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EPITOME OF
SAN JOSE NEWS
Shooting of a Chinaman
Who Was Raiding a
Henroost.
LITTLE TOTS ABUSED.
The Humane Society to Take
the Children of a Dissolute
Couple.
CAPITALIST PIERCY'S CASE.
New Trial Wanted by the Man Con
victed of Having Wronged
Miss Pyle.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Jan. 24.— Hock Toon,
a Chinese poultry thief, was shot in the
leg at an early hour this morning while
trying to gain an entrance to C. B. Tarle
ton's chicken-house at the corner of Four
teenth street and Berryessa road.
Mr. Tarleton has been missing chickens !
of late, and a few days ago he connected a i
wire on the chicken-house door with a !
burglar alarm in his room. About 4 o'clock j
this morning he was awakened by the ;
alarm, and, with his son, rushed out into j
the yard. A Chinaman was seen fleeinc !
over the back fence, and Mr. Tarleton fired
at him with a shotgun, but missed. His !
son then fired with a 22-caliber rifle, :
hitting the Mongol in the left leg and
bringing him to the ground. The thief
was taken to the County Jail and treated !
by the county physician. The bullet had ■
passed through the bone of the leg, and j
the wound is painful, but not dangerous.
Hock Toon this afternoon pleaded guilty j
to a charge of petty larceny, before Justice j
Dwyer, and was sentenced to 180 days in !
the County Jail.
FOR RECREATION GROUNDS.
Normal School Trustees Order an Im- i
provement Pleasing to Students.
SAN JOSE, Cal,, Jan. 24.— The Board of
State Normal School Trustees at its meet
ing this morning granted the petitions of
the students for recreation grounds. A
plat of about three acres on the north side
of the grounds was set apart for the young
ladies, where they can have lawn-tennis
and basket-ball courts, and on the south
side about the same space was allotted to
the young men for baseball grounds.
It was decided to substitute shade trees
in place of blue grass in some parts of the
grounds, as the appropriations were not
sufficient to meet the expense of caring for
a lawn. The board adjourned until the
annual meeting in June.
GIRL AND MONE It GONE.
Miss Rod's Elopement Robbed Her Father
of His Home, 7/. 7 7.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Jan. Mary L.
Rod, the 17-year-old daughter of Frederic
Rod, eloped with F. H. Coy, a man of 35,
a few days ago. An interesting story in
connection with the affair came out to
day.
It appears that Rod had deeded his resi
dence to his daughter on condition that
she would keep house for him. The girl
secured employment at a hotel as a wait
ress about three weeks ago. Coy was a
guest of the house, and as he was a man of
pleasing address, soon won the affections
of the new waitress. He induced her to
deed the family residence to him last Tues
day, and the same day Coy mortgaged the
place for $200. The "couple then left for
parts unknown. An effort will be made to
bring Coy back and have the transfer and
mortgage set aside. \p ■ /7_ : X "■'-
NEGLECT THEIR CHILDREN.
Offspring of a Dissolute Couple to Be
Taken I'roxn Them.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Jan. Frank R.
Shatter, president of the Humane Society,
to-day applied for letters of guardianship
of Samuel and George Henderson, aged 10
and B years respectively, children of Mrs.
Annie Berryman by a former husband,
and James Berryman, aged 5 years, a child
of her present "husband, Thomas Berry
man.
The petitioner recites that Thomas Ber
ryman and his wife are unfit to care for
the children because of their dissolute
habits and their frequent intoxication.
They are also said to almost wholly neg
lect the children as to providing the com
mon necessaries of life.
NATIVE SONS IN POLITICS.
San Jose's Society to Be Extended to
Include the Entire County.
SAN. JOSE, Cal., Jan. 24.— At a meet
ing of the Native Sons' Political Club last
evening statistics -were presented showing
that there are about 3000 natives in' the
county. It is proposed to change the name
of the club to the "Native Sons' Civic Club
of Santa -Clara County," thus extending
its scope and membership throughout -the
county.
It is expected the membership of the
organization will grow rapidly, and the
club will cut quite a figure in county poli
tics. The order is in no way connected
with the fraternal order of Native Sons.
IT WILL BE BUILT. :*-~
The Projected Railroad to Saratoga to
Become a Reality.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Jan. 24.— 1t is pretty
generally understood that the projected
railway between this city and Saratoga
will be built and that during the coming
week L. M. Hale will apply to the Board
of Supervisors for a franchise. While
some of the $50,000 bonus for tbe road still
remains to be subscribed it is thought that
property-owners in the vicinity of First
and San Antonio streets, the" proposed
terminus of the road, will subscribe lib
erally to the fund.
PIERCY NOT SATISFIED.
Wants a New Trial of the Breach of
Promise Suit.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Jan. 24.-A notice of I
intention to move for a new trial of the j
suit for $50,000 damages for breach of !
promise, instituted by Miss Jessie Pvle
against Edward M. Pierey, the capitalist, j
and which resulted in a verdict for $12,000 j
for plaintiff, has been filed by Piercy's at- j
torneys. . The grounds on which tbe new
trial is asked are irregularities during the
trial and others customary in such cases.
The Rose Fair Pavilion.
SAN JOSE, Cai... Jan. . 24.— The execu
tive committee of the Carnival of Roses
has concluded that the bids submitted for
the erection of the carnival pavilion are
too high and will erect the building itself.
J. H. Henry, W. C. Andrews and C. M.
Wooster have been appointed a committee
to supervise the building of the pavilion,
which will cost in the neighborhood of
$10,000. /'" .7-;
YOU CAN ALMOST TASTE THEM.
Vivid and "Poetical Characterizations of
Some Old Sherries.
The man who is not a connoisseur of old
wines may not understand the fine points
of a particular vintage, or realize the im
portance of an accurate history of each
bottle. But there is a former dealer who
has the art of criticism down to a nicety
which might almost amuse the man to
whom burgundies are so nearly alike that
the difference is not worth bothering
about. Indeed, some clubmen whose
judgment of wines is respected by their
fellows find in this old chap's character
ization of his wines an enthusiasm and a
depth of feeling which go Quite beyond
them. Although retired from business
he retains some liquid treasures which he
is willing to part with to those who ap
preciate them. The purchaser is pretty
sure to be a jud-re himself. One would
hardly spend $60 or $70 for a dozen bottles
of sherry who was not keenly alive to the
delights which lie hidden behind the cork.
The old merchant's descriptions of his
sherries form an interesting climax. He
begins with a new wine, relatively. It is
of the vintage of 1845, and really youthful
in comparison with some of the gems of
his cellar. This is of pale color. It is "an
extremely delicate-flavored and silky wine
of choice and exquisite aroma," bottled in
1856 and rebottled in 1868. A mere trifle
of $50 a case will secure possession of this.
An amontillado of 184-1 is "firm, silky and
sprincy," demijohned in 1850, bottled in
1855 and rebottled in 1870; another of 1830
is evidently the owner's pride. He de
scribes it as "a firm, round-bodied, silky
wine of esquisite softness and the most
choice and delicate flavor; fragrant aroma,
balmy to the oalate." And all this for $70
a case.
For $55 a case one may secure an oloroso
of 1844. It is of "generous flavor, rich
perfume, refreshing aftertaste, combined
with great firmness nnd softness." An
other oloroso, four years older and a little
more expensive, has a "clean, delicate
flavor, is light, but firm-bodied, with an
exquisite perfume." It was demijohned
in 1854, bottled in 1860 anil rebottled in
1875. Another lot of the same year has
"its choice characteristics in harmonious
equilibrium." Next comes a firm, silky
ami grainy" oloroso of 1830 at $80 a case,
and one of 1830 at $85, about which the en
thusiast rhapsodizes as follows: "A most
delicate, subdued, pungent flavor, full of
vinosity, exquisite softness and firmness;
fragrant perfume, generous, without po
tency; demijohned in 1836, bottled 1344,
rebottled 1874."
But an oloroso which' has passed three;
score and ten years in age, having been j
pressed from the grape in 1824, calls forth j
the final crash in the crescendo. It is "of i
pale color, a perfectly matured, choice j
wine. The heat of its spirits is dissipated, '
mellowed down to a sott fullness, with a |
subdued pungent flavor; firm and silKy, i
yet fresh and springy. Bottled 1835, re- j
bottled 1369." Could anything go beyond
that? Yet $95 will buy an entire case of j
this liquid poetry. •-'-.; <
A YOUNG DESPERADO'S NERVE.
>*o Lack of Affability Toward tho Gen-
tlemen Who Had Come to Hang Him.
J. K. Chambers, Union Depot ticket
agent, when in a reminiscent mood can
tell many interesting stories of the
West in early days. He was in the service
of the Government at Sydney when that
town was the toughest place in Nebraska,
if not in the "West, and whence per
sons bound for the Black Hills started. A
few days ago Mr. Chambers was sitting in
the Milwaukee city office and the conver
sation turned to early days in the trans-
Missouri country and bravery.
"The man of iron nerve I saw in Sydney
in '77," said Mr. Chambers, "was a beard
less man, scarcely more than a boy, and I
should judge had not reached his majority.
He was a tough man even in Sydney, and
his reputation was sustained, for he always
carried a revolver, and he would shoot "at
the drop of the hat. His name was Doug
Reed.
"It was said around town that he would
never die a natural death. Tnat turned
out true, as he was lynched by a mob one
evening, and that is where he displayed
his nerve.
"The lynchers took the keys and un
locked the doors and went into the cell
where Reed was. He was smoking a cigar
when the men came iD, and when he saw
them he looked up as cool as you please.
*- 'Good-evening* gentlemen; I suppose
you are going to take me out and hang
me,' be said, as ncnchalently as though
he was asking them to take a drink. He
was told that he was correct in his suppo
sition. r..'y;yyy: 4
"He got up as unconcernedly as you
j please, and, putting on his coat, he re
marked that he was all ready, if the rest
were. He walked through the jail and out
I into the moonlight, still smoking.his cigar,
and even making little rings of smoke.
| He simply glanced up at the moon, and,
turning to one of the -men, asked him
; where te was going to be swung off, say
ing that it was of no use walking a man a
' mile or so out into the country.
"He was marched up the street to a tele
graph pole that stood in the very heart of
• the town. By this time half the towns
| people were around. A rope had been
; brought along, and it was slipped over his
; head and he was bound. .
" 'I can't climb that pole and fall off. I
ought to have a ladaer so I can get up,' he
i said, and accordingly a ladder was
I brought and placed against the pole. He
! was asked if he had anything to say, and"
; remarked that he hadn't, and if he had he
wouldn't. When the ladder was placed
against the pole one of the men started up
I to tie one end of the rope about the pole.
1 " 'Yon -needn't do that,' he said, for if
j you will unwind these cords -about my
j wrist's I'll do it.' •
I "The cords were unwound and he
! Climbed .up the pole as far as the ladder
| reached and fastened the rope around the
j pole. ' When- ho had done this he looked
j around over the crowd, standing very
| quietly then, arid called out:
" 'Good-by, boys.'
"With that he jumped off the ladder,
and in a few minutes his lifeless body was
: swinging there. His nerve never forsook
; him once. He acted through it all just as
i though he was used to it. He was the
1 nerviest man I ever met."— World
; Herald. y-/*/-y yy-.y
HO DQOTOR'S BILLS.
In Sweden tho Men of the Profession
Trust to One's Honor.
Sweden has doctors, but no doctor's
bills. If you have occasion to call a physi
cian you will find him not only skillful,
but a highly educated and most honorable
gentleman. You will abo have another
proof of the honesty of the Swedes and
their friendly confidence in each other.
Swedish doctors send no bills to their
patients..
When you shall pay your physician is
left entirely to your own choice. The rich
pay him liberally whether they have need
of his services or not, if he has been once
retained by them. The poor pay him a
small sum, and • the very poor pay him
nothing. " Yet he visits the poor as faith
fully as he does the rich.
On the last day of the year you put into
an envelope, addressed to your physician,
a sum of money which "yon think not
only sufficient to compensate him,
but in • accordance with your position
in life, and, inclosing your card with
the money, send the envelope by a ser
vant to your doctor. The servant returns
with the card of the doctor in a sealed en
velope directed to you. This ■ shows that
be has received your money, and no
word about the matter ever passes be
tween you.
Should you send him nothing he will
come and prescribe for you all the next
year, and as long as you live, and he is too
dignified to ever say a word about it.—
Pittsburg Dispatch.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, IW
LOS ANGELES
FUNDS STOLEN.
County Officials Are Scored
in a Grand Jury -
Report.
CASE OF CLERK WARD.
Proceedings to Recover Public
Moneys He Withholds Is
Recommended.
RETRENCHMENT THE ORDER.
Whittier's Reform School for Boys and
Girls Declared to Be on the Pa
, ternalistic Order.
LOS ANGELES, Cai,., Jan. 24.— The re
port of the Grand Jury, filed in Depart
ment 1 of the Superior Court, was ordered
spread upon the minutes by Judge Smith
this morning. The document bristles with
statistics ''and gives evidence of much
painstaking labor. Attention is drawn to
the loose methods obtaining in certain of
the county departments, and stress is laid
upon the absolute necessity for retrench
ment in expenditures, while no specific
means for arriving at su- a desirable end
is advocated.
, As to the County School Superintendent
the report says that tho present system of
accounting is good, and the discrepancies
between this and the Auditor's office,
chiefly due to the payment of a forged
warrant in 1882, have been ordered -closed.
In 1892 and 1893 thirty schools were not
visited.
"The law compels the Supervisors to
deduct $10 for each school not visited," it
declares, "but no such refund was made,
the overpay to the County Superintendent
being $300. The Superintendent, as secre
tary of the Board of Education, receives
$5 per day. This makes two payments, or
$15 for one day's work. The law should be
amended so as to confine him to his salary.
The annual cost of the board was $2269 30.
"The State has four normal schools,
which are graduating about 200 teachers
annually, for a population showing an al
most imperceptible increase, and one in
stead of two yearly examinations would
serve every useful end. Considering the
enormous taxes retrenchment in every de
partment of public service is imperative,
nor should the department of education bo
made an exception when retrenchment
will not impair its efficiency.
"The Whittier State school has 460 boys
and girls, and the management is calcu
lated to attain its object and even more.
This implies credit to the management,
but it carries with it a growing evil to the
public; it is making for paternalism. The
cost of each scholar is not less than $320 a
yeor, and it will be better that children
below a certain age and those who have
committed trivial offenses be refused ad
mission." a/T~ T'7A7~
An examination of the office was made
from July 1, 1894, to July 1, 1895. It was
found by the jurors that Mr. Ward appro
priated to his own use the following county
funds: On February 29, 1892, fee funds,
$1732 86; April 10, 1893, by warrant on City
Treasury, $20; received and not credited,
$14; January, 1891, to January, 1895, in
solvency fees, $676 25; July, 1894, to Jan
uary, 1>95, errors, $12 10; January 7, 1895.
trust funds, $2513; trust funds marked
paid but no vouchers shown, $1776 05.
F. E. Lowry, Deputy Couity Clerk under
T. H. Ward, appropriated to his own use
moneys of the county as follows : October,
1894, the sum of $559 85; November, 1895,
the sum of $310 10; November, 1894, the
sum of $485 85. • ...-'A- 7,
"The system of bookkeeping was loose,"
says the report, "and trust funds, not
being paid into the county treasury,
opened a channel for dishonesty. We are
informed that the amounts taken by Mr.
Lowry and Mr. Ward have been paid into
the treasury by Mr. Ward.
"He was careless in the oversight of his
office, and he claims he was misled as to
its condition and his liability. We recom
mend that legal proceedings be at once
instituted against Mr. Ward and his bonds
men for the recovery of the moneys be
longing to the county and now retained
by Mr. Ward. We believe that all ac
counts of public business should be a pub
lic record, as they ara under the present
management." "/A/y -}'-/
The examination of the Public Admin
istrator's office extended from January 1,
1893, to October 28, 1895. \ The amount of
fees paid into the' treasury for the thirty
four months was $3000; salary for same
period $8500, a cost to the county of $5500
more for the time indicated than the fees
collected. The jury believes the expenses
of this office • are" largely in excess of the
benefits derived, and the work could be
better done by the Superior Court.
The report gives the particulars of the
contract made by the Attorney-General
and State Controller with R. F. House, for
the collection > of taxes due on property
sold to the State since 1870. Under this
contract House got fees amounting to over
$16,000, and the 'jury suggests that the
Board of Supervisors test the constitution
ality of the act of 1893, which legalized the
payment of this money. ' .
COUP D'ETAT OF NAPOLEON 111.
Recollections of a General Who Helped
A'AP/to Betray France. -.
Some interesting passages from General
Fleury's reminiscences' are published in
advance to-day. They refer to ' the' coup
d'etat of ■ December, 1851, the general be.
ing, as republicans would call him, an
accomplice of Louis Napoleon in that
event. .
The distinguished soldier says that he,
Persigny and others knew full well what
was Intended on the night of December 1,
1851. Fleury was first equerry to the
Prince, and had orders to get horses sad
dled and to keep an escort in waiting for
any emergency. When the lights in the
Elysee Palace were put out ail the officers
had to go to their rooms and to remain in
uniform there until called upon. Toward
ii o'clock in " the morning * Fleury was
sent for by the Prince,' whom, he
found booted and spurred, but in
his dressing gown, and sipping coffee
with complete ... calmness. After a few
words as to what was about to take
place, the Emperor directed his equerry to
see that Canrober brigade i took up its
place on ; the ground between the Made
leine and .-the; Elysee, that Cotte should
occupy Place de la Concorde, and that
the neavy cavalry from Vincennes, with,
the cuirassiers of the city garrison, should
form up in the Champs Elysees. Persigny
was sent to the Chamber to communicate
with Colonel Espinasse, who had already
entered the Palais Bourbon, and other
j officers were instructed to see that the
occupation by troops of the Tuileries
Gardens, the ' Quay d'Orsay and the In
( valides was properly effected. '
| Suddenly Fleury . recollected that in 1848
j the troops, not having been paid or fed
| during the outbreak of the revolution,
I joined . the insurgents, who led' them to
I taverns and gave them focd and drink.
He accordingly turned back and asked the
Prince-President if the soldiers were to be
allowed extra money in addition to their
meager campaigning rations, so that they
might be able to buy wine and food in the
event of any barricade work' being neces
sary. '-A capital idea," said Louis Na
poleon, and he at once sent for his private
secretary and asked him how much money
he had on hand. "Two thousand pounds
in gold pieces," was the reply. This sum
was given out to the generals and colonels.
''The money," remarks Fleury, "was lent
by M. de Grimaldi to the President a few
days previously, and as will be seen it is
far from the immense sums which, accord
ing to the- enemies of the empire, were
drawn from the Bank of France for the ex
penses of the coup d'etat." ; "•*,*;
--"I declare this upon my conscience,"
writes the general. At 8 o'clock in the
morning the President's uncle, King Je
rome, joined the persons at the Elysee,
and made a great impression owing to his
striking resemblance to his brother.
Prince Jerome Napoleon refused to follow
his father, declining, as Fleury remarks,
to recognize an event by which he was
destined to profit so largely, and showing
that spirit of opposition to "which the tem
porary effacement of the Bouapartist party
is due. .■"*.-- i : - -. ■--•-
Toward 10 o'clock the Prince and his
uncle rode out, and were loudly acclaimed
in the Champs Elysees by the troops from
Vincennes. People also joined in the en
thusiastic demonstration, and a few hours
afterward the recalcitrant Deputies. Ber
ryer, De Broglie. Odilon, Barrot, and their
followers, who bad gone to the Mayor's
Hall of the Tenth Arrondissemeat, were
sent to Mont Valerien, Mazas and Vin
cennes. Colonel Feray said to Berryer and
others who had been plying him with'ques
tions, "You must make up your minds at
once, gentlemen; the whole army is en
gaged in this event, and will go to the end,
cost what it may." Fleury also states
that he personally dissuaded the President
from riding along the main boulevards,
where . the republicans bad a strong and
determined crowd with them. The narra
tor started on this journey with General
Tartas and a strong escort, and the soldiers
replied to the shourt of "Vive la Repub
lique" by "Vive Napoleon," which Fleury
himself "cried out first. While galloping
by the Porte St. Denis a shot was fired
from the window, and Fleury was grazed
in the back of the head by the bullet,
which was prevented from doing damage
by , the leather of his shako. He was in
the brilliant uniform of a lieutenant
colonel of Hussars at the time.
No serious events, however, occurred
until December 3, when Deputy Baudin
was shot in the Faubourg St. Antoine, but
tho extracts dealing with General Fleury'a
souvenirs did not reach this period, so that
his books must be awaited before further
side lights can be thrown on the coup
d'etat. The extracts are, however, suffi
cient to show that Fleury, who suggested
the judicious distribution of money to the
army, played no unimportant part by the
side of St. Arnaud, Morny, Maupas and
Louis Napoleon himself throughout the
remarkable drama, which he recounts in a
plain, straightforward and unvarnished
manner. — London Telegraph.
THE BEEOHER TRIAL.
It Cost Parties to the Suit Not Less
Than 8350,000.
Plymouth Church, some time prior to
the trial, took action resolving to support
Mr.. Beecher, and raising $100,000 for the
expenses of his defense. They also author
ized a committee of thirty-five young men
to place themselves at the command of the
lawyers to do the routine work of process
servers and detective's. These were organ
ized into a detective bureau, and through
it the character and antecedents of every
man on the jury list and of every | person
who was liable to figure in any capacity in
the trial were thoroughly investigated.
Everything in print bearing upon the trial
was made a subject of special investigation
and every rumor run down. '.'
Moreover, each member of the commit
tee was the head of a private committee of
ten or more assistants, who labored with
equal zeal in making inquiries that would
benefit the preacher and confuse his ene
mies. One result of these inquiries was
that Moulton's character suffered so se
verely that he took a much less conspicu
ous part in the trial than he had proposeu
for himself; another was one of the most
thoroughly prepared cases for tho de
fense that was ever tried in a court.
When the trial opened Mr. Beech
er's lawyers had exact informa
tion of the character and antecedents
of every attache of the court from Judge
Neilson to the doorkeepers, and of every
juror, not only upon the regular panel but
also upon the special panel of 750. This
information was written upon slips of
paper, 1 inch by 5 in dimensions, and
saved many peremptory challenges. In
spite of this, both sides exhausted their
challenges. After the jury had been se
lected those familiar with the inside of
the case offered odas that there would be
disagreement in the proportion of 8-4, 9-3
or 10-2 in favor of acquittal.
The accuracy of these estimates may be
guessed from the final ballot, which stood
9 to 3 in Mr. Beecher's favor.
The trial lasted six months and the jury
was out one week. The oratory of the sum
ming up was probably the greatest in the
history of American law trials. General
Tracy's address to the 'jury lasted five
days, and the public believed it was an im
promptu effort. As a matter of fact it repre
sented six months of intense application!
and midnight oil. It was replete with
poetry, :., historical similes, literary
quotations and flowery rhetoric. It
was rewritten wholly or in part
at least five times. A distinguished
man of letters edited it carefully, and
when delivered it represented perhaps the
most finished piece of oratorical workman
ship that the American bar has known.
The best commentary on this masterly ef
fort is that after it j had : appeared in the
newspapers, along with the other speeches,
it was printed in book form, and over 100,
--000 copies were sold. p ..
The cost of this famous trial figured up
$70,000 for Tilton, ; which • Moufton de
frayed. Mr. Beecher first and .last paid
out the princely sum of $280,000, and the
famous controversy ended almost where it
began so far as popular esteem of the liti
gants is concerned.— New York Mail and
Express.
An Octogenarian's Record.
John Speer entered his eightieth year
yesterday, and celebrated the event by
making a world's record for a printer of
that age, setting 10,000 ems in eight hours.
Mr. Speer is the pioneer editor of Kan
sas, but Quautrell burned v his office in the
Lawrence massacre and killed two of his
sons, since which time he has been in com
paratively poor circumstances.
A few months ago he concluded to pub
lish the life of that .picturesque -Kansas
statesman, Senator "Jim". Lane. He is
now at the work, and has "60 pages out of
400 stereotyped. As an instance' of his re
markable memory he is compiling the life
of Lane as be sets the type. . He averages
8000 ems a day,' Those who bave read the
proofs say the history is T very correct, and
the literary style quite interesting. . yy-PSz
... Mr. Speer will have no, assistance in the
work, and he insists on setting all the type
(composing as he goes along),' and making
up the forms for the.book himself. He
has two cases of type at the residence of
his son, and he stands up before them
eight hours every day., -Mr.' Speer was in
the' first batch of immigrant's that came
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both personally and with his pen in the
light for a free Suite.— Wichita (Kans.)
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■• • ■: . . .-■■
THE REBEL PRIVATEERS
Exploits of the Confederate Ves
sels During the War
Recalled.
THE HATTEEAS AND ALABAMA.
Admiral Wilkes' Vexation at Not Re
ceiving Force Enough to Capture
Southern Cruisers.
. The second volume of the "Official Rec
ords of the Union and Confederate Navies
of the War of the Rebellion" has appeared
from the Navy Department. It contains a
history of the operations of the cruisers
from January 1, 1563, to March 31, 18Gi. As
In the first volume, .Bays the Baltimore
Sun, the book is divided into a collection of
reports, orders and letters of Union officers
and such papers, official and personal, of
the Confederate commanders as could be
obtainec' by the editors. -While there is a
division of the Union from the Confeder
ate documents the papers cover about the
same period of time in each volume, an
arrangement adopted in order to preserve
continuity in the narrative, especially in
the Confederate matter. 7/77,
The present volume from the corre
spondence introduced shows very clearly
the inefficiency of the West Indian squad
ron, then commanded by Admiral Charles
Wilkes, to whom fell the gigantic task of
frustrating the blockade-runners and pur
suing such elusive Confederate vessels as
the Alabama, the Chesapeake and the
Florida. Wilkes' letters to the Secretary,
and he wrote many of them, furnish a de
tailed account of his uncessful pur
suit of "the rebel . Semmes," and
"the Southern pirate." Wilkes nat
urally encountered much difficulty
with diplomatic questions, as did,
in fact, Semmes, and the correspondence
of both officers is an interesting summary
of the effort to convince the Governors of
foreign ports that there was no violation
of the neutrality laws. Secretary Gideon
Welles followed these controversies with
great closeness, and a good part of Wilkes'
contributions to the Navy Department is
divided between a report of his movements
and an explanation of his conduct in for
eign ports. Secretory Welles took occasion
to warn Wilkes not to trespass upon what
were really British' waters. This note of
warning was sounded in response to the
protest of the British Minister, and Wilkes
very promptly denied a violation of or dis
regard for neutral obligations. In a letter
to the Secretary he says: 7'}," \
It does seem to me very remarkable that
when the British man-of-war are receiving
every attention and ki rlness in the ports of
the Union they should show such a want of
common courtesy as to endeavor to find fault
with or carp at what benefits and small things,
Indeed, that our vessels derive from the little
intercourse they have had with any of the in
habitants of these islands. They have always
sought us, rather than we them, for- the pur
pose of profit. ;. ■•--..: y
Much of the volume is devoted to an
account of the pursuit of the Alabama,
including some interesting papers on the
engagement between the United States
steamer Hatteras, tinder command of
Lieutenant-Commander Blake, and the
Confederate ship Alabama, under Semmes.
According to the report of Blake, the dis
aster which overtook his vessel might have
been much more serious. He relates this
last fight on his ship with a directness
I that loses none of the dramatic force
i which such accounts usually possess. He
I says he maintained an active fire with
I the double hope of disabling the Alabama
and of attracting the attention of tbe
Union fleet off Galveston, which was only
twenty-eight miles away. At this time the
Hatteras was on fire in two places and
beyond human power, a hopeless wreck
| upon the waters. He realized there was
I no hope and that the ship was sinking.
j There was time for all the survivors to get
j from the Hatteras to the Alabama. He
i adds, as the one consolation left him:
j "Ten minutes after leaving the Hatteras
■ she went down, bow first, with her pennant
at her masthead, with all her muskets and
| stores of every character, the enemy not
; being able, owing to her rapid sinking, to
j obtain a single weapon."
Wilkes continued to seek re-enforcements
and a strengthening of the West India
squadron. Some of these ineffectual ap
peals were not couched in weak or indi
rect languase. In one of the numerous
I letters he wrote to Secretary Welles on
! this subject he said :
| "It seems to me somewhat remarkable
| that you should, under the circumstances,
expect captures to be made, and I think
on reflection you must do us the justice
to believe we have done our duty, although
we have not filled our pockets. Nor should
it surprise you or any one that a few
vessels should have escaped our vigilance
when you ar« aware how many have run
the blockade with a large number of
efficient vessels guarding the entrances to
Mobile and Charleston harbors. * * *
It is needless for me to add that I have
nothing further to say upon the subject.
You were fully and timely advised of the
condition of the, squadron and the motive
I have for desiring au increase of force.
You have not thought proper to send it to
me, and, although my views have not
been carried out, I shall not fail to" use the
force I have to the bes*; advantage."
One of the great difficulties encountered
by Union commanders, -according to
Wilkes, was the alleged friendliness of
British officials for Confederate ships, and
his suspicions led to contracted corre
spondence with local officers. In a letter
on this subject to the St. Thomas authori
ties he states: "A contraband trade is
carried on at this place under the eyes
ana with the approval and sanction of the
authorities.'' ." • ■■ •
One of the interesting incidents of the
war was the discovery by the commandant
of the Mare Island (California) Navv-vard,
Thomas O. Selfridge, of a plot- to destroy
that station. He was on the point of send
ing the Saginaw, the sole means of protec
tion, down the coast, when he found that
an organization had been formed to de
stroy the yard. The Navy Department
was in constant receipt of similar infor
mation and suggestions from private citi
zens. •' '
There was a diversion to the troubles at
home afforded by an engagement which
the Wyoming, under command of Com
mander McDougaU, had with some Japan
ese vessels of Shimonseki.. An American
steamer, the Pembroke, had been attacked
in Japanese waters by a force of ships sent
out by a native Prince who had a preju
dice against foreigne/s and who was wag
ing war on his own account. The engage
ment was a fierce and relentless one and
the Wyoming exploded the boilers of a
Japanese steamer and sank one of the
other '. vessels. 7" The American ship was
compelled to withdraw on account of the
pilot's ignorance of those waters.' Mc-
DougaU, In a letter to Welle--, said : "The
punishment inflicted and in store for this
Japanese Prince will,' I trust, teach him a
lesson that will not soon be forgotten." •
;: A full account is given by the official re
ports of the chase of the Chesapeake and
the capture .of that vassel in Halifax.
There is also i published B a .voluminous
correspondence interchanged between the
American officers, the Confederate officers
and the British local authorities regarding
the disposition of the ship and the in
carceration of the prisoners.
-.«r T ,*? w /* r i had : R° lle on during 1863 and
\\ ilkes had done his utmost with the West
Indian squadron to conquer the vessels
p e &l n ,7 °" Onion "commerce. The efforts
of Wilkes were subjected to much criti
cism by the public and Welles took oc
casion in an official report to the President
to review the conduct of Wilkes as an
officer on v account of | the non-capture of
the Confederate privateers by the deten
tion of the Vanderbilt in the West Indies.
Wilkes promptly replied in a very candid
letter, in the course of which he said :
"Justice to myself and family demand
that I should not keep silent under the im
putation so undeservedly cast upon me. . I
shall therefore repel the charge in a few
words, though I regret that it is impossi
ble for me, in a letter like this, to enter
into details and show why the Diratical
rovers were not captured in the West In
dies. But my correspondence, with my
urgent entreaties, often repeated, to the
department to send me the necessary force
in fast and effective .vessels contain my
full justification. The failure to capture
these vessels in the West Indies Is to be
attributed solely to the want of that force.
The blame therefore does not rest with
me, but elsewhere."
One feature of the Confederate portion of
the book are the extracts from the journal
of Commander Semmes. who was in charge
of the Alabama. Among the entries in
Semmes' diary is one of June 30, 1863, where
he says : . .\ * ■.- eVV-, -* ■■'■.
j It is two years to-day since we ran the black
ade of the Mississippi in the Sumter. Two
years of almost constant excitement and anx
iety, the usual excitement of battling with the
sea and the weather, and avoiding dangerous
shoals and coasts, added to the excitement of
the chase, the capture, the .escape from the en
emy and the battle. And then there has been
the government of my oflicers and crew, not
always a pleasant task, for I have had some
senseless and unruly spirits to deal -.7ith ; and
last, though not least, the bother and vexation
of being hurried out of port when I have gone
into one by timid and unscrupulous officials,
to say nothing of offensive espionage. . All
these things have produced a constant tension
of the nervous system, and the wear and tear
of body in these two years would, no doubt, be
quite obvious to my friends at home could they
see me on tbis 30 th day of June, 1863. Sic
transit vita hominis, usque ad finem.
Semmes had much to contend with in the
way of cyclones, narrow escapes, foreign
diplomats, an unruly crew, and sometimes
discouraging news from home. Of the latter
feature he says, under date of September 16 :
Greatly discouraged by the news from home.
Vicksburg and Port Hudson fallen. Rose
crans' army inarching southward, and Lee hav
ing recrossed the Potomac. Our poor people
seem to be terribly pressed by the Northern
hordes of goths"and vandals, but we shall fight
it out to the end, and the end will be what an
all-wise Providence shall decree. - - : '- ■
The volume is illustrated with pictures
of the yacht America and the vessels which
are prominently mentioned in the text.
The matter is rendered more accessible by
a copious index. --. . /:
EETEEAT. OP A HOKSE.
Gunpowder and Bullets Not In theXik-
ing of General Kellogg's Roan.
"Let me tell about one of the trials of a
good soldier with a bad horse during the
war," said a veteran a few days ago upon
hearing a tale of a different nature. The
late General John A. Kellogg, who fought
his way from a lieutenant of a company to
commander of a brigade, bought a mag
nificent roan a few days before General
Grant began the closing campaign. It was
a high-spirited creature, tali, powerful and
speedy; Kellogg was greatly pleased with
his now possession. His staff had to do
a good deal of fast riding for a week before
the closing scenes of the great contest be
gan. The general seemed to want every
one in the Fifth Corps to see his handsome
roan, so he rode from camp to camp mak
ing social calls, his staff, made up largely
of new riders, bobbing and jolting after
him. There was not a man of Kellogg's
military family but regretted the birth of
that roan. He was jolting their young
lives away. < :^
The day of reckoning came at the battle
of Gravelly Bun, or, as some call it. White
Oak Road, March 31, 1865. ' Kellosg
massed his brigade in a piece of wood's.
About 10 o'clock it became necessary to
move quickly to a better position and get
into line of battle for immediate business,
for a division of the other folks wag coming
that way, practicing on their famous
"Yell" song. Just as the brigade was in
line, and almost before it had got its beat
ing heart well under foot, the enemy
poured a vast sheet of lead at us. "Stand
fast, • men; hold your ground!" com
manded Kellogg from his prancing
roan. Then ■ came another volley.
That, with the roar • and battle of
the Union guns, was too much for
the roan. He bounded into the air and
seemed to turn around, facing the rear,
before he struck the ground. In spite of
Kellogg's weight on the bits and his
frantic whoas, the roan "limbered" to the
rear at greater speed than he had ever
traveled, while churning the staff into a
sideache. Away they dashed, horr,e and
rider, and at a most critical time. It was
a hot light, and no time for the general to
limber to the rear. Just as the chief of
staff directed an orderly to go to the gen
eral's rescue, and gave him a safe horse, I
saw Kellogg slide down the tail of the fly
ing roan and start on a dead run for the
line of battle. The hot comments General
Kellogg made on his roan that and the
next day would make a thick book, wholly
unfit for family and church use.
It was due to the equine population to
say that it was a very uncommon .thing
for a horse-to try to get away from a battle.
A thousand men longingly looked 'or a
chance to "limber" to the rear and "cool
coffee" during a fieht where one horse
even tried to escape bullets. The man
reasoned and the horse didn't. Most
horses in battle, unless wounded, were as
unconcerned, apparently, a3 if they had
been pulling plows or reapers, The man
in battle who was unconcerned -as ' one
holding a plow or driving a reaper was a
fool. Men .who say they were as happy
and contented in a battle-as while at home
on the farm or eating a Christmas dinner
lie. Such a thing is impossible unless the
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