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«I,P v»I IkK VI)I. ,i \i» '1 1M I 1 A 1 1 i 1A1 i ,eT»* I». Mi* I*IUIIJ Cittltf a st. I' i n mr -1'-» .'roight Mi miii. Corona \Vi .u 't Winn"' i i rou* \liiOuUK -:.u it V V i'iieie yarsiiMi, j« i tir w V.fi A. M.- MILUANK. LOPUK N" J!atet1 meetings at ^dialers Hall, on i Thursday eveuinn ot e.ieli iiioutn. uiir brethren are coidi»llv invitert to at \V Tuus. L. Hor Alei.ts every ntc.aid and l.n.t'!» at -J ji. in. sharp, at the Coiu 11m. iiuiradt.'g viwituii? our city are itivtleil with us. I) \V.lHi,. s, Coniuiandt'i. us. Fl'l'.'tl, Adjutant. ». r. W.—Meets lirsl and third Vi-n cluv ("\Miings ot each uiou'iii M." 11. VisitIH^: brethren curdmllv JOKES, lii'oirder, L*. K. 1 IUTACB T'oss, Bee. iDliR OF RAILWAY L'ONiJI I'd. Milbiuik invision i\ o. »». M-ets -i! 3 Hall every second and ioill'lh huno. P- ui. All members oi the older 'onl .VU-T1. K. A. JOHNSON*, i. 1 1 A I'iuE SHUT UUISK .0 \V A. I.: i YAI. A'.P'M MA -"N". (i and Kairth Tha^sniiv "i e.n U p. in. Vlsitnii? eompuniuiis •1.' A. .1. bl.i.siliK, Hi IS IVicnLA?-'. See. HC iOIC CONDUCT OF AMERk. VFNt IN THr Tmpoi.l HA *i .'•ipyriph I' u' sou' Wvt vli thii M. .1. ('. K.vAIT, •K, Secretary. i. o. p.-SYLVAN LOPHK N' Meets every Ttu hduv eveniin.' at Hall. Visiting bntbren cord.all I. .. hMASfl-i S. Lusitsue, ssi -. ANH ARMY OF THK i:rr IM w. GuoVliK, M- ol- L. H.- SKDUWli-'K DIVISION N III.), Meets in Sidniler's Hall, Milbn. a. in. the lirst aii.l tnird Sunday ... a th. MATTHEWS,, J.K-I. idiiet T'oud i K IIOKNK, HCC. aud 'lieu.-. o. -Meets erv Krft:iy MUG HI Muhuiiio Hull, and extend ial invitation to visiting nitnrtb. i WM. Ko.oi u-, I TIIOMA", Ileo. Si'C. Clil KCli 1. \TH(Jld(^. —Service Cluireh every Sunday and hutv J:'iO a. m. REV. Father Steplnn. i' i'THCKAN—S, v Nrvveiriitn Inn. P. m. KKV .1 I Lawreii lav 11ST Al. Ii. Church. Preaching e\-r Sunday at tu:4,i a. m. and 7:!iii p. orth League p. m. Suminy scle. 1'rnyer meetum Wedtieri.lays at 1. KKV'. J. S11KI.1.AM1, Pastor. th. I,UK I'^'OPA!, Ser\ i titf! ir k» arurmui:' 'i K ^criiUiied ,fi 0 loktf- 0 the in- fa 1 Tht- A an bombardment, had d-ne serious it t,. the Ctlfliiy's b'lt tories and forts, hn: i'ripolitan tiect rode detiant iuthel'Hi For its destruction «as planned one (hose bold and startling ilecds tiie me.a tionof wlii.'h makes, n.-s blood run c, -tarted, accompanied by the .\r,ih, .-Sreii mil Nautilus. A mist, through which the tars shone dimly, bung over the waters, aud at the rockv entrance to the harbor i j'" il. ring flreship left her companion i jatiur. disappeared on her dangerous tis ion .-i!n" had opissed the rubicon and wis iti the rc.se n en of the enemy, and as thingi «t r- s'lii" 11,1'igBtr.rthiiLC runs' hap pen \ery l'le men on the American 1 c-t w' 1 1. 'erics w.iuld montlm belel, t:i.. i-i. though 1 npi i.t was sml lUil sprui'%' in a po\. k"..v 1 ihe of Id. it was to lit n the Intrepid as an inter.,al machine, put a cicv i!j on her ai-.d sail her iato the midst -f tin pashas t.eet toe\ i lode ii111 .s.atter flamii- ,' fragments «»w i,« eni-tnv': boats. For such an enterprise ,i„. utmost coolncs^. tiie subiitnest ilarnn tl,c part of the lcu'ers and )ii"n are livable. The wonder is that nerves so ',.1 and hearts s-I'rave are found in the Minble rank and lile of a nation s plod ding servitors. The harbor Oi Tr, ..li bv over a hutldr. late., tin., n vessels niouiitui^ at least v .. ,.. f, on her waters, under the the land batteries. An in deter ed- in'such company than l)eing pi. !.•• ,e rudin^' could IMI .••i.,t int 'es by the 1.1 ired burnmfj throats. Yet there we willimi to take tl.e risk of a pl'"V' his wldrlp.-ol ofdsmrer, from which c- :.ne ...uld not be hoped for ualess o\ amn... i'he Otlirers were Lien l.i. hard Nm. r.. lb nrv Wrttiswtath an.. I- ...el... Jen ^Tdcs ofahum i from the .-hi| en w.« ",7 .. In ali. !Y-U ,, ar. 1 for her ties- won a maixa/ine int lie ),o.ld aitd storiiifr there 100 From tliis maira tube led to an ail i-,uiibu-ii.'!' -crate eruJst center of barrels of .•ine a lit i.iinini 1 bv luaiun licr unpovv ny •lilt iNTUKPID. upon deck i A ... H? I'- |il TUII'O! I i A K S I A Y O I i .. i .eitb miked c\e -.ad with irltws to faint ext flimpse of the bile ca tin* Intripi 1 as she rose .i: i ••. f..» shiftiim wMvnt. unt. :.e a jug them thrilled wit i i .-i ho thouirht of the ,"t. uproar .- terribh the vet i-.i •. .'IL ,- SCEIU TO id to their isit.yof a liu by a dam/er animal.* HIS of spiti fi.l i'lde.1 t.- .. ,t wariiin ip meet in To fro forward such a reception, instant astra'-alnyr bolt if -i v- 1 i ai i\ of- :nr niii! limit Hir?'. JJ U«4ti. ii» k*. •7v\r ./ V\ U I rmmamB i' morning nrtei exrpioshr dit*s of Amer O. -'amen miii i 1.1' harbor of Trijiuii, mid tho litpuoo (if I lit: Philadelphia was taken from hi-, prison to tho wharves to identify them. Thtv Wei'.' scarred and burned beyond recognition, but the circumstance proved thai tin- ili fated thirteen had clung to the Intrepid and mil ilieir death in the explo sioli. Whetiu-r tliat eipli'Mion was rauseil by shots from the Tripoluan vruns, or b\ uecidunt on lumrd, or by the deM^n of ln-i (immander isnot known. Had Somer* .ar I'ied out his threat, and blown her uptovnt her from boardurs dniibtluss somee\ idetici would hav« been Kieanwl from tlie Tripol i!an suithoritiev As it i.» ll.eir fate tands mvstery. but the sublimity !.• 11,.. i- I j... lammot char"'- .-t -itL» explosives ami a inii'-l Life. ••.•[ :t .striking the .ad IIIIII sue niiu ilisnpi .cared from \H-»V rid t'.iiy the unrelieved I bickiicss of night nd the waters rewarded the anxious ^-1i 1.»• of those .sharp, air t: a' single cannon make sphere tore over the i,' -ie si.v 1:"i:t* a fir off TWO id wtili a hundred I for:.. 'els and balls of fire wliere otic spar., v enou'.,di to ruin all th.it the gallant American navy held dear that moment those distant waters of rtarbarv. A 'i'ripolitan sentry stationed at :l.i* i.»-] '-V '.'tectc.l tii-' stiaiuer Mid pro •••". iu'tial nil the cannon .. i i ins of the shore 1 •Ml •ftl.e U,. ... 1 on the waters iu-ar nice, .Still the Intrepid k .'i •ligiit. for th»*i'riiolitan 11 :..a are 1 the an.-I.ora^^ ptMii: cn--\: IN 1: it is a matter 01 a.-. 1 pr.U rapidly lurk to his friends at. the en trance to the harbor. All this had been planned with a view to opcraliiiK in secre c\, without opposition. "What the brave commamler determined in tho emerjency of the sudden dis cov cry no one ever knew, for in the midst of the terrilic cannonade there was a ilasii I that lit the whole harbor and lie w ar crowned hills for a second, and report that swallowed up the thunders of the hundred cannon. Tne maya/ane luwl e.v pkided what of the im--iou, w iiat of he crew of the tire ship Tin re was wil.lalar- in t: e pasha and tleafeuinj shrieks and cries. I he i\ 'y'osioii was a surprise, and the halt ci\ 11 i {zed mini 011s of the Tui1* were terrified with i alarm. The cannonade ceased instantly darkness followed the bright and titful ht ro !1 pandemonium ,..V1 i had reiL'iieil there came blackness aud i",', i rnyKterious siletice. What would follow these startlimr events? I'he three frh'tidly ships, the Argus, Nautilus and .Siren, remained for hours at the'rocky entrance to the harbor watching and listening for the sound of the oars that would warn them Somers and his heroi- band had come bark to tell the tale, i Stm 011 and no sound. 1 he mist and the ni«ht had thickened and the eye could not penetrate beyond the ships' lights. '1 he splash of an oar, the elankiuK of a rowloek would end the mystery, but these sounds never came. The brave Decatur, whose soul knew only coolness in danger, stood on the 1 U 'J1" ., 1- 10 rr note t-aat 1 of a"waiting vessel as one petrified, so intense was his anxiety. Sotners had been his devoted companion in every en ment at Tripoli. Often some sign or ...mud brought hope to the watchers, but. the yaue delusion Ina few days storms drove Commodore Preble front the coast and operations were suspended until the sprim of 1S05. Then a new squadron under -isfc a column between ins .,pe, eet was vain. Night passed, a dav and another n:. ht. Not a shot was lired. The Tripolit ians were mystified, the Americans were depressed with fr'oom. Commodore Kod ers arrived in the Mediterranean. Holders had a powerful force, and a land force co opt rated and entered Tripoli from the south. The pasha now came to terms, for twlihst.'uidius-.lih! failures, had 11 a A 1 leriean navy could par. ..s::- re of Tripoli if it coul 1 1 U. I'ei hey hs. t*S. if!1 .reparrd ed du1 i tiolH of darmu |ni V u I I I I 11-... though crowm i with i k is carc he a' '"•ir love •, la n one •ti sh.in,M a ileauiy .r thinks of it that, 1 deiiix'rately place inx-t*' y takirn "n •. 'I' laws of war admit, of no v v. found i:i the opposing Ji 11 tnntfer what l.is errand. 1. Tin- act1 a:: lorwhich tt'.e\ r, .. ,ucreof the IK.'. .M.' 1.. known in military history. While lto«M'erans'Army t'.. 1 1 a n A v a s y n e i i e n a I 1 1 s iring of In'ad\ anc. .. 1. from MurfrecsVioro', on Franklin, on the llarpet 1 Ka«hville, -which was t!.' «.•«««• mpjili. s. At 1'rauklni 'n* HI n-nie i ii was truarded by Fort (iramrer. alar 1 ..rit inn mi a liluir'200 h'ct ab\e the i t.. ..:. .nd commandiiu all tie on 1. i v ,nity. In front of tlii- i r: •. v.as Ktationed a force r. .. Uis base at Na-sliville. At Fort (iratiKcr, especiaii, t...- on -, posts were war\. and in lict there was constant skirmishing Ix'tweeu I'nioii 1 pickets and mounted Confederate scouts! at this point, it was therefore with con sideiable surprise that the videlte.-. before the fort one evenin.: saw two men in the uniforms of l"niou oflicers riding bohlly up from the direction of the 1,'om'edorate camps. On examination it, w is ton.id that they bore orders from the Union secretary of war and lrom Hosecrans' headquarters, and they were adriitiud and .. at lxd'ore the eommaudant, Haird, I--- High!y-lifth Intli."-.1 •. teers. Tin" oi'ieial papers pre.-fl'Ui. i to Col. Haird wt-reas fellows: \. -, re Hr.i'AR -.'.••!• A. O. AK WA-iik Maj. ii.-.. £t- Daala lieniby ivlieved from rejiort unniedintelv t. tor geni'ral, for din v and V WA-,H JI R, May A.", :•=». c.il J„c.. rejiee \V. A .• .11 iMilry. United fiu.n army, an.l iiciin sje«'i tl insiH-ctor jreTiir.ral. is luireby relieved frotn ihit.y idon,? the lins ..if tli* p.itoniao. lie will niimediati'ly proseed o. Uiu west ami minutely i:i-|i«,-'. Ili' "il"parl'ii-Tit of tin. Ohio" ami tins iiifi.l" in :it,'e.ir.lan".» ivi.h sp.'.a.d ins[K'' t-.rs 1 Aaain. s| By t.-r .f 1 ar.'Nii\ 01 «.it F. 1) T.,t Assi-tnur a ij 1'. as^i^taat i|'.ar 1 la Muj i' special duty. liBAixji enrau. I -t i Jir afttlMisi a a.. f'ol.oMa. Tin Uiij..i .,1...... .. sir.'* me to say to you taut he dc-tirc s'..iri" e iri.e a ].ies.-i.t. that j«..i his out J.t tiefon- di-a.v: 1^ .i" thi'w.i' .I-part en n' Wis a All eoiriinandiier officersof a in this 111'." 'i-1 t'i" D"«t of t.'.eir a1. The KeiifittI desires ni i» In. yctl. Ian, very res Volunteer chief of stall and Bctii:„- a- Hip 'rritiiry. Negti(itidr- ,, 11 '. .1 a, 1,! ve I er-' (la •, office/ V -,.. ,1-'- i ii. .ate .Phila i„, -i !y::a• in in Tripoli -ift!... a 1-- -S, and. frop ,, .,,1 1. 1 e cert..,an liy oiiinv':. M.tj Volllll'ter Hie oiin'tiei direct lrom rs, however, w. innt l'or he pi of •itmnicerst at that time and pin first and neeond in order ave a rea new inspwtor? in the west. They 1 been relieved from 1 east. 1 won id HIIOW hat 1 i nander lepari nient acropted 'ail and o tlii's' ul'iuai eilita'e •tut hor bet n iv whei .•: th was i..' forts and camps, papers. I'ol. W .Hi. of tiio United frtat' '*11 •#!(.•* n and ending in ili aster. will e\er 1 surrounded wit jiathos aud color i il with an '|,l t)f I ,1. Will ., '. »r .t, Will. U'traii, and as it 'r 'he forrns ..j the st'i viw. l'recisely w 1 army, was a. oe: am relative of Mrs. itobi 1 1 lien. K .'Uto cavairy, i, while Wheel tla v. circling about ,i loose joint in Uosecfi-i-' -s- illiauis .md Prters proposed Ui.'iecon a the l.'n. lines is a mystery, but heir MI!-. neiitwnduet.it.i«iprobable.tliat. ,••••! i obtain information that wo ... nern to direct i (.'onfederate at. .. .. 1 '.lit Granger and Nashville. Williams' presence in the wi 10 f.'deraU' camps w.us doubtless oi 11 vloim Bcrvice and his cotinri:' 1 .'..s •. .• A. Wl •. f." i I'ote •. ttc.' o Wit ,..i V. .,1-1... lie t&en !. 1 E. .. 1 1 ., 1. 1 who ... •. hating \-. ,i: 1 a visite i 11 I .. -. '!. 1 often, i 1 en 1 ,1 1:1 th. \nittsderacy I... s, j-. 1 a 'fii injunc 1 ••!..- .mmunica- i country. i i:, ui.-.j. I-.' e L'ot omac secret and ki-p •. 'i bags 1 a »s.-,I been lost in the skirmish and that eitixcu's overcoats wliioh were strapped on their saddle bags had been obtained as substitutes, for the ones lost. They inspected Fort Grander min utely. and after borrmviiiK fifty1 dollars of Col. Haird to help them 011 their journey i rode oil in he darkness toward Nashville. While they were passing out of the fort 1 the commander of the V'nion cavalry under Haird. Col. L. 1). Wat kins, rode in from the outposts, and catching a glimpse of the iitrangcrs as they crossed the lifjlit of a catnp lire ho suspecteil something, and a went, at on e to Haird for explanation. Haird answered according to his belief that tiie men were inspecting officers on duty. Watkins said j'.romptly: "There must be some mistiake. I recognize one of them ws' an old army ofiieciynow in the Confederate service."' AYith these words he Ktarted, fol lowed by Ids single orderly, to overtake i the strangers, nu coming up tot hem he I politely stated that Col. Haird wished to ., 1 see hern further, and after some hesitation t.-oarvin 11., of tho I u.ubcr- ,, 1 .1 1. 1 .. 1 ... I they ret urned, actiug as though thcj h.nl N'is. in, s'au.'l 1. furnished liiiu from every confidence in tbcniseives Btructl'allS I It I is oflii'. and that of the j.ay.n vter 5Inj. 'orijn Punlop. asalsUint ijuurn'rnin.stor, i is ht.ivti.v i-fiievi'il t'rom iluty ia taw eitv. lid i w ill ri'iRirt linrnediateiy to Ool. Ant.oa for ilasy. by wHar ot tie- secretary of war. II Tor.T»»r.:iTi, Assistant aejuiant. treaer..!. reria. ..a. Uai'.-.l AI and those about them. They were armed and might i have fouglit olT these two enemies, easily. I cv»l. Wat kins wortttl jj/iir to hi* own ennip, nrari*r to tht* sc^ntj of tjiicouuU fwt. 9 eft w mIu.... J. st IP o I t's, ftU'i st-rtt 1 su^v^t 1 llU'Tt Ml! Pi»m thrm r. I ill tiK tent in..- tn griei. A !iiit ht bo'.e eavriwi a e IV flaws ihdalod A I'M! '.vens iii'.ner suspicioii HUM SI uards. When t'ol. 15a.nl •en11l:e ariih and ni:"rms rs were mrantely examine, mud that with tho .ait er civ rim ail Ih.: 1 i ients were marked "t at Fort .1 he jji'omi-i'd, ami .i .. but. like, a loyal 1 1 !...', U.lt I' .r eai*s o: was sent, a New York i Lafa\ett.e 1: .: r.t l'ort Lafay w as n !env I uuedi.iU U cut 11 1 Martha Washington, and 1 II. Lee. for the •nt The service perform Williams before in had won him a a.rn in Tennes-. !P :er, alio a.-r !,r,i i v as on dm '.\ •, -.lie my ii' i I. l'.airr a eir for.i- i:ii. ellwit. 15. id .1 t,..t. very particular w.-re many discrejiii .idier on close inspi iUUtl xpy i were not writ tcti on tho printed blank* customary in the army, 'Jo account for their j't'iiera 1 condition hestranxers stattni that bey hud been surprise erutes mi Ma ir way, that their orderlies :i tile rison it VVM'l Watk'um Mean1. sso.,n as I'-u pressed douhi.4 ot inspecti.i's, 1 ltosecrm ,1 hat in inion rm.t A1..J. cx- Daird at the tiit uiec iiu etiuinenc ss of tho spet ial i i:r. ii.vi ti le *rapl.' ,i: u: .Oid asoert -i i llcers ... iJU: '. I ... F..Ue in o!u' thiim fa! tile Hoseerans ordel i-_-l:i be taken for ura, ourt-martial was call.'. I re-iilquarters. i'ort forts in 11"' vteir •18 it was- i the ipemtin v.:e 1 IMT.- a. km,: column. re at Haird's and all tho '"•lUKc: irvwetv nut underarms. As soon as the coiir" 1 1.1: th" prisoners coufessei',, 11: .• k the morniiiu: of June '. n i an •••.. hours after they had enten-d the I mutt lines, the spies were under doom of death. \n hum' later lien, llo-ecrans telegraphed Uair.l to ham hem at once. The prison ers pi'Mtcst' d, dc!i\ir.i tliat they were spies, although admitting their disguises. Fi nally Williams appeali'd to K..secrans by 'elet iph for clemency "for the son of 'apt. Williams, who fell at Monterey, Mexico." A second appeal asked that both alight ilio the tic.uh of a soldier by bullets. \il wa„s denied, aud at '0 o clot k in tho forenoon the spies stood under a cherry tree mi 'in' ban I'sot the llorpet.11 with tho it's .... them. tiny. roi.i the »... denou. ',. 1.1 -. i, .1,- .. tho '.'oi. i.tkitlS, 1 '.'/illiains, took e condemned 's-entjetl his former whom he owed ho im -his bluck war fold times. At. tlft} ..i-i, .• down, The s. w ni nt of most, ci nu:uit y 1 j.risonvrs und one of he oh'. ... •harKc of tin* lien, and Williams pr eomrade-. the man. to fearful doom be tore i ••!allioii as a mementoi last, moment i 1. when William: 1 .»{ out, "Dry those KM,-, i 1 1. 1 heart cai II|K"UI»'I!"S I 1'i.e J.ieKl !SM I. it: Hrnises, SoreH.'.i ••. 1 e-,'!"•! o r, i liku brave men." Amoiur the 1 il w :. ts, one eontaiaiiig the W n 1.1 is' aOi anced, 1'lleanor I 11 wife of i'et.-r. They wri'aitaei'i-u to -iauus worn a!.out the neck, and were left, upon the bodies when buried. From the tryst at Arlington, on the l'otornac, to 1 lie callows rooked j.at for a devotion and darinj. KoKiii L, IvlLMt-li. dt 1. Ft-V.-r .1 hup! nop! 1 -o ns% ami all .. llt'es J'i ies. of .mteed lo ive •. 1 1 I ib'.Htns, ••id posi 1uired. It pel lect sat i-fi.etion, Price 'Jo centH for 1 v ii funded. i'*i -n!e b\ f' i ii:.i Hat/, is ^to!REW BLAGKSMiT*! S"3P si-n.n of the Cu.- is (.)' niv pair came before .iger that vvenitif .is had the desired .untci colonel ami as in tonus. There icicfi patent to any •c: ion. Ilesides, they K'll {()i B- General Bla« if all kinds (ion" on slmrt notie, i!S 'ALLWOeK VmriTED. FRED I iSELL, Pr b. ..I' !v t'i 1 In HMO I'lol'l lHui «.t tiil: Milbauk )loat- Mar? a.: kmd- Iresh antl 1,1 clHict^l ill uto' !. •k Trv 'a Ijrciwh pui i A Great Event 111 one's life tie .oscoverj a. I some loiig-suntltui? imdaity Ine l^'i. Scrofula is 111 your blooil. iou ltdientea it from vi-.iv ancestors. Will you transmit it to your offspring'! 1» u of eases, both Consumption ami IAlarr 1011« invte 111 Scrofula. is .sap|H.se,l to be th., primary source of many other of the body, begin at once to Utilise jour lilood with the standard alterati\e, Ayer's Sarsaparilla scrofulous eruptions over the whole iiouy. My appetite was bail, anil my system so prostrated that 1 was unable to work. Alter trying seveml remedies in vain. I resolved to take Ayr's Sarsaparilla, and did so with aucli good effect that ies than one bottle Restored IVIy Health ami T!l r.lpiill'y of the cure whieli tin- d.-e.tsc- has cut 1 A liiia.1 child of mm. the nam '..nip.01' this tnedle.ine, H. .1S- toii'-ia m. a- I xpe.'t' til-' process to ho long and tedious." Frederieo Marls Fer nanda, Villa No\a tie '(i.ija Portnu "For ni-itiy years 1 was a sciofld 1 I|"tli d.oi.t three je«il» a 1.1 the use ot r.l. "er frpr u when 1 la, sip-- Am s Sirsrip iK "Iv illi-lppealc V w.l* IIO.!1'! v Urandt, An Ayer's Sarsapariils rR»:r.vi:Fi BT —T-T cc., I.owol!, Mas',. ur.. J. c.