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THE WILMINGTON MESSENGER, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1900. 3 ASKETCH OF THE EIGHTEENTH . NORTH CAROLINA INFANTRY. COMPILKD BY WILLIAM II. M'LAUKIX, ADJUTANT. PART FOURTH. Pettigrew's heaviest loss was n brigade of North Carolina: Kill til. l&O; wounded, 515; total killed and wounded, 1,103; prisoners : four reg iments and no prisoners. Killed and wounded nearly 2 to 1. One regiment of this brigade, the Twenty-sixth North Carolina, lost: Killed, 8S; wounded, 502; killed and wounded, 5SS; prisoners, ; grand to tal, 5S8. or 13 more killed and wounded than Armistead's brigade. Nearly half of Picket's loss was pris oners, whilst Pettigrew lost but one sixth in prisoners, viz: Archer 517, Scales 110, total 627. These figures, obtained from volume 2G part 2 pages 333-343-4-5 Government Record of the Union and Confederate armies", show that Picket's charge did not fail because he was not supported by Pettigrew. and that Pettigrew real ly did the fighting of the day. North Carolinians were satisfied with doing their duty and "We envy not others their merited glory." Lee withdrew from the field on the night of the 4th and remained at Hag erstown a week. On the 13th crossed the Potomac at Falling Waters where Lane acted as rear guard. The Eigh teenth and part of the Twenty-eighth frtre deployed as skirmishers and those (l,,. rr. ... :r-l V h-opa tVio Inst to 1 A. I liV A. - - w cross. A week was spent in camp near Culpepper court house, when the army returned to the line of the Rapidan, the Eighteenth camping near Orange court house. After the death of Major General Pender from wounds at Gettysburg, Brigadier General Cadmus M. Wilcox was promoted, and assigned to his command. On the 22nd day of Septem ber the Eighteenth marched with the command and was at a skirmish at Jack Shop, near Madison court House, and. after that, camped at Liberty Mills, the left of the army. On the 9th the army advanced. Hill marching by Madison court house and Warrenton to Dristow Station where Heth had a fight with the enemy. Cook and Kirk land's North Carolina brigades were charged on a strong position on the railroad, and gallantly went into a slaughter pen. Before reinforcements could go to their assistance they were decimated. Wilcox was under shelling, from the enemy's artillery, with slight casualties. We again had a job on the railroad, and destroyed it to the Rap pahannock, and camped a week on its south side. After leaving Brandy Station on the Sth the Yankee cavalry pursued in force. We iaid an ambush for them near Culpeper, using one of the North Caro lina companies of the Eleventh Virginia cavalry as decoys. It played its part well, lighting better than cavalry was expected to, and nearly succeeded in drawing a regiment of blue-coat-cavalry into a field, where, covered by some woods, the Eighteenth was placed to get in their rear. The trap was dis covered, in time to escape with a lot of empty saddles, and a loss to the Eighteenth of one killed ana a hall dozen wounded. The Eighteenth returned to Liberty Mills, and built comfortable winter quarters. On the 2Sth of November marched to Mine-run. where Meade had crossed, lay in line of battle, and built breast works, but were not en gaged, more than on the skirmish line. The weather was fearfully cold, and the pickets were relieved every two hours, as they could not stay longer without fire. The skirmisn lines were not far apart, and exposure was danger- ous. In a thicket of old field pines, be tween the lines, a flock of wild turkeys lit down. A fine large gobbler lost his life there, by this rashness, and lay in full view of both picket lines. Disre gard in the danger, each side determin ed to capture that turkey, and several men were goblerized during the day. After sundown George W. Corbett in charge of the Eighteenth skirmishes played tactics to bring him in. Pick ing a man to help him, they approach ed in different directions, and succeeded in bagging me game, as well as in get ting a new overcoat and blanket, off of an equally venturesome, but less suc cessful blue-coater that lay near by. The pot boiled that night. A. P. Hill's division was massed Tuesday night the 1st of December to attack next morn ing but during the night Meade re crossed the river. We gladly returned to our winter quarters at Liberty. Mills and spent the winter there. Who that saw it, will ever forget the snow-ball battle that started in fun, and spread from regiment to brigade, then division and corps, tiil the line from Liberty Mill to Orange court house vas engaged in the exhilarating sport. Some disgruntled spirit, at last, threw a rock in his snow-ball, and brought blood. This dastardly act, was promptly resented, and went to such an extent that the men rushed for their arms, and it took the best efforts of the officers and level-headed men for a while to prevent the rebel-yell, and snow-ball, from being followed by real powder-and-ball. During the winter Governor Vance made a tour of the army in his candl dacy for re-election as governor oz a" North Carolina. He received an ov tion wherever he went and captured I the army in toto. General Grant's successes in the western army, made him commander of the armies of the United States in the field. During the winter he came east, and personally assumed com mand of the army of the Potomac most favorably situated, and with carte-blanche he supplied his command, with everything he wanted. It was a spectacle worth beholding, and calcu lated to swell the bosom of any man with pride, to look upon the one hun dred and forty thousand men, with which he crossed the Rapidan, on the -4th day of May 1S64 as splendidly equipped a body of men, as ever trod the face of the earth. Well might he have said: Behold them, in their glory, ' You will soon read our story. On to Richmond ! ! ! General Lee had sixty thousand men scantily supplied with everything, save grit, with which to meet this mighty host. The disparity of numbers, and con dition was appalling, but the ragged confederates did not faint or falter. On the evening of the 5th Heth and Pender's divisions of Hill's corps, some 5.000 men, engaged Birney's, Motts. Gibbons and Barlow's division., Han cock's corps, with Getty's division of the Sixth corps, say 40,000 men, and did good service. The Eighteenth was sent to the front and on the right of the Orange plank road, near a mile from it, found the Thirty-eighth North Carolina hotly en gaged with Hancock's troops. Colonel Barry and Lieutenant Colonel -Ashford fought their regiments, as emergency required, in various posi . tions till nightfall, when I was sent fit back to renort their condition and get instructions. Shifting position so often during the evening, I had lost my bear ings, and In the darkness got Into Han cock's corps and had to tack variously to get out. About 11 o'clock I got Into Wilcox's troops, on a straight run down the plank road. Before I stop ped my run. I recognized General Wil cox's white horse, and going to him found Wilcox. Out of wind, and gasp ing between words, I told him that I was just out of Hancock's corps, and that there was not a man between him -nd Hancock's skirmishers. He evi dently did not believe a word of It. and was not over polite in letting me know It. I found where my command was and went to it. General Lane, Colonels Barry, Avery and others believed my statement, and went to Wilcox to get a picket line established In front. He assured them that there was a divis ion in his front, and told them not to disturb the men, let them rest till morning. The regiments bivouacked without regard to alingnment, as they assembled from the different parts of the field, on which they had fought. In the morning Colonel Avery had gotten part of the Thirty-third in line, when Hancock's corps and. Sedwick's division struck us, and fought them like tigers. The temporary check made where they were, gave little time for the brigade that was forming to get together, and Wilcox was caught, all out of joint all along his line. Though wet had little or no allignment, the regiments, and squad3 fell 'back fight ing a!s best they could. About a quar ter if a mile from where Hancock flushed, us, we were fired into by the di vision that Wilcox thought was in his front the night before and it .retreat ed without waiting to let us pas3 by it. There were fifty or seventy-five in the squad that I fell back with, apart from the Plank road (the most of the brigade were near it). About a half a mile back we were covered by the right of the Texas brigade, as it ad vanced, the first of Longstreet's troops that got into action. Our squad composed of men from all of Lane's regiments, joined the Fourth Texas un der Captain Jas. T. McLaurin, Com pany B, and went with it in the charge tha: drove Hancock back . to the posi tion of the morning near the Brock road. It was near midday when we rejoin ed our commands on the left of the Plank road, where it had assembled after the morning's experience. Though caught at a disadvantage ; the men fought well, as the casualties show, and delayed their assailant's advance. Ewell did splendid fighting that af ternoon on the left of the army and drove the federal right some distance. About 9 o'clock that night the rebel yell was set .up on the right and ex tended to the left of the army. The volume and duration of sound ex ceeded anything that we had; then heard or have heard since. Prisoners taken af terward reported great demoralization from it in Warren and Sedwick's corps. General Horace Porter in his "cam paigning with Grant" gives a graphic account of the attack on these com mands after dark, and of the battle say3 "all , circumstances seemed to combine to make the scene one of un utterable horror. At times the wind howled through -the tree-tops, mingling its moani with the groans of the dying, and heavy branches were cut off by the tire of the artillery and fell crashing upon the headis of the men, adding a new terror 'to battle. j i t'u-BL ures lageu. ammunition trains T.- ft s.. .. , exploded, the dead were roasted in the I conflagration, the wounded, roused by its hot breath, dragged them selves along with their torn and man nbs. in the mad energy of de spair, to escape the ravag-es of the flame, and every bush seemed hung with -shreds of ,1ifod -stained clothing. It was as though Christian men had turned to fiends, and hell itself had usurped the place of earth." We were direct opposites at that time in action and principles. I'm not in clined to combat his sentiment. Sheol was not far off that day. On the Sth left the Wilderness and had a little skirmishing near the) post office. On the 10th arrived at Spottsyl vania court house and on that and the foiiowing day built breastworks on different parts of the line, being moved several times. Our lines being nearly at right angles to Ewell's corps, we built -traverses to protiect ourselves from shots hi that direction. Late in evening of the 11th Lane's brigade; that was the left of A. P. Hill's corps, was thrown forward to the front and left to connect with Ewell's line. His left regiments, Twen-ty-eigthth and Eighteenth, were be yond a branch and thrown forward, at an obtuse angle to the rest of the brig- j ad to coimect with Stewart's brigade of General Edward Johnston's division, that was thrown back in a circle be hind that division to connect with the Twenty-eighth, forming a sailent, known as the Horseshoe angle. During the night our artillery was ; withdrawn from Johnson's line, and massed at the salient, with orders to attack it at 4 o'clock. The artillery was returning to Johnson's lime, but had not gotten In position when Han cock attacked at daylgiht, Edward Johson's left and Robert D. Johnson's brigade that were supporting it. were swept away. That let Hancock into Stewart's rear, and the rear of the Twenty-eighth and Eighteenth who were engaged with those to the right of the angle. The artillery and Stewart Is brigade were captured. When the Twenty eighth and Eighteenth found that Han cock was in their immediate rear, it was too late to escape and about one third of the Twenty-eighth and near half of the Eighteenth were made pris oners. Of those who escaped, W. H. McLaurin. adjutant of the Eighteenth North Carolina rallied a handfull at the left of the breastworks of the pre vious day and recklessly dashing into Hancock's host that pour" - into the woods, through Johnson's opening, pro duced a panic, that adding to its own demoralization, drove his serted num bers back beyond the branch, stam peding even the guards in charge of the prisoners. Some of the Eighteenth's prisoners taking advantage of the stampede escaped and rejoined the regi ment. J. C. Kinlaw, of Company K, in a subsequent charge, recovered his knapsack and accoutrements, of which he had been stripped, preparatory to being carried to the rear. This stam pede gave time for the Thirty -seventh. Seventh and fTWrty-third to be formed on the crest south of the branch, and the remnant of the Eighteenth and Twenty-eighth to form on their left where Lane repulsed Hancock's next advance, and Baved the right of the army. Scales North Carolina brigade coming to his assistance, another at tack was repulsed - After this, Gordon in command of Early's division Joined our lefVand the line was advanced and held near th apex of the angle. On the left of the angle, Daniel' North Carolina, brigade stopped the break of Ewell's line and Itamseur's North Carolina brigade taken from Daniel's left, re-took the line to Daniel's right. Colonel R. T. Bennett's Fourteenth North Carolina regiment was taken from Rams cur's left and gallantly extended Ramseur's right. Harris Mississippi brigade un falteringly extended Bennett's right, McGowan's South Carolina brigade was sent from Hill's front near the court house to extend Harris line, and partly lapped upon it. McCto.Vfn was wound ed before getting to tik- rreastworks. Harris and McGowan's brigades fought Hancock and his reinforcementa over the breastwork all day, Fnatching the muskets from each, other across the works. There was an oak woods to their rear, and an oak tree twenty inches in diameter was so riddled with minnle balls, some fifteen feet from the ground, that its top-weight wrung it down. I saw the tree next day and the many dead, on each side of the breastworks, wen silent witnesses of the fighting qualities of both armies! During the day a white flag appear ed on the breast works, firing ceased, and each side began jumping over claiming the other as prisoners. The matter was settled by the blue -coats and Johnnies getting back on their own side and the fight began again. A new line was built across the angle from Daniel's to Lane's, and word passed down the line to Harris and McGow an's men to fall back to it. After night the firing slackened and about, mid night ceased; both sides had quietly gone away and the fought-over works were abandoned by both sides. Lanes brigade was taken off the line to the right of the angle, carried !nto some woods -to the left of the court house and got a few hours rest in the middle of the day. In the afternoon it was taken by Major General Mahone with his old brigade. Colonel Weisig er, to fuel a force that was assembling to the right of the fealient, behind the branch above mentioned. Though Weisiger has not been engaged that day and Lane had been fighting all the morning, Lane's small brigade was put in front to attack and WeEsiger to sup port. When Lane advanced, Mahone rode back to the court house. Lane's attack was successful, though Weisiger did not support him and when sent for did not come. Lane turned the captured battery upon the enemy, but had to abandon St or be captured. He, how ever, canned back four or five hundred prisoners and several flags. The Eighteenth captured the flag of the artillery. When we got back to the lines, near the court house, Mahone rode out and claimed the flags, which were refused him. He afterwards had a correspond ence through army headquarters con cerning them, which was "held up" on account of "unparliamentary language" that got into-it. General Lee and the secretary of war acknowledged receipt of the flags, from Lane's brigade, a few days after the battle. The Richmond papers teemed with accounts of Mahone's magnificent achievements in the afternoon and ac credited to other Virginia commands the honor of stopping the break in the lines of the morning. Pertinent to this, though personal, the following extract from the narra tive of a Michigan colonel is inserted here. After stating how his company was captured and recaptured at Chan cellorsville, May 2rd. 1S63. and for sup posed gallantry, he was promoted ma jor, which he protested, continuing, says : "As nothing else would do, I was, in a manner, forced to accept this promo tion and in a few days was commission ed lieutenant colonel 'for gallantry an meritorious conduct in the presence of the enemy.' In the following winter 1 was appointed to the colonelcy of a "crack" regiment. I would not be speaking the truth, if I should say that these promotions did not touch my vanity and make me zealous, not only to maintain but to acquire more of the "bubble reputation at the cannon's mouth." It was with an assumed feeling of ar rogance and contempt of danger that I led my regiment to the attack on Lee's salient on the 12th 'if May, 1864, at Spottsylvania Court House. By the crack of dawn on that morning, before the Johnnies were fully awake,, we were right in among them in a hand to hand encounter, capturing a great number of prisoners and quickly had possession of all. or nearly all of both wings of this famous salient, the breastworks of which faced to the front and rear. We had Lee's army now practically cut In two, an advan tage which, if it had been followed up promptly," would, as I have thought, have had the effect of terminating the war at a much earlier date. While we were engaged in arranging to hold our newly acquired position in the cap tured confederate works, and in re forming the troops for a further ad vance an attack vras made on our flank and rear, which by its suddenness and vigor struck panic to the troops be tween the position held by my regiment and the attacking party, which eettt them pouring pell mell back upon my men m a wild, confused mass. Every soldier knows something of the demor alizing effect of an enfilade fiTe, such as the confederates had on our line. and the further fact, that a stampede of panic-stricken troops is as uncon trollable as that of the nerds on the western plains. I was drawing out my line at an angle from their former po sition in order to check the confederate advance, when I was shot down, re ceiving this wound in the hip, from the effects of which in the opinion of nerve specialists. I will never fully recover. My own men, brave and tried soldiers, though they were, caught up the conta gion and joined n the headlong flight, for before a proper alignment could be made, the confederates were among them, sweeping by and beyond me as I lay wounded upon the ground and shooting to kill, as was evidenced by the large number of fallen federals on the spot. I felt mortified and chagrin ed when I saw this email body oi . federates, for they did not number more than about fifty or sixty men, by brave and skillful management, put to route many times their number of our men. But I was particularly impress ed by their youthful leader as he pass ed by where I lay, his countenance glowing with the enthusiasm of a school boy going out upon the play ground for a game of ball, shouting 'forward men!" rushing on with his lit tie band like an avalanche to what seemed certain destruction. He remind ed me of the pictures I had seen In my old school history in my boyhood days. I admire bravery even in a foe, and this I would call true gallantry such as was seldom witnessed fn either army in the many battles of the civil war. I am aware that some Virginia troops claim by an attack in front of oirr po sition to have regained their kst ground,. but I know the fact that their attack was not made until after I had fallen, and to this young officer and his brave followers belongs the honor of turning the tide of battle, and of possibly saving Lee's army from dire ful defeat that morning. He was my ideal of a soldier, and as I thought of him I could but reflect upon the honors so unworthily worn by myself, and wish they could have been the reward of such heroism as this. One of his men had fallen wounded within a few feet of where I lay. and after the heavy fighting ceased, the confederates hav ing re-established their position. I was, though In pain, so much interested that I asked him who his leader was. Well do I remember his reply, as It came In" a loud, empnatic tone, as If proud to speak it. "Captain Billy Mac Laurin. of the Eighteenth North Caro lina regiment, one of the bravest men in Lee's army!" I was fully prepared t(J believe what he said. It is a strange thing to me that those who write history are so full and pro fuse in their records of achievements of generals, to the exclusion of such praiseworthy deeds on the part of sub alterns and privates who bore the brunt of battle." The testimony or a FOE ON THE GROUND Is worth considering. In giv ing proper credit to the troops entitled to it. There were not more than a cou ple of dozen of us, in this sortie, but It gave time for Lane to gat In shape and hold the position till others could come to his assistance. When Gordon came with Early's division, there were Vir ginians in it, but they were entitled to no more credit than the Georgians, and others, that were necessary to help, and did help, manfully, to hold the lines. After the atack in the afternoon Lane was put on a line that McGow an was taken from near a brick kiln. We were shifted to different parts of the lino till the 21st when we had a! skirmish near a church two or three j miles tothe right of the court house, i That r ight we marched to the right, and on the morning of the 23rd bivou acked in an oak wood on a little stream that flowed into the South Anna river. Our canteenmen were not long in find ing water and something besides; one of them came running back, and asked for my "army colt." I pointed to my belt, hanging on a neaTby oak. Others were noticed hurriedly leaving camp. Pop! pop! pop! bang! bang! bang! was soon heard down the slope. Not leng after an elderly gentleman rode! hurriedly into camp and was directed to headquarters. General Lane sent at once to have each regiment searched and if any mutton was found to send mutton and man to him under guard. Strict search was made, but it could no where be found and the adjutants were so reporting; when the adjutant of the Thirty-seventh was about to make a similar report, for his regiment, Jimj L stepped up the sloe right near headquarters with a leg of mutton in his hand, open handed guilt, and he was scooped in. Jim was the first to return with a trophy of the fusilade down the branch, and was the only man caught. The rest who went that way were innocent lambs and saw nothing. Jim was put to walking a circle with a billet of wood, and the leg of mutton on his shoulder. This soon became a burden and the citizen asked that he be re leased and allowed to have the mutton. General Lane didn't relent at once, and the kind-hearted citizen at last insisted that Jim be not only pardoned, but that I the men be allowed to go down into! his clover field and get the flock. The incident of the morning, gave opportunity for one of the ludicrous humors of war that afternoon. The enemy drove back the guards from Jericho ford and Lane was sent two or three miles' back to assist in stopping them. and. found a corps had! crossed and had a hard fight, losing 100 men killed and wounded. Tr, Ho mit f n c.hnrn n.ttflplr the Thirty-seventh broke, and started for the rear, leaving the Eighteenth liable to be cut off and the Thirty-third to be flanked. As soon as they began leav ing the other regiments of the brigade began bleajting like sheep. At a short distance the Thirty-seenth rallied and returned and fought very well after wards. It was ludicrous in the ex treme fighting for all we were worth and bleating like sheep. We were re lieved about 10 o'clock and returned to the station. Next morning we threw up earthworks that were not needed; the enemy had withdrawn. When my negro boy. Jack, came to me from the rear my naversack had an unusual fullness about it. Whilst I was ascertaining the cause General Lane came along viewing the progress of the works. I asked him to share some venison (?) with me. He was too polite to refuse so rare a dish; and said it was good. Grant, like his predecessors deferred to the objections that General Lee rather forcibly expressed to their going direct to Richmond, and with the left flank movement sought to acomplish that end. On the 31st we had an all day artillery and skirmish engagement at Starr's farm, on the Totopotmy, and on the 1st day of June supported the ar tillery on the Turkey Ridge road in the preliminary arrangements for the on-1 slaught of the 2nd. The Eighteenth fortified on the ridge near the McGhee house, and was to the right of the main point of attack in the second Cold Har- bor fight, say one-third of a mile. Grant massed hi troops and hurle-' column after column upon Lee, and was repulsed with such terrible slaugh ter that his officers and men were said j to have refused to charge that position again. Thousrh not hotly engaged the Eigh- teenth lost some valuable men by skir- mishera and sharpshooters. General Iane wan wounded, and Colonel Barry, of the Eighteenth commanded the bri- gade. On the 13th the Eighteenth had a skirmisn near uaaies snop. ikh put a stop to it. On the 20th we cross ed James river, .and on the 22nd about three miles beyond Petersburg had a sharp fight with the enemy that was trying to reach the Weldon railroad. On the 23rd Barry was sent to relieve Mahone's brigade, and it was not out of range when the enemy advanced. Though the artillery and musketry fir ing was very heavy for a while ,it did not return to give us the help we so sorely needed On the 2nd day of July the brigade was ordered to the north side of the James river and made a hard, hot march to Deep Bottom, where we had skirmishing almost daily till the 28th. At Gravelev Hill there was a hot en gagement. A few days afterward Colonel Barry was wounded by a sharp - shooter whilst on a reconnoitering tour, and Colonel W. W. Barbour, of the Thirty-ceventh. commanded the bri gade until the batle of Fuzzell's Mill, August 15th. General Wright's Geor gia brigade was deployed to hold a line, ; whilst Anderson was taking another position. The enemy advancing in heavy force captured Wright's thin line, and reinforced their attacking party with negro troops to hold it. General Lee was on the field and or dered Lane's brigade, under Barbour, to the retaking of the work, which was done handsomely.- , (TO BE CONTINUED.) The Pattersocu Manufacturing Com pany at China Grow has declared their usual semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent. THE MYSTERY OF THE WRECK ' WAS THE-0ERA1LMENT OF THE TRAIN AT HOPE MILLS PREMEDITATED The Culprit Was Ermstu Tart, a Youth From Harnett County-ISuuior That He Intended to Commit Suicide R ward of SOO for II! Capture En gineer MoGowoa Dies of III Injnrleo The Fayettevllle correspondent of The Messenger, under date of yester day, writes concerning the wilful wrecking of train No. TS on the Atlan tic Coast Line, at Hope Mills, seven miles from Fayettevllle, about noon on the 10th instant. "There are elements in the story of the wreck on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad last Saturday which may de velop into a sensation. "Of the Identity of the man who fas tened thespike on the track there seems to be no doubt. His name is Erastus Tart, whose home is In Har nett county, and who went to Hope Mills only about two weeks ago, tak ing board with a roan named Lovett Tart, for whom the persistent hunt is still going on, is IS or 19 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches in height, weighs from 160 to 170 pounds, has smooth face, with light hair and blue eyes, and, at the time of the disaster, wore a dark suit and a slouch hat. crushed in at the crown. A reward of $250 has been of fered for his apprehension. "It is a notable fact that hardly any where on the line would a spot have been chosen where an obstruction on the track would so inevitably cause an accident a sharp curve with a steep opposing embankment. "This morning a police officer of this city, noted for his shrewdness and de tective faculties, expressed to The Mes senger correspondent the opinion that Tart went to Hope Mills with the plan already matured for the act, and that when he is captured the implication of others will follow. "A story is current that Tart tied the the spike to the rail, in order to ascer tain, as he declared, whether or not It would be broken by the wheels, and that when the awful consequence of his act were flashed on his eyes. h rushed to the woods, declaring that he would kill himself. "The wreck was a great, inextricable mass of ruin locomotive and mail and baggage cars, piled one upon another and thrown bodily across the track. With two wreck removing trains and all the appliances for work provided by this splendid railway system, the line was net cleared for travel until after 4 o'clock yesterday morning. "There were about sixty passengers on the wrecked train of whom Itev. S. J. Porter, pastor of the First Baptist church, Mr. J. A. Oates, Jr:, editor of the North Carolina Baptist, Miss Iiren nerman, the elocutionist, and Hon. George M. Rose, were of this city. Mr. Rose had his back severely wrenched. "At 3 o'clock yesterday (Sunday) morning, despite the care and skill of Dr. Nixon, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company's surgeon, and other physicians, Engineer Frank McGowan, died of his injuries at Taylor's Atlan tic hotel on upper Hay street. At 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon his re mains were conveyed to his home in Florence, with a detachment of his brother engineers acting as honorary and active pallbearers. He was well Known ana mucn HKe nere, aim nis death is deeply deplored. Postal Agent l1" "u "efw ly hurt, but will recover. FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS RE WARD. ilr. John R. Kenly, general manager of the Aatlantic Coast Line re turned to Wilmington last night, by way of Rocky Mount. from Fayetteville and Hope Mills where he went on a special baturday afternoon to investigate the wrecking of train No. 78. He says there is pos itive proof that Erastus Tart wrecked the train. His home is about seven miles from Dunn, in Harnett county, and he had been at Hope Mills only two weeks. He had been working in the cotton mills there, and was board ing with George Lovett, a white man who lives in sight of the scene or tne wreck. He tied a spike on the rail with a red bandana handkerchief, and stood by and waited until the train was hurl ed to destruction. After the wreck, he told Mr. Lovett that he had tied the spike in the track and then took to the woods. The bloodhounds whicn Sheriff George A. Burns, of Fayette ville, carried to the wreck on Saturday afternoon to trail the villain, failed to get the scent, as so many people had been on the grounds that It was impossible to get on the proper trail. Mr. Kenly stated to a Messenger re- porter last night that the Coast Line offers $500 reward for the guilty party -with proof to convict, and that he is confident that he will be overhauled and be in the ciuthches of the law in a few days. Detectives and other par ties are after him, and the large reward will make his capture pretty certain. It is presumed that the $250 reward mentioned by our Fayettevllle corre spondent is offered by Cumberland I county. I Engineer McGowan, who lost his life I in the wreck, leaves a wife and aov al children. His death makes out a I case of murder against the party who I caused the wreck. We learn from Fay- etteville that the people are so wrought up over the tragedy that the sheriff would he spared the Job of hanging the conscienceless villain that commit ted the deed. It Is stated that Tart said he did not intend to wreck the train but that he put the spike on the fail to see how flat it would be mash ed. Brocklngton, the negro fireman, re- j ceived a broken leg and scalp wounds, but he will recover. It was the inten tion yesterday to send him to his home ant Florence. Mail Agent Craft re ceived a scalp wound but he Is not seriously hurt. He was able to go on to his home at Washington. D. C. The damage by the wreck is estimat ed at from $10,000 to $12,000. The de bris was cleared in time for the vesti- 1 bule train bound south to pass Sunday imorning so tnat it was oniy nece8sr to send the northbound vestibule ty Wilmington on Saturday night. Aa previously mentioned, it passed hero at 10:50 o'clock that night- Th Price of Cotton Advanoe The price of cottxra seems to be tend ing upwards again on account of thr killing frosts throughout the cotton re gion as far as Mississippi and Texas. The Wilmington market closed - firm, yesterday afoernoon at 9 cents for middling against 74 cents the corre sponding day last season. The New York market dosed firm at 9 13-1 cents. Tire receipts at the port of Wilming ton yesterday wene 1,366 bales against 2.539 bales the corresponding day in November last year. A SHOOTING JlFJTRAT Two Necro Freight Hands Have Pistol Dnel at the A. C. L. Yards Anderson Jacobs Shoot Solomon Lowrey In the Lo. Yesterday afternoon Solomon Lowrey and Anderstm Jacobs had a shooting scrape In the Atlantic tt Ltoe freight yards where both aJ? employ ed. They popped away -with their pis tols, and made the by-tandera hunt the corner. The result of the duel was that Iaw- rey got a bullet in the left thlglu It lodged but was subsequently extracted by Dr. X. W. BulIucJc, the Atlantic Coast Line surgieon, Lowry was arret ed and taken to the guard house. whene he is held a prisoner. Jacobs, as soon as he downed his man, fled, but last night at 9:30 o'clock Sergeant N. J. Williamss of the police rorce. captured: him In a shanty car near the old mVn depot. He waa taken to the guard houe? and locked up. It appears that Jacobs shot in. de- jfence, as Lowry flnt-d two or three shots at him before he could git his gun in action, llad blood existed br. twwn them, but they couid not tvil what was the cau of trn-ir determi nation to kill tvich other. Evidently they had gone to work prepared for each other. Mayor Waddell will investigate case ths morning. Funeral of Mr. E. C. Warrea The funeral of the larm-nted Mr. E '- ward C. Warren, who dpart-d tl.ts life at 7:23 p, m. m Saturday. U ,k place yesterday at Ithe resridftfice of It ' " J .w t vv J c& W 1 V a 5TE " mother. Mrs. E. Warren. 113'- Market street. The cervices were conducted by the Rev. J. N. Cole, pastor f Grrw M .E. church, of which the kcaMrl was a member, and therv was In at tendance a large number of friends and acquaintances, including the mem bers of Jefferson Ltnlge, K. of P.. of which Mr. Warren had ben ehameUr commander sevwal terms ago. .Vfter the solemn services the remains wsre borne to the steamer Wilmington, the pallbearers being Messrs. It .S. Collins. F. C. Craft. M. D. MIntz. C. W. Yat, Jr.. W. A. Whitney and Fitzhugh !ib- son. Jefferson Lodge. In a lody, eso kit ed the remains of the deceased brother to the steamer which left at 9:43 a. m. for SouthporL At South port the remains wttv laid away In the cemetery, the I lev. Mr. Bailey, pastor of Trinity churvh. of South port, officiating. The concluding ceremonies were according n th sol emn and impressive ritual of the Knights of IVthias. Afur tl Inter ment, many beautiful floral tributes were laid upon grave. After the steamer arriwd at South- port, Messrs. Ike Davis and ,HoyU Dosher, of that place, also acted a pallbearers. Ladlt Can YVeur Shoes. One size smaller after using Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to ti shaken In to the shoes. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy: gives instant reli-f to corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Cares and prevents swollen feet, blisters, callous and sore spots. Alien's Foot-Ease Is a certain cure for sweating, hot, aching. feet. At ail druggists and shoe rtorea. 25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Ad iress. Allen S. Olmsted. Le Roy, N.Y. Removal of te Western Union Offloo .The removal of the office of the Wes tern Union telegraph company which has been in process for several days from its old location at Hi Princess street to its elegant quarters in the new Elk a building, will be about com pleted today. At any rate the manager Mr. Joha Frank, his clerical force, and the corpH of telegraphers will be transferred from the old office to the new one to day at noon. Business for the Western Union must, therefore, be taken to the new office ofter 12 m. Republicans Giro Up Kentucky Louisville, Ky., November 12. After a meeting or the republican campaign committee, Charman Leslie Combs to day gave out a statement in which, after reiterating his charges of whole sale frauds on the part of ' the demo crats and said: "There will be no contest over the gubernatorial vote. There is no tribu nal to which we can appeal with any hope of an impartial hearing. "It Is not within the province of tr committee to decide for the party congressional candidates what is vlsable with regard to the contest the electoral vote or congress seats." Death of Henry VI Hard. New York. November 12. fVillard, the railroad magnate or !r-nry ctl nnan. Aibnc? at A w--k and since cier, died at his summer re Dobbs Ferry early today, ago he caught a heavy col then his condition had bee growing worse. Two ph been with him constantl' past. c gradually ysldans :ad for a r.o-k Mr. Villard. when he rounded by. the memb lv. including- Mrs. Vil! dSerf. was sur x if his fami- sons. Oswald and Ha rI and h!. two had been unoonscfou -ro? Villard. He His deaith. it 4s ea' for two day, cancer of the throa r was caus -I by take place Wedner -t. The funeral will day. Heavy F Houston, Tc-f h-eavy frost is i rotIn Toxasv as. November 12. A rn boraer or eported from the north Texas deep int south has cut short the cotton J? in the fields. 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