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The Phantom Host.
An unpublished poetn by Father Ttvan.
memorizd by a fiieud and copied for
Tub Union Times It is a grand
worthy of the gifted author. Read
My form wag b?nt with the slumbers
that steals from the heart its caies,
F Amy 1 fe was weary with its barren
waste of years,
Bat my soul with mighty pinions flew
/*? swift to the light which eem*,
^ From a phanton's sun and plaunets for
the dreamer in his dream-i.
| dootln a wouderoqs fqrort where the
SWUflte ?tied sweet,
Among the upturned JlHiee whloh grew
about my feet,
a ?a as? ilj- * a i ? a
Alia as hip jfui.uic iiimt mcura uiovcu
gently In the air,
The lilliee underneath them swung their
censors pale in prayer.
I alpod alone and wondering and a grand
memoiirtm strain
Game floating through the woodland, ic
died tlieu rose again,
It swelled^ 8 lemn measure till my so il
with comfort blessed,
dank down ??m??iig the lilliea with folded
wiugo to rea
Tlieu to thai solemn measure through
the fowl's twilight isle.
Passed a horn with mutli^l footsteps in
marshal rank aud die,
Add I knew those grey-clad ('.gurus thus
silently passing by,
Wore the souls of Southern soldiers who
for freedom dared to die.
In front t|me Sydney Johnson with a
brow uo longer wrung.
By the vile and aeuseless slanders of an
unkfhd cruel tongue,
And next him mighty Jackson with a
irtaoid front of one,
Whose warfare is accomplished, whose
crown of glory won. v
Then Hill, too, pure and noble, passed in
that spirit train,
V ka * liii muefuru/1 ar.ott f mm
?U1 UO ,|IMUCU kUO U|C*i Wjr * i-v? ??i u^j ttviu
the dcmh'e l?at battle plain.
{ The ue^l in aider followed tlje warrior
prkat, gfat Polk,
With loj to wtttt Ina m ister for he had
nobly born the yoke.
h And Stewart the bra re, the daring, with
r uiaiclnuu Pelbaui rode,
With eyes upturned and coustaut they
were looking up to God,
And Jeukhts, glorious Jenkiu?, with his
patient fearless eyes,
And the brare devoted Qarnett j mrneyed
on to ptradi*:.
Before m b pee tor squadron rode M ?rgau,
aee-i and atrong,
But i knew by his tranquil forehead lie
bad forgutteu every wroug.
There peerieas Peagiaui matching wnli
a b >ld ibid ma renal tread,
And I breathed a aigh for the hero, tht
young, theea.lj dead.
Mid sp ctral. black horse trooper*, pass- -t
4*ub> 'a atai wart toi oj,
W1M? tllgt puwd, drdipit hearing, which
go scorned i he btitle st rug,
But hie giauce was an id and uuid*-?, iqi
in tb?t phantom host,
He looked'with lingering tenderness on
the biother ho had iost.
Titen strode the biave Maloney, kind
geuMt wijuiant, *
And u? xt, him walked t)i? truihfuk^ht
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Ttl re to Mt4'* UpMwin tqu-UQ p?gv?l th
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THE FIENDISH MASSACRE
OF THE HAMPTON FAMILY.
A Thrilling Story of the War of
the Revolution?General Warte
Hampton's Aged Grandsire was
Slain by the Hand He Grasped
in Friendship?A Boy's Expertence?Spartanburg
the Scene of
the Massacre.
Stories of the Hampton family are
always read with pleasure, for this
family of unswerving patriotism has
been c.oeely identified with the moet
stirring events in State history since
the beginning of the struggle for
liberty. As he is in receipt of num
erous requests for information aa to
bis family Gen. Hampton has con
seated to let the appended sketch be
republished. It is the original manuscript
of the late Gov. Ferry and
was firH published in June, 1843,
in "Magnolia." Following is the
story under the caption:
"revolutionary incidents?the
HAMPTON FAMJhY."
Anthony Hampton, the father of
Gen. Wade Hampton, was among
the fiast emigrants from Virginia to
the upper'part uf South Uarolina.
lie settled with his family on Tiger
river in the district of Spartanburg
In I77Q a war with the mother
country, as England was then called,
became inevitable, and it was a matter
of the highest importance to the
inhabitants of the frontiers of Caro
lina to secure a peace with (he Cherokee
Indians. To effect this the
ohiefs of that warlike and powerful
tribe were invited to a "Big Talk"
at some convenient town in their
nation.
Edward and Preston Hampton,
the sons of Authony Hampton, were
delegated by their friends and neighbors
to meat the Indians at this conference.
and endeaver to persuade
them, if possible, to remain neutr ?1
in the approaching struggle. But
the British emissaries had already
engaged the Cherokee warriors to
make an incursion into the settlements
in the upper part of the State,
thp sH*pe ti^e tflaj the English
fleet under IJenry Oliqton and Peter
Parker was toattack Charleston. It
is wed known in history that these
movements were simultaneous.
The young Hamptons hsd just
leturned from this talk with the Indiaus
when a large number of their
warriors commenced their work of
death and destruction Upe? (he inh?bit*nts
of Qreenvjfle And Spartan
bnrg. After killing the Hite"family
in Gnort* they proceeded to Mr.
Hampton a where they found the old
gentleman, hie lady, their son Pres,
ton Hampton, a lad by the uame of
John By num. and an infant child of
' John Harrison. They approached
the bouse from every direction ip
1 opdep to pyeypnf any nf iu inmetei
( fiQIU eapaping their iuhuman e?rn?ge.
Some of iheae Indiana were known
r to both Preeion Hampton and hit
father, and having received no infor1
(nation of theit hostilities, their visil
wan at first supposed to be a friendly
' one*, .They, were met cordially and
, old Mr. H*mpp>h was fa the act ?l
fMcing ha ml* With an# of (he chicfj
when he n? a gun Are and his son
p ' Preston fail to tne group*!.
' This was the signal for an indis
( criminate mardcr. The very hand
which Mr. Hampton ^a<| bqt s\ ^qI
bef'Tfl g^Vped in friendship,
H-?W sent a totuah&ak into his skull
Iljs wife was soon dispatched iu th<
? 3413? manner. The infant son
Mi. II tmptoa was dashed against Lk<
wall of the house which it besprinkled
with hie blood and brains. John
Bynum, the lad already mentioned
stood perfectly astounded amidst this
murder and carnage, having lost all
presence of mind and making no
effort to escape. At length an Indian
warrior raised his hand to diepatch
the youth also, when the blow
was arrested by the band of a chief,
who took tho lad under his protect
tion.
Mrs. Harrison, who was the daugh
ter of Mr. Hampton, had gone to a
neighbor's house, and on her return
saw her father's house in flames, the
Indiana atandinsr Hrmind if. ?ynltini?
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with fiendish malignity, the^tnangled
bodies of her father, mother,
brother and son lying scattered to
and fro in the yard. She was going
to rush forward in the frenzy of the
moment, to make another yiotiio,
when she was restrained by her husbann
and forced in another direction
They sought concealment in a swamp
and remained there undiscovered
until the savages left the place.
The lad who was rescued by the
chief was taken by the Indians to
their nation and remained with them
until the treaty of 1777 when the
district of Pendleton and Greenville
were ceded io (he whites. One article
of this agreement was that the Cherokeee
should surrender to the commissioners
all their prisoners and
children taken from the homes of the
inhabitants along the frontiers
Among those who were thus surrendered
was John Bynum. tie
had, however, been so long with the
Indiana that it was with reluctance
he was persuaded to leave them.
Shortly after this massacre a large
body of the South Carolina miliua
under the command of Col. William*
marched into the Cherokee country
and burnt and destroyed a great many
of their town and Settlement*. Henry
Hampton, a son of Anthony Humpton,
commanded in this body of
militia and killed with his own hand
an Indian warrior ?tnred in Preston
Hampton's coat which was immediately
recognized as rhe one in which
his hrother was murdered.
Edward Hampton at the time of
the murder of his father and family
was on a visit with his wife to her
father, Bayliss Earle. living on the
head waters of Pacolet, and by this
means he would otherwfaehave shared
with his family. He|afterwards became
a most active partisan in the
cause of his country and was ultimately
killed bv the "bloody scout"
in the bosom of bis family.
James Harrison, with the citizens
generally of that part of the ooun'ry,
sought protection in Prince's Fort
where he remained until offered an
opportunity of sending his family into
Virginia. He then devoted his own
personal services exclusively to his
country and whs in the battles of
Blackstocks, Gowpens and Eutaw.
Gen. Wade Hampton was, it is believed,
in North Carolina when his
father and family were murdered in
Spartanburg. Ifts qeryicea in the
W^r of the (Revolution are two well
known to be mentioned in skotohe*
of this obaraoter. Ili?e*traordin?^
gallaptry at the head of a regiment
of oavalry in the battle of Eutaw as
sisted greatly in the achievements of
that day, and bis noble, daring and
active exertions everywhere contributed
mpch to the success of the
American arms in South Caro1m*!?Truth.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
By our Washington correspondent.
There is abundant evidence that
financial affairs will play a leading
part in Congress this winter* excei d
1 ing in importance every other subject
I eaceptpossibiy the Nicaragua" canal
I 1 m? -it
- may wui come up in many fbrms;
fira(, (here will be those who suppori
the Bibcock bill to remove the tarif
I duties from all articles made by trusts
' Second, those who favor reciprocity
' j in general and those who favor it it
' ' particular cagefl-w*uch as Ouba
! fhird, those who want (he su.plui
' , reduced by a general revision of th<
II tariff and those who want it reducer
1 - by a sweeping cut in the War taxes
I Mr. Babcock declares that he wil
' 1 push his bill and will forge the Hou*<
' I to 9ho^ its hand regarding it; tb<
' Republican leaders in general say
> that the bill will be quietly put t<
death in committee *??d will lot comi
' up for attiou in the House at all
which will prevail only the futun
3 tan telL Reciprocity in general ii
a matter for the tfenate, but the proposed
action in Regard to Cuba is
one for both houses, as it will take
the form of legislation and not of a
treaty. Secretary Root's poweiful
recommendations in favor of it on the
ground that it is forced upon us by
he same considerations that forced
the war upon us, namely, the necessity
of keeping Cuba prosperous, independent
and healthy, have stirred
up Congress exceedingly. They may,
and probably will, fail to produce results
but thcv will undoubtedly lead
to a hard fight.
Now that the Nicaraguan canal has
progressed to such a point that action
seems certain, its opponents hav?
dropped most other arguments against
it and concontratod on the mouey
side. They claim that the enormous
expenditure required will have serious
effects iu this country, that $200,000,000
cannot be taken from productive
industries and put into one
which for years to come must prove
absolutely unproductive, without
causing disturbances; that the extension
of our coast line to so distant a
point, will necessitate the huilding of
a huge navy which will cost heavily
On the other side, however, it is
urged that the canal will cost only at
the rate of about $20,000,000 a year
and that much of this money will
come kack to the United States in
the purchase of machinery and so
forth, and that in any event, this
sum, vast as it is, is nothing to a
country that can afford to spend
$140,000,000 a year indefinitely in
pensions alone. The arguments
against the canal are generally regarded
as very weak and there is
little expectation of their exercieint?
w ?
any appreciable effect in Congress.
President Roosevelt has allowed it
to be understood that any change
that he may make in federal oflice
holders will be due to one of two
causes; either to the fact that the inoumhent
of the office has proved unfit,
or to the demand of a U. S. Senator
that a change should be made.
When such demand as this last is
made to him, Mr. Roosevelt does not
receive it sympathetioally and usually
asks sqarely what the objection is to
oontinuing the present man. Still
he cannot avoid recognizing the fact |
that the Senate is a co ordinate part
of the appointing power and is .entitled
to recognition both by the Constitution
and by immemorial custom.
Therefore, hp often yields his own
wishes to that of Senators unless the
OAiididate whom they present is unqualified
or corrupt op does not
measure up to the standard set.
These facts have been pretty widely
advertised throughout the country,
but have had little effect in oheoking
the flow of office seekers who block
the corridors and crowd iho auto room
of the White House. There are
nearly ns many of these as is usual
at the beginning of a new administration.
The resolutions offered in Democratic
caucus include condemnation
of the trusts, the prohibitive features
of the tariff, the solicitation of patronage
by the democrats, colonial
government, any interference with
the value of the currency, eto. Other
resolutions provided fbr the internal
government of the democrat io minority,
The Ship job is already on deck,
and Senator Frye, who is allowed to
pose as the author of the bill, says
Liie new bill will be intorduced at
onee. Some changes are made so as
to ?ry to plHcate enough of the republican
opposition to g?t. a majority to
vote for ir-, bnt the vicio.ua principle
underlying the bill, and ail similar
job?, will he the same, and the bill
will be foueht. in every way possible
by the democrats. It will also have
oonsidarahle republican opposition
notwithstanding the nhanop?? and U.?
> becoming a law is far from certain.
So many resolutions as to the policy
I of t lie democruta during this session
f of Congress were offered at the democratic
House caucus that it was decided
to refer them ail to a committee
r to he appointed by Representative
1 Hay, of Y?., who was honored with a
. unanimous re-election as chairman of
I the oanen??, which will consider them
, and report to another caucus to be
i hold Jsnusry 10. Mr Haywilhunke
this committee s representative one,
as its report, if adopted, as it probab!
ly will he, will determine the demo)
cratatic policy, not only in the House
; of this Congress, but in the Cnngrea.
j atonal campaign of nejt. year. Republicans
arc actively circulating state'
rmnts calculated to create the im'
presrflon that the caucus was a regular
> cat and dog fight. Such statements
e sre untrue. There were differences
B of opinion; otherwise there would
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never be any need for a party caucus,
but they were not more pronounced
chan those expressed at the republican
House caucus, and it can be stated
on the authority of a dozen men
who were there that no ill-feeling
whatever was shown in the expression
of their differences, and there is not
the slightest doubt that the committee
appointed by Mr. Hay will succeed
in making a report that will be adopted
by a practically unanimous vote at
the next caucus. It may be stated
in passing that there is much doubt
whether the differences developed at
the republican caucus can be as easily
adjusted. In other words, there is
much more probability of a factional
fight among the republicans in Congress
than among the democrats. Just
watch and see If this isn't true.
Representative Gr fTith, of Ind.,
says his constituents are opposed to
the subsidizing of ships, and the
reason. "We build agricultural
machinery, locomotives, steel rails,
and a multitude of other articles in
competion with the world. The tame
materials practically go into these
articles that go into ships. Why.
then, do we need to subsidize ships?
We ought to be able to build them
also in competition with* the entire
globe.
Representative Crurapacker, of Ind.,
whose scheme for reducing the representation
of the South in the House
was side-tracked by the republican
bosses at the last session of Congress
because they thought it contained
more political dynamite than they
thought it safe to try to handle, is
talking it up again, in order to ascertain
how much republican support
he can count upon for the bill if he
introduces it at this session. It is
too sarly to say positively what will
be the result, but the chances are
believed to be against the scheme.
Jottings from Jonesville.
The snow has now nil disappeared
and it has left the ground in good
condition to plow.
rni '
mere is borne scattering corton vet
in the field to piok but it don't si mount
to tnuoh. Farmers realize now that
this is the poorest cotton year that
has been in a great mtny years,
really no one can remember wbeu
there was such a short cotton crop
Most of the cotton is sold and but
few farmers have paid their accounts,
and there seems to be no money in
the country. It really is a gloomy
outlook for the fu'ure. Next year
will oertamly be a haid year on all
olassos of people. If there is any
men or class of people or kind of
business or enterprise that has a
bright pro-pect for the future this
correspondent would like to know of
the fact, for it will certainly be a
ploasure to look upon prosperity these
times.
Rev. David Hucks has beon returned
to this circuit for the ensuing
conference year and he filled his pul pit
here yesterday morning. He is
very acceptable to his old charge.
lvuv. A. A. James filled his pulpit
at the Prefbyterian church yesterday
evening. Nil, Jauies carries his age
*v \ and is still vigorous and preaches
with as much ease and coin fort as he
did twenty years ago.
Miss Anna Lee, of Uogansvillc,
who hhft been visiting at the Methodist
parsonage returned home yesterday.
Miss Bertha llolcomh and Marie
Mt-Neace, ?f Union, spent Sunday
in Joueeville,
Messrs. Marvin MoNoiice and
Arthur Lee spent Sunday in town.
W. II. S. Harris goes to Charleston
today to attend the (irand Lodge
of Free Masons and the Exposition.
The new depot here is finished but
tho agent has not tnoved into it yet.
It is a neat and comfortable depot for
both freight and passengers.
Mr. Oscar MoWhirter, of Birnting.
ham, Ala., with his new bride is in
Jonesvitle visiting relatives.
Teleiuionk.
Dr. Mason's Depilatory removed
superfluous hairs permanently from
any part of the body. $4.00 a box.
John H. Mason &Co., Hancock Mary,
land. 27-ly
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:ers,
king Business in all ita
Vgainst Fire, Tornado,
tidents, and Issue Bonds
Is of Corporations, and
*ators, Etc., Etc.
spectfully solicited.
Lockhart Junction News Kotos.
I L ^
_ ?. ^?vu\yicu tiiiiuu new 0
from this site at this time. The
weather has been very cold. The
ground has been coyered with snow
and the boys have been hunting mad
having a good time as they like to
see a time like this.
The children are talking of Christmas
and old Santa Glaus, knowing
that the old year will soon pass away
and be numbered with the past.
Several fine hogs have been killed
around here this week and several
more to kill. It seems there will be
hog and hominy at home.
Mr. F. B. Kelley found a fine
watermelon in his patch the 2'2ad of
Nov. This is one that grew out in
the weeds and grass and kept hid. It
looks as pure a? one in August- Mr.
Ivelley says he is going to eat it
Cnristmas day. It is the Red River
kind and a 25 pound one. This was
not planted in a late patch, it was
planted in April.
We were awakened a few nights
ago by the sweet strains of rausio as
it echoed in the air. This was a serenade
just before Christmas. The
music was performed by Mr. T. B.
Kelley and W. A. Willard on the
violin, Mr. W. Id. Fowler played ths
guitar. This was sweet music. These
gentlemen render good music. Come
again boys Christmas.
Mi? * - -
i..aiaa ?yuiuq .Lottie lias charge of
the Gault school.
Moxy.
The Latent Human Wild Beast.
There was a tragedy in the tent of
a certain wild animal show a week or
two ago. A woman who had been
in the habit of exhibiting trained
lions was incapacitated for her business
in a very few minutes. One of
the lions, which had long shown
signs of being unruly, leaped upen
her and inflicted serious injuries.
The eleiuent in human nature
which makes such shows as these
popular is not one of which we have
reason to he very proud. The exhibition
of trained animals is not. in
itself, anything demoralizing either
to the spectator or to the trainer.
The tcstimnn* of - - J
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others is to the effect that the trainer
must, in order to be safe and succeeaful,
treat the animal* with kindness,
and to .judge from their actions it
would seem that they *njoy being
stared at in idieness.
But the average exhibition of
trained lions aud tigers is another
sort of thing. The fiercier and more
dangerous the beasts are, the more
evident their resistances of authority
and dislike of their work, the more
the audience enjoys it. There would
be no spice in the affair if there were
no danger. The beasts must be
beaten and cowed into submission;
the man or woman among them
must be running the risk of being
torn by their teeth, in order to fur*
nish the requisite amount of excitement.
It is the latent wild beast in
human nature which delights in this
sort of thing- The civilized man
wants the vicarious thrill which
comes of looking on at a performance
which he would never nave the
sand to attempt. It is the remnant
of the thirst for blood which so raged
i in the Unman populace when they,
likewi-e. went, to the cirrus and saw
women and children torn by lions or
gladia'ors in deadly combat on the
bloody Hand*. It ia not in any ph&as
of its recrudescence a nice thing, or
a thing to be encouraged.
Cheap Rate*.
Southern Railway announces excursion
rates for the winter season to the
various resorts of the South. Tickets
are now on sale, with final return limit
i May 31st, 1902.
For detailed information as to rates,
| schedules, etc., call on any apent of the
I Southern railway or connections.
W. H.Taylob,
A. G. 1\ A., Atlanta, Ga,