Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-12-20

diers, that they were so exhausted, and their
horses bothered them so much, that they could
not take good aim. Some of their horses
broke away from them, and left them to stand
and drop and die All the men fell back
fighting and dropping. They could not fire
fast enough, they kept in pretty good order:
They would fall back across caulie and
make fresh stand beyond on higher ground.
There were great many brave men in that
fight, and from time to time, while it was g.
ing on, they we're shot down like pigs. They
could not help themselves. One by one the
officers fell. Where the last fight took place,
where the last stand was made, The Long
Hair stood like sheaf of corn with all the
ears fallen around him."
mot wounded ?"
"No."
"How many stood by him."
"A few"
"When did he fall2"
HE killed man. When he fell he
laughed" o.,
"No. He laughed. He had fred his last
shot"
"From carbine ?"
"No pistol"
did he stand up after he first fell i'
"He rose up on is'hand, and tried another
shot, hut his pistol would not 60 off" i
"Was any one else standing up when be fell
down ?"
Zone man was kneeling. That was all.
But he died before The Long Hair"
Colonel Corbin, of the Sitting Bull com.
mission, has returned to Washington and com
municated some interesting facts in connection
with Sitting Bull, which have not heretofore
heen published. He says >that the Comms"
sion had number of private interviews with
Sitting Bull, and found him to be very agree.
able in his manners and a very intelligent In
dian. When the Commission started on their
return trip, Sitting Bull accompanied them
for number of miles, conversing freely
about the business of the Commission and .of
the Custer campaign. Sitting Bull repudia.
ted the idea that General Custer and his men
were massacred, and says it was fair fight,
in which the desperation Of Custer and the
men under his command made it necessary
for the Indians to kill them. Sitting Bull
says Custer charged upon his camp with great
impetuosity, creating a temporary panic
among them; but the Indians soou rallied,
and, outnumbering Custer 10 to /, they were
enabled to surround him. He says that Gus.
ter and his men refused to surrender, and
fought until the last man was killed. He ex-
pressed great admiration for Clusters bravery
and that Of the men who were with him. and
was sorry the refusal to surrender made it
necessary to put him to death. When the
Indians saw Major Reno, who was command
ing the second division of Clusters forces,
they supposed it was the entire force under
Terry, and Immediately made preparation for
retreat, sending their women and children for.
ward. When Reno made bis attack, the In
dians began to retreat, and Sitting Bull says
had Reno followed them up at that time, he
might have captured the larger part of their
train. Reno, however, discovering the In
dians were in such force, and ascertaining the
fate of Custer, fell back to the place at which
he had entrepched himself, and from which
he was relieved. $50
THE MOFFET REGISTER.
As this famous machine will shortly become
the subject of discussion in the General As
sembly, when the bill proposing its introduc.
ton as tax-gatherer in South Carolina fairly
gets under way, it may not be uninteresting
to describeits construction and management, so
that our legislators will vote understandingly
upon its merits and fitness for the discharge
of a public duty. The object of the machine,
as our readers are already apprised, is to reg.
lister the number of drinks taken during the
day or night in bar rooms, and for which the
government, by the act of the Legislature, re.
oeives two cents per drink on alcoholic liquors
and one-halP cept on malt liquors. There is
separate machine for each class Of drinks,
manufactured upon Identical principles, but
for some reason of its construction the alco.
hoic and malt liquors are registered apart.
The machine bears the name Of its inventor,
DR.. Moffett, who is the author of the law which
instituted this novel method of taxation.
The apparatus consists of an iron box, on
the face of which are seven dials marking
from tens to millions, by means of brass
hand similar to clocks, placed on each dial.
In the rear of the instrument is crank,
which is turned each time drink is taken.
Whenever the crank is turned, small gong
is heard to strike the knell Of departed spir'
its, and the hands on the dial move from one
number to the other. The crank is 80 ar
ranged that after the hand on the first dial
has revolved once around the dial, marking
the tens, the hand on the second dial advances
to the FIRST n9nber and so on after each ell
tire revolution of the 6rat hand. In the rear
is combination lock to prevent the tamper:
ing with the machine. A card placed oppo-
site the keyhole inside, is perforated when a
, kew 10 introduced, and when the government
, Inspector opens the box, SHOULD he find any
holes in the card, it would clearly show that
the box had been opened, and the hands op
the dials moved.
1t is g very ingenious invention, and can
not fail, if each drink taken is registered, to
show the exact number of bibulous potations
served in bar.room any day. The pur.
chaser of the drink stands in the attitude of
the government, for he is directly interested
in the amount exacted reaching its proper
destination. The saloon keeper is likewise
! benefited by the operation of the machine,
as he is compelled to pay tie tax, whether or
not money is taken over the counter. 1t is
an effective advocate of the cash system, and
smashes states with the recklessness Of an
adroit po!tician.-Columbia Register.
Beg~ Daniel Webster is credited with having
said "If had as many sons as old friam,
would have them all learn a trade, 80 they
would have something to fall back on in case
they failed in speculationa." A philadelphia
paper moralzes thus sensibly thereon "fhe
number of young men who are brought up to
no useful trade or calling, is on the increase
The effect of this is seen In political life, where