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MR. LING(JLNK J AMMr
3IISTAICI2S MAI)I"iJJY,IUS)xdIITHKRX
ADMIHEHS. '
■■-- QUESTION WHO BEGAN THE : WAR.
jillc for His DeiVmler.s to Say He Did
>"«»t Jlcivin It — His .Slam; si-em cvt — In
icrfcrehec V/itli His GcuorJils—lle
ia.Msl to Exclianse Prisoners. '.
To the Editor.. of the Dispatch: / .•.-.."■.-•
In two late issues of your paper ; the
claims of Mr. Lincoln to be considered
a:i example to our youth have been criti-'
cally considc-red by iliss Kate Mason
Rowland,' oi Richmond,' and Mr. C. L. C
Minor, of Baltimore. They have address
ed themselves chiefly to his moral and
religious character, and. have successful
ly shown that ho has little claim to be.
j-laced where his northern admirers have
placed Mm on the same high plane as a
Washington and a "Cee. The evidence of
Lincoln's own friends places him; in fact,;
far below that standard.'- His buffoonery,
his obscenity, and lack of reverence can
not be converted snto virtues by. a mis
taken sentimentality or by unreasoning .
admiration. - . . \ ■ j
I have no disposition to crJticise Mr. 1
Linco'.u harshly, but I think the northeny-i
people make a great mistake-in trying/to :
make a moral and intellectual - hero -'oi ',
him. In doing so they provoke criticism, j
1 propose to say a- few words about Mr. j
Lincoln in his aspect as a ruler. "Lihcdin'-I
began the -war in 1861 under circumstances !
that seem to put his. character for honor ;
in question. To Governor Morehead, of j
Kentucky, he expressed his intention of j
•withdrawing the troops from Fort' Su- j
tcr (Coleman's "Life of Crittenden"). •■Se- J
ward, the Secretary of State, invited i
Judge Campbell to a conference, and with-:
full knowledge that he (Campbell) would '
communicate the intelligence to the Con- j
tederate commissioners, told him the •
6-j.mo thing. There, were three of these j
conversations in March, ISGI. between '
Campbell and Seward, ■■ and at each Se-,j
ward was fully' apprised by Campbell of
his assurances-. to . the. Confederate com
missioners. 'On the Ist. of April' Campbell
received £roni Sevrard ' the statement in
writing: "I am satisfied the government
v.-ill not undertake to supply Fort Sumter
•without giving notice to Governor Pick-. .
ttna." There was a departure here from
the pledge of the previous month, but as
Beward accompanied the statement "with
the words that "he didi not believe aiiy
iruch attempt vould be made, and that ]
there was no design to reinforce Fort j
Sumter," Judg-3 Campbell did not com- j
plain: On the 7th of April Judge' Cair.t)
1»:-!1 addressed "a" letter to. Seward
... on tho .subject of the rumors of
the warlike preparations of the gov
ernrrtentvsnd asked him' if the assurances j
he had given \vere : "well- 01- ill-founded:" |
In -respect to Sumter Se ward's.; reply was: j
"Faith as to Sumter fully kept— wait ami
ccc." ■ ' - . , ■ "» ■ !
On the next evening notice was given
to Governor Pickens of the intention to
Eupply Fort Sumter "peaceably, if per
mitted; otherwise, by foree 1 '; and on the
following day a powerful squadron, With
men and arms on board, sailed from New.
York to South Carolina. Lincoln's mes
tusa to tlie Federal Congress in July, ISSI,
referring to this subject, affords curious
reading. He admits that, in a military
romt of view, the duty of /the govern
jnc-nt had been reduced to the mere mat
ter of getting the garrison safely^ out of
the fort; and yet, from political considera- '
xion, it -was deemed necessary to'hold the -;
fort. Therefore, Mr. Lincoln in his.mes-
Faze minimizes the purposes of the gov T
ernnient, and makes the military arma
ment a. mere errand of relief— "to give,
bread lo a few brave and hungry -men"—
merely to enable the government to retain (
visible possession of the fort. ' 1
WHO BEGAN. THE WAR: . : ■
Now, if this was all that was intended,
why were not the supplies sent by an un-;
p.rmod vessel, incapable- of making an at
tack? In such" a cast:, the peaceful char-
Ecver of the ■ expedition could, not havo
■b'-'ei) mistaken. Firing upon an uriarm
ed vessel might have been" retoVted by
Major .Anderson in Fort Sumter,' and the
responsibility^ of -the first shot might have. .
been, with greater show" of reason, laid
■upon the Confederate Government; but an
trruid expedition,. »was prepared toff C.>
con:]. any the supplies, and thb facts juSti-
fy the belief that it-was for the object of
forcing ihc' Confederates to fire. ,
Lincoln knew tha t xthq /Confederate <3oy-.; ■
trnment did not 'want 'to 'lire on" Fort
Bumter, and he-took deliberate measures -
to Itsive rib" other ' alternative' open ; to
them; and yet he "'taTKs; In his message as
if it were a. mere matter. of giving "bread^
••■' a few brave and hungry men." Notice,
was given, it' is. true," that' the" only. mien-,
ti'-i) of the expedition was to/supply Fort
Sauiter with provisions, bat in tha same
breath the Confederates. were /Informed
that arms and men might be laii'led after
further notice. ' -'
It is idle for northern writers to say
rraiii ,i ,-,- I, hm'i'i-ti- "»i'i-irMTnrrm— -^~" ■
is at the roots. Clipping Ml!lk!^isMM^
the ends of-ihe'hair-isJ-^^'/'^IU",
likelreatinglhebranches . !oijp /430?&
of a tree with : roUeu" ... . g®c^^^^
roots. You must strike ".-. • J^y^^a
at the source. . ? ; :; : tf^vf^^j
vCVCSs ; : ■'*. / -'/: :'■- yJ^£sl& v
Sisters' ' ,<mgm
preparations strikedeep. ... ■-•^^^3js^-.
Hiey invigorate the.: -/./^i^^^i,
rools—fecd -ihera:"' i-Tbis i.- ■" mß®jjS?^o
Jjives life, beauty-^grace/ ; : '|sK^^S2S%\ : .
l o the liajr.;.;' Kveo'bne -.-;.?, §^^^|?Vr. : .
should usc.tJicrn; ■;. ; v:: : |'''<?W%^^?>
SOLD EVCKyWHERE/ks. ? --^^P ;^w»?Hi^;^.
<do3-Sun&Wly-"fr). :
i'^ at - lv
gin,; the w;u-,,Xor**Jg^h4t^K-a"C^tonsti . v tibn-;
alwriter/ Hdilrimrhas welfsaid, ''thirag-
gresspr. in -a [war' (that is, he who begins
. !}*s 1 ? < ?. t ': t .l?« ijrst, who uses force,". butvthe
:^?t;.^vhb^re^de^s/f6^C€^necossary."'^^^^VAs'
: wa3;intehued,".say.s Lincoln- in 'the same
.message,:* •'notice was 'j-ivtni." Now," why
, thJsi intention; ; unless ; .XiKcoln" had . been
t ally informed "by.'Sewj'ird' of. his? conver
:- Judge/. Campbell?,, v.For.p all
.honorable purposes UV'o"' notice" nii^hf, as
l^iveviiot bt-^n given. 'The "fleet was
■ prepared befo re any, notice ;was given, and
..the notice that Governor. Picken's llnally'
• received , was anticipated!. by "the riewspa
■jpers. / 'Air. Johnnie. Rupts:. refers ; to .these
; assurances :-'o'f. B 'Mr. ; VSe'wurd \ "as^" "semiof
ficial" only.' For one I fail to see howari
official can"' ever -become 'a seini-ofQcia 1,"
"or" h'ow'Mr. Uhcoln; 'who retained- '■; Mr:
Seward in offlce, after all the facts were
known, can lie considered in any other
'light than as his; backer and irido.rser.-: ,
„- .In fact, Lincoln'?, .message/to .whk-h/ret
erence had' bec-n ; made 'mirrors -his ; char
acter exactly. He was a man of undoubt
ed mental -power, but the workings of his
mind, .instead of prociedjn? .upon,, broad
planes of principe, wound in and : out in.
narrow ways, and tortuous'lines, and his
conclusions have much the effect-'of. the
handiwork, of.;; a :■. .necromancer, . jrhicli
amuses, but never. convinces.- _.- ' .-/;.
"..• r ; his subtleties:. .._
The ."subtleties of 'expression /.to which
he resorts in his attempt to justify, under,
the law; his unconstitutional acts, while
carrying on the war. asrainstt.be South,
cannot stand serious examination for' a,
.moment. ' : When -he aeUs.Mn ". his indirect
way;" whether the President is not justi
fied* in violating his oath Jn respect to* one
law "if, in so doing," he keeps ail the' laws
from going (unexeeu ted-by • other?). ■ and
prevents the : government from going ..to
pieces." he invites the answer that : the
President might'on the same principle vio
late all the laws,' if, by .so . doing, he can
keep all the laws from going unexecuted
(by others), and the government from go
ing to pieces! Whe* he pays that. "if one
State may secede, so may = another. : and •
when all shall have seceded none, is .left
to pay. the debts" of the onion, 'the.: an
swer "is that the States were as well able,
to agree upon an/adjustment of debts ,out
of the •Union' as in the'llnion. The (Con
federate) commissioners <•. ride- known to
■ SewaVd their : perfect willingness; .to, 'as-.
sumo their proper share of all pecuniai>
responsibilities to Jcreditovs.. . hem he
says that the word ; -sovereignty doe-,
not occur in ' any .ef ,-. the - State,
constitutions he quibbles -on word,
for • the .'constitutions ": -..0f Vermont.
New Hampshire, and Massachusetts con
tain the words, "free andjndependent, ;;>; ;>
and "free, - independent, - and sovereign,
as descriptive of the political character
-of their people- --When he. says that ".the
States never, existed out of the Union;
and were, ■ therefore, not sovereign, the
answer, is that, if there' is .anything in
this argument, he must first " show that
there' is something in the nature of Union'
which is contradictory to separate State
nationality. History records numerous'
instances *of State leagued together for
common purposes,- and the international
law. wxiters have over/. and over asserted
that sovereign States may unite, arid pre-.
sent .one.; national .front to the world,
without any of, them losing that charac
ter of sovereignty, as defined by Lincoln,
"A" political community without a poli
tical superior." ... ' ■ ...
Indeed, one 1 is compelled to think that,
Lincoln was laughing in his sleeve at his
own solemn , absurdities, for the same
message contains a: flat-footed sentence
which shows that the honest- idea he had
in his mind 'at;the. time was the suppres
sion of the "Rebellion" at. any .sacrifice.
This sentence is as follows: "These mea
sures" (calling -out • troops, blockading
southern 'ports, suspending;- the - writ of
habeas corpus. . &c:)- whether strictly le
gal or not, were ventured upon' under
what appeared to be a" popular demand
and a public necessity, trusting .then as
now that Congress would readily ratify.
them." v - .- •'' •;: •-".'
MANAGEMENT OP THE WAR.
The conduct of Lincoln in the manage
ment of the war is .severely criticised by
John C. Ropes, of . Massachusetts. in his
Interesting work, "The Story of the Civil
War." He , avers" that Lincoln, was en
tirely "without .any.- military knowledge,"
and yet reserved to himself and. his Sec
retary-of-War -"the conduct: 'of all mili
tary operations." His/exireor'dinary order
tliaVon the 22d of February, ISR2, all., the
land ■ and . naval forces .of .the United
States should make a-'-- general movement
against the. insurgents, ,1s characterized
by Mr. Ropes as a "curious specimen ot
puerile impatience." The issuing--' of an
order does. 'hqt'of , itself fender, roads pos
sible, -or troops," read 'for. .the march, or
the situation favorable' for "an offensive/
movement, and yet. President Lincoln,
to whom the northern people ■ have; at
tributed' such wonderful intelligence,? ac-.
tually. seemed to think. ifdid. . ;
: Mr." Davis has sometimes -been, -.accused,
of unduly interfering with his. generals,
but Mr. Ropes charges that Lincoln habi
tually interfered.. Some instances refer
red to Mr. - Ropes may./be cited : :■ " " *■:
In the critical conditions of -the .■war; in.
IS')" when the Confederate Government
■ was threatened.- with, the great armies of.
McClellan before Richmond, -and McDow
ell in the- neighborhood of Fredericksbiirg;
the -*-captui-e of Richmond was? probably
alone" prevented 'by .the;, 'extraordinary
folly of Lincoln in dividing the theatre of
war into numerous independent districts..
■ nV king the Federal operations discordant
'and disconnected.- " On : the; other hand,
through the. superior, wisdom, of Mr. .Da
vis unity ' of action was preserved in- the
Confederate armies; and so Jackson coy :
ere'd himself with g'.ory ..in' defeating- the;
Federal forces' in the Ya'ley, Lee ireafMc-.,
Clellan's army back to 'Janus liver, and
"war was' by this'fmeans.rer.dereM rossiblo
for three more years. Nor was this, the
only mistake made by Mr. Lincoln in: the
' course of. a "single . year.. .The Confeder
ate authorities bent all/their energies/af
ter the close.. Of these operations -to're
cruiting the strength of the:r wasted bat
talions,, taking/ care /to /preserve- , the -In-,
tecritv ofthe old regiments which, ..had;
acquired military . discipline; and thorough
knowledge of warfare. / . ; ■ ■ '.
".-'■ ' LINCOLN'S FATUITY. 1 -"-.I
' But Lincoln, with extraordinary/ fatuity^
thought only of raising new establish;
ments ; allowing, the old veteran -organi
zation' to dwindle and .waste away.-^for.
want of recruits.- / l^ater; on- in the .year;
'lie showed ag-ain^his.entire.-lack-.of-mili:
t;M-y 'knowledge : by removing .. from the^
V-ommand the. general who,, of all .others^
had' 'deserved the*;confidehce(jofr ; the goy 7u7 v
eriiment,-. and putting: "^Burnside: ;in his:
nilace-a man, says. Ropeß. : ,whom.-no;one.
in or out of the service: had ever/consid-,;
Vr'ed (as able' a- man as r . McClellan.*: -/Not..
infrequently .-PresiacnUlJncbln and hisjmrj
"nieuiule. inouth'-pieces insuued^their.gen
: erals' "by i employing /language lAvhicluconT
ivevfi'a- abs6lut'e';,thr^a.tHlof^Temoval^a: lan-.
which7Mr. ; Davis never, indulged rinj
: to. his subordinate"s.;T6;s'uch aninUination;
coming frbm' 'the truculent-GeneraliHal
■ leek who t pro^ssed : to "speak ' for i: : Presi
dent- Lincoln, . General •iKosecrans-ireplfed,;
durliiff'ithis^time.tih^words^beoomlngitlia^
Romau vßrutus:v ßrutus: !"£o' threats j of iirempyal
or'the iike'l : must^bo'permittedgito^say.
that I am insensible."' 'Mr/ Ropes" tho T .
foiighly indorses rthc^s'pirlt'v'thaf; evoked
In his rcfont nn-XYi^.fhii'i^^i^
'the^Unlted/jdtatei "^
iwho'^is^a^^thbrbtishly^prejadlcyedlperg^?
I against 1 ; the Southland ss'uthe'rri \ men,*? has,;
'neN-ertneless/J/the^iiardlicoaSto^Jremovej
?so^e^blitfie:haio;wn!chithe;"]He/aryjcon^
vention" at the Nor.n n;u piareu up:n
> "..To 'qua to from' the:, review..: of .-■ Blr..
Rhbdes's/bc^k;:iby|William;A^Duririlug;|
m :/ tho "American- rHistbrical^Revkyw."^
Mr. "Rhodes/ sliTdwj- that; Lincoln^^'as|"a : s
' practical;: politician' '; in/as'sense},which jat;
."the"; prc sent Vday chills, '.the ;.!bloodV:Of /re-/
formers.' ; He appointwl^meriTtb-'ciyil of-i
lice'. withJa^Vview/n^^to^the.goodibf/ the;;
rservice^/but;to| the-; securing"" 1 of; delegates;
to the national conyeritiorii/^That; military/
offices^ were '•'finec'i'iunder- the?influcnce of ■
like motives is. indisputable.'fand must -be.
' considered >in the , assigning ■ tlie - responsi
bility-fbr^ much/ useless ""slaughter^;;/ The/
shadier: side': of ■Llncoln's/jmere/ personal ?:
characteristics -is also;; treated : of /by- iliy.
■Rhodes', : -; arid;*: in "\ a 'note , on/ page '51S the
jiiature ■ : 6t'- the stories; ■ which ti gured ;.. so -
Prominently, in -the, 'President's con versa-,;
,tiori, : is denoted by>a: term/which,;for;ex- ;
'actness;^stan(ls;'atv the; widest/ -rernoye;
'from /-the /euphemisms '"generally ieiriploy-^
cd. Mr. - Rhodes further contributes : : - to ;
the accuracy of history- tv - noting .some -
of the^"contemporary/ pictures drawn aboth :
: by, his supportc-rs arid by' his adversaries;".
'In- neither is: the halo of later days-con-/
spicuous. .'The exercise by .' : "tne adiriinis-:
tratlonbf its .war. pbwer^n. the North; by
the : arbitrary arrest : and \ punishment; of
private citizens forms; some "of . the most
striking portions, of the": volume^" . ■■ ■
-DESTRUCTION (OFi--'PRIVATE;>PRO
PERTY.
-Indeed, ," to : be' plain about -it,' a
:rriusf ; seek' high 'and low ;tb. find -anything
thatv is: ennobling : or refining in Lincoln's
administration^ :-\: -\ International * law ; se es :
: the :iinger of -^condemnation .: on -.the , burn
ing of towns. : "colleges, /private .houses,"
unnecessary'; destruction of •private, pro-,
perty.'and the abuse and punishnient of;
non-combatants: -..'And-. yet, .jthe senerals.
of*. Lincoln;. : without any; rebuke from
tho "President, perpetrated/. everywhere
I throughout: the South -the .most flagrant;
[; violations*. of the iritehiatiorial law./ 7,1a.
\ jor , George E.- Davis, Judge Advocate ot.
the United States army, says, in his work
on' international law, ' that: the. policy of :
the United "States "during the Rebellion".:
in 1 the '-matter ' of requisitions .was '-'iar
from liberal."- 1 should .think so! Pri
vate property t was taken/ everywhere :
.without any form of - compensation. ; All
rion-cbrhbatants over' 1(1/ year's \.6i: both;
sexes- within the Federal. lines were' .re-'.
Q-airedr either to "take'-an'foath -'.'of ' ~'_ alle-/
/glance to' the Federal/ Government or : be ;
sent outside the lines if perhaps, to starve
or die in the woods.' Lincoln published. 1 ,
under his: own proclamation, an act ot;
Congress, dated //July 25, 1582,, which
denounced either death, or -' ; severe *im
pi-isonment, or confiscation, or. <i
fine not , exceeding. .'510,000,; on . every
person in both sections assisting
in f "any way - in "the existing
rebellion." .What would people at this
tiriie think of the. Queen of -Great Britain
eanctioning such ari anathema .. against
the; Boers, or of: President "McKinley;
ajrairist. *the rebel Philippiribs"? Much
is said of -Lincoln's "practical sagacity,"
but" did he show it in the selection of
Burriside, : McDowell, Pope, and Hooker
to lead his : army in Virginia? Even his
emancipation. policy was only a war mea
sure, the example of which had been set
a hundred years before by the "British
Government: At; that ' time "the wicked
policy" of; freeing the. slaves and; arming
them against their, masters had been con
demned in the; Declaration of Vermont
and by the people of : the country 'gene
rally. And .now, in . ISC3, that a . servile
war did - not at once eiisiie, . involving -in
indiscriminate . ". butchery, ; .men, " women,
and children in the South and the-repeti
tion "of ' the scenes of horror which ;had
once prevailed , in . Haiti, was not at all
due to the humanity of Lincoln. ■:
HIS HUMANITY.
Nor can, the cold facts of -history ; see
any "humanity" in, Lincoln's policy "as
to "the prisoners taken on both sides. :, The
story of these poor men; was a sad' one.
For .much of their suffering in Confede
rate prisons the- refusal' of : the Lincolri
government to permit- the cartel of'ex
change is undoubtedly responsible. There
was, moreover, . absolutely no excuse for
the 'Government of the 'Union, in the
midst of plenty; for starving and, mal
treating the unfortunate Confederates
who fell into 'their 'hands. Governor
Morehead, of Kentucky; is a witness to
the fact that the horrors/ of Fort War
ren, even in . Boston . harbor, were such
that prisoners werd driven mad. In con
cluding." I wish to say that if northern
writers are determined to set up a stand
ard- of 'character 'and rectitude f or the
■South, let .them be wiser in their selec
tion, of their- ideals. While there" can .be;
no' doubt that the- South .has .entirely,
eclipsed the North in the production of
moral heroes (witness Washington,: Jeffe
rson, Madison,./ Monroe,-. Calhoun; Davis,
Jackson, and ' Lee), yet there/are many
men in the. history of.; the North, noted
for tlie singular purity: and excellence of
their lives,' whose" example we Will be
proud to point out to our children.
■ ' .- . LYON G. Ti'LER. -
S -AX AHCH OF NATIONALITY. ■
Proposed Memorial of Boili Arm ies
to lie Erecicd at' Chattanooga.
' The Secretary of ■ War; / to^ whom the
Military Committee of. the House ref er
red the bill of General GrosVenor; provid
ing for the erection' of a memorial, arch
upon the battle-iiel'di about- Chattanooga,/
to be known-'as the" Arch .of Nationality;
has returned ; the same to .the" committee,
.with "a report thereon "from - the .Chicka
mauga and .Chattanooga~:' : Natioualv Mili
tary Park' Conirnission. . The report sets :
forth in "detail .-tlie direct interest of "each
State; ' North and South, and of the vete
rans'of each of thearmies engaged, in the
battles about/ Chattcinooga; and .also .the;
later* interest- aroused- by -the assembling
there of a- national army to participate
in ,the ; war with Spain. Some of the; de
tails of the proposed construction are 'also;
'given. The, report is as' follows: ;"' '
. War . Department,
'Chickamauga? arid' Chattanooga ; .. ,'/
■ 'National .Military Park Commission, ;.
."Washington, January. 25,- 1300. ■
The Honorable Secretary .of War: '•-.'■ ; \
Sir, —The. Chickamauga . and, Chattanoo- ;
ga Natiorial/Militarj'. Park Comriiissiori;.
in co-operation ..with Hon. ; Charles H.
.Grosvenor, has for.iieyeral years p'aat had
"urider /consideration fthe. project
by H; 'R. i, SS9; : ':Fif ty-sixth',Corigress,/: first
session, •' tb'"« provide", ;fo'r the J erection .: of, a
memorial '• arch at ."Chattarioogaf "lerin.
.■The "present.' session, the first after the
close of a -war in .which all ' sections par r
ticipated-' with, .equal . enthusiasm./; seems
to be : an appropriate - time fbF . the/ erec
tion' of. ""an arch of nationality;; ,\'/: . ; ■•'
'. ■'• Chattanooga",, seems to .this^commission
-to be the niost" appropriate -place -for .such
t ; ■■; ■ Do~You /jUnderetaridThls-?/ ,; X./
% The strong and vigorous cannot un-.i>,
> derstandthe hopeless sensations of the ■£/;■-.
.•*:'sexuallrweak.; : The"c6nsciousnes3>fT/i
■"♦•'iuferiorityisneverabseat from, the man J.i
-T. whose vital powers have been destroy- • a -./.
'X- Wl -by nen-oua ; eihaustion.i overwork, V:i
• X excess or.; indiscretion: BHi3 ~. interest
V in life isgone. his ambition fled; ■ Sleep-
•i'less nights foliovrJdulltdays^apdUhe >;;
"i' temptation/ to end a useless existence &M
? -i freau r i*\tlyv follows;%The ? message fof >>'
> Dr. G Loene to sueli men is a promise of £&
'4- certain restoration; and-tliatsufferer-is •$-<:
-a- indeod foolish ,who does not avail him- •<► "/
'■<y' »e!f of Dr. Greene's offer of frpe consul- tfm
'^►'tation and advice."' Sucli advice: can be ■♦-/>
-with absolute secrecy and, eon- f -v-ii
'■*• fidenco bywritinc to this great apecial^li
> i st vt :5r, >V; jlth Street. New, York City.ur>.i
"■>■ by calling upon hirar;; The dificoverer of -pm
'-6--the great Dr. Greene's NenruraTinder-.'*;-^
■A- stands nature and knows how, to aid; it -<k;,s
'♦as no one else ean.*«Ha has discovered -v- y
♦ and uses in ! his treatment many other -v\ -
-^' "wonderf ally. curative: rentedJes for.the ■♦■ > S
'-^•'different complaints; wAlliivhoeewital-.-Y-^si
'■& ity is- impaired j or-ivhb : are.^ru;n r do wn &J$
y & and tmsirunc should consultDr.Greeiiw $m
■ perfected by the experience 1
; , 'of fifty-five years.' | .
;i : :The. only. pleasant; and/ always -'I ; .£.A
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: : r 'i;'( t p'^esti'p;i;'^cotisiipaiionPsiiAz\ ?.' ; :-. :
8- their^equ^lffi^knowny to^thel 1 'v . :
: | /"medical world. 50c. and *i. \
.J -TARRANT.-&_CO.i Chemists, New. Yoris." I> :
a war arch, syince-the. notable; battle-fieldgi
;ab4hitnt'-'are^'the|only;Vones^|wh"ere^Jillfbr^
the great 'armies "of ; the North and' of ithe
South; were -engaged -.; either/as/, a/whole,/
; or"' were? numerously represented;:-. On/ the
'Union- side were. the arniies^ ot ■ the- Cum- :
herland, ''.two^corpsi'of iof ithe ,
■.TenhesVee;'•:and'twb.corPs^■from■:.^e^rm3r.i
of r the Po tomac/: ; On/the 'Confederate ' side ;
were the Army of Tennessee, :Lbhgstreet'3 :
Corps f rom the 'Army/ of; Northern -/Yir- -
giriia. a : . large.;- force -.from* the: army. in. the'
Departmehtvof Mississippi 'and' Louisiana,/
and . the;army ' from ■Vieksburgr/' Grant,/
Rosecraris,,. Thomas, Sherman, and' Hootc- ;
er ; - commanded /these .forces 'on : one -side,
|ahd/< Bragg/ ;:Joseph"^E.' Johnston,^ and :.
Longstreet on the^other. ../.'■ „ -/."
- -On :the Union .sidetliere 'were/9 corpse
'commanders,'...^ 1 : division , commanders. ..77'
commanders/ of : brigades, /and 12 com
manders'of artillery :U: ; ' /', •
On the ".}. Confederate ; side were 10 : com- .
f manders/of corps, 22 of- divisions. ; 57 ; of ;■
brigades, and<4 of artillery •.battalions. -
( -.Besides these,/ there "were" 25' orgahiza-
I'tions. of '/United States regulars and 7 of,.
Confederate ."States/, regulars. '.-'.Among .
these .commanders 'were "scores/on-"each
side of names as famous as any. that, can
be -found on any fields of .the war/ \. ;. :
The. number' of soldiers on the rolls of
these .various- commands at the- date of ;
the battle, while not 'all present, were all
interestedin.the'battles.— : " ' .
/-.The; approximate strength of [ the armies
. engaged, as, shown; by. the muster-roils,
.was (present and absent): ;> '
Army _of. the Cumberland (Thomas)'. J32.C00
Army "of (Sherman) U ; :31,0J0
Army :of the Potomac— detachment a./:
(H00ker).,...... ...a>,5W
" Total Uni0n..... -..^'. ....... ."...15),5C0
'. Army of Tennessee (8ragg) ; . .... . .-. . 83,250
Army "of Northern. Virginia (Long- ,
5treet)...............^.':... '...:......••• 20.800
Department ; bf : " Mississippi . and ' ':.
:. Louisiana (J. E. . Johnston)...... .... 16,000
Preston's Division " (East -Tennes
see)......... a- -.;:..v: :.:.......:....:. !?,(X)0
.Co-operating 1 Georgia local defence ;
nien....':.....: ......... ....... .:.'....•.: 10.000 ■
'-•'" Total Confederate . . . . ... . . . . ; : -141.bsq
Troops from all the '-Northern States,,
except- four, in the Union east, of tho
": Rocky mountains at . the time of the ; bat
tles about Chattanooga- (29 in number),
were engaged in .them, those not repre
sented by :trobps being New Hampshire,
Vermont/ Rhode : Island, v and Delaware.
Troops. from/Vail the Southern:: States
were engaged, i- ... ' \ ■_■'
The- total organizations .engaged -were
6SC, of which there" were 496, regiments of:
infantry, 78 of "cavalry, and 112 batteries. ; -
The following table,' shows at a : glance, ;
the representative' character, of this sreat
-force, and its distribution/ between the;
various armies: ; .; : ■ -'
'- ' Infan- Cav- . Artil
. : Army. • :■ try. airy. . lery. .
;Army of Northern Vir- ; . -
.: "ginia (Longstreet):... 44 ....,-..■ J
Army of the Potomac . .. - .
(Hooker).-.. -.-.....'... 47 • ... "
Army of the Tennessee . /
(Sherman)..'.. "....-'.-•■ 55/ ••,< >-
-'Army of "the Cumber- . • : ' .
- land' (Rosecrans and
• Thomas).... .... ...j.. 161 23 . 40
Army of the Tennesb-ee, .
-.(Bragg).... '/..... ....IjS £3 . J=
Total . organizations . ; . .
engaged.. -..../.... ISC ; 7S 112
This total, was' composed as follows: ■ ..
" Union organizations.. 264 . 2">" -o9
Confederate .oganiza; - _-
...V...v ....... V 232V 232 53 >. . f<"
The 'as'sembHni ot* soldiers : for the war.
with Spain ./brought a great army/- to.
'Chattanooga: This was a joint gathering
from the North' and from the South,
and as Vermont . and ; New Hampshire,
sent regiments there,' it leaves but two of
the States of the Union' east of the. Rocky
'Mountains in ISOI-namely, Rhode Island^
and Delaware— which has '. not a direct
'interest '■ in signalizing and preserving the
military history of the events about Chat
tanobga.--.not the least' important; of : which
wasvthis rallying of South ■ and .North .for
war under a "common 'flag.; / The - : States
thus" represented were 'Arkansas,-. Colo
rado Georgia, Illinois. Indiana/Kentucky,
Kansas. ! Maine, ' Maryland, :; ; Massa
chusetts, Michigan. Minnesota.' Missouri,
Mississippi, New Hampshire, New. York,
Nebraska, Ohio, : .Pennsylvania. . South
Carolina! Tennessee,: Vermont, /West Vir
ginia. -Wisconsin, ■-. andY the. District ..of
Columbia. '-■ There . were '.11/ volunteer bat
teries.: In" addition to. those the .regulars
Were- 'present with / 7 : regiments' of / in-
•fantry.* < ; of cavalry,. 10 batteries, .and 2
regiments of immunes'. '- , ,/.
This assembling of troops at the Chick
amauga' and Chattanooga National Mili
tary Park" from all'sections /for .the v/ar.
with Spain would ■ seem to add", largely to
the appronriateness- of..; Chattanooga as
the iocatio'n. of an. Arch '- of , Nationality.
J-lere soldiers .from : South Carolina, and;
M^innesbta, "Michigan /and .'Georgia: .Ver-,
mont - and Tennessee/Arkansas and ;New;
Tork; Maine and Mississippi, were camp
ed side /by side. ■ TT\-enty-f our States
and thevDistrict- of Columbia sent ; sol
diers-there,-besides the 15 .regiments : and
10 batteries of • the.- regular army, .making
in all 53 'regiments :/: of infantry, 10 of
: cavalry' and -21 batteries, :a/ total .of : S4
organizations. 1 ; First and. last,^ fully/ on,e-.
quarter. of 'the; entire .'army "of^ "the Spanish
■ war was mobilized: there.' It 'was . the first
camp since the restoration ; of the; Unio n:
-where the soldiers of the North, and. South
were brought, togetheri-for/ the national
defence. It" was, therefore',: a camp which
"most : impressively illustrated :■ the/ solidity.
and 1 strength of our nationality. ;' *,* *\
: 'As: the: inner; chambers of; such a'struc
ture '• as /the f : bill contemplates /will
afford in a tk; upper hall ; to "; -b'e li gh le d .from :
the roof abundAnt blank . spaces;' it ; is : sug-
1 gested * that', ; in"> addition -j to *the/complete
I roster .of the; armiesVilthe"' .Governors -of ;
States and:' the/:; State commissions i : which
haVe co-operated .in/establishing the park
and .; ascertaining -and <: markings its/ lines:
rof battle, a roster ;in bronze /of-, the/ Con
gress r which; established i the - park^ and of
the "« Congress J which v authorized : . the /Arch ;
of:' Nationality - : be .also '.* provided, ;/to- the
Jend^i that ; a 1 /.complete "\ history '-, may:.- be
secured: for -the', future/ of ""all: /who " : con-;
tributed :v: v tb > preserving ■;■:,-.* the '■';■ record... ■;. of.
prowess- in? battle j and -i' to: this'
'■■ imiDosing {celebration of % theT; fesulti ng : na
itioriality. •■ .
;: -Such : : are; the /^reasons r : whtch:/i suggest:
themselves ; tb this commission -tending -to
show ithai'-- Chattanooga'; is j an; appropriate
place; f or. v the --erection /of r/thc> /Archv of
Kationality. - -.-"'- - * , ' •
:-:: For ; the' commission:
>-■'. '-■■ very -:ybur./L-,.fobedient
servant H. V. , IJOYNTON; V?^
■ ' .: ' Chairman'
,-.: .;;■: . V- :•;'•>.:- --:"..:■. ■■.■.»"■,•..■■;-.■.., :. : .v,.-- ■-..■.•;-.::.■..
WOUI.DXOT . BE -EXCHANGED.
l'Ue Reunirlcnblc Escnpes of a Con-
I, was;; talking • lasi , evening with an
ex-Confederate soldier "aboa; Nevy-.lpr-*
leans'arid ''lUew'Oviobv-'-pf'iv'.-'. :'" r ltd
he h:,l ncvt-r visited iNew ur*,i-:, and
Idiarnot'taq^tlratihVih'iajMy.Cicq^alnt^ 1
1 story; pf a;
City,';'-' that has 'almost" the"" merit of ro
mance! He said: "i %v.«.s a 'prisoner at
'F6roP.elawa"fyfdu/ririg:.it^
MayS'i^J^tb^iSfl/SlSS^b'^nsrampn^tifi^'
capturedlbyjGrant's ; army/ ih'the iterrible,
■battj^4frthla^Wilde£ne3s3lfh^
in T prl|pri*hm£^^^^
:
prlson/f^dt^Washington. I-< met t'hlm ;• orio
evenJng^^shbrtlyWafterJhis^rr^at^fand'
lealrninslthiit?he;was/wi{hout|a/; blanket^
ahd^l ■'•; being /:the ; fortunate JposVessb'riJbC:
; two; vl ; gay c 5 himj^brie , sand ; ; t his ',; was i tho
beginning's of;^
assbciation -^thereafter - : was . mutual.y
agreeable.
i.ylle iwas a : slender.young' man of : medium 1
hlelsht.7br}a;littlelunder,/-with l elsht.7br}a;littlelunder,/-with v light'/hair,":
blueVeyes^^nd^florid^cbmp^bm^jJte
'.was' as', nervous Yahd V.ai j aTcaged'
;wild : 'animaUi chafedjr.under/ithesldea^bt
"cbhflnement,'Vahd. ; seemed : tb>think: of ..no-;
thingsbut-h(Wito* escapajimprisonment. _ ;
v ; . : H© ■ said " he : . never,/ intended v to/ be ■_ ex
rchariged,'Tand Vwduld" try .-/to;" escape.': /J-"1£
;i ; t-were'going.t -were'going. up: the 'James/river/ to-day,"-;
:he i remarked; /"to , be ; exchanged 1 at / City.
/Points before ;t^ie.:boatTgot^ .there- 1: would.
f juinp overboard and swim ashore." . .-^
". My ; companion^ told'-ihe ;h"e ibelbnged to
the.,/ ■army."'' west f.bt'; ; the : Mis'sissippi--I.
:tliihk'^"to aVbattalion pr^regiment'of fßou-'i
isiaria cavalry; tiatUn the summer or.fall:
of lS63he'-was. wounded and" captured/and:
'put;"onl a boaUtb ;. be" sent 'a -prisoner "to r
,New?Orleans;;;that'shorUyiafter?the^boat:
started'ihe ijumped /overboard rand swam
ashore;: that, being ;"wounded;in;one arm,;
he. was / so ; nearly' exhausted? vrheh -.. he
reached the bank :that-but for; the -^friend-.;
ly/aid: -of: a i'Himb'. which "An 'the
water from'aVtreethat Providence seemed;
to .'hayeJplarited there; to assist him, he
■Tvould'chave' been' drowned.,-. "f:\ \ '• -:
/After '■ getting/on : the bank*; he :'•■ strolled;
but to ay:a v: plantation, /where he; found a
mule,, and : mounted on; the .animal' he
made; his way back to /his / ■':-_
// - :■':'"■ / , CA-PTURED^AGAIN: /;
Not long, after :;this ; ; he 'was captured,
again, and' : this ; time he was sent .to; the;
Federal V prison; -at :"Johnson'sV^lsland.;: "Johnson's V^lsland.;
Here' he. remained until .the early/ spring
of ; IS'j4; when he, with: some other prison-:
ers, j were selected : for exchange/and -were
started ; on ; fa : 'train" for . Baltimore." ; Not;
having .much ; confidence 'in v the promised;
exchange';-,* when the train ■> got : ; in to /the
State : ; ". ofi ''■ 'Maryland, V somewhere"/ hear ;
Hagerstown, he made ; his escape, 'crossed
the Potomac river, and. got into "Jefferson"
county ,-..Va.. : Here, having, to .■ seek ■ suste
tenance and :, shelter.: :he ; unfortunately,,
sought/hospitality .at ;the house of a';Unibn
man, who ; supplied his ': lmmediate ■ wants,
but made/haste" to notify, the Federal sol
diers/in'the neighborhood of his presence.
He .was soon captured, and this time sent
to the : Old, Capitol prison... ■ „"
PLANS' TO : ESCAPE AGAIN.
.From this prison he and another Con
federate' soldier -were : put' : on a "boat and •
started 1 for Fort/ Delaware.' /Among \ the
prisoners were about twenty of Mosby's
men, and it was not :lbng after /the boat
started down the Potomac : before a plan,
was formed ■■ by/; Allen .. and some -of the
other prisoners; to 'overpower the guard,
run the boat ashore on the side;
and thus escape, but "a coward' among:
their number betrayed the." scheme, and
they were all soon under, the hatches and
double guard. ;■':,.:/ ." :/ : .
.At Fort Delaware Allen;, with 3everalj
other ' prisoners; ,"got /outside 'of > the prison
p-en by "crawling; through/,,;; the filthy
sluices under;' the barracks ,:out on/the
main island. Concealing: themselves under
the 'bake-house,-' they/ remained there: t or
twenty-four hours without food or ■ water.
Theh : in :the;night, : ;Tvhile swimming across
the moat to' crawl over J -"the - embank
ment" to get into the Delaware river, they
were all captured except two-rßradyi and
Bradley—who escaped | and reached | Can
ada. ■From;thence they "aftenvards^ngurea
in Confederate depredations bn'thVLakes..
'I ■)' - : 'AT Ells' OLD "TRICKS. -t '•/.'
[Allen, .with : about 600 . other - prisoners, .
was sent to Mbrfis Island, South. Carolina,
and/.- placed; under/fire of .the* Confederate
batteries ;at Charleston. /'From v this ,i)laca
he ;'.' made " his , escape, /and" "reached ; the
mainland/but was soon "recaptured.""": From.
Morris -Island 'these prisoners ; were
sent ' to/ Fort Pulaski, '.:-• in -/Say ah^
nah harbor. .Here. 'Allen again/ made -his
escape, 'but; was":, soon' picked.: up '-'by 'tha
Federal -pickets; : From . this . /pomt 1 the
prisoners," in March, 1565, were returned tb.
Fort Delaware;: r ; Allen learned .that the'
boat was going /from Fort Delaware to
New Y.ork, so giving instructions to. some
friend to answer/ "sick" when his name
was called at/the, landing,- lie concealed
himself in the boat arid' went' on to New
York. In a few. days he wrote ■ from New
York 'to ;a friend in our division (No. 2«!)
tit Fort Delaware: "All right. I a:u off
to : night. by ' /steamer; '.to" Vera "Cruz,
Mexico." >..-:. - ■ ' •'..; .'■ ;. • .
.While attending "the. 1565-*6S law - class
of the University of Virginia," Ilwas tell
ing a /classmate, W. : W. Foote, . now a
prominent lawyer in • San -' Francisco; of
Allen's /many /escapes : 'and; captures.
'•Why," said, Foote; ,"I know Allen.:; I
was in Johnston's army, and after it sur-'j.
rendered ; I '•' started fto /Mexico y :to / . join
Maximillian.- »When -I-got/tb Shreveport;
La., : I met- Allen, who had- come
on through/Mexico, andvwas on his way.
to his home, mi New Orleans.".. ■ -' : ,
..'■': So brave Allen .kept 'his;' word;. He
was never exchanged. '-..:- 1 ;> wonder", whether,
"he is living yet, or has answered the/last
roll-call-on earth, and gone to join/ the
army beyond the- river, into j; which/. y/d
e->c-Corifederate. soldiers must nil -soon 'be
mustered. : M. " W. - SMITIISON: /
V Fitinuouiit and. Hoyvard'* Grove.
Mr.' : and Mrs.' Charles "Mitchell have"; re
turned from their bridal trip and are now
at; home to their ./friends at". "Melrose,"
the* -Mitchell -: "mansion - near ■ Norcheast
Kichmond:;; Mrs.: Mitchell was Miss Eula j
Yarbrough,; of .Richmond. She was pro- j
mo ted from .the "Fairfleid /High School to
the home, of which she "and her young
husband have agreed" to be joint princi-.
pais./She is known asone of the beauties
of this part of : "the "city/ on the; James,"/
noted for", its ."knightly men', arid ladyes-.
;faire.V ;;:";■:;.:"/ ; .' ; .,-/ ■■■■'■' / ....'
.At the home of Mr. and Mrs./J..B.:Bur
ton, . 1-120. north .Twenty-nrst .'street, .last
Monday /evening. '. Mr. -. Binnie / Stohnell
gave, a- :- ■ reception . ' in ; 'honor:' of : his
nineteenth birthday. He was assisted in
■receiving" ■; by.. Misses laiUl. and "Ada Bur
ton. •-•• A most enjoyable -. evening : .-: was
spent by all : present.' r Those /from a dis
tance were Miss'Hazei:Oyerby..of Greer.'s-*
boro', N. /C ; .Mrs. Bascom Smith, -MSss
Etoila -Smith, , 'arid Mr., and ;Mr3.' -Williani'
Griffin; of; Highland -Springs, • Va:^- Those,
■present 'A i rom 7/ .Richmond were Misses
.Leb!a;Haii!ey;-:'Es«ie/Tyler,/ Lottie 'Ty.er, '
Frances -Atkin?, '.'• Matnie../ Kappas, ; Annie
!.'-..,->. >:/:.■> Irrfri'o.;."' "-'":": $■•'•'?. T 10.' * r.*".-"f '.'•*."■
Ida Hollo way, 'lda Fuq.ua, Fa'nnie Mllbry,'
"i-..i.rt;:ii;c' jio.iai..:. -y" v ; 'oiililii/ .vtj.-e
Sriiith, '; Pearl/;. Minaon,\ .Mabel-/ Shackel-;
ford-"' and Lwllie. Lamb"; 'Mr.' and,. "Mrs.
George Atkins, : 1-Mr.' . arid •; Mrs./- ."Wheeler
H:"i ft". ' :JR '.:v. ; H. - .T. ".•■ Loiithari, -/ and .Messrs; ,
Adrian Burtonf-Edwaxd Grimes; •Grayson
.2n'a.hanes;":i Joseph '".Siirirns,". John-- 'rSimm's;-
Thoriias • V. :~ England, .'"Eddie //Reynolds,"
Nathan :Parker,::journie,Tyier,/Felix;,Ty-/
ler; ,John. Jones;;/Walter rHaines,;; George-
Vv r right, ■ John ./GrifQn;S- Curtis rfMbrecbck,/
!Allen,/Huff ,~ Everett i Hudgins,^ Orion Hud^
giris, ■'■iSrqsby'^'Sau'n^ersOTi/r^^GJton'^'^w-^
I m|^ A B LET ; FO RM--iP LE AS AN"T >TO/TA KE.
Kestores confidence and destroys akeptlcteuu'^ Those
who hare tried the world's beat remedy do not doubt
Its wonderful eflicacy.s Hesttato no lonijor nud tnire
this medicina a fair trial and you will ; bo astoulflhed
at themarrelooa resulta.~;> Open your mind to. con
(victlon and you wlllaoon find that tiuV jrrea^blood
: purifier will do evaa more than la cmlmea^lor iv:? -■■■ <
mZkmSm »r. - Bnrkharfs ;vVeeretabl» -.Compound,
i -prgVl cured m& ol Catarrh, StomadvTroubl^
MS^^^^H^Ko^^SiS
for 25c. : seventy, 6zj& teeatv'
■JOdtf!/** trial treatywntirtf. „ , „ " n :
jjiS; fW.' S.'JS pKK>TitB.T, Cincinnati, 0, .
Ssgsrd -Reruaa as Jhssr Sfslsld Sgalnsf Gafarrh^
MRS^BELVA A;LOCKWOOb v UTE CANDIDATE -FOR THE PRESIDENCY ; *
V krc^Beiva^Lbckwoaa^the eminent; barrister, of Washington. c l).;a;i ls :ttiel«'fllyj|
woman Who has ever been a candidate for the y presidency; at :tho^Unlted;aStat^|
She Is -the" best known womanUn America. As the pioneer ,of ;her, sex , in .the ;»??a*|
profession she ■. has- gathered ;,fame and fortune. In a. letter to the Peruna MeOI-^
cirie; Company," she says: - .-•-,.' ';
"I lixive niwdvyour I'ernna -liotli'i for i"; myself ; and my niotber.Vv 'Mnui
HaiiniiUJ. Bennett, now inlier S!Sti» yeiir, ami I II ml it an lisvalaablois
reaicdj-; £or cold; caturrh, luty teyer, and klndrvtl aiseawcs; inlso » Js;oo«,
tonic for feeble ami old- "people, ■« those iuu dowii; ; and : Tvltl» V.-ncrvt:*^
tm»triing." , Yonr>nly,: .ISelva. A. tockwoed. - --.t
.;'...--'• ...Mrsi'T.'Peltori.: . ■-" .
."Mrs. T.-Pelton;:s6": St. Anthony aver-us,
6t./ Paul, /Minn., /.writes: "Peruria has
done wonders for/me. ■ It has; cured my
headache and palpitation of the. heart;
has built, up my whole system. T cheer
fully recommend "'- Peruria. to all i sufferers
afflicted with /'catarrh. ;/ My mother /is
never ■without FeTuna. When, one "U
tired and out of sorts, if. Pe
runa is taken, it. immediately removes
that tired' feeling." . . .; ■• . . ':■'
Peruria. cures catarrh by removing the
cause, .inflamed mucous membranes.- ;
: I>r. Hartmari,""ithe compounder.'of.P.eru
na, once said,\iri a/lecture to"%vomen: ."A
rence, I.eroy Addington. George Atkins,
Jr.- '• and lliv- and Mrs. Montague \Vade./
:■ Miss Kate Taliey; of New Kent, county,
is visiting Mrs. Agnes R. Christian/near
Northeast Richmond. "-
Miss Uessie '."Watkins; who was ill for
several weeks, is. once more out with her.
friends on Fairmount's gra?sy squares. _;..
Mr. John- E.% Garrett, who was quite,
sick last" week : : for /several days 1 ,; is, at
business again. . ' ; ,
Mr. Thomas -White, of Western Albe
marle. -.was a visitor hero on Thursday
evening.-": ; : >- ■ - .. r
"East-End and Howards-Grove Baptist;
churches Will unite with Venable-Street
Baptist church thi'a evening in a State
mission rally.' Rev. ,C; J. /Thompson.: and
Mr. : William' Ellyson,.. secretaries ot ;.the;
State Mission /Board." _will be present. /
COL DE VIk"LEBOIS r 3IAKECri>-
Tlie French oilicer Who Conducts
BocrTlan of Campalsa. .
* :.'". (Condon MaiH.) .
The Boer authorities persistently, re- ■
present Colonel /De'Vlllebois-llareuil. late ]
of the- French Army, as : the accrediied j
attache ot the French/ Aa >a;
matter of fact, however Colonel de \ Ule.-.
•bois-Mareuil-. has unquestionably entered
•the' Boer-army as.an active officer: .with
the^rank : of > general, ',;• and with the
heavy responsibility of revising,, .if .ne
cessary, improving- upon the plan jof cam-;
paign already worked on t by General Jou-,,
bert' for. the present occasion. Indeed h ?:
has been intrusted with the; plans^ for.
defending Pretoria, when: the bomtod-:
"rhentof the Tranavaal capital takes place. -
i "colonel de Villebbis-Mareuil^as engag
ed' by Dr ' Levds early in September, : the,
ntgoUaSns having taken/ place,at^a
.Viltebois-Mareuil-.s castle/
in -Brittiany. It. should be noted that h^-
Uered his connection ;wHh the. Frenc^^
Army in 1536, arid .wa^.at-liberty-to enter
'the^se'rvice of /any: army he chose: Hss
reasons for sending in hU resignation to
: [^French: War Office, : ere -.b^aiise ,he
had- been refused /the .comma ixd ,of ,the
Madagascar -expedition,, and because • the
sfe^ttialrs-which.predominated^krtho
drench' Army, and the Petty !o^f.
andnntrigues which .obtained- In tho ..E^t,
-Major^were/not^to/hl3. taste.
In accepting >he mgh^ost^thearnj^
of the South African Republic. , ho was
lctua£ed:byVnbne^f -those .-sentime^s
.which: characterize -;the :..French:^An . lor
- P h6be. ; :On ; tho/contrary, .Co oneloe^Mt
lebois-MareuU's/tastesvare^ in re
spects: essentially /English. He- ; S pea^
; A>?r.aau«hter Wg
the -tutelage- of > : an/ Eng "?H govern
-nd^-his : tailor . lives ,in a iStrectSoff^-HaiiJ
ov^SuSe : , W hilc/aurlris-;:h!^resldonce i
SSlgiers,- where/ he held ;thu .command,
S ; a^vi S !on.:he ; used;toent e rUtin ; alhthe
ipr4l"5 n^ nieiiibers, ot the Lngil^h ; coi-
O Being. however, only flfiyjan'd a **,
dier ; at :tha"t ; iLse^i^, i» ; th« prim^of^Ufe-,
: ihd'esaer.tial!y.k fiShting m«in/with:sra2.t
•"talents 1 for'strategy/and tactic?, he ?aK&r
ly Smpedr :t t offeWand :the.temptins
remuneration held "butUo/hlxn;byiKrcse<»
representative:;^: At /the// same^Um^gheT
iih'busbtrltraavlaable to/ke^p ; his- engage^
• rnent = secret ■ in/brrter jto r. elude , the/ inquhii^
Uiventiss -of- French ;,otScialiiom.-; v/ixh
Cwhich every be •haMn^heimmtary,
or civil service, whether n.iive or r»
"tired;'^ remains ito-isornVfeijient [ln /touch.'
Hvithi'tn'&^e^eptlon^pf^s.lfrie^^iCorotff,
de Rbthays. and { his aaughieirnobodyjWaLSj
i'aTrarerof{tJ^new4car«tfr|Colon^
w>A;«;curid3^£a.ct:' in r- connection UwithithiaT!
f officer .-' i 3"'. thatitae '- Important: \ role 1 he|wa»'
■ and-f9 % about^to'splay| ha» Hbeen^liltherta'
s obstlnatelyi Ignored i by • those lyyhosei ajnbl-1
:tion'U*iis3tojb^iinforme(i:iQn7alMmatterZ!
Uadcyetylt^BraaeColonel cle ViireboLs^
'great ■number of women consult : me 'eyeryl f '
year. : I : : of ten. have occasion ito/say/LtoiJ?
these patients: ; *I fear, you haYe^catairh^
madam.* •', They .will - generaJly/feplyV \'P""W£
no, 1 never had
catarrh. My.
nose is perfect- ,
ly .clear, : and
my '-- breath -.-'■ is '
.not bad. ;. l am
no t "troubled
with ;. cbughingr/
or spitting, or .
any other disa
greeable symp
to m s of ;ca- .
tarrh." — Biit.-- my
dear madam, you
niaj" have"-'./ca
tarrh "all tho
TV/X/Ballard.;
,E ure k a Sprint;-^
Ark., cured of .ajse-f
vere : case ; of catarrh;
byJPeruna.
same. : Catarrh is not always located ;ln||
the - head. - You may vhavc catarrh of lth«||
lungs/o r stomach, ;bf Ulver.-/or:i"kldney3f.^J
and especially, -you. may havo catarrh o_
the -pelvis (organ's/," ../■./ ... //^ ■: Hj|Jj
The- Doctor, went: on -to -say: ■}■ .1.-naya*j*
been preaching this ; doctrine toe ■ the ;lasc -• 'j;
forty ■ years. : but , there /are :• a* vast imuUi-^i j
tude :o: of •women'j.who have-n ever; heard^Urgfi
yet. .Catarrh;- may.; attack ; any. . organ •' °Cij|
thb ':body. : are especlally^llabla'Ji
■toicatarrhvof-ithe pelvic -organs.? J,Therap
are 100 : cases 'of catarrh of":tho pelylq^:
organs to 'one 'of catarrh "oC.tho/haatL/^i
'Most: people think" because : .they =f hayd^f
not catarrh oC "the hetid they^have^ot/^
catarrh at all. This is a/great^nistalce^j
and is the cause of many cases of 'sick--. ;
ness and death." . - .'.'_•;
' "Health and Beauty'; sent' frea: to iwo-^i
men only, by the I > oru n a. iledicin.&;.Cqm-^g|
: pa"ny', -..Columbus, O. • ' \ . >
A[areuil-who ; was responsible. for :thoita<:-;.g4
tics- displayed 1 by the i:oers ; at Colensa^
on thy memorable 15th of December,! ancirgj-;
to whom.' alone were due the :■ conception; -M\
ut tho : plan of flghthig and the dlstrtbu-Jy
tion of thetroops-along and -around :,tha^
Tugel.i; River. ; -Schaik : Uurger ,wasimererS|
ly, a.. figurehead, 'a nominal substitute -£op^;
the absent General Juubert. ."- '„"-•;'
•<' The -French press follow; thevmovements i^},
of Colonel dQ^ymebbis-MureuUYery'close^lsjj
Iy for .which doubtfeds.thfjiColoneljiaffac^i
trom>beirii;isratefuL' : . Tho = papers |attri^j
bute'to'bim alt '^kinds "of ,absurd>statef.«i
ments. of which' the H'oUowlnfflirJa^fairla]
sani pie. : It Ms alleged :to be" 1 - an.; account^ j
in ■ the' Colonel's*: own .words o£^ the-|iossc oC^fi
the sQuadron :of Hussars after -itiie *battlt»_||;
/'A ! regiment or Lance r:-s,(3ic) disappear^!
fd:completely In the coursu .oC a..battle«/cj:
an:d ■ this is wliat»happenetf<to ttnem.:sTbe»|*!
English Lancers, aiter-charslng3asßoer?fj
detuchment; • threw themselves:; upon Jthopi,
wounded, .whom ;• they > "-massacred
dospoilt'd. They- Iwere; engaged : ia«thi3|l;
aborninablo t.-ork' of savagery iv-hen^they^j.
were ?. surprised; by a Boer -'^ commando.
Seeing themselves on the-point^'otJbelriKll^i
■annihilated; .th«y^raised ':■.. the ''^vhlt6-j£ae^
'but ; in.; c6nse«tuence ,of ithe-atrocitleaithcy;^!
had been "guilty of ;tho. Boera !shdt:?thentj|i
down .to : the List man. ' • i i*-t- ---:
■ "This :-example,"/ .attd3.' .this -iVeracioual^:
joutnal.-^has struck terror Into :the'Ens*Kft<
Hsa,- who will iJ»Jt ■■• -recommenco -tneir.iv
atrocities."
■I ■ -$tOO, Ke-tvaril; . '_■-.- „;"
The- viix'tiirz of '-this paper >willvba§|;
pleased' to learn "that?; there leasC'si
ony tlreailed disease -that:; /science^haaM;
been able ttofcureiinVali.' its- stages.-^ accE:l.
that'ia : Catarrh:? -Hall's •CatarrliXCureiias;
the only positive cure'.kn'qwn^toltheime«U^|
cal i fraternity. ' ; Catarrh -being /a. ; constitur.^
tiohat disease, "requires^i a.^ cons titutioiialsi;
treatment. 3Hall' a) Catarrh : Cure T te\ takert^]
Internally,"^acting- directly.^upon'tthefbloqdJfj
andJmucoua'.surraces of ; the system; thare^S
by 'destroying the *"foundatlonTof:ttlib\<lut-;si
ease^and the' patient : strength jbv>||
buildins i up ; -the; constitution 'and .assist-^!
ing jnatiire 'in doing "its "work.V^ThQlpro^ja:
prietors hay»i - : so much ; f aith.".ln 'Usj"curu-|j
tive powers : tha.t they- offer lOae ; *llundrea^i
"Dollars for any. ca.se -that ;it*fails>t6tt:ure-S;
Send : for,- Hsf^ of 4 testimonials.^ Addcesaeffel;
:■ * I*. J. CHEN'Ti\*f&.= CO.,- J Toleao,tO.^!
; SoWiby.-rurussl3tsA75 "iceow. • : ,-, k
:=Hali:3 Family I'ills are, the -best. .5.
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■ ■/'■;■• Nlf!\V liOTKI> A.UI'HIN. ttLi*
"Steam heat: Convenieut^to.Jbath-house,!;
Opea- the : entire 'year.' Rates^modera te. ; i-%.
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f.-'=ia9-Tu. Th& S uri -:■-. '<-■■■' '. ::.:'./-£^Pjroprigtor : :ga|;
: T UE/V IR«IM M- HOT }[ SPHESXjSJCOUi!!
- BATH COUNTY; V.V., , " ij^
CiIESAPEiiKE AND OHIO s-RAIL.'VVAy;! |
;;.:.V:;-.; : -r*-;*5i»/F£:ET:Er*BVATiqN*. . ""■.:':
-/."' "The -rN"ew>llome3C€ad f '*s :: with mo»||
dernj';;, conveniences,-;;^ fncludlng'i K :pMvat'a»||
■batha.^'tbsitner. with' tho batli-housef Op*aS|
; th« -year -.'round. ;,S::;:- /:::-<::::;:: V^:v;^ i//:--v7S|
■■v ■ I nvalids !■■) made £ per f ectly 3? com far tabUvi||
Wonderful ;■ to -r sufferers vj from g|
gautfi rheximatiHin;s and 'ihervous stroub!eA.'o
w ; ??; ASI UiSBMKNTSifAND * SPORTS: .' ■-:- :;j
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