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WAR Sr Striking Contrast Bei ception of 6 th i '61 ai April li) waa thc forty-second an niversary of tho attack made by *; i Li - zens ?of Baltimore upon the Sixth Massachusetts regiment while that command was passing through thia city, During thc trouble between the union troops and thc Southern sym pathizers four of tin "soldiers were killed and thirty-six wounded, while twelve citizens were shot to death and a large number injured. In May, 18?S, the ?Sixth Massachu setts regiment again passed through Baltimore, that time upon its way to the front in'the Spanish-Americau war, and instead of receiving bullets, rocks und eggs, they were greeted vith flowers, cheers and good things to eat, all highly appreciated by the soldiers at thc time. Thc original bloody passage of the command through Baltimore is still vividly recalled by many persons who were spectators of or participants in the trouble. Prior to tho receipt of the uews cf the fall of Fort Sumter, OD April 12, 1801, there was but little excitement in this city beyond per sonal encounters, but on April 18 thc passage of some six huudred troopers .from Carlisle barracks, Pennsylvania, gave rise to tho first demonstration. The route of thc march from the de pot, ot tho intersection of Ilowurd and Cathedral streets, to Mount Claro .depot, was lined with au excited .crowd, which hooted tho soldiery, hut irefraincd from violonce. About ll o'clock cn thc Li??ir.sg of .A, ri! ?9 a train of thirty-five cara ar rived at the depot of tho Philadelphia railroad with 2,000 soldiers of the Sixth Massachusetts regiment, tho First and Fourth Pennsylvania and .tho Washington brigade, of Philadel phia, on board. Six rounds of ball . cartridges per man had been furnished tho Massachusetts men in apprehen sion of tronble, aod tho memorable trip to Camden station was begun. Tho first car, drawn by horses-then the means of all railroad transit through Baltimore-started off, and eight more followed. The crowd howled and hooted, and thc soldiers threw themselves flat ou tho car floors. Tho nine cars reached Cam den station in safety and tho soldiers were transferred to tho Washington train, but the tenth oar had gone but a short distann on its route when it was delayed. At Pratt and Gate streets a oar load of sand was dumped on the traoks and stones were piled on top, audio* several places tho rails were torn up. Largo anohors were brought from the adjacent wharves and likewise put aoros? the tracks, and the crowd kept the police from removing them until .the arrival of Mayor Brown, when, at his orders, these were taken away. One account of what followed is to the effect that paving stones were thrown through the windows of the oar and those that followed, while, according to another story, the mob did not throw a stono at that time, the drivers merely turning the horses and drawing the cars back to the railroad station from which they had come. Some 220 soldiera were cut efl from ?heir comrades, and the crowds on the streets, whioh had been singing ""Dixio" and cheering for JofI Davis ?uud a Confederate flag-a palmetto .tree on a blue background-carried by .one of the mob, kept these troops from marching. Time after time the sol die i s tried to march, only to bc hacked, until at last tho police clear ed a passage. As the soldiers march ed along President street the turbu lence increased. On Fawn street,-.ac cording to one story, stonos were thrown at the troops in great num bers, two men being knocked down and badly injured, while others con tend that not a stono was thrown by ?he mob, whioh was boisterous, how ever, until Frederick street was reach ed an^. the aotive trouble precipitated hy one of the soldiers accidentally dis charging his gun. Thinking that one of the orowd had tffifed the shot, the soldiers immediate ly opened fire on the mob about them, and moro spectators than activo par ticipants were hurt. Missies flew in every direction, and citizens and sol dior fl fell along the line as the troops Slurried St double-quiok toward the Camden station, firing wildly behind them, Mayor Brown joined the command ing officer, coming from Camden sta tion, where he had been, with Mar shal Kane, holding a orowd ?"n ohcok. The mayor's presence had an e?eot for a short while, but the row began ? Again, one soldier being killed at this I qpoint. At South streot several oiti v zens /ell wounded or killed. Kear iLight -Ptrect a soldier was fatally -rounded, and a boy lying on * vessel in tho dook was killed, and numerous persons on the sidewalks were injured TORIES. ;ween 33altimore"s Re* Massachusetts in ?Ld '08. at tho same time. Between Light ami Charlen street } Marshal Katie ar rived with about lilly policemen, and, forming in thc rear of the troops, they forced the crowd back with drawn revolvers, and the column passed on to Camden station without serious molestation. At the station there was moro riot ing and confusion, hut no very serious trouble occurred. i'ol ice Commis sioner Davis objected to the soldiers sticking their guns out of thc car windows and the blinds were closed. The train pulled out for Washington about 1 o'clock, amid the groaus and jeers of thc crowd. On the outskirts of thc city shots were fired from thc car windows and another citizen was killed. The band of the regiment and some Pennsylvania troopi, who were uuarmcd, were panic stricken at the President street depot, but were finally returned by railroad to Phila delphia. The second visit of tho Sixth Mas sachusetts was as joyful as its first was tragic. Escorted ^>y tho local militia, uot as a guard, but as au honor, the northern^ troops passed through baltimore iu May, 1?U8, on their way to join thc troops gathered at Tampa for service in Cuba. They received a magaiheout demonstration at Mouut Royal station, and, march ing through the city lo Camdon sta tion by way of Charles street, Mount Vernon place, Cathedral street, Liber ty street and Howard street, they reached Camden station, where anoth er demonstration was given. All along tho march flowers wcro thrown from windows at tho troops, and gifts of boxes of dainties and trinkets of every sort wero made to thc marching soldier*. At Camden station each soldier received a luncheon in a box and a commemorative medal, and left Baltimore with mauy hurrahs and the baud playing "Dixie." The Candidates With tho Hoe. Up in Dee county tho farmers have a most unique organisation, thc pur pose of which is to make thc candi dates pay in Lard labor for the sup port of pledges they receive. At a mass meeting of the farmers recently held in that county tho following re markable resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That we purchase a sup ply of hoes to be used by tho candi dates in this campaign; and be it Resolved, That when a district can didato appears on a farm wo are to re quire him to hoe two rounds of 4?? yards each; and bo it Resolved, That all county candi dates be required to hoe 10 rounds of 400 yards each; and be it further Resolved, That state candidates who canvass in buggies be given a double dose of .work in the manner above out lined. , By this method the Lee county far mers hope to make up for tho valua ble time they loso each campaign year in talking to candidates, and if the plan is generally adopted over the stato it will doubtless detract in a largo measure from tho strenuousness of the contests.-Jackson, Miss., special to Atlanta Constitution. - Happy is the man who can forget all the mean things he knows about himself. THE MAN IN ARMOR Was no match for thc microbe. Giants hs might slay but this microscopic or ganism defied him, and in many a cam Saign more men were destroyed by camp iseases than by the enemy's sword. The one' way to arm against micro bio disease is to keep the blood pure. Impure blood both breeds and feeds disease. The signs of im pure blood are easy to read. "Pimples, boils, and eruptions generally proclaim the blood to he im pure. Scrofulous scores and swellings, salt-rheum, eczema, etc., are other signs of a corrupt condi tion of the blood. Doctor Pierce'' Golden Medical Dis covery purifies the blood and cures dis eases caused by the bloods impurity. It cures scrofulous sores, bolla, phnplea, eczema and other defiling and disfigur ing diseases. -?it Rives me great pleasure to express tny faith la the virtue of Dr. Tierce's Golden Med leal Discovery," writes Mr. Ezekiel Ploro, of Graytown, O UAW* CO., Ohio. "I cu fie red every thing for two years with humor on my tace, which baffled thc skill of tome of the mott noted physicians. "Was at once advised to go to the hospital; waa doctored there for three months wttboot success. Came homo discour aged. Then began to doctor with a 'chetnltt.' lie nlao failed to help me. Then i began Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, with no fV?^whalever in it. Did lt emly to please my vrife: but I am happy*? teU you lhal after tak ing five bottles X am entirely cared.? c . XtoBS. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser ia cent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing otu v. Bend ai one-cent stamps for the book in paper covers, or 31 stamps for thc cloth fcOusid volume. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, 1 Buffalo, N. Y. KOB?KKS CONVICTED. Au Interesting Case In Federal Court. Greenville News, April 'M. In thc Federal District CDUH yes terday Tom Hamilton, William Oliver and Joe Bird were convicted and sen* tenced to five years imprisonment in thc Atlanta prison for robbing the postoffice at Autun and T va, Ander son county, on the nights of February 2nd and 3rd respectively. The court began the trial of tho case yesterday morning and the vcr djet of the jury was annouueed short ly after thc noon recess. District Attorney Capers and Assistant E. F. Cochran had thc case well in hand and avoided any unnecessary delay. The court room was crowded with spectators who listened with eagerness at thc testiuiooy of the twenty-two witnesses examined by thc govern ment. Tho defendants, represented by thc appointment of tho court, by II. K. Townes, of this city, offered no testimony whatever. Tho government, however, had spared no efforts to conviot thc de icD'iaotB and witnesses were put on the stand who established a chain of evidence th?? proved conclusively tho guilt of thc parties accused. There were witnesses herc from Georgia and Anderson courfty, besides experts in the.employ of the government added strong evidence. District Attorney Capers displayed marked ability in the prosecution of tho case. Ho was ably assisted by E. F. Cochran. Each link in the evi dence was noted by tho government attorneys and put before the jury in a strong, effective manner, Mr. Townes, the defendant's attorney, did good work for bis clients but was consider ably handicapped by circumstances. Tho robbery of Autun and Iva post offices were handled separately, the government first conclud:ng tho testi mony in tho Autun robbery before in troducing that in the Iva robbery. Tho first witness s vorn was J. C. Campbell, postmaster at Autun. He testified that on Monday night, feb ruary 2nd, the postoffico at Antun was entered through the front door and tho safe blown open. Mr. Oampbell stated that the property missed from thc poBtoflicc bcloDged to thc .govern ment was $38.49 ia stamps and $18.02 in cash. The robbery was discovered about 1 o clock, on lue door of tho safe was fousd soap near the oraoks; and also was found lying near the wrecked safe a 16 inch pipe, two hammers, a wrench, a ooal. chisel and and o'ber tools. T. Winton, colored, owner and op erator of a blacksmith shop at Autun, was the next witness sworn. Ile said that on the morning of February 3rd he found that his shop had been enter ed and missed therefrom a hammer and a chisel. Ile afterward? identi fied the above tools which had been found iu thc poBtofficc near the wreck ed safe, three milos from his shop. The tools were offered in evidence. Johu R. Porter, owner of a general repair shop, testified that a seven pound hammer and a pipe wrench hpd been removed from his shop, after wards being found in the postoffce. Monday morning, February 2nd, ?ir. Porter saw a strange man hear his house. He identified Joe Bird as tho man. This concluded the evidence, in ' 'ie Autun caso after which the Iva case was started. W. P. Cook, postmaster at Iva, 24 miles from Autun, testified that on tho night of February 3rd tho Iva postoffice was entered, '.ho front door being prized open. The safe was blown open and property belonging to the government found missing wae $28.50 in cash. Mr. Cook also missed from the safe a gold watoh which belonged to his wife. A watoh ic charge of the prosecuting attorneys, having been found on Wm. Hamilton, one of the accused, was indcotified at tho watoh belonging to Mrs. Cook. A fuse was found on a nearby shelf, said Mr. Cook, and soap was smeared on tho cracks around the safe door. R. S. Ycargin, a jeweler at Iva identified tho watch submitted in evi dence as the one he sold Mr. Cook giving the number and its make Shortly before the Iva postoffico wai robbed, said Mr. Teargin, a str?ng? man came into my store, claiming ti have been injured in an accident am asked me for assistance. I gave hin 5 cents. Mr. Yeargin identified Wm Oliver as the man. J. D. McDonald testified that bi the night of February 3rd, a hammer, hatchet, wrench and pooch were taven from hie blacksmith ?hop. The tools wero found later at the Iva post office near the wrecked safe. Hamil ton was identified as a man he saw at Iva several days previous to ' the robbery. . ; ; Jas. R. 8impson identified Ham ilton as a man he met on the railroad tra?k Sunday afternoon previous to the robbery wh'oh occurred os Tues day night; also identified Oliver and Bird as the two men he saw at a camp fire on the side of the railroad on the same afternoon, Mr. Simpson said ho had a talk with Oliver who told him that he (Oliver) was a molder by trade. Will Heatherly and Sam MoCue identified Joe Bird,while E. G. Simp son testified as to thc identity df Ham ilton and Oliver. Other witnesses sworn were J. D. Gothrau, Jno. F. Kinsler. W. A. Howard, H. P. Sitton. R. 0. McKee, J. W. Simpson, J. W. Stevenson, B. A. Richards. W. M. MoOue, night watchman at Iva, testified that he heard the ex I plooion in the postoffice; went to the rear door of the building and could hear the men on the inside talking and rattling money; that he saw two men come out of the postoffice and recog nized them aa Hamilton and Oliver; shot three times at them aa they left the building. T. G. Boswell, marshall at Talbot ton, Ga., who assisted in tho arrest of the defendants, testified that a stofe was entered in Talbptton and shortly afterwards two men were ar rested on suspicion. On Hamilton was found a gold watch and a 44 cali bre pistol. Bird ran hut was cap tured in a barn, where it was found he had hid a bottle containing fuses; Oliver learned of the arrest cf hie pals aud left the -town but wac afterwards oaptured seven miles away. Mr. Boswell identified the three men. I J; W.^ Gregory, poBtoffice in spec tor, explained the effects and" man ' nor of using nitroglycerine on a safa One of the best tests of nitroglycerin! was that of concussion said the in specter. At thc conclusion of Mr. Gregory'i testimony the case was argued by H K. Townes for the defendants ant District Attarney John G. Gapers fo: the government. I After the judge'i charge the jury returned the followinj verdict: "We tho jury find the def en dante guilty on all counts. J. - F Mitchell, foreman." As announce! above Judge Brawley sentenced thi defendants to serve five years in th Atlanta prison at hard labor. The Actual Cost of the regula? Shades of 0 fl if ! WHFr CHINNED READY FOR USE, fl Yon mix one gallon L. & H. Paint at - With one gallon raw Linseed Oil at - ? Makes two gallons Paint ready for nee ?.$1.70 80 $2.50 Or #1.345 per ?alloii! ? Will be $1.25 per Gallon 1 Don't pay $1.50 or more per ?gallon for Linseed Oil, which yon do when yon buy it in sealed cans with a paint label thereon. DRUGGIST, We have about Twenty Excells j SECOND-HAND ORGANS, In perfect condition, better gooda than mar?* of the Cheap ' . new ones, at $25.00 op. New ones, such as- , MASON & HAMLET, E8TEY, ... V tx CROWN and # FARRAND, v AU the very highest quality, at prices we have never been able to give. Come and see o ir Stock ; we may have just what -you haye been hunting. , V THE .0. A. SEED MUSIC SOTO. D. 8. VANDIVBR. E. P. VANDIYJM VANDIVER BROS., GENERAL MERCHANTS, ANDERSON, 8. 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