The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, September 08, 1887, Image 1
" VOL X. VI P... ---ICKENS, S. C., TI[URISI)AY, SEP~TE 8,187 NOE50
CAPTURiNG 1)ESElITEIS.
METHODS OF IECAPTUREK DUKlN(:
Till; WAR.
A Conscript in Fohmalt Attiro--Vatching a
House for Several l)ayn-.The COming
Days of the ilt.bellion--A i)espnrate
Struggle.
In the summer of 1864 Wirt Adams's
cavalry, after an arduous camlpaign,
rested to recruit men and horses in
Shepherd's old fields in Copiah county,
Mississippi. Food and forage were
abundant; the horses grow fat, and the
lazy life soon wearied the men, whose
home was in the saddle. Time dragfed,
but Sergeant Heath's old Creeper cre:'ted
a diversion, one morning, by stampcd
ing the brigade horses, which were all
loose at grass.. Creeper know a thing or
two, and counted on fun when ho laid
his plans. Working around the two
O(iousand grazing horses, until all were
between himself and the camp in the
Woods, the old horse, whose wisdom was
known yud acknowledged throughout
the brigade, took his stand and surveyed
the ground. With a wild snort aln a
ringing neigh ho sprang into the herd.
4Vhat he intended to convey to the iii
derstanding of lhis fellows 1 e'tnnot say,
but a panic seemed to seize each rrpairate
beast, and with thundering hoofs they
bore down upoi the camp. Then was
there "mounting in hot haste" the
friendly trees beneath whose shelter we
l,ivouacked. Mad, blind with- an ni
ilamed terror, and turning not aside,
like an avalanche the flying squadron
swept through the camp. With the
strearintg mane and tail, head on h gh,
and tlashing eyes, that old demon Creep
or led lhi irightened hosts. It was; pain
to ste that ho gloried in the misohief lie
.hx ! wrought.
AT'rACIma NO TlE CAVALy.
Thme camp monotony was broken at
last when the outlying seouts repor."d
the advance of a Federal incursion from
Bruinsburg, on the Mississippi ri': r. I
This force of white and negro trop,
composed of infantry, cavalry, and fi.l1
V artillery, aind amounting in all to about
1,200 men, had been hunled from tros
ports on the river, presumably fe.r the
purpose of surprising and capturing our
force at Shepherd's old fields. Tinily
wrning enabled General Adnis to no it
ths more than hwlf war. JEleveii mi!("s
"i of Port Gibson is' Coli nin's ; innl,
e county of Jefl'orsou, a(nd here the
of the hostile forces mat.
and aln( ex()mange o f
I1 ' 1fri)js onl cit mr
t. lfem n
f etie
the eneine dl . . .. at one , ud
without exploding. The rough rail was
driven with tremendous foico from an
ier the officer, leaving a great splitr
-three or four feet long, and of the tliick
ness of two lingers, transfixing the un
happy man's tiaiglhs and projecting a
foot or moro beyond each hip. 'The
man swore with rage and pain, repelling
all approaches on the part of frien,is,
until Dr. Martin coining up forehly
broke off one projection of the toughi
oak and drew out the remainder from
the other side. The wounds healed and I
the captain 50011 resumed his duties, but I
he heard not the last jibe onh that "croSS
buttock" thrust until ho met a soldier's
death in the closing days of thbe struggle.
UnRIvINo THm FED)EnIALs ltA(K.
-Thie enemy had p)osted himself in and
abou?' Coleman's dwelling, barni s and
outbmi2dings. Here w~e assaulted himz
and drove him out and hack after a shor;t
resistanci! The Federal force greatly
outnumbered ours, but would assuredly
have been captured nad the white con.
tingont been as easily dcmolalized as
were the ne-gro soldiers. Time aRter
time these ruen, comnposing the rear
guard as the Federal commander drew
off his forces, wore broken and hurled
holter-skelter upon the main body, anud
only the stubborn fighting of the white
troops enabied any portion of thle com11
n.:and to escape. Darkness fell while we
still pursued thorm, and the chajse was
not given over until near miidnight,
when exhaustion compelled a hailt.TDay
.transpoits, and( the fleet steamied away
for hatobez. I have o)ftenl thought lhat
had the Federal force beeni skillfully
-ounanded on tis occasion General
Adams would have found that this attack
was a rash venture. R ad his force been
a third larger not a blhuo coat would have
escaped. Toe the best of my knowledge
the Confederate force did not exceed
four hundred menl, while I am11 sur1e I
saw three times thaut nunber of the
enemy. They had also the advantage
of a st,rong position of thei' own vvjee
tion, taken- ai soon1 as made aware ofi
our approach. Our first rush, however,
drove them from it, and their oflicers
foned it imlpossib)le fully to rally the
ner4ro troops. They woeuld stand when~i
we e used, but each succeeding onset
speedily broke their ranks. Their the
was very high. .Far above our hieeds the
muuie bulletsl sang an angry chorus, anld
our loss was trilling, At intervals, when
L'rossmgl an1 eminence, a man wouhld fall
in darkness. Andrew Battle, a rugged
Irishman, went back for a horse to carry
off the bedy of Ed( Sueduskic, a mess
mate. "'Whlonm have you there?" he was
asked from a bank on the roadsidlo)
''Poor Ed Suoduskie, as dead as hi- ''
he answered. "Tlhat's a lie, Blattlol"
relied hlis questionier, who was none
outher than Sueduslkio himself. D)own
*nt the unknown dead upon tIle
. muni, and Battle, with an oath strong
suggestive of dlisgust, resumed his
co among the pursuers. A young
< -wvalryman, intent upon(0 glory, went,
contrary to orders, mocuntedl into the
action. Soon he was aeon on feet rush
ing to the rear. "II'llo, Jones, where
now?" ''My horse was shot fronm under
me and 1 amn going back for another."
Again he flies to the rear and again re
ports his horse killedl. Five separate
timies that day and night his horse was
"shot throughI and through." Next day
all five of those un ifortunalte animals were'
fouid unseratched, peacefully graz ing
Among the slain. Well, weli, their rider
s scarcely more than a boy and
doubtless he sent home his thrilling bul
letin, and mother and sisters gloried in
his dashing courage and marveled at his
wondrous escapes. Poor fellow! ho had
his weaknesses, but he had his virtues
and his friends.
HUNTING TEIJ: DESEm ElIS.
Amont the Southern soldi'is' duties,
one of ts.& least important toward the
close of te war, was that of bringing in
from the hills an( forests and habita
tions in the wilderness deserters from
the armies and slippery conscripts who
sought to evade the service. The caval
ryman's soul delighted in this work for
awhilo. A detail for such an expedition
meant relaxation from the discipline of
the camp, exemption from the hardships
of the march, ta variety in place of
irksome routine. There was also a spice
of adventure, for deserters would some
tiues fight., though skulking was their
main point. The writer was one of
twenty men, under the command of a
lieutenant, sent during the early part of
1864 into Scott and Lake counties, in
Mississippi, o a man-hunting errand.
(lame was abundant and our officer was
provided with a fornidable list of those
to he run down. We took a guide from
a neighboring county, whose name was
Pigue. He knew the country and he
knew the people, and he went disguised.
His disguise was effectual, but bis rnaule
must b) changed out of consideration
for the future. From pig to shoat was
an easy transition, though something
safer might have been found. Never
theless, to us ho was always Shout. Ho
served as faithfully as lie had served his
State in the field before being wounded
and disaled. He was a good guide, and
1 hope his neighbors will not call him to
account when they read this.
'OFNU rlNI TH: lI:U,.
1ho first house we visited wau watched
in vain for several days. Authentic in
formation said there should be two do
serters thereabouts. Two of our party
lay all night under the house listening
to the conversation of the inmates, but
not a word was dropped of advantage to t
our quest. Openly in daylight ;lhe
hhuse was visited ad diplomacy used in r
vain. Th e women Would not h h'd intto
Let raving their lords, but recreivc(l with
heen hlsjpicion and reserve iil our ad- <
vua:ces. Sri'ounding and searehing lie
lo:seu i the small houn, after midnight
u:! ave us our lahbr for our pnius. a
Yet th. mnca were knowin to l,e a' least 1
in consuuinication wuih their 1hom. s, and
oir ord;'rn to til:e themt w. re ilmpeativo. I
TheIa vi' ble meinb r11'- of the hiouseOhold I
coust o.ie; of a beah-idden id wou a, two <
m11(id -^'%' wmni, and a sniali an.y I
of w'hito"-Lai ted scion'. A second ti.e I
pies we i'c placed under the bous', tad
atboUtI miliight one (f th emii caie to ihe i
reIdez vou1s :'l ,'*' rid tlat lie and i:is 1
coral 111 1id heard wltiSe;ing ov.r
h ead, :tal bel " vel they i:ld detec:ed a
""'N VeIer. ' ! on 'e the houso mis'0
and the women
n.y we eiititued to
. They es:erted in the1
tege- terms that the whrcea)outa of
their husbands was absolutely unknown
to them, and declared that they had not i
seen or heard of thenm for monti.s. Dis
regarding all their protestittions, we pro
ceded to turn the cabin topsy-turvy.
The seanaft inriture was moved Ind the
loft ransacked in vain. Nothing rc
tm:aiiedi but the bed on which the he!p- i
less old woman lay. When called upon
to rise that. it might be overhauled, Fihe (
wept and her daughters remonstrated
violently. They vowed that she could I
mot get up, and to move her woull kill
her. Tho lieutenant approached to lift l
her, when she sprang.at him and attack
ed him with the ferocity and celerity of I
a tigress. Leaving him to defend him- 1
s(lf against her long talouns, wec tore
away the bed clothig, and uinder the 4
bloardsa wasl rev'ealed a box-like structure
wvherein lay the objects of our search.
They were wretched, eraven-hookinug
creatures and shivered and whined as we
dragged their hinmp earcases out.
IN 1F3AiLE ATT'r[li.
WVe wvatchied another honse for days i
and p4assed a small field whey e twvo wvo-1
men cultivated ai crop~ of corn. The manim
we waYnted1 was not to b)e seeu1. Thelm
womeni gave nio inidicationis that they
knew the nature of our er-raudl, but
wotuld talk at any time withi apparenf lt]
frankness. The wife of the deserter said
that her Ihsbanid had abandon1ed her
and thbat she anid his iister, who lived
with her, had a hard struggle to kee pthe
wolf fromi the d1~or. We were all but
convinced of this facet, and should have
bleen wholly so buit for the direct and1(
authentic manner ini which we had b4een
informed to the contrary. Fmilly we
were compoll to abandon thuis case
from shecer lack of any clew to wet k
ulxm01, as, in spite of constant and rigid
(spinage, we made no hecadwaiy and
saw 1no suggestive action on the par1t of
the two womnen. The detective iinstintct
must have been utterly lacking ini every
memiiber of the 5(Juad(, fo,r we learned
sometime after that the alleged SWiter ini
law with whoum we had fre(queutly Coin
versed, and whom wve had many times
seen at work in thme fild, was simply theI
deserter himself, clothed in onte of ia
wife's homespun gowns.
A TERinLEu~i 51(411r,
Another ease was that of a man4I who
had no family, Hie was a shaggy,
bearded giant and owr:ed two old( ne
groes, who guardled him and tie secret
of his haunts with a . agacity and14 fidelhity
abnost supe)(rhimnani. His habit was to
lie out in theo woods, seldom alpproaich
ing the11( house, andl the negro serve nts
ol.' rived to provide for his damily sus
tenanct,e 1i1 spite (.f all1 our efTorts to, pre
venit it. It w'ouild haive beenk en: y to
prle vent Ine ut(groes fromi going to hijm
b'y phri; themi ini dureel or by re
moviig thni m altogetheri from the eet.
lBnt this msight have defeated our ends,
for we knew niot how (lose the hider
m night be lying anid had no assurace
that we ourselves were not uder his ob1
servation, for the dense woodls and
thickets 'encroached directly upon01 the(
under close surveillance for twenty -four
hours uininterruptedl. A t break of day
the cabin was entered by two men and
they were given certain instrucetionis and
informed th at the slighitest violation or
attempted infraction would result in the
imu1ediaIto death of both. i3n 10W
peortnit ted to pass~ the dloor at~time,
anid thme (dead-nne, which lay nearat
hand, must not be crossed. 'iliyWr
cautioned anaina ... ': y~ were
assurod that such an attempt would be
promptly punished. Men were lying in
ambush all around, and at dark our line
was drawn in to closely encircle the
building. Shortly before midnight a
stealthy form crept past me in tbo gloom
and the game Was in the toils. Swiftly
passing around the cordon i notified the
men that Stowers had entered the house,
and we at once took positions at every
door and window. As soon as the lieu
tenant's stop sounded upon the porch
the fugitive leaped from a back window
into the iron grip of Sergeant Howard.
The man fought and bit and swore and
yelled like a demon, but strong arms
bore him down and strong cords bound
his writhing limbs. his hair and beard
fell down his back and breast i-1 matted
masses, his hands and face were black
with the accumulated grime of months,
and the nails of his fingers resembled
the long curved talons of some great
bird of prey. His eyes glared like a mad
man's, and every strugglirg motion re
minded us of those of a builkd, raging
wild beast. The sight was terrible, and
une who witnessed it can never forget it.
The Cotton Movomnnt.
The New York Financial Chronicle, in
its review of the movement of the cotton
irop for the week ending on the night
f August 2(;, says that the total receipts
[,avo reached 19,270 bales, against 9,649
)ales last week, 7,270 bales the pro
vious week, and 1,499 bales three weeks
ance.
The exports for the week reach a total
)f 22,3(5 bales, of which 17,585 were to
3reat Britain, 2,518 to France, and 2,182
o the rest of the cont;nent.
The total sales for forward delivery
or the week are 387,000 bales. For ui
nediate delivery the total sales foot up
l,276 bales, including 5,475 for export.,
,801 for home Consumption.
The imports into continental ports
or the week have been 15,000 btu.,.
'here is an increase in the cotton in
ight of 83,324 bales as compared with
he same date of 1S8(, an incremse of
8,57G hales as compared with the cor
esponding date of 1885, and at decrease
f 313,938 bales as compared with 184.
The old interior stocks have increared
luring the week 2$1 bales, and were,
riday night, 21,381 bales less than at
lie same perod last year. 'The rect i tij
.t the same town lan been 727 bales
ess than the sane' week last year.
lthough the receipts at the outtports
he past week were 19,27 hales, the
etuml movement from pllantations Wats
mnly 19,510 bales, the balance going to
terease the dock at. the intt ior towns.
Ast year the receiSts from: the p lanta
i0ns for the sat::e weeI w" ro 12,2(17
;Ies, and for 1885 they wre 12, .
>atles.
The figures from J3omi sy ;how a do
:raso conipar-d with last year mui t'e
veek's receipts of 2,Ui)i bales, aI no j
shango in shiplnm,ts, and the shipments
ince January 1 show an increase of 4U,
)0) bales. since January 1 thu to :el ox
orts of col ton t(' 1'urope from all India
nave been I,332,000 bales.
The Chronicle says that cothon for fu
ure delivery at New York for the wet k
nder review has been sluggish, and re
tricted almost wholly to the brokers
mid regu!ar operators on the floor of the
jottoi .Exclaugo, attracting very lit tie
tttention from outside parties. The
teature of the week was the sharp ad
7anCe .n Saturday last, on a demand to
over contracts, arisiug from the belief
hat ''bear" inlluencos hiad been exhaust
'd for the present.. Monday and 'Tues
lay saw the loss of part of this advance
inder sales to realize. Foreign advices
md crop accounts had little eIlect, be
tauso not very decided in their chiaracter;
>ut the increased receipts at the piorts
tero a depressing influence on Monday.
in Thursday notices were freely issued
or deliveries on August contracts, with
very depressing cffect up~oni options for
his month and weakenmng the whole
narket, to which the fall of needed raiins
n Text' ; and liberal receipts at (alves
onl in some degree contributed. Friday
here was a further diecline and a ve'ry
insettled feeling. Cotton on the spot
ins met with a good diemand for export1
mnd home consumiption, atnd qulotations5
vere advanced en Saturdlay, Tuesday and
a eilnesday-1-16e. each day. Friday
>riees receded 1-10c., middling uplands
losinig at 9 13:-16c.
Th e Chironicle's weather rep)orts indi..
'ate that beneficial rains have fallen in
>ortions of Texas during the week, but
hat att some points the drouth continues.
L'hue co rrespondent at Columbia, Texas,
-oports thatd ini conseqNuence of shiowery
wet(ither, caterpiiliars have b)ecmo nlu
merous and arle doing nmchil dlamage. At
)t her ploints ini the South the conditions
livo beeii fairly favorable. Picking is
rogressing finiely.
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A~li nn arkab 1 4'.
.fohn i 11. Itobbii, a Caden, 'a. ,paper
nioger, oi years old, whuihas luhul a needle
traveling iraron in his hixaly for t hirty one
ear', wasi relieve oh thei po'inted piiece of
s~teel lTuesdlay, by I le surJeonis at thle Coop.'
itr liosptial, in P'hiilhia. iIe went to
lhe hositarl alondahy sufferting~ froma a sen.
sitie tuimir tin his thigh. Th Inurgeon
ind <hr elde'! tn ina I luria l pertio. tA
lth knOtif rearb' aibnist down to I the thiieh
prod to b iiI an '.idiinary sized nIieedh.,
Iimt whlih- siliin; ul rg ti he llo wh-ii t lhe
was but itl ye.< tol 'Ii had dh lie ai
'it be re finvend.ii i tt h- teim.ed bt i t
whle h dP Oit r iu itil iiL i< (in! it a Ii
ethireIlyl tfirnte I !lli h u
whiihi tiua indomn Ojin cnti t i
All of thle be-st maukt's. $25 ch ~ ind
balance N ovembi er I, at sp~ot cshl ice. s
oni a Piano. S1) ecash anmd bailane No.
vembea:r 1 , att spoit enish prices oni an
Or'gan. D eliveredl, freight free, ot your
nearest delict. Fifteoen days test trial
and freight both ways if nott satisfactory.
Writec for circulars.
N. WV. TR U MP',
* Columbia, S. C.
Tlhei Secirietary o f Warr has appilrovied the
reCpi est of (tx enfederate Ai-eatin t i
Chiic(~ator er (merbdti eof
f)OWN IN 1IEXICO.
ii ow (.e,rral CerctanIC1 'V Entomle(I
A live In Sight. of Ills IIOI.
(Mexican letter )
A few years ago a good deal of kid
nappig was carried on in Mexico,
money having been generally the ob ect.
Anybody of wealth and influence was
liable to be seized in an unguarded mo
ment anl spirited away, and seldom, in
deed, were the victims ever heard of
again, unless their friends "came down"
most handsomely. The modus operandi,
after a man hi d been secured and bhid
den, was to post notices hero and there
within sight of his family--sometimes
they were plnned up, ku-klux fashion,
with a dagger, or decorated with skulls
and cross-bones-stating what sum of
money was rc(luired to be left within a
given time at a certain spot to ralisom
their relative, and plainly intimating
that nonh-compl)liance With this demand
would seal his (leath-warr.ant. When the
m.oney was promptly paid, the kidnapped
persous were usu;!ly released, according
to promise; but in many instances a
fresh demand was mado, followed by
another, and another as long as there
wore the slightest proslcots of further
gain.
A Loo)-cUR)N,I1(; TALa.
One of the Im:st celebrated cases of
this kind was that. of General Cervantes,
which occurred, 1 believe, in 1874. lie
was a prominent" politician, in the prime
of life, belonging to a fam;ly of great
wealth and i:fl ece, and the miscreanti
who captured him we-ll knew that his
people would mox e I leaven and earth
for his release. Well, days and weeks
went by, and though the country was
scoutetl for the mis;ng man no trace of
him was discovered, or was likely to be
so long as a penny c' uld be gained 1by
his rekntion. His family spent thou
sands cf I liars in the vain seareh, ao:d
in repettedly (10.)ositiig large sii uls of
money for his I1ansO m, as indicated by
mysterious plaeards, mtiil they wt-re
completely iii peverishted; aid then,
movd 1, y the tear.i of his distracted
young wife tit1 the 1ravers of his a:d
mother, the ,!overrln1( nit ot'red a ccn
sidera blo sri tin!. her his restoratii a.
B3u1t; still no (ervaiite ap p1,e:retd. At last
by the a reat acid(en I.h was diseover
ed--in the heart of the poploulms cii v
and withi.h a stone's tlrow of his o(ni
diwelling-utnlor the floor of a desertcd
house, lyng tat il'on his back in a
place barely wide en sigh to hold him,
gagged, be'iu;d hand and foot, with
several weil-slarpentd da,ggs thrust
n itlhim a hatir'.i bred!h 'If lii body, ao
that if he t-hould have atirrcd they would
have pieire( (1 hi. hiv aing remallined so
1",tn! in I bie terrible 'nidition heo was
barely alive when found, and it waa only
afte week: of careful nur:sin!g, daring
whieih tinie he lay speechleas and his
life hung by a thread, tlt he was aible
to tell his adve; tures; and. iueantime, of
course, the ni,ereAnts hatd armple oppor
tunity to cscaper.
It scens that late one evening he was
standing in his own door, wh< n sudden
ly a zerape was thrown over his head by
soile unknown lereons and drawin so
tightly ats to prevent any outcry; then
he was placed in a carriage and driven
raidly a v";ry long it diiee, as he sulp
poscd. )ot !htless the rapid drive, they
huivng returned to nearly the same point
whence they started, was intended for a
''bhiu ,'and he never beli(ved himisc!f
St near hone. ''he faces of his captors
Io never saw, for they were closely
ia'ked, and they visited him only at
iight by the dini light oi lan teiri. Ilav
ing gagged and bound him, they first
talked of takiing hown a portion of the
wall and brieking him him uip, leaving a
loose plar where a brick or two could
be remrovedl when it was necessary to
feed himi; but, fortunately for him, they
decule, upoin the Iloor as less trouble
some to themselves. 'Tearing up a plan0k
and1( placinig himn under it, lie was founid
to be too coirpulenit, despIite all their
erowdinig, to allow the board( to it in the
place again, so a little earth was dug out
to accommodate him with at living
sepulchre. Afewl small hiolesi, bor(d
above his face, admiitted suitlicient air to
keep hiim in existence, mid1( there lhe re
mainmed for weclm, helpless, voiceless,
enutomubed alive within sight and sounid oif
his~ hoime, while his friornds were ran
sackiing the world for him. E~very night
his captors camle, removed the p)lnik andh
hauled him up, and with the point of a
diagger at ilh thiroat too(k (lit the gag
andl gave him food, andi then walked him
up anid dowvn theo room awhile for exer
cise. IBy and1 by hcle grew) 81o wVeak asi to
beII ~iimu jbe o)f oultcry or resistanie, andSi
thou his keepers forced lstin1aants dlox n
his thiroat, and1( dragged him about foIr
needled exercise, di.iring to keep the
b)reath oif life in himii as long as imoneiy
might be foirthcomiing. F'inlly, be
lieving him ab out dead e.ud thuat all re
sources of prolit had bleon exhausted,
they adde!d menOltal torture to his mlisery'
by assuring him that his friendis hadii re
fused to pay anything for- his ranlsom,
and, crowdling him undetr the plank
again, they left hliml toi die iat leisurle. It
halppened that very night that a heavy
stormi cameT lil, ai a bIeggar ea- red
th( d esert ed diwelling for she!lter, Ihv
chiance seat ing himse lhuon thle bo101r0
uindler whichj Ce-rviantesi lay.Hern
fromn the lowyer regionis, t.he fellow was
frighitenied nearly tI deathI, b elievi1 "
that it camet from 5(ome gho'da, and' he
ran stratighitway to th lerlarest pield.
Strangely enouiigh, ill this h:a-/.y emmtry,
whelreI sluper7$i(iut funcies ar e or oii
51on occil renei, (:< n- h was inlsti tuite,
and1( what rained)0( o (f peer Cervantes
was reced- RIot an Ihur too soon1.
'I wan' i to IthanL k \,11 It> I / 111'i m of
I hmiil hi'''s-avr l.el. I el i io wi.
i lyte hriliIind,l "or a b>3sl lmeiii
"riesu.: ;h i inerb . ch iro thadl trr iliii bac
ache andil eings dow(n2 h Oeaions ross
mel an wt(as hiite elfak aid que chag le l
ita ! and t .wn oIf t h mederii , V., as
ire t ig your5 letter, aIifnty 3 e.ait hlu- ime
i lihuidiy ht, ri-caing p ln the- military
ii rent ipotio fc Petierug Va., adsl
n tinoon.
SI'r:I) IN 8TENO;ItAPI'Y.
Tiwo IIiundre(l VorlI t' r Minute anti Fif
teen SeconQtI to Spare.
"All this talk about speed," said a
short-hand writer, "reminds me of a hit
tie experience that I had away back in
1866. I was then located in New York,
and was a more lad and comparatively
now in the business. I had never been
in a court room and know abst,'utely
nothing about the form of trials. 1
could write short hand, nowevor. 'T here
was a big murder trial going on ill North
Carolina, and they sent to New York in
hot haste for a stenographer. I hap
pened to be the only one at the tiue
available and (Iraham sont me down.
"1 shall never forget that experience.
About the first man I came in contawt
with was the judge advocate. Ieo was
gruff and sarcastic as a cross-cut saw half
a mile from an oil can. lie looked me
over in a sneering way that I shall never
forgot, and seemed to he sadly disap
pointed over the fact that there wan not
more of me.
''The muau whose shoes voui have
been sent to fill could write two hundred
words a minute,' he said grullly. 'how
many can you write?'
"'I don't know extctly, sir,' .1 stim
mered.
"'Well. I'll drop into your room in the
morning before cotut opens and ptt you
through your paces,' he said sarcastic
ally.
"'hen 1. got to my room I was about
the worst frightened boy you ever sav:.
This was a nice sort of m1:an1 for one who
knew nothing wla:teve r about. courts to
encounter. A bout the tiarst thing 1 saw
when I entered my room was an oll
volume of Webster's sp)eeohes. An idea
at once r4ruck me. I picked out one of
these and practiced on it mo.t all night.
Ihe cons tluence was Ihalt I had cet
mitted it to memory and hld it right at
my finger ends. All that renaine I was
to devise some scheme to get the judg,
advocatte t) select, the 1 partic iar speeclh
for the text. Bright and early the next
morning he came into my room.
"'Have you anything lre that I can
rend to you from?' he aiked.
''I don't know,' I "epliel, a caekcI s
ly as pos.;ible. '1 et'a seo. Alh, hie r ' at
book w hichi seems to i e-long to the
Iroom. Jt's W el:,ter'; sp.ccheo. ltbbi
this might do.'
"1 opened it carclt naly at the partijell -
lar speech wl.ich I had ni.t i,.1 ul
and landed it to him. !le ex.nuim.d i
carethilly, and all the titne my teart wat
in my month. I waw af aid lc wc"n'd
turn the ptigeaa and tiek out :,omtie otlt
speech. But he didnt't.
"'I. should think thia woui do,' l,
bai;l, and proeeded to coutt ott I
hundred words.
''ell, at it we went, and wIetn ti:.
tcwo liundrel iwo\rds were 'ritIn i ,1 i
had iifttein Secm(bttl ot thet lmnut o I
spare. lie timed me with one of those
old stop-watches, and 1 can see it yet..
"' urn!' he said, 'I guess yo'It' Id
and aiter that he seemed to think I was
to.t+ of a man than I looked."
E:uI:TT:it lant I;I,, Io-OL'I.
Not I_i $i ihn t ol e ris'y n wint p-- atippintA
in N'terf"ordl.
I. i .' I tilatielphi Timeia-.)
Everette 1arttelle, the li-year-old boy
who disailp eared from his ime near
Wautc:fordh, N. d., Fridlay and wt!hose ilis
appearance caused the people of that
vicinity to lesert their chutrcth on Suu
day and scour the country for miles
around, was found at St .Erie street,
Camden, and taken home. Sunday the
searching partits trampl)ed many miles
and failed to find any trace of the boy.
About 2 o'clock one of the party in the
swamp called:
'"There's the htell! the boy is found."
All stopped and listenied. Sure enough
the big bell on the Epiiscopal Church,
four miles away, could he heard sptread
mtg the news that brought joy to a
mother's heart.
"'Thanik Glod! I hope lhe's alive,'' ex
claimedi the big hearted constab le. A
fervent "'amen'' went up from a score of
throats. The (logs were caliled in and
the searchers startedl for home, hoping
for tIhe beust, buti feainig that (lily the
body had been fountd. When the p)arty
reached Waterford Ihey were met bty
aniother crowd, and thle cheers of the
men when it was known the boy wasM
safe made the pines rinig.
Baggage Master Dill, of the Camden
and1( Atlantic Railroadl, found the hl
cormfortably housed at 88. Ei street,
Camden. Everetto lued gone there Sat -
urday niighit andI asked for1 somuetinug to
(at. lio said lie had nteithier fathetr nor)1
mtuithe'r anid had been working on a farm
and the people had t.ned him away.
'The Cainiden and Atlantic IRaiiIload
oifliciaIs allowed the Conotabile and thle
little fellow to travel hiorne oni one of the.
freight trainsu .e'l Gaey terivedl at Wtti
ford shortly bieforo two o'clock. When
the Constable andh E,vrette stood otn fhie
steps of the Barttelle home the fathjet
called out : "' hsle (dead I?"
'No, lie's alive andu all righit,"' answer
ed the ttflicer,
tiieiker thum it cani be told the tnothi r'
hiad thiiown oln.n th Idoor(1, and1( chIledi
her boy in lien armas. Shie wep t for joy
as shte shiowered kis es on him, miigI
jpi(lking htimt up, rnu i 'to( thle house.
Thie fathert graisped the Con,e-tibIe's hand11
a.ii h a grip l thattehue himij e inee~ an.1 a
\\ houn the bioy wasI Itin .y 'a T0114
ro.itt r hI sid :llii " I .:i o11 1e .;i
tiiet .Itrtphe 11 beta Waterb I '. All ithe
iiliti'l the boyd t ayu and IO ni:te
I, gl lto' Athtit e tit : :tu i i the 0:o t :.,i
tti v..Ode tueLI Cwe wr ho i. I wt.
jlaing thll woid they wtitdi hi--. tni'
road. !I w110et0111 alongtit and h got.
Threy gav m m y br(l.hl(l mo t !it way
alon the road ith at rno I b in; rlaito .
II git .ydne1tafamhm n
'mln tokm to'u' Camld(en.l I s (i,lboij
ply I watched, thtm util3 iht wh<ei
a wentsi ilto 11 ther ileMr v(atel for led I I
fail ii wated(' t hst ther, btO Mtr.
promise my i mut.oteri I wold' runwaye
Syi ar, andgIIi t hILLg,e hu am gIladIr tbe
Thei Ii Itrt ise ( le combrscoin
('ievelitu atl( <1 tht, Nat 1i,1al 1'tatforna of
I Ra-1 Fully ratorKil.
The fullowing is the platform adlopt',d
by the' 1)euinoeratic S'te Couvention of
1'entnsvlvai:a;
Fr.Thaut we renow our allegiantce
to the priuci}ites atal (eel'trations of the
platf nto ailop ted at Chicago int 1881,
which Mr. Cluvetud, the ntomineo of
tie ijrty, heartily ilndorsed, declaring
in1 hiM letter of ac(ceptmlixuE': ''1 htaveu (are
fully considercd the plat form adopted by
the coventiont auti Cordially approve
the :auue. So plain a atate'meit, of J)emt
oeratic fait.h and the principles ttjolt
which t'ntt party atppoltls to the ttrages
of the people needs no sutpplemont or
cxphtiatiol.' 'To thos prilciples i
his faithfully adhored in all his publie
ultterancer. We farther atlirmn the plat.
fotml alop tted 1>y our Stato Convent ion
of I8 n, mid in view of the existing con
ditioi (it t( heitblIIC treasury WI (lumald
wit h1 ('mnphabia t htt the hirge surplus al
in th'Treatury 4.ha11 be used to
pay the jul lic debt and that the current.
am0 m111e i ,'.sarV ittcrea o going on be
yotld the ne(ed of government shall be
Iuletdiattely 'r ee'ttd 1 by a wiso iand(1
pinilentt redtiucti(,n1 of internal taxatfo
1111(1 of duti C s ,n1 (1. ii.'t , in aecordante
with ti, fo(tregiii; tte hi:t-ions.
iur'x\1. h'a :t w!fully iiucorse the ad
mliu istt-.I>un (' I 'r('nidenlt Cle(ve1land.
Wi. a', :a teIo1 an d tritit c, he has
resiorud contideic t) the 1bIuIsiNtess iI
tcre'st of Ith contitry in tIie 1)etuocratio
p.ity, li, 1irect et lie Ii u acitI atll'iir:.
of thI, g ve'ri:):en! vwith opt ability, hast
htrengitheiied p.'., ub 'lie credit, atnd
ilmr,"by given Li 'iod of greatt in- 1
Iilu:trha nd 1(1((t:>1w.:cit,l pm pellrit,y. A}p
1)rt'b(ilieln sII It u I of )nImJi tlt
1h ( 'tvtnt of I tt p-'iI i > ihit ouitro t it
the t'dert,l l; i t l1.'t ,uhl bto daun
gerolu! Ito:- hie('u td1 +li'1. >t r jpeole'
atre mnore' emont !bt, it :( i l-to-doe tlIt'ta
tit many '1arI n.,i0 d Imr r'p: i d '",tthan
nin I": on h. . n ,, .I 1'to , ,pr' mi-t
i t. . t t i i:'.
f c t . i
I,c dr' ( n t w
iis
revisd orext ed. "
I 1 I .
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fu l i i 1 ,t 1 :1 I t t : 1 . ,i 1 . ( ! i > i'~ ' I u t ,
tI, li t)( 't ti , : l Y ". i i .n .'y l' :t l '' ' llu
tirt I.T e "u re li l ith it ii. t o mn e
htl,t er it i d, I nr :iafiy p fctei d ta ;
b(i n f titt b' '' sht in allr ,'(t11t'll 'f ta a i
afristil eii iin l * gl fth ctit,iiiilLo -
w(0. alt (her)b the eopi t-le m st py u
lorporit itIi 1 ion t I', lIII ih' ul t tt he (i't
} irtti oll , 11(11 t' :t :y 111, y'.ra rt t i t 1. t
n hu ,'in," Ilt,ai U o at t i iny t any antion
iLl i t . 'J' t :t 11urt c(It ih (a 'l ht(\eli U(-tt l
ofthIe1(11iol tii; (, tI,I e o-iiure of luth
fraudl o triinal ntegltet,u odthed atut
rime a s I lit lrth Inth ti, ty p('1pi0
ant cL th e t 11i rjn'Ity of the r;t lii ngt
raion nit 'rvo'l .V thit pacoj)la ie ofs ptyh1
tleglihuliolttrs:wi nrtply nfrI tO:to ihnt
priitj( l uta ai('t 1 7, li 't h elI uti 1 o thiI
cortjo rl'tio , irh ti to I ori tutIn t rt ut
venit iinprLopeC isrnintin adt
hiit. T I wet,enounce Iteatini
of the ht'ruulian l"gihtitre in the
dfrtn t (1f thetil fru tetl i e "tt(1 I O ft, tw
producers an etnl ofli h il
d is c fth tt,liw as h aUl
ingshy bul as bing i thei.rN Of
moooyantgistteitreto,h
peopl of icit,larg secton o teitate
byI the poll o tI Unini as tea l<su
of th ettr ' n t tf r:tmocatic pt oh.it i
ey. in:gratin ofhtm rlto29 r-n
iiLan ii <ili 21) tle elionhement of'r ra
'acr flt finer'ita - :aniit e eh x rg h iru
wikeh thatplthe WeNof "e .e"0! tenis
A GIAMBLEK'$ DREAM.
Thue Nanle of the Winning Horse Revealed
to h im in Sleep Beforehand.
(From the St. Paul Globe.)
A down town pool-room furnishes a
story, while not romantio, proves that
dreams, while not infallible, can be
turned to good account at times. A
prominent St. Anthony hill youth who
had been playing the horses there l97
three weeks with intermittent fortune,
was going home a few nlgtats since well
uu(lr the influence of cocktails which
he had absorbed purely^ for their
medicinal virtues, lie was in tlt happy
mood when everything out of th'b
nary run of things attracts the eye and
makes a strong bid for the curiosity of
the beholder. The young man had felt
his way carefully along the sidewalk to
the bill board hiding Alderman Dowlan's
'ood yard, on Wabasha street, when
ithrough the dim glare of the street lamp
the highly colored lithograph advertis
ing the play "My Goraldine," caught his
eye.
There was something about the blazing
building, the tall man with a twenty
inch dagger in his hand, the lemon
colored locks of the girl floating on the
night air and the elaborate lettering that
tickled his curiosity, and leaning up
against a telegraph pole, he gazed at the
gaudy bill and read and reread, "My
Geraldine, my Geraldine," and when he
reached home and had rolled into bed
he sank to sleep whispering "My Geral
dine, my Geraldine."
In his dream that night he met a
beautiful girl with divine form and way
ing h;: th" had captured the softest
beams of the n:idday sun and married
lh'r. With her personal charms she
brought him great wealth in valuable
city property and bank stock, and her
ne was Geraldine. The following
mlornintg the young man awoke and
lhthtt('d his (xt(ende(1 mtiud in iceo water
eel went dOwi to breakfast, but he
cdnuld not drive the dream from his head
rd as lie went. dlown town to his office
mi lips mechanically muttered "Geral
ntin, (ieruldine."
IId l.opped into the jool-room, as
've lii cust om, and in looxing over the
'i ("t hurves that Were to contest in the
t,;tr:to-a races he was startled when half
"v yhown the list his eye fell upon the
:.'.:e Cieraldine. A queer superstit
into his imind and ho concludea
t her hard for a winner. The horre
i ot a iavority in the race and the
cro vd 1 gerly grabbed at the young
;t's ottr to play her and gave him
+i+ral odds. At last, with all his avail
d fuinns placed on the ratce, he rested
otl ntt thatt he would win. Finally in
i ep voiwe thi iool seller announced
mt the hoises were oilf, and the
,.ung man calmly waited for the
Iidme of the winner to be given. He had
not l'>g to wait and he showed no signs
df surprise when the caller sang out:
''Geraldine wins the race.''
th outg man walked calmly up and
cashedi in his checks, putfing $600 deep
into his trousers pocket as the result of a
few cocktails and a drop or two of
snperstit ion.
vAn (OV1?RNet vISE.
I'ott Itluall't Story A boalt 111n ult Two
Cti,itol Stattes.
(troni t hle atti5td)n I1t. li1aiO ,.)
It seets a fact that history repeats
tself. The )lirase, ''Let her go, Gal
atgher, that hts been going the rounds
lutely in the Southern papers, reminds
is of an incident that occurred in Wash
iigton a good many years ago when
Ion. ienry A. Wise was a member of
Jongress. While engaged in conversa
i(n ntear the statue of WVashington, on
lhe east fronit of the Capitol building, a
ttrange looking genius applroached us
mid tasked: "'If we could toll him the
uanrg of the statue opposite--the
fltan withl the extendted arm anid a ball in
iis hand, lookintg directly in the face of
hte statue by which we were standing?"
niid aso asked, '"Who tihe statue repre
enitedl near uis?"'
Mr. Wise looked intontly at him for a
ew inoments and, being satitled that he
was really seekintg ittformation, explain
'd to himt who the statues represented,
ihn man with extendled arm andl ball in
htis hland represente(l Christopher (lo
htoubuns, thte discoverer of America, and
thte ball in his hand illustrated histheory
that the etarth was rounid andl by sailing
1 te west lhe coutld ci rctunavigate the
globe, or rathter Iho wotld find a new
onitinen t tot banlanco thte one they knew
dI i ah<mt. 'The statue by whtich we were
'tttmiding~ repiresentedt George Washing
att, kntown ast the "Fthetr of his Coun
try." Mir. Wise called his aittention to
lie sulmerscription: "'First in Pleace,
I'irst itn War and First in thte Hiearts of
hti5 Ctotuntrymen'"- wvhich hand ovidently
scapiet the ttrtnger'sm attention, but
there i nit namtot or intscription on the
*statuto of Cohlimbu is, anid he or any one
lse cottld be reasonably excused for
ekinig to whotm thte ttatue was ercted
uud the mettning of thet ball in the hand.
but Mr. Wise (cntintued by calling thte
denmtioun of the stranger to the right
am of thte Wasingttont statue, extended
withi the hamt ou nd lllA ii ooking dlirectly
mI tIhe fiace of Cohtnat bus, about 120 yards
I;'itt Cohubus looking as in the
nt f th rowitng the ball at him. Mr
ie idi it reind'~l (1 hhn of boys vy
ea(vi (ba~se ball wats not ktnown at
), andt hto ab'ot fanciewd hieer~ldb
orj', aney, "'Lot her go, Christoph
ut lcatcht hter!"
A (Otw Nuir. a it
A ut lettan.t of tis city ht, a fine
Io that Stttitely ftash' tn
qund of hioeel thintd shte
iatI the cowt wans slek. l ii
h'declited tt hter nihnte
il ittti th e d low . " Ot iit t
'!:iV ii e' ly adotedsy'a et
0 ai t' ttld iftsah, tretine,
: nd i ct Iut nive a. in veryngtot
.yn to me howtt "tL' Imeyn COt
I theI tun h,t{ tt. uiyengae
hsnw si an this acuted )fl
by httsmlik for tatenusc. I
agaIth:itteri ws aV5 very m
unlvhbttl theretw o'rc kiledeb