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ESTABLISHED 1800.
Volume LXXXVII.
An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially dev
nu: BED ACORN.
BY JOHN M’ELROY,
Author of “Andersoneille,” Etc.
[Copyrighted by National Tribune Publishing 00.,
and published by arrangement with them.)
[’l‘hename giventhisstoryismadoglorions
h , valor and achievements of the
ill» division of the Fourteenth Army
oorpa,thecognizanceofwhichwas
acorn, worn on the breasts of ism
soldiers and borne upon their battle flags.)
Continued.
As they r050 from the table the doctor in-
formed her that he and the stewards were
aboutto make their morning round of the
wards, and that she had better accedipany
them. She went along without a word.
They walked slowly up and down the long
aisles behind the doctor, who stopped before
each cot, and closely examined its oecupant‘s
tongue, pulse and other indicators of his con-
dition, and gave prescriptions, which - the
steward wrote down, as to medicine and‘
food. What was better still were his words
of sympathy for the very ill and of cheery
encouragement for the convalescent, which
he bestowed upon every one. ;
Rachel dreaded at each step lest the 13
bring her face to face with some horrible
task which she would be expected to under
take. But the doctor, with his usual tact,
was almost imperceptibly inducting her into
her duties.
“Would Miss Bond kindly shake,‘ this
powder into that cup of water and give it to
that boy?” '
She did so, and was rewarded by the ro--
cipient’stgrateful look, as he said: if
“It don‘t seem at all nasty when you. give
it to me." ' ‘
“Would she hand that one this bit of mag--
nesia for his heartburn?”
It was a young Irishman who received the
magnesia with a gallant speech:
“Faith, your white lingers have made it
swater than loaf sugar." '
Rachel colored deeply, and those within
hearing laughed.
At the next cot a feverish boy .toaazd
Weariiy. Richel noticed the uncomfortable
arrangement of the folded blanket which did
duty as a pillow. She stepped quickly to the
head of the cot, took the blanket out, re-
‘-folded it with a few deft, womanly motions,
and replaced it with a cool surface upper-
most.
-“0, that is do good,” murmured the boy,
half unclosing his eyes “It‘s just as mother
would‘ve done it."
“0, that’s so good,” murmured the boy.
Dr. Denslow looked'earncst approval.
Rachel began to feel an interest kindling
in her work. It was not in a womanly
nature to resist this cordial appreciation of
all she did.
A few cots further on a boy wanted a letter
written home. She was provided with sta-
tionery, and, taking her place by the side of
the cot, roceivcxl his instructions. and wrote
to his anxious parents the first news they had
had from their only son since they had been
informed, two weeks before, that he had been
When she had finished
she rejoined the doctor, who had by this time
nearly completed his round of the ward. As
soon as‘he was through be dismissed stewards
and wardmasters to their duties, and returned
with her to her room. .It was so changed
that she thought she had made a mistake
when she opened the door. The time of her
absence had been well employed by a detail
of man, whom the doctor had previously in-
structed The floor was as white and clean
as strong arms with an abundance of soap
and hot water could scrub it, the walls and
ceiling were neatly paperod with Harper’s
W'eeklics and Frank Lcslics; other papers ccn-
oealed the roughnes of the table and shelves,
white sheets and pillow cases had given the
cot an air of inviting neatnofi, and before it
lay a square of rag carpet. The window was
shaded with calico curtains, the tin basin and
dipper had been scoured to brightness, and
beside them stood a cedar water pail with
shining brass hoops.
“Ah,” she said, with brightening face, "this
Is something like living."
"You,” answered Dr. Denslow, “I imagine
it is some improvement upon the sandy
dmcrt in which you spent the night. I hope
we will soon be able to make it still more
comfortable."
CHAPTER‘ XVI.
run suncscann.
- The day spent with Aunt Debby had been
of the greatest benefit to Harry Glen. Since
his parting with Rachel Bond there had been
going on in his spirit a fermentation like that
with which good wine discharges itself of Its
ass and impurities, and becomes clear
and fine. In this process had vanished the
absorbing selfishness of a much indulged only
son, and the supereilleus egotism which came
as an almost necessary result of his college
curriculum. This spiritual ripening received
> its perfecting color and bloom from the
‘ serene cxaltation of Aunt Debby‘s soul. 80
filled was she with lofty devotion to the
cause, so complete her faith in its holiness,
. and so unquestioning her belief that It was
‘ every one‘s simple duty to brave all danger
for it, and die if need be without a murmur,
that contact with her would have inspired
with pure patriotic. nrdor a nature much lem
ready for and: leavening than Harry‘s.
As Dr. Denslow had surmised, his faults
were mainly superficial, and underneath them
was a firm gristle of manhood which would
speedily harden into bone. With the experi-
ence he had been having, days would mature
this as rapidly as ordinary years. He was
himself hardly aware of the transformation,
but only felt, as his physical exhaustion dis-
appeared, a new cagernem to participate
in the great work of the war. He was
gratified to know a little later that this was
no transient feeling. In the course of the
evening Jim Fortner came in, with Kent Ed»
wards and Abe Bolton. After they had all
satisfied their hunger Fortner informed Harry
and Aunt Debby that the enemy had fallen
back to London, from which point he was send-
ing out wagons into the surrounding country
to gathgr up food, forage, arms, ”clothing,
ammunition, etc, with the double object of
depriving the Union men of them and adding
the same in the Confederate resources. A
long train had also been sent out to the Goose
creek salt works—twenty-five miles northeast
of London—to bring away a lot of salt stored
there, of which the Confederates had even
more need than of food.
Former proposed to go out in the morning
and endeavor to ca; .ture some of these wagons.
It seemed altogether probable that a few
might be caught in such a position that their
guards could be killed or driven off.
All readily agreed to this plan, Aunt Debby
leading off by volunteering to ride ahead on
her mare, as a scout.
Harry suddenly remembered that he was
weaponless. “What shall I do for a gun?” he
inked, anxiously.
“I declar, I done forgot all ’bout gittin' ya
a gun,” said Fortner with real concern. “My
mind was disturbed by other things,” he
added with a suspicion of a grin at Edwards
and Bolton; but they were leaning back in
their chairs fast asleep. Applejack, fatigue
and a hearty supper together made a narcotic
too potent to resist.
Fortner rose, spread a few blankets on the
floor, added a sack of bran for a pillow, and
with some difficulty induced the two sleepers
to lie down and take their slumbers in a more
natural podtion.
“I’ll find ye a gun,” said Aunt Debby, as
this operation was finished, and walking to a
further corner of the room, she came back
bearing in her hand a rifle very similar tothe
one Fortner carried. .
“Thar," she said, setting the delicately
curved brazen heel down upon the health,
and holding the muzzle at arm’s length while
she gazed at the gun with the admiration one
cannot help feeling fora magnificent weapon,
“is en true a rifle es ever aman put toms
shoulder. Ef I didn’t b’lieve ye tar be on true
as steel ye shoulan tech hit, fur hit b’longed
tor the truest man in this livin' world.”
“Bit was her husband’s,” Fort-
net, as her lips met firmly, asif choking down
bitter memories.
“I’m EIVIII’ hit tel' ye for use as he’d e-used
hitef he war B-livin’.” she said, steadying
her tones with a perceptible effort, “Pa;
81911 thet 1%}. min can put inter years the
meansterl him."
33,7 vain to make an apple»
ferye,”shslaidtonarry,
his own ride for the next day‘s duties.
That she was no stranger to the work was
shewn by the skill with which she addressed
herself to it. Nothing that a Kentucky
mountaineer does has more of the aspect of a
labor of love, than-his caring for a fine rifle,
and any of them would have been put to
shame by the deftnea of Aunt Debby’s sup-
ple hands. Removing the leathern hood
which protected the lock, she carefully rubbed
OR the hammer and the nipple with a wisp of
soft fine tow, and picked out the tube with a
needle. Wrapping another hit of tow around
the end of a wiping stick, she moistened it
slightly in her mouth, and carefully swabbed
out of the inside of the barrel every suspicion
of dust and dirt. Each of the winding rifles
was made clean and free along its whole
COLIESO. Then the tow swab was lightly
touched with sweet, unsalted zoom fat, that
it might spread a rust preventing film over
the interior surface. She burnished the all-
ver and brass ornaments, and rubbed the
polished stock until it shone. When not a
, suspicion of soil or dirt remained anywhere,
the delicate double triggers were examined
and set so that they would yield at the stroke
aof hair; a tuft of lightly oiled tow was placed
Over the nipple and another closed the muz-
ale.
“Than? said Aunt Debby, setting the gun
back against the legs, “is a rifle that’ll allers
do hits duty, of the man n—holt of hit does
his. Let‘s see how the ammunition is.”
The powder horn was found to be well
filled with powder and the box with caps,
but there were only a few bullets.
“I'll run ye some," she said, taking from a
shelf a small iron ladle, a few .bars of lead,
and a pair of ballet molds. ' “Fur more’n a
hundred years the women nv our fam’ly hcv
run all the bullets our men folks shot. They
b’lieved hit made 'em .lucky. Granfather
Partner killed an Injun chief acmstthe Man-
moo riverat the battle of Fallen Timbers
with-a bullet that granmother bed, run fur
him 'nn’ markt with a little cram. Afore the
battle begun granfnther tuck the bullet
outen his pouch an’ put hit later his month,
until he could get a chance ter'use hit on big
game. He bro: the chief's scalp hum ter
granmother."
“I behave the bullets you cast for me will
do good service,” said Harry, with sincerity
in his tones.
“I’m sartin of hit," she returned, confi-
aon, an’ I feel toward ye es of ye were raylly
uvmyownkin. Iknow yo'll boa creditto
yanelf an' me.”
While the load was melting upon the bed
of coals she drew out on the hearth she sat
in her low chair with her hands clasped about
her knees and her great gray eyes fixed upon
the depths atoms: of glowing embers in
the fireplace, aslf she saw there. vivid pic
tures of the past a- revelstiona of the future.
“How wonderfully blight au'glowln' hit is
In thar,” she said musingly; “hit"s purer an’
brighter then ennything else on arth. ‘Puri-
fied oz by fire,’ the Book says. My God,
Thou has sent Thy fires upon me ea a sweep-
in’ flood. Hov they purified me e: Thou
wisht! How hit shines an" glows away in
tharl Hit seem so deep sometimes that I
kin skeet-celyoee the 'eend. A million times
purer an’ brighter .is the light. thet shines
thet now, while I still tarry heah. Husband
an’ son, when .will I go to ye? When will 1
finish the work the Lord hez fur me for do?
When will the day uv my' freedom come?
Maybe to-morrer-~maybe to-morrer."
She began singing softly:
An‘ when a shudder falls acrost the winder
Of my room,
When I am workin‘ my app’lnted task,
I lift my head to watch the door an‘ ask
If He is come;
An‘ the angel answers sWeetly
' ' f In my home:
“Only a few more shudders
An‘ He will come."
“Aunt Debby, honey,” said Fortner, rous-
ing himself from a nap in his chair, “that
thar leud’s bumin'. ~ Better run yer bullets."
She started as if waked from a trance,
primed her slender, thin hands to her eyes for
an instant, and then taking the molds up in
her left hand she raised the India with her
right, filled them from it, knocked the molded
balls out by a tap on the floor and repeated
the process with ‘ such dexterous quicknem
that she had made fifty bullets before Harry
realized that she was fairly at work.
“Ye men had better lay down an’ git some
sleep,” she said, as she replaced the molds and
ladle on the shelf. “Ye‘ll need all yer strength
to-morrer. I’il neck these bullets au’ git to-
gether some vittles fur the trip, an’ then I’ll
lay down a while. We orter start airly—
soon arter daybreak.”
They did start early the next morning,
with Aunt Debby riding upon the roads that
wound around the mountain sides, while
Fortner led the men through the shorter by-
aths.
p Noon had passed some hours, and yet they
had come across no signs of wagons. Aunt
Debby was riding along a read out out of the
rOcks about midway up the mountain. To
her right the descent was almost perpendicu-
lar for 100 feet or more to where a creek ran
at the bottom of a cliff. To her left the bill
rose up steeply to a great height. Fortner
and the others were threading their way
through the brush some distance above her,
and keeping her in view as well as the bushes
and trees would permit. ' Suddenly there
arose from the road the sound of galloping
hoofs Leaning forward to get a better
. view Partner and the others haw Aunt Debby
galloping back, waving the red handker-
chief which was her signal of the approach
of a wagon. After her galloped a Cou-
fcderate sergeant, with revolver drawn,
shouting to her to stop or he would fire. Abe
Bolton stepped forward impulsively to shoot
the Confederate, raised his footing and slid
down the hill, landing in the road with such
force as to jar into unintelligibility a bitter
imprccotion he had constructed for the
emergency. He struck in front of the ser-
geant, who instantly fired at Aunt Debby‘s
mare, sending a bullet through the faithful
animal, which sankto her knees and threw
her rider to the ground. Without waiting to
rise, and he was not certain that he could,
Abe fired his musket, but missed both man
and horse. He scrambled to his feet and ran
furiously at the Confederate with raised gun.
The sergeant fined wildly at him, when Bol-
ton struck the animal a violent blow across
the head. It rccoiled, slipped and in another
instant had fallen over the side of themed
and crashed his rider on the rocks below.
Five of the wagon guard, who were riding
ahead of the wagon, gaIIOped forward at the
sound of the shots. Fortner, Edwards and
Harry Glen fired into these, and three saddles
were emptied The remaining two men
/-’-\_
Fortner, Edwards and Harry Glen fired.
whirled their horses around, fired wildly into
theair and dashed back uponthe plunging
team, with which the driver was vainly
struggling. The ground quivered as the
frightened animals struck together; they
were crushed back upon their haunchss, and
beat one another cruelly with their mighty
heofs. Wagon, horses and men reeled on the
brink an agonizing instant; the white faced
driver dropped the lines and sprang to the
secure ground; the riders strained with the
energy of deadly fear to tear themselves loose
from their steeds, but in vain. Then the
frantic mass crashed down the jagged rocks,
tearing up the stunted cedars as if they were
weeds, and fell with a sounding splash on the
limestone bed of the shallow creek. .f
Fortner, Glen and Edwards came down as
quicklyas possible, the latter spraining his
ankle badly by making a. venturcsome leap to
reach theroad first. Theyfoundthe man
that Fortner had shot at stone dead, with a
bullet through his temple. The other two
had been struck in the body. Their horsm
stood near, looking wonder-ingly at their
prostrate masters.
Bolton was rubbing his bruises and abra-
sions and vituperating everything, from the
conduct of the war to the steepness of Ken-
tucky mountains. Aunt Debby had partially
recovered from the stunning of her fall, and
limped slowly up, with her long riding skirt
raisedby one hand, Her lips were com-
prmed, and her great gray eyes blazed with
excitement. .
Theyallwent to thesideof the road
looked down at the crushedand bleeding mass
in the creek. ‘
“lIy God! that’s awful,” said Harry, with
arising sicknessabout his heart, as tl.ex-
citement began subsidinz.
“Plenty'good enuf furoeonndrels who rob
poormenof allfivlsm'leid Ebrtner,
fiercely," hereloadad hiarlfie. “Hit's not
had enuf fur tluev. an' rotten.”
“filth God‘s judgmnt enthawhhadan'
' ,
worm, Illa-Ohm, f2?
dently. “I hev adopted ya in my heart on a -
from the throne uv God. They're lookin’ at ,
“Hadn't We better try to get down there,
and help those men out?” suggested Harry.
“Perhaps they are not dead yet.”
“Aunt Debby, thet thar hoes that’s raisin’
his headan‘ whinnyin’,” said Fortner, with
sudden interest, “is Joel Sprigga' roan geldin',
she’s yo‘ro bo'n, honey." He pointed to where
a shapely head was raised, and almost human
agony looked out of great liquid eyes. “That
wuz the fhicst boss in Lamcl county, au’
they’ve stole ’im from Joel. Hit’ll ’bout
breakhisheart,furhesetapowerful’
sight 0’ store on thetere beast. Pore critter!
hit makes me sick tor see ’im suffer thet-
a way. I’ve a mind fer put 'im outen his
misery, but I’m afeered I can't shoot ’im so
long (:2 he looks at me with them big pitiful
eyes 0’ his’nl They go right tor my heart. "’
“You'd better shoot him," urged Aunt
Debby. “Hit's a‘ sin ter let an innercent crit-
ter suffer that a-way.”
Fortncr raked his rifle, and sent a bullet
through the mangled brute’s brain.
Aunt Debby’s eyes bonnie fixed on a point
where, amile away down the mountain, .a
bend in the road was visible through an
opening In the trees. ,
“Look out," she said, asthe echoes of the
shot died away; “that comes a hull lot
on ’cm.” ,
They looked, and saw plainly a large squad
of cavalry, with a wagon behind.
“We must get outen heah, an' that quick,"
said Former, decisively. He caught one of
the harem, and shortened a to make
the saddle answer for a side saddle. “Heah,
Aunt Debby, let me help ye up, honey. New
Bolton and Edwards, I’ll help ya on these are
other critters. Now skeet out ez fast es the
bosses' legs will tote ye. Don’t spar 'em a
mite. Them fellers‘ll gin ye the devil's own
chase cz soon on they git heah an' see what’s
bin done. Glen and me‘ll go across the
mounting, an’ head ’em ed on t'other side.
Don’t come back of ye henh shootin', but keep
straight on, far we kin take has: 0’ this crowd
without my help. Glen, you sasshay up the
mounting thar ea, tastes the Lord‘ll let yo.
I’ll be arter ye right spry.”
All sped away as directed. Former had
been leading hisguntvhile speaking. He now ' .
rammed the bullet home, and withdrawing
his rammer walked over to the clifi beside
which the teamster was cowering.
“O, Mister Fertner, don’t kill inc—please
don’t!” whined the luckiess man, getting
awkwardly upon his knees and raising his
hands imploringly. “I swar to God I’ll never
raise a hand agin a Union man agin cf ye’ll
only spur my life."
“ ml ye, Pete Hoekinsl” said Fortner, with
unfathomable contempt. '“What consete ye
hov tar think yer wuth the powder an’ lead.
I hain‘t no bullets ter waste on carr’on.”
He struck the abject fellow a couple of
stinging lows on the‘face with the ramrod,
replaced it in the thimbla, and sprang up the
rocks just us the headof the cavalry appeared
around the bend of the road 'a few rodsaway.‘
Overtaking Harry shortly, he heard about
the same time the Confederates on the read
below strike into a trot. '
“They know hit all now," he said, “an' hev
started in chase. Let's jog on lively, an' get
for whar we kin head ’em off."
Night had fallen in the meantime, but the
full moon had risen immediately, making it
almost as light as day.
After half an hour’s fest walking. the two
Unionists had cut across the long honeehoe
around which the Confederates were travel-
ing, and had come down much ahead of them
. on the other side of the mountain, and just
where the read led up the steep ascent of
another mountain.
There was a lonelinem about the spot that
was terrible. Over it hung the “thought and
deadly feel of solitude.” The only break for
miles in the primeval forest, was that made
for the narrow road. House or cabin there
was none in all the gloomy reaches of rocks
and gnarled trees. It was too inhospitable a
region to tempt even the wildest squatter.
The flood. of moonlight made the desolation
more oppressive than ever by making palpa-
ble and suggestive the inky abynes under the
trees and in the thickets. '
Fortner looked up the road to his right and
listened intently. '
A waterfall mumbled somewhere in the
neighborhood. The pines and hemlocks near
the summit sighed drearily. A gray fox,
which had probably just supped 03 a pheas-
ant, sat on a log and barked out his gluttonous
satisfaction. A wildcat, as yet supperlem,
screamed its envy from a cliff half a mile
awn .
“lian’t heah anything of Aunt Debby an’
the others,"'said Fortner, at length; “so I
reckon they’re clean over the mounting, an’
’bout safe by this time. Them beasts are
putty good travelers, I imagine, an' they
hain't let no grass grow in under the’r hufs.“
“But the Confederates are coming, hand
over hand," said Barry. who had been
watching to the left and listening. “I hear
them now quite plainly. Yes, there they
are,” he continued, as two or three galloped
around a turn in the road, followed at a
little interval by others.
The metallic clang of the rapid hoof beats
on the rocks rang through the somber aisles
of the forest. Noisy fox and antiphonnl wild-
cat stopped to listen to this invasion of sound.
“Quick! let‘s get in cover,’.’. said Farther.
“Ye make fur thct rock iup th‘ar,” said
Partner to Harry, pointing to a spot several
hundred yards above them, “and stay there
tell I come. Keep close in the shudder, so's
they won’t see ye." '
“It seems tome that I ought to stay with
you,” said Harry, indecisively.
“No; go. Ye can’t do no good heah. Ono’s
better nor two. I'll be up that soon. Go,
quick.”
There was no time for debate, and Harry
did as hidden. .
Former stepped into the inky shadow of a
large rock, against which he leaned. The great
broad face of the rock, gray from its cover-
ing of minute ash-colored lichens, was toward
the pursuers, and shone whiteas marble in
the flood of moonlight. The darkness seemed
banked up around him, but within his arm‘s
length it was as light as day. The long rifie
‘barrel reached from the darknem into the
light, past the corner of the rockmzfialnst
which it rated. The bright rays e the
little “bead" near the muzzle gleam like a dill!
mond,andlighteduptho slitasfineasahair
in the hindsight. Three little clicks, as if of
twigsbreaking under a rabbit'- foot, told that
.metfiggemhadbeensetandthohammer
The horsemen, much scattered by the pur-
suit, cluttered onward. In once and twee,
with wide intervals between, they reached
along a half mile of the road. Two—the beet
mounted—rode together at the head. Two
(hundred yards below the. great white rock,
which shone as innocent and kindly as afieecy
‘ summer cloud, a broad rl'vulet wound in way
toward the neighboring week. The blown
horses scented the grateful water; and checked
down, to drink of it. The-right hand rider
loosened hlsbndle thathil steedmlght gratify
himself. The other tightened his rein and
, struck with his spurs. His horse “gathered”
and leaped acres the stream As the armed
hoofs struck spark- frcm the smooth stones
on the opposite side, the rider of the dnn’ lugg"
horse saw burst out of the white rock show
them a gray cloud with a central tongue of
flame, andhiacomradefalltotheground.
His immediate reply with both barrels of
his shotgun showed that he did not mistake
this for any» natural on. The
sound of the shots brought the rest, up at a
gallop, and a rapid fire was opened on the
end of the rock. _
But the instant Fortner fired he sprang
back behind the rock, and then ran under its
cover a little distance up the mmmtain side to“
a dense laurel thicket, in which he lay down
behind slag and reloaded his rifie. He lis-
tened. The firing had ceased. and a half
dozen dismounted men was carefully ap-
proaching the spot whence he had sent the
fatal shot. He heard the captain order a
man to ride back and bring up the wagon,
that the body of the dead men might be put
in it. As the wagon was-heard rumbling up
the dismounted men reported to the captain
thatthebushwhackerhad madegood hisea-
cape and was no longer behindthe rock.
“Well, he hasn’t gone very far," said the
captain, with a savage nth. .“He can‘t havo
got any distance away, and I’ll have him,
dead or alive, before I leave this :spot. The
whole gang of Lincolnite hellhounds are
tread right up there, and not one of them
shall get away alive. ” He puta hone whistle
to his lips. and sounded a shrill signal. A
horseman trotted up from the near inro-
spouse to the call, leading a hound with a
m “Take the dog up-to that rock there,
Bill,” said the captain, “and set him on that
devil’s trail. Five more of you dismoun' t and
deploy there on the other side of the road.
All of you move forward cautiously, watch-
ing the dog, and make sure you ‘save' the-
whelp when he is run on .”
The men left their saddles and moved, for-
ward with manifest reluctance. They had
the highly emotional nature usual in the poor
white of the south, and this was deeply de-
pressed by the wierd loneliness that brooded.
over everything, and the bloodshed they had
witnessed. Their thirst for vengeancewas
being tempered rapidly by a growing super-
stitious fear. There was something super-A
natural in these mysterious killings. Each
man, therefore, only mOved forward as he
felt the captain’s eye on him, or his comrades
advanced. . .
The dog, after some false starts, got the
scent, and started to follow J‘ortner’s foot-
steps. . ~ '
“He’s done tuck the trail, Cap’n,” called
back one of the men.
. “All right,” answered the ofilcer; “don’t
takeyoureyuofiofhimforasecond till he
trees the game.”
. «Butthelmeadfietmw the insect-
trable uarknemmthe shadows made it im-
possible to follow the movements of the
bound every moment. Only Fortner was able
to do this. He could see the great greenish
yellow eyes burn in the pitchy depths and
steadily draw nearer to him. T“ entered
the laurel thicket, and the beast growled as
he felt the near-neat of his prey. -- " , ‘-
“Wolf mustbegittin close for him,” said
one of the men. "
Farther laid his rifle across the log, and
drew from his belta long keen knife.“ He
stirred slightly in doing this, andin turning
to confront the dog. The boundisprang for-
ward with a growl that wfnabruptly ended,
for Fortner's left hand shot out like an
arrow, and caught the loose folds of skin on
the brute’s neck, and the next instant his
right, armed with the Imife, dueended and
laid the animal’soho'uIder and neck open
with a long deep cut. But the darkneai made
Fortner mistake his distance. Ho neither
mightthedog'securely, nor sent the knife
tohisheart,ashe intended, and the bound
tearing away, ran out into the moonlight,
bleeding and yelping. Before he reached
hishuman allies Fortner had silently sped
backlOOyards,toamore scum shelter, so
that the volley which was into the
thicket only endangered the Iivea of the
chipmunks deniseaed there. The mounted
meurode forwardand joined those on foot
in raking the copes with charge of buckshot.
Away above Fortner and Harry rose yells
and the clatter of galloping horas. Before
they could imagine what, this meant a little
cavalcade swept by at a mad gallop, yelling
at the tops of their voices, and charging di-
rectly atthe Confedmtu below. In front
were Aunt Debby, Bolton and Edwards, rid-
ing abreast, and behind themthree men in
The Confederata seemed totally unnerved
ones fiungthemselvesonthdr horses andall
fled away at a gallop, without attempting to
-. makea'standandwithoot takingthoughtof
appeal .. temoun III}...W and Harry
',fired.a§_t_hem,butfith6ut being abletotell
whether theirshoiatookefioet. '
The pursuit was carried but a little dis
tanee. Thewagon was secured and taken
up the mountain. A little after midnight
.theaummitwaapafld,“ rm ledthe
way intoan opening to the right, which
in frontofaiarge cave. The horses were
unhitchedand umaddled,a firebuilt,eedar
boughsgatheredtomakoabedontherocky
fioor ofthecave,andtheythrew themselvu
downuponthia to sleep the lieu) of utter
wearinea.
Inthemeantlmenarry had learned that
the new comers were cousins of Farmer‘s,
also, beingout onafreeacouting
the other: near the summit of themountafn,
andhadatartedbackwiththemtotheadst-
ance of'lu‘ortnsr. The sound of firing had so
excitedthelnthatthesuggestionof aehargo
by Kent Edwards was eagerly acceded to.
“It must be near 8 o'clock," laid Kent,
looking up at the star-,1! he comeback
stealthily‘from laying the saddle blanket,
which was the only covering he and Abe
had, upon the sleeping form of Aunt Debby,
anti my downy couch still wall! for me. My
life-long habits of staid rapectability have
been greatly shaken recently."
Abe groaned derisively.
An inspection the next morning of the
wagon’s load showed it to be mainly made up
of hams, shoulders and sides, plundered from
the smokehouses visited. With theae were a
number of guns, including several fine rifies,
andalltheammunitionthat could be found
along the route. .
Abreakfastwasmadeof slicasofham
broiledoutheendsof sticks,and thenaeon-
sultation was held as to the plans for the day’s
operations. ,
The result of this was a decision that Aunt
Debby and one of the newcomers should go
back and inform the neighborhood of what
had taken place, gather a party to remove
the dead from the creek and bury them, to
keep the water from being poisoned, and re-
covor what property might be found with the
first wagon. Kent Edwards, Abe Bolton,
and two of the new comers would scout down
toward London, to ascertain the truth of the
rumor that Zollicoffer had evacuated that
place and retired to Laurel bridge, nine miles
south of it. Fortner and Harry Glen would
take the wagon to Wildcat Gap, inport what
hadbean done, and explaintotheir cams
mander the absence of the enlisted men.
To be Continued.
9
AT WASHINGTON. ‘ '
FIFTY-ONE WORKING DAYS REMAIN
OF THE FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Dot Little I‘lma for Work Outaida of A’-
propriation Bills—Some Facts and lig-
Ilrea on the Subject of "Long and Short
Ennis "—Grnln Statistics.
Wasamoron, Jan. 4._—But fifty-one work-
ing days remain of the Forty-ninth congress.
Only one appropriation bill—the urgency
deficiency—has been passed by both branches
of congress, and only one other appropriation
bill has the ‘house, and that is the
“sundry civil, now before the senate commit-
tee ou apppropriatione. Two or three days
will be consumed by the delivery of enlofiu
on deceased senators and members. With so
much to do on appropriations It is generally
believed that little else will be attempted.
Certainly. nothing at importance will be
begun until they are out of the way. TIMI
are features in the appropriation hills which
will cull out a great deal of debate, and the
Importanm of commencing on them at once
so as to have the margin of time on the safe
aide is readily recognised and fully appreci-
ated bv-nearly all members.
The prehident hasapproved the bills to ex-
am! the free delivery systeiOof the poatoflea
department and to modify the postal money
order system; also the act providing for a
public building at Springfield, Man, andtho
act for the relief of the survivors and rela-
tives of victims of the Jeannette Arctic ex-
tion.
December amountedto“,858,fi)2andforths
firstsixmontheofthe currantfiscalyear
$47,151,887. The net cash balance in the
My oaths first of January was “2,-
190,632, against “0,098,556 on the 1st of last
balance in the treasury on Jan. 1 was .170,-
men. min-t 0103.“.980 .- month Ito:
The store ofatandard silver dollars now at
gregatcl $188,500,288, about $3,500,000 more
than on the lat of last December. Custom
receipts for December were 810,331,870, or
about oa.ooo,ooo more than in December,
1885; internal "venue receipt were 80,543,-
845, about 850,000 lo. than In December,
1085. Governaient expenditures during- De-
cember were $18,488,714, or about 83,500,”)
more than In December a yearago. The to--
tal revenue from all sources for the first half
of the current fiscal year endedDec. 31, 1880,
were 8180,688,M, or nearly 014.com) more
than during the first . of the '
—fiscal year. Expenditures for the first half
of this year were $144,401,549, against .130,-
oe5,m during the first half of 1885-‘88.
These figures indicate a net revenue, or ex-
cess of receipts above expenditures, amount-
Ing to $86,000,000 during the first half of the
current fiscabyear.
Mr. Joseph H. Reall, of New York, Bret
dent ‘of theAmerican Agricultural and airy
a-ociation, who has come to Washington to
further certain agricultural measur- in eon-
grass andto invitethepreaident toboproa-
out at the association‘s national convention.
said to a representative of The United Pre-
meumrea now before congress, the depart
meat of agriculture bill, theanimal industry
bill. and the agricultural experiment station
bill. as said that the most important one
was thefirst, t it wa's_of paramount im-
that o agricalturai interests of
the country have representation in the cabi-
net, that it was certainlvtimo thatfndus-
h-iesinwhichover apex-cent. of the popu-
lation are engaged, and from which '14 per
cent. of the taxes are should have di-
rect representation in 'gbvormnent of the
nafien. Referring to the oleomargarine hill,
Halleall said itwas gainingin popularity
with the dairymen farmers every day. The
Iawhasalreadyproveu itself tobathemost
.ueful piece of legislation ever enactedby
in the interesm of agriculture, anda
move in the right direction in the potection
of consumers. from the adulteratien of food
ucts. Good authority warrants the state-
ment that 81,030,000 have already been saved
to the dairymen of New York state alone,
and a similar comparative gain to those of
other states. ' '
of the senate committee on transportation
road freights in the United States and foreign
countries The report contains tabulated
statements of the program in production and
transportation in the principal countries of
the world. Efforts were made by the com-
mittee to group together the average yearly
prices of gran at the various grain centers
toahow the difference in price per bushel
between thee: geographical sections, which
would represent in a measure the freight,
and the tendency of the rates of freight
It is shown, for example, that
the difference in the prices of corn be-
bythisatartlingapparifloa. Thedhncunted
eventually brought up at a little level spot”
tin.
had been encountered by Aunt Debby and >
The reduction in the national debt during ‘
December. The gold coin and bullion fund.
that there were three impwtant agriwltural»
Senator Aldrich has mule public the report.
route-i magma seaboard on the subject of rail-'
of the United. States for a series of years, and,
\ ‘ \ I ' L'
on \ z, , l_
tween the Atlantic phrti‘a‘hd the la‘k‘e‘pofii
has steadily declined from 21 cents per bushel
in 1873 to 10Vcentsper bushel in 1886; between
the Atlantic ports and the western river
ports, from 10 cents in 1883 to 11 cents in
.1886.
An attempt was made by the committee to
ascertain the rates of freight from the prin-
cipal intermediate points to the seaboard,
and alsotfrom the intermediate pains to the
principal cities of various states. This in-
vestigation was conducted in» hopes of ascer-
taining fuels in regard to the difference of
rates charged for long hauls and short hauls,
and to throw light upon the vexed question
ofaldng and a short haul. In relation to
this inquiry the committee says: If the re-
turus :‘ro’m which the above summary is
.coustiu mid may be relied on had the. com-
mittee has careful in selecting only re.
turns that _ red upon their face correct),
the rates charged for local freight are evi-
dently levied on the somewhat general plin-
crple of what the trafilofiill hear. Indiana-
chusetts when terminals‘are, taken into eon-
sideratien, the cost of transporting a bushel
of wheat Ismore nearly “equitable thanin
any other state represented in the summary.
Still we find the anomaily of a lesser rate for
80 miles than, for 15 mil: In Pennsylvania
local rates are higher than in Massachuseth.
In Ohio the rate h about the same
on 00 milesasitle on ”miles; the
long haul of 210 miles, instead of being,
relatively less... liq-relatively greater. In
Massachuth in 18$.“ colt' {O cent to
transport a bushel of wheat 04 mama»
cost in Connecticut for transporting the
same quantity of grain 0‘3 mils-3w locate;
In Pennsylvanian mfin. Arcana, and in
Ohio, 60 mileagE, uentl. Of course the condi-
tionsmaynot ’vebeen thei'ame. Bertha
l“..."°..‘.°:..l’:‘i:-'.’ifi‘f‘.i are
countries, the committee shows the
tionandoonaum 'ptiond cm ' in E
andbringaontthe fauthatthelnctm
population has' been relaflvolyi
greaterinthe great grain mducifig
triaathan u Ira-been the grain
countriee. .
TheUnitedKingd- omappaarate ve
chased abouttwothh'daofallthe wheat
United States exported ammun- pad
and therefor. w M "
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United magma; G I. I it“,
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35::
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,efaaven yearsfiomltfltoflfl Mauve,
andthedocadeavfromlflfitow inclusive,
showing the total importation! of wheat ind
p ,_ furnishedbytheUnitsd States,
Russia. Germany, British North America,_
Egypt, France, .Deumark, and all other
countries. lueornmen ,_ on this table the
committee lays: , “A g , tthis summary.
netouly showsthe rapidit‘y’ef the agricul-
tural growth of the United States and it.
importance as a food exporting country, but
it also presents some of the economic changes
that have taken place in Europe."
In the first period—the United States fur-
niahed - less than _I per cent. of the wheat Im-
ported into the United. Kingdom; in the last
period it supplied nearly 55 per cent. From
Jane the. 1,000,000 bushels it increased to-
about 503,000,000 ,bushels. Excepting the
rapid growth of imports of wheat from
India (which does not appear“ in this table.
India being classified under "all other coun-
~ trim"), there is no instance in economic his
fory of a growth so rapid. The -Imporh
from Russia during this period, though they
have increased in amount have not advanced
greatly, relatively. In the first period they
were nearly 10 per cent; in the ascend they
had aomawhat increased; in the third thty
had receded again; in the' fourth they ad-
vanced coasiderably, and in the fifth period
they had receded more rapidly than the in-
crease between the thirdfind fourth periods
Important facts are brought out in the r9
port relating to ocean transportation and the
comparative cost of freight from India, Rus-
aIaand the United States toGreat Britain,
and a tabloia given showing iii- comparison
the rates of freight for cereals during a series
of years from the three principal ports of
British India, the greatnortheru and southern
porhof Rumiaand thaAtlanticandPacific
ports of the United States to Great Britain.
Of this table the committee says in part:
“The general fact,» and the one of greatest
importance to the United States, is the steady
decline in the-coat of transportation and the
probability that with increased freight to
earrythe rates between Europeand the most
In: tand near-at ports of Indiamur-
rachee and Bombay) will continue to decline.
Should this tendency mucus it will not be
long before the cost of carr'ymg wheat from
Indiatooontinental Burepawill boaalowas
between the Atlantic put and those mar-
” .
hate. , __i_____
comm—AI. CALENDAR.
d with Nanny
“Eli. Nov. 1.4.9.3: name-gem. of
the portof-New York, by Innis BIeraLa.
on ya. The wound t
severe one; Nov. IA—Naxwelldha
I" W's Tgagmt of' paaillluhaving
m'mioo'tu motiohof wagon. the New
over-
York shell tenement hennbuildar, convicted of
manslaughter. fora newt-III. have: taken to
Work of the I'Iamea.
lar: G. lhrr burned off New
essay ; eight ~ loat- April 17.—Galicia
5”“ “WT: ”we“ my i‘
props on way, ew or
5%; J pan. June If. to
a _ -'- a persons
b to death In 1! institute,
a. Jul d—Stona atnarlem burned: lea
on. J R— at 'I‘Inner-
”Lily. India: oouveslo‘ Auxi t—l‘orest fine
re rted law A Vera
and 20) mrsona burned 0n the V0 Basia.
A Ell—Steamer Daniel w atKings»
NLY. lt-Oreat fire Rampart.
-27. school
New York Jidgaa.
an Yonx, Jan. 4.—The following ap
poinuaeats as supreme count judges for the
Third indict! district were made by Cover-
nor Hill May: ‘Samuel Edwards, of
Rum viceJudge Osborn, deceased. Mr.
Ed. wasnaaaimously‘ , _ -hidoraod_‘_"'bythe
bar of Columbia county and by prominen
eitiaens without regard to party.
Hon. Stephen B. Rayburn, of Sehoharie,
was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by
the- resignation of ’Iudgofl’eekham. Mr.
Mayham was for two terms a member of
congress, has been a member of the a-embiy
and district attorney, and lathe present judge
of Schoharie county. Judge Nayham, it is
understood, will hold the same number of
speeialtermsandohambersanlbanyas
Judge Packham held. ' ,
Confused and Resigned.
Sr... LOUIS. Jan. L—About .a week ago
Su t Stocking; of thy Newsboys'
house and of the Humane society, was
accused of an indecent exposure to the
women in the kitchen of the restaurant He
denied the charge then, but yesterday ”Mr.
Stocking accompanied by We reporters and
three reverend gentlemen went tothe Library
restaurant and publicly confessed the truth
of thecharges against him and offered an
humble apology to the women. He refuses
to ofi'er any explanation for his singular con-
duct further than to say that he was animat-‘
ed byasudden bad impulse. He then ten-
dered his resignation as superintendent of
the instii "it"lne lulled .
paying'Aa cont-pg.
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Will be sold at a very low price.
HENRY TILLY,
CARRIAGE MAKER,
SOUTH NOR WALK.
GENERAL MARKET.
Meat. Fish. Vegetables. he.
LOCKWOOD ll ANDREWS.
m STREET.
All kinds of the best qualities of Meats, Fish,
Clams. Vegetables, etc, are kept constantly on
hand.sndwlllbesoldbyusaslowas can be pro-
cured at any market in Nowell. We intend to
prove to our customers that we deserve their
mange by fair and genome dealing.
lyao LOCKWOOD it ANDREWS.
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Oil has been, removed. It has three
fiasco the Myth of Cocoa mixed
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up. It Is “Mons. nourishing;
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admirably adapted for invalid: aa'
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NEW roars comm
ecu. HUSTED NOMINATED. " son
emxsn av ms aspueucms.
Ir. Baker Said Ea Bad Contested forth
nonor in Good Faith. but Anthea.
Graceful], - Other- Nominations -‘l‘lla
Democratic Caucus Nominees. '
Amen, Jan. 4.-'-'I'he Republican cau-
cus met in the assembly ‘ chamber,
and was called to mier
last evening byilfr. nandeville, as chairman
of the caucus committee, who nominated
Frank Arnold,of Otsego county, as chair‘
man. Thiswasagreed to, and Mr. Arnold
was called to the chair.
Messrs Bacon, of Kings, and Johnson, of
Onondaga, on motion of Mr. Hogeboolnlere
made secretaries. ' v
Memrs. Crane, of Oneida, and liable,
Putnam, were made tellers. _
The chair announced the nomination of a
candidate for speaker as the first-busing. in
order.
Mr. Byrnes, Westchester county, After a
2,:
at 8. o'clock '
warm eulogy on his fitness for the position, '
nominated Gen. James W. Rusted.
Mr. Erwin, of St. Lawrence, secondedtha
nomination. Mr. Gallagher, of Erie, also
Indorsed all said in behalf of the
tions of Gen. Busted. He moved that the
nomination be made unanimous, but with-
drew the motion, for Mr. Baker, of Steuben,
who announced his intention of indoraing the
nomination of Gen. Hosted, andthan pro.
ceededtosay thathehad contestedfor thh
nomination in all sincerity and honesty, do-
ingallho couldto secureit. But he acqui-
esced in the decision against him most heart-
ily. M‘r. Gallagher renewed his motion, and
it was agreed to unanimously. Hr. Ains-
worth, of Oswego, nominated Boa. Charles
A. Chickering, of Lewis county, for clerk.
Mr. Smith, of Tompkinmeoanty, said he
Ind come here to nominate Dr. Tubal, but
at the request of that gentleman hawith-
drewhisnameand moved thatflr. Gilchr-
ing’s nomination be made byaeclalution. -
Thiswasdone.
Hr. Gallagher, ofErIe, nominabd Isaac
Scott, of Erie, for sergeant-atom, and
spokeofhisclaima. .
Mr. Davis, ofOneida, named J. Capron
forthepontioa.
GenCurtMOfStIanenegaeeondedths
nominationoflfr.Seott
William J. Johnson, of Onondauand
Ilikmxinhogart,ofSullivau county,werealso
Abaliotwaataken. «follows:
Hr. Krase named Emery P. Class for
Mrspharandmovadthatthonomination
bemadebyaeelamationc Carried. .
fora-istantdoorkoapor.‘
On motion of Mr. Grippin,’ Chrloa W.
Iahrer, of New York; Capt. Edgar If. Hor-
ria, of Oswego; John G. Snyder, of Albany,
'and B. O. Barnes were named fol-tho posi-
tion of maeoudassmant death-par, and a
ballot ruultsd as follows: ,Iehrer, 10; liar-
rb 95; Snyder, 8; Barnes. 4. No choice.
Another ballot was had, as follows: Snyder,
Shim“, U;Barnu2. Hr. lot-rill.
declared nominated. A committee to call
Wesson-Imam
DEMOCRATIC OAUOUS. '
Ir. Sheba-.oflrlqwaala-iaated for
. SM“.
TheDemocraticmembersof thaalaombly
warecalled to orderbylfr.0'antor,in the
a-emblyparlormndA-emblymaanCann,
of King’s county, was doetad chairman.
liens. Wood, of Clinton eonnty,and Ives,
ofNewYork,warencx-etarlea.
Mr. McCann made a briefaddro-ontak-
ing the chair,thankinghisamociateaand
hepingthattharecordofthiayear’saetions
onthepart of thaDesnocratsof the assem-
blywouldwarrantthepeopleofthestate in
giving the party they representedthaassem-
mousse.
Onmotiouof Mr. Shea, the- aboveoflcers
waremade theofilcersof thocaucusfertho
Ifr. Hoganpresentedthenameof William
F.Sheehan,of Erie,» theDomoeratioean-
didateforthoopeakorof then-unbly. The
W“ on
lie-n. Hogan, Cantor, Imgley, Cutler and
Dickeywaraappoinhd towaltas Hr. Shae-
hanandeaeorthimtotheeaucua ,
After being introduced Kr. Sheahaa
thanked his associates for the honor our
famd,aadsaid hewonldondeavor tofafth-
fullydischarge thodnfieaadgnod tohhnal
Democatioleader. .
RobertnConley,ofKinp,wasnominabd
forthepoaitionof clerk.
Hr. Cantor nominated In). William H.
Johnson, of Hontgomory county, for ear5
geant-at-arma, whichwaseamed.‘
neuraChm-les Goettel and Haghlhnne' .
gan,ofNew York,and Inwnnea Garrahaa,
of Kings, were nominated twdoorkeepen.
lfr. Ives nominated Edward B. Hui-pity,
of New York, for Itanographer.
The rig-lined?
Wanner-on, Jan. L—The fatigue of the
New Year's receptienwaa toomuch for the
president. newasobligedtokaaphisroem.
andapentthegreaterpartof thedayinbed
The president’s rheumatism hangsen with
grim ohstinacy. No one amnion that the
preddentisdangerously sick, buthis trouble
iavery annoying, and Ir. Clevelanddoes not
getwall because heis impatient. He had
anal-elapse because hewentout riding too
thinlyclad. Thislatter setback undoubtedly
camefrorn thefatigueaof NowYoar‘sday,
whichwu‘e great enoughto try a man in
parfacthealth.
Ola-durat- leaned.
Momma, Jan. A—Owingto the preva-
i-Ica ofglanders amonghonesin Montreal
and outlying dish-feta, the city board of
healthhaaraquestadthegsneralgovarnmut
to pal an order in council, into
face the provkions'of theact giving the
govcnmentvetriaary inapactuatha pow.
tahaveallinfoctedanimalad‘eyod.
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Old and Yea-g Great lea.
Says theLondon Standard: It wool .
seem as if the work of the world wen
sometimes destined to be done by:
hand of young men and sometimes h)
a group of old ones. At the beginninl
of the present century, for Instance
most of the heroes of peace and wai
were young. Napoleon was not much
over so in the days of Austerlitz and
Marengo; few of his Marshals were
older. Wellington passed his fortieti:
year in the Peninsula campaign. Pitt
after 20 years in the Premiership, died
at 47. Nelson was Just the same age
at Trafalgar. Our poets-Byron,
Shelley, Keats, and Coleridge—were
young; Sir Walter Scott was looked
upon as quite a patriarch ”of letters at
55. At present we are in the cycle of
the seniors. We have Mr. Gladstone
and M. Grevy, Prince Bismarck, and
the German Emperor, all of whom,“
they belong very actively and vividly
to the present, would have left a good
record of notable work~ behind them if
they had joined the majority before M.
Beneditti altered the map of Europe
oy forgetting his manners on the
promenade at Ems on a certain critical
lay. And the strange thing is that
when these veterans disappear from
the stage they seem likely to leave no
successors. No doubt Providence has
not forgotten posterity, and the next
generation will be duly provided with
its proper proportion of great men.
But it must be admitted that they are
slow in making their appearance. Who
isto succeed Prince Bismarck in Ger-
many? Who has taken up the mantle
of Victor Hugo in France? Whoareto
to he the succession of Lord Tennyson
and Mr. Browning? As for politics.
we do not forget Lord gondolph Chur-
chill and Mr. Chambean in Eng-
land, or Count Kalnoky, M. Tisza,
and M. de Freycinet abroad, when we
say that the nineteenth century—the
century of statesmen~shows at pres-
out but faint prospects of closing with
such a galaxy of great .men as that
which shed lustre over its-infancy and
its middle age. Let us‘hope that des-
tiny, in one of its freaks, is only walt-
ity till the old heroes are cleamd off the
' .
a
board to startleus with a constellation .
of young geniuses in peace and war.
in‘ letters and in arts. In the mean-
while we have old men, and may he
.‘hankful for them.
Norwalk Chronicler