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UNION-COUNTYNEWS.
Items of Interest Gathered from
Various Sections by our
Correspondents.
REMINISCENCES OE THE WAR.
Interesting Incidents f onneeted
With the Lute. War, Bringing Out
a Great Deal of Unwritten History,
in Which the I'tivate and
Subordinate Officers are Given
Credit Justly Due rhent. Some
of the Truest, Noblest and flrnvs
est Men That Bver l?aeed an
Hnemy Were to he
FOUND AMONG THE PRIVATES.
BY .1. I.. STHAIN.
Previously our headquarters were
on the opposite sole of the river a
little below Willtown. About halt
way between picket headquarters and
the point was the "Matthew's place"
at which we kept a picket guard since
our first occupation of the Island.
This was our first picket head
quarters. Between the Matthew's
place and Mosquito creek we, had
torn up all the" bridges. The sarne
was d>no on the road leading to the
^ point of Bear's Island. Thus our
^ position was comparatively secure
frotn any advance the eneuiv might
s.. i. ? n-i _ <*
UUCUipi L<> UlilM'. J III! Ml CUOII (>I
the country around the Matthew's
place might he tompared to the
d?sert of Sahara, only it was mini
ami water instead of sand. On an
oasis stood the Matthews house and
outbuildings. On all sides as fu as
the eye could reach was a vast plain.
The Matthews house was a long
building w ith a piazz-t on one side
and across one end. A dense thicket
of shrubbery surrounded the house
on three snhs. In front of the
f house and in the direction of ihe
V_ 'enemy stood our p ekets. The post
was about '200 yards from the house
at u bridge that crossed the canal,
on the opposite side ol which the
road forked?one leading toward ihe
point and the other towards Mosquito
creek. The house was high
enough from the ground for a horse
to stand under ir. At. the time we
aro going to speak of, the bridge
across the canal had been torn up,
and our picket guards were standing,
in the piazza. Due night about ihe
first of March, '<?2, while on guard
with Jim MeCulloch, Frank Millwood
and John Faucett, at this place,
we were thrown into considerable
excitement. John Faucett and
Frank Millwood were standing in the
piazza and at the end of the house.
Jim McCullouch and myself were in
the other end of the house asleep. It
was just befoie daybreak. The
V jcresent moon was rising above the
eastern horizon and gave a dim light
through the foliage. A pistol fired,
and in an instant another rang our in
the air. 1 wis arousod. 1 heard
Frank say "men to your post."
j^John raised the jell and caino running
to the door hulho ng ' fall in
A. H. FOSTER, Vice President. J
, D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. ?
infers' National Bank *
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ON, ?. o. I
$60, (XX) I
50,000 J
60,000 f .
$170,000 |
V. H. Wallace, Wm. Jeffries, A
E. P. McKiasick, A. H. Foster, X
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'our Business. ^
Company 1). fall in." "Lt Fuss
deploy yourskirmishers and give \in
It?II."J had been with John before
and knew his tactics when he wanted
to play the "bluff." I had this advantage
of Jim, but you need not,
think that either of us went into
testacies ever our apparent surroundings.
1 had gathered my coin
for uiy pants and stove my foot into
the sleeve up to my knee. We ha I
110 time to make a light. My pistols
were out on ?ho piazza without cap.on
them. I gathered my sabre and
gun, threw open the door, and prepaied
to shoot, and cut mv way out
All this was the work of a few
moments. We found the assaulting
p.irty was in the rear of the hou-e.
and between us and our relief. How
far John had succeeded in biuffmg
we had no means of knowing. But
whatever was done, iousr he d?-n<
soon. It would never do for daylight
to come and reveal our true
situation. Our pistols were recapped
and we felt secure agaii st reasonable
odds. Our horses wtre saddled. The
only way of escape was by the road
j o ir eniuiies were holding. A caucus
\v:is held, and the situation discussed
Inn riedly. The conclusion was, wo
must "get up and get." .Next was,
"?ho will go farward." Like the
invited guests all made excuses. At
I hist ' Stonewall Jackson" was turned
into the road at. the gallop. So were
the others. Each rider with pis ol
in hand. We had to ride by file.
For seine of us this was perhaps to
be the last ride. As we drew near
the dark avenue, walled on each side
with dense thickets. ''Stonewall"
raised his head pud through dilated
nostrils announced the presence of the
enemy. Spurs pressed liiai forward
and soon we had tun the gauntlet
and were shooting like so many
arrows up the side of the canal.
' Prince" (lathed past like a parrott
shell. My horse stumbled and fell I
ami I lost my cap. Before my horse
recovered they were all past me and
I got down to hunt luy cap. One
fellow says "come on, they can kill
us yet." I could not find the cap,
so 1 mounted ' and rode on bare
headed with the others towards our
relief. John Fauceit reported to
picket headquarters. The rest of us
stopped. 1 tied roy handkerchief
around inv head. Soon Lieut. Mabry
Th-anas laid the whole reserve at the
place. Lockhart Mitchell rude up
to ine and said "whv halloo Sallio |
Worthy, are you here." Wo went
back to our post. 1'lie Lieu'cnant
and relief went with us. It was now
daylight. We found old shoes, hats,
bonnets, shawls, walking sticks, etc.,
strewn along the the road which re
veil led the character of our foe, who
had taken to the tn?rsh when they
heard us coining behind them. We
found out l'roin an old darkey living
near our picket post that a largebody
of the slaves from the up
country, as it were, had that night
attempted to get to the yankees, but
coming upon our pickets they were
stopped. Some of theui, however,
got past and were taken on Edisto
Island that evening. Some we found
and others returned to their homes.
I found my cap in the edge of the
water in the canal ju^t ready to be
taken off by the rising tide.
On another occasion before this I
was on picket at the same place. Bill
Sav?gc and Oillium Thomas were
on portt with mo. We were standing
at the bridge which 1 have told you
<1A A J_ f ? -?
whs ?uuui/ iw yarns jrom tne
I Mathews house. Torn Fowler, (Long
j Hungry wan bis nick nam*-) with the
i rest of the relief w;w in the house
asleep. It was as dark a night as I
ever saw, I think. In rear of tho
^ f
hnu^o in a little hut, lived an oh
nejro who lind n li tie doj. Sooi
nfti-r we wert on [ost the do/ begai
10 hark. and kept it up for at lea*
one hour Our h< rt?cs were retries*
The ducks und fio/8 kept such :
ouackitu! and creaking. which
'ogether with the harking of the do<
made the night hideous. The hridg
across the c<nal had not been tori
up. The night was so d?rk we eouli
not sec ten steps from u*. Wi
br ught a horse on post. Bill Savag<
watched tLe h ?rse and Gilliaut ant
I watched the road in front. Fron
ih?* action of the horse we found tba
the trouble was in the direc'ion o
the hou-e. 1 told Bill and Gillian
to mind the post, and i would gi
back and see what the matter
or put the reserve on their guard
When 1 passed around the house 1
found a drove of''marsh ponies" piek
ing about among the rose hushes. A
little Jaelt began to bl'uy, urtd this
aroused the men in the house. A<
L returned to inv post,, passing tlit
end of the pinzzt, L t-aw Tom Fowlei
| standing wiiu his coat, shoes aw
hat uM <>IV. 1 spoke to him. II'.
was like Zicharinh?speechless. I
spoke again and he knew ine. lit
said "who was that blowing tha
horn?" L told liim ' it. was thai
cava ry in the iear of the Linus
sounding a charge "
Bear's Island cou'd heat the worh
f>r ducks, bees, '"go ibers" audswee'
potatoes. It was w it!.out doubt tlx
richest land 1 ever saw. Manj
kinds of game could be found on X
Deer was plentiful. 1 don't expt-ci
i here was another section in tlx
whole rice country of the same si/,
that raised an ?qual quantity of tha
atticlc. The Hi's* nigln levirstayec
on Bear's Island Jack Isoin and my
self wcic put on guild at a plact
where 600 bushels of rice had beer
burued in ouc pile. We hitched oui
horses at the base of a straw pile n
protect thetu from the cold wind
The f g on the river wots so bcavj
we could see but a short distance, noi
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imvii nay (iwiw^o i ik; otimuii n *
climbed 10 the top of the straw stack
dug out holt's, wrapped our blanket;
around us and buried ourselves in th?
straw up to our necks. Jaek ha<
Ins lace tamed one way and mint
was the other. The wind blew a gab
all night. In the river the watei
lashed itself into a foam. A. cob
rain set in soon after we had go
ensconced in our comparatively coai
lot table position, which at tiun:
turned to s ect. In this position w<
spent a long cold January night
Next morning when we left I couh
scarcely ride 1 was so benumbed, ami
Jaek was in the same fix. Tins nigh
I contracted the "pleuntu
affection," of which 1 have heretofore
spoken. It was not customer;
for one relief to stand all night, bu
we had agred to do so in o. tler to g?
relieved next day and night. 1 J
was no fault of Lieut. Tuotnas, bui
our own voluntuary acts. After w <
returned to our headquarters nex
morning we found our men had pro
cured a lot of honey. The bees wer
Hying about in the ? old rain ai thougi
it was Jui.c. Chariey Fuwlcr hiu
captured the gums and honey. W
had nothing to cat with it but "ban
tacks" and it was a poor go.
(To be continued ) '
- - -An
Fxciting Race I'ropioA by Dnt.
uinl Fair Fleeing in the Face
of Superior Numbers ?The
Whistle* of the
Minnie Hulls,
15Y bit. A. E FA XT.
Eirly one lovely morning in 18<5;1
Lieut, G. il Jetet ami six private
of our Company, viz: Bnl Oregon
Tom Glenn, Asbery Garner, Ton
(Bunk),Fowler (dubbed Long llungr
because his rations wore always to
short for his stomach) and the write
were ordered to cross the Cbicka
hominy and reconnoiter o ir front
We had full instructions to find th
enemy and their strength and repot
the same at our earliest convenience
All old soldiers remember that sucl
an order was associated with grea
danger, and was quite a ticklish uti
uertaking, imagining the enemy ii
ambush in every crook and thick 1111
dergrowth on every side of the road
After reaching the forks of the roai
some throe miles from Bottom
| bridge wo saw ample ami untnis
f.nLultln ntri.liiiion tKo o?..*.r\?i n.??.
J wrnvivtv V? I'lUllW \'4 tuu Cll?;?u y V'1 'II
| sisting of hnrso tracks, shelled cm
j and oats where they had just hnlte
and fed. We soon gather* d up sn!
ficient amount of it to feed ou
il hungry horses. This combustion,
ti o.vt.s and corn, was quite a treat to our
r? half fed bor-es. It was a great
t pleasure m fee rlietn eat it. each one
i. standing bv his horse r-tnlv to ni'?unt
a at any moment, not knowing at
. what time the enemy would be up n
i uV While at thi , L ent, deter g ve
us full and explicit direction in hi*
i hlnnt and positi" e manner. Gregory.
I Garner nod I were to tnk the direct
? road to New Kent C. II. Glenn,
ft Fowler and huusolf were to take the
1 right h-?nd toad lending d* wn the
i the Ohiekahotiiiuv road. M v party
t was directed to advance slowly and
f cautiously and to remember the dan
j ger we were in, and that it was our
) duty to investigate inst<ail of fiaih*itij*
. and above all should we be persued
to reach the river ahead of the enemy,
I tear up the bridge and report to camp
fand not make any effort to report to
i h:in as they would watch "both fpmr
5 and rear and endeavor to en re for
< theinsol v<8. My party deployed.
? one on each side of the. road about
r fifteen steps from 't the other in the
I road We were to keep in s'ght of
> etch oilier. We ?oon heard tiring in
i the direction of Lieut Jeter, lly
t this we knew he had come in cont
tact with the enemy, this caused u*
t to keep an eye to our rear as we
steadily advanced and just as we
emerged from a woods we heard their
1 bugle calls and in an instant we both
saw etch other. Thov secuwd to
1 hesitate; we still advanced in order
: to ascertain their uumbers, at.d
. whether there were any inf-inty or
' not. Thev began to assemble in a
! large open field. We halted and
held a short consultation which wsis
t brivf indeed and under peculiar eir1
cuuistances. All at once they came
with a rush. We stood no chance
5 against a fuil brigade. We changed
i front. ' picked up our horses on our
r spu'-s" and .nade a hoe line for the
j bridge. The fear of capture, the
wh>zzing of minnic bu'ls anil their
' close proximity was sufficient sum5
t ulus to tnaki every effort to teach tlie
i- bridge and report to camp Gregory
, and Garner's horses soon began to
* leave me. I ur^ed tbcra on, told
' them I would jump off of my bore1
and take to the wood* rather than hi
captured. They soon distanced ui?.
5 The enemy was close upon uiy heels
r T drew my saber, pressed my spur*.
1 applied uiy saber right and lefr. 1
layed 11 it upon my horse in order to
- evade" the balls that were at tha
i tune (lying upon both t-i les and
? ..'. a i...i..... t i. .. a...
^ Jiiiwvu itini ui'i<iw, JL ur^iin t'? ui?
. tanee tht; enemy and gain on my
1 friends, soon passed them, getting to
I the bridge and across before they
t did. We dismounted, turned on3
horses loose and tore up the bridge
- before the enenrv could reach it
t They saw that they were defeated
t fired a volley and dispersed. M\
t hoive went to grazing, the other two
t lav down broadside, panting. They
& never fully rtcovered. Lieut. Jetc;
and his party c.iiue in c nitaet with
t the enemy s on after we separated.
stealing chickens at a farm. Lieut
' .Jeter ordered Fowler to open tin1
gate so as to have suue chance of
* escape if it proved necessary, and
< ' charged the puny, successfully driv
I ing them oft", saving the chickens fothe
good lady, After seeing that the\
had been driven out of the yard b\
three daring rebels it seemed t
V ... f
inor*ify their feelings. They* summed
up all their courage (some fifty m
more) ami charged. Fortunately
j ihe gate was open and Lieut. Je'ei
II _ !.?*__ .
aim nis parry omiih meir escape inline
Chickalminmy swamps. Lieut
Jeter ordered Glenn to plunge innthe
liver, which was up, nnd report
i to camp. Glenn was ordered to d<>
this for the reason that he had tin
best horse. Lieut. Jeter and Long
ilungry, by a circuitous route, made
their escape.
This wa-s quite an exciting race of
six or eight miles under full speed
Stimulated first by duty, second by
the music of the minnte halls which
were in close proximiny to our per
son. J bird, to escape beipg captured.
1 The three proving very ciiiciem and
'* effective,
n
:
I. The Taft Commission has formally
extended free trade to the Island ol
' Jolo under the terms of the so-called
. "treaty" made by General Hate*
[| with tho Sultan. It would seem that
treaties had to b) ratified by thf
f- .
,. Senate,
tr i
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Transact a Regular Bar
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YOUR BUSINESS IS RE;
TM1M1T.
TO HIS HONOR,
JUDGE D. A. TOWNSEND.
I Herewith Hand to You my An-,
nual Report as Treasurer of
Union County for Claims
paid by me Since my
Last Settlement.
J. H. BARTLES, Treasurer.
Ordinary. Itoad.
II N Gal/man 2 50
I) R Fant 30 05
S G Erat on 1 50
I E Nance 3 00
Sa la; I la iris 5 00
0 F Scales 1 50
* l*aac Parmer Jr 2 00
T J 11 an is 3 00
J II Sartor 1 50
VV -I C.ucker 2 00
L) G Galhuan 50 00
S 6 Walilrop 1 50
John Spr aise 0 50
U II Robinson 5 58
A'l iri Nicholson 3 00
Margaret Lewis 1 00
Wm'Ivcy 1 50
G I Lee 2 00
P J L>a\ is 2 00.
S G Ho a ell 3 00
Susiu KtenaQ 2 (.'0
Y S 11 d?o 20 00
J G Laig. Sheriff 138 00
.) G Harris 50
L 11 Tucker 00
L W Crawford 1 55
W T Rea?y 100
Ed ri.ou'.as 2 00
\V 11 Sartor 3 00
J L GU im 1 00
l)r C E Johnson 10 80 1
A Ian Nicboluuu G .">0
J V Sawyer 1 o 00
T J Beu-ntuiu^h 80 00
J T Fowler o 00
Dr M T Smith 1 (? 00
J F B<>lne 28 00
1) NV li-jcves 1 50
Unit-n Shoe Co 1 25
Binder MoU nvan 6 70
J C Gregory 1 55
.J 1) Murphy O 40
It1 >3u Peudcgraft* 2 00
Ia<im Worthoui 1 00
.1 C Sariar 1 00
li G Wilburn *4 45
0 R Prince 2 00
L V Treutblcy 7 00
I' G Smith 3 50
.'o Scaled 1 00
G'lai le-rt F llnrt 4 00
llix Millwood 2 00
V L Bubo 10 SO
L G Bishop d 00
K L Dun-away 1 00
1 00
L B J?-ter 2 00
G G Bowl ware o.'? 01
I' II Betciibaugh 4 50
.J L Calvert . 1 .">0
I .00
J F Ad His 2 00
Acock, l.iclc & Co 1 00
I)r W (> S ?utoard ."> 00
J F Bel no 10 8: >
S 1. Duckott 10 72
J E Mabry 10 85
Tito A II Foster Co 00 00
M W B.uloy 1 50
G T Hyatt 8 30
D F Baldwin - 3 55
Adams it FaUCOtt 6 00
O T Belue 2 SO
M F Sparks 4 00
J C Ciocker 2 00
M C Denver 0 85
J T James 1 00
J M Greer 25 50
Goo Sims 1 20
r F C l)uko 1 00
Charles Bolt 72 35
J T M>?lone (56
1 1' 11 Bctonbaugh 1 00
Pant Bros 3G3 21)
? " 820 00
II 0 Little 7 00
J D Smith 2 oO
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:ers,
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Vgainst Fire, Tornado,
jidents, and Issue Bonds
Is of Corporations, and
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?ators, Etc., Etc.
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Aahomore Vanderford 13 09
J W WiNon 5 00
Lv S Wilson. 3 50
J V Askew 7 10
J T Fowler 1 00
J 1 G-?jic 9 07
S M Gitlmore 5 20
J C Colield 25 05
(Jhnrnor Stevens 10 45
J J Will,ml 2 90
I F MoUriilc .2 15
W C .l<'hn*ou 4 40
\V 11 Giilnim 4 00
A J G 41 in.in 112
ll'ibt Wix 7 11 *
F M O ShieMs 1 35
N P I) unbar 2 70
F P Y^tes. Agent 88 30
IVildwin 11 ?rlu 273 09
J 1, McWl.irter 3 00
L P? Tucker 5 00
\YOJe:?r 100
-nina \leD.in?cl IS 40
liisrxr W11 burn 60
V\ ?J Juliy 36
K I1' Jubn3 26 00
I M MoSlry 13 32
[ E Nance 3 00
0 F Si:.-i i t*s 1 60
V 8 B-.bo 26 00
Siliie Harris 6 00
l" J 1I arris 3 00
R S Fosit-r 1 76
J F Bolue 301 16
Henry Hawkins 80
AMxrt Brandon . 60
I A (-h:?uibi rs 26 00
M C Dcavtr 0 60
l' J Bfienbaogh 70 00
Is nc Barm ir Jr 2 00
\V 11 Sartor 3 00
E l Tlioin is 2 00
W A Nicholson & Son 801 00
II C (Jon; 1 00
John Sartor 1 60
J F B-luc 11 00
1) B FuDt 30 36
J II Mrlvissiok 5 60
\\ A iSicbolsou &
S-m 21 MOO
T C Jollv 75 00
W U Gist 12 50
W E R itch foul 12 50
\V 1) Arthur 112 20
I1 1C Bailey 54 06
.Jo^ Scales 1 00
J L Glenn 1 00
Town of Union 4 00
L)r W J Douglass 5 00
J A Sawyer' 200 00
M & B N?t Bank 2074 22
J G 1j o?tr Sheriff 188 60
Me Beth Young 1 80
T J McNeaee 1 70
i' J 11 Smith .Jr 2 90
J Monro Wicker 4 00
U M Aunh'ty 1 00
w a lli'l 5 50
Dr V L Bool 1 50
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Margnot Lewis 1 00
T U Sini'h 3 30
K M A ugh t ry 1 00
I{?>*?:? igr.ilT 2 00
W T ItcMfy 1 00
Ohas F Hurt 4 00
F M C.uM 1 00
JO llitn is 1 00
1' 1) .">iew*rt 1 00
J A Chain1 1 00
J F MeLtire 01 37
I C Miller 10 03
(ti?(leu Williams "i'l ?Kl
.1 \V Core 25 00
.1 (' AI Her 5(0
Green ) I.?e 2 III)
l> \V Itrt vhs 1 00
P.I Davis 2 00
Oloil IV'lue 5 00
I W I at/ a 20 0*.)
Mailing T Smith 10 00
J II Brtill.n 8 0S
JIIMKiaalck 22 02
MAP Hank 1702 02
" 725 05
S G Ilowell 3 00
T C Jollev 44
Bago Lee CO
W .1 Can ker 2 00
la >ui Worihnin 1 00
J C Ciocker 2 00
L V TreinOley 10 00
The A H Poster Co 311 05
Richard Fowler 1 00
II S Wiliinna 8 00
K A Hancock 3.1 00
Mia Kate B Crocker 14 40
W H Sartor 5 00
J Tip Fowler 3 00 '
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