever}' phrase that he is a man whose an tecedents have been far different from those of the majoritv of the rank and file: "Will the captain permit me to take my h<irse and those of three or four more men outside the corral? Sergt. Clancy says he has no authority to allow it. We have found a patch of excellent grass, sir, and there is hardly any left inside. 1 will sleep by my picket pin, and one of us will keep awake all the time, if the captain will permit."" "How far away is it, sergeant?" "Not seventy-fiVc yards, sir?close to the river bank east of us.-" "Very well. Send Sergt. Clancy here, and I'il give the necessary orders." The soldier quietly salutes, and disap pears in the gathering darkness. "That's what I like aix>ut that man Gower," says the captain, after a mo ment's silence, "He is always looking out for his horse. If he were not such a gambler and rako he would make a splendid first sergea.it. Fine looking fel low, isn't lie?" "Yes. sir. That is a face that one couldn't well forget Who was the other sergeant you overhauled for getting fieecod by those sliarps at tin* canton ment?'* "Clancy? He's on guard to-night very different character." "I don't know him by sight as yet; Weil, good-night, sir. I'll take myself off and go to my own tent." Daybreak again, and far to tl>o east the sky is all ablaze. Tho mist is creep ing from the silent shallows under the banks, hut all is iife and vini along the shore. With trucking whip, tugging trace, sonop us blasphemy, and ringing shout, tlie long train is whirling ahead almost at the run. All is atarill with excitement, and lx>urded faces have a j strange, set look about the jaws, and j eyes gleam with eager light and peer | >earehingly from every rise f:>r over te j the RHitbeast, where stands a tumbling heap of hills against the lightening sky; "Off there, are they?" says a burly trooper, dismounting hastily zo tighten up the "cinch" of lus weather beaten saddle. "We can make it quick enough, \s soon as we get rid of these blasted wagons." And. swinging into saddle again, he go--s cantering down the slope, his charger snorting with exhilaration in the keen morning air. Before dawn courier lias galloped into camp, Ix'aring a dispatch from the commanding officer of the RinVrs. It savs but few words, but lltey are full of meaning: "We have fourni a big party" of hostiles. They are in strong position, and have us at disadvantage. Ivaynci with his four companies is hurrying t< us. I?ave all wagons w*th the Uxit tinder guard, and come with every liarse and man you can bring." Before 7'o'clock tlic wagons are parked close along the l?ank In-side the Far Wiest, and Hull, with all the men tie 'mm muster - some fifty ?is trotting ahead oil j the trail of Rayner's batt?i ion. With j him rides Mr. Hayne, eager and en j thustastic. Before lo o'clock, far up j along the slopes they see th^ blue lint- of j skirmishers, and the knots of reserves I farther down, all at a stand. In tei: I minutes they ride with foaming reins in j behind a low ridge on which; fiat on : their faces and cautiously peering over the crest, some hundred infantrymen are dispos?*d. Others, officers and tilt* closers, are moving to and fro in roar. I They tire of Rayner*:?Uiftalion. Far i ther baci-, dov* in a ravine, a dozen" forms are outstretched upon the turf, and others are bending over them, min ; istering to the m ed'- of those who are not j tost help already. Several otricer*; 1 crowd around the leading horsemen an I ? Hull orders: "Halt.'dismount and loosen ; girths." The grave faces show that the ; infantry has had |x>or luck, and the S*t nation is summarized in a few wcrds. i The Indians are in force occupying the I ravines and ridges opposite them and j confronting the six companies farther ; over to the west. Two attacks have l>oen i ; made, but the Indian fire swept every approach, and both were unsuccessful. Several soldiers were shot dead, others I severely wounded. Lieut Warren's leg ' is shattered below the knee; Capt. Rlount ', is killed. : 1 "Where's Kay ner?" asks Bull, witb grave race. "Just gone off with the chief to lotfk | at things over en the other front. The colonel is "hopping. He is bound to haw: those Indians out of there or drop a-try mg. They'll be back in a minate. T^c general h&d a rousing fight with Dull Knife's people vtown the river last even- I ing. You missed it aga??, Hull; all the ?th were there but F and K, and, of course, old Firewater wanes to make as big a hit here." "The ?th fighting down the river last night?'' asks Hull, in amaze. "Yes?swept clean round them and ran 'em into the stream, tfiey say. 1 wish we had them where we could see 'em at all. You don't get the glimpse of a head, even; but all those rocks ar<= lined with the beggars. Dat?ri tiiem!" says the adjutant, feelingly. "We'll get our chance liere, ftien," re plies Hull, reflectively. *Til creep up and take a look at it. Take my horse, orderly." He is back in two minutes, gravei than before, but his bearing is spirited and urr?. Hayne watches him with kindling eye, "You'll take nie in with v?ti when yot? charge?" he asks. j "It is no place to charge there. Tne grofend is all cut iip with ravines and gullies, and they've got a cross fire that sweeps it clean. We'll probably go ir? on the other flank; it's more open there. Here comes the chief now.** Two officers come riding hastily arouse a projecting point of the slope and spur at rapid gait towards the spot where the cavAlry have dismounted and are breath ing their horses. There is hardly time for salutations. A gray headed, keen eyed, florid faced old soldier ?s the c?l otte!, and he is-snapping with electricity, apparently. "This way, Hull. Come rig*?t here, and I'll show you what you are to do" And, followed by Rayner, Hull and Hayne,! the chief rides sharply over to the ex treme left of the position and points to the frowning ridge across the intervening swale: "There, Hull; t&ere ?are twenty or thirty of the rascals in there who get a flank lire on us when we attack on our side. What I want you to do is to mount your men, let them draw pistol and be all ready. Rayner, here; will line th? ridge to keep them down in front. 1*11 go back to the right and order the attack at once. The moment we begin and you hear our shots, yod give a yell, and charge full tilt across there, so as to drive out those fellows in that ravine. We can do the rest. Do you understandt" "I uuderstand, colonel; but?is it your order that I attempt to charge mounted across that ground?** "Why, certainly! It isn't the best in the world, but you can toake; it. They can't do very much damage to your men , before you reach them. It's got to be done; it's the only way." "Very good, sir; that ends it!*' is the calm, soldierly reply; and the colonel goes bounding away. J A moment later the troop is in saddle, j eager, wiry, bronzed fellows every one, and the revolvers are in hand and being carefully examined. Then Capt. Hull signals to Hayne, while Rayner and three , or four soldiers sit in silence, watching the man who is to lead the charge. He dismounts at a little knoll a few feet away, tosses his reins to the trumpeter and steps to his saddle bags: Hayne, too'; dismounts. Taking his watch and chain from the pocket of his hunting shirt, he opens the saddle bag on the hear sitie arid takes therefrom two packets ? bue heavily sealed?which he hands to Hayne. I "In ca?o I?don't come back, you know what to do with these?as I told you las? night." Ilayne only looks imploringly at him: "You are not going to leave me here, captai u?" "Yes, riayhc. You can't go with us. Hark! There they go at tiie right. Are lie packages ail right?" Hayne; with stunned faculties, think ing only of the charge he longs to make ?not of the one he has to keep?replies he knows not what. There is a ringing bogle call far oil among the rocks to th? westward: a rousing cheer; a rattling volley. Rayner springs off to his men on the hillside. Hull spurs in front ?? his eager troop, holding high lus pisto? hand: "Now, men, follow till I drop; and then keep ahead! Come on!" There is a furious sputter of hoofs, a rush of excited steeds up the gentle slope, a glad outburst bf cheers' as Ihey Sweep across the ridge and out of sight, then the clamor and yell of frantic battle: and when at last it dies away, the riflers are pant ing over the hard won position and shaking hands with some few silent cavalrymen. They have carried the ridge, captured the migrating village, squaws, ponies, trayois, and pappoosws: their "long Toms" have sent many a stalwart warrior to the mythical hunt ing grounds, and the peppery colonel's triumph is complete. Dut Lawrence Ilayne, with all the light gone from his brave young face, stands mutely looking down upon the stiffening frame of his fathers old friend, and his, who lies shot through the heart, [to bk coxtinckp j The Spring Elections. Spring election returns are just now extremely interesting reading to Pom ocrats, their gains all over the country io local contests confirming the indica tions afforded by tha State contests la>t fall, ibi lesson tausht by the recent elections is that the Democrats are hope ful and aggressive, full of interest in the ! success of their principles, while the ? Republicans are for the most part apa J tbette. The ?st of Democratic victo ? ries is ? long one. Those -ecutcd in j Maine. Connecticut and New York some weeks ago need not be mentioned. The electiou, however, of Manning, Den.<?crat, in Albany, Tuesday. ?3 o? (special in?p?>r'ance as an anti-Hill in cident. The Rhode Island result gives the Democratic candidate for Governor a plurality, and there is a chance that in the supplementary elections fot ni?m bers of the Legislature, they will sueur? { control of that body?a thing not known before for many years. Khode Island promises soon to become a Democratic State. The Ohio elections have gone ; in favor of Democrats in piacos consid ered Republican strongholds. A veri table political cyclone seems to hav< visited that State. ve the colored brother voted the Democratic ticket, being incited thereto, it appears, by the ; neglect with which he has been treated in the distribution of post offices. ?n I dianapolis, a Republican city, electee the entire Democratic ticket, and a lik< 1 result was attained in Fort Wayne Kvansvillc and other important places I The Democrats captured a number o Republican, cities iu Michigan jolud mg ?ansing,- taecapuaj, urauu rtapiua, Jackson and West Bay City. The die cootent of the farmers is stated to bate materially a;ded the Democratic cause. The wiping out of the average Repub lican majority of 500 a; tidtna, Sfon tana, Tuesday, and replacing it by ?. Democratic Majority of ?00 ifi an ap propriate rebuke to the partisan theft of that State. In other Western States, ?otabl.y JlHnods and Wisconsin1, the capture of Chicago and Milwaukee are* recent victories of the first magnitude. The Itepublirans *ia<* a hope of captur in2 Jersey City, Tuesday, fot they failed of success. nrf!*-,- ih s" word, of the municipal elections al! over the country has been prezly uni form. !t aaoents to this?that the' Democrats m??e tery many gain*! and sustained few, if any, losses. Threy ar?1 evideutly in. grtojj spirit for coming e ven te.?Columbia Record. -*m*m? Wfeof are in the Ring? The Herald and News is sorely tiret! of hearing politicians who want offree, and newspapers that t?tak *t -pedalar, talking abc?t "co??rt u-o'ase rings" an? "ring rule.'' ?t rs nauseating. This cry is *be hobty -oT the demagogue. It . is dotte to array the people who live irf the country agaiust those who h>pperi to live at the court bouse. Those who1 engage ?n ttis sort of rhetoric and oratory are doing it because they think it popolar, and they believe t?re peop?o will be deluded and induced to whoop' them up, and help in this way to fur ther their se'Ssh purposes. But if there is a genuine r?t?g at*he court house, and there are real living indivi duals inside <?f it, rrbo are combined together for the purpose of controlling' and oppressing the farmers, let us" know wio they are and what mischief they are doing, and then let us all uni?e* ! to crush the ring s-?d tring to" scfonnt the men who ?re doing the mischief. It is utter folly and stupidity To fee ? \* ing about "court house ring/ ?h? a$ that sort of steff witbsSt srj^fyftig. We confess that we are real anxious for those who indulge in these sort of char ges to be a little more specific. This paper belongs to no faction, and we are anxious to do what we can for the public good, and if there is a com bination at the court house inside *? ring, we would be glad for those whd make the assertion to be more specific: Make out the counts ih the indictment a little more plaib?y,- and we ?will dd anything to scatter this combination, either at the court house or the State' house; we will touch off what little combustion we can command. We cannot see how any sensible mar) in this country would e?deavor to com bine against the farmer, or wt>eld de sire to inj ire him, when the great ma jority of our p^opfle are farmers. We are sure we desire the success of th? farmers, and if we were actuated by nd higher tha? a selSsh motive,- would not say or do anything detrimental to th? farming interests. The editor df this paper was born and reared on the farm. and he is proud of it. We do not want to see ?iie f?rri?rS sf this State deluded by the demagogue and the politician; whether he lives at the court house or forty miles awi}. We do net ffaat t*3 see ?ne class of o?r citizens prejudiced* against another class. We waot ratbef to see our people ?ti ted, ?ll working together for the commoij good. All classes of our citisene are equally inter ested in good and honest government, economically administered. And no' good and true and patriotic citizen of South Carolina will tr"? t? engender dis cord and strife among our people. W? bave no objection to the farmers taking charge, but ?s they are largely in the majority we think they can dp so with out abusing other people, out it ?S not the farmers who indulge in these charges so much as some politicians who are trying to ride this Eofcb*** :atd some fat place for themselves. Let us know these rings and who are inside of them. Those fellows who are talking so loudly about "rings" ar? after something for themselves. Just watch for a little while and you will be convinced.?Xeicberry Herald and Xcirs. The Illegality and Discredit* ableness of It; The . W. H. Timm?rman; thau whom no citizen in Edgefield County i has more of the respect and confidence j cf the Chronicle, queries us as to where lay the illegality and discreditablenesS of it The first vote on the question in the Convention was a defeat for the nomination plan. There was a ma jority of one against nominations, ?o cludiug the vote of Mr. Farley, of L?ureos, as one of the Spartanburg delegation, vrhieh was withdrawn tiheri a protest was dads against it. Ex cluding that vote, the motion for nomi nations was defeated by a majority of two. Among the votes for nominations were those of the foi r delegates, from Pickens, who were elected by a farmer's mass meeting, which adopted resolu tions flgp.inst nominations. The four men who went from Pickens to Colum bia voted for nominations, br?t their votes did cot rub oct the f*.ct that the fanners of their county opposed such action. To make the majoiity of one tberfi were also included nirie votes from the cit? of Oh?r?c?to?. Thoso votes were cast by delegates elected two nights before the Convention by a meet ing called at a day's notice. In our humble judgment, any fair minded mail considering these facts, must conclude that the farmers and their sympathizers1 virtually declared against nominations in March. If Ben Tillman should be elected Governor of South Carolina, it would cost the Chronicle no shadow of a pang, and no outline of fear or treni' i'linc: but etili, in common with four fifths of the press of South Carolina, we cannot endorse either t?re spirit or tbe action Shell dotve?tro?f.?Rdgrficl? Chronicle Two out of three papers published irf Edgefield County do not support the* nomination of Mr. Tillman for Gov ernor. Strange indeed ? We never be fore heard of the Edgefield Chronicle failing to support an Edgefield man, ft matters not for *hat he might ret?: lire. 13acoB will have to explain.