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must be told by other pons. Summoned in an hour
ol i>eril to a great department, he drove the last rebel
organltatlon from Ita borders. Illi pretence gate
added strength to his forces; In his abacnce hil arm*
was driven. Planting himself eoroM the encmy'i
path, he tore great rents In its ranks and forced lt lo
yield. From first to last, throughout these brilliant
campaigns, he never Issued a congratulatory 01001 to
tlie iroops !ha! wrought such deeds, never assumed
that they or he had mme aught bm what their duty
re .pured, and at last turned hil back upon Hie darning
0008001 Io which general* and privates were to see
bow their countrymen admired tlu-m, to hurry to freih
fields of duty and dancer.
SEVENTY-SIX RATTLES IN ELEVEN MONTHS.
In these busy eleven monilis ho fought leventy-itx
bat ties-from Parker's Store, May b, 18?i, to Appo?
mattox Court House, April 0, 1S65?all fought by tho
troops of bli command, and all but thirteen under
his own orders. Tho history of then bat?
tles ls tbe history of by far the larger
part of the cavalry operations of tho war;
It ls likewise the history of the greatest of modern
cavalry generals. Mlnle muskets and rifled canoon
bad abolished the old function! of cavalry. The day
for gi-nnd cavalry charges which might decide the falo
of pitched battles was past, aud so high an authority
as General sherman had declared that he bad lost
faith In cavalry raids. In effect th. cavalry wai re?
duced to the drudgery of faratshtqg picket* lor tbe
army. It was without esprit de corps, and the men
vere th* target for alternate abuse and ral le ry from
Ihe fl~hfing Infantry. Sheridan's first move was to
have his cavalry released from a largo share of tho
Ticket duty. Ills broken down horses were then
nursed Into some gegTM Of fitness for active service,
and he lought to Impress upon (-rant his own idea of
|lM Wort befmo the cavalry of the Army of the Polo
mai*. In ihat country of den*e woods and numerous
a'ream*. he held, "om* cavalry might lo light ih*
enemy'! rivalry, and our Infantry the enemy's In?
fant.)-." He found li dlflicult to overcome the custon)
of wasting cavalry for the pcotecUos of trains and
the esiahilshment of cordnni around steeping Infanfrv.
lin did " not believe war to he slmplv that Illili should
engage each other In bailie, as that li but the duello
jan- a part which would be kept up so long as ihose
who live at homo In peace sad plenty could find the
beit youth of tbs country io enlist In their cause.*'
Iiclloviiig war to bo something more than a due), he
'did not regi**f ihe svslim cf living on thc emmy'*
country*1 "These mon and women," he said, "did
Dot care how many wen lulled or maimed, so long as
war did not come lo their doors; bul as soon an lt dill.
in the shape of Io*s of property, they eat.icsiiv praved
for Its termination -* War being a punishment, and
death the maximum punishment, he declared, 'If we
can. by reducing its advocate* to poverty, end If
niufker. we aie on De side of humanity.** Holding
IB -ie views, he showed whai could be dorie by fighting
thc enemy's cavalry, ami what by living off the
country, but his campaign. never saw such
license as brought Hains upon the bright honor of
others.
Pl'liTMi M-.W LITE INTO THK CAVALKY.
For a few days afier Graut'i overland movement
beran, Sheridan WM kept busy guarding tho loft of the
army, protcciliig Its trains and feeling Its way for lt out
of the Wilderness to Bpolisylvanla. Then (May 0,
1-364 i cutting louse from tho Army of the potomac
with but a half-day'i rations of forage, he started to
i | .t tho enemy'* cavalry"?and get supplies on the
James I Making a wld* detour fo avoid Lee, he nevi
turned straight for .tee's rear and for Richmond. At
lust he passed tic North Anna; then, launching out a
sln-rle division tn all haste to Heaver Dam Station,
be captured a rich lt01% of snppliei. and w as thence
fonh In m t-ir of wha! mighl befall before he could
reach his miens on th" James. Hil hors-s wen now
turned toward Hit0:11*111*1. ihe rebel cavalry f H.,wei
In bewlld .men!, and when bli purpoie dawned upon
ti..:*: they brat et rr energy to Intercept him. In this
Hwy did no: sneeeed nntll his guidons wire within six
milos ol Richmond, In th'* raid agar
cnoiiij'* ll:.??.- nf communication with Richmond,
' 'un d. *:r*,vc I the depots, ira!:,* nnd track at
Heaver I rn an-l Ashland Stations, liberated 4U'
Federal loldiere. defeated tin* enemy at Yellow Tovorn,
when their beet cavalry leader, J. E. H. stuart, wis
mortally wounded, and op May 2"> WM again with tho
main army Thli raid drew off nearly nil the enemy'!
C0TQ-IT *'"' ni.de the guarding ol Grant*! trains an
cosy mallei. Thenceforth tba cavalry "t ide Army of
the Potpmae had conildcnco In thoms ive. ind In t
l*?'*e:'. aid wore no longer doubtful ot th ir power fo I
compete with equal or iiiperlor fo::-e* ol Ihe enemy. I
On June 7 Sheridan started -.'iii te - dlvialoni around i
t>o tefl of !"(?'- army to destroy Ihe Virgin s * entre!
;. . *.t,i. lie* Meompllshed his objeel and ihen went '
tn TravlUlaa's. on the Virginia < entral, where be
rooted Wade Hampton on Jane ll. On thc following j
fnv he tore up th'- railroad nearly to Louisa Court i
louse, when, advancing toward Uordonsvllle. an ln
dc.-l-ive .-i.gv.-etm-ii' t,io!i piara. Not hearing from
Hut.ter. who wis to meet him there. Sheridan with
drew and rejoined the army on June IB.
TUE SI1EN AND'i.MI VALLi.Y DM . A*- I Ail.!).
On Atipust 7, 1804, the Middle, West Virginia. Well?
ington arid Busqgebanna D-panments were consti?
tuted the Midd'* Military Division and Sheridan was
placed In conni.and. Many J-ever*. cavalry skirinMic-.
occurred during August and early in September**, but
thei-e was no general eogOgement. although the posi?
tions of the two armies were such Early being on
the wost bank of Opequoa Cmek. covering Winchester,
and Sheridan In front of DeUJvU-O?tho! either side
could br.np on a battle at will. Defeat to Sheridan
would bave ezpooed Holyland and Pennsylvania to
invasion. Grant, however, saw the need of having
Ihe unobstructed usc of lae Rainmore and Ohio rall
road and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and he tte
tenalaed lo attack tin* enemy. Hut beforo doing so he
visited Sheridan (Beptember 16). The latter expreaied
6u( li conbdenoe of luoeeM mai nrant gave him only
tao words of Initructloni: " Ge ii, :' Three day. later
Sheridan attmhed Early at the crowing ol th* Ope
(luau, and H.'te:- 1 seven lanie he routed the enemy
ami captured 8,000 men and five gnus Early rallied
leis lanes at Un- strong position of Fisher's Hill,
when ie- "ii* aguin defeated, Beptembet 22. with
heavy lo*s and pursued to the mountain*. Sheridan
devastated the volley oa his niara, making tt unien
?ji*'? I.i Hie ciiot-iyr, anny. Eur In* service* at this
tune be WM made, at the ace ol thirty three year.,
a brigadier-general In Ihe regular army, his comrnls
.lon beu.g lated September fO. 1804
When Sheridan stilted on his raid up the Valley
his lirst ciders wcie:
lu pushing up the Valley, lt ls desirable that nothlne
ihould b" len :<? ii.vii.- ii,,* enemy to return. Take- all
pruvisio:**, lunge ind stock wanted for th* use <T your
company, buiii a* canaet be eennuBed destroy, it is
in*t _e*lr*ble that building! ihould be de-troy'd- they
Should lather be protected; but th-* poopll should be In
ltiin.cd thal M li-i.g is 10 am.v ,-,11 -il.-.-t mr.nug them.
r- Breen' - ol these nidi men ' ?? expected, aud we are
determined to Hup item at ail ha/nrds.
lu bis oflir ul report after the raid Sheridan sall:
Fully eiineliln,* In the views nnd Instruction* af l*-|
Lleutenant-GeneraT thnt the Valley should be mn !? a
barren waste, I ?iretiin-d ihe ca vii I rr nen,**, from thi
liiue Edge te, un taeteraa elope of nm AUechaalea with
Bin 'lon* t.. burn all f.'ia^e and drive off BU stock, etc..
as tliey moved to thc rear.
From the Hine Ridge to North Mountain over 2,000
barns, filled with wheat md hay and farming Imple?
ments, and over seventy mills filled with flour and
wheat were destroyed, sod over 4.OOO head of stock
were driven In front of thc army. Rut the BMMt
positive orders wore g.ven again*! the burning of
dwellings.
WIWIHIBMIBB
Orders were now Issued from Washington for
BbSSMsa to "take a position far enough 8011th to
lerve as a base for further operations upon Gordons
\ilio and Chaiiottosvi'i'-,* which position was to be
*? strongly fortified and provl-ioned."' To this plan
lie objected, and he was summoned to Washington
for consultation. He put his army In order and
hastened to tim capital, where ho spent only six
hours. Rut that brief BBBOMO meant mischief. On
the night of October ll Karly and Lont'street moved
their foi-ces stealthily and noiselessly from Fisher's
Hill to th" left flank of th<? Fnlon Army. General
Wright, whom Sheridan had l**ft In command, was
apprehensive of an att*ek only on the righi. In ib*
darkness the rebels crept around the sleeping I'nion
army, wlihlu 600 yards of the main line. Then,
through a dim and foggy dawn, the best n-oops of
tbe Army of Northern Virginia chnr.***l wUhouf warn?
ing, aud were In tbe trenches before the Fnlon
loldlers could load their muskets. Fifteen minutes
iettl*d the business?for the time. The I'nion army
waa routed. Twenty-four pieces of artillery were
lost, and the fugitive tmops were soon scattered all
Iho wiy to Winchester, twenty mlle*. It was moro
than five mlle* from the scene of disaster that nen
cral Wright endeavored to stop the flight and form
a line of defence. Then followed the occurrences
which Buchanan Head', ipirtted poem, ** Kheridan'i
Hide." has raade familiar ts every one.
Sheridan had -slept that night at Winchester, on his
way back from Washing-ton- After an early breakfast
ho mounted bis horse and resumed his Journey. But
a mlle out of Winchester hs met the foremost of th*
Itraggtsn, ani learned tbs news of disaster. A few
brief orders were given fei the retreating trains a* they
IBM np. and t,V-n, will, only 1 wei,ly comrades at his
li'-eiv, l,e spall Od at a gallop for ihe from. Kv cry rod
tho panic-stricken troops grew (bicker. Hut he did
net reproach them. He peeled each group with a
imlle aud a shout of OOaBdeaes that turned them bini.
again, after bim. to thc battlefield. Wright was form?
ing his line of defence when -Sheridan dashed up, and
Bt sigh! of their trusted commander iho men tell more
iwlftiy and more determinedly Into their jiu-.-*
Edierldan lode up and <!"' I thl line., cheering his men
Slid animating them willi li's own Indomitable spirit.
*' We'ie gOtnf bael! tn ramp I*1 "*??** the bimini of lils
Ipeech to ali; " we'i-o gong to havo mir ramps and
eaanon back; and we'll gel the tightest twist on those
fellows that ever you saw:** And Lo made 1L0 men
believe it.
At 3 o'clock tho storm buist. The Uni onset
of the t* iii-.iu v -wai repulsed. ''Thank (.od for
that," said Sheridan. "Now. if they atia/k again.
go after teem" Al 4 o'clock this order wan obeyed.
Wright's ll-ir of gmpsrStS defeij-n bunnie BbSIMBn'l
Uno tf eoniideBt advance, ihe rebels ht-kl their
ere hmi firmly, behind breastworks of stone and tim
ber. P-ui sheridan ordered a chu: ge of Me Will
twin's brigade against the angie in the hostile Hoes
formed by au attempt lo flunk bim; Custer'- cav?
alry followed in IU track like a thunderbolt, and
lu MSIISll the time required to tell lt the entire rrb<-l
army waa demoralized, muted and fleeing lu utter
confuiion. Through Hi* deepening twilight of the
ev.ulug tbe I 'Moo cavalry charged again and agaJn
upm The fugitives, wherever enougL rebel* were
found together to deserve a charge; the camps and
C-J-uon nett retaken and ut-arly all the rebel trans
portal loo with them ; priioners came In In drovei; and
Karly's Sroiy wa* a thing of the part. This splendid
finale to tho shenandoah ismpalga set tho loyal Nnnh
wild wiih delight. 'It stamm Sheridan." said Gea
ertvl Grant, "what I always thought him, one of the
ablest of our generals**; a judgment which teeretarj
Planton Indorsed and published to the world. And
when (ieneral Mcclellan soon after resigned his coin
mission, sheridan wa* appointed. November B, to lill
the vacancy, ami the suldlei wini had In 1881 Mid
modeitly, ?? perhap* I may get to be s major," was
now a inajoivgenei-ai of ihe Regaler Army
thk cnicLK Of Tin: in nt.
Sheridan was now ma?ler of all the country north
ol Richmond, and determined -acting upon bl*
own responsibility?io march past the rebel caplt.il
and Join the tulon army before Pc! MU burg. Thli WSB
a perllouh praOSOdlUgi and ,'allure would hav- meant
not only defeat, but disgrace, for he was venturing
to act contrary to the plain cf hil superior nflicer.
Hut he dliplaycd a strategic power surpassing evee
the dashing audacity of his earlier exploits, straight
toward Richmond he marched, mull within less than a
OUOM mllM of that city. There le h'-ld longstreet
nt bay with a single brigade, while the rest of his
army moved on to White Hons*, and tho great ma
uoeuvre 0 as accomplished althea! a hitch. Klchmond
was cut ot! fi-om tho rich counties of the southwest,
the roads to thc north wero blocked, and all was ready
for Hie final closing In of the National armies upon tho
city and Us desperato defenders On lids march
Sheridan als', inflicted Incalculable losses upon tho
Confederacy by tho seizure and destruction of sup?
plies. Half a million nandi of nflo ammunition,
thousands of tents, harnesses and small arms,
hundreds of loaded wagons, droves of horses, nodes
and beeves, provisions, clothing-In fae f. everything
ihat could bs of service lo the enemy. In enormous
quantities, fell into his hands; and he destnyed many
miles of telegraph and railroad lines, and cut In -rv
(?ral places the Important .tames Uiver and Kauawha
( anal. Ho had loft 00 his line of march no enemy,
and nothing that could glvo the enemy comfort or
support.
The omi began on March 2f?. 1800. At nightfall of
that day Sheridan camped at Dlnwlddle Court House.
'? Push round the enemy. If you can, and gel on lils
right rear. 1 feel lihe ending the matter before ping
back," were the orders bo hsd neelvod from Gran!,
from whom alone he now took orders. Through mud
and rain next day he moved on toward live Fork*,
when he mund himself contented by an overwhelm
los force Pickett, wise, Fltxbugh Lee, Roasor
and V.. H. F. Lee. Ills armv wns eat In two
and a portion of lt. put In danger of desi ruc
tlon. Hut while the rebels wera in bot pursuit of
one poillon of his foice. willi the oiher porilon h*
fell furiously upon their flank and nor, and after a
desperate fi-glit the unequal combatants rested oa their
arms, during a night of suspense. lint Sheridan
rested little. He scut to Groot: "This force ls loo
strong for mo. 1 wll] hold out unill I am compelled
to leave." (irant at midnight promised reinforce-'
Smuts. Hut morning rame without (hem. The
i bois, however, fell back through fear of ? raw u*
fiult, and Sheridan romaines! master nf the Held of
Dlnwlddle.
That day, with Increased forces, le followed th*
enemy to live Fork*, when th* greateal of the cloting
battles of the war wu* te li* fought. He now had
about 23,000 men to tbe enemy's 1S.00J. He an angel
hi* forces with consummate sl.ill. planning not only the
defeat but the capture of thc foe, and throughout Ihe
engagement that followed bli pugnacity and his
strategy were squally displayed. At four o'clock
on Apill 1 ih" stiu,:i:!e be*.-':. Several liilon reg'.
inonu wavere I and brake. Sheridan rallied Dieri In
pemoe, galloping to the front with ni* headquarter!)
flag In tis hand. Warren'- line swept around Iho
rear of the enemy and Stormed ih* bTOMlWortl lhere,
ihe cavalry charged In from ili-* south, and the fight
wu done. livo thousand of tbe rcbeli lurnodered
on the *pn?, nnd the others were scattered far and
wide, where they m-v-r could rejoin Lc*'? anny. A
more perfectly manned and executed battle, perhaps,
was 00t fought Tn all the Virginia campaigns.
0*N TO APPOMATTOX.
The day after Five Forks, April 2, Grant brok*.
ihroiigh f/*e'e thin lines at Petersburg and drove hlrn
westward townrd Danville. Sher elan Instantly io lt
np a parallel lino of march, hoping to pass him and
hood oil the retreat. At JatteraiUla, oa April 4. he
threw himself In I/v's pothj und Mat WOTd back to
Meade to hui-.-y up and overtake Mn While be lu ld
him at b-iy. Had L*e pushed forward be mlgj.t havo
brohea Sheridan's cavalry line with e;ise and moved
on te Danville to Je a. Bnl be did not, and
so fis l.*t ebaaee of OBcapO was pone On April 5,
the Union Infantry came up and lye's path v. as
blocked. Sheridan's cavalry busied Itself with cutting
off stray regiments and rapturing wagon trains. On
April C Sheridan, wllh Wright, Crook and Custer, en
goged a portion of the rebel army at Bailor's Creel, xt:-\
Quickly captured General Kwell and ton Ihi
of his best troops. ' Next morning Sheridan wa_
ont again wllh h's MVOlry, curly, srircliing for l!:e
enemy. Next day he wrole to Grant : " 1 shall move on
Appomattox." Scouts told bim that four trains loaded
with provisions were ul Appomattox Depot awaiting
Lee's arrival. He headed for them, and Custer, In ad?
vance, swept down and captured them before Ihe
engineers could fire up and get away. In the woods,
{oil beyond, were some of I/*e's troops, hungry for
thoso very provisions. Sheridan charged on ihem. took
twenty live guns, drove them toward Appomattox
( o ,ii House, and wrote to i.run' to hurry on Arith lils
army, and "wo will perh-.pi finish tho Job lu the
morning."
Al daybreak the next morning the rest ol th* -irinv
carn'* up, moving on toward Ihe fai?d Coori House. The
Cavalry pushed on In advance. |>e turned upon I!
furiously. Sheridan ordered lt to fall bwk and lol
twiieiid lt Leo saw the long linet "f blue-clad Infantry,
and knew t li at h* was C5Uj.it si Its-. She-Man pw
pared foe a 1in4l chirite. Hut a busty r'd-r galloped
ont of the rebel ranks, white flag In hand, to ,i-k a
truro, and the thunderbolt was stayed, ar.d tbe -inr
wa*, ended. It was Sheridan who. with Ord ard other!,
rode through the rebel lines to me-: Longatnel at tbe
Court House a.nd receive from h ni Lee*! note tn
Grant. Tills note Sheridan sent to Grant, and 11.0
laf.er soon came np ''How .-.re you. Sheridan!* )?*
rr ed. as h*-- dismounted. " Fir-t rata, thanh you,"
was the reply; '-how are yon?" "Is General Lee up
teemt" a.kr.i (irant. pointing toward the headquarters
of the vanquished anny. '? Yes r "Well, then, we-)!
{?o up." So they went np together, and Sheridan fl .
a witness of Ihe scene In the McLean house when the
surrender of the rebel chieftain became an accom?
plished fact.
AFTF.P. THE WAH.
A brief movement In J. K. Johnston's direction
ended the services of Sheridan's army, and lt marched
1 vk to WMhlnglOS and took Its last rovie.,- on
Peemyh-aala-avo. Bot Sheridan wns not at its head.
In obedience to lils chief's command be hurried 00
to the Southwest to relton and maintain order In
Louisiana, Texas, and along tho Mexican frontier.
?t his coming the reckless bands of reboil who still
kept np the fight threw down their arms. He had DO
fighting tO do, SUVS to suppress; riots at New-Orleans
which had b"een brought cn by the Mayor. Roth
there and In Texas he was hampered by th" miser,il,|e
policy of the Joi.iison Administration, bnl la spue ,if
al! difficulties he did lils work cfTectuully and wi n.
On the Mexican border, ami even across on one ricca,
sion, he vate uctlvo in suppi-cssing disorder and blood
Ihed, and ho did not hesitate to show his sympathy
with the patriots who wen* ridding themselves of the
pinchbeck " Imperil!* yoke.
The Freedmen lound In him a friend. More tl* ni
once ho callee! slernly to account ihe ex-rele,!* who
delighted to inflict outrage upon their former slaves.
I'ho Reconstruction, law of Congress was enforced bf
him in good fath, and when the Attorney-General
of ihe Filled Stales go explained Ihat law a* practi?
cally tn nullify it, he frankly denounced that Interpre?
tation as the opening of a broad mad for fraud and
perjury. This brought upon bim the PicMilct,'* d'.
pleMUrq, which te faeed without flinching. And when
the President, in his stubborn determination to defeat
the win of Con-grass, removed him fran hi? command
ar.d sent him lo thc West, he was applauded U loyal
citizens everywhere as the morai vii tor In the struggle.
Bterldaa was trsasfmrod to the DBpettaieat of th'*
Missouri In September, 1807, and remained there until
bl! comrade end chief, liyisei S. Grant, succeeded
Andrew Johnson at Iho White House. On the very
duy ol Grant's Inauguration, Sheridan was promoted
to bo Lieutenant-General, and was assigned to tho
command of tho Division of ihe Missouri, lils head?
quarters were at chicago, and he became personally
very popular In that city. He rendered great servi?
ce! there at the two great fires
which devastated Chicago. During the po?
litical troubles In Louisiana In 1*7.. lp* was sent to
WOW Pl loons Oa tho retirement of (len ral Sherman,
on November 1. I860, h* bo-arie. nuder the J':-: l>tot.
Commander In-Chief of the whole army.
Dilling his visit to Europe In 1870-'71. General
Sheridan was a witness of many of tho most thrilling
scenes of ihe gteat war between France and Germany.
lie was most of the time with tte Clowa I'lince'.
army and wss welcomed at bea0qoarten as an hon?
ored guest. He was an lateneted ami appreciative
sporti-tor nt (ita\ e],,ttc ; and lin- numil)-: tire of com?
ment! mado by him Ul Th'* Tribune'* coin-pot-den!, ai
they stood side by sid'- at Sedan, watching tte battle
bv tums through tte sams leld-gloM, formed to
American rcadon oas of ino mont Interesting f ,
of this lournsl'i Incomparable record ol thal ttrugglr*.
Afier the surrender ot Napoleon aad tte Fem nan I nf
his army, General Sheridan v M Bl* oui i !? tbe Itoyai
c.icu- to shah'- hands With Iiim*- Biimarck und con?
gratulate bim on the aval event; ami thereupon the
r.ernian Chancellor .ailed Ior tWO bottle! ol' good
P.avarlan beer, and touched gin?i with the tera of
WHu-l.eau.-r as they drank together to the health ol
United Gorman! and of tte United State**.
General Sheridan penlitentl) told himself aloof from
politics, although he made __ secret of Ms < ii in st di \ ,,
Uno to nie great prtoelplM of tin* Republican party, li ?
wm Mom than omo prominent I j mentioned as a kc
publican candidate for il"- Presidency, bul ttl
?al-countenanced ail such movement! on tte port of his
frlcuda. A few nionilw ago te was so often and IO
wld, ly spoken of as a candidate ii,,ii i? rtnnmnd it
best to put a stop to lt all by declaring, in un author
ired interview, in the ino-i delinlto nnd emphatic
manner that he would not accept a nomi nut lon lo lin*
Presidency under any 8lr<taB*alOO-i8S_ or ai*, civil oilicc.
lu June, l_e7-*>, tte hen. of Cedar i leek iiiiirileil
Irene. General I). H. Kucker's eldest daughter by bia
second wife. The bride'* parema were Catholic!
ooeupytag a high social position In OhleogOj but, ow?
ing lo Hie recent death ni 'Jener^ Sheridan's father,
tte ceiemnny, which wm conducled by hlshnp Foley,
was witnessed ii) only a few guenis, Including Gen.
oral Grant and oiher Anny ofllcers, and was a quiet
adair. Four ohtldrcn have lieon tho fruit of this
iinlnu?a girl of aiiout eight years, a boy of six, and
iwln slstcis, four j cars (,|d. The Cenersl was a
shori, muscular, deep cheatod man, with a bead dls
proportkinately large. ile hud i laagalae tempera.
meat, wrote In sa explicit but eoaversatlooal stylo
WM ave,-,,- to addressing large assemblages, Mid
shrank from Btrutloy In public plMM. Though an
ImpetuoM warrior, and need to rough scene*, his
maimer* In Moiety were qutol and cull Haled.
FEATURES OF THE CANVASS IS JERSEY.
BBB irita or thi: i.iqt'on law?i.roN aiibkit and
TIIK RKNATOnSlMI*.
Trenton. R, A., Aug. ..- There ls complaint In the
Tiemocratlc can>p of Hie tardine.s of leaders In organiz?
ing th* campaign. Whatever^advantage lhere may be
In occupying the field early belong! to the Hepiihllrans
and they ar" Improving their opportunity with Interest
lng alacrity. The local enthusiasm continues tn he re?
markable, and tho number of meetings thal Kepuhll
cans In tte towns and townships hsvo held dorine fhe
last week would make a respectable showing In any
State. For so early In ihe campaign In New-Jersey
lt l! phenomenal. The degreo of Individual Interest
shown ha_ been notable from the first, and there ls not
the slightest probability of Its abating iva tim" goes on.
The Democrats have been doing substantially nothing
meanwhile, and th* rank and Ale freely criticise th*
managers for their neglect.
Tte decision of the Omi! of Error, and Appeals sns
tOlnlng the liquor law In all Its parts ls Indisputably
a great Bgvsatege to the Republicans. The Isino was
made, thc die wes cast In the legislature [asl winier
and tho republicans had all to jain and nothing to lose
by a favorable decision. Tho votes that were lo.t las!
winter were gone, court decision or nu derision, while
Ihe failure of the law might have alienated Ih** large
runiber (,f voters gained by the act. When the court
nasnlmonslf SUStatasd ibo Hitii License law thc matter
was settled for all time. On tho County Option feature
there was not unanimity In Hie court, nor In the
sentiments with which tho result was received- The
benefits of the hl?h license part nf th* law In Increasing
th* Income of the cities ls being felt all over th.*
State, more especially In Newark and Jertey (ity,
where the Incomo has been increased neatly three
times without affecting anybody Injuriously excepting
a few sa* non-lice po rs and tue brewers, who usually pay
Ihe license anyway.
The September term of courts In several of tlie
conn!les will be the flrst in which the newly created
Jury commissioners will act. They have been making
op the Jury lists, and the result ls awalied with no
.-null Interest. The Grand Jurors are drawn from
arning a number of prominent eltlMOS selected fiom
different part! of the county, and lt will b* possible
for a Democratic county ta hav* a Grand Jury with
a majority of Republican., a thing unprecedented
lu ibo annals of Hie Slate.
BX-GOVernor Abbe!! wi.s asked last week whether
tte report that he- had retired from tho Senatorial
fight In favor i,f Senator Veli.ct-mi WM true, uni
replied thal to bsd made no tn raii-eun ni with anybody.
Tte ex-Governor and his (rienai eOeet tn eonilder
Mr. McPbemon out of the Beld by l.i** withdrawal
several months ago, nol appreciating?or pretending
not tn that great men somrilnics pb an ge tliHr minds.
'i ie Democrat! whn are most roirfldeot ol earning
the State on the Prealdentlal ticket an far Inm
satisfied with tbo outlook on Hie Scnatorshlji. There
l- ev rv probability ina: the legislature wlD be Repub?
lican, and ihai Mr. Phelps will take Mr. McPtersou'i
plaoe.
THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE.
UECTDHBB ON TnF. APT OF NAVAL WAR TO
PF.'ilN TO-DAT.
Newport, Aug. f. (Special). -The Naval War College
will te opened hon at ll o'coek tomorrow morning,
bu! l!:e regular COUTH of lectures will not begin until
Tuesday, Thc course* win continue until some time in
December, ard win Include most of the subjects
I upon IM) vear. The lecturers for Mis month
Sn I Bpteil A. s. Mal,an, president of the college, on
naval blitory, ami Lieutenant J. F. Meigs on naval
gunnery. The atm I- to limit the effort of the college
IO lUbjMtS bearing practically, and for the most part
directly, upon the successful conduct of war on the sea
by laval (,Ulcers. Thc art of naval war has never
received systematic treatment until the establishment
Of the college, and amid nil the 1mmen.se activity now
' upon the development of the material of
var. nowhere in ths world li there bo organlted al
tempi being made :o e.*ocl inch treatment except ot
the Naval War college, in eoneeq nonce there ls a
lack ol tex! books up',ll Which 10 ba-e a course of In
i tract inn, bul President Malian ami Bear Admiral Lure
l.av<* been energetic iii the direction of collecting,
digesting and arranging In suitable form for Instruc?
tion tlie branches which the college has to teach. The
Nm-ih Atlantic Squadron, what then ls left of lt. will
co-operate with lac college in tte illustration of lae
teochmgi given orally in tho lecture room.
FOR THL* CO.Y.YFCTfCrr REPUBLICAX TICKET.
Hartford, Aug. ii.-As the time for the meeting of
the Bepublleaa state Conventloa draws near, there
ls a good deal of Interest taken In the make-up of tho
State ticket, it being generally neogaised that ex
Mayor Morgan G. Bulkeley, of this city, will be placed
at the head of the ticket without opposition and most
likely by acclamation. For the po,Itlon of Lleutenant
Governor threo men are sauted?Gooses] Edwin s.
Pneley, Ganonl Samuel g. Merwin. Jr., both of New
Haven, and Janies (irahatn, of Orange. Th* choice*
will undoubtedly bo the remit ol tho caucus of the
New-Haven County delegation. For Secretary of
State R. J. Walsh, of Greenwich; Milton j. Bhumway.
if Killingly: Colonel John Tweedy, of Danbury, ami
Frank I.. Loci', ot Fairfield, wtll each have support?
er.. Henry Gar, of Wimted : T. B. Gold, of Corni di;
sraie Senator TL B. Henry, of Rockville, and Colonel
F. s. Mason, of Bridgeport, eacu have friend! who
Mould li*,.- to *?" Ihetn nominated for Treasurer, for
Ite I ontrollenhln George r. Tinner* of New-Ixmdon,
Bud Judge J. li. Qullllnan will c.uii be pressed.
CHALLESGED TO A SWORD COSTEST.
Lieutenant C. C. M Kinney, who claims to be the
ni ,*' UM eeoatry, writes to The Triti?
um) that Ihe mounted sword eon teal it Ceney Island on
Saturday wai mi fur tte ekimploMntn, McKluoey *ava
Unit he d'ie-ntcd Hoss, tb,, winner nf Sainirtiiy's contest,
at Scranton, penn., on Juir 4. and thai h" ls willing to
m.'t ile** asaln u: anv piaf,* tho latter mny suggest
TIIF, THAD! IN CHICAC.a
Chicago, Aug. .' (bpeelai).- UaaatUad weather ihr"nd.
and atnager cablci ejec:, ed nhuu yeaterday aiiout a
cent erei friday'i eloee. Tberi was ne smit f,,r Mile,
Md the price vunt to St !**r BeptemMl before ?tm
onie*!* "nt ba Siled. September wmsi epeaed at
-il 1 2 e. n's, loll tee ai,1 el.1 at at 1-4. The marlie!
r i eon .1 ted flail sod iteafly. Beptember opened at
16 centa, r:in.-ei rre.ni ll ta to so 1-2 ani ela
i: i -. Oau opened higher becaaia eon did ami de.
dined whenever corn ?ho-.\,-1 w-e*ikn*s?. The trad- wns
hf, lc.*. s,'pember was s.,!d at 24 1-8 and 24 1-8 c*i,t?_
- nt i_I4 1-4. F'.ill di.l a tittil l.'lter. bul the tia,!,*
linly in lard ami short ribs. Ihe former told and
cloaed a' 88 s", foi Biptcmber, agalMl gu 70 M I
tel iheri rite cloaed in eeoti higher ai Bl ii*>:
September perk 10 eenti higher ll *14 :<i l-l*. At tte
I Ices were _ and 10 cents lower.
AN o.MF.N Ol' KhPCIH.n'AY SUCCEgB
If th'-re ls any truth In tie- old adage about the luck
a black cat brings into a hooM whoa he eaten roten*
tartly and tai.'s ap his domicile, then the national Kc
publlci i Headquarter!, at No. ni lift ii ave., are doubly
fortuna! ir, f'ei not only on* but two black
cam have nml" thal their home. On Wednesday night
a good Republican and his witt were returning lato to
their home after theatre and supper, and they fnumi
.-. blMk eat sitting on tho dOOntOg of Nu. 01 and mow?
in;, plo .ii-!y to gel lu at tho closed door.
Tho lady look the cat to l^r own house and kept lt
all Bight, In spite of sundry scritri.es ami th* sacrifice
of a lace fichu, and early lb** nex! morning she s-nt lh?
cal to ii* ebocen borne, it had bMn reatlem ami dis
contented all ntgbt si ter hons", imt a, loon as it
ri orbed the Republican headauarten lt showed by its
:n tl ,iis thal lt was happy, lt wa* meolved with ex
Heine oordlallty aod i- boo a general favorite. It is
a- black a* a crow, with',Ul one white hair. Tte Otter
cai walked In the opeo door Thursday night and has
pi reeded to mate blmsoll at bo me, and he al*,, nu
eclved a wann welcome. Tte two ca's arc Mends.
NOTTS OP Tin; CANVASS.
The Ha-rlsnii and Morton Club nf th" XDh Assembly
Di?'r!et will hold a rpt-rlal meeting thl? i-vctiin-7 In the
I i li ?!-*? t,j image lei parUetpeting in tte lilaln**
-
A inasH-inertliiR wm |,. ti. DI af tl.* lc .i*1'|Uiin.-rs of Ihe
Wen side RepuMleM Club m Toeaday evening. a,;e-, shea
win ba mi-1- ny i. c. Kriedcr, el iaeteMvUle, m., j.hn
I Baker, atid Caaaa-aaaaaai (iion.*s M. Talatar, win, wm
. I..uni.-: .-nd Itu- silk (lag thal Ihe dub
will cany lu Ite Ulallie- parade will I..- pMSMtM aller
Hm meeting, "vr 808 B?bBIB Intend le 1808 pul in
,-. deaianstiBtiM TiiuiaUy night.
i.*..? af it,, na : leuriahlng departawoti al ths Kepal,
lie ju club woik 1? Itel among th,- employ, * ?f the Ma,,,
ha'tan Elevated Bailraad. Tha elah kt i.*-* Blghty
? '.?I use" n.,::'? i , ilready, Bad ti,,* leaden
eoufldantiy <-t nroUlas 1,000 wiiidn a neate, .in
i.lher club will tn* Kiarie, tm tie- Weet Side In a few daya.
Tte biskemM md aeadaeteta, a* wefl a* ite eng,. .
iud ii.*.ii, 1.. bn tboroflgh-golas piota illawilla
Then i? * BepuMteen ilub in tt?- .\i.\th teBBM-ly
DtMriet, conu. I af Ul flrorktegBMa. AicoiBlBg i,,
n. Wyateep*, >t Om BapuMlMO club, do -j,
nf item men Mee haiatBfm rated Um Daaiaeiatts ticket.
Tim fli-l, nt.i.ii ? 1 HMIMIlM ef IOI S'-'e gSBBllliaB
Mrf will Lc hold at Asbury Park on
August lg Th.- LM8M uf Hiidi*oii Couiiiv ban chartered
a lOSSial train for the Decision, which win imvo Jersey
mtv. on tho Pennsylvania Railroad, st b 15 i. ui. on the
Ibovi diva.
TIIE LIGHTNING'S PRANKS.
WHAT SATUKDAY NIGHT'S STD KM DID.
FinF.8 AND SHOCKS ON AM. 8IDK8?TIIK RAI* IIKI.P
1XO ON TIIK MVKI.Y WnllK.
The storm on Saturday iiii*ht did some strnime
tilings nml a towt serious results followed.
In Hie o|K'rfitors' rooms in flic lop of tin- Western
liiioti Building ii punic wns caused by a current
nf el_-ets*iolty winch zigzagged all over the room
for fully thirty seconds. George E. Raker, one
of the chief operators, wns at his instrument, trying
lo " pet Philadelphia." when he noticed tliat ihe
wire* Bodernealh the board seoned to bs on fire.
Breaking Un current h-UBedlately, he started nway
from the instrument. Ile hud not gone ten steps
winn n hrllli-'int hnll of fire ns 1,-irgt ns u man's
hut leaped fmm the switch to a chandelier some
Sta or eight fed away, and in an instant a blind
inAt (lash shotover thc room. " The phenomenon,"
said Mr. Uniter yesterday, " waa at once tho most,
beautiful ami terrifying I hnve ever seen in my
tlitrty years nf BXpsifsUOB with electricity. Tho
room wns filled with a (lanena, dnsxllng light of
thousands of colors. At the same time succes
sive noises like pistol shots deafened our ears.
Thc light went as suddenly ns it had come. Hie
socne was worthy of Dante's 'Inferno.*"
.Mr. linker's rout, which wns lying on lils desk
nt the time, wns furforated witli small round holes,
cleanly cut and surrounded bp blank circles. " I
am thankful." mid Mr. Raker with a laugh, " thut I
wii.s not in thal coat."1 In explaining the phe?
nomenon Mr. Bake! showed ihe reporter the, UtOO
sands of wires attached to the huge board. Those
wires had received such a charge of elect rici ty
that the ground wire could not carry it .til off.
The chandelier, connected hy the gns pipes with
thc ground, formed n ground connection to which
thc powerful current leaped. " Had the wires not.
been |X-rfectly insulated,** he added. " the building
would have been torn to pieces in less than an in?
stant
The building of the United States Illuminiting
Company at No. 4 Di East Twcnty-niuth-st. was
struck bj* lightning, and all tin- electric lights sup?
plied from this plant went out instantly. Lights
all over the city were put. out by the various
?hooks during the storm, in many cases the globes
being moved from their position or shattered.
In toe Equitable Building the electric clocks were
stopped hy a shock. Thc flag pole on the Union
Square Hotel wns splintered and the pieces thrown
far out into ihe street. Several of thc guests who
were sitting in tbs front* of the ofilec nt the time
were paak stricken. One of them, relating the
affair to ft reporter, said that all the bells tn the
house were *et ringing violently, while a solid
Baal of flame seemed to sho*)t, down tin* elevator
shaft. Tlie shook wns strongly felt by tlios,. Hi the
house.
TIIK STORM'S AMUSINT. BIDE.
The storm was not wi;Inuit it* amusing scenes.
An open surface car in Brooklyn waa stopped by
a pole which had fulbn across thc track at, Lori?
mer ami Grand .ts. At this point the irater was
so deep that lt covered the sidewalks and poured
into cellars and basements as if they were culverts.
There were several ladies in the car who were ut
a loss how to get ont of their prodie.iment. Fi?
nally th'- conductor and a generous-spirit'-d passen?
ger raine BO the rescue and carried them one by
one to an elevated spot half n block uri tho sired*,
where the sidewalks were above water. In East
New-Tork the culverts became choked up and the
streets were completely flooded. A couple nf en?
terprising gamins improvised a board bridge aero-*
tin- street at Alabama and Atlantic-aves.. and did a
thriving business, charging a one cent toll, till a
policeman drove them away for refusing to let
ladies cross who would Bot pay tho toll. In Green
point Kvernl heavy shocks wen* felt. At a tele?
phone ellice at No. 121 Franklin-st. a telephone
was shattered to pieces and the wires bunted out.
The current leaped from the instrument to the
floor, where it humed a hole ns large as a good
si zeil bullet through the wood.
At Long Reach the rain fell almost- In a solid
mass. The strong wind which suddenly sprang up
caught the water and hurled it in sheets against
the sides of the hotel. An ocean breeze had been
sending the breakers inshore in long swells during
the day, but a sudden shifting of fhe wind Banned
thc waves to rise lilah in the air and break with a
mighty mar. From the hotel veranda the white
CKSted wall of breakers could he seen as plainly M
if it* were day, owing to the rapid flashes of light?
ning. Tlie corn fields and gardens in the surround?
ing country showed distinctly the trams of ii heavy
downfall cf rain and the strong wind that ac?
companied it. Vines and plants beaten down by
the rain were still lying on the ground yesterday,
while some of thc corn stalks were broken oft.
TIIF WFATIIFT*. CU9U- FN"jnyFD IT AM..
Tlie Signal Service ohsrrver was found at his
office nt the top of thc Equitable Building; He
seemed rather plc-ised with the storm, fur he had
predicted that it was coming with a grand rush.
It. had extended, he said, over thc whole of I'*m:
svlvania, Eastern New-Vork. New-Jersey nml New
England. Tho temperature then was ten degrees
lower than at* the y.imo time on Saturday, The
humidity, however, was almost as hi-^h. Another
fall of rain wns likely to occur, after winch tho
weather woold bo more endurable.
Captain Vim Pelt, who was struck by lightning
on beard his sloop at I Mer No. 2, East River, aud
taken to the Chambers Street Hospital in an in?
sensible condition, had sufficiently re covered pei
tarda] te bo taken to Us homo a! Ernst ina.
During the storm several (ires wen- oaused hy
tin* lightning A bartel of Lime in a building
being erected at No. ii*-" Chambers st. eanghl
fire, hut wns extinguished before any damage
had been done. A now building in Wulker-st.
wa* struck by lightning and damaged to the
extent of |4O0. Slight fins caused by light
Ding also occurred at No. 4'.*s Broadway, Nc
|gg Debncey-st., tin* Dairy Kitchen No. 44 East
Fourteenth-st., Sixtccntb-BL and Tenth .im- . Thirty
third-st. and Eleventh-ave., No. 838 Third-ove.
and No. 414 Eaat Twsnty-ninth-st.
.I,,lui Gilmore, a cab driver, of No. 881 Baal
Thirty SSOOnd St., drove his rah into a large hole
whieh had been washed out bp lin- rain in front
,,f V.. _0. East Forlii th-st. The shafts of the
cab were snapped off. and one of them cut the
hmse severely In the flank Tin- spire of. a BOW
church in the seminary grounds in Twenty-first-**..,
near Tetith-ave , was struck by lightning and
slightly damaged, one of the large freight sled*
in Castle Garden was thrown down, but no oin*
was injured
'Hie Western Union Telegraph office at Eliza?
bet]], N. J., was struck by lightning, and some of
thc wires were burned. No oin* was injured.
A WOMAN KII.I.F.D IN NFW JK.lt-SI-.Y
Throe place* in the northern section of Hudson
County. N. J., were struck by lightning, and in
one instance a woman died from tia- shock. Tho
w oiiiaii was Mrs Mn ry Weaver, wife of ihe pro?
prietor of Kock ('.-liar I'ark. in Guttenburg. Sin
bad bc ti -i* k for some time and was sitting in au
easy chair near ii window winn tin- storm cann- 00.
A brilliant (lash of Lightning WBS followed by n
sharp |?-al of thunder uni th- people in tin- hoOM
Ir'.t a shock. Tie- lightning struc!: the porch in
fr. nt of Mrs. Weaver's window and glanced off.
Mi*. Weaver screamed, and when some members
ot ihe family went to her romn they found her
lying on tl)1' Boor. Bbc was still alive, bul died
m a few minatea It is believed that, the .righi
hastened her death.
lin* Hag-Stall "ll Schmidt's ice house |n West
New-Vork. was struck h*, lightning and splintered
nil, stn ill pie,e*. No nilli r dain.ige mts done.
Henry Hell, uf Union Hill, president of tin- Hudson
County Lia and Order League, wn* entering hi*
b.e'i*.* t*i -> 1 Iii out of tin* storm. Just n* li"
ope neel the (|iii,r, lightning stunk the cornet of
th.- building and Mr. Hil blt a slight shook. He
wis ii ?! iii] ir d. und tlie damage (lune in the build?
ing was tnUng.
BEUBIOVk tEBTTORS Ar OBAUTABQJfA.
Chautauqua, N. Y., Aug. .'.. Ihe Kev T lu* Wilt
i,lilli.lg'* .ollie -ii I |,ii., .ii,Ul,'inc ut ll o'l luck lo
day. The QoaSral Assembly Babboth-OChOOl wit-. Inii!
Ihls afternoon. About *',,i mi pOTBOOl WHS pgBMBl.
ITchld-nt !>"?is Miller and Secretary ff. A. Duncan
were lu charlo. Ill-hup Jehu ll. Yluceut addieiioil
the SocletT of Christian Kthlos at 4 o'clock. Thli
evening at _ I'hlllp l'htlllps gare an Illustrated tong
?orelee, __
IH)LITw1an~S~JIUS? at work.
IKISn-AMXKICANS Iff AT WORK.
TWO SEPARATE LF.KGVV.H WORKING FOE THH
RAME KM)- -HBW CLt.TIS BERBO MUlMKIi.
ThB I ii sli American anti -Cleveland and protective
League, of whick Jobs Devoy ls*?the leader, an or
gaolsatlon distinct from tte Irish American anti Freo
Trade League, but working f"p vhe tame end, the de
fe.ii of (ieveiaiid, ls doing solid work, not, alone In
td" c|ty, bal throughout the SUte and In the neigh?
boring slates of gpa fBIBgJ and .'onneetteut. A himd
-'.iii.- tran?; remy hus been placed rn hon! of it.
BOOfeUor ?tS, ti KO, 114 Fifth ave., and a large ban?
ner will i , .* bc sic UtB A Dr. Carroll, of Ph ll adel ph I a,
au Bloqiwal iix-akor, md au adept In Hu) work of
organizing tho sons of Krln lido political clubs, ha*
I,cen laboring zealously In ConttOSllcai Ho kai 'Ioho
elliiient work among Irtsb-A-OOHeOM in Hrldgeport,
i, New Haven and oilier tOWM In that fctato.
The work which tho Jyaguo ls doing In tho city
blOBBOSmd forth Into g-iod fruit In the series of meet?
ing! that were held nuder Hs auspices last evening.
A majority Ol ths anotnhly districts a*-e already or?
ganized, but only a brief period Of tiSM having etOgSOti
llnce tho leaders went to work, they havo not yet
had limo to establish a lnral headquarters In each one.
David J. Naughton, Judgo Advocate of District
Assembly No. 4'.>, Knights of Labor, and JoS'-ph V.
Byan, representatives of tho central body started last
evening io organise a club in the Vth Assembly DU?
triet. Permanent ofiirors were elected, Thomas Kea'
Ing being inaile a president ; Peter J. McLaughlin
vice president : Iftcaael Cummings, treasurer; and
William Scanlon, secretary. A local headquarters has
been obtained ai No. ion Spring-it Jame-* Paika,
whn ls well known and popular In llie With Aisrtm
bly District, organised, lu company with a few other
active men, a flourishing brandi of ihe league at
No. *_:;7 Third ave. II'* delivered s toiling sddrcM, and
so did Neil Brsslln, who was subsequently elected
president ut ihe branch. Over 100 Irish Americans
?afterward signed the roll.
There wu,* considerable bustle dtirlne the day In
and around the headquarters of the Irlsli-American
Anti-Free-Trade League, at No. 141 Eighth sf. John
Iii I*,,,ll hM been niae-cd In charge. P. II. MrNanK>o,
jere iden! of tin* League, and A. L. Morrison, were
busy all day preparing to Join In the parado.
A REPUBLICAN BALL TO BE SET ROLLING.
IT IS A BEAL ONE, FORTY-TWO FEET ABOUND,
AND WILD BB TRUNDLED FROM OCEAN TO
OCFAN.
Ono novel feature of the Hlalne parade will arrive
here this morning from Maryland. If is the Harri?
son and Morton ball, which has Just been constructed
Iv Dr. i;ii"kett, of cumberland, where the famous
ball ihat figured lu the Harrison campaign of 1840
was first set rolling. The story of this original ball
S -e' forth by the faithful historian of that part of
Maryland, Mr. l/owdornillk. He says of lt:
t_u(W the eneigetlo direction of Thomas Shriver, Alle
gany hui prepared the most novel and striking feature of
tl," mmpSiga. A large wooden till, some twelve feet
iu diameter, was bulli in Die barn of Mr. tihrlv-er for tho
.10 n. It wun made of light timber, firmly JcinM and
a wee, e-l'ti bar p__.?e._ through its centre, protruitne K.-m.)
- -.ie fe.-o on each side. To ttti! were attached rep***, and
ll Intervals of three or feur feet short hand bars wer*)
tMIOMd in tho roiics, by means of whleti the delegitlon
trigged lt f'eri'.ard, ,-ind rhe ball, oreo wt la motton, HM
kept rotting tlil the electiM gavo the " Hard Cider and
T-ng ("shin" !n,vi a victory. The ball was covered with
re-1. white and blue cloth. In alternate sf ripe*, and at the
polo* were stars on I blue groflnd. It was covered with
various Inscriptions. The Allegany boys made a Me hit
wllh tie ball, and it the (treat procession in DaltlmorA
tliey and the big ball wero heartily cheered. Henry
Clay Bwllied tho ball tho " Lion of the Day."
Tho Idea of making another ball was flrst lug
gegied In Cumberland shortly after General Harri?
son's nomination. It was carried out by >lr- Hrock
eft, and on Saturday thc huge sphere was shipped
to this city by express. "Tho Dally News," of
Cumberland, gives Ibis description ol It:
The ball, when ciiiioly complete and actively engaged
In tba !K-h', f..r Harrison, Morten and Protection, will ba
. eanvae-coven i -1? 11? ? r-? ic tem lu ditmn_oieoM and 14
feet, in height. Tho canvas covering will be painted in
r.'i, white and blue. In Imitation of the American flag,
ile Hm Betdi being at tho po|.*i. There will be ample
IPBCS left foi striking and pointed inscrlpllons, which can
ba read ii the ball revolve* a yoke* will i-* iuu from
tho end-, of ti... -h.iff to connect in front with lines by
Which tho m.,lister caa bo readily pulled aluna. The ad?
justment ls very nice, and the weight so well distributed
that a vry mi,nil amount of foreo will turn tho bill as lt
now Hand* suspended. Them aro thirty-eight ribs In tho
ball, which will, when completed, weigh about 1,000
pounds.
Here are some of the mottoes on tho ball:
Hon fought to keep the starry Hag
Proud poised th? Union over;
With dauntless heart he did his part.
But where, oh where, was Grover!
Roll along, roll away,
Keep tho hall in motion:
""ho spirit of our cen ls uo
From Rocuv Hills to Ocein.
Cleveland with his free-trade notion
Has set ihe country in commotion.
Tho people wtll at next election
Vote for Harrison and Protection.
Let ber roll against old England
And the Free Trado Cobden Club|
Let her roll from old Kentucky
To tho centre of tie Hub.
The ball was dedicated at a grand ratification,
held in Cumberland on Friday. It ls understood
that after the parade here lt will be sent rolling
across tho country from the Atlantic to the Paclfile.
POIH'EK WILL NOT BE A CANDIDATE.
HF. WUT. NOT WRONG OTHER ASPIRANTS FOR
TIIK INDIANA GOVERNORSHIP.
Indianapolis. Aug. 5.?In his speech to the Terre
Haute Railroad 'bib last nlgbf, ex-Governor Porter
reiterated his shsOlUtQ withdrawal from tho Guber?
natorial contest. Ho said In part:
" 1 think I value my Integrity moro than I value
anything else, and I have talked on this question
with those who are nearest and deirest to nie hi life?
my own children There are llvo of them, all grown.
They and I Cannot perceive, after what I have said,
how I could encago Iii competition with any one of
these gentlemen in a mee for tho nomination for
Oovernor. I hoi thal I must stand fast by my In?
tegrity. I cannot afford for any public honor that
could be put upon nie to have lt said Justly by any
living man ihat for the sake of popularity or oflice i
?mill not stand by my word. My simple Integrity
require! thal I shall not be In the way Of any of the
gentlemen whom l lave mentioned. ' (Cites of "wo
vinni Porter, you'll be pul there anyway"' and great
di"'.lu- ? I therefore i el, gentlemen, that l must
declare to you thal l <l" nol iee how, _? an honorable
man, I pan accept the nomination for Oovernor. But
let me suv tn yon this, in order thal all defamers may
be in lei- Them i* no fend between me and lieu
jnmin Harrison (Apptaut-.l l will support bini
eealously and beartllj In this canvass. (Applause)
lhere bave been *'ilu-' things said about (ieneral
Harrison patting me through and about my pullleiig
Genera] Harrison through. I have known (ieneral
Harris m a greai many yean, but bave never known
the tim,* u lum anybody bal to pull bun through.*'
(Cries of " Coed, good." and cl.ring.)
Mr. Porter'! declaration was not entirely a surprise,
hut tie-vertiieiess it was a great disappointment to the
Republicans wbo have so loudly clamored for his
nomination In spite of all protests, wtth the despair
lng hopi* that li" could tm Induced to malic fhe nco
if the demand from tbe convention should bo anani*
mons.
nf the half-dozen other aspirants, either will make
a stun.- candidate. Lieu tenant Oovernor Robertson
arrived In the oliy to-day to open his headquarters,
atiel i 'niigressitiaii Steele ls also In fhe city. Steele
I* regarded as the foremoil candidate f,,r the ooraine
lion, ile i* popular In the northern purl of the Sute
and has Camed a district which was made heavily
Democratic by tb! gerrymander of lee...
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ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC BOBKMI GONE WRON!}.
Indianapolis, Aug. 5 (BpeeloD.?Another Democratic
scheme for makins it appear that lbs worktagasM of
fndlanonolla ire unfriendly io the Bepublleaa i*res|.
dentin! nominee wm stool affoetunlly squelched this
afternoon i'm- two or three weals, "The Appeal," a
i aper publlahed as the organ ?>f the indianapolis Typo*
graphical Halon, ba* contained matter of much the
same political chaine ter as that published lu the organ
Of Iho Dei.Tulle party In Indiana. It was without
authority or approval, sad wm a Bold mhropiMonta
tlon of th** political sentiments of a-majority of the
printers srbo tarnish ibe money for the rapport of
Dev paper. Ai ii nu-'!in_' of ll.,* union this all.'moon
the objectionable eoune ol the paiier was itroogtj con
'lonnie il. and a resolution wu* adopted by an over
whelming volo ordering the expunging of ibe Demo
eratic campaign matter lu the future.
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MARLOM t HAN'tT. on THK OUTLOOK.
IndlanapoBe, Aug. .*> (OpeelaD. Mohloa chance,
lecretary of the New rori branch of IM Amerieoo
Promotive Tartd League, who ha* baan a poisoaal
friend "f Qonoral Harrioaa lor about twelve yean,
l. I,ene ami viii remain until after tho stat,* Com en
tlon. lb* I* on bis wai io New York Hom au ex
tended mar of lbs IFMteru Mates, in Bu sowm of
which b" luis pani particular attention to Um gavel
e,|iiiieiii of ths li* rill K*u- in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
?' Hove did you And the people of those state* upon
tlie l-siie f ho was allied.
" 1 have found everything In a most hopeful eon
dlilem,*" he replied. "In Minnesota the Kepubllean
parly has a foothold that li to me mrprlslng. Mlnne
?ote wl)i give Harrison aa lance a majority M hlalr.a
received. In wtoconlu the party han never been in
better condition. Tre firmness that (.ovenior Rms
hM !hOWO Itl the execution of ii, ollie,. n;|| gfVm
the Kepubllean port/ a new vigor and a strength,._Z_
poilflon. I feel safe In saving thai thc majority |ft
wisconsin will be ao large as Vermont wilj give/
|A NEW IT-AJV HK>FOSED l*OR THE PARADE.
HOW MORE PEOPLE COI. LD SUI'. MR. DLaINB
ANO THE PARADE.
A gentleman who has hail a military training ani
whri li faml'lar with th* management and organlzat|.,a
of parades, made a luggestlon yesterday In regard t,>
th'* procession which will bo reviewed by Mr. WttBU
which would make the line of march materially
different from that which ls proposed by thoso whu
have the arrangements of the march In charge. Kif
Idea ls that thei-o will be vast numbers of psosjls In
tho city from out of town who will bo extremely anx.
lous to soe Mr. Ulaloo. H? thinks ibo present p|a?
ol suiting tho parado at lifty-nlnth-sf. and having
thc dJlfcrent dlvU.ons fal) In linc from the silo .treen
as the bead of ibo column movs down 1 Wham
and thus confining tho Whole parade to I' 'ii. ave. be?
tween Twenty-third and Fifty ninth its. will deprive
many thousands of people of seeing the pat.ide; wm
cause groat confusion in the parade Itself on account
of tho t;rent numbera who will lake part In lt, anA
will prevent many thousands of people also from
seeing Mr. lilalne himself, who, according to tha
present plan, will remain all the time in which iha
parade ls forming and marching on the reviewing
stand at the Worth monument.
In order that as macy people M
possible may seo Mr. Llalnn and SBM have
an opportunity of seeing ihe paesage of the giru
parade, he makes tbs following suggestion*,: ?? [j*! tf,t
grand marshal of Ihe parado with his alis ami the
prominent people who are to bc with Mr. lilalne start
from the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Mr. lilalne teing In in
open carriage, and go around the biwer end of Midi
son Square, up the east side of the square and he jin
thu parade, say, ar Twenty-slxth-sf. Let the division!
which are to fall Into line after fhe head of th" pro?
cession assomble In tue side streets along Madl*',n-ave.
beginning at Twenty-slxth-sf. Then )he parada
would movo up Madison ave. to Fffly-ii nth lt?er, If
necessary, lt need not go so far uptown-cross through
any street desired to Flfth-ave.. then move down
liff .-ave. as a complete, well-organized procession
entirely w thout the confusion which comes from tha
lirst formation of such a parade.
" In this way the trouble which will com" from
attempting to start fhe parade tn the comparatively
limited space between lifty-nlnfh-st. and ihe other
streets would be avoided. Mr. Rlalne, tn his open
carriage going up Madlson-ave. through tbs rirns
streets and down Fifth ave., would be seen by many
thousands who are anxious to see him and
do honor lo him, and tho object for whick tie parade
has boon Anally organized would be aeoomptlihed more
thoroughly. According to my plan as soon as ths
head of Cue column should reach tho reviewing stand
the proce.sion could be halted, Mr. Rlalne leave hil
ca_*ria.c, and lake hi* place on tho reviewing siand
wlt.ii those who would be there with him to review
the whole parade.
"This plan would coniume more Hm**, perhaps,
but lt would prevent many people the anr.ov ance ar.d
delay of the formation of the parade, and Would,
as I have said, glv? marv thOU-MUl
of pooplo who would come tn rh'' elly for the purpose
a chance not only to vee Mr. Ulallie, bu' io sc.* thu
croat parade of Republican-. If tho present plM
ls pursued the thousands who wish to seo Mr. lilalne
will be compelled to crowd themselves into the tiuall
?paco In Iron! of the Worth Monument."
GOVERNOR GREEN FOR CONGRESS.
Trenton, N. J., Aug. Ti (Special).?It ls reported from
Washington that great pressure will be brought to bear
upon (.overnor Green to IndUM bim to run for con?
gi**?* again this fall In the Hld District, which ls now
represented bp John Kean. Jr., of Elisabeth. Kean
was a member of the XLVIIIth Congress, and was de
feared for re-election to fhe XLIXtb by Governor
Green, whose majority was nearly 2,000. Kean wai
elected to the present Congress over McMahon (Dem.)
by a small plurality.
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TBE PETROLEUM MAR RET.
NEWS FROM TIIE FIELD AND KASSI OP PRICES.
In reviewing the oil market last week. The Tribune
quoted a letter received by a prominent firm of oil brokers
in this city from F.urnpc In which lt waa stated by the
writer that he was informed by Fngllsh dealers ?? that any
sustained advance in tli- price of American crude would
play directly Inta tho bauds of tho Russian dealers and
Importers." The dealings it both the Exchanges in New.
York ind In other oil marketa tn thli country have failed
during the pa*t week to verify this prediction, for not
only have prices steadily advanced, bu! ihe foreign demind
has Increased and ls now becoming more urgent; iMBala
for the transportation of oil are becoming, for the tin.,*,
scarcer, and on Monday last th" highest rate al freight
paid for many years on oil In barrels, was recorded jn the
chartering of a bark at Philadelphia, the rate being 4s. (Vt
per barrel. The scarcity of bottoms is only a temporary
Item in the situation, and Can be -supplied in a Matt time,
but tho home consumption ls, as the winter months ap?
proach, another Item worthy of con*ld' ration winn taken In
conjunction with the foreign demand nnd tho low stocks no*
held. News from the weill has, thr..ugh thc pam week,
developed no striking indication of m expansion In the
yl-.-ld, and statistics generally have shown that the demand
ls In excess of the supply. It must be rememb*-i>.d that
the exports of July exceeded the production of that month,
therefore the home demand munt hav been drawn fr, in
?tocks. As the yield, as reported, ls only increased fn.in
day to day by small flows, while reports of decreases
como with more frequency, Ma'istics must, when r* duced
to writing, show a fulfilment of the predictions so gen?
erally circulated that oil will see better llgurei.
Although the oftkial returns of tho export! f'*r
the past month have not bOM Issued from Wash?
ington, the Mlewtag estimate will give a fair Indication
of what may be exp--.ted fMOl tie- OefOIU-MM returns
During tho last month the run* by tli* tfaHaaal Transit,
Tldowiter, Southwestern, Octave and Mocksburg I
narre;*.
Llnei aggregated . ........ 1,-dO.OOO
Ry other mi ail Unca ........ _SO,000
Total barrels. . l,_-t<5,0C0
The ihlpmeuts from same lines were , . . 2,301.000
Leaving. 75o.0o0
which were taken from the stocks cn hand. Throughout
the week the crude oil market hae gained strength In
sympathy with the demand fer r.fini-d oil, whb li I. -
good throughout aud has advanced from 7 l-l cenu to
7 8-4 cent- per gillon. Abel test, at all pons, with an
Increasing demand all ihrous-'h the W0SB_
The speculation In crudo ell at thu Consolidated B'ard
during tho past week has been more active, the transac
tlons numbering 4,5'Jj.OOO barrels, again*'. 4.3-*8. OOO in
tho preceding week. MOM have generally roi!.-.- I
Improve* I t'liio In tho market. OpeatBg on Monday at ?0
with a fair demand, a steady atv .tu. m t<> gi 1 rt was tv
corded, followed by a decline to 71) 7-8. tho lowest Uguie
of Hm ireek, en Tuesday forenoon. From thal there wu*
a Maadi advance throughout ibu Beek, until M BSMldag
8. 80 was reached, tho highest price, thus shewing ta
extreme rani.',) of onlv 4 l-il points during the week. T.i.)
markel aloaad Urm nt _4 cents, with a good deniiiiid- Tin
dealings at thu New-York .stock Exchange aggiesalld
_,_7,'?,000 barrels, and pne, . WON gMMHlly weil MB
tainui, cloi-lng at tlie saino figure as at tho Consolidated
U. aid.
IBS range of prices ind the total deiltngi in Nitlonsl
Transl! Certificate* it tho Consolidated Stock and Pe?
troleum Exchango for Uie corresponding "seek for three
years wero as billows:
Week ending- Aug. 7. IMA. Aug. 8, 1887, Aug. 4. 1SS8.
Opening .... 00 68 _ 80
Highest . . . . 6U_ WIS N Jg
UwMI . ... "1 M 6*>3 1 IA 1-0
I inui.617-3 67 3-. _ __?-__
bales bindi . . 15.704.000 8,605,000 4,5'JS.OOO
Retlned oil opened at 7 1-2 cents, advineed to 7 5-8 on
Tuesday, ros., to 7 3-4 on Thursday, and closed firm, wita
good demand, al thal price, at all ports. f'*r Abel tc*t.
Foreign markets showed steady advini'?i through thl
week, closing is follow*: Antwerp. 10T80181 Bremen.
7.50, and London. 0 11-ldmi 13-10. At the clone of l-l
?Baft there wis required to Hil vessels loading aul
chartered to load up to Frldav last 6'J..fc'J7 barrel*.
n A VAN A MARKETS.
Il av ??>*. Ang 4.-The ingar market wm oa;et thli weak.
The small stock* enabte.l teller* to maintain their .loman,i?,
to which n*> buvor wu* willing tu ?uliiitlt. guolatiau* *?er-?
nominal. Moi.i -*<?? sugar, regular to geo<l polari-ation.J ii %
f..30 Hold par .minmi . Muscovado, lair to goo4 reflutng.
nb to IH) .legree*. 3.37 "u?*>-..?'?. K.porU .luring Hie wee*.
14000 h..gs an,! 18H hints., luciu.lliis- 9* OOO bag* MOOS l 'a
hil,:*, to the I ni lei BU ten. KxcliAugo ilea-ty i sp*ai?a !*?>???.
iJls,_>2.r,*t. _,
All Run Down
Item HM weak,nlng 100811 Sf wann weather, bv hird
work, or Irom a long Illness, rou need i goad tunic and
blood purincr. Hood's Si nw pl rill a gives ,, good appe?
tite, strengthen* the whole system, purines Urn blood.
legulaiM Iha Uaaaeiea.
-It alford* "M -Mah l'U imo-" I" 110000000! ***__*
SarsAiwiiilia. Mv health two vear* ago *a* very poor.
Mv friend* thought I was going with consumption. -
eminence i using Bsi?l Sarsaparilla, took rive botUe!
of li. and u. ibv 1 cnn do as hard a BBS*! OOSl ?? ever A
could. ll -.voil mu fro.,, MM grave Md Ml BS onntf
Ism a mood, teeltey man'' SH* I i>- -hub
nev, lil Bsa! Miuu-st.. TSmMnMOtBM, (Ma
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by .11 druggl.U. Bis eta for J? ***?_* wlt
by 0. I. HOOD A CO.. Apolhecarlii. Lowell, mia
IOO Doses One Dolls'