The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-14

en- up and received the keen reward of
hsiniqnity.
mis- event was sigual for the tel-
ons 10 consolidate and concert their
military movements. They were de-
tcrmined'to vindicate the right to p!un-
DER al the rifles mouth. They took
the name OF Modcrators and formed
under the command Of John Mus
grove. The trccholders, and honest
portion Of the community. were not
nchlnd them ia preparation. They
formed under Il number Of military
leaders, and took The appropriate name
of Regulators. The following extract
is from the Newbcrry Scntinei:
"John Musgrovc (Col. Musgrove, as
he rs well us his brother Edward was
caIlcd,) lived on the Sa!udu. Or him
! have no personal knowledge, nor do
Know the precise spot where he liv-
cd. AT his place the Regulators and
Scolliltes, in 1854, met in battle array.
Happily, however, no battle occurred.
When, however, all expected Il bloody
contest, General Matthew Richardson,
OF the High Hills, commissioned by the
governor to prevent cXtrcmitlcs, rode
up. He was man born for authority,
and was the universally beloved Of the
|
ing to a people is such 81 parsonage,
endowed with something like didino
authority, whose presence can strike
multitudcs with awe, and whose voice
calm the raging tumult Of human pas
sions. AT his Suggestion, flags were
exchanged, and they agreed to separate
aud petition he Governor .lOr re-
dress grievances. This was done,
and after the great delay OF
five years, the Circuit Court Act
OF 1869 was passed, bringing justice
home TO the people. This qujetcd all
domestic dissclSion;. Although no
actual battle was fought between the
Regulators and Scuiilites, have al
ways understood there was some
hring., The following amusing ancc-
| dote shows that must have been the
case. n rather windy gentleman who
lived on the Beaverdam, joined the
Regulators, and talked great deal
about the fighting he would do. AS
the parties were nearing one another,
guns were fired. He took the alarm,
fled, and wearing a long-tailtd coat,
with lead inkstand in the skirt peck
ct, as he jumped a gullev it flew up
and struck him on tile back Of the
head; he fell forward, cxclaiming: Il
am shot, am dead man, quarters,
gentlemen, quarters, gentlemen -
The man Scotil. who was made colo
ncl by Lord Charles Grcenvillc Mon-
tague. Governor Of the province, and
is called Scoveil in Ramsey's history,
must have been great scountlrcl, iit
only to command thieves and disorder
ly persons, with which, rs might be
expected, the upper country, Without
any court nearer than Charleston,
aOoundcd, and to suppress which the
regulation was instituted. For have
heard it related by one (whosc mcmorv
never found at tault.) that Scoiil.
after the Circuit Court Act wcut iuto
operation, was tried at Ninety-Six for
stealing chickens. The proof was that
there were thirty-cieht chickens sto-
len. ScotD .worc cit was Il damn'd
lie, there were only SAX and thirty, for
| ate the 9aZHardS."
John Musgrove, from whom I have
wandered of, to give some particulars
OF the Regulation or matters growing
out oft, was Il tory colonel in the
Revolution. The onl yknown act Of
his command, was the encampmcnt Of
| his forces Oh q knoll beyond the saw
| mill at Bobo's mills on Buch river, and
his precipitate flight thence, on hear
ing false report, that the Wings un-
der Casey were about attacking. He
must have been q man Of considerable
substance. For many years after the
| revolution, large number Of horses
called "lleretics." were wild in the
stone-hills. and were said to be Of his
stock turned loose in the range.
at the pacific termination of the
meeting at Musgrovc's, Gen. Richard-
son ordered, in pursuance of his in-
strnctions, that the ringlcadcrs Of the
Regulators should be arrested and put
in irons. The order was ohcvcd.
Joseph Kirkland, Thomas Woodward,
Barnaby Pope, William McGraw.
Moses Kirkland, William Kirkland.
| Philip Pearson and many others were
Immediately taken into custody and
handcuilcd. The prisoners were Fair
field men, and as soon as they were
marched east Of Broad River, al were
released nnconditionally but Wood
ward. Pope and Mct'raw. Wood
ward. Pope and McGraw, the chief
sinners, were conveyed under strong
guard to Charleston. On arriving ut
the city, they were conducted TO the
Office Of Sir EMcrton Leigh. the Attor-
| hIH ttlitiat oI lIc province. ne
prisoners were no sooner iu his pres
cncc than hc began to pitch like Il mad.
man. "ll"w dare You fellows to take
the law into your own hands, and con-
trary to all law, to whip his Maicsty's
subjccts?--a stop must be put to these
vile proceedings" Woodward said
McGraw looked like q chatrA lion.
Pope like 81 philosopher, and 81" said
he, "fclt as if | were in Il very bad
scrapc." After Sir EYrrton had tl,m-
eel oil his wrath, he directed his clerk
, to take the rccnHnizamccs OF the pris-
Cncrs, to appear al the court in Char
lesion at the next term, but without
security. On the council books. it
appears, that ncNs year an application
was III adc by the persons concerned in
the arrest and conveyance ofihcsc per-
sons to t,'wn, but the application was
rejected on the ground that Wood
ward, Popn and McGraw were very
well able 70 kay their own costs. Thus
ended the REGULATION, which once
threatened all the horrors of civil
contest.
FrI,. owl. NJ.