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How Antietam Chec
( ..ntlmiril from moOWi r">Er
greater part of tha Bekt wsa rt off aa M
,. ith a knlfe, aad i'?- Blaln lay revealed ln
rewa preelaei) as tbey bad atood In their
ranka a few momenta befon
The i'nion troopa took thelr wa) acroaa
tl - flekd In puraull ol the Confederate fugl
whohad hldden from thi lerrli
>,hi.,.i treaa farieei and ledgea
- - \ had gone more than R quart. ? ' -
mile when Oeneral Hooker was removed
from the aaddle wblk In the ad of falllna
ou, of U fron. the lOOfl of Mood from 8
aound whleh he bad reeelved aome tlma
pr,vloualy. bul whkk he had not '
.,, exdteaaent. Jaehsona reeerv.
? ned tbe cornfleld. Tban llartaufl
.ade a,,lM oorpa rharged th
fhe Held and Into tbe Dunker church i
General MansfleM belng mortaBy wounded
ln rroatof the Eaal W.I .!.?? kso,,. "in,
,,., .id of ii*"-.! and a part of D. H. HIH a
,,. Bgaln cleared the Dunker church|
W8uroner'B Unlon eorps now formed in the,
c,-..tre w-rh Bedgwlck'a dlvlalon faclng Ibts
wood ' Onca more th- cornfleld bscama the
IrainoiBi ground for Ibs embnttled 1hoats.
whlch eharged on through tha Dunker
ChUrch WOOd IO the liel.ls I ' >ol;d 101*
U, hargB ?< - met hy McLawa dlvlalon
o' l ongatreet'a corpe. whlch had. fortu
nat.lv f.,r Laa. lual arrived from H<
F.rr- ?dualtf tbe Une ol battk wsa
edging toward the BOUtB. AbOUl the tlme
that Bedgwlck elmrged, Prench and Rlch
ardaaa, of Buraner*? earpa dlalodged p. H.
Hlip. line from B DOtUt dur.il> !,. fTonl Of
ihe Dunker churcb.
Wh.dli.g Iu irregular faahlon down I ie
I i toward th.- creek from the
turnplke. al a polnt between thi -
,?? Bharpatrurg, on lha Hageratowi l
,,k,. was . aunkea r~d. Hill .<-'?
a irtfloa* haWBfll tba banh of Ibe
highway, and rrench and IHchardaon
a^aiu rtarfljad him. The aur?an road ha
,.-,- ainca beeb atyled Bl.ly l^ne. for
boaiaa ..f the Confederate aoldlera
? | ,,nf,i two and thrae deep ln aom<
apota, sa if ln b borlal dltch. Th.- Con
fraerate poaltlon waa carrled. I - OaneraJ
Itlohardson wa. mortallr wounded ... a
cornfleld on the aouth iWe ol th B
i^n* Born- ef FranbUna troopa, under
,rw,n a?.i Brook* aoa catna to the i >
,,,,-t of Frenck and lllehardeon. and Ir
v ns brlgada was repulaed Just aouth of
,.". Duaaar ebureb. D H. HUI .md R. H.
Aiideraaa'a .liviston of l>ngstraet'a earpa
aTuggied tor the 8888888800 ol the ground
Bouth of lha euakau n-ad. Btuart'a Oon
federate cavslry atteniiHed a Bank move
mant north oi the Dunker church wood,
i ,,t wmh lafBlard i Doubleday*s
ot thiny guaa
Me'aHali OOW plann- 'I B8 atlo.i 00 the
BSflitk * nd of lha Confederate lb> . oppi Blt*
lha BO-called r.irnalde bridg. Pleaaantaai,
with B part of his cavalry >.n*i B8V8tal bat
teric*. croeoad lha BaaaBahara brldge la
front of Hhiiu-buig with tha purtaoaa of
offerlng Rlchardaon Bank auppert and aa
BtBting BurnsMa m croeelng tba brldga
b? low. Bavaral bnttallons of regulara from
porter*a corpa followed hba ap. Burnatdi
ordered Rodman and Bcammon la iki forda
i,, low ih*- aoutherli brIdBa over tb.
,is b erreraaon, and Tostabs, al Laa^tatraet'a
iijaaaaian'* wha had baan Buardlng tbe
brldge, buirii.i aome ol bla bbsb down the
Btream to Baaet this aew BMack. Ia tb<
i.,e. of a gaiiing aaflladtflg Bra 'he raaa
under Bturarta aad Crook unoertook t*.
?.,.,,.,? ihe brldga Hot anee, hut aarearal
llnior. dM thev make tha aaTart
Th.- roadwajr af the brldge was wlaV
taough for onlj etgh! maa abraast it araa
luctssan for them to eeane face to lai a
with * foro ol loageT f1""' ;""' Proteeted
,m, * 'lellan'a orders becarna more and more
iBafiatanl tu-\. tha oiiout ba eraaaiaj aad at
:ked Lee's Invasion.
last ., -..1 nniii planted a flag oa tha west
? uie, . h?. is golng up an * ri ry aldfl
from tha Union aoMlerfl who could aei the
faai T>:,. forda Ix loa had alao been
cToaard The t'onfederatea bob gave way
?long Ih* line, and tha I'nlon troopa
raa :hed the creal of tbe hlll Aftei receli
ing retaforcementfl llie Union troops swung
around toward Bhat paburg, and i im? fi ?
.. f., n aith the laal ot !.'??? a tio* .
leave Hfli i" r'i K* r. Ihe dlvtelon com
manded by A P Hlll. "'?''>' ' ;"'
marched aeventeen mllefl Ifl aav n hourfl
The Mom ranka ol Hlll'a troopa were
.; in the blue United Btatea iinlforma
n .1 al Harpii !.? *nd for fl mo
.,.,:,t it... i iiion tmopa ??? ra di eelved.
?There la a hslt." ns ba an o rai pub
Itsbed In Th. Tribune of Beptemb r I
bea thla momenl ln tba s?iugKi".
I . rebel '"ft glve? wa) and acattera ovei
. real atand faal and flre, More
Infantry comea up. Burnalde ifl outnum
i? red; Hanked, compelled to >1< Id the hlll
|... took bo bravely. a a t.-? poaition li no
one of attai k; he defenda hlmaelf
with ui fsltering flrmneas, bul luw flda to
,.,,, for help McCteUan'a glasa I h
the laal half bour haa aeldom bien turned
;iHii\ II Om t ll" le"
?ii, ,,.,.. ri.-.tiv enough thal Burnaldi la
..... . ,i needa no maaaenger I i tell hlm
,n ,. i; ;,, . growa darki r wlth analoua
thought. Ixwking down Into tl ?? valley,
where flfteen thouaand ti.?
he turna fl half-oju* itloning looh on Klta
john Porter, who atanda by I L ?lde, grave
iv ? aflfedng ti"- i" id- They ira Port* r'fl
,w; are fresh and only impstleni
l0 fliiare Ifl thta llght. But Porter aiowly
. , hia b* ad, and ona ma) well b* -
II, v,. thal tlie aama Ihoughl la pa* mg
through the mlnda of both panera_a: "The)
.?.. ,,, ?l;|v reaervea of tha army: they
,?.?,?, bcasared ll la esoy la aee thal thg
momenl ha? com* when everythlng may
tu:,, on one order given <.r wlthbold, arhen
tl?. hlator) < f tba bsttle la only <? bi rrtl
..,, ,,, theughta and purpoaea and worda ol
the g< neral.
"Burn !"? ? " ' * "a' ' ri* * ni'- ,,w
?; ...,,, troopa and guna. if
you <i" "oi aend them I rannol bold my
. ,.? ,,,, i,?if on bour.' McClellan'a onl)
- ror th" momenl is a kian.-e al lha
?, .,,., ,. ? I Thi u I e luiiiv and BpeSkB
Blowly, Tell Oeneral Bornalda thal thla
la ii...' battle ol tha arar. ?* mual h*.id
. ound till dark Bl anv eost. I will
Mini hlm Mlllcr'a batter)'. I ean da noth
ing more. I hava no Infantry.' Then es
lha meaaenger waa ridtng away na <aiie.i
llim i,,,, g, Tell him lf h" eannot hold
hls glOl fld, then the Lridge, to the IhbI
man! always th. bridggl if the hrldge ls
lOSt. all 18 lOSt.'
?Tba buii la alreauly down; not half an
hour ? f <lay)!ght is lefl. Till Hurnstde's
uuaaagr eame li had aaamed piain to every
oa.- that tii*- T'atti*' COUld not ba llnlshed
to-day. . ? But the rebole halted instesd
,,f pushim, on. their tdfldtcttve cannonade
,ii,.i away as the Ugbl faded. Before it
was qtilt* dark the hattl*- was over. Only
a aolltary gun of Burnslde'a thundered
[agalnal t;.< enemy, and preeently this alao
. ed, and tha ti* i<i was BtllL"
I Tha Union troops rematned on the fleld,
bul Hodinaii had been tatall) aroundad.
Thta arai the laal moveraenl *.f a i>at11<
in whl h blood had flowad Hka watar. The
rtruggk ha.i been on*' ?.f bruta foree,
. upon charge, Blaugbter wlthout re
Htraiiit. Tha leaa ln kliied ..nd arounded
,n tha Unlofl ald? araa 12,410; oa ti>c Con
federate approxtmately 11,8a), or one-fourth
,,f i.. e's army. Although Let remalned *>p
poalta .McieiiHii through the nexl day. the
! latter dtd nol take anj furtber BCtkaa, and
i in the courae of Ihe nlghl of tha llth Lea
I retreated i nmoli i ted. Md i* llan beld the
Iground, i i.i in had aol "hurt" '>?' the
graj Uucuiu hud baep urgtagj him to gg
I a. r. s.
She?No, I know nothing about golf
OEN. MDOWELL AT BULL RUN
Did Not Get Lost, Accordiug to a Mem
bcr of Kis Bodyguard.
To the Bdlti r "f Tha Trlbun*
.m.i-; Th.- brilhant writer of your wai ar?
Uolea In Sunday's Trll une, .luly ll, falhi
into au error perhapa a eonunon one in
Hlaling that Oeneral McDowall gol kNfl an.l
was BBtaatng in th" Brai day' :iKin ?'f me
aacond BaH Raa bsttla i waa a aecond
llBjutenanl iti Oaan ml M* Dowell'a ot d<
guard, conslstlng ef four companlea called
a battaUon of tbe td Sew rork Cavalry,
whlch bad bto n wlth hlm all nanuni i
rjenerata McDowell ami Plta John Porter
eame out *>f Pope'a haadgaarteri at tha
Henry houae, Aagust ta, IM, BBoontad tbelr
ihoraefl and with a few staff afhcera to*ik
[the aslneavllle road, our battalion falllng
? iu behlnd them. Tha geaerala io pt up an
learneet converaatlon untll they arrivad at
|;, pomi where tbelr routes Beparated, when
Oeneral McDowell turned in ihe saddie and
dlrerted our battalion commander to datall
ag oitici'i and twenty n?en, well mounted,
t? v" wlth i '?? aeral Poi ter for.\ r dui
Ueutenanl Oeorge V- <?"*** headed thta
detacbmenti wblcb remalned wlth rorter
A C0NFES3I0N.
I don't even know which end ot the ui
itlll dayllghl naal BBsrnlBg, havlng ?e difll
eulty ln budiiig us wban rahaved from thelr
detall, paaalBg along tbe raar <*f tbe L'nloa
Iforces, even iaaagnlaiBa "t"1 laklni bla
i mu.1,1 from tha dead bod) of Lleub aanl
pred compti n, ?-f our reglmant, klUed tba
preci dlng nigbt.
; deneral McDowell, having UuTumi the
route t" th<- rlghl after tbe abovadeecrlbed
partlng ?ith Oanaral Partar lABguai W),
paaaed lha raar of Oanaral Reynalds'a dl?
...,, (Penasylvaala raaarvea) hh.i roda to
the Bound *>f cannon f*>> "i* nortbward,
where our rlghl BiBB w"? i*gag*d aith
Btonewall Jackaoo'fl eorp* Ivs balted for
that aff-rnoon and nlgbt on 8 blll to tba
raar *.r th- flght, G^oaral McDowell aaaura.
Ing commaii.i *'f 9* tb. traaca eemposlng
ih,. rlght aing untll Popa <"?"? ":> "'*' llell!'
88X1 day.
Lala i.i Ihe i.lt.ino'.ii of Ihe l" Ih. durim;
whlch i waa nol bwbj* flraan Oanaral Me?
Dowell i aaa Jackaan'a iin<s falUng back
i ,.,,?.,. ,.,,. Heniendoiis (he ?.f Ileii.t7.len.iin'.-*
,,.,,,. ,?.. iar back, hut dlsttnctly a raeaa
ln- movement. Then. away te the rkht. a
l,rIgade of ravalrj I ,,?"K Buforda
,1,,,-g.d .ui Jackaon'fl axtrama lafl Ban*
mi this is within my paraanBl reeolleciion,
:II1(, , hava never baan .weuaed of a faiilns
Iroamory. i aaa nsai Pop. and McDowell
ddie you use.
lon thal t'tent hlll tata tha nesi afternoon
! (Augual 1 ' when ..ur Unes began to break
Tha llral gap wa? aaada by aaa of our own
I batteriea llmbcriag ap and daablng dowa
hlll through tha brigada auppordng It.
'i bt ti Jsckson'a flre became lerriflc, before
which regimenta and brigadea turned In
wnd panl
Popa aeareely knea what lo do, bul Me
iDowell abouted to Kana'a "Bucktslta" and
11>> our bettallea to form aklrmtahara and
atop lha Btanapede, whlla aa reda rlght
down to ?' battary Btlll boktlng out, rrylng,
I"Pour-aecond fuse!" ami peraonaUy e\
; horted nien nnd ofThers to atand fast. BU|
i the Btaasea bi from eould aot ba hald.
i Alraad) tbsy arera la the arUdaai ruah f?r
I the rear when i.ongstre.t '? artlttary. ""
Ijsckaon'a rlght opened arlth buga siugs.
whlch Bhrteked overbead, whereupan i
[greei ahoui arnsi from our Beetng aoldiera,
?Theyre flrtng railroad iron!" upon whlch
1 Kana'a tamoua "Bucktalla," on foot, Bad
OUT hattalloti. moiinieil. wera scatlere.l
iiK'it an.i left by the rastetleaa aaruak ot
I thouasndfl upon tbouaanda ot our frantle
\vc did nol aee McDowell again till nexi
rnornlni Wlth ? aergeanl ol our battalion
ll(. ,,.,.- iflBt t" croaa limi Run brl Ige, tell
i ina the aergeanl t<> aet tt on flre, whl* h waa
,l,,i? wil.i.iam u. MATT1BON.
New york, JUI) 17. 1'JIL
Real Tragedies of
iiliniK-ii fr.nn llr.i pag*
Bimny "lt " ' But I ran rlghl Into thi
, ? . | | |: ?-.,,; . ? ' I L"t \o7.
,, ,i i. ,.,). .? ?. Bla< k Hand Eyetallan
I ?,.,. n! i" ? ; ith< r.d me
in nn unlovlng ? ibraci Deaplte mr
r.n ii. -i i rotoatfl tl it >v .? were rinlj p
. mar ind nn- and '?? i ursuers
iloa n i" .1- ffen >n Marl l ? -urt. wh? ro
i., ai .1 gned na on the
? irge of 'nbeti ctlng treel i iftlc.' I
laug ilaln .1 ni Mi ?'? Ifei inn'a donjon
Ici i, :.... Ci. hard of th< Llon llearl in
ll , no ?"?'.?? Aui man i all ?lu M he WI
prlaom r returning f om the * naadi .
bul in ihe md our euperlurs came i"
.i.iii; and gol ua out.
"Hut Ihe ? raslesl i ?* rh ips the i ?
,i i ig) roua m 11< b of Btunta In a I kh i
,i :.. (an Bl the l-'.'th atreei Rl -
,. i.i atatlon and * nded In the Harl *m
Rlvcr. Thla tlme i waa a marrlod man
. o.'iing home to in- Harlem Bai and
dls] laying to mj fond wlfe two thi at ?
ti, keta tbal had bet n mv* n me. I\>
harti md to ni-* as and depart. On the
wa) oui n > motlon i >? lure ?Ife Inftd
varti ntl) dropi ??! tha tli k< ta ?? i1 of ber
i.i, '. in the hallwas ol th. (lat
? \s. i.id.-.l tho Bl. rated Bl l-'hh
Btn el Pive dollara Judli loualj dla
irii-iii'-'i in tlna * nai.i. .1 n- to bi ige the
Elevated pan of the etory. Can ta
wlfe, flngcring her retkrule, managed lu
,h,,,, || ..ui of the v. in.i.'U. l I. api -i . ;
of the rar windoa whlla tbe train aas
Btiu --I motlon. bVornlng lha Btalra, I
rlambered hand under hand dou n an ,
i;i. \ai, rj i lllar i" the Btrerl Mcrvj on
i - i muatn'l looo tha pn ? i nib tlckota,
ami aurelj the tli keta in in the bag!
?. rn. i- on the s;re' i. i .-.' tiu.i b thi. f
II maklng off a Ith a ifl. 'a n tlcule. i J
iak.- after him. A long i hase . nauea
The ihlef acoota up on ona of Ihe Har?
lem Rlver brhlges, and percelvlni I
mual overtake him dropa tha bag ln
Buch a manner thal li falla on one of the
lowar girdara of th<- brldge, ' cllmb
down "ii tha treatle work, aad hoidlni
on foi dear llfa wlth one hand, full)
alxty feel above tha water, grab tha
reti'-ul. with the other hand .. n * 1 BUI it
m rii y po. ket.
?After this bll ef gytBBBStlca I am
Bomewbal wlndad, bul stiu g.-.me. Ro
turnlng t" aolld earth, I hav.- the mis
fortuoe i<? eneounter b nagro boj who
graba the ratlculs and ruaa AttalB tha
llong th.,'1 cbase. Agaln the near-capt
, ,,,-,.. The black Imp. bafora BcBglng
around a cornar, throwa the raticule atop
; the Bwaylng barrehi of aa overloaded
Ibrawary truck. I try lo cllmb Into tha
truck ami the barrela come roUlng down
[un top of in*-. The Btiingja of tha bag
hava somehow become antanfled around
tha bttttal of .'no of tbe boBBhaadB; it is
careenlng down th*' blll into tha aratar.
1 chaae lt. and ns it topptaa over the
pler l follow it niih a blgb dlva Into tha
lKuiiin. i reacue my aifs's baf finaiiy,
return arlth lt to ahore, wat but trium
pbant, and tii?" I bbcb it t.. Bnd it
rmptyl A.nd thal ls where tha chortlea
ol mlrth wberewlth the motlon plcture
audiencea hava greeted my Bucceaaive
tnlsfortunea culmlnata In one grand,
[pnited ahrtek of Joy! Tou Amerloaaa d*.
_0 lova practlcal Jokaa Aa for me, I
__a obilffed lu take a \aeau?in 'or a
Moving Pictures.
,.u The griltlng I bave been through
rotighrr than s our roughdst college
foot ball haa made ;t candidatc fdf an
Invallda' home."
"W . II, ai an? rate. it dldn'l klll you.'
rcmarked the Intervlewer, "and now you
ii ii jobs yoursrtf.*'
? y>s." answered the Oxfard Master ,.f
Arta, ! have been duly armduated -i
hope i iim? ?a?. ??ii'u boiaer from tha
atrenuoufl llfe. I've rather an bnper
tji 111 l.it to .:.. around here n<?w ; I iiire
i.n the actora and actresses. I eantmcl
aa.i| Mlla, I BUpervtae th' a-'euery and
pqulpment. i s. t and managa lha atage
untll ati.il time ,ismy Bupeiior, the etage
tor, arrivea and rehearaeg th^ pr,,.
pl.. ui the ..liginiil l.iislneBB' he de? is* 8
i,,: rsih of tha playa Boaaasrhgl of p*?
Pponslhility, I raa tell you, parii* ularly
,,, t| ii it !:- a ne?er eiidigg task, and Wg
i ni.-ati the produdag staff, not thg
Mctora "tt ii work aevewtean hour? a
daj. '
There are n<>?? asi.l to l.e l.otai of
: ,.. rnotlon ptctura actorg ami probn>
bly I.'iikhi motton BtCtUga supernu
merartefl In tha Unltad Btataa. Their
I'liil.lii'd WBgS angreaaies between *_.
INKI.O0U and s:i."*i*i.<aa? -., yaayr. Alto
gether 1*0,01)0 peraoaai make ? !i\ing out
,.l tl." mo? ing paCtUTB husiness, and tha
aatontahlng total of the petty aataa tiat
go into tha coflara of all these theatre*
foota up to 1^,000,000 a year. r.reater
New Tork alone has baw film theatrea,
litil. and hig. and in the country around
thera -Te appioximatel? 10,""" such
amuarmeal paacea.
Among the daiiKers nf the mo\lng
plcture game only thoae touehing th*
actora th- rnaetvea liave bean cltad hafi.
Bverybod) knowg that the early hlstory
,,f the nioiion thentra was a long record
,,? caaualtles, Flra breaklng out in tba
Bpparatua ???? tha primipal oauae. The
llght was furnlshcd by enletusa tnnhnj
whlch BOW nnd acaui exploded. The
.eiliilold fllma we're hlghly inflammable.
An Moloston and a burat of flame in th-?
oparator'fl baati aretd uauaiiy foiiowad
by a wlld pani*' m which the apeetatora
cbokad tlie inautTlcient exita. trampled
on .me anothrra l?odlea ftnd aomettmaa
cnuard the floorine to eave in and
drop many of them to the oellar be
|ow. It ls ? fiekenlng record. that of
thaaa disasterB, and one of which tho
Amerl.an people have reaaon to be
Hshamed.
I.cadors In th-' huSlne?*; allege that
most of the ahovo dangers have been
ellmlnatcd. Klectrl. ity has replaced tho
calciuui, a prooess of flreprooflng fllms
has been dlseovered and ls belng used.
1 By l*w of many states the oporator'a
1 bOOth must bc construeted of flre-reaiat
' ing niaterlal. such as alate, galvanlzed
, iron of asliesto". And even the flretrap
j "store" theatre. say the optlmlstlo mov
j ii g ptctttia people. must yleld to the
! away of BCaaWrlBrlT cause and effect. Flve
, yiars ag?\ they say, a "store" pieture
place, accaanagodatlng three hundred
Bpectatora, OOUld make a proflt of $5,0lKI
[or $6j000 a >ear. Thut l? no longer bo.
at taaat la tha aarga dtu-s. The "atore"
j theatrea little more than make their ex
penaaa, whOa tha big money of the bnsi
' n* ss go* s to the largrr, I'ommodious
housas. hobling from 600 to l.jtai p*
,,,,?,, Bnd rciulring froaj S'-'O.OOO to $:?,
'ouO cai'ital lo construct