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HUMRICH & PARKER
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office on
Main St., in Marlon nail, Car Halo, Pa.
G. M. BELTZHOOVER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, and Real
Estate Agont, Shipherdstown, West Virginia
-4'4l—Prompt attention gitlon to all businesa In Jeftei
ton County and the Counties adjoining it.
January 19,18613.-1 y.
WF. S R, Attorney' at Law,
• Carlisle Pn. Offlee in Volunteer iluilding,
SA•uth Uncover Strciet.
C HERINIAN, Attorney at Law,
Uarllsle, Pa. Next door to the Herald Mee.
July 1,1804-Iy.
A MES A. DUIqI3AII, Attorney at
ty Law, Carlisle, Pa. Office In Ilheen,'s Hall, next
door to W. M. Poorm,e's
duly 1, IRtit--ly.
lOSEP II RITNER, .Ir., Attorney at
t :tud F.urveyor, Mechanicsburg, Pa. ()Mee on
Rail Road Street, two doors north of the Bank.
promptly attended to.
July 1, 1864.
"NO. C GRAHM
A, Attarmy ut Law,
•p CarMit). Pa, Oilier tbrtuerly nevupied by Juice
(..;robani, South Hanover street.
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E. 13ELTZHOOVER, Attorney
at Law Office in South Hanover street, opposite
Bents's dry good store Carlisle, Pa.
September 0, 18(14.
. M. WEAKLET, Attorney at Law,
Office on south Hanover street, adjoining the
office of Judge Uratun. All professional business en.
ti usted to him will be promptly attended to.
July t, 1111;.
AMUEL 11 I' IHJRN, Jr., Attorney
kjat Law. OfTire with Hon. Samuel Hepburn, Main
St. Carlisle Pa,
July 1, 186.1.
rA NV EAR D. -C LI A IMES E. MA
-4ILAIIuIILIN, A ttorney Law, Office in the
room fornutrly occupied by Judge Li radar.
July 1, 15.44-Iy.
DR. WIYI. H. COOK,
EIONIOEOPATIIIC PaYSICIAN,
Su igen n and A ecouehou r
()FFICE at his residence in Pitt
street, adjoining the Methodist Church.
EIMEM
E011(i E S. SE A
, '3 , 7...if.; •
_IL, MOIST, Dentist, from the Balti
' . more Collage ut Dental Surgery.
13' , ).Ufliee at the residence of his mother, Batt
',tither street, tiner e below
July 1. u i4.
GEo. W. NEIDICII, D. D. B.
lento DemonFtrator of ( .rent Live Dentistry vi the
vauntal Sur
lt
~C . ro y i 1 ego of
Office at te . siden co
opposite Marion Itall, %Vest Main street, Cat lisle, Pa.
ulv t, 1853
Dr. I. C. LOOMIS
Pomfiet Street few doors IWAVb
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below South Um:lover ,t
.Inly 1, 1864.
R. A. SMITH'S PHOTO-
Iig graphic Callery South.east Corner Hanover
Street, and Market Square, whore may be had all the
different styles ef Photographs, from card to life ohio,
lA - OM:TYPES, BIIOTYPES, AND
ME LA INOT YVES
'Os° Pleturef , m Per:elain,(sofnething new) both plai l
and Colored, and which are beautiful produ c tions ,d•
the Photograpbb , art. Call and see them
Particular:ate:llion given to copying, Roam Daguerro-
types &c.
She lovltes the pnironage of the public
Feb. 15,1866
SOMETHING NEW.
Porcelain Picture or
OPAL-TYPE.
THIS beautiful Picture is nosy made at
Loehman fiallery, In Dr. Neil's Building, oppo
site the First National Bank, with such perfection and
style, tone - and finish that It cannot help but please
every one, The p, rmlain imparts a most clear and
charming complexion to the picture.
All other styles of
PHOTO(.; s,
Of all si lea,
R D l ' 11, " /T RES and A MBROTYPES,
ore made in the most perfect manner. A large varie
ty of Frames and Passapartouts, Cases, Albums are
on hand and will be sold cheap.
Cops log done kn the best manner. The public is re
spectfully invited to examine specimens.
The First Premium has been awarded by late county
Fair to C. L. Lachman, for
'l'he Best 'Photographs
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TREMENDOUS EXCITEMENT !
.\ - ;,e Firm AS'ture ! Yew (;cods! !
Frl Ii undersigned having taken the
Store Room, In Main St., recently occupied by
John D. (lorga g, next door to "Marlon Hall," would re.
spot:tinily Invite the attention of the people of Carlisle
and vicinity to my large, varied and we:l selected Stock
of Dry Goods. consktlng in part. of
M HSI, I NS,
CALICOES,
DELAIN ES,
OINGHAMS,
FLANNELS, &c,
at greatly reduced priers, Iu cuntequenee of the late
heavy decline in Goods In the ilastern Cities, and as
my goods are all new, I can and will sell at sot on' sh
ingly low rates. I have also a choice selection of
Ladies' Dress Goods,
MERINOES, ALPACAS, MOHAIR,
all Wool &Ishii's, Lusters, Poplins, also n lino assort
mont oftleutlonton's Wear, such as
CLOTHS,
. CASSIMERES,
SATTIN ETTS,
JEANS,
COTTON ADES &c.,
A) take great pletuure in showing goods and would be
pleased to have the Ladies call and examine our Now
floods, which we are determined to sell at great bar—
gains. Wu feel satiatled that we can offer greater in
ducements to purchasers than any similar Establish
ment in this vicinity, remember the place at Gorgon'
old tin Store, next door to Marion Ball.
S.C. BROWN.
March 16, 1860.
HATS AND CAPS
Fctr Men and Boys.
THE subscribek \ announoce to the cit
izens of Carlisle, alid vicinity, that he has re
commenced the manufacture of hats of every variety
of style. Having secured the services of the boot of
workmen, ho feels prepared to sustain the reputation
of the
OLD STAND
by making the boat hate In the state. Particular at
tentlon will be paid to the makYng of the old fashion
Stiff Brush, or Dunkard Rat ;
also the soft; white brush hat, and any shape or style
of hat will be made to order.
Ile has also on hand a splendid assortment of all
styles of bats from the best manufacturers in Phila
delphia and Now York, which he will sell at the low
est cash prices. Ills stock of silk and felt hate for
men, boys And children of all kinds from the common
wool to the finest moleskin are unsurpassed. lie has
also a largo assortment of
CATS and STRAW HATS,
of all kinds and at all Mires.
' Call and examine his stock at tho old stand In North
llanover Street, before purchasing elsewhere as he
foals satisfied he can please you,
J. A. KELLEN,
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June I. MO. AgOnt.
A few doors north of the Csrlislo Deposit Bank, and
next to Common's shoe store.
N.-13.—01d Lints repaired, colored and done up in al
styles at the shortest notice and reasonable rates.
EXTRA PENSION.
TO WIDOWS.
1 4 XTRA PENSION TO WIDOWS
WIDOWS aro now entitled to an INCREASED PEN
BION of $2 per month for ouch child of the soldier un.
der 16 years of age. To be Obtained upon application
In person or by letter, to the MILITAEY AND NAVAL
AGENCY, No. 957 WALNUT STREET, PHILADEL
PHIA. JOSEPIT E. DEVITT& 00.
Augustl7,lB66-Im. '
CONFECTIONARY I
BEAM WORK, Stars, Tulips, Bon
bOrio, A-latiode, Chocolates, ilandei Cocoanut and
Cunt.
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VOL. 65.
A. K. RHEEM, Publisher
WM, B. PARKBR
WE desire to call the attention of the
people to the new and beautiful Stock of
If piing floods, just resolved at
GREENFIELD and SIIEAFER'S
("I4i,'AP STORE,
All kinds of Domestics at the latest Reduced Prices
MUSLINS,
CALICOES,
CHECKS
Tkkingv, Cottonades, Denims
Jeans, Flannels, &c., plc
A largo and desirable Stock of
0 - 003 IDS,
Purchased direct from the largest houses, at the low
est cash prices. which We are determined to Sell at.a.s
•as any house in the Cumberland Valley.
We respectfully invite the attention of all who are
in want of cheap goods to give us d. call and examine
our stock of
Alpacas. White Grounds,
elth l'olea Spots in all Cr
BERAO ES,
LENOI 8,
MOH A IRS,
MOZAMIIIQU ES,
POPLINS,
PLAIDS,
ORO A N DI ES,
WOOL DELAIN ES,
all Colors, ke.
Ladies Fancy floods, Hosiery, U oven, &c.
A FULL A .ORTMENT
or whitn 00.,as at yery Low Prices
Cloths and Cassimeies,
in great varieties fir men and boys, at old prices.
Ladir s' Cloaking Cloths all Shades.
Ladies' Crochet Shawls, Sun Um
brellas, I'arasols, Floop Skirts,
Corsets
Linens of all kinds,
BLACK GOODS,
at greatly reduce.) prices. Elegant Black all Wool
Delaines full double width only 1,00 per yard, a full
and large sariety of single o kith black wool liolainos,
Alpacas, Crape Poplins, Crape Veils, crape Collars, Ac.
Ilan lug a cool select loin of goods now on hand we
are prepared to meet all demands, and full confident
we
can offer indnot:no nts. that defy competitita, Re
member the pla,e.
GREENFIELD and SHEAEER,
East )fain , South Side, Second Door from Corner,
N EW CHEAP CASH GROCERY
AND
PROVISION STOIfI
Great Excitement on the Corner of Pitt and
Loather Streets, opposite the German
Reformed (..hurch, Carlisle, Pu.
The Subscriber begs leave to inftwm his Mends and
the public, that he has just returned from the Eastern
cities, with a full and choice assortment of
G It (I C' ER lEs,
Ile will keep constantly on hand an extensiN e and
general assortment of
Coffe. s of all kind. 111,,wn Sugar, Crushed Sugar,
Pulverized Sugar, nice, Tallow Candles, Star
do Starch. Teas of all kinds, Salt by the
Sark, Buckets and Tubs. Wash Boards,
Brooms, lied Cords, New Orleans
Molasses, Fish—all kinds. Pep
per. Spica, Soda, Cream Tar
tar, Best illdigo, Chi na
-111011, ('loves,
51ustard, Blacking,
Twist Tobacco,
Navy, Spun,
Natural
Leaf,
Tobacco, Smoking, Killikinich, Fine Cut, Candies,
Raking, Can Peaches, Crocks, s, Essence of Coffee,
Dandelion, Cheese, H(1111113, 'loans Clears of all kinds,
Nuts—all kinds, Sr.,
and everything else that is kept in a grocery store. I
invite the public to call and examine toy goods and
prices before purchasing elsewhere, as I ant determin
ed to sell at very siu ill profits.
hight,t prices paid for all kinds of Country Pro
&Lire JACOB SENER.
April 0, 1,,60-61n.
A. L. SPONSLER,
pEAL ESTATE AGENT, Scrivener,
eqnvoances Insurance and Claitn Agent. Of-
Ike Alain' Street Near Centre Square.
Highly Improved Farm at Private
Sale.
ITU ATE near the village of Lisburn,
LI Cumberland County, 0 miles from Mechanics
bun g, and 7 miles from Harrisburg, containing 108
am es, all cleared but about 6 which are covered with
good timber. '
The improvements are all new and very superior
consisting of a large
Brick Mansion Honse,
5 ,
119 Brick Bank Barn,
BRICK SMOKE 110 USE,
Bake House and Spring House,
Large Wagon Shed, and other convenient out-build
ings, a stream of running water near the house and
abundance of Fruit of all kinds consisting of Apples,
Peaches, Pears, Grapes, &c. 'the farm is beautifully
situated on the bank of the '•Yellow Breeches' Creek,
the soil in the highest possible state of cultivation,
:onsisting of a mixture of Limestone and creek bottom
and, and nearly all under post and rail fence, and an
tbundane supply of locust trees growing.
A. 1,. SPONSLER,
Real Estnte Agent.
Aug. al, 1806
Two Valuable Tracts of Timber
Land at Private Sale.
(ZITUATE on the South Mountain
O near Mount !lolly Springs. Consisting viz, I.'
'1 ract containing 75 Acres, adjoining the propeity of
the Mt. liolly Paper Co. Well covered with young
chestnut. Another tract containing 40 Acres adjoin
ing the above. Apply to
A. L. SPONSLER,
. Real Estate Agent.
July 27, 1860.
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tel Property in Chilrchtown at
Private Sale.
lITUATE on Main Street containing
wo 170 feet in front and 150 foot in depth Improve
ments a large DOublp two-story .
FRAME HOUSE,
Extensive Stabling and Sheds, Wash House, and oth
er convenient out buildings, an excellent Well of Wa
ter at the door, and a Cistern in the yard. For terms
and further particulars enquire of thePowner Mrs.
Sarah A. Ligget, residing In Churchtown, or of
A. L. SPONSLbIR,
Real Estate Agent.
May 8, 18136
LICUE Insurance Company of Now
- rfaven, Connecticut, Statement ofJanuary Ist,
Capital Stock $600,000,00
Surplue • 275,880,10
• $776,860716
1.43608 unndjuded $36,077,72
INSURANCES MADE PERPETUAL AND TEMPOR-
The Amato of this Company consist of IJultadStates
Government Securities, stocks in National Banks, and
IstOlortgages on Real Estate. The Board of Directors
haVii declared a Semi-Annual cash Dividend of Ten
per cent free from Government Tax payable on and af
ter 10th, January 1500.
'Also a scrip Dividend of Sixty per cent on - the earned
Premium of Policies entitled to participate in the pro.
fits for the year ending Ist of January, 1806. And
have voted to Increase the Capital Stock of the Com
pany to Ono Million of Dollars. Apply to
A. L. SPONSLBR, Agent.
FOR SALE.
anTOWN PROPERTY on South Rano
ver street, Carlisle, °Pimp - rising 120 teat in front
240 feet in depth havidg thereon erected 3 Ilwoll
ing llousee, Shope and other Buildings will be sold en
tire or divided to Hutt purchasers. Apply to
A. L. SPONSLER.
Feb. 16, 1860.•
AValuable Lot of ground:ork South
. Street Containing overooo foot in front and2oo
in depth.. Also, a Lot no the corner of Pitt and South
Streets,. containing 00 feet in front and 110 feet in
depth. Apply to
DHYSICIANS will find it to their ad
'vantage to call and purchase thetriVedlclni at
, RAIATONT;
AT ILIVEII,I3TIOIII3.
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Spring Goods.
LOW PRICES,
Knotting - ham Lnc
Curtains I) tho
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NOTIONS OF ALL KINDS,
ARY
FOR, SALE;
A.L.OPONSW
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TO ANDREW JOHNSON
UT HAROLD ST. CLAM
"Faithful among the faithless," once wo thought thoo,
kaithless among the faithful now thou art.
, "fo this sad depth has vain ambition brought thou,
Alan of weak brain, mid cold, ungiateful heart,
lietteV for thee—our hope once and our pride—
If thou hadst fallen when great LINCOLN died I
Treason must be made odious I" This thy saying,
Woo echoed through the land fr f irp North to South
We feared, some of no, it would moot the praying
Of men repentant with too stern a mouth.
For we no vengeance wanted—hate had none;
Only would keep the victory see had won.
" Treason must he made odious!" Thou last dono it!
Tre112 4, 11 to friends, tmeoutrtry, and Wright,
More odious seems sh,ce now we gaze upOin it,
A form of darkness in a place of light,
This good at least, we owe to thee and fate
Ti. hate a traitor with intotaier hate.
I fill up thy little hour of ruling
With deeds fantastic and with phrases low ;
We need perhaps such days of sad, stern schooling,
That we true men Worn falno may learn to know
And yet ono deed It were not saki to dare—
We aro but men,. and that wo will not bear.
As once before we said, so now we say it
We go before the People I If we foil,
We hear the shameful verdict, and obey it.
But if we win, we'll rule—in spite of hell,
And all the powers of evil, low or high,
And though a thousand traitors live or die I
Nionllbtaltans.
GENERAL GEARY
The Battle of Wauhatehie
ST. Louis, August 10, 1866
M the Edibirs Pittsburgh Gazette :
GENTLEMEN lam a Western man, and
have never lived in your noble old State, nor
am I politician—having voted but once dur
ing the twenty odd years since the right first
alertked but 1 wish to give honor where hon
or justly belongs, and to refute some of the
uncharitable aspersions against that polish
ed gentleman and tried soldier, General
John W. Geary.
I wish to prove in the just equity of things,
that not only his native State, but that the
whole United States, owe him a debt of
gratitude, that should forever endear and itn-
Mortalize his name, and place it among the
ost illustrious of their sons
The country can well remember the gloom
and anxiety that prevailed the North after
the disastrous day of Chicamaugua. Kon-
Way and Tennessee swarmed with preda
tory bands of rebels. Bragg, flushed with
victory, had hurled back our shattered col
umns on Chattanooga, flnd Rosecrans, on
the first paralysis of defeat, (or perhaps of
fear,) had ignobly abandoned Lookout moun
tain, the key to the south banks of the river,
as far as Bridgeport, where the railroad
crosses the Tennessee river, and from whence
all our supplies had to bo drawn. This mor
al error and military blunder, necessitated
the drawing of (di our supplies from Bridge
port to Chattanooga by a circuitous moun
tain route, (up the Sagnatehie valley, near
Maclamonis cove, thence over the rugged
mountains to the north bank of the river by
a pontoon bridge to this city,) some sixty
miles in length. The country around, oven
in times of plenty, scarcely produce enough
Coed its scattering population, but now
lunpled, broken, crushed and devoured by
uscilating tread of hostile armies, it was
wroughly denuded on all kinds of subsis
ince, and even the wretched inhabitants
held daily struggle with famine, and looked
with despair to the rigors of approaching
MIMI
From Bridgeport to Chattanoou by the
South Bank was less than thirty piles, and
by the North Bank, by which the Confed
erates forced us to haul, we wore compelled
to make an elbow of more that sixty miles,
and that over the most execrable roads im
aginable—either through the slush of swamps
rendered doubly dangerous by the rains of
nut umn, or over stony heights, so steep that
eat could scarcely crawl up with rocky
ledges cropping out,,often three to four feet
perpendicularly, at each ono of which the
wagons had to be unloaded and hauled up
by band.
The Ohio river was really our base of sup
plies, and a wretched single track railroad
from thence through Nashville to Bridge
port, Alabama, a distance of nearly four
hundred miles, requiring a full army corps
for its defence, was our solo dependence.
Our dispirited army, thus cooped up and
half beleaguered in Chattanooga, was wholly
unable, either to meet the enemy in the open
field or to wrench from him the southern
bank of the river and thus open a gate for
food and munitions.
Reinforcements had been ordered from
Mississippi and from the army of the Poto
mac, and to hold their position and with it
tho great States of Tennessee and Kentucky,
with all . the untold results thereunto belong
ing, until the promised aid could arrive, was
the great problem of . both General Rose
crans and General Thomas, the latter of
whom about this time had assumed the chief
command. The depot supplies of Chatta
nooga were rapidly melting away every
energy, every resource and every appliance
in the reach of the Government was set in
motion to feed out starving force and ena
ble us to hold,on until the expected succor
came to hand.
Our army was too weak to fight, and our
means of transportation too limited to feed
it or to keep it in munitions for its proper
status for the field, and to retreat under the
circumstances would probably produce this
most unheard of disasters, perhaps annihila
tion itself, and in its train woes unmimber
ed and unheard of, for to retreat would( be
not only to sacrifice the army and nll it; e
quipments, but all our vast chain of depots
and detachments throughout the States
nitinedf with the countless millions they cost,
but also tbo scope of territery they' coVered,
and with the grand moral effects of victory,
which at that juncture would have inevita
bly turned the scale against us, for just at
that momentous poricid,of our struggle she.
Scales of Fate seemed to ,vibrate, with such
an even beam that the breath . of an infant
might have changed the balanCe„ The na-'
tional destinies hung on a single thread E and
danglOd suspended on the accidents of *Mince,
or the moral courage and:valor of a single
heart and' ATM. • In this . case necessity' was
inexorable. The arnlty
.must fed.. T'he
Carlisle, Pa., Friday, September 7, 1866
place must bo sustained at every sacrifice
possible. Every ration, every round of am
munition, and ovary pound of forage re
quired,' must be brought from the distant
lino of the Ohio, and it became a painful cal
culation between resistance and endurance—
between the lives of men and the consump
tion of mules—for as constant use destroyed
the roads, it required .twelve or fourteen
mules to haul a single ton of freight over
the intolerable roads, to say nothing of pro
visions, which could not be carried, and for
want of which the. poor animals died by
thousands and tons of thousands—beyond
any thing recorded in history, MVO perhaps
the retreat of the French from Moscow. In
spite of this frightful sacrifide, the subsis
tence in the depot at Chattanooga became
daily lower, although the army was reduced
to half, and a largo proportion of it even to
quarter rations. Still the mules died. Still
our means of transportation melted away.
Our famishing army became hourly more
gaunt and hollow-eyed, while the palo, over
flowing throngs in our hospitals found vent
in our crowded graveyards.
At this critical juncture General Hooker;
with General Grant—who had about this
time been appointed to the supremo com
mand of our armies—arrived at Nashville,
with the 11th and 12th corps from the army
of the Potomac and proceded at once to
Bridgeport, to concert with the veteran,
Thomas, as to the most feasible mode of re
lieving his sorely pressed and famishing for
ces. Atter brief consultation the 11th corps
and the 2d division (Geary's) of the 12th
corps—the last at Goary's earnest request—
were ordered to Bridgeport, and after a hur
ried preparation, crossed the Tenness, e on
pontoons at that point.
To make their movompnts perfectly intel
ligible, it will be necessary to mim4le with
the account a cursory view of the scene of
their operations on the South bank of the
Tenness'ee, where the enemy had destroyed
the railroads and bridges.
The road from Bridgeport to Chattanooga
after crossing the river, occasionally bugs
its banks and passes by Shell Mound and
through a series of low rolling hills, and then
enters the deep valley formed by Lookout
Mountain on the light and by Raccoon
Mountain on the left. The latter rising bold
and rugged from the river, is in one or two
places pierced with gloomy gorges and raises
its wooden heights almost to the level of its
more renowned neighbor, the Lookout,
which starting almostin the suburbs of Chat
tanooga towers abruptly into the very clouds
and stretches away diagonally' from the
river many miles to the Southwest. The
river here is exceedingly tortuous. Passing
the city, it stretches to the South, then
doubling back to the North, and then again
to the South, and then to the North once
more—it forms the long tongues or penin
sulas below the town—the first on the
northern side, looking into one another lake
cogs of a wheel. Opposite the town stretched
a pontoon bridge. The plan of the assem
bled Generals was to let a large force under
Hooker advance up the valley, while a.com
mensurate force from the town, under Gen.
Hagen, dropped the river in the pon-
toon boats to Brown's ferry, at the lower
bend of the first peninsula, whore they hoped
to surprise the enemy and effect a permanent
lodgement, and at the same time a junction
with the forces under Hooker, which wore
to leave Bridgeport the morning before and
penetrating Lookout valley, drive in the
scattered outposts of the Confederates, un
cover the gorge through the Raccoon moun
tain to the river at Kelly's Landing, to
which boats could then ascend from Bridge
port with supplies, And there fortify their
positions. This landing on the South side,
at the base of the lower peninsula, to which
I have alluded, to cut a road across this base
to where Hagen was expected to make a
foothold and then cross on pontoons to the
northern side and thence across the upper
tongue to the bridge at Chattanooga, would
give only six miles of land travel against
sixty miles over the worn out route on the
northern bank—as boats could transfer
everything from the railroad terminus at
Bridgeport to Kelly's Landing, which, us I
said, is only six miles from Chattanooga,
and just opposite and only two and a halt'
miles from where the Trenton branch join,
the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad,. in
Lookout valley, about five miles from' the
point that frowns over the city. This plan
seemed the only feasible ono for getting inp
mediate supplies to our army in Chattanooga.
Time was precious and Hope gambled with
Chance, while fate seemed to verge on Ruin.
On thh 23d of October, 1863, all being
ready, General Hooker crossed the river at
Bridgeport with the 11th corps under Gon.
Howard, and boldly pushed forward into
the.gloomy. recesses of Lookout Valley.—
This corps composed almost entirely of Ger
mane, was still suffering under the demon
alizations cif' Chaneelloreville,% 'and- only'
numbered about nine thousand men, but a-
bout four miles in the roar followed about
two thousand two hundred of the 2d division
of the 12th corps, a splendid body ijlf.yetor
ans, with bronzed faces and iron nerves,
under the immediate command of the in
domitablo Geary himself, proudly bearing
the "white star," destined to bwthe "star of
the oast," and of hope to the nation and to
the leaguered army ahead. So, eihausted
had become the means. of transportation at.
this time, that the quartermaster at Bridge
port could only fuinish Geary's whol'e
mand scime four mule teams, which, with a,
scout improvised, train, picked tip on. the
route from II ashyille, was' all the tomintind
had for their rations and munitions ,On this
expedition. , The positions ,of tho enemy
were unknown, to 'thorn. They' worn sup-
posed to'be in largo force at Trenton,' and
might come in on their roar, after they, had'
passed the junction, or doscondo on their
flanks from tho heights of Lookout; for• we
did not then knowithat this vias
arid Mabel moved with cautious stop, Hooker
and the 111 corps imincumbered and well
in the advance, and Geary with his bronzed
veterans guarding the trains, repairing tho'
WAY and, Snining on as fast,Ss. they coialst'
never in the history of, this, nor, indeed of
.
'aity..war, did there' hang , more Momentous,
events on the sticeoss of an onterpriSo:, 4 . The"
, failure of 440 of its payuf would involve thO''
failuro of the Wholo,,and the failure thO
w)iolo the loss of .Thomas's' array, and the,
loss of the latter the loss of . Tenneised and
ltentilOkh and with .them th 4 prpljabiOlota
of our .aittlie, with results before which the
heart aird imagination stand appalled.
Hagen vas successful, and not only surprised
,the enemy, but after routing him spanned
tho rivOr.mith his pontoons, and proeeded
to fortify his position, and established his
communications with General Hooker and
he 11th corps, which arrived in due time,
the onomy's outposts retiring before them.
The road from Chattanooga to Bridgeport
crosses the road that lends from the town to
the summit of Lookout, and then winding
round the point of the mountain close under
its frowning battlements, leads down into
the valley, and crossing the famous -Wan
hatehie creek by a bridge, follows the rail
road track on toward Bridgeport. Just be
low this bridge a fork from the road led off
to the left, up the valley to ,Brown's Ferry,
where Hagen had made his lodgment.—
Hooker, coming up the valley, followed this
road, and leaving the fork unguarded, en
camped about n mile from it, above and to
wards the river. Some three miles below
the bridge, as you come down, another road
sprang off at right angles and led down
through the gorge of Raccoon mountain to
Kelly's landing, and about three hundred
yards further down the railroad forked, the
left branch following the bend of Lookout
off to Trenton, and the right through the
appendages of Raccoon mountain off to
Bridgeport, some twenty miles distant.
As I said, Hooker's command, being un-
Imeumbored, he formed a junction before
dark and quietly went into camp. His in
structions to Geary were to move on as fast
as possible, and if he did not overtake the
11th corps to encamp at the fork that led off
to Kelly's Landing, unless night sooner
overtook him, and come onnext morning.
It so chanced that he reached the-Forks just
at dark, (but without knowing it,) and
made a hasty bivouac around sonic farm
houses in the margin of an old field on the
north of the road, while his wagons were
parked in a wood on his left, and his artil
lery, consisting of two sections of Knap's
Pennsylvania battery, was on a knoll in the
centre of his camp. Geary, ever vigilant,
knew he was in the face of an enterprising
foe, yet he hardly suspected that General
Hooker had uncovered and left unguarded
the road leading down to him from the sum-
mit f Lookout, but rather expected danger
from the rear on the Trenton side, and made
his dispositions accordingly. Sentries were
postiid and the men had their suppers, but
weary as they were, they seemed impressed
with souse great impending danger ; yet how
little did they realize its magnitude, or
earn of the mighty results that hung sus
pended in the gloom of that Autumn night!
It was a fitting time for the phantom of
'Ruin to battle with the exaltation of patri
otic resolution. These men were ordered to
sleep on their arms, and it was well they did,
for while Geary's hardy veterans were wend
ing their way up the valley, and while the
sun yet cast long shadows before them, ft
group of Confedorate.officors stood on ono of
the boldest projecting crags, hanging over
the valley nearly 3,000 feet below, watching
heir progress until the sun's last rays left
the castellated rocks around thorn, and tho
depths of the valley deepened into night.
Their petition commanded a bird's-eye view
of the whole length, and they saw at a glance
the fearful error of the 11th corps in passing
beyond and leaving unguarded the junction
of the road leading up to Brown's Ferry,
and around the point to the summit of
Lookout. They saw Hooker encamped
among the wooded knolls away above, and
Geary and his handful of mon far below, and
counting on the paucity of their numbers,
they reckoned it feasible to hero enter a
wedge, that would split the hopes of reliev
ing our army in twain, for what was easier
than to dispatch three strong Confederate
divisions of infantry to sweep down from
the summits where they lay, and while one
guarded tho bridge over the Wauhatchie
Creek, and another the forks of the road . ;
let the third press over, and by a night's at-
tack, m overwhelming numbers, crush Gea
ry's little isolated detachment of veterans,
while the division at the Forks kept all re
internments from Hooker from reaching
him ; then quickly retracing their steps,
form a junction with both the divisions at
the forks and the bridge, pushing up the
valley, fall on the S keleton 11th corps, and
by their numbers and the bayonet, annihi
late or drive it with Hagan's coin wand over
the pontoons at Brown's Ferry and thus
precipitate the retreat or surrender of
Thomas. That knot of officers thought the
plan both simple and easy, and we after
wards learned the knot was composed o
Generals Polk, Longstreet, Breckenridge,
Hood, Cheatham, and Claiborne, and num
bers of their respective staffs. They could
see that our united forces would hardly,roach
twelve : thousand --mon. Three well-tried
Clonfoderate divisions were promptly sot in
Motion. It was an hour T ,
pregnant with
danger to tho Union. Our cause with all
its hopes and aspirations for all time to
come, hung upon the vigilance and nerve
of a single man, and that -man was Geary,
Tho enemy knew the locality well, and
-Marched with stealthy tread. Longstreot
fSoi , T_L amid the clouds and chilling night
Winds high over head, anxiously listened for
the first fusilade of battle to reach him from
the abysmal darknOss ltoloiv. It was about
nine o'cloCk, when the hush of our camp was
startled by the,: report of Muskot.; from.pur
lino of sentinels, qiiickl'y 'foll'owed by others,
and the call of the long roll, and 'the hoarse
cry of " fall in "'broke the stillness of night;
'bitt our men,,lempoied by discipline and ex
perinnee,' wore soon in lino ready for tho
11:)0. It/ proved to be a faie:e alarin, and
ifivestigatiOn-roveale&tho'hOdy of a" donkey;
that brovied too near the sentinois and d_ is
'regarding their challenge, had paid f?r
Mmerity'viitli his nth; but lii words of
the old hymn we can truly, say _
Great God, 011 what a elendor thread -
Etornal marten hang."
:Oor, but for this incident, the. ,fate of 'the.
battle might have boon Vory,difforont, for, it
influenced,Geary, to take addition-al' Meas . .-
urea against 'Surprise, by strongt ing and,
*elstondfng , his brni of On tinels,, and tearing
down 'wine : log housin and fences his .
• ~f Sont, hiadWith thti Maierials•ccinstrOcti4
do hiirrickati at the toot otthO
knoll touoh
g on thO:,itiiii•oadmiid CaphafibniOrif,here
SOMOsi*'oei3fivoti - feet ml'et'retChng
aW,ay,fti r',6130 9 . to: it thO . *o r th:
whtti3iiiu right ;witiproteeted' by th©><ailrorid~
. • '
c'kl i t[it
our roar by a gulch and swamp, and our loft
rested on our little train ; our four Parrotts
being on the knoll in the centre of our camp.
The men were ordered to sleep on their arms
in ready line of battle, when the General ro-
tired to a tent that had been erected for
headquarter uses, just in the rear of the bar-
ricade on our left. It was now near cloven
o'clock, and all was once more still, when
we hoard a sentinel some distance in our
rear shout out " who comes there," followed
by the report of a musket, which was quickly
succeeded by a startling and most unearthly
yell—the Confederale battle cry—which
must. be heard under like circumstances to
fully realize its appalling discord. Without
artillery or cavalry, or even throwing out
skirmishers, they had stolen forward until
they felt our sentinels, and then rushed for
ward with their . demoniac yell in dense
quadruple lino of battle. Getting into the
open field in our front, and seeing some of
our camp fires yet burning on the rising
ground behind our breastworks, they panted
and poured in a volley, and then charged
tumultuously forward, fully expecting to
finish us at once by their numbers and cold
steel, and probably would have done so but
for an obstacle as little expected as the sunk-
en roadway at Waterloo by the French
cuirassiers. To our ]eft, and about midway
on the northern side of the field, commenced
a gully, which traversed it, parallel to our
front, and about sixty yards distant, and
passed under the railroad by a stone culvert.
The rains operating on the friatle soil had
worn it from seven to eight feet deep, and
there was nothing to mark its existence. On
they came. The hail of lead over and
around us was truly' , frightful ; but, deceived
by the glimmenng lights on the rising
ground behind our lines, their aim was gen
erally too high, but the White walls of the
General's tent were a conspicuous inark, and
quickly riddled into shreds, it became the
focus of death, and to remain nen r it was
suicide
Willi the first challenge of the sentinel,
Geary al rend booted aiel spurred, threw
himself into the saddle—for his horse was
ready hitched and at hand for the emergency
—and, with the only three of his staff pres
ent, rode up and down his lines, encouraging
his men with stentorian voice, heard even
above the din of battle, and ordering such
fresh dispositions as his cool and fertile brain
and the emergency of the moment required.
While his battle line replied to the enemy,
his reserves, laying down their arms, tore
down all the huts and fences within their
reach, and pressed every rail, log, rock and
chunk they could lay hand on into strength
ening and extending their breastworks.
His stalwart form towered above the lines
a conspicuous mark for the rebel rifles,
and both men and officers besought him to
dismout and not wantonly expose himself to
such inevitable peril; but his heroic reply
was, " Defeat is death to us all, and death
is preferable to defeat. The fate of our
country hangs upon our success to-night.
Never mind me, for 1 can work best in the
saddle. God is my shield; by his Grace we
will make a Titer or win the tight."
He continued to move amid the smoke and
uproar as imperturbable as an iron statue,
although the enemy's charge promised to be
irresistible and annihiliaion seemed inevita
ble, while despair alone gave us courage to
die with honor.
On came the enemy, mad with exeitemen
and the flush of anticipated victory, little
dreaming of the treacherous gully into which
they plunged and disappeared as if swallowed
by an earthquake. Whole ranks plunged
into the yawning wash, and those behind
pressed forward to a likedisastor. It was too
wide to leap, and, once in, too steep to crawl
out ; and amid the roar of conflict canto
curses, groans, and shouts from its muddy
depts. Geary prompt to take advantage of th is
bstaclo and diversion in his favor, iintnedi
ntely ordered his men to lay low and sight
along the surface of the ground and thus
keep the rebels imprisoned in the trap into
which they had so unexpectedly fallen, and
at the same time ordered his artillery to
shell the dense woods beyond the fields in
front, in which the enemy seemed massed in
great numbers, and as the shells were scream
ing and crashing through the tangled wood,
they became a fit bass to the rebel yells and
the patriot shouts, and the incessant rolling
musketry that reverberated against the rocky
heights on either side with prolhnged and
deafening roar and rumbled far away in
many an echo. The conflict was tierce and
determined, but the fatal gulch and the
sheeted flame of lire that leaped along our
line, carrying a storm of death over tlfe
brink, and the hoarse execution of our heavy
guns among their crowded ranks beyond,
was too much for oven Confederate enthusi
asm and desperation, and backward they
reeled, sullen and disordered; into the ob
scurity of the woods beyond leaving the
field strewn with their dead and wounded,
and hundreds of their comrades imprisoned
in the gully in front, who dared not raise
their heads for fear of the leaden hail that
swept just above its brink.
Their charge was ilveely niVe and
bravely repelled, but the confldenea \ of as
surance and their overwhelming 'Timbers,
added to the importance of success, made
them quickly rally their shattered columns
and make ready for a second assault. • Our
dead and wounded were speedily removed
to the roar,. where a farm - house was im
provised fur a hospital, our breastworks
were strengthsned. 'Troops were shifted and
every measure taken that could add, td our
hopes of defence. The 'interlude, of battle
hummed on the night air, but did not last
long, for pressing. Up dense masses of troops,
to thO very edge of the gulch, they poured'
in an incessant and deadly fire on our barri.
ondes while Strong columns deployed right
and left to turn Our • Wings, and, if possible,
"atidelt us in the flank. That on .our right
partly rushed along the railroad embank
ment and patlly to the right of it, while
that on the left crept . along thr?reargin of
the ,wood turning the head of ,thofataigully
and fooling their wUy,along the margin of
the sticnip, strioY us, "heavily on the left
wing and - stubbornly" forced:it back, inch. by
inch-iL turning as if, on a binge about one
third Of thdWttV , dowa ;the line, thus forcing •
us back 4a - back until` we were at; right
:angfeiStogur.original pOsitiOn,.and ourcon
4itioa' .91: hattio , being on throe sidOs% pf:a
square at oaoo..,,:thiS forcing of our
left wing ilionknon of our
TlittliTEC--$2,00 in Advance, or $2,50 within the year
defences in that direction, and swung it
around through our trains parked on that
side, and loft them entirely uncovered, and
outside of our line; and, strange to say, it
created a diversion in our favor. As soon
as our troops swung fairly clear of the
wagons, the rebels 'ceased firing and com-
menced plundering, thus giving our sorely
pressed veterans a chance to rally at the foot
of the knoll on that side. But still the fight
was fierce indeed, and along the front it
was one incessant sheet of angry lightning,
leaping up and down the lines and Hashing
on the midnight dnrkness with vivid and
constant play. Ag, in the artillery came in
need. it swept the railroad embankment
on our right and one gun hauled over the
grade by strength of hand enfiladed their
advancing ranks and mowed them don by
scores until baffled and bleeding thoY once
morwlled back on their re4erViCs in the
obscurtkof the wood ; when Getiiry seeing
our trsting.captured and our left sorely press-
ed, orclerofl our gotta to tiro canister and
percussion shells among the rebels, busily
employed in ravishing our trains on that
side, and at the short range of two hundred
yards they poured in their terrible death
dealing volleys, crashing amid the tangled
woods, wiil4;on wheels and beds, and plung-
ng animals, dealing death and destruction,
and quickly threw thorn into confusion,
rendering the ground they had taken un
tenable. Our lett wing being reinforced,
again pressed thorn back and driving them
wildly before them, capturing many pris
ers anion.; the wreck of the train, and
not only recovering their old line of breast
work, but actually advancing it (turning
forward on the same point it turned back-
ward) some thirty degrees, along which they
rew up rude defenses
This last assault was stubbornly and fu
riously made, and as desperately repulsed
as it was made. Yet, in spite of our de-
fences in spite of the natural strength of our
position and the immense advantage of our
artillery we had suffered seiierely, and our
ammunitiLn was running low, and we could
plainly hear their hoarse, ominous cry "to
pick °tithe d—d artillery men," and fear
fully was it obeyed, for a concentrated 01
fire of full five thousand muskets belched
their deadly consuming fire around the cone
of that devoted knoll, where the brave gun
ners and their artillery horses were lined
against the dark sky beyond. It was a
whirlwind of death, cutting down and rid
ding everything before it, and in less time
than I have taken to describe it, killed the
brave Captain Atwell and the brave and
chivalric Lieutenant Edward Geary, the
only two officers present, with twenty-five
of their tuen, ttnd killing and disabling forty
five out of forty-eight of their horses tether
ed in the neighborhood. It was the incar
nation of slaughter, but the only wonder
was that they hod not done it eooner.
was a tearful hour. Our h 11.11:4 almos
stood still. Where was Hooker? did he no
ear the roar of battle 7 Sorely lie mo:4
ear ,its echoes and come to our relief. I
was a terrible moment; but the indomita
We Geary was equal to the issue. Ile
stood like some stoic, of old , unmoved amid
the wreck around him. Assailed iiy six
times his force; cut off from succor ; in the
midst of an unknown country ; his amuni
tion almost exhausted; one fourth of his
command sweltering in death around him ;
all his staff killed or wounded, and his he
roic son, his first born, the embodiment of
every noble virtue and manly promise, a
mangled corpse near by ; yet calm and un
dismayed he still rode unscathed along his
weakened lines, encouraging, and ordering,
and firing his men with his own indomita
ble pluck and resolution to stand to the last
extremity.
But why attempt this midnight scene, its
horrors and its mighty issue? It would re
quire the pen of a Scott, a Napier or a o llugo
to do it justice; to portray the deadly 'strug
gle through the long hours of thet autumn
night, when a nation's life hung in the bal
ance, while a nation slept unmindful of the
fact. ' To give the just weed of praise to
the brave on' :ers and men that there bled
or. maufutly battled until the grey of town ;
to he I how charge after charge was repulsed
until our ammunition was exhausted ; when
we replenished from our dead, wounded
and prisoners; how we watched hour af. er
hour for the relief that cattle not, until the
the last cartridge was exhausted, we fixed
bayonets to sell the last issue with cold
steel, and how the enemy baffled and foiled
and kept at bay through the night had all
his plans disarranged and so lost the prize
for which he made his swoop—for the stub
born, prolonged and unheard of resistance
of Geary defeated his plans and saved the
11th corps from the combined assault in
tended—and how after hours ajid hours of
dreadful struggle the enemy hastily retreat
ed just before day, leavirg over a thousand
killed and wounded, besides tunny hundred
prisoners in our hands ; and how, just after
day, Generals Grant and Thomas, from
Chattanooga, and Hooker and lloward, from
Brown's Ferry came on thd battlefield and
congratulated Gen. Geary on his glorious
and. unparalleled victory, as he sat under
the shade of a tree begrimed with the stout
of battle; how great was their surprise
when they found:that he had fought it sin
gle-handed and alone, they supposed Gen.
Shultz bad been dispatched with a division
to his aid as soon as the first echo of the
fight was head the night before. Yes, -all
this would require greater space and ability
'than I can command, for I have not time to
'condense this article into its proper limits,
for each moment as I write some new inci
dent rushes on the mind and clamors for,
utterance. Nor can I relate the fortitude
with which Geary bore up under the loss
'of his noble sou, or'the sincere condolence
of his , Superiors as tendered him' on that
eventful mOrnlng,''or of the frank and
quont tributtisAidid - then, and afterwards,
by both - Grant and hooker,' in which they
freely acknowledged him to be the savior of
our army, and with it, of the mighty
isttes , hanging 'thereon ; nor mention with
• just 'Fr . aise, the yeroic and patriotic 'names
that Vcire apart' in that. night; but,"suffiten:
it to say, that Gesry'estubhorn and prolong-'
ed resiiitariance consumed the , night, hurled'
back the rebels, 'hafted and bleedibg, and
ditto spied nnfrorn untold disaster, for all Of
hOrdeserves•not only enduring fame,,
but the heinnit; gratitude of every patriti(in
the 'land; instead as iti the auheeinent;
battle cc4,o,liout, being sworn of his just
renown and assailed with political slander,
or overslaughed by others, who played an
inferior part in the dreadful fray, for the
writer stood by . his side inboth of tinge
fearful conflicts, and in the last as well as
in the first, can testify that on both occa
sions our success was Wholly owing to the
genius of his brain, and the.dauntless nerve
of his single heart. Ile alone carried out ,
the assault on Lookout, and was the senior
officer and alone on the mountain until the
day was won But he is as brave as he is
modest, and suffers upstarts, who were' not
even under.fire on those occassions, to rot,
him of his just mood of praise.
1 have not seen General Geary since ho
started with Sherman on his famous "march
to the sea," and may never see or commu-N
nicate with him again, but I cannot be still
and see him unjus , ly assailed. Therefore I
beg you will give this a place in your col
umns, for, God knows, he is entitled to all
the' praise and place you can possibly give
him. r.
NO, 36
As the Democratic organs throughout the
country are laboring to create the impress
ion that some vast piece of mischief was
wrought by Congress at its late session, we
wish to put on record in brief what it really
did.
This Republican Congress reduced the do
mestic taxes to the extent of seventy-flue
millions of dollars per annum.
It provides for the gradual reduction of
the great volume of paper currency at a
certain fixed rata, so that financiers and
business men niiglitAcnow how to calculate
the future and be relieved of all danger of a
commercial crash on account of the cur-
WM
It provided for the protection of the rev
enue from foreign imports, by more stringent
enactments to guard against systematic un
dervaluation, through which the Treasury
has 'been defrauded of countless millions of
dollars.
It secures equality before the law to
all the citizens of the United States, of every
rave and color, under the protection of the
National Governntwit, and made every na
tive horn adult a citizen.
It furnished ample protection for the
reedmen against their late master and hilt ,
issociates in the enjoyment of all their
ME
It secured a homestead to all settlers on
the public lands in the Gulf States under
the national laws, and so provided for the
pour whites and blacks of the Smith a future
of their own, better than any they could
have otherwise hoped for,
It reduced the number of Supreme Court
judges by grad 0l process.
It secured the election of United States
Senators against the future actions of fac
tious min ri ties.
It admitted the reconstructed State of
Tennessee under the circumstances which
point out the way in which other recon
structed States may return to their old places
in Congress.
t reconstructed the standing army to not
more than fifty thousand men, against tho
urgent appeals of all who wanted a force of
one hundred and seventy-seven thousand.
Doubtldss it has done some things which
might judiciously have been left alone, for
all Congresses do that ; but for what is stat
ed above it, deserves and will receive the
thanks of all rightminded
A colored man entered a church in Col
umbia, South Carolina, recently, and finding
the colo-ed gallery full, took. a seat among
the white Christians of the place. Of course
the reader supposes lie was immediately
turned out by the usher. No such thing.—
Thu reconstructed rebel Christians of South
Carolina are not so reconstructed as that
yet. But these worshippers of the Prince
of Peace had a much more effectual way
than that of getting rid of the "nigger."
One of the worshippers quietly rose from hip
knees, breaking, off, no doubt, a penitent
petition for the gracious favor and tender
pity Of Him who is all mercy, tipors.human
sin, softly approached the dark skin ed fel
low-sinner, with Christian charity produced
a religious revolver from his pocket, cocked
it with a Sabbath day soleninity,`aimed de
vout y at the woolly head bowed in prayer,
and in a spirit of holy brotherly love, tired
and scattered the brains of the intruder over
the neighboring pews! The ushers carried
out the corpse, and for aught we know, the
services proceeded with undiminished ser
enity', sending up to heaven the sweet incense
of worsrtip trout humble, loving and devout
souls.
Gen. Howard, of the freedman's bureau,
being a Puritanic, psalm singin , New
England Christian, dues nut deem this sort
of religious sacrifice precisely the thing ;
hence, in spite of the constitutional right of
all persons (even South Carolina church
members) to worship God according to the
dictates of their own consciences, h • has in
terfered, and ordered a delegation of fanat
ical Northern array officers to investigate
the matter and arrest the Southern wor
shippers, or such of them as can be proven
guilty, for murder.—Detroit Pont.
Of course we shall shortly hear a bitter
howl from Columbia, echoed approvingly
by our Pennsylvania organs. about Yankee
interference with religious freedom.
A BarAou OF PROMISE CASE —A ,oung
follow named IL W. Undine, living in La-
Crosse, Vis., recently sued a young lady
who jilted hi.n, for the cost of presents
made her. His bill was ns follows: One
gold ring, $5 00 ; one fancy frn, 3 00 ; one
box confectionary, 2 50. Total. $l3 50. Ex
judge Cameron appeared for Undino, and
"Brick" Pomeroy for the girl. Under the
instructions of "Brick" the following coun
ter-bill was' presented ; To kerosene oil 7
months, $3 00 ; to rent the parlor for spark
ing, $lO 50; to confectionary eaten by Un
dine, •$0 25. Total $l3 75. An amusing
trial followed, and resulted in a verdict a
gainst Undino of turtty-five cents and costs
of the suit.
Tux Atigusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist dfs-'
courses-most irreverently on the clap-trap
and deception of the Philadelphia Conven
tion. It compares the coalition Iptween
rebels and northern sympathisers for
plunder to Artonnus Ward's account of why.
ho loved Betsy. In 'its article It quotes
Ward as applicable to the ease, thus—
" Thar was"—say the greet Arte Mus
his account of that episode,' his wooing—
" Char was alfectin tics that made me hanker
artor Betsy. ller fathoes farm fined oer'n;
their cows and.Our'n squenched their thirst
at the same spring, our old murex both -.bed
stars in, their forreds. The measles broke
ont in, both families at nearly ~A.lie,tatne:
Period. ,Our parents (Betsy's and mine).
sldptbevery' Sundey , in the same Meeting,
botisd; - 'and nabers -used to Obserye..' how
thick' the Wards &,Peasle's air!'." ,
To the History -of Perfumes, published
some time ago in England, may be added
the appendix that Phalon's
ingeernie has attained a sale 04*its
never before reached by any eitrn4 for tbe
handkerchief, in any of, 'the civilized
world. Sold avoiralan.a:
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