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12 'I'II.E OMAItA DAIT4'Y UflE : UtTESIAY , , TITLY 1'2 , 1898k
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) STOIiI ( OF BIU1VEVO1ENI \
t Atnorkan 1tisoty ; Ha Many a Itccorl Of
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PATROTC ( WORK IN- DAYS GONE DY
Vtirilwla.d SiipjIIc utiul ( nvc % Vnrn-
lii 111141 1ltgIl , 'l'iui , in Itcviilii-
hir * ry Tlnies-I'sttrIot Ijni ( it
Their liiigIier 'll'V.
American women nrc showIng In every
say oasIble their patriotism flI pluck anil
while a great deal of the enthusiasm flnd
Vent In be1t and hat bands those worncu
Who have been called upon for gritver liroot
ot their loyalty have lu most cases given
It tthheiItatIflg1y. It takes more coIrao
for a mother to send her on to the front
than for the on to go , and the wives and
Bweetherts of the men who are with the
fleet In Cuban waters are' having a were
time tun ! the RaIIorR , who are Whit with
I excttnient anti longing to follow Dewey
an(1 Ilobson anti mne a bit of hlatbry theni-
I Ecives ,
, ( ntt ; American women have never been
fouhI(1 lacking in irntriotlslil. bravery and
:1 : capacIty for iielf.sacriflce , re1ate the New
, York Sun. Very few of them have been cola.
. bratd , but ficslttere(1 through our history
i trtnn early colonial tiiiits down to today
thuro are records of bravo deeils that show
the mcrIcaii spirit of bravery and hub.
: iieiuhcnco to belong as much to the women
as to the iiien.
L'very one knows something of the sturdy
, courgo ami endurance of the women of
} our PI0IIPCr scttleiiients. They faced death ,
, day by day , r.uh : nil records of the time
. bt'ar wltneis to their bravery. There were
. plifilty of % VUflCfl Ihbe the one who , hiavhng
- been left in charge of the farm during her
91 husband's absence , repulsed au Indian at-
U tack and then wrote to bier hiusand :
i Dear John : The Apaehcn attaebed the
hiouc and I hinL six of thietxi. The othies
t . went avny. 1)on't ) trouble to conic home ,
3 1 ljtit ECIIII BOiflO more ammunition.
, , YOUR LOVING Wht'F ,
. \ SYhen the Itevolutionary times came time
women ere no whit behind the inca In
thitIi patriotism , It is a pity thrit the rae-
L oril otiiIr noble hives Is not more coin-
plate. One of the most Interesting of thic'
juhihice year exhibits in 1iigIaiiib waa a
: \'oinan's roil of hanoi , complied by Donald
t Mackenzie amid giving the names of nil
v Eligilahi women of thio Victorian cia who
m have made tbmenistvca famous by deeds of
4 nmoral or iihiysicmml courage. Such a roll of
limier for , mnerlcan women would be a
tiirilhlimg chapter of 4\nlcrican history , hut
it ould neee3sarhly ho incomplete , for of
, many interesting figures we have only tazi-
I trdlzlng fragmentary record.
4 _ 'ipIli.Ia 1f Iie Iteviplmillon ,
From memoirs , diaries amid old letters
emmoughi comes dowii to us to give us an
1 Idea of the tone of the women of the itev-
olutbon and the mothers stand out as lie-
, ) ocaI1y as any Svartan womnaji. A Mrs.
Maitin voIced the general feeling when a
Brltlshl officer aslcel her whether she bad
- , a EOO.
1. ' ' have seven. ' '
' \Viere ! ore they ? "
Plghiting for their country. "
' 'All of thenti"
"All. "
The omer neered. "Well , you sent.
I cimnugii , " he sld.
M rs. Martin looked him squarely In time
face. 'I wIsh I had lifty sons to send
, against you. "
Such instancesptie ui beforr the searcher ,
L and there were' iothers bra\er thil. Ono
of them sent an only son to the siege of
m' AuguBta. A British soldier , full of hatrel
. for the rebels , rode omit of his way after
. tlio battle to tell the % somazi of her sons
" 5 death. She met himmi at. the door arid , wIth-
/ out. a word of warning , he brutally ant -
: t Imounced :
, ,
\ oiI bad a son. I saw his broins blowim
' out at Augtista. "
Time mothers form grew rigid. but she
J said vroudly :
"lie could not have ( lied In a nobler
cause. "
There are mothers In the baum ? today as
brave us she , If a cause like hers should
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call ; mind , even when time cause is the lIberty -
erty of another race , time mothers have been
brave and mitoppeib their tears. Woniens
work wits muutled nmore In the old ( lays than
It is in this tIme of government suppile
and a vell-flbled treasury. nimd wherever
.
.wonlen were imeedeml , there they were found.
? drs. Iraper of Dedham , Mass. , sent her
limmimband and IG-ycar-old eon to time army.
Thou she called in her neighbors anti began
baking bread nni pIes , vlmlch she kept on
a long table before her gate , for time re-
fresuimerit of nil hungry ftmuerlcan oldlers
who lmassei that way. After blocker liii ! ,
when the scamelty of ammunition Induced
Washington to call for nih available. pewter
and lead , time same Mrs. Iraper canto to
time front. again. Pewter was tlear to the
heart of the Now England housekeeper , and
she had omme of time finest collectIons In New
Englaimmi ; but vItiiout a moment's Imeslta-
tion she melted It down , amid , not content
With furnIshing the material , Bile obtaIned
a mould anti made the pewter into bullets ,
vhmtchm she forwarded to time army. Then anew
now want arose. Time macmm were lusuhlic-
bully clothed. The IndefatIgable Mrs.
Draper had Plies of domestIc cloth stored
away for fulfill ) ' ise , Simo made It Into
soldiers' coats. 11cr splendId stock of sheets
aflb blankets was transformed Into shirts ,
mumil even her own haunch clotimlmig was ai-
tered to men's garments.
SliV 1Ii hloimme h'Mtrnt'il.
She was one woman among thousands
llkd her. The famous Mrs. Matte , who had
given slgnni evidence of patrIotIsm , was at
one tln2e oblIged to heave her handsome
imomne , whIch fell Into British hands. Mrs.
? dotte took up liar resIdence In a farmhouse
back of time Anmerican lines , The AmerIcan
conimnander became convinced that time only
'way of routIng the lIritIsh was by destroy-
leg limo Motto house , but he hesitated to
mention title to the patriotic woman.Vlmeii
lie dId Idlick UI ) courage to do so , lie was
: relIeved of nil cmnbarrassmmmeimt. Altimoughi
the place was ilear to liar , and was almost
' her only property , she sasured time corn-
immantier that It was altogether at his service -
ice , furmilshmed imlum time bow and arrows by
whIch combustibles ere to be carrhm'd to
the roof , aud ateomi beside hIm , with no
sIgn , of regret , whIle her home and fortune
burned to mishmes.
Not nil of time revolmitionary women had
great sacrifices to make , but they did what
tile ) ' could ; antI so ninny of time girls pledged
themselves never to accept time attentIons of
young mmmcmi who refused to light for the
country that there was really imo merIt In
( a young mean's goIng to time front. 110 WOS
betwceii devil and deep sea , amid to stay at
imoimie would have been harder than to face
liii , BrItish.
Americaut womnemi gave tip tea , too ; and
In that day that was a imacrlflee as heroic
its it would be In England now , Peggy
Stewart of AnnapolIs went ( tirtlier timan
that In time tea fight. lme was time pretty
wIfe of Autimeny Stevart , a mnorehmant sad
shmIpovzer ; and when a baric , naimmeti for
her , the l'eggy Stewart , caimme in with a
cargo of tea , 'ime ordered both the tea and
time bark to be burned in the Imartmor ; amid
Iorcett her husband to liciti time torch with
whIch time lire which destroyed his property
( ' ( kindled.
Property svmmsn't. the only thIng women
were ready to give up in those war days ,
They risked their lives as coolly as men ;
and many aim American' victory was due to
wommimin's wit amid darIng , Dozen of times
American troops were saved from cpturo
( uy time warnIngs of ii womau who risked her
lit , to carry it to them. Lydia Darrab , thu
Phhlnilelpimla Quakeress. while tier uncle I
wa. entertaIning BritIsh otheers ovethmemmrmh
a imian to cuptute the AmerIcans at WhIte
Mntih. Ihma left home Iii the night tinmi
walked through the snow to the AmerIcan
camp , gave the wnrnhvmg and reAclieti her
home agnITm before daybreak wIthout being
discovered. Dlcey Lmiigston of Northi C.mro
hlna redo across country In time nIght and
swan ) the ssoIiemm rIver In artier to warn
American troops thnt the BrItish would ho
upon them lii the morning , Time lIst of such
warnings is too long to be gIven mind so Is
that of wonien who rIsked their lives to
save patriots concealed on tb'Ir premises.
.
Illufteil h.e lirfl IMlicr.
Iii many cases , too , women defended and
sav0 the vreclous storcs of ammunition
whIch were dIstributed In differcat places ,
so that nil cotmimi not fail into the encn.y's
hmantis , and when time amiununlthon could not
tie saved , the wonmen.In some Instances ,
followed the example of Colonel
1iratton wit9. A large store of
ammunition was hIdden In their yard
and time BrItish got news of It. Cot-
onci tirattomi was forced to hlee , but hIs wife
refused to .go , sayIng there was no danger
of her. She laId a train of powder from the
place where Ihe aimimnunitlon wns hmltliien ,
and , at the approach of time BrItish , set fire
to It. There was a trcmnemmdous explosion nimd
vlmon time raging 1mmgllsim soldiers stormed
time Imomise they were coufuonteil by one
small 'woman who imehil her chum very hIgh
and annouimcctl ddfluiimtiy :
"I ilhil It ; amid , be time c000equence WIlal
they nmny , I glory In Itt' ' '
Lvery one lnows tIme story of Barbara
Frcltchle and MoIllo Pitelmer. Several con-
tcstammtmt itave clnlmnetl thmo glory of theIr
deeds ; but whoever Captain Moiile was ,
she fotighit. royally , and wimoever It may hma'e
been who vnved time stars amiti stripes
about time rebel host in Frcdcrlck.town deserves -
serves a place on time imommor roll.
There were somemm other than Captain
Molly who could fight in the raumics. In the
war of the revolutIon iciiorahm Samlison diii-
guiscml herself ui a mimtmn , eniuiiteti immmder the
mmammio of itobert Shirtliffi' , I ivcl blamelessly ,
and fougimt ihice a hmcro for three years. Site
SolUmmteeremi for cvoral hazarilous dutIes ,
Wfl woliiidctl on tiit bead twice , and fimmaily
wouimtled mo seriously 'thut she was sent to
the hospital ilel iriomus. There Surgeon UItm-
hey of l'imllacielphla dscoverctl ! liar sucrct
iuitl hmad hmc'i' reimiovcl to hl hmommie , but thu
not speak of his thlseovery even to tIme yoiimm'
soldIer.imcn site was strommg enougim lie
stilt imer , still in the role of liobert Simhrt.
hue , to G"nerol W'asimIngton with tilapatehies.
She vaa In an migoimy of moc'thfleatlon whemi
6110 StOoul before % Vtmshlmigtt3Tm after he read
the doctm' it.Ler. HtmL time gcneral was as
COflgilcrc'c ( as the surgcomm. lie merely
praIsed young Sh1rtllffo'a bravery and gave
hilimi honorable tllse.marge front the army.
ieborahmvcnt ) hommie to Sharon mind marrlemi.
After tue war she was called to Pimiladelpimia
anti rcetved a peImslomm For bravery on time
field ,
" \ Var'ommian's Creek" in GeorgIa was
n8nil'd for brave , vulgar Nauicy Hart , who
luau ! the repmmtatlon of belmig ' 'a hmommey patrict ,
but ri devIl of a vomuami. ' '
'Pimo two Martlim gluh , whose htmbanui
'yore In the AmerIcan army , imearti that
flhitmshm nicascagers oulmi pass a certaimm
va ) . will : imiportn ( llspatehes. The glrl
Itt On their husbands' cIothe , held up the
three llritIsIm ofilcers , jitit thmeimm omm parol. ' ,
took time tilspateitcs , ran home by a short
cut anti entcm'taind ' time tmmie ofhicers at
tllrmmmcr.
All througb the oivli war there wore in-
atance of great bravery on time part of time
vomnemt of bothi skies , and 'the spirit is still
iivIn iii the hearts of tnmer1can women ,
'though ' tim the prcsecu var they are 1101.
caulcdupomi to show their xlumsge by. dsrdng
deetis. They ! oUid light if they Were needed ,
but , since they are not , they send suns anti
hmusbanda , bmtlmers and a veetimeartz , away ,
amiti , WIth steady lips , watch theIr going.
There hasn't been halt such a deluge of
tears as reporters have Supliled ) to farewell
scemmes. Our % somerm are brave , auth Dewey
timid Ilobson anti the rest of the soldiers and
SaIiom' of wimommi we are proud had Amerieamm
mothers ,
A S\VIIC1'iNG WASII0LJ'j' ,
tIO % ' flit 1iitIre liii tlr iitt IiMiitpVlLj'41
I ii it : Ighi t Iii imi1ititM ,
"or time wasiiotmts that oCcurred In my ten
years of raIlroad building in the west the
immot Coimiplete and sweepIng was that. of time
McPherson & Lyons railroad 1mm Kansas 1mm
, ,
Isso , said a civil engincer to a New York
Sun reoorter. ' 'It va whIh. wu wro iiIIm _
log thIs twenty-five-mIle Umanch of the
Atchmlm'on that. 1 was ( ilvIsion t'mmglneer Irm
charge of the western end.Ve Imad begun
work in March at the McPhersomi end , amimi
it was necesmary that time load should be
conipleteth , svltii the trains rtmmmnlng into
Lyons , by the 1st of Jimmie or $50,000 In bonds
would be forfeiteti , For two months the
woatimer was lierfect for the nmrpose , anti
time contractors thid not lose a day , so that
tltti work fairly spumm. Although the grad-
lag was very heavy , with deep emits amid
101mg. hIgh fills , the 20th of May saw the
roadbed finished from one end to the other
anti the track carrIed nearly to Lyons.
,
UI ) to timat time durIng all ( be construe-
tlon not a drop of rain had fallen , but omm
the nIght of time 20th a timunderstorm conic.
It , vas not a long one ; It 'began at mltinlgimt.
and was over before tlaybrcalc , but while it.
lasted it was as if the bottom of the sky
imad fallen out and let the water tlrop all at
once. hut I hiatt no idea of how much water
really had fallen until on going otmt of deere
In the morning I saw what had been a
dry creek heti ever since my comIng to
Lyons , was a river , fumll from bank to bank ,
and runimimig like a mIllrace. That set me
elf in mc bum'ry to look at time track-but
timero s'us mo truck to be found. Timero
were rails and ties where time track imait
iiceim , but the roadbed that hail bcemm be-
neatim was gone. Tbe prairie , after time
lommg drouth , had beconme as hard as a vave-
imment , et. ) that It took up imommo of time mimhmi
that had fallen , and the iusui of vater from
a great. watershed covering towzmsimlpa had
comimo against the roadheti. The opcnlng'at
Imlio brithgt'mu , 100 Ie1. lommg , Intended as
waterways , liitti been ims notimiug to catty
the vatcr off anti time ioadbed imati gomme--
simply rneltetl arty. It wits a queer sight ,
time pilc bridges stmmndhng forlorn and lonely ,
lookIng twice as imlgim as before , eimti seem-
tag to ivommder what had become of time
roadheti timcmt haul commnectlon with timemn.
\Voodcmi cuiverts were carried off entIrely
In time flood , Some of timeimi vtm fonimmi off aim
time lmralrlo , and sonic were mmcver got.
" \'ci ) , mill this was a heartrending sigimt
to eimgineers wimo , time day before , liati looked
on tlmclr work mm this road as finIshed. But
time trains bath to be running into Lyomms
Iii ten days or the $50,000 lit bomitis voultI
be sacrlficeti , and we set to work to repair
time dumimmages , Time Atchlsoim road was be.
,
imizmd the entcmrise , so that we imami the
sinews of war ; time bridges were standtimg ,
time cuts Iii the roadbed rimmtti , anti the con-
tractormi' gauigs stIll at band. I won't say
that fl was a very finely constructed readmit
mit that stage. but I rode out of Lyons on
June 1 aim the first train , for we bad got.
there after all , "
iIzmrc l'lt'smt of Stem'eot'iierii ,
CilIciAQo , July 11.-Time situation 1mm flmo
stercotypems' strike hero today Is substan-
will resume theIr full size. 'flit' only cam-
barrassmemmt Ia the situatlomm is the ovem -
tInily as follovs Time papers here arc all
ruimiming smoothly and tommmorrow mormilug
supply of btereotypers wile have gathered
iii lucre frommu all harts of the country. Thu
iUbhlsimcrs wish it kmmous'n ( list au vosltlona
mire filled nod that. all furtimer applIcations
cannot be cwmsitlcrcd ,
\'ii'or l1iiimiimiiel mit ii rmi1oimi ,
SARATOGA , N. Y , . July il.-Prlmmce Vie-
tor Emimaimued of italy , accommmpammled by Count
Carpeni'tte , has arrived here from liar liar-
bor. They wihi rummuaiu several days before
otng to Nuwor
.
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FARRACUT'S ' GREAT 1EAT' '
lli Pflsillg of' the Batteric of Fort Hudson
Described Againu
ALMOST AGROUND UNDER THE GUNS
i'ii Ademtlircs of the iinrtforil
Vinier n 'L'errihle Pire for 'i'mo
IIouris-A 'i'IirIlIIii mmaL
Spec t mmci a.
Among the exploits wlmich stand out In
strong relief from the four years' work of
the federal navy Iii the civil var , relntc
the New York TrIbune , one of the most pie'
turesque as chl as one of the mo3t
valuable in Its results , was thu passhmmg of
the coimlederato . batteries at l'ort. hitmdsoim ,
on time MississIppi , by Admiral F'nrragut , amid
imus subscqumcmmt patrol of the river above that
point. The admiral's own opimmion of the
achIevement was expressed In a letter wimlcim
un wrote home soon after time event. lie
said :
"My Inst dash past Port hudson was time
best thlmmg I ever did , excelmt tnkhtig New
Orleans , " Abundant testImony to time tin-
hortancc of the step was also given at. the
tIme , both by minIon ofllcers , whom it as-
slsted , and by the confeticrates , large numn-
bern of whoimm It put on exceedingly simort
rrttloims.
lit time late winter anti early sprln of 1863
F'arragumt's fiect was at New Orleans. It was
wehi understood timat tim commfcdermites on
both baimlus of time Mississippi anti throughout -
out ( lint imelglmtjorhooui geimerally receIved the
bulk of tlmeir supplIes from Texas and
timrougim Maxicami ports , and that most of
these supplies were conveyed to the Mlssis-
ilplmi by the way of the great lied river and
other simmahier stremmmmms ( rout the vcst. It
was Ilmmaliy tletermmmlmicd that Farmngut should
take several vessels past time batterIes of
l'ort hudson , which were manned by a large
commfcderate force , auth thereby cut off Limo
SUIhiles upon wimlch LImo souitimerim tioops do-
liemided. lie hilumselt would heath time arpetil-
tlon , on his flagship , time steam sloop-of-war
Ilartford.Vith hIm at this tlnie , on a
visIt , was lmi son Loyall , thmcmi only a boy.
It is interesting to hear a tlescrlptlon of time
action as It vas seen mmd participated in
by the lattor. Mr. Farm'agimt , who sas for-
imierl ) ' iii tIme arimmy , htmL reslgmictl 1mm 1S72 ,
now hives In New \'orlc City , nmmd said , the
otlmer tiay , when asketi about the passIng of
Limo batteries :
"l vits ommty a youngster at time timmmc , you
know , and in ortier timat I mIght visit may
father I had beemi assIgned to a regular
ratimig on board time llnrtforti In the summer
of 1S62. I was a klntl of cleric nmmd my ilmities
vero not heavy , It vns in Marcim , 1S6 ,
timat we mimoveti tin whim a'v'n qluir , , frn , ,
New Oricaums to Baton Rouge amid then still
further tip to a huolat a little below l'ort
Hudson. Our vessels were the Hnrtford ,
tiio lticlmmoni , the Gemmesce , the Momionga-
hum , the Albatross , Lime Kinco and time 'ulls-
muisslppl. All hut the last vere eqtmippcl
wIth huoth sails and
steammm-screv stemummers-
htmL time MississIppi was a big , olti-tasimioneti
sltle-wlmcel steamboat , such as were used an
the river. Before attempting time passage
of tile batteries the offleers and omen \verc
busy nmakitmg time usual preparatloims for a
tight. These consisted In clearing away all
superfluous spars , plnqimig SlhiIitCr nettimigs ,
etc. Time hlam-tford hail its lower yards
athwartships , rcstimig Oim the hammock imet-
tings , amid cimaimm cables \vera swung on each
side from time extreme ends. Otimer chains
were coiled vertically aiommg the slde ,
especially in front of the boIlers. This wa
done on nil time shlps. Every effort vms
always made to protcct time boilers and
engines , upon which so umuch depotmded ,
. ( t'ttliii Uiider ' % 'imy.
"It was a little after dark on the evening
of Mardi 23 when we got under way from
l'roflt's island , aiout seven miles below Port
Hudson. In my capacity of algimnier I was
allowed to give the signal for time fleet to
'get under way and fellow the flagship iii
echelon order. ' It was done by displaying a
red lantern over the stern of the hartford ,
which led. Answering lights soomi showed
that the ships were ready. They proceeded
by twos , according to a lilan which had been
foumid to orlc vel1 elsewhere. Each of the
three sloois , the heavier vessels , had a
gunboat hashed to its port sid-Lhe side
opposite time enemy's batteries at Port lIud-
son. Time advammtoge of this order was Limat
the stronger ship protected the weaker , anti
It was of great value also to have two sets
of engInes to depend mihmoim. Time MississippI ,
as the odd one of the sevemm , caine after the
three paIrs , mitmd behind It , at a considerable
distance , were a nunmbem' of mortar boats ,
guarded by the ironclad Essex. It was not
intended timat these should pass Port Hudsoo ,
their purpose being to engage the shore
batteries and divert the fire from us as
nmuch as Imossiblo whmiie we were passing ,
"It was a warm , damp night , wltimout a
breath of aIr stirring. We moved up slowly
egainat the strommg current amud time water in
the river was so how that the ship's bottom
-time hartford drew about seventeen feet-
oftemm actually toucimed and scraped on the
river bed , We were in danger of groummdimig
nt almost any timmmo amid if It had not beeti
for otmr imiiot , old Carrehi , 'who kimew every
irmeim of thmmt partof time river thoroughly , e
should very likely have done so. The ad-
immirni always lulnecti great confidence in
Carreil arid iituck to him persIstently when
wino of the oillecrs protested ngaummst his
besetting fault of drtmimlceimnesS , The admiral
knew that as hong as Carreli was sober he
had no superior , anti probably no equal ,
among tIme AluSsIssIpImi Idiots.
"As time ship steamed on mmiy fatimer walked
iii ) aimd down time potmim , watching for time llrst
sigim of the exmemmiy'B guns. I reimmember his
, mnrutmnL' once to tell mu the best way of
stamimlg ; ; ; a woummdor using a teurimlquct , it
I imimoumid be hurt. The imicu w'ero at the
gumms , and every oitlcer was on the alert at.
his 1)Ost. ) At last fires began to gicamn along
the banks and rockets were iieimt. up. having
located us as well mis they could , the coated-
crateS began firing from a battery a lIttle In
froimt of us'hen we got. UI ) SO that our
broadsides coulti reply , time Hartford's guns
dlti good work , Situ ) carried Daumigren Ii-
iimcim guims , eleven aim a sIde. The fires of
Lime batterIes on chore were our targets and
time mmmcmi blazed away at them vIgorously.
Far front needing to be urgeti 00 , time gun-
nets imitmi to be restralncti , anti immny of the
admmmirai's orders et this time were given to
stem too tapiti tlrlmig.
- A. tlmigii I tivim ( Sceimi' .
"It was a wild , magnIficent scemme , as the
action grew imotter. The numerous bormflrea
on tIme simore llgimted Up time river arid time
hues of batteries blazed up brilliantly with
blue and yellow limmumes. The simells thrown
by tIme immortar-boats in our rent were whmlz-
ziog 111cc mactears , There was a continual
roar from tiLe great nummmbens of guns con-
mitantiy in use , Mommy shuts and shells
struck time ship , but. dId 'ery little damage ,
We were exceedingly fortunate.
"Timen a new chiiilculty arose. The smoke
luecaimme so timick and hung so low over the
simhi' timat the Pilot could not see aimeati , even
from his hiost in time mnizzelitop , wimeto lie
imati gone tom' a better view , and from where
ho was communicating wIth time deck by
means of a speakIng tube , Time
firing was Instammtly stopped , anti it
was found , to our Imorror , that the current
had turned time simlp's bow towprmi time east
bank until we were alimmost aground ummtier
the batteries. The mmext ship , the lileimmood ,
was dangerously near us , too I don know
just. how near we Caine to running a.hore ;
seine said that we touched bottom once ,
but I know that the overhanging banks ,
with their trees and ymca , loomed up tear-
tuhly close in trout of us , It was a criUcal
. -
moment. Then we haiti reason to be thankful -
ful for ( be gunboat Aibatros alongsitio us.
11cr engines icketh vIgorously anti flimsily
uccctie4 in turning : u * around with our
head up the TIver ngItm , ThIs happcnc4
just where time stream makes a sharp bend
and the current Is especially strong ,
"A. few mimhnutes mutter we were well
starteti again it was reported that there
was a 'rani on the port bowl' This an-
nouncemnent , ustmahiy without Ioummdatiomm , of
ranma bearing down upon us , was a con-
tinusI bugbear while tIme fleet. was in time
rIver. It tmseti to vex the admiral greatly ,
because It tenmied to diRturh the mimen on-
imecessariiy. Reports of the rams , alleged
to be of terrible l'ower1 ' Were often brought
by the negroes who fommnd thick way to the
river banks. The admiral often said that
every one seenied to have the 'ram fever'
smith ho wished he could break it up. in
this instarmce , Imowover , no chmauces could ho
taken , nnd the order was givep to 'Call
a\vay the boardersi' My father intended to
have a hand iii timls fight imlniscif , it timero
was to be nmiy , anti lie seIzed his own emit-
lass and started forward , lie was at that
tune imearly 62 years old but wontlerfully
active anti energetic. ThIs rain rumor fiilletl
to materialize , however , like nmost of time
others , and we went aheati wltimout bin-
drance. We caine to ammcimor above the bend
in the river , out of range of the batteries.
It Was remmmarkitijie , consIdering timmmt we hail
becim Ummtlcr fire over an hour , jerlmaps imearhy
two iiotmns , timimt we had otmly ammo mime killed
anti two vommmmded. The spars anti Iarts of
the deck Were iretty vehl splintered up
from time siilIs wimlch hind struck them ,
A ShIp Aflre.
"As we vaIted in our safer positIon , In
great anxiety for time other ships , ot whose
fate we knew imothing , we saw a brIght
light 1mm time sky , which we eomml'l ' tell must
Caine from a simip buriming. We tiiti not kmmow
then \vimlchi emma it vas , but we learned Inter
from mmmeimmbens of its crew , wimo made their
vay to laimtl amid up to our positlou , that IL
was Lime 1tlississilii , It had run hartl
agmound on the shoal at time western hank of
time bemmtl amid Itvns fouimtl Impossible to
get it. off. By tlmat time time comifederates
hind got the ramge mmmcii better amid their
veil directed shots cut IL imp b.mdly. its
commmmander ortleretl it to be set omm fire timid
immammaged to get most of imls mmmcmi ashore In
boats. The other vessels hmnd mimot with
various accideimts to their mnaciminery or hind
rumm aground emi the treacherotms slmoal , nimtl
eum' two , time Hartford and time Albatross ,
were thus time only ommcs to jiass the batteries ,
Of course Lo vessels could not do time same
work for whmicim time aimniral , hind destimmeti
sevemm , but it is a immatter of record that by
lmovcrimmg nroummtl time lied river district they
ki'ht ) time eimeiimy pretty short of supplies In
( lint nelgimborlmoomi.
"As for mime , I hind to go homne when we got.
iii ) to Vicksbtmrg. My fatimer amid mtommme of time
officers imelti a sort of council of war over mae
amid time tieclsloim was timat I had better go to
Semite safer place. So that was my last naval
battle , 1 weimt to West Point later ammd be-
cammie a macumber at the other brammeim of time
service. "
1'A .U.tS'I'lfIt S'I'AN'L'N.
'I'imuglmt ( lie Iloy , , ii.ii to IIgiit "Lii-
Jim iiM"-I'miim vliii ( lie l'i'liice.
An cnsterim lnper tells us that :
' 'Timatidetis II. Stanton , iiaynmaater of time
United States aria ) ' , is time only otileer of his
corps who has recet'veti hommoram'y ranic for
gallantry in actIon simmee the wet' of the
rebeiliomi. "
Seenis to us that mmmc has a familiar
Sound ; we certainly have hmetird It somewhere -
where , remarks time Salt. Lake Tribune. Oh ,
yes. lie was the tlglmtitig vayniaster who ,
when on a amissiomm to pay off the troolma 0mm
time froimtier , fotiimti time boys havltmg ' 'a hot
tune , ' ' mmot ' 'iii time old town , ' ' but. with the
savngca ; so hCborroweti a gun , amid , gohimg
iimto time front raimk. by his eamimle taught
time boys Imon' to fIght "Injumma" anti they
forgot theIr fear of time redsiclmms Iii admiration -
miration of that summny-lmmced pmiymimaster , who
was showimmg them that before he was hay-
immaster lie lmad some lIttle experiemmce In the
way to deal wIth the red devib' . Thmen timey
began to call Imini "Crook's llgimtlimg pay-
mimaster. " For several years he wmms a real-
dent here muui was emigageci priiiChlialiy iii
the waiks of peace , though lie had a few
cmmgageimmentS. Otmo was when Presitlemmt
Cleveland sent ( his way a surveyor general
tar l.JLah. lie was a bright maim , htmL his
ex erience imiul been beyond time Mississippi.
lie came Imere with a high Idea of the eastern
people and with an exalted coiitenilmt for Lime
residents in this region. He was met. by
the late l'ostmnaster General Jiarratt , or
sacred memory , who in thu courtesy of his
soul anti the interest ot time democratIc
party took the new surveyor general to the
Alta club , lntrodtmced hlnm anti temimlereti him
time imospitalittes of time place , lie met mm
members and on
great many of time club
leaving time club expressed to Mr. linrratt
time belief ( limit 60 vcr cent of those gauLle-
not unfavorably with
men would commipnre
the men of hlhlimoi. The remimark was repeated -
peated to Stamiton. He brootic'd over It a
little 'uvhmile , then nmade a journey to see
General McCoolc , who was at that time the
comnnmander at Fort Douglas. The result
several gentlenmen , in-
was that next day
eluding the imew mimmrveyor general , were In-
viteti to mm. little reception at Fort Dotmgimis ,
General MeCook and his officers
t"ndered imy
to invIted guests train the city , in honor of
Jacksoti day. It. was a great reception.
General McCook had brewed a punch which
was a deceptIon arid a simare. It seemeti to
softemmed to the
time taste lIke cimanmpagfle
palate by an iimfttsiolm of old Tolcay.
' ( with a faint
It anmileti up to one's ace
hiusim and immfmnito sparkle , like the face amid
of a happy bride whemm , at time altar ,
eyes
tiio new hmtmsband bends. for time bridal kiss.
of hellfire
whole cruclbles
hut down deep
smimohtiered In that imunch. Time paytmiaster
to be courteous to the
went out of his way
now surveyor general , so did General Mc-
Murray , so did otlmens.
Cook , lie did Governor
" - . ' . , ' . ) , . . , , Inlv ) t'ver struck a bowl of
IU ' " " '
10 )
. like that.
certainly none
fuco punch before ,
omme , Time result was that ho made three
speccimes 1mm half an imoUr. Time first to Gen-
cral Jaclcson , or McCook-It difficult to
tell which ; time second was an impostropime to
time flag ; iii the thIrd lie repudIated time
organtzation-ali
democracy as a dIstinct
immen being hrotlmers-and In just forty-fivo
mInutes from the opening of time engage-
nailer time pttnch
immeiit ho was sounti asleep
table , Amid time paymaster amlieti , On an-
otimer occasion a German prInce , a brother ,
we believe , of the emiieror , en a journey
around time worlti came imere chaperoned by
a baroii smith a count. After thInner It was
exphaiimcd to time prhimce that as , the night
vas stormy-It was a cold , slusny i'eoruary
nighmt-it. would be better for 1dm to re-
mania at the lmotei ; but the hrmron anti coummt
conscutemi to accept time imospltnhbties of the
club , Before ieavIngthma chub time coummt re.
nmarhced : " 1 ties been the vend around , but
hike Salt Lakes I imast found notings. " Stanton -
the COUnt
ton 'Yes delegated toaeConipaiiy
to time imotel , Time next. mnornlimg time writer
toet time mnnjor ( he was major timen ) In front
of time hotel mind asked hIm If lie hail passeti
Li jiieasaimt night. lie snilled anti said ; "IL
was bail , but I took all limiperimul ideas out
of the head of that coummt. When I imelpeti
him to alIght from time carriage , to show ame
how thoroughly Imo lnriorsed republIcan In-
sthtutioas , anti how he believed In time level-
lag of all classes , ime sat right down hereon
on the sidewalk , amid it was a little damp. "
hut if ammy one coujd get Into time confidence
or timat paynmaster mmml hear bUn dihste on
time sacredness of citizensimlp In a land like
this , and tell of the reverence that was
duo to the flag that for 100 years had been
growing stars upon itis field of blue , and bath
been time higiutj to wimlch time eyes of time mm-
( Ion's soldiers bad tu.ted arm 1,000 battlefields -
fields for insplratiotm , until It had become an
emblem of sucim soverelgmilty as no flag ever
bad bcea before , then it became clear why
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hits Instincts bad led hiimn to adopt the lire-
fession whIch makes it incimnmbeimt upon
Umose who adopt it. to solemmmmmiy devote their
( ortummes , theIr sacred limier anti timelr lives
to their country's service.
MA1iA ? AI ) SAILGIdN'V.
Aiiicrleit'i'i ' 1'Tt ) l.'iml lair Author ! I Ie.
till Grtmnsl Srmttcgy.
The Phiimmdelplmha Immqulrcr commcsses to
some surprise tlmat Lieutenant Herbert 11.
Sargent of the Second Ummiteti States cavalry ,
has not been called to WashIngton at time
preseimt tlimio to assist in laying out a iro-
Ject for time army of immvaslon him Cuba.
Anmoog our soldiers mmii writers on the art
of war on laud , relates time Inquirer , Lieu-
temmaimt Sargent is as jwe-enmiiment as is Cap-
lain Mchan among writers emi naval strategy
mind imha ability has hail as geimuine a recogni-
110mm on both 8itles of time ocean armiomig immihi-
tary mmmcii and others interested Iii the oh-
ways attractive lirohiemns of strategy and
tactics as Captain Maiman's hiss been. It was
aimimounced sonic time ago that CaptaIn Ma-
hatm would be called at ommco to Washington.
\\'ith Captain Maiman and Lieuteimant Sar-
gent as Limo respective chiefs of staff of the
Navy and War departments , we shouimh have
wnr planned upomm time land and sea , a joiimt.
scimermie of operatIons that would come as
near to being perfect as human wisdom ,
knowledge and that most unusual ability.
rare even arnommg soldIers amid sailors , to
seize upon the cscntial poInts of time hmrob-
leni , could make such a scheme.
It is a remaricnbio tact Lust so ummwnrhike
a people as ( be people of the United States ,
but a people capable him nil time tietaihim of
% .ni' , shmouid possess at time Ircsent , tlmnc time
ablest exponents of mIlitary mmd naval
strategy Iii Captain Mahmamm nrnl Lieutenant
Sargent. It speaks hmlglmiy for our arnmy
armd mmmmvy , which , Iimdceti , wimeimever per-
amltteti to do so , have covered tbeimmseivs
and their country witim glory , A paragraph
Train Lieutenant Sargent's latest work , "Th&
Cimmimpalgim of Mmmreimgo , " wimiehi Gemmerni
Voiscley ot the Britisim army , sot up all
nIght to read , has peculIar pertinence to time
nmammagcmemmt of our own wars , It Is as tot-
lows :
' 'That the Ammihc council suiouhml fail was
inevitable. Iii war the opInion of a. trained
soldier on mmmiiitary mnmitttura is worth more
thaim a congress of 100 amen , Wimemmover time
nmemnbers of a seimat.e , a commncil , or a Calm-
grass , attempts to decide mIlItary questions ,
timey are sure tc err ; for being nhseut from
time theater of operations , they ccii neIther
see clearly time military sItuatlomm mmcc render
decusioimmm wIth Imromnptness tim critical tlrmmes. "
What follows Is im 'cuhiariy applicable to
time imi ecutiorm of our own wars in the lmast ,
and is worthy of belmmg prlimtcd imi the bIggest -
gest of job type :
"Ilcalcies , their decIsIons are often halfway -
way measures , neitimer one thiimg nor time
other ; hike the laws iumssed by a blcanmeral
legislature they are nearly all commiimromnhsemm ,
Jim war there mimust be mesoluteness , bohlness ,
decision ; to compromise 1mm to court detent. "
it wits time .AulIe couimcli at Viemmima whmicim
gave Napoleon his chance to defeat Krmmy
on time Rhine and Meias at. Maremmgo. It was
the concentration of authority in time miii-
tary leader that enabled Napoleon to carry
out a plan of camnmaign which rio coummcil mit
a natIonal capital would ever have coo-
sermted to. It was thu wavering at Washington -
ington that was imrimariiy responsible for
the defeats upon the mmmii in time war of 1812.
It was time concentration of autimority thiat
emmabied Croiimweil to strike sucim vigorous
blows at Naseby and Marston Moor. At
New Orleans Jackson s'as so far away ( ronm
Imolltical centers that lie ii' ' I not know the
war was over , Time victories of time Anmeri-
cans upon the ocean , while largely dime to
American scammmneiiip , were mmlso tlue to the
Isoistion of the captains minti to time absence
of nil oppottmiriity for titaltl councIls to adopt
half-way measures. And now once more ,
separated by nmany thousands of miles from
both Europe and America , with the cables
cut and communication impossible , Admiral
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. - ( , , iiMt'rynters , A. Slip , nm'rmgmit ( ) NIIIm'h' : ( RANt ) i'i.
ANt ) quoteut iu Duiuhluury caLftIgui I , Qi0 , , i m'rI'o m , , stay Vptm.
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Weihji1h ildar Aademj In
I Governmentsu ervisiorm. Newbuihdlnegitaimmgerectcd , i3ttmdemmlMrejccit'dhilst
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Dewey has won the most overwimelmimig
naval victory of imiomlern times , a victory
which causes the ( iermnmin eniperor to cx-
clalmmm : "There Is something besides coem-
mncrelnhisni anti smmmartness in the Yankee
hi ood. "
him good time time advance upon Cuba vlhl
be made. Time illustratiomma drasvmm froimi
many lands and trommm sonic of time greatest
masters of time art of war Indicate the can-
gera of comupromlse anti unit-way measure
iii war , With coinpeteimt sailors and soldiers
like Captalim Mahaim and Lieutenaimt Sargent
to formnumlate a rroiect. with a powerful peo-
pie to furimisim time rcsoimrcem , nmaterials and
nmeim , time United States camm become , if aced
be , a war power which time stromigeat mlii-
tary natlomma of time world must respect , to
siLl notiming of a natIon so wcmmk as Spaiim
that mmilce lIfe easy in its capital.
JIIc IN AN Oh ! ) CHAIN.
'rime C.rgtve of an Aierlenhi Niivmii Of-
fleer Iii .Ynm.iiilvii.
Time following clipping train time Kings-
tomm ( Jammialca ) Post at June 8 wIll recall Limo
( ate of an Amnoric.'um hero wimo.ie memory is
worthy of pm'c.crvotion :
We beg to nchcnowiemlgo with timanka a
copy of Mr. 0. F. Judahm's brochure on "Old
Saint Jago. " it is one of those 'orks-
unortummateiy they are not very aumneroims-
that cart lie re-read with picoatire. Imiclosemh
on time pamimpimlot was e. leaflet hmeademi "A
LInk in an Old Chain. " 'At the reseimt
juncture , when timings nrc movIng In the
direction of n Anglo-Macrican nhhlant'e ,
time commtents ( whjchm we'take time liberty of
reprodmmclmmg ) will ho read with interest' .
him the yt.rmI of time Jamaica catimeihrii in
Saiimt. Jago do ha Vega , formerly time cimu'clm-
yard of time ptrlsim church of Saint Cathmcm-
lime , looklimg frommi tue south door , at. a die-
titmice , not 1tiIto midway , oath a iitLle amore
to time right , rathmer than time center , is mm
I
grave witim a whIte marble tablet. , on wbich
Is the following inscription :
IN
MEMltY ( OI
OEOHGF w'ASIIiNCI'roN TUED ,
Master Conmmmnmhmmnt him time Navy of the
Ummitetl States.
13orn at Pbiimmdehimimlmm , May 26 , 17t0.
Captured in tIme U. * 3. htrig of War Vixen.
Under ii Is corn mmmii n.h
ily 11. 11. hil. Fricntu iiotttiimmmnpton :
lie died a prisoner of war at this bunco ,
Junumiry 4 , 1813.
UnwillIng to ! ormtalce imlii cimniamrilons mm
Cmmiitivity ,
lie declined ri 1)rmtei't'tl Imtmrie , and sunmk
tinnIer mm troplimmi ( ever.
TillS S'i'ONli
Is Inscribed by time hmnimth of affection
cmii it rnemniirliil of his vIrta'ui. ,
amid records ( ito gratittmde of his ( rientimi
hmr time kimmil Otll'i4 wimlu'hm
In time , teimmon of sickimesui miii hmntir of
Deatim lie rec'elvt'd at time hmandmi of
A genertjus foe.
It'Nflti reeliul A rf 1st.
Chicago Post : "Ilcsnurcefiill W'eil. I
mihould say be was. Why , imle children got
1014 of a half finlsumeti ketclm amid a bottle
of ink yesterday , "
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Sreii 7'
' % 'eii , of course , they didn't do a thing
to time sketch , "
"Ut course not. limit where does his resourcefulness -
sourcefulness come In ? "
"Vhy , gnotimer artist would imavo given
UI , and begun all over again , wouldn't be ? "
"Naturally , "
"Well , this ono just sold time thing as it
wan for a war map , "
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Boarding mind 1).iy School for GirI
Under time direction of Itt. 11ev , George
\Vorthmlmigtoim , S. 'I' . D. , LL. D. Primmiary ,
preparatory and eohlc'miate courses. Coin.
netent corps of tencimers. Modern methods -
ods nnd every iftivantage enTered. Strict
attemmtion imaid to thin moral , mental and
pimymilcah vcll being of time students. ' 1plo-
mas commforred. 1rtpnres for all , .
open to women. Special courses In High.
em. Enghimili , Sciences , Aticient and Modern
Languages , Mtisic amid Art. Ferms mod.
crate. i3mmiltllng repaired tmmd in excoilemit
order , Sanitary phunmbimmg. Satisfactory'
steam hmeatinmr ,
Parents rind gimardiammi desIring to enter
p1111115 WIll ileaiic send Cot catalogue , or
aipIy personally to
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Otis. Und" ? MtOS guaranty. if you pr.f.r
to ctn. litre sic will contract to pay rJi-
road fr and tauL.l W.u. . .nml a targ
is w. tail to cur , .
IP YOU HAVE
taken mnircurj' , iodide pot.aim &nd tiI
ImSYS &CliiU 0011 patni MuCOUJ i'iich. . I
mth iiot 'thmoaL , I'tmpir. , CQi'Pr
, rs4 mteIs Ubcer on COY part of ii.
toi , 151' or Eyebrewu tattiiui omit , It I.
thu $ tontry
3EiUEt&iili &
We tuarantee to Our
We solicit tim. mast obstinat.s 04a.i sad
cbstlni , ( lie world ( or a Cs. . WS cannot
curs. Thu di.a.a. ha , aiwys bafhlil Limo
akiii of the iaot , mnlflnL ph7iici&ns ,
liio.oiQ capimsi bmmtn4 oar uneonlLionai
guaranty , Absiutd prt sent .eaisd
erm application. 2W p.i. bOok lent ft , . .
Al4rai COOIC IIl3llil1Y (10. , 1401
Maouio Temple , Chlcugo , iii.
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