THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1S98.
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WHITNEY'S WEEKLY
BUDGET OF NEWS
B'RANGE FTORY OP TIM BOX
WITH A I'-f-LSE HOTl'OM.
A Chapter on John the Baptist.
News of Interest to Bailroad Boys.
Kapid Trip of a Tree The Modle
Husband of Gulf Summit The
Turtle and the Cat Foot-prints of
Other News.
Special to The Scranton Tribune.
Susquehanna, Sept. 27. In 1S72 a Gor
man shoemaker named Schmidt lived In
Montrose. He had a brother there, to
whom, on his deathbed, he bequeathed
an old box about the size In which
the ladle plant gernaniums. The
brother, who became heir to the box,
knew not what to do with the legacy,
but he left It In a trunk until a few
years ago, when ho married. It was
subsequently taken from the trunk,
and given to his little girl as a play
thing. The little girl scattered the con
tents of the box, pegs, u.wls, etc., to
the four winds. About a yeav ago the
father died near Carbondule, and the
loving wife utilized the box in which
to plant geraniums. She then placed
It upon her husband's grave. When the
plants grew the box was taken back
to the home, and did service again ns
n plaything. Ono day the bottom fell
out of the box, and it was found that
the heirloom had two bottoms. A roll
of bank bills fell out of the false bot
tom, and with the roll three silver
half dollars. The fact was reported to
the little girl's mother, and on count
ing tho amount she found that It was
$135.50. It has since been ascertained
that the man who left the legacy died
before he could explain the reason for
the gift of the box.
THEKH IS SUNSHINE IN HIS SOUL.
The signs of the times are bright.
The day of purer and better politics la
dawning. Honesdale Independent.
TUB NEWS HECOKD.
The funeral of Mrs. Emma Daley,
late of Lanesboro, occurred from St.
John's Catholic church on Friday morn
ing. The funeral or Lawrence Cirillin, the
oldest resident of Susquehanna, took
place from St. Johns' Catholic church
on Saturday morning.
Sunday was Sunday school rally day
in the Presbyterian church, and the
attendance was large.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Talbot will visit
Christ Episcopal church in the near
future.
Charmed with the extreme ple
turesqueness of the vicinage, some of
the Summer city boarders have sent
for their overcoats and will remain
here all winter,
RAILROAD ECHOES.
The Erie's excursion from Blngham
tou to Riverside Park on Sunday was
not largely attended.
The Erie authorities will hereafter
arrest persons found loitering at the
station and Jumping upon switching
engines and moving trains.
The Erie shop men will today be re
imbursed for services In August.
D. I. Roberts, general passenger
agent of the Erie, has ordered that all
soldiers without money, and trnveling
on that road, be provided with food in
the dining cars.
It Is now said that In October a sur
vey will be made for a railroad from
Nicholson to Lanesboro. The map
showing the location of the towns and
the grades wll be taken to New York,
with the hope of Inducing capitalists
to furnish money to build the road.
MORE ABOUT JOHN THE BAPTIST
The esteemed Forest City News an
nounces the beginning of a new ser
ial story, edited "Abduction of John,
the Baptist." We are told that "tho
scene of the tale Is laid In tho coal
regions hetwieen Carbondule rtnd
Scranton. Tho adventures of John, the
Baptist, in the vicinity of Carbondale,
will doubtless be well worth reading,
ina it cannot help being a valuable ad
dition to blbllial history. I have al
ways wondered why the bible had so
Fnuch to say about St. Paul and other
Icltles and so little about Carbondale
rand Forest City. This serial story will
fill a long-felt want.
IN SUSQUEHANA COUNTY.
Captain Btardsley, of Montrose, in
a newspaper card states that tho loca
tion for holding the next county sol
diers' encampment has not yet been
decided upon.
Forest City reports progress. The
county commissioners have Jumped
over from Montrose and viewed the
spot where a county bridge is needed.
Tho next county convention of the
W. C. T. U. will bo held In Montrose.
The Jefferson Brnnch Christian En
deavor convention Is being held today
In Thomson,
The apple crop In this county this
year will bu light.
Lanesboro hopes to have a fire ap
mora
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OPENING
September 28th, 29th and 30th.
New Ideas and New Fashions in
paratus before there Is nothing to
burn.
The next meeting of the Brldgewnter
Baptist Association will be held in
Jackson.
The Ulnghamton district convention
of the Epworth League will be held In
the Methodist church In Hallstead, Oct.
1S-19.
Hallstead and Great Rend will soon
have electric lights. In more ways
than one they have needed light down
thure for some years past.
THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE.
Mary had a little lamb.
It's fleece was white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go.
It fleece Is still white as snow,
But Mary's lamb has grown.
And now she'd rather walk three miles
Then face that lamb alone.
Longfellow.
"I am tired of living with such a
homely woman," exclaimed a Gulf
Summit man, as he walked away from
home six weeks ago. The other day
she was loft a legacy of $75. and the
husband hurried back home to call her
his angel one, but she wouldn't let him
In.
Talmage has been 111. For six weeks
he didn't see a newspaper. Neither did
the apostles.
l.very allllctlon has its blessing. The
man with the wooden leg never knows
what it is to have rheumatism In that
ankle.
Infidelity, what Is It, and what has It
done? Lancaster Intelligence. Tho
average layman will answer that It
has Increased the population of Sheol.
"Economy Is wealth," but the Lanes
boro boarding house mistress who split
the feathers in half so that they would
go further, carried economy too far.
This month will decide with many
young men whether they are to be
made welcome by firelight and "love
ly creature" all alone In the
parlor, or whether they will bo
received In the sitting room In
the presence of tho whole family and
the bulldog.
Footprints of men, women and chil
dren, supposed to have been left on the
hardening soil 50,000 years ago, were
recently discovered near Great Bend.
The way they distinguished the foot
prints of the men from the women
Is because the tracks of the former
show where they occasionally stopped
and clung to the lamp post.
A TREE'S RAPID TRIP.
One day last week u woodsman felled
a tree above the railroad track neai
state line. The tree did not fall as
the men Intended, but went sliding
oown the hill, gaining speed at every
rod and trimming itself of branches as
11 went. A freight train was coming
north and the tree crushed endwise
through a box car loaded with shelled
corn and went on Into tho river. There
was a hole in the roof and side of the
car as largo as the log and the corn
was distributed along the track for
some distance. When the log struck
the car the shock to the tralti was so
violent that the trainman In the cab
oose thought It was a collision and
Jumped off. The train never stopped.
IN A LINE OR SO.
The semi-annual meeting of the Sus
quehanna County Medical society will
be held in New Mllford, Oct. 4.
The grand olllcers of the (irand
Chapter of Pennsylvania. H. R. A. M.,
paid Susquehanna Chapter. No. 27fil
an official visitation, on Thursday even
ing. With Susquehanna masons and
their families on Thursday afternoon
they enjoyed an excursion up the river
on the "Ermine."
Editor Taylor, of Montrose, and Edi
tor More, of Great Bend, are down as
Judges for tho largest families showing
up at the Montrose fair. Are they ex
ports, and what are their qualifications
for the position' Ah-um!
THE TURTLE AND THE CAT.
A cat owned by Farmer Edgerton, of
the Cascade, has long been the terror
of the dogs and cats of the neighbor
hood. Recently ho met his match In
a turtle. Discovering the queer cr.-a-ture
taking a leisurely promenade in
the meadow. "Scrlpcr" leaped on its
back and clawed away at a lively rate.
Tho turtle seemed to rather enloy the
performance, so tho cat changed its
tactics, He was not long In discover
ing the place where the turtle's head
came out, and he sat down to watch
that spot. Presently the turtle peeped
out to seo If It's enemy was gone. The
cat made u grab and missed. This was
repeated three times, and then the tur
tle, keeping his head safely Inside tho
shell, put out his feet and started to
crawl away. Then the cat caught a
foot of the turtle with his teeth, and
the light began In earnest. The tur
tle pulled and struggled, but finding
Itself being hauled away, put out Its
head, and, with a quick snap, caught
ono of the cat's hind feet In its vise
like Jaws. Tho cat pulled, bit and
scratched, and doubtless would have
called the fight off. but the turtle held
on In triumph. Finally the cat secur
ed a good hold on tho turtle's head,
and then tho turtle would have with
drawn If he could, but ho couldn't, and
in a short time the victorious cat wt
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Wednesdaj',
Thursday
and Friday,
limping home with the turtle's head In
his mouth as a trophy of his hard
fought battle. Whitney.
SPORTING NOTES.
Sportsmen will be glad to hear that
hunting promises to be good In all
parts of the slate this full and winter.
The summer has been favorable for
the rearing of young birds and quail
and partridges are particularly numer
ous, many more being seen now than
dulmg the fall months of several pre
ceding years. Wild turkeys are also
In evidence and prospects are bright
for a successful autumn's hunting
among gunners who regard turkey
hunting as their favorite sport. Farm
ers report the birds have come down
Into tho valley In largo numbers to feed
on the wild grapes of which thure Is a
big crop this year. Pheasants are also
doing their share In the grape eating
and now appear quite tame, allowing
persons to approach close to th"lr feed
ing places before rising. Squirrels In
some sections ore not very plentiful,
but In the heavily wooded hickory and
chestnut districts reports Indicate good
shooting and many young inlir.als.
Rabbit season will not open for .ibout
two months, but already farmers' dogs
are In the Held and underbrush hont
ing for the little animals. During the
harvest season Just past hundreds of
rabbits met death In the fleldi by the
sharp knives of the reaping and mow
ing machines, and those in a position
to know, say that for years there have
not been seen so mnny young rabbits
In the country districts. A go id import
lias been received from other counties
to the effect that tho "bunnies" will
be good marks for sportsmen this fall.
Not much Is known of the blR game
prospect and very little about the
abundance of fur-bearing animals.
Both varieties abound In most cases
only In the absence of man an' far
from any habitations. The distance of
their haunts from the paths of human
ity makes It dllllcult to get a thorough
knowledge of their numbers. T'l'se
animals are, despite reports to the con
trary, becoming scarcer every year, a id
will continue to do so as long as came
laws are not rigidly enforced or more
stringent laws adopted.
Coach Woodruff and Captain Out
land, of the University of Pennsylvania
team, have chosen the men who are to
be taken to the training quarters In
the dormitories. They are as follows:
Overfleld, Hare, McCracken, Carnett,
Hedges, Folwell, Harrison, Gardiner,
McMahon, Walker, Ruegenburg, De
Silver, Snover and Goodman. Good
man Is still recuperating, but Is ex
pected to Join the squad some time
next week. Coach Woodruff and Cap
tain Outland express themselves as en
tirely satisfied with the playing of their
team. In fact, the score of the first
half wns larger than they had antici
pated the score for the entire game
would be.
Mr. Cunningham, of I.oulsUllc, Is pri
marily n mental athlete. He 1ms
gleaned shekels from base ball for the
lust twelve years, though his arm Isn't
worth sixty-eight cents at a liberal
estimate. But his cranium does the
work, and does It better than the great
majority of $10,000 arms. His victims
wonder how he wins, and loudly de
claim on the lack of speed and scanty
reiertoire of curves. But Cunningham
wins "0 per cent, of his games, with a
fag-ended team behind him. His Inst
nine performances have all been tri
umphant, and Boston and Baltimore
figure on his roll of recent victims.
New York Journal. Cunningham sev
eral years ago twirled tho sphere for
the Scranton club.
A chance to see a rrack-a-Jack game
of base ball will be given to the lovers
of the national game, at Athletic park
on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, be
tween a club made up of professional
players from different leagues, who ato
now at home, and the Eurekns. the
county champions, of the North End.
Most of the professional players are
from championship clubs and are satis
fied they can down the local "champs."
On tho other hand, the "champs" aro
sure they can cut a lorgo, Juicy chunk
out of the "prof's." Tho game will no
doubt be the best Been here this sea
son, and should draw a large crowd of
starved and hungry enthusiasts,
Tom Linton, the Welsh rider, who
failed to nccnmpllsh anything great In
tho way of middle-distance racing in
this country, and who sailed for Franca
a week or so ago, has been matched
to ride a 50-kllometre paced race In
Paris, with thu French crack, Bon
hours. A team from the Scranton Countrv
club will go to Ulnghamton Friday and
play golf against n team from tho
Ulnghamton club. The following are
the players chosen: Messrs. J. H.
Brooks, T. H. Wutklns, Fuller, Walker,
Huntington and Frey.
There is a proposition being discussed
to organize a foot ball league composed
of teams of this and Luzerne counties.
AUTUMNAL NOTES
OF THE TURF
TBOTTEBS SHOW THEIR METTLE
AT AGRICULTURAL FAIRS.
Tho World's Record Lowered at
Louisville Klntawa Wins tho Sol
bnch Stakes Events at tho Inter
state Fair of Now Jersey Dallas
Fair Races.
Louisville, Ky., Sept. 28. Two races
nniltilhhcd from yesterday and three
additional made up the curd for the
driving and fair association's third day.
Tho first heat trotted decided the Doug
lass stake. John Nolan had two heats
from yesterday und was a strong favor
ite. Ho won the heat and race In n
close finish with Mattle Patterson and
Caracella. Nolan's driver, Foote, was
fined $500 for laying up heats.
Tho chief event today was the Sel
bach stakes for 2.15 pacers and the first
heat saw a world's record lowered.
Klatawa won In 2.05H. reducing his
own mark of 2.OC4 for three-year-old
pacers. He was not In thu race after
ward, however, the record-breaking ef
fort seeming to wear him out.
Summaries:
First, 2.1G trotting: purse, $1,000 (unlln
Ishcd from yesterday) Tudor Chimes, b.
g. (Vllluge Farm stable), by Ohlmea
(Geers), won fifth, sixth nnd seventh
heats and race. Espy Boy. Ink. h., won
third and fourth heats. Woodford O, b.
g.. won first and second heats. Time,
2.131, 213, 2.13, 2.1414. 2.151. 2.14(4, 2.11!.
Second, Dougless stakes, 2.11 trotting;
stake, $.",000 (unfinished from yesterday)
John Nolan, b. g., by Prodigal (Foote),
won third, fourth and fifth heats nnd
race. Jllatus, ch. h., won first heat.
Aslcey. br. h., won second heat. Time,
2.10. 2.0!), 2.0Sli. 2.09U, 2.03.
Third, Selbach stnkes, $5,000; 2.1S pacing
Miss Logan, b. m., by General Logan
(Bochers), won second, third and fourth
beats and race. Klatawa, h. c, won first
heat. Tim.', 2.0514, 2.0S'i, 2.0S.
Fourth. 2.20 trotting; purse, jsoo Mar
guerite A, ch. m., by Axtctl (West), won
in three straight heats. Time, 2.12',2, 2.13,
2.14.
Fifth, 2-year-olds, pacing; the pacing
matron stakes, $1,000 Katncv, b. 1'., by
Unron Wilkes (Marvin), won In two
straight heats. Time. 2.21, 2.22.
At Trenton.
Trenton. N. J., Sept. 2S. Today was
firmers' day at the Interstate fair and
the attendance was about 25,000.
In the 2.1P trotting class today the
former track record of 2.15H was brok
en. Summary:
2.20 class, pacing; purse, Sl.uH. May
Wilkes. It. m.. by J. Wilkes, won first sec
ond and fourth heats. Drcx, blk. g.. won
third heat. Time. 2.2034. 2.1U'i. -'.lti'i. 2.16 '4.
2.25 class, trotting; purse, $.".00 Tattler,
blk. g., by Warwick Hoy, won in three
straight heats. Time, 2.1'Jlfc. 2.1M,. 2.1S.
2.13 class, trotting; purse. $MW (unilti
Ishert) Lvgcne, b. s., won tlrst and second
heats. I'rlnco Lavaland, g. s., won third
heat. Time, 2.1CU. 2.13'.s, 2.15U.
Dallas Fair Races.
Wilkes-Bnrre, Sept. 2!. The races of
the Dallas Agricultural fair today
were largely attended. Summary:
2.22 class, trottltm; purse. $3tf.
Spain, b. g
Medium Boy. b. s
Kzr.i A. b. g
Passport, It. in
Time. 2.1!l'.i. 2.25. 2.23i. 2.21',i.
2.35 class, trotting; purse, $250.
Adalgn. It. g
Heart of Oaks, It. s
Mary Toskey, br. m
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Kate Medium
Time. 2.21' 1. 2.23s. 2.25.
WAR A COSTLY LUXURY.
Some Figures Which Show How True
This Stntement Is.
From the New York Sun.
A few comparative figures, taken
from ofllclul records, will serve to put
the great Increase In the cost of war
as now conducted, with all the mod
ern Improvements, In a clear light.
Our war for independence lasted eight
years, and Its cost Is ofllclally record
ed as $13i,G00,Oo0. using round figures.
There were about 310,000 troops en
gaged in that war one-third more
than have been called out In the con
flict with Spain, it follows that, ac
cepting Mr. Dlngley's estimate of '?500,
OC0.000 a year as the cost of the Span
ish war. It Is going to cost three times
as much to fight Spain for less than
half a year in IS'JS as It cost to fight
Great Brltnln for the eight years from
1775 to 1783. The war of ISli". which
lasted two years and eight months,
cost the United States a little over
$107,000,000, and to carry It on we put In
the llcld ."ti.OOO troops, nenrly thre
times as many as wo have now under
arms.
The Mexican war, which lustid two
years and three months.cost the Amer
ican people $100,i,00,000 and 112,000
troops were engaged In It. If the num
ber of the troops who carried our Hag
victoiiously to th" capital of Mexico
had been doubled they would have,
about equalled the number of tho army
recently In the Held against Spain, and
tho cost of their two years and three
months of operations would have been
about 5200,000.000. From which it is a
plain deduction that, with the same
number of men under arms, a year of
war In IS'JS Is about five times as ex
pensive as was A year of war In lS4fi.
Tho cost of our great clv'l conflict
ban been put down at $0,189,920,901, but
that estimate Includes all expensed
growing out of the war, as well as tho
actual cost of the military and naval
operations. The direct outlay of tho
United States government In carrying
on tho war for four years was $,3,400,000.
000, und In the course of the struggle
2,S5'.i,132 Union troops were engaged. It
is estimated that the number of troops
actually engaged on tho Union side
averaged .',.28,1CS for three years.
Hence it appears that the direct cost
of the war, counting It on this three
years' basis, was about $1.4011,000,000 a
year. But Mr. Dlngley has told us
that It would cost $500,000,000 to keep
20it 000 men lighting Spain for ono year,
which Is more than one-third as much
us It cost the government to keep
2.320.000 men lighting the Confederate
states for the same length of time.
It Is easy to understand why modern
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Thursday and Friday, Sept. 29th and 30th
Grand Opening Days in Four Departments.
The event of the season. An occasion of UNMATCHABLE,
COMPETITIONLESS
scope and beauty
ahead of anything similar ever produced by
of our immense growth.
Grand Millinery Opening:
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Enlarged Dressmaking Department:
Additional fitting rooms have been added in order to be able to better meet with
the demands that will be made here during the coming season. This department is
still under the supervision of Mrs. E. A. Pennington, who has engaged the best talent
obtainable. A specialty will be made of fine gowns and evening dresses and all work
will be of the HIGHEST taste and quality.
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warfare is more costly than the old-
fashioned kind If we turn to a few of
i the leading Items In the military and
naval expenditures of our time. The
average cost of a first class battleship
1 Is J3.000.000. The cost of the Maine,
which Is a battleship 01 the second
class was S2,."00,000. An armored
cruiser of the Iirooklyn type costs J3
000,000. An nrmored ram like tho
Katahdln costs $1,000,000. A double
turreted monitor costs about $1,500,000.
A slngle-turreted monitor costs about
$500,000. A protected cruiser costs all
the way from $1,000,000 to $2,700,000;
the t'harlcstown cost the former nnd
the Oolumbln the latter sum. An un
protected cruiser of tho Detroit type
costs $000,000. An armored gunboat
like the Concord Is worth $500,000. A
composite gunboat of tho Newport
class costs $230,000. A dynamite gun
boat like the famous Vesuvius Is
worth $350,000. A torpedo boat of the
Farragut pattern costs $225,000.
We have not lost any of our vessels
In the war with Spain, The Maine,
destroyed In Havana harbor before the
war besan, Is the only Item of this
kind that will figure In tho coming
bill of costs. Tho .Maine cost about
$2,500,000 to build. Other ltem in the
bill will cover our general war expen
ses of all kinds, for coal used at sea,
for transportation of our soldiers by
land nnd sea, for war supplies of all
kinds, for the pay of our soldiers nnd
sullors, and for the losses sustained by
the Interruption and disturbance of
our trade and commerce, not only with
Cuba but with other parts ot the
world.
Tho (uartermaster's department has
estimated that $44,000,000 will be need
ed to pay tho transportation charges
alone of our armies now engaged In
lighting Spain for six months. The
navy department's latest estimate of
the costs of furnishing our fleets In
time of peace with all their necessary
equipment of which coal Is the lead
ing article was nearly $1,500,000 a
year. The exigencies of tho war have
certainly doubled It This has noth
ing to do with the costs of guns or
tho ammunition or the torpedoes. It
covers only such things as coal, hemp,
wire, unchors, cables, chains, nautical
Instruments, lamps, bunting, nnd other
things that come strictly under the
head of "ship's equipments."
Tho high cost of modern ordnance
and ammunition will also help swell
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display--an exhibit
an effort emblematic of
Our display this fall will be the most
elaborate ever attempted in this city. It
will be the grandest ever thought of here,
and will be most remarkable for the beauty
and originality of our trimmed hats. The
work of our own expert milliners will
prove to be in close competition to the
best efforts of French artists, many of
which are represented in this grand dis
play of women's headgear. Everybody
is invited to make an inspection. The '
most sanguine expectations will be exceeded.
Women's Jackets,
Capes and Waists :
Really the finest that the market affords, and
an assortment of styles that will meet every pre
vailing taste. Every garment is an extraordinary
offering. Unusual value, exclusive effects and
superior workmanship are the three prime factors
in everything that this department contains.
Everything will be ready and complete on the
opening days. Then see for yourself.
Upholstery Goods,
RUgS, EtC. Second Floor.
The largest brightest best equipped upholstery
department in Scranton. Entirelv re-arranged replen
ishedrejuvenated. A new and delightful salesroom
with all the necessities and luxuries that go to make up
a cozy home. Thenewest in draperies, curtains, car
pets and rugs with nothing to equal this immense as
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Spain's Indemnity bill. A complete
supply of ammunition to till once all
the vessels sent to sea against Spain
costs about $4,750,000. One battleship's
full supply of shot and shell costs
about $400,000. Kvery time one of our
monster 13-Inch guns Is tired the charge
costs $1,500: a great many of these
charges are already Included In our lit
tle account against Spain. The small
er guns are flred at u cost running
all the way front $200 up to $1,000 for
each charge. The guns themselves are
costly, too. The bill for 100 high-power
steel guns for seacoust defences,
built at Bethlehem, Ta., Is $3,500,000
averaging $35,000 apiece.
Mr. Dlngley's estimate of $500,000,000
as the cost of our war operations
against Spain covers all these things
and Is probably a calculation well
within the actual expenditure.
DISPUTED HONOKS.
Historical Case Where a Hero Had to
Walt for Recognition,
History being but a continuous sue
cession of repetitions, wo do not have
to search far In the past to And a dis
pute regarding the award of honors for
a naval battle which bears an Inter
esting, If not a very close, resemblance
to the contemporary controversy con
cerning Schley and Sampson. It stands
out as ono ot the plcturesquo incidents
of the war between tho States, and
Farragut Is the central figure. After
tho capture of New Orleans by the
lleet of that famous Admiral he sent
tho report of his operations to Wash
ington by the hand of Captain Theodo
ru Bailey. The Captain, Innocent of
tho contents of the report which he
bore from his commander, was eagerly
welcomed at the capital, and In the
presence of Senator Grimes, of Iowa,
was asked by the Secretary of the
Navy to tell the story of tho full of
the Crescent City. When Halley had
finished, Grimes exclaimed: "Come
with me. The account of this great
battle must be told on the lloor of the
Senate."
In the Senate chamber Captain Hal
ley was greeted with emotional cor
diality, and members of tho House hur
ried over to listen to his recital of the
Imposing and stirring events, in which
ho had taken an Importnnt part, lead
ing, as ho did, tho tlrst division up the
river, even In advance of Farragut. At
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the conclusion of his narrative tho
representatives returned to their cham
ber with the Impulse to give thanks oC
congress to both Ualley and Farragut,
while Senator Utimos Instantly aroso
in the Senate for the same purpose. But
before the motion was made Secretary
Welles had read Farragut's report,
which did not refer to Halley as hav
ing led the way, and, Indeed, repre
sented the lleet as ascending tho riven
In two columns abreast, himself at tho
head of one of these. Welles hastened
u warning to Orlmes. and the Senator,
la the midst of his eulogium, watt
obliged to call a halt on tho enthusiasm
which was sweeping the two Houses
along. He explained the matter as well
ns he could to Captain Bailey ho still
sat In the chamber, but naturally that
officer went forth filled with humllla
tion. Afterward Farragut alone received
the vote of thanks for the victory, and
It was seven years later, nnd after
much correspondence between him and
Bailey, that ho was brought to see his
error which ho had committed by en
closing In his report a sketch of tho
movements as he had oilglnally plan
ned them, hut which had been rendered
vitally incorrect by a subsequent
change In his plans. It was then that
he wrote to his wounded subordinate:'
"My examination of the printed dia
gram has fully satlslled me of the Jus
tice of your appeal. I shall therefore
forward to he Department a correct
sketch of th final attack as we passed
up the river.
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