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VOL. 28. YOEKVJ.LLE. S. C? THTJESDAY, A-TIGIJST 17, 1882. XO. :L">.
She j?torj> icllev.
THE INVALID CLERK.
It was the twilight of a crisp, cold winter
lay. Outside, the rawing of a tlockof belated
crows made sorrowful music, as their wings .
were outlined against the deepening orange of
the sunset, while in the cozy farm kitchen tin?
lamp was already lighted, and Mrs. Flint was,
bustling about preparing the evening meal,
while Marah, Iter niece, sat and sowed with
dying fingers on the household linen.
' "I should like it so much, aunt,'"'said the
girl, lifting her eyes wistfully to the old lady's
face.
uHut, Marah," said Mrs. Flint, setting the ,
earthenware teapot where its fragrant leaves j
could steep slowly on the back of the stove, i j
"1 don't see how I can spare you, my dear, i,
There is so much to do, now that grandma is j
feeble, and your uncle has to hire two men for .
the wood cutting, and they've got to be board- J
ed here, and your cousin Louisa is coining (
i....... ...;o, i.ui. ..niniruii unt il snriiur." <
uric nan iki . f n.
Marah sighed softly. \V:ts it always to bo j '
her lot to be sacrificed for the general good of , others
V
"I never earned any money for myself, aunt." ,,
she said. "And this is such an excellent op- !
portunity to get a place in Mr. Marchlaud's !'
store. Sue Nellis has written to me that there (
will k1 a vacancy in the fancy department very (
soon, and ?'"
".lohn Marchland is a sort of distant rela- j
lion of ours, too," said Mrs. Flint. "Though j
I've never seen him. 1 knew his mother well. !.
And I dare say he would give you a good place !'
and be kind to you, if you entered his store. )
It would be an excellent chance for you to see i
the world, too. For 1 know it's a dull life !
here, my dear, but I don't sec any help for it ! i '
Perhaps in a year or two we can spare you bet-:,
ter." j.
So Marah Flint was compelled to give up the , ]
little plan over which she had dreamed so j (
many pleasant dreams. For Marah was only j,
eighteen, and she hjul always lived in the backwoods,
and won: her aunt's old dresses made j
over, and waited meekly on grandma and uncle !,
Aimer. j J
Mr. Marchland himself was. perhaps, a little j
disappointed, when Miss Nellis, the forewo-1
man, whose father owned the next farm to !
Abner Flint's, asked him if she should pro- .
mote one of the packing girls to the vacant j]
place in the fancy department. I .
"Put I thought you were going to write to ; J
that little unknown cousin of mine V" said he. ! .
"So I did." said Miss Nellis; "but they j
can't spare her from home, it seems. It's a
clear case of (,'inderilla among the ashes. '
She is the sweetest, most unselfish girl I ever j
saw ; but. all the same it's a shame that she !
should be buried alive in that sort of way."
"Very well." said Mr. Marchland, "I suppose
she understands her own business best, j
Put Julia Finch in the place."
The next day, I'nclc Aimer Flint, to his in-!
finite amazement, received a brief note from !
Marchland A: Co.. asking if it would be con-1
venient for him to receive as a boarder for. a j
few weeks, a young man from the store, whose
health required change ami rest.
"I will be responsible for his board," wrote j <
Mr. Marchland. "He has only his own exer- j
tions to depend on. and I am sure I may so far !:
presume on our distant relationship as to trust j
that you will receive him kindly."
? "Marah." said Mrs. Flint, in some perplex- (
ity. "what are we to do ?"
"Whv. take the poor fellow, of course." j
said Marali.
**liut it will make more work." said Mrs. <
~ Flint. I<
"Xever mind the work." said cheery Marali. j
"I dare say wo can manage it between us." i 1
"Marali always did look on tin* sunny side ;1
of things." saiil I"ncrlu Abuer, who serenely ;
left the domestic administration to iiis women-1
kind.
u\\*e don't wan't n<? boarders here," said
Cousin Louisa, a low-spirited young matron i
who talked through her nose, and cried and :
sniffed a good deal over her troubles. "There's i
only just room for the dear children, and me
now. that the wood-cutters have the north j
liedroom."
"There's the little room with the sloping :
? roof close to the chimney." suggested Marali. J
'"where we keep the chests of linen, and herbs, i
and seed corn. We might lit that up nicely.- j
I could put down a breadth of new rag-carpet
beside the bed, and make curtains out of the j
worn-out sheets; and. 1 dare say the young;
man won't be particular."
"Hut he's a mere clerk?a porter for all we I
know." whined Cousin Louisa, whose deecas- j
ed husband had been a bar-tender in a railway j
saloon.
"1 guess it won't hurt us to associate with j
him." said Cncle Abner, drvly;"and I tell;
you what, mother, if our Marali has all the j
extra work and care, she shall have the board j
money, eh?"
"Oh course she shall," said Mrs. Flint.
And Cousin Louisa sighed deeply, and re- <
marked "that some folks always had all the.
luck, and she never got no chance to earn
money !"
The young man from the store arrived?a
mild, unassuming person, who was very quiet
ami made very little trouble. He walked in j
< wi. i :.i .....l
the pine woous? ror ins iieaim, in- >aiu?mm
helped the stalwart wood-eutters now and
then. He sat hy the lire and read, lie answered
I'nele Aimer's questions about the J
house of Marehland A Co.. with great frankness.
Ves. he liked the business, lie hoped
in time to work his way up in it. Mr. March-1
land was very kind to him. He did not consider
Mr. Marehland a haughty miser ithis in
reply to Cousin Louisa, i Mr. Marehland proh-;
ably had his faults, but it was not his place!
to criticise his employer.
"l'onr fellow," said Cousin Louisa, when he
had gone out with Cncle Abner to ride with
the ox team into the woods. "I don't s'pose
he gets six dollars a week, to judge by his talk.
I thought p'r'aps 1 might be induced to change !
my widowed condition, if he was a lik'dy I'd- j
low, with a good income. But 1 guess I shan't
waste none of my attent ions on him !"
' He seems very quiet and pleasant." said
Marnh.
"And lie steps about awful spry for a sick j
man," remarked grandma, who sat knittingin
the chimney-corner.
Oh," said Mrs. Flint, "lie isn't real sick.
He's only a little down with malaria and
oyer-work. He'll be all right by spring : you
just see if he won't !"
At the end of the lirst week, when he offered
to pay his board, Mrs. Flint gave it back to
him.
"Von needn't mention it to your employer,
Mr. .lohnson," said she i.Iohu Johnson was the
name on the boarder's valisei. "But we was
thiukin*. me and Marah. that p'r'aps you
wasn't very well off. and so we'd make you a
nf t lie board."
I" * "x -
You are very kind." said 1 In* voting man.
with a slightly llushed fan*, "but **
"It's Marah's present. not iiiim'.*"ail<h*?l Mrs.
Flint, bluntly. "We toM her she should haw
the money for the board. lint she thinks you
need it liiore'n she does."
"I do not know how* I shall ever thank
her.''said the boarder, fervently, lint lie did
not argue the point am further.
Ami Mrs. Flint eonfidentially iuformed her
niece that "she believed the board money was
quite an object to Mr. Johnson, poor fellow."
While ('ousin Louisa elevated her liomau
nose and remarked that "she didn't take murh
stock in paupers. If folks couldn't support
themselves decently." she thought, "they'd
ought to go to the poor-houses."
Marah. however, had all her sympathies
thoroughly enlisted in behalf of the silent
\oung guest. She mended his stockings on
tlie sly?she saw* that his linen was put in
good order?she made little dainties to tempt
his rat her feeble appet ite from t iiue to t hue.
"You are very good to me." he said, one
day. as he saw her swift needle gliding in and
out of a pocket-handkerchief of his. which had
got torn among the bushes from which he
had been gathering scarlet wild-berries. She
? smiled.
"We are both solitary and alone in the
world." she said. "Only that you are friendless.
and 1 ha\e my good uncle and aunt to
rely on."
"I am not so friendless as I was a tew weeks
ago,*' said In*. "Fori venture now to count
you among the list of my friends. '! have
even dared to hope "
"What ?" she asked, without looking up.
while the color deepened on her cheek, and
her eyes were intently fixed on the gleaming
progress of her needle.
"That if I can provide a humble home in
New York on my return you will not disdain
to share it with me. Tell me. Marah, do you
think you could care for me?"
The tears sparkled in MaralFs eyes.
"Have I allowed you to discover how dearly
I love you V"
"And 1 loved you. Marah," he said, gravely,
"when first I looked upon your face."
So Marah Flint promised to be the wife of,
the young man from the store.
Mrs. Flint sighed and shook her head, and
said she didn't know how ever she should
manage without Marah. (iraudina expressed
herself to the effect that Marah would make
the best little wife in the world. Facie A1?-,
ner said "he s'posed gals would get married,
md they couldn't expect to keep her forever." ;
L'ousin Louisa said "she thoiiglit the gal was t
razv, to marrv a poor clerking fellow like'
that'!"
The young man smiled as he sat beside i
Marah, in the light of the evening hearth.
"1 don't call myself a second Kothschild,'* 1
said he, "and lam certainly conversant with
ill the duties pertaining to a clerk's office.
But. after all, perhaps 1 am u?u qiiiu: a canuilate
for the almshouse. For 1 have not
claimed all the names in this house to which
1 am entitled. 1 am John Johnson, it is true,
lint 1 am also John Johnson Marehlaml, the
lieatl of the lirm of Marchlaud A: Co. And I
tm Marah's third-cousin into the bargain."
"Je?rusalein !'' exclaimed honest old Fncle
Abner. "And what brought you here
"Well," said Mr. Marchland, "1 had heard
Miss Xt*llis speak of my cousin Marah, and
1 felt a sort of curiosity to see her just as she :
was. I had been suiliciently disgusted by the ,
lirs and graces of city young ladies to wish
for a genuine wild-wood blossom, so 1 (tame to
the old Connecticut farm, and here 1 have
sin ceded in finding my ideal."
"Bless me!" cried Mr. Flint. "So our little 1
Marah will be a rich lady after all, and wear j
i silk frock everyday, and keep a hired girl j
to do the kitchen work !"
"Shedeserves it all." said grandma.
"Laws-a-massy !" said Cousin Louisa.
"While silent Marah was perhaps the most
Astonished of all. She felt like the heroine j
;>f fairy tales, whose sober, brown coated
peasant-lover is turned suddenly in the beau
titul young prince, all sparkling with diamonds.
But she was very happy. And it was as
grandma said : she deserved it.
" !
g}t5rclUn(0tt!S Reading, j
THE PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN.
.mNjowax's isuioadk at okttysuiko.
I
l.t. C* ]. Jo-. M. Ilrowti. ill til** <'li.irl'*>tini WVrkly Wws.
I'im11*t the Act of Congress approved June P, j
lssu. entitled "An Act tocomplete the survey
i?f the Cettysburg battle-liehl, und to provide
for the compilation and preservation of data,
showing t he various posit ions and movements of
troops at that battle, illustrated by diagrams."
1 was requested by Col. I>. Wyatt Aiken. M.
t'.. to meet Col. John 15. I?atchelder, the histo- j
rian and a landscape painter, to whom the j
work was committed under said Act, and to
point out the positions and movements of Me-!
Cowan's Brigade, in order to preserve our |
Confederate success on that hard-fought battle-lield.
Col. Baehehler also wrote me to meet j
liiui and the Union ollieers commanding the
opposing forces on the lirst day of the battle, j
and fixed June 14th for the day of the meeting. |
We met. as requested, and spent two days in j
(lie work, one of which was taken up. chieily, .
with the battle of the lirst day. There was
not the least difficulty in establishing every position
and movement of the brigade, in all of
which the Union ollieers concurred with me.
We had stakes driven into the ground at all
proper points, and Col. Batchelder assured me
that he would take pleasure in giving us a cor- |
reet showing in his illustration of the battle.
The Union ollieers very frankly admit their
defeat, and the retreat through thetowu, qualifying
it with their weary condition from long
forced marches. As heavy as were our losses, i
theirs were much greater.
JosKi'ii N. lliaiwx. i
Til K K\; A<I KM 1*1 NT.
(Jen. McCowan and Capt. A. C. Haskell. A.
A. <;.. were both severely wounded at Chani?
:ii. > 1 ddd I 'ill \ 1 umr Pi.p.
ceuorsviiie, 100.1. <in<i ..... ........ ...
rin. of the Fourteenth South Carolina, commanded
the Hrigade on tin' Pennsylvania campaign.
with Liml. -I. <>. liainwt-11. of tin; First
as his A. A. (J. Tin* lield olliccrs of the several
regiments were : Major C. \V. McCrcary.
First: Major \\. M. llathlon. < Mt's Hillcs;
Col. .1. L. Miller. hieiit.-Col. II. ('. Davis, anil
Major K. F. Uookter. Twelfth: Col. 15. T.
IJroikinan and Lieut.-Col. I. F. Hunt. Thirteenth
: Lieut.-Col. .Joseph X. Urown and Major
Kdward Croft, Fourteenth, and Capt. W.
T. Haskell, of the First, commanded the I5attalion
of Sharpshooters.
< >n the doth day of dime. isiid. the armies of
(Jens. Lee and Meade were in Pennsylvania.
The long inarch from the Ilappahannoek had
relieved hoth armies of all their weak and
faint-hearted, and none hut hrave and strong
men had marched there to battle. They went
there prepared in their minds for hard lighting,
ami lIn* make-up of the mind has much to do
in making the light of the soldier. The t 'nion
soldier had now heen recalled from Virginia
to defend his own soil.
On the morning of the doth day of .Inne. A.
1'. Hill's corps moved from the Cunihcrlaml
Valley and crossing the mountains to the
eastern side, encamped near their hase. i'ender's
light division of this corps comprised
the four brigades of (Jen. K. L. Thomas, of
Hem-gin. Hen. .lames 11. Lane, of North Carolina,
(ten. A. M. Scales, of North Carolina,
and < Jen. Samuel MeHowan. of South ( 'arolina.
till-: i.ink (?l r.at i i.k.
On the morning of the lirst day of .July an
early comlict appeared imminent. McHowan's
brigade was called to arms. Artillery and
infantry were passing towards Hettyslmrg.
six miles distant. Artillery liring opened in
front. Maj. lladdon. with Orr's regiment,
was detached from the brigade for guard duty.
The remainder of the brigade, with the lield
and stall' olliccrs already mentioned, moved
towards the town. A line of battle was formed,
with Hen. Lane's brigade on the right.
McHowan's in the centre, and Hen. Scales on
the left. The left rested on the Chambersburg
turnpike, (ten. Thomas's brigade was
not inline. (Jen. Perrin gave orders to the
lield and stall, and then communicated to the
rank and tile, that they were to move forward
without tiring. That they were not to stop
under au\ circumstances, hut to close in.
press the enemy close and rout it from its
position. The liring of artillery increased
and that of small arms began. This continued
for several hours, during which time the
1 1 1 In. nl':n-t iuie
iji m;uu-ii|>|>M>ium M 11\ kivi i...
r?-st iiiir at intt-rvals in the shaded woods. Rumors
of disaster and success alternately passed
.iIt?ntf tin- lines, derived from tin* wounded
and prisoners. <?cn. Reynolds, eoniinaiuliiiy
1 lie I iiion Army, had been killed, (o-ncral
Arelier. of our army, had been wounded, and
lie, with Inost of his brigade of (?eii. Iletli*.I
>i \isio|i. had been raptured. I hit Upon tlx
whole the advantage wa> on our side, ami by
i o'clock I'. .M. the I'tiiou A riny had fallen
hack to a line of hastily constructed breast'
works ?if earth, rails and the like on the slope
front iun'and west of the Lutheran seminary,
one-fourth of II mile west 111 the town. 'I'lli?
line was continued by a stroiiif stone fenei
betiinninyr some two hundred yards south o|
the Seminary near a brick house, and runiiim.
southwardly aloni; the crest of Seminary
Ridu'e. and a little further hack, or east. thai
the breastworks. (>n the t uriipike, and neai
the Seminary, the Lnion artillery was strong
ly posted, heine on our left. As thus present
ci| (on. Scales on our left had on his left
dank all this artillery and in his front tin
rail and earthworks above described full ol
L'nioti soldiers pressed back, lint not defeated
and replenished with fresh troops from the ;
rear.
IN* FltOXT OF M'OOWAN'S lilCIOADK
wore the breastworks defended by the same
line continuing southward. In front of (ion. 1
Lane was the strong stone fence, behind which '
was posted a strong line of dismounted cavalry
with repeating rilles, which ontllanked him.
The ground from these works and the stone
fence presented a gradually declining slope to
the valley westward : then on a level of about
two hundred yards, then a like gradual ascent
up to the crest of the ridge, making perhaps
half a mile from crest to crest, and presenting
the fairest field and finest front for destine- I
tion on an advancing foe that could well be
conceived.
Til K ASSAI I.T.
If. in this position of affairs the brigades of ?'
(Jens. Scales and Lane should fail to keep
pace with MctJowan's in the assault to be ,
made, it would be no disparagement of their I
gallant officers and men. It was an impos- (
sibiiity. 1 lie centre must ue nroKen.
The order to advance was now given. The
order to hold lire until ordered, press forward ;
and close in on the enemy was repeated. The i
Thirteenth Hegiment was 011 the right, next I,
the Fourteenth, next Twelfth, and next j,
First. Fussing a burning house on our right ;
and crossing a small run, the brigade mount- j
ed the hill beyond and passed over the crippled
lines of (Jen. Fettigrcw's Brigade, which, i (
after hours of gallant lighting, had been with- j1
drawn and were resting from their toils.
In front and in view amid the grove of trees
was the Seminary now changed from the halls
of learning to scenes of bloodshed and carnage.
Beyond was a beautiful town partly concealed '
from view by the shade trees surrounding the '
seminary, its bun inhabitants were a thrif- i
ty. industrious and moral people. Crests of i
ridges in successive ranges stretched south- l
wardlv with the richest valleys between. Be- |
yond and to the south of the town rising still I
higher was Cemetery Heights, so soon to become
historic ground. It was hut the glance I
of the eye for a moment and then its grand-j i
cur was lost in the tumult of battle. I i
STOI5.M stIOT AND SIIF.I.I..
The advancing columns now moved on and i
encountered the storm of shot and shell from j'
the batteries on the turnpike fronting (Jen. j'"
Scales, and pressed on as ordered, without lir-1
ing until the line of breast works in front be-1
came a sheet of lire and smoke, sending its j
1 1 l. tl... nf imhi i 1
J < a?l 111 * 11 llliTVillivi m uumi in i?.? .... ..
who had often, lint never so terribly, met it j 1
before. The impenetrable masses of artillery ! '
and infantry in front and on the flank of (Jen. '
Scales impeded his progress, enfilading and (
sweeping his whole front, lie was wounded j .
and every Held ollieer of his brigade, save one. : 1
had fallen. In like manner, on our right. 1
(Jen. Lane was held in cheek by the stone wall |'
in his front, and the cavalry on his flunk, |'
threatening certain destruction if his advance '
continued. The valley had nearly been reach- '
ed. The want of sup|xn t on the right and left i
exposed the brigade to a raking enfilade lire !
from both right and left without abatement m | '
front. j i
STII.I. l-'OI! WAIll). h
To stop was destruction. To retreat was ! J
disaster. To go forward was 'orders." Then
(Jen. renin on horseback dashing through the j'
lines of the brigade, and with his Hashing |'
wened in l he cveniinr sunshine and his voice',
above the din of bat lie, directed ;i ml led tin* j !
charge. Three hundred yards yet intervened
between the advancing column and the breast- ,
work, in front, and t in* assailing forces with;
quickened pace pushed forward amid the mill- j !
nic balls sweeping the earth in front and think. ;
The dead, the wounded and the dying were j]
falling at every step. < >ur tiring had begun in :
earnest, and was pouring in on the enemy I ,
t hick and fast.
'riik cijkst or t11k kidoi:.
The enemy in front of the Seminary were '
closely massed, and strongly supported at the ,
building as well as from the rear and on its j
lluuks. The lines from this point curved ;,
slightly back on either side near to the crest j'
of the llidge, and this made the seminary the i
salient or point of attack, and to break the
line and take the breastworks here the brigade j
threw itself against it with all its fury. Here
the opposing forces giapplcd with each other. ;
one determined to hold its position, and the j
other determined to take it. The close qnar-1
tors at which they were now engaged made the
losses on both sides heavy. J>y this time the!
Brigade had attained a point which exposed it
to a raking lire from the cavalry with repeating
rilles behind the stone fence on our right. .
Its greatest force was spent on the Thirteenth |
and Fourteenth with deadly effect, lbil they j
maintained their unbroken front, closing in. !
ami replying in an directions wunn-c me nu.->.sili's
of (Instruction came. The ever-solid j
Twelfth with unbroken front pressed on and
was dealing deadly blows in its front, carrying
terror before it. The First on our left, out-1
flunked and enfiladed, pressed on in the tine-j
ipial contest, drawing closer to the breastworks.
approached linnly and steadilv along
at equal pace with its comrades, though con-j
fronting such fearful odds against it. both in,
front and on the (lank.
tiik rii:i.i> wov.
The desired point was at last reached. The
brigade carried the works, and the centre was
thus broken and the field was ours. The
whole line then gave way. and the t'nion soldiers.
IVnnsylvanianstliey were, alter making
such heroic resistance were pressed back,
closely followed, with fearful loss. While the
contending forces were thus grappling at
close quarters at the breastworks, the artillery
limbered up and was making for the rear, j
This timely prudence alone saved it. The
stone wall on our right was carried, and the
whole field was ours. The Thirteenth audi
Fourteenth had suffered the most from those j
repeating titles. The t'nion columns were
broken, pressed back, at lirst rapidly and disorderly,
with our men close on them, still
pouring into their ranks a deadly lire. As
they ucared the town they became more massed.
and moved more slowly and stubbornly,
with lines still broken. As they were entering
the town they looked backwards, as if
half minded to turn on the pursuing foe and
renew the conflict, lint doubtless their movements
were obstructed by the crowded streets
in their front. (Jen. Abner Doubleday, who !
commanded the 1'iiiou forces, in his official
report of the battle says: '* s * * "1 re
11I;IIi11-<i ;n iiit* ^I'IIIIII.IIrtu|>i-i niu iiuiiip 11.?
Ii11;11 movement until tlitnisaiitls of In?slih*
bayonets inatk- their appearance aroiuul tin*
sides of the building. I then rotle back and
rejoined my eoinmand, nearly all of whom
were lililia: through the town. As we passed
through the streets our frightened people gave
us food and drink."
(IN TO Till-: TOWN.
The I'nion forces had been pressed out of
their breastworks, and our weary soldiers had
entered them, and pressed on to the town.
The Fourteenth passed on both sides of the
S-niiiiary. Col. ( roll, with a pmtion, passing
to the right, and pushing forward for the
possession of a disabled piece of artillery.
< it hers were pushing lor t lie same point. ('ol.
Croft probably reached it lirst, as lie with an
eye for the immediately useful secured the
only uninjured horse, which he mounted with
the harness still on, presented a captured
sword to his lieutenant colonel, and Soon afterwards
loaned the horse to the gallant ('apt.
; ' I'. Alston, of the First to ride into town in
command of the skirmishers.
The brigade had now reached the town.
; which <ifn* 1'eri in ordered the First and
Fourteenth to enter. This they did simultaneously
with 11 ays unfurled. I lie First 1 ?y the
i ('liuiiihorshury turnpike, and the Fourteenth
passing to tiie left, or rather directly alony
anil I mlween North Ihuindary street and the
, old railroad embankment or hed. mil il it ivarh(
ed the main street runniny soul It t hrouyh t lie
town, and inarehiuy up that street was passed
f li\ (ien. Fender, at the shade trees on the
; riyht. who extended a compliment in passiny.
A few paces further on Major MeCroery with
i the First had reached the same street I?\ the
r ('haiuhcrsliiiry turnpike where ( 'en. Fender
- complimented the reyiuieiit |'nr its yallaut
- eomiuet. Ill like manner lie eompliliielited
I each reyiinenl throiiyh its commander for its
yjorioiis day's work. The Fourteenth haviny
I" the shortest cut reached the Main street lirst.
. i Inn Major McCreary reached it further mi
and lirst lit-M the more central or advanced
position, whore the Fourteenth airain joined it
The streets and fencing look now as they did
then. Only a hedge has been allowed to grow
up ami spread onto the north side of Konn- i
ilary street by which the Fourteenth passed
into town.
(Jen. Nodes' Division of (Jen. Kwell's Corps
now coming tip. the First and Fourteenth
were ordered back and joined the Twelfth and <
Thirteenth between the town and Seminary,
where we rested.
UK*. I.KK AND Til K CAROLINIAN'S.
(Jen. Fender was at the liidge where we
lirst entered the battle and saw the close lightintc
throughout. lie saw the I'rigade as it appeared
from his point to almost mingle with
the Fnion Soldiers, and passing the Seminary ;
and the ltidgc almost together, he supposed
that the Nrigadc was captured. Hiding forward.
however, he met l.ient. Simmons, of
the Twelfth, who was wounded, and of whom
lie made the inquiry if the Nrigadc was cap-,
lured, to which the Lieutenant answered, ;
"No. it is over the hill yonder." (The large j
body of the euenn known to be there just ilied
his fears.) The (ieneral then rode forward,
with speed, and ordered the Twelfth and
Thirteenth ba'*k to a point between the town j .
and Seminary to protect the rivflil tlauk, and (
then into the town where lie overtook the
Fourteenth and First, as above slated, (ten.
.. ii...,.
I.ee t lien came up, ami an ihuioi- was men (
given to "tin* South Carolina brigade that j,
captured (Jettysburg."
'I'llK I.OSSKS.
The points of tlio greatest ilantiftrr were held
by tho regiments on the ritfht ami left, limp
Thirteenth on the right and First on tin* left. i
The 'riiirtccntli was nearest the cavalry with >
repeating lilies at the stone fence, and hist j
more in killed than any other. Col. liroek-1
man, although too sick for duty, was at his j
post, hut the movements for that reason were'
largely conducted by Lieut.-Col. I. F. Hunt. j.
It added to the regiment's already high repu- j:
Latioii acquired under its former gallant Com-j
mamlcr. Col. <). Kd wards. who fell commanding
the brigade after the wounding of Hen. j '
Met iowaii at ('haneellorsville.
The Firsl, being on the left bad to cnooun- '
Lent long line of infantry overlapping its left, j
uid was nearest to the artillery.
The centre, comprising the Twelfth and
Fourteenth, was swept by the same enfilading
that enfiladed our Hanking regiments, and
the losses in men were nearly equal to all the j <
regiments in proportion to the number en- j I
raged. The Twelfth sustained heavy loss j
Ironi the artillery lire directed towards the 11
.-eiitre.
It would seem impossible for any of the regiments
to have sustained more than it had to |
meet or to have borne more than it had to , ;
.'iieounter. There would have been enough ; (
glory in any one of them to have carried its ;
wn front. All of them had more than this j.
Lo do.
SO KSCAI'K Koli Till-: wot NI?KI>.
'CI- I i 'Plw. 1-\,nrl,.|.ntli ! '
L nr ii \uiv iiiiiim u,? , ..... . v..
which was I hi- largest regiment, lost over JUi) j :
In killed and wounded out of 47o carried into '
tetioii. The Thirteenth had sixty-four killed
>r to die of 1 heir wounds. All the regiments
lost over on third. There was no loss of prisniers.
They were all killed or wounded. Over!
ux hundred had fallen in front of those breast-j
works. The thousands of hostile bayonets |;
1 hat appeared and passed around the sales of j
the Seminary building rmuprincd what re- j
inained of lift ecu hundred carried into action, j'
The nature of the ground was such and the ;
ontest so brief that tlie w.Minded could not 1
he moved, and were wounded twice, thrice j
Hid as many as four times after first being j
dricken down. Large numbers died of their j
wounds. A few who with shattered legs or
wounded bodies ran back in safety to the j
surgeons, have not ceased to admire their legs !
for the good service rendered. 11 was the only j
battle field in which all avenues of escape for
nur wounded were closed. There was noth- !
i11g that the ambulance corps could do. The
ground was swept at every point by the dead- !
ly luinnie balls. The artillery lire is terrible. |
Imt the almost silent whirl of the miiinic ball |
is the death-dealing missile in battle. Not a I
foot of ground presented a place of safely. ;
The I'nion troops tired low. and their balls!
swept close to the ground in the dish-like field ;
in their front. The terrible strife was over
in a few minutes- fifteen, say twenty utmost. '
Men never fell faster in this brigade, and per-1
haps never equaled, except in Orr's regiment ;
at < i a i i ics's Mill. (>n our side the tiling was:
not slack nor wild. The trees in the Seminary ;
grounds where the Union lines ran arc still,
thickly covered with scars, from the ground i
to the height of a mail, made with the bullets !
of our unerring rifles. They are well marked
en their western sides. And the ground
strewn with their dead :ind wounded well at-i
tested t lie aceurae) of the deadly aim.
'line ISAM.ANT KNKMY.
It was no ordinary soldier that we had met. '
The prisoners rapt nrcil were more intelligent
than on other lields. They were mostly I'eiin- |
sylvanians i'llfhtiiilt for everythiiilt they held'
dear. The celebrated Iron Ilrigade was in our :
front. The 1*21st. I'eiinsylvatiia, Id .'hi l'einisyl-i
vania, lTKth l'ennsylvaiiia, In 1st l'criiisylvania.
and others not remembered. Maine troops
were there, who stated that they eame in not
more than lil'tcen mimites liefore the action be- i
gun. Then the artillery on our right, cavalry ;
behind the stone wall, all holding to the death, t
lint there were no crossing of swords and bayonets.
for this is seldom done except on paper.
It was no time lor a thousand hair-breadth escapes
with nobody hurt. It was not the clipping
off id' clothing. Iml the bodies of men
that were struck. While the losses in line of
ollieers and men were great, it was remarkable
that not a single lield ollicer was disabled for
duty, though they did not escape uustruck.
I\( II'KNTs (if I'KKMtN A I. HAKIM!.
The llev. W. 15. ('arson, chaplain of the
Fourteenth Regiment, remained with the
wounded, of whom ninety of liisown regiment
were too badly wounded to be removed in ambulances
soul h of the 1'otoliiac. lie Weill into
the heavily shelled woods for blankets for his
wounded men and remained to administer to
their wants until death freed many from
their sufferings.
Dr. I.oiiis V. 11 not. the eminent surgeon of
the Fourteenth, performed many skillful operations,
drawing praise from Fnioii surgeons,
lie returned with us on the liual retreat.
A soldier boy of the Fourteenth eapt ured the
i-.i-.i-.. ii*ur ,,r fl... l.tilth I'ennsvlvaiiia in the
works, whereall itsjjuanl wen-slain. A1 n>t11er
ca]itiin'(l a smaller our. and folding it in his
bosom, tell two days afterward advancing in
the picket line in front of Cemetery Heights. 1
It. ()weiis, color hearer, son of ( apt. U. S.
Owens. of tlie Fourteenth, who had fallen at
K razor's farm, was shot dead while earrvin.u
the llau of hisreuiment, and all his color guard
hut one was slain.
In the Twelfth Ilejjiniciit one color-hearer
alter another was shot down until four were 1
killed and two wounded. And a scarcely |e>s ;
fatality attended the colors id' the other t'egiineiits.
The land of the Shamrock, a* in other
lields. eolilrihuted its ipiota oil the stl'oimh
contested ground.
imeon r \m i: or tiik km; \<;i:mi-:n r.
The importance and magnitude of thissangiiinnrv
engagement and glorious v ictory was
lost sight of by the public eve ill the maud
movement which culminated in the great events
iniiiH iliatelv succeeding. Ihit it was not h>>i
sight of nor forgotten hy the it real I.ee. He
promoted Col. renin to Ihigadier Ceiieral.
who. on the 1 tit 11 of May, Isiil, while leading
his Alabama Ihigade to the charge at Spottsylvania.
as lie did MeCowan's Ihigadeat <?'etlysburg.
fell in the front of battle ami his
ureal spirit ceased from war.
We rested oil the field of battle and the next
lay liclil Seminary Wiit#r aton# me si one nine
wliirll covered ( ell. Lane's fl*? >111 I In' IiI >1 ilaV.
We suppi irl ?{ I In- ait illery. and t In* only in#
l?y the brigade. except 1 ?y tin' Sharpshoot
'is, was done l?y ( apt. T. K. ('lyburn (al'trrwards
('olonel. i \vln? with two companies of
tIn- Twelftli. drove hark a liii?* i?l* hattlc and
restored (Mir pickets, win? had hern driven
from their posts. ( hir line passed by a l';irinIiouse
siirii>11inli iI hy a lincnrcliartl. and owned
; hy a ncnt h'lnan named McMillan, who canned
i his I'm it. and who abandoned all on the inornI
in# of the 1st. Abandoned property is lawful
i pri/e in war. and our wean soldiers ciijo\ctl
these fruits, mi tin' volunteer system in tin.* intervals
of i|iiict. The old U'elltlcniil11 Uliil his I
wife still live. ami. although nineteen years '
have j>ass"il. he still laments the loss of his ;
earthly store. Kvery l>uildin? and tlee looks i
now as it did then, and the same well of water
inntin (|iieuehed tlie wayfarer's t hirst. Durinix i
the ni^lit of the -Jml the hriujade was moved |
forward to Hie dirt road, on the slope fronting
Cemetery Itid^e. and was joined hy Orr's Hejj- i
inieiit. Ir.it was not eni>a^ed inthe^reat battle ]
of t he old. t
The pii kets were driven in at one lime, and i
I ln> t'ourl I'i'iit h ordered forward to restore the ,
line, which Wiis quickly done. I'.nt it drew a
heavy lire from the heights in front, indicting i
smile loss, in wliicli lioth the livid ollieelS Were |
wounded. The \v? in lit Is of Major ("rot I were I |
severe, ami his valuable services lost to his j |
regiment for more than a year. Then return- i |
inir with an unhealed wound in the side and
his arm in a sling. he continued at his post j
until the close of the war. ;
Ktl.t.Kt) IN* Action. ii
i
As before staled, our losses were immense. !
Hut the greatest individual loss to the brigade I .
was that of Capt. William T. Haskell, of thej|
First Regiment, commanding the Rattalion of |
Sharpshooters. lie was killed in front of ('em- j
i.'tery Ridge on the second day, and the gravi- j
ty of his loss can scarcely be estimated. It
was only known to those who knew him best,
lien. Tender also fell mortally wounded on the
second day while reconnoitering. and our army
lost in liitn another of our great generals. | I
And then the long list of line mliccrs who i |
fell, leaving whole companies without a com- .
missioned ollicer. Among tlieiu the First t
Regiment. besides('apt. Haskell, killed. I.ieut.
A. W. I'ogue. wounded. I apt. .1. S. Mc-Malnm,
Fields. .1. Cox, .lames Armstrong, M. M. '
.Murray. .1. F. .1. < 'aidwell. :
Twelfth Regiment ? Killed, ('apt. .1. Hun- <
iiicii 11. Wounded, ('apt. I. M. .Moodv. I.ieuts. I.
A. Watson. M. T. Sharpe, A. W. lilack. W. |
S. Stover. .1. M. .Jenkins. R. F. Simmons. I
Thirteenth Regiment?Killed, ('apt. Cromer.
Fields. Mc.\ inch and Fcitsey. Wounded. '
Capt. Fewberry. Fields. Fcitsey. Hill, A. M. ;
Mowers, John Ibiluiey,.). F. Ranks.
Fourteenth Regiment--Killed, Fields. Sid- i
ney Carter and N. Austin. Wounded, Adju- .
taut W. J. Ready :('apis. II. T. Critlith, W. j
i.....i.... .....i t: \v < 'iil1ii.flin I.ii'iits. '
.>1 . I M I 111 II itll'l <>, ? , , . in.-..,..,
1 J?tlicrt 15. Watson. John M. I5.1K II.,1. Hoaeli. '
W illiam II. Hriinson, .1. F. .1 >r?lan. A. F Jor- 1
ilau. W. 1!. White. J. II. Williams, S. Cog- t
burn, .lames I'. Sloan ami Jesse *;win. ,
Ami the linmlreils o|' brave men. most of |
them young. mid on the threshold of life. J
whose names were not recorded in the oilieial
reports of the battle. I!nt they still live in 1
memories of the loved ones at home, and years 1
iiftenvards their bodies were removed to South- :
i*ru cemeteries by patriotie ami loving hands. ;
Here let them rest until the morning of the ,
general resurrect ion.
In the afternoon of the ,'iil the groat worldrenowned
assaults were made on the iron- '
crested and rock-bound heights in front, re- t
suiting in disaster, and then the star of the t
Southern Confederacy began lirst to wane. I
( (' the regimental commanders in this cam- paign,
Col. .1. I,. Miller of the Twelfth. was
killed at the Wilderness. May 1 sr. 1 ; Co|.
15. T. lirocknian. at Spottsylvania. May 1_'.
lSiil; Majoi W. M. Ilai'doii. of Orr's llilles. (
;it I Jeep iiottom. July JS. 1 si;l, and Col. C. .
W. McCreary. of the First, at Cravelly Hun. !
March .'51. IStio. It w:ts distressingly sail that
Col. McCreary after so long and brilliant
service, should fall ill almost the last battle. ;
even as the fabric of the-Confederate powet i
was tottering and being broken to pieces and |
the last blow being struck. The smile that |
always lit up his pleasant face paled in death
near the enemy. Of these and the long list
who stood shoulder to shoulder with us at
(o'ttysburg and who fell on these and olhci 1
battlefields, and those who have survived the i
sad and closing scene at Appomattox?a brigade
which the writer as senior colonel at (
times had the honor to command he would
en u-iiti i'im-Inor alvin to Scotland's bard
"Tin- bridegroom may fonret I lie bride
Was mailc his wedded wilit yestreen ;
Tlii' monarch may forget this erotri.
That mi his head an hour has been; I
Tin? mother may forget the ehihl
' That smiles sac sweetly at her knee, ;
I hit I'll remember thee, < ileiieairn." I
The prutiioti?ni of (Jen. I'errin ami his ileath i
hits already lieeii staled, lie was a martinet
in discipline and every inch a soldier. IIi>
accomplished wife, a daughter of Col. I'. M. '
Ihitler of the Palmetto Pediment, preceded 1
hint it short time to the grave. and two eliil- ?
dren survived them. He was the last colonel ;
hut one of the Fourteenth Pediment. He ,
was captain of Company "D," from Ktlgdicld. j
at the organization in lsiil. The former colonels
were Held ollicers at the organization?
Col. .lames Jones in the camp of instruction. 1
and Cols. Samuel McCowau and \V. 1). Simpson.
who so often led it to battle. The First
boasted of its Maxcy < Ircgg. a name so inseparable
connected wit h it and the Prigadc. Orr's
Pities had its Col. James I.. Orriu the camp
of instruct ion and J. Foster .Marshall. 1). A. i:
I.edlletter who had fallen in battle :tt Second ;
Manassas. The Twelfth with Col. P. C. M.
Ihniovaiit. of honorable service before, who
was succeeiletl by the gallant ( ' >]. I )ixon Panics
who distiiiLftiisheaI himself and regiment on
many Ileitis ami so much at second Manassas,
ami who fell at Shatpsbnrg regretted 1?\ all.
Col. < >. K. Fdwards of the Thirteenth, so .
brave, and so ellicieut in till departments of
1 lie service and espceialh in battle has alrcmh
1 1 'ci...^,. .ai'i.l,at uitb t licir i
I Jl 'I 11 II It'll 11' Mini. J m r" mi.. ... ... . ,
regiments tin* impress c?l" their own irallant !
spirits, whieli w;is preserved unimpaired on I
mail) liatllelields. and on one of whieli they !
submit was never excelled.
UKTTYSHl Kt; IN lsv_>.
An inspect ion of the iield at (Jet t\sburj; on
the Nth and loth of dune. ISS'J, presented precisely
the view it did nineteen years ago. It '
looked as if seen but yesterday. Time seemed
to have made scarcely a champ*. The im- i
pressions made on the mind had been so stroiitr
that the hills, valleys, parcels ol' woods. Seminary.
slopes, houses, streets, fencing, then
thrown down, and loads, were all of them
fresh in the memory. When it looked a little
too far from .McMillan's house to the woods
on the south, an inspection disclosed a small
elearinii" from that side of it. The existence
of the dill road was denied by Some, but a
search at once located it. The Iield lacked I
I he surging masses of men ami arms to com- I
plete it. The portion of the stone fence near- i
est our right, on the first day, had been re- !
moved.
Oil the Other side the view frolu ('cliietPry
I?idge. ('nip's Ilill. l.ittlc Hound Top ami
other points held by the l llioli forces, disclosed
positions which the "I'cbel soldier"
would have regarded as havens of safety. No
wonder lien. l'ickett failed in his charge.
Ill peace, the lnen who had met there be- I
fore in war now met again. On the Southern :
side were < Jen. 'I'riinble. aeeoinpanied by his
niece, Miss Trimble. The (ietieral. though
hale and hearty, still carries witli him the
evidence of the haI'd-fought battle. ( ? !!. A. '
M. Scales. M. ('.. of North Carolina. Col.
< UllfS. * ..ll| ,\ I,III,nil.I. IMIII M,||.
(apt. , of I Villain's A rt illcry, ami t lie
lepresentative nl' Mr<tuwaii's Friiinde ami his
si iiiin! daughter. who timk a lively interest in
the incidents of battle as related hy Imlh
Cniiin and < 'onfederate ollieets. and with,
tlieln ilis|ieeted all the lielils.
< >11 the Niirtherii side Were inaiiv ntlieelS
asseiiililcil t*iir their reiininn. Several nl tliein
ini|iliiei| specially fur that gallant nltieer nf j
iiiirs wini rude thrnuirh the lines nl his bri-1
jjade and led the charge. They stated that
it was the grandest siuht tiny ever saw in!
battle. Anmiiir them were <icn. Iliehanl j
('nidler. nl I'eniisylvania. with his wit'eaml
daughter: (Jen. lid ward I >ana. Cnl. of I l.'ld i
I'eniisylvania \'nluiileers. <*iiiiiiiiaiitliuir secniid
brigade at (ieliysbnr.it' : l.l.-( nl. (ien. F. Me-,
1'arlainl. l.*d.>t I'eniisylvania Vnlnnteers. ae-j
<-<>i111ianii iI ii\ his amiable wife. We thought
that ( nl. MeI' arlaml had been Killed b\ iis
nineteen years In fore. We had shut him and
his Imrse near the Seminary, wnnmliiii; him
severely. Imm which lie hot a leif. but his
cheerful disjinsiiinn well supplies the loss, i
Major li. I'. Ilalstead. A. A. <i. of the First
Corps: ( apt. M. I., lilair. of llild I'eiinsyl- 1
j vania ; ('apt. .1. M.CIapp, of l'Jlst I'eiiiisyl-j
i vania : ("apt. I leaver. son of (ien. Heaver, of |
I'ennsylvania. and others whose name ami
rank are not reinenihereil. These ollieers
were all in our front on the lirst of .Inly.
tml gave a most hearty welcome to the Soiith rners.
Ami the citizens were alike courteous.
All points of tlie bat th-held are accessible ami.
in two days all the important ami strategic
points can easily betaken in by the tourist.
With many thanks to ('ol. John B. IJatcli hler,
the historian, for tin* aid rendered, to
liis amiable wife for courtesies in the brief
ime allowed, to the ollieers we had the pleasure
to meet, and to the citizens of the town
>f (Gettysburg, we bid an affectionate adieu.
And now, as the senior oiliecr in rank of Mciowan's
Brigade now living who participant
in the battle, the duty requested of him
lias been performed. The points on the battlefield,
the positions of the several regiments,
their movements and the movements of the
Brigade, have been carefully and correctly,
pointed out to Col. Baehehler, the historian,
iml the Brigade will now have its place in the *
picture. I,
The record thus given of one battle will
diow thai defeat did not everywhere confront 1
lie Confederate forces at (Gettysburg, ami at '
east one gem will be preserved from that ill- 1
fated field. i
i .
I 1
Coirc*ponticiici! of tin* Yorkvillc Knijuirer. j j
NOTES OF TRAVEL. | ?
I'ijkscorr, (>nt.\i:io, Canada, August I. j '
issj.? l attempted. iii ;i hurried manner. a j
initial account of what I saw (luring my brief j
dav in Washington, ami of mv rapid jonruev
.o Niagara Falls. Here it maybe necessary to |
;av that the beautiful gem of a citv located at j
. I I
he Falls?mi the American side?is not, as is i
' |
generally supposed, incorporated by the name j
?f Niagara, but by the less euphonious, not to !
say the grotesque name of Susjn //* /?/?/?. [
Hut notwithstanding the name it bears, it is, }
eyoiid question, one of the most beautiful j
tnd lovely towns I lia'v ever visited. It boasts j
i population id' something over live thousand. 1 '
I'lie streets are straight, level, and thickly set j
.villi live, bushy-topped, broad-leaved, umbra- j(
Icous sugar maples, such as I have never seen [ '
n any other locality. The side walks are well |'
aid with white pine plank, as in every other
iIy or town I have visited near to or within I
lie Dominion of Canada. There are here sov-1
ral large and commodious hotels and other!
utl.lic buildings, and line and costly private j
esideiu'cs that are very beautiful, the attract- J
veiiessof the buildings being greatly enhanced j
?v the large and beautifully adorned courts or
iron I ids attached to them. 1 doubt whether. .
ill things considered, a more enjoyable sum- >
ner retreat can be found within the bounds ofj .
1
he I'nion. I would have been glad to have
' 1 ' I- ..1,....... Ml .,1. I :
t-11 la 111t-ii nere ;t mumn. m ...... ...
ractive diil I lind tlit* place. I regret that
inie and span' prevent nic from describing j
nrtlier tin; little bird's nest at the Falls of |
\ iagara and called Susjn usimi I Sri4 '</<. t
A coachman, pha-ton and two splendid gray |
steeds that ! have engaged fur the day, to
any nic to see all the notable curiosities and I i
daces of resort, has just driven up to the In- j t
ernalional Hotel, and .bdiu, with that air of 1
ondescension for which his profession at Xi- 1
igarahavea world-wide reputation, informs )
ne that iie is ready to convey me to any point : |
hat I may desire. 1 take my seat and tell i ,
iiin to go where lie pleases, and in a moment j
we go dashingnway in sullicientlyostentatious i '
tnd comfortable style to satisfy the taste of a :
lord, lint theoutlil is not at all out of lcee))- (
ing with the price charged for it.
The lirst place we visit is a few miles down :
the river below the Falls. Niagara is the name
given to the Falls and the short river of seven i
miles, connecting lakes Krie and Ontario, and ' :
in aboriginal vernacular means. I am told.
TIihiiiIi riinj. Appropriate enough is the name, ,
too; for constantly, every moment, night h
ind day. ceaseless as the sun in its diurnal i i
revolutions, tin; mighty volume of water goes
thundering on its way to the sea.
Hut we have now arrived at the llapids, I ,
tnd must descend in a railroad car which runs t
hi a track at an inclination of about thirtv- I
iglit degrees, though our car moves slowly j!
tnd at a uniform rate of speed. As our car j'
goes down we meet another on an opposite | (
track ascending with half a dozen or more of j |
passengers, and as the cars are running all i
the time and laden with passengers, maiiv | i
*" |
are theipiarters laken at the gate. Hut soon j
we land at the bottom and on the bank of the j ^
river and Narrows. The river is said to be, | |
for some distance above the Falls, a mile and I i
" ' 1 e ........ .i,.,.n. ..i'i?...?h.
il nail wnii' aim <>i an myui i...
feet : I>iit here it is compressed and llows with i1
great rapidity between two perpendicular. ,
simiotlily-cut rucks, forming walls or banks ,
mie hundred and seventy feet high. Km in
the surface id" the water to the buttuin of the i
channel the river is said to be four hundred feet
deep, making the channel no less than live
hundred and seventy feet deep at this point.
Is this not also well named, when it is called
the .\iiHere the mighty moving lloud
of the river goes darling with arrow-like celerity.
whirling, foaming, leaping, hissing and
surging through its narrow, rocky channel, j'
with such speed and force that the hundred
millions of tons of water that scieiitists say !
pass over the Kails every hour, is often seen,
where the river turns, heaving up in great
billows mountain high, crested with snow- j
white bubbles and dancing foam, which at a 1
certain hour on any clear, calm day. presents
a faint shimmer of rainbow light of intense
Mint
iicamy, wiiii*' tin* n\"-i i.u i? i..?,
vexed t<? madness. rushes in eddies, whirling
round and thundering on its way. until it
finally rests its tnrhid waters in Lake < hitario. j
I was tohl that the largest substance that!
had ever been known to eouie into these Ilap- ;
ids had never heen seen to rise again. So j
great are the weight and depth of the water j
that nothing falling in it can rise to the sur- j
laee. and if it ever again sees the light it must
do so in fragments, as lashed to pieces by the
mighty current, it is carried to the lake.
Moving up the river a short distance I'rotn j
the place where I lirst descended, and where it
was said I could obtain a still better view of
the Falls and llapids. I had scarcely come to a
halt when I was met by an exceedingly polite
and gabby little fellow who nersistently urged
me to lake a seat on a chair lie had lixed on a
high rock on the margin of the river, that lie
might take a large sized photograph of myself
taking a view of the river, llapids and Falls
above. 1 le would do tlie work for only live
dollars and send it to me by mail. It would j
be worth ten times the amount alter I was
dead and gone : and oh. say. sir. would it not
be dearly prized as an heir loom by my wife ami
children '* With t his and much ot her similar a r- i
gin i lent lie plied inc. little dreaming that lie was
talking to a festive bachelor so continued in a
state of celibacy as to render wife and children.
ilmr as t hose objects may be, possessions
not contemplated in the near future. Hut his
blandishments prevailed upon a number of the
- 1 1 i i in:
put I v to sii ior 11ii'ir [tiion'ui.i|'ii> mn im- < uincut
ion of future generations.
Tin- next point I visited wjis iii-;ir Ilit-spot
limit- In nil ills by tin- exploit uf Sam l'iiti-li. j
Ili-ii', on ;i i-li-v.itor. \vi- descended ;i ilurk pit
oin- 11 m 1 ii I ri -i I iiinl si\ty feel doi-p ami landed
iii-ar tlx' plari- where the redoubtalili- >ain. in
tin- year lsif'.i. elected a senllold one hundred
t'i-i-t above tIn-banks of tIn* river. From this
great height In-leaped into the water below.
The perilous lent Was siiccessfulh performed i
Ill' Second I IIIIC. 1111 ' I" \\ 111 11 in- u .i> mum .vital
reckless ami proclaim lift to tin- world
!i;it "some things can In- done as well as other
liinjts." lie inereaseil the height of his seafelil.
and attain on a heavy wa^er took his
hird and what proved to he his hist leap. < ?n
KToimt of the (treat height of the point
rom which this leap was made lie decided to
mid a parachute in each hand. This was
irohahly a fatal precaution, as the parachutes,
vhicli were (irmly tied to his hands and hod\,
vhile they prevented a too rapid descent, renlered
him powerless to control his movements,
tnd instead of striking the water with his
ect. as he had calculated to do, his whole
mily struck the water with such violence as
o dash his body to pieces. And thus Sam
I'atcli died as the fool dieth. in the si?^lit of a
,'ast crowd of horrified spectators who had assembled
to witness the foolhardy attempt to
xemplify his epi^rammalical I toast.
Here is also the place where iSlondiu crossed
lie river on a cable suspended across it. which
'fill will lie readily recalled by newspaper
eadcrs df twenty yt'itrs ago. lllondiu w;is
nore successful than Sam 1'ntdi. Ilisattraeiuii
drew a crowd of not less than lifty tlioniaml
people. and the little French :u*r?
loekeled ten thousand dollarsoti that occasion,
ivhieh he still lives to enjoy. Thus capricioiisv
does Fate ileal with men. How true is it
liiil the wheel id' fortune is e\lrcineh uneeriiin
in the w:iy it will tiirii.
Next we proceed to the two wire bridges
hat span the river, more than three hundred
out l'min the bottom of the water. < hie of
hese bridges is to accommodate thetrallicand
ravel of the surrounding country. The other
ivas const rueted for the use and aeconmiodaioiiofthe
New York Central and Hudson
Itailroad Company. Tin* colossal structure is
is beaut fill as it is strong ami substantially
niilt. While standing near it. I saw a large
uigiue and tweiity-eiglit loaded freight cars
>ass over it. and this combined weight only
ieenicd to lend additional strength to the mass
f iron which truly appears to be suspended in
nid air.
1 observe that Niagara abounds in the same
,'iirieties of lish that we liud in our own rivers.
CriM-oni).
an adoih: norsi:.
You would not like to live in a mud house,
eader, would you V l>ut let me tell you about
t. To begin with, it is nim h cheaper than
vooil, and. to say nothing about looks, it
s a great deal better. Comfortable houses
ire made here by digging prairie sods, piling
hem up. one on top of the other, enclosing a
npiare the si/.o wanted aeioss which is laid
idles, which are again covered with sods. A
lace is left in one side for a door, and one or
wo in the other side for windows. This is
he common Mexican's house, and until one
rets close to it. it can't be distinguished from
i lump of any other dirt. Cnless a traveler
ceeps up a tolerable lookout lie is liable to pa>s
he mansion of some unpretending native
ivilliont knowing it. If a Mexican wants to
rive his donkey shelter, he can dig a few t ni l's.
till- tlit'in live or six tret lugti uroiiuu a smaii
*|>:iee, ami turn tin* animal in. if in- is particularly
tender ofhis beast. lie will roof that
>vcr also with straw or mud. lint the side
shelter is generally considered siillieient lor
.he purpose. A little regard for looks will
sometimes induee a Mexirnit to dig Up some
lirt. mix it with sand, and spread it on the
mtside of the sods with a wooden trowel.
I'll is gives the outside of the house a smooth
surface, which adheres well.
The adohe brick is prairie soil, water and
sand, mixed together, moulded, and laid in the
sun to dry. They are eight inches long, nine
inches wide and four inches thick, and when
lone are not as hard as burned brick, but sutli;iently
hard for building walls and arc duraale.
Men can be hired to tiirnish their own
material and make them for ,-s a thousand.
An Kasteru builder can compare these with
the size of burned brick, ami easily calculate
[he comparative cost of brick houses in the
ast and New Mexico. Men charge sit) a
.hoiisand for laying tlicni in the wall. Few
louses are over one stor\ high, though occasionally
an ambitious man will build two. and
nice in a great while three stories high. The
svalls are usually eighteen inches thick, but if
the house is two stories, the lirst story wall is
twenty-seven inches and the second eighteen
inches. Partition walls are eighteen inches
in the lirst story and nine in the second.
Fart it ion joi.-ts'are sometimes set up. in which
case the brick are on edge between the joists,
making a four inch wall. The bricks are
lackul to the joists with nails, and the partilion
is tiuis made perfectly tirm. A kind of
mortar is made of one-third mud and twothirds
sand, which is spread on the partitions
with trowels and is as tirm as lime mortar.
The house is very warm in winter and cool in
summer. Kavesdropping through the partition
is out of the question, and in some Fastcm
communities they might not be popular on
that account. Many builders plaster the outside
of the house with liiud and check it off into
squares, to resemble hi ick or square stolieS.
The best adobe houses are prepared and nicely
finished inside with nutivc pine, which costs
s::u a thousand. The regular house of the na
live lias the lint roof, but Aiu?*ric;ius usually
put nil till- pitch foot llllil sllillirle it. ( ?||e peculiarity
of tin- houses lien*i> that most ?>!' the
rnnins have an outside door. ami in corner
mollis it is not uncommon to rim 11 woof them.
It seems oihl to step out of one's sleeping
mom directly into the open air. but tliat is the
Style. If\oi| stop at one of the o|i| mini hotels
ami are assigned mom No. 11. you take
the key from the bar at niiiht ami pmiin mule
up ami down the street till you reach that
number, when you unlock ami take possession.
The tirst time I was escorted to a mom I supposed
the hotel was full and that the landlord
had farmed me out to a neighbor. Hut when
I inquired who was to furnish the breakfast,
lie comprehended my perplexity, and explained
the situation.? l'li> Hint's 1,'hii in ?\i#r Mix11tio
r111: u < J \ t: i) m; t: (' > \ -1 : i: v \ r i v i-:
Vikws.? It pays to be good. I>on't be too
ifood, but be just jjood 'miff. Christopher
Coluiubtts diskiverd America, but has he cher
bin put iua ehromo? lie was too ?;oo?l. Captain
Kidd.de pirate, never ebeti had his photograph
on sale. Why ? Kase lie was too
bad. .My advice to you is to hit de neutral
jroitli* between Colutlil'lis and Kidd. < hie
was too good to want to knock s unebody's
head off inter stubbing his toe on a stone : de
odder was too bad to subscribe fur a religious
publication. As I tole you in a former leeklitre.
be party good on de hull, an* a 1< etle bad
on de a vera ire. 11 you tin* a lost wallet, don't
give it up until you have counted the money
in it an' have de lies' of proof dat somebody
lost it. If you lose \our own wallet, doan't
expect any better from de linder. Doan' be
profane, an' yit doan hesitate to giv" de Knglisli
language full sweep when you eoteli a
boy liitdiu'your apple trees. Honor yet fader
and your uiudder. but don't lend de old man
an\ money on less you have good security.
I 'oiiie dow n liberally to erect churches, but if
you have un\ brick to sell ask dc contractor
full price. Do ycr dooty by orphan as\linns,
but doan" board anv orphans fur less dan three
i|..ll;irs ;i week. I.nvcyer iiayhur ;is thyself,
but sec (lilt lie returns \ef shovel ;|)i* S|i;uie
:ih" rake iu aood order or make liiin pay de
retail price, lie honest, but iloau* lei a grocer
i ma a i tie i kit you buy a ipuii t-bo\ of >i ran *
berries expect in to iM obera pint an a half.
I >he\ lie law. bill (loan eleaii out Yef alle\ oilless
tier liayblir lilies lie seen often il! ehlll'eh.
but (loan* il l ay dill de preacher knows lie iliac
of de world an" dc erea of heaven an> better
dan has of odder folks. >upport de cause oi
ediieashun. an" yit remember da! some of our
biaaesl tools am people who have bin >1 tilled
full of il. Will dese few illipe; \ ioll- tlejeckshitns
to assilniilate de aeiteral iiieonaruii\ of
astronomy, we will now endeavor to disparaae
lie similitude of de ?\ 111 a \." * i'f