TTTE SCBANT03S" TBIB U J'E SATUllDAX. aiUKJWTNGr, JrEBKTJ All if I, 1S9C, J. The Story of A Great1 Battle. General W. W. H. Davis Graphically Describes The Bloody Engagement at Fair Oaks. Parts of an address recently deliv ered by General W. W. H. Davis, of Doylestown.' before tne Bucks County Historical society upon the battle of Fair Oaks will be read tvlth Interest in this locality because of the fact that Governor Hartranffs Fifty-second regiment (recruited from Luzerne, what Is now Lackawanna, and Wyom ing counties) was In the same battle and served In the same division with General Davis' One Hundred and Fourth. The address in point was not a nistory, but a chapter merely of per sonal recollections. General Pa vis said; There was a heavv storm th nlitht be for the battle, and the dash of light ning, crasn or thunder and pouring rain itemed-like-a war of the elements pro- pnetlo 01 tne terrible conflict of the mar . row. T-ha uouiitry wus flooded. Satunluy was clear and sultry, and the forenoon un usually quiet. In camp the men were lolling: In the shade. About 10 o'clock an aide of Ueneral Joe Johnston uassdd through my camp a prisoner from the picket Hue. . and. about 11, three shells from the enemy's lines fell within our eampi, but we thought nothing of It at the front, in the meantime, however, bus plelons .were aroused; the troops were rorming- unu the artillery horses har nessed. . " our headquarters' mess had Just tin iehed dinner and were dlsousstntr the cam paign In front of our cabin, when an nl.ln J lhisey.djis.herl.iip- with inTdfiler to hav! the reKiment under arm 'immediately. It wus in line In a few minutes. This was a little after li We did not aspect a but tle, thinking it. an onl.lnurywJiip. Shortly after J"reeeved an order to naroh the regiment nearer the tVllliuiiiilhtifg oaii to support 'a' battery. This was liiil a short distance, ami we formed on the buttery's right In' a. piece of tlnber. Wsxwere next oritereil to advance 2iH) yards' ta,le u clear ing, where the line was ipiii kljgyeformeil and dressed as on parade. We.voulil see nothing of the1 "enemy. There was timber In front and nearly till arotUHPuK . At this time my own' regiment wss4S arily force at, the front on this part otlie uHeUI, and was theMlrst to 'receive: thjha;K of ine enemy. ' ' . , It Is the general Impfesslotrtnat arml'.-s go out to tight derkeil in all th "pomp, paruile and'drctinistance of glarttfus war," as we see It represented, in plot res, but it Is far from the truth. Men need not be dressed 'In finery to be killed, and they eem to realize it, for they generally divest themselves of every UM4 article. They frequently go to Uls fiMd Iwlthout their coats, und sometimes with their sleeves rolled up. My regljnat wore trousers and blue blouses, an!,. carried Austrian rifles that would kill at a thou . sand yards. A reliable gun, plenty of ani . munition and a stout heart are, the most needful equipments. A battle is no dress parade affair. . Tho F.ncrar Sighted, t n Soon after forming our line in t,he clear ing, the enemy was seen In thii edge of the timber In front, and began coming out in great numbers, firing ss they ad vanced. Bullets began to full in our ranks, coming with a whizzing, hissing sound. Increasing every moment. The regiment stood In line, ami had not fired 'a., shot. The men were restive. Thinking the time to open fire hnd come. I ordered them to load, followed by "Beady," "Aim." At this moment. Sergeant Major Wallazz, a former pupil of "Stonewall" Jackson, came running up and said, "Let me say . fire?" 1 assented: he gave the word, and 400 bullets were discharged Into the masses of the enemy In our front, within point blank runRe. , This- was the first volley, and gave notice throughout the army the battle had begun. It must be borne In mind thnt, whll thenp nrellmlnariea were going on, my regiment stood alone, with out any support. Other troops were soon in position, and the action became general, both sides load ing and tiring as rapidly us possible. My -men began to fall, killed and wounded; the former lying where they fell, many of , the Utter walking and others being; car ried off the field. The fire grew hotter and hotter, but the men stood up to their bloody work as cheerfully as on dress parade. They were cool, and there was no flinching. They stood in an old clear-up furrow, and there the cartridge papers lay by the basket full. During tft hottest of the tiring one of my men, a strapping ' big fellow, called out to me, "Ito-you see i that, colonel, they have put a bullet through lny canteen and the water is running out." He was told to attend to kls work and not mind it. Our fight rest ed on thetlmber, and seeing a movement of the enemy to flank us in that direction, Companies A ana u, i.apiain nogers ana Lieutenant Kephnrt, were pushed Into the woods to. prevent It. -:;.J A chargo with Fixed Ilayriitiets, '.'We had now been under tire bre, than ,. art. hour) our line had been Wellr.pmln taihed, but many men had fajpVfej.. The senemjt was pressing us 1ft front ani-on tho Hank and threatened the 'battery, wa. 'were supporting. At this crisis the trteh were ordered to fix bayonets and chants. They sprang forward, with a tremendous yell, about luu yards across a piece of .ground covered with low bushes, one-halt the regiment lumping over a worm fne, the colnr-bearera planting the flags'-fn the soft ground, and laying down byvVhein. This was on the enemy's side of tF' .fence. Klre was reopened and the enemy. fhui-keil for a short time, it wns fool-hardy, but . had the desired effect. Seeing we must re linquish our ground unless reinforced, an officer was sent to General Casey, wltn the request that he send us a regiment. The officer passed twice between, Abe nre of the. two armies und returned unhurt. This gallant deed was done by Lieutenant Ashenfelter. About this time a"large white flag, with a black square1 'In the middle, appeared in the enemy's ranks. Borne of our men, thinking It a flag of truce what should be done, and were told to lire at it as rapidly as possible. A vol ley brought down the bearers, but-tt was Immediately seized and raised by another. Soon after ' they raised another flag, a whits cross with stars on a blue Held. Many of their men had white muslin tied round their hats. , ' ' The regiment had been In action nearly three hours, and nearly one-third of the men had fallen; the promised reinforce ment not arriving, we could hold our ground no longer. There was no order to retire; the men were HHrnlly pushed back . Jy the superior force of the enemy. Indi vidual soldiers on the other sme came near enough to strike my men with their muskets. The regiment retired slowly and sullenly, neither officers nor men run ning. When it retired "the enemy was pressing It In front 'and on both flanks. and. In a few minutes, our retreat would Vhave been cut off. He was already shoot ing down our buttery horses some dis tance In the rear of our line of battle. The guns had been previously hauled off and saved. Many of our men, after emptying their own cartridge boxes, got a. -'fesh upply from the boxes of their oWqrl and wounded companions lying aroundthem. The rifles were discharged so often the barrels burned their hands. - and, the grooves were so furred" I saw some of my men place the ramrod against a ,tt;ee to force the cartridge home. -'"'r An Instance 'of Gallantry. One 'of the most gallant things I ever witnessed was the rescue of' one of the flogs at Fair Oaks that presented by the ladles of Bucks county. - You will recall (the charge of the regiment. Its entangle Intent with a low worm-fence and the (planting on the enemy's side of the fence, where the fighting was renewed, and con tinued until forced to retire. , f In the confusion and excitement of re tiring one flag was left on the enemy's klde of the fence and they made a. bold effort to capture It I ordered those near est not to retire without bringing the flag, when Major Cries, Orderly Sergeant Myers Mid Color Sergeant Puroell sprang for It. fne enemy seeing the movement .rushed .or .the flag at the same time. Purcell, rka saw already secured us own flag. with it In his band, jumped over the fence, seised the other and pulled It from the ground. The enemy ' were not quick enough and lost the coveted prize. As Purcell mounted the fence to return, with both flags In his hands, he was struck by a bullet and knocked over, carrying the flags with him. Regaining his feet, he handed one flag to Sergeant Myers anil started to the rear with the other, but. becoming faint from loss of blood he gave it to Corporal Mlchener. who brought It oft In safety. Both flags were delivered to the regiment that evening after the battle and received the most cordial welcome. The three prominent actors in the little drama were all wounded Major Grles anil Sergeants Purcell and Myers the major dying a few days afterward. The govern ment recognized the gallantry of Ser geant Purcell by presenting to him a medal of honor. This Is but a single episode' of gallantry among thousands thut occurred during our great war. (Ivor-Anxious Surgeons. While the- battle was raging In our im mediate front, on our left, 2w or Suu yards away, other portions of our division were sustaining an equally stubborn contest. General Casey, our division commander. ' a conspicuous figure sitting on a la r bo iron-gray horse on the Wllllamsport road, apparently as unconeerned as if it were an ordinary fluid day. In this direction the country was open a short distance, but on our right and rear ull movements were obscured by bushes and timber. The iliri of battle from the constant llrlng of can. non and small arms was ulmost deafeninK. When the regiment fell buck a number of our wounded men Were lert on the Held, und some twenty of them were found tho following Monday 'morning in a sm;ill house to the left of our last line of battle. They had crawled or been carried there by some of their comrades. . When the regiment. fell back from ha first line to the second, it was by squads, and single files, and., in doing so, we lost several oflic'ers anil men. lieutenant Mc Dowell was killed at . tills-time. He was shot dead wh'nVtuiklng to Captain Pick ering, fell on his face and was left lylnjr there.' He was 'stripped by the enemy. Captains Corcoran and Swnrtzlander and I.leutenanis llehtrrle anil Ashenfelter were wounded on the second line; AsbenfeKer had a little "adventure in getting to the rear that was not down on the bills. He was shot in the ankle and taken to a. cabin in the woods, where he spent the night. There he was joined by a couple of young surgeons, who. supposing him to l.o asleep, were overheard talking about cut ting off his foot, one of them remarking; it would be a "nice operation." The lieu tenant now let himself be heard, saying. as he would have to be a party to the operutlon, his consent wouid have to be obtuined, which could not be had while hla sword was able to do duty. This closed the professional aspirations of these younir sawbones In this direction. Lieutenant Ashenfelter died of that wound many years afer. It might have been better for him hnd these young doctors taken the case in hand. After the Buttle. . About sundown the regiment, some I"0 strong, assembled at the rifle pits near the Held hospital a mile' In rear of where the battle had begun. The organization had been tolerably well maintained, and here the flags were delivered to it. The battle was now over the weary lav down to rest and the wounded to die. The regimental wagons were saved by the quartermaster sending them to the rear when the firing began, hut the camp enulppage, bagguge and iiersonal effects of the officers and men fell Into the enemy's hands. The result of the battle left the regiment in a very forlorn condition. Both officers and men lost all their clothing except what they had on their backs. Kvnry camp utensil was gone but their tin cups and in these the men had to do their cook- Ing until a new supply was obtuined. The loss of comrades and the reaction from the great mental and physical strain had a very depressing effect, and It required considerable effort to be cheerful. The depression was aggravated by . the bad weather. But this gradually passed off. On Sunday a few men supposed to be killed or wounded reported for duty, and tne old routine ana discipline were re established. There is a humane side to war. despite the blood and carnage of battle a silve r lining, as it were and It Is evidence they do not entirely rob men of their finer feel ings. The night of the battle the enemy occupied my headquarters cabin, and it was tilled with his and our wounded. All concur that they treated our men with kindness. Among the uninvited guests was General Roger A. Pryor, of Virginia. He assisted a surgeon lnamputating the leg of one -of my men on my handsome Mexican blanket, which was ruined. Me treated our wounded to some fine wines and other liquors our mess received Just before the cull to arms, and the contents of our well-filled mess-chest, which Chap lain Grles arranged In the morning, sup- piled them with rations until removed on &'nday. The enemy curried a number of our wounded to the shade of an old. build ing nearby and supplied them with crack ers and water. Corporal Solly reported that he was carried off the field by order or a uoiueuerate colonel. ; An occasional Incident relieves the harsher features of war. When the reg iment was culled to arms, the owner or a pet coon left his precious In camp, secur ing him by running a sergeant s sword through a ring In the chair and then Into the ground to the hilt. When the owner returned to claim his property. It was gone, and never heard of afterward. A pet cat was more fortunate. It, too, was left in camp, but survived the day; lived to complete the campaign on its owner's knapsack, and died in tranquility at Gloucester Point, Va. Wnr'e Horrible Ride. Nothing Is sadder or more revolting than a battle field after the struggle is over. It shocks every sensibility. While the tight Is on, with body and mind fully occupied, and the fircest passions aroused, there is no-time to seriously contemplate the surroundings; but after It is all ovor and the passions have had time to cool, if one visit, such scene of strife and look upon the work he had been engaged In, he will then fully realize the brutality of war, and what an awful thing a battle really Is. The following will give a faint idea of the ap pearance of a battle Held and the scenes that meet the eye: The battle was fought on a Saturday. I did not visit the field, but, on Monday morning, a detail of two men from each company was sent there to Identify and bury the dead, accompanied by several of Scers, including the adjutant chaplain and Captain Pickering, whose reports reachel me. The adjutant says of his visit: "Never can the recollection of that fleU be effaced from the memory of those whs visited It on that day. The weather be ing extremely hot, with frequent showers, the dead had become bloated and swollen until their clothes would hardly hold them, and blood still oozing from gap ing wounds, the ground saturated with gore. Flies, In myriads, swarmed around ; dead horses with saddles and bridles ntlll on; broken guns, remains of camps, with the food cooked for Saturday's dinner, un touched; the air polluted with stifling odors from decomposing bodies; wounded men in the agonies of death, all tended to make the heart sick and the soul shudder at the sight. I visited the late headquar ters of the One Hundred and Fourth. Here I found the log hut filled with wound, ed and dead soldiers. Some were our own men. Th wounded had been refreshed from the stock of provisions left by the field and staff. At the door the bloated carcass of a dead horse still lay, while under our shelter tents were numerous dead rebels." Chaplain Grles reports: "Close by the house of Seven Pines I found Blasts, of Company F, lying 'dead. His brother, who was with me,' recognised him. We burled .him. as decently as possible and then began to look for more. Close by we found a rebel still greening with the maraots warming in and out el the. wound in his head. In a tent were two dead rebel officers, and outside was a cap tain of. a Michigan regiment . with his named pinned on his breast. In the road were two L'nion soldiers, regiment un known, and a number of miscreant shy. sters loafing under theshelter of an old barn, and looking on coolly whilst tre wagons were passing over the leg of one of the dead heroes. I dragged the body out of the way, and directed a stuplfled captain, who was looking' on, to put the men at work burying the dead. At the old log hut we found a sad sight, as w.11 as along the road to It dead soldiers. Union and rebel, horses and broken wagons, in the camp of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania lay the fresh meat Issued to them the morning of the battle. In the old hut were dead and wounded packed close together, some of the living hardly showing signs of life. We ministered to them und got them off to the rear. We then struck through the wood toward the line occupied by the regiment in the bat le. searching for the wounded, hut found none except of other regiments. From the Pair Oaks building we started for the regiment. The road was lined with dead horses, and In the fields were dead rebels lying In rows like the wlnow work of a reaper. The' air was loaded with stench, and the sun almost overpowering." Calculating the Loss. The loss of the regiment during the bat tie is a natural Inquiry.. The night before it had about tuo present for duty. The two companies sent to the picket lines reduced the number 100, leaving 400 with the colors. Of these 10 officers and !S6 enlisted men were killed, or wounded, and CI captured on the picket line, a loss of over 40 per cent of the number engaged, GLIMPSES OF WELSH MINING .LIFE Shoni Rachel's Ride. He was called Shoni Rachel, his fa ther was called Tomos Rachel, and the other' children were all Hachels, and everybody In Cwmcoed knew Rachel. She was the head of -the-nrm; .When Tomos married her, his own surname an appendix commonly dropped at Cwmcoed was lost sight of, aa well aa his individuality. In the fame of Rachel, and the firm of Rachel & Co. loomed as large In the minds of the neighbors as the Co-operative stores. Rachel & Co. were universal providers' of squabbles, fights and salacious gos sip, and they gave a free entertain ment every Saturdny night in front of the house, by way of advertising the business. Shoni's full, rlghi name I only saw .but once a secret shared by few In Cwmcoed but thereby hangs another tale. He was renlly a good-hearted sort of a fellow, and he was the only sympa thetic link between the Rachels and their peace loving neighbors. He be longed to the Indispensable class of hauliers, who hold their lives so cheap, who divide their time almost equally between the coal-pit arid the"" publlc hause, seldom seen in any dress but a trim, duck-suit, besmeared with oil. with a leather shield strapped to their backs as If disdaining the use of it. In front, and placed behind as if to glance off a chance shot. Hhonl and I were great friends, and when one Saturday afternoon I visited, the pay office for the last time, and took leave of many a grimy friend before starting out on a college career. Shoni actually forced five shillings Into my waistcoat pocket. I could not afford to be proud then, Shoni knew right well that 1 was badly In' need of the money and his kindness was like the whirl wind, and-to say that It -was so much less money for the Black Lion that evening would be to furnish tho weak est reason why I accepted Shonls gift with gratitude. When the Great Led ger will be opened and the Investigation of our tangled accounts will begin. . I shall be very much surprised If those five shillings will not set off a spree or 'two In Shonl's debit. , Our friendship was struck on this wise. Before dragging my weary limbs a tedious mile and a quarter to the pit's bottom, I sat down to rest awhile at the "double parting," where lamps were lighted and tested, until the dust raised, by the mad stampede of men and 'horses a sort of -a daily rehearsal at the close of the "turn" of the rout of Bull's Run or of Waterloo - would clear that I could make my way out with tolerable precision of step. As I was sitting there, I heard a belated haulier come thundering down the level, then came to a BUdden .stop. Then I heard a brief, fierce straining of man and. horse, as (f both were, under a crushing load. Soon I recognized Shonl's voice .giving an illustration of the rare capabilities of the Welsh lan guage, which Is strong In terms of love and of anger, and by means of which a Welsh haulier has developed swearing into a tine art. I hastened to Shonl's rescue, and found him sitting on one of the rails, panting like a hound after a hunt, with his lam; on the ground. "What's the matter, Shoni?" I said. "Rhys, is if you? Look under that blank tram." I looked and saw the track derailed and the wheels 6f the tram, which car ried over a ton- of coal, fastly lodged between the sleepers. The road repairers had replaced some of the rotten sleep ers with new ones, but had not filled the f paces between them with coal dust as they sliolild have done. . . "Well, do you Bee him?" asked Shoni. "See whom?" ' "Man alive, thedevll himself Is there." I looked again with strange curiosity, for we, the mpn of Caegarw Pit, be lieved In the personality of his sable majesty, and during our morning whiffs at the "double parting" before separat ing for our stalls, we had some strange Ktorles to relate of his majesty's period ical Inspection of the works, especially after the strange case of Will Arha Wew had eked out. But I could not see anything of him around and under the wheels. "He Is none now for sure, Shoni," I said. "Suppose we try again." As Shoni had now ceased to call his sable majesty names, his sableness al lowed us to extricate the tram in no time and place It once more on the rails. "No," said Shoni, "you must ride out with me. I'll hook on an empty tram at the parting, and if you will keep a foot on the hook. It'll be all right." I knew the trick right well. My door boy days were as yet fresh In my memory. Had I not many a time joined in the mad rush out by hanging to a horse's tail, while another horse was snapping the 'tail of my coat, myself in total darkness, having lost my light in the scramble? Besides, Shonl's kind ness was Imperious, and to cross him meant to fight him. which alternative few dared to accept. Without the slightest hesitation, therefore. I pluced myself at Shonl's tender mercies. The train was soon fitted out. Shoni Jumped on the iron shaft between-the tram and the horse. Old "Leader needed little stimulus, he knew that his feed was waiting for him, and the rttd was clear. But Shoni kept his short whip In constant use, and indulged his turn at phrase making all the way. My! that was a ride! Dick Turpln Paul Revere, 'Sheridan, Rattlesnake Pete were simply not In It. The box of a locomotive running sixty miles an hour was a hotel piazza compared with my place in that empty tram with one foot on the hook. It was not the speed so much as the attendant horrifying oangers mai maue inai rme a rei-oru smasher. The timber framework of the' level looked like a solid grey arched wall. Once a timber "collar" made a deep groove through the coal on the tram, darting a piece of coal on my neck, the mark of which I shall carry with me to the grave. I expected .every moment to be telescoped Into the load of coal In .front of me, and be after wards weighed and dumped for steam coal to run an Atlantic liner, unless "Billy Fair Play" would dlscovet' me and pick me out as a piece of shale. But 'Shoni knew his business, and I was not the only one who would trust Shoni In a push. As we ncarcd. a dangerous Incline, "Leader,", by force of habit, slackened speed, for there "sprags" were thrown Into the wheels to break the moment um. When the train was long and heavy, a sprag was shot Into every wheel on one side, with a few random shots from the doorboy on the other side. Shoni jumped down and threw In Just one sprag. Jumped up again on the shaft and flourished his whip cruelly on "Leader's" back. Down we swept the steep Incline. My faith in Shoni was melting like wax. He was evidently breaking the record for recklessness. When half way down the Incline, crash went the sprag, and Shoni shouted to the 'horse like a madman. He. dared not Jump down in that narrow way and leave the horse to his fate, for he would be crushed immediately under the wheels as many a poor haulier had met his death.' All that he could do was to hold his lamp as high as he could for "Leader" to see the road. Neither did I wish to complicate matters by taking my foot off the hook, and jumping down from behind. . Whatever was going to happen 1 felt assured thnt I would come out the least hurt. If I could come out at all. Still I felt my hair expanding Into a foot ball mop. It was like plung Ing down Pike's Peak in a toboggan. Hhootlng the Lachlne Rapids on the St Lawrence Is a childish diversion compared with it. It was more like shooting down an enormous waterplpe from a reservoir among the Welsh mountains to Manchester or Liverpool. If "Leader" should miss a foot, there would form on thnt incline the follow Ing geological stratification: Ffrst, a fossil horse; then a fossil man, presum ably pre-hlstoric; then a thick seam of coal Intermixed with wrought Iron; then another pre-hlstorlc man; nnother layer of wrought Iron: a layer of petrified timber; then a hundred tons of sand stone boulders. ' But old "Leader" was not going to end his record that evening, though he tried the game once too often soon uf ter. He undoubtedly grasped the situa tlon, and felt that three lives, two hu man und a third hardly less, depended on his presence of mind and unerring step. We reached level ground In safety. With a sigh of relief 1 descried the glare of light at the bottom of the pit. "Leader" was sent steaming and loam Ins into the stable, and Shoni and 1 were quickly bounced Into daylight. With a smile of triumph Shoni over took a band of hauliers as they were leaving the lamp house. At the risk of three lives he had accomplished his great purpose of keeping an appoint ment at the Black Lion. Rhys Wynne. (By tb C nrtev of H. H. Kohliout.) GEORGE MEREDITH, BRILLIANT ENGLISH NOVELIST. ' from tht Chteftgo Tlatt-BtraUi ", V'.X- In the -Wonderland Of North America- Twenty-Fifth Letter of Northwestern Travel The Peerless City of Seattle. Written for The Tribune. In our last letter we parted with our readers ratber abruptly, while yet on Puget Sound, admiring the natural wonders of God's universe, and perhaps detained you too long; but the half has not been told of the boundless resources of this "Evergreen State" called the "great treasure house of the Creator" nor Puget Sound, the world's harbor on the greatest of Oceans. The far-seeing statesman, William H. Seward, during the negotiations for the purchase of Alaska, said: "The greatest triumphs 'of mankind will be won on the greatest of oceans." Nowhere on this great ooean (Pacific), or even on this conti nent do you And a harbor equal to Puget Sound, which will eventually get the bulk of the commerce of the Pacific coast. The geographical position of both Tacoma and Seattle Is such that their future must be closely Identified with the development of the commerce in the Pacific ocean, especially Seattle, which is destined to be 'the greatest shipping point in the world. Seattle Is nearer the great markets of Asia and Australia than the; other Pacific coast ports, and the commerce now going from New York via Liverpool and St. Petersburg to Russia, will soon go direct from Puget Sound and mainly from the seaport of Seattle, which is the extreme western terminus of the four trans-continental railroad systems. Seattle's Magnificent l uture. When the great Russian railroad, the trans-Siberian railway from Vladlvoc tock, a Pacific . seaport of Siberia, to Moscow is built, Seattle will be natur ally the greatest shipping point for that continent. Russia intends to have that road completed in two or three years, and at the rate of Its present construc tion it would be considered rapid work even In .this country. It means the opening to commerce and colonization within that time of a region fully twice as large as the United States, and containing natural resources of prob ably equal value and variety a region Including not Siberia alone, but also the vast Chinese empire. At present vessels . leave Puget Sound ports ' for Guatemala, Chill, China, Japan, England, Hong-Kong, Australia and ' British India. The trade of China alone Is $150,000,000 an nually. While San Francisco has a good harbor, the city is not located so that It can command the trade of the interior. It Is the same- with Port land, which is "a hundred miles Inland and over a way which Is often dan gerous for even large vessels. I re peat, no where on this continent do we find a harbor equal to Puget Sound. Our eastern friends do not realize that the most beautiful portion of the great northwest, the1 region of the setting sun. Is really along the shores of this, the finest body of water In the world, if real, natural beauty be the standard. Do not charge me with being an en thusiast. Once come here In summer and sail over these placid waters, and I venture to affrm that your summer outings will henceforth be arranged for the far west of our. own native land, and not for Europe, Nature has ap parently designed the state of Seattle to be the entrepot of a vast ocean com merce. The land-locked harbor already commodious and safe, will, when the vast Improvements now begun are complete, be without any' question, the finest harbor-In America. Another reason may be given that has made Seattle what she Is as a sea port. She naturally has the trade of all this upper sound country even into the British possessions and Alaska, and will hold it through her unrivaled resources and shipping facilities. The Well-nJgh boundless resources of this wonderful region are just beginning to be understood and developed. Coal, Iron, timber and soil "richer than all the gold mines of the globe," and a mild climate that rejoices the hearts of shivering mortals who come hither from colder climes and a glorious fruit country, all conspire to make the seat .of empire. i Seattle's ITenutiful Environs. One says: "There Is a land of pure delight, and it Is not far. from Puget Sound, and the campers In that land are the saints who dwell In the cities' of Tacoma and Seattle." Having visited and studied thoroughly the former city and enjoyed -Its-attractions, of course tho 'latter must be visited also. Those who come from the east are quite as- torilshod at the grandeur of the scenery and ,the framework of ocean, lake and mountains encircling Seattle as it city. Rome Is known as the "City of the Seven Hills;" Seattle may be spoken of as the city of seven times seven hills. The mountains and seashore are here In combination. The snow-capped OJympla and Cascades encircle the city and harbor, which gives it the name of "The Young Giant of Puget Sound." It matters not whether tho tourist en ters the city by dayllgth, when the de tails of a most picturesque scene are clearest, or at night, when the electric lights of the entire city gleam across the bay, the effect, in either case. Is most pleasing and Impressive. This favor able Impression is strengthened when the city Is explored In detail and Its public buildings and tasteful residences are admired. In either Instance It is a beautiful picture. Supposing the "whole world and the rest of mankind" to be as much inter ested In Seattle as we are, we will tell you something of what we see In this young, enterprising and matchless city. to begin with Seattle Is delightfully sit uated on the shores of Elliott Bay, an arm of Puget Sound, twenty-five miles from Tacoma, its formidable rival. The sight on approaching the city from the steamer Is of a city built on a hill side, like Duluth, Vicksburg, etc., every large building standing out by itself and affording the best pos sible .view of a large part of the city's area. There is a continuous range of buildings,-from Smith's Cove, on the north, to the head of . the harbor on the south, a distance of five or six miles. At night the scene from the harbor 'is strongly remindful' of San canclsco, and the orescent-shaped harbor, to that of the Mississippi river at New Orleans us .lt appeared to us on a former visit. The first thing that attracts the notice of the visitor as he nears the landing is the well or dered water front, with Its long range of . wharves and slips which - affords ample wharfage room for hundreds of vessels, large and small. The line of wharves extends northward almost as far as the eye can reach and' the "tide flat" enterprise when completed will provide acres even miles of water front. Resembles Shoe String. The city Is located upon a hilly strip of land facing the west and. the sound, from two to three- miles in width (be tween purct sound and Lake WMhlni. ton) and twenty-flve 'miles long, lying parallel with the sound. The land line forms a seml-clrcle, rising In terraces from the water front, quite similar to her neighbor, Tacoma, and Is encircled In the rear by lakes Washington and Union which are connected by a small narrow canal, vlrtuilly forming a con tinuous waterJlueJn the rear. . On lunding we are at once Impressed with the vim, energy and thrift of the people, manifested on every hand. We find broad avenues running parallel with the shore laid oyt over the wharves, which are thronged with drays and conveniences of every kind, and busy people hastening to and fro, while engines and cars are moving up and down the. numerous . tracks upon the thoroughfare, which Is called Rail road avenue, laid out by the city for public and commercial use. Going from the wharves we soon- emerge 'Into a broad street, leading to a lurge triangu lar space or square, which is the "hub" of the city.. From this - square-(occidental) the main lines of truffle radi ate and from here Is the best place to start to see the city. The appearance of Seattle on Com mercial and Front streets is that of a city of 100,000 inhabitants. There is a continuous stream of people on the sidewalks, while cntts, drays, cabs busses, carriages,' 'wagons ' and ' also cable and electric cars are found on all the main avenues. Like a Western Chleaco. Almost the entire' business section of the city covering. sixty-four acres, was destroyed by fire on June 6, 1S89, when 120,000,000 worth of property went up In flame and smoke. The ashes were scarcely cold when the enthusiastic citizens began to build anew.' better, Btronger and. more beautiful than be fore. Think of ltt Within one year thereafter, over a mile and a half of business blocks, from three to eight stories high, were built In the burned district by her Indomitable citizens a record unsurpassed by any other city 6f Its size In the Known world.1 A city of brick, stope, and iron has arisen, monumental evidence of. the energy, pluck and perseverance of the people, and of their fervent faith, jn .the future of a Seattle; giving it 'added beauty and stability. It is impossible not to ad mire the marvelous enterprise of this people. No evidence' of this disastrous fire of June 6, 189, remains today, un less It is found In the great rows of magnificent brick and stone structures of Imposing appearance 'and modern architecture, whore once was a mass of charred ruins and smoking debris. Seattle's Marvelous Growth. I Seattle Is, we think, justly called the "Queen City of the Sound," for It leads all other towns In the state . in all things, essential to prosperity, and will keep that lead. The growth of the city has been" simply marvelous; Thirty years ago It was a straggling village. In 18T0, the town had a population of 1,100; In 1890, the census showed 43,847; and In 1885, It had over 63,000 souls, who live in an atmosphere of excite ment and thrift and their business en terprise, push and 'responsibility and "go aheadlsm," would stagger the or dinary eastern business man. This Is the place for people to come, who have pluck, sand and back bone, and come to stay. An observing stranger will notice at once how very few gray hairs and bald pates are found among the citizens. Yes, this is the city of young men, pre-eminently so; and the driving energy manifested on all sides shows the material that they, ate made of. It Is estimated that there are fifteen thousand young men here. Young men, too, of a line quality, many of Purl tan stock, a large proportion of them being graduates of our best eastern col leges. Thtey have brought not only their school training with them, but their religion also. How grandly this testifies to the Influence of Christian training in the fam'llles of the east. There is an Impression among some that in these far western states the people are without much education or culture. I would say right here, that anyone who has such a thought will need only to take a tour through these states to hav his mind disabused. Both Tacoma and Seattle are composed of men and women of exceptional re- flnement and Intelligence, with an agreeable and cultivated society, and a tone of hopefulness and confidence per vading all classes. There Is a senti ment here that ought to be everywhere. "Let us stand by our town, our people, our financial institutions, and be will ing to lose all we have rather than do anything to Injure the commercial In tegrity .and honor of Seattle." It la this spirit that has made this city what It Is; It Is this spirit, as known to In vestors In the east, that led them to fur nish the means to develop this western metropolis; and during all these months and years of commercial stringency ev erywhere, Beattle. In spite of her set back and Indebtedness, Is meeting her engagements, constructing new busi ness blocks rl inaugurating enter prises fraught with great possibilities for the city, and which mark the dawn of a new era of prosperity for its in telligent and enterprising people. 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