I I I THE SCRANTOtf TK1B1 N'L MARCfi 1894. RAVEST DEEDS OF THE WAR. c-tirrinK Recollections of Heroism by Land and Sea. .OLD BY THOSE WHO WERE PRESENT, utnbi.' contribution Prom Lieutenant TlmrleH Given, Colonel LAWrenec U'Kantuin. Cuutain lliii-r; Hamll tun, John Water-. Mid Gen ernl Wililntn H.l ov. TOi.it by LIEl'T. CHARLES (;ivi:. I have always believed that In ulose Sghtlng one oould see whit the enemy was doing bet ter than lit could what was going on among the friends about him. The best opportunity to sea what our own folks were i!,itijr was who. a follow had a sick mil to the roar, and the tendency that way was pretty Rtrong in the tirs; light or two. in sotuHl bravery I never could too any difference between the man in blue sad the men in grey, for out West, where I put in my time, the) were just about the seme kind ol devil-may-care folk, with the same kind or names and the naino kind ol cuss word!), But, as l was saylng,whenwe got closi up, there was i: better ohanoe to see the Indlvldu u! acts f the enemy than of ur own men, l think the aurvivon of thi battle ol Corinth, fought November S.I uud tth, l-W. will agree 1 was on the Varuna, commanded by Cap- to hold possession of the lower Mississippi, lain iiogg in the Ml issippi. juei b itoro the determined to contest to the utmost the pas capture ol New Orleans. We had a hoi birth sage ol the federals at Island Number Ton. HOLY WEEK IN MANY LMDS, 3b V daring the bombardment of Fort st. Philip, aud Oscar Denl was s powder boy. He said h" wa Blstoen going on seventeen, but he looked two years younger, indeed, I gut a glimpse ol him just as 1 1 - flghl opened, and 1 thought what a pity it was that a gentle, bandsomo looking lad like blm was not al homo and at school. This I belioved to be fl job for lull grown men, but bless you, that lad Oscar Don! had In him the hoar! ota giant, Wiu'ii the action was nt the hottest, I hoard that boy shout and laugh us if he en Joyed it. Hedld more In getting ammunition to the gunners than any two others, and with in an hour tli,' imoke and powder hod Moi ' ened him iill he looked liken darky. I hoard Captain Boggs hail Oscar, as be seemed to be getting away from his work, and ask hi in : "where are you going, my lad': The hoy replied " To get a passing-box, sir. thoonje I had was smashod by a ball." And he got another passing-box, and stood to his post till the Varona wont down. Wo had a swim ol It. many of us. and we were picked up by boats Irom the other ships and the few olourownboats that were savi J. 1 believed Oscar Dent wont down with the -i :p. but just a-1 was feeling sorry for blm, 1 hoard a nheer from the water, and yro all saw tho boy wimmlng f-i Captain bogg-.-boat u few oars length away. When ho was pulled on beard the Captain asked him if he was hurt, and ho saluted, laughed boylike, SO as to "how nil his white tooth, and said : No, sir. I report fit for duty, if you'll toll mo what to do." '! he Captain mad,' room, ami toU Oscar to sit down beside him, and seeing this, the iur vivors ol the old Varuna sent up a eheei tor Captain Boggs and the hoy. John 8. V.vtkks. TOLD BVCAPTUS HABfcl n villi TUN. I nave alwai maintained that men, who are sad ti be insensible t, (tar are not brave men In the proper acceptation ol the term. And that reminds me, that while I ha-ve heard ol such men, 1 cannot recall over h iving met In this work of resistance ;::ul obstruction General Villepfyme was most energetic and i nnsplcuoui, As a g moral o3ejr, be night. I without laying himself open to the charge of timidity, have bod his headquarters out .f the line of lire, hut this would not suit hint it would be like an Infidelity t., his creed. ; Being within less than i: mile of the ene my's battel it--, tin- tiom-ral's liei:dUartor.s, Excitement Attending ii bration in Europe. Ceie- M , iSkV-'-. HOW IT IS OBSERVED BY THE ROMANS, rile Washing oi the Feet ol Thirteen Poor Priests by the I'npr splendid. Impressive Ceremonies of the Spaniards hi range scene in tu anil sunny Seville. V: V:- r..... aa..L XZe M w Mr" "OH THAT a NOTHING COtOSTtt. takes .luce a curious service, which i. known j as that of the Monuments. Immense wooden structures covered with stuff to represent niarhlc are erected in every church M well as the Cathedral, A consecrated host is d. posited in each. The devout endeavour to . I Km I , iv ' A-A " , t'!?t'ii ; ; f V I. ivi ' 1 : i ' . i 1 -.Xsft' . 1 i? WW ';-( vith uie in s.'.yi: ; li.-.l while it lasted it was e of the fiercest battl is of the war. We had dy twenty thousand men under Roseemn:, had fully twice that force, but the dlsparitj in numbers-was more than made u;i for on the Union side, by the strength of ttr i tion, and the faot that we fought on the de fensive, behind good earth works. M ir between native bor? Americans, Th B iwer We bad ha i third, eni ugh I was present in tract to seo ip ; '.vjr .1.,.-.. -; t large force, and with 'a eon - battery commander, ft the enemy could cap ture this fort he wi old bav i the k s it Corinth iu his list and he knes udidTfe. Hr.tr:'. i i;en'. i i The artillei I attack fourth, ' fighting began, by l:om the enemy, as if he was hurry 1 1 tinisa the Job. v.-itn tno nrsi - in itsn si . ai u it xs psared. and every t lees f artillerythat .. . be brought to bear on them opened, and si-; thouiaud crouching men in blue began to heard the bugles sounding the ad . ... coarse orders of th oftlusrs, and the Si., .caring yells of the men, as they rushed forward at the abattls, It seamed imp that a sparrow could By unhtt across that obstruct. "ii and In the lace of that awful I was in the forr working at a gun, and noting the gaps, and the broken formation of the men In gr,.-y a . ,h ly came nearei an i n n i Btuoh as I wanted to see them batten, i feU at the moment an Indescribable pride In ;ni. iplendid and almost insane exhibition of taring. Nearer and nearer, but with decreasing JUmbers they came, l'ar to tho reai the charging column was broken and men by twos, tens and loo res could u - n - urrying to the protection of the standing timber. We felt convinced by this time that the sssaull had lost its danger, but tbo meh far to the front, and 'dose up to the fort, did n; dream thst their supports were gone, Cona tcuoui am'ng these men in grey was an tfi-- r with a heavy board. H carried in one band his sword and in the other a flag, tlnii risking himeeir particularly conspicuous. With less than fifty men behind him, this daring officer got free from thV obstructions. .. it! a shout dashed ui the parapet, and there planted his Hag. It was only for an instant. A hundred shrill voices shouted: "lJ..n't Bboot Him!' but it was too late The rlflem n behind ' fired, and Colonel Rodgsrs of the Texas brigade, the bravest man 1 hvi saw, fell dead ' on the remnant ,,f his t.itt-i- I ihj Sl.'-ll lifter liof'li tie- ni.Mnv rMtr..al,..l ' pretty badly beaten, and iu appreciation of his gallantry we buried Hi" Confederate .olonel that evening in u special grave and with the honors be deserved, Cbaxubi onrtx. roi.n Bi joics WATHWi 1 was a warrant ofOoer in the Savy, mol of the time und'-r Kurragut, SO that I UW a good deal of fighting, but when I was asked to think of some particularly brave uct thut Which were lua frame house near the river, became a conspicuous target for the Federal guns. Every evening, from about an hour before sun-down till dark, tho tiring became very heavy, then it would cease till the following afternoon. One evening the General lent for mo, ami while talking in his office, 'be uiuul practice beg in goon a ten-Inch shed came snsblng through the building, and 1 leaped to m ' "General," 1 said: "I don't enjoy this: if veil will kindly llulsh the interview I will get back io my camp. I Is not so trying on the nerves there" Without changing a muscls, the Qenaril blew out a cloud of smoke, and said, as a matter of course : "Oh, thai - nothing, Colonel: if u shell Is one., Borne men have more self-conunaud destined to hit you to-day, it will And you In thau others, and so can disguise their feel-1 camp al well as here." ings, bur it Is entirely unnatural to say that I replied that, all the same. ! preferred its an) nun iu full strength and health could finding me; In camp. Wo soou finished our race Instant death unmoved, or if there ever butlnesi, but not till two more shells had siu h a man. it Is sale to say there was a ' gone screeching a few feet away, then I hur : Set 111 his tn uttal make-up, rid baok to camp, leaving the imperturbaole a lot of new reglmeuts Joined us In the) officer still placidly smoking, Kentucky campaign again s; Bragg, In Sep- Lawrence 0. Bamtpit. tember, IS82. We veterans i ; a year or more were Inclined i iauirti at the green men. all ' ' 11 '': ss mi as i in Ivi s who had on ,.,. .... .,..,.. 101 I! in QMU$h , K. cox. Mner . ., j , . .... ,j:v To -ingle out one from among tho vast . , numb t with whom I was associated, and who. into aarsnui ney, could bo justly styled, th- bravest ol the brave night be in- vldlous 11 not unjust. Then among the sur- ; vivors of thoa.' who so freely offered up their young lives us a holocaust upon their country's altar, these hallowed memories are now their proudeit heritage, and arc cherished with even Eastern devotion. among the volunteer soldiers ol either army oi our country, of one origin and with com mon aspirations, bravery was the rule and cowardice the exception, i Therefore, while disclaiming auy purpose I making unjust comparisons I venture to ebri lulclo the act i ol a private soldier belong n to my regiment, (8nd North Carolina State troops, i with which l am tctaillar. ; Voting Barnes, of Wilson County, at the first call by the Sovornor of his state for vol unteers, though hardly eighteen years of age, .promptly enlisted for tho war. Ho was a l 0 irly handsome youth, tall, erect, with ruddy cheeks, brown hair, hazel eyes, and fair - a woman, His grave manner, earnest ness oi purpose, and soldierly bearing early ut.i .; ted attention. A country youth, he had been denied the benefits ol any education 'save that of tho most elementary character: j This defect stood as a bar to promotion, not- withstanding hi - recognised gallantry and the severe wounds which bo received iu the very trout of hit command. The most dangerous post in any army dur ing a battle is that ol color or Hag-bearer, . The tla? . in drill or in battle, u used for pur I poses of alignment as well as a signal ,, victory or defeat. Its 'loss may not only ai hi! enlor by throw the troops into confusion, but .in any introduction he '' 1,1 tompanlid with a sense oi' humilia tion; hone, tno heaviest Are is concent rated upon tho part ol the line where it la seen and the mo-; dcadiy struggles t".ko place for its retention and its possession. Tho authorities at Richmond, recognizing the importance ol the poaitlon) and danger that accompanied i;. made it u subject of It was tlie night b fore Perryvllle; it was' dry. i was acting temporarily on the etaft of ' with a y6uhg officer of thi Thlrty'-thlrd Ohio, whom I shall call Oordon though that xrn not his name. He was a strikingly handsome fellow,-fresh from college and. as i eouM see by in; smooth fair face, not at oil sure of G ns regiment wa in Sill's brigade. Biver, and I tool: an order there jujt -on the eve of the iigut. Although about My 'own LOSDOK, ttarch IO. People In, America have a very taint realisation of the excite ment attending the celebration bl Holy Week lafiurope. This name i. given to the lust week of Lent, closing with Easter Sunday and beginning with :'aliiii;::duy. It 1 also Called l'assioti Week, though tho Roman and Oreok uhurohes apply that mime, to the pie ceding week, commencing with Passion Sun day. In all the Anglican, Greek and Roniui. churches, the Easter season is one of joy, of religious feeling, of freedom from the re straints ,,r the pre odlng forty days ol Lent. While in America. Christmas-tldo has prece- iletiei, il, o.ioilhi,' e iih' uimiuii ,.f 1... tivltv. in Europe the season of' Easter is ex-1 u"b'n '"" alted over all other fusts mid feasts. The greater number ol Protestant churches do not celebrate this week, but its observance Is increasing. Com aenolng With Palm Sunday, in which pnlm branches are blessed and borne In pro- en by the people,, to symbolise the ever living Life, it i-- designed to eommimoratl that day when the people cast pulm branches in tlie way of Christ, as he entered into Jeru salem. The business of furnishing thee palm branches at Homo is held by the de scendants ,,I that sailor, Breica of San Remo, who cried out, "Wet the ropes," as tho obe lisk in front of St. Peter's was being raised. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the (Ol darkening of the churches to the darkness o the crucifixion), Is A huge candelabra, bearing fifteen Imposed in the form of a triangle. Seating Christ, his apostles, and the who foretold his coining, is lighted. psuhns arc sung, the tapers are ex d one by one, until the topmost one, representing Christ, only remains. Then tins is taken down and carried behind the altar. during tho Miserere, after which It is putK noes in ii - piece, io signny ue temporary withdrawing of Christ's light. Thursday be ing tho anniversary of the c-tabllshment of the eucharist, and of the priesthood of tho new law. is distinguished by two ceremonies of great Significance, which take place at tho solemn mass in cathedral- churches. Tic first is the consecration by the bishop, as- FAILURE OF ERASTUS WIMAN. What Really Caused the Cana dian's Financial Downfall. HE WAS THE EASY PREY OF THE CRANK: ering 141 -i Bntirprlsos in Wkleb He Was at one Time interested Ills Capacity tor Work. The insiuc siory ol Erastus Wiinan's flnan- ivndered. Imagine an audience of 15,000 or -0,000 souls packtd into the limits of this vast cathedral, wrapped in the densest gloom save for .. fow flickering candles about the altar, no one ibil to move a step in any diree tton, yet standing with sublime patience from sundown to lo o'clock, llofore the Miserere, the Lamentations of Jeremiah are chanted loran hour, while theoondlesol tim Tenibm, representing the hours that ''hrist wasbnthll oroas, are slowly extinguished, one by one At lasi, only one slender blaze is left, the white flume of tbl Kftry candle, which must bum continually. This at lalt is homo away in! So!em:i procession and deposited before the altar. Then bursts forth the tender and ! solemn harmonies bt the Miserere. A chorus I of Wi voices, and an orchestra of 100 pieces,! interurct the reuuisiio music done hv a notml Soan lib composer, a priest named Esclavi. I "r0- SbOUt a year ago, hil assets vrere re Again It Is eung on Thursdnv evening. ported to be sutlicieiit to meet his liabilities Oft Holy Ttiursday and Good Friday there W he stepped i mt of the platform, hour ufter hour, Erastus TViman managed tho gnat agency with case and with 'i qUtOSniSI of comprehension and a rapid grasp of situations that werotruly marvelous. I Ho disposed ,,f business In a day that even noted merchants and prominent linuneiern could not have handled in a week. Tho mall I "f toe Arm and his private mail, which was ! almost an heavy, were taken upandanswered w .,.. . 'Ike 9 flash. Ho could dictate two different ?harMtf' ronndBIraa utter, on two dlff rent sueta totwoZ neatly unci iiiiimil.lMciii r Bcuitd- ! ,. - IM III II,,. mime Uma --- w I - " ..i.i ui XOLiei j would ho concise, well worded and cover al, that needed to bo written. It was a sight v eethli fnon at work, j Vet this keen, shrowd, unusually intelligea I business man, who built up an enormoir. con tal troubles has not been told. When ho XZ. ZZ ' .L" nWu,W v.... ,w ,,-asy firey, 01 till; ubiqultoui crank. For several years. Mr. ; Wimun daVOtad an hour in the middle of the of R. U. Liun ,V Co., overwhelm".! with peci;- niary burdens. Mr. Dan gave blmacltanblll of health. He said Mr. Wlrnan left the linn without tarnlih. That should be remembered in tho light of recent events. Whatever may bo (he cause for the serious charges 'Xmcht br. at he u i, ravoi bofoMauih anl, i, against the famous Canadian, and icli altar, once in the forty-eight houis. J'nttad In his Indictment, I hero welV charge whole is brilliantly illuminated with five rPtttri nen man tbat made the great no hundred and "IW ,MPPM '"wn and out. sixty silver lumps. t-rastus Miinan is a remarkable man. No From Monday lo Friday, curious process-1 malur criunnal litigation may tern ,,v 1'IU" to outsiders. Then came the crnnk or rather t hi aggregation of cranks. There was a long bench outside the railing, and on this they grouped themselves. They went Inside in tie- order of their arrival, except where Borne more favored inventor, who had been there before, was called to enter out of his turn. Tin- Msunohausen tales that W'iman heard very .lay would have set most men crazy, Be enjoyed thim, The gr eater the fairy story, ions, known as cofi-aiiias, pass through fte'ns, the career of the Toronto nawiboy n streets every day, twenty-three In all. T)ley always ivmuni intrestjng and pictm-.-s.pi.. consist of one or two jncos or wooden statues !H,;wus "! ""' mHrt t1")'"" and sanguine of the Virgin Mary, the crucified Saviour tho '. temptrameni from childhood. Ho always two thieves, etc., mounted on wooden pint- forms, borne by men carcfullv eon.-i aleil. !They are Intended to depict Kines in the life of Chrilt Theu follow long lines ofj military, attired as Roman soldiers, or n concourse of NwmiH in sackcloth audi ash. s. The efflglliol the Virgin Mury arel draped Iu very costly robes, being princ!-! f velvet, stilt and crusted with gold saw tbo sunrise and fin- midday orb of jg,t. He never looked for -uns.-t nor thought of the night. Ambition ruled his nature, it! was not a mercenary ambition. He never aspired for wealth, simply for the pleasure of' amaaBlnirand nrmwrvinipn f.irtnm. hma point of view of the ordinary mortal, Wimun made a score ol fortunes n Us manv years But his money Sew from him as fust us f Tenebro pnflguri chanted, candles, and repr prophets Wliih- th Hngulshi tk. BlW toward him. He manufactured the wing- last with whloh his wealth took Bight, Hla eon- stunt thought was t ) be lam., us as u bene factor. 'the man with a I 'HEME." pally uiai suver emoroiiiery. costing up int. thousands of dollars. The processions all .-light, and the streets are as full of specta tors al iu tlie daytime. These cqhuffas ate viewed by the rich people from boxes and seats erected in front of the townhall, Almost every nation is represented, aud squads of eabeUirot, offlceri, etc. fill up uud down uu itrnti lenoritai. on Baturday mornmg. an immense btook wu, cmmeromi ncs oetween caneai pleaded immediate poverty, out would come veil, that all tlie week has hid the reredos, i M,i tbis !'-"'lry wa-- u striking samplH ,f the the check bookorarollofblllB.and the patent an emblem of the darkness that envelope-.! i "' nnibltlon, It Ii safe to lay that or them del or the sample ore would remain tlie earth during the disappearance oi Chrilt I ETMtUS W'iman luis spent a fortune in behalf ' on deposit Until a f Urthei conversation took Is suddenly rent apart, amid the thundering r mmerolal union. He traveled far and place. echoes aliove. Immediately the 'Ji bells cf 1 near to preach the doctrine. He poured cut. It is the plain truth to say that Erastus the city awake, and fill the air with soum!. : """' o obuin toots and furnish literature "(Viniiin was ruined flnonolally by the crank. This Is taken up by the bells of the 140 " Tl"-' H'-' allowed himself to be He is a conspicuous victim of'tbe crank s in- cnurede;, uutil Hie whole air trembles with a mukQ" "J ,n" KWDyiKI in Ma-hiri?ton. in the fluence. Not that lie helped every cran vibratory eartljquako. Cannons and guns are U J1 1 TOUrlui legislation mat would lie,p , .mbraeed every project that wa uvwauieuuj oenein nianicii.i!. not tin r.ii. r i . ,,t ;t lw ,m.,i.ii n in the usual charitable and philanthropic I was ueviroross or abrupt Re was a splendid sense, but by the introduction of some practi-. listen. ,-. If the scheme struck him as worth chI Invention, the construction of some great considering, and t,0 many schemes struck highway or the cheapening of the naeesssry bin, that way, be nude another appointment to get good view I of the ownoui.ies oi meior tne masses. 1 lithe crenk had a patent or a model or some nis earnest ana ontnuiiaitio effort to brhv- or,., .,r wnatever it ,-Meht . r.-itt, hi.,. or presented, llred.and each individual Immaii unit, who ,'-' "" 111 -' I'u"'- ' "r "v-rHi years h arose If he bad, his failure would have been ,.. s sreo ,,v iTeive or - sis. ii mil sice-.iora . . i- .o, .... ...... . ,-ostiinv.' of the oils used in thi nrfmlnlatM nM my means for .-uakunr a noise, contrib-, "oursoi uieniorinng aim nictated nounc-.j several years sooner. Many of the cosmmes, oi me oiia uaeu in uie aaminilirs 1 ui. u -i T . 'i ... J articles to feroor.,r,v,r o, a i.. , , . .. . io i.. ... o-;, i-naie. nis one upneavai Oil j -.wr-w. - .-.v, v, ..-uvliui snuu, u.llg uio woro lor mo moment in discords. inov.n, as ne cspreseeu it. - tne curbed wire a more eommendabie way, had reallv praise- Tliere are many strange customs Which I,nco ll!at dlv!us ,ho Dominion from the worthy projects. Some of them were pro are observed in various portions of Eurona United State." Night after night he appear :d motors who had shoved their cranks to tb pestered villages, that i uuuru J"-vriJ'i nI Jrade In the leading I baclcground and Were eoting as special attor- ure mere survivals of the Middle Ages. One r ' wiempiw to orotic an lnteres: ,it . neyi. Mr. Ilimau onoe told tho writer that very ancient one. was that of putting out all the household fires, and rallshtlne th,.m on BOIter eve, Irom tho sacred flints. In u" 1 ,Iul " reuon iieiiev.;r saved ; disc .very of tne hundred and first crank. It Ireland even now, children and the more wmw h9 acquired. Thousands of dollar was probably a crank, again meaning no dis- lgnorant rise early on Easter morning, to: 1 r,,r lu 81 uu la lnecentrai .xationai and . respect in the use of the word, thut first see the 6un dance for joy. ui an countries o. tue eartli. null IS Is the , eaten- mu.n s uiieiH.on. rue vanauiau uia.Je u one where Easter is celebrated with the greatest ceremony and with evidences of re- v '' .'J - vHt' - tion oi tho sacrunients, etc. The next is the washing of feet of twelve poor persons, while the choir sings st John's "Jfandaltmi .,..,,, M Thla ,1,. lo Innm U...l, Thursdav, us Lmskcts or muunds of food are D''-na-vs u,,'d brought for distribution lo the poor. In Rome, tbe Pope washes the feet of thirteen poor priests, iu memory of the apostles. In cluding St. Paul. While the duria in tu'eki is being chanted on this day. the bells sud denly breakout in joyful peals, aud then re main silent, until the mass ,,f Holy Saturday when the Gloria is chanted. On Qood Friday which Americans will re member as tiie anniversary ol Lincoln's death, the altar n stripped, to signify tbe desolation of the church joicins from czar to peasant. Everv ne the prophecies per- "IT Z "TTS . l, ?73Z , T taining to Christ s sufferings, the passion otT.A - 7 t ne " St. John ore Stu, and the procession pro-'SCU 'fd' ,Evin. pero' meets ceedi to the sepiilelnv. whence the host U ' MeM l?1' Tt ls brought back, and offered to the people for r"tC';ia,,0nS U "QTi 8,1r,rt ' ke than n,f.r.,ti,,n and flonanrnM hv tl,. nfflln- WuW bs I"' 1,1 Enghmd or America. oJIcer. On Saturday, the servietl begin by the blessing of 'lie "new lire," obtained from ' nis ttieorj. j ne entertained a hundred cranks in orJer to rtuoBuwaniea money tor the good becoulo get at the valuable invention or the promising j nai is in i w ei e io niscreuit in tne Central National and . respect in the use of tbe word, that tunemieoi nanks many a time, but of all tt'St brought the automatic Weighing machine tc , ue ootaineu. only nis real estate on Btaten Wimani attention. The Canauian made i Island and hil intere-t in the electric light pile of money out of it. and is still doubtless plant at 8t. Oeorge. remained when the down- j receiving a rovaitv. unlesi he distosjd of his Two Michigan farm boys brought sTRfcK llE HEr.E. age, m Gordon regardi many years. After ihi iwed a great anxiety to learn what a man s feelings were in battle, and II I had ever seen any man run who afterwards turned out to be ' liy tlie light ..f the camp-fire I could see vous. and 1 understood Iris feelings perfectly, tried to impr a him with tho beliel tlir.t ' though I muit confess this was not my own tvrryiille was a fig cimilatio.i by creating too offleu of ensign, with tie. rank of lieudbiiuit aid directed that the bravest and most approved soldiers should be selected to (HI tbe office. By com- The won consent Private Barnes wus accorded i exl mo i . .. , iroi ... ids .,i :!... I ii-.., ., ..... .a-- nigu itistiiic.e.n ny in ly saw Gordon, and i made up my mind that i- was going to show the white feather. He - iked like a eh lit, and, tnero was tt look oi ..-.voii anxiety in his eyes. The regiment was posted behind a stone fence, and the young man was repeatedly sick at the stomach, 'i h i or four regiments, amongst n i Gor don'!, were ordered down to Chaplin Creek to dislodge tl- enemy, and to hold the strentd, for our men were famishing for la the a tvanct Gordon acted IlKe a drunken man. and as I watched liim out of igl.t. I ex ile hign dlitlnction by hii commanding ora in as worthy of this promotion. Ho was already a vet ran in lervil . as his scars and ,-. iundi attoated, though still a man .uth. Phi battle of Chancellortvlllewas fought on a beautiful Sabbath. On tho preceding day there were many troops hotly engaged, yet ti.- decisive .buttle was on that beautiful Sun da;, iu May. My command wa to the right of the Chan etllorsvlUe House. At the early dawn we v. -r moving into action, and after driving Uhe ehemy from seveal breastworks in our !fron, imd broken their lines though taey cdntecratsd tfint-- and steel which are kept In the churches. The Hint symbolize Christ our Rook, uud the lire the Holy Ghost. The clergy return i.i procession singing tho Lit any of the saints, and the joyous mass. -,VitL Its Alleluias, a foretaste ol the resurrection. iu Paris, especially, and at most of the European capitals, the fashionable women appear iu full mourning. Great requiem masses ore produced tor the tir-t time, and solemn and splendid procession-; and services prove tho steadfastness of Christ' followers on ourth. Russia, as one writer expresses II is turned Into a vait oomp-moetlng. In Spain, for Instance, which is the most intensely Catholic country of tho world, tberc aremany customs observed, with on intensity. a ' 'religious abandon, that can be loiind nowhere else. In Seville, Bpain, for exac the customs f .'oo years ago in the aslebrti of Holy Week nresUI preserved. Thousands of foreigners, especially since the eeromi nies at RotSQ have been clipped of their Importance and the pcpal seclusion, goto Seville i..s.c the'e ceremonies in their original form. The devotional spirit prevails among all classes to an extent that impresses tho strange sLrongly. By Good Friday, it reaches its height, a.id than gradually relaxes until building in rt. Tetcrsburc. and every other town are decked with flag-, and the White, green and red of tho national banners flash and wave all along the strei-ts. In all the hako shops and confectioners' window: gorgeous with gilt and gingerbread work the Easter toys and offerings attiact crowds of not only eager boys and girts, but ot grown people us well. Curious confection ery, iu which the Easter egg is conspiououl, 1111 the eye of childhood, along with the SUriOUl compound called the palhka, with Which all tho orthodox break their fat in tlie morning. It Is white, made of sour cream and speckled with raisins. I The streets are packed with the throngs i that gathc:- and Increoio as midnight ap proaches, Tho Kavikl Prospect, brilliant with its rows of electric lights, Itretchce 1 w interest. the cyclone pulveriser to tbe manager of the commercial agency. He sold the foreign pat ents for a fat figure, but sunk SI 00.000 in trying to make the machine a success in this country. In the boo'.:. "Clin nces of Success." that lie published a few months ago. he tells the manner in which ninny good things came to hiiu. But his ambition was unbounded whin it -ii- uld have been held in check. He took up po many things ut once. Even with his vol us capacity for work, and beginning ins day as he did, ut live o clock in the morn ing, and keeping it up until f-ix in the even ing. In- could not keep up With the procession of cranks. He was a great promoter. When be set ..ii! to get money or push a project, be rarely failed. But he spent his own monav ! too often, when hlibralm L-bou!d haw been j his contribution and some one else should I have furnished tbe capital. Tbe mercenary KBAITOS inventor or eraf v oro tor bled Wlman flr.an- "t.'e'for miM lhr'-'"sl1 the oity, crowded thm might havo .tloni'r1" ? "I? wit" -r:';--"lliaifncreo! s.i!; drosh'cis and pedestrians. Kaan Iral und the Cathedral of St. Isaac-, the northern rival of the great Roman church, an the molt attractive points. At ! the latter, admission can only be gained by I favor, and liencath its golden dome that shines conspicuously afar above St. Peters burg, tner.' is a crowd of the nobility, the peetsd to mm fall, bul he kept on with position on our Hunks, thus expos- tho lino, i saw him again the next morning. 'au "'v toadlrect, hut likewise to a He was on a nrei iher, with a bnili I wound In 6Vew infllade fire fr-: i the right. In tjls ids rigin breast, if recognised me und was ! W ly angle the struggle oecame so delpei Iu response to my " neiore xne oncm; was niiioageu, inat I witii a smiij to hi: : '"" ".on the Heltl half of my men, while not It itruot me hire, tMttheitteofaraan'iahnbnf haa'bneor fall came. Even the Staten Island land wa accumulated for tho purpose of disposing I It in lotsto t: en . . sinali means. in onl. : tl ..: homes of their own and a to which thev held the ; ; . isionaryasmc - memi may nan noen, tt was Conceived with the best of objects in view, and ol late it to .k c USl prominence in vTiman I mind With hil plan for improving tho finan cial and commercial prospects ol Canada. Tl,., lin, 1-MwfWll T-Ms,,... IV: ...V- HWNIVHtl ,,.(111 ,'l MHtlll ,f 1IUUI1 I was cat.-.-ti ot me iiiueiuiiaoie ei.li iHaisu. for humanity, Let credit be given whin i-. tlue. It will be fashionable, for 1 awhile, at least, to decry what Wlman did .Hid tried to do. If h' should be ee,. mud will be thrown over tbe numerous en- uiujuvtj tiiut tn." icsi.K.'e,Hi.Hnv oi me nuiBUU 1 credit aftomooa Of Easter Sunday, when the bull-; u' ,." "T , a' fight season is indurated amid general re- nM" "n ,ha' rtMld' 1 taW"-1 ' ! iXinn, and the warm AndilOShin nature " ?2 "";T"' p,5tnw! PWM8o L ....... . . . . i.of.t in tneii-.e. ii c t ne. si.ie esc . ...... ... , . . . ... , give-useii up ,o .-very species oi inn and, , ' ,, . larprwea irtgtnaiea ana pusnea, i; nei gayety known among men. ! , " . on Palm Sunday, -vcrvbtHlv goes to hear, .. "'""-".""'.-"" r,Bnuy uro-1 ntold In his praise, again tbe statement ii the Passion se. vice ehented by three priests I u-f'"-" Kl" '"' omeUmil repeat repented, that Mr. Win, in became a Una ncial i i : L . ... ..... . , tn III .1 oi.oi.utie luniiovi . oeittceil lUeUilill all"! uiireiy ame to - as, question, he pointed breast and taipsd i 1 ' Of fellow, he wanted m,. to know he Wat hit In front. Hi n vend from nis wound moremnrkiol the deadly .-.inflict m which w... engaged, for not only bullets, but grape and subsequently served with distinction, ,0Tal 1 ""' "en employed. but I regard his going Into that Perryville' Itwasherethe subject Of this sketch gave light at all as a splendid exhibition of trttll "P young life under the molt heroic clr lurage, for he felt sure l,.. waa going to I CUmatances. From the commencement of the death. Hatai BaxttTOK, " i nEror.T foii iutt." I had witiic ssed, I must confess the question struck me like a conundrum of the RSavlllI eiilibre. At first I thought of the old Admiral himself, lashed to the shrouds of the Hart ford in tho battle with the Ironclads and forts in Mobile Bay, hut then every one has heard of thut. Everybody, however, hattl lienrd cf Oscar Dent, and so I'll spin this yarn blinding nrothoiyeS f bit command iad reef ed upon blm." Hoiu.y, defiantly, proudly he pp sS,., on w-ith the r n of 8t. Andrews (ottt battle flag., Waving above n, until n'l of the color guard wen either killed , i disabled by wounds, yet he yielded no; hrt parpOSl to carry In triumph ut the cost of his llfl this guerdon ol victory-, He knew that the f,ug iniHi float m the eyei i hla corariuel, and deliberately, fearlesi y and heroically he giti up his life to a sense of duty. .In.it linfni-f, tietie-t, t ,l, , -111.,.,. A V. 1-: ... . , " ' r T ,..., ... ..... , i. Tiqpnia, i mil v,e Know ' f,,,j h. ,ved ,,v. .,. in- e.,,oe- on, iii e shnmi-.ne- iiuu the fi oin. I iuihui .o.uii hi kiiicii iiiey wclc ell -' th'il hil W"" foe , sun,., mm, i- -tan. oi inc nsroi lighting 1 owln- wt hl) frnm hi iniii.w, i in i gut itno i,,.,,i 'iaii:i. nil. 'thr ouisioe oi army reports. I nafaasen nothing that attempts to given thorough account of thl lighting along Hi Mislsslp1t. from 0o WI It i: , OL. I tMlilM 1 O. Rt. There have been many worl:. written on 'I;., war, but there nre c?.n.;,aigns and lints of desperate fighting tliat ."-em to ImVI entirely escaped the ajtataflori of tin. historian. Writers frohj tin. North and South have made us btnjliar with fhn doing: (or four years of the Army of th- Potomac and the tn cbi 'i -; tue m ot beautiful Gothic catlie-' ! - .r m A r -;tx w ir i 1 . - Ml l - i lore,, oigreai .-an,,,. ,,,, ,,., women acquitted, this lit. le Itory will spread and he i ki peration. Handsomi young guards men in whtti uniform, stand up iu a long Ii',-. The cathedral ,s but dimly lighted, to allgun tha darkness ol the tomb, but even tl... tuckering tapers, the ahrentlo and clioioratc proportions of jthc chuieli ON visible, and here and there one can see the gorgeous splendor nf the ornamentation. Then comes the representation of the Esster dawn, just us the hour of midnight il icachcd. Thi candles are lighted and as by magic, out flashes the glory of the great cathedral; pillar . i green maloohito sup porting the screen, th,. blue columns or !a:nr. lazuli on cither sid.- of the gilded gates, that concealed tne nitar dally, while the latter was accomplishing what tho inventor and the broker never could have done. Just think of the big on t orprlses he was conducting at one time, say lis yean ago! He was managing P,. 0, Dun .'. i'o. He Was lighting n doxen bat I lea on E aten Island. He was trying to get the Baltl :.. ire and Ol..-' railroad to come over the I ridge that Wiman, at a frightful cost, got ' ' t.gr. ;.. sanction, and Robert Garrett to ' build from NVw .Jersey to the Island. He was producing "Kero" and tbe -Fail of Babylon" (iis.rgc: t unning a base-ball team, and backing up BufYalo Hill and Ins Indians. He was trying to furnish S.aten Island with elec tric ligjit and electric power. He was presi dent, and the sole responsible head, of tho Cyclone Pulverizing Co., with headquarters in Philadelphia, of a company that extracted iron from the ore by a mechanical process, wreck, temporarily at least, because of hil constant desire to accomplish lomethlns practical for his fellow men. That lie want, i to amass wealth ia this attempt is not de nied. He always laid he was in search , f gold. But he wanted to make money from om project In order to spend it in mother. His history provei this. Five years ngo. or possibly six. he muil have been worth in 1 quick assets, nt least half a trillion dol in Staten Island Mai eatatl not included in the inventory. He could have stopp id me ! dltng with schemes, lived handsomely on hit inri A'JA 1 sv-- mri i ' i A I nm - vw lumbUI, Ki litucky. to the fall of Memphis In I tees, During this campaign l served undirQin- iralJon P. yilliplgpej who, though he sub sequently dropped OUt of sight. Wal as gal lant u man as ever wore u sword or sat on horse. I have sometimes thought that Oeiieial 'iillepigtif's courage was of ihn chara -tcr tlmt ilistingiilshed Him followers ol Muhomet. He evidently believed in destiny, and that It was folly for a man to attempt to avoid the Inev itable. This Is, I think, clearly shown by the following Incident: After the fall of F,.rt Donolson, on (he Cumberland, forced the evacuation of Qohra bus, Kentucky the Southern forces, in ordi w.-il na-! while orbislni to fell inor! illy teoundfd. 'I he fear I rs might full into the bands ottfii nei ved Ins dying hands and while his life lu slr.fT, rust It in hlsbosnni. crimsoned With the life bio id that was gushing Ir-un the wound, turned over mi his face and heroically fell asleep upon nil Hug. All thi.-. wai donl byu n ivatc, of humble position in life, with no property to defend, save bis rights as ., man. His was a soul it's noble and grand as that of a Eayard or a Nelson. or other heroes w nose deeds of fume ere imblaaoBed on the pages of history. W. 11. Cox, MCTATIXtl TO TWO STrXPOnvPIIEES SAME TIME. AT Tun THE Oimt.OA AT ItVOU, Irnl in Htlfrone. Tiiese prieltl are speciully i n, lorn an mneria rrntm lor the great mosala pictuns, Jesus of incomoni managing partner in tin- 11 f Katanth and the Mother Mary with bet R- O. Dun Co., and allowed tbe half million child, colossal haloed smnts, among them St. lo double Itaolt, Bul he didn't do - - - by a great burst of .one, fr.cn thee.v.jr. v, n eh ' ,:;lVl' 111 ' PMtn 1 1 Impression that lie Wll si.i, ids before the altar, arrayed u, blui.r.n, I a wild speculator und wasn't atunding to yellow vest menu. The gales open, and bu.;iness. rnd then enme the crash. u -v. .ii.i tne iteaoygian ot the eandlei, and . Kattirally, hit ambition to maki a name f. ...o ut uaivve toe ww in tue easicrn Christ: and a thrnl oflov nu rhiemi i, sL1 permit the public to share in his discoveries, along thi Rill von Kill, and of a cold storage of n pain) company at BoQBton, X. J., that ,j. . iiit.uv nee iuuc.t tt piiim om oi paiveruea himself in new llehls and at t!i same time iron "'"S- - a company that made brick down midl V.'iman n f-ilr target tor the crank. He '"''era A reward nf $.1(111 has been offered for a good national song to take the place of Hail Columbia, Yankee Doodle und the Star Spangled Bonuir. Such songs ure never written to order, or in competition for priry. Tin- chances areive shall have to put up witli the Old songs. They are quite good enough tor. moat ot u trained, and arc respectively tenor, bass and counter tenor, tbo first bhanttng thi narrative wi'.iiout change of the kiynots. When he otne.-. so the words nt the others, the l ass sing In n deep, resonant votoa, with rich tbnas, t(e wOrdl of the Saviour, while tho counter tenor Impersonates tl,.. Inferior Characters, and the multitude are Imperson ated by ii band :' thuiloatti within the choir, Theeltect of this musical dialogue, Ii Inde Krlbable. It II repeated every day till Thursday. On Passion Wednesday n while vclleonctialsthcclergyiluringmass. On reach ing the words: "The veil of the temple was rent in twain, the-vtjll liofore the priests Is split from top to bottom , amid the thundering explosions of powder in the lofty galleries, which symbolise the earthquake that accom panied the rending of the veil of the Temple. On Wednesday evniug, the Miserere Is crowd, I hen till gates close again, and II, singing continue! while u procession ol banm i-s, presided by an antique limp and cross, pass down thsunvc to tho further ond "I thu .-lull oil . Thev bo down tha e illioilnil then paM around It, asking everywheto, faoit alwaya got an audlenci, Thi lialt-cnay -Have you seen Him.' Have you seen Hint Inventor, who worried v. all itreet and got no with a "ort .,f , Iranian., action. At length hearing, finally learned ot Wlman, ami m.-t n a. ,i here. He ia risen !" and th- sudden out- WPW W IPIIgatatiOll 01 eranits that us- in to! sound is the .-land .'h-ir i l-nnl'ii- bled in front oi the big loom, covering an en- tire floor, from tiny t.. day, at 9U Broadway, Iu N. w York, near tha Brooklyn was the friend of the crank. Themahwitha oriage. He was intinsted, and where he scheme in tho Weal who was told ..i Wlman I was interested it meant be was active, in a brought his pel prcjeol to New York and the anthem of the "P.,- urn tion ' in i. olv Then follow marchings and countermarch ings. chant", and responses. TnlOcomeiCl gorgeous procession nf ecclesiastics, Swing ing smoking centers and bearing eandlei I ! numorabll. Nearly every per-oti in the . sthedral Inisa white taper, and at the pro m time with one accord the iapers are lighted, until tin vast couron is op uudulating sea of light, above which thi dim smoke of tbe in cense hovers like an BUtUmn midlt. The first jrt Is over at two ,. etoek in the where W'linnn's offlcS win. On a slight p'ut fonu. with a railing to separate it from the rest nf (he apartment, wal Wiinan's tlek. averyooay eouia see nun wnen tne.to irwa open...!. Then sal the man that handled one hl nmbltloui .lor.en otner . merprtses. lie was at I lie sum,, time talking und writing about Coinniercial founding the new resorts of South beach. Union and Arden cud Arroehnr. Yet. with all these surging, struggling in terests in Ins mUld, hi gave heed totheeraiik and had mouoy react (or the next good pro ject thai aim along. Truly, it is Folly to uy Brastui Wiman was ruined by B, u. Dun or Staton Island or any one thing you might name. Ke carried too heavy a load and ear , ad it too long. His big, generous heart and ictive brain, were t,,,, many of the largest und most complicated branches!'"1' Bwpurat, Willi the means of a Vender of bullneis, He knew more, uud gnowi ' ,''lt- n wo,,'d undoubtedly have added to the more to-day. about th details of oommercial r benollts ho bns unquestionably con- tiade than iinv man in the nation, lie .'- : v upon tho public. Hut give tho crank morning I rows of All im.nnd tin- snercd cdidee long! lowed the arteries of trade ami felt (ho mer- "mo n,ul '"' would get nwny with the millions ciintiie pulse of the world. His wonderful k vandirbut, Liwanog B. Morr. memory enabled him to give on the instant the standiug and credit of thousands of bus- The Kew York AWd advises its readers to iness bouses. His keen knowledge ,.f tbe I keep their eyee open, as there aren great subject and Iris close observation permitted many nickel' counterfeit in circulation in him to write those weekly trade lotters that New York.nntl It hintsthat nit hoy ere passed for years were regarded not only ns prophetic on tho street cars that the conductors know piisehktis and cohtclnes. clotted aream and currant cuke, ari waiting . be blessed by the priest, l.f..re theirwnrs can sell them. As you leuw the ehuidi, high up over tbe blaaontd wudowi' oolond (vjiies rears the form of n gignntii- c-oss of Are, and from braxen urns on the cathedral towers, wave the tall flume In the keen morning air. Fnlut, sweet, tender asadreiim, comes the ad music of tlie disUnt bolls, tilling the air with throbs ot melody. Edward Hu.daxe. but as absolutely reliable. There at a large desk in the ceutru of the more about tho fraud tlmti they ur willing to confess