Terms of Publication
Th2 Somerset Herald
Is puMUbed every lne.Ly Hornh t "
r annum, paid a advance otherwise ei
wiU tavarlalJly.be chanced.
arrearage ar paid P- Pemar. agbxlng
to aotily M wke. sat-crlber. K J '
SalwerUre-ovingfro- f",
Somerwt Printing Company.
JOHN L SOCLL,
BuiM ataoaawr.
.4 TTORNEYSA T-LA IP.
ir
.KMtf F-SCHELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW
and ssounij a n rmwi g w, .f- -t
iimc. la Mammas Bloea. jaw.
1 - - Somerset, fauea.
r M. rcWTLETitwaiia, .?
1 11 w a-
ucua rexccitully olieltod atw nu
J w - - ' '
I AW NoTk:E.-AleAadr II. Ouflrota ha
-7. . v 1-muNKV AT I. A
.L"wtuVu., to
in
Airouipumas aad noewfcj-
lir J. a M. L. HAEK, ATTOKKEia ai
or.il atd eu':ouiing eouuUe. AU bustncas .a
trususd to the iue prvm,iu, -
77 ..'iu w ITOIIIKT iTI.AW.SIIM
J,,., X . W A Mi ......
nKt, i-a., wui promptly attend to ail buidueas
eutrusie to una. mwij
Ae. otnee in atuwM duuiub
. " 7. V. '., . .. . r iDV I. V A 1
lirUjLiAi ii. .......
SuoieTm fa Vrwi tM:
. .' . -.Zr tn i-r. la numeral
aua t. a ijoioiog owinuH. v.i
Uuuh Hum.
' . L. . .. . 7.. . iimv UMVV ATLiV.
SoiD.ret, "a iU alum to all bu.ln n
t; with proui.HK,. aad BU.141. om
r o. UUL.E
' ATTOKNE AT LAW,
Somewct, Pa. rmfewrtooal KH" "l't,"1
to my oar. alien JeJ towiU proiopuieMaiia BJelit.
" uTcomcrm. ""-
KUFKClTHkCCFPEU ATTOKISEYSAT
Law. All buioe. euuuteJ u ineir aare wiu
(m iiweOllr awl HnKlull aluxi.leJ to.
tiJrua i Ml Alata t;ru airort, H'i"lt "',
Maminutb ttluck.
TOHX H. SCOTT,
ATTUXEY ATLAW.
tMmer.iel Pa. up iialri in Baer-. ""lt-
A II lalues entnmwl k ti. care alu.udJ to wim
lroiiipiiMia aua nuellljr,
FAMKS L l'UOII,
AttOKNET AT LAW,
Sunwrwt, Pa. Ottlea. Mammoth Bl. k,p talr.
HDtrauc Alam t.T. U CullocU.'UA U"",''!f
tau MlUo.1, Ulle. cxauiluol. and all lel '"'
e.-a'ituiljJ t)ltta pnioipuitaa aod dduli.
julyl
s
UKVKYIXG,
Wriiiog Peedu, Vc,
l.ia! uoiW.i.iuli-""'!"11 ernu.
at Cain-beer A :o.'a Store.
C. F. WALKER.
AaKM.
PHYSICIANS.
DR. J. K. MILLER baa parminently located
in Merlin tor th. praetloa ul hl pnnlon.
time oppn.it. Charlu Kriuinger'i .tore,
apr. xt, '1H-IC
lR. H. BKUBAKER tender! nit profeaalonal
A KFIKniVllwciuMW tJ
liy. 4 tn In reaiUenca, one door weat ol Ue Mar-
OCL I1VHH.
I Alt. K. Hi. i."Ji " " , r - -
1 Medk-lue, and tonO.ra hia protewlooal aerrt-
c. 10 in. riuwo. w dpiw
oiuntrjr. Illhrt at tb. old place, a few dooraeaat
ol the (Had. House.
j-vi! ivrsi VY CUNNINGHAM.
I Jiormerlyof lvanTllle, will ttn the
ilumie.lirln.andtoBdir ! pr'lewlia
' ' . ... .i iiv.nvilluid urrouad-
WTltPfl WllIBVlUiiiiv.i...
inx country.
'eM "
g S. GOOD,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
Mf ERSCT, PA.
M-Urrioc In MammotB Block 4 M
,R. A. G. MILLER, after twelve
I . . . a a a. A. 1 1 L k.ai
now pcrmKamiUy tocatod at 8oinert M tin i
lc to Ue citlaen ol Somenet aad k-luliy.
ornoe In bU lru: Store, opixalte the Waruet
House, where he can be eoueulled at all Umee
nlww pnlwltmally .aK.Ked.
ao-Mgot call, promptly auawered.
dec. ia, Jl ly.
Dr. W. F. FUSDESBEUG
Ijle Kei dent Surgen,
New Tort Eye ami far Infirinary,
Has located permanently, in the
City of CUMBERLAND, l&ryland
far tie EZCLTJSI7E treatment cf all
diseases of tie Eye and Ear, includ
ing tiose of tie Nose and Threat.
onto. Sw KweitB atrv tiltwl.
Juut).
DENTISTS..
DR. WM. COLLINS, DENTIST, Sotneraet,
Pa. Uttloe tn Caiwlieer'. Blork, op alain,
where be ean at all time, be found prepared to do
all kind! ol work, lurb a Ulllng, mtulntinn, ei
tracUna. Ac. Arttbcial teeth ol all kinda, and of
the beat AuaierUUluHrted. Operation warranted.
JOHN BILLS,
DEKTIST.
Offloe In Ooflruth A N0"i new balUtoir.
Main Cruaa Rtreei.
Someratt, Pa.
DOTll
WM. coXiLiisrs,
DKXTI8T,
I mce alwre ;aebeer k Frr.at'l etore. SomerHt,
fa. lathe Urt ntlem year 1 bare atmiIt ra
deced Abe rioM of artlnctol teeth In thin place.
Tb. eonntaiit lAvcrraln; demand tir tactb baa In
da tod wie to au eulara; my tacilule. that A oaa
make xa eu of teeth at iawer prtww than yua
can aet tbem la any other place tn tbl c.otry.
1 aia now uiakiu; a xwd aet ol teeth for aft. and If
there abould be any pereua amoBK my iliowaand
ol cuatomera In lUU or tb. adjoUrni waiuei that
1 bar. made teeth lor tbat U not Klrlna oud aat
Utactlon. they ean eaU on me at any lime and get
a new pet free of cbanra.
marlA
RTIHC'AL TEETH!! .
I. C. YUTZY. -
DEMIST
DALK CITY, jo rut Co., Pa..
Artlttrlal Taeth, war anted to b of th very beet
duality. Life-like and taadauwi, huened la th
beat atyle. Partlculat aueaitug nakl to the pra
crratloa of the aataral teeth. Tboa wtibln; to
euoault m by letter, oaa do au by .not, ulna; lump
Addrer a above. leU-TI
HOTELS
IIA220ND, SCJIELSET, PA.,
JOHN HILL, FmumuArroei.
The nroprietor l wared to aewieoiAwxIate iraeat
in Hie m-x wwminy" -.. j
Tbe trmvUiiK mir And rnniiBnt ImM-rdun lur-
i a. j . A.- .aaT taaata! AMkamMlB t klllii.
Tb t will eontltiue bt lumlfbed iin lb
bet tb inarket anuruft. Lrgm uu w"-
IAMOND HOTEL.
NTOYSTOWX PA.
SAMUEL Cl'Sl Elt, Iroprior.
Thl twaw'ar and well knowa boo 1 at all
time a a it 'able aioiiplua place for tb traveling
. Bulla. Taiie and Kooiu Brat-cUaa. Uood ata
iD;. U. ikl leaf dally lur jobBUiwa and
oni.rMt. narlL
1 he
VOL. XXVI. NO. 10.
BANKS, ETC.
Cambria Co. Bank.
M. W.KEIM&Co.
Xo.2fi6 Main St., Johnntoirn.
A General Banking Businees
transacted.
Interest Paid at 6 per cent, on
Time Deposits.
Loans negotiated.
Drafts Bought and Sold. .
Jany. J.
J. 0.KIM3IEL &S0NS,
Saecawora to
Schell & Kimmel,
SOMERSET, PA.
Accounts of Merchants and oth
er Business People Solicited. Drafts
negotiable in all parts of the Coun
try for sale. Honey 'oaned and
Collections made.
janu
JOHNSTOWH SAVINGS BAffi,
120 CLINTON STREET,
JOHNSTOWN. PA.
Cbartered AJeptemher IS. M-t. lepolu recelT
ol ol all raianaot leMtbaa one dollar, latereat I
dut In the loontli.oljuneauu 1'eceiuoer.p.wu
1. 1. i . i.,t ... lis ii.i..n tlm.MinitHiUA.
dlnx twice a year wlinoat irouMina; tbedepoal
lor to call or even to preaent the deu.-lt book.
Money loaned on renl estate. Preference, with
liberal rate ami Umg time, airen to borrower! of
1 or line first mofiAraK'11 lunns worth lour or nMre
time the amount ul loan deelrod. Uood reter
enie perlect title, Au;., n-uired.
.i ., ..... I .. . C.ri.M tunk
male. N o lau on lersonal aecarity.
- - ,..1 .i..,uit. .MjiuA.l ntir t! t .1-1 illli LI
lliaOa appiICailOlia ll1 VWIU.ni, wyram ...
rule, by-law and apecial law relailot to 111.
Hill HDl W Mil WIIW. iw,.-... .
TarBTUta. Jame .'.ooier, liarid Illbert. C
B. Ellis, A.J. Hawe, F. w. Hay, John Lowman,
...-i. .. i..i .....I. II II T aiiirnii'.
A. n. Anpsij, Wiuw "i"1 - - ....... r
LewiiPlitt. H. A. Boiea-a, tXwrad Supe,Oeo.
T. Swank, Jame McMiUen, JameaMorley and
W. W. Waller.
Daniel J. MorrelL, Preldent: Frank Dlliert,
Treaaurer; Oyru Elder. iioUcitor. nova.
-1 a'- WBOLIBALa AS DRAT AIL,
J. II. 7.ini nicrnian.
Kain Cross St,
A 11. I U1H. HI 1 1 K I , ,i i.ih.i i....-...,
tured by himxelf, of the cbolreit of tobacco.
Theee dirai cannot heeicelled beany In tb. mar
ket. One of the beat Mock of chewing- tobacco
ever brought to Somerset. Price to autt th
time. - J
n . i ' - - m. n n fan.
ABO. M1TO.
labci ax. amu
AiLBnts for Fire anil Iile Insiiraiice,
JOHN HICKS & SON,
SOMEIISET. PA,.
And Real Estate Brokers.
ESTABLISIIED.1850.
Penon who deelr to ell, buy or exchanir prop
erty, or for rent will find It to their advantage to
reiciner tb decerlnUtaa thereof, a Bochanrel
made anlem ndd or rented. Keal eUt biuluen
ganerally Willi proaiitly attooded to.
aiwl.
J. R. IY1ECAHAN,
BTJTCHEE,
AND DEALER,
"Wholesale and Retail,
IN
FIIKSH. MEATS!
All kinds, each as BEEF, VOKK,
MUTTON, VEAL, LAMB.
SAUSAGE, Podding, Bolog
ns, Miace Meat, arid
LARD of oor own
Rendering.
MARKET DAYS
May, Thursflay and SaturSay.
Komentet, Pa
a"Mct can b o1tinl any 1iajt
ilm-ins flio W"wlt. April II.
Cook & Beerits'
FAMILY GROCERY
Flour and Feed
W would moat retjiect rally announce to our
h-tendi aud the publ le irenerally. In the town and
vicinity of So lue not, liiat w nav opened our
N.wStor on
MAIN CROSS STREE1
Aad la addition to full Una of tb beat
CmarrrtlmBerleM. ttlMS,
TobiaOCM, Cigr. Ac,
We will endeavor, at all tloiea, in eepply JUr cua
tomer with to
BEST QUALITY OF
FAMILY FLOUR,
CORN-HEAL.
OA TS. SHELLED CORN,
OA TS & CO UN CHOP,
BRAN, MIDDLINGS
Aad everything pertaining to tb Feed Depart
ABoatallue ....
LOWIST POSSIBLE PRICES.
FOlt ,
CASH ONLY.
Alto, a wa Mleetod atock or
Olaarwara; Stonewar.. Woodoawara, Bnukai I
at kind, aad
STATIONERY
WaleA w will el! a cheap a tfcw cheapen.
Plea call, txamla oor good of all lad, aaj
b tatlatied from jtooa- own jadgmant.
lioat forget where we Hay
On MAIN OBOS8 6trwat,Soarwt,Pa.
UeCs, Utj.
MISCELLANEOUS,
URLIKG, FGLLANSBEE & CO,
Merchant Tajlors
j . .
Ami MnulV-f lire-ra ol
Gent's. Youth's and Boys,
Fasteiai Kolliiif asj ;
teliiii Goofls
X0. 42 riFTII AVENUE.
PITTSBUltGlI.
Dr. Harris' Cramp Cure.
A certain, wife and apooly care for every acb.6
andpaln. It give inauint and permanent re
lief, and way be ueU a a liniment If desired.
Dr. Harris' Summer Cordial
FOR CHILDREN TEETHINQ.
And an nnfalltng remedy for Diarrhoea, Dys
entery, Cholera Morbua. Vomiting, Sour Stom.
ach. Siclc Headache. Indigestion, and all dia
caaeaof the Btoninch and Bowel.
fiend for Pamphlet containing valuable In
formaUon. HARRIS EWUTO.
TUu) tnstJit, PITTSBURGH. PA.
C I' A T E ROOFS.
Tbone who are now buiMinjr hcntes shoulJ know
that ts It chcrtr In the Urn run Ut tnt im Slut
Koofs tbMD tin r hiiiKl. Sl:ite will last forvver,
nl nureKiir are ret.uirml. Slate given the j.ur
et water Ir eUlerna. Slate i fire pnf. Every
futi iMiuaeshtvuM have a Slate roof. Tbe unJvr.
ltHMKl Is located in iiUmbcrlond, where be baa a
good iaiily ul
Peachbottom L Buckingham
lor rooning the very beat arti.-le. He will under
take to imt Slate Koofs on House, imlillc ami pri
vate. ttre, Ac., either in town or country at the
lowest pri'-ca. and to warrant thin, t'all and free
him or aildres him at his Omce, No. lit) Baltimore
Street, ttanioeriand, Aid. Orders may beleit with
NOAH OASEBEEK,
Agent, Somerset, Pa.
V. U. Smrt.v
AitI n. ISTt.
E. H.
WITH
E0D3E, HEMP TONE & CO.
285 Bait. St., Baltimore, M. D.,
Would remeetrnlly awk the merchant of Somer
tet ouuntjr, to iml Uiui tln-'ir urUerii ftr
FANCY GOODS.
ajrurine tbem aatlsraetlun Uitb a reyaiNlP rio
an! quality of utMla. The merrhuitu viitina:
HmitluMtre are urgently nvjueei! tucuii and Uvc
me trelore mtkUiK jriurchaats.
HIGHEST AWARDS! afflaS
J. REYNOLDS & SO N,
NOKTH W 12T COKN Ell
THIRTEENTH AND FILBERT STS.
PHILADELPHIA,
MANUFACTURES OF PATENTED
WroughHron Air Tight Heaters
WITH SHAKING AND CLINKER-OKIND
INQ ORATES FOB BURNING ANTHKA
CITE OR BITUMINOUS COAL.
CENTENNIAL
WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS,
FOR BITUMINOUS COAL.
KE1STONE
WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS,
Cooking Ranges, Low-Down
Crates, Etc.
Descriptive Circulars tent free to any ail. Irons.
EXAMINE EEFORESELECTINU.
April ,
THE KANSAS PACIFIC
HOMESTEAD
Is published by the Land Department of the Kan
sas Paelnc Hallway Company, to supply the large
and Increasing demand for Information res)iectu)g
KANSAS, and especially the m jaiilk-ont body of
land granted by Congress In aid of the eonstruc
Uim of It! road. Thli grant comprise
OVER 5,090,000 ACRES
OF LAN D, consisting of every odd section In each
township, for a distance ol twenty miles on both
lie of the road, or one-hall or tb land In a belt
forty mile wide, extexdlng to Denver City, In C 1
orado, thni forming a continuation of the belt of
country which, from the Atlantic eoaat Westward,
is found to be. In climate, suit, and every prodae
Uon of nature, the most favored.
To aid In the settlement of thl !uperb domain
with an Intelligent aad industrious people, I the
object of the HOMESTEAD. It Is Intended to
contain a fair and candid representation of fact
nor will It ever give. Intentionally, any statement
that will n it, noon Investigation, be fully sus
tained. The Company obtain! its title to these land
from the Government of tb United States.
They are being offend at prices lower than any
other land! ha th West, that will compare with
thesa la oil, ellmate and general advantages.
The term of pavawat, a will b found an a eare
ful examination, an more irberal In all essential
feature than have heretofore been offered by any
railway company. -
THE HOMESTEAD
IS FOR '
F2EE CIRCULATION,
And will be at nt gratis to anyoo upon a indica
tion.
All communications ia reference to the lands of
the Company should be addressed to
S. J. GILMORE,
Land Commissioner, K. P. Ky
SALINA, KANSAS.
March T.U7T.
WARDWELL
So
me
EST A HI
SOMERSET, PA.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1S77.
urii.nit siusai.
William Uuil.l w engineer of the train which
nn the luth 4 April plunged in Meadow linwk,
on I tie line of the Montngton and Providence
i K.niruad. It wa hi euiloiu, a often a he pari
cl hi! liume, to whimlc an -'Airiwell" to hi wile.
He waa l.iend. after Hie diaanler, ilead, wilb liia
, hatt'l ou the throttle-valve of hi cnuie.
. Two low whittle, qnalut and clear, I "
j That wu th signal the engineer
j That wan the Higmil tbnt Uuil.l, 'tis ai.l "
IIav: to Ills wile at Providence,
As Ibioiili tlierlceplng town, and llteuce '
Out In the nlghl, -
On to the liKht,
Iown last the lanns, lying white, be tped !
Aa a buflband! greeting, acaut, no donbt.
Yet to the woman looking out,
Watching ami walling, no acrcnade,
Love-aong, or midnight roundelay '
S lid what the whistle seemed to lay t
"To my tnut true,
S, Lore, to you !
Workoig or wultiug, good night !" It nald.
Brirk young flagmen, tourUl! fine,
Old commuter along the line,
Brakcmcn and porters glauced ahead.
Smiled ae the signal, sharp, luter.se,
Picn-ed thruuh the shadows of Providence,
"Nothing ami
Nothing : It Is
Only Uttild calling his wife." they rahL,
Suuiuir an l winter, the oU reihtln
liautt o'er the lilllowsof rlH.-no.l grain.
Pierced through the budding liouglis o'erhcatl.
Ficw down the track whtn the red leave! bumed
Like living con Is from the enaine spurned ;
San aa It flew :
"To our trust true,
Flrvt or ail, duty ! Oood night:'' it taU.
And then, enc niht. It was bear.l no more
From Stnnliiiiton over Kliodc Islaml shore,
I Ant then the folk In Providence atniled and said.
As tli-y turned In their bed, tkTlie engineer
1 iLismit-e furotUu his midnight cheer. M
' tine only knew.
, To his trust true,
i Gu!M lay uuder lit! enaltie, i:eo.l.
' - Bukt Haktk.
A.NXAIJt OP THE WAR.
ON TIIK FIKI.D OV FUKDKKICKSIIl Uil.
BY HON. 1. WATSON IK. WE.
Every one rcrjicm'jt-rs tLe blaugb
ler aim failure at Freih-ricksburg ;
ibe gritf of it, lLo niomehtarj pai;g
of dot-pair. Duro&idu was tbe man
cf tbe 13th of December ; man be, do
more gallant soldier ia all tbe army,
no more patriotic citizen in nil tbe
republic. Dut be attempted there
tbe impossible, and as repulse grew
toward disaster lost tbat equal mind
which id necessary ia arduous af
fairs. Let us remember, however,
and at ooce, that it is easy to be
wise after tbe event. The army of
the Potomac felt, at the end of this
calamitous day, tbut hope itself : was
killed hope, whose presence was
never before wanting to tbat array of
tbe unconquerable will, and steadfast
purpose, and courage to persevere;
tbe fcecret of its Goal triumph. 1
bare undertaken to describe certain
night-scenes oa that field famous for
bloodshed. The battle is terrible ;
but the sequel of it is horrible. The
battle, the charging column, is
grand, sublime. The field after tbe
action and tbe re-action is '.he ppeeta
ele which harrows up tbe soul.
MARY E8 HILL.
Marye's Hill was the focus of the
strife. It rises in the rear cf Fred
ericksburg, a stone's throw beyond
the canal, which runs along tbe
western border cf tbe city. Tbe
arcei-t is not very abrupt. A brick
bouse stands ou tbe hillside, whence
you may overlook Fredericksburg,
and oil tbe circumjacent country.
Tbe Orange plank road ascends the
hill on tbe rigbt-band tide c f tbe
hoUce, tbe telegraph road oa tbe left.
A sharp rise of ground at tbo foot of
the heights afforded a cover for the
formation of troops. Above Marye's
Hill is au elevated plateau which
commands it. Tbe hill is part of A
long, bald ridge ou which tbe decliv
ity leans, stretcbiug from Falmouth
to Massoponax creek, six miles. Its
cuiumit was tbaggy and rough, with
tbe earthwoiks ot the Confederates,
and was crowned with their artillery.
Tbe stone wall ou Marye's Height
was their "ct.ignc cf vantage," held
by the brigades of Cobb and Ker
shaw, cf .McLiws' IivUiou. Oa tbe
s mi-circular crest abive, and stretch
ing far ua either band wits Liog
ftrtet's Corps, funning the left of tbe
Confederate line. His advance po
sition was ibe stone wall aud rills
treiicf.es aluug tbe telegraph read
abjve ibe house. The guns of tbe
enemy commanded and swept the
streets which led o:it to the heights.
.Sometimes you mignt see a regiment
marching down those streets in sin
gle file, kecpiug close to the honsr",
one file on the rigbt-band side, anoth
er on the 'eft. iictwecu the canal
uud the fool of tbe ridge was a levtl
plj.'. cf flat, even ground, a few hun
dred yards in wid h. This restricted
space afforded fbal epportuuity
tbeie was to form iu order of battle.
A division mafsed on this narrow
plain was a target for Lee's artillery,
which cut fearful swuibsio tbe dense
and compact ranks. Bebw and to
'be right of tbe bouse were feuces
which impeded the advance of the
cbargiug lines. Whatever division
was n.-sigued the task of carrying
Marje's Hill, debouched from tbe
town, crossed the canal, traversed
tbe narrow level, formed under cover
of tbe rice of ground below tbe bonse.
At the word, suddenly ascending this
bank, they pressed forward up Ibe
bill for the stone wall and the crest
beyond.
Bia.NSlDE's DEjI'EII ATK EFFORT.
- From noon to dark Durnside con
tinued to burl one division after
another aguinst tbat vulcano like em
inence, belching forth lire and smoke
and iron bail. French's Division
was tbe first to rush to tbe assault.
When it emerged from cover end
burst out on tbe open, in full view of
tbe enemy, it was greeted with a
frightful fiery reception from all bis
batteries on ttie circling tummiL
The ridge concentrated upju it tbe
convergent fire of all its enginery of
war. lou rtngbt see l.ir a mile tbe
lanes made by the cannon balls in tbe
ranks. You tuigbt see a bursting
shell throw up iuto ibe air a cloud of
earth and dost, mingled with tbe
limbs of men. Tbe batteries in front
of tbe devoted division thundered
against it. To tbe right, to the left,
cannon were answeriug to each otber
ia A tremendous deafening battle cho
rus, the burden of which was
Welcome to these, maalmen about to die.
The advancing column was tbe focus,
the point of couceniratioo, of an aic
almost a semi-circle of destruction.
It iui ceDtre of attraction of all
deadly missiles. lAt tbat moment
that single dirisin was goiog op
alone in battle inst the Southern
Confederacy, and Ivas being prnnded
to pieces. It coniinned to go up,
nevertbele, towards tbe ntone wall,
toward tbe crest above. With lips
more firmly pressed together, tbe
men closed up their rank aLd pushed
forward. - The 'term of battle in
creased its fury 5 upon tbem ; the
crash of musketry iningled with tbe
roar of ordnance! from - the peaks.
Tbo stone wall and) the rifle-pits add
ed tbeir terrible- treble to the deep
bae of tbe bellowing Huge. Tbe
rapid discbarge of small-arms poured
a continuous rain of bullets in tbeir
facep; tbey fell ' down by tens, . by
bnndreds. When ,tbey bad gained a
large portion of ; the distance, tbe
storm developed foto a hurricane of
rain. Tbe division was blown back,
as if by the breata of bell's door sad
denly opened, ihst'ered, dit ordered,
pell-mell, down tbe declivities, amid
the shouts and yells of tbe enemy,
wbicb made the horrid din demoniac,
Until iben the dirlcion seemed to be
contending with tbe wrath of brute
and material forces bent on its anni
hilation. - This about recalled the
buraan sgeticy in ill the turbulence
and fury .f tbe scette. Tbe division
of French fell backi tbat is to sar.
one half fit U stiff nil a loss f
near balf its m?mbers.
Hancock immediately charged
with five thousand men, veteran reg
iments, led by tried commanders.
They raw - what had happened;
Uiey knew bst Would liefall tbem.
They udvauced np the bill; tbe
bravest were found dead within
twtniy-five pece of tbe stone wall;
it was slttughur, havoc, carnage. In
Gfteen minutes they were thrown
back with a loss of two thousand
unprecedented severity of loss. Han
cock and French, repulsed fr.m the
t-toLe wall, would hot quit the bill
altogether. Their divicions, lyiog
down oa the earth, literally clung to
tbe ground they bad won. ' These
valiant men, who could not go for
ward, would not go back. All the
time tbe batteries ' on tbe heights
raged and stormed at tbem. How
ard s division came to their aid.
Two divisions of tbo Ninth Corns on
tbeir left attacked repeatedly in their
snpport.
AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK.
It was theu that Curnside rode
down from the Phillips House, oa tbe
northern sido of tbe Uappabannock,
and standing oa the bluff at tbe river,
stariog at thoso formidable heights,
exclaimed, "Tbat crest must te car
ried to-night." Hooker remonstra
ted, begged, obeyed.- In the army
to bear is to obey. He prepared to
charge with . Humphrey's . JUivision ;
be brought up every available bat
tery ia the city. "I proceed," he
said, "against their barriers as I
would against a fortification, and en
deavored to breach a bole sufficiently
large for a forlorn hope to enter."
Ue continned tbe canaonadingon tbe
sclec'ed spot until sunset. He made
no in)'essioo upon tbe works, "no
more iti.ii rn could make upjn tbe
side of a ni-.uuiaia of rock." Hum
phrey's Division formed ucder shel
ter of the rise, iu column for assault.
They were directed to make tbe at
tack w ith empty muskets ; there was
no time then to load and fire. Tbe
o Dicers were pat ia front to lead.
At the command they moved for
ward with great impetuosity; they
charged at a run, hurrahing. Tbe
foremost of tbem advanced to within
Gfteen or twenty yards of the stone
wall. Hooker afterward said: "No
campaign in the world ever saw a
mare gallant advance than Hum
phrey's men made there. Lint tbey
were to do a work oo man could do."
In a moment tbey were burled back
with enormous loss, it was now
just dark ; tbe attack was suspended.
Three limes from noon to dark tbe
canuon on tbe crest, the msuketry at
tbe stone wall, bad prostrated divis
ion nf:cr division on Marye's Hill.
Acd uow the sun bad set ; twilight
had stolen out of tbe west and spread
her veil cfduk; tbe town, the flat,
tbe bill, the ridge, Uy under tbe "cir
cling canopy of night's extended
shade." Darkness and gloom bad
settled down upon tbe Phillips
House, over ou the Stafford Heights,
where Curuside would after a while
hold his council of war.
AM 'NlI THE WOUNDED.
Tbe shattered regiments of Tyler's
Brigade of Humphrey's Division
were assembled under cover of ibe
bank where tbey bad formed for tbe
charge. A- colonel rode about
through the crowd with tbe colors of
bis regiment in bis band, waving
tbem, inciting the soldiers by bis
words to re-form for repelling a sor
tie. But there was really little need
fur that. Longstreet was content
to lie behind his earthworks and
stone walls, and with a few men and
the covering Gre of numerous guns
was able to (ling back with derision
and scorn all tbe columns of assault
tbat madness might throw against
his impregnable position. Tbe brick
bouse on ibe hill whs full of wounded
men. la front of it lay the command
er of a regiment, with snatlernd leg,
white, still, with closed eyes. His
riderlesi borse had already been
mounted by tbe general of tbe divis
ion; about him in rows, the wounded,
tbe dying, and a few of the dead, of
bis own and otber commands. Tbe
fatal stone wall was in easy ma-ket
range; iu a moment with one rush,
the ecemy might surround tbe build
ing. Beyond tbe house, and around
it, and on all tbe slope below it, the
ground was covered with corpses.
A little distance below tbe bouse, a
general officer sat on his borse the
borse of tbe wounded colonel lying
above. It was tbe third stted be
had mounted ibat evening Tbe
other two Uy dead. He was all
aloof; no staff, not even an orderly.
His face was toward the bouse aud
tbe ridge. He pointed to ibe stone
wall. "One minute more," be said,
"and we would have been over it."
He did not reflect that that would
bave been but .he beginning of tbe
work giveu biin to do. Ue praised
and blamed, besought and even
swore ; to be so near tbe goal, and
then not reach it. When be saw a
party of three or four descending tbe
bill, be ordered tbem to stop, in order
to renew -the attack. After a little
tbey did what was right, quietly
proceeded tn tbe foot of tbe bill and
joined their regiment. AH tbe
wbile stretcher-bearers were passing
np and down. Descending tbey
bore pitiable burdens. A wounded
man npheld by one f-r two comrade,
haltingly made his way l tbe hos
pital, followed by anoiber and noih
e. The colons I was conveyed by
f.,ur men in the town, iu agony, on
portion of a panel ol fence torn down
in the progress of the charge. Tbe
stretcher-bearers, not distinguishing
between persons, bad - taken what
soever one tbey first saw that needed
tbeir assistance; moreover there was
no time for selection. Ibe next
minute all tbe wounded on the bill-
fide might be in the hands cf tbe
Confederates.
A DARK XIOIIT.
There was the darkness which be
longs to night. The regiment bad
re-formed arounu their respective
standards. Tbey presented a short
front compared with tbe long lines
that bad gone up tbe i-teep, hurrah
ing. Tbe Southerners were quiet
and close behind tbeir works It
seemed that they would not tally
forth. Ttea from each regiment a
lieutenant with a small party went
np the ascent, and sought io the
darkness what fate bad befallen the
missing, and brought mccor to the
wounded. Tbey went from man to
man. as the? lay on the irrouud. Ia
the c-brcuriiy it was bard to dislin
guish the features of the slain. Tbey
fell lur the letters and nombtrs on
the caps. .The 'niters indicated tbe
company, the numbers denoted tbe
regiment. Whatsoever man of their
regiment ibey discovered, him ibey
bare off if wounded; if dead, tbey
took tbe valuables found on his
person, for bis friends, and left him
to lie oa the eartb wbere be bad
fallen, composiug bis limbs, turning
his face to tbe sky. Ibey found
snob all the way np; some not far
from the stone wall, a greater num
ber near tbo corners of the house,
where the rain of bullets had been
thickest
At 9 o'clock at night the command
was withdrawn from tbo front, and
rested on tbeir arms in tbe streets of
tbe town. Some sat on the curb
stones, meditating, looking gloomily
at the ground; others lay on tbe pave
ment, trying to forget the events of
the day in sleep. There was little
said: deep dejection burdened the
spirits of all. Tbe incidents of the
battle were not rehearsed, except
now and then. Always when any
one spoke, it was of a slain comrade
cf bis virtues or of tbe manner of his
death; or of one missing, with many
conjectures respecting him. Some of
them, it waa said, bad premonitions,
and went into the battle not expect
ing to survive tbe day. Tbus tbey
lay or sat. Tbe conversation was
with bowed heads, and in a low man
ner, ending ia a sigh. Tbe thoughts
of all were in the homes cf tbe killed,
seeing there the scenes and sorrow
which a day or two afterward occur
red. Then tbey reverted
to tbe comrade of tbe morning, tbe
lent-sbarer, lying stark and dead up
on Marve's UiU or at its base. A
brave lieutenant lay on the plank
road, just where tbe brigade crossed
foi the purpose of forming for tbe
charge. A sharpshooter of the ene
my bad made tbat spot bis last bed.
Ii was December and cold. There
was no camp fire, and there was
neither tlaiki t nor overcoat. They
bad been stored in a warehouse prep
aratory to moving out to the attack.
But no one mentioned the cold; it
was not noticed. Steadily the woun
ded were carried by to the hospital
near the river. Some one now and
then brought word of the condition
of a friend. The hospitals were a
harrowing sight; full, crowded; never
theless patients were brought ia coa-
s.antly. Down stairs, np stairs, ev
ery room full. Surgeons, with their
CDats off and sleeves rolled up above
tbe elbows, sawed off limbs, adminis
tered antithetic. Tbey took off a
leg or an arm in a twinkling, after
brief consultation. It seemed to be,
in case of doubt off with bis limb.
A colonel lay in tbe middle cf ibe
main room on the Grct floor, white,
unconscious. When the surgeon
was asked wbut hope be turned bis
band down, tben np, as much as to
say it may .cbaoce to fall either way.
But the sights in a field hospital after
a battle are not to be minutely de
scribed. Nine thousand was ibe
tale of tbe wonnded nine thousand
and not all told.
A OnASTLY TICKET LINE.
After midnight, perhaps it was 2
o'clock ia the morning, the brigade
was agaia marched out of tbe town
and, tiling in from the road, took op
a position a short distance below the
brick house. It waa the ground over
wbicb the successive charges bad
been made. The fog however, ob
scured everything; not a star twink
led above tbem; nothing could be
discerned a few feet away. Tbe
brick boose could not be seen, though
they were close toil. Looking back
toward tbe town lyiog oa the river.
over ibe narrow plain which lay be
low, one could not persuade one s
self it was not a sheet of water, un
ruffled io tbe dim landscape. Few
lights, doubtless, were burning at
tbat hour in the town. None could
be seeo. You would not bave sup
posed there waa a town there. A
profound stillness prevailed, broken
by no other sound than bv tbe cries
of tbe wounded. On all the eminence
above, where Longstreet's forces lay.
tbere was tbe silence of death. W ub
night, which bad brought onvietion
of failure, the brazao throats of Burn
side's guns had ceased to roar. It
was as if furious lions bad gone with
darkness to tbeir lairs. Now aud
then an ambulance :iept along below,
without seeming to make any noise.
Tbe stretcher-bearers walked silently
toward whatever spot a cry or groan
of pain indicated an object of tbeir
search. It may not have been so
quiet as it seemed- Perhaps it was
contrast with tbe thunder of can
non, and shriek of shell, aud ra'.ile
of musketry, and all the thousand
voices of battle.
When, on tbe return to Marje's
Heights, the command first filed ia
from ibe road, there appeared to be a
thiu line of soldiers sleeping oa tbe
ground to be occupied. Tbey seem
ed to make a sort of row or rank. It
was aa if a line of skirmishers had bal
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'toil anil lain ili.MSl :I.AV W7rs rMtrfilfM 1 9
motionless; tbeir sleep was profound.
Not one of them aweke and g-1 up
They weie uot relieved, either, when
ibe others came. -Tbey seemed to
bave no commander at least noue
awoke). Had tbo fiatlgor-.i of the dav
completely oVerprrel all i I lheni,
1 llii-er uud privates) kiikt They
were Ui'umibI llio tleinV. millnil ealt
of tiiui. Tbey were tbo advance liue
of ibe L' n ion army. Was it thus
they keoi their waicb, ou which the
safety of the whole aroiy depended,
pent op between the ridge and tbe
river? Tbe enemy might come
wiibin ten steps of iheni without be
ing seen. Tbe fog was a veil. No
one knew what lay or moved or crept
a little distance off. The regiments
were allowed to lie down, la djing
so, tbe men male a denser rank witb
those tbere before them. Still those
others did no. waken, '.f you looked
closely at the face of any one of them,
in the mist and dimness, it was pallid,
tbe eyes closed, tbe month open, the
hair was disheveled; besides, the at
titude was often painful. There
were blood-marks, also. These men
were all dead. Nevertheless, tbe
ne-v comers laid down among tbem
and rested. Tbe pall of night con
cealed tbe foe now. Tbe sombre un
certainty of fate enveloped the mor
row. One was saved from the peril
of the charge, but be found himself
again on Marye's Il'll, uear tbe ene
mv, face to face with ibe dead, sha
ring their couch, almost ia tbeir em
brace, iu the mist and ibe December
night. Why not a. -cept them as bed
fellow: Tbe ballet ibat laid low
this one, if it had started diverging
by ever so small an angle, would
bave found tbe heart's blood of that
other who gazed upon tbem. It was
cbar.ee or Providence, which to-nur
row might be less kind. So tbey lay
down with the dead, all io line, and
were lulled asleep by the monotony
of tbe cries of tbe wounded scattered
evervwhere.
A WATCH WITH THE DYING.
At ibis time three officers rode out
from tbe ranks, down tbe bill, toward
the town. Tbey sought to acquire a
better knowledge of the locality.
Tbey were feeling about in tbe fog for
the toot of the bill, and tbe roads. After
thev had gone a little distance, one
of then) was stationed as a guide-
mark, while tbe two others w;nt
further, reconnoitering or exploring.
He who was tbus left alone found
himself amid strange and melancholy
surroundings. Meditation sat npen
his brow, but to fall into complete rev-
ery was impossible. Tbe hour and
the scene would intrude themselves
upon bis thoughts cf what had befal
len. The dead would not remain unno
ticed. Tbe dying cried out into tbe
darkness, and demanded succor of tbe
world. Was tbere nothing in the
universe to save? Tens of thousands
within ear-shot, aod do footstep of
friend or foe drew near during all the
hours. Sometimes thev drew near
aad passed by, which was aa aggra
vation of the agoonv. Ibe subdued
sound of wheels rolling slowly along
and ever and anon slopping, the
murmur of voice and cry of pain,
told of tbe ambulance on its mission.
It went off in another direction. Tbe
cries weri borne through the haze to
tbe officer as he sat solitary, waiting.
Now a single lament, agaia voices
intermingled and ts if in chorns;
from every direction, in (root, behind,
to right, to left, some near, some dis
tant and faint. Some doubtless were
faint tbat were not distant, the de
parting breath of one about to ex
pire. They expressed every degree
and shade of suffering, of pain, of
agony; a sigh, a groan, a piteous ap
peal, a shriek, a succession of shrieks.
a call of despair; a prayer to Uod, a
demand for water, for the ambulance,
a death-rattle, a horrid scream, a
voice as of the body when tbj soul
tore itself away, and abandoned it to
the enemy, to the night, and to dis
solution. The voices were various.
This, tbe tongue of a German; tba'
wail in tbe Celtic brogue cf a poor
Irishman. Tbe accent of New Eng
land was distinguishable ia the thin
cry of that boy. From a different
quarter came utterances iu tbe dialect
of a far off Western State. Tbe ap
peals of tbe Irisb were tbe most pa
thetic. They put them iuto every
form denunciation, remonstrance, a
pitiful prayer, a peremptory demand.
Tbe (iermao was more patient, less
demonstrative, withdrawing into
himself. One man raised bis body
on bi- left arm, and extending bis
right band npward, cried oat to the
heavens and full back. Most of them
lay moaning, with the Gtful move
ment of unrest and pain.
ROBBING THE DEAD.
At this hour of the night, over at
ibe Philips House, Buroside, overru
ling bis council of war, bad decided,
in desperati o, tj haul the Ninth
Corps next day, himself at its bead,
against that self-same eminence.
Tbe officer sat on his borse looking
out ia the spectre-making mist aod
darkness. Notbiug stirred: not the
sound of a gun was beard; a dread
silence, which one momentarily ex
pected to be broken by the rattle of
fire-arms. AU at once he looked
down. He saw something white,
not far off, tbat moved and seemed
to be a man. It was, in fact, a tbing
in human form. Io tbe obscurity
one could not discern what tbe man
was doing. Tbe officers observed
him attentively. lie stooped and
rose again; then stooped and ban
died aa object oa tbe ground. He
moved awry, aud agaia bent down.
Presently be returned,' and began
ooce more his manipulations of the
former object. The chills crept over
one. Tbe darkness and the ljom
and ibe contrasted stillness from tbe
loud and fiightful uproar of the day
except for ibe intermittent cries of
the wounded and dyicg, groans in
termingled with fearful shrieks and
cries for water, aud this tbing, man
or fiend, flitting about tbe Geld, now
up, now down, .intent on bis purpose,
seeing nothing else, bearing nothing,
secmiugly fearing nothing, loving
nothing, the bill all overstrewo with
dead aod the debris of artillery and
mutilated horses it was a ghastly.
weird, wicked scene, sending a
shudder through the frame.
"Who goes there?" at leo&th tbe
officer said, and rude forward.
"A private," the man replied, and
gave bii regiment and company.
1 1
WHOLE NO. vm.
"What are you doiug here at ibis
hour?" and so questioning he saw
that the man was rinragrd ut puling
on the el it bes of a ilei.d soldier a;
bis feet.
"I need cl.Mhes and sb e b ;;.!.
"ami lii taking- ll ui Id.ni this 1
ni!r; le tit Md tl.i tn ai. uo-rr "'
Yn llien! yml are r'll'iig Hi.
nVad; r -li!iiiig them uf iln-ir watrht-s
ami " uiouey. Begone!-' Aod the
mau disappeared into ibe night liki
an evil bird that bad tbwn away.
Wbere ha had stood lav tin. .I--.)
man, who bad fallen in the charge,
stripped of bis opper clothing; robbed
of his life by tbe enemy, robbed of
his garments by a Comrade, alone ou
tbe hillside, in the darkness waited
for in some far off Northern home.
THE WITHDRAWAL.
The three officers returned to their
posts. Toward morning the general
commanding tbe brigade came out,
and withdrawing bis troops a little
distance to tbe rear, took ur a m
position, less exposed than the furnier
i:.. - ..
nun. Aue captains were cautioned
not to leave any cf iheir men un
warned of the movement. Nevtr.bc.
less a few of tbem were not riinin.
guisbed from tbe dead, and were
left w here ihpw lav An .,.-.)..,!., ...
I - j j . . i. wiuvii :i-
igeant, waking from the sound sleep
luuuceu oy me istigues ol tbe day.
opened his eyes and looked about
him on all sides, with surprise and
wouder. His company and regiment
were gone The advance lite, if
which tbey hod formed a part, had
disappeared. Ue saw no living or
moving thing. He started up and
stood at gaxe.
Wbicb way to
What to do now?
t?0? lie ponrluilonl
lb
,at the revriment bad moved f.i.-thpr
forward, and going Grst to the left
r.nd tben op along a piece of fence be
saw tbe hostile line a short distance
before him. Falling down ha cni
o - - . j .
on hands and knees, descending the
?ti . - "
u again until te reached the road.
D officer, anxious when the with.
drawal was ordered that no ote
ould remain behind for want f no.
tice, waited until the regiments baa
moveu away, men passed along tbe
line jost abandoned. He saw a man
lying on his side, reposing on his el
bow, his head supported on bis hand,
bis left leg drawn up. You would
have been certain he dozed or medi
tated, so natural and restful his pos
ture. Him he somewhat ruilolv
touched, and tbus accosted; "Get
p aod join your company. We
ave moved to the rear " Thn r.
dining figure moved not, made no
response. The officer bent over him
and looked closely he was a corpse.
At length tbe dawn appeared tbe
mist was dispelled With the com
ing of morning, the command was
again taken into the town. Phila
delphia WeeUy Time.
Tttw Ureal Railway Riot.
The railway riot which last week
began at Martinsburg, in West Vir
ginia, and for the suppression of
wnicn tbe governor mvoked and ob
tained the aid of the President, in
creased from that point until at the
close of the week it had acquired
frightful and horrible dimensions. I
neiuer mis is due to a previously
concerted plan among railroad em
ployes or is the effect of sudden and
unthinking passion, awakened by tbe
first disturbance, we are not able to
say; yet tbe rapid and widespread
dinusion of tbe riotous temper, in
volving the peace of society in sever
al states, blockading railroads, de
stroying property, suspending the in
tercourse of travel and business on
some of tbe great trunk lines of tbe
country, and resulting ia desperate
lighting and tbe loss or millions of
property and scores of lives, is the
fearful fact to which the last few days
bear melancholy witness. To all
sensible and law-loving persons the
spectacle is simply one of horror.
ibey look npoa tbe rioters not only
as maniacs, drunk with ignorant pas
sion, and in the end doing to them
selves more harm than to anybody
else, but also as criminals ibat re
serve to be punished.
It is au American principle, almost
too familiar to need a statement, that
every one bas tbe natural and legal
right to fix bis own price for bis la
bor, aud not to work unless be can
get it, and peaceably to combine and
co-operate with others for this pur
pose, subject to tbe limitation that
such combination and co-operation
shall not bo a virtual conspiracy
against tbe general good and safety
of society. Nobody in this country
disputes this right It is equally
true tbat every employer, whether an
individual or a corporation, has the
same right to fix tbe rate of wages to
be paid for labor. If tbe parties can
not agree as to wages, then tbe onei
may innocently refuse to work, and
tbe otber may just as innocently re
fuse to give employment to labor.
bach simply does what be bas a legal
right to do, whether it be wise or
not; and with neither, when so doing,
should civil society ioterfere. Tbere
may be and almost always will be
questions of equity, fair dealing, and
good conscience as between the par
ties; yet tbey are of such a character
not to admit of legal cognizance or
adjuttmentswithout infringing upon
tbe freedom of contracts and produc
ing more barm than good. Govern
ment cannot wisely undertake tbe
task of regulating tbe relations of
capital aad labor, beyond tbe simple
July ' 01 enforcing contracts bug
laud for a long series cf years tried
the experiment, and finally abandon
ed h, as hopeless of good and pro
ductive only of evil. These princi
ples bave among the American peo
ple tbe character of political axioms.
When, however, laborers combine
out only to discontinue work, and in
ibis way to embarrass tbeir employ
ers, and, if possible, force them to a
compliance with their demands, but
alto by threats and violence, as in tbe
present case, to prevent others from
working at wages which tbey declice,
and to wreak tbeir vengeauce on tbeir j
employers, tben the question ceases j
to be one of allowable conflict be-.
tween capital and labor, and instant-
ly becomes an issue between law ami.
anarcby. Laborers are tben crimi-!
nals la fact Tbey are rioters and ,
public enemies, and worse than w'lllj
beasts turned loose upon society.)
They are entitled to no sympathy,!
and for them no apology whatever j
can be mader whatever may bave
been iLeir grievance as the sellers of
labor. Their resort is to the piinc i
pie ol brute fjreo, without and
against tbe authority of law; ,.!, st
far as they are successful, MH-iety w
diiorgauizsd and reduced to a state of
chaoa. The passions of bell are mj
chalotd, aod every min'a lir0 and
properly are at ibe mercy of the
mob.
This being the state of thin??
then civil society at the time baa hat
one duty to perform, and this duty is
absolute and immediate. I; matt Is?
done at once. Kberd. no mti r
what may be their alleged grievances,
should promptly reo-iv, ft waroiug
by tbe constituted auibvrkies; and,
unless tbey promp I bevd it and dis
continue tbeir riotous proceedings, ihe
remedy of hille' and hay. met
should be applied to ihein, in no half
way manner, witlimt liestuiitir, ami
with an energy ami f.nf tbat will Im
( u lil felt This m ibe dirm t ami
iinpt-raiivAt duty.- it is a err, ami
"lli-ri -f,i ul thai s-iTlfi tim. The li'-
riiu!ii iai ii in. v ti's ;s 'h.t th-v
) lire, t ini,e ri-,.' ; I, ii, . .
ha nOiipi.- inn siir.-s ! f r, j,ri s-i hi
r u.-h u-s d ti.itti ibry tet timlr-r
fearful Aud dostriii'liv bdav.
jSueu was the fact at MaUuNUorkf,
ana Mia worse at IMtsburgb. If the
disturbance there had been sitniiarlv
(crushed, even at the price ot life, tbat
probably would have been the end of
the whole affair. Let it be welt un
derstood thai society will shoot riot
ers down, unbeeitauogly; let there be
one or two distinct aid impressive
examples to this effect; and those wbti
furnish the material for riots will be
quite snre to take counsel of their
own fears. This is the only kind of
logic tbat tbey clearly underatand.
When the riot is suppressed, ami
law and order are restored, then
comes the important duty of punish
ing the rioters, through the peaceful
action of cjurts of justice at least,
iu sufficient numbers to furnish an
effective exaitiphi of the punitive
power of law. Erery such comm
lion, however loosely organized, is
gouen up and kept np by certain per
sons, w bo act as leaders. They are
the c)taius of tbe riot, and, hem e.
(are the penon upon whom especial
ly law should with unsparing severi
ty deal out its penal vengeance. It
is not enough simply to put down a
mob. Tbe safety of society demands
punishment; and mle.JS this follows
the restoration of public order, the
work is only half done.
As to the wages question between
employes and railroad companies, we
have ut this time nothing to say, fur
ther than to express the hope that no
company will make any compromise
with rioters. Compromises are not
ia order when men are jiyhtiny for
higher wages or against a- reduction
of wages. When, soaked with liquor,
they shout "bread or blood" and
proceed to "blood," then the time for
negotiation is past The policy of
conciliation is then bad policy. It
mhke3 lawless violence successful and
encourages its repetition. We honor
labor and mean in every proper way
to advocate its rights; bat when its
representatives undertake to rule so
ciety and regulate wages by violence,
then we would not lit tea to them a
moment or yield to them an inch.
Tbat is not the time to appoint com
mittees of conference, or to make any
attempt to adja-it an economical ques
tion, or to explain anything, or to
hear any grievance. The one thing
and tbe only tbing then in order is to
put down the rioters and punish
them, and in this way show them
and everybody else that riots have
absolutely no power to affect tbe
question of wages. The sooner this
is understood to be a fixed and irre
versible fact the better for all the in
terests of society, including those of
Ir.bor. AVc York Indi'jfiidrtit.
Iwtelliaewee f .'.
The London Milk- Journal say?:
"That cows have memory, language.
signs, and means of enjoying pleas
ant associations, combining for ag
gressive purposes, bas been recogized,
but scarcely to the extent the subject
merits. Traveling in Italy many years
ago, we visited some of the large
dairy farms in tbe neighborhood of
Ferrara. Interspersed among much
of the low-lying, unhealthy land, re
markable for the prevalence on it of
very fatal forms of anthrax in tbe
summer season, are fiae undulating
pasture lands, and tbe fields are of
great extent. We happened to stop
at a farm bouse one fine autumn after
noon when tbe cows were about to be
milked. A herd of over one hundred
was grazing homeward. The women
took tbeir positions with stool close
to tbe house, and as tbe cows ap
proached, names were called out,
which were, we at Grst thought, ad
dressed to tbo milkmaids. Kosa, Flo
red z, Giuela, Sposa, and many
name?, which were noted by 03 at the
time, were eallod out by the overseer
or one of tbe womeu, and we were as
tonished to see cow after cow cease
feeding or chewing the cud aud make
direct sometimes at a trot, tor the
woman tbat usually milked ber. Tbe
practice we found was not confined to
one farm; all the eows on each farm
knew tbeir respective names and took
up their position ia tbe open field iust
a readily at the individual members
of some large herds in this country,
turning from tbeir fields, take up tbeir
places in the sheds."
At the Cleveland baby show :
'That baby,' said a pctator, may
look pretty at borne, but it is hardly
np to the standard of a baby show.
Don't you think so?' addressing a lady
who stood uear. Excuse me from
commeniing, sir, Raid tbe lady, 'as
my opinion might be binse-J. I am
its mother.' The man asked for Lis hat
and took a recess.
A wife thus writes to her abeent
spouse: I am most sick, baby Is under
the doctor's care, and James and the
other children bave tbe measles. AU
the women are wearing back eombw,
and don't forget to write often, we all
send love and our house almost got
on Gre la-t night.
Nothing undermines one's faith in
a man's liberality to the church so
much as to see bim stick his bands
down deep into bis pockets as tbe
eontribulioo-box is traveling bis way,
look astonished, and then remark to
bis neighbor : "I've got on my other
pants."
An American man, after dining at
a London restaurant, paid his bill,
and was about leaving, when the wai
ter ruggested tbat ibe amount did
not include the waiter. "Ab said
tbe man, but I didn't eat th wait
er !"
A pMitiineot New Yok man. who
bas stayed out every night until ruid-nio-sit
Uir seven vears. now gets mad
and wants a divorce because bis wife
bas Commenced the same practice
wiibin a few weeks.
A Frenchman deSaes suspicion to
be a eentiment which incites us to
look for something which we do not
wish to find.