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HOPE AND DESPAIR.
Clouds dark and lowering hid the sky:
Despair with cup of rue stood by
And sighed, “Drink, and be mine!“
But with such tears and moans siic prayed,
To Hope I turned, the ijadiant maid,
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' —Ednn Dean Proctor.
no connection.
110w Gen: ' flanks Sailcd from New
York December. 1862.
-
nvsrunious uxrum'non.
Banks Trikes Command of the De-
partment of the Gulf.
"I Greet You. My Comrades. and Say
Farewell"—'1‘ho Thrilling Story of Far-
ragnt's Passage by the Port Hudson Bat-
teries—Banks' Trans-Mississippi Cam-
paign—\Vlnding Like an Serpent Around
Port Hudson-I-The Fort Sui-rendered
July 9. 1803, a Quarter of 11 Century
Ago.
“General, we want to know whotherto take
thick or thin clothing," said one of Gen. N.
P. Banks' staff to him in 1862.
“Take both," was the reply, “and you will
be sure to hit."
' No other expedition of the war excited so
much curiosity or stimulated the newspaper
,men to such activity as the Banks flotilla;
and in no other case was the secret so
thoroughly kept. As the first great success
:of the Union cause had been gained in the
sunnfier of 1861 by a sudden dash on the
coast of North Carolina; as Bumside’s bril-
liant success at Roanoke in February, 1862,
had been gained by similar strategy, and as
it was known that President Lincoln warmly
favored the plan of an advance' into North
‘Cnrolina. from the coast, the public mind
finally settled down to the belief that this
was the work designed for theBanks expedi-
tion; but the newspaper men were chagrined
at their failure to penetrate the secret. At
length one of them, who enjoyed the per-
sonal friendship of Mr. Lincoln, determined
to “worm it out of him" and made his op-
pronchos with the subtlety of a diplomat.
Finding the president in a most gracious
humor, he ventured to say thot as a patriot
he would reallylike’ to know where the-
Bnnks expedition was going. ,
“Well,” answered Mr. Lincoln with all the .
noberness his long face could express, “it is a
state secret; but for. the sake of old times I
willventure to tell you; The». Banks expedi-
tionis, really and-truly, going soiithl" ‘-
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BANKS’ OPERATIONS WEST OF THE MISSIS-
SIPPI.
An expedition of 15,000 men Was fitting '
out, nobody knew for what point. They left
the port of New York in armed vessels and
steamers. Their leader, Gen. N. 1’. Banks,
b'orc n. letter from Gen. Hallcck. Dec.
15 the mysterious fleet anchored off New
Orleans. Halleck’s letter directed Gen.
Banks forthwith to take command of that
department, superseding Gen. Benjamin
Butler. The latter issued to his soldiers a
stirring farewell address, in which he said:
“I greet you, my brave comrades, and say
farewell! '
"You have deserved well of your country.
“By your practical philanthropy you have
won the confidence of the oppressed race.
Hailing you as deliverers, they are ready to
aid you as willing servants, faithful labor-
crs. or to fight with you in the field.
“I commend you to your commander. You
are worthy of his love. Farewell, my com-
mdes,’ again farewell."
Dec. 16 Geo. Banks took
partment, having
under his com-
mand over 36,000
men. _
Nathaniel-P.
Banks was born
in Mnsachusetts in
1816, and entered
political life early,
Serving first in the
Massachusetts leg-
islature, and next
in 0038’”! “hm
howas speaker one .
term He was gov-
ernor of his state three terms, and major
general of volunteers during the war, and
congressman after-it.
,The new commander’s instructions devel-
oped a triple plan. He was‘to guard the gulf
ports, to cooperate with Grant in opening
the Mississippi, clear the country south of
Red river and west of the Mississippi from
Confederates, and take possession of the
state of Louisiana. The Confederate com-
mander, Gen. Richard Taylor, was in full
control of most of the region across the Mis-
hissippi from Vicksburg.
To fulfill the first part of his commission
Gen. Banks, dispatched Brig. Gen. Cuvier
Grover up the Mississippi immediately on
his arrival at. New Orleans The places
'ubove New Orleans which the government
desired to capture were Baton Rouge, 130
miles above New Orleans; Port Hudson, 25
miles above Baton Rouge, und‘Vfcksbnr'g,
nearly 250 miles above Port Hudson and 400
miles above New Orleans.
_ Soon after Gen. Banks' arrival ho scnto.
itegiment to Galveston, Tex. This port had
,ibcen captured from the Confederacy_inOo-‘
tober. Banks’ regiment reached Galveston .
the last of December. The place wns'imm‘o-
diatoly httuckcd by a Confederate from
under Gen. Magruder and captured. They
-held it to the end of' the war.
Gen. Banks’ first important move. was to
.send two-expeditions west from the Missis-
sippi. His army was called the Nineteenth
army corps. It was in four divisions, under
Maj. Gen. Augur and Brig. Gens. 'l‘. W.
Sherman, Grover and Emory. ‘
Gen. Richard Taylor, ason of Zachary,
was popularly called “Dick,” and was famous
both for dash and strategy. The Confederate
garrisons at Vicksburg and Port Hudson
were supplied with provisions from the west,
and its capture; was therefore of the first im-
portance. _ .
On the map the reader will note the com-a
of "Bayou Techs and the Atchafalaya. Tho
latter name is commonly pronounced Chaf-
a-ly’a. Along that were Gen. Taylor's forti-
fications, from Alexandria, on Red river, to
Brashcar City. Na; the mouth of Bayou
Teche was a work called Fort; Bin-
lnnd. On the 'Att-linfalnya. twenty mile:
‘north of Grand Lake, was another. At a.
point called Butte a la Rose, a ft“-V miles be-
low Alnflkltdl‘lll. mi lied river. was Fortda
litisscy, thought to be strong enough to pre-
vent the passage of Federal gunboats.
Banks determined to work hisway through
the swamps by way of woods leading along
Bayou Teche and the Atohufalayn to the Red
river country.
He sent Gen. Godfrey Weitzel, late in J an-
nary, 1863, up Bayou Techs with 4,000 men.
Gen. Emory, with the other expedition, was
to start from Plaquemine and advance to the
Atchnfalnya and meet Weitzel, who was In
move eastward from the Techs. The two
wéno’to cooperatomndsattack and capture
Butte a la Rese. But Emory could not fol—
low out the‘route iniddown on account of .
the swamps, andthe expedition came tonoth-
dug. Emory returned to NewOrleans, leav-
iri'g’Wbitzffl entire Techs. - ‘
i' RUNNING. ville sort-Tamas.
« - Feb..2 the Federals“) Queenofthe West,
Col. Charles R. Eliot, commander, had run
past the Vicksburg batteries from the Fed-
.eral fleet above, withfie transport De Soto.
It was customary for a garment to attempt
to run past batteries with a transport lashed
to, her on the side away from the batteries
The Queen of the West made her way- tri-
umphantly down the Mississippi and up Red
river, capturin Confederate supplies and
spreading somegifng like panic through the
rich regions thereabonts. Bnt‘ ere long she
grounded and wascaptured, and the De Soto ’
was destroyed. When he heard of the cap-
ture, Admiral Farragut determined to take a
portion of his fleet up past Port Hudson to
pggrol the river and cooperate with the'fleet
3 ve.
He asked Banks tore no the river .to. Port
Hi’uson'wnh'msmrrbfi-‘es, 'sti‘d‘rna‘kb in
attack against it while he should be steam-
, ing up past the river front with his gunboats.
. Banks moved
three divisions,
Augur's, Emory's,
and Grover’s, up to
Baton Rouge, and
thence, March 13,
both proceeded up
the river, Banks
-' by land, building
' bridges as he went.
’ f 0n the night of
March 14 Farra-
gut startod with a
portion of his fleet
of gunboats, mor-
tar schooners and
sloops of war to
pass the batteries. His flagship was
the Hartford, Capt. J. S. Palmer, com-
mander. Other vessels wcro the Rich-
mond, Commander J. Alden; Monongehala,
Capt. J. P. McKinstry; Mississippi, Capt.
Melancthon Smith; Albatross, Lieut. Com.
‘J. E. Hart; Genesee, Commander W. H.
Macomb; Kinoo, Lieut. Com. John Waters.
The Mississippi was asldowheel steamer;
the others were screw propellers. The vessels
left Prophet's Island, a few miles below Port
Hudson, at 10 o’clock at night, March 14, and
steamed quietly up the river, the flagship
lending. Every vessel except the Mississippi
towed another, lashed to her side opposite
the batteries, thus diminishing the perils of
the expedition. Five mortar boats were tied
up to shore at Prophet’s Island. They were
not to run the batteries, but were to bom-
bard them from shore. They opened fire on
the afteran of March 14. The mortars
were of large size, 13 inch, and the roar they
made was terrific. They were fired at an
angle of 45 degs., the shells went whistling
through the air for * .
a distance of over
three miles, and
burst above the
Confederate bot-
terios. Admiral
F n r r n. g u t h a d
hoped that the fire
from the land and
the bombardment ,
of the mortars
would distract at.- .’ '
tention from his
fleet to a great ex-
tent. Not so, how _
ever. Hardly had the boats started when
signal lights flushed from pointto point in
the Confederate fortifications, and soon the
whole shot-o was ablaze. The land force
meantime had been delayed so that it only
approached near enough to exchange picket
shots.
The shore batteries extended along the
bank ‘3 distance of four miles. One offer
another they opened on the fleet.
The Confederate guns were concealed by
the trees, at this time in full foliage, so the
fleet could take no accurate aim, but it re-
plied to the Confederates with broadside
after broadside. The blackness was lit by
blinding flashes as round after round was
fired. A roar from the shore was replied to
by a broadside from the fleet.
It was one of the most, exciting episodes of
the war.
The Hartford Was a. vessel of twenty-eight
inns Immediately behind her come the
ichmond, twenty-five guns. In the midst
of the heavy firing, smoke added to the dark-
ness, and soon a steamer could not be distin-
guished from a shore battery or the pilots see
their way.
The oflicers of the Richmond sown. flash
which they believed came from a. Confedero
ate gun. They were on the point of pouring
a. full broadside into the supposed battery
when suddenly a. lieutenant exclaimed:
‘fHold on, you are firing into the Hart-
ford.”
It was true, but 'the terrible mistake was
prevented.
The Hartford, with the Albatross lashed to
her port side, succeeded in clearing the bat-
teries soon after midnight, uninjured; but
. that was the only
one. The Rich-
mond was immedi-
ately behind the
Hartford, with the
Genesee lashed to
her. Just in the
bend of the river a
shot struck the
Richmond’s safety
valve, destroying
it and letting the
steam escape; so
the two vessels
were forced back
down past the bat-
teries, to receive a double share of the terri-
ble fire.
A shell fragment struck the bonmwain’s
mate, tearing oi both his legs, and an arm
at the elbow. He lived only a few moments,
murmur-lug with his last breath, “Don‘t give
up the ship, lads.”
The terrible bend in the river made the
Confederate fire doubly deadly. At its cen-
ter the boats were commanded by batteries
from each end. On the bridge of the Rich-
mond stood her commander, Capt. Alden,
and her first officer, -Lieut. Com. Cum-
mings. Cummings had his speaking trum-
‘petin his hand, giving orders to the men.
There was a. blinding sheet of flame, followed
by a roar, and the, two men fell upon the
deck as if struck by lightning. Men hastened
to raise them. Capt. Alden was uuhurt, ex-
cept by the concussion, but Cummings‘ left
leg was shot away at the knee. As they
raised him from the deck he said:
“Put a tourniquet on my leg and send my
letters to my wife. Tell her i fell doing my
duty. 1 would give my other leg 11: we could
pass those batteries."
Afew days later he died, as braves. man
as ever fell in discharge of duty. ~ ,
The Richmond and the Geneeeo passed down
the river till they were out of range and
were moored.
The Monongahela, with her consort, the
Kineo, canoe next. She grounded in the
darkness on the west shore. The Kineo
broke loose from her and att’e‘n‘r‘pfid'to' pass
ahead. But her rudder was golfe- and she
grounded speedily, She floated presently,
however, and backed'dovvn to the’Mononga-
helm and succeeded indfité‘hz’lm “9°-
Agnin the KineOandendnguhelastarted
ahead, lashed together. 'lFtite‘iwas against
them. Inn. few monster . ‘nongahela's
engines stopped dead. A heated bearing
,made it inipomole'for liar to proceed. Noth-
ing could be comm 1:6th 'u‘h‘til it cooled,
which was: impcnlbhi‘tiiid‘tliese boats, too
drifted down taut-imam
‘ The Mississippi wot-now
GEN. C. C. AUGUB.
ADMIRAL FABRAGUT.
GEN. \V. II. EMORY.
tiié 'bnly‘ one left.
'She was; a. snowmen-W, and hence
. 1K .
Wed no other vee-
‘teLf She, too,
grounded on the
west bank, and, in
. ' nautical parlance,
' " “keeled over two
streaks toport.”
Of the seven ves-
sels, all reached the
. fatal bend, but
' only the Hartford
and Albatrossfivith
Admiral Farragut
on board,succeeded
GEN. T. W. SHERMAN. in passing “in
_It was 12:30 o'clock when the Mississippi
grounded. She lay there helpless for thirty-
flve minutes, drawing all the fireof the shore
‘batteries, her engines meantime: backing
with all their force,-b‘ut'1n*vnin. : ' .
Her commander, Capt. Melanéfilion-Smith,
determine‘d'to set fire to and abikdonyher.
Her wounded were put upon shorqthe fires
were'lit, and the captain and sake of the
crew took to 'o’pen boats and am down
the river past the batteries in tho‘dn‘rkhess.
The guth Essex, Capt. "C. H. BJ‘CAIdwell,
picked them up below. . .
Some of gthe Mississippi's -‘crew01800 men
met whiten-aground mun-angina”:
of the vaccinate lit shone! Whom.
tended. Absalom“ “‘1
Into the dish.-.
Seventy started " ' «momentum
bankto
ships, wading bayous, enduring ' hunger and -
dodging _ tho Confederatefi‘~flnnlly reaching ‘
‘thopoint‘op'posite the ’flo'et"in;safety. The
-. Essex fook'off the wodniiedifrom'thetwest
bank. , . . 2.,
The Missimippi, lighted ibfth’l-owing 'over-
board the suidllg‘dns and by the absence
_of$00 men from her dmrfloam a'gain.
She drifted down stream “it"fliibting moun-
tain of fire.” At Prophet’s Island there
was a1 tremendous explosion. * The flames
had-reached the powder magazine. Then
the brave old Misfsdp l sank out of sight.
In this attempt the nion forces lost 113
men. The Confed-
erate loss was prac-
tically nothing.
Onlytwo boats snc~
ceeded in passing
Port Hudson, yet
they were as good
as a .fleet. They
blockaded the
mouth of Redriver
gconipletol y. N o
more Confederate
supplies came from
that direction. - ' ’4’ . .
The “mi ”WV" can. cuvucn cnovna. .
ment against Port
Hudson had been merely a demonstration
and. came to nothing. Air soon as. Bunk:
rejoin the fleet ~'Thdéy fiifér'e‘d‘g'feat hurd- i
leTmE—t'hnt' Farragut hid ”p'a’s'sethlfi’bR-
teries March 15, he returned to New Orleans.
Gen. Augur’s division was left at Baton
Rouge.
BRASHEAR CITY TO ALEXANDRIA. .
Eighty miles west of New Orleans is
Brnshear City, at the southern end of
Grand lake. The Atchnfalayu flows through
Grand lake and empties into the Gulf of
Mexico. The Atchafalaya river rises near the
mouth of Red river, so near that in high
water the Red discharges a portion of its
waters into the Atchafnlaya. Bayou Techc,
or Techs river, empties into the Atchnfalnya
near Brashear City. .
By commencing operations at, Brnshear
City, Banks expected to be able to work up
thovchhe and Atchafalaya to Red river,
capturing and conquering as he went.
Of Banks’ four divisions, Weitzel’s was at
Brashenr City early in April. Grover’s and
Emory’s joined hiui there by April 10. There
Were now 17,000 troops ready for action.
April 8 Banks reached Brashenr City. April
11 the movement began up the Techs. Gen.
Weitzel’s attelnpt on‘the same stream a short
time before had been unsuccessful, the Con-
federate Gen. Mouton driving him back
down to Brashear.
But now. with the three Federal divisions
united, the advance told a different story.
Gen. Taylor's first considerable work was
Fort Bislnnd, a short; distance up the Teche
river. April 13 the advancing army met the
Confederatm at Pattersonville, near Fort Bis-
laud. There was a sharp, brief fight, and
the Confederates retreated inside the fort.
During the night they retreated up the
river. Grover-’3 division had been sent up
Grand lake inherits to land at Franklin and
meet this Very contingency of the Confed—
erate retreat. But simultaneous military
movements are very rarely successful, and
Grover’s was no exception. Grover was un-
able to land with his main body until April
14, after the Confederates had made good
their escape. They were commanded by
Gen. “Dick" Taylor in person.
With Grover was a small fleet of gunboats
under command of Lieut. Com. Augustus P.
Cooke. They were
. the Estrella, Ari-
‘. zone, Clifton and
Calhoun. The rain
Queen of the West,
which had been
captured from Ad-
miral Porter’s fleet
some time before,
had been run down
.t h e Atchafalayn
, . from Red river
.‘_ into Grand lake.
I. . ' I. «'m 5. April 13, during
\\ .. the fight at Fort
LIEUT. COM. A. P. COOKE. Bisland, Lieu 3.
Com. Cooke's fleet attacked the Queen of the
West, now flying Confederate colors, and
destroyed he'r.
When Gen. Taylor retreated be destroyed
a gunboat, the Diana, and some other boats
he still had left at Franklin. Gen. Banks'
army hastened in pursuit.
. New Alberio, on the Techc, was the next
objective point in Taylor’s hurried flight.
He only paused there, however, to destroy
five bout loads of provisions and ammunition.
April 17, Banks occupied New Alberin, and
destroyed what Taylor had left, among other
things ucannon foundry and a salt mine.
Up to this time he had captured 1,500 prison-
ers and many stores.
Ta] Im-Jmstened m Opeiousas. There was_
no rest for him, however, in this sharp chase.
From there he was forced on northward to
Alexandria, on Red river. ,
.April 20, Banks took possession of Opelou-
sns. Lieut. Com. Cooke with his gun-
bonts supplemented on the Atchafalnya the
work of Gen. Banks up the Teche, capturing
the Fort Butte a. la Rose April 20. The only
one now left of Taylor’s important fortifica-
tions was Fort De Hussy, on Red river, just
below Alexandria.
Banks remained at Opelousas from April
20 till May. The first week in May Taylor
retreated once more, going to his last strong-
hold in Louisiana,
Shreveport, on the
Red,uenr the Texas
border. He dared
not risk a. battle,
having only 4,000
men.
May 9 Gen. Banks
took possession of
Alexandria. Ad-
m iral Farragut
. .- scat thmgunbonfa
/' .,/ upRedriverfoco-
/ , /'~" ///. operate with him.
, They were the A1-
GEV. GODFREY wnr'rznn. batross, that ha d
run the Port Hudson batteries, and the Es-
trella and Arizona, that had come up through
the Atchafalaya. They were under com-
mand of Lieut. Com. John E. Hart. Then
I
'Admiral Farragut returned to New 0r-
leans, turning over the Red river fleet to
Admiral Porter.
The gimboats reached Fort De Russy, be-
low Alexandria, before the Confederates had
letter: the 3d of May. The Union gunboats
attacked with great vigor, but the Confed.
crate steamers escaped to Shreveport with
their guns, giving up Alexandrina:
In the month from April 8 to May 9, 1863,
Banks had advanced from Brnshear City to
Alexandria—from the Gulf to‘ the interior
Red river region. Helium captured 2,000
prisoners, destroyed three Confederate gun-
boats and taken twenty-two large guns.
He had cleared well nigh all of Louisiana
of Confederate rule. There was no danger
longer of molestation to the Union troops on
the Mississippi from the west. He now
turned his attention seriously toward fPort
Hudson. Part of his instructions had been
to cooperate with Grant in opening the Mis-
sissippi. Considerable correspondence as to
re-enforcements from one to the other passed
between the two generals. But it seems
never to have been quite convenient for
either one to re-enforce the other. Con-
sequently the correspondence ended by each
working onhis own *—
account, Grant at
Vicksburg and
Banks at Port Hud-
son. Since each so-
cured a victory,
this policy was jus-
tified by the result.
Gen. Taylor re- '
mained quiet 21 e a r
Shreveport till
June. The Con-
federate generalE. . . . _
Kirby Smith then v -L ,r. ’
ordered him to no-
company Gen. J.
G. Walker’s division of 4,000 men in an ex-
pedition against Milliken’s Band. The at.-
tempt was to be made to throw supplies into
Vicksburg. The atfnok was made June 7,
but it came to nothing. Taylor returned to '
the vicinity of Alemdrfn. and. busied him-
self with other schemes.
PORT HUDSON.
May 24, Banks’ fame crossed the Missis-
sippi and besieged Port Hudson on the north.
The same day Gen. Augm- mnrched from
Baton Rouge with 8,500 men and invested
the place on the south. May 25, the Confed-
erate troops inside the made an
attack on Gen. Angus, but were
The general conformation of the river
shore is like some as of: Vicksburg. Agreat
bluff rises abruptly from the wafer to a.
height of eighty feet, and extends for a mile
along shore. Behind this cliff is a semicircle
of hills, in the ravines of which were the.
buildings, not more than a. dozen, all told.
But Port Hudson was one of the most ad-
mirable points for defense on the Mississippi,
to fact the Confederates were not slow to
recognize. In the summer of 1862 Admiral
Porter called the attention of the Washing-
ton authoritles to the Port, telling them seri-
ous trouble would arise unless they should
occupy it. This was not done, and by 1863
Port Hudson was a frowning fortress whose
capture could only be compound at a cost of
many lives and many weeks of waiting.
The Union assaults on Port Hudson, ineffec- I
tual ones at that, form a. bloody chapter in
the work history.
Pour HUDSON.
Bonks’ force there numbered nearly 20,000
men. Among them were several. colored
regiments. Augur’s division increased the
number to over 30,000.
From the top of the Port Hudson parapet
to the bottom of the ditch below was a dis-
tance of fifteen feet, and the parapet was
twenty feet thick. Twenty siege guns were
mmmafigcne cmruar- Tfifio. ..
had been constructed late in 1862, largely by
slave labor. 0n the landward side the heavy
parapet extended continuously (round Port'
Hudson in n. semicircle for a. distance of
some four mile. The parapet mounted
thirty guns.
In December, 1862, the Confederate m1.
Gen. Frank Gardner, aWest Point gradu-
ate, took cammand at Port Hudson. life
force was 7,000 men. .
May 19, Gen. Joe Johnston, in chief com-
mand of Mississippi, sent an order to Gen.
Gardner to evacuate Port Hudson and march
with his troops to Jinkson, where Grant
was making inroads. But before the order
could be obeyed Banks had closed in on Port
Hudson. “Winding itself like a great new
pent closely about the rebel lines, our army
entered upon the labors of the siege," writes
Capt. J. F. Fitts.
After the first skirmish, May 25, ,the Union
army prepared for an assault. The attack
was made May 27, both by land and water.
0n the river front, Admiral Farragut, with
five guns, modes heavy bombardment,which
was partly successful. The fleet captured
the lower battery and disabled several of the
shore guns.
0n tbo laud side the troops were ranged in
the order shown by the map. Weitzel on the
right, Gen. T. W. Sherman outhc left. The
order of the day was a heavy artillery
bombardment early in the morning, followed
by an assault. At 10 o’clock it was begun by
Weitzel on the right. Grover and Paine con-
tinued it toward the loft. \
The orders for a simultaneous attack were,
however, as usual, not carried out. Tho.
left, under Gen. T. W. Sherman, with Gen.
Augur on his right, did not attack till the
afternoon. Weitael’s attack was continued
till 4 in the afternoon. Rimming right
was held by two regiments bf negro troops.
It was the first time they had been Called on to
fight, and many eyes were watching to see
how they would behave. During that
bloody day they made three charges on the
Confederates, driving them into their forti-‘
fications. Weitnol,;o'u the right, was able to
advance his line and hold it. ' “-
For the fight the Confederates had chosen
a strong position on the plain outside of
their principal defenses. On the Union left
the attack, after it did begin, was desperate,
bloody and persistent. The troops even
reached the ditch around the parapet, but
could not .mount the breastwork itself.
They lay there un-
flldarkness en-
abled them to cross
in safety the bloody
road by which they
came, and then re-
turned to camp . ’
When they did re-
turn, their leader,-
. Gen. T. W. Sher-
man, had lost a. leg
, on that. hotly
\ fought field.
The land assault
was unsuccessful,
except as it caused
“Em NEAL DOW- ' the Confederatesto
withdraw more closely within their lines,
~ and enabled the Union forces to advance pro-
portionally. Banks lost in this assault 1,900
men. Among the wounded was Gen. Neal
Dow, of Maine. . He was also taken prisoner
during the siege of Port Hudson. ‘ He is a.
native of Maine, born in 1803, an uncom-
promising temperance reformer, and author
of the famous Dow prohibition law passed
in 1851. ‘ ,
A strange incident happened during this
assault that nearly resulted. in the surrender
of Port Hudson. At one moment a. white
flag showed above a rampart in the fort. A
regiment of men in butternut gray flied out
at an opening and stacked anus.
“What does that mean?" asked the Union
troops nearest them.
“We suppose we have surrendered,” re-
plied the men in butternut gray. '
If any Union officer of sufficiently high
rank had been present to order the Union
troops to enterthe ~
fort, the Port Hud-
son siege would
hnve then and
there ended. But
there was no such
officer near enough
to the skirmish
line. There was an
interval of silence
and waiting on the .
part of both ar- ’
mics. Then a Con- .'
redemfc- omnal’. mmnmwm
said to be Gen. - — ‘ "—
Gardner himself, rode out of the opening
and ordered the surrendering regiment back
within their intrenchments.
An incident both ludicrous and tragic
caused the display of this white flag. A New
York colonel had been leading the advance
column. Carried away by his enthusiasm,
he had approached nearer and nearer the
Confederate works till, turning suddenly, he
found himself, single handed, up to their
very lines. Either to advance or retreat
would have been certain death. At this
emergency be tied his handkerchief to a. stick
intoken of his personal surrender. A Con~
federnte colonel some distance away saw the
handkerchief above the Confederate lines,
fancied it was displayed by the southern
side, and at once got out his handkerchief
and waved it, believing that the proper
thing to do: The New York colonel suc-
ceeded in getting away, but the' Confederate
colonel was court martiuled.
TAYLOR ON BAYOU TECHE.
We left the indefatigable Confederate gen-
rnl “Dick" Taylor at Alexandria, after
accompanying Walker‘s unsuccessful expedi-
tion against Milliken’s Bend. At Alexandria
he recruited and organized a force of more
than 3,000 infantry, under command of Gems.
Mouton and Thomas Green, and the cavalry
under Col. Major, and prepared to recapture
Louisiana. while Banks was engaged at Port
Hudson. The infantry moved down the
Teche river to the front of Brashenr'City.
The cavalry moved down from Opelousas,
capturing Plaquemine on the way, and
attacked Brnshenr City in the rear. The
place was captured by Taylor’s troops June
22, 1863. Ho carried away many supplies
and prisoners. With a larger force he could
easily have taken New Orleans itself. His
pickets approached within twenty-fivc- miles
of the city.
From Brnshear City Gens. [Green and
Major marched to Donaldsonville and at
tacked it furiously, J into 27, but were driven
off after four hours’ fighting by the combined
efforts of the Union troops and three gun-
boats. The naval part of the affair was
managed with great skill by .Commander
Woolsey, of the gunboat Princess Royal.
The Confederates moved down the Min-
sissippi river twelve miles below Donaldson-
ville and erected batteries which occasioned"
serious annoyance till the fall of Port Hud-
son. In passing these batteries early in July,
Commander Abner Reed, of the gunboat Mo-
nongahela, a gallant officer, was killed. He
was-greatly lamented by Admiral Farragut.
SECOND ASSAULT. JUNE 13.
J time 13 Gen. Banks summoned the garrison
to surrender. ' Gen. Gardner refused. Then
Banks ordered another assault. The attack
this time was made first on the northeast
corner of the fortifications. Woitzel‘s di-
vision led the assault, and Weitzelf himself
announced to a. friend that he expected to at-
tend church in Port Hudson that day.
A narrow, sheltered road, enabling four
nbrensthznmrch along it, had been cut in
the hillside to the assaulting point. Along
~ this road the col-
umn was to gush
into the fray. at
5 o'clock in the
- morning a single
‘ i‘» musket shot echoed
through the gray
’ . mist that filled the
air. It was fol-
then another, then
by a roar of artil-
lery from the Con-
g federate guns,
. /' Shot and shell flew
Ԥ from the Union.
, ranks and the min-
Gxx. ammu- r. Penn. glc d reports made
“such devilish noises as are onlylieard in the
infernal regions or in battle."
The waiting column marched th much
the woods to the entrance of the road in the
hill. ~ ,
. “Fix bayonets,” shouted the commander,
this order being followed the next moment
by the ringing words:
“Forward, double quick, march
Brnvely the order was obeyed in the begin-
ning. Bravely the soldiers double quicked
along the road. A deafening roar met them
as they advanced, ' their way filled with
.smoke. They moved more slowly, then there
was a dead stop, a frightful pause. .
“For God’s sake. go out” shouted those in
the rear.
“We can’tl the fighting in front has
choked up the . road,” was the thrilling an-
swer.
The column moved‘on at length, but now
‘ slowly and painfully. The wounded and dy-
ing began to be carried past them tothe rear,
the blood from their awful hurts dripping
along the narrow road.
. l /’
7/ y
1.
I"
I “Heavy work forxou in; there. _b_ovs.’!_said
I
,. lowed by another,“
a wumacod‘fiilfi'er who Tr‘ept‘.‘ painfuuy
down the hill with half his left arm gone,
end the torn stump all ghastly and bleed-
mg.
The space was so narrow that the os-
saulfera at that point became packed into an
inextricable mam. And still all around the
infernal roar and flash, still the shouts of
combatants, the cries of the wounded.
Gen. Dwight was on the Union left in the
attacking columns, Glover and Weitzel on
.the right, and Brig. Gen. Halbert E. Paine
In the center. Gen. Paine led his command
gallantly across the
field to the assault.
But early In the
day a. Minis bull
struck him, shatter~
inga leg. He fell
to the ground, and
his men passed on.
None could come to
his aid or could ' ,
carry him from the . ' ‘
field. To do so
would have been
certain death. A
dozenbrave fellows
tried to bring him
water and carry him to a place of safety, but
all lost their lives or were woundedfn the
attempt.
For more than twelve hours Gen. Paine
lay thereinagony. The hot sun fell upon
his blistering face, and he did not dare turn
it for fear of drawing the Confederate fire.
The spot was so near the fort that its defend-
ers could see him move. While he lay quite
still, he could easilybe mistaken for dead.
Swarms of flies settled upon him, adding to
his torture. in agony not to be pictured in
words Gen. Paine lay there till darkness fell.
Thencomnducnmennd borehimcentlyto
a place of help and safety. His leg was am-
putated. .
Gen. Paine was in command of the
Third division of Banks' army when he was
wounded. He recovered, returned to his
home in Wisconsin after the war, and repre-
sented Milwaukee in congress during several
terms. He was a. native of Ohio, and by pro-
fession a lawyer. .
These assaults on Port Hudson were mostly
made by men new to camp and field. __
But the assault was unsuccemful, except
that the Union lines were advanced several
hundred feet. The ground thus gained was
held permanently.
; The attack of Dwight’s} division, on the
left, was directed against a large fortiflcnfl
tion called “the Citadel." They gained an
eminence that brought them very close
to it.
GEN. THOMAS GBIEN.
SIEGE AND SURRENDER.
The Union army settled down to the work
of starving out Port Hudson, as Grant was
~ , . starving out Vicks-
burg. C o v e r e d
w a y s and up
proaches were con-
structed that daily
came nearer and
n e or e r to the
doomed fortm.
July 7, news
reached Banks at
Port Hudson that
Vic k s b or g had
fallen on Independ-
ence day. i T h o
flay/’7, ,7 news qu ckly
/§»' D’”{i/,‘r‘ I spread among the
”11/ .. v
/ Union troopl.‘
, Cheer on cheer rent
LT. con. sauna REED. the air, national
songs added to the rejoicing, so that the
sounds penetrated Gardner’s lines.
“What‘s that fuss about?” Confederate
pickets‘asked those on the Union side.
“Vicksburg has gone up," shouted the
Union pickets in reply.
. Gardner had replied to Banks' demand for
surrender in June that as long as Vicksburg
held out, he felt it his dutyto hold Port
Hudson. When, therefore, the news reached
him he sent a messenger asking for official
assurance that the news was true. For
answer, Banks sent him a copy of Grant’l
letter announcing the fact.
Gardner sent back word that he would sun
render. Mule meat had for some time been
distributed among the troops. They had
even eaten the flesh of rats. Gardner in-
formed Banks thnt he had provisions to hold
out three days longer, but he was willing to
capitulnte at once. .
July 9 the formal surrender was made.
The number of men taken and paroled was
‘neany‘mmr‘ {tr-the fined ans-Annmhnd. Jmfi
about 800. ~ “
Many remarkable incidents occurred during
this siege, as the Union batteries. having
guns of very recent make. necessarily tried
many experiments in gunnery. In in few iné
stances immense shells burst but a little way
from the muzzles of the guns from which
they were fired, and in other cases shells
“hung fire," as the phrase is, exploding some
time after striking. But the most astonish‘
ing occurrence was the killing of a Union
soldier some distance in the rear of the
Twenty-first Indiana volunteers (acting as
First heavy artillery) by a shell fired in the
other direction. Sergt. Rufus Dooley, who
was sighting the gun and noting the effect
of the shots. says:
“The immense shell—more like a big iron
nail keg than n shot—went straight to the
mark aimed at, and exploded just as it struck
the hard packed face of the rebel work.
In fact, it timed the exploaion so well
that the reaction was all one way; it hardly
‘f ' the work, and all the pieces flew back
tons. One bigpiece nailed high abovo our
heads and strict: in a. hollow behind us. I
only watched it till I saw it clear of us and
went on, with my bunnies, thinking, though;
that we were a. little too near the mark for
comfort. . Soon after-we learned that the big
piece had struck a man who was down in the
hollow and crushed his skull.”
With the fall of Port Hudson almost the
last shadow of Confederate power on tho‘
Mississippi vanished in three months the
armies under Gena. Grant and. Banks. and
the fleets cooperating with them, had opened
the Mississippi, deprived the Confederates of
100,000 square miles of territory. defeated
and-broken in pieces three opixising armia
and captured 40,000 men, with all their sins.“
arms and 400 cannon. Not since Hniiamrtc'c
campaign in Italy had there been sin-b rapid,
brilliant and nfl'mivg wm-e
Flowers in the Sandwich fininnds.
The Sandwich Islands may well be termed
the land of flowers. The. natives and all
other residents use flowers profusely in dec<
crating themselves. It is a common specta-
cle to see a barefooted Knnaka. with an old
straw hut literally buried in wreaths of rare
flowers, and lines of the some hanging about
her neck. Whenasteamer sails the band
plays merrily upon the dock, and crowds of
natives, with garlands of flowers and native
maille wreaths, wave odious. Departing
friends are always profusely decorated with
flowers and wreaths. Kannkas are almost
amphibious. The bay is dotted with colored
inds'ready to dive for coin like fish. The
holoku—or-Mother Hubbard-is the universal
dress for women on the islands. The women
have fine figures and are generally bare-
footed. The men are generally fine specimens
of mankind. They are not large, but are
well formed and exceedingly muscular.—
Dctroit Free Press.
Fraudfn 'tlio-‘lld‘iniy.
If you don’t want to be swindled in mum-
mies, choose only the dried up, “or-nary"
ones. There is said to be a. great deal of
fraud in the mummy business in Egypt. The
dealers are aware that purchasers will'pay a.
higher price for well preserved mummies,
and as ho genuine mummies are wellpte-
served they contract with tramps, beggars,
etc, for their bodies when defunct. The
mgtey paid to the mummies that are to be,
of course, is spent in dissipation, which
hastens their death. Then the dealers pickle
and smoke their bodies until they are what
an ideal mummy should be. ' And the first
rich “Christian dog” who comes along sees
them and pays so. big price for one of them,
withon elaborate pedigree running back to
the days of Sesostris thrown in.-'-New York
Tribune. -
In in English cont-t. .
. In an English court recently Mr. . Justice
Hawkins said: "This is an exceedingly
trumpery case; not that that is a. distinctive
description, because most of the ousesthnt
come here are trumpery.” The lawyers be-
g}? to endeavor toexonerato their client.
“ y client, my lord, was most anxious to
avoid these proceedi_ ngs. We have simply
been dragged here by my friend." “On the
contrary, my lord,". said the other lawyer,
-"tve have been literally goaded futo- litiga-
tion by the conduct "of my friend’s client.”
“Oh, yes}? replied the judge, “I quite under-
stand. The plaintiff has been driven to
bring this action by tho exasperating resist-
ance of the defendant to his unjust claim.”—
New York Sun.
Not Quite s6 w3£iin¢ia
First Citizen—You knew the widow Sokes'
husband, did you!
SecondCiti'nen—I did. The most utterly
worthless fellow I ever heard of. Drunk all
the time; abused his wife, and was dead
drunk when the engine struck him. Spent
all her earnings for whisk—
First Citizen—Go slow. Soiree was not
quite so worthlem as you make out. His
widow has sued the company for 850,000 for
killing him—Fithburg Bulletin.
A KANGAROO ROUND UP.
How Australian rat-morn Slaughter the
Strange Looking Marsupials.
A reporter met a gentleman recently who
has been largely identified with pastoral in-
terests both in Australia and New Zealnnd,
and from him some interesting facts were
ascertained in connection with the efforts of
nntipodean agriculturists to combat the
plague of the long cared posts.
“The drive idea," said the gentleman, “is
not entirely new to Australians. They have
for years employed a. somewhat similar
method of ridding pastoral lands of the do:
structive kangaroo. The usual way was to
build a capacious stock yard, with very high
fences, for your table bodied kangaroo is no
slouch at playing leap frog. The - location
generally chosen was on the fork of a river,
for kangaroos are not extra partial to water.
Invitations to the round up would then be
sent to neighboring farmers, and on a speci-
fied morning the farmers would all put in an
appearance, mounted, and accompanied. by
whatever kangaroo hounds they chanced to
pom Dogs and owners would then get
away back and scatter out in skirmishing or-
der until a large action of country was
covered, and then circumnavfgltion was in
order, the object point, of course, being the
lofty stock yard. ‘
"Pretty soon you would hear the haying of
scores of bounds, and then the long jumping
. mammals would be seen leaping like gigan-
tic frogs, whilo the skirmishers would ad-
vance and close in steadily and systematic-
ally, controlling the bounds the while, so as
to gradually direct the hopping kangaroosto
the desired point. When the mob, which on
occasions numbered many h were
finally housed in the place of Slaughter, some
o'nowumttoclti their-uranium...
and the fun commenced. The dogs were re-
. strained and family relics in the shape of ,
blunderbusses' and anciem: flint locks were
brought into requisition until the last gram
and crop despoiler had bitten the dust."
“Kangaroos make it rough for the hounds
on some occasions, do they not!” asked the»
reporter.
“You bet they do. An old man kangaroo
is just as tough a bit of mechanism as over a
dog tackled When fairly cornered he will
place hisbackagainst a’treeorrockandim
Vite the best dog in the pack to come on. Old
dogs are wary of them, and usetheir best
endeavors to get an ear-or neck hold from
behind, but a young hound-will frequently
rush into the bayed marsuplnl’n arms, so to
speak, and if he gets away alive he is lucky.
The kangaroo will himself firmly on
his tail, which is both powerful and springy,;
and will clasp the dog around the body with
his hind legs, while he will utilize the sharp
claws of his fore paws to tear the brown
stomach into ribbons and haul his entrails
out.
“I remarked before that'ksngu'oos did not,
take kindly to water, but when gmded to:
desperation on aphid where there are no?
‘ trees or rocks insight to back uplgdmb.
they will not hesitate to flop into. I water
hole, and it is a. matter of history that a ham.
gar-co thus placed has beenknown togrup,
water until drowned.
at an end now, as the governments of the
different Australian colonies pay so much a
scalp for kangaroos, and this has induced
numbers of hunters to follow the business of
kangaroo shooting. By this means the‘
troublesome animals fire kept down, and it is.
only a question of a little time when they
will be wholly exterminated.”—Ssn Francisco
Examiner.
What a Champion Walker Advises.
Walking is one of the most severe of all
the athletic exercises.‘ All the muscles in the
whole body are brought into play in walk-.
ing, and if there is a weak spot anywhere it1
will be found out in the race. For a. walking‘.
race of from one to five miles speed is the
chief thing to obtain, and to do this a very
severe course of training has to be gone'
through. A man must be in a condition. -
and must be able to move q yxor a. about
race. Thestrnin on thewalker is veryse-
vere, and in walking a. short distan' co the
body, arms and legs are all used to help the
ants-inn along. To walk well the body
should be kept in an upright position, the
shoulders squared and theheod thrown back. ,
The arms should be kept well to the sides, ’
and by using them with each stride they will
greatly aid the Walker. The stride should be
of ordinary length, and should be taken-
firmly and with the heel well down. i ‘
, «To. le_am togglk fairly is the first thing to
learn add—flirt speeflbin' bo‘icqun'ea after-
ward. For along distance race endurance is
what is most wanted The man who can 302‘
round the track hour after hour at an easy.
gait will accomplish much more than the?
man who runs a few miles at a rapid pace
and then takes a. long rest. A long and care-
ful trainingisnecessaryto be able to com-‘
pete successfully in a. six days’ race. First of
all, the contestant must be in good health.i
Then he must get on all unneceser flesh,‘
and then good exercise must be taken to do?
velop all the muscles. I take exercise as
much as possible in the open air, but when
the weather is cool or wet the work should
all be done under cover. For food. I take:
almost everything that is nourishing, carom,
fully avoiding anything that I find is hardto
digest. For drinks old ale and tea are. the‘
best. During‘ the race I live on such light
things as chicken, ctntnrd, jail“ .and. beef
tea. Idoullmy training earlyfnthe morn-1
lug, tising with the sun and retiring, soon:
after it hunch—George Littlewood in New-
York Mail and Express. 1
i
The Mahout and His Elephant. -
The Burmese mahouts are most kind to:
their elephants. They tickle them behind the:
ears, stroke and fondle them and call them“
by endearing names, thus getting more work;
out of the beasts by these means than the-
nntives of Hindustan do. The latter are‘
sometimes very cruel to the elephants under
their charge, striking them on the top of the
skull with the crooked iron rod filled ancus.
This good is sharpened to a point at its;
rounded end, and asthe driver, the mahout,I
sin: nstride of the animal’s neck, with feet and '
legs behind the huge flapping ears, he is in a'
position to inflict many a. painful blow with
his instrument of torture. Elephants do not,
travel fast, their gait being at best but a,
shambling walk; twenty-five miles is the out--
side limit of a day's journey.-—Cor. San Fran-5
cisco Chronicle. . .
. The English Company's Ranch.
An Englishman who has been recently vis-‘
iting American ranches owned by English-
men, has this to say about one of these
ranches in The London Economist: “I found
on that ranch a manager drawing a. salary.
of $25,000:). year and an assistant manager-
drawinga. salary of $6,250. In addition to;
this they had spent thousands of pounds star-'-
ling in worthless improvements, so fanat
least. as the cattle business is concerned. I
found on that western prairie ranch, located
many, many miles from a railroad, servants;
dressed in red livery, and—many other;
things fully as ridiculous. The men who'-
should have devoted the greater part of their;
time to the management or the company’s
business spent most of their time hunting
and fishing, in. very pleasant pastime.”—New
York Tribune. .
‘ Purify Yofi‘r‘lslood.
Bodi and mental health depend upon
I been y condition of the b cod. be
blood paruculorl in the opt-in and
summer month ecomes (:10 go with
impuritie whic bison it an generate
diam. , harm on: blood urifier is
necessary to restore a hen thy tone.
The beat purifier and tonic known is
Swift's Specific (8. 8. 8.). 0f its won-
derful urifyinf and tonic powers we
give a ow teat moniall: ' .
MnWm- A. Siobold. with George P.
Howell Gr 00., 10 Spruce Street, New
York, writes: “I feel it my (fat , for
the benefit.“ others who in 6 cf-
flicted all was, to write you in a letter,
which you can use in any way you
choose. I suffered great pain from
boils, oil over my neck;1 could not
turn my head without acute pain. After
trying all the usual remedies. and find-
ing no relief, 1 used one. bottle 8. B. 8.
and very soon- I was entirely relieved of
my .,9Job'n Comfortern.’ Now not a
s n of my affliction can be seen."
r. M. 8. Hamlin, Winston, N. 0.,
writes; “‘51 use it 9;: spring. 1t ini-
w n u I mean, ,vng meappet to
‘an‘gdigutton, and enablln me to stand
the be summer days. if using it I
soon become strong of body and easy of
mind." -
. Mr. C. . E.- Mitohail, ~Wut 23d St.
Ferry, New, York, writes: , “I weighed
110 pounds when I'- bognn taking your
medicine and now 152 nods. :1 would
not be without 8.8.8. or several times
It! weight in gold.” ‘
Treatise on Blood and Skin Disease
mailed free. Tun Swin- SPECIFIC Co.
Drawer 8, Atlanta, 5
Lydia E. Pinkham’s “Guide to Health"
is the popular book of the season. Over
a million copies have been issiicd. Mailed
free upon application. - ‘
When an Arab of the descrt‘vinuts to
enquire if his sister is going to leave home
for a while he says, “Are you going
oasis a".
The microscope demonstrates that con-
snmplion, asthma and bronchitis are pro-
duced by disease germs. Fontaine’s cure
is the only remedy. For sale by C. Lap-
ham,11 Main Street, Norwalk.
Absolut Iy Pure.
This Powder never varies. A marvel of pure
strength and wholesomeness. More economic
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in com-
petition with the multitude of low test, short
weight, allum or phosphate powders.
ROYAL BAKING Pownsn C0.,100 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
Baker’s Greot American Specific.
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
Great American Specific gives that relief.
There is no mistake about this, and at this season.
in tilts climate, you cannot afford making the mis-
take of being without a. bottle of this wonderful
remedy. Damp, chill winter winds, sleet, snow,
slop and ice are as certain to bring on the ter-
, titer
erections
llIIé.
TYPE~W Bll’EB
0
Send for Illustrated Price -Ltst, samples of Work,-
etc.
F.. M. WARD,
91g?) WIIALLEY AVE, NEW HAVEN, CONN,
“600D ENOUGH”
‘FAMII. 0ILOAN.
: Lamps are
filled direct by
'1‘ I! E P U 11 1’
without Lift-
ing the Con.-
the filling tuba
amassing
lull: in e i g h t it
of any Lamp.
This is the
most practical
FAMILY ca :1
ovu- ofl’exod to
the public.
AMIL‘I SHOULD HAVE Cf.’ '.
' Iauuncrunsn av
Will-1E“) .INUFACTUIIIIIIG CC:LI;‘.’.. . .’,
WARREN. cm 3-
No Drop in Oil on the Flooror'l‘abl : :T
Faucet tofieafi or et knocked open to 32...:
Contents orcause xplosiona. N00021:; to
Lose. Clones Perfectly Air Tight. No Lea:-
Ige—Ro Evaporation—Absolutely hate.
A Universal Household NeceSiny.
cm was $33 mac.”
For Sale in Norwalk by Gregory .2 Worden and
I.)
Selling Agents.
an attacking bound and hold him under‘ ‘
“The days of rounding up are pretty well! .
E. K. Lockwood .15 Co. 13:22
.LADI Ext. EEIIlESS
DYES
Do Your Own Dyeing, at Home.
They will dye everything. They are sold every.
where. Price 100. a package; Theyhave unequal
for Strength, Brightness, Amount in Package:
or for Fasmess of Color. or non-fading Qualities.
They do not crock or smut ; 40 colors. For sale by
J. G. Gregory k Co. ; C. Lapham, li Main Street ;
Geo. B. I’laisted, Druggists. lytli _
HENRY T ILLY
CARRIAGE MAKER,
CONN.
ments of RnEUMA'rIsn and tortures of NEURALGIA
as is Baxun’s GREAT AMERICAN SrEcu-‘Ic to cure
them. Price 50 cents a bottle. Prepared only by
Maurice, Baker k 00., Portland, Me. Doolittle .v
Smith, 24 and 26 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass,
grammar \ w \IQSDA’AIIAW:
The Best in the World!
SPEIIIIY 89 BABIIE
1%?
S!
St
sanctions, as _
BREAKFAST ' ’5 SOUTH NORWALK, _
BACON '
SAIISAIIE
Are Guaranteed
TIIE BEST II III!
— IIIIKET.
Our KETTLE LARD'is Strictly Pure
and Free from All Adulteration.
IIIIIK IIIIIEFIILLY FIIII 'I'IiE IIIIIIIII.
We manufacture all goods bearing our
brand at our packing house. New Haven.
Sperry &. Barnes,
NEW HAVEN, couu.
fiifiifiifimmmmsmv
wEQUITABLl‘l MORTGAGE 00..
OF KANSAS CITY. CAPITAL $2,000,000
Manufacturer of
Family carriages, Victories, Baguette.
All Kinds of Repairing.
’ifiiifi EX‘i‘li’i‘Nébh,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Harness, Blankets,
’l’r’u/n ks, Bu gs,
Sole Leather and Shoe Findings, and Boot
and Shoe Upper-s.
Corner of 'Pnirfieitl Ave. and lfiddle Street
Bridgeport, Conn.
ly43
6 and 7 per cent. Debenture Bonds and Mortgage
Loans at Par and Accrued Interest.
~It. B. CRAUFURD, Agent.
Room 2 Museum Building.
For Sale.
DOUBLE BARRELLED RIFLE madeby Joli:
Blissett, London. Will be sold cheap to
cash. Enuuire at the office.
innocent/inc
amount on Pincus items on
teals Without Leaving a Scar.
A FAMILY BLESSING FOR 25 CENTS. ,
Its action upon the system is unlike any other external remedy, as it never drives the
disease-to the Internal Organs. Its properties go to the diseased part, au-lrsepamtc
all the poisonous and corrupt liumors, through the perspiriug vessels to the sunset}. and
eradicates the disease front the system. We warrant it to cure Old Sores. I. Ice-rs.
Scrofnla Sores, Salt Rheum. Sore Breasts or Nipples, lnfiamed layes, Swollen Clan-ills,
Ervsipelas, Boils, Solids, Burns, Cuts. Bruises, Fistula, Piles, (Aims. Bunions, Chil-
blaius, Frosted Feet, and all cutaneous diseases on man and beast.
PAGE'S CLIMAX SALVE acts like inacic on horse Ill‘Sll in curin.y Scratches, Manna, I M
Sores, Fresh Cuts, Snake Bites, “rinses, Burns, Saddle and Harness Gulls, (.haf'cs. etc. it :4 pht up in
boxes three times larger than any other Salve, and sold at the low pru e ofiwenty-five fonts 3 t-r‘l-nx.
l: is warranted to cure in every case or money refunded. For $31.: by Druggists and Dcnlcis in lHL‘tllCJle
everywhere.
MIIFFAT’S LIFE Pills.
THE GREAT STOMACH AND LIVER REMEDY.
Established by one of our most eminent pliysicims and recommended by the medical
used With more I-lcflblilg
profession and druggists who know their real. merit, and er.-
rcsults than any other medicine. ‘ . ,
Mofiat's Life Pills are purely vogctalfle. They act on tile stomach, b0\\'L‘t::, luxcr
and kidneys, purify and regulate the whole system. and are warranted a. cert-am e'iiie
for all Mnlarious Diseases, Torpid Liver, Impure Blood, Jaundice, Ililions (.nmpiamts.
Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion. Costivcuess, Ncryous and tick Headache,
Neurnlgia and Nervous Diseases, I'eumle obstructions and General weakness, Scurvy.
Inflammatory Rheumatism, Piles of every kin I, Gravel and Diseases of the Biaddcranl
Kidneys, Colds and Fever and Ague.
HOFFAT'S LIFE PILLS are elegantly Sugar coated and easy to take and arc a perIc-‘t : It I
dinner Pill, one taken after dinner each dav Mull grid digestion :tn'l cure ail disorders of the Stun iltill.
Headache and Sick Headache cannotexistif these Pills aroused. For costivcncss trike 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‘liey correct the secretions of the stomach 511in are nsnre cure fur
Dyspepsia, Sleeplessness. Nervousne s, chility, Weakness, Loss of Appeti e. Ionic] -
Complaints, etc. Thousands of ccrttitcatcs are in possession of the phllll'it'l'li‘ m e=-,,
perfect cures effected by these invaluable medicines and we “'9. “ant that t’icv ‘
just what we have said or inouey will be refunded. It is simply a»'..c.l that t'.i.: a,i_i,;:_.__- _
will try them once, their use will convince the most skeptical.
PAOE'S CLIMAX SALVE,ssc.n “ox. MOFFAT'S LIFE PILLS. rsc. f| not. M OFFAT'S
PHOENIX BITTERS. $1.00 a Bottle. For Sale by Druggists and Uculrrx' ill median: cvcryt. here,
or sent by mail or Express, prcpaid, on receipt of price.
3'. P. MILLS, Sole Proprietor.
85 LIBERTY STREET: NEW YORK.
'42
[F ALL ”U” 00”” From the debilitating efi‘ects of summers
~ heat; if you can’t sleep, have no appetite, lack
ambition, and are always tired, you are as
much in need of medicine as if sick abed. You need Paine’s Celery Compound at this
season, when the whole system is debilitated by the wear and tear of work or play in
the extreme heat. Can you afi‘ord the time and cost of a. vacation? Paine’s Celery
Compound will remove the need of one. It is the only hot-weather tonic that has true
medicinal value. Compounded from the formula of a successful physician, as a general
invigorator it has no equal. When all ~
run down from heat or overwork, re- WILL 33,405 you ”P.
member that Paine’s Celery Compound
Sold by all druggists, $1 a bottle. Six for $5.
WELLS, RICHARDSON & 00., Proprs, Burlington, Vt.
E. n. menace to co,
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
N ORWALK AGENTS
FOR THE CELEBRATE!)
IIIIIIIIIISTIIII SEWER PIPE
The-only kind allowed by: the Health Authorities of New York City;
' ‘ Estimates. Bieeriollo- Given for Connection Will the Sewer.
PLU,MBINGVin all its Brunettes.
" ' E. It 1.00KW000 it, 00.
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