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* ? , r ,v. .' . . ;. .. laggRD ?E?I-WKKKLY. L. m. qrist'8 sohs. Pabudwr.. J % cfarailg gemsjiapfr: Jfor thg fromolion of thg political, focial, &gricnltnt[al and fltowmtiitial gntcrcats of Ihg |topl<. {TEI"'amo>L?taAri,BnraNc^A'":?' ESTABLISHED 1855~ YORKVILLE, 9. C., TUESDAY, 8EPTEM BER 11, ?-hbbhshshs^ OLD TIME HOI Leading Features Just the Back Lo A MATCH BETWEE1 Judge Longstreet's Story of Fa Repeated In York Count; out Much Improvement. From Georgia Scenes, Published by H During the session of the supreme court in the village of , about three weeks ago, when a number of people were collected in the principal street of the village, I observed a young man riding up and down the street, as I supposed, in a violent passion. He galloped this way, then that, and then the other; spurred his horse to one group of citlsens, then to another; then dashed off at half-speed, as if fleeing from danger; and, suddenly checking his horse, returned first in a pace, then in a trot, and then in a canter. While he was performing these various evolutions he cursed, swore, whnnned. screamed, and tossed himself in every attitude which man could assume on horseback. In short, he cavorted anost magnanimously * (a term which, in our tongue, expresses all that I have described, and a little more), and seemed to be setting all creation at defiance. As I liked to see all that is passing, I determined to take a position a little nearer to him, and to ascertain, if possible, what it was that affected him so sensibly. Accordingly I approached a crowd before which he stopped for a moment, and examined it with the strictest scrutiny. But I could see nothing in it that seemed to have anything to do with the c&vorter. Every man appeared to be in good humor, and all minding their own business. Not one so much as noticed the nrliu>lnkl flmr*. Still h# went On. I After a semicolon pause, which my appearance seemed to produce (for he eyed me closely as I approached), he fetched a whoop, and swore that "he could out-swap any live man. woman, or child that ever walked these hills, or that ever straddled horseflesh since the days of old daddy Adam. Stranger." said he to me, "did you ever see the Tallow Blossom from Jasper?" "No," said I, "but I have often heard of him." "I'm the boy," continued he; "perhaps a leetle, jlst a leetle, of the best man at a horse-swap that ever trod shoe-leather." I began to feel my situation a little awkward, when I was relieved by a man somewhat advanced In years, who stepped up and began to survey the Tellow Blossom's horse with much apparent interest This drew the rider's attention, and he turned the conversation from me to the stranger. "Well, my old coon," said he, "do you want to swap hosses?" "Why, I don't know," replied the stranger; "I believe I've got a beast 1,'d trade with you for that one. If you like him." "Well, fetch up your nag, my old cook; you're Just the lark I wanted to get hold of. I am perhaps a leetle, Jlst a leetle. of the best man at a horseswap that ever stole cracklings out of his mammy's fat gourd. Where's your hogs ?" "I'll bring him presently; but I want to examine your horse a little." "Oh. look at him," said the Blossom, alighting and hitting him a cut?"look at him! He's the best piece of hossflesh in the thirteen united unlvarsal worlds. There's no sort o' mistake in little Bullet He can pick up miles on his feet, and fling 'em behind him as fast as the next man's hoss, 1 don't wKnro hn nnmno from A n H Ha can keep at It as long as the sun can shine without resting." During this harangue little Bullet looked as If he understood It all, believed It, and was ready at any moment to verify It. He was a horse of goodly countenance, rather expressive of vigilance than flre; though an unnatural appearance of fierceness was thrown Into It by the loss of his ears, which had been cropped pretty close to his head. Nature had done but little for Bullet's head and neck; but he managed. In a great measure, to hide their defects by bowing perpetually, j He had obviously suffered severely for corn; but if his ribs and hip-bones had not disclosed the fact, he never would have done it; for he was in all respects as cheerful and happy as if he commanded all the corn-cribs and fodderstacks in Georgia. His height was about twelve hands; but as his shape partook somewhat of that of the giraffe, his haunches stood much lower. They were short, strait, peaked, and concave. Bullet's tail, however, made amends for all his defects. All that the artist could do to beautify it had been done; and all that horse could dc to compliment the artist, Bullet did. His tail was nicked in superior style, rmd exhibited the line of beauty in so many directions that it could not fail to hit the most fastidious taste in some of them. From the root it dropped into a graceful festoon, then rose in handsome curve, then resumed its first direction, and then mounted suddenly upward like a cypress knee to a perpendicular of about two and a half Inches. The whole had a careless and bewitching inclination to the right. Bullet obviously knew where his beauty lay, and took all occasions to display it to the best advantage. If a sMr?lr rmrkprt nr if anv one moved sud denly about him, or coughed, or hawked, or spoke a little louder than common, up went Bullet's tall like lightning; and If the going up did not please, the coming down must of necessity, for It was as different from the other movement as was its direction. The first was a bold and rapid flight upward, usually to an angle of 45 degrees. In this position he kept his interesting appendage until he satisfied himself that nothing in particular was to be done; when he commenced dropping it by half Inches, in second beats, then In triple time, then faster and shorter, and faster and shorter still, until it finally died away imperceptibly into its natural position. If I might iSE SWAP. Same as They Are In the ts Today. * KIT AND BULLET. imous Trade In Georgia Is Still y With Variations; But With arper & Brothers. compare sights to sounds, I should say its settling was more like the note of a locust than anything else in nature. Either from native sprightliness of disposition, from uncontrollable activity, or from an unconquerable habit of removing flies by the stamping of the feet. Bullet never stood still, but always kept up a gentle fly-scaring movement of his limbs, which was peculiarly interesting. "I tell you, man," proceeded the Tellow Blossom, "he's the best live hoss that ever trod the grit of Georgia. Bob Smart knows the hoss. Come here, Bob, and mount this hoss, and show Bullet's motions." Here Bullet bristled up, and looked as if he had been hunting for Bob all day long, and had just found him. Bob sprang on his back. "Boo-oo-oo!" said Bob, with a fluttering noise of the lips, and away went Bullet as if in a quarter race, with all his beauties spread in handsome style. "Now fetch hlra hack," said Blossom. Bullet turned and came tn pretty much as he went out "Now trot him by." Bullet reduced his tall to customary, sidled to the right and left airily, and exhibited at least three varieties of trot in the short space of fifty yards. "Make him pace!" Bob commenced twitching the bzrldle and kicking at the same time. These Inconsistent movements obviously (and most naturally) disconcerted Bullet ; for It was impossible for him to learn from them whether he was to proceed or stand still. He started to trot, and was told that wouldn't do. He attempted a canter, and was checked again. He stopped, and was urged to go on. Bullet now rushed Into the wide field of experiment, and struck out a gait of his own that completely turned the tables upon hiB rider, and certainly deserved a patent It seemed to have derived its elements from the jig, the minuet, and the cotillon. If It was not a pace. It certainly had pace 1 In It and no man would venture to call it anything else; so It passed off to the satisfaction of the owner. "Walk him!" Bullet was now at home again, and he walked as if raon- . ey were staked on fc'm. The stranger, wrhose name I afterwards learned was Peter Ketch, having examlneu Bullet to his heart's content, ordered his son Neddy to go and Dring up tut. XNeaay soon appeared upon Kit, a well-formed sorrel of the middle size, and in good order. His tout-ensemble threw Bullet entirely In the shade, though a glance was sufficient to satisfy any one that Bullet had the decided advantage of him in point of intellect. "Why, man," said Blossom, "do you bring such a hoss as that to trade for Bullet? Oh, I see, you've no notion of trading!" "Ride him off, Neddy!" said Peter. Kit put off at a handsome lope. "Trot him back!" Kit came in at a long, sweeping trot, and stopped suddenly at the crowd. "Well," said Blossom, "let me look at him; maybe he'll do to plough." "Examine him," said Peter, taking hold of the bridle close to the mouth; "he's nothing but a tacky. He ain't as pretty a horse as Bullet, I know, but he'll do. Start 'em together for a hundred and fifty mile, and if Kit ain't twenty mile ahead of him at the com Ing out, any man may take Kit for nothing. But he's a monstrous mean horse, gentlemen; any man may see that. He's the scariest horse, too, you ever saw. He won't do to hunt on, nohow. Stranger, will you let Neddy have your rifle to shoot off him? Lay the rifle between his ears, Neddy, and shoot at the blaze In that stump. Tell me when his head Is high enough." Ned fired and hit the blaze, and Kit did not move a hair's breadth. "Neddy, take a couple of sticks, and beat on that hogshead at Kit's tail." Ned made a tremendous rattling, at which Bullet took fright, broke his bridle. and dashed off in grand style, and would have stopped all further negotiations by going home In disgust, had not a traveler arrested him and brought him back; but Kit did not move. "I tell you, gentlemen," continued Peter, "he's the scariest horse you ever saw. He ain't as gentle as Bullet, but he won't do any harm If you watch him. Shall I put him in a cart, gig, or waeon for vou. stranger? He'll cut the same capers there he does here. He's a monstrous mean horse." During all this time Blossom was examining him with the nicest scrutiny. Having examined his frame and limbs, he now looked at his eyes. "He's got a curious look out of his eyes," said Blossom. "Oh yes, sir," said Peter, "Just as blind as a bat. Blind horses always have clear eyes. Make a motion at his eyes, if you please, sir." Blossom did so, and Kit threw up his head rather as if something pricked him under the chin than as if fearing a blow. Blossom repeated the experiment, and Kit jerked back in considerable astonishment. "Stone blind, you see, gentlemen," proceeded Peter; "but he's just as good to travel of a dark night as if he had eyes." "Blame my buttons," said Blossom, "If I likp thf>m pvps!" "No." said Peter, "nor I neither. I'd rather have 'em made of diamonds; but they'll do?if they don't show as much white as Bullet's." "Well," said Blossom, "make a pass at me." "No," said Peter, "you made the banter, now make your pass." "Well, I'm never afraid to price my hosses. You must give me twenty-flve dollars boot." "Oh, certainly; say fifty, and my saddle and bridle In. Here, Neddy, my son, take away daddy's horse." "Well," said Blossom, "I've made my pass, now you make yours." "I'm for short talk in a horse-swap, and therefore always tell a gentleman at once what I mean to do. You give me ten dollars." Blossom swore absolutely, roundly, and profanely that he never would give boot. "Well," said Peter, "I didn't care aW*v??4< Knf wah Aiif aii/ih ItlcrVi lauuui iiauui5 , uui jv/u vuw ouvu uiqu [shines that I thought I'd like to back you out, and I've done it. Gentlemen, you see I've brought him to a haek." "Come, old man," said Blossom, "I've been joking with you. I begin to think you do want to trade; therefore, give me Ave dollars and take Bulled I'd rather lose ten dollars any time than not make a trade, though I hate to fling away a good hoss." "Well," said Peter, 'Til be as clever as you are. Just put the Ave dollars on Bullet's back, and hand him over; It's a trade." Blossom swore again, as roundly as before, that he would not give boot; and, said he, "Bullet would't hold Ave dollars on his back nohow. But, as I bantered you, If you say an even swap, Here's at'you." "I told you," said Peter, "I'd be as clever as you;; therefore, here goes two dollars more, just for trade sake. Give me three dollars, and it's a bargain." Blossom repeated his former assertion; and here the parties stood for a long time, and the by-standers (for many were now collected) began to taunt both parties. After some time, however. It was pretty unanimously decided that the old man had backed Blossom out. At length Blossom swore he "never would be backed out for three dollars after bantering a man;" and, accordingly, they closed the trade. "Now," said Blossom, as he handed Peter the three dollars, "I'm a man that, when he makes a bad trade, makes the most of It until he can make a better. I'm for no rues and afterclaps.' "That's Just my way," said Peter; "I never goes to law to mend my bargains." "Ah, you're the kind of boy I love to trade with. Here's your hoss, old man. Take the saddle and bridle off him, and I'll strip yours; but lift up the blanket easy from Bullet's back, for he's a mighty tender-backed hoss." The old man removed the saddle, but the blanket stuck fast. He attempted to raise It, and Bullet bowed himself, switched his tail. dancefl a little, and gave signs of biting. "Don't hurt him, old man," said Blossom, archly; "take It off easy. I am, perhaps, a leetle of the best man at a horse-swap that ever catched a coon." Peter continued to pull at the blanket more and more 'roughly, and Bullet became more and more cavortish, insomuch that, when the blanket came off, he had reached the kicking' point in good earnest. The removal of the blanket disclosed ? oArA Dullftt'o KanlfKnno that aonm. CL OVIC UU 1JUllVt a WavnWMV v??v wv?? ed to have defied all medical skill. It measured six full Inches in length and four in breadth, and had as many features as Bullet had motions. My heart sickened at the sight; and I felt tha*. the brute who had been riding him in that situation deserved the halter. The prevailing feeling, however, was that of mirth. The laugh became loud and general at the old man's expense, and rustic witticisms were liberally bestowed upon him and his late purchase. These Blossom continued to provoke by various remarks. He asked the old man "if he thought Bullet wuuiu lei live uuuaio iiv uu mo uaciv. He declared most seriously that he had owned that horse three months, and had never discovered before that he had a sore back, "or he never should have thought of trading him," etc., etc. The old man bore it all with the most philosophic composure. He evinced no astonishment at his late discovery, and made no replies. But his son Neddy had not disciplined his feelings quite so well. His eyes opened wider and wider from the first to the last pull of the blanket, and when the whole sore burst upon his view, astonishment and fright seemed to contend for the mastery of his countenance. As the blanket disappeared, he stuck his hand in his breeches pockets, heaved a deep sigh, and lapsed into a profound reverie, from which he was only roused by the cuts at his father. He bore them as long as he could; and, when he could contain himself no longer, he began, with a peculiar interest to what he uttered: "His back's mighty bad off; but dod drot my soul if he's put it to daddy as bad as he thinks he has, for old Kit's both blind and deef, I'll be dod drot If he eln't!' "The devil he Is!" said Blossom. "Yes. dod drot my soul if he eln't! You walk him, and see if he eln't. His eyes don't look like It;; but he'd jlst as leve go agin the house with you, or In a ditch, as anyhow. Now you go try him." The laugh was now turned on Blossom, and many rushed to test the fidelity of the little boy's report. A few experiments established its truth beyond controversy. "Neddy," said the old man, "you oughtn't to try and make people discontented with their things. Stranger, don't mind what the little boy says. If you can only get Kit rid of them little fallings you'll find him all sorts of a horse. You are a leetle the best man at a horse-swap that ever I got hold of; but don't fool away Kit. Come, Neddy, my son, let's be moving; the stranger seems to be getting snappish." Ha.ll. No Heaven For Him.?The opportunity to "speak out In meetln' " was never more eagerly grasped than by a youngster of five, says the Chicago Record-Herald, who recently accompanied his mother to a revival meeting at one of the southslde churches. He had reached the "fidgety stage 01 eniorcea quiei, when the minister called upon all the members of his flock who desired to live a better life and enter the promised land to signify the same by standing. Noticing the child remained seated, the worthy reverend walked down the aisle and stopped beside him, at the same time gently inquiring: "My dear little boy, you want to go to heaven, too, don't you?" "No, I don't!" quickly came the reply in tones perfectly audible to the entire congregation. "I want to go home, and pretty blamed quick, too!" Needless to say, his desire was granted. I SOUTH CftROLH f How the Spirit of Libert; Uneonqnera By RE V. ROBER' From the Yorkvllle Enquirer of 11171 I INSTALLMENT XXX. The Battle of Cowpene. Everything In thlB world Is attended with uncertainty. When the British captured Savannah and Charleston and In a Bhort time after literally demolished the army of Oeneral Gates at Camden, the people of Great Britain iwere jubilant. They thought the blow iiad been struck which would reduce the American colonies into subjection to the British crown. The British officers in South Carolina thought thsy :iad nothing to do now, but by easy marches advance as far as Chesapeake. This done. Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia, would be reduced to hopeless servitude to the majesty of Great Britain. Tie plan adopted by the British commander was to advance through the country, establish garrison's at convenient places, and thus keep in subjection the territory overrun. The military posts were designed to be so many places of rendezvous for the Tories and loyalists. His majesty's troops were expected to live on plunder. ThiB was not the dream of mere novices In the art of war. It was the device of officers of whom England Is today Justly proud. American liberty is enhanced In value, when we reflect that it was won by raw militia against officers trained In the best schools of Europe. Those who talk about Corawall is, Tarleton and Rawdon as fools and cowards, suffer their judgment to be perverted to blind prejudice. No braver man ever drew a sword or commanded a military organization than he who fell on King's Mountain. No man understood better how to make a victory complete than Tarleton. To out general Cornwallis or out fight Tarleton is the highest encomium that can be passed upon any officer. To thwart the purposes and disconcert the plans of these men as our fathers did. Is sufficient to write their names on the highest niche of military fame. Those who say that the British officers were destitute of military skill and that the British soldiers they led were cowards, either have never studied the history of the Revolutionary war or have studied it to no purpose. That Cornwallls might be enabled to ekecute with ease and promptness his plans for subjugating the whole of the Iouthern colonies, and consequently 11 the American colonies, General Leslie was sent Uy General Clinton from New York with a corps of three thousand choice troops to the Chesapeake. Leslie set out from New York about the 10th of October and landed at Portsmouth, Va., about the middle of the same month. The object for which General Leslie was sent to Virginia, was to destroy all the public property belonging to the Americans and prevent General Washington from sending any forces to the assistance of the partisan leaders in the south. These plans of the British officers were concocted immediately after the fall of Charleston and matured and attempted to be put in execution on the defeat of Gates at Camden. Cornwallls expected to advance to Charlotte where he would meet the brave Patrick Ferguson, and having established and fortified Charlotte In a way similar to Camden, he would then advance on io runsmuuwi. In the meantime the Whigs of Georgia and the two Carolinas were not icily pining over past misfortunes. Their defeats had only stimulated them to invincible energy. On the seventh of October?a few days after Cornwallis reached Charlotte?Patrick Ferguson and his whole army were surrounded on King's Mountain and literally annihilated. A chasm was made in the plans of the British chieftain which no strategy could span. The advance in the direction of Virginia was impossible under the existing circumstances. The region around Charlotte swarmed with Scotch-Irish Whigs. To remain in that locality was to jeopardize his whole command. Following the dictates of a wise policy, he retr. ated to Winnsboro and ordered Genera, Leslie to leave Portsmouth and Join him in South Carolina. This must have been sad news to Leslie. He had expected to hear of Cornwallis far on his way to Virginia when he landed at Portsmouth. Heretofore every victory had crowned every effort of the British and nothing but apparent defeat attended the undertaking of the Americana The country was not as we have already seen, subdued. Partisan leaders had sprung up in all sections of the state. These were followed by men who were ready to suffer and die for their bleeding country. Marion and his men were lurking in the swamps of the Santee and Black rivers, ready whenever an opportunity presented itself to emerge from their watery hiding places and pour destruction and death into the ranks of the invading foe. Sumter and his Illustrious coadjutors were in upper and western South Carolina, breaking up military posts and slaughtering the troops of the active and valiant Tarleton. Immediately before the battle of King's Mountain, it seemed as if the sun of American liberty had gone down to rise no more. It was only the darkness wnich precedes a rising sun. On the Sabbath morning after Patrick Ferguson slept his last sleep on the rocky summit of King's Mountain, the sun rose as It had never been seen to rise before by the Americans. The tide of victory had turned. From this time onward It continued to flow In favor of the patriots, until It terminated In the Imposing sight of General O'Hara surrendering the sword of Earl Cornwallls to General Lincoln at Yorktown. Until General Leslie would arrive, Cornwallls was obliged to remain at Wlnnsboro. He did not however, abandon his original plan to advance northward through North Carolina and Virginia. Soon after Leslie was called south from Virginia, the traitor, Arnold was sent thither with a considerable force. He laid the country waste AIR RE RIVOUITtOR -f y Was Kept Alive By an ible People. r LATHAN, r>. D. with Are and sword. He fought with the same mad desperation now for the Dtiuan mat ne nua once lougni againHi them. Rather he now (ought against Hberty as recklessly as he had once (ought valiantly (or it. A junction o( the (orces under Cornurallls and Arnold would have ruined (he cause o(^American liberty. With the (orces o( his command, It was all that Oornwallls could do to hold his own. He contemplated advancing Into North Carolina, but not by the way of &1iarlotte. It was his Intention to pass up Broad river and thus flank the Scotch-Irish of the "Hornet's Nest" region. This move he designed making so soon as he was joined by General Leslie and his forces. ; On the thirteenth of December General Leslie landed at Charleston. Here be found orders directing him to join Comwallls with all possible speed with one thousand five hundred and thirty men. Cornwallls needed the whole of Qie forces under the command of General l^eslle; but in order to protect Charleston it was necessary to leave qpe half at that point. This shows what a turn things had taken after t le battle of King's Mountain. The 1 ritlslt felt they were not safe behind t ielr own fortifications. Several days i^e-.e speni in procuring irausponation wagons and horses, t On the nineteenth of December, Qen. s ijeslle set out to join Cornwallls by 1 #iy cf Camden. As early as the first 1 of November, Cornwallls had begun c to imJce preparation for his advance * Into North Carol'na. Emissaries had 0 been uent Into various portions of the country to stir up the loyalists and c ascertain the feeling of the Inhabitants. The British were not easy. They could 1 not feel that they were altogether safe. The emissaries could learn nothing of a any importance favorable to the British and besides the country abounded " With floating rumors of the hostile movements of the Americans. A report was brought to Cornwallls that the "mountain men" were collecting with the intention of making an attack * upon Ninety-Six. The horrors of King's Mountain presented themselves to Earl Cornwallls and to prevent " Ninety-Six from experiencing a similar 1 *te with Ferguson and his men, Tarleton was sent out to look after these "mountain men." The rumor had no 1 foundation but in the fears of those who ilrst reported it and those who a afterward circulated It. k Finding that the report of the ad- a vance of the "mountain men" had no v foundation in fact, Tarleton a short time lifter the battle of Blackstock, I Ar\T9tw\ onH namnnH AH thft AfLflt 8 side of Broad river at what was then J Brierly's ferry. At Winnsboro, Corn- t wallls was making: all preparations for t the contemplated move Into North Car- 1 olina. The country was scoured in c search of horses to mount his soldiers c and craw his baggage wagons. The & sick who had been quartered in private * families in the neighborhood were n brought into camp, and the arms and ( ammunition got in readiness for a u campaign. f Whilst the British general was thus r actively engaged in preparing for the s reduction of the country, the American d officers w,ere not idle. General Gates s had collected the fragments of his v army at Hillsborough, North Carolina. Here the troops had been reorganized, a The Maryland and Delaware lines b were consolidated and put under the e command of Otho Holland Williams. J The remains of those regiments, for- n raerly commanded by Baylor, Qland and r Moyls.nd, together with some recruits a were embodied into one regiment and o put under the command of Lieutenant 1 Colonel William Washington. About ( the same time, Daniel Morgan was t made brigadier general and assigned to r the southern army. Recruits from Virginia joined Gates about the same ii time. A division of North Carolina ( militia under Sumner and Davidson as a well as a volunteer corps under Davie, r had taken the held. j After the unfortunate battle of Cam- <3 den, congress either having lost confl- I dence In General Gates or having v grown wise enough to correct a former ( error, determined to supply his place f with a more efficient man. The honor I of making the selection was awarded J to the commander-in-chief. General t Washington selected for his important h field Nathaniel Greene, at that time i quarter-master general. Gen. Greene p was assigned to the command of the t southern army on the thirtieth of Oc- 1 tober 1780. He resigned the office of n quarter-master gener.l and set out at a once for the south. General Gates had t moved his headquarters from Hillsbor- c ough to Charlotte. General Greene ar- r rived at Charlotte on the second of a December and on the next day formal- g ly took command of the southern h forces. It was only the frame work of ( an a -my consisting as It did of only d four thousand five hundred troops, a o large number of which were undlscl- g pllned militia. After having made the h necessary arrangement for supplies, ii General Greene divided his army Into f two detachments. One was to take post on the right of Cornwallls and ti the ether on the left?the detachment c on the right to be commanded by 1 Greene himself and to be stationed In o Ches erfleld county, on Hicks' creek, d This post was about seventy miles r from Wlnnsboro, the headquarters of v Corn.vallis. The detachment on the t left to be commanded by General Mor- ii gan was to be stationed In Spartanburg p county, between the Pacolet and Broad v rivers. c It would seem that neither the Amer- t leans nor the British had any correct r Idea of each others' Intentions. General t Greene probably did not know that Les- f lie had left Portsmouth; nor did Corn- c wall Is know that Greene had been as- f signed to the command of the southern g army. It would only be conjecture to f say why General Greene divided his 1 army Into two detachments. One week t after General Leslie landed at Charles- a ton, Greene set out for Cheraw and t Morgan for the region between the Pacolet and Broad rivers. General Morgan and Colonel Washington having but recently returned from a tour in the region around Camden, in which thqy captured a British post at Rugeley's Mill, making the commander, Colonel Rugeley and one hundred men prisoners, set out for the region Theyond Broad riyer. On the evening of the twentieth and morning >f the twenty-first of December, Morgan and Washington crossed Catawba river at Wright's ferry, and joined Lacey at his camp on Turkey creek in fork county. Lacey and his men jruKe up camp auu accumpauicu crcu>ral Morgan. The American force now inder the command of Morgan, consisted of four hundred continental infantry and about one hundred cavalry, :ogether with about five hundred mlltia. Near the last of December, Morran encamped in the neighborhood of Pacolet Springs, In Spartanburg couny. From this point Washington with lis cavalry was frequently sent out to icattcr small parties of Tories and deitroy the military depots of the Brltsh. These excursions of Washington Llarmed Earl Cornwallls. The counry was full of Tories and British solliers who prowled through the country inder the command of Bill Cunnlnglam or his subalterns. These parties cept the Whig settlers in continual ter or. To break up these gangs of highway robbers and bloody scouts was a tart of Colonel Washington's duty. In tome of his expeditions daring feats of ndivldual courage were exhibited. One will suffice as a specimen of the whole. On one occasion a son of "Greene Srin" by the name of Sam Clowney :ame in contact with eight British solders, all lusty fellows, armed to the eeth. These Sam managed by adroltle.ss, to capture and march for eight nlles Into Morgan's camp. On pre lentlng the result of his day's work, leneral Morgan asked with no little lurprise, "How on earth Sam did you nanage to capture eight men?" With hat promptness for which the natives if the Emerald Isle are noted, he redied, "Faith may It please your hon>r, I surrounded them." Determined to put a stop to Morgan's iperations, Corawallls sent out Tarleon with his famous legion. At this toint commenced a movement thrlllngly Interesting from the beginning .nd triumphant in its end?the surrenler of Comwalll8 at Yorktown, on the lineteenth of October, 1781. The plan of the campaign which was levised by Lieutenant Colonel Tarleon and submitted to Cornwallls and iy him approved, was for Tarleton to iush Morgan beyond the Yadkin and hus leave the country open for an enrance into North Carolina. So soon as tarleton would move toward Morgan, he main army was to move from Vlnnsboro up the ridge which divides he waters of Catawba from those of Honora 1 TmIU In nrriAr o deceive Qeneral Qreene was to move .long the eastern aide of the Catawba, :e*plng opposite Cornwallls. The point ,t which the three forces were to unite, fas King's Mountain. On Sabbath, the sixth of January, jord Cornwallls with the main army et out from Wlnnsboro for King's fountain. Little did he and his troops hlnk of what sad misfortunes awaited hem. That he might co-operate with tarleton in driving away Morgan, he 1 ommenoed his march before that oflier crossed Broad river. The undertanding between Tarleton and Cornwallls was that the latter with the nain army would be at Bullock's Jreek church, in Tork county, on Satirday night after he left Wlnnsboro. ''or some reason Cornwallls failed to neet his engagement and strange to ay gave Tarleton no intimation of his lelay on the way. Cornwallls stopped it Bull Run in Chester county, to wait for Leslie. Cornwallls approved of the plan in .11 Its details as suggested by Tarleton, iut strange as It may appear, neglectd to carry It out. On the eleventh of anuary, Tarleton commenced his narch up Broad river and although the oads were very bad pressed forward .nd crossed the river near the mouth if Turkey creek on the fourteenth, ['he orders which he had received from ;ornwal)ls were to "push Morgan to he utmost." These orders he deternined to carry out to the letter. On the next day he gained certain ntelllgence of the position of Morgan. )n hearing of Tarleton's approach .nd his superior force, Morgan at first etreated. This was what Tarleton exacted. His plan now was either to lestroy Morgan, or drive him across Jroad river, into the hands of Cornvallls, who he thought was at Bullock's ?reek church. The plan was good but ailed in its execution. On the evenKir r\t the nivteenth Tarleton reached Morgan's camp, but found no one here. Morgan had left It only a few lours before Tarleton arrived. L?eavng his baggage at this point, Tarleton tushed forward with all possible speed, aking a circuitous route as If intendng to flank Morgan. He marched all light. About midnight a rumor of the dvance of some "mountain men" dlsurbed Tarleton's thoughts and he conluded that It was safest to push dlectly after Morgan and bring on an .ction before the junction with Mor;an of the "mountain men" of whom le had heard and whom he dreaded. )n he pushed, as If his very existence lepended upon engaging Morgan at nee. He scarcely expected that Moran would dare to encounter him alone, lence he thought that all he had to do n order to capture Morgan and all his orce, was to get up with them. At eight o'clock on the morning of he seventeenth Tarleton and his force ( air.e in sight of the American camp, rarleton was disappointed. Instead f finding Morgan retreating In dlsorler, men were drawn up in battle ar- ( ay. Morgan was one of those men kho always retreat reluctantly. On he evening before, he had determined n his mind to retreat no further. The dace where Morgan was encamped ras called the "Cowpens." A ridge ( rossed the road at right angles. In he rear of this ridge Is another similar ldge, about four hundred yards disant. The location was by no means avorable for such a force as that ommanded by Morgan. It was more avorable for Tarleton than for Moran. Tarleton had a strong cavalry orce, whilst Morgan had only eighty, 'here was nothing for Morgan's flanks o rest upon. Everything was favorble for Tarleton. All his troops were tied soldiers whilst the majority of , Morgan's were militia. Military men. perhaps would ^ave advised Morgan not to risk a battle. One of the characteristics of Mnr,ran was that he always depended upon his own judgr ment. Tarleton concluded that the only reason that Morgan had determined to risk a battle, was the fact that he was so closely pursued that he could not do otherwise than fight Such however, was not the case. Morgan had contemplated lighting at the Pacolet on the 15th, but retreated that he might gain some advantage. When the British force came in sight, Morgan's men had breakfasted and were ready for the conflict. On the evening before, Morgan had ordered Aar>h rifleman tn nt twentv-four rounds of powder and ball prepared before he retired to rest The order In which the troops should be arranged for battle was also written out and read to the officers on the evening before. The troops were marshalled in accordance with the following order: The Georgia and Carolina militia, In front. These were commanded by McDowell, Cunningham, Hammond and Donnelly. Immediately In the rear of the militia, was Colonel Howard's com- , mand, which consisted of the continental Infantry and two companies of Virginia militia. These last were com- j manded by Taite and Trlplett. On the left of Howard, was Pickens com- ( mand; on the right Trlplett and Beaty. , Colonel Washington with the cavalry was stationed In the rear. The horses belonging to the Infantry were tied at { a convenient distance in the rear of | the whole. Tarleton's vanguard advanced and deployed across the road, with a ravine between them and the American front line. The artillery was placed on the road a short distance In the rear of the advance guard. The cavalry was divided and stationed In thp rear to the right and lert or tne roaa. in uie rear and In a line parallel with the cavalry. , was placed the seventy-first regiment, , under Major McArthur as a reserve. Before the battle commenced, Mor- , gan spent a few moments In exhorting , his men to do their duty and the vietory was sure. About nine o'clock Tarlet on, who was In the front line of the j British, gave the order to advance. With a shout the column rushed for- , ward, expecting the American militia , to break and flee In confusion. In this , they were disappointed. The militia | stood firm and when the British came ] within range, discharged a well aimed < volley which thinned the ranks of the | enemy. The British pressed forward, , shouting and filing incessantly. The | militia fell back to the ranks of the , line commanded by Pickens. The Brit- , Ish now rushed forward with bayonets.. , The militia now fell back to the aecond line and those under McCall fled to the horses. This however, produoed no disturbance for Morgan thinking | that the militia would give way, had declared it as a part of his plan that the militia were to Are and fall back. , Tarletou seeing the militia giving way, , ordered a general charge. The Amer- i leans met him with a firmness which , would have done credit to any troops. , The contest was fearful and the result { doubtful. Soon the line of the ene- , my began to bend. McArthur now | brought up his reserves. This an I mat- ( ed the yielding British and the contest , was renewed. Never did me:i fight harder. Everything was done by both ( parties that could be done and the contest was in fearful doubts. "McArthur attempted to gain Howard's flank. Howard ordered his first company to charge the British. -The company mistaking the command to charge for an order to fall back, the whole line now began to retreat in disorder. Morgan with the greatest presence of mind ordered it to fall fack behind the cavalry and halt This checked the retreat Tarleton ordered another charge. When the British had approached within a short distance of Howard's men they were ordered to face about and fire. This they did and literally covered the ground with wounded and dead British. The living were brought to a halt. Howard seeing thla ordered hl? men to rherve them with the baVO net. This decided the day In favor of the Americans. The British infantry were in the utmost confusion. Some of Tarleton's cavalry had gained the rear and were slaughtering McCall'u militia by the wholesale. Colonel Washington saw the condition In which things were and dashed In upon the cavalry of the enemy and put them to flight. The British infantry and cavalry were now so mixed up that it was impossible to rally them. The few of the British who were not wounded or killed fled in every direction, each man for himself. The history of the Revolutionary war contains no more wonderful battle than that of the Cowpens. The advantages at the outset were all on the side of the British and yet the gains in the end were all on the side of the Americans. The American loss was twelve killed and forty-eight wounded. The British loss, by their own account was one hundred killed and Ave hundred and twenty-three taken prisoners. The spoils which fell Into the hands of the Americans were all the enemy's baggage, thirty-five baggage wagons, eight hundred horses, two standards, two pieces of artilley and eight hundred muskets. The victory was Just as complete as any victory could be. Tarleton filled with sorrow, fled from the battlefield and never stopped until he crossed Broad river at Hamilton's turd. to be continued. More Indians Than Ever.?The facts of the official record completely disprove the popular notion that the Indians In the United States are dying out. On few subjects has there been more Indiscriminate guessing than the original number of the Indian population, which was long Immensely exaggerated by imagination. Nothing Is now more certainly known than that the assumption of a denoe native population when this country was discovered Is utterly unfounded. It was, on the contrary, exceedingly sparse, vast regions being entirely uninhabited. Since 1860. at least, the national enumerations have been fairly accurate, and they show a steady, though not a large, Increase of the Indians, amounting to 12 per cent In almost a half century and the total now being 284,000. And Major Charles F. Larrabee, acting commissioner of Indian affairs, who is regarded as the best Informed authority, goes so far as to assert that the number of Indians within the boundaries of the United States slnfee the time of Columbus was never so great as It is today.?Omaha Bee. Pwcrltonrouj! grading. t ELECTION OF 8ENAT0R8. Many 8tat?i Hava Hald Primariaa For That Purpose. The sentiment In favor of the election of United States senators by the people, which has seemed so far off to manv aHx'Anotoa r\f /hot nlon ha/Hiiiadlt would require an amendment to the constitution In order to put it into effect, has been realised by the action taken in more than a dozen state*. The people In these states, after talking about the election of senators by popular vote, without result, determined to secure the benefit of their contention at once by holding primary elections before the meeting of their legislatures. During the past summer primary elections were held in eleven southern states for the selection of United States senators by the people, and the legislatures of these states will merely ratify the action of the people by for- ? mally electing the men who have thus been designated. These states are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. In most of these cases the legislatures have not yet acted, but no doubt is expressed that they will elect in accordance with this expressed wish of the people. Oregon and Illinois have practically adopted the same plan for the election of their senOf the thirty vacancies occurring next year in the senate, more than a third will have been selected by the Deoole in Diimarv elections. The indl cations are that this plan for the choosing of senators will be adopted in many other states, and that within a few years the practical operation of the election of senators by the people will have been put into effect. There will then be an opportunity to see how the new system works in comparison with the old so far as the ability of the men secured for these high positions Is concerned. While the legislature would not be legally bound by the action of the primary, there is a moral obligation to set in accordance with the will of the people expressed at the primary election that is not apt to be overturned by any party in power in a legislature, in Illinois the vote in favor of Senator S Cullom was so overwhelming that no legislature would dare ignore the action of the people. The conventions of both parties in Iowa have declared In favor of this method of electing senators. In several New England states this reform is being agitated. PRODUCTION OF EXPLOSIVES. Some Chemical Combination*?Cordite and Nitroglycerin. High explosives, properly so-called, are those which will not explode except under special conditions. Ordinary black powder gives out its explosive property if ignited by a match or a spark. An explosion results because black powder ir an intimate mechanical mixture of certain combustibles which burn with great ra pidity and produce enormous pressure. But to obtain full effect from high explosives a detonator must be used, and the rapidity of the explosion of such explosives Is very much greater than that of gunpowder. The basis of all high explosives Is a chemical combination of certain nitrogenous substances. Nitrogen Is an inert element, and therefore does not maintain a firm grip of the substances with which It Is united, and such substances are said to be unstable. In the production of high explosives the object is to produce a substance which, while reasonably stable under certain ordinary conditions, can be put Into a condition of such excessive instability that it will decompose instantaneously. This Instantaneous decomposition Is explosion, and It is brought about with high explosives by means of a small detonator charge that la exploded in the middle of the charge of high explosives and thereby gives such a shock to the chemical molecular structure of the high explosive that the latent Instability la invoked and explosion ensues. A detonator for this purpose usually consists of a shell containing a compound known as fulminate of mercury, with which Is sometimes mixed a chlorate, and a detonator must be of such size and power as to be capable of bringing about this condition of molecular Instability throughout the whole of the charge to be fired, otherwise a portion of the charge may not be' destroyed and remain a subsequent danger In a mine cr elsewhere. A safe and characteristic high explosive of the propulsive order Is the JUrUIlt? WI1IUI1 IB uocu III hi cai iua V4 ill sizes. Cordite consists of guncot:on, nitroglycerin and mineral jelly, suitably Incorporated by aid of a solvent, acetone, which Is dried out of :he mixture and leaves finished corllte as a horny, tough substance, resembling celluloid In appearance. Naturally In the production of an explosive the dangerous processes nust be minimized, and cleanliness, iccuracy .and great care are required. The nitroglycerin used In cordite Is i substance made by acting upon rlycerln v hich has been allowed to tbsorb a quantity of N. G., technlcaly it Is a dangerous liquid, but It can >e made safe by certain admixture of )ther materials. Thus dynamite is merely Kleselfuhr, or dlatomaceous earth, calclnsd and clean, which has been allowed to absorb a quantity of N. G. The luantity absorbed must always be ess than the capillarity of the celluar diatoms enables them easily to re:ain without drip or overflow. Klelelguhr, fully charged with N. G., so :hat the liquid leaks out of tfee com pound, is as dangerous as tne unantorbed liquid, because when fully charged there is no capacity for iniocuous compression and the full langer of an Incompressible, unstable liquid may be developed by the most trivial cause. In cordite, though solidity has been attained, the dangerous instability ias been so far overcome that only by ignition can it again be brought Into action. We may thus follow the manufacture of this article as one of the safest and best known propellant explosives, for cordite is used only as m ammunition.?Caasler's Magaxlne.