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BULLETIN, HONOLULU, T. H,
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FnlDAY, NOV. 17, 1911.
11
The War Fifty Years Ago
Echoes of the Federal Disaster at Ball's Bluff Major
Zagonyi's Celebrated Charge at Springfield, Mo.
Battle at Frcdericktown, Mo., In the Department
Commanded by Brigadier General U. S. Grant Con
federates Under General Jeff Thompson Defeated and
Forced to Retreat Action at Romney, Western Vir
ginia, and a Series of Skirmishes In Kentucky.
Ibnt were In such n lint lire
were unnble to hold It. In
Bv JAMES A. EDCER-TON.'
(CopyrlBlit by Amcrlcnn Press Associa
tion. 1Mb
AFTKIt tho Initio of Ball's HIuIT
thcro followed weeks of com
i pnrntlvo Inactivity in nillllnry
nffnlrs nliont Washington. II
was during tlilit Interval Hint tlin half
sarcastic phrase was coined, "Alt qulc(
along tho rotnmnc."
Thero wns one tropic nttcrnintli of
tho III starred ncllon near Lccsburg
Hint deserves mention. It helped to
Incrcm-o the Imidon of thu president.
Colonel linker and Mr. Lincoln hud
long been boom friends. U. C. Collin,
wlio wns nt McClelhin's licndiUrtcrH
when the provident lienrd of linker's
dentil, tells this Incident, nnd It Is re
pented In Ida M. Tai boll's "IJfo of Lin-1
coin."
It was n bright October nfternoon, .
nnd Mr. Lincoln, ns was his habit, I
went to hcaihpiarlcrs for tlio latest
newt fnnn the front. Aflcr greeting
the cnrrespondcnls tin followed nil nt
temlnnt Into (ienernl MeClellan's room,
nfler wlilrli there wns hIIciico cwpt
for tlio click of the telegraph Instru
incntH. "Flvo minutes parsed," said
Mr. Collin, "nnd then Mr. Lincoln, un
attended, with lmwed liend nnd tcaw
lead yon S" he then shouted, "Let the
wntchword bo 'The Union nnd Pre
tnontr Drnw sabcrsi Uy tho right
Hank quick trot ntnrch!"
Where Impetuosity Won. .
To get nt tlio enemy it wns neces
sary to traverse o narrow lane, where
tho Federals were subjected to n inur
dermis tiro. At tho end of thU lane
was Mont rail fonco Hint had to ho
thrown down. Notwithstanding these
obstacles the guard swept through
with a shout Ilka thunder. Ilcynnd
the Inna tho Union commnndcr Rent n
detachment of thirty men ngnlnst the
icntcr of Uio Confederate cavalry, nnd
with such Impetuosity wns tho charge
mndo that the opposing line was
broken. Zagouyl then ordered his
whole line, to charge In open order,
nnd they struck Ihq foe with whirl
wind velocity, fending tho southern
lnfniitry scampering to cover In a
nenrby wood nnd driving the cnvnlry
pellmetl Into the town, righting them
through tho xtrectti and llnnlly captur
ing, or dispersing them nil.
When the cainnge was nt Its height
in tho streets of Springfield the Union
women faced the danger nnd came out
of their, houses to wave handkerchief
lire that itley
Mils ncllon
fell Mnjor Clnvllt nnd Captain High
man, both of Indiana.
Asldo from Ibis one reverse every
thing favored tho .Federals, and tho
foe was soon In full retreat, which
finally became n rout, The pursuit
was kept up till nightfall, and one
iroop of carnlry continued It fur Into
the night, bringing back one gun nnd
sovcrul prisoners. Tho, next' morning,
Iho whole Union nrmy resumed tho
pursuit, hut nfler following for ten
mllo nnd sending, a troop of cnvqlry
forward twelve miles further, gave url
ttio chase and returned to , Frederick
town, Colonel PJuramer, reported six killed
nnd sixty wounded on the Union side
nnd suld he burled IfiS of thq euomy,
nnd other Imdles were found later. He
took ,clglly prisoners, thirty-eight of
whom were woundrd. .Tlio..Coufcdor
nte colonel,. ,I.u we. who had been, tho
lender, of , n command of Independents
only less troublesome tlmu, that of
Thompson, wns killed, r
1 ftcucml .Grant wrote a lelter of con
graiulatlons to Colonel Plummcr mid
thanked others of the command. Gen.
rolling down his f m rowed cheeks, his " encer ino v cio on. i, ... ... uK..-
UT Wu icarmii iuuru Hum nun "
fnee pnlf and wan, his breast heaving
Willi emotion, passed through tho
room. lie almost fell ns ho stepped
Into the stlcet. We sprang Involuntari
ly fiom our seals to render nsslslnuee,
but he did not fall. Willi bolli hands
pie.isrd upon Ills heart ho wnlkisl down
' the street, not returning the salute of
the sentinel pacing his beat before tho
door.
"(eneral McClelhui came u moment
later. 'I hne not niuili news to tell
j mi, be snld. 'There has been n inou1
incut of the troops across the Potomac
nt Edwards Terry, under Oeuerul
Slime, and Colonel Itaker Is reported
killed. That Is about nil I can gle
you.' "
Zagonyi's Charge.
During the week ending Oct. 2S
there were several actions of niln r
Importance In other parts (it thcratt'i
try. the most thrilling of which was
Iho celebintcd chnrge of (Ienernl Fre
mont's bod.tgunid. led by Major
Zngonj I, nt Springfield. This occurred
on the SSIh. Ziigouyl was n Hunga
rian who had seen service In Iho old
woild. There were only nbout ISO
men In the bodyguard. Coopeintlng
with them before the charge was
MA-IUH CIIAIir.l'H ZAOOSVI, II. H. A., I.RAtl
XII OV A I'AVALlItt C1IAUUK AT HI-JUNO.
VlYLll, MO.
Major Frank .1. White wllh nbout ICO
cHvnlrynieu, known ns tho "I'lrnlo
Scouts," who had no part In the
chnrge nt Sprlnglleld, though Cnplnln
T. Naughtou of tho Iilsh diagomis as
seried thnt about fifty of the dragoons
Imd participated In three assaults.
Captain 'Nnughton himself was wound
ed In the beginning of tho actluii. At
nuy rule. It Is cerlnln that tho Union
forio did not exceed 2iW and that the
enemy liunibeieil about 2.fKK).
Zngonyl's dun go was ono of tho
most dashing and brilliant nctlous of
tho early p.irt of Iho war. Several
miles out of Siirlnglleld the bodygunid
raptured tlio nilvnuce pickets of the
Conff derates, but one of these escaped
nnd gnVf the alarm. Therefore when
I he Union men reached Springfield
they found Iho enemy In bnttlo array.
The imtiiro of the ground was such
that It gnvo llltlo opportunity for 7a-gonj-l
to foi in hU men. lteforo going
Into the action he warned hU coin
mand of tho strength of tho enemy
nnd told thorn that possibly no man
would come line Is alive. "If any of you
would turn bind; you can do so now,"
ho mldcd, but not onu stlrreiL "I will
Zngonyl's force was killed, woiiuded
or mlrslng. Several of the men had
two or three horses shot under them,
but captured Confederate horses und
went on. Tho charge started nt nbout
4 o'clock In the afternoon, nnd It was
dark when the lighting censed. There
were nearly twenty charges through
the streets. Whim It wns nil over 7.n
gonyl released tho Union prisoners that
he found In the town nnd rnlsed tlio
stars nnd stripes over the courthouse.
Then reassembling Iho home guard
and Jonvlug about twenty nddltlomil
men to loiWs after tho dend anil wound
ed he gnthcrcd together tho seventy of
his men left nud returned to Fremont's
urn In nrmy, which wns then npproach
lug. Major Zngonyi reported thnt he
had captured twenty-seven prisoners,
slily stands of arms nud f 4,000 In gold.
Later statements ninde tho Union kill
ed In tho ncllon twenty-two nnu in.ii
of iho Confederates, sixty. Fremont
pronounced it "really a Balaklnva
clmrgo" nnd "n noblo exainplo to tho
nrmy."
Battle of Frcdericktown.
rThls wns not the puly gallant ac
tion of the week In Missouri. Four
days earlier was fought n small but
brilliant bnttlo nt Frederlcktowu,
which resulted In putting Jeff Thomp
sou temporarily out of business. The
ncllon really occurred on. tho last day
of the previous week, tho 21st, but tho
pursuit stnrted on tho d nud lasted
till the '-'Ith. General Grnnt wns nt
(Ills time lit command nt Cnpo Glrnr
do.iu and one of tho tnsks assigned
him by Fremont wns to look after
General Thompson, known us tho
"Swnmp Fox." This was before
Grant wns known to tho country nt
large, yet in the cnmpnlgn ngalnst
Thompson lie exhibited somo of tho
characteristics that nftcrward mndo
him famous. Ho did not participate
In tho affair inrsonally, but, sent Colo?
net .1. H. I'lumuier, ofttio Klevcnth
.Missouri, telling hlui,whero to find
! Thompson If ho fpund , thnt eluslvo
! Individual nt nil, directing Hummer
to communlento with ho Union force
nt Pilot Knob, nnd trusting' details to
his own judgment nstlio man on tlio
ground. This wns characteristic of
Grant. He ulwnys, lift hU inferiors
freo In the matter of details, while
holding them strictly accountable, for
results.
Colonel Hummer stnrted after
Thompson on tho if"' H"'1 reaehpd
Frislerlcktown at uuou of the 2lst
Tlieio ho found Cojo'nel W.' P. Cnrlfii
with about 3,000 men. .who liadi Ad
vanced from Pilot KnoU Genera
Thompson hnd left Frcdericktown tho
night before, taking tho Greenville
road. Colonel Carlln turnqd over to
Hummer parts of threo regiments o(
Infantry, n troop of cnvnlry and a
battery, but not without n. dlsputo mi
to seniority in command. ' Plummet;
previously hnd l,roo troopdnnd tho
nccesslons raised his force to nlsivo
.'l.ono. He reported thnt tho Confed
erales luiil In I he neighborhood of 4,000.
but this was denied by Thompson.
ljito esllmnles on the percentngq of
recoveries umlr the now emollient
treatment for llrlght's Dlsvnsa are n'
follows:
Whcro pntlent Is much weakened nud
crises may bo expected In from llo to
ten days, probably not moro tlmu W
to 20 recover. Whcro physldans aid
with effort to reslraln fatal syinploins
tills perccnlimo Is IturrHKed In cafes
where patients lime from thirty to
sixty days of Hfo tho elllclency Is ery
much hlglicr.
Where patients do not wait until
tied ridden, probably threo . fourths
yield.
And In cases that tnko the now
emollient treatment on tho nppcirnnro
of tho disease nearly nine out of ten
respond.
Albumen Casts and dropsy do not
prevent recovery. The point Is that
the Itennl Inflammation should bo nt
tacked before tho heart and physical
system are broken down.
The now emollient treatment Is
known ns rulton's Itennl Compound.
It can be had In Honolulu nt all drug
gists' '
Wo desire ever)' patient to write us
who Is not noting the usual Improve
ment by tho third week Literature
mnlled free. Jno. J. Fulton Co., .15
Hallery St., Sun Francisco, Cal We
Invito correspondence with physicians
who havo obstinate cases.
For Thanksffivin,
Kcssnnsni
LEGAL NOTICES.
We are now taking special orders for specialties for
the holidays
MINCE PIES
Choicest in the city 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c and $1
PUMPKIN PIES CRANBERRY PIES
25c and 50c 25c
FRESH PASTRIES and CAKES of every description
PLUM PEDDING FROZEN PUDDINGS
ICE CREAM, all flavors
CANDIES Gunther's and our own make
Wiping Out Jeff Thompson.
At 1 o'clock Pliimmcr'wn In motion
and hnd not proceeded moro than half
n mllo along tho Greenville road when
his advance guard encountered Iho
enemy. Deploying one regiment to tho
left In a cornfield. Colonel I'lumuier
brought up n battery and opened fire
on the enemy until he compelled n, re
sponse. Tho other forces were I lien
brought up nnd deployed to right nnd
left, when the battle opened all along
the line, lasting two hours and n half.
One of the hottest iittloim of the day
occurred on the Union right, opposite
which General Thompson himself wns
In'foinmaud. Heio n ftinfi'dfrtiti' can
lion had been, stationed In the Mud.
ilml il ivo.ip of I'lilmi cavalry wus or
dered to capture It, which they did,
ORMKiiAt, mrr tiiompsok, o. h. A roit-
FKUHIUTK I.KADEll ATruKDRIIll'KTUW,
MO.
crnl Fremout pronounced Frederick
town "one of the most admirably con
ducted engagements of the war." Tho
net result wns thnt for a consldernblo
period the "Swamp Fox" ceased to
troublo this heel Ion of Missouri.
Affair at Romney.
A third action of some Importance
during tills week was fought ut Horn
ney. In what Is now West Virginia.
Thero had been two previous affairs nt
this point. Colonel Lew Wallace' being
Iho Union conimnnder In the first nud
General II. F. Kelly in the second. . The,
present nffnlr was also conducted by
Kelly and In numbers engaged was tlio
most consldernblo of tho three. At this
tlnio Kelly wns guarding the llaltlmoro
nnd Ohio railroad. Learning that thcro
was n consldernblo forco of Confeder
ates nt Homney, lie ndvnnced ngalnst
them with nbout 2,000 troops from New
Creek station. Tho southerners, under
Colonel Monroe, were encamped a few
miles from Itomney. On tho nfternoon
of Oct. 2(1 tho two forces ciimo to
gether, the battle raging for two hours.
In tho end Iho Federals scored n com
pleto victory, capturing tho threo guns
from tho enemy, a considerable, quan
tity of supplies and scleral prisoners.
in this action tho losses were reported
ns follows; Union, two killed, thirteen
wouudisl: Confederates, twenty killed,
fifteen wounded.
At Camp Wildcat, lit eastern Ken
tucky, portions of General Zolllcoffer's
command mndo three llcrcn assaults on
it iiunilier of Ohio, Indiana and Ken
tucky trooiv), .under General JJcJioepf
and were repulsed each t,lmo'. nThls oc
curred on,' Oct. 'i nnd pvns tho first
engagement or any cousiuernitio im
portance ill Ihlstpu'rt of Kentucky.
Fight Near Lincoln's Birthplacei '
biher sitlruilshei of the week oc
ourrcd nt..iIo'dKv",vll,i Ky ""r
where Aliraliani Lincoln wns. noru;
West Liberty, Mq., where, the Union
loss wiih report ed at two .wounded, nud
tliat.of tho Confederates, fifteen' killed
au'd twenty wounded; Saratoga. Ky.,
whcro there wore thirteen 'Confeder
ates killed, seventeen wounded nnd
forty-fournilHshig; Spring! Hill,', Mo.;
Plnttsburg, .Mjb.., resirllng cgbt In
tinrgents killed and twe'j'u prisoners,
nud Cromwell, Ky.. where tlio Con,
federates lost two killed nnd fivo
yvounijod. There .were also two naval
actions.', Nenr 'Charleston, n blockiidti
runner from Lltcnmol was captured,
unloaded and destroyed lly the I'lug.
and tho steamer Louisiana deinol
Uihed tv schooner at Swim's Dug cieek,
Chlucolcngue Inlet, riinuing Into iho
Potomac. On Oct. 22 navigation was
definitely closed in tho Potomac. .Tim
most Important naval event of tho
week was the fitting out of tho famous
I)iiiont.or I'oit Itoyul expedition.
At ihfs time Messrs. Mjisoii nud Sit
dell, tho Confederate cmoys, uciu In
Cuba, waiting to take n Ilrlttsh ship
to St. Thomas, having shortly before
escaped Iho Federal blockade at
Charleston.
Other events of note wore the volo
of the cabinet to relievo 'General Fre
mont on pa. 22 ntd thy issiiauie of
the order on the 21th. nud tin; com
pletion of- the ffeclrle oyerlanij tele
graph from Mlssuiiii to Siin I'ranclsco,
the first tnessHgo sent being as fol
lows: "Tin; Pacific; to the, Atlnntle.sends
grfj'llug. May Isiih uce.ins.bo dry be
fi;rj' iv fojit ,ijf il tljo land that lies
between them belongs to any other
than u united country."
IN TIIK .UNITKK STATUS IMS
TIIICT COUUT FOIt TIIK TIIll
ltrrouv of Hawaii.
TIIK UNITKI) STATUS OF A.MKlt
ICA, Plaintiff, s PKPKKKKO
SlIOAIt COMPANY, el al.. I)e
rctidauts. Action hiought In
said District Couit, nud the
Petition filed In the office of
tho, Clerk of said District Court,
In, Honolulu.
TIIK PltKSIDKNT OF TIIK UNITKI)
STATES, OltKKTINO:
PKPKKKKO SUGAIt COMPANY
corporation existing under and
by lrtuo of tho laws of the Ter
ritory of Huwall; LKK HONG;
JOHN LKK HONG, JA.MKS LKK
HONG, MAIIY LKK HONG nnd
SAIIAII LKK HONG, unknown
heirs at law of LKK 110NO, do
censed; ANN1K AKONG; WILLIAM-
AKONG, I1KNUY AKONG,
LUCY AKON(! and JANE
AKONG, unknown heirs at law
of MAIIY AKONG, deceased;
JULIA II. AFONG; KMMKLINi:
M, MAGOON; MAItIK K. Hl'.M
PIHIEYS; JULIA JOIINSTONK;
CAIIOLINK 1J. ItlGGS; MAIIY
CATI1KIHNK AFONG; ALICK
LJLIAN HUTCHINSON; 11KI.KN
G. IIKNSHALL; MAUT1IA M.
DOUGHKaTY;, HKNIUKTTA -P.
WHIT! N O ; K L 1 7. A it K T II
I1UILNS; NANCY I,. McSTOCK
Klt; 11 1: AT III CM MKLA1NK
I1UKWSTKR; ANTHONY 0
AFONG; ALBKIIT F. AFONG;
A11ILAM II. AFONG; AH SIIKU
AFONG: CIIAltLKS AFONG,
THOMAS AFONG, CI.AUA
AFONG and ItOSIC AFONG, un
known heirs ut law of All LING
AFONG, deceased; nnd JAMKS
I1HOWN. JOHN IILACK. HKN-
11Y WHITK, GKOKGK SMITH,
MAIIY JONKS. MAHGAItKT
MILI. 11KI.KN II I 1,0 und
MARTHA KON'A, unknown own
ers and claimants.
You arc hereby directed In appear
and answer the Petition In mi action
entitled as above, brought against nu
In the United States District Court,
for the Territory of Huwall, within
twenty days from nnd utter service
upon, you of a certified copy of Plnln
tlff'H Potitlon horeln, tngothor with u
certified copy of this Summons.
And you arc hereby notified that
unless you niponr nnd answer as
ubovo required,' I he 'said Philntllf will
tnko jiiugincnt oi couiiomnaiinii u ino
lands.descrlbed In tho Petition herein
und for liny otliyr relief demanded In
tho Petition. ' ' '
WITNKSS THE HONOIIAIILK SAN-
F0III),H.,D0LK id, TIIK HONOII
AIILK CIIAliLKS F. CLKMONS,
Judges, of said District Court, this
2.1th diiyof"fOqtober In tho year of
our,, Lord, ono thousand nlno bundled
and eleven and lif'thu Indcpeiiiluneo
of'tlui. United Stales the onu hunched
and thirty-sixth.
(Seal)
, , (Signed) A. K.
Palm Cafe,
Hotel Street, near Fort
The Honolulu Music Co., Ltd.,
Sole Agents - 88 King Street
i
MUUPIlV,
Clerk,
STATES, DIS-
for tho Torrl
TIIK UNITKI)
At-
tho
the
1 niiuui pvu; (f ,
"No. i. UNITKU
TltlCT COUUT,
lory of Hawaii.
STATES, OF AMKHICA vs. PK
PKKKKO SUGAIt COMPANY et
nl. SUMMONS. llOIIKUT W
llllKCItONS, United Stales
tornoy."
TIIK UNITED STATES OF
AMEItICA,
Territory of Iluwall,
City of Honolulii, ss,
I, A. E. MUIIPHEY, Clerk of
United States Dlhtrlct Court for
Territory and District of Hawaii, do
hereby certify tho foregoing to ho a
full, true und correct ropv of the
orlglnul Summons in tho chso of THE
UNITED STATES OF AMKIUCA vs.
PEPEEKKO SUGAIt COMPANY et
nl as the sauio remains of record
nnd on file In the olllce of tlio Cloik
of said District Court.
IN WITNESS WHKIIKOF 1 Imui
hereunto set my hand .and ullhed tho
seal of said District Cnurt this Kith
day of Noombcr, A. D. 1911.
A. K. Ml'HI'HY
Clerk of United States Dla-
trlct Court, Territory of
Hawaii
DAYIrf,
Deputy Cleric
S(JS0-3m
Sofhe "Newsies" Will
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ARE YOU going to land one of these' Five Grand
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HOW ABOUT THAT TRIP TO THE
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The BULLETIN is.holding it far some little news mer
chant. Who gets it?
Make the other fellows hustle to keep up with you,
(Seal)
FIVE MAJOR PRIZES:
And a New Suit of Clothes for every boy who comes
near to the leaders,
i
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2nd. Gold Watch or equivalent in cash
3rd. Silver Watch, or equivalent in cash
4th. $25 Dry Goods Order
5lh. $25 Grocery Order
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