Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-08-22


sergeant, "no one shall over know it b,
ourselves"
"But how about the guard2"
~ will arrange that" said Northhee
ri will send him back to the post on son
pretext, or other, holding his place mysel
and wh;'" - 10 ~a"c A. ...1i pun"I -.
Utility for tho public swindliug in sho
,hroina rests upon small number of ag
\ Wherever tho Committee on Frauds th'
tight or loft, high or low, they and not
Scott, Chamberlain, Parker, Ncaglo, pul
u, Patterson, Moses, Cardozo, and a hin
prs. In tho ring so composed was an ION
ing, consisting OF Chamberlain, Par the
tterson and Kimpton. The pauoity of tho
it is noted in passing, accounts for sloi
tering Of Radicals after their campaign VII
l. They had not tho habit Of depond- Caf
pach other, man by man, but rolled on !onl
ozen audncious chieftaius. When is
ed taken to 1ight. tho political army con
J itself into q chequered mob. For stol
ions we have giVon, when Patterson not
deep in q particular piece of rascality. can
p to assume that Kimpton and Cham, dol]
Iare near by. When, as in the present th'
J, we seek to expose the guilt Of Kimp wv
4 veil is drawn aside that hides tho the
of Patterson and Parker. This cx- tera
Why it is that tho report we publish to to :
fh tho Wow of exposing the character l
tcula!r charges against kimpton, dis mo
fkewise similar charges against Kimp. T.ne Ie
frtner's and associates. jus
l'c tho General Assembly in 1872 cnme: Thi
bill to relieve tho State of South Caro- tar
all liability for its guaranty of tho -
Pf the Blue Ridge Railroad by proyi-
|r the securing and destruction of the
This was n scheme to get hold of ;,
Fide 81 100000 Of Blue Ridge scrip, on l
IA of getting rid of the liability of tho thai
as guarantor of $4,O00,0OO Of bonds, oro,
bill! relating to the bonds Of South son,
~" better known as tho Validating not.
as intended to. validate the illegal issue "sa
Q OF ncarly $6,O00,000 of conversion O nj
3. "a bill rotating to the Financial hor,
Of tho. Stte," commonly called the oolt
'aer, neatly and richly dressed. The fae
of that lady seemed familiar to me.
must bo I had seen it before; but wher
She kept looking at me, and after tin
approached me ond begging my pardo,
said she thought she had seen mo befor
and would never be satisfied without loarl
ing from mo one thing.
All this this time I was trying to ca
her up to mind.
She asked me if I were not in tho ",
and stationed on the Big Black River i
Mississippi, iu 1868, and if I did NJ
remember a young lady who was capture
in attempting to GROSS the pontoon bridg'
"Ida Mitchell!' I almost yelled. It
needless to say that scene here followe
and that there was commotion on tha
boat.
Ida Mitchell, How Mrs. Harry DeerinE
was again before mo. Oh, how regrette
that Sergeant Northfleet could not hay
lived to ba with us at that unexpected bu
happy meeting. Mrs. Deering told me tha
sho had regretted thousand times tha
she had not taken our names and addresse
before leaving US at tho bridge, as she ha
often wished to communicate with US an
to know that wo had survived the wal
The tears rolled down her cheeks when
told her Of Sergeant Northleot had bee
killed.
Mrs. Deering compelled mo to 20 wit
her to her home in San Francisco. Tho
had beautiful residence on Bush stree
adorned with all tho ornaments, ologanc
and comforts that wealth commands, an
are respected and loved by all who kno,
them. They have five children, three girl
and two boys. 1t was happy family.
Mrs. Deering told me that after crossin
the bridge over the Big Black River, {
our first meeting, she made her way to I'll
Confederate lines, was conducted to til
headquarters Of General Loriug, and thel
learned that Lieutenant Dceripg was in tt
hospital in Jackson; that his arm had bee
amputated just above the elbow. He WI
in critical condition whom she Joined hin
but she remained by his bedside until h
recovery, whom he was transferred to Ricll
mond and assigned to duty in tho W,
Department.. There they married. II,
husband surrendered at Appomattox Cou
House with the arDay under Gen. Lee.
After the war they crossed the plain
taking their first child, little Ida, wi,
them. Arriving in California; Licutcna1
Deering secured situation as engineer {
the Central Pacific. He invested b
earnings 10 stocks, and like a great mar
men in San Francisco, he becamo ind
pendently rich at the business, and no
lives In princely style 10 San Francisco, or
is an officer in ono of tho leading banks
that oity.
Tho eldest daughter, Ida, is the We
picture Of her mother, and is now ID yen
old, The boys are twins, and Mrs. Deerir
laughingly said If she had known the nam
Of the young men who helped her over Il
bridge on the Big Black, sho would ha,
named her twin boys for them.
She visited her homo and the 90,
tennial in 1915, and was joyfally receive
Her father did survive the war. 81
is now happilyssituated May hoayen SIC
tho remainder 6f llor d1va. 4 5 \,