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wards "McGowan's
"Our Worueu in the War" 1
Dear Col. B: A night or two ago I I
told my wife about you inviting mo to
supper at Camp Gregg, near Mobb
Neck. 1 said one of the most appre
ciative festal occasions I ever enjoyed
came to mc one- night at this cam]).
It was soon after thu battle of Freder
icksburg, when our rutions were
jicagci?lean. That hitting in my
tent early in the night Col. B. came
and invited me to sup]>er. I made no
c/Toil to excuse myself, but at once
took your arm und on to your tent.
Wheu there wo talked and talked,
iittitJL' around a little lire. 1 could
-cc no sign of supper, and being very
hungry 1 peeped around us much as I
:ould to discover somcthiog, but
uothing could I sen or smell, and
wucn ? had"endured it to the point of
desperation, the Colonel picked up a
stick and began stirring the ashes in
{the little fire before us, and soon tish
od out a large oorn-bread ash cake, and
-that you rolled it, puffed it and slap
ped it until Bome of the ashcB were
- removed, when you broko it over your
knee,. handing mo one end, saying
help yourself, which I at once did,
and enjoyed it, perhaps, more than
any meal that I ever ate, and you as
greatly feasted on the other end.
When through with my story, my
wife said I had told it before, and ?he
thought it was potatoes. But I am
cotffident that it was an anh cako. If
you-ean recall the feast I want you to
~~.n orm me, was it an ash oako or po
catoes? * * *. M.
ANSWER.
Yes, Major, it was an ash c*ke,
3Puro and simple?corn meal, salt and
'water tho ingredients. And after the
'feast, you became very ohoerful and
..had some of your usual good humor
. and fun when occasions gave oppor
tunity. B.
Sherman Remembers a Pleasant
Past on Cooper River.
A painful accident to an old ?cr
ivant of tho family was the oooasiont
indirectly, of iho meoting between
'Mrs. Walker and her ohildron, and
vGen. William T. Sherman at the evac
uation of Columbia, S. C, on Feb
ruary, 1865.
The accident referred to wob oausod
by a piece of plastering falling on this
servant's head, and Dr. Goodwyn, the
mayor of Columbia, at that time, and
'the nearest physician, was culled in to
attend her. Sherman with his army
?was drawing near and of course the
conversation tended naturally to the
subject of Sherman and tho probabil
ity of his ooming to Columbia.
'Mrs. Walker mentioned to Dr.
v Goodwyn that in her childhood she
'had known Gen. Sherman well and
' had still in her possession a book on
\painting, whioh bad been given to her
by him at that time. Sherman, she
?aid, when a lieutenant at Port Moul
ine used frequently to visit GedarHill,
oc/Ccoper River, her father's planta
' t?on, to hunt with her brother. James
.3. Poyas and Lieut. Braxton Bragg,
^afterwards general in the Confederate
service often aeoompanied him.
On one occasion Lieut. Sherman
uhad his collar bone put out of plaoe,
during a hunt and her father and
brother had pulled it in plaoe again.
' When Columbia was evaouated, that
j estimable gentleman and kind friend,
Dr. Goodwyn, remembered what Mrs.
Walker had told him, and brought
<Geu. Sherman to call on her, the af
? ternoon of the day on which the Fed
eral army entered the city.
'JChn Walkers lived on Gervais
-street, just east of the bridge on th?
Charlotte Bailroad that crosses that
street, which bridge was popularly
Auown an "'.in bridge."
&he day bofore, while tho town was
J being -shelled, the shells fell in the
garden, -and the family took refuge in
1 tno 5?ooda, out of the. range of them,
> *vhere they -spent the day, cooking
Aheir dinner, gipsy fashion.
While the Federal Army was com
nog in two of Mrs. Walker's boys, lit"
ttle fellows of six and seven years of
age, with a negro boy of nine, and
i 4heir> dog, were/near the fence looking
--atthe wldiers. . * '
'"tThe elder-of the two boys ariod ont:
"Oh! look at the YankeesP when a
eoldier cursed and threatened to kill
JQtim and'stabbed the dog in the eye
?.wirb his bayonet 1 while another club*
>bed iho poor animal ovor the head:
siih the .butt of bis iMusket and
cjroko its skull. This so impreaed the
-elders that tho children were called in
wmediateiy for fear of their being
jasart.
v| ; She first Yankee who came as far as
\ tbe ,4'tin bridge''* ordered the
yellow flag taken down from the Con
^federate Hospital, which Was near tho
'4 Chariot to Railroad, about two
;>(^n^rA:to/;th^-^prit^ of Mrs* Walker's
ORIBS.
>f "Gregg's," After
99 Brigade Feasted.
?dition News and Courier.
residence, and set fire to the build
ing.
It was rumored that & wounded Con
federate, too ill to bo moved by bis
comrades, perished in tho flames.
The Federal army was encamped on
the south side of Gervais street in the
fields belonging at thut time to C<?1.
Theodore Stark, just opposite to Mrs.
Walker's residence, and where "Shan
don" is now. The troops swarmed
into her yard, bayoneted the poultry,
excepting a few fowls that wore hidden
up stairs, broke open the store room
and stolo everything they could lay
their hands on, even the slaves'
watches and clothes.
The negro butler told one of them
indignantly that the negroes thought
tho Yankees were their friends and
had come to set them free, not to steal
from them.
While they were rilling the store
room one of them left a box of plug
tobacco on tho back steps and Mrs.
Walker, with the assistance of Harriet,
the white nuree, took this upstairs
and hid it between the mattresses on
her bed. This tobacco was very use
ful afterwards in tho place of money,
and was the means of helping many a
poor Confederate soldier on Ii?b way
home after the war was ended.
?s Gen. Sherman was brought into
Mrs. Walker's house by Dr. Goodwyn,
he asked immediately whioh one of
the Misses Poyas was she.
"I am Mary Cathorine, the little
curly haired one," was tho reply, and
she showed him tho book on painting
whioh ht had givea her, still bearing
the inscription, "Sherman, of Ohio,
FortMoultrie, 1842."
Under this he wrote in pencil:
Columbia, S. C,
"February 17, 1865.
"Any officer or soldier of the II. S.
army who seeB this must befriend
Mrs. Walker, who, formorly a Miss
Poyas, was a particular friend of
mine; I know that by merely show
ing this paper to any officer or soldier
of my army she will not only find pro- :
tcotion but friendship.
W. T. Sherman.
"Major General."
Then ho gave her a paper to be sent
to tho nearest camp for a guard, but
decided afterwards to send a guard
himself, whioh he did; six men to be
always on duty.
The paper mentioned above was as
follows:
"Commanding Officer Nearest
Camp: If called on, send a guard to
the house of Mrs. Walker, olose to
tho railroad. I wish her family not
only to be protected from all intru
sion, but that in case shu needs it she
should have assistance.
"W. T. Sherman.
Major General Commanding.
"February 17, 1865."
While Sherman was paying his vis
it, Harriet, the white nurse, in a
state of excitement, rushed into the
room and exolaimed: "General,! wish
you would make your men behave
themselves. They are stealing all
Mrs. Walker's provisions."
He walked out on the piasse, sad as
soon as they reoognised him, oheer
after oheer resounded and was hushed
only to be ropeated again and again
until it was deafening.
Daring his visit he said to the lame
little boy who had been threatened by
the soldiers:
"I am Gen. Sherman, are you not
afraid of me?"
"No, fir," answered the child,
drawing himBelf up proudly. "I am
not afraid of you."
After Sherman had gone some offi
cers rode up to tho gate and asked to
have supper there that night. They
would return as soon as they had been
to camp and left the books whioh each
one had piled up on the pommel of
bis saddle and supported by hi a chin;
whioh books oame from the houses of
Gen. Wade Hampton and Mr. George
Trenholm whioh had been set on fire
early in the afternoon, from the roofs,
while the men were plundering be
low.
When the officers oame to supper
they, brought their own coffee, as wo
had none. Toe servants, however, re
fused to wait on them at table, as
they were incensed at having their
private property stolen by those
whom they had thought were to be
their friends.
Baring that night of horrors, Mrs.
Walker, her eldest son, a mere lad;
and Harriet/ pair oled the premises.
The house was op a high foundation,
and a good deal of loose' oottou was
stored under it. The soldiers were
coming and going, and one man was
discovered' trying to set ?xib cotton on
Uro.
When remonstrated with, hie an
swer was: ,"01d Bill's Orders ere that
not a house must bo loft standing on
its Ug^yjzi^^.t^^^:
lint when showed the order from '
Sherman be replied: 1 That's old
Bill's writing, sure enough," and
walked off.
lires now were bursting out in
every direction, one could see balls of
flaming material being thrown upon
the roofs and the houses igniting
from the lame, 'uarge sparks from
the burning hospital fell in the yard,
and all over the house, but fortunately
did no damage. It was a bitterly oold
night and Harriett walked up and
down the piasza although the guards
triod to persuade her to go in the
house, as they wore there. "ThanV
you," said she, "I am only enjoying
the fresh air."
The truth was no one had tauch
faith in anything that wore a blue
uniform, and she preferred to do her
own guard duty.
On Sunday Sherman came again.
This time in full dress uniform, brand
new. On the tirit occasion ho had
come just from the battle-field and
apologized for his appearance.
On this second visit he asked Mrs.
Walker to try and keep thu servants
from following the army when he
left, even if she had to offer them
wages, as he was not fighting for the
abolition of slavery, hut for the pre
servation of the Union, and, (being a
Western man) the control of the Mis
sissippi River, lie promised to send
her some provisions; advis'ed her to
keep a close watch on her youngest
son, who had mado friends with the
guards, as he said they would proba
bly want to tako him with them; and
told her that when she wanted firo
wood ho gave her permission to burn
any fences, etc., around the neighbor
hood.
"Thank you, General," was her re
ply, "but I am not a thief. Those
fences are not yours to give away. If
you were disposed to be generous why
did you not give me one of those fiae
houses you burnei yesterday?"
Sherman then said that he had not
wanted to burn the town, it was such
a pretty place, but could leave no
part of his army to keep it. That ho
had given orders to burn the "tin
bridge," but seeing the wind was
blowing t awards her houso, he had
come down at midnight to counter
mand his orders and was just in time,
as the rails were already torn up, and
the woodwork prepared for burning.
When asked if he w?s coming to
Charleston, he said be was going to
Richmond, and that in thrco month's
time the war would be over.
Sherman left the next morning,
sending the provisions which he had
promised.
This account, much condensed,
can be found in the second volume of
Sherman's Memoirs. ,
Harriet Poyas Walker.
A Grateful Thief.
I remember during the spring of
1865 that an old man in a ligut oart,
with a buxom lass hitohed between
the shafts, oame to our house and stop
pedawhile. The man was senile, he was
bo old and he had a night cup tied on
his head; X met- them scd **"ked
them what they wanted. "Something
to eat," they said, "and anything else
I had to give. Sherman has despoiled
them of everything." I took them.
My husband and brother had gone to
Georgetown and I and my mother
were with my nurse and little chil
dren the only occupants of my house.
I put the old' man on the only lounge
we had and took the woman into my
room. My two babes and their maumt
were in there and tho latter declared I
was very foolish to give "euch trash
house room;" but ! sent the mauma
and children out and gave the gu?st a
bath and a change of clothing. Then
I gave them of what I had?a little
riee and milk. I told the woman I
only had a bushel of riee and a ham,
but they were welcome to half of the
rioe and the ham. She saw a few
pieces of silver we had left for more
had been stoler., She took the food I
gave her and asked to remain there
that night. In the morning when ehe
was going ehe took my hand and
said: "Goodbye, lady, yon shall not
repast of your goodness, and when my
mother and I smiled, she said; "Re
member, I tell you so.'' During the
next fortnight the houses a mile above
and below us were robbed, but ours
Was untouohed. Some days oftcr
wards a soiled note was.found under
our door, on which was written:
told yon you 'would not repent of
your goodness.'* That was all I ever
knew of these people.,
Mrs. Heroitt.
Suinter As Seen in Moonlight After
Tili Bombardment. i^lBT
I waa only a young girl during the
gr??t war between the States, per
formed no deeds of valor, nor had
any hairs-breath escapes, and mm
therefore hardly qualified to write at
arc those Women of the Wav who did
and suffered, and* can relate tnoidonts
full.of thrilling and heart-renderi?g
Interest. But there was one ox]
rionoe which has remained vi vit
pictured upon my mind through
the long years since, and 7. ehall try to
convey some idea of the scene which
left BO deep and lasting an impres
sion.
It ' was the yeri 1863, memorable
h the defense of Charleston Harbor.
I'he attack of tho Monitora on Fort
surutvr, their hignal defeat, the re
oicing in the city, and later tho tro- <
noudous bombardment had tak'jn ,
place, and the once lofty and stately ,
walls of the Fort were shattered and <
mutilated into indosoribable ruin. \
Evory gun had been dismounted,
ionic dashed down from the top of the
high ramparts to the parade ground, j
the rest removed to save them. ]
The Fort continued to reoeivc the
constant fire from the enemy's fleet in
grim silenoe with not one gun to re
turn it. I
One brilliant autumn evening Col.
Bhctt, being at home for a fow min
Utes, aBked my sisters and myself if
we would like to visit Fort Sumter
with him that night,.
We were enchanted with tho propo
Bition, and our father, who never
checked ambition, or encouraged tim
idity, having given his consent, we
wore soon in warm cloaks and ready
for the adventure.
It was an adventure: for tho* the
Yankee fleet was only shelling tho
city and Fort ^intermittently that
night, the bombard^oot might at any
moment have beevu;o a heavy one.
Many shells fell short and plunged
into the Harbor; one might easily
come too near our boat and put an
end to our expedition. But no Buch
troublesome apprehensions marred
our delight, and tho shells that went
hissing and roaring over our heads to
the city, only inoreaaod our excite
ment and enjoyment.
Tho boat left tho City under sail,
but when about a mile from Fort
Sumtor, tho moon began to rise di
rectly behind the Fort. The white
sail was promptly dropped being too
tempting a target to the gunners of
tho fleet, and the oars were manned.
As we drew nearer and nearer the
Fort, tho moon* rose higher and high
er, flooding with light the water, and
illuminating the ruined fortress.
Then there arose before us ono of the
most weird, faotastio and beautiful
pictures ever witnessed.
Through huge holes, crevasses and
broken arches, and portions of arches,
the moon light gleamed and glitterod,
makr?g every outline olear-out and
distinot. Talking and laughter ceas
ed. We sat as tho' spell-bound, gaz
iog at the grandly piotureBque Bight.
We felt as tho' transported in a vision
to some unknown, historic region, we
saw the phantom ruins of a by-gone
age. \
We reached the landing place, and
tho spell was broken?tho magic gone;
but not the intense interest nor the
glamour of the scene; for after visit
ing the strange, dark bomb-proofs,
and having clambered up from one
nrokon remnant of wall to another
until we reached a remaining position
of the highest rampart, we looked,
down and around'upon as strange and
wild a sight as oan well be conjured
up by the imagination..
Far below us, the illusion of the
moon light increasing the distance,
was the formen parade ground. It
looked as though an earthquake had
._l_.-j_j-a :*. *_?
u|j-utiBi?u nuu ao?t 1? KUUt OUM ?V
end. The debris of all that vast de
struction was heaped here, there and
everywhere; a half buried oannon lay
with huge mouth pointed upwards,,
oamp fires burning surrounded by soi- ;
diero, v?hose faces wore now brought
out in strong relief, now lost again in
the red glow added a weird, unhealthy
appearance to the surrounding devas
tation. High above in some broken
aroh, where a recess was found, a fire
bnrned and figures of .soldiers were
oilhousottcd against the flames. In
one of them a blacksmith seemed to
be at work, and the blows of his ham
mer crime to uo aoross the wide space,
muftl?d by the ceaseless wash and
break of the waves at the base of the
walls. And the splendid moonlight
adorned a?? glorified the awful de
atruotion of the grjmd Fort of whioh
We had all been so proud?tho history
of whose defense must ever be a proud
memory to our, people.
i We were ih* only women who enter
ed Fort Sumtor from tho time the
bombardment from the fleet com
menced, until some time after the war
was over. ?lise Rhett Lewis.
, When the famous Belle Boyd was
brought before Beast Butler a^ For?
tross Monroe she was agitated and he
asked: "Are you frightened^ She
replied that she did not feel frighten
ed in the presence vbf a man of such ,
world-wido reputation. This brought
a smile and . he invited her to taxe a
seat, asking what she meant.* 8he
answered that his atrocious conduct
and brutality had made him so infa
mous that the British Parliament had
commented niton it, and naturally
she was alarmed oat being i n his pres
ence, < Ho arose in s rage and ordered
her out.
General. Diek Taylor, who enter
tained for Genera). Forrest * high ad
miration, once asked the litter what
was the gr?ai secret for success Jn
military matters. Forrest replied he
knew of but one rule, "Git itt?fc?
first, with the most men."
' :-- : r '
Henderson's life of Sto?ewaU
Jaoks?n throws nciw light en ; - the'
seven days ba?tle atou^?Bio^Ond:>
mm m. ^ J-tL^\JXJSJL
Veterans' Reunion J905.
The animal reunion of the Coofcd
?rate veterans will be held in Louis
rille this year. Gen. Stephen D. Lee,
who succeeded the late Gen. John B.
iordon as oommander-in-ohicf, has
ixed the date for the union at June
14, 15 and 16.
Gen. Lee's order, whioh will bo of
interest to all the veterans, is as fol
lows:
Headquarters United Confederate Vet
erans, New Orleans, La., February
1,1905.
Gen. Orders No. 23,
1. The commanding general an
nounces that, according to the oustom
heretofore in force, whioh leaves to
the commanding general and the de
partment commanders the fixing of the
date of the reunion, the fifteenth an
nual reunion of the United Confede
rate Veterans will bo held in the city
of Louisville, Ky., on June 14, 15 and
16, 1905, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, respectively, those days hav
ing been named by our host as satis
factory.
2. The commanding general cannot
attempt to enumerate the many attrac
tions the glorious commonwealth of
Kentucky has to oiler to the United
Confederate Veterans, but be may say
that no State in the Union can point
with greater pride to the dsring
achievements of her men and women
in the days of early settlement of the
oountry, headed by the great rifleman,
D?ciel Boone, and dauntless woman,
Mrs. Woods; that none oan present a
grander array of noble Confederate
sons than Albert Sidney Johnston,
Dick Tsylor, John H. Morgsn, John
B. Hood, John C. Breokinridge, Si
mon B Buokner, Humphrey Marshall,
George B. Grit ton don, and scores of
others that could be named; 'and he
mentions with peculiar pride that to
her belongs the honor of giving to the
human race that great patriot, ohival
rous leader and unstained Southern
gentleman, Joffe.son Davis, our first
and only president.
3. The commanding general most
heartily approves of tho action whioh
made the great oity of Louisville the
meeting point of the veterans in 1905.
The inolemenoy of the weather v.t the
reunion of 1900 practically set at
naught the almost perfeot arrange
ments that had been made for the
pleasure of the wearers of the gray,
and it was due to the goner jug and
patriotic men and women (noted all
over the world for their peerless beau
ty and matchless charms) that another
opportunity should be given them 'to
entertain the- survivors of the Confed
erate armies.
These men and women are already
devising ways and' means to make the
meeting of this year for splendor ex
tent and variety, unequalled in our an
nals; and those who were present on
the former occasion know full well
what can be expected, for the hospi
tality and welcome of the sons and
daughters of Eentuoky are only equal
led in warmth and exuberanoe by
broadness and prodigality, and are
limitless and unending.
T.rinnf.nil. annarnphiaallv. RA B? tn b?
o isily accessible to a vast majority of
the camps of th? U. C. V., with lavish
attractions spread out for their pleas
ure, with men and women appealing to
them to ?o?j? to their homes and fire-,
sides, the commanding general feela
that "the boys of the '60V will be
given a weloome that trill have to be
marked with a white stone. He, there
fore, moat earnestly urges tho oSicero
and members of camps to commence
now without delay to make pr?para
tions to attend this grand gathering.
Let them at once sot about seleoting
delegates and alternates, and use every
effort to bave a large attendance," so
that this reunion may, indeed, be the
largest and moat repr?sentative .ever
held. He begs all Confederate sol
diers, whether of the army or navy,
whether members of camps or not/to
meet in Lonisvillo and live over a lit
tle while in loving comradeship with
each other the*glorious deeds of. the
grandest armies .the world has ever
known* '''vT
4. The commanding general with
much pleasure announces, at tbo re
quest of its most energetic president,
?*rs. W. J. Behau that tho Confed
erated Southern Memorial association
will hold its meeting at the same *V$$
and that the opening ^feature of the
convention:will b? the- usual Jafferaon
Davis memorial service. The time
and place of this servioe will be given
in future orders, so thai every Con
federate may be able to attend.
5? The commanding general sin
cerely hopes that the press of the e?
UENEBAL NEWS.
? A $50,000 fire occurred in Ports
mouth, Va., a few days ago.
? Ten women were k Msd by a pas
senger train while out Weiching in
New York.
? The Union Theological College,
of New York, was the recipient of a
million dollars from a Beeret donor.
? $9,000,000 jn gold has been sent
to France from New York. It is enp
Eosed that French bankers want it to
elp Russia.
? John' Hooh, a Chicago murderer,
who is also charged with having been
married 20 times, has been arrested
in New York.
? A girl io Chicago a member of
the salvation army swore in court a
fow days ago that sanity was restored
to her by prayer.
? Hon. Wm. J. Bryan and Judge
Alton B. Parker conferred in New
York ip reference to the prospects of
tho Dcmooratio party.
? Juliana de Kol is tho name of a
cow on exhibit io St. Louis which gave
5,860 pounds of milk and 283 pounds
of butter iu 100 days.
? Mrs. G. \V. Morgan, of Maoon,
Ga.; wbilo preparing to retire to bed,
discovered fire smouldering in the
mattress of the bed on which she was
to sleep.
? Henry H. Rogers, Standard Oil
magnate, who haB given large sums to
his nativo town, Fairhaven, Mass.,
I will also give $200,000 for a high
school there.
? Up to the 12th of January 14,000
immigrants landed in New York from
foreign oountrios. Half of these were
Russians, who are fleeing from the
tyrannioal rule of the ozar..
? A ncwo woman residing in At
lanta underwent the unusual experi
ence of having her mouth frozen while
open. It required a lot of stimu
lative medioines to enable her to close
her mouth.
? M. J. Dwyer, the famous boxer
and wrestler, has been engaged by
President Roosevelt to teaoh him and
his son boxing and wrestling.! He
will begin his leoaoua about the mid
dle of February.
? R. C. Puryear, railway engineer
of Spenoer, N. C.. struck a mail crane
with his head and was killed instant
ly. His train was running 40 miles
an hour and his head was stiokiDg too
far out from the engine.
? Mail Carrier Gilbert, whose route
is between Burnsville, Yanoey Coun
ty, N. C, and Ivey, Buncombe Coun
ty, in the same State, is under arrest,
ohtrged with stealing over $2,000 in
money and oheokB from registered let
ters.
-?The Lincoln Guards of Maoon,
Ga., want to attend the inauguration
of President Roosevelt, but Governor
Terrell refuses them permission to
leave the State. He does not want
Georgia represented on that oooaBion
by negro troops. ?
? William Walters, an Arizona
gambler, walked into a saloon at No
gals, Arizona, and . without a word
opened fire upon a crowd of poker
players seated at a table. He shot
the leader twice through the head,
killed two other men, and then turn*
ed the gun upon himself with fatal
effect. The oause of .his deed is un
known, except that he was out of work
and was despondent.
? A white servant girl in-Philadel
r'hia has sued a negro waiter for $5,000
lamnges_for breach of promise of mar
riage. The man defends the breaking
)f his promise on the ground of a
liffereuce of "raoe, religion and s ..nal
position." ^
? Miss Anne FitzboghLee, daugh* ^|
1er of Gon. Fitchugh Leo, and Lewis \
Brown, Jr., a lieutenant of the 7th U.
9. Cavalry ara to marry in Norfolk,
Va., Feb. 15. His eldest daughtor
married Captain Rhea of that Regi
ment aud nis son . also married an
army girl, daughter of Gen. Gao. N.
Burton, Inspector General of the
Army.
?4 Advices from throughout the or
ange belt shor- that 500,000 boxes of
oranges and grape fruit remaining on
the trees, about 75 per cent, have
been frozen and made unsalable. A
large portion of this loss falls upon
the buyers, who bought tho r.rops on
the trees, although some of the plan
ters themselves have boen heavily hit.
The temperature in some portions of
the orange belt went as low as 18.
? At St. Petersburg, Russia, a
hundred and thirty thousand strikers
have returned to work. Several hun
dred who had been arrested since
the troubl? started have been releas
ed, after having been flogged. The
number of strokes inflicted varied from
fifty to two hundred. The censorship
is being tightened and correspondents
havo been threatened with expulsion
if they telegraph accounts of this dis
turbances to foreign points.
? A'fdW days ago the Rev. Isaao
Selby, of Australia, took a shot at
JudfjO Hebbard, of the San Francisco
Superior Court, while the latter was
on the bench, and the ballet missed
his honor's herd by the narrow urer?
gio of an inch. The reverend gen
tleman had recently been unsuccess
ful ?n some litigation before Judgo
ileblard, and he explained that he
reported to foroe and arms because
that seemedt to be the only way to'
secure justioe. He apologized for ?3
bis inferior markmanship, explaining ^
that he was at the time **a trifle ner
vous, fi '
? The deficit in the United States
treasury at the ol?se of business Feb.'
1 amounted to $28,596,307. For the
first-seven months of tho fisoal year
the receipts have,been $321,060,138
and tho expenditures $349,656,445.
For the same period of last year tho
receipts were $319,425,843 and the
disbursements $317,851,609, leaving a
surplus of $1,574,234. The January
reoeipta of the government were $43,
410,285 and the expenditures were
$49,627,000. It is believed at the
treasury department that for the rest
i of the fiscal year tho ourrent inoome
of the government will be larger than
the outgo, and that the year's deficit
will not be more that $18,000,000.
? Love leaps over the grjtve.
? You can only sell honor once.
.?Piety does not tuf n a man into
putty.
? No man climbs to heaven by tall
talk.
V ? Tho Worst eins 'are the oneB we
don't do.
, ? A dreamy religion never disturbs
the devil.
? The world will not be saved by
stained-glass saints.
? The heart does not have to be
I palsied to bo at peace.
Gar Load
d*.?J~t-?-m>- :_jl _*
wuuu?uti? xjs,. ?i ujjwuB just nmvea,
Car oi Kentucky, Old Hickory and T';nnesset? Wagons *to
Also, three cars of Buggi?e, Carriages, SurreyB and pleas*
nre Vehicles generally.
Call and see ns. r ; '
HANKS GO.
We have jnst received a Freeh lot of
ForFaUFlantiBg;
Presoription Bruggists.
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