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VOL. XLIY. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1887. NO. 6. 1
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p. THE RUSSIAN DOCTOR.
Entertaining- and Romantic Story
from Real Life.
from Tiir; Gskkas of Mmt,
ELXSE POEK.E.]
BY MRS. FRANCES A. SI I AW.
Translation Copyritfdf'l, /v>7, by A. X. Kellogg
SexctpapT Company.
CHAPTER I.
: IE modest dwel^*
si an Doctor," was
so densely e m $
bowered in cyr
C '* press and wild
x grape vines that
one could scarce iiave found the doorknob
but for its brightness from constant
scouring. A large," old-fashioned
. arden, in which both flowers
Bk and "Weeds were allowed tr> ffimv nr
their own sweet will, stretehed far behind
the house, and ended in a forest
of beeches, a path through which led
to a dilapidated rustic temple on the
"brow of a hill. This temple, which occupied
an open space, was Hanked by a
weather-beaten stone table, surrounded
by wooden benches, and had, evident
ly, been reared by some lover of nature.
But the death or absence of its
owner had allowed the place to fall
into decay, and no one in the little
tow had cared to expend time or
v for its restoration.
. Arnim Elbthal-had won great re?.n
and an extended practice in that
distant Russian city. Wonderful stories
JUP were told of his skill, which had, in
deed, been phenomenal. These stories
the Russian servant. Ivan, whom lie
had brought home with him, endeav
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resorting to expressive pantomime when
words failed him. According to Ivan,
his master had cut oil' innumerable
noses and ears, to say nothing of arms
and legs, and no one had ever felt pain
under his knife. Incredible things in
glass jars adorned his slecping-cham"hpr
Tnr?>p Tvrm cvpit mm-nino*
with reverential awe and not without
> a secret longing for the spirits in which
& they were preserved. The doctor somctimes
wondered that the spirits in
* these jars had so often to be renewed,
th:tt his store of Turkish tobacco
^sappeared in such incredible ways,
an tnouc ^l0 other servants smoked, :
. ~ tll<* < I fr. c-' 1 + K rs
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the sole t 11 "*ust have been j
che^softeTS?CSrr- In sPite of
excellent tc,o;Kco ho an(* "n ?^or ?*
the-doctor contented hini-ck' with an j
occasional scolding. Unable to speak
Russian, although he both read and
wrote the language, he had been
obliged to make out a list of reproving
words from the dictionary. This list,
which began with "rebel" and ended
with "dog," he would read from his
easy-chair with great solemnity; the
delinquent standing before him and
listening with an air of utter annihilation,
until, at the last word, he would
*. kiss the seam of his master's coat, and
? slip like a guilty thing over the thresh
ViU.
Fraulein Marianne, the doctors
cousin and housekeeper, had often insisted
on the dismissal of this "sav;
age;" but Ivan was to the doctor a living
reminiscence of a strange, active
^ life on a foreign soil. He hud
thought to remain in Hasan to the end,
but the inheritance of a small fortune
through the death of a distant relative
he had scarce known awakened in him
a sudden homesickness for Germany,
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and for the secluded little town afar
* from railways, where his cradle had
" ** stood, ?nd which in an age of restless
activity, still dreamed on as it had
dreamed on for hundreds of years.
, f Having purchased, this vine-wreathed
} house "which, during all those years in a
foreign land, had stood before him
~ a sort of enchanted vision, he s.nnv
- moned his orphaned cousin Marianne,
a model housewife, as his minister of
1 the interior. Marianne indeed sighed
1 mentally that her cousin had chosen
for a home his native town rather than
i some great capital, with its constant
t suc"r'S$ion of new faces and amuset
jne- s. But yet the idea of reigning
S " " istress 01 a nousenoio. appeared
;uitifui and enticing that she
_ : have followed the doctor to the
. .u> of the earth. She had always
/liked him: she felt great respect for
pt-T: / him: his only fault in her eyes was an
/ ooen aversion to marriage. A phvsieian
"who remained single was, to say the
^ ' Jeast, trnwise. Avnim would ward of!
her frequent- reproaches on this score
r by declaring that the unmarried
physician, like the Catholic priest, is
? much more efficient than the married
. one, being wholly devoted to iil=> callm
ing without the distraction of outside
interest s.
Pt " Only those undeterred by thought
of wife or familv sacrifice themselves
cheerfully, if it comes to that," he said.
* "My patients can attest that I am not
^ of a heart. Hitherto I have
| had no time for iCTf 1^ua*:
^ now it is too late. Why need 1 man?
nviieu bauds like yours keep my house
r in order and Ivan serves un< so faithfully?
Why seek to realize personally
those torments wmc-n me poets tens us
are inseparable from love, when 1 havo
seen antl still see so much of pain and
^ sorrow in the lives of others?*'
In that foreign land our Russian
^ <wt.nr had won the name of "father"'
F by ardent devotion to his calling. The
ailments of cliildren had been his es?
pecial care. In that somber university
city, there was scarce a boy or girl of
the poorer classes who did not know
him, did not run after him as he passed
along the streets and press its dirty
? nose to the lappel of his coat Many a
( beautiful pair of woman's eyes also followed
the manly figure with the
thoughtful, noble face. Many a rosy
? mouth smiled upon him, many a fascinating
lady teacher offered to assist him
rin mastering that extremely ditnculi
foreign idiom. But all these enticements
were lost upon the doctor; he
d no time for them.
/
J
i And, besides, there -was one living
j remembrance that,like a pastel picture
undiramed by time, rose constantly
| before him. Waking and dreaming
there was ever present to him the face
of a young girl wholly unlike these
: dark-eyed foreign beauties?a pale, ali
most childish face with piquant nose,
! lustrous blue eves, liirht-brown hair?a
; delicate, petite figure with charming
j hands and feet, and a joyous, musical
: voice.
This fair maiden who had thus capt;
ured the fancy of a somewhat grave,
! bookish student, was the only child of
: a French emigrant, a widower, who
i lived proudly isolated in the vine
w reauieu. nouse, iuuumhi^ i:ie euui.i*
1 tion of his daughter to an elderlv
o ;
French governess. The garden Avail
; had then, as now, an artistically!
wrought latticed sate on the forest,
n O
I side. In the line season, Arnirn, who
! loved to study in the open air, would
j take his Greek and Latin books to the
j forest, where he was sure to meet a
! child-like figure in a white dress with
i rich embroideries and dainty ribbons,
; skipping up and down the broad, peb
i !>led path. To the amazement of our
j student, she always wore loose, light:
colored kid gloves. Sometimes she
i stood close to the gate, her graceful
' head pressed against the cold iron bars
j ?the broad-brimmed hat hanging from
j her neck by its blue ribbon, while the
' eyes thai gazed wistfully into the deepI
green of the forest mayhap caught a
j glimpse of the student who walked liesI
itatingly past, and sometimes let a book
fall to impede his progress.
This blonde child was quite unlike
other young girls of the little town?
the sisters of his scliool-fellows. She
did ;jot at ali resemble the burgomaster's
daughter, who was considered a
model of good breeding and fine manners.
To Arnim she seemed coarse beside
this stranger, v.-ho had about her
something of the libellula, something
j of the airy grace of that shimmeringwinged
creature, destined to flit about
for one brief summer's day, and then
die.
The foreign maiden sometimes ap
reared 011 the nromenade?.1 somber !
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walk shaded by lindens, which surrounded
the little town?but never
without her governess, a severe-looking:,
fantastically-dressed and elderly
Frenchwoman. Xow and then she
j would hang upon the arm of her father,
; and both would be chatting merrily.
But this seldom happened, as the Marquis
traveled back and forth a great
| deal, passing but little tin e at home,
i . Once upon a spring <-\;;y, when the
| bird-songs enlivened,'the forest, as Ar!
nim passed alon^-the wonted path, a
great leather Ij^il flew over the gate
and hit him in/faie right eye. A sudden
cry of paiiVescaped him, his book fell
tO. I' i I ijlPlilli i 11 HXMHI 1
ed, he grasped :;fter the nearest tree,
i The key turned hastily, tke gate
i creaked on its hinges, and an excited
figure in white appeared before him.
Soft little hands sought with gentle
force to withdraw his own hand from
his eyes, and a sweet voice spoke consoling
words in French?then to Arnim
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THEIIi FIKST ACyUAIMAJNXJS.
He set his teeth?this young girl
must not know how fie suffered. And
yet he was helpless, for he could cot
open his eyes. Angry at this helplessness,
he thrust back the little hands
now gloveless, and turned away. But
they would not be shaken ofi". Once
more they were extended, and the voice
took on a pleading accent. Little as
he knew of French, Arnim was aware
that the girl was begging his forgiveness,
and wanted to take him to the
fountain in the mids* of the garden. |
His ieet still resisted, but his head and
heart were already ou the way, along
which he at length suffered himself to
be led. |
Soon he telt over his inflamed eye a
moist perfumed handkerchief. The pain
abated, the well eye slowly opened and ;
gazed into the lovely face that, flushed
with mingled archness and anxiety,
bent toward him. "Merci bicn made*
' moisclle," he said, heroically recalling
one of his few French phrases.
^Hortense!"' cried a sharp woman's
voice. The girl's small hands tore a
web of lace from her neck, laid it over
tlic handkerchief and knotted it around
the young student's soft blonde hair.
Then hurriedly slipping on her gloves
she showed her patient out through the
gate. As she did so, his ear caught
treating whispers of which he understood
only "A domain. An revoir
11 He again sought his wonted place in
,, , * " ? liimaftlf ljlion the i
the forest, anu . ... . .
grass. But though he lay there for a
long time he did not study one word?
".4 demain?au revoirkept echoing
in ins ear.
Upon reaching home he hunted up a
French grammar and a French-andGerman
phrase-book hidden away in
the depths of the family library. Tomorrow
he would return the handkerchi'f
v.iih thanks, and assure the
thrower of the ball that his eye no
longer pained him. But he felt that it
would be easier to commit a Latin exercise
than these French phrases.
His swollen eye did not- escape his
mother's notice, but the limb of a tree
was made answerable lor tnc lime
French girl's awkwardness. He locked
the two handkerchiefs in his desk to
take them out late at night and unfold
them. In one corner of the pocket
handkerchief he discovered the initial
H. with a coronet- above it. Could
this other dainty thing, with its delii
eate perfume, be any protection
against -wind and weather? What useI
r.
less triiles these spoiled girls must have
to wear, and this was a Parisian
i through and through! German women
were so different. What, indeed,
could a manly man do with a doll who
carried such handkerchiefs, wound such
spiders' webs about her neck and wore
gloves in the garden? What would his
mother, who only on Sundays allowed
herself the luxury of white undersleeves,
and was by no means lavish in
collars and handkerchiefs for
her husband and son?what would
she say about the always fresh
white gowns of ib:s young French
woman? Terrible memories of the
Revolution and of .Napoleon's wars
had taught her to hate the French, and
she was displeased to learn that her
son even knew these foreigners.
This night Arnim dreamed of gigantic
balls llvinsr through the air. They
all hit him. Handkerchief after
handkerchief was wound around
his head, and two soft little hands
were laid upon his heart, while a
sweet voice asked: "Have I really hurt
you?"
The next day Arnim had many lessons
to recite at the gymnasium, but
his memory was not as usual at command.
At the appointed time he
found himself on the familiar path. As
he passed the latticed gate his heart
beat violently. From beneath the lowdrawn
vision of his cap he gazed
stealthily into the garden. Suddenly
he discerned a white sliimmer. The
gloveless hand of Hortense waved him
a greeting through the lattice-work of
the gate.
' O, sir, you came at last," she said,
in French. "How is it with you?"
As a polite young man, he was obliged
to step forward, to take off his cap,
show the eye which meantime had assumed
all possible colors, and say assuringly
the words he had a thousand
f?rr?r*c rv*hvcrxl nrnp. fMrf.P.
lien, mademoiselle.''' Then taking the
handkerchief with the coronet from its
paper "wrappings, with a "thank you
very much," he handed it to its owner.
Where was the other? Hortense did
not ask, but still chatting and laughing
merrily, she opened the gate and
came to him. Arnim listened in silence
as the rippling rivulet of her speech
flowed gayiy on, while the rosebud
mouth was wreathed in smiles and the
2Tes glowed like sunbeams.
"0, how I love the forest!" she cried,
in ecstasy. The trees murmured softly
above those two young heads, and with
happy hearts they paced slowly up and
down the path.
Young violets in charming profusion
nestled amid the grass. Arnim would
gladly have plucked a bunch of them
for his lovely companion, vut he could
, recall only their Latin ;me, Viola
odorata, and he forebore. He told her
njf ypll ns hp-vv.^s
i but very lilii^^rreneu, and
laughing, that she knew no Germm!^
Then she asked him to give her German
lessons, assuring him that her
father would not object. She next inquired
as to his name, his home,whether
he had parents and brothers and sis|
ters. When he had answered she said,
saclly: "I have no mother, no brothers
or sisters." Then she begged him not
to be afraid of Mile. Fifine,
her governess, assuring him that she
was not so cross as she looked.
"Is it she who always makes you
wear gloves?" he asked.
She laughed and nodded.
"But I do love to take t'^em off,"
she said, suiting the action to the
word. "Here they are. Please keep
them awhile for me."
He put the gloves in his breast
pocket.
"And yet I would not like to have
bruwn or red hands like so many of
your German girls," she added. "That
is so ugly?uglier even than gloves."
So they walked up and down or stood
side by side at the gate, until Mile.
Ifinne's call separated them.
This day, also, our student learned
little from his books, although his eye
was now well.
In response to a courteous note from
the Marquis, he ere long found himseli
duly installed as German teacher to
Hortense. The Marquis also paid his
parents a visit, charming both with his
elegant manners and the prospect oi
an engagement for their son. although
the mother shook her head ominously
and talked more than ever of the dire
events of the French campaign of 1812.
The German lessons were not given
in the usual formal manner. Teacher
and pupil wandered out into the gar*
den, and seated themselves comforta?
bly in the r>rbor or by the fountain.
Sometimes when Mile. Filine was in
good humor, she accompanied them to
the forest, to the meadow or to the
temple on the hilltop. Arnim soon got
over his fear of the morose old French
governess, who every day cursed the
lot that forced her to remain far from
la belle France in this stupid Germany.
She scorned the young German in no
friendly way through her. eye-giass,
and honored him with but little of her
conversation. But she left the "two
children*' to their fate, as she sat a little
distance away absorbed in the fictitious
destiny of the hero and heroine
nf snmp rnmnnfte.
None questioned which learned most
of the foreign language, Arnim or
Hortense, but both found the alloted
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raained longer and longer, not leaving
until Mile. Fifine, from the depths ol
her novel, gave the signal for departure.
They belonged to the laughing
spring and to the season of roses, these
two youthful creatures. How musical
- 1 rtlnor lanrrTi
rose null 1CI1 iJL'Ji UCI13C O
amid this merry twitter of birds! How
dr.Vil -\\ ore her German words and
phrases, and how awkward from Arnim's
tongue came the dear, familiar
French sounds! Both socn learned to
| laugh heartily over their mutual blun1
Sometimes the lively child would
spring up, shake back her golden-:
brown curis and run away. It was
then the preceptor's manifest duty to
bring back the refractory pupil. "While
within range of Mile. Fifine's eyes,
with the grave, slow dignity of a teacher?then
in the full eagerness of youth
they would play hide and seek like
two meiTy children, until Fifine's grim
tigure loomed up near by, and her?
\?
' Enough of this nonsense1'?recalled
them to their tasks. Then they would
again sit opposite each other, Hortense
repeating while the dimples in her
cheeks deepened into an arch smile"lchliabc,
da hast, cr hat" etc.
?i4- j r\ i ?rl ivmf o-n/3 cilnnl &V\
xj u l> x ^ ii v, V* * <(jsu ci/aav* .jixwxAw nuvw
her teacher re:td aloud some German
poem. "That is music," she would
say. '"I feel the meaning of the words
if I do not understand them."
He never wearied of reading to her
from Eichendorf, his favorite poet.
These lines impressed her as so beautiful
that she begged him to copy them
for her in French characters so that she
might learn them by heart:
" I hear a brooklet murmur,
Now far. now near, it seems;
Through the forest at its murmur
1 pass on as in dreams.
" The nightingales trill softly
In the silent, leafy ways;
And the burden of their singing
Is the lovely olden days.
41 Beneath the moonbeam's shimmer
It seems so fair, so near,
That castle in the valley
That lies so far from here.
" As if within that garden
Of roses v.*hite and red,
5>nc stu: ior me were waiting?
My darling, long years dead."
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THE READING.
Once?summer was already passing
with light footsteps through the land?
wlion Avnim -it Viic nnnil'a rpnnp^fc
had recited these dreamy verses, Hortense
rose suddenly, and with feverish
haste plucked a nosegay from the red
roses and white lilies, which bloomed
in wild luxuriance in the garden, and
laid it on the table before him. He
carried it in his hand as he went home,
delighting in its beauty and fragrance.
What a dear, kind-hearted creature she
was, this little girl! Even his mother,
spite of those reminiscences of 1812,
could but love her.
The next noon when Arnim returned
from the gymnasium, he found a letter
from the Marquis. It contained a check
and some obligatory words of courtesy,
expressing much regret that the lessons
must be discontinued for a season,
as his daughter was about to visit Paris.
Arnim persuaded himself that a brief
pause ii^ tin- V'ssop- >?<????
I him,?;:* 'us examinations were
It i , , t hand. He also decided that he
I make no attempt to bid Hortense
fu^*ell, that in his visits to the forest
he would choose a path not leading by
the latticed gate.
If the roses and lilies in that glass of
water had only been less enchanting in
their perfume as he came to this conelusion!
He was about to throw them
out of the window: but why make the
poor flowers answer for reminding him
of the garden where they grew?
He kept his resolution until evening,
then he wandered again along the dear
old path, past the garden gate. He
wanted to say to his pupil that in her 1
absence he should no longer pass this j
way. To let her go without one parting
word would be discourtesy. But
no shimmering white dress greeted
him: all was silent and empty. The
window of the chamber looking on the
garden was lighted; he saw figures
moving to and fro. and heard Fifine's
sliarp voice. He lingered long, awaiting
the silvery laugh of Hortense?she
laughed so often and so merrily when
lie was near! i5iu 10-nignt n sne
laughed it was not aloud, and he slowly j
returned home.
The next evening just as he was setting
out for the forest, an unknown j
lad appeared bringing him a note with
a perfume of violets. "From the |
Freneh young lady," the boy said. J
"No answer required."
With a strange feeling of approhension
he broke the seal. Awkward German
characters confronted him. He
read:
"Dear Teacher: My aunt, the Marquise
Duvois, has come, and will take mc with her to,
Paris. She is the mother ot my cousin Ren'fc
?vl-svvm nor\n orwl CflT' t rim fiTlf. fl.'iV trt
marry. I do not know whether we shall return |
here." I have wept very much at the t hought, ot j
leaving. It we do*return, I shall at once resume j
my lessons with you. They have been so beau- j
tiful and so jolly! I shall never forget you? j
never! Au recoir. Please remember your
sad, _ Hobxbssb."
[to he continted.*1
1 HE CA \ADI A.VF I ^ H E HI E S.
The Coming Aegctlaiiong Between Enalcpd
n nd This "Country.
Washington, August 31.?The Department
of State has cot yet been officially advised
of Mr. Chamberlain's appointment as
president of the Royal Commission charged
with the dr,*y of ejecting a settlement of
the questions at issue between the United
States and Great Britain concerning the
iiaheries. While this government h:is oot
yet selected the persons who will be enwith
the fonrlnrt. of the ncjroti.-itions i
in iis interest, yet little difficulty is expected
to be met in finding men whose breadth of
YiVnv and legal acumen will ensure a proper
presentation of the interests of the United
an agreement honorable in t-;r?s
and satisfactory to ihe wJ;ole oOuntry.
Secretary Bayard will make it a point
that on the questions at issue our representatives
shall present an undivided front.
He believes that there can be no <?.0'jV;t as
to the Dower of the President to "appoint
the Arnoriean Commissioners, as he is'con- j
slitiitionr.li}' authorized to initiate negotia-!
tions and make treaties with foreign countries.
subject to ratifies J io?. ;i?e senate.
The evr.ct- functions of the Commission
have not been defined. Generally it will
consider all of the questions now it isa^v
between the I"nit^r itaios and Canada
arming from the conflicting claims of the
two countries respecting the fisheries, but
whether the result of "the ^e^otiavions, if
successful, will be a new treaty or an amicable
agreement under the treaty now oper
ative cannot at present be predicted, 'jfbe
negotiations with Great Briuuu have, however,
no?v reached such a phase that Secre
tary Bayard is enroll raged in the belief
that a final adjustment Of **? questions
which, have vex^i t'ue two nations since the
expiration of the treaty of Washington is
near at hand.
Don't disgust everybody by hawking,
blowing and spitting, but use Dr. Sage's
, Catarrh Remedy and be cured.
CAPTURING DESERTERS.
METHODS OF BECAPTUKS DUKINO
TKK WAR.
A Conscript in Fenir.lo Attire--Watching ::
House for Several l>ays--Th?
Jiays of tile 1??-O<illoii?.V
Struggle.
In the glimmer of 186-1 Wirt Adams's
cavalry, after an arduous campaign,
rested to recruit men and horses in
Shepherd's old fields in Copiah county,
Mississippi. Food and forage wove
abundant; the horses grew fat, and the
i lazy life soon wearied the ioen, whose
home was in the saddle, 'lime dragged,
but Sergeant Heaths old Creeper creator,
a diversion, one morning, by stampeditrg"
the brigade horses, whicii v-c-re >-IJcose
at grass. Creeper knew a thing c'r
two, and counted on fan. when he laid
his plans. Working around the two
thousand grazing horses, until all were
between himself and tbs camp in the
woods, the old horse, whose wisdom was
known and acknowledged throughout
the brigade, took his bland and surveyed
i-ke ground. With a wild snort and a
ringing neigh he sprang into the herd.
What he intended to convoy to the nn
derstanding of his fellows I cannot say,
but a panic seemed to seize each separate
beast, and with thundering hoofs they
bore down upon the camp. Then was
there "mounting in lict haste" the
friendly trees beDeath whose shelter we
bivouacked. Mad, blind with an unnamed
terror, and turning not aside,
like an avalanche the flying squadron
swept through the camp. With the
streaming mane and tail, head on high,
acd flashing eyes, that old demon Creeper
led his frightened hosts. It was plain
to see that he gloried in the mischief he
had wrought.
ATTACKING THJS CAVALRY.
The omip monotony was broken at
last when the outlying scouts reported
the ac ranee oi' a Federal incursion from
Bruin sburg, on the Mississippi river.
This force of white and nt gro troops,
composed of infantry, cavalry, and field
artillery, and amounting in all to about
3,200 me:, had been landed from transports
on the river, presumably for the
purpose of surprising and capturing our
force at Shepherd's old fields. Timelv
warning enabled General Adams to meet
them more than half way. Eleven miles
south of Port Gibson is Coleman's lane,
in the county of Jefferson, and here the
advance parties of the hostile forces met.
Hot skirmishing and an exchange of
shells from the held batteries on either
side opened the engagement. Here a
carious, and perhaps unique, casualty
occurred. Our cavalry was demounting,
preparatory to an advance on foot.
An officer was seated on the ton rail of a
fence bordering the road. A shell from
the enemy struck the rail at one end
without exploding. The rough rail was
driven "with tremendous force from iuidtft
tire otKeoT, Ic-avtcg a. {rmit splinter
fcjdYee of four feet long, auu ol the tliicL.ness
of two lingers, transfixing the unhappy
man's tuighs and projecting a
foot "or more beyond caeh hip. The
man swore with rage and pain, repelling
all approaches on the part of friends,
until Dr. Martin coming up forcibly
broke off one projection of the tough
oak and drew out the remainder from
the other side. The wounds healed and
the captain soon resumed his duties, but
he heard not the last jibe on that "cross
! buttock" thrust until lie met a soldier's
j death in the closing days of the struggle.
DRIVING THE FEDEHAI.S BACK.
The enemy had posted himself in and
about Coleman's dwelling, barns and
outbuildings. Here we assaulted him
| and drove him out and back after a short
i resistance. The Federal force greatly
| outnumbered ours, but would assuredly
have been captured had the white contingent
been as easily dtmorahzed as
were the negro soldiers. Time after
time these men, composing the rear
guard as the Federal commander drew
?! ?vl
U1L 1113 AUlUCOj \>C1C tiliU HUIa^L J
helter-skelter upon the main body, and I
only the stubborn fighting of the white !
troops enabled any portion of the com-!
maud to escape. Darkness fell vrbile we j
still pursued them, and iLe "chase was j
not given over until near midnijhf; j
when exhaustion compelled a halt, itej- j
break found the enemy on board his I
transpoits, and the fleet steamed away!
for Natchez. I have often thought that j
had the Federal force been skillfully:
commanded on this occasion General j
Adams would have found that this ^ttacil '
was a rash venture. HaJ his force been :
o rVnrri 1 i? rc.'dv nfit. ft Vilrxi WArlrl li'iVi. !
U V* VAMV VWlvy ?T V UU | V '
escaped. To the best of my knowledge j
the Confederate force did not exceed ;
four hundred men, while I am surs T 1
saw three times that number of the!
enemy. They i^d also the advantage
of a s;rong position of their own seleci
tion, taken &s soon as made aware of
I our approach. Our first rash, however,1
drove them from it, and th^r officers i
| found it impossible fully to rail? U!
negro troo^. They w;,!;! oeand"when
' ~C paused, br* ?^cii succeeding onset j
| speedily broke their ranks. Their fire
[ Was very high. Far above our head? j
j minie bullets sang an au^ry cl*wi-us," and i
j our loss v.as tricing. Atfintervals, when j
; crossing eminence, a roan -would iail
! in darkness. Andrew Battle, a rugged i
Irishman, went back for a horse to carry j
off the boo v of Ed Sueduskie, a mess- i
mate. "Whom have you there?" he was j
asked i'rom a .wnk on the roadside, j
"Poor Ed Snednskie, as dead as h !'" |
he answered. "That's a lie, Battle!" !
replied his ouestioner. who was none I
other than fcueduskie himself. Down j
went the unknown dead upon the |
giounj, and Battle, with an oath strong-;
ly suggestive ox disgust, resumed his!
place among the pursuers, 4 y?"ES I
cavalryman, intent upon glory, went, j
contrary t?. orders, mounted into the \
action,' Soon he was seen on foot rush-1
ing to the rear. "Hello, Jones, where i
I now?" "My hone was shot from un^er
me and I am going ior another."
Again he ?;cu to the rear and again repvrw
his "horse killed. Five separate
times that day and night his horse v;zz
j "shot through and through." Next day
all five of those unfortunate animals were
! tin scratched, peacefully grazing i
! ' ' XV - 1- TTT -11 ?! 4.1. ?
among ice fiam. vv eu, weu, iwi- .?uci j
I was scarcely morn tl>?a a boy and!
: donbtl^c 1?& cent home his thrilling bol-j
j ietiii, and mother and sisters gloried in ;
i his dashing courage ar.d marveled at his :
wondro eioapes. Poor felloe! he had S
iiis weaknesses, but he had his "virtues
2Jid his friends.
HO'-riXO THE IDESERTElfcj,
Among the Southern solders' duties,
one of the least important toward the
close of war? was that of bringing in
from the hills and forests and habits r
tiorxs in the wilderness deserters from
thi armies and slippery conscripts who
sought to evade the service. The cavalryman's
son! delighted in this work for
awhile. A detail for such an expedition
meant relaxation from the discipline oi'
the camp, exemption from the hardships
!'
1 of the march, and variety in piace oi
irksome routine. There v;s? also a spice
of adventure, lor deserters would >omstimes
ngLt, though fduvkmg was thcii
main point. The 'v/iler was one cj
twenty men, under tt*-> command of a
lieutenant. wS. dari?jr< the early part o:
i$t>i into iicoti and Li'.ke countie?, in
: Alissi>sppi, cu a juau-hunting errand.
Can;-4 vas and our officer was
provided wit-i a formidable list oi those
? - * t. -t. : ji
?0 oe Hi!I U-v.v;.'. u yuiuc iLuiu
a ncigaboni.-g eoiii>ty. v. Lota came v,a<
Pi^no. Ho kui-v the country and he
knew th'i pcop;e. and he went disguised.
His disgui.^-effecta;>I, bat his Dame
must be chained out ei consideration
for the future. From pig to shoat was
an easy transition, though something
. safer might have been iound. Nevertheless,
to nh he wms always Shoat. Ho
served u- fairhfuWy ;:s be had served his
Bute in the il- ! ! bc-.rors being wounded
aud disabled. Hi: w>xe a good guide, and
I i.'.pe his neighbors v.ii! not caJi him tc
account when they read this.
rorxi/ ?J.\DUS THE hZD.
The first house we-visited was vratehed
in vain for several days. Avthtntie information
said there should be iwo deserters
tbereaboi, ;* Two of our party
lay ail idglit under the house listening
to the conversation of the inmates, but
not a word wars dropper? of advantage to
our quest. Openly in daylight the
lir-u&fc was visited and diplomacy used in
Vidn. The women would not be led into
betraying their lords, but received with
keen su-i/c-on and reserve all our advances.
But-rounding and searching the
nou.se iu zue sir.au nours aicer miun;gut
only gave vs our labor for our paios.
Yet tie men were known to be at leas>t
in communication with ihei: homes, and
our orders to take them w-.re imperative.
The visible in mbers of the household
consisted of a bedridden old woman, two
raid die-aged women, and a small army
of white-haired scions A second time
spies were placed under the house, and
about midnight one of thr-m came to the
rendezvous and reported that he and his
companion ha-.! heard whispering overhead,
an.d believed they had detected a
man's voice. At, once the house was
surrounded and :.omittance demanded.
j iucuwx Lilt: \*ULUtil
sullenly di'iaiinded why we continued to
persecute i-j> m. They as^ericd in the
.sfcrongt-.-t it-nun fL:tt tiie whereabouts of
their nusbunds was absolutely unknown
to them, uij< t dee!:'rod that they had not
scon or hear 1 of tiicm for monk s. Disregarding
ail their protestations. ie proceeded
to turn the cabin topsy-turvy.
The scant fjmitnre v.-as move:? and the
loft ransacked in vain. Nothing remained
but the- b?d on which tha heirless
old woman itty. When c.-.lied upon
to rise that it might be overhauled, s>h? j
wept and her daughters remonstrated
violently. They vowed that she cotrd
not get up, and to move h-.r woul kill
her. The lieutenant approached to lift
her, when she sprang at him and at lacked
him viLh the ferocity and celerity of
a tigress. Leaving him to defend bimseli
against her long talonr, we tore!
away t'jc bed clothing, and under the j
boards was revealed a box-like structure j
wherein lav the objects of ^iiL..aaaich. J
'i'iiey were w c>. i, cru-ri-n looUittg !
creatures and euiverec and whihed as vvc
dragged their limp carcases out.
: iioiani; attise.
We watched another house ic.r davs i
t . 'i
ana passea a smaji Eciu :^o v.\.men
cultivated a crop oi corn. The man |
we wanted was not to be seen. The
women gave no indications that they
knew ins nature o.' our errand, but
would talk ar. any tiaie with apparent
i frankness. Tnc wife of the deserter said
that her husband had abandoned her
and that she and bio sister, who lived
with her, had a hard struggle to keep the
wolf froru. the door. We were all but
convinced of this fact, and should have
| been wholly so but for the direct and
ontttontirt r.i'i'ifif.r in rt o lii'l
informed to the contrary. -Finally we !
were compelled to abandon tiiis case |
from sneer lack of any clew to work j
upon, as, in c-pite i.f constant and rigid |
espionage, we made no bear!way and
saw no suggestive action on tLe part of t
the two wmta. The detective instinct }
rauct btc-n utterly lacking in everv j
| meialxv of tLe squad, for we learneci j
sometime after tLut tlie alleged sister inlaw
with whom we had frequently coil- i
versed, a'id whom wo l-.aq. inasy' times
seen at work in tiic* flold, was simply the
deserter hijr.?ei;f. oloilidd in. cue of his
wife:s liOBiespua govus.
A TEIJBI3LE SIGHT.
Another case was that 01 a man who
had no family. He was a shaggy,
bearued giant and owned tv/e oiu negroes,
who guarded Lyji isd the secret
of .'us ?.c.r.nTs wixh a sagacity and fidelity
iuiiiu-iv " iunaaii. xiis was TO j
lie out in the woods, seldom ayprofwh-'
iog the house, ai:<? the segrc servant*
contrived to yro\"i-'C for his daily sustenance
in oi all our efforts to prevent
it. l\ xvould have been ea;-y to
prevent the negroes from going L> iira j
0y placing them in dur^-s, or by removing
them altogether fro? ?Uu-- *Wae.
But this ha-VA d^iV->iied uur ends,
for we kuow ;u.* ho -.v close the hid or
might i>e iyiflg and had no assurance i
itiat we ourselves wpiv not imrtcr i>i-. '
serration, J or the denss voods and
thickets encror-^ju direcfciy r m the
sraa'J g m which the house stood,
iu default oi a better plan we at length
took measures to keen the old servants
under close JurvoiLionee for t*ventv-four
hours uninterruptedly. At break of day
the cabin was entered by two men and
they wt:re given certain instructions and
informed that the slightest violation or
attempted infraction would result in the
immediate death of both. But one was
permitted to pass taie <k>or at it time,
and the dead-iine, "wLiicb. lay near at;
hand. must not be crossed. They were j
cautioned against any signaling andj
assured that au^ti an attempt would be j
promptly punished. 311 n were lying in j
ambush nil around, and at dark our iine !
whs drawn in to closely encircle the j
building. Shortly before midnight a i
stealthy form crept past me in the gloom |
and the was in the toils. SwL'tly j
l.nts'iizg Abound the cordon I notified the J
men that browers hud entered the Louse, f
ar-d we at once to ;k positions at every |
door and windov:. As soon as the lieu
tenant's siip sounded upon the porch j
' be iugiiive leaped from a buck window J
iiiiu ljlil* 11 uu #u?j ui >zi>xgvuui nu^aru. j
The man fov.^hi and bit and swore and I
ye'led iike a demon, but strc iP oi-uis j
bore him dov.'n and strong cords bound i
bio Yv-ri thing lir?bs. .?iis hair and beard
ftr*i l.ovii bis back and breast in rnaiiec; I
u-jtssts, his hands and !' :cz were bhck ;
the aceuruuhiteu gr^e oi months, !
and tho iiuiU oi his lingers resembled
' the long curved Uk?ii> of feome great
| bird of prey. eyes glared iike a mad[
man'*, every straggling motion re|
minded us of those oi a balHed; raging
v> JJU uca-S1.. iui; miiuiv, tvjjv* |
one who witnessed it can never forget it.
A fire in Richmond, Ivy., Thursday, do- j
stroyed Kiggs's livery stable, Arnold's grocery,
Gentry Jc Co.'s hardware, the newop
Jra house. til's produce store, Douglas's
butcher thop, Green's opera house,
the Adams E.\p;iss Company's office. Dinneli
& Co.'s restaurant and Smith <k Bel
ton's shop.
I A GAMBLER'S DREA31.
> i
Tlie N?me of tlie Winainu Horse Kevealed
to Uiiu in Sleep Beforehand.
CFrom 'lie Paul Globe.)
,! A down town pool-room furnishes a
I story, wliiie not romantic, proves that
: dreams, while not infallible, can be
j t urned to good account at times. A
; I prominent St. Anthony hill youth who
. I had been pla-vinar the horses there for
i three weeks with intermittent fortune,
, I was going home a few nights since well
. i under the influence of cocktaiis which
lie had absorbed purely for their
medicinal virtues. He was in that happy
mood when everything out of the ordinary
run of things attracts the eye and
i makes a strong bid for the curiosity of
| the beholder. The young man had felt
! ids way carefully along the sidewalk to
I lV-p hill hn.'irrl iiirb'nrr Dnw'w'o
j wood yard, oil "Wabasha street, when
! though the dim glare of the street lamp
j fhe highly colored lithograph, advertis:L-g
tue play "Hj Geraldhie,:: caught his
eye.
There was something about the blazing
building, the tall man with a twentyinch
dagger in his hand, the I moncolored
locks of the girl floating on the
j night air and the elaborate lettering that
I tickled his curiosity, and leaning up
; against a telegraph pole. he gazed at the
j gaudy bill and read and reread, "My
(leraidine, my Geraldine," and when he
I reached home and had rolled into bed
j he sank to sleep whispering '"My Geral
; In bis dream tliat night he met a
j beautiful girl with divine form and wav|
ir.g hair that had captured the softest
I beams of the midday sun and married
! her. With her personal charms she
brought him great wealth in valuable
city property and bank stock, and her
name was Geraldine. The following
rooming the young man awoke and
i'-ithed his extended mind in ice water
f'.^d went down to breakfast, but he
could not drive the dream from his head
aod as he went down town to his office
I his lips mechanically muttered "Gerai:
.tine, Geraldine."
Ho dropped into the pool-room, as j
! '-vas his custom, and in looking over the j
j i lit o? horses that were to contest in the {
Saratoga races he was staitled when half J
r.-av down the list his eye fell upon the;
name Geraldine. A queer superstition j
crept into his mind and he concluded to i
bet her hard for a winner. The horse i
was not a favorite in the race and the j
crowd eagerly grabbed at the young i
man's offer to play her and gave himI
liberal odds. At last with all his avail- {
able funds placed on the race, he rested j
confident that he would win. Finally in :
deep voiee the pool seller announced ;
I that the horses were off, and the j
i young man calmly waited for the!
j name of the winner tu be giren. He haa
| not long to wait and he showed no signs
oi surprise when the caller sang out:j
"Gcraldine srins the race."
The young: man walked calmly up and j
cashed in his checks, putting SoGO deep i
i-ii:o his trousers pocket as the result oi a ;
r'-jw cocktails and a drop or two oi j
superstition. t
WAK GOVJEKNOii VYiSiX
I rnei Kauiou ? JIUIJ- cr: in. j V. O J
Capitol Statues.
(From the Aaniston Hot Blast.)
It seems a fact that history repeats:
iSself. The phrase, "Let her go, 3a!-!
agher," that has been going the rounds j
lately in the Southern papers, reminds |
ns of an incident that occurred in Wash- j
vngton a good many years age when j
ilon. Henry A. Wise was a member of j
Congress. While engaged in eon versa- j
tion near the statue of Washington, on j
the east front of the Capitol building, a j
strange looking genius approached us j
and asked: "If we could tell him the!
meaning of the statue opposite?the j
man with the extended arm and a ball in i
his hand, looking directly in the face of i
the statue by which we were standing1?" i
and also asked, "Who the statue repre-1
seated near us?"
Mr. Wisft looked intently at him for a i
few moments and, being satitied that be !
va? rawily seeking information, explain-1
ed to him. "who the statues represented, j
The man with. extended arm and ball in i
bis band, represented Christopher Co- i
mm'ous, the discoverer of America, and j
the ball in his hand illustrated bis theory 1
that the earth was round and by sailing J
due west he could circumnavigate the f
globe, or rather he would find a new j
continent to balance the one they knew j
all about. The stains by which we were 1
standing represented George Washing- i
ton, known as the "Father of his Conn- j
try." air. Wise called his attention to |
the superscription: ' 'First in Peace, j
First in Vvar and First in tha Hearts of |
ui;i Countrymen"3--whicli load evidently i
scaped the stranger's attention, but!
'.here is no name or inscription en the
statue of Columbus, aud he or any one
??]se could. be reasonably excused for
asking to whQ?ft iht> statue was erected
and the sueaning ox the ball in the hand.
Bui Mr. Wise continued by calling the j
.attention of the stranger to the right j
arm cf tho Washington t-ratae, extended j
with the b&ud open' and looking directly i
the face cf Columbus, about 120 yards j
distant?Columbus looking as in the;
act; of throwing the ball at iiixa. Mr.
Wise said it reminded him of boys playii:g
cat (base ball was net known at that
.lay) and he almost fancied he could hear
George say, "Lei her go, Christopher, I
will catch her!"
A Remarkable Case.
John H. Hobb, a Camden, Pa., paper- j
hanger, 39 years o!d, who has had a needle
traveling around in his body for thirty one :
years, was relieved of the pointed piece of !
steel Tuesday, by the surgeons at the Cooper
Hospital, in Philadelphia, lie went to
the hospital Monday sutiering from a sen>i;ive
turner on his thigh. The surgeon
s-.xspeeted the presence ot a foreign body
uctiucu kju ?i i/^uauvii. :\ii j
incision was made in the turner a; I when
;he knife reachc-d almost dewc to me tLiuh
t). >ne it struck a hard substance, which,
proved to ho an ordinary sizea needle,
iniily ir:? ysted. On recovering consciousness
after the operation Robb recollected
Suat while slidiug a!oi?g the U-x-r when he
w:is but eight years old he bad driven a
ni edle so deeply in his foot that it could
j.-t be recovered. He experienced but lit
lie discomfort from the accident and had
entirely forgotten it until the surgeons
found cue needle in operating on the tumor,
uiiich it caused iu corning in contact with
the thigh bone.
vi .iricf tvr ccuir**iii*ni, I
"W.V'-ili .voto.n", August 20.?Actio u L- ^d ;
Con.raissioner Stockslager lias issued the |
accessary instructions to carry into effect j
Secretary Lamar's vecent order restoring to i
settl'-rrxui and entry certain railroad ia |
I demnity lands, as follows: Southern Pacific 1
| Kailroad of California, about 4,01)0,000
i acres; tlie Dalles alilitary Road Company,
J of Oregon, about 1.200,u00 acres; the Ala!
!?ama and Chattanooga liaiiroad, of Ala
| bam a, about 2,500 acres, covered by un j
approved selections; the Yicksourg and i
i .uenaian Kauroaa, 01 .ui.siis-.ippi, aoout i
11,500 acres, also covered by uuapprovcd sc !
| lections.
j -
An earthquake lasting s^x-n seconds was ;
felt in Arizona on Thursday
f TIIE PENNSYLVANIA PLATFORM^ 1
I Cleveland and tlie National Platform of
1SS4 Fully Indorsed.
The following is the platform adopted
by the Democratic State Convention of
Pennsylvania:
FUsst. That we renew onr fllleenanee
to the principles and declarations of the
platform adopted at Chicago in 1884,
which Mr. Cleveland, the nominee of
the party, heartily indorsed, declaring
in his Isrtc-r of acceptance "I have carefully
considered the platform adopted by
the convention and cordially approve
the same. So plain a statement of Democratic
faith and the principles npon
which that party appeals to the suffrages
oi tne people needs no Supplement or
explanation." To these principles he
has faithfully adhered in all his public
utterances. * We further affirm the platform
adopted by our State Convention
of 1883, and in vierr of the existing condition
of the public -Treasury demand
with emphasfe that the large ~ oxplus already
in the Treasury shall be used to
pay the public debt and that t'&e current
and unnecessary increase going on be
vend, the needs of government shall be
immediately prevented by a -wise and
prudent reduction c internal taxatfon
and of duties on im'x. rts in accordance
with the foregoing declarations.
Second. That we i'ully indorse the administration
of President Cleveland.
Wise, sagacious and patriotic, he has
restored confidence to the business interests
of the country in the Democratic
party, lias directed the financial affairs
of the crovemment with ant abilitv. has
strengthened the public credit and
thereby given us a period of great industrial
and commercial prosperity. Apprehension
in the minds of some that
the advent of our party to the control of.
the Federal Government would be dan- ' - ?
gerous has been dispelled. Our people
are more contented and well-to-do than
in many years and more respected than
ever by other nations. His period of
administration has been pure, economical
and fearless, and meets the approval
of'all fair-minded, and conservative citizens.
Thip.d. We recognize the material
benefits which, this country has received
from immigration. We indorse the legislation
of Congress against the importation
of contract labor ana to compel the
return of paupers and criminals. We
commend the national administration
for its efforts to rigidly enforce these
laws, and while we are opposed to any
illiberal restrictions we [avor snch additional
measures of regulation as may be
found necessary.
Foueth. We favor liberal pensions to
deserving Union soldiers and sailors,
and refer to the action of the present administration
in adding to the pennon
rolls a larger number than was ever before
placed thereon within a corresponding
period, while at the same time protecting
the treasury from fraudulent
claims as proof-this fact.
Fifth. Wp r>oint trit'h rm'^A tr? t,lm
fact that since the Democratic party has
been in power in any branch of the
Federal Government not one acre of the
public lands has been granted to corporations,
nor lias any land grant been
revised or extended.
jLiiC failure oi the ofcaie revenue"?
bill, after it had been carefully perfected
and nearly unanimously passed by botlr
branches of the Legislature, was a crim
against the majority of the Common
wealth whereby the people must pay i
million dollars annually in taxation that
should and would have been paid by the -
corporations, arid the failure of tne State
administration to attempt any correction
of the wrongdoing or exposure of thefraud
or criminal neglect, condoned a
crime against both authority and peoples
and confessed the supremacy of ring
rule in Pennsylvania.
Seventh. That we reaffirm our declaration
in favor of the passage of such
legislation as will properly enforce the
provisions of act 17, of the Stata Constitution,
relative to corporations to prevent
improper discriminations and to
equalize taxation.
Eights. That we denounce the action
of the last Republican Legislature in the
defeat of the bill for tile relief of the
K/iCUU'vCIC iXLiU. (JX KJXX M1 ULLG UU
district cf the Suite, knowii as the Billingslev
bill, as being in the interest of
monopoly and against the interest of the
people of that large section of the State.
Ninth. The Democratic party sympathizes
v.lih the oppressed of all nations
and in all movements having for their
object; the attainment of the blessing of
local ;5eiI-government such as are enjoyed
by tho people of this Union as the result
of the enforcement of Democratic policy.
The granting of home rale to Ireland
is dnp. as tbfi ncknowledsment of a
sacred inheritance, and the gallant struggle
for the accomplishment of this long
delayed act of ju*. acq under the magnificent
leadership of Gladstone and Parnell
commends itself to the moral support of """??"
the American people. It is our earneet
wish that the efforts of these distinguished
statesmen may soon be crowned
with success.
Tenth. We still hold to the anient
doctrine of the party that the preservation
cf the rights of the people demands
chat we should look with jealousy upon
monopolies and restrict corporate power
within its proper sphere, and we heartily
approve the action oi the national administration
in reclaiming and throwing
open to tlie people tor settlement iw,000,000
acres of lands which through
artillce and fraud were wrongfully held
by corporations, having been forfeited
to the people by failure to comply with
the conditions of the grants.
L.ASHED TO DEATH.
Talea of Horror from the Convict Camps of ^
Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga., September i.?Governor
Gordon has received information from
Dodge county of a case of brutality to convicts
in Degree's camp, which, has been unearthed
L>y the Dodge county grand jury.
At that camp, 7/here fifty convicts are
worked, the superintendent's name is Bryant.
One of the convicts who was sick
with dropsy, was made to work by the fire.
ne eomuiaineu 01 ueiog sick., uui wim a
iash Bryant compelled him to keep at
work until at last the convict fell dead at
his feet. The grand jury has indicted Bryant
for murder, but he heard cf it and escaped
into Alabama. Other convicts were
equally badly treated.
Another case .was that of a negro who
escaped front the camp. The managers
supposed that he would make his escape
by the railroad and sent a guard to inter
ccpi iiiia. me guara went to me cut utile
w the station, where there hail been an
old iniil. Alter some time they heard the
clanking of chains, aud knew that the negro
was coining. The negro came in sight
and was shot dead. The guard said he
halted the negro and he ran. The statement
was controverted by the fact thai;
every shot was fired, into the negro's breast
.".eel front.
The Secretary of War bos approved the
t-<iuest of tuc ex-Ccnfederate Association at
Chicago to erect.ViL-inorial to the Confederate
dead bmied ia Government lot in.
Oakland Cemetery he ,: 'Tint city, under
regulations may So proscribed by
tile (.^uai'termaslvV General.