. NORWA ‘
A11 Enterprising Republican J o’urnal, especially devoted to Local News and Interests.
ESTABLISHED 1800
a-fif‘"
“we:
"3
V.
NORWALK, CONN, WEDNEsDAY, JULY 1]., 1888-.
me LXXXVIII.
VOlu
l i-‘l?! o . VVARD SELLECK,
unsnsnnnoox's BLOCK. WALL smear,
FAMILY GROCERIES,
#ATENTS i
G. ]Et. BYINGTONr
\Vaslringtmr,
I). C. .
m was m ”-5- tulle to inventors Mariel iree.
PATENT OFFIC .
it. B. CRAUFURD, ‘
litrestnettto, Real Estate anti lnonranee,
ROOM 2, MASONIC BUILDING.
L,
Wm. Lock/wood,
Real Estate, Insurance and. Investment
Securities.
MONEY To LOAN-
irst-Clnss Companies.
Insurance l’luced iir F
51‘s., r'ORWALK
Olllce—Cor. MAIN if: WALL
tyiil -
.I. BELDEN iltitthU’l‘T.
Attorney anti Contractor at Lair,
Room No. 4, Up Stairs,
uAZE’l‘TE'BUILDiNG, NORWALK, CONN.
ALEZS. GIBSON.
Organist of tst Congregational Church. Waterbury 9
Teacher of
Pianoforte, Organ and Musical.
Composition,
Lock Box 39 l’ 0.. NORWALK, CONN.
MT Ilyington,
Pension anti Patent Attorney,
No. 241 EIGHTH STREET, N. 19.,
WASHINGTON, I). C. till}
' v . s I I v , 1)
‘ VA IVSUIKARLIL (.11., of IIARII‘UR .
Tlncorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
n 0"!
CAPITAL AND ASSETS, SS,90-,..'..04.
. lly Fire. on
insures a ainst loss and damage _~
crins ndoptgd to the hazard and consistent. {Milli
he laws of compensation. COWLEbk libitit L .,
Sole Agents for Norwaik and Vicinity.
'l‘iiE
Norwaik Fire Insurance CO.
ilrrs now completed its
18th SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR
And has not outstandingo dollar of unpaid lo'ssig:
Orclaiuis for losses. Nu armour. iroriiiiaim ruse .
for less. .
W. C. STREET, Pres, GEO. B. ST. JOHN. 'l rests,
GEO. it. (‘lnwms Secretary.
Express.
Pationize the old reliable
ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY.
Low RATES AND PROMPT DELIVERY.
Branch Otilce, Norwalk. at S. K. Stanley‘s _
Main Otllce at. Depot, South Norwalk. tfl2
, L. llun'r, Agent.
c. A. FRANKE,
THE HAIRGUTTER,
No. l Gazette Building.
HOT AND COLD BATHS.
PENSIONS ‘
Arid GOVERNMENT CLAIMfi my solebusi-
tress. Rejected and increase ciririnsa spccralily.
Don’t delay. Address or visit
GEN. WM. NOBLE,
No. 01 S'rnA'rsonn AVE , Bruno tour, 01‘
ll E N R Y H U s s ,
Restaurant, Gate and Smoking Room,
Grand Central Station,
4 STREET AND 4'rir AVENUE, N EW Your:
Entrance front waiting room, New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad. Ila"
O. E. WILSON,
iicncroi insurance in Ilcal Estate Agent
Money to Loan.
locks, Bonds, 1950., Bought and Sold
and Loans Negotiated at Lowest
Rates ofIntercst.
'l{()0‘ii NO. 3 GAZETTE BUILDING
NOIIWALK, CONN.
F. if 0 c O U it.
Merchant Tailor,
llas received a Full Line of Fine Woolens for
SPRING Alli] SUMMER THAI],
Which he will make up iii
Bflil SIYIB ill lilfl VBII’ LDWBSI PI'IGBS.
Satisfaction Guaranteed!
8 and 15 Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
1y36 '
W. H. M EEKER.
P1nrnlrino,Ste_aio and Gas Fitting,
SOUTii NOR'WALK, CONN.
unitary Plumbing, and Ventilation, and
OW'Pressui-c Steam Heating, a Specialty.
PLUMBERS’ SUPPLIES.
Pipe and Fitting for Sir-tun and (his.
Agent f ortlic Florida Low Pressure Boiler.
Facilities for Cutting and 'l‘hrcading all Sizes of
Pipe. 50ft
Geo. 11. Raymond.
Furniture Dealer.
AT THE OLD STAND,
36 MAIN 'STREET.
A Large Stock of all kinds of Furniture Cheap
for Cash. Also
FURNISHING UNDERTAKER.
1 am prepared to take charge day or night and
furnish everything necessary for the increment of
me dead. Telephone Connection Willi residence
No. 3 Ilei'klc y l‘lace. ly5
F. W. JAQUI', JR.
DEALER 1N
Stooeoiortt tBrict-Setllaioeo
Furnaces and Steam Heaters,
’I‘iir, Street Iron, Copper, Wooden, Glass
and Crockery Ware.
Refrigerators and House Furnishing Goods.
Generally. A Full litre of
CHILDREN’S CARRIAGES.
Plumbing. Gas and Steam Fitting, and Hot Air
Engineering. Agent for the Richardson .
& BoyntongCo’s.
Furnaces and Ranges,
Also agent for the Economy
um 85 WARM Air: COMBINATION HEATER
kinds of Ornamental and Plain Slateing, 'i‘iii
Shingle Roofing. . .
{rupturing Done by Experieiirtd \i‘onlnmii
short. Notice.
53 WI/ElLL STREET,
NORWALK. CONN
- £er 5799,"; after at -
itinerant on.
Five Days of Disorder in New
' Vork in. 3.862.
It is Here Reviewed 'Af'tcr Twehty-flve
Yours—“Down with the 8300 Exempts."
Slaughter of Negroes—Tho Shocking
Murder oi Col. O’Brien—Tho Disturb-
ance Quellcd, at Lost.
On Monday, July 13, 1803, without a mo-
mout’s warning apparently, and contrary to
the expressed opinion of all the officers of the
law, a. riot began in the Twenty-second ward
of New York city, which spread rapidly over
all that section west of Broadway from Ful-
ton street north to Fifty-fifth, and raged for
five days with great; fury. On Saturday, the
11th, the daily papers announced that draftr
ing would that day begin in the Twenty-
" " \77 I
' ”on”? '
RUINS OF Puovos'r MABSIIAL’S OFFICE.
second ward, being the third sub-division of
the Ninth congressional district of the state,
the provost; marshal’s districts being for the
most part identical with the congressional
districts. Both on Saturday and Monday
the papers announced that all would be quiet.
Before many hours one journal’s office was
on fire and a mobwas hunting for the editor,
and before Friday noon the city of which,
according to that paper, “the most perfect
quiet was assured,” had lost $2,000,000 by
fire and robbery, while some 200 of its citi-
zens had been slaughtered It may be profit-
able to trace the genesis and evolution of
such an unexpected, murderous and destruc- -
tivo mob.
Unqucstiouably tho most gloomy period of
the civil war, for the Federal side, was the
last week of June and first three days of
July, 1803. On the Potomac every move—
merit { or ten months had resulted in disaster.
In Middle Tennessee the army of Rosecrans
was a hundred miles nearer the Ohio than
was the advance of Mitchel and Email a. year
before, while of Grant the public only knew
that after some brilliant victories he had re-
mained five weeks in front of Vicksburg and
cOuld not know that Pemberton’s surrender
was near. In this condition) of affairs the'
Washington authorities ordered a. draft for.
“300,000 more!” Scarceiy had the people
read this order when they learned that Lee
had invaded Pennsylvania. with eighty thou-
sand veterans, flushed with victory, and im-
mediately after that Hooker had been “re~
lieved from command,” and the Army of the
Potomac placed under a general of whom
not 0110 in ten of the people had ever heard.
The nrost steadfast supporters of the admin-
istration wavered in their support.‘ The
cynical siiecred and the critical loudly
exclaimed against this “unstable and
shifting policy,“ while the opposition press.
especially in Iietv York city, flamed
with fiery iuvectives against the emanci-
pation proclamation, against the employ-
ment. of negro troops, against the “arbitrary
urrests”ot' opposition speakers, against the
suspension of the right of habeas corpus and
especially against; the draft, which they al-
leged to lie unconstitutional and unfairly ex-
eeriteil. in this condition of the public mind
nearly all the militia of New York city were
sent izrto Pennsylvania to serve against the
invaders, and itwas generally expected that
the Fourth of July would witness a riot.
Midnight of the 3d brought the first au-
thentic news of Gettysburg. Gen. Meade
telegraphed that he had “repulsed the enemy
at all points.” Before noon of the 4th the
people read on all the bulletin boards of the
principal cities that “the Union army has
won a glorious victory.” By night it was
added that “the Confederate Gen. Longstreet.
is killed; we have 10,000 prisoners, and noth-
iirg can save Lee‘s army from capture or de-
strut-Lion.” Only two days later the people
of Richmond read in their papers: “We have
captured 40,000 Yankees; Baltimore and
Philadelphia are at our mercy.” But the
curly dispatches of July 4 were official and
implicitly believed in New York, and the
day was one of the most peaceful in her his-
tory.
Soon after came the inspiring news from
Vicksburg, and immediately after that the
report of Gen. Rosecrans that he had driven
Bragg from Tullahonru. There was a general
acceptance of the official assurance that no
trouble need be apprehended, and so the draft
was ordered to proceed. Some measures were
taken to test the constitutionality of the con-
scription act—an unsettled point in United
States law—and it was quite generallybe:
lieved by the opponents of the act that the
course of those N ew, England governors who
refused to obey the conscription acts of 1812-
14 would be taken asa precedent. Still it
was emphatically declared by Governor Sey~
incur and his supporters was ex-
I , l," ' ‘ ~ '
r L.
ll“. ’ “if,
it C ,ng
BURNING or COLORED ORPHANASYLUM.
elusively a. question for the courts, and that
their decision would be final. Provost Mur-~
shal Charles E. Jenkins gavo notic'e that the
draft would be made in this manner: The
name of each enrolled man, with his resl<
deuce and color, to be written on a. slip of
paper six inches long and one inch
wide, each slip to be rolled closely and a
rubber ring put m'dund it; these to be
placed in a. cylinder hung on an axis, to be
whirled around before each drawing, and at
the call of each number a. name would be
drawn by a blindfolded man. And thus the
drafting began at his office, No. 077 Third
_aveuuo, on Saturday morning iii the pres
~once of about 150 persons besides the enrolling
officers, clerks and a large corps of reporters.
.“There was great hilarity and good humor,’
guy the rep 'ts—“it was looked upon as r
matter of course)” There were 1,500 names
to be drawn there, and 1,230 were drawn that
day. Charles H. Carpenter did the drawing,
and the first name out was that of “William
Jones, Forty-sixth street, near Tenth ave-
nue,” who was long and loudly cheered by
the crowd as the first man drafted in New
York. . -
The Sunday papers published the list of
the drafted, and two of them most unwisely
added some intempcrate remarks on the cru-
elty of dragging these poor men from their
families to serve in awar which might be
honorably closed, now that such great vic-
tories had been won. That night the emis-
saries of evil were busy in all the dark holes
of that tangled wilderness of narrow streets
and alleys which covers so large a portion of
eastern New York. The clause in the con-
scription not allowing exemption on payment
of $300 was especially denounced as in the
interest of the rich. Monday at 10:30 a. m.
the drawing was resumed at the same place,
with the same officials and an immense crowd
in the street. Some seventy names had been
drawn when a. pistol was fired in the street
and the officials rose. There was an awful
pause for perhaps twenty seconds, then a
shower of brickbats and paving stones came
crashing through the windows, and instantly
the room was filled by n. howling mob. Two
clerks seized the wheel and escaped with it
to the upper story. All the papers were torn
to bits by the mob. Some of the officials
were knocked down and forced into the
street; the rest escaped by the back door. In
less time titan it takes to tell it the whole vi- .
ciuity was in control of_ the mob. A man
poured it can of turpentine over-the room
and applied a. match; in ten minutes the
building was blazing to the roof.
The firemen came, but the mob would not
allow them to work till the building was de-'
stroyed. Deputy Provost Marshal Vander-
poel was captured .
and beaten to in-
sensibility. Police
Superintendent
John A. Kennedy
appeared in citi-
zens’ clothes, was
knocked down,
stamped and beat-
en to an almost‘
shapelcss muss; he ‘
survived, but never
recovered, dying a
1'
JOHN A. KENNEDY.
éhEs‘t'fifirbiés' caused by the stamping. In
the meantime the escaped officials had
reached the Park barracks, and a. small com-
pany of men from the Invalid corps who
were there were hurried to the scene. Their
captain ordered them to fire blank cur-
tridges. The mob heard the order, jeered,
rushed on the “old cripples," us the invalid
veterans were called, wrenched the guns
front their hands and good naturedly dis-
missed them with nothing worse than a few
kicks and cuffs. But nsrunll squad resisted:
of these one was beaten to death, another
throirvn down a. declivity and killed, and sev-
eral others badly hurt. A small detachment
of police next arrived and fought magnifi-
cently, inflicting fearful wounds on the riot-
ers, but were finally defeated. »
Down to this time the riot had been purely
local; but the victorious mob now moved
northward and eastward among the shops
and warehouses; they drank freely at all the
saloons, paying nothing of course, and com-
ATTACKS ON THE POLICE.
polled all the laborers at the shops and mills
to cease work and join them. Then the cry
was raised, “Down with the rich men—the
$300 exempts!” and while one part of the
mob fell on every well dressed man whom
curiosity had drawn to the scene, the other
attacked the elegant houses on Lexington
avenue and in that vicinity. First a fine
mansion at Forty-seventh street and Lexing-
ton avenue was “gutted” and burned. Then
the Bull‘s Head hotel shared the saute fate.
By this time the professional thieves and
pluiider'ers were out and managed to turir the
mob toward Broadway, breaking in and
robbing as they went. For one or two
blocks this continued. The spliiitering
crash of broken doors and the jingle of shot-
tered plate glass; delighted the drunken mis-
creants, while above the roar of the mob
could now and then be heard the shrill
screams of frightened women and children.
The mob now took a. panic and rushed
back (eastward) to First avenue. And here
“Mr. Andrews, of Virginia,” as he announced
himself, first appeared upon the scene. He
hurangued the mob in opposition to the war
and the wealthy, the soldiers and the negroos,
and urged systematic organization and ac-
tion. But the original cause of the trouble
was now ignored, and a. new element had the
lead. Up from all the dirty collars and down'
from all the dark gavrets, out of all the low
resorts, brothels, “kennels and dives,”
came the night prowlers and habitual crim-
inals; and with them as the active spirits the
terrible mass roared up First avenue. Every
well dressed, man they met was robbed and
every negro beaten; the saloons and liquor
stores were patronized without price, while
doors and windows were broken. And so the
'. mob went on growing till night.
In the meantime the mysterious “Mr. An.
di‘ews” got the lead again and directed the
mob fury '11th the negroes {and The
Tribune office. And soon after occurred
the most atrocious incidents of the
list. Every negro in sight was chased,
beaten and sometimes killed. A col-
ored-boy 10 years old was beaten to in~
sensibility. Anegro man was hanged and
his legs slashed with knives while he was
struggling in the agonios of death. Still 'nn-
other was hanged and his clothes set on fire
as he was dying. The thin varnish of Ameri-
can civilization was quickly scraped 03,
and the innate wolf or hyenn showed in look
and net. Just before night occurred the at—
tack on the colored orphan asylum, a spa.-
cious and beautiful building at the corner of
Fifth avenue and Forty-sixth street, in which
some 200 colored orphans were cared for by
an association of ladies. Giving the inmates
barely time to escape, the rioters destroyed
or carried off all the furniture, injuring
several of their own party in their haste. A
little girl was killed by a heavy chair,
thrown from an upper window. The build-
ing was then fired and burned.
By a sort of unanimous instinct the rioters
then began to move down toward The Tribg
one office, pausing on the way to destroy an-
other enrolling ofilce at Broadway and Twen-
ty-ninth street, and plunder all the jewelry
and drygoods stores near it. About dark
the advance of the mob reached The Tribune
office, forced an entrance, made a. heap of
papers on the counting them floor and set
them on fire. but a brave police captain led
in his squad and drove out the rioters, laying
many of their carcasses stiff on the pave-
ment. Horace Greeley str‘ai'ghtway put his
office on a war footing. The tanks were kept
full of boiling water, with the hose and pipes
arranged to turn it on an attacking mob;
the employes were well armed, and a supply
of hand grenades was secured of Commander-
Pauldi'ng, of the navy yard. The mob came
on subsequent days, but could not bring their
courage to the attacking point. The general
course of plunder and robbery continued on
Monday evening till near midnight, then a.
‘heavy rain dispersed tho criminu .
Tuesday morning brought a shower of pro-
clamations—one from Mayor George Opdlvikc,
commanding all good citizens to euro as
s lal policemen and designating the ran-
ezvous: another by Maj. Gen. John E.
Woo], asking all old soldiers to enlist for or:
der; still another from Gen. Sandford, direct.
ing the militia, and various orders and
announcements. But the citizens‘ did not
rnll , all the militia were absent but one
reg ent, there were but few United States
troops on Governor’s Island, and 89, except
as t 9 police could opsgse, the rioters went~
unchecked for another y. And the action
of the pohce was worthy of all raise. Again
and again did squads of t em meet and
defeat masses of rioters, la ‘ g dozens dead
or wounded on the street; ut while this was
going on there would be burning, murder _
and dplundering in a. dozen other laces.
Besi as the usual outrages and m ersof
colored people the great event of this day
(Tuesday the 14th) was the inhuman murder
of Col. B: T. O’Brien, of the Eleventh New .
York state troo After serving a 1131:
the mob be r y returned to is ouse
alone, in the disturbed district. . Eu-
couutering there a small but not very
turbulent mob, he upbraided them in the
most pronounced manner. They movedto-
wards him; he drew his revolver and fired,
hitting a. woman in the knee. She fell and»
his fate was sealed. Eve one in the crowd
was frantic to strike or 'ck him. He lay
for hours on the pavement, after the had
dragged him into t a gutter and rolle him
iii the mud; and every time he moved enough
to show that life was in him he was again
stamped or beaten. In vain did Father
Clowrey beg for leave to take the colonel
bonnie and bestow the lust rites for the dying.‘
“You have killed him; let. me give him the
rites ” said the priest.
“ on can give the rites here, if you like,”
re lied the mob; “you can’t take him away.” .
o the priest knelt in the muddy street and
administeredthc extreme unction. Here-
mained by the colonel till dark, when death
occurred.
Tuesday night an awful calm prevailed.
but the glow of burning buildings showed
where the rioters had done their latest work.
Wednesday morning showed that; the forces
of law and‘order were or anized,‘ rind the
desperate closing struggle egim, It is un-
necessary to detail the proclamations, orders
and movements, except to so. that from
Governor's Island, the Broo yn barracks
and navy yard, with the old soldiers invalid
corps and one regiment of militia my oh was,
stopped just as it was ready to take the cars
for Pennsylvania, enough soldiers were
athered to guard all the arsenals and public
Buildings, and leave a few hundred to back
the genes in clubbing the rioters. “And the
club for; was done to the (moon’s taste.” In
one brief combat thirt 'rroter-s were killed,
or mortally wounded. 11 another ahowitzer. ,
was fired into a. mob killing twenty-two.
And still the mob held on, and scemedto .
grow more fiendish. , ‘
Some very curious incidents occurred, il-
lustratingjhe hatred of soldiers and negroes. '
Many houses were broken open on suspicion
that wounded soldiers were concealed in
them; and in one instance a convalescent ‘
colonel, wounded at Chaucellorsville. was
saved only by getting upon. the top of the
house and lyin behind a. chimney ”while the
rioters search the rooms below. A soldier”
who ventured out to see if the coast was clear
was captured at the nearest corner and
beaten to death. The stories of personal-lid-
venture during the riot would fill a large
volume. At one time the Sixteenth Ward
schoolhouse was re larly besieged because
it contained two co ored women, the scrub-
bers. The plucky teachers barred the doors
and baffled the mob till the police arrived.
The rioters in more blind fur tore up the
railroad tracks in the north on of town and
sought to destroy the stone bridge over the
Harlem. Mayor Opdgke’s house was sacked.
Horace Gree ey’s ol boarding house on
Twenty-ninth street was destroyed. But
rather strangest of all was a. rio within a
riot, in this wise: A Mrs. Miller, of No. 107
Riviugton street, bud harbored a. German
girl, for humans] purposes, as sup , and
the case against her had failed in t e courts;
the girl’s father- and his friends, concluding
that. the reign of law was suspended, organ-
ized u'little mob of their own and destroyed
thellousc. . \
> fiercely.
. u w a y Sulomob’s
My morning dawned on a city in
which general business was completely sus-
pended. The worst was over, but on that
cry and until midnight there were local dis-,
turbunces attended with fearful slaughter of
the rioters. Thirty were shot and bayonet-
ted iii one encounter. . hrec militia regi-
ments arrived from Pen lvania that day,
and soon cleared most of t streets. Friday
morning all the street cars and omnibuses
were running again, and the riot was offi-
cially declared at an end. Then the arrests
began, and behold the great anti-war, unti-
uegro agitator, John U. Andrews was cap-
tured in nroom with his color mistress.
He was a native of Virginia about 35 years
old, and during his stay in 'New York had
lived habitually with colored women, actin
as their legal adviser and procuring bai
when they were arrested. Not one in ten of
' the arrested were native Americans.
l ionic" Mill-Rut. 51913.5
' ’V’x m-m/"\ x"
r 1i I
" . vs. ““‘
DILAGGING o’uumrv’s sour rnuouon rm:
nun.
The total of lives lost could never be ascer-
tained, but it was at least 200. The citylv‘paid
some $2,000,000 for property destroyed. ere
was much recriminatron, and the extent to
which officials yielded to the mob is still a.
disputed uostion. Governor Seymour ur-
rived on ‘uesday and addressed the mob.
from the steps of city hall, urging them to
displerse and promising to do what he could
to uvo the draft brought to a close. In
response to the governor s appeal President
Lincoln readily agreed to have the constitu-
tionality of the conscription not tested before
the courts, and the federal judges all agreed
that the act was constitutional. As soon as
the official machinery could be organized the
draft was resumed in New York without the
slightest disturbance, and completed “amid
eneral good humor’ say the papers of that
ate. Soon after the spirit 0 volunteer-ital?l
revived in the country, and from that '
the close of the war each succeediu quota
of troops called for was more an more
easilvfi ed J H. BEADLE.
BATTLE OF HELENA, ARK.
A Plucky Defense by Land and
- Water.
Yet another fight remains to be recorded
for the battle day of July 4, 1863. This is the
engagement at Helena, Ark. 0n the day
named seven battles, great and small, took
placeju various parts of the country, and
Vicksburg surrendered besides.
The Confederate general, E. Kirby Smith,
was at that time in command of the trans-
Mississippi Confederate department. In this
department Lieut. Gen. T. H. Holmes had
charge of the district of Arkansas.
June 15, 1863, Gen. Holmes, then at Little
Rock, telegraphed Kirby Smith at Shreve-
port: “I believe we can take Helena. Please
let me do it.” Gen. Smith telegraphed back:
“Most certainly do it."
Maj. Gen. Benjamin M. Prentiss was at
that time in command of the Union force at
Helena. He entered the service at thebe-
~ ginning of the war,
from Illinois, as a
brigadier general.
He resigned from
the army in the
fall of 1863-
Gen. Prentiss had
with him at Helena
4,000 men, com-
prising a brigade
of cavalry and one
division of the
Thirteenth army
~ corps. Brig. Gen.
Salomon was tem-j
pomrily in corn-
Helena had been
GEN. 13. u. \PRENTISS.
mend of the division.
strengthened by fortifications after it came
into the hands of the Union authorities, in
1862. The town is upon aglow plain, sur-
rounded by ranges of hills. Upon a. low
ridge immediately west of the town a strong
redoubt, called Fort Curtis, had been built.
Upon the high ridges about the town four
strong batteries, named A, B, C and D, had
been planted. The town was thus well de-
fended byguns and earthworks. The out-
lying defenses were in charge of Gen. Salo-
mon. Between the batteries and the river
were rifle pits.
June 25, 1863, Gen. Holmes started on his
expedition against Helena. He intended to
surprise the garrison and capture it and the
town. Clarendon, sixty miles east of Little
Rock, was the rendezvous for the forces of,
the attacking party. They were to advance
in four columns, under Gens. Fogau, Price,
Marmaduke and Walker. The Confederate
soldiers consisted chiefly of Missourians,
under their tried leaderw, Marmaduke and
Sterling Price, and of Arkansas troops under
Walker, Pagan and Mel-tare. The Confederate
governor of Arkansas himself, Harris Flann-
gan, accompanied the expedition as aide to
Gen. Holmes. In the start Gen. Holmes’
force repeated the oft told story of projected
simultaneous movements that failed to be
simultaneous. Price and his Missourians
were four days late at tho rendezvous, owing
to high water. Holmes was obliged to wait
for them at Clarendon. Meantime Gen.
Prentiss, at Helena. had been apprised of the
Confederate design, and so all chance of u
surprise passed away. . .
Holmes came on to the attack, however,
in good style. He reached Helena on the
night of July 3. He had orders to attack
at daylight. He stationed one of his col-
umns in the neighborhood of each of tho
» Union batteries, as shown on the accompany-
ing map.
-
s
I
t
from AT HELENA, JULY 4, 1863. i
Price and Marmaduke were in the center,
with Walker on the left and Fagnn on the
right. - Prentiss had been looking for the at-
tack for some days. All the night of July 3
he kept his troops under arms. ' .
Marmaduke and Fagan attacked at my
light, according to the programme, Fagun
with much vigor. His men carried the
outer-works in front of BatteryD .on the
Union left; Then they attacked that work
But: the other batteries were
trained upon Fagan’s men with a cross fire
that withered them like a deadly blast, and
the brigade fell back with a loss of 400 men.
Price’s Missourians came into action an
hour later than Fagan, and attacked Battery
0 with all their force. They carried the
outer works and even Battery C itself. Price
then ordered his men to crosstothe right
and attack Battery D in the rear. ,
But just in the critical moment his orders
'were not obeyed. There was great confu~
sion among his men
at‘this time“ . Be-
fore it cleared
Union troops had
attacked Battery 0
with great vigor
and recaptured it.
For over four-
hours there was
hot fighting on the
Union left. Then
Holmes abandoned
the idea. of captur-
ing Helen, and
gave orders to re-
treat to Little Rock. He had led to Helena
over 8,000 men. 0: these, 1,500 remained bo-
hiud on the field, dead, wounded, dyin and
risouers. Prentim, in his report, men oned
but be buried 400 dead.
Prentiss’ garrison was not strou (enough
to follow in ursuit of Holmes, an the Con-
federates reamed quietly to Little Rock.
Gen. Prentis lost 230 men. In the battle of
Helena. the Confederate cavalry was under
command of Gen. Walker on the extreme
le 1:. Marmaduke expected su port from
Walker’s cavalry, but id not recgive it. The
attack at that rut was feeble.
It was in not Admiral Porter himself
who notified Gen. Prentiss of the approach of
BleeS-.end,hi§.stteckjnz.i___.0rm ..A_d..m._..lml
GEN. 'I‘. H. HOLMES.
timer-1m WW'WMMnmu mm
Confederate decor-tars in the: latter part of
June. He forthwith dispatclid guuboats up
the river from Vicksburg tonne!!! with the
informationto Gen. Pren , (0100 out for
the up touch of a. Coated , army. Ad-
miral orter also sent sailboats to other
points which it was thought ,rniwht also be
,nttacked. Lieut. Commander Prichett,‘ in
command of the Tyler, was instructed under
no circumstances to leave Be
It was after Price had captured Better-y C
that Prichctt’s guuboat camoto the rescue
lnfil‘ie nick of time. After. capturing that
paint the Confederates poured down upon
he town through the mvines- between the
hills. Pricno net-s. rmm long train-
ing, had become mirable marksman. Their
commander directed them to train the broad-
side guns of the steamer upon the ravines
down which the men in butternut gray were
swarming. 3
They did so, and in a. femseconds shells
were bursting in uick succession among the
closely packed nfederatesjiu the narrow
hill roads. Theyfell rapidly,- blccding, torn
and dying, blocking t is way with their
res. .
It was this terrible shelling of the ravines
by the Taylor’s uus that threw the Confed-
erates into con usion. Those. in the ravine
roads turned and fled in prime. Those that
had already gained the Union works at Bat-
tery C soon followed their example, bewild-
ered by the blazing shells and the thunder—
ous roar.
In his report of the battle of Helena, Gen.
Prentiss said: “I attribute not a little of our
success in the late battle to Lieut. Commander
Pi-ichett’s full knowledge of the situation and
his skill in adapting the means within his
command to the end to be attained.”
Thus, at Vicksbu at Port Hudson and at
Helena, along the lssissippl. victories were
gained by the Union forces, all within a few
ays of one another, early tin' July, 1863.
After this there was no more lighting on the
at river beyond guerrilla comforts. The
nited States government, however, kept
artisans stationed at various poiuts olor
ts banks betWeen New Orleans and Cairo til
the end of the war.
‘FORT WAGNER.
The Historic Second Assault on Its
Works, July 18,1863.
Charleston harbor in general configura-
tion resembles that of New York. The city
is on a. long, narrow tongue of land, between
two rivers—the Cooper on the north, the
Ashley on the south. Vessels entering the
harbor approach between two islands—Sulli-i
vau’s Island on the north, Morris Island on
the south. The passage between these two
may very well be compared: to the Narrows
at New York. On Morris Island, somewhat
southeast of the narrowest port of the chan-
nel, was Fort Wagner, a Confederate defense
of Charleston. the possession. of which was
especially aimed at by the Union force.
CHARLESTON mason.
Charleston harbor, like that of New York,
contains various small islands. During the
war these were covered with Confederate
fortifications In and about Charleston the
Confederates had altogether 376 guns.
Not much was done toward prosecuting
the war vigorously on the coast of South
Carolina until March, 1863. Then a. land and
naval force, under Gen. John G. Foster, was
sent to attack Charleston rind Fort Sumter._
Annval attack was made on Fort Sumter
April 7, 1863.
It was next determined that the Union
forces should occupy Morris Island, near the
north end of which was Fort Wagner. For
this the laud-and naval force was put under
command of Gen. Q. A. Gillmore. He ac-
cordingly took possession of Morris Island up
to within a. mile of Fort Wagner and Battery
Gregg, on Cummings’ Point. These were
very heavily fortified.
July 11 Gen. Gillmore's
assault on the Con-
federate works at
Fort Wagner. Part
of the assaulting
column reached the
parapet, but their
supports not com-
ing up they were
forced to retreat,
with a. loss of 150.
That attack is
known in war his- _
tory as the first 3 ,._. ‘
assault on Fort ‘
Wagner. The next
attack is far'moro
troops made an
.“
GEN. GILLuouE. ,
widely known, and it is mentioned as the sec-
ond assault on Fort lVagner.
It occurred July 18, one week after the first
attack. After the failure of the first assault
Gen. Gillrnore brought forward all his re-
sources by lrmd and sea to prosecute the siege’
of Charleston. ’
Thereduction of Fort Wagner was the first
great task before him. The fleet was under
command of Admiral John A. Dahlgren.
The attack of July 18 was opened by the
navy just before noon. Gen. Gillmore had
meantime succeeded in bringing twelve of
his heaviest siege guns and eight mortars to
bear on the fort. With these he attacked
from the land side. .
The plan was the usual one, heavy bom-
bardment first, assault afterward. Fort
Wagner was one of 'the strongest defensive
works in the country, a. monument of en-
gineeriug skill. It was built of immense
timbers, covered with sand bags, forming
bombproofs twenty feet thick. Both the
timber and the sand were ready at hand for
the Confederate engineers, and good use they
made of their material Fort IVugner was
so situated that its full would involve the
iossto the Confederates of Fort Sumter and
Sullivan’s Island and consequently Charles-
ton. Full Well its builders knew this, and
they had prepared it accordingly.
Admiral Dahlgren led the way up to the
attack, July 18, in his flagship, the Montauk.
Immediately following was the New Iron-
sides with four other ships and a. number of
gunbouts. The gunboats were in charge of
Commander Rhiud. _
The flood tide in the afternoon enabled the
fieetto come withim 300 yards of the fort,‘
and they renewed their fire with great vigor.
Wagner replied at first, but when the fleet
came near the fort guns were soon silenced
and did not fire a shot more. One gun in the
fort was dismounted by the Federal fire and
another burst.
Meantime the heavy guns which, on the
landside, Gen. Gillmore ha succeeded in
bringing within 800 yards of Wagner, were
not die. During the afternoon and until
dusk they keg: up a steady, rakin fire. But
upon thotim :- and soudbag bom . proofs the
:shot and shell made no impressron worth
mentioniu . The soldiers simply retired
within the bombproofs and were safe from
harm. _
They were reserving themselves for the
final assault on their work.
i
TH E ASSAU LT.
The fleet kept up its pounding until dark.
Then the naval force ceased firing. Soon
they heard the rattle of musketry from the
direction of the'land, and they knew that
'Gillmore’s assaulting column was at work.
i Then occurred the historic episode which
has made famous tho Fifty-fourth Massachu-
setts colored regiment and its colonel, Rob-
:ort G. Shaw. The assaulting force was
lunder command of Gen. T. Seymour. It
consisted of two brigades. One was led by
Brig. Gen. George 0. Strong. It comprised
the Seventh Connecticut, Third New Hamp-
shire, Ninth Maine, Seventy-sixth Pennsyl-
vania and Forty-eighth New York regi-
ments. At the head of the other was Col. H.
S. Putnam, with the Seventh New Hamp-
shire, Sixth Connecticut, Sixty-second Ohio
and One Hundredth New York. The colored
regiment was assigned to Strong’s Brigade.
Thisr-egiment was the especial protege of
Governor John A. AndreW, the war gov-
ernor of Massachusetts. Colored troops were
an almost untried experiment. When Gov-
ernor Andrew. received authority to enlist
such a. regiment he determiner! to select for
it the best officers of. the Mnssnchusettsvol-
untcers. ‘ ‘ -
Capt. Robert G. Show was a. young
officer- in the Second Massachusetts, by
family one of the most highly connected
.» men in the, state.
and in war on of-
ficer with a brill-
i
l
eruor A n d r e w
wrote to Shaw’s
father, Francis G.
Show, of Staten
island, N. Y., ask-
ing permission to
uppoiiit Robert G.
colonel of the negro
regiment. It was
given, and the
"young colonel took
command. '1‘ w-o
sons of Frederick
ROBERT (L- SIIA\V.
“enclosures! in 111° leaks. . A}. it manner
- sickening hand to
~ works
iant record. (low ,
clfrougn ’nusmr‘i on as way to tire froift
cheer after cheer rent: the air from crowds
of friendly citizens.
This was May 28, 1803, and that was the
lost sight Boston over bird of Robert G.
Shaw. ,J it] y 19, he lay dead beside the para-
pet of Fort Wagner, beneath a heap of his
own colored soldiers. and to this day no
mortal knows exactly where he is buried.
The colored troops led the advance, occu~
pied the post of honor and of danger. Gen.
Strong himself was a Massachusetts mun.
An officer of the Fifty-fourth writes of Col.
Show:
“He walked slowly up and down the line.
clad in a short jacket. His silver eagles
shone upon Iris shoulders, and the fair hair
which hung below his cap gave him the
seeming of a boy. His carriage was
calm and noble; apalc cheek and lips con-
strained nlono bore
witness to his sense
of responsibility.
‘Provo yourselves
uren,’ he said to
those who were to
die with him in one
short hour. ltwns
soon to be the
proudest boost of
the survivors that
they ‘charged with
Shawnt Wagner)” ,, _ J ,
The assaulting , "
columns started"
from behind sand-
hills upon the bench and advanced to the
fort along a. strip of land wide enough at its
narrowest for 200 men to walk abreast.
The force within the fort was underesti-
mated by the Union commander. Testimony
since obtained is to the effect that the Union
signals between the army and the fleet were
seen und read by the Confederates, who were,
therefore, prepared for every move of the
Union general. They hurl thrown a. large
number of rc-eufor-cements into Wagner and
strengthened their defenses.
The Confederates remained silent within
the fort till the advancing column charged
up to the works. Then suddenly they opened
n terrific fire of grape, canister and mus-
ketry.
Strong's brigade charged first, bravely and
well. They crossed the water under the em-
bankment, and endeavored to ho ‘ their
ground. Tire second brigade, with Co . Put-
nam at its head, came to their support.
There was desperate fighting at the parapet.
Tho Confederates My, ,
met the advancing fi£§§§
.. 1.; ,
GEN. STRONG.
ussaulters at the
top with haird-
greuudes that did
deadly execution.
Assnulters and de-
fenders grappled
for n. time in u.
hand fight, with
pistols, guns and ~
buyoncts and hand f
grenades. Bodies
of Union soldiers
fell outside the
into the
water, and bodies of Confederates fell inside
the fort.
Gen. Stevenson’s brigade had been posted
in the rear as u. reserve, and the assuulters
looked anxiously for it as they began to fall
wounded and-dying by the "parapet. The
officer of tho Fifty-fourth Massachusetts
writes:
“Three officers of the Fifty-fourth still
stand together on the rampart. There are
no men. ‘Why does not that brigade comet’
was the despairing cry.
“A few of the Forty-eighth New York are
near us, fighting over atraverse. We join
them and take part in the fra . The foe are
scarcely a musket's length mm us. They
ply us with bullets and hand grenades. The
national flag of one of the regiments is
planted on the bombproof which forms one
side of the bastion. About it: a. desperate
strug lo 005 on. Its battered silk and tar-
nish go (1 are trodden deep into the soil.
Beside it Col. Putnam falls. '2‘ * * At
this moment Capt. J. falls heavily against
me, and before my question: ‘Aro you hurt,
Ned’l’ can be answered, a crushing blow upon
the breast lays me by his side.”
The support that had been expected—
tho brigade ~of Gen. Stevenson—did not
arrive. It was waiting for information
that a foothold had been gained in Wagner.
Tho southeast bastion of the fort was really
gained by the Union troops and held for over
an hour. In the terrible fighting that fol-
lowed Gens. Seymour and Strong were both
wounded and carried from the field. Sole
command then devolved on Col. Putnam.
He sent a messenger to Gillmor'e imploring
thor'e-enforcemeuts to hasten. Stevenson’s
brigade started. But before it reached the
works it was met with the information that
GEN. nmuusannnf.
- Col. Putnam, the lust brigade officer, had
been killed. The few troops left alive‘were
falling back. The second assault on Fort
. Wagner was over.
The column of attack numbered 6,000
men. . Their loss was 1,530, more than a
fourth of their whole number. The colored
regiment, the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts,
went into the fight 650 strong, and came out
with 247 of its number lying dead and
wounded below the sand bog embankments
of Fort Wagner. Fourteen of its twenty
officers were killed and, wounded. Gen.
Strong died of his wounds, and Gals. Put-
nam, Shaw and Chatfield were killed.
There were 1,000 Confederates in Fort
Wagner, and they lost in killed, wounded
and missing, 174.
Gen. Beauregard was in command of the
Confederate forces at Charleston. He re-
fused to parole or exchange, dead or alive
the officers of the negro regiments who ha
fallen into his hands. Efforts were made to
obtain the body of Col. Robert G. Shaw, who
had fallen while figlhtiug upon the parapet.
His family sought 1. is favor- without avail;
To all endeavors, even to find his grave, the
Confederates are said to have answered that
Show was buried under his negroes. »
.murnulism for a. Yt‘mng Lady.
'A would-be apprentice in newspaper write
ing, anxious to gain a. foothold in an office,
should remember, first, that the editor ap-
preciates news above all other things, for the
most uewsy paper is the most popular and
best supported.
She should remember, second, that up-
prentico work is always poorly paid or done
for not-hing. Women are sometimes too
eager and impatient to make money from
their writing.
Now, if the ambitious tyre, remembering
these things, would lay aside her pet ideas of
fine writing, condescend to make an item of
the fact that “Mr. Smith had broken ground
for a. new woodshed,” and carry it to her
honrc publisher, she would find a. cordial
welcome. The country editor receives a meri-
torious poem with cool civility, but is truly
grateful for a fresh though my be trivial
local item. By persisting in this course of
voluntary, gratuitous contributions of such
local news us come within her notice, and
trying to observe as much as possible, a we:
man of quick perception could write after
a. time a. great deal which would be accepted
with many thanks—though not much else.
Many a. country editor who would welcome
this gratutious work could not afford a. paid
assistant editor or reporter, because from
necessity he must be his own business man-
nger, editor, reporter, proofrender and book-
keeper. But in return for the help which
might give him time to drive more often to
the neighboring villages or among his former
subscribers, to canvass for more advertising,
or to make more prompt collections, he
would willingly teach the apprentice what
he know himself, and allow her the privilege
of learning all she could from the office in gen
eral. This would not be inconsiderable, for
in the country newspaper office reporting,
editing and publishing are carried on in such
a. compact manner that tho shrewd ap-
prentice can learn a little of everything.—
Bostc-n Globe.
___________._
“ Zak-In: bom' "blah.”
Inbouchere likens Lord Wolseleyto Boo-l.
anger. He says: “There is the same en-:
ieuvor- on the part of both to persuade thei
world that be is a regenerator, the nme eon-
tempt for parliamentary government, and,
the same puffing of a gang. Whether either
is worth his salt in the field is an undecided ‘
point, because neitherhnshad “opportunity
It! showing what he is worth: Boulnnger
rever- havmg commanded in chief, and Lord
Wobeley only having done so against-Ashan-
lees, Egyptian fellatio, and such like foes
Wonderful. indeed, is the contrast betWeon
those two bragging, self seeking heroes and
ifoltke, the man of deeds, not of words!"
Woman Undu- tho Hindu System.
The Hindus look upon the women as clever
and deceitful as a serpent. But they do not
stop to ask if so clever for evil why should
they not be made clever for good! Some-
times, although it may appear- stmnge, there
are, under the Hindu system, happy mar-
riages, but even in the happiest it is the cus
torn for the wifeto eat only after the hub
band, and what he may leave on his plate,
on metimes if a husband is fond of his
wife hewillleave more on his plate, espe-
ciallyif he knows it is something his wife
likes, but he never will show his affection for
her before a. third party, nod even will pre-
tend he dislikes her. A wife has pleutyto do
to wash and cook, and considers herself
blessedif when washing her husband’s feet
some of the water splashes on hen—Homo
Journal. _
A bread and Wfll’Bl‘ poultice is made by
dipphrg a piece of bread, after the crust has
been removed, into warm water. Lift it ou'
at once and apply hot.
OLD TIME northerner.
WHEN THE TOWN WAS AT 1. ITS
HIGHEST WHALING PROSPERITY. .
The Old Merchant rind His Ways—Picture
or on 0rd Fashioned Sailor—His Cos-
tume and, Character—Ashore for a 301-!
[day—Good Luck.
Forty-five years ago Nantucket was at its
highest tide of whaling prosperity. It sent
out a fleet of 100 Whalers. Its returned ships
lay in tiers two deep at those now ruined
wharves. Then acres of ground were cov-
ered with oil ca'sks “winter stored” under
seaweed; then full 011 casks obtruded them-
selves on the water edge sidewalks, and ren-
dered a. lady’s passage in a silk dress a dim-
cult, if not costly experiment; then acres of
ground, now grass grown or turned to salt
meadows, were covered with boat builders’
shops, biacksmiths’ shops, rope walks, ship
yards and coopers’ shops, whose noisy ham-
mers, rattling around full or empty casks,
reverberated through the entire town (a.
cooper with one hammer, one cask and one
iron hoop to tighten on it can make more
noise than twenty men engaged in any other
work); then every other man smelled of oil,
and the talk on all sides was of oil‘ and the
price per gallon of oil, “whale or sperm,” and.
the names of the for distant seas from whence
were gathered oil, or where N antucket’s ships
put in for repairs or provisions, were on
every lip.
um OLD WHALING MERCHANT.
The whaling merchant of Old Nantucket
was then with a. bit of good horse flesh driv-
ing briskly about from the ship under repair
to his office, from office todwelling, and back“
again. He was ever in consultation with his
ship carpenter, his cooper, his blacksmith, his
rigger, or with his “stovedore,” who bossed
the entire ship's repair. He wore a black
stovepipe hat and a high standing collar
(side boards we termed them), and his neck
was cramped in a black “stock,” kept in its
place by a stout steel spring concealed within
it, which suggested a Spanish garrote. He
wore a swallow tailed coat whether at busi-'
ness or not, and from his waistband there
dangled a huge gold fob chain and a great
seal attached.
He wrote with a quill pen and knew how
to mend it. He sanded his letters to dry the
ink from a black or red sand pepper box on
his desk. He so folded his letterjhat it would-
make its own envelope, for envelopes were
then not known or used, and be sealed it
with a. red wafer or scaling wax. He spliced
tho mainbrace at 11 o’clock regularly with a'
horn of Jamaica rum, and kept adecanter of,
the same always ready for action on his Sid
board at home. »
The shore dress of the Nantucket sailor of ; -r .
forty years a go was a. fancy rig as compared
with that of the sailor of today. He wore a.;
round tnrpuuliu hat—a. straw hat, hardf
coated with tar, and about ascomfortable on '
one’s head as an iron skillet. It was picturi
esque, but painful—like a tight set of corsets
—and would knock a man’s front teeth out if,
thrown hard enough at him—I mean the hat,
not the corsets. A half yard of black ribbon
fluttered from the hat—his liberty day signal,
possibly, that his “coppers were hot” and his
“money burned in his pocket.” In his ears
were gold earrings. If the rings were not
there the hawse holes were. His hair some-3
times hung in ringletsto his shoulders, 9nd
these he had curled and oiled and perfumed
even after they were gray; for a. man can be
as vain as a woman, and has a right to be.
A POCKET FULL or DOLLARS.
He wore a short jacket, sometimes of green
buize, sometimes of blue cloth, having many
buttons sewn closely together. Arms, bosom
and sometimes whole body were tattooed in
red and blue India. ink, with ships under full
sail and flags of various nationalities, as
well as his name for purpose of identifica-
tion, in case of sudden death in foreign
lands. On his feet were low slippers or
pumps, and in his hand a. light whalebone
cane, and inside his right or left cheek a.
lump of tobacco, and if there were any Spun-.-
ish dollars in his pocket he made them get
out as quickly as possible.
His business on shore was to enjoy himself
and spend his money, and in such pursuit; he
hired teams and “tip up carts” and filled
them with girls and possibly a fiddler, and
drove to ’Sconsett or Madequet, and danced
all night; and drove back to town, and drove
furiously for all the biggeststones Or deepest
ruts in the road, and if he capsized the cart
and all in it, so much the better; and in
coming into town on measions ho veered,
and yawed, and tacked, and close hauled on'
the wind, and often managed to carry away
or smash up something of his own horse or,
wagon or that of somebody else. .
That was a. strange good luck which at-
tended this fleet of Whalers for generations.
In those little ships, not nearly as large its"
many of our present coasting schooners, they
sailed year after year in far distant, un-‘.
known, and then almost unmapped seas;
They sailed in the light and in the darkness, i
too, on seas beset with rocks and reefs above,
and below water. They were exposed to
currents setting them on dangerous shores.
They run many risks from the savage and;
treacherous natives of the South Sea
islands. They cruised in the fart
north amid floes and icebergs. Thesei
were not short excursion. trips. Their voy—=
ages lasted two, three, four years, always
exposed to some one or other of these dun-5
gets. So voyaging they explored and dis-
covered nnd were famrlr' '81- with tribe's and.
cannibal races long years before costly naval;
and government expeditions retold thei
whalemau’s story in series of ponderous
volumes. So, wandering over ocean‘ after"
ocean for so many thousands of miles and
during so many years, yet for over 200 years
four-fifths of Nantucket’s whaling fleet re-,
turned home safe—Prentice Mulford in New-
York Star.
The Planter and His Mortgage. ‘_
. The rice crop suggests the experience of a
lawyer who has had several planters for cli-
ents. It is a poor plantation, he says, which
cannot raise two mortgages a. year. The
older planters are lavish in expenditure,
never figuring on the future, but living high
in hope of future prosperity. One planter,
however, found it impossible to lift his mom
gage, and called upon his lawyer for advice.
First he presented the amount of his mort—
gage, which called for $3,000. Then there
were the receipts for his sales of rice, which
amounted to $4,300. “After deducting what:
I need to live on,” said fie planter, “I am
short $1,000 necessary to pay off the mort-
gage.”
The lawyer looked at the life bill long and
earnestly, and at last, putting his finger oni
one item of $500, asked: “What is this for?”
“That is to go to Saratoga, sir; I never miss,-
u trip to Sar‘atoga." Another- $500 item was‘
pointed out, when the planter indignantly‘
explained: “That, sir, is for wines and cigars;
people must live, you know 1” And it never.
occurreito this man that he could forego’
Baratoga, wines and cigars for one year, and ;
thus be released from debt. There is a. new, ‘
class of rich planters, . however, grown up:
since the war, who are making money. They
stay at home, live frugally and husband their '
resources, and as a consequence are doing;
well—Atlanta Constitution. ’
A Horrible Inheritance.
The transmission of the fearful effects
of contagious blood poison is the most
horrible inheritance which any man
can leave to his innocent posterity; but
it can be certainly mitigated and in the
majority or cases, prevented by the
use of the antidote which Nature fur-
nishes, and which is found in the reme-
dy knowu all over the world as Swift’s
Specific—commonly called “S. S. S."
Mr.J.H.Br-own, of Hornellsville, N.Y.,
writes: "Three years [suffered with
this horrible disease. Swift’s Specific
cured me completely."
Prof. Edwin Bear, 234 E.22nd st.,N.Y.,
writes: “Swift’s Specific cured m6
of'a. fearful case of Blood Poison."
Dr. B. F. Win field, of the Soldier’s
Home Richmcn , Va, writes: “Swift’s
Specific cured mo of a severe- case of
Blood Poison.” ,
D. W. K. Briggs, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
writes: “I was a perfect wreck from
Blood Poison. Swift’s Specific restored
health and hope, and I am well to-day."
C. W. Langnill, Savannah. Ga:
suffered long with Blood Poison. I tried
Swift's Specific and out perfectly well.
A. W Buell, of Power’s Hotel, Roch-
ester, N. Y., writes: “Itls the best blood
remedy on earth. I cured myself with
it. Irccomrneudcd it to a friend and it
made him well."
Mr. F. L. Stanton, of tho Smithville,
(Ga) News writes that a friend was
afflicted with a case of Blood Poison,
and two bottles of S. B. is. affected a
complete cure.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. Tm: Swrrr Spears-re 00., ‘
' Drawer}, Atlanta, Ga.
Lydia E. Piuklram’s Vegetable Com-
pound strengthens the stomach and kid-
ucys and aids digestion. .
The Connecticut tobacco crop is very
small this year.
No Ciire~No Pay—A new departure
in medical science!
for Throat and Lung disenseslius cured
after all other remedies failed. For snlcby
C. anlram, 11 Main Street, Norwalk.
A new institution at Memphis, Term,
has been named, “The Jay Gould Medical
College.”
Baker’s Great American Specific.
,Foutainc’s Cure ,
Absolutely Pure.
This Powder never varies. A marvel of pure
strength and \vholesomeuess. More economic
tlian‘tlic ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold incom<
petition with the multitude of low test, short
weight, allum or phosphate powders.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER 00.,106 Wall St. , N. Y.
TRUE PUBLIC INTERESTS
. Treated in a clean manly way.
A healthy people make a prosperous nation.
ritPoopic made and kept healthy by
Rheumatism with its Vise-like grip tortures its
victim until he loses controL of his temper, and
then comes grave mistakes. Another turn of the
vise and Neurnlgin torments all patience out of a
man. Relief from these terrible diseases makes a
heaven of happiness for the sufferer. and Baker’s
Grout Arircricnn Specific gives that relief.
There is no mistake about this, and at this season,
in this climate, you cannot afford making the mis-
take oflieing withouta bottle of this wonderful
remedy. Damp, cliiil winter winds, sleet, snow,
step and ice are as certain to bring on the tor-
ments of ltnnururrsn and tortures of NEURALGIA
as is BAKER’S GREAT AMERICAN SPECIFIC to cure
them. Price 50 cents a bottle. Prepared only by
Maurice, Baker Jr. 00., Portland, Me. Doolittle .lz
Smith, 24 under} 'l‘rcmont Street, Boston, Mass,
Selling Agents.
somiwbsimusmmrmmusimmu
- The Best in tlie War/0’!
SPEBRY 85 BABHES’
or», 51/,
71F ’In‘
BREAKFAST
BACON
siuéicr
Are Guaranteed
THE BEST iii TIIE
MIIIKET.
Our KETTLE LARD is Strictly Pure
and Free from All Adulteration.
100K [llIlEWtLY Filil TliE Biliilil.
We manufacture all goods bearing our
brand at our packing house, New Haven.
Sperry &. Barnes,
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
7:» vrv 41W“: fiWWiF‘I/ifiiv'vfi’av 745 7w
EQUITABLE MORTGAGE 00..
OF KANSAS CITY, CAl’lTAL s-,ooo,000
6 and 7 percent. Debenture Bonds and Mortgage
Loans at For and Accrued interest.
it. B. CRAUFURDkAgent,
Room 2 Masonic Building.
lififi '
neutralise;
331d for Illustrated Price List, samples of Work.
r. M. warm. -'
93g; WIIALIiEl' AVE, NEW HAVEN, CONN,
«noon ENOUGH” .
FAMILY 0”. CAN.
lamp- on
filled direct by
I THE P our
without Lut-
ing the Can.—
tho filling tuba
m, n: to
on“ he i sin t h
of only Lump.
This is the
most prurient
PM! CAN
"or o‘er-ed to .
:he' purine.
' error AMirv snourn’iu'vr’cstz.
IANUFAOTURED or
WINFIELD IANUFACTURING £32... ....1,
firm. mo.
No Drop in Oil on the Fiooror'i'abie- Fa
Faucet whack or get knocked open to who; 3
Contents or cause Explosions. No Corks to
Lose. (.loscs‘ Perfectly Atr'l‘lght. No Le...“ - .
age—No LVapoxatiou—Absolmeiy hole.
A Universal Household Necessity.
M AND 322 mfl—TJW
For Sale in Norwalk by Gregory J: Worden and
E. K. Lockwood Jr Co. 13t22
. d ' 83
D YES
TI” Y‘ll? Own Dyeing, It Home.
ey wr ye eve in . aislold ev -
where. Price 100. amagei'ni’oyhunoq?“
for Strength. Brightnels, Amount in P
or for Fumes: of Color. or non-f .
They do not crock or smut; woolen. ornate by
J. G. Gregory& Co. - C. Ln tram it Main St eel -
Geo. B. Plaisted. Dr'uggists? ' din ’
HENRY TILLY
CARRIAGE MAKER,
SOUTH NORWALK, _
CONN.
Manufacturer of
Penny Carriages, Victorian, Baguette.
All Kinds of Repairing. '
JOHN s" Erk‘lusou,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Harness, Blankets,
Trunks, Bags,
Sole Leather and Shoe Findings, and Boot
and Shoe Uppers.
Corner of Fairfield Ave-and little Street
Bridgeport, Conn.
U48
For Swale.
DOUBLE BARRELLED RIFLE madeby J oh:
Blissett, London. Will be sold cheap to
cash. Euouire at the office.
Heals Without Leaving a Scar.
Its action upon the system is unlike any 0
I
Mott"
Page’s Climax Salve,
A FAMILY BLESSING FOR 25 CENTS.
,EIDVd f:
%_s
JA'IVS' XVWI'IO
Til imllllm 9‘1 le‘ls Aimed °N
titer external remedy, as it never drives the
disease to the Internal Organs. its properties go to the diseased part, and separate
all the poisonous and corrupt lrumors, through the perspiriug vessels to the surface, and
eradicates the disease from the system.
\Ve warrant it to cure Old Sores. Ulcers,
Scrofula Sores, Salt Rheum. Sore Breasts or Nipples, luflamed Eyes, Swollen Glands,
Er'ysipclas, Boils, Scolds. Burris, Cuts, Bruises, Fistula, Piles, Corns. Bunions, Clul.
blaiiis. Frosted Feet, and all cutaneous diseases on man and. beast.
PAGE'S CLIMAX SALVE acts like magi
Sores, Fresh Cuts, Snake Bites, Bruises, Burris, Saddle and Harness Calls, Clinics, etc.
boxes three times larger- tlran any other Salve, and so
i: on horse flesh in curing Scratches. Manse, 01.1
it is put up in
Id at the low price oftwcnty-five cents rcr box.
it is. warranted to cure in every case or- money refunded. For Sale by Uruggists and Dealers in medicine
everywhere.
MDFFAT’S LIFE PILLS.
THE GREAT STOMACH
Established by one of our most eminent pl
AND LIVER REMEDY.
iysicious and recommended by the medical
profession and druggists who know their real merit, and are used with irrorc pleasing
results than any other medicine.
Moffat's Life Pills are purely vegetable
. 'They act on the stomach, bowels, liver
and kidneys, purify and regulate the whole system, and are warranted a. certain cure
for all Mularious Diseases, Torpid Liver, Impure Blood, Jauudicc, Bilious Complaints.
Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion. Costiveness, Nervous and Sick l-leadaclre.
Neuralgia and Nervous Diseases, Female obstructions and General weakness, Scurvy,
Inflammatory Rheumatism, Piles of every kind, Gravel and Diseases of tire Bladder and
Kidneys, Colds and Fever and Ague.
MOFFAT'S
LIFE PILLS are elegantly Sugar coated and easy to take and are a perfect after
dinner Pill, one taken after dinner each day erI did digestion and cure all disorders of the Stomach.
lleadaclrc and Sick Headache cannot exist iftliese Pills are used. For costiveness take one Pill at bedtime.
MOFFAT’S PHOENIX BITTERS '
Are not a. drink used for intoxication. but a pure medicine and only used by people
who are sick. 'l‘hey correct the secretions of the stomach and are asure cure for
Dyspepsia, Sleeplessness, Nervousnes, Debility, Weakness, Loss of Appeti'e. Feninl '
Complaints, etc. Thousands of certificates
are in possession of the proprietor. giving,
perfect cures effected by these invaluable medicines and we warrant that they will do
just what we have said or money will be refunded. It is simply asked that the afflicted
will try them once, their rise will convince the most skeptical.
PAGE’S CLIMAX SALVE, 256- :1 ”OX. MOFFAT'S LIFE PILLS, 25C. :1 Box. MOPFAT'S
PHOENIX BITTERS. $150 a Bottle. For Sale by Druggists :iird Dealer‘s iir medicine everywhere,
or sent by mail or Express, prepaid, on receipt of price.
3'. P. MILLS, Sole Proprietor.
85 LIBERTY STREET. NEW YORK.
WEAK REEVES
Parson's Csmr Coupons» to 3 Ram Me
which never fails. Containing Calm and
.those wonderful nerve stimuhnil. it
0%” cums all nervous disorders.
C
I s
’ RHEUMATISM
I“, an m, pun!“
£105.; 5n drive: gdf'tpiiia lactic waging:
. ‘ causes Rheumatism and recto multicol-
e tcry
ompuun
re-
main or s to a. health condition. tie
the mic refinedy for Bhoumny um
KIDNEY COMPLAINTS,
Pm's Cmuv Comm quicklymtores
the liyer and kidneys to perfect heath. This
curative power. combined with its nerve
tomes. makes it the best remedy for on
kidney complaint-S. '
DYSPEPSIA
Pm's CELERY go mom sire the
stomach. and file" the nerves of the disco-
tiveorgans. siswhyitcurcsevonum
worse cases of Dyspepsia.
CONSTIPATION
Pam’s Omnvponom is not I. «that.
tic.‘ It is a laxative. giving easy sud nntunl
action to the bowels. Benin-it} lunly fol-
lows its use.
d
(IRES Nervous Prostration, Nervous Headache, Recommendedbygrofeuioml cadmium
_— Neunigia, Nervous Weakness, Stomach
and Liver Diseases, Rheumatism, Dy:-
men. for book.
Price $1.00. Sold by Drum.
pepsin, and all nfi'ections of tho Kidneys. WELLS, RICHARDSON 800. PI’OP'S
BURLINGTON. VT.
E. K. LOCKWMD 8'. 00.,
HOUSE. FURNISHING 600D:
NORWALK Acme: 9555
FOR THE CELEBRATED
IililiiliiSTlillSlinilii‘il’li
The only kind allowed by the Health Authorities of New York City; ‘
intimates Cheer-titty [liner for Connection will the Sewer.
PLUMBING. inall its Branches.
II. It. LO0IIWO0ID b 00. '
Norwalk Chronicler