Georgetown Enquirer : volume 07, number 29 - 04-13-1887

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GEOEGETOWN, S. C, APRIL 13, 1887.
VOL. TIL—NO. 29.
THE CONFEDERATE LEADER, «E_r. nouRitr B. i.ke, tiik OUE at-
KliT HOI.II1-.K OF 1118 AOK.
IrfirA Wol.-ley, "KiiKUnA'a Oni* Oener.
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—Gnu. I...'. Ilirth and  _.<tu--tl»n—
Leo .n.\ Lincoln the two Ore**.
Men ofthe Late Civil War.
(Continued from last week.] He ni not, however, to remain a spectator nl the coming conflict; lio was tu.) well known to liis countrymen in Virginia «s tlio officer in whom the Federal army liml most confidence. The Slate of Virginia appointe.l liim tunjnr general anil comiiinn.let-in chief ol' all lier military I.noes. In open con- ventinii hn 'initially accepted this pusi- linn, .allying, wilh ull ili.il dignity an.l ginco of manlier which distinguished Mm, lliat lio -i.l ko "trusting in Al¬ mighty Go.l, an approving ciiuicieiiL'C, av..l the ..i.l ol my fellow citizens."
Ho waa   theu just 54 yeara ol.l, the ¦ago uf Marlborough when ho destioyed the French army at Blenheim; in many ways an.l  on mnny points  theso  Iwo great men  iiincli resembled each oilier. Ilnth were of a dignified nml command¬ ing evening, eminently handsome, wilh a figure lull, graceful,  nn.l erect, while a muscular, sqnriie liuill frame bespoke gieat activity  uf Innly.    The chaim of tiianiiei, which  I  havu   mentione.l as veiy winning in Lee, was possessed in the   highest ilegreu  hy   Mailbniougli Until,  at the outset of their grent cii- roei   of victory,  were regar.lc.l  as es- aentially uat.iimal   comiiiaiulers.    Both had   married yonng, anil were  faithful littahaiula ami  ilev.ito.l   fathers.    Both Ila.I in all their campaigns the same be* llel iti an ever-watchful  Providence, in whose help they trusted implicitly, anil for whose interposition they prayed at all timea.   They were gifted   wilh the aiime military instinct,  the same geni (is lor war.   The power of fascinating those with whom they wero associateil, tht «| ell   wliicli they cast  over their •nl.lieis, who hclieveil  almost suporsli- litmsly   in their   certainty of victory, their contempt of danger, their tiering coinage, constitute   a  parrallcl that ia ililficnlt to equal heliveoii any other tiro great men of nioileru timea.
The formation of an auny with the means alone at hia disposal waa a co¬ lossal   task.   Everything had to   be created   hy  this   extraordinary   man. The   South waa an  agricultural, not a lliannlecliiliug   country,   anil   (he re- eoiiice* nl foreign lands  weie denied it by tlio blockade ol ita porta maintain¬ ed   hy the fleet of the   United Statos. Lee waa  a thorough   man ol business, quick in decision, yet methodical in all lie did.   He   knew what   lie   wante I. lie knew what an army ehould be, and liow it should bo organized, both in a finely military aa well  aa an admiuis. trative sense.   In ahout two mont lis he bad crawled a little army of filly thous¬ and men, animated by a lofty patriot¬ ism and  courage lhat made tlieni un¬ conquerable by any similarly constitu¬ ted army. In another month this army at Bull's Run gained a complete victo¬ ry over  the Nortbern invaders, who wero driven   back across tho Potomac liko herds of frightened sheep.   Aa the Federals   ran, lliey  threw away their arms, and everything, gnns, tents, wa¬ gons,  &e„ was abandoned lo the vie- Imt. The arms, ammunition and equip mont   then - taken    were    real   god¬ sends to   thoso engaged in the orgnni- , zatiuii of the Southern armies. Thence¬
forward a   battle   to  the Confederates meant a  unw supply of eveiythiug an army required,    lt  may  hu truthfully •aid, that practically tbo Government at Washington dad to provido and pay for lhe arms aiid  equipment of its ene¬ mies, na   well   as for all lhat its own enormous armies requited.    The day 1 presented  myself in Gen. Leo's camp, ua 1  stood  at   the   door of   his tent awaiting admission, I was amused to find it stamped  as belonging to a col (inel of I New   Jersey regiment.    Ire. maikcd   iipnti this to Gen.   Lee, who laughingly aaid:   "Yes, I think yon will liml that all our lent s,gu ua,and even the men's pouches, are siiuihuly mark- ad aa   having belonged  to tho United Stales."    bomo time afterward, when Gan. Popo and his large invading army liad been sent back flying across (he Maryland   frontier,   1  oveihe.ird this *     convoi-nlion between   two Confederate •oldiers:    "Have yon heard   the nows?
Leo   haa   resigned)"    "Good   G I"
waa the reply, "What fori" "He has resigned because lie saya he cannot feed ¦ml supply his army any longer, now that bia commissary, Gen. Pope, lias been removed." Mr. Lincoln bad • jiitt dismissed Geu, Pope, replacing hiin by Gnn. McClcllan.
The Oonlederatca did not follow up llieir vicloty at Bull's Itnn. A rapid und dating advance would havo given lliem  p.'.-os-Inu ol Washington, theii
enemy's Capital, Political considera¬ tions at Richmond were allowed to outweigh tho very evident military ex¬ pediency ot leaping a solid advantage from this their first great success. Of¬ ten afterward, when this attempt to al¬ lay the angry feelings oi lhe North a- gaiust tha act of Secession bad entirely (ailed, was this action of their political inlets li.inenli.il hy the Confederate conimamlers.
What most strikes   the regular sold. ier   in these campaigns   of Gen. Lee is the   inefticiout milliner in which   both he and his opponents were olten served hy their subordinate   comtnniiders, and how badly lho stair and   outpost work generally was performed on both sides. It is   most difficult to   move wilh any effective precision youngarmies consti¬ tuted   as theso *veiu   during  this war. The   direction an.l   movement of large l.o.lies   of newly iaiso.1   troops,   even when victorious, is never easy, is often impossible.    Over and over   again was thc South apparently "within a stone's throw of independence,'"   as it has been many times leiniukod, when, fiom want ul a thoroughly good   stniTto organize pursuit, thu oceasion was lost, and  the enemy allowed   lo escape.    Lee's com¬ binations   to secure   victory   wero the conceptions of a tiuly great   strategist, and, when tliey had been effected, his tactics were  almost always everything that could be desired up to the moment ol victory, but there his   action seemed to stop abruptly.    Was   ever an army *o hopelessly at the mercy of auother as that of McClcllan when he began his retreat to Harrison's Lauding after the seven day's fighting around Richmond? What commander  could wish to have his foo iii a "tighter place" than Burn- side was in afler hit   disastrous attack
upon Lee at   Fredericksburg?    Yet in
both instances tbo Northern commander got safely away, and   other similar in stances could he mentioned. The critical military   student   of  this   war,    who knows the power which regular troops, well-officered  and   well-directed   by a thoroughly  efficient staff,   placo in the hands of an able General, and who has acquired   an   inlimaio?.' and•  complete knowledge of what these two contend' ing American armies were   teally liko will, I think, agree   that from first to last tho co-operation of even ono army corps of regulat troops would have giv¬ en complete  victory  to whichever side it fonght ou.   I lelt this  when I visit¬ ed the South, and dining the progress of tlio war   I heard the same opinion expressed by many othera who had in spected the contending armies.   I say this with   no wish  to detract   in any way from the courage or other fighting qualities ol tbe troops engaged. 1 yield to none in toy admiration of their war¬ like  achievements; but  I ennnot blind myself to the hyperbole of wi iters who refer to theso armies   aa the finest that have evet existed.
Those who know how  difficult it is to supply our own  militia and volun¬ teer toices with efficient office!- call ap¬ preciate what difficulties Gen. Lee had to overcome   iu the  formation   of the army he so often led to  victory.    He had about  bim able   assistants,   who, like himself,  had received  an excellent military education at West Point.    To tbe experienced soldier   it is no matter of surprise, but to the general reader it will be of interest to know that, on eith¬ er side iu this war, almost every general whose name will be lemembered in tbo future had boon educated   al that mili¬ tary school,  and had   been   trained in the old   regular   army of the United States. In talking to me of all the Fed¬ eral generals,   Lee ineiitionod   MeCbd- lan with most respect and regard.    He spoke bittcily of none—a .remarkable lacl, as at that time meu on both sides were   wont to heap the most  violent terms  of abuse upon their  respective enemies,   lie thus reproved  a clergy¬ man   ivho   had spokeu  in hia sermon very bitterly ol their enemies:   "I havo fought against thu peoplo of the North because 1 believed thoy wete seeking to wrest from the Sonlh bcrdeaiest rights; but I have never cherished toward litem bitter or vindictive feelings, audi have never seen tho day when I did not pray forthoui."    1   asked   him  bow many men be had at the battlo of   Antietam, from which he had  tbem   recently  re* tinned.    Hu   said   he had ¦ never had, during that  whole day, moie than a- bout   thirty  thousand  man ill line, al¬ though ho   had   behind   him  a small army  of   tiled  troops and of shoeless stragglers who never came tip  during the battle.   He estimated Gull. Model au's army ut about one bundled thous¬ and men.   A  friond of mine, who at the samo limo was al tbe Federal head¬ quarters, theie made similar inquiries. Geu.  MuClellau'a   reply  corroborated
the correctness ol Lee's estimate of the Federal nnmber at Antietam, but, bo said, he thought the Confederate army was a little stronger than that under his command, I mention this because both those generals were most truth¬ ful men, and whatever they stated can be implicitly relied on. I also roler to il becauso the usual proportion throngl: out the war between lhe contending sides in each action ranged from about twice to three times more Federals than there woro Confederates engaged.
The desperate, though drawn, battle of Gettysburg  waa the   death-knell of Sonthern independence; and Gen. Slier* man's splendid, but almost unopposed, march to the sea showed the world that all furthor resistance on the part of the Confederate   States   cou'.d  ouly   be a profitless wnslo of blood.    In tho thir¬ ty-five days of fighting near Richinotid, which ended   the war   of 1865,   Gen. Grant's army numbered   190,000, that that of Lee only   51,000 men.    Evory man lost hy the  larmer was   easily re¬ placed, bul an exhausted  South conld find no more soldiers.    "The right of self-government," which   Washington woii, and lor which Lee fought, was no longer lo be a watchword to slir men's blood   in   tho   United    States.    The South was humbled au.l   beaten by its own flesh and blood iu  the North, antl it is difficult to know  which to admire most,   llie good sense with   which the result was accepted in  the   so-called Confederate   Slates in lho wise mag¬ nanimity displayed by the victors.
Like   all men,  Lee  had his  faults; like all   the greatest   of generals, be sometimes made mistakes.    His nature lirank with such horror ftom tho dicad ol wounding the feelings of others, that upon occasions he lelt men in positions of responsibitityto whicli their abilities were not equal.    This6oftuess of heatt, amiable  as  that   quality may   be, a- mounts to a ciimo iu the man entrusted witli the direction ol   public  affairs at critical  moments.    Lee's devotion  to duty and great   respectful   nhedionce seem at limes lo   have made  him loo subservient to those charged   with the civil government-of bis country.Ho car¬ ried out loo literally lho oideraot those whom   the   Confederate* Constitution mado his superiors, although  he must have known them  lo be entirely igno¬ rant ofthe science of war.    He appears to   have   forgotten that   lie was the great  revolutionary chief engaged   iu a great revolutionary war; that he was no mere leader in a.political. struggle of parties carried ou within lhe lines of an   ol.l, well-established  form of gov¬ ernment.   It waa very clear lo many at lha time, as it will be commonly ac¬ knowledged now, that the South conld only hope  to win under tho  rule of a rnililaiy  dictator.    If Geu. Washing, ton bad had aMr. Davia ovor bim,could he have accomplished what he did? ll will, I am sure, bo news  to many that Gen. Lee was given '.he command over all tba Confederate atiuies a month or two only beforo tbe  final collapse; and that the military  policy of the South was all throughout the war dictated by Mr. Davis, President of the  Confedei- ate States!    Lee had no power to re¬ ward soldiers or to promote officers. It waa Mr. Davis who selected the men to command divisions and armies,    la  it to be supposed  that   Cromwell, King William   III, Washington,   or Napo lend could have succeeded   in the rovo lotions  with which  their   names are identified, had   thoy  submitted to the will   and   authority   of a politician as Lee did to Mr. Davis?
Lee was opposed to the final defence of Richinotid thai was urged upon him for political, not military reasons;. It was a great strategic error. Gen. Grant's large army uf men was easily fed, and ils daily losses easily recruited fiom a near base; whereas if it had been
company leaders, ami tho educated stuff whicli are only to bo found in the regu¬ lar army of long standing.
Gon. Lee survived tho destruction of the Confederacy for five yenrs, when, at the age ol 63, and surrounded by his family, lifo ebbed slowly from bim. Where else in history is a great man to bo found whose whole life was one such blameless record of duty nobly done? It was consistent in all its parts, complete in all its relations. Tho most parlect gentleman of a State long celebrated lor its chivalry, be was jnst, gentle and generous and childlike in the simplicity ul his character. Never elated villi success, ho boro reverse, and at last complete overthrow, wilh dignified resignation. Throughout this long and cruol struggle his wob all the responsibility, hut not tho power, that should have accompanied it.
The fierco light which beats upon the throne is as that of a rushlight in comparison with tho electric glare wliich inir newspapers now focus upon the pnblic man iu Lee's position. His character bas heen subjected to that ordeal, and who can point to any spot upon  il?    His clear, sound judgment.
personal courage, untiring activity, go niiis for war, and absolute devotion  to his State, in ink him out as   a   public man, as a patriot to be forever rsmem- bcred by all Americans.    His amiabil¬ ity of disposition, deep sympathy with those in pain or sorrow,  his  love  for children, nice senso of personal  honor and genial couiteay omleaied him to all his friends.    I shall  never   lorget hia [ sweet, winning  smile,  nor his clear, honest eyea that seemed  to look  iuto your heart   wliilo  they  searched  your brain.   I have met many of the great men ol my tiine.bnt Lee alone impress¬ ed me with the feeling  that I was  in the presence of a man who was cast in grander mould and  made of different and finer  metal   than  all  other mon. Ho is stnmpad upon ray memory   aa a being apart and superior to  aU others ill every way; a man with whom  none I over knew, and very few of whom  1 have read, are worthy to be'classed. 1 have met but two snub men.
When all lhe angry feelings rousod by Secession are hnried with thoso which existed when tlie Declaration of Independence was written, when Amer¬ icans can review the history "of their last groat rebellion with calm impar¬ tiality, I believe that all will admit that Gen.Lee lowered far above all men on either sido in that struggle; I believe he will be regarded not only as the most prominent figure of the Confed¬ eracy, but as tho   great   American of
alter a cordial grasp of tho hiinil, waa sorrtcd in theReportorial sanctum, talk¬ ing about things, past, present and fu¬ ture.
He hail been, ho said, lo Washing¬ ton, Richmond and Savannah on pro¬ fessional business, and had takon th« opportunity lo pay a flying visit to Cliarleston. He would go hence for a short visit to Columbia, antl rctnriiing hero would loavo for New York to¬ night, his presence there being demand ed by professional engagement, ou Monday next.
"I see," bo remarked, "lhat yon are still at your old tricks," as tho Re¬ porter grasped a pencil and began scrib¬ bling upon a sheet of paper.
"Yes," was the reply. "Tho Pres¬ ident wanted me to take a place in his Cabinet, hilt I couldn't seo my way clear to leaving Cliniloston at that time and, as you see, I inn still here. Yon don't appear to he at your old tricks, disbanding rifle clubs fur instance.'
"Well, no," replied the Governor with a smile, "I am not in politics, although in '84 1 did exert myself a little to defeat Mr. Blaine. But 1 want to talk to you about old Charles¬ ton." Aud for the next half hour the Governor listened to the recollections of tho Reporter anent the earthquake.
"Yon know," he finally  coniinned "It  is oxactly ten   years   since I have | been   to   Charleston, and  as I walked down hero from tho hotel I experienced a ghost-like feeling.   I felt like a man who has been dead lor a generation an.l had suddenly came back to life.    Tbo place was familiar, but 1 scarcely mot a face that I   knew   until I saw yott. What a brave old peoplo anil city it is. I   can   scarcely   realize that I am iu Charleston.   Thero was the great firo in 1861, three years of  bombardment, three yoars of yellow  fever,  thoso cy¬ clones of which I have read, and finally the earthquake—misfortunes enough to have paralyzed a half a  dozen cities, and yet   lo-day   there  seems to be as much business activity  and entetprtse as there   was ten   years ago.    A   city with,so much pluck and endurance waa surely nevor born.to die.   Never! .Old Charleston is bound to become a great city.   All her traditions, all her pluck and endmance point to it."
"Now, Governbi, let's talk abont politics, if you please. Mugwumps are scarce down here. Are yon still a supporter of Mr. Cleveland?"
"Yes, I have no hesitation in saying that I am still a strong Cleveland man, if thnt is what you mean. I'll go oven further an.l say tbat I am stronger lor Cleveland than I was when I voted for
the nineteenth century, whose statue is bim, and I think, moreover,  that that well worthy to aland on un equal pe- is the goneral  feeling among the Re.
destal with that of Washington, and whose memory is equally worthy to be enshrined iu the hearts of all his coun¬ trymen. WOL-ELEY.
ONOE A FOE-SOW A FRIEND.
A Pleasant Chat fJWith Ex-Governor Chamberlain.
A neat, trinily-hnilt gentleman, witli clear-cut classical featurcs,a slight lnus- (acho and brilliant, intelligent eyes, stood at the entrance to the sanctum in whieh the Reporters of the News and Courier meet daily at 10 A. M. to kill indignant subscribers and fault-finders, and to concoct schemes for getting up whut indignant subscribers wo*.ild call "another pack of lies" for tho mor¬ row's paper. He was attired in a Prince Albert coat, which fitted him clusely, and had in one hand a black Derby bal and in the other a dripping umbrella. There was no mistaking the man, and, on the instant, there flashed acrons the Reportorial mind a scene under the walls of Foit Moultrie dur¬ ing tho Centennial year of Jasper's he¬ roic deeds, when the rifle clubs of Soulh Carolina and tho National Guards of drawn far into  the  interior  afler   the | Georgia, New York and Massachusetts
pu-licana who supported him in 1884* If there is any discontent I think it is chiefly among certain Bonrbonistic Democrats. The Mngwiimpa'guorum pars sum seem to me to be better sat* isfied with Mr. Cleveland's Adminis¬ tration than his own party. I don't know anybody in the Repnblican party who does not admit that Mr. jjjCleve- land has gone "farther in the liue of civil service reform than ihey expect¬ ed."
"Who do you regard as having the hest chance for the Republican nomi nation in 1888?"
"I have always thonght and slill think that Blaine conld get tbe nomi¬ nation if he wanted it. The fact ol his going abroad does not prevent him from receiving the Republican nomi¬ nation. It is simply an easy way of leaving himself in lhe hands of his friends. I do not think Jlro can be electod. My own idea is that Blaine reached the high tide ol his political strength in 1884.
What  made you oppose bis elect.
mont in theDcmocralic pnrty,bnt so far as I can see the reform   element of the country,    Democrat and   Republican, look to tho Democratic party moro than the Republicans,  us those   parties aro now constituted, for advancment in the direction   of   reform.     For   example; Where are we to look fur revenue re¬ form or   tariff  reduction?    It is   trne that tho Democratic party is not united on that issue now, but the Republican party is certainly solid against it. Thon there is the civil service roform. Where are its fiiends?    It  seems to me that at present Mr. Cleveland is its greatest practical   friend and that as far as  the rank  au.l file is   concorued the Demo¬ cratic party is  qnito  as  favorably ill cliticd to it  aa the  Repnblicans,    On these, as on all similar issues, I think: tbe forward-looking men  of the coun¬ try ara more in   sympathy, or ralher look with moro hope to the Democratic llian the Repnblican party."
"How about the John Sherman boom?"
"Has Mr. Sherman a boom? WeU, let me say thia. Tlio old Southern issne—"
"Yon moan, of conrse, the bloody shirt?
"Tho old   Southern   issuo—call   it what yon   will—is   now a  past issno. In 1876 lho Repnblican party officially, and as a party sentiment, left tho South to what it callod "homo iulo."    From that moment  there was nothing more for Federal interference to do.    What¬ ever   unsettled   issues   were  left wero necessarily   loft to  he   settlad in   ths States themselves,  and   not at Wash¬ ington.    These issnea aro all settled, or iu process of settlement, and for   Sher¬ man or Hoar and such men lo raise that old qnestion now is simply  pnre  and conscious demagogy.    How    these is¬ snea now stand  here at. the South, or what  their   future  course may  be, 1 haven't sufficient information to make me confident, except that I  plainly see that political power and londcrthip arc passing rapidly into lhe hands of men, wbo were   not   actively   engaged, by reason of age, iu the war.    Under snch influences I  am   vory .confident that those 'old   issues'   will be   settled iu some peaceful wuy.    I  will  add, lliat perhaps these issues may be said to he settled  already,   but   the South has a great iudiisttial future boforo it, and iu thai future the negro  will play an im¬ portant part.   The bost  laboring ele¬ ment, in my judgment  that  any   por¬ tion of this country, or so far as I kuow any other country has, lacking a little no donbt in efficiency, measured  by a Northern standard,  but  still peacolnl, faithful and home-loving, not given to strikes and not easily led to opposo the interests of thoso for whom they labor. They wero not lilted  for political life aud  they   failed  there,  but  they are filled to aid in the development of the resources of tlie South, and  when  the influences of which I have spoken shall have passed  away  they   will  doubt' less   become   homogeneous   with  tha peoplo of the South in  their views of (ho public and public affairs."
Governor Chamberlain, who, afler all, it will be remembered, waa tho cleanest of the old Rcconstrnctionists, said a good many kind and pleasant things about the Stute ovor which he had once ruled as its Chiof Executive. Ilia bright mind and keen intellect placed him in 1884 iu the front ranks of those Republicans whu revolted from the Blaine   standard,  and   Governor
liltlo army with whicb Leo endeavored to protect Richmond, its fighiing slronglli would have boen largely reduced by the detachments required to guard a long line of communications throngh a hostile country. It is profitless, how¬ ever, to speculate upon what might have been, and the military studont mnst take these campaigns as tbey were carried out.    No fair estimate of Lee
were gathered aronnd him, listening to the patriotic and eloquent voice of Daniel H. Uhnmberlain, the last carpet bag Governor ofthe prostrate Palmotto State. In another second the Cham¬ berlain proclamation, commanding the disbanding of the rifle clubs, the dual Legislature, tbo arinedFedoral soldiers, and Speaker Mackoy surrounded by his hired bullies, all passed  like lightning
ing; and ho went to the trial justice on Friday afler the arrest anil asked thai his name ba taken ofl' the bond.
The caso   came   up   befure  Judgo Bleaso Saturday morning, Mr, Carlisla and Mr. Jones appealing for the plain¬ tiff, and Messrs. Johnstone and Cromer for tho dofemlaiit. The delelldallt moved' to diasolvo  tha  nUoohinout   on    tlio ground that it had been improvi.lenlly istneil, and that  the only  responsible surety had requested to bo raloasod—» tbere may have beon other grounds. After a little argument nn thia point, . Judge Bleaso suggested tn the  parties, through their attorneys, that ihey con¬ sent to a trial ol the oaao at once to da- cide whether Reaves owed Cot'iul any¬ thing, and if no how mnch.   Bolh sides consented and a jniy was drawn to try the case, an.l the trial set for tlto after' noon.   Thon the nrguuient as   to ths* attachment was resumed.
It was generally known that Mr, Johnstone and Mr. Junes had had » liltlo spat of worda at tlio hearing of the caso beforo Commissioner Dennis; bnt nobody anticipated trouble in the court roi.ru, and Ihero was qnito u oiimil present, tweniy-live or thirty people. Inside the bar, which is n tailed irrclos- nre'aboiit twelve Ieet square, wero thai attorneys and their clienls.
The conversation thai seemed to be* the immediate cause of lire drawing of pistols, wns abont as follows;
Mr. Jones; "If the court pleaso, coun¬ sel lor tlto defense admit it tliat this is a court of record,"
Mr. Johnstone: "No, if the oonrt please; we do not admit that, lor lho* statutes expressly say that it is not a* court of record."
Mr. Jones: "I was addrossing my re¬ marks to the court."
Mr. Johnstone: "And I was address¬ ing my remarks to lho conrt."
Mr. Jones*. "Will tho conrt hoar iny argument."
Mr. Bleaso: "Yes, proceorl, Jtr. Jones. Don't interrupt him, Mr. John¬ stone."
Mr. Jones: "Oh, ho can't confuse me; I dou't notice anything lliat cornea Irom sueh source."
Mr. Johnstone (rising): "If lhe inso¬ lent puppy repeals that I'll slap his lave."
Mr. Jonea jerked his pistol out of hit breast pockot and tired, Mr. John¬ stone drew his pistol, and they both continued to tiro in rapid succession, both emptying thoir pistols, Mr. Junes firing five times and Mr. Johnstone four, one chamber of Mr. Johnatono's pistol having been empty when tho firing began. After Johnstone had ex¬ hausted his first pistol he drew a second but did not nse it when ha found Junou had cxhausto.l his ammunition.
Soma porsons who witnessed the shooting say that Jones fired twice be¬ lore Jones fired at all; and others onco. All the firing waa over in laaa thau a minute, and both parlies had emptied all the chambers of their pistols. Dur¬ ing the firing the two combatimla wero so near each other that thoy could havu touched pistols.
Mr. Jones waa taken into Mr. Mow- er'a office near by and physicians wero summoned. Au examination showed that a ball had entered the left aide be- between the eighth and ninth riba and ranging across and downward (toppod jnst nnder the skin ou the right side, lt wns thought he conld live only n short time, but he rallied lrom the shock and the physicians began to have
Chamberlain  in  the'letters which he 11>"lMS of ¦»• lifo* "MM-llmn doing every
"Mr. Blaine is not, iu my opinion, a man of public integrity. My personal observations have convinced mo that a groat many Repnblicans who support¬ ed bim in 1884 would not do so now on the same issue. If he gets the lioni- ination he will bo beaten by any good man the Democrats may pnt up. In fact I think tbat any Itepublican can¬ didate is likely by odds of 3 to 2'to bo beaten by Mr. Clovelnnd, or auy other acceptable Democratic candidate.   Mr.
wrote at that time and in a good many other ways contributed aa much per¬ haps as any ono man in New York to the success of the Domocratio Presi¬ dential tickot. After looking over aomo of tbe old files ol the News and Courier, he took his departnre.leaving behind him impressions of the kindliest kind.—News ontZ Courier.
as a geneial can bo made by a  simple  in  review   before  the mind of tho its-
comparison of what he achieved with that which Napoleon, Wellington, or Von Moltke accomplished, unless duo allowance' is mnde for the difference in the nature of the American armies, and of the armies commanded by those great leaders. Tbey were at the head of perfectly organizod, thoroughly trained and - wcll-diaciplined troops; while Lee's soldiers, though gal biu t and daring to a fault, lacked iho mil! tary cohesion and efficiency, the trained
TRE JONES-JOHNSTONE SHOOTING.
Further Particulars  of the  Affair— The Words that led to Rapid Act¬ iou.
[From tlio Newberry Newspapers.]
On Thursday   atternoon   last    Mr.
Reeves, having wound np his   business
here as ho thought, drove out with  his
two wagons.    After going about  six
thing possible for his  relief.   Ho writ. struck only onco.
Mr. Joliustone was struck in four places; ono ball passed through tlto right ear close to the' head; another (whicli he thinks waa the first shot) struck the Iiandlo of the pistol in hia panluloona pocket, and, glancing, grazed bis groin, (oj two or threo inohea and lodged in his clothes, anotbor struck hia shoulder.
Mr. Geo. B. Cromor in attempting to stop the shouting made a narrow es¬ cape, one ball passing through hia sleevo near llie shouldor and outting lho skin, another passing through the aleevo of the othor arm neat tho wrist.
Cleveland's great advantage is that hoi miles    ho    was overtaken  hy  Judge
lunished Reporter, and all vanished as the scenes of 1884 pushed themselves lo the front, with Daniel H. Chamber¬ lain, as a prominent figure, leading the Mugwumps iu a desperate fight a- gainst the Plumed Knight, who came so near beiug President of the United States. Tho ox-carpet-bag Governor waa forgotten in the person of Cham¬ berlain, the Mugwump, who fought sn gallantly for Cleveland and "Reform.
has measurably satisfied tho reform ele¬ ment ot the Republican party that sup¬ ported him in 1884, aud thoroughly commended himself lo the business and non-political element of the whole couu¬ try in overy section. Whatever dis¬ satisfaction there my bo with Mr. Cleveland does not point in the least towards Blaine's success, nor indeed to that of any man that tho Republican parly as now   managed   may   put up.
]    Iu a few moments the ox Governor • Then* is a strong, active Bourbon  cle-
Bloaso _ constable aud arrested, aud hia wagons, teams, etc., attached, in a civ¬ il suit iu which J. J. Ooruin was plain¬ tiff. The arrest waa mads under the non-resident act, and the suit was for $100 which Mr. Coruin claimed that Mr. Reeves owed him. Mr. Reeves was brought back with his wagons. The attachment bond required ol the plaintiff had been signed by E. W. Thoinason, Theo lore Spohl and —. .—. Coursey, Mr. Spehl nlono qualify
—Soveial nogroea who loft Union county last year for Arkansas areinix- iuna t» lettiin home. They ait sending to their relatives piteous appeals' for money to enablo them tn coma baok.
—The lntcr-Stale commerce com¬ missioners met in Washington anil or¬ ganized by electing Jndge Thomaa M, Cooley, of Michigan, as Chairman,
—Mr. J. li. Carlisle, nf Ahbovillo connty, diad recently of hydrophobia. About thirty days ago, while lying near his coal kiln oue night, he wal bitten on the uoao by a dog.
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