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Yesterdays Sales of Railway Bonds
Wheat Weak on Rumors of
Cholera In Venice
Kttck Market Shows Inercnscil Snlos
but Considerable Hoolino Iof
tho Scneml Llt
An Advmicolri Hi ltciton nt 1iirolgn It
change IitiiI tn lnrRii 8lilini iit
of nulit Atirnnil
Snoolnl to the Ofliollo
TMXVS UAUWVY IIONHS
Nmv Yohk Dec 22 TIio railway bond
sulos today woro us follow Louisiana
New Orleans Toxas Id 7000 atJOli Mis
souri Kansas Texas general Gs 6000 nt
704 0000 ditto at 771 flOOO ditto at 731
0000 ditto at 704 i 1001 ditto at 77 j Mis
souri Kansas Texai general fls 1000at
ilOJj 25000 ditto nt 0 6000 ditto at 80
8000 at 804 Now Oilcans laclllc Is
coupon offered 11000 at CO 1000 ditto
at 114 Texas Iaolllc Income land
grants 6000 at 88 Toxas laclllc ls
Hlo Srntulo division coupon offered
GOOOat 12 1000 ditto at 124 8000 dtllo
at 121 6000 ditto at I2J 10001 ditto at
124 Toxus A laclllc Hlos cx
dtvldond 20000 at 121 Houston
Texas Central 1st oxdlvldond
20000 at 102 Kmkiui Texas
general mortgage 0000 at 00 10000 ditto
atJOl 500 ditto at 004 10000 ditto at
U0 5000 ditto at HO 8000 ditto at
804 5000 ditto at 80 Kansas loxus
ls 1000 at U4J Toxas laclllc Incomes
6000 nt 851 j 10000 ditto at 30 1000 ditto
ut ilO OroRou Short Line Im 5000 at
DSli 15000 ditto at 081 Kaunas Texas
5S 5000 at 7ii 1000 ditto at 70
Wheat weak on rumors of cholera lu
Venice and the raising of the rate of ex
change Selling was heavy and general
and tlio close t 2 p m wis weak
Oil opened nt 80J and closed at 871
Cotton declined 1 to 2 points
Coffee dull and unchanged
OOVKIlNMllVIS STOCKS ANI > llONIiS
Nkw Voitif Dec 22 Government
bonds dull aud about steady for the 1 mm
14sand strong for lls
The demand for railroad bonds was
llKht aud prices gonoially lower
Stocks were extremely dull this fore
noon the total sales for the llrst hour
amounting to less than 10000 shares
Later on reports of the probable ship
ment of gold to Kuropo the maikot be
came more active and weak and as the
news lu regard to foreign exchange was
circulated the disposition to sell Increased
resulting In an Increase lu the days oper
ations of ovor 100000 shnros ns com
pared with yesteiday the sales
today amouutlng to 1198100
shares Irlcos wero steady at
the opening followed by fractional de
clines and renewed firmness during the
forenoon aud continued weakness until
thoohjiio The active stocks yielded 14c
to 2 per cent from tliu opening aud
cloned from 1 to over 2 per cent lowor
than the close last night Missouri lu
otllo allowed a loss of 2c Oregon Navi
gation o 2jc and Columbus Hocking
Valley Toledo of 2Jc The Vnnder
bllts wero very well held New York Cen
tral losing only 3c and Lake
Shore 1c Krlo Is also off only 1c
and there Is a light decline In Louisville
Nashville Tho other losses are gen
erally mm IJ to II nur cent > i ii r
in Ulifeoiul Kuuiua i Tuxim Texas
Iaelilc Is down i per cent The maiket
closed Irregular but generally heavy at or
near the lowest prices of the day The
absorbing topic among the brokers
oporatois bankers and lluanclal men
gen urn 11 was the repotted arrangunients
for lesldpiuonts of gold on Saturday
next KcportN late in the day wero
to the effect that about 2000
000 In gold had been purchased
for shipment Inquiry at the oillco of tho
leading dealers In foreign exchange In
cluding those who wero reported to have
arranged to export considerable quan
tities of gold elicited the act that no gold
will probably go forward before Saturday
next and that the shipment then Is con
tingent upon the malntcuaucu of the ad
Minco In the rate for sterling exchange
At the house of lhown Ilros Co It was
stated tlm evening that they would prob
ably ship 81000000 on Saturday but
nothing dollnlto was yet known
iioik ioit Kntori
Nuw Yohk Dec 22 Tho absorbing
topic of Interest on Wall stieot today
his been tho advance In rates of foielgn
exchange the quotations for demand
sturllng bills leaching a point at which a
shipment can bo made at a proilt Styoi
for posted rates and 81801 for actual
business There was an engagement for
ft 1000000 in gold this afternoon for
flnpiuent Saturday and It Is generally
believed that further shipments will be
made The Immediate cuuso for this ad
vance has been the advance In tho Hank
of Hnghuds rate of discount during the
past week but a mare dliectand poten
tial cause Is to bu found In tho extremely
llglit shipments of grain to Huropo es
pecially wheal whllo the vlslblo supply
01 wheat lu this eonntiy Is far lu excess
ot previous years Merchants who are
familiar with tho subject also say that a
considerable quantltv of cotton was sold
last Inly by planters to bo delivered in
ninety djjs and that when the deliveries
woro made thero was u considerable ait
viiiiuo in choice spot cotton which
gave dissatisfaction to planters mid led
them to hold the stock thou
on hand or higher prices It Is claimed
this will have the tlfect of steadying tho
market throughout tho winter as ship
moiits of cottou will bo inndo continu
ously In moderate amounts Tho rates
for sterling bills aro now the same as they
were at tho time that shipment was nuule
lu April and May 1S81 The break in the
price ot wheat It Is goneially conceded
would bail to a substitution of wheat for
KoM In the future mltlomont of our trade
balance with Kuropo
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Ortimt Ootlmi DrHnlnitNiiiiivriina Itnll
ro il miijfo ltiint OiiivnK Iliiclt
peclKI to the Uhxutto
Uokiiam T x Dec 22 Tho pay car
railed lu this morning and made glad the
heiuts of tfio boynouco more
Cirirllo Nuun special messenger In
the treasury department at Washington
oaum In yesterday to spend tho holldayn
with his parctite nud friunds mid will re
turn Jauiiiry 1
W V Vandorbort night yardmaster
rtislcuixl bin position yesterday and wont
to Textrkani toacoopt the Iron Mountain
dav yard Van la one of tho best yarUhuw
on tho Transcontinental division o the
Texas Iacltlo and wo regret vory Much
to lose him
Tomorrow Wednesday li tho day sot
apart for the grand cotton drawing to
tiko placo Wo are informed that the
greatest number o tickets aro held by
irayson county farmers which speaks
volumes for Honham as a market Our
receipts will fall short of last year prob
ably a few bales on account o poor crops
In somo parts o the country but wo can
boast o paying as high cash prices as
any town In tho state
A dologatiou passed through yesterday
from our sister city Honey Orovo en
route for Dallas to attend n railroad
meeting Thoy woro jubilant ovor their
prospects for another road Honoy
Orovoltos never do anything by halves
Whon they undcrtako an enterprise they
aro always a unit and have tho money In
sight Hen citizens take pattern after Fort
Worth lu the llrst place lake hold In
the second hold on and In the third
never let go Such energy ns that will
nlwnys bo crowned with success
ADDITIONAL STATE NKIVS
Marino Intelligence
Spccliil to tho Unzcttc
Gilvkmion Tux Dec 22 Arrived
Hark Ornnt from tho Jlarbadoos brlgau
tluo Dr Uaskor from Santos
Cleared Hark Simoon for Liverpool
win tin in if
Special to tho Unzcttc
Ki I vso Tux Dec 22 A petition
signed by all the prominent citizens of
this city has been sent to the governor of
Chihuahua requesting that action be
taken Immediately by him to suppress the
buuco thlevos In I iso del Norte
Another IHjc Vorillcl
qicclal to thoGnrcltc
San Antonio True Dec 22 Nathan
Underwood has secured a verdict agaln > t
the Iutcrnatloual Great Northern Hall
way company for 312800 on account of
personal injuries received In a railway
accident two years ago He got a ver
dict or 415000 but tho verdict was re
versed by tho supreme court on the
ground that It was excessive As It will
again bo appealed It remains to bo seen
what the higher courts will do with It
Hurtled
Special to tho Gazette
Ham iiitt Tux Dec 22 Hartlett has
bail ten weddings and live elopements in
the last three months
We will ship iiOOO bales of cotton this
season
Wo have one grocery house that sold
950000 worth of goods this year
Hartlett Is situated on tho Hue of Hell
and Williamson counties and holds the
balance of trade between Helton and Tay
lor Our school Interest continues to Im
prove with tho town
Colorntlo
Oorroopniulcnco of tho inotto
Coioiudo Tix Dec 2l Tliere Is to
bo n social at the residence of Mnj J W
Ayers on the evening of the 23d which
promises to bo a vory lino affair Mr
Ayers brother fiom Illinois Is hero look
ing at the county
Ma A II II Tolor of tho Clipper will
visit Florida soon with a view to starting
a paper at Wlnterhavoii Fla having had
good encouragement from that placo
Cattle shipping Is over and the stock
yard hands have all been discharged
An Almiiu City Union
poclal to tho Gazette
San Anionio Tix Dec 22 Wuters
Davis a son of cxClov Davis was mnr
i i a au iuiij Hum mis morning to Miss
Agues Howardthe accomplished daughter
of tho lato Maj Howard and nleco of our
present postmaster Immediately aftor
tho ceremony the happy couple left for
Galveston en route to Now Orleans to
remain there bomo weeks On their re
turn thoy will leavo for Kl laso whore
thoy Intend to permanently remain Mr
and Mrs Davis have tho best wishes of ti
host of friends In this section for their
future happliiesiH
I > l < linriMl ami llmurcntci
Special to tho Gazette
San Anionio Tix Dec 22 Dicker
sou and Suxton tho two young niun re
cently arrested at San Saba on a charge
of robbing tho United States mall near
Comfort and lodged lu jail hero had a
preliminary hearing and were discharged
from custody by tho United States com
missioner this morning as thero was no
positive evidence to convict them of tho
robbery On bolng turned loose tho
sheriff Immediately rearrested Sexton on
a wanant from Williamson county
charging him with horsetheft It ap
pears that ho had boon arrested or the
same olfenso before but broke jail and
escaped befoio his trial
llnllllUtMltliulIniilil
Spcctnl tothoGnzcttc
HitowNwoon Tkx Dec 22 Several
days ago a part > giving his name as M
M Crenshaw claiming to hall from Albu
querque N M registered with his family
at the Ifatiklu houso Hu told tho pro
prletor that ho was out of funds but had
6200 lu tho Albuqueiquo National bank
and asked him to Introduco him to tho
cashier of tho 1Mrst National bank which
was done and hu drew on tho Albu
quurquu National bank for 8200 and aftor
some slick talk Induced tho cashier to
advance 875 on tho draft As Crenshaw
left In a day or two tho llrst National be
came uneasy and telegraphed to Albu
querque They answered that Crenshaw
had no funds theie Ho was found In
Lampasas and brought hero on a charge
of swindling A telegram from Abilene
yesterday states that Crenshaw had done
up tho lirst National thero In the same
way
WHEUKLL HK JKT IMS TUItKUY
Why llui Annuity nf tin lteiliiiim N Willi
liHil
npcotnl to the Unzclto
Hun lonn I T Deo 22 Tho money
for tho longdeferred Sao and Vox Indian
anuiilty pa > ineut has laid some tlniont St
Louis Mo awaiting u military escort
the present available forco bolug now oc
cupied riding around and cutting out aud
eparutlng the poor men seeking homes lu
Oklahoma from the rloli mens fat steers
who aro ptotectod therein This seems a
poor excuse to tho Indian but ho must
forego Christmas money for no other
reason
The Imposition Unlversello do Part
Oullnalro awarded tho highest honors to
Angostura Hitters us the most edlcacious
stimulant to axcltu tho appetite and o
keep tho dlgestlvo organs In good order
Ask for tho geiiulnu uitlcle manufactured
puly by Dr 1 G 1 Slegqrt Sons and
buwaro of Imitations
THE
00K 0OATE
All IIopo Abniuloned of Flndlnc tho
TwontjlourMen Entombed nl
NnnUcoko AUtc
A ClrtijrUntrtxt lnttmr Left to Monro the
Iom ot a 1nlr DiuiRlitcr itlnl
Tim Ilrtvvo Soiin
WllKKSIUItllK lA Deo 2S LlttlO
change was observable lu the condition of
nfTatnt last night Tho minora nt Mor
gaiitown quit work today and joined tho
relief party at Nantlcoko Korty men have
been working on eighthour MiHts at No
1 slope and 100 men at tho air shaft be
ing relieved every six hours It Is In
reaching tho Imprisoned men In this way
that tho only hopes are entertained of over
rescuing them 1ifty cars of rook and
sand are sent out eury eight hours from
the slope but tho treacherous quicksand
mixed with culm keeps pouring In so that
It Is impossible to form an Idea
of the vastness of tho woik
that lies boforo the relief party Tho fau
Is kept running night aud day but expe
rienced mine bosses doubt whether thero
Is sulllelont power to causo tho fresh nlr
to penetrate tho vast obstruction filling
tho gangway of No 1 slope About D
oclock last night tho work of tho res
cuing party was suddenly Interrupted by
another fall of sand lock aud culm The
men were working on a steep Incline
They fled for their lives and several of
them had very nurrow escapes Tho
work of digging for tho time being was
suspended Tho fall did not come from
tho surface but from an upper bank
At 1280 this morning tho mtno olllcials
decided to abandon work in the nlr shaft
on account of the cave In ami tho pres
ence of tiro damp All attempt to get
tho missing men out allvo has now been
abandoned but tho work through tho
tunnel will bo pushed steadily forward
It will probably be two weeks before the
bodies arc reached
JIKYONIi AM lltMAN HUH
WiiiKsuAHin 1a Dec 22 Thore
was no rest for Nantlcoko last night It
la Impossible to describe tho consterna
tion dismay nud agony which spread
throughout tho village whon It was
learned after midnight that efforts to get
the entombed men out nllvo had been
abandoned No ouo thought of rest The
whole population was on tho streets dis
cussing lu the wildest manner tho decis
ion to abandon tho efforts at rescue
reclamations of despair cries of
agony and muttcrlngs of discontent
were heard on overy corner In almost
every household the relatives of tho un
fortunate victims wero In tho wildest
agony of despair Several wero seized
with convulsions and many more were
completely prostrated The olllcials were
forced to abandon work from tho ulr
shaft by several Irresistible conclusions
Investigation early this morning showed
that tho sand rock nnd culm had fallen
to such nn extent Hint tho initio wes tilled
to I ho roof aud that the men are dead
and beyond all human help The list of
victims numbers twentylour among them
several boys but mostly men tho larger
number of whom are mairlcd ami have
families
W1II SINK A NKW SHAFT
WniSKKUAitUK V Dec 22 The of
ficials of the Lehigh Wllkesbarre Coal
company aro now going to sink a shaft
directly over the alopu whore the Im
prisoned miners nro biipposcd to be It
Is thought that by doing this they can
reach the victims In about four days
A BKALUI TIOOK
IVlTltDluimn I t l > io U2 Ilio Ijlo
of the men In tho slope Is scaled amUtho
only thing that remains la to recover the
bodies of the victims and restore them to
their families and filends Little has
been done today except to clear away the
debris preparatory to beginning anew and
to render the machliiety and appliances
more substantial Operations on tho
slope will bo kept up and
all tho debris removed as fast
ns possible The most practicable miners
are of tho opinion that when tho dead
men aro found It will bo In their cham
bers It they have been caught in tho fall
or sand and culm then tho victims will be
found ouo by ono as tho excavation con
tinues and it may be two months before
the last body Is recovered The loss to
tho company is estimated at l60000and
will bo greater in tho cost of the sinking
of a shaft tho loss of time and tho clear
ing away of a inllu of debris sand and
rock which Is wedged In a mass in the
gangways Michael Sarver father of tho
two Sarvor brothers was among tho last
who eamu out of the shaft This morn
ing he wept llko a child Ho Is vory old
and has been n lifelong toller In tho
mines Ho expressed himself as en
tirely satisfied with the work being done
to oxtricate tho men He did not place
tho blame for thu disaster on any one
holding that it was entirely accidental
I have two as lluo sons as ever had a
father lying down there Mr Sarver
said and as good a daughter as man
could wish lying dead at homo but It Is
thowillof God and I say Ills will bodono
It Is a terrible affair and others are
suffering as much as I I will go down
again as soon as thoy will let me and I
will work day and night to rescuu them
dead or allvo
The project of sinking a shaft ovor tho
workings of the fatal slope has boon aban
doned It Is said It would bo necossary
to go down 250 feet to reach tho nearost
gangway To do this would tako three
months or more Tho company will con
tlnue to work on and clear tho obstructed
tunnel
STILL EAT HUMAN lLKSII
The lmvSlntiior Muiiili In tho lltark Ue
piilille V Mliliilf Mmimrit ti lliilij
Ilmrllile IM urn iif Dnjirnvlly
A lato New York special to tho Cincin
nati Knqulrur saysi I met Sir Spenser
St John recently at the Hrunswlck He
has been the representative of tho Hrltlsh
government in Mexico and was her ma
jestys minister to Hnytl for twolvoyours
llo Is a typical KuglMininii dignified
courtly and lit possosslouof such sublime
solfrespect that ho feels Inclined to lift
his hat whenever he bonis Ids own numo
mentioned Sir Sponger St loliu Is an
uutliorlty on tho history of Haytl and can
glvo a vast deal of fresh and lively Infor
mation about tho Hlack ltepublio llo
says that tho blacks still oat human flesh
at times mid that they continue to make
human sacrifices Tho Haytlaus deny
thoso deplorable facts aud aro sensible of
tho stigma cast upon tho couutry by the
practice of such disgimtlng cilnies Sir
Spenser St John has evidence of tho prac
tice of qaniiibaHsm In Hnytl from the ro
cords of tho courts aud from tho lips of
credlblo wltnosses In 1879 a fontnlo mid
w Ife nuar lortaulrlnco alp a female baby
and a short time ago eight people were
fined for disinterring and devouring
corpses About tho somo Unto a cask of
meat marked porn was sold to a foreign
ship In It woro found fingers finger
nails aud human flcsli
rolltlcally speaking said Sir Spenser
the Hoytlans ore a hopeless people and
tho best educated among them aro dis
posed to despair o their countrys future
when they see the wreck that follows each
war of barbarism
The people seom to have little or no
moral nature The native merchant Is ab
solutely devoid of financial honor and my
Informant declared that It was sheer reck
lessness on tho pari of lusurance coin
panlos to take risks thoro
In tho Interior districts polygamy Is
generally and openly practiced nnd on
Fridays one is sure to sco black men
mounted on mules going down to market
followed by great numbers of wives bear
ing burdens
During Sir Spouscrs long resldenco In
Haytl hosiivvbut one handsome ncgress
And ho observed that one of tho negros
curious traits is a shy dislike ot tho mon
key Tho Hnyllau dislikes tho monkey
beciuse ho fancies that the whites think
thoro is no great dlfferonco between n
homely negro and a handsome gorilla
The lowor class In Haytl nro lewd
Continence Is not deemed a virtue the
stories of Intrigues are related by mothers
In the presence of young daughters and
all tho crude details are laid before tho
children
No effort Is made to keep tho girls
chaste 1 asked the cattsoof this Incon
tinence
It Is not owlnj to the climate nor to
tho warm blood of the negroes said my
Informant but to their want of amuse
ment and occupation
Docs Voudoulsm prevail In Haytl
now was asked
Yes and few living out of the republic
know tho extent to which It Is canled on
The natives strives to conceal It It Is a
low aud revolting worship Tho great
spirit Is supposed to bo manifest in a
nonvenomous serpent Tho serpent Is
kept by tho priest and human nnd other
sacrifices are mailo to it Tho religion
has had and still has n most wonderful
grasp on the people It was Imported
from Africa Tho Emperor Sowioque was
a firm believer In it and caused a child to
be sacrificed to liiMiro his success lu bat
tle The human Jicrlllces are made at
their periodical feasts which are wild
and lotlisomo revels Tho people drink
tit such times white rum mixed with blood
and are wrought up to an Intense degree
of excitement and then tiro ordered to
give themselvesovertoexcesscs I know
of a man who sacritlced ills own niece
and ntu soup made from her head nnd
bones which wero boiled with yams Tho
wholo company paitook of tho horrid
broth The next night they tried to sacri
fice another child but wero prevented
and tight of the worshipers of Voudou I
saw tried and shot for the crime
Sir Spenser St John is of tho opinion
that Haytl Is tin excellent field for mis
sionary work and thinks that Cornelius
Vnuderbllt who Is supposed to be relig
iously inclined would maku a vast con
tribution to civilization by spending
55000000 to humanize thu Hlack llepub
lie Tho condition of things there Is about
as bad as it can be Tho fact that the
true stato of affairs is not widely known
is owing my informant says to the prac
tice ot tiie government employing profes
sional writers to spread rosecolored ac
counts of civilization aud progress in
llajti
o
Capera Hro for figs and dates
nil
GAINESVILLE
Arrested for ttiu MunloroC n Ifejiliow A
IttirKliiri Sentenced
Sjoilnl to tho Onacllu i
GviNKSvniii Tux Dec 22 Deputy
Marshal Garrison of Fort Smith Ark
assisted by Deputy Marshal Johnson of
this city imcsted yesterday near Sad
dleis Hend this county Mr T J Davis
and his son charged with murder com
mitted In the fndiiin Territory In 1880
Tho party killed was named Hccves a
nephew of tho men arrested and was
from Georgia A writ of habeas corpus
was sued out and will bo beard today
Tho news and bookstore of Mr j L
Illekson was entered last night his cash
drawer broken open and 12 extracted
therefrom
Yestoulay evening tho following pris
oners were brought beforo the court and
sentence passed upon them William
Clark arson on change of venue from
Montuguo county seven years Notice of
appeal given
Louis Williams colored robbery ulno
years Notlco of appeal given
W J McAnso highway robbery live
years
Cato Perkins theft three cases twenty
seven years
HIH Hoc theft two years
The juiy lu tho 1 K lltilney case
nought In a veidlct this morning and
gtivo the defendant twenty years
lllssa I ono of tho horses engaged for
tho match Chtlstmns dav was brought
over this morning J W Wllhlte traluer
comes with her
EAGLE HASS
lllltrr lVcllni on llio Hinder A Toxni
OniiKiilH SlUfortiinu
Speclnl to tlio Gazette
KiiK l vss JVx Dec 22 Tho re
cent kllllug below hero has caused some
rather hard feeling between tho races
and It Is not 1o m ued by tho additional
fact that ti good many parties arc barred
from crossing tho river on account of
threats It Is rimored on tho streets
that six men roMilonts of this place have
been threatened lthlnstantdeath should
they daio to setfjot on tho soil of llcd
ras Negras
Hon K 1 Lomi United Suites consul
at Iledras Ncgrin has arrived and taken
charge of his olllo tho location of which
will bo removed to tho depot lu that cltv
Mr Ienii H a IVxan by birth and bach
elor by misfortune
Capera liro sell everything cheap
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cheapcheap I
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KEElIXtl UIVTHIJ KECOIM
AliMtn lives Another Olmpler In tin
UUtiirj or Cilnie
Special to tho iTntntta
AfsriN Tux Dec 22 A shooting
scrape occurred on Trinity street hero at
II oclock tonight T Hamilton colored
was shot In the left shoulder between
tho arm nud tho neck tho ball lodging in
tho shoiitderbhule after passing tliroifh
the body Thu wound Is n dangerous one
Hamilton charged two negroes named
Nelson Lyons and Tom Wiggins with
doing tho shooting
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1 lie Cryntiil Vulnce
Just the tiamo for It Is tho Fort Worth
China
companys store A world of boll
day presents and sold nt tho greatest bar
galijs you ftver heard of
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VVWrWb Thoro Is relief for you It has boon fouS h
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Head what an emtntnl lhvtclm hrt toQlnVty
1 tmo darlred twrtlcnlulr uf
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UiOMOof Udjof rtienmMlocondition nla plo mn J JnllnfauH
lmoet to the of Insinitr bjhet ttl
Tirnw tnMithljf aBerIn ltniSt fi OhSIJW
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Day Hoard fS 1orWcck ttoonu for Transients IpstalM o
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Worecomraoud
SHOOTING DESERTERS
Tragic Incidents of tho Civil Wnr
How Ono Jinn Wits Saved from
Military Injustice
An Arrest A DrnmIIend CmirtOIiirtlnl
A Sentence ot Dentil All Unpleas
ant lloinliilHcrnoc
Desertions were frequent In the Union
army from tho very llrst Hut many ot
theso were only partial as where a man
displeased with his olllcers or surround
ings took a French furlough aud en
listed again with another regiment that
ho fancied would suit him better Hut
even from tho first there wero desertions
to tho enemy Among tho deserters from
ono company that tho writer knows of nt
least live up to the end of 1S02 have
always been supposed to have gone over
to tho Confederates j two of them very
likely wero spies one certainly was
Very soon alter tho army began to be
supplied by conscription desertion lu
cieascd rapidly Whllo in tho lines In
Cold Haibor In Juno 18C4 tho writer was
sent back to receive a detachment of re
cruits for his regiment Their muster
roll named 210 men but the olllcor tem
porarily In charge of them had but ninety
to show tho rest had disappeared Tho
ofllccr to whom these men had llrst been
committed had also disappeared Hut
though ho was soou found and his story
of having been attacked overpowered and
robbed by guerrillas was disbelieved ami
ho was sent to state prison nothing was
uvor again seen of tho missing 120 re
emits At tho timo of his mysterious
disappearance the olllcer had in his pos
session several thousand dollars belong
ing to the recruits he was bringing from
Washington This was never recovered
It seems
That was an extraordinary case Hut
though men did not usually desert nt tho
rate of 120 to 210 tho desertions became
enormous by tho middle of 1808 and
Gen Meade insisted on the enforcement
of the extreme penalty which the good
natured President Lincoln had been com
muting as often as ho could Tho great
bounties averaging 700 apiece were tho
cauio of tho trouble Hut looking back
at the matter now ono would say that
thofo
substitutebrokers who organized
the system of professional desertion In
order to divide the fraudulently obtained
advance bounties with the deserters
ought to havo been dealt with nt least as
harshly as the deserters themselves
In September 18GS tho thlul division
of tho Second corps in camp near tho
Hapldau river had its first execution
there weio two condemned both boun
ty jumpers who had enlisted In a regl
incut of this division and had escaped af
ter row lving the advance bounty honing
probably to repeat tho gamo with some
other regiment Haily one lino afternoon
the dlvislou marched out to tho chosen
ground and formed three sides of n hol
low square the fouitb side being a little
ildge At tho foot of tho ndgo woro two
open graves about twelve feet apait The
division consisting of about 8000 men
rested In placo until tho notes of tho dead
march wore heaul Attention was
0llua hy tho bugles and all was
Hgid silence as a procession com
posed of tho provostguard surrounding
two ambulances lu each of which ono of
the culprits sat ou a rough collln entered
tho square atone of tho angles and halted
near tho graves A collln was placed at
the end of each grave and tho two desert
ers were made to stand up In front ot the
provostguard facing the long lines of
attentive countenances of tho division
wh lo the findings of tho courtmartial
and tho orders for tho execution wore
rend Alter religious services tho two
wore arraigned sitting on their eoillns
tholr eyes bandaged ami their arms pin
ioned behind
In front of each a firing
party of tho provostguard took position
and the word of
command from tho nro
setters fell back on his collln but
only wounded for
he sat ni >
again Tho other who was not hit
jumped to his feet burst his pinions a d
mL Tay ° MMl ° liaiulkcrchlei
from his
oyos Thero was a murmur of
disapproval throughout the dlvlslo i
awkwnrilnesH of the provost g ar
8 mlUng unnecessary delay
tn rluro t0 Uu loullty nt tho unfor
i f 1Ic Itty motloitlMs
on his collln Hut tho other seemed til
nifjst tiiyulnerablo for tho second volley
from his party though It nay have
wratchoil him loft him still
fitruilig
vigorously a free lS0lf a Tfi iut
ol V 11 UU OUO
V mo
° t0 tllu
co < > med to havo
Diem i
shoot him
success yelv Hut for
nomotcMou tho
musketswould not go
merely mo can nv
lalnedhard the daXt
no excuse for the
known for somo days whittle
and ought to haw hAtM
clean by this timc Mnot
or eight men went up on
aud presented their mSmn
oinwoorthedesertctri
to snap caps A low CrLif >
tan along the rank J ffife
became fierce when omoSL
mens guns went on Ct l
wound tho poor fellow S 4
slow 1S collln squirming 5m 2
murder ThoeencX ft
was In a rage n ffi M
to otherBalloplngBptohSfl
marslia to do Hie fc3
promptly and properly S
by and still the repcataesSrfJ
veteran soldiers to
folded pinioned helple S
vain A superstition iR
through the division thatItZit
killed because he could not k J
half an hour olvoUcjjandfifcito
passed when the nrovostmwlul 1
the muzzle of his longlamX
shooter to tho unfortunitti atf
discharged all the loads Thetkii
back and at last all was oyer
In the second lino of bKUenatj
sylvnnla CourtHonseln Mitim
vision of tho Second corps stoedtsr
at 7 in the morning to witness tW
tlon The culprit had dropped tii
ranks during a charge t dmy
and rejoined hlsreglmcntattep
Ing that no notice would bo uta I
action Hut he was arrested jtorai
tho next morning a dramlad
martial sentenced him todeitHiak
lug tho colors In tho prcsewe d fc
eiuy This execution wililaifii
the battle that was still golcj oa
off without any delay or blnnderfe
no great preparations bad been rti
it aud no square was formed
Hut mllltaiy justice is a qiantt
sometimes Late In May Htyito
unt wJio had been seriously
tho battle of rrederlcksbnij wili
somo weeks spcntlnhospltafandttb
had returned to his reglmentlousit
Falmouth was ouo day sirteniltj t
Hiippaliannock Tho Union uiOi
orate picket lines on the opposite k
of tho river had lor weeks bcenohsa
a tuclt truce Friendly coiiuni
went on between tho two aadtitk
weio mado of coffee tobaccovrMfy
uewspapers by means ol a litttkt
Willi sails trlmlned in such a
carry 111011 to and fro acio fa
liver As the warm seisct c
on men on both sides wx
and swam aud floated and cniWf
In tho water w Itliout harm from ttJR
side Swimmers from bot iiliKft
oven to meet at a great rock In Jit
die of tho river near tho milldan r
Falmouth The lieutenant dual
call Lieut X was a lino juteM
was enjoying hlintelf totaestcw
water It happened that Uwciflfl
command of the Tiiloa picket pa
was an ewmjW J
Tho lieutenant irjiV
tlons prevented t
there
X
to como out of the inWi
as ho was klcklug uphUKtWL
time and amusing himself toWs
did not hear until ho m
pentedly summoned Then Men
and was Immediately g
Charges weie laid ugninstnlraoi
ed desertion to the eneinyL
laugheil at this It was very
hu soon began to realize tliJjlM
laughing matter all the 5 J J
against him At the general g
which tried him his honorbU
character his efllciency asaarej
His bravery iu battle wero prW
ho was not permitted to InJTO
donee as to tho anhnas of wws
had cansoil his arrest and vum
pal witness against him li wi
and was sentenced accord b M6
tides of war to he shot taj
Following the
musketry
sentence was submitted w ft A
oral of tho division fym
was forwarded Pn 8
U10 corps commander jm
wiro approved the sratetwA
It up to army headquarters
tlmo 11 relative of the unluttjj k
cotbm C
an ollber In another
a
Sedgwick
course to On
this relatrvo had served In Ji S
line old general wm tWPBL
though technically tho 0 S
against thu condemned wf jj
less ho was Innocent ol WS
deserting nud of any SJ
even tho lieutenant had
dlioreetasunoincer tooW
ntiill In the meantime the
lieutenant a victim ol i
allowed to K >
malice was cKr
wus a narrow ctcapo