The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-08

first week, liyin- in the treasury
Government warehouse, and Gen.
Lee , residence arr the ntllcr proui.
ncnt places guarded the latter being
chiefly complimentary or To keep sol.
dlrr, at a distance.
Srrrt. T +. Carroll, with seven
men l. "tulirl At Curalto, Il iila.c
with block house and two saloons, a
mile from. 'lucmado- Lu, under the
same jurisdiction. And it j. right
here that Company | claims to have
captured the first bockloi,c taken h.;
the SEVENTH Army Corps. Midnight
Sunday Il messenger brought word
that the llockhou,c which was on an
estate near Il private collcr, for l..,iic>
had been occupied by the Americans.
wh" were. according To the scr.cani
'arai-n hell barricading the ulnu-
ine and Gcfying authority. \ ratrpi
wagon quickly reached the place. 'i'nc
holders of the fort ha,i a .oo.i iiil-
and refused to give it up. Larrii4 the
littlc heavy window ON the inside \
hlnrkh"u>r j. all riYlr Aeail,, ou.ol>.
but the window cpulin t stand chiln, ),
Of ~ pounds Of rock. |, rav,'i N in
twp minutes the b.! followed TIE
r"ce ari took H." :oi.li ~ I,.e.r
feet TIVE or three rairu,! in o"
American Sailors aud other ii.
CHARGED >pl'iicr, bu, they all w-ut IT,
JAIL
1t is Il pity the histories Of some oi
these old buildings cannot rr rca,ili..
obtained When in tllc Nurr!a,inS
Jail. with walls a yard thick, every
room a fort by itself you would like
to turn back the page, OF its history
during the centuries whrn the sword
has been in less mcrciful hands. In
the great cell to the right now lie, AN
American the murderer of hi com
radc in arms TO the left If .lr n
trance Is the room wErrr names Of
prisoners are recorded before they are
thrust behind the heavy iron doors.
Here is bronze ink stand On nnc
side the ink bottle: the other pepper
box covered sand hol,i,r. recalling to
the present generation that biotl.ng
pads were not always in existence and
that sand was once used to absorb
ink. On the opposite >i';r n!' the
building is another entrance. where
cgrcss was had To the upper story by
spiral stairs. The centre post OF this
stairway, extending To the ceiling of
the second story, looks like braid
that had been twisted. broad>ilc al
ways outward, into Il hu-r cnrkScrcw:
closer examination shows the heart
and hall the outer part OF Il tree have
been carved away, with What must
have been infinite labor. leaving this
spiral, hollow column.
Half the space once devoted to Of
ticials has been parttioncd off, and
here a school for small children is in
full blast During school hours you
couldn't miss it if you passed within
Il block. According to custom, the
children study aloud each seeming tn
be trying to read faster than the 9TH
cr. No wonder it is Il fast taking
race Their methods are SO different
from ours; all the corners Of the room
will be occasionally occupied by little
tots who have missed their lessons or
miSbchavcd The teacher. young
man, tcmpts Amcrican< o''puil' him
for disordcrly conduct he storms ;" at
the pupils
Our boys see strange things >omc-
times. One Of the patrols. = Young
fellow from Fdgcficld county, on com
ing off duty yesterday reported >cri
ously, mystcriously and wondcringly:
Capt, just saw Il man dressed up
iii woman clothes and shoes, and he
had on something over his head.
Thinking some mnlcfactor or convict
might be attempting to escape, qucs-
toned the soldier, and l soon asscr-
tanned fron. the description of The
woman $ clothcs" that l'riar Tuck was
abroad
The ancient cemetery at !'laybo, IL
short distance from this town, has re-
Gently become place Of great inter
est to soldiers. \ few evenings ago
saw Il sergeant of the Second South
Carolina volunteers coming into camp
with skull in one hand and rib
bone in another. Orders have now
been issued excluding soldiers from
the vicinity. AS l understand, if the
! rent for lots in cemetery is not paid
for certain time, the graves arc dug
up, the bones being thrown out and
scattered around, to make place for
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