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Volume LXXXV‘III.
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from Duckport, near Young’s Point, to con- “
gunboats replied with a broadside.
The Way Grant Get into Vicks-
burg at Last.
FROM THE LOUISIANA SIDE.
A Negro Shows Him the Right Road
to Port 011150“.
A Series of Splendid Successes to the Union
Arms from May 1 to May 16, 1803.
[Battles of Port Gibson, Raymond, Chum-
pioti Hill and Big Black—Tho Gibraltar
of the Confederacy Yielded to Grant on
the Fourth of" July Twenty-five Years
\. Ago. .
Four attempts to take Vicksburg by flank
movements had been made and failed down
to April 1, 1863.
Then Grant formed the plan of going be- .
THE SURRENDER. ,
GEN. GRANT.
[Front a War Time Photograph]
low Vicksburg through Louisiana, by way
of New Carthage and Richmond. Rich-
mond was not for from Young’s Point,
Grant’s headquarters, on the Louisiana. shore.
New Carthage was on the some shore of the
Mississippi, below Vicksburg. With New
Carthage as a starting point, Grant thought
to cross the river and get a hold upon Grand
Gulf or Wari'eutou.
His supplies were at Milliken’s Bend, ten
miles above Young’s Point, so be determined
to move troops down to New Carthage from
there.
Troops were set to work to dig a canal,
met with a chain of bayous that ran from
Milliken’s Bend to New Carthage. By means
of this canal it was thought possible to util-
ize the bayou for small boats to transport
troops and supplies.
Grant now followed up his new plan with
great activity. When the water subsided it
was arranged to make roads and bridges,
and transport troops by land. Thus, partly '
by water, partly by land, 30,000 troops were
to be assembled at New Carthage. Osterhaus’
division Of McClei‘uand’s corps made the first
advance down the river, closely followed by
McPherson’s corps.
But it was found that the artificial water
route was not even “barely practicable.” So
it was abandoned and the troops advanced
by land. .
McClei-nzmd found New Carthage little else
than an island in the midst of overflowed
lands. He therefore put in order a new round-
about road leading to Perkin’s plantation,
seven miles below New Carthage, and com
siderably nearer to Grand Gulf, Miss. The
order to move down from Milliken's Bend to
New. Carthage had been given by Grant
April 20, and by April 27 McClernnnd’s corps
was at Perkin’s plantation, seven miles below
New Carthage, on the river.
While llicClemnnd was operating below
Vicksburg, Steele’s division of Sherman’s
corps had been sent to make a demonstration
along Deer Creek to Rolling Fork, to destroy
supplies and divert the attention of the Con-
federates from the real point of attack.
To make the proposed attack on Grand
Gulf, the co-operation of tho gunboats was
necessary. Accordingly, on the night of
April 10, Admiral Porter again ran the bat-
teries at Vicksburg. At 10 o’clock the Union
fleet started on its perilOus voyage.
Tito flagship Benton led, with Admiral
Porter on board. Following came the La—
fayette, Louisville, Mound City, Pittsburg,
and the well known Carondelet. Next came
three transports laden with pplies and am-
munition. Cotton bales 'rc piled high
around their guards amidships. The coal for
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div/”580,96.
BELOW vicxsnuno. ~
use of the fleet was carried in barges lashed
to each vessel.
Of course the fleet could not pass undiscov-
ered. A little after 11 o‘clock the Benton
came within range of Vicksburg. Instantly
there shot up all along the shore great lines
of prepared torches.
From all the batteries within range came
blinding flashes and u. thundering roar. The
The procession was an hour and a half
under fire, one vessel passing out of range of
the batteries as another canto within. Ali
Warrenton, seven miles below, the scene was
briefly repeated. The Union fleet reached
New Carthage at 2 o’clock, having lost one
transport.
April 23 Grant moved his headquarters to
a point near New Cartilage. It was deter-
termined first to attack Grand Gulf, a river
village, twenty—live miles bcl'_\v Vicksburg
and. one mile llCl(l\V:tllc mouth of Big Black
river, shortly to be the scene of such exciting
as enls. lint New Carthage was not; 1108.!
enough to Grand Gulf to operate from suc-
cessqu y. ilui'd Timcs, a village several
miles below New Carthage, was therefore (to
iectcd as the starting point.
April28 McClernand’s corps, sour divisions,
was moved down on transports to Hard
Times. McPherson‘s corps was coming by
land.
The gunboats were to attack Grand Gulf
first, silencing its batteries. Then theiland
forces were to cross the riVer and rush lnaiid
carry the place by assault.
April 29 the grand attack was made.
At this time there were in Vi urg and
its vicinity more than 50,000 _ adenine
troops. The defenses proper extended from
Hainw Bluff, near '
the Yazoo river, on
t h o Confederate
right, to Grand
Gulf. They were
manned by 22,000
men, under Gen. C. .
L. Stevenson. Back
somewhat in the in-
terior, at and near
Fort Pemberton,
were 7,000 under
command of Gen.
Loring. Five thou-
sand more guarded
the Memphis and - I
Corinth railroad, to GEN. WOLF-ENAM-
the north, while 200 miles down the river, at
Port Hudson, were nearly 17,000 more, under
Gen. Gardner.
At Grand Gulf pro :- were 2,500 Confed-
erates, in charge of rig. Gen. J. S. Bowen.
When McClernnnd advanced first to New
Carthage he had a slight skirmish witha
body of Confederate cavalry. Gen. Bowen
had sent three regiments across the river to
see what the Union troops were about in the
ricinity of New Carthage, on their first ad-
vance to that point. But the movement was
not considered of much importance. Pem-
berion’s attention was directed at that time
to the Rolling Fork movement of Sherman’s
corps above Vicksburg, previously men-
tioned.
For once Grant was able to deceive the
Confederates. The attack oti Grand Gulf
wusu surprise to Gen. Pemberton. He had
the impression that Grant was returning to
Memphis, to work down upon Vicksburg in
the rear. ' »
On this supposition Pembertou had sent
wordto Gen. Joe. J ohnstcu thhatjaagoaa.
statesman hadBI-dered'hiifi £010in
there. Pembertou
had actually put
on route 8,000 men,
Buford’s, Vaughn’s
and Tilghmnn’s
brigades.
April 15, Po m-
berton discovered
his grave mistake.
Buford’s force was
' and Tilghmnn’s
briga do 3, 8,000
- strong, were not
GIN. LLOYD TILGHMAN. moved from Jack-
' sou. Affairs began to look serious down the
river. Pemberton himself was at this time
at J ackson, fifty Inilcs inland from Vicks-
bur . .
TlIero was hurried pre oration in the Com
federate camps about icksbur , after Por-
ter’s fleet had passed the batteries. _ ,
Green’s brigade was ordered to Grund,Gulf
and Bowen‘s regiments west of the Mississippi
were hurried back to the same place. h
troops that had one -to Chattanooga were
sent. again to Vic sburg. '
But there was little cavalry at Pcmbcrton’s
command, and this embarrassed him scri-
ousl y. It; was at this time, from ~April 17 to
May :1, that; “Ben. Grierson" made his famous
and destructive raid from north to south
through the state of Mississippi.
GRAND GULF AND PORT GIBSON.
So many rumors were afloat in this part of
the Confederacy during the last days of
April about Gricrscn and his raiders, that
Pcmbcrton was obliged to send troops from
the vicinity of Vicksburg and Grand Gulf iu
, all directionsvaftcr liim. Thisuided in draw-
ing attention from Grant’s movements at
Grand Gulf.
April 29,123.10 great day of attack came.
Porter, with six guuboats, lctl tho advance.
Behind him, and out of range above, were
the land forces, loaded upon steamboats, flab
' boats,scows and all manner of water vch
hicles. In the middle of the river was Grant
himself, on a tug, directing movements both
above and below.
Porter opened a. tremendous cannonado on
the Grand Gulf batteries and kept it up from
S :1. ill. till afternoon. By that time the bat-
teries were silenced for the time, but Porter’s
loss, though small, was greater than that of
tho Confederates. The flagship Benton last
twenty. 3:; men.
At; ‘3 1.1 tin: afternoon, Porter drew off his
fleet. McClernund landed his corps at Hard
Times, and marched them inland down the
river, crossing to the Mississippi bank again
at De Shroon's plantation, three miles below
Hard Times, and still further below Grand
Gulf. At dun-1; Porter opened on tho Grand
Gulf batteries again, and while he engaged
their attention the -
transport-.5 slipped
by, and wont safe
bolowGrsznl Li'n'f,
to De Shroon‘s.
Grant's army was
:now below Vicks
burg. Ills objec-
tive point was Port
Gibson, :1 few miles
inland, and a little
southeast. of Gran d-
Gulf.
DiIrr‘ng the night
e. negro informed
Grant that fire
miles below Do
Shi‘oon’s, 0:1 the OppOSitc side, at a little place
called Bruinsburg. there was a landing place
for the fleet and transports. From Bruins-
burg a {930d road led to Port Gibson.
Grant trusted and benefited by this infor-
mation. By noon of April 30, McClernand’s
whole corps, 18,000 men, was on Mississippi
soil. At 4 o’clock McClcrnand’s four divis-
ions wei'o Oil their way to Port Gibson, four-
teen miles distant.
At; 1 o‘clock in the morning McClernand’s
advance, under Gen. Curr, was within four
miles of Port Gibson. Hero there was a.
slight skirmish with some Confederate troops,
who withdrew. The Union soldiers then lay
down upon the ground, armed as they were,
to rest till daybreak. ’
The tide in the fate of Vicksburg had
turned. Pembcrton, at Jackson, heard of
the bombardment of Grand Gulf, April 20,
by telegraph. Then the telegraph wires re-
fused to work.
On the height of Vicksburg, at Homes
Bluif, a division of
Sherman’s corps,
with eight gun.
bouts, was making
a. lively demonstra-
tion. Between this,
and Grant at Grand
Gulf, and wild ru-
mors of Grierson
inland, tlic Confed-
. crates knew not
' e, where the blow was
to fall. ,
; Hearing nothing
' .. . . from Bowen, on tho
LIEUT. COM. \VILSON. afternoon of April
20 Pembei-ton sent: 5,000 men to Grand Gulf
from Vicksburg. Late April 30. after hard
marching, they reached Grand Gulf. They
were, the brigades of Gens. Tracy and Bald-
win. They were hurried on toward Port
Gibson, where Green’s Confederate brigade
already was.
BATTLE OF PORT GIBSON.
"The first sun rays of May 1 fell on glisten-
inglines of Confederates, drawn up across
the Port Gibson road, to oppose the advance
of the Union divisions. All four of them,
Carr’s, Osterhaus’, Hovey’s and A. J. Smith's,
were ready for fight in the early morning.
Two divisions of McPhersou’s corps were not
far behind them.
The Confederate troops engaged in the bat-
tlo of Port Gibson were Tracy’s, Green’s,
Baldwin’s and Cockrell’s brigades. A few
miles from Port :
Gibson the road V
leading to that
place front Bruins-
burg branched into,
two, that sepa-
rated,curved about
and came together
again at Port Gib—
son. Across these
roads the Confed-
erate Gen. Bowen
stretched his few
brigades to meet
Grant’s 23,000 men.
One of the reads
from Bruinsburg
to Port; Gibson led north, the other south.
Between 5 and 6 in the morning of May 1
the battle was opened on the northern road
by the Union troops of Gen. Peter J. Oster-
haus’ division.
Tracy’s Confederate brigade, aided by
Sheldon’s, repliedto Qsterhaus' opening at-
tack at Port' Gibson with so hot a fire
that the Union advance was temporarily
checked. OsteI-huus led the extreme left.
Carr's division was on the Union right and
advanced by the southerly road. Green’s
COM. JAMES A. GREEK.
GEN. OSTERH’AUS.
- brigade was posted to meet them. Carr’s di-
vision advanced through the thickets ‘
and broken country in such a way that
his two brigades (Benton’s and Stone’s)
became separated by the time they came face
to face with Green’s. Hovey’s division
hastened forward, however, and filled the
gap by 7 a. m. Green’s brigade was posted
on a ridge, with a. well manned battery.
liovcy’s division and Benton’s brigade as-
saulted and captured this battery and 400.
prisoners. The main part of Green’s brigade,
however, fell back on Port Gibson. The
Confederate Gen.
Bowen had dis-
posed his few
troops at various
points of danger.
Baldwin and Cock-
rell with their ,bri-
gades were ordered
to Port Gibson.
This Col. Co’cl‘u'cll
is now United
Statessenatorfrom
' MisSouri.
’ »Bowen himself ‘-
went from Grand
Gulf over to Port
Gibson early in
the day. When
Green's brigade was driven back, Baldwin’s,
newly arrived, was ordered to take its place,
in the rear of the first position. After
Green’s brigade was formed again, it was
sent over to Tracy on the Confederate right.
Cockrell’s brigade came in last, and it was
sent partly to Baldwin and partly to Tracy.
The second part of the Port Gibson fight
took place in the afternoon. Carr’s and
Hovcy’s divisions advanced after capturing
the ridge, and engaged iuahot fight with
Baldwin, who held out a full hour and a
half. Then a recnforccment from A. J.
Smith‘s division came to strengthen Hovey's
division and Stone’s brigade at'that point.
At sunset Baldwin retreated toward Grand
Gulf, burning the bridge over Bayou Pierre,
by which he crossed. o
Meantime, on the extreme Federal right,
Gen. Bowen had endeavored to break the
Union line. He had with him Gen. Cockrell
and two regiments. But Hovcy enfilnded
the advancing regiments from a ridge, Bur-
bridgo advanced with re-enforoements and
Cockrell soon fell back to Baldwin. .
The only Confederate resistance remaining
was that of Tracy on the right, opposed by
the Federal left under Osterhaus.
Grant himself had come anon. thcfisldjt
GEN. A. P. HOVEY.
' of. McPherson
10 o’clock. ‘in ‘I'EFIIh—i—n—edmmi (Isle—1m,
directing movements there. McPherson and
Logan reached the battlefield about noon,
and McPherson with one brigade re-cnforced
Osterhaus. McPherson attacked the Con-
federate right flank and Ostcrhaus began
again on the front.
Under this galling fire the Confederates
gave way. Gen. Tracy was killed at the
head of his brigade. Gen. Green then took
charge and rapidly retreated across Bayou
Pierre, beyond Port Gibson, bursting his
-bridgo behind him. In this fight the Con-
federates had only 8,500 men, the Federals
$900. The Confederates lost, by their ro-
‘port, 787, the Union army 849.
It was now dark. N ext morning, May 2, the
Union troops entered Port Gibson. The first
step towards the downfall of Vicksburg was
accomplished.
Tito Confederate Gen. Loring, with a con-
siderable force, had been sent to Bowen’s aid
at Port Gibson, May 1, but did not arrive in
.timc. Bowen retreated that night to Grand
Gulf, where Loring met him. The two
generals retreated across Big Black river.
On May 2 the guns being dismounted and the
magaainc blown up.
May 3 Admiral Porter took possession of
Grand Gulf, and McPhci‘son’s advance skir-
mished with the .. ~ -
rear of the retreat-
ing Confederates
noai: Willow
Spring. In the
evening Grant ar-
rived. Tho guit-
boats that aided so
effectually in this
first stop on the
road to Vicksburg
were tlic.Bentou,:
Lieut. Commander
J. A. Greer; Lufay-. ,
ctte, Capt. Walkej
Louisville, Lieut.‘/'
Commander E. K. ‘ '
Owen; Tuscumbia, GEN. JOHN A; LOGAN.
Lieut. Commander [Front 11 War Time Plioto.]'
J. W. Shirk; Mound City, Lieut. Commander
Byron \Vilson; Carondelet, Lieut. J. M. L.
Murphy; Pittsbur , Lieut. \V. R. Hoel.
NEARING VICKSBURG.
At last: Grant was on the right track. His
base ~ems at Grand Gulf. McPherson’s corps
was at Hankinson’a Ferry, on the Big Black,
while McClernaud’s was at iVillow Spring, a
few miles east of Grand Gulf. The army
waited there three days for Sher-min, who
with his corps had been sent for from above.
Pcmbcrton called urgently now for reen-
forcements for Vicksburg. IValker’s brigade,
with that of Gist, was sent him from South
Carolina.
Bragg also sent 3,000 cavalry from Tennes-
see. All told, in the early part of May,
Pcmbcrton had at Vicksburg and Jackson
50,000 men, Grant not many more.
The railway crossed the Big Black be
tween VICIISDill'g and Jackson. Part of the
Confederate army was at Jackson, part at
Vicksburg. Grant’s plan of campaign was
to work carefully along the east bank of Big
Black river till he reached the railway,
than, taking sudden possession of Edwards’
Station, just east of the Big Black, he would
be between the two parts of the Confederate
army. Then he would be able to “beat the
enemy in detail.”
Gen. Sherman reached the Mississippi, op-
posite Grand Gulf, May 7. The dad-
vanco was made the same day. Ifcrft’lhlerson
led the right, veer-in of! toward Jackson.
McClernand was on ti left, nearer the Bi
Black, while Sherman closely follow
McClcrnand.
FIGHT AT RAYMOND.
Grant ordered McPherson to move rapidly
to Raymond, fifteen miles southwest of Jack-
son, with which it was connected by a branch
railroad line, and capture the Confederate
supplies stored there. At 11 a. m. of May 12,
McPherson’s corps, Gen. John A. Logan in
the advance, came within two miles of Bay-
mond and found Gregg’s Confederate brigade,
recently at Port Hudson, posted to meet
them.
The fight that followed lasted nearly three
hours, but Crocker’s division having come to
the support of Logan, Gregg finally retreated
toward J nckson.
Logan‘s loss was 400, Gregg’s 500. Logan
pursued for some distance, but night canto
on and he went into camp, with Raymond in
his rear.
Sherman and McClernand too had been
nkirmishing with the Confederates all day
May 12, as they advanced along the Big
Black toward Edwards’ Station, and Grant
determined to make sure of Jackson before
attacking Edwm'ds’ Station.
PembcI-tou had divided his available force -
into four detachments, under Gens. Bowen,
Loring, Stevenson and W. H. T. Walker re
spectively. Walker was at Jackson, the
others were stationed along the road cross-
ings and river ferries ‘
Gen. Joe Johnston in Tennessee had tele-
graphed Pomberton at Vicksburg:
If Grant crosses unite all yourfol‘ces to beat
Ill.
But Pcmberton thought he understood the
situation better than Johnston and did not
.7~~‘-r—-» . obey. Pemberton
thought G r a n it
meant to attack
Edwards' Station,
so he ordered Bow-
en, Stevenson, and
Loring to t h a t
p o i n t. May 12
Sherman and Mo-
0 ran a n dWore
within five miles
\ of it.
rs Grant, however,
.-,._.;. true to the military
maxim, “Never do
GEN. JOE JOHNSTON. what theenemyer
pects you to do,” gathered up his force and
moved toward Jackson.
Jefferson Davis had telegraphed Joe J ohn-
ston to go to Mississippi and take full com-
mand there. He did so at once, reaching 4
Jackson May 13. But he telegraphed back
to Richmond these simple words: “I am too
late.”
McPherson next made for Clinton, a station
between Jackson and Edivards’ Station,
McClernaud followed him by the same road
May 14, while Sherman advanced by way of
Raymond and Mississippi Springs toward
Jackson. From Clinton to Jackson was an.
.easy reach for McPherson and McClei-nand.
The objective point in fact was Jackson. and
Sherman was approaching ft by the Ray-
mond road, McPherson by the Clinton road.
They were timed so as to reach the capital
city together.
To meet the advancing Union army John-
ston, who had indeed arrived too late, posted
Walker’s brigade on the Clinton road,
Gregg’s on that from Raymond.
Gregg, who was opposed to Sherman,
made little show of fight. By 1 o’clock May
14 Sherman had displaced Gregg, capturing
250 prisoners, 18 guns and valuable supplies.
Gen. Walker, from
the crest of nridgc,
faced McPherson,
advancing a. l o n g
the Clinton road.
The Confederates
occupied a com-
mending position,
which, for a time,
they made the most
came to time at ' " '
Jackson a little af-
ter 0 in the fore-
noon of May 14. It
rained so hard that
can. a. r. sum.
the . soldiers did not dare open their animu-
nition boxes for an hour and a half for fear
the contents would be spoiled.
Crocker’s division led McPherson’s ad‘
vance. After some ineffectual preliminary
skirmishiug the whole Union division
charged. A creek and open field lay bo-
twcen them and the heights held by the Con.
federates. Crocker’s men era the creek
and advanced under fire over the field.
Asthey.p roached the heights the Con-
federates fl to the Canton road. -
The two Confederate brigades reported that
they lost 400 men. They also lost all the
guns about Jackson.
The afternoon of May 14 McPherson and
Sherman, Grant himself accompanying the
latter, entered Jackson.
111' the whole of this part of the history of
Vicksburg, Johnston and Pemberton were at
cross purposes. Immediately on his arrival
at Jackson, Johnston again ordered Pember-
ton to unite his forces against Grant. But
Pembcrtou decided not to obey the order.
Johnston‘s idea was that Vicksbur" should
be left to its fate for the time, and that he
and Pembcrton should unite, and together
, fight Grant in open battle and have an end
of it. Pemberton was unwilling to strip
Vicksburg of troops. But Johnston, sup-
posing tho order obeyed, began edging around
to the north and west to jotn Pemberton.
May 14 Pemberton was at Edwards’ Sta-
tion 'with 23,000 men. He had left 9,000 at
Vicksburg. He believed that he could march
against Grant’s communications in the rear,
toward Raymond, and cut them off. '
CHAMPION’S HILL, [MAY 16.
The battle of Champion’s Hill is otherwise
called Baker’s Creek or Edwards’ Station.
May 15. Pemberton moved toward Ray-
mond from Edwards’ Station. In consequence
of the bad roads ho was obliged to go east-
ward by the Clinton road. The railway sta-
tions with which this history is concerned are
as follows, beginning with Clinton and look.
ing westward: Clinton, Bolton, Edw’ards’ and
Boviua. Slightly south of the railway, nearly
midway between Bolton and [Edwards’ Sta;
anus. Champion’s Bill, mm Champion’s
, emphatic N o!
-. may find convenient.
Esavo the further effusion of blood, which must
membé‘i'féfi's ti-ob‘ps'pmm "use sugar or
the 15th, and here, May 10, Grant’s army
met and defeated them. Early on the morn-
ing of May 10, another messenger arrived
from Johnston, directing Pemberton to
move directly to Clinton with his whole
force, in order that J ohuston might join him
there.
Pcmbcrton prepared to obey tho order at
last, and began to retrace his steps toward
Edwards’ Station, but Grant’s army was al-
ready upon him.
Grant was now moving his whole *army
cautiously westward toward Vicksburg,
after capturing J :10an Each corps was in
easy supporting distafr-Je of the others. He
had 32,000 troops.
iichIemand led the advance against Pani-
berton May 16. The battle began about 10
n. m. McClernand had orders to force a gen-
eral engagement if possible. Grant was near
Bolton Station, McPherson’s corps coming
up toward noon and taking lively part in it.
The Federal right, under Hovcy, ‘ arched
up Champion‘s Hill from the eas undera
heavy fire, while Logan, still furth _ to the
right, attacked it from the north. ‘Opposed
to them was the Confederate force of Gen.
Stevenson, and the men on both sides fought
without intermission, the Union troops
slowly and steadily moving up the hill till
they gained its crest. ‘
At 2 o’clock Stevenson was i'e-enforced by
Bowen and 'Hovey was driven back down
Champion‘s Hill. But in his rear was
Crocker’s division of McPherson‘s corps, and
it immediately moved forward to his sup-
port. Tlie two divisions advanced again.
The fighting [for the crest of theihill was
terrific, but at __length Stevensg’u's and
,‘Bowcn’s divisions gnvoway. 54—1 ‘ ,. s.»
Loring’s Confederate force was on the
right. Two of his divisions had been sent to
the aid of Stevenson and Bowen- Only
Gen. Lloyd Tilghman’s remained. It made
an attack on Smith’s division, in which Gen.
Tilghman was killed. His men fell back.
Pemberton’s army was utterly defeated.
His scattered divisions escaped in different
directions. Edwards Station was immedi-
ately taken possession of by Union troops.
Vicksburg was cut: of! from railway com-
munication. The Confederates lc-st 3,839,
the Federals 2,408.
‘ BIG BLACK RIVER, MAY 17.
Stevenson’s and Bowen’s Confederate bri-
gades struggled to the Big Black river.
Hero wasadefense called in military par-
lan’ce a. bridge bead. Behind that Pember-
' ton made 0. stand with his two divisions and
with the brigades that had been left to guard
the bridge. Loring’s division had retreated
-southward after the battle of Champion's
Hill and never joined Pemberton again. -
At this bridge in tho forenoon of May 17,
1863, Grant’s army once more attacked Pem-
bcrton’s. Pemberton, himself, was at Bovinu
Station, between Big Black and Vicksburg.
The Confederates made a brief resistance
on the east side of Big Black. Then they saw
that they were about to be cut of! from their
rem-eat across that river, and made one dead
rush for the bridges, abandoning their ar-
tillery and even throwing away their gims.
Two-thirds of them escaped by the bridges
over Big Black. The rest, 1,750, were cap-
tured. Tho Confederates who escaped burned
the hi vets, and the Union army had to re-
build them. This gave thé Confederates time
to escape to Vicksburg, where Pemberto‘u
already was. , ‘
Haines Bluff, the right flank of the do-
fenses of Vicksburg, was abandoned by the
Confederates, and Pemberfon set himself to
work with might and main fortifying the
city anew. ‘
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SINKING on THE CINCINNATI
Once more Johnston gave an order to Pem-
berton and once more it was disoboyed. The
superior ofiicer ordered his second now to
evacuate Vicksburg and escape with his
army to the northeast while there was yet
time. He told him Vicksburg could not
stand. But Pembcrton went on fortifying
Vicksburg.
THE SIEGE. .
0n the morning of May 10, Sherman’s
corps advanced to the right of Vicksburg and
took possession of the works the Confederates
had abandoned. His line extended quite to
the Mississippi river.
Grant hoped now, in the demoralization of
the Confederates, to take Vicksburg by 'an
easy victory. Accordingly he made an un-
successful nssault on the works May 19.
Then he settled 'dbwn to a regular siege.
He shut off the city from the world as com-
pletely as if it had not existed. Sherman
was on the right, McPherson in the center,
and McClernand on the left. Between Me-
Clernand and the river there was at first a
gap. Grant filled this with Gen. Luuman’s
division from Huriburt’s corps and Herron’s
division. Out to the northeast, during the
progress of the siege, Grant placed two divis-
ions of Burnside’s Ninth corps, under Gen.
J. G. Parkes. These four divisions, with sev-
eral others, were sent to Grant in answer . to
urgent request for re-enforcenients, us soon’
nsho saw-What, was before him; They-ar-
rived-from'tho first to the middle of June.
May 22, beforohis ro—enforcements arrived,
Grant made- another assault on Vickburg, a
desperate one, extending two and a, half
miles around the ring.
and attended with the loss of 4,000 men.
At this second assault Grant had 40,000
'men, 35,000 being engaged in the fight. The
Confederate works were successfully held by
about 13,000 men.
It was necessary, meanwhile, for Grant to
keep the sharpest watch upon his rear, lost
Johnston should attack front that quarter,
and Grant thus be between two fires. As a
precautionary measure. all the boats on the
Yazoo river were destroyed, and a force an-
der Gen. F. P. Blair was sent to the rear to
watch the situation from that direction.
At Canton, Miss, Gen. Joe Johnston was
reorganizing a Confederate army, gathering
it here and there as he could. By Juno 3) he
had over 54,000 men.
Through the month of June Johnston re-
mained at Canton, contemplating the expedi-
ency of an attack somewhere on Grant’s
rear. June 20 he managed to pass ale tter
through the lines to Pemberton, proposing
that while he should attack one part of the
Union line, Pemberton should make u sortie
from the inside and thus escapes cinberton
replied that he awaited J ohnstcn’s orders.
0n the 22d of June Johnston advanced
from the Big Black ‘toward the rear of
Grant's lines; the latter detached an ample
for-com meet him, and Johnston saw the
case was hopeless. Information to that effect
soon reached-PembeI-ton, whose next concep-
tion was to have a number of boats built and
escape to the Louisiana side under cover of
darkness. This design was known in a few
hours to Grant; and Porter, and the watch on
the river was redoubled. On the lst of July
the Federal approaches had reached the
enemy’s ditch aha number of places. The
same night Johnston sent word that on the
7th he would make a diversion to enable
Pemberton to cut his way out, and almost at
the some hour the latter addressed his four
division commanders a letter asking whether
their troops were equal to the task of fight-
ing their way out. Their answer was an
The 2d was consumed in
discussion of surrender. On the mi, about 10
II. m., white tings were raised on the Con-
federnte lines, firing ceased, and two persons
soon crossed the narrow interval to the Fed-
eral lines with a flag of truce. They wcro
Gen. Bowen and Col. Montgomery—tho lair
tor aidede-cnmp to Pcmbcrton. They pre-
sented this letter from Gen. PcmbcrtOn to
Gen. Grant:
suave the nono: to propose an announce for
-— hours, with the view to arranging terms for
the capituiatiou of Vicksburg. To this end. if
agreeable to you. i will appoint three commie
siouers, to meet. u like number to benained by
yourself at such place and hour today as you
i make this proposition to
otherwise be sited to ufrightful extent, feeling
myself fully able to maintain my position for a
yet indefinite period. This communication will
be handed you under a flag of truce by Maj. ('63.
John S. Bowen.
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sommms’ MONUMENT AT VICKsnum.
Bowen and Grant had been neighbors and
l grind: in Missouri; Retains-ran” and Grant,
'fedemte batteries did not reply.
It was nnsu'ccessful, '
Eatfsérvw i’iI {I30 slime division in 'Me'xléo'
and were well acquainted Such are the
strange encounters of. civil war. The un-
swcr of Grant ran thus:
Your note of this date is Just received, propos-
ing an armistice for several hours for the purpose
of arranging terms of capitulation through com-
missioners to be appointed. etc. The uselesseflu-
siou of blood you propose stopping by- this
course can be ended at any time you nfay choose
by the unconditional surrender of the city and
garrison. Men who have shown so much endur-
ance and courage as those now in Vicksburg will
always challenge the respect of an adversary, and
I can assure you will be treated with all the re~
spect due to prisoners of war. I do not favor the
proposition of appointing commissioners to ar-’
. range the terms of capituiation, because! have
no terms other than those indicated above. l
Bowen suggested a. meeting; Grant ao-l
oepted, and the time was set for 3 p. m. At
that hour the commanders met; with Pemo
berton were Bowen and one or two others;
with Grant, Gens. 0rd, Logan, McPherson,
A. J. Smith and some stuff officers. A
stunted oak tree stood on the hillside, per-r
haps 500 feet from the Confederate trenchee.‘
At that tree the brave Federal, soon tobo'
exalted to the height of earthly honor, and
the brave Confederate, soon to sink under
unmerited obloquy, met and conferred, the
one with dignified resignation, the other
with profound sympathy, both with mutual
respect. Tho discussion, however, roused
some irritation in Pemberton; and at his
suggestion, Gens. Smith and Bowen com
ferred apart. No agreement was reached,
and at ii late hour that night Grant sent the
following to Pemberton:
In conformity with agreement offliis afar-noon,
I will submit the following proposition forth.
surrender of the city of Vick-lung", public stores,
. etc... 0n.youi: accepting the torms.-puopoeed.l
will march in one division as aguard, and, take
. possession at 8 a. in. tomorrow. As soonas rolls
can be made out and paroles signed by officers
and men, you will basilov'Ied to march out of our
lines, the officers taking with them their side
arms and clothing, and the field, staff and cavalry
officers one horse each. The rank and filo-will be
allowed all their clothing, but no other property.
If these conditions are accepted, any amount of
rations you may deem necessary can be taken
from the stores you now have, audalso the neces-
sary cooking utensils for preparing them. Thirty
wagons also, counting two two-horse mule team
as one, will be allowed to transport such articles as
cannot be carried along. The same conditions
will be allowed to all sick and wounded officers
and soldiers as fast as they become abie to travel.
The paroles for these latter must be signed, how-
ever, while ofilcers present are authorized to sign
the roll of prisoners. ,
Supplementary letters passed, but these
were the terms finally agreed on. At 10 a.
m. on the 4th of July each Confederate com-
mand stacked arms in front of the line it oc-
cupicd. The whole Federal army looked on,
withdut a cheer or is rude word. Gen. Logan
marched his division in and took possession.
Gen. Grant entered with them. There were
81,600 prisoners, 172 cannon and about 60,000
muskets and rifles. 0n the 9th of July Port
Hudson surrendered, with nearly 0,000 pris-
oners. Since Grant started from Milliken's
Bend the Confederates had lost, at least,
45,000 men and 300 cannon. The Confeder-
acy was doomed.
Immediately on the surrender Grant dis-
patched Sherman to the interior to look
after Johnston’s army. With Sherman were
the N iuth, Thirteenth and Fifteenth corps.
June 18 McClernaud had been relieved from
command Of the Thirteenth corps, and Gen.
E. O. 0. 0rd was now its leader. , '
After the surrender of Vicksburg Johnston
hastened with his Confederate army to J ack-
son and fortified himself. July 10 Sherman
appeared at Jackson and invested it for a
siege. During the ‘night of July 10 John-
ston skillfully managed to escape across
Pearl river with his whole army, going into
camp at a point midway between Jackson
and Meriden. Sherman thoroughly destroyed
the railroads leading into Jackson, captured
765 prisoners and returned to Vicksburg. In
the expedition he lost 1,100 men, chiefly in a
a reconnaissance against Jackson July 11.
It remains to notice the work of the gun—
boats during the siege. 'After the capture of
Grand Gulf, Admiral Porter returned up the
river to the mouth of the Yazoo. May 12,
Lieut.‘ Com. Byron Wilson, of the gunboat
Mound City, took pomssion of the Confeder-
ate works at lVarreuton. below Vicksburg,
and destroyed them.
May 22, Admiral Porter shelled the Con.
‘federnto works front the river, while Grunt
assaulted from the rear. in this attack the
gunboai: Mo u n (1
City silenced
“Whistling Dick,”
the famous Con-
federate cannon.
The gunboats
'kept up their at- ~
tack till May 2’7.
May 30, the gun-
boat Cincinnati,
Lie u 15. Geo. M.
Baeho command- .
lug, went down the
river from Yon-:00
to silence at Confed-
erate battery on ,1
Sherman’s right
flank. But the flist
shot from the battery disabled the Cincin-
nati. She turned about and made her way
up stream, rapidly filling with water. Before
she was out of range of the battery, site sank,
drowning 15mm, and losing 20 in killed dud
wounded.
BelOw Vicksburg, at Grand G f, Admiral
Porter’s flagship had been the ton com~
waded by James A. Greer. Above Vicks-
LIEUT. BAG)“.
' bug the flagship was the Black Hawk.
June 19 a tremendous bombardment was
opened by the fleet on Vicksburg. The Con-
Juue 20
the fleet again opened fire, and this time It
was kept up, almost without intermission, till
the surrender. The fleet kept Vicksbaolil-g
from receivingsu plies fromtb river
the west.
From July 4 1863, 011' iii the words of
President Lincoln "tho Mississippi ran an-
,Vexed to the sea
[low to Frighteh Btu-glans.
“Do you know what kind of a burglar
alarm I shall have in my house?” said a gen-
tlemim interested in an electrical business, to
a reporter. “I shall not have a little bell
near my bed to awaken me if any one opens
a door or awindow. No, sir. I shall have
an eighteen inch gong put up in the center of
my house, and then connect every door and
Window. _
“If a burglar opens a. door or window then
the noise will scare him away at once. Sup-
pose I have a. little bell in my room, that
wakes me up; what good does that dot I
havetoget up, drem myself, and go down
and drive that burglar away; He hasn’t
heard the bell, and I might find him‘ and
that’s just what; I don’t want.
“The kind of alarm I shall have will give
the burglar warning that I am .comiug and
afford him an opportunity to leave. I have
no desire to fight burglars. I have no (lush-e
to be a hero. I want to scare them off with-
out running any risk myself. .
“What burglar would have the impudence
to keep on stealing with an eighteen inch
gong striking fifty times a minute! -Then,
when the danger is over, I can go down and
lock everything securely. What do you
think of tho scheme?”-—lVestern Electrician.
A Sanitary View of (Ii-cumin:
While I am not a incinbci'of the ei'cmatory
association, still I favor cremation us ii very
proper manner of disposing of the dead. As
it is something of an innovation in this
country, there are in unianuenec only a few
as yet who prefer it to the old and time lion-
cred way, but 1 lookl'or many emivei'ts to
the new method. After all cremation is not
such fl. terrible thing as some. have pictured
it. It. simply itccuiiiplislics iii a few hours
what in the natural order would require
years. The body is bound to IK‘t‘OillG ashes,
and the intense heat of the creniutory ice
duces it in afew hours; “'lll'l'i':l:€ in the old
way it takes a. long time before tiic reduction
is complete. There are many good argu-
ments used in support. of cremation which in
the course of time will make it more popular
among the general public. Viewed from a
sanitary standpoint there is no doubt that
it is far superior to interment in the usual
way.—-Di'. J. R. Whitwood in Globchino—
crat.
Distance Covered by u Waltz.
Mr. Edward Scott, in his “Dancing and
Dancers,” makes the following estimate of '
the distance actually waitzed over in an even-
ing by a belle of the ballroom: “Do you,
‘my fair and fragile rcader,’ think you would
go six times around a moderate sized ball
room, say, making a circuit of eighty yards
during a waltz? Yes, at least, even allowing
for rest. That, then, is 480 yards, if you
went ina straight line. But you are turn- ,
lug nearly all the time, say on an average,
once in each yard of onward progress. and
the circumference of a circle is rather more
than three times its diameter, which will
bring each waltz to over three—quarters of_a
mile, or, at least, fourteen milesfor the
eighteen waltzes.”—A mica.
Pao Yun, president of the Pekin (China)
Academy, is translating Shakespeare’s plays
into Chinese.
AN EVENING MADRIGAL.
Gone is the sun and the western rod
Dies in the sky, while overhead
iltreamlets of song bliss, eddies of frills.
Rapids of runs, and breathless thrills
Of rushing tone falls note it 11 note,
Pour from the wellspring 0 one small throat.
For whose overflowing of light heart lay
Too short were the hours of the sweet spring day.
—Aurilla Io‘urber in Pioneer Press.
FAMILY WATER SUPPLY.
—..-_..-—-.
A FRUITFUL souaca OF Sickness,
SUFFERING AND DEATH.
Impurities Caught in Reservoirs for Rain
Water—Mineral Substances Found in
Water from Wells—Poison from [lead
Pipes—Fouling of re Rural Well.
Pure water is a life giving fluid. imparting
health and vigor to all the tissues, while im-
pure water is one of the most fruitful sources
of sickness, suffering and death, shortening
the average duration of human life by many
years. A pure and abundant water supply
is therefore an object of the first importance
to every family in the city or country.
The sources of supply are numerous. Many
families depend upon rain water stored in
cisterns or other reservoirs. Under favor-
able conditions this is pure and wholesome.
It is, however, liablo to' absorb dust, smoke
and other impurities in its passage through
the atmosphere, especially over smoky cities,
and in case of the first shower after a
drought. When falling on the wooden roofs
of houses the first rain washes of! the dust
and weatherbeat of the shingles, and should
be filtered before it enters the cistern. Bet-
ter still, an autocratic arrangement may be
used which will collect the first rainfall in
some shallow receptacle, and when this is
filled, will turn the pure stream into the cis-
tern. If their the cistern is divided into two
equal parts by a, partition of brick laid in
cement, so arranged that the water which
enters upon one side of the partitionis made
to filter through the wall of brick before
being drawn of! on the other side, the water
may be relied upon as sufficiently clean and
pure for ordinary uses.
vamous MINERAL SUBSTANCES.
Most country people depend upon the
ground water of springs and shallow wells
for their supply. This is liable in its passage
through the earth to absorb various mineral
substances, the most common and trouble-
some of which are the salts of lime and mag-
nesia, which constitute hard water. This
requires the use of a largely increased
amount of soap in washing, and is therefore
much less economical than soft water. In
Glasgow it is estimated that the introduction
of soft water in place of hard has diminished
the consumption of soap at least one-half.
Hard water alto produces in many persons
derangement of digestion, chronic diarrhea,
gravel and other inorganic deposits. One
way in which the hardness of water may be
lessened is by boiling it. Another method,
paradoxical as it may seem, consistsin add-
ing lime, usually in the form of lime water
or milk of lime. Both these methods result
in breaking up the chemical combinations
and precipitating the mineral substances,
which should then be removed by filtration.
In cities and large towns, the usual source
of supply is the surface water of rivers and
lakes. This is stored in artificial reservoirs,
and distributed through pipes of lead or
iron. \thre lead pipes aroused, either in
bringing water from reservoirs or springs, or
in pumping it from wells into houses, the
lead is gradually dissolved, and apoisonous
compound formed, which when drank for a
sufficient length of time is liable 'to produce
unpleasant and even dangerous results. Ac-
cording to Professor Mayr, water containing
one part of lead in one million parts of water
is sufficient to produce lead colic, wristdrop
and other symptoms of acute lead poisoning,
while a much less quantity may cause irrita-
tion of the digestive organs and loss of mus-
cular control. These effects, may be pro-
duced in one member of the family only,
while all are using the water, and the others
escape, owing to a less degree of susceptibil-
ity. The path of safety in this matter lies in
avoiding the use of lead pipes as far as pos-
sible; and in never using water for drinking
or cooking, which has stood inn. lead pipe
for any length of time, but always taking
the'precaution first to run of! or pump of]! a
sufficient quantity to completely empty the
pipes: !
DECAYING ORGANIC MATTER. .
All surface waters are liable to contamina-
tion from decaying organic matter, such as
dead leaves, bark and pieces of wood, frag-
ments of rotten fruit and vegetables, dead
worms, insects and other small animals,
garbage and animal excrement. Not only
this, but in all old and thickly settled
countries—~whei'ever civilization has mamed
large numbers of human beings—both sur-
face water and ground water—arrliabie- to '
the still more serious contamination of foul
drainage, such as the leachings of farm
yards, cess pools, sink drains, privy vaults,
old graveyards and the sewerage of cities.
Dr. I. A. IVatson, in a. New Hampshire
board of health report, has given a vivid
picture of the fouling of a rural well from
these sources, as follows: “Clustered on a
few square rods of land are they farm build-
ings, the dwellings, wood shed, wash house,
horse stable. cow barn, sheep yard, corn
house, swine house, hen house, compost heap,
cess pool and privy. All those are arranged
in a hollow square, and in their midst is the
farmer’s well, with its curb, sweep and
bucket or its cover, pipe and pump. Around
this center are concentrated all the activities
of a New England farm. Birth, life and
death; bloom, fruit and decay, of men and
animals, of shrubs and trees, have transpired
here for a century. All the waste has been
dropped upon the surface. there to accumu-
late, decay and putrefy. The earth beneath
has become surcharged with animal and
vegetable waste. The whole establishment
is resting upon and above a mass of the most
dangerous filth, and this filth is being daily
leached into the bottom of the well."
In water thus ubounding in organic impuri-
ties are found vast multitudes of animal-
culas.‘ which, when taken into the human
system, develop into such frightful parasites
as tape worms, trinchinm and hydatids.
Still more to be dreaded are the myriad mi-
croscopic bacteria, or. germs of disease, which
breed and thrive in filth, and literally swarm
in impure water. These are the source of
such deadly pests as diphtheria, typhoid and
malarial fevers and Asiatic cholera. The
importance of some method of preventing
these dire results can hardly be overesti-
mated. Few persons have any adequate con-
ception of the extent to which pollution in
water exists. Even in Wells, it is said by
competent observers that the water in nine-
ty~flvo out of every hundred is insanitary
and unfit for use. In the water of cities the
evils are even greater.—J. M. French, M. D.,
in Good' Housekeeping.
The Results of Fish Farming.
According to Mr. Mookerjee, a Hindoo
authority on pisciculture, the results of fish
farming are remarkable. Professor Huxley
has stated that an acre of land will produce
in a year a ton of grain or two or three hun-
dred weight of meat. The same area of
water, however, will yield a greater weight
of fish in a week. There seems to be no good
reason why fish should not be made a more
important part of the diet, and with a well .
managed fish pond on every fun: a large
amount of nutritious, valuable, and excel-
lent food could be easily produced at u very
small expense. The subject is well worth the
careful attention of thoughtful farmers.—
l‘nblic Opinion. ‘ »
Purify Your Blood.
Bodily and mental health depend upon
I healthy condition of the blood. The
blood particularly in the opt-in and
summer months becomes cloggc with
impurities, which oisou it and generate
disease. A harm ass blood purifier is
necessary to restore a healthy tone.
The best purifier and tonic known is
Swift's Specific (S. S. 8.). 0f its won-
derful purifying and tonic powers we
give a few testimonials:
Mr. Wm. A. Siebold, with George P.
Rowall or (30., 10 Spruce Street, New
York, writes: “I feel it my duty, for
the benefit of others who may be af-
flicted as _I was, to write you this letter,
which you can use in any way you
choose. I suffered great pain from
boils, all over my neck; I could not
turn my head withoutacuto pain. After
trying all the usual remedies, and find-
ing no relief, I used one_ bottle 8. 8. S.
and very soon I was entirely relieved of‘
my ‘Job’s Comforters;' Now not a
sign of my affliction can be seen.”
Mr. M.-S Hamlin, Winston,.N. 0.,
writes: “I use it eve spring. It al-
wa s builds me up, giv as me appetite
an digestion, and enabliu me to stand
the hot summer days. in using it I
so‘on bpcomo strong of body and easy of
in ad.
' Mr. C. E. Mitchell, West 23d 8t.
Ferry, New York, writes: “I weighed
110 pounds when I began taking your
medicine and now 152 ouuds. I would
not be without 88.5. or several times
its weight in gold."
Treatise on Blood and Skin Disease
mailed free. Tin: Swrr'r Seacrno Co.
Drawer 8,Atlanta, a.
Three ladies can keep a secret when in o
of them are dead; all druggists keep
Lydia E. Pinkliam’s Vegetable Compound.
Cleveland is the “dictator" at St. Louis,
but he seems to be powerless in furofi
Orcgou.—Boston Traveler. .
'No Cure—No Pay—A new departure'
in medical science! Fontaiue's Cure
for Throat and Lung diseases has cured
after all other remedies failed. For sale by
C. Laplia'm, 11 Main Street, Norwalk.
One sometimes thinks it is very easy to
be good, and then there comes something
which makes it very hard.
Absolutely Pure
'l‘lils Powder never varies. A marvel of pure
strength and wliolesomeness. More economic
than the ordinary kinds, undeannot be sotdiiicom- l
petition with the multitude of low test, short “
weight, allum or phosphate powders. i
ROYAL BAKING l’owm’na 00.,106 Wall St., N. Y. '
TRUE PUBLIC, INTERESTS
Treated in a clean manly way.
A healthy people make a prosperous nation. '
People made and kept healthy by
Balers Great American Sneeltlo.
Illiciiumtisni with its Vise-like grip tortures its
victim uiitll he loses control of his temper, and
then comes grave mistakes. Another turn of the
vise and Nciirnluia torments all patience out. of a
man. Relief from these terrible diseases makes a
heaven of happiness for the sufferer, and Baker’s
I: rent Aiiiericnn Specific gives that relief.
There is no mistake about this, and at this season,
In this climate, you cannot afford making the mis-
take ofbclug without a bottle of this wonderful
remedy. Damp. chill winter winds, sleet, snow,
slop and ice are as certain to bring on the tor-
ments of RIIEUMATISII and tortures of NEURALGIA
as is BAKER’S GREAT AMERICAN SPECIFIC to cure
hem. Price 50 cents a bottle. Preparer] only by
laurice, Baker in 00., Portland, Me. Doolittle it
Smith. 24 and ‘26 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass,
Selling Agents. .
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The Best in tire War/0’!
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SHOULDEIIS, 7"“
BREAKFAST
IAGDN
SAUSAGE
Are Guaranteed
Till-Z BEST III THE
MARKET.
Our KETTLE LARD is Strictly Pure
and Free from All Ad ulteration.
IllDK lliilfFllIlY Fllll TiiE Bililill.
We manufacture all goods bearing our
brand at our packing house, New Haven.
Sperry & Barnes,
new HAVEN, come.
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EQUI’I‘ABLI‘} MORTGAGE 00.,
OF KANSAS CITY. CA I’I'I‘Al: $2,000,000 ‘
6 and 7 percent. Debenture Bonds and Mortgage
Loans at PM and Accrued interest. ‘
If. B. CliAUFURD, Agent,
, Room ‘2. Masonic Building.
Number 2 _
~M O R R I S
rrrmnairiia.
(send for illustrated Price-List, samples of Work,
(f.
F. M. WARD,
1'03 “’IIALLEY AVE, NEW HAVEN, CONN
“(3001) EN 0130!!”
FAMILY (III. CAN.’
- Lamps Bro
filled direct by
without Lift-
ing the Can..-
v the filling tuba
adjusting to
suit hoigb th
of any Lamp.
,This is tho
most practical
_ FAMILY CAII
r _ - over offered to
‘ the public.
FAMILY SHOULD HAVE Biff.
.ANUFAOTURED 5'!
Winners IANUFACTURING cc:.::..:./,
Wml‘. 02210.
No Dropping Oil on the Floor-or Table; \‘o
li‘aucet to salt or get knocked open to we. '
Contents orcause Explosions. Notion-lg. 3
Lose. Closes Perfectly Air Tight. No Lenk-
ago—No Lvaporatmu—Absolutei y safe.
A Universal Household Necessity.
was 333 TE '.
For Sale in Norwalk by Gregory .t \i‘ordcn and
E. K. Lockwood in ()0. 13m:
inter
Conipii iiieiits of the Sleiison.
A Merry l-nres anon Horny New Year
Prepare your feast and make yourself Joyous
Shout the glad tidings for RAYMOND’S is to
no found at No. 9 MAIN 81‘ UNIT.
We will try to make you healthy and wise,
if allowed tosell you ‘your family supplies.
Our stock is full and complete. We have all the
table delicacies the market affords, including
Foreign and Domestic Fruits,
CONFECTIONERY, &c.
THE CHOICE TURKEYS
0f the land With us' can be found arid allthe
accompaniments ofa royal feast. Do not put oil
but order at once that your anxiety may cease,
and we assure you that with a contented mind
you Will be prepared to‘enjoy yourself.
And if you wish to make some soul happy
present them with a barrel of our Choice Flour, a
'l‘ub of Butter, or some of our Excellent, Tea and
Coffee, and asiiittible supply of choice goods to
be fonndin our stock, or send your order to GEO
W. RAYMOND, at
RAYMOND’S , GROCERY,
9 Main Street.
JOHN S ATKINSON,
Wholesale and lletall Dealer in
Harness, Blankets.
Trunks, Bugs ,
Sole Leather and Shoe Findings, and Boot
and Shoe Uppcrs.
Corner of Fairfielti Ave. and Middle Street
Bridgeport, Conn. dry-is
Heals'Witheut Leaving a Scar.
CLIMAXSALVE
disease to the Internal Organs.
all the poisonous and corrupt ltumors, through the p‘erspiring vessels to the .2 ,
\Vc warrant it to cure ()lxl Sores, I lrcrs,
eradicatcs the disc use from the system.
Page’s Climax Salve,
A FAMILY BLESSING FOR 25 CENTS.
Its action upon the system is unlike anyother external remedy, as it: never drives the
top!
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Its properties go to the diseased part, annifiscpursn
acre. anal
Scrolula Sores, Salt Rheum. Sore Breasts or Nipples, Int’lnmcd lines. Swollen (,lllfll‘},
Erysipclas, Boils, Scalds, Burns, Cuts, Bruises,- Fistula, Piles, (bring, nutrients, (-ltil-
liluiits. Frosted Feet. and all cutaneous diseases on man and beast.
PAGE’S CLIMAX SALVE acts like magic on horse iicxli insuring Scratch:
SoreE, Fresh CHIS. Snake lilies, Bruises, Burns, Saddle and llnmtss Calls, Ljhzil'cs. ctr. 1
H-l-I at the low pil- e. nftwcnty-livc rents y rr in \.
boxes three times larger than any other Salve, and
it IS “Immune! to cure in every case or money rcfilnded. For $31: by Dip
c ver y where.
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gglzt. and Dealer»; in mud» as
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MUFFAT’S LIFE FILES.
THE GREAT STOMACH AND LIVER REMEDY.
Established by ode of our most eminent physicinns and recommended l-j.‘ the medical
profession and druggists who know their real merit, and or :
results than any other medicine.
Moliat's Life Pills are purely vegetable.
li'JiCkl with 1.11m: pleasing
They out 011- the stomach, li-l’i I I ~, if: : r
and kidneys, purify and regulate the whole system, and are warranted 9. ccrioi i on: 3,
{or all Malarious Diseases, Torpitl Liver, Iinpure Blood, jaundice, liilious Ltitilyiraiiit<,
Dyspepsia,
Loss of Appetite, Indigestion, Costivencss, Nervous and .‘it'k llcanluclnc,
Neuralgia and Nervous; Diseases, Female obstructions and General weakness, Scurvy.
Inflammatory
Kidneys, Colds and Fever and A ue.
"OFFAT’S LIFE PILLS are e egantly Sugar coated
dinner Pill, one taken after dinner each dav Will :ud
lleatlaChe and Sick Headache cannot exist if these Pills are used.
Rheumatism, Piles of every kin l, Gravel and Diseases of the lilanlolethul
and easy to take and are :i perl'rz' t : It. I
digestion :inl cure all disorders of the Ste" urn.
l-‘or costivcncss take one Fill a: deIiiilt‘.
MOFFAT’S PHOENIX BITTERS
Are not a. drink used for intoxication. but a. pure medicine and only used by people
wlto are sick. 'l'liey correct the secretions of the stomach and are asurernrc l-‘i'
Dyspepsia, Sleeplessness. Nervousnnc s, Debillty, \\'c:tl;ne=.s, Loss of [\ppcti e. 1 ennui -
Complaints, etc.
Thousands of certificates are in lmssessiou of tire prtipi‘ietdr, g'l\'l:l :_
perfect cures effected by these invaluable medicines and we \rarrant that t‘nr-z \r-i'l -'. i
just what we ll.‘l\"e said or inuzicy will be refunded. if is simply asked that the unlisted
will try them once, their use will convince the most skeptical.
CE'S CLIMAX SALVE, 251:.ullux. MOFFAT'S LIFE PILLS, 73c. :i 11m: M'OFFAT'S
PA
PHOENIX BITTERS, Simon Bottle.
For Sale by Uruggista :::i.l UCJI
1.; ..i medicine L\'Ll;.’\\li.'zc,
or sent by mail or L'xprcss, prtpnid, on receipt of price.
3'. P. MILLS, Sole IJI'Oprictor.
85 LIBERTY STREET. NEW YORK.
I
9 a
lessnem, are.
a I “68”! ALTEIM TIl’E.
For The Nimbus
The AGED?
”(rm DEBILI’I’ATED; .
.i risers—rem.
Celery and Coca, the prominent in-
gredients, are the best and safest
Nerve 'l‘onics. It strengthens and
diets the nervous system. curing
hervous Weakness, Hysteria, Sleep-
It drives out the poisonous humors of
the blood purifying and enriching it,
and so overcoming those diseases
resulting from impure or impover-
ished blood.
LIXA TIME.
Actingmildlybut surelyouthebowels
it cures habitual constipation, and.
promotesaregular habit. Itstrength-
ens the stomach. and aids digestion.
l DIlIIlETIC.
In its composition the best and most
active diuretics of the Materia Medics
arecombined scientificallywitbother
effective remedies for diseases of tho -
kidneys. It can be relied on to give
quick relief and speedy cure.
Hundredsof toetun‘ onislshsveboenrsceivod
from who have used this remedy with
Mount. Sendfor cuculmgrvmg
full particulars.
fries $1.00: Sold by Drugghte:
WELLS, RICHARDSON a. 00., Prop's
“' BURLINGTON.
E. K. L-oenwoon e co,
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
N ORWALK AGENTS
lt‘tllt 'I‘ill'l CELEBRATE'D
’lflllllilllllllllllll’ll’l
The only kind allowed by the Health Authorities of New York City:
lstlnotes Cleertnlly Given for Connection will the Sewer.
PLUMBING. in all its Branches.
ll ii. invitation to co.
Norwalk Chronicler