?CHT?? WATCHMAN. Btatabllsaiad asolldated Aas. 2, 1881. Cbr (fiRattbmnn ano Soutbron. *ubli*?*d Brtrf WtdatwtUy, -M. Or. Osteen, SUMTER, 8. 0. Tim : $1.50 per ?aoaru?to advance. OweSqoare Irtt insertion.............$1 00 sVoij sobscoweat laser Uoo. 60 Oe* traet? for three moot ha, or longer ?II to seats et rtdaead rote?. All eesasaeeieatloee which snbser?e private Iwserocts will ba charged for aa ad Tertiemen ta. OMlcaaiec and trlbntae of raapocta ?III be tkmtmmj ftsv. W*9*Fm*???9-? _ _ British Defeated Agaio. Mowed Down by Flank Fire Before They Could Form For Defense. ftortb of Modder Rt?er, Monday, Dee 11 ?Early yesterday eveoiog the Qterte of tbo Highland brigade ?roved fron tbe Modder river oamp, tat rob jog io the oifbt, io a oortb weeaarly diraatioo. Tbo objeoiive of lit Hif blaodera wac tbe aaetero apor af too Boor poaitioo. Ibo 0 oar de follow m.; ibo book of ibo river, while tbe Varkcbiro Ligbi lofaotry moved eloog lit riforaidt. Jo?l before daybreak lit Htgblaodera orrived with witbit 200 yards of ibo Boor eeireoohments At tbo hot of a bill. Uceaepee bg ibol tbo B >ere were it lit vieoiry, Ibo British were still twtrebitg quarter column io oloee order, fjitt they aaet a terrible Ire frost tbe laola ood wer? foroed io retire witb boo a i Um. Tbo troopo reformed ooder tbe tbelier of ettit rieitg ground and gtllaoty beid tbeir poeitiot. Later lie Gordons arrived aod tbo trtope gradually worked their way uottl witb?o 800 yarda of tbe Boar poaitioo, display teg tbe greateat gallantry. Io lie caseawhiis, a oaval goo at tbe Modder river, tbe Howitier bettoijee etd tbe Horae Artillery opeotd a ttrriie Ire, eoflladio ? tbe treaeb?:s aod eetrobiog every poriiot of tbe Boor pooitioo Tbe Boere were eotiraly eilett. It tbe aaaatvblle tbe Boers, tt tbe open grotod diraotly io front, amoved witb ibo object of making a tatk attack. Bet tbis waa ftctratcd by tbe Gearda and artillery Tbe Bjcm reoommeoeed abellicg io tit eveoiog btt to damage wac dooe. Tit Briiiab slept oe their poaitioo It it eipoeted there will be a renewal of tit Igbttog tomorrow Tba loaaec oo botb aide? we.e vary beavy REPORTED BY MErEUKN. Lnodoo, Dae 13.?The war offiao baa rcootved tbo following dispetoh from Oat Metboeo, doted Tue.dey, Dec 12 : "Oar artillery shelled a very atroog poeitiot bald by the enemy in o loog, bigb kopje from 4 ooiil desk Sunday. It rainet* bard laat oigbl. Tbe High * *4eod brigade oiteoked at daybreak %*>edey tbe aoatb cod of tbo kopje Tie attack wac properly timed bat failed. Tbc Qterde were ordered to . protect tbo Highland'* rigbt aud rear 'fie ecvalry med mounted infantry, witb c Hjwiiair artillery battery, attacked tbe eoemy oo tbe ieit aod the Guards oo tbe rigbt, capportcd by field e til er? and Howiiaar artillery Tbcy ? her 1 tbe pooitioo irom daybreak, and at I 15 I aeot tba Gordooa to support tbe Hiffblaed brigade Tbc troopa - hetd tbeir owo io (root of tbe enemy's sttrsosbsasni? until dusk, the pomho encoding, loclodiag tbe kopje, for a distaat of cil miles toward Iba Modder rivor Todcy I act holding my por? tico otd cttrcochiog mycclf. I bad to face at leact 11000 men Oor loss we* great " Gco Foreetier-Walker, lelcgrcpbirig from Capo Towo at 3 30' p tu. today, seeds tbe following diapatcb from Lird Netktet. dated Modder river, Tuesday, Dot 12. 7.80 p at "a* ike Boers oooopiod tbeir treooh cc ciroogly tbis moroiog, I retired io perfect order bcrc, wbcre I am to sooortiy. "I bavc gatbered from some of tbe pricoecro and from our inco witb tbe ambtlatee* who talked witb the Boers, tbat tbe eeesey*? lonee were terrible, some corps nein*? omplolcly wiped not "Tbe Boer* bare beeo moat kiod fo my wounded " GEN WAUUI10PE K ILLED London, Deo 13 -Tho war t flico hat received the following dispatch from Gen Korrelier Walker : "Cepe Town, Tuendoy, Dec 12 ? Methueo wir** that Own Wouchope *aa killrd in neti >?? yesterday " Usn Wat] lr i>" of the Wm k Welch commamlid the Highland brigade with Urn Met'ntieii'e column. He eerved in Aalianti, Ejrypt, and Hie Wooden. Ho wee fr? qnenlly nion tinned in dispatches and twice gots leeted Midlothian, oiich against >ir Gladatnno 11? wac a gn at favorilf? in Ibe army. Modder River, Deo 12 ?The Brit iab cteoaltiea included the Maiquess #| Winchester, susjor of tbe teoood April. IS40. "Be Jus SUMTE battalion Culdstream. Guards, who was killed, and Col Downham of the First battaliou Gordon Highlanders, who was mortally wounded. When the Highlanders met the murderous point-blank fire of tho Boera about 200 were mown down, The Black watoh regiment on reform ing was able to muster only 100 men. The Boers lost heavily in the trenches and also in the wire en? tanglements when they came into the open io an attempt to make a flank attack on the British The terrifio British artillery fire provoked no response ezoept from the Boer riflec until nearly 4 oelock in tbe afternoon when the Gordan Highlanders formed to renew the attack on the entrenched kopje They advanced with the utmost gallantry to attack tbe Boers, close to tbe place where lay their dead and wounded comrades of the Highland brigade The enemy opened with a heavy shrapnel fire as the British advanced and ii was found pnyaicaUy irapossi ble to take the Boer trenches The Tbe British got within 200 ysrds but oould not get nearer It was here that Col Dowobam fell. DETAILS OF THE BAT? TLE. London, Deo 15. 4 45 a m ?The star office is still without news from Ladysmith other -hau that already published Tbs general belief was that the large B jor forces L>rd Me:hueo eoeouotered at Magersfooteio were partly drain from Natal aad that Gen eral Bailer will strike a blow before these bavs tine to rstaro. Modder River, Cape C dooy, Tues? day, Dee 12 ?Details gathered here by a representative of Tbe Associated Press ?moog the wouoded British aod Boers giva eoane idea of tbe deeperale nature of tbe first at Magersfooteio. The Highlander* did all that tbe most gallaot troops to the world oould do, but it was impossible to faoe the terri? ble firs of tbe B;ere. Tbe British artillery again saved the situation aod divided tbe honors of the day with the Soots. The bsttsriet worked for hoars under galling nfle fire. According to. the Boer atories it was impossible for tbs burgher* to have escaped fearful loss. Ooe Bjsr prison? er said a siogls lyddite sbell killed or woooded over 70 und tbat two other shells burst ovtr tt?o bodies of Boers eoseoneed behind the rsoge, doing fearful damage. All agree that the Boer fooght throughout with the utmost gallantry Their sharpshooters seldom missed tbe n ark A Seafortb Higilaoder says tbat while he wee lying wounded on the field be saw a B ?er of typijal German appoaranee. faultlessly dressed, with poliabed top boots, a ebirt arith eilk rufhSs aod a oigar io his mootb, walk tag among tho ant hills picking off tbe British lie was juiro alone and ll was apoarent from the freqaent use he made of field glaises tbat be wa* singtie)| out officers. Aooibsr wounJ sd Boer says tbat a lyddite sbell, fired Sunday, fell io tbe middle of an opeo air prayer meeting held to ofLr aonpli nation for tbe auostsa of tbe Bier Iff i All tbe woooded are foil of praise for tbe treatment they rcocived from tbe medieal department on the battle* field. While the Goards were advancing on tbe plain whioh the Boers were shelling from tbe adjoining ridges, they encoun? tered aod out op a at -ongcr Boer picket potted on a bill, for purposes of ubser I vatioo All of the members of the picket were either killed, wouud.d or taken prisoners. DEAD NKAR THE TRENCHES. Modder River, Wednesday, Deo 13. ? Ambulances starter, early yesterday morning, under a flag of truee, to col leot tbe wouoded and bury the dead who fell at Magersfooteio. Brig Gen Wauobepe, who led tbe Highland brigade, was found dead noar tbe trenches, abot ii the ohesr. and tbigh A few wouoded wern found near the trenches. Several wounded IJjere wsre taken to (he Bruch hoe I p.lal The aide of the bill and tho immedi? ate nei 'bborhood of tho Hier trenches showed dead bi dir a all about ()?o wounded liter ioforncd a correspon? dent of The Associated IV *s that their losses was terrible The whole Scandinavian contingent was destroyed. Judging from information gleaned It in tbe B ?? r wounded aud from prisoners taken in oiftVejt parts of the fi Id, the B ?er lohnen Tiost igSSSfj 7<'0 The destruction wrought by tho nav I I yestetaj IJ A COMPLETE SUB PULSE London, Deo 15 ?The correspond t and Fear not?Let all the Ends thon a 1R. S. C, WEDNESDj ent of The Standard at Modder river, describing the fight at Megorefontein, says : "Six miles bad to be covered before the Highlanders brigade oonld reaoh the Boer stronghold. It is not yet olear through what mischance the force, which was led by guides, came upon the Boer treoohes so unexpectedly and so suddenly. "Beyond qoestioo the Boers were aware of the approach of the British and bad prepared to reoeive them. Aooordiog to ooe version two Highland | ere, through nervousness or olumeioese, disoharged their rifles prematurely ; but it is equally probable that the advanoe Boer eooute oonveyed the iotelligeooe. "Oar meo were totally uoprepared. They had not even filed bayonets. The disaster was all the more exaspera? ting beoaoae of the consciousness that, bad the brigade been extended and with fixed bayonets. tb* trnoohes might bavo beeo saoooesfuliy rushed with far less sacrifice of life " 8EVEN HUNDRED CASUALTIES. London, Des 14 ?A revised list of the total casualties to the British troops of all arms at Magersfontein places the number at 832 There were fifteen officers killed sod four (?) wounded and in addition five are missing and ooe is known to have been made prisoner. The war office has received a message ststing that there were 650 casualties among the non commission? ed officers snd men of the Highland brigade at Magersfontei a The brigade lost 10 officers killed, 38 wounded and 4 missing GEN FRENCH HAS SKIRMISH London, Deo 14 ?The war office has received the following dispatch from Gen Forestier-Walker at Cape Town: "Gen French wires, under date of Dec 12, reporting a skirmish at 4 o'clock in the moroing with 1,800 Boers who were advanoing south towsrd Nsauwpoort. The sbirmish ing continued all the morning, the Boers fighting on a front of 14 miles. The enemy retired with a loss of 40 killed and wouoded. ? Oar casualties were one killed, seven wounded, in eluding one officer, snd two mies log" BULLER LOSES 11 FIELD PIECES, MANY MULES AND MORE MEN. London. Deo 16, 12 47 a. m ?The war tffioo has reoeiveo a dispatch aooouooiog that Gen Buller has met | with a serious reverse, losing ten guns. Gen Buller was attorrptiug to oross the Tugela rivor. Finding it impos? sible to effect his ob]*?r, ho ordered a retiiement, in order to avoid greater losses. He left 11 guns behind Tho following is the text of Geo Boiler's dispatch announcing his re? verse : * Boiler to Lansdowne : Cbievely Camp, Dee 15, 6 20 p. m.?I regret to report a serious reverse. I moved in full strength from oar oamp near Cbievely at 4 o'olook this morning. There are two fordable places in the Tugela river, and it was my intention to foroe a passage through at ooo of ihem They are about two mileo apart 'My iotentioc was to foroo one or tbo other with ooe brigade, supported by a central brigade. Gen Hart was to attaok the left drift, Gen Hildyard tbe right road aud Gen Lyttleton was to take the centre and to support either. Early in the day I saw that Geo Hart would not be ablo to foroe a passage, and I direoted htm to withdraw He bad, however, attaoked with great gallantry and bis leading battalion, tbe Coonaogbt Rangers, I fear, suffered a great deal. Col I. G. Brooko was seriously wouoded "I then ordered Gen Hildyard to advanoe, whiob he did, and bis leading rep'meot, tbe East Surrey, occupied Coleoeo station and the houses near tbe bridge At that moment I heard the whole artillory I bad sent to support the attack?the Fourteenth and Sixty sixth Field batteries and six naval 12 pounder quiok-fires?under Cd Long, had adfanocd close to tbe river tu Long's dome to be within effective range It proved to be full of the enemy, who opened a glancing fire at olose range, killing all their horse*:, and the gunners were oompelled to stand to their fSJOC. Some of tho wugon teams got shelter for troops in a donga, und deapsrste efforts were made to bring OQi the Seid guns 'Tho fire, however, was too severe, and only two were waved by Osptatu Behofield sod 10ms driven wooes bamri I will furnish. "Aootber mosl gsllaol attempt wi h three teams was made by an effioer whose Derne I will obtain Of ih 18 hoi ? * I ?> were killed end as several driven were wouoded I wou'd ooi allow another attempt, ii? it ? iui d tail they would be a shell msrk, ?SSrifiotee life lOS gallant attempt to I rse iki passage sjosopported be artillery, 1 directed the troopj lo withdraw, which tbey did in good order fcims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's t kY. DECEMBER 20. CAPT G. W. SHELL DIES SUDDENLY. Had Represented His District in Congress Four Tears. Special to The State Laurene, Dec 15 ?Capt George Washington Shell died suddenly at 2 o'clock this afternoon at bis home three miles from this city He was here a while yeeterday on hie way home from Greenville, where he had been on business pertaining to his office, district census supervisor, and while there bad an attack of some thing like crampa, but soon recover ed sufficiently to travel and immedi ately came home A second attack today, which probably affected the heart, proved too much for hia then weakened condition to witstaod and he expired almost suddenly. Gapt Shell retired from public life in 1895 and has since devoted bis time to farming on a modern and extensive ecale. Hie appointment as district census supervisor was on firmed only a few days ago anc \e waa in the discharge of hie nt ' office when the summons came Cspt Shell wss 70 yearn old, a nran of pleaaing address and marked ability. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock from Chestnut Ridge Baptist church, of which he was a lifelong member Everybody here waa shocked and pained at the suddenness of bis de? mise and general sorrow is felt W. L T. SKETCH OP HI3 LIFE George Washington Shell, the au thor of the famous shell manifesto that marked the inauguration of the Tillman revolution, waa born in Laurene county Nov 13, 1831 He obtained hie early education in the common schools and the Laurene aoademy, attending the latter one year At 16 yeara of age he came to Columbia, and for two years wae a clerk to Andrew Crawford He re turned to Laurene and farmed for a year, losing hie wife at the end of that year?1855 The next two years he engaged in mercantile busi? ness in the town of Laurene Then he became euperintendent of the Liurene railroad and held it for a year and a half, resigning and going to New York He took a position as a collector and remained for about six months, returning to his home juet prior to the breaking out of the war lie was among the first to enter the Confederate army, enlisting as a private in Co A of the Third South Carolina the first year of his "ser? vice he wss private secretary to Gen Bonbam. who commanded the bri? gade. Then he became second lieu tenant of hie company The day after his promotion he was msde quartermaster of his regiment, then commanded by Col Nance He was in this position for a year and toen became division qusrtermastrr. scrv ing about the same length of time Then he was assigned to duty with the chief quartermaster of the Army of Northern Virginia, at Gen R E j Lee'e headquarters, serving there from September, 1864, until the sur? render He was entitled to the rank of msjor, but never received tust rank I After the war Capt Shell returned to Laurene and went on the farm which has always been his home. In 1882 be was elected clerk of the court of hia county, hold ing the office for eight years Then came along the political revolution ot 1S90 in South Carolina Capt Shell was B R Tiilmun's chief lieutenant in the fight, and he it was who penned the famous "Shell Manifesto" of 1890, a document that will ever remain prominent in the po? litical history of the State Prior to issuing this document Capt, Shell hsd been a member of the State Democratic executive commiitee? 1886 87. In 1888 he was chosen president of the farmers' Association of South Carolina, and a later fired the opening gun of the Tillman cam paign in the shape of the manifesto The political revolution landed Capt shell in congress from the Fourth dis? trict in 189U, and when his term ended he was given another, after which ho retired to private life. ('apt Shell Was twice married, lirsi, in 1861, M isa Maty Dial of Laurens county They had one son, who died. Mrs Shell died in 1859, his second wile being Misa Ellen Walts Kill of Abbeville county The fruit ol Ibis marriage was 10 ohildren, two of whom died Ihis lall Mr Shell was the eldest child of his parents lie ieavea a sister, Mrs W .1 Oath* oarl ?*f Colombia, and i? brother, Warren, who is now very ill ? ???? Ttas revenue offii rn have I'en instrooted to report for trial a I nor* eh ants who fail to oaoeel ?tamp* co empty oigar boxen. Tho fino in J5U Thia it frequently forgotten by a dealer. xnd Truth's. the ? 1899 Xe\i Brumby's Ancestors Were Carolinians. Descended From the Hayns? worths of Sumter County. To the Editor of The State : Lieutenant Thomas M. Brumby is Georgia's ranking hero of the Span* 1 ish American war. and iast October he was paid a high, bat deserved compliment in the city of Atlanta by being presented with a handsome sword of honor by Georgia's govern? or on behalf of that commonwealth The day was marked by other fee tures of an interesting and striking character, an account of which ap peared in the press dispatches at the time It wss a proud occasion for the progressive city of Atlanta. In The State of September 24, There appeared a chatty, bright little article about the lieutenent and bis parents. As a suppliment to that article I will give a sketch of Lieu tenent Brumby's ancestry and will begin by saying that he is descended from the old and well know Hayns ?orth family of South Garoliua Richard Haynsworth (or Hains wl. h, as the name appears to have been originally spelled) was the founder of this family in our State. We find his name mentioned in the old records, where we learned that he was paid by the colonial govern for "entertainments of Indians " One of Richard Haynsworth's daughters?Margsret by name?was married twice?first to Mason Green? ing, afterwards to Peter Mellett. Mr Greening came from Virginia, *i?A we are informed that he was "a gentleman of influence-" By her first husband, Mrs Greening was the mother of two children,, a sod and daughter This daughter, Susannah Greeoing born in December 1774, just at the time the storm of the revolution was preparing to break forth, was married to Thomas Brumby in 1791 He was an Eng* lisbman, who left that couotry at an 6arly age for America Richard T Brumby was a son of Thomas and Susannah Brumby For many years he was connected with the University of Alabama, and was afterwards connected with the South Carolina College That emi nent English geologist, Sir Charles Lyell, entertained a high opinion of Prof Brumby's scientific attainments In his ''Travels in the United States. Second Visit.r he gives a very read able account of an examination of the Alabama coal fields, which he made in company with Prof Brumby in February, 1846 In this examina lion, a considerable scope of country was passed through, and Sir Charles formed a poor opinion of the Alabama roads, as the following extracts from his writings will show : "We traveled in a carriage with two horses, and could advance but a' few miles a day, so execrable and often dangerous was the state of the roads " An appreciable notice of Professor Brumby wiii lie found in Mr Willis Clark's "History of Elucatbn in Alabama" and a full shetch in I)r M LaBorde's "History of the South Carolina College.M i would advise any one who has a copy of this latter work to carefully peruse this excel lent eketch From it I gather the fol lowing facts about the gifted man : Prof Ii T Brumby was born in Sumter district in 1804 He was an earnest student when a young man, and graduated at the South Carolina College in 1824, with first honor. He became a lawyer and finally settled in Ttiscaloosa, Ala , where he edited a newspaper. The very month in which he attained the age of 30 yearn, "lie was" (to use the language of LaBorde) "most unexpectedly I elected to the chair of chemistry, mineralogy and geology, in the University of Alabama '* This was in August, 1834 He continued with this university until January, 1849, when he lemoved to Columbia, where ho was professor in the South Carolins College Iiis health finally broke down, and he was unable to discharge his duties, but the trustees were unwilling to give him up, eo he remained with the college a year longer, but a* he did nut regain his health, his resignation was accepted in December, 1866 To show Prof Brumby's attainments wo cannot do better than to quote Ihe following from LsBrode : "Prof Brumby's labors in the University of Alabama were of ihe most valuable character, Makes the food more de _ _ nOVAl BAKING POWl fKLK SODTBKON, Established Jone 1 Zh6 Series?Yol. XIX. No. 21 and reflected the highest honor upon him " Speaking of hia connection with the South Carolina College, La Horde eaye : "He wan always to be found in the laboratory. There he toiled with laborious, persevering j industry, amid chemicals, shells and fossils 99 Col A V Bromby, brother of the precedicg, wss the father of Lieu? tenant Brumby Ae a pre ty full notice of him hae already appeared in your columns, 1 will only make a paaaing allusion to him here. Through the influence of John C. CalLouo, Arnoidas V. Bromby was placed at West Point, where he graduated, and like hie distinguished brother, be became an educator. He was connected with the University of Alabama, and afterwards founded the Georgia Military Institute. Soch is a sketch of the ancestry of Thoraas M Bromby, the brave flag lieotenant of Admiral George Dew ey. McDonald Forman Ramsey, Privateer Township, Dec 12, 18?9. An Historic Building. The Sons of the Revolution in Charleston celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of Washington's death Thursday by unvieliog a tablet in the old postoffioe building in Charleston, to the memory of the patriots executed there by order of the British govern* ment. The tablet recites the history of the building and the site on which it ia located In 1650 it was the guard pest of the oolooy. In 1718 the pirates were imprisoned there. Io 1767 taxed tea was stored there and forcibly detained In 1774 the first provincial congress met there, forming the first independent government in America. In 1781 Isaao Hayne was led from that building to execution. In 1791 a grand ball was given there to Washington on bis eootbern tour. It was then said to the finest building in the colooics and the ball given there the grandest of that age. The building was used as a custom bouse for many years, then as a post office. It is now used as sn exebaoge. It will be preserved for its historicsl associations. Orangeburg's Extra Court. In accordance with the recommenda? tion of the state supreme court,publish? ed a few days ago. Gov MoSwecney yesterday com missioned ex Circuit Jadge J II Hudsoo to bold the special term of oourt io Barowell County commencing on the third Monday in February This will be welcome new* to the members of ihr Btrnwell bar, who have case* pcading ?The S ate, Deo 16 Tbc Seaboard Air Lice bn just bought the Bennett milt property in Charleston to use for depots This makes ?70,000 tb%t this road bas paid for real estate in Charleston already. ?^^mso**??^sa?? The price of oottoo jo^tifie? fbe belief tbat the cotton acreage text ocxt yo-r will be greater than ever before. It is the very geoeral under? standing that the present crop will be a short one?not more than 9 500,000 bales certainly not more than 10,000, 000 bales A orop next year therefore will not neoeasarily mean 5 oeuts co'too agaia, though if tbo farmers ar*? wieo they will keep tbe aoreage *;fhir., reasonable limits by diversifying their orops?by giving a part of their nme to such food crops as they need for their ficnilie9 and stock They are con? fronted, however, with tbo statement that the fertilizer oombice idteedc to demand much higher prices for fertil? izers thau the fertilizer manufacturers obtained iast y ar. It looks therefore as if tbe actual net profit io ootton next year would not be sj great, evco if tbe prico should hold up and tbe yield be good If there should bs a crop failore, or if tbe price of oottoo should fall telow 6 oents a pound, the farmers woud be in a very sorry plight. The fertilizer oombine is stating through ill agents that the reason the price of fertilizer ia so much higher this season than it was last, is tbat the prices of the mao rials used in their manufacture have ad? vanced greatly To what fXtent this is true we do not know, but ii icesni t ) us that the commissioners of agriealtsjft of tho vertan eottoa star." could render tbe fernen a great service by investigating tbil Statement If il net a difficult natter to find out whether the advsoos in the pries of fertilisers is largely abitrary or is doe wbcllj to the advance tti tin- prices of the raw Material ? Aikcn Bee rder. iL Baking Powder >URE licious and wholesome >ES CO., NEW YORK._