Tlio flnniing population of Now Vora
city, according to an accurate estimate,
U 4)0,0U0.
Tlioro 1110 moro limn twenty boys
titular eighteen yenrs of nge In tlto
Hi ti inli in in y who have won I ho Vic
(ui In cross f r bravery.
A nil example of thn amount of
gold In tho world, tho mines of Uovt
Zeiiluud lmvo alone produced f2.')0,
000,000 worth of tlio precious itiotnl.
Maine Inn n forelgu-horn popnhi
lion of 78,001 nml n colored poptila
lion of lfriU. Of it tot ui population
0:12,690 tiro iimtc nml il'.'V9'' bio fo
maluK. The extent of tho iiiiinlgnilion of
t'nnnilliiin into tlio I'nliril State it
indicated by tho fact Unit in Now
I'.nglnud iilono thero ore 'i'') French
Ciinnilinii societies, with a membership
of 40,000.
Al llto present limo nbont 100 out
of every 1000 men In tho I'mled
Stale who lmvo reached tho nge of
thirty yeno mo unniiirricil, and tho
Rrnoklyii Cnlpn think Hint the pro
portion of tho mimurrlcit Is still In
creasing. Tho peiscvernnco which compter
all things, observes tlio New Ynrk
Time, hn recently made for iNolf i
shining mark in tlio case of two New
York men who, nftor year of toil and
Imly, have invottleil for uso In liolh
arm of tlio lioverniiiciit sorvico n
f iino Hint high ulllohil authorities have
pronounced superior to anything of
itf kind now In use.
Wheat-growers In Kugliind, like
those in thin country, have Hull rod,
declares tlio Huston Cultivator, from
low prices. Tlio unit of an ncie of
svhont tn Hint country is very ncnrly
$10, which I very near tho soiling
product of nn nvorngo crop nt avornsxo
price. Tlio riso in prico hm lod to
Inrgor now leg of wheat, but not
enough larger to miiko a vory large
incronso of tlio product.
Soino time since It was rcportoil
that a blacksmith of Levis, Cuuiidii,
hail rediscovered tlio method of tern
poring copper, onoo in uo but lost, ao
that it ould bo used for many pur.
poses for which steel ulono Is generally
doomed available. Now, stales th
.Brooklyn Citizen, it is reported that
tho samo man, Atlnrd by naino, hat
discovered ii iiiothod by which nliimi
limn can be t uipeicd so Hint It is
actunlly ns Ii (1 ii Htool, The tott win
mado at l ho mpiest of u Now York
(Inn, nml Abbo Lniluniinc, tho aciontisl
of tho Luvcl University of (Juubcc,hn
given Allard a certificate Indorsing hit
discovery.
Tlio Now Y'ork Tiniot says: Amor
lean lmvo recently had audi convlnc
itig proofs of tlio deep-rooted nnd
widespread growth in Italy of iiuirdor
ou associations liko iho Cuinorra and
Mafia u to bo woll prepared for the
official atatouiont that tho average
numbor of porsons oindemned yearly
for voluntary liomiclda I fourtcon
times more than In England nnd twen
ty I linos more than in Switzarluud.
Tho authorities glvo atntistics of 2 1,600
persona murdered In Italy botweou the
yen is 1882 nnd 1880. These stnlo
niouls and other huvo inducod a spurt
of feverish activity on tho part of the
military poiico authorities; bat a good
deal more yitomatio and continuous
energy need be shown In Italy before
the country can be purged of the mon
ace Indicated by this criminal revival.
Those persons who think that ex
travagance, like charity, should begin
at homo, wilt dorive much satisfaction,
bollcvoi the Now York Times, from
tho theory advanced by Henry Clews,
the famous Wall atroet speculator,
(bat the cholera acare may yet be
worth a groat many millions of dollars
to this country. "Asialio cholera is
disoaso naturally foreign to our coun
try," said Mr. Clews to the writer.
"It is epldomlu ouly in foreign lands.
The recent cliolora scare is therefore
. likely to impel people on this side
of tho Atlantic to forego thoir anuual
foreign traveling and sight-seeing and
-do'thciiown country instead of under
taking i lie dangerous tour of Europe.
If Americans can be made to realize
. that to leave tbeir own country Is to
incur the danger of getting cholera
bacilli Into their systems, the afore
said cholera scare will bare sorved a
good purpose and be a groat gain to
this country. 1 do not hesitate to say
that the army of American travelers
abroad each year spends at least $100,
000,000. If this amount can be eul
down one-half that sum, which should
be doue to restrain our national ex.
travaganoe within the bounds of reason-Immense
advantages would so
rue." '
roHiiuif tun II nr.
Sunset ami evening star,
A il ous clear nail fur me!
And may there lis nn moaning of thenar,
When I put out to ie.
Dot such a tide as moving seems asieep,
Too full for sound and fosin,
When that which drew from out till bound
Irss deep,
Turns again homo.
Twilight and evening bolt,
And after that the 'lurk!
And may there lie no sjdness of firew-ll
When I embark i
'or tho' from out our bourne of Time and
l'iai-e
The flood ma- liear me fir,
t hope to see my Pilot face to fi'-o
When I have crosl the bar.
Lord Tennyson.
A WAR STORY.
rout nv an i.x-roNi ..ti:it,Tr..
It wna about 10 o'clock nt night and
tho Federals under (ion. Iliiotor wero
lying In front of Lynchburg. Why
thoy did not eiilcr wo did not know
nnd never learned, but they must hnve
overestimated thothiu lino of Confed
eral o defender', u tbey hoiitatcd to
ndvnuco. Ho that a it tiuy, tlioy
could easily lmvo walked over us that
night, for we had but a few hundred
hungry, tired and wovu-out Confeder
ates to bnr (heir advance. Condition
changed, however, before morning.
About 10 o'clock that night I was on
picket, postod behind a hillock, from
which I could sao tlio Yankee picket
about 200 yards away, dust behind
me thoro was a thicket of underbrush
or low btndiua, following tlio low
rnvino along the foot of tlio hill.
I had kept a suspicious eyo on Hint
long cHltei lug lino of underbrush for
over nu hour, fur I knew Unit It lod
mound I io little hill and out in front
of tha Federals, and thought how
easily the Yankees could creep up and
around In our rear If they ouly knew
of It. About ton o'clock I ho if J soma
ono milking his way through the brush,
coming In my direction. Whoever
ho was ho did not try to conceal Ins
advance, but emtio along stumbling
and crushing through tho I rush, mut
tering and grumbling as though ho
was considerably out of humor over
something.
Tlio nature of his advance relieved
mo of any aim in 1 iniglu otherwise
liavo fell. liutHslkuuw that no oun
had any business trumping and crush
lug about In tho brush nml
milking nolso enough to attract
Hie attention of the enemy, I fell back
a fow paces and wuitud until the fel
low struck tho liillo opening llfiecn or
twenty f.-ct nway. Instead of n
drunken Confederate, which I morn
than half expected to see, a blue-coated
Yunkuo kicked his way through tho
last brush mid came to a halt n-t If he
had been allot at ilio command, "Haiti
Throw down Hint gun!"
"Woll, Ml bo bleed if you ain't u
rebel I"
"Yes, and you are a Yankee. S ep
out and hold up your hands." II.)
had dropped ills gun, and when I suw
Hint ho hud no other nrius I told him
to sli down on tho grass. Thn fol
low' surprise nnd astouishmuut was
too clearly apparent for a mistake,
but I concluded to question him. and
asked: "How did you gel iu here and
what were you afier?"
"After! what do you 'spose a fel
low'd be ufier who hasn't had any
thing to eat for two days?"
"You ilidu'i expect to got a luuch
down on Kcd How over thoro, In
Lynchburg, did you?''
"Not by a big sight ; I didn't know
I was otttsldo of our lines, but then I
must huve been so I ungry that I
didn't notice, and I expect our pickets
are too blamed hungry to keop a sharp
lookout, and so lhoy didn't sco rno.
Don't soo how I got in here. Siyl
sure you're a reb'r"'
I told him tlioro was no doubt on
that score, anyhow, and that our fel
low hud not been in danger of foun
dering from a superabundance of
good things, or very ordinary, com
mon, cvory-day sort of food either for
months, but a I had a pretty good
chunk of cornbreud in my havorsnck,
I would divide.
"Sit where you are and help your
self," said I, as I pitched the grub
sack down beaide him. It does me
good today to shut my eyes aud soe
that little white-headed Yankee eat.
It did me so much good cveu thou that
t stood and looked down ou him us ho
rammed a haudf ul of coarse oorubrend
Into his mouth, then turned up his
santeen aod filled up tho lulerstices
with water an J wound np by gulping
down the mass as quick fy as muscles
stid ravenous energy could perform
that function. I kept on looking and
tho Yankee kept on eating until the
confounded fellow had sate u his share
ud mine, too. "Well, I'll be
banged" I was bsglunlag in eonster-
nation (ami 1 was about to tlntsti ty
swearing a little, I'm afraid, as I think
over it at this lute day), when my
prisoner seotnod also suddenly struck
with the knowledge of having Imposed
upon my hospitality, for ns soon ns ho
could gulp down tho last mouthful lie
sild, "lllaiuo my buttons, Johnny, if
I hain't eat tip the lot. I'm sorry,
but I was so hungry I didn't know"
Then we lookod at cncli other and
the whole nlT.ilr struck us ao ludlernti.
Hint wo both burst into a hearty laugh-
I ait down ami laughed until tho tour
ran down my cheek", and that Yunkeo
rolled over and laughed nnd made such
a racket that I was afraid some of tho
pickets In front of us would open fire,
but they didn't.
Whilo wo were still laughing tho
relief etitno, aud tho ofllcer in com
mand said to me:
"Where did you get that follow?'1
Tim follow' good nature and his
enjoyment of Hie Joke (an unconscious
one, of course) was so groat that I do-
tormincd, on the Impulse of the mo
ment, to get better acquainted with
dm boforn turning him ovor n a
priaonor, If possible, nnd when I re
ported to my superior I added that tho
prisoner cuiiio from Ohio, not a great
distniica from inr old home Iu West
Virginia, and Hint I would Ilko to
have a talk with him. In explana
tion I will any that tho prisoner had
told me that ho belonged to niinllinr
regiment. Of course, under ordinary
circumstances, such a thing would
have been Impossible, but just ne our
lino was fllingiiito town tho whistle
of locomotives and rutllo of drums
announced the arrival of re-enforce-meiits,
nud whilo tho attention of Hie
sqund was attracted I midgod my pris
oner and slipped Into camp with him
without attracting attontiou.
Lying under a dog tout we talked
for several hour. I told him whero
( enmo from, und found that lie had
actually been burn nnd rained not
thirty miles distant from my old home,
although In a diQ'oreul Mule. Ho
knew many of my acquaintances, nnd
I lind known many pooplo witii whom
he hud been familiar. Any ono listen
ing to us would luivo thought wo
were old acquaintances and old
f i lends, and wo cor Ui illy becumo
friends, if not old onos, Uiat night.
My Yankee friend began to show n
great deal of uneasiness ho fore a great
while, and I soon learned that ho had
it lerrible dread of being sunt to Lib
by, but us I had aucceoded thus far iu
running tilings to suit myself, I told
1 1 1 m not to bo uneasy, but to lio still
u n i i I I came buck.
Fir-t I mado him take oil' Ids blouso
and his cap, and llmso I rolled up and
carried out of the tout under my arm.
Iu tit'teen ininif.es I had exchanged tho
bluu j ickel anil cap for the gray jacket
and gray slouch hut of a Con federate
its owner was asleep. From another
sleeping soldier I borrowed u big
chunk of cornliread. Returning lo
Hie tent I told my prtsouor to put on
tho j icot and hat a mighiy risky
business for boiit of us ami then led
him down over tho hill, keeping In tho
dark, uuiil we struck the sumo ravine
where I hud captured him, but at u
poi.it 10U feel distant from the picket.
After guiding him to the opening be
tween tho hills, I pointed out tho di
rection of tho camp of his friends, and
ufter telling him that tlioy had proba
bly rotrouted (which I learned aftert
ward was a fact), I told him to keop
on going, as our fallow would make
things lively thai morning. We then
shook bund nml pnrtod.
rive years ago, wntie sitting tu a
big country store iu Ohio with about a
ilnzon ex-Union soldiers, swapping
war -lories, I told of the foivgolng oc
currence. When I got up the next
morning n half dozen horsemen had
Just arrived, and nt their head was
mhhllc-iigod goullumnu whose air and
carriage boiokened prosperity aud
happiness. Ho sprang from Ids bono
aud walked almost ran lo tho porch
of the hotel where I was standing.
seized me by both. shoulders with a
p.ilr of trembling lunula, looked ino iu
the eyos a moment, a if In doubt, and
then uctuully hugged me as the tears
rnn down his checks. "God bless you,
Johnny. I have always hoped, but
never expected to see you again. Get
your things and como along," aud,
actually, before I could reouver my
senses or catch the first glimpse of tho
meanlug of the strange scene, I was
seated on a horse in the midst of the
crowd and ou my way somewhere be
fore I found out that the gentleman
who had met mo so affootlonately was
my quondam prisoner.
What a talk we had, and how many
questions each of us asked I cannot now
tell, but they covered the lupse of the
years botween the time when the bul
lets sung requiems and tho shell and
shrapnel shrieked, dowu over decades
of peso aud prosperity. Our ride
Mded In front of a fine, large two-
story brick country residence, nbont
which everything indicated the in-
telllgent cultivated laato of Its own-
or. An old but swoct-faccd and
liandsomo lady stood at the slop .top of
tho vcriiiidn, nnd m my conductor led
up lo her and said: "It is lie, I
mother." she placed her arms around
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my neck and kissed me, ami whin
Hie tenr fell from her eyes, slio snid:
"(oil bloss you, my sou; may Ho al
ways prosper you."
1 did not gal nway Hint day, nor tin
next, and when 1 did leave on tin
third day, forced by pressure of busi
ness, I lefl behind mo friemts whom
it is ono of Hie greaiost pleasure ol
my life lo visit. rT. Honk, In New
York Hun.
People Who Lire l.niur.
"What occupation tends most tt
prolong life ?" naked n reporter of tin
thief mn lieiiiatictin for uno of thf
great lifu Insurance companies.
'That la a ilifllcult question," ho ro-
plied. "I can only answor it by ro-
feriilll III thn ncr.ll ml Inn, nt rtnl'lftnl
whoso Uvea tiro and have been Insured !
by us. Inasmuch as they nttmboi
sevoral hundreds of thousands the
will ii II ord a pretty good basis from
which to draw conclusions on tho sub
ject. According lo this ovldouco II
apponr Hint commercial travelers and
ugouts livo longer than men In any
oilier kind of business, notwithstand
ing I ho hazards which attend trans
portation by rail nnd water. Next to
them come dontisls. teacher nnd pro
fessors, Including tuiisio toucher."
"And who nfter them?"
"Next lo Ihcm in longevity are lint-
tors, clergymen and missionaries. Thf
lust may occasionally furnish food foi
tho larder of untutored savngos, but
lhoy n ro a (lrslclnss risk nevoi tholes
Next como bankers aud capitalists,
who seem to livo ust a trifle longoi
than butchers nnd murkctiucii. Law
yers mid Jowolors follow, and tlioy arc
Rilccceded ou Hie list by morchnuts, pod.
dlers, milkmen nnd pawnbroker.
Thou como gurdoner, laborers, civil
engineers and canvasser. I'erhapi
the treatment which canvassers er
upt lo receive in tlio ordinary course
of thoir business shorlen their live.'
"Whoro do newspaper men come
In?"
Oli, they don't live so long as any
of tho people I lmvo mentioned. Kveu
bookkeepers und bank cashiers, ni
well us artist ami nicliilools, arc
ahead of them. Thor como In nrol
wit'i tlio printers, physicians, aud
gentlemen who aro not engaged in
any uclivo employment. Then follow
the apothecaries and photographers,
and tlio m iu order baker, clgarmak
cr, real ostaln ngcnlx, army officer!
nnd soldiers, liquor dcu'ors, mariner)
and naval olllcor. Shortest lived ol
ill seem to bo tho auctioneer, board-
iiighousti keepers, barbers uud diiv
urs. '
'Do you take into consideration the
que ion of a customer's occupation ir
granting a policy?"
Not unless it Is more hazardon
than any of those I have mentioned,
though if he were iu doubt about ac
cepting the man as a risk for other
reasons, such a poiut might turn the
scale." Washington Star.
A Tender Hearted Dog.
A sick dog took up Its abode In the
Hold behind our house, relates a cor
respondent, and after seeing the poot
ihing lying there for some time, I
look it food and milk and water. The
tioxt day it was stiii there, and when
I was going out to feed it, I saw that
a small pug was running about It, so
I took a whip out with me to drive il
away. Tho pug planted itself between
me and the sick dog, mid barked at me
sivagely, but ut last I drove It away,
and again gave food and milk aud
water to my protege. The littto pug
watched mo jor a tew moments, and
a soon ua he felt qullo assured thai
my iiitenticii towurd tho sick dog
wore friuudly, it ran lo me wagging
Us tail, loaped up to my shoulder, and
licked my faco und bauds, uor would
It touch the water till the Invalid had
had all it wanted. I suppose that it
was satistiod that its compauion was
Iu good hand, for It trotted happily
away, and did not appear upon the
scene again. London Spectator.
Rebuking a Tenor.
A tenor iu a Brooklyn church often
endeavored to cause fuw Iu the choir
by making a roll faces at the other
singers. There was out momber of
the congregatiou who considered bis
levity Idiotic In the collection bas.
ket he dropped a paper containing
these words: "To the Fuslor: The
services would be much more interest,
lug if you could persuade your tenor
to act more like aluan, aud less like a
monkey." The pastor banded the slip
to tha tenor, aud since then, daring
ssrvioe, his faos ha been as grave ss
that of high-priced sexton.
OK THE HOUSEWIFE.
rr, hikpaiik sorsn.
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ll(W ,nl0 brna for
ff . . lhm
A, . . f . , ... .
k , f , , , ,
'
s Jar aud sprinkle with a littlo salt.
Prepare enough vinegar to covor
ihcm, add wholo cloves and stick cln
nnmoii, heat bulling hot nnd pour over
Hi- souse. Iu two days they Will be
ready for use. Cover closely, New
York Observer.
what I't't.i.f.ti litir.Ati is.
Pulled bread Is considered better
than cracker for tho cheese course in
a dinner or luncheon. I'll I a loaf of
light, flaky bread--baker's when con
venient, and let It heat through in a
moderate ovou. It will tako about
twenty-live iniiiuto for this. Take
from Hm oven nnd with n fork tear
tho soft part Into thin, ragged pieces.
Spread tlicso In a pan ami put them in
B 1,01 "vu" to ,,row"-
It will lukc
nbont II f teen minutes to make them
drown nnd crisp. Servo at once on s
napkin. Now York World.
"JOIINST CAKK."
'Johnny cako"l agood old fashioned
Southern breakfast dish which is not
as universally known ns it deserves to
be, although most of ns remember to
have had a decided woukno-s for It in
our childhood. Hero I an excellent
reclpo for its manufacture; Scald
white Indian moid which has been
sifted, stir it thoroughly, ndd a little
salt nnd cold milk lo make it thin
enough to turn into a baking tin,
which must bo greased to prevent it
from slicking. Make It one inch thick
iu tho pun nml buko in a quick oven.
It will tnko iibout twenty minutes to
cook. Now York Tribune.
AN ANM.K COMPOTK.
Wasli nnd wlpo some llne-flavored
apples (not swcni). (J oe iliein with
au nppln-coror, being careful not to
Icavo In any of ilu hulls, which some
times ponetrulo fur into the fruit;
then pure iliein evenly, so that they
will bo smooth and of good shape.
Iloil gently in water, enough to Just
roucb tho tops, with u squuro Inch or
two of thin lemon-peel, s teiispoonful
of sugar bolng added for each apple.
Cook until they aro soft, but not
broken; they will need careful watch
ing towurd the last, lost tlioy go to
pieces; when dono lift them out into
a glass dish. Tho amount of water
mod will depond upon the number of
apples, but whnlover Is used, boil II
unlit it is reduced one-half. Fill the
holos with appio, grnpo or any bright
colored Jolly, nnd when tho syrup is
cool pour It ovor. When tho applet
are thoroughly cookod, without break
ing, they make a pretty dislu New
York Journal.
HOISKIIOI.H HINTS,
Kmory powder will remove ordinary
ilaius from ivory knife bandies.
Lay a piece of charcoal upon a burn,
icavo it there one hour, und tho burn
will be healod.
Old kid gloves cut up in'o flue pieces
ire rcgardod as particularly soft aud
lurablo cushion stuffing.
Crude oil is excellent to wipe wood
work and furniture with, according
to a naintor. Wine off with a cleau
:loth.
When washing red table-cloths and
aapkins put a little borax iu the wa
ter. They will cleau easily, aud will
not fade.
A pinch of salt in the whites of eggs
is you are sotting thorn In the icebox
to cool before beating add to the ea
ind success of that operatiou.
To ' keep bread jar and cske box
iweet rinse after washing with boiling
water in which ha been dissolved a
little soda. Itluse, wipe and set them
jut iu the suu a few hours.
A good wsy to keep a knife per
fectly sharp is to use a "rifle," such as
farmers sharpen their scythes upon.
K few turns on this will give au edge
that will cut through anything.
Salt, for table use, should have
nixed with it a small quantity of com
starch before putting it iuto either sail
oiler or salt shaker. This will pre.
rent the teudeucy to form solid
amps.
A little care, to straighten out the
items and leaves in a bouquet, and to
take out the withered and straggling
parts, will improve it so much that
ne realizis that ovou flowers are
iuintier for dainty handling.
The total acreage of Sootlaud is
18,946,691. Of this comparatively
iinall landed area one nobleman own
1,336,000 acre and Ids wife 119,879
voree mora.
SOLDIERS' COLUMN
IBS SECOND CORPS.
A Comral T-lls of loni of tha iotorlaa
Th-r Won After Hanoock Lefl Thsm.
THE Seeond
Corps, under Hie
eommaii'l or the
Intrepid Warren,
on the lh of
October. I W.6'1--fiin-ht
and ouk
seneraled both
Ka-ell's and Hill
Corps. Oivliis
Kwell a rib-roast-
erat Auburn, it
marrliel rapidly
to llristoe station
where Hill's
i,'o-is had occupi
ed Its lire of letreat. and which, although
in line of battle lie 'lid not even hesitate to V.
attnek, although xrHitly outnumbered. It
was a small battle but a (treat victory, the
Hecord Corps s l'lini? to it trophies 4V)
prisoners, two battletlags and five pieces of
artlllerv.
The driving of Kill's Corps through the
thickets of the Wilil-rnes for a mile and s
hslfon the 0th of May 1U, and holding
both IonKstreet's and Hill's Corps from
doubting up the left of tho army, may nol
ba considered a victory, but it kept 4
from repeating Cliancelloraville; and on the
7th he was SM to hide his army behind
breastwork. Wa will add here that the
arrival of I-ongstreot on the field Just In
the nick of time prevented the Hecond
Corps from achieving the greatest victory
during its organization.
It was on the right nt Rpottsylvania on
the 10th o.' Mny. Iit, that the corps lost it
first gun. It was nbandoned in the wools
because of ruris-t ay horses, who wedged it
between trees, where it could not lie entries-
ted. The writer stood clone tweid It; it waa
silent, hut, oh' how I wished it could jeak
lli fore leaving I fired, at a rest, on the lift
wheel it the r'-lx-l color bearer just opposite.
This was not a viitoiy, Mr. Hull, neilhor si.
was it n defent, ns our brigade had Imper- (
attve order to withdraw, and which bad.
to he repeated several times before tho men
fell bark.
Tno dsvs later the Serond Corps scored
another triumph. I refer. Mr. Hull, to tha
records of the bs'tle of Hpotl-ylvania Court
houe and the morning that Hancock sent
Ilia famous dispatch: " I have dentinl out
i hsrly and am now g iing Into r.we:i ootn
I cfitninsti Itr. o rend mfantri' cnrrs The
' nt proc-eds of this i0 hours' battle of the
.l-roii'l i nrpi at tn now inmous angle is,
according lo history. 4.000 prisoners, th
enemy's tori i tie I line, an abundance of dead
t .'iinfe lerntes. Hi cannon, Bil l SO rebel bat
tlettas. This may not be much of a victory
in the eves of Mr. Hull, but to the tank ami
tile of the Second ' orps it smed and wa
a great success. To the ( on federates it gava
tlicm lo understand tnt.t although thef
might build earthworks to tbe.kies. tha
Ya:ike soldier was at anytime liable to
climb over them and bayonet the strongest
berore breakfast.
It -eems strange that men who. like Mr.
Hull, elnim to be ronvr-ant with war his
tory should have the audacity to assert thai
theHerond Corps was c'-iiinntly knocked 4
out after Hancock'a departure.
Tub fuc'a air. and every soldier of the
Second Corps will ht-ar ine nut in it, as well
as otMcial records and history, that the
Second Corps, under lien. Humphreys. in
the final campaign of loi did not lose a
single battie. Ilcuining with the 31st of
March the Fit.t liivi-ion under tha lead of
that prince of soldiers, lien. Miles, att.srke !
tiie enemy elorg the White Oak Hoar! while
reeling in irtory over forcing the fifth
Corps oack. Miles led hi-division in and
drove the Confederate line into their works,
capturing many prisoners
The assault of (he Crow Hons redoubt
by the Second Corps on the 2nd of April. (
rapturing tha works and all tha cannon
therein, and nearly all the garrison, gave
the rebel chieftain to i-nderslund that an
other vi( tory had been won. 'I he retreat of
I'ickett from Five Forks ami the rebel di
visions of Anderson and Heth from the
Confederate right beinj? forced to tight bf
fieri. Miles' command (the First Division)
at Sutherland Station, April 2. would not,
according to th version of Mr. Hull, baa
Second Corp victory; nevertheless tha rebel
line was rairied by the men w.aring the red
trefoil. The brigade to which the writer .
belonged, commanded by Oen. l'amsey, n
alone captured lino prisoners, two places of
artillery, and I'rivate l'hilia. of my own
company, a battlurlag. From Sutherland
Station to Appomattox it wa one continu
ous victorv. t he morning flight with Gor
don's Confederate Corps on the 8th of April
ia still vivid in my boyhood memory. Ite
last stand, near Parkinson s Mill, on Sail
or's Creek, where a sharp, short contest,
gave the victorious and weary anldiera nil
th Second Corps 1,7") prisoners, 13 battle-
flags, four cannons, snd the main wagon
trains of I-e s army. Oen. Humphrey, ia
his report of the campaign, says:
"Tha loss of th Second Corps this day
was 571 officers and men killed and wound
ad. Nolhingcould hav been finer than the
spirit and promptness of tb officers and
men."
This must hav been quite a victory. We
got the goods, and the rebel streamed
through tha woo J.s as fast aa tbeir lega could
carry them. They never atopprd, aa of
yore, to hello "Onod-by Yank: will ace you
again." The men of the Second Corps
called it a victory, ahouldered lhair rifle,
and marched on, anurting victory from
very breeze, and whan the bead of the
corps came up with Longstreet the mD
were anxious to wipe up the dust with the
veterana of hi command. Longatreet
moved out of tha wav, an armistice was
asked and tb letter from Lsm toUrant r
paaaad through tb lines of the Second
Corp.
I have written thi hastily and mostly
from memory, and if not entirely aatiafac
tory to Mr. Hull of Virginia, will refer to
soma kind old man that was too innocans
lo invade tha old Dominion. To the boss
and men of tha Second Copra who ao nobly ..
uaisted in preserving the Union, tha intel
ligent man of thia day will not ask them
what victories they won. It was written
at that time with bayonet and ball, and no
man can effac it until history ia burned
np and ail participants dead. C T. Bass
la .national inoune.
The recent death of an actress ia
London by poisoning, followed soon
after by that of Dr. Heron, who facil
itated his departure by the use of
raior, attracted much more atten
tion than the pair would have re
ceived had they behaved theaisclvesi
ind continued to live. The Doctor,
left a statement that be had gone to
join the actress. As about the time
Ueron first met ber bis wife died,
also of poisoning, the awful possibil
ity suggests Itself that, If the actress
Is awaiting blm somewhere with a
mile of welcome, the wlfsj may
tlao be there and mar aa ecaalaa
Mherwlae satisfactory. i.
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