I IIP J" ' , "
I III'-. I
H. V. MortHiMKh, Proprietor.
VOL. TV,, Ho 11.
CARDS.
Furniture Warehouse. .
T. gehwarti.llank etreet, dtaltrin aU Xindi 0
jrYrxifurl. Oqffint mode to order.
Dowt and Shoe Mnketi.
Clleton Bretner, in Lnan't tuiWinj. Rank stroet.
Mordtri rrimptlyJUUd-vxwk warranted.
J.rrOBKEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Hanoh Charlie, Pa.
aS-OHee, above Dclon's Jew,!rJ 8tor, Rroadiray
JpB. M. MClTuKAR!.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
MAUCH CHIlilK, Pa-
Ooueerlons and all lessl business pronyj
tly
attended to. lHijr ..,.
tut1 A.
DKHII AMICIl, N.U.i
PHYBICI AN AND BUWt RON
Pp..t.l attention paid to Cbroole Dlntui.
Offl South Ksit corner Iron and 2nd its..Le
Mrhtea.Pa. April 3, '87i.
JJR. N. ! RKHKIl,
PBAfSTICINO PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Ofaee.SAKS. Street, next door bov44he fo'tofflce,
Jishlihten. Ps. Office Hours Fsttyvllle each dsy
?. W to Wrf.to.kt remainder of day atomc.ln
Leblfhtea "0T M'
T a DIMMIOK,
AUCTIONEER.
Biatt Welssp.ort, I?a.
V B8sles of erery description attended to at
,M...bl. ekarres. The patronage me puoiie
..eetrn If solicited.
,rao. D. WU11C45TTE. ,.. S. LOOSB
jgKRTOLETTB eto tiOOSK,
ATt6bMEYS .AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
Ornei JlrstNatlonal Bank Building, 3nd (to,
MAUCH CHUNK, PtxsA.
Marks consulted in Germs.. Julj U 187 .
jp 3. KRB1IAN,
ATTORN Kit AT LAW,
jKext&Jorto First National Dank,
wx,uew ciiuMC pa
MiwMted in flermen. Jan.
fJl.IOHAS I. BECK,
JU8T1CI OP TUB PEACE,
BANKStreet, LKHWHT0N, Pa.
Oenvexanrloir, Collating av all business con-
Hlii with the efllce promptly attended to.
tT-'r:"' tor f5rsf-cia Insurance Conipinlee,
j m.t. nf .11 klnda taken oa the most llleral
. i
Jan, , 1873
er,ms
yy u. bAphbr,
ATfcOBNKY AND C0UNP.BLL0R VT LAW,
BiMK TBIT, LtllfcJKtOK, PA;
fteat Kitato and Collection Abw'cJ. .WW P.uy an
Sell B.al Katale. Oouvejauclng nettly done. Ool.
leelloet promptly made, etyn;r Kstatos of o
f eeeoU specialty. May lie con.utted In te,tllh
liUtfUO. Nuv.-ff.
l.fOSlAS K.KB1 HREH,
UUjN VISA AtJl!.ll,
AND
OEHERAL INgUaiNCE AGENT
Tke foUolns CompinU'H are Kepreaented:
11 ANON MUTUAL FIR'U,
BKADlhQ MUTUAL V1HE,
WVOSIINO nun,
rOTTaVILLli 1'IRK.
LHUKHi FIHK, anil th TRAV
ELERS' ACCIDENT INSURANCE.
Alia rennavlranln and Mutual Horse Tnlct
petelire ana jn.urau i
TUOS. KKMERER.
rpiIOMAS A. WilIiAMS.
LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S
Fashionable
Boot and Shoe Maker,
Nect to Leuckel'a Block.
BANK STREET, Lehighton, Pa.
Harlnr commenced builnesa, a abore, I would
etpeetfnlly announre to thedtliena of Lehighton
apt tlelnlty that I am prepared to do all work In
y line In the neateit and moat substantial man
aer.at prices fully as tow ns the same work can
etalned In Philadelphia. Atrial Is solicited
and satlsfaitlon guaranteed.
at towest prices. July ,167t.
J.'
.DBLTZ,
PUOTOdBAPIIEK,
Upper Mam sireoi.
V bLATINGTON. TA..
In the B allsbt reran tly oocupied by
H. 8. DANOLKR.
PICTURKH TAKEIV IN AN V WATDBR.
OajWJRKN'S LIKENBaSKc,
PATROoSiSOLIClTlSD,
And satwactlon .....
Unarantced. Junel76yl
QBHY(EJtHIAI. SALOON,
pOoUEUANMA BT., MAUOU XjaUK.
FRANK INKMA'N, Prop'r.
rreeh rhiuar.lpb.la Lager Beer alwava on tap.
Clean ol ouoieeat flaor, and all other kind
stf Refreshments to be (onad In a tlmt-fllaas
BAtoon. FRRB LUNCH every Morning nt 10
arelook. L'a.l when you eo to Afauch Chauk.
July 10, 187-y
Ttubb and Surgical Bandage Stand.
W J. KVERRTT, No. M North ooventh St.
' below Arch BU. Philadelphia, Latestlnv.
prered Trosaes, Hhoalder ilracea, Klastle tit oak
anas. Belts. Suspensories, Cratches, Deformity
Inatrnmenta, eke, Also Mrs. Everett's. Flteh'a
astl adjoatlnr ami other celebrated Female Bup-
Kteia Lady Aitosoant. Larao stock and
prloee. Hernia Bitoouasfolly tieatcd.
Julyll,i375..1ji.
PITT nlU! NOI-Tfcst ELKCTRIC LINI
KENT, like I got at DURLXKQ'B DRUQ
EypcuUC. will care him or anw oGlcr man ai
UIbHTmaTIQII ariOaTl other PAlrtH. May 9
W. BEX
PUIUDER il CONTRACTOR
DANK STREET, USIUQUT0N, PA,
-DMiMifnliv annonneoa to the cltlaonaof Le
Wgnton ana vicinity that be is now prepared to
CONTRACT tor tho ERECTION Of PVELL
INO iUQDBEB, JUHVRCUEB, BCJIOOL
aoUBEB.and OTltEU ilUILUINOti. Also
that he keeps eonstanily on hand a lull aseort-
nem oi erery aeeonpuon oi nfiAiuiw
Ponslstlng.ol FLOORINO, BIDINO. DOORH.
HABH. lftllNDS. BI1UTTBRB, MOLPJNOH,
ACr.wiuon pu prapaiGa to jarnuo as uo vi
PaSoBdRe rtppcrtlully sojlcltoif.
HS1T..
WJ1. It, BEX.
Railroad Guide.
N'
OUTHPBNAtA.UAlI.nOAD.
Paasenrera fr PWIddelphla wtlt lcavo Lchtgh.
am n.fiillnwni
&.oo a. m. via L. V. arrive nt 1'hlla. at 0:00 a. m.
7:47 a. m. via I A S,
11:16 a. m.
7t39 a. m. vn i. v.
11:07 p. m. vlaL Aft,'
liiOS t. m. via L V. '
l-.ifl p, m. via L. A 8. '
4(17 p. m, via L. B. '
444 n. via L. V. '
11:18 a. m.
I:M p. m.
2-Mp.ra.
S:40 d. in.
8:20 p. m.
6:C0 v. m.
7.38 p. m. via I.. V.
10:30 p. m.
nn.'nmittw iaava Aivt. t Perka and Aiucr!
can St., I'hlla., at7t00,8:30and :1S a.m.!:10,
MS and 6:15 p. m.
Faro from Lenlehton to Phlla., tJ.65,
Eicurslon Tickets, J4.00
Juno 6, 1875. ELLIS CLARK. Agent.
OENTH.AL R. II. OP N. J.
LElllGlt A SUSQUEHANNA liiViaiON.
All Itai.ll Ilute to Long Branch.
CASSRNnKll 8TAT10N IN NEW YORK FOOT
OP LIBERTY ST., N.R.
TiraeTablo of Deo. 27, 1875.
Trilns leave Lehighton as follows:
rorNew York, Easton, cM at 6.2J, 7.47, 11.12
a. tn., 4.47 p. m.
Kor Philadelphia, a.i!2, 7.47, 11.12 a. m 2.26,
4.47.
ror Mauch Chnnk at 10.20 a.m., 1.09, 8.S8, 7.04
and 0.43 p. in.
KorVllkes-Barre andSerantonatlO.20 a. m., 1.09
7.04 p. m. n
EiiurningMits Now York, from station Cen
tral Railroad of New Jersey, foot of Liberty
street, North River, atSJO, 0.00 a.m., 1.00,
25 and 5.16 p. m.
teste Philadelphia, from Depot North Penn'a
R It,, at 7.00, 9.45 a. m., 2.10,3.45 p.m.
Loste Kaston at dJ5, 11.40 a. m., 3.55, 6J5
and J.10 p m. .
Leave Mauch chunk at 6,15,7.40, 11.05 a. mM 2.20
and 4.40, p. ns, ..,. ,v
Po: further partloulars, see Time Tables at tho
PASSENOERS VOR. X.0N0 HRANC11 CIIANOK
(OARS AT hLIZAUKTH. , ,
II. P. BALDWIN, Cm. Iuinffr Jgtnt.
Jwjy4.l871.
pIIILA. di READING RAILROAD.
Arrangement of PasDger Trains;
JANUARY 1ST. 1875.
Trains leave ALLEfTOVVN ns follows :-
(VIA PKUKIOMBK DBANOIt.)
For Philadelphia, lindgeport and Perklomen
Junction, at .45,'8J0 a.m and 5.55 p.m
(SUNDAYS.
For Philadelphia. Rridgeport and Perklomon
Jnnctlo i. at 3.10 o.m.
(VIA BA8X PKSA. DRASCII.t
For Rending, 1 2.30. 5.50, 8.05 a m 12.J0. 2.10, 4.30
ard 8.45 p.m.
For HnlriBOurg. f 2 30, 6 50, 8.55 a. m.. 12.20, 4 30
and 8.45 p.m. ,
For Lancaster and Columbia, 6 60, 8.65 a.m- and
4 30 pm
tDoes iwtrnn on Mondays.
Y8.
For TtAsilmtr. 2.30 n.rn. and 8.45 l,.m.
For Ilarrlsbnrg, t.JO a.nv and 8.4, o.m.
Trains FOR ALLENTOWN lcavo as follows:
(y.'A PKllKIOUR.V JIHANCII.)
Leave rhiladelphla. 7 3J a.m., 5.16 anil 5 30 n.m.
Leave llrldgcpnrt. 8.30 n.m , ii.00 anil 0.10 n.m.
t.e.ive Perklomen June , 0.05 a.in , 6.1'J and
ifl.35 p.iu.
HUNDAYH.
Lcavo rhllarlclphU. 8(0 a.m,, llrlilgeport, 0.01
a.m., Perklomen Junutton. 0.25 a.m.
(VIA KA8T TKNSA nitAKCIl )
Loavo Reumg,7.33.7.4J,10.Marn4O1,8.10 fnil
lo.rio p in
Lcavo llarilsburg, 6 2), 8.10 a m., 2.00. 3.50 and
7.4 'p.m.
Leave Lan(ter, e.10 a.m., 17,65 and 3.45 p.m.
Leave Columbia S.iOam J.ifl and 3.35 p.m.
HUNDAYH.
Leave Reading. 7 20 n.m.
.Leave llnnlsMirg, 5.2U a.m.
I Trains maikou thus i) rnn via O. A N.
llrnncli, (depot tlth and Oreeii ativets,) and
have turoutrh cars from nnd to Mnuch Chunk.
All oilier tiainsto mid from PhilndelpUla a
rive at and leuvo Rioad street depot.
J. k. wooriBN.
Nov. 0, 1875. General uper(nfendnf.
PENNSYLVANIA liAILItOAD,
PIIILADKLP1IIA t ERIE BR. DIVISION,
Winter Time Table.
On and alter SUNDAY, NOV, 21st, 187. the
Trains on the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Di
vision will ran as follows :
WESTWARD.
FA8T LINE leaves Nw York
l'lnludolphla
ltsltlmore
llarrisburR
9.2 . o.m,
12.p.m.
I. 20 p.m,
6.00 p.m.
6.35 t,m.
10.20 p.m,
II. 60 p.m.
8.25 n.m.
ll.5lp.io.
9.0) p.m.
4,25 a m.
8 35 a.m.
9.45 a.m.
11.05 a.m.
7.60 p.m.
7.'.c0 a.m.
7.30 a.m.
10.45 a.m,
1.65 pnn.
3.30 p.m,
4.45 p.m.
8.00 a.m.
8.30 a.m.
1.25 p.m.
6.10 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
arr. at Wllllamsport
Lock Haven
llellefohte
ERIE MAIL leaves New York
Philadelphia
llaltimore
Harrlnburg
Wllliamaiwrt
Lock Uavcn
Reuovu
arr. at Kne
LIMIT. MAIL leaves Philadelphia
jiauiraore
Harrisbnrg
arr. at WUUsmsport
Ixicic lliven
Rcnova
L'K HAVEN AC. I've Philadelphia
jt&iuuiuri!
Harrisbnrg
arr. at Willlamspurt
Lock Haven
EASTWARD,
pniLAD'A EX. leaves Lock naven
6 40 am.
7.65 a.m.
11.65 a.m.
6.15 p.m.
4.20 p.m.
7.35 n,m.
9.10 n.m,
10 26 a.m.
wiuiarosport
arr. at Harrtsbiirr
llaltimore
Pblladaiphia
New York
PAY EXTREBB leaves Renova
Wllllamsport 11.35 a.m.
arr. at Harrisbnrg 3.01 p.m.
rhiladelphla 6.20 p.m.
NewYorx 9.15 p.m.
Baltimore 6.35 p.m.
ERIE MAIL loaves Kne l'.SOa-rn.
ttenova p.ui.
Lock Haven 9.45 p.m.
Wllllamsport 10.55 p.m.
arr. at HairUburg tso a m.
Baltimore 7.35 a.m.
Philadelphia 7.00 a.m.
New York 10.10 n.m.
FAST LINE laavea Wllllamsport 12.25 am.
arr. at Jiarneuurs e.w n.iu.
Baliimoro 7.35 a.m.
Philadelphia 7.35 a.m.
New York 10.25 a.tn.
Ttrle M.n Him. Limited Mail West. Lock
Haven A room. West and Day Express East'
make oiose connection at normumoeruuu witu
L.AB.U1U trains for Wllkesbarre and Bcranton.
Erie Mall West. Limited Mall West and
Fast Line West make oiose connection at
Wllllamsport with N. C R, W. trains north.
Erie Mali East and West, Limited Mail West.
East line West and Day Express East make
close connection at Look Haven with D. E. V.
It R. trains.
Erie At all East and West conaect at Erie with
trains on L, el. A M. 8. RIL, at Corry with O, C
2 A. V. RH,. at Emporium, with B. N. Y, ft P.
It., and at Driftwood with A. V. 11 R.
Parlor Cars will rnn between Philadelphia and
WlUlamspoit on Limited Mall West, Fast
Line Weet, Philadelphia Express East and Day
Expreaa East Bleeping Cars on aU night trains.
WM. A. BALDWIN, Oen'lMnpf
$1,200 PROFIT ON $100
Made this month by .Puts and Will. Invest ao
oordlnir ta vnnr means. 310. 150 or 3100. la
bTOCli PRIVILEOKU, basbroagbt a small
fortune to the cartful lnveaior. We advlao
when and bow to oi'Euatk savkly. Books with
tnll intormatlou tout Iroe. Address orders by
man and telegraph to.
BAXTER (ft ICO,,
Rankers and Brokers, 17 Wall Bt N, y.
INDEPENDENT"
LEIIIGI1TON, CARBON COUNTY, PENN'A, SATURDAY MOnNING,
Plotts' Star Organs
Aro us perfect parlor organs ns nro manufactti
rcit CorresponiUnco aollclted with organlsiB.
niuelclans nnd tho trad". Address, EDWARD
rLOTTH, Washington. N. J.
LOOK BEAUTIFUL LOOK ROSY l-A hot
llo of DURLINO'S HOE OLVCERtNE for
Ronchnesaolthe SKIN, CHAPPED HANDS,
Ac, only 25 cents a botllo. Mav 9.
Plotts' Stnr Orgniw
Combine benntiT.idnrablllty and worth. Scnil
for Illustrated cataloiruo before butlng. Ad.
drees the manutatturcr. EDWARD PLOTTS,
Washington, N. .
WHY, Oil WHY will yon irallcr with that
roUOH or COLD1 when yon maybe ire
mediately rniolved by namg DURLINO's COM.
POUND BYRUP ol TAR WILD CHERRY
nnd HORKHOUND. May 0
nUIE PEOrLR OF LEHIQHTON anil vlcin
itv all nnlte In testifying that at A. J
DUHLINO'S Drnp; and Family Medicine Store,
runn. FitKsii and Unadulterated MEmriNits
ran nlways bo found. Mav 9.
Plolls' Star Organs
Agents supplied at figures thnt dciy compe
tllton for the samo class of lnstiumenta. Try
one. Address, EDWARD TLOTT8, Wnsblug.
ton. N. J.
S
AMUKL GRAVER,
Opposite the Public Sqnare, SOU I'll STREET
LEHIGHTON, Pa.,
Mannfactnrer ot
Tin & Sheet Ironware
And Denier in all kinds ol
TOVES!l
CS- ROOFING, RroUTINO and JOBBING
promptly nttended to at reasons hlo chnrccs.
Nov. 30. SAMUEL GRAVER.
W, EACHES,
Contractor & Builder,
LEIIiailTON, PENN'A.
IMans nnd Specifications
FOR ALL KINDS OF BUILDINGS MADE
AT THE snORTESr NOTICE.
NO CHARGES
Made tor TLANS nnd SPECIFIC A TIONfl,
jvnvn inn uuuirnct is uwanieu ui uiu uiHier.
slgnod.
Jane 14, 1873-yl.
A. W. EACHES.
Mannfncturer of nnd Dealer in all kinds ot
JlUUBttllUl,lJ AND KITCHEN
FURNITURE,
Noxtto ltomlor .t llojford's Cnrrlngo
Mauufcti.ry.
Bank Stroot, Loliightou, Pa.
Blegnut Pnrlm- Suits,
Ilainlenma lletlronm Sets,
Soiling very Cheap for Cash.
Examine befoic purchn-dtig clsewbeic.
Having bnd an expenonco ol twenty years
In the
UNDERTAKING
Bntlncsa. I am nrcnarcd to furnish nil kinds of
COFFINS mid OASKHTH on snort notice, nnd
attend to nil business In this line in such n man.
ner ns w)IJ give entiro Katisfactlon, ou very
tvaaimuum lei me. x iivjiJf;e euiieueii.
March 27,.vl. 1 HEO. KEMEREIl
D
UESSED AND LIVE
The undersigned respectfully Informs the
citizens of Carbon and adjoining countios, that
ho is again prepared to supply them with
Dressed or Live Hogs
at prices fully ns low as they can bo bonght for
elsewhere. Also, Smoked Hums, Rologno anil
saussnge. at Wboleaiilo ana Retail.
fsT Orders will be promptly filled, snd Ilofjt
shipped to any point at the shortest notioo.
JOSEPH OBERT,
Bank Street, Lehighton, Po.
Jov. , yt
JOB PRINTING at the very lowest price
1875 fall 1875
Mrs. M. Guth
Respecifnllr announces to the LADIES OF
WEIbSPORT AND VICINITY that aha hsa
jnst return ea irom too uitv, ami la how receiy.
ingoneot me uaiiujei a siuuao oi jtall
Millinery Goods
COMPRISING;,
Hats, Bonnets,
And Trimmings
ever before brought Into this section, and tbit
cud is prepared w uo ueiu up in tue
Very Latest Fashion,
AT PRICES BELOW ANY OTHER EB
TABLIBBMENT IN THE COUNTY.
Also, AN ENTIRELY NEW 6TOCK 07
SWITCHES, in Real and Imitation Hair, NO
TIONS, and ALL other Goods usually kept In
a Flrst-Class Millinery Store.
Ladies' own Hair made npto order
Call and Inspect Goods and learn Prices bef oro
purchasing elsewbero,
MRS, M.- GUTH, Weltsport. Ta.
April i-ti
live and Let Live."
Fereuson s
Adventures.
A BIORY OF TARTIBAN DAYS.
This for ttio gallant Ferguson I"
ti.o fn,i,niniT vn words nail liistiiu-
tcd a lolcn of terror In ono of the love
liest districts of tho ramletto State-a
district watered by tne uninwuu u..u
Parcolet rivets jtnd tticlr gentlo trlbu-
T. Ilia mnnill nf Seoterabef, 1780,
C'ornwallls detached the notorious Col.
Fercusoii tc tho frontiers of North Caro
Una, for the ostensible purpose of cn
coiiraBlne the torles of that region to
take up nrmsior vim
force consisted In part of tho most pro.
fllcate and abandoned characters of tho
partisan days.and his march was mark
pd by atrocities of the most shocking
description. The hardy men of the
Carollnas, Kentuoky.and Virginia, rose
against tho marauuers, mm, y
Boone and other back-woods worthies,
t .1nr..MtV af LTInr'a
gave them a uecisivo ucicm. .
Mnxxtoi,. Porotison was slain In tho
battle, and his fellow foragcrfuniuiber.
Ing alwut ono thousand, were nearly
all captured or killed.
This conlllct reviveu mo iiupca "
Southern patriots, and rorceu oorn-
wallls to return to Cliariestown aiscom
fitted and cast down.
" Wo shall have rest now,' tne patri
ots said, after the battle. " Ferguson,
tho dreaded, Is doad, and thoifaw tor
les who escaped with tbelr wretched
lives aro not strong enough to do us
harm." . . ,,
Everywhere In tho vicinity oi me
battle-lleld tho Americans ureatueu
freer, and the loyalists In whoso Inter,
ests Ferguson had marched to his death,
curbed their loyalty, and In secrecy
sworo revenge.
Hut tho settlements were soon to it-iuu
that tho victory of King's Mountain had
nerved the arm of a too more terrible
than any which they had hitherto
known,
Tlio existence of tho now terror was
discovered by a hoy ono morning nbout
a forenlght after the battle. Ho found
the family ot Archibald Mettson mur
dpred In their own house, and to the
corpses had been pinned n paper bear
ing these worn:
" This for tho gaiiani perguson i
This terrible atrocity aroused the
country, and tho excitement was quicK
lv helehtmied bv the Dndlnc of tho body
of another murdered patriot. On tho
cold breast, which had been pierced by
pistol balls, was the palld paper and ItK
wonls of terrible import, aim tno coun
try knew that a fearful vengeance
would bo taken for King s mountain.
Durlncr IIih week that followed the
discoveries I have mentloued, tho work
of tho Avenours was terrible, lliey
fell upon patriot homes at tho (Ip.kI of
night, and leit on tiu uosoin oi nieir
victims the live words which had
already teirorlzed tho country. It was
In vain that tho patriots summoned their
cunning and energy for the capture of
tho band of demons, wliloii, as it nau
been dlscovored, numbered six men,
masked, nnd mounted on black horses.
Thev came and went llko ghosts, but
always left hohlnd the terrible sentence
which had niado their oxlstonco exe-
crablo. At times they fell upon their
hunters, and left them by tho roadside
marked with tho sign ot vengeanco.
Fear becan to naralyto the Laronni-
ans ; many abandoned tneir Homes ior
tho sstko of their families ; and It Is
orobablo that tho entire district would
liavo been depopulated In a short time,
had It not been for tho couraco of ouo
woman.
Her namo was AHco Deauchampo
It was a dark night In tho last week
of November, when tho heroine cf my
story left tho house of a friend. Her
own liouso, which had been deserted
for several davo. was not far away, and
she had determined to return to it for
the nurnose of securing ou article ot
annarel left behind In her recent flight
IJeforo she set out on her journey sho
was warned of tho dangers that en
vlroned it : but alio smiled, and de
dared that she did not fear them. She
could enter the old bouso through tho
kitchen, In the rear, find tho garment
without a Hunt, and return safely to
her friends.
Tho path sho had often traversed
was barely discernablo ; but she made
good headway, and reached her homo
without Incident, The silence of the
grave hung about tho forsaken place,
and tho lifting of the latch sent a chill
of terror to tho young curs nonrt
Throuch the kitchen, across tho desert
ed parlor, and up the stairs, she crept
to the room where sho had left tho ob
ject of her nocturnal quest. Tho
drawer of tho old bureau yielded with
out noise, and Alice was drawing forth
tho garment when the voices of men
feu UDOii her ears.
Sho started, dropped her prlze.and with
her heart In her throat crept to tho
window that overlooked the poarcb in
front of the house.
She could see nothing, for the night
was too dark ; but the voices of men
mingled with the ehahiplng of blts,oon
tloued to salute her ears.
" This is old Beauohainpe's bouse,"
said one. " It has been deserted for
several davs. Tho daughter, frighten
ed by the uianuer in which we treated
tho father, has lied eomovrnero tor pro
toction."
These words drove overy vestlgo of
color from the listener's face ; they told
her who tho men below wero, tnoucii
she could not bco oven tho outlines ot
tbelr persons. Ono week prior to bor
visit, her father, ono ot King a Moun
tain Heroes, was round uenu in a pniav
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FEBRUARY C, 1870.
r-tto grovc.and the words of Ferguson s
Avengers lay on ins ureuai. a
had deserted her home, knowing that
tho hand that had struck tho father
would not spare the tiaugnter.
Well might tho lone girl tremble when
she found horself so near tho dreaded
scourges of the country, and sho did
not move until sue iiebrutno irum, uuui
opened by a kick, and lieavlly booted
feet In tho room below.
Then a calm thought ot ner situation
drove fear from her heart, and Alice
Beauchampe prepared to perform one
of the most daring deeds of the Itevolu-
tlonary War.
' Tim nnlsa In the houss Inereased.and
oaths and rude Jests preceded and fol
lowed the lighting ot a nro on tno
hearth. , , . ,
Alice, who had longed for a sight of
the dreaded six, crept to a spot near the
bureau, where thero was n crack in the
floor. Then applying her,' eye to tho
peek-hole, she saw six wild looking
men directly ueneatii ner.
They were, beyond doubt,tho Aven
gers ot Ferguson's death, fer several
masks lay on the table, along with
three or four bottles of wlno which they
had taken from some patriot's cellar.
Tall, rough, dovll-may-carelooklng fel
lows thov were, armed with 'pistols.
carbines, and sabres, the kind of men
who never court tne smiles ot mercy or
llsteu to the pleading ot innocence.
Just such fellows as they wero, AIIm
had supposed them to be, for she had
seen many ot tno prisoners iaicen at
King's Mountain, and she longed for
the nresonce of a band ot patriots.
Thero wero true men In South Carolina
at that time who would have given their
right arms for a chance to exterminate
tho AveuEers, and AHco know whero a
little party of patriots lay, nut aias
tlmv wero not verv ucar.
" we'll rest uere anu nnisii mat,
wine I" said one of the leaders of the
band, whose face told that already he
had Imbibed freely. " Bring in tho
poultry, and on old Beauchampe's
hearth we'll prepare a feast."
At his comtnaud, one of tho men left
the house, but 60011 returned, Bearing
with mm a duck and several cnicnons,
from whoso freshly wrung necks the
blood was dripping.
" How's the horses," asked ono ol
tho Avenuers. as tho man flung tho
poultry 011 tne tauiu.
"Standing like rocks," was tho re
nlv. " Suuh burses as they are don'
tnlitmr. and. basldH there Isn't
a tubel within ten miles of this accursed?!
Pnck4M.
" Tvliv.t nere s tne wiiiow uarizcii,
" I didn't think of her," was tho ro-
ply. "How bitterly old Hartzell dated
us, but we caught hlni at last,"
" And presented him with a breast
pin I Ha 1 Ha I"
And the laugh went round tho room
Alice Beauchampe did not wait until
tho IntiL'h was onded: while ret It filled
the liouso with Its devilish echoes, she
ulided across the room to a window
that looked out upon the dark palmetto
grove, behind thn building.
There was no sash In the window, and
the cool winds of the night kissed tho
nalld cheek of tho partisan's daughtor,
For a moment she tried to pierce tho
darkness beneath the window ; but
falling in ber endeavors, she crept over
the sill, resolved to trust to iortune ior
success.
Tho dlstauco to tho .crouud was not
great, and the darling girl alighted
without Injury.
Now she was froo to make hereseapo
to tho friends sho had ltteiy left ; but
Immediate flight in that direction was
not her Intention.
" H6aven aid mo I" sho murmured,
as sho glided around the old house and
Approached the horses which the torles
had left tethered to the Bran.ll trees a few
yards from tho door.
A Blanco Into tho room revealed tho
forms of the Avengers discussing the
wine with oath and jest, or watching
the roasting of tho fowls. They did
not fear danger, for their horrible deeds
had completely terrorized the country,
and under the sway of tbelr lawlessness
It was fast becoming a desert.
Alico counted them before sho
touched a single rein : and then In
brief period of tirao she loosened the
horses and quietly led them Into
small copso not far away. Tho steeds
did not refuse to obey her guldanceship,
and whon she had reached the copse,
she struck them with a whip which the
had found beneath a saddle. It was a
smart blow that she administered, and
tho horses started forward and disap
peared in an instant.
Thus in a few moments Fercuson's
Avengers had been deprived of their
horses.
Flushed with triumph, Alice Beau
champe returned to tho house, and
again looked in upon Its hilarious ten
ants.
She now held a pistol In her hand
a weapon which a bolster had granted
her, and she i-rept to tho end of the
porch before she halted, There was
the flash ot vengeance In the dark eyes
of the partisan girl while she gazed up
on tno party ueyona tne tnresuoiu
Once or twice she raised the weapon
but lowered it attain, as If playing with
the life of the leader of the six, whoso
burly form was rovealed by the light
of the flro.
Sho saw the fowls, smoking and woll
burned, placed on tho tabio,and wntcn
ed the creodv men crowd around foi
their shares. Their tongues and move
ments told her that stolen liquor was
doing its accustomed work on all save
tho giant, who bad superintended tho
cooking of the lato ropast. This man
appeared perfectly sober, anu tne an
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cry glances which ho often cast at his
comrades told that ho did not sanction
their bacnianalian conuuci.
" Cornel enougiiot tuisi w
1y CTled, rising from tho table, which
had been dragged to tho centre 1 of the
room. " Get up, boys, and let's bo go
ing. I told you at Wiley's that you had
wlno cnougn, out you m-a u4.,,s
!.,. .,,! .Wln- trnnraelves StUDOrl. fOtll
Scott, and you Bltkeson, I art ashamed
of you I YViiat wouiu weuu BuB
of rebels should catch us in tills con
dition? You know the mercy wo would
get, and yet you sit there as careless
as statues drunk as old Bacchus him
self." . .. ... .
Then an expression 01 cumumiii.
passed over the man's faee.and, stoop
ing, he cried :
" UP I UP I III" luume, .-oj-
But Ills crv of alarm did not Infuso
much life into the men at the tab e.
n,, or t,.n tipflila wero raised, but the
drunken leer that made the faces huhv
ous was enough toprovokeasmlle.even
from tho mad tory.
" Men I" ho sneered, contemptuous
ly. " Dogs I overy one ot you. I've
a mind to ride down to the racoiet
swamp and toll the reueis niutng vuo
that the men tney nato u
.,..,- t bnm tltoiicht that I com
manded men, not drunkards I" and be
struck the table with the butt of his
pistol, but could not rouse his stupid
followers. ...
The next moment, vtun an oaui u
his lips, ho strode to tho door, which
be Jerked open, and stepped upon the
P''curse sucli dogs as I lead',!" ho
hissed. " I suppose I must lead the
horses up, and tie each tool in mo situ-
dle." . . .. ...
Ho was stepping from tne porcu iur
the purpose of attending to tho horses
which ho supposed wero still tethered
at tho trees, when a form roso before
him and he started back with a gasp of
terror.
" Who In tho mischiet
" AHco Beauohampo I" was tho in.
tnrrnnllnn nf tha nDDUrltlOtl. " The
daughter of the old man basely mur
dered by your hands I Down on your
miserable Knees, uouiroy ajuB,
beg for tho mercy you have never
granted others I Down, I say 1"
rerhaps lhe shadows of tho window
sash did not premlt him to see tho pistol
that was clutched In tho hand ot the.
fearless girl, else his rasliness mignv
hovo been curbed. . .
" Kneel to you 7 Never I" tie cried.
The weanon wliioh ho raised dropped
before the flash that followed his last
wnnin. nnd with a groan of nain he
staggered baok to drop dead among his
drunken comrades.
AHco Beauchampo, amazed at ner
own courago, stood silent amiusi. tuu
smoke ot her own pistol. ne saw ma
bacchantes try to shake off their torper
at sight of their stricken leader, and
one roso to his feet to fallj as soon as
he needed support.
" Now for the swamp 1" she cried,
with triumph, and tho next minute
rushed from the disgusting sight.
An hour passed away.and tho drunk
en torles began to recover ; their chief,
who had dropped to the floor, seemed
to sober them with his cold face and
staring eyes, and when they had almost
recovered their ecatterod wits, the too
they dreaded was upon them.
Alico Beauchampo's voice had fired
the hearts of a patriot band for ven
geance. On her way to the swamp she
had encountered the partisans who had
captured ono of the flying horses, and
were following the trail.
The conflict betweon patriot anu vuty
was brief and almost bloodless.
The Ave avengers wero mado prison-
... - . . I. mo-.
ers, and sueu uite cowarus iui mo mo.,
cy they bad never granted to a living
being. .
I need not describe the seene that
followed. Suffice it to say that tho
trees In front of Alico Beauchampe's
home bore the strangest fruit that ever
hung from living limb.
The vengeance of the patriots was as
complete as terrible, and when the glo
rious sun rose again, tho dreaded men
of tho lovely district bad ceased to fright
on people with their name.
Alice Beauchampe, whose courage
had led to the extermination of the
avenging band, became the heroine ot
tho day, and after tho termination oC
hostilities wedded a lieutenant of Mar
lon's men. Her heroism Is venerated,
and her gallant exploits narrated dally
by hundreds of her descendants in the
Palmetto Stato.
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How striking I Messrs. nitz &
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