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THE FIRST MMAbMS.
A MAX WHO AVAS THEHB TELLS
ITIOUTTHE GREAT ««SICST3ADDLE."
DISCIPLINE OF OUR TROOPS.
The I.ncU of It "Was Most Connplcn
on«—A Writer Who Visited Bcanrc-
B nr«l?!« Camp "When a. Hoy Recalls
fl,c Cront Hattlc.
(Atlanta Journal.)
Was there ever a moro humiliating scene
•r.acted in this country of ours than.that
<!S shown by the demoralized and fieeing
Tiited States troops at the first battle
of Mana-ssas? It has been some consola
tion to us old Confederates who have suf
fered so long and patiently since the close
of the Civil War to know that the army
of General' McDowell on the 21st day of
July, 1861, composed of several thousand
old icgrulars and 25,000 volunteers, were
badly whipped by the Southern troops,
who numbered not over 21,000, Und of that
number only about IG.OOO were actually en
fsged. - They had every advantage of us
)n n-oans. ammunition, provisions, trans
portation, etc. Our regiments were made
Up of all grades and conditions of men,
jducatcd and uneducated. 3n the ranks
tvere lawyers, doctors, merchants, and
A. M.'s alongside our sturdy mountain
errs. The latter were accustomed to hard
ships and with his rifle the head of a wild
iinkeyat 100 yards was knocked off nine
times out of ton. Just before entering the
army T was out hunting with my rifle.
I had found a squirrel and was trying to
ret n shot at him, but as fast as I, would
aiovc quietly around the tree he would
/-.cop out of my sight by moving around to
Ihe othur sldo. Suddenly I heard the
crack of a rifle, and the squirrel fell to
ihc pround, shot through the head. To
my surprise, I found that a young man
(our ovors^cr's son) had shot him from
Vl» the mfuinlainsldc. some 150 yards from
vi-tro I was standing. These men were
independent and courageous, and often
jinid but little attention to the discipline
Jii'poscd by their ofTicers. Colonel
Rtrange, of Charlottesville, Va.. was drill-
Iny his l-egirnent in that town a short time
t» fore beins ordered to the front, ho
fr.id:
•O3r. Jones, stand square, sir!" ,'■■. i
Mr. Jones immediately replied: *^
•Colonel Strange, 1 are squar, Eir!"
Mr. Jones was a splendid specimen of
Hie mountaineer, and of such material as
many of the best Confederate soldiers
were made.
Yes, we whipped them bailly at Manas-
Eas. Eometimea callel the battlo" of Bull
Hun by the Skedadlers, for it was the
battle of Uanassas that gave to the ISng
lish language the new word "skedaddle."
So much has been written aboutthis bat
tle that'; l will not attempt any special
description of the disposition of the troops
rr their manoeuvres, but give you extracts
from papers and repor's from men who
v,-ere onsaged in the battle, that these
facts may be before the eyes of our citi
zens, and not replj% as die a young lady to
:i friend of mine a few weeks ago in
l^hiladelphia, when asked some question
about Jhe civil war, she replied after som«
hesitation: "About what war.' Oh, yes.
1 lemember no%v, ' she said; "you mean
the war in which they hung Jeff Davis on
a sour apple tree?" I was only 35 yeara
old when I visited the- camps of. Beaure
pard's army at Manassas. It was my^flrst
flight of such a scene. I- was with my
ljroiher-in-law Catlctt Fitzhugh, arid rode
horseback about, the camps, witnessing
tho drilling of troops and seeing every
thing that was to be seen about a large
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army General WingfieiA Scott was too old"
to conmand. hence Ge;ieml McDowell was
in charge of the United: States, troops on.
the 2st with the following' brigadiers un
der him: ' Generals Burnslde, ; Porter. Wll
cox. Franklin. Howard,; Sherman, Keys,
Schencks, Richardson, " Blenkers, and
Runyon, while Ger.er.iV. Beauregard had
under him. Generals Bonham, D. R. Jones,
I-iOngsfrcct, Kampton^Ewell, and Holmes,
Genera} Joseph K. Johnston, who '■ was. In
charge of .the Army of the Shenandoah.
reinforced Beaurcgard; on the 2lst;after a
forced march from tho'iValloy of Virginia.'
his brigadiers being T. J- Jackson,; Bee.
E. K. Smith. The twelve companies of
cavalry were commanded by Colonel J.
13. U.Stunft. -" , . -.- ■■/■ -.' :■.
In examing my file of papers the Louis
ville Daily Courier. I find the following
letters in the evening edition of August's,
1801. The first is copied from the Atlanta
(Ga.) Confederacy. It reads as follows:-
The battle was a decided. success, and
was fought with distinguished" gallantry
by all' our troops who participated in it.
It is' but just to say. however, that the
Fourth Alabama Regiment,, Colonel Jones,
the Seventh Georgia, Colonel 'Gartrell, and
the Eighth Georgia^ Lieutenant-Colonel
Gnr-dner, both under acting Brigadier Bar
tow; the Fourth ScutlrCarolina, Colonel
Sloane; Hampton's Legion. Colonel Hamp
ton; the Sixth North 'Carolina,. Colonel
Fisher, and the Eleventh and Seventh
Virginia did the hardest lighting, suffered
most and bore the brunt of the "battle.
Colonel Kersnav.-'p end Colonel Cash (S.
C.) regiments came into action lcte but
did most effective service in the pursuit
which continued, nearly to Ccntreville.
General E.K., Smith's brigade reached
Manassas during the battle and rusnod to
the. field, a distance of seven miles,
through the boiling sun at a double quick,
As they neared the field from a double
quick they got fairly to running, their
eyes flashing, the officers crying out:
"On boys, to the res-cue!" and the men
hhquted at the top of their voices: When
General Johnson saw Smith he exclaimed:
"The Blucher of tnc day has come.' They;
soon arrived in front of the enemy and
with a' shout that might be heard from
one end of. the battle-field to the other they
launched at the adversary like a thunder
bolt. They delivered but two fires, when
the enemy began to" give way, and in a
few minutes they began to give way and
were in full retreat. The brigade is com
posed of one. Tennessee and one Mississip
pi regiment and a battalion from Mary
land. As they rushed into the fight, I
could but recall with an appreciation, I
never felt before the words of Holy writ,
'as terrible as an .enemy With banners.'
The artillery companies, did good ser
vice also. Those engaged were the New
Orleans' Washington Artillery, Latham's
Battery from Lynchburg, Imbodens from
Staunton, Kcmpcr's rrom Alexandria,
Thomas's from Ricnmond, PendiCton's
from Lexington. Rogcrs's from Leesburg,
and the Wise artillery. Captain Arburtus.
The Washir.gtcn Artillery and Latham's
Battery and Kempcr's were in position to
do most, but all his companies manoeuvred
well and delivered their fires with great
effect.
I do not believe that I; have informed
you in any of my letters that Colonel
Cameron, of one of the Pennsylvania reg
iments,. had been killed, and that his
brother, Lincoln's Secretary of War, had
sent a friend, one Arnold Harris, a lobby
member about' Washington; to ask for his
body. As' he. did riot come under a flag
of truce, General, Johnston ordered him
into custody and sent him to Richmond.
The Republican secretary chose to ignore
the existence of our . authority-, and the
rank and position of our officers by send
ing a verbal message and without a flag
just as the Ministers of King Gecrge were
wont to act towards General Washington
and the Continental Congress during the.
first revolution, and therefrom our of
ficers chose to send the ..aforesaid .Mr.
Harris- to prison; I have just heard that
five more of Ellsworth's Zouaves— Old
Abe's pet lambs— were captured to-day
in the woods nearCenterville, one of- whom
was Colonel Farnham, the successor of
Ellsworth. He had been wounded and
the other remained behind to take care
of him. ■ • ■
"While on a visit yesterday to the Sev
enth Regiment I had the satisfaction of-,
examining their flag. It has fourteen
bullet holes in it. and the flag staff was
struck in four places. After Colonel Bar
tow's-fail Lieutenant Paxton, of v irginia,
asked leave, the color-bearer being wound
ed, to carry the flag. His requept was
granted, and he and W. L». .Norman, one
of the color guards of DeKa.'j county,
•wcre-Nthe first to place it upon the cap
tured battery. There is another incident
which deserves public mention, and which
shows of what stuff the Georgia boys are
made. William DeJarnett, of Rome Light
Guard, bavins been slightly wounded" and
left behind, concealed himself in the
bushes. The Second Rhode Island RegK
ment- passed by without seeing him, but
Colonel Siocum, who commanded ... the
regiment, and who came on behind, dis
covered him in the bushes. Attempting
to draw hi 3 pistol. -he said: 'Your life,
you rebel!' For some reason he . could
not get out his pistol easily, and seeing
DeJarnett level his musket at "him, he.
cried out: "Don't shoot.' But the Georgian
did shoot, and killed him, too. I saw
Slocum's grave to-day, in a little cabbage
garden by the roadside and also found
there Major Ballou, of the same regiment,
who hail his leg shot off.; ' '.
••There is still another fact I- cannot
forbear to record. After the- terrible fire
to which the Eighteenth Georgia had been
exposed and which they received with
the immobility, of a marble statue, Gene
ral Bcauregard" passed the little remnant
of the regiment thr.t -was still left and
which was. ready to strike yet another
blow," and arising his cap with undis
guised admiration and sympathy, he said:
•Eighth Georgia, I salute you.'". .
THE CANADIAN PRESS ON THE BAT
, TLE OF MANASCAS.
The Quebec Chronicle has tho follow
ing: ""The New York press will bo
doubtless sadly downctist now. For our
selves, we have not exulted over the much
vaunted victories, and see no great reason,
to rejoice in a northern defeat. Ail our
desire is that the war should cease, __and
that we should be spared the spectacle
of seeing brothers In race and language
in mortal combat. Neither the north, nor
the south can subjugate the other. Let
them agree to what We! call a reparation;
de bieus, and be at peace. There is robm
enough on, this great . continent for three ;
great nations— a union of the British colo
nies—a union' of tho northern States,, and
"a : Confederacy lof the southern republic."
The Montreal. GazeiteT has the following:;
"The grand army that was to extermi
nate the southerners is" in "full retreat"
upon Washington, utterly beaten by Uhe,
'superior' tactics of the southern general,;
which lias enabled - him to man his .troops":
as x to do what the northern general in
tended—overwhelm:rth©'- enemy. It was
not apleasant thinsj^for philosophic minds,
to see ■ that the defeat-- of the northern^
army was received: rather; with satlsfac^
tioii than regret; by "people; on thejstreetsj
here: The : northi has bragged;. so much?
-and so ~ loudly, -has been so;insolent'in;ltS'
tbneV not only ;the^s*oiith, butjto.^
wards 5 Britain; j ii% has bragged sso % much]
nliriff up poor little •■cowards.;:that^Bym^
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nied ; in i^by^j^tho -great; maaaeaYbf I trbops/i »;
portion?- o£p her. . territory 1
hcr^her ports ,blockaded~herTeyery/effort;
Jeered V at--her' ;proßpectsl;{oir.successfur
fighting for, her; owh; territoryl turned ; Unto i" ;
ridicule, until no 'onejcouldthelpifeellhe:
some desire to see i; ; the :, braggart
.worsted, . srtid - \the f much-abused £ souths
driven, to; bay, ; : achieve a. success."
I .take \ the f oUlwing/.- fromTiltha r * same'
paper:." • "Stories • KsctV; afloaty by -{ithe
black 'Republican . press ; of s the • barbarous
treatment of thewounded'by the Cbnfede-;
rate troops r is, denied by"^ The
American, ': an administrative f^; paper .'
• "From * troops :passirig ; through herej ;: and
particularly' 'from 1 the members of . ithe
;Michigan ;re"girhents, who have, a large
number of ,wounded,:with.them, we learn'
that ■'-' .'; every attention was . paid to ,the
wounded^which; the. most; huirian;. could
hnyo.^deaerved ; dona soldier afflrmlngr that
he {called .upon : a man whoj had; shot :: him
down, for some wateri and that the ;; Co
nfederate supplied him j from" his f own • can
teen." No's country.; produced ra" more ;hu
maue type of men; than did . the South.";
A lieutenant ■, of our own city,- .when fallf
ing ; back 'under the tremendous < fire \ at"
the battle of Gettysburg, was appealed to'
by. a. Tankee (officer for help-7-when, with-r;
ou I a. moment's hesitation, he stooped
down ; and gently U f ted him upon"" his back
and bore I him •; away to a place of , safety.
This was Lieutenant '• P. T. Oliver, a pros
perous merchant and a " most excellent
citizen of the city of Athens;" Our soldiers ,
never "resoi ted to such barbarous treat
ment Vof men as the water torture, prac-.
tlced-by the United States troops in the
v.ar in the Philippines.. Nor'did we burn
houses, down over the heads of women
and children.: (as I witnessed in the valley
of Virginia), by tha order of {General
Sheridsn.' and approved by the United'
"States government at Washington.- Now
let- us see what, of both sides, who were
interested -in this first; campaign against
Jtichmend; these, extracts are from offi
cial dispatches: General: Scott to -Mc-
C;ellan. July IS: ; "McDowell" yesterday
diove tlie enemy beyond Fairfax Court
house. Ho will attack, the . entrenched
cump Manassas junction to-day. Beaten
there; the enemy may retreat both upon
Richmond and the Shenandoah valley. I
may reinforce him (Patterson) to enable
you to bay Johnston." Secretary Cameron
to Governor Curtin, July .18. "The Penn
sylvania troops were expected to : have
joii.ed the forces going Into battle this
v/eek. I trust there will be no delay to
prevent them sharing the honors of the
erpected battle." General Scott to Me-
Clellan, July a, A. . M.: "Johnston has
amused Patterson and reinforced Beaure
gard. McDowell this morning forcing the
passage of Bull Run. Jn two hours he
will turn the Manassas junction and storm
it to-day with superior force. 1^ General
Scott to the commanding officer at Baltl
mcre,: July 21:.' "Put your troops on the
alert* Bad news from McDowell's army,
not credited by me." Captain Alexandw
to Washington: "General McDowell's
full retreat. The day is lost.
Save Washington and the remnants of
this army!" The routed troops will not
reform." General Scott to McDowell:
"Under the circumstances it seems best
to return to the lino of the Potomac."
President Davis to General Cooper,, Ma
n.issas. July 21: "Night has closed upon
a "hard fought field. Our forces have
won a glorious victory." Colonel Kerl
gan. at Alexandria, to Cameron, July 22:
"There are about 7,000 men here without
oflicers: nothing but confusion." General
Mansfield, to Captain Mott at the Chain
Bridge, July 22: "Order the. Sixth M3ine
to keep their demoralized troops- out of
their camps." General Mansfield to Gen
eral Runyan, July 22: "Why .do the regi
ments I sent to you yesterday return so
precipitously to Alexandria without firing
a shot?" W. T. Sherman to the adjutant-^
general, July 22: "I have at this moment
ridden in with, . I hope, the rear men of
my brigade, which In common with our
whole army has sustained a terrible de
feat and has degenerated into an armed
n.ob." General Scott to General McClel
lan. July 22, 1 A. M.; "After fairly beat
ing the enemy and taking three of his
bntteries, a panjc seized McDowell's army
and it is in fuH retreat on the Potomac.
A most un?/:countable transformation
into a mob of a finest appointed and ad
mirable led army." . • -. :
These few extnicts are enough to show
the utter rout of the - Federal army.
Iwenty-eight pieces of , artillery, about
5,000 muskets and nearly 500,000 cartridges,
a garrison Hag, and ten colors.- were cap
tured on the field or in the pursuit. Besides
these we captured sixty-four artillery
horses with the harness, twenty^six
vegons. and much camp "equipage, cloth
ing Bnd other property abandoned in their
flipht. Would that we could have ended
at Manassas, and th-3 thousands of lives
of the heroic men of the South been spar
ed.
"A down the coming years did beat
.The pulse, of hope, life seemed so bright
That little recked .we of defeat,
Ncr dreamed such days should close in
. night." .
•Athens, Ga., May 24th. .'"i I Vv.
BUCKINGHAM GUARDS.
Some Errors In; n. Previous Article
■■■•■ .■' v Corrected.
To the Editor of the Dispatch: • .. .
Over the signature of Captain Camm
Patteson, of Buckingham county, and un
der date of June 23d, there was published
in your paper a roster of Company D,
Fifty-sixth Virginia Regiment.
In connection with the article mentioned
I desire to supplement some facts which
should be published for the eradication of
a misleading impression, which, I think,
Captaio Patteson's article was calculated
to create. • • •
The officers of this company, elected In
May, ISGI, were: .
Camm Patteson, captain.
R.-C. Nichols, first lieutenant.
- James P. Ferguson, second lieutenant.
John P. Jones, third -lieutenant. ■....."
These* %vere the ranks of the officers of
Company ; D for only one year. { .
At Fort Donelson. where the gallant
Lieutenant Ferguson- was killed, or mor
tally wounded, ori entering the third day's
battle, the third lieutenant, as mentioned
above, being the nextNofflcer in rank, took
charge and. was acting captain until the
reorganization of the company in May,
1562. Captain Patteson ; had retired . from
the army on account of bad health, 1 or
some other cause. i
In May, ISG2, the company was recruited
to about 120 or 130 men; and elected* the
following officers: - .'■
John P. Jones, captain. :
' Mathew 'Brown, first lieutenant. ■■'.'
> Jacob- Rudisili, second lieutenant.
William E. Jones, third lieutenant.
" The great battles in which Company D
fought subsequent to May, 1562, were not
fought under the command of those of
ficers elected in ISII, but under the com-
"Worth Its Weight 'In Gold"
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tlemen v I send inclosed M. "0.," f0r which
you will please send jme one ■■ dozen • Rad
way-'s Ready Relief and- one dozen Rad
way'S; Pills. : ;Your.. Ready 'Relief is
considered; hereabouts j to . be~worth " its'
weight in gold. This is why lam induced
to handle it. I have: handled - — — - — -Oil
for some time.' but I consider the R. R. R.
far; superior to , this, v as It gives batter, sat
isfaction. J.M.ALEXANDER.
; Radway.'s Read" Relief cures Headache*
Toothache. < Neuralgia,! Rheumatism,iL.um-j
ibago, andi: weakness .-in - the i back,
spine.v or kidneys, .pains? aroundi theUlver,'.
•• pleurisy,: swelling pf the joints,; and; pains
: of n all ■*' kinds. = The : v application' ; of . Rad-i
i way's I Ready. Relief cwUI • afford: immediate
'ease,?' and ■ its ii continued iuse Sf or ß a : ; f ew ;
='days?eff ects la*spermanent?cure/^Sold>:byI a*s permanent ? cure/^ Sold >: by
druggists.
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mand of those officers elected In May,1862.
■ ; It seems to me that had the gentleman,
over whose signature the article. to which
I have reference ; appears ; (and I regard
him as one. of my best friends), been: de
sirous of giving correct and: impartial
publicity to the many heroic deeds of
Company D, he would have had the cour
tesy, at least, to have made some in
quiry. of the captain of that company
from May, 1862, to the time he and his
company— or the major portion" of" them—
were captured at . Gettysburg and im
prisoned at Johnson's '■ Island. It seems,
also,;that the writer of that article should
not have overlooked the same officer in
referring interested readers to the sur
vivors of Fort Dbnelson, of Cold Harbor,
and of Gettysburg. ,
As my lieutenants were not mentioned
in the roster published— and they were
officers of: the company during the most
important battles in which this company
participated— this communcationi is writ
ten out of deference to. them. They were
gallant and loyaland brave. There were
none better. And the men, the privates,
were" all that they were.
Of the .division commanders at Gettys
burg—Pickett, McLaws, Hood, Early,
Johnston; Bodes, Anderson, Heth, Pen
der, and Wilcox— the post of- honor was
given to Plckett, and' %i his great; charge
there ware .no men truer to the 7 'lost
cause" than the "Buckingham Tancy
Guard," ;
J. P. JONES,
Late Captain Company D, Fifty-sixth Vir
ginia Regiment. : - . •
TO REPLY FOR THE ARMY.
Attempt to Confound Charges of the
Anti-Impcriiilists.
. (Washington Post.)
Colonel Clarence Edwards, chl_ef of the
Insular Bureau of the VWar Department.
Is preparing an answer to the letter to
the American people, published a few
days ago by tha anti-imperialists. ' Each
statement made by the league is placed
alongside of sworn testimony taken by
the Senate Philippines . Committee and .
by the Taft Commission, or of other lrr&-j
f utable evidence. A parallel column is
thus made \whlch will be handy for use
in the Republican Congressional^ cam
paign: - : . : ' ."'.'- V .. .. ■
As an example of what Colonel- Ed
wards .will show, it is understood that he
has quoted a paragraph of the league's
letter stating that its investigations have
led it to conclude that the demoralization
of officers and soldiers of the American
army, in the Philippines . was more genV
era! ''than might be inferred from the
President's review of the court-martial
of General Smith. By the side of this
paragraph is the testimony of the Arch
bishop of Manila. The Archbishop
rendered a high tribute to the
American array. If they had been Span
iards/ or Italians, or. Frenchmen, the
Americans, . the archbishop stated, ' would
have committed more breaches of moral
ity. Ma jor-General Otis, is quoted as in
sisting, that the Filipinos were not harsh
ly treated. Major-General Hughes de
scribes the establishment of a hospital
for disabled Filipinos, who he stated, were
given the same treatment as would have
been any pther enemy under the rules of
civilized warfare. • -.' . .:'
Governor Taft is quoted, in denial of the
charge of cruelty by American troops.
The letter of the league states that an
official report indicates that in a single
district of 300,000. n0t less thari;100,000 per
ished. The report of a "Filipino, who was
acting governor of Batanga3 Province, the
one referred to by the league, 'is given.
He states that the mortality "no longer
caused by war but by disease is reduced
to a little over. 200,000 from ; more than;
300,000 inhabitants," who in former years,
occupied the province. Reference' Is' made
to the efforts of the American authorities
to - alleviate ■distress". 'The, ignorance, of.
the people with/reference to sanitary; ar-.;
rangements is also " described: . "The . peo
ple of \ the province," to quote a -line,
"seem to place an implict ,faith L in' God;
the rest they leave to hogs." -■":'; ' /_
The charges of the league with refer r
ence'Co the policy of concentration are
then discussed. Mr. Burlingame, former'
consul atAmoy, who examined conditions,
in the' Philippines, answers them by, stat
ing that there was no cruelty in'the'.coh
centration policy pursued. / Major-Gener
al Hughes also describes the ..measures
taken in Samar, showing that thenatives
themselves established camps in | the vici
nity -of American troops; so as to avoid
being. considered insurrectoa or ;participatT
ing In the latterls operations. y -' ; ; !':
The league describes the concentration
camps -by quoting an: officer; as saying;
that they were the "Suburbs of Hell.".
Evidence is . presented to : show that .this
statement is ; absolutely, unfounded. The
league. alleged that, a jeprlrnarid V was, not;
an ■ unusual [ punishment deemed adequate
for the killing in- cold blood of natives; by
officers. It : Is \ shown that - twenty-eight
officers and men were convicted arid 're
ceived . sentences severer than reprimands
for' committing crimes upon natives; Re
garding the allegation that prleioriers
were killed, -Generals Funston and Met
calf are quoted in denial.' " .<
Col. MosT*y>», Close Cnll.'._ i.
. : (New York Evening Post)r ". <■
■ Colonel John F.MoVby sent word to the
remnant of ' his old guerilla band who held
their annual reunion at .Leesburg. Va.;
this--week, that; ;the; pressure of; public,
duty would , prevent : his .joiriuig; them, jlf
Mosby's' memory remains active,- the'J re
cent' death i"of i Coloneb Tichenor.i of ithe
Board of GereKLlAppraisers at New Tork
must have reminded him ■■ of i an;. occasion ,-'
whenL tlie.: pressure^ of jprivate-^estremeVy
pHvate and personal--duty caused- his "ab r ;
sericQr'from. a?Place^>^here : he^was i \very^
iniiichi wanted. -He : ; has vEometlmeslimen^
'liohedc it, :ih - these'slater^years^asiithei
i'.'closeEt ;:; call. Zlifc ever"; had in this.!^life-;->;;
; TichenorJ^who\wass;a^Union^offlceri;ini
: the civil -war,* • had been; sent; outTonejnlght !
with ■ a company 1 In '■ advance ■* of the 3 bxvayi
Jt6"rßkirmishHand .establish a. picket ?Hrie;t
iß^orehelhadigone^eryJf^hejstunibledj
ruponithreetmehiO!K>ho^eba^.TandTcri^:l
"Halt ! x Who 'ft goes Kther^Tl^T^vo gjof %Kei
smen^whe'elia'lns^ntly^gftUbpediawajPiirial
escaped; the third hurried forward, Uirow-
ing up his hands and screaming: "I sur
render! I . surrender !".. , . - _ -
Tichehor was much annoyed. He. could
not shoot a man who had voluntarily
made 1 himself a prisoner; of war, and the
direction taken by the others was such
that he should have risked hitting his
prisoner if ho fired upon' the two fugitives;
so he had to let them go and bring his
one prize Into camp. The captive. proved
to be a local preacher who knew the
country 30 well that the Confcderateß had
pressed him into the service as a guide,
and, ho revealed the fact that one of his
companions was a Confederate officer, and
the other the guerilla Mosby, who, in the
then state of feeling within the Union
lines, would undoubtedly have been given
short shrLft and hanged. . . ~ ;•'...-. '„
Mosby afterward met Tichenor and told
him that he did the liveliest running that
night of any time in. bis adventuroui ca
reer. ■. ' ■ ' " - : -. - : ■ . . ■; ■■
_ — ■■**-. • - — . .
Corner-Stone of Mount Vernon.
(New .York Tribune.)
"When the /corner-stone was laid for the
Washington house at Mount Vernon— and
the date of building is a mooted point—
there was nothing monumental in the
spirit, of the act. "In the first place."
said-Horace Galbraith at the Fifth-Ave
nue, "it was not built 'by the President,
and if it had been he wouldn't have been
President when he built 'it:. He went there
with his bride, and it was the gift of
his brother. It-was his brother, Lewis,
too; who built it and gave it to him, and
not his brother. Lawrence, as so many
people think. If Lewis had only been
George,, or Lawrence ; Bushrod. thero
would not have been so much trouble his
torically. For the initial 'L* is all that
remains on the corner-stone, and .that
might stand for— Lafayette? JHardly. At
all events, the corner-stone was allowed
too little pomp. It was set in a. brick pil
lar in the cellar, and it was made of soft
brownstone. The result has been that tha
dampness has rotted tho surface until you
can crumble it off with your finger. Tha
temptation; of course," was Irresistible for :
tourists, and by the time Iron bars were
setup to fence it off all the inscription
had fallen a^victim to the experimental
touch of the 1 scientiflc observer,- except
the capital letter 'L'.beginntng the legend.
Fortunately, a copy was taken before
complete obliteration, and it ;is now
planned to restore it. The stone Is to be
dressed down to a hard surface, the.ln
scription, so far as it Is known, . recur,
and the whole to be framed under -glass,
arose from the behavior of • one John
Robinson. ■-■ He was a fool. He 'was in
such a hurry when he called <on his
fiientls that he would be off before he had
well knocked at the door v.
~- "There • they go. helter-skelter!" That
phrase, was coinecK at the defeat of 'the
Spanish armada. The great fleet; of the
Spanish invasion was driven -by storm
and ' stress . of .tho English, attack north
to 'the Held er river and south to the
Skelder river— the Scheldt. -
Do you : know why a > hare i la called
"puss?" This is not a riddle, but" an
example of how words get -twisted. The
ancient Latin word for a hare was
"lepus." The Norman knights who came
over with .William the "Conqueror, pro
nounced the word "le puss" The puss he
rerf.n ins to-day. ... •
"Go to Halifax!" That town was. a'
place of special terror for rogues, because
the first rude guillotine Invented; there by
Mannaye r for chopping off felons' heads.
Halifax law was • that the criminal
"should bo condemned first" and:;lnqulred
upon after." Coventry had a;. queer law
in old , times,; by which none; but- free
men' of the city could practice, a 'trade
there. Strangers were ;; starved out.
Hence the phrase for shutting a man
out of human company— "sent to.Coven
try." "Spick and span" comes from the
"spikes" and "spanners," * the hooks and
stretchers for stretching cloth new from
the loom. I'- , 4 '-
To "dun" a man for debt comes from
the memory, of John Dun,-, bailiff of Lin
coln, who was so keen a collector that
his name has become a "proverb.
"News" is a queer word— The initials
of north,'' east. west,, south, which""ap
peare?! on^ the earliest • journals lai a sign
that information was to-be had, here from
the four' quarters or the world.; The
sign was N E W' S and gave us our
word "news." ■ , ; .
MAItR MONCMEST.
And the Inscription That Shonld Be
;■: Placed On It.
To the Editor of. the Dispatch : _
In your issue of Sunday July, 27th, i after,
noticing that Marr Camp of Confederate
Veterans,"; of Fairfax Courthouse, Va:,- had H
appointed a committee [to] select a suitable
monument' to commemoratelthe^death- of j
Captain 'Marr.' "who was." they say, 'tne i
first soldier . killed at the ".'. br eakingr | out ■ J
of the civil war in the'raidof, Lieutenant;
Tompkins at Fairfax Courthouse,- on June
1, 1562," :. you asU -whether ■■■ he -was g V* ne ■
first soldier, killed in^the great war," and
invite discussion of the question. Now;
the facts "of the case-areiSimply-these:
Captain Marr; whose initials^ were ; John
Q., and [ whose nahie can be signed
to the 'ordinance .of 'secession; .It haying
bnen placed^thereafter his death by order
j^^&k No Summer Bowel Troubles
&^&*^S^ '^Ttifik Not for me !. I'm safe from all of them and happy. The heatof suirir ;
■ffESSLi;'- Z^ K^ me'r-causes organic matter everywhere to decay. All dead yegetablebr : ;
M&Tml£^^!!&. WS&I animal matter rots if not kept on ice. Ail undigested food in the^
' : ' : ' : E'/HB^Sl r Sv - -'human body will ferment a hundred timjss;as;qm'ckly:irijsmTimer as m^y
\&E^SS«i ' ■■-]' winter. Consequence— stomach, liver, bowels poisoned, thrown out ot
Wi^^wJ/- fcgr order— sour stomach, colic, dtarrhbea, dysentery, choiera^append*
\iSl3§p7ji - W icitis, and ihisbme regions yellow fever and the^plague. Littlc^cnudreoj|
If I * suffer terribly everywhere; What does gbbHlsehselteU you"tO:do^|Y6ug
V Jk Jl can't keep the human body on ice, and the drinking ; of ice-cold drinJ«|?
. '"■■•™ L r does mbre'harm than good because it stops digestion and eh ills. the uw;
TfflT^ tcrnal organs. The proper thing is co keep ail impure and unnecessary
; '^mmm-A S ' ' body. In this way you will stop allhot, feverish conditions^ andjkee^
your insides cobl and healthy. To doit, use a medicine that is not|^ensive|tg^6|
#|H^^;VYo;take^
W ■ .':§t»inped C.'C."C.^Qaarranteecl to cure or yQvr i nxo**TlP+*' t r?** m & 9^^^SS^^fj^^S^^SSS^
A HIGH BALL.
The most popular drink of the
dsfis best made with a bottle of M...^M ...^ p
SWINEFORD'S AERATED, 1
King of Table Waters.
If yotxr liT«r is tired, and for workis notjV-; _
Ju3t start him a-going with a OHESTi»FIELD SPLIT.
BOTTLED BY V
SWINEFORD'S LITHIA-WATER CO..
, Richmond, Va.
of the convention, of "which he was a
member, was killed on Just 1. IS6I, in a
tight with the Federal forces, he being
at the time captain of a company whico
had been regularly mustered into service,
There were,, however, other men killed on
both the Sou them and Federa I . sides be
foro that. T.ius, James W. Jack3on kill
ed : ; the Federal captain, Ellsworth, at
Alexandria. Va., at the time of the occu
pation of that city by Federal troopa.
whilst he (Ellsworth) was In the .act of
taking down a Southern' flag: which had
been flying over Jackson's hotel, and im
mediately thereafter -Jackson" was himself
killed by one of Ellsworth's men. Biit^as
can be seen, neither of these lost his life
in a regular fight or battle, as did Captain^
Marr.- Then, again, on May 10. lSfil, ; near~
St. Louis, aio.. where the Governor ..of
that State had ; assembled in their regu
lai;. annual encampment between' seven
and eight hundred "militia, they were,
though- their State had not seceded, and
the Federal flag; was at- the time -ny lng
over their camp, surrounded by about the
same number of thousands of Federal
troops, who were stationed in' St. Louis
under General Lyon, anid compelled to
surrender, because it was thought that
their sympathies were with the people of
the South. •.. There "was no fight of any
kind before the surrender of the militia,
but "after it had ; taken place and they
had all been disarmed and' were -prisoners,
the Federal troops fired upon the citizens
who had collected and" whose sympathies
were plainly with the militia, killing in
all twenty-eight men, 'women and
dren, including :. \n the number three o£
the disarmed militiamen. And still earlier
—April 22, IS6l— there was the' fight in the
streets of Baltimoro between its unarmed
and unorganized citizens on, the one side,
and: the. Sixth C Massachusetts Regiment,
which was on its way through the city In
answer to Lincoln's call" for" tropps, on
the/other side, in which fight quite a
number were hurt on both sides, and
several of the citizens killed by the troops
firing on them 1 from -the car windows
just as the train was pulling out from
the station. And before any of these;
there was the fight at First Sumter, du
ring -which, strange to aajV'not a man
was "killed on cither side,, and only a
few: wounded ;'on' the side of the Federals.
But after the bombardment was over and
the.fort about to be given up to the
Confederates, - and whilst the ■ . Federals
were engaged in saluting their flag, which,
by ■ the terrna of surrender, '- they, were al
lowed todo. their gun -burst and k»|led
two v of their men. 1 . .
Leaving these; out of the question, be-
cause it isplain that the>::ought-not to be
counted, and to sura tip the whole.matter.
Captain - Marr was not the first soldier
■whowas killed in the.war7oflßGl-IS»S. for
Captain: Ellsworth, of tho Federal": army,
was kilied'.beforefclm, as were" also the
ihree Missouri militiamen. But, as none
of them- were killed In: battle, : and • as_ the
fight in the^ streets; of Baltimore, though
some were killed on both sides, was not a
fight between -regularly organized forces
on both sides; butv between -organized,
troops on one" side; and unarmed and un
organized citizens on ':the other. ; it, of
course, could not, -speaking, be
called oneof the battles of the war. But
as the" fight at Fairfax Courthouse, in
-which I Captain ; Marr was killed, was be
tween organized and armed forces, regu
larly mustered in on their respective sides,
it was one of the battles of the war, and
Captain Marr was the \ first soldier. kllleoV
In battle in the war- between the States;
If. therefore, Marr Camp will place an
insbription to that effect on the monu
raent which it proposes to erect, it will
be correct. But letjhe camp be sure in
VeferringV to the' war, toihave; it as the
v.-ar- between the States.* as well as- that
Captain Marr was the first soMler killed
in. battle during that war. For to refer
tont as : the Civil War woutd be almost
as : far from being correct as is the j term
which Northern- people apply to it—
namely^ that of rebellion. ' „ .-_\ „.>....
: In- conclusion. I willsay, that the next
soldiers after Caiiptaln' Marr who were
killed In- battle durlns. the war between,
the States were killed at PhlUppl. In Bar
bour county, now^ West Virginia, Junt
Z, IS6I. and the next was young- "Henry
L. Wyatt. of North Carolina, 5 who * wa<
killed at Bethel. June 10. ;1851. ' "VV.~.
FIDUCIARY ACCOUNTS
FURNISH MANITFACTS^
When Conrtm Get Hold of Estate*
Assessment* Generally TaJeo
• ■ ~ Vpirard Tarn. — -
"The fiduciary tax Is what Keta.tia.^
said Mr. Flatdweller to Colonel .Highball,
- "What's that?" asked the Colonel- .;>'.
-"The tax -on.'property of , the decease^'
when the deceased's family gets to fight
ing over the division in'the ■ courts.".":- '
"I'm not deceased, my friend." .replied;
the Colonel, "and, moreover, ; I have no
property." : • . . ., : - /f " ■ -v
"But moat people have property, apa
the courts are always niled with litigants
over estates." went on 'Mr. ; Flatdweller.'.
"The fiduciary Interested "me. not on ac«;:
count of what would happen to ray.affaira
after my. death, but because I learned ps
an loteresftlni? thing while in Captain
Cunningham's office the other day. ; ; ;: f
"I saw the books labeUed •Fiduciary.';
and. of course,-, inquired about them. ••£ I
found out that when testates were in ith«.
court tho court had to account for ■ th«
real value of thejn for the tax collec
°"Skiinmi!is through tho .fiduciaries t
saw that the court's estimate of the values
of "estates* was ~ extremely . liberal,^ com
pared to the ' estates of the owners t besS r l
they passed to the beyond. Fact Is thai
nine of ten ; peopte who die and Bet _Int»
the courts are I found to have hetd bactt
their property, and when the tax is levlea
it is generally levied on four tlmes. ; ;tha
valuation of the year ; before deceased
went to Heaven followed by fine obituary
n °"Ye» sir. this fiduciary system certain!:*
does taka the kinks out of us- ..l^won«^
if people ever think -about . that, xourt
valuation before they die, and If. they aa
think : about it.' will jthey, give true vahi.
ations before;- they cross over and raakt
* "Nev^mfnd "to worry further over It."
said tha Colonel. "Coiriparatlv^powt^
has Its recompenses. uWe wiU never nay«
to hold back on the tax man- , ; .
POPULAR CONCEETTS.
Proarrnmxne» Arranged for F«re»#
HIH nnd B*acU P*rlc.
The following 13 the prograromes ;ar* -i
ranged for Forest HlH fand Beach Park*;,
on Sunday- : The concert; at Forest.HnX
will be under tire direction of Professor v
Felix lardella. while that at Beach. Psrlc ft
is by Sohm's Oichestra. The programmes: -.
FOREST HILL-5 TO 8 Pv M. 7 V ; '
- Part I.— March.* '"King /of the Turf^
(Fahrbach ,Tobani) ; ; Overtujre^'-Ameriwr^
(Theo. -Mosea) ; - Romania. '^The - Sweet^f / ;;;
Story* Ever To!d":(Stults); Serenade. l'Tfj;-,
Thee-: (Mulier);': "Hearts and F!owej*Tv ;
(Tobanl) : Intermezzo. "Russe (Franke], ,-
Part : n.— "Di« " - Potsdamer . Parade »; .•;
(V/agnef) : ' Grand . Selection. - 'The j BurKO^..^
master" (Luder»>: Medtey Overt wa£U.*' f
O de "WitO: Romanza . (>feuendorfif>s>ft
Characteristlque. "Clorlnda" .:(Halnes)S-
Selection. : - "Florodora" (by , reauesOi";
(Stuart): "Star Spangled Banner." ; - ;::,
BEACH PARK^-3. TO ;• 5 , , i
March. "DaughterSdOf • the Regiment".':
(Gustln>; : Overture. . : "Precosia'.V <C. >t .;
von "Weber): . ''RevlTe r th*» *, Wny-trf*
Chapel" . (aaered>i'fWnaon)';s,'W*altz.-."Mf«¥^
puela" (Stah.l>:;Trombone Solo. "Beyor<»; ; i
the Gates '-. of > Paradise" - (sacred. -sonrV^i
(Neal and S Smith). i Mrv T/ E. ;'.' Dnlnr .«: ;
Morcean Characteristic; "Thy" Butt^t^V;;
(BenrtLx) ; ' Intermission :vi Overture, /tT» - *
and Peasant" (Suppe): Floral Dance <By*««:
let : Caprice) (T<angley) ; : Come tt : Dne." 1 ,!. ;
VKnollenfan PolkaV*; (Knoll>.^Messrs. J. .! . y
Sohm and JiCiLayton: '•TheVViHagecO^r^
rhwatra^v(Gaunt);; rXote— The -Ban«rtot-^S
Crossroads^ Orchestra, at ter^'pracfTcin*- :.';. •■;,
alliwinter. decided to give a concertJtT^feg
even tful ; even in? . arrives. Every i memb^^
feels I" himself v an f artiste and? *etermlij* :>;;
to be heard/'; as his ■ best " girl lis \? therms
Re3u!t~"X /Howling • -iSuccess.'V^lnt^-^rf;
meMO."lsl3"* (Morse); March. 'TSlseatr..
-.(Stone). '. . - ' ~~'s?M>?

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