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WAR SI Things Related for Ti 13eiaore i -J. W. Anderson, i During thc month of January, 1S03, while tlie army of Northern Virginia was resting at Frcdcricksburg, I was detached from my regiment (the Tenth Georgia) and received the appoint ment as a courier for General Long street, which position I filled until ; the latter part of October, l>'??l, when j I returned to my coin tn o ii'1. Soon after my appointment (?(.?era! j Longstreet was detached from the army at Frcdcricksburg ami sent to ; Suffolk ou the eastern shore of Vir ; ginia. Ile carried with him the two . tine divisions of Hood and I'ickctt ! and sumo cavalry. Karly in the following spring 'Jen- ! eral Hooker advanced upon General I Lee at. Chancellorsville and was in gloriously beaten back across thc I? ip- i pahannock river with great Joss, but j General .Jackson was killed by bis : own men-they mistaking him and his | staff in the darkness for the enemy. The loss of General Jackson was thc most serious blow the Confederacy had ever sustained up to that time and its fortunes began to wane from the Tery date of his death. Immediately afte, the battle of Chancellorsville, which was one of the most desperate and decisive bat tles of the war, General Longstreet was recalled from Suffolk and again united with the army at Fredericks burg. I think we went up to Hamil- i ton'? Crossing from llichuicnd in a ?pecial oar on Sunday, and if I am aot wifltaken, it was thc day that F?r> . r?] Jackson died. At any rate, ?"v. ...rived at the crossing abuut 10 o'clock in the morniug and disembark ed with our horses and tho headquar ter wagons and equipments, while General Longstreet rode forward some distance and selected a place for his headquarters in un open field. The attaches were just putting up his tent when General Leo and his staff rode up. General Longstreet wcut forward to meet Gcueral Lee and the greeting be tween them was most cordial and sin cere. General Lee dismounted and they stood and talked for awhile, when General Lee remarked in h;.s usual pleasant way : "General, you have selected a very warm place for your headquarters, hore ia this open field. There is u nice, shady grove over there. Why didn't you locate your tents iu it?" "Well, said General Longstreet, "I didn't know how long I would prob ably be here, and so I thought this Would bo comfortable enough for the present." "Oh, well," said Geueral Lee, "that is all right for you, as you arc BO cool under all circumstances; but, as for mo, I am such a hot old fellow, I Lavo to seek cooler places than you' do." Gen. Longstreet had now been re called from Suffolk aud his two strong divisions rouuitcd with the army at FrederiokBburg. General Lee had fought tho battle of Chancellorsville without Longstreet and driven "Fight ing Joe Hooker," with tho finest equipped army in tho world, baok across tho llappahannock river in great disorder, and with heavy loss. The army of Northern Virginia was now resting and recruiting its deci mated and shattered ranks, with noth ing to do but to watch General Hook er, who was in no condition to renew his advanco upon General Lee. In the meantime Genoral Leo waa prc arcing for tho Gettysburg campaign and eauiy in Juno the march was start ed across the Potomac for the invasion ' of Pennsylvania. At this time General Pemberton was besieged at Vicksburg with an army of over 30.000 Confederates by Geueral Grant. General Joseph E. Johnston, with a small force, was hov ering in the rear of Genoral Grant, in the vain hope of relieving General Pemberton and saving Vicksburg. Johnston was unable to drive Grant from his position, and thc situation became more desperate every day. Wow, instead of Geueral Leo going into Pennsylvania and fighting the hattie of Gettysburg, if he had re mained at Frederioksbnrg and acted upon the defensive against Joe Hook er, and General Longstreet, with the divisions of Hood ?cd Pioket had boen hurried to tho tdd of Joe Johnston and thc i olio? of Tomber tou, Grant would haye been driven ?way, and Vicks burg, saved. Bat Gettysburg was fought, with its disastrout results, Pemberton surrendered his 30,000 men. Vicksburg was lost, ?nd the Confederacy was thus severed in twain. That it was a, grave mistake ?ot to send Longstreet with tho two . divisions from Suffolk to Vicksburg, instead of going into Pennsylvania, I felt sure at the time, and I ant even store ooDvinoed of it today. - Tho death of General Jaokson, tho surron . ; der of Pemberton, the fall of fricks* X)RIES. i .util of 1-Iistorv Never j ii Print. ! ti Atlanta Journal. . IJurg, willi .'?'?,UM'J Confederate prison : ors and the consequent severing of the Confederacy in two all coining togeth er with tho hattie rd' Gettysburg, were the moat serious disasters thc Confed eracy had '-vcr .sustained. I shall always believe the gravest mistake thu Confederate authorities ever made was in not sending General Longstreet with reinforcements (when lie wa, recalled fruin Suffolk) to thc ai?! ?d' General Joseph IO. .Johnston and tuc relief of Pemberton instead of going to Pennsylvania and lighting th" battle of Gettysburg. During the forenoon of tho third day'.- lighting at Gettysburg, I had boen sent hack to the headquarters or: some business, and as 1 was returning lo the front, tho great artillery duel was opened and thc concussion ol' thc .shells was so great, thc earth l iirly trembled beneath my horse's feet aa if an earthquake prevailed. When I reached a point within thc range of the shells it seemed as if thc air was actually full of them as some of them were striking thc ground and richo ohctting, some Hying high in the air and some exploding with a deafening Bound. It was an awful tempest of iron for anyone to face. Soon Gen eral l'ickett started in to make his fa mous charge and then the*etorrn of lead and iron grew worse. Thc whole lire of the enemy's line from Hig Hound Top to thc streets of Gettys burg was concentrated upon the gal lant Virginians as they moved for ward, but they did not falter for a sin gle moment. Finally the linc of the enemy was reached aud passed, but tho force in front was too great, and the Confederates fairly melted away before tho terrific tire that was rained upon them, aud those who could do so, were compelled to retreat. As I rode upon the field of carnage Tmcta young boy, not more than 10 years of agc, but who was one of Pickett's men, coming out Ile was bare headed; his righi, foot -.vas shot off at th** ankle; he was using his gun as a rutch and was ' hobbling" as be. --, ..e could, without a single groan or murmur. The shells were falling thick and fast all around, but the poor boy did nut heed them, lt seemed a cool place, iu fact, to what he had been through further to the front, and he did not appear to mind the shells now. As I looked at him and saw that his right foot wasgoue from tho ankle, and the bloody stub of the leg hanging down, and he using his gun as a crutch, my sympathy was so excited in his behalf that I<iuiokly dismounted at his side, telling him to catch hold of tho horn of my saddle and help himself as much as bc could, while 1 caught him by his left leg and in a moment I had him scated :.n my saddle. I led my horse and started back to carry him out of the reach of thc shells. As I walked along I saw a shell Coming directly towards mc and it was just about as high av my head. I was paralyzed for the moment and could not move in any direction, but stood still and saw it Hying toward me. When it was within ten steps of where I stood it went down to tho ground and as it did so it struck a rock about as large as a man's head, whioh caused it to change its cour?c slightly as it rose, and so it passed just in front of me, and at thc height of my breast. That was ono of the "closest calls" I think I ever bad and tho whole ?cen.o, the approaching shell and thc brave and wounded boy using his gun for a crutch, is as vivid in my mind .oday as if it had occurred yesterday. [ delivered tho poor boy to some of lis command in tho rear, but ? never law him after that and don't know vhetber he got well or not. I hope ie did, for he was so brave and man y. During the early part of August, LS64, after General Jubal Early bad 1 mushed his campaign up to the very ( rates of Washington and then retired 1 ,o Winohester, Vs., General R. H. < Anderson, who had boen in command < >f the first army oorps since General i Longstreet was wounded at the battle i >f the Wilderness, on the 6th of May, gras detaohod from the army, uesr Richmond, and sent to tho valley of Virginia, with Kersh aw'a division of infantry and Fitzhugh Loo's division yt cavalry, to reinforce General Early. When we readied Front Royal, on the 16th of August, a stop was made for a jouple of days' rest. General WoSord was sent forward with his brigade to juard the fords of the Shenandoah river, but was not to cross. He did arose the river, however, and attaoked the large force of cavalry stationed on tho other side. The fight was a severe one, and his brigade suffered a heavy loss in killed, wounded and prisoners. Hon. O. 8. Porter, now of the Bibb Manufacturing company, at Porter dale, near Covington, who was adju tant of Cobb's famous Georgia Legion, . s-.i. - V.-' - ..>>.;.> . T. ., being among thc prisoners. Thc ucrt morning our whole force crossed the t river and expected to engage the i enemy, but they had moved away dur- ? ing the night. Of course, wc follow- . ed after them, as our route to Win chester lay almost directly iu toe way I they had taken. They were literally "out of Bight," but they had left a traii of lire in ttycir wake which show ed plainly tho way they had gone, for, in looking along thc pike road ahead of us, from a little lull top, I counted twenty-one dwelling house.- burning, which they had set on fire aa they passed. No such vandalism had ever been practiced before, and it proved the truth of General Sheridan s threat to so devastate the beautiful valley of V irginia "that a crow flying ov?r it would have to carry its ration- with it." That afternoon, as the general and the staff were riding along at the head of thc column, we came toa little Rtreain, and stopped t jlct our horses drink, wheo suddenly the report of three or four rifles rang out ahead of us and zip, /.ip sang the familiar "minnies" as they Hew among u*, but fortunately they did not stop with us. Wc quickly reined our horses out to thc side of tho road, as it was all open on either side. As we did so wc saw body of cavalry iu a strip of woods some th-ee hundred yards ahead of us, aud they appeared to be in great com motion. .Soon wc saw that they were moving away" through the woods. At this moment .some one in our party (I think it was Mr. Tucker, one of the couriers) cried out at the top of his voice: "It is nothing but a body of cavalry; let us charge them!" With ono accord, each man in our party, acting under the impulse of thc mo ment, and thc inspiration of the dar ing command, quickly applied his spurs to his horses side, and was off in a sweeping, "helter skelter" gallop, after 'he now fleeing enemy, General Anderson himself being amoug thc foremost. There was neither a pis tol, sword, nor any other kind of wea pon in the party, and we could have made but a poor resistance to thc cnem: if they had known who wc were and h turned upon us. But they did uot know our weakness, and sc they led tho race with all tho speed they could make, for we found theil horses to bc very tired. We chased them at full speed foi several miles, when we had got so fai ahead of the column it was deemed unsafe to continue the pursuit anj further. In the rou.id up we founc wo had captured three prisoners anc twenty-eight horses, with their ful equipment of saddles, bridles, blan kcts and sabres. We actually rai down several horses in the road and ] remember well that my horse actually leaped over ono of tho fallen horsei as he lay struggling on the ground The horses we captured were aban doned by their riders, who dashei into thc woods as we pressed closi upon them; but as wc had no arms wo could not prevent their escape From the three men we capturei w. '"arued that the party nuniberci ei^aty men and that ihoy were escort ing thc mail from Sheridan's army t Washington, but had missed thci way. Thev were greatly surprised am alarmed when they met us, as they be licved us to bc a strong force of Con federate cavalry, but of course did no know our strength or weakness, fo that matter. That night we had quit a lot of horses, as thc result of ou capture. Next morning General An dcrson informed us all that wc niigh each select ono of the horses as ou own if we wished and some time w oould turn over to the quartermaste "any old horse" we could get in th placo of it. This offer was gladly ac septed and a rush was made for th lot. I aeleoted a small ..chestnut soi rel Canadian pony and was guyed fo my selection of so small a horse, whe [ oould have taken a larger one; but found it to be all that I expected i Lo bo, and that it could stand moi bard serviee than a larger horse, for iras of ton in tho saddle from thirty-si :o forty-eight hours, with no time t rest except a few minutes when I s to j ped to feed it. It stood the servie ill right and 1 never had cause to r< ?rot my ohoioe in selecting it. Af ti i year's service I sold it in Ki chm on for $1,200. I turned over to the qua Lermaster some time before a large lorso that cost ino $250. I think tl shargo or race we made on the abo\ )ooasion was One of the most recklei ind daring, under tho circumstance is* well as successful, of any oh UT J nade upon tho enemy during the wa When General B. H. Anderson le the Valley of Virginia and.waa retur ing to the main army at Richmond : ;he fall of 1864, he left General Fit !? ugh Lee's cavalry ? with Gener Early and only carried with him Ge aral Kershaw'B division of infanta When we had arrived within a coup af miles of Culpepper court houso i wore met by an.excited citizen wi informed us that a yankee 'aval raiding party had burnt the brid over the Rapid? river and waa a vanoing rapidly into Oulpeppor. Ge eral Anderson ordered the troops f < ward as rapidly as they oould moi while ho and the staff galloped abe to reconnoiter. We hurried throu the town and found ?hat the enei had not arrived, but that they w< 'v/ 'v.;i* i v, . ; -.( .';, . .. . advancing and were momeutly expect ed. General .J. l\ Simms' brigade of Georgiaus was leadlos thc advance of Kershaw's troops, the 10th Geor gia, under Colonel C. C. Kibbce, being at the head of thc column. Soon thc Hashing of their bayonets in thc sun shine could ho seen as thc mon were .straining every uerve aud muscio to got in town ahead of the raiders, as they had been fully informed hy one of our couriers as to the exact sitnation in town. It was indeed a critical and exciting moment, as thc approaching cavalry was now plainly in view, and coming at a lively trot, while their bright Habers and rifles were also flashing in the sunlight as they hurried forward toward the defenseless and helpless town, as they.? thought, for they were totally unconscious of our presence. .Soon Simms' men were hurrying through the streets and down the rail road track toward the approaching enemy. Quickly he formed his Hue of battle across thc railroad track, with the 10th Georgia on tho extreme left. There was a slight railroad cut and a small incline of thc ground on either side of the track, which con cealed the line from the enemy until they had approached within less than half a mile. \V'. :n they discovered there was a linc f Confederates in their front and hetwef r. then and the town, there was a sudo -n stop and a scene of confusion followed. A hasty Consultation of thc officers was held and they then headed their column toward the north east side of the L'ony mountain. When General Simms saw them turning away toward the mountain ho order ed his men forward in column by the left flank and attempted to head them off. Colonel Kibbee, who was on thc ex treme left of the line, led the race, for really it was now a regular foot race between our infantry and the Yankee cavalry, aa to which would reach the base of the mountain first. It was an exciting contest and Simms' brigade made a splendid dash, but thc distance was too great, and tho enemy too well mounted for a body of infantry to beat them in a square race, ia which their capture or death of many if a fight resulted was involved; and so they quickly swung around the eastern base of Pony moun tain und were soon out of reach of our force. The Fool nt the Wedding. When Mr. and Mrs. Clinton R. Keeler, of Syracuse, N. Y., turned from the altar at which they had taken the sacred and solemn vow the other day their loving friends flocked around them to express their delight and present their congratulations. Sud denly while the bride was hoing kiss ed by the gentlemanly ushers and tho groom was applying chaste salutes to lips of the bridesmaids several strong young men pounced up on the happy couple and handcuffed them together. The key was then thrown away, and Mr. and Mrs. Keel er were left to get apart when they happened to have time and could in duce somebody with a file to ope. ate. Owing to the fact that he had arranged to leave on a through train shortly af ter the ceremony, they had to go the to railway station locked together, and in that predicament got aboard the sar. Of oourso the perpetrators of the "joke" considered this great fun, and if the newly married couple exhibited my annoyanoe they were doubtless J9t down as poor, ungrateful wretch es, who were incapable of appreciating i good thing. There are many kinds of fools in this world, and' they are to be found n every crowd. They run to fires, they gather at . dog fights, they rook boats, and. they chango large Dills for strangers, but a careful study >f the matter, would -probably show hat fools are found in larger numbers it weddings than anywhere else in th.e ivorld. There seems to be a general dea abroad, in fact, that one is not loing the proper thing at a wedding an le ss he is making a fool of himself. There are probably more.kinds of fool shness indulged in at weddings than di other ceremonies combined, and t appears that there is no help. The redding fool is absolutely incorrig ble. {.ft We might suggest, that a good dous ing in cold water would probably tend ,o diminish the ardor of the wedding fool,* but there would bc danger is a panerai delude of bringing unneces sary discomfort to innocent people. The world is waiting for some public )enefaotor to come forward with aft iff eo ti ve and available Method of put ting tho weddin?; fool out of business. -Chicago Record- Herald, -* - . m . i . i - A woman with thirteen living luabands, says a dispatch from J Ko tomo, Ind.* to tho Chicago Record EloraW, is the claim in a cross-com plaint for divorce filed here recently n whioh Sarah Pohlman seeks legal r?paration from Joseph Pohlman. It iras alleged that eight of the husbands live in Ohio and five in Indiana. - The counterfeiter should be paid jack in his own coin. Alcoholic Drink. The great increase in the consump tion of alcoholic liquors in France, in recent years, has alarmed 6orue of the public men of the Republic who have taken unusual measures to instruct the people with regard to the injuri ous and dangerous effects of indul gence in such beverages. The matter was started by M. Mesureur, the head of tho board of public charities, who prepared a large pictorial poster show ing, side by side, a healthy heart and an alcoholic heart, a healthy liver and an alcoholic liver, like contrasted lungs, brains, kidneys, tissues, etc., with a fuil-lcugth portrait of a con firmed and demented drinker, a group of children of drunkards, and state merits of the effects of wines and of their continuous uso. The chart is a very striking one, and when copies of it wcie posted throughout Paris they produced a great sensation. It might not be a bad plan to have them put up all over this Republic as well. They cannot do auy harm, and might do much good. They are ?true to the facts, highly educational, 'and the lesson they teach is presented so simply and plainly that he that run neth, and even he that staggereth, may read. And there is good ground for the belief that there is too much drinking of alcohol in this Republic also for tho good of its people. According to tho American Grocer, an accepted authority on the subject, the consumption of alcoholic bever ages iu this country has nearly dou bled since 1880, having increased from 10.09 gallons per capita, to 19.48 gallons, a gain of over 93 per cent. The use of coffee has increased only 52 per cent, in the same timc; and the use of toa has decreased nearly 48 per cent. Our bill for alcoholio drinks last year was over a thousand million dollars, or, to be exact, was SI,172, 505,000. Our coffee bill for.tho same year was $149,891,000. Our tea bill was $39,042,000. Wo drank 1,381, 875,000 gallons of "beer," and 157, 200,500 gallons of "spirits and wines." Assuming that one person in four drinks some form of alcoholic bever age, the average expenditure of the drinkers for the year was $09.32, or 19 cents a day. The facts suggest various interest ing reflections. Our liquor bill it is seen, averages nearly $70 per family, which would pay the cost of educat ing all the children of the country. The consumption, beer included, is nearly 100 gallons per family. When it is considered that the drinking is usually done by one member of the family only-the head of it, of course -and that a large proportion of the heads do not drink, it is seen that the indulgence approaches the line of ex cess. When it is further considered that few^pf the country people-who make up half tho population-ever taste beer, and that uearly the whole urban negro population are practically strangers to it, it appears again what an enormous average must he assigned to the actual drinkers of the bever age, a small proportion of the white residents of the cities and towns. We consumed 1,381,875,000 gallous of it last year. If it is safe to assume ?hat the habitual drinkers do not number over 5,000,000, or ono in fifteen of the whole population, tho "average" is 276 gallons-or five gallons per week. On the same basis of calculation thc "average" for the actual drinkers of spirits and wines (total, 157,200,500 callous,) is 30 gallons annually. Whether the exhibit explaius the in crease in crimes of violence in parts of the country, we cannot say, hui it is suggestive in any view of it. So great oonsumption of strong drink cannot be good for the bodies and minds of the consumers, and it might be ad visable for the authorities and tem perance people to set up and keep up 3ome of M. Mesureur's eloquent pos ters in all the oitiesand towns at loatt. -News and Courior. Why can't we come over to your houae and play any more? . 1 -'' ? Because papa gets so mad when we ' make a little bit ol noise. Wb.? makes bim that way? ji v Mamma saya it's dyspepsia makes hun act so crazy,, ? j . ; ,.., H That's about the way lt strikes the small bery. The dyspeptic has no Idea of his own unreasonableness'or harsh? ness. 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