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the Civil War.
THE WELCOME TO BURNSIDE
“Bless‘the Lord! T110010 Ftag’s
Back in Tennessee!”
Story of tho Siege of Knoxville Told After
a. Quarter Century’s Lapse—Desperate
Charge of the Confederates on Fort
Sanders—“I Am Not' Afraid to Die. I
HavoServcd My Country As Wen As I
Could"—'1‘lio Telegraph “'iro Defenses.
‘ Franklin's Expedition to Sabine Pass,
Texas.
A thrilling chapter in the history of the
civil war is the story of tho Unionists of
East Tennessee.
Shut Off by their mountains from other
communities, they developed an individuality
and a. personal sense of freedom shared by
no other portion of the south except by the
people of tho Alloghanies in West Virginia.
Mountaineers are proverbially free and
brave. ‘
After South Carolina. fired on Sumter in
April, 1861, President Lincoln issued his
call .to tho statesxo furnish their quota of
KENTUch. -'
cAlhly.
~._._.—._.
TENNIS“!
EAST TENNESSEE.
soldiers to put down the rebellion.
Tennessee
was asked for two regiments. Her governor
sent back word to Washmgton:
“Tennessee will not furnish a man for pur-
poses of coercion, but50,000, if necessary, for
the defense of our rights, and those of our
southern brothers. ISHAM G. HARRIS,
‘> “Governor of Tennessee.”
When the ballot was taken on the question
of a convention to consider the secession of
the state, East Tennessee voted “NO” by a
majority of over four to one. When, never-
theless, Governor Harris and the legislature
precipitated the secession movement, the
people of the mountains remained loyal to
the Union. Early in J 11110 Governor Harris
had %,000 men in arms for the Confederacy.
They took possession at once of the three,
mountains passes in East Tennessee, Cum-
berland gap, Itheler’s gap, and the Fortress.
Measures of extreme severity, were taken
against the people of East; Tennessee to force
them into the Confederacy. It_was the cruel
story of border warfare over again. Union
men were hunted, Shot and driven from their
homes. They took refuge in the mountains.
or fled to the north for their lives. Those in
\ the mountains suf-
fered great hard-
ships from hunger
and cold. Citizens
of Kentucky, Ohio
and Indiana recall
still the rugged,
suffering condition
in which the loyal
‘- ng cnncsscans
\‘KQI'eached the north.
\xktf‘vou look like a
Tennessee refugee"
is synonymous to
this day of all that
> > is fi'icndless, ill
kept and destitute. Families appeared in the
streets of Cincinnati, St. Louis and Louis-
ville barefoot and with not: enough rags to
cover their bodies. ,
' Loyal men were charged with burning
bridges so that Confederate soldiers could not
pass over them. They were tried by court
martial, and in many instances hanged im-
mediately. .
In November, 1861, the following adver-
tisement was inserted in The Memphis Ap:
peril.
“BLOODHOUNDS WANTED.
“We, the undersigned, will pay $5 per pair
for fifty pairs of well bred bounds and 850
for one pair of thoroughbred bloodhounds
that: will take the track of a. man. The pur-
pose for which these dogs are wanted is to
chase the infernal, cowardly Lincoln bush-
whackers of East Tennessee and Kentucky
(who have taken the advantage of the bush to
kill and cripple many good soldiers) to their
haunts and capture them." ' '-
A postscript to. the advertisement offered
also $20nmonth to a. man who could take
charge of the dogs and train them. The
animals were to be delivered at a. point
named, wheres. “mastering oflicer would be
present to muster and inspect them.” .
The advertisement was signed by the
names of two well known Confederate ofil—
cers at a. camp in East Tennessee.
Among those who did most: to keep East
Tennessee 1 o y a I
was Rev. William
Gannaway Brown-
low, familiarly _
known as "Parson '-
Brownlow,” editor
of The Knoxville"
Whig. He was , _
Methodist minister -
who for twenty-'
two years had ed-,
ited a Whig paper.
He was a preacher,
temperance 1 c c-
turor, stump
speaker and jour-
nalist. He was be-
sides u man of marvelous eloquence and in-
tense convictions. Added to the rest, he was
not at all an abolitionist, but a. decided pro-
slavcry man and a native of Virginia. An
unflinching Union man, he believed at the
same time that African slnvfl‘y was right
and ordained by Providence.
Browulow received showers of letters pro-
testing against his bold utterances.‘ One of
these, after painting the person in the black-
cst colors, concludes: "
“There, you lying old hypocrite, is your
character, furnished by a South Carolinian
from your own town." "
For answer Brownlow gave back as good
as he received. He replied in a. long pub-
lished letter in his own paper, concluding:
“I remain tho defiant opponent of a willful
and despicable South Carolina. rascal.”
In December, 1861, Parson Brownlow was
arrested on the charge of treason by the Con-
“lcrate authorities and imprisoned: in the
Knoxville jail till Mural, 1862. Then he
was released and went north. His family
were also expelled from Knoxville and sent:
north by the Confederate authorities.
Brownlow’s life had: been threatened and
he was in absolute danger. of losing it a.
number ,of times before he left Knoxville.
After coming north he traveled through the
country, making speeches, rousing the people
by his eloquence and by the burning words
with which he described the sufferings of tho
Unionists of East Tennessee. ,
Parson Brownlow lived to see peace anda
reunited country. Then he returned to his
home in Knoxville. In 1865 he was elected
governor of the restored state of Tennessee,
serving until 1869. Then he was elected
United State senator, holding the office till
his death in 187 7. \
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Distinguished and able men in Tennessee,
besides Parson Brownlow, hold themselves
loyal to the Union at the risk of their lives.
Among these were Horace Maynard, Emer-
son Ethcridge and Andrew Johnson. The
last named, the famous war governor Of
Tennessee. afterwards president of the Unitedg
States, had a. history no less thrilling than
that of Brownlow. His life has not yet been
fully written, and his countrymen have never
done him full justice. His pathetic early
history is well known—how he, a tailor’s ap- ,
prcuticc, taught himself to read. He was a. _
native of North Carolina, born in 1808, mi-
grating to Grecnville, East Term, in his ,
young manhood. In Greonvillc he worked
at his trade and married. After his marriage ‘
his wife taught him to write. His first po~
Iitical office was that of alderman in Green-
ville in 1832. From one Step to another he
rose till he became governorpf Tennessee and
, He held the latter
office when the war began, but in 1862 he was
appointed by President Lincoln military gov-
ernor of Tennessee.
On one occasion a. squad of guerrillas ut-
pmpted to seize him when he was traveling '
n a railway train. They came upon the
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GEN. ~ BUBNSIDE.
v_\\
PARSON BROWNLOW.
Johnson’s car, fully armed. Ho sat in it'
He. saw them m they entered, and
1
:Ltnrs'l cumcs and threats.
. . . .-
mun; like:
‘u'aiu at a. station, and entered Governor,"
Its Thrilling History During '
' Es’isfim‘tno' no’nhm doting-s of the man
,‘050 to the occasion. He drew his revolver
,md alone advanced to meet them—tho car
, ~ialf full of deadly enemies. Ho began talk-
i ing to them as ho advanced, using the most
I withering terms of contempt and defiance.
, Before his words and the gleaming barrels
‘ of the loaded revolver, the guerrillas felt
their courage oozing out. They began back-
'ng towards the door. The governor ad-
vanced as they re— . ;‘-
treated, still lash-
ing them with his
tongue, still point-
.‘ng tho revolver at
their breasts. In
this manner, single
handed, he backed
the whole company
out of the door and
Off the train.
Thus, in daily
and nightly dan- 2
ger, Andrew John-
son lived during
tho war. He hold
fast to his loyalty, ,
and at times all alone upheld the United
States government in Tennessee.
The intense and long continued strain
would have shaken the nerves of one stronger
than Andrew J ohnsou. When he was elected
vice president he was already a broken man,
and ho was never the some again. Ho died
in Tennessee in 1875.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
EAST TEN N ESSEE.
The ordinance of secession had been passed
in Tennessee in 1861. But so loyal were the
people of East Tennessee to the Union that
the United States mails were not discontin—
ued there, but were ordered to bo carried in
twenty-six counties. Largely attended Union
conventions \yjci‘d_held,__titg, Knoxville and,
Gf-é'cnvillc in the summer of 1861. That at
Greeuvillo lasted three days, and issued a bill
of grievances against the Confederate gov-
ernment, which charged that the right of free
ballot had been subverted, that women and
children had been
shot down in their
h o m o s and that
peaceablo citizens
had been murdered
Sin cold blood.
Ishuiu G. Harris
was governor of
. \ Tennessee at; tho
' Q outbreak of the
" ‘ ' war, and was con-
‘ tinned in office at
‘ - cession state gov-
ISIIAEI G. HARRIS. crnmcnt, He was
most energetic in advocating secession, ul-
t-bough TetlllCS’J:u was the lust: of the south-
ern states to lesvo the Union. After Nash-
ville and Memphis wcro captured by the
Federal forces Governor Harris, without a
government, 0; gt-crltho Confederate army
and served ill) officer.
In 1871‘ 14.. I—Iorris was? elected United‘
States senator from Tcuuosscgand has filled
thatwflico ever since.
But East Tennessee never accepted the
ordinance of secession. At the Greenvillo
convention it was declared that that ordi-
nance was not binding on loyal citizens. The
state legislature was petitioned to give East
Tennessee e. Separate government. .
This was early in the summer of 1861. The
~ petition of the loyal citizens was refused, and
Governor Harris took measures to force the
Union mountaineers into the Confederacy.
The result was the reign of terror already
mentioned. Confederate infantry and cav-
alry scoured the country, destroying prop-
erty, seizing men and forcing them into the
Confederate army or imprisoning them at
Andersouvillc, Richmond and elsewhere.
Many wealthy Tennesseeans fled north and
entered the Federal army. The first Ten-
nessee Union regiment was made up of these
loyalists. ‘
The Union men who remained at home in
East; Tennessee'defended themselves in their
mountain fastnesses as best they might. In
time there developed on both sides parties of
guerrillas and bushwhackers. They fought
against each other with all the intensity of
passions engendered by this species of irreg-
ular warfare. Atrocities without number
were committed. '
, At; length, February 25, 1862, Nashville was
occupied by the Union army. Governor
Harris moved his government to Memphis.
That, too, fell into the hands of the United
States, in June, 1862.
Thence on there was no regular Confeder-
ate government in Tfimessee. Andrew J obn-
son was appointed 11in States military
governor in March, 1862. “fest Tennessee
was put under martial law by Gen. Grant.
TenneSScc was then overrun in turn by
each army, and sometimes both together were
upon her hapless soil. Union flags, during
the Confederate occupancy, had been hidden
in huts in the mountains. At; midnight gath-
erings, by a flickering candle, armed and
bearded men unfolded'these flags and in low,
thrilling izoucs swore renewed a cgitmce to
the stun-y banner. '
DELIVERANCE.
Not till the summer of 1863 did help come.
The rescuer was Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside.
Ho brought with him two divisions of his his-
toric Ninth corps from the Army of tag Po-
tomac. It had fought under him'at Antie-
tam, had shed its blood freely at li‘x'edcricks-
burg, and now the tried and two men fol-
lowed flieir favorite commander to the west.
The two division commanders who came
west, were Gens. Orlando B. thlch and
Robert B. Potter. The. corps commander un-
der Burnside was Gen. John G. Parke.
Gen. Burnside was appointed to the com-
mand of the Army of the Ohio in March,
1863. Ho made his headquarters in Cincin-
the Ohio, of which
he had charge, in-
cluded Ohio, Indi-
ana, Il inois, Mich-
igan, ' t Tennes-
see and “'0 eastern
‘ portion of K c n-
tucky. It was at
this time that there
was so much disloy-
alty in some states
of the north. Ken-
tucky was put un-
der martial law.
Soon'ufterarriving
_ in the west, Burn~
., . side prepared for a
GE...nonEItr neonum. campaign in East
Tennessee. . But the Ninth corps, under
Parke, was ordered to Vicksburg early in
J mm to aid Grant, and the movement: at that
time was obliged to ho given up. The troops
remaining in Kentucky were organized into
the Twenty-third army corps, under Maj.
Gen. G. L. Hartsuff. - _
While the Ninth corps was away at Vicks-
burg occurred Morgan’s raid through Ohio
and Indiana, accurately planned for this very
time. Burnside used the troops he had to the
best advantage in the pursuit; and capture of
the raiders. Then he turned his attention
once more to the East; TennesSoo expedition.
It: was during Burnside‘s occupancy of
Cincinnati as his headquarters that Clement
L. Vallundigham, of Ohio, was tried for dis-
loyalty by a military court and sentenced to
imprisonment in Fort Warren, Boston har-
bor. This was in May, 1863. President Lin-
coln, however, commuted the sentence, and
Mr. Vallandigham was sent south beyond
tho Federal lines. '
Several of the leading newspapers of the
country expressed their sympathy with Val-
landigham and the south, at the time of tho
trial, in no measured terms. Gen. Burnside
dealt with them summarilyf
One promised for the future to assumc‘a
loyal tone, and to submit editorials to Burn-
side for inspection. This he declined, but
nccepted the promise of loyalty. A second
Journal was suppressed, and a military guard
was placed around the office. The circula-
tion of the third
one within the de‘
partment of the
Ohio was prohib- 8;»
itcd. These stiriuL ‘
gent military or-
ders remained in
force for a. short
time, then Presi-
dent Lincolu i‘e- _
voked them. Buru- ,
side had kept the
fertile Blue Grass
region in central
Kentucky amply
guarded to prevent;
the possibility of raids there. It was from.
this rcgionthat he started ,to move over the
mountains into East Tennessee after the
capture of Morgan.
The forward march began Aug. 16, from
Richmond, Ky. Burnside had 20,000 men.
The Ninth corps had not; yet returned to him
from Vicksburg.
' It was intended that Burnside, from East
Tennessee, should co—operatc with Rosecrans
in South Tennessee. When Rosecrans ad-
vanced from Winchester to follow the re-
treating army of Bragg, Burnside moved
toward Knoxville.
J Cumberland Gap, the passage way from
Kentucky to East; Tennessee, was held by a
Confederate force under Gen. Frazier. This
force, a. single brigade, belonged‘to Buckner’s
command. Gen. Buckner himself was in
Knoxville when Burnside set out on his
mar'ch over the mountains. '
The people of East Tennessee had long
been looking and hoping for the United
States government to relieve them. The
news of Burnsido’s coming was therefore
GEN. JULIUS \VHITE.
i
welcomed with gladuess.
The marsh 98.91-flair...1012n_t_ainsms_scameix
. prisoners were of those who had surrendered
the head of the se- ‘
less~ difficult and painnfl fliun The one 3:033“
crans' army was making at the some time
further south. All the artillery and the
heavy wagon trains were to be draggcd up
the mountains and down again upon the op-
posite side. When the males were broken
down, the soldiers themselves in long lines
laid hold of the artillery carriages and drew
them up the mountain steeps.
The march was a. remarkablo one, both be-'
cause of the difficulties of the route and the
rapidity with which it was accomplished
Burnside’s' army traveled 250 miles in four;
teen days, much of the way over rugged
heights and broken mountain roads. By the
last days of August the army descended the
mountain and appeared in East Tennessee.
At news of their approach Buckner evacu-
ated Knoxville and made all haste south
with his command. He was ordered by
Bragg to occupy London, Tenn.
_ Burnside's army, in five columns, moving
by different routes, came together the first
part of September in East Tennessee. The
cavalry column moved through Wheeler’s
Gap and‘ proceeded to Knoxville. At that
place, Sept. 3, Gen. Burnside established his
headquarters.
CUMBERLAND GAP.
When Buckner retreated from Knoxville,
he left behind him Gen. Frazier, who, with
2,000 men, held Cumberland Gap. Buckner
retreated so hastily that Frazier had no in-
formation o_f it.‘ Ho _had no orders whdt
to do. > ’ ‘
As Burnside was passing, into East Ten—
nessee, he sent Col. Do Courcey with a force
eastward to threaten tho gap. As soon as he ,
was in possession of .Knoxvillc, he further
sent Gen. Shackelford, Sept. 5, to aid De
Courcey against Cumberland Gap.
Shackelford and Do Courcey summoned
Frazier to smrcnder. He refused. Within
‘ Frazierhlincs wasin. mill which suppliedéhis‘.
troops with flour. Shackelford’s men man-
aged, one night. to creep within the Confed-
erate lines and set fire to this mill and dc-
stroy it. Then starvation threatened the
force at the gap. '
Sept. 7 Burnside in person left Knoxville
to assist in the siege. He arrived Sept. 9.
after a. forced march of sixty miles. With
the bodies of troops, those of Shackelford, Do
Courceyynd the men just arrived. united in
front of the gap, Burnside himself repeated
the demand for surrender. This time it was
compliedwithfand the Confederate garrison,
with all its artillery and arms, fell into tho
hands of Burnside. Part of the men made
to Burnside the year before, at Roanoke
Island.
Dramatic and thrilling scenes occurred as
Bursitis advanced into East Tennessee. At
one place on the road between Kingston and
Knoxville, the passing army was greeted by
a. group of seventy women and girls, waving
each :1 flag of the stars and stripes and shout-
ing “Hurrah for the Union.” Hundreds of
Union banners had been concealed under
carpets, in bud mattresses and elsewnero.
They had sometimes even been buried in the
ground. As Burnside advanced to Knox-
ville they wero brought out again 'und flung '
to the breeze, till the whole country seemed
in the midst of a Fourth of July celebration.
Gray haired men, with tears running down
their cheeks, cried: -—
”Bless the Lordt The Yankees have come.
The old flag’s got back to Tennessee.”
A small Confederate force under Gen. Sam
Jones still remained near the Virginia. line.
This was pursued and driven into Virginia,
. and tho deliverance
of East Tennes'seo
was completed It
never again passed
under Confederate
rule.
By the possession
of Knoxville Gen.
Burnside held pos-
session of the rail-
way from Virginia.
_. to East Tennemee.
' He had orders from
Halleck, at Wash-
9 iugton, to hold all
‘ the valley of the
GEN. SAM JONES. Holston river, from
Gen. Rosecrans’ army on the west to the
Virginia line on the cast. The distance
was nearly 200 miles. Besides that, Halleck
ordered him to co-operate with Rosecrans.
The lino ho was obliged to guard was, how-
ever, so long that he could furnish no effect;-
ual aid to Rosecrans. ,
Burnside’s old corps, the Ninth, had re.
turned from Vicksburg and was resting in.
few Weeks in Kentucky. In accordhnco
with a. command from Washington to
movo all available forces into East
Tennessee, Burnside ordered the Ninth
corps to ' come to him. He received
this order from Washin 11, Sept. 16.
Sept. 17, Burnside receiv another order.
He was now told to res-enforce Rosecrans
with all possible haste. But the battle of
Chickamauga was fought Sept. 19 and 20. II:
wills. over by tho time Burnside’s forces could
be put in motion, and Rosccrans' army was
in Chattanooga.
FIGHT AT BLUE SPRINGS.
_7_
Gen. Sam. Jones had been driven into Vir-
ginia by Burnsido’s troops. But he did not
stay there. Oct. 8 he suddenly appeared at
Blue Springs, East 3%.
Tennessee. Tho .’ \‘
Ninth corps, with '
Willcox’s division,
aided by Shackel-
ford’s cavalry, was
sent against him,
Oct. 10. To inter-
cept his rear Col.
Foster was sent a. ,
roundabout w a. y
with a brigade of
cavalry. ,-
A severe fight oc-
curred Oct. 10 be-
tween Jones and
the force on his
front. He was driven back with severe loss,
but escaped Foster by retreating in the dark-
ness. He hastened to the Virginia border,
pursued by Shackelford, who could not over-
take him.
snares OF KNOXVILLE.
After the battle of Blue Springs Burnside
concentrated his forces about London and
Knoxville. Oct. 18, Gen. U. S. Grant was
made commander of the “military division
of the Misissippi,” thus becoming Burnsido’s
superior officer. There were at this time
three armies in Tennessee, namely, that of
the Cumberland, tho Ohio and tho Tennes-
see.
These were the three departments of Gen.
Grant’s new division. Burnside retained
command of the Army of the Ohio, Rosecrans
was relieved from command of the Army of
the Cumberland and Gen. George H. Thomas
succeeded-him. Gen. W. T. Sherman was
placed over the Army of the Tennessee. Hon.
Charles A. Dana, now editor of The New
York Sun, was assistant secretary of. war,
BRIG. GEN. \VXLLCOX.
‘ - KNOKYXLIE.
and exceedingly patriotic and efficient in
military matters. Ho made a journey from
Washington and visited Tennessee and Bum-
sldo at Knoxville to gain exact knowledge
of affairs there. - -
Oct. 20 there was another fight in East
Tennessee, where the Confederates were again
threatening. Col. Woolford held the Sweet.
water valley with a. Union force. He was
attacked not far from Philadelphia, Oct. 20,
and forced to retreat to London. The Con-
federates captured from him six guns, over
300 prisoners and a wagon truth.
It was evident that East Tennessee was to
be fought for once more. Nov. 18, a. Union
garrison at Rogersville was attacked and de«
tested, with the loss of another wagon train,
four guns, and 500 prisoners, and now it was
- . ascertained d c 11-
nitely that Lieut.
- Gen. James L013.
_, ‘ street’s corps of 12,;
' 000 m e n, w i t 1:
Wheeler and 5,000
cavalry, were com-
ing to crush Bum.
J F side in East Ten-
‘ ‘ ’ noses. Grant re-
commended Bum-
side to prepare for
this by concentra-
.£ .ting rut Kingston
and fortifying
there. Burn 8 id 9
preferred Knoxville as the place to make a.
stand. Mr. Dana was at this time visiting
the Army of the Ohio. He agreed with Burn-
side’s judgment, and Knoxville was chosen as
the point at which to prepare for resistance.
Preparations were immediately made to
fortify and provisioniKnoxville. The defenses
LONGSTREET.
Til'éi'o were ultimate??? earthworm on one
hills about Kim 0,;they, having been built
by Buckner, and inrlnpn'd by him when he
left East Tonnes: 31,1 tho approach of Burn-
side. . . 'f
The principal rk was that: named Fort
Sanders, in honcf Gen. W. P. Sanders, of
Kentucky. Fornnders wasn. mile undo.
half out of K110: lo,‘9u'tho Kingston road,
to tho southwo Allithis part of the do
fox-Jive lino w ordinauded by Gen. Ed-
ward Ferrero. , 3‘ ' _
Fort Sanders . situated cziahill cov-
' , ~ The saplings were
' ed stumps convert-
, . _ _ trap. Telegraph
~ , -.uround tho stumps,
._ tested firmly. 'l‘hiu
t6; the Uonreoerates'.
. When they npp‘ [bed ,t-hc hill and, endeav-
ored to charge its height they stumbled
across the wire dfell forward upon the
sharp points thalerced thém like bayone'ts.
Thus they lay iconfusion, while the fire
from the fort; . 1 ill deadly rain upon
them. Hundi-e f Loggstrcet’s assaulting
column thus lostielriliycs.
Knoxville is Sutedébn the north bank of
the serpentine Bolton}? London is in a. di-
rect lino sentence! Knoxville, on the
south bank of tHclston. The East Ten-
nessee and Gedityjrailroad connects the
'two towns. '— 21 ' ,_
Around tho eih'iyorks at Fort Sanders
ran the ditch; 1: root approached Fort;
Sander§ from t '. 1. /.
northwest. '
posted a. row =3,
guns parallel wit
the Union works
that point, '."00 ,i’t
1,500 yards aw i ‘
and trained th e
, v
I o
‘24
ed into nveri
wire was ‘wov
stretched tight if
son Davis himself.
It was promised
that Cheathimi 1m
should aid him, but
ing, and ho warn
pcdition alone-
fully equal to
bind the defenses oxville besides.
Nov. 14 Lon t crossed to the north
side of tho Hols below London. Burn-
side’s army was ly. posted ontho road
between London 1 Knoxville up to this
time. Gen. Rob-
ert B. Potter was
at Leuoir’s with
the Ninth corps.
Gen. Julius White
was there also
with a division of
tho Twenty—third
,corps. Burnside
_ “himself was at
Leuoir’s.
‘7 There wasafight
‘ " on the afternoon of
Q Nov. 14, near Lo-
. noii-‘s. Longstreet
. , was driven back
Llhv'l'. s. N. Bang. towards the Ho]-
ston. Nov. 15, B idc was ordered to
fall back to Kbxvill . thus drawing
Longstreet as far ay fr .nBragg as pos-
sible. He therefor, ‘thdrew to Campbell’s
Station. Herc,No 16, there was another
fight, at the close which Burnside with-
drew to Knoxvnieind entered its fortified
works. 5 ’
Longstreet’s car
vanced on the sent
the south side of t
Gen. W. P. Sand
.
Io. GEN. FEILRERO.
tevenson’s divisions
ey were not forthcomv
ed to start on the ox-
nside’s strength was
eet’s, and he was be-
y had meantime ad-
ide of the Holston. Ou
ivcr at Knoxville was
with a. small Union
cavalry force. 3' communicated with
headquarters nor be river by means of a
pontoon bridge. . John G. Parke had
command of illexin the absence of
Burnside.
Gen. Sanders
street’s cavalry
able to keep Long-
y till Burnside entered
Knoxville. T I he quickly and safely
crossed the river took a. position cover-
ing the London 1‘ '
There was co i ed skirmishing during
the day of Nov. 10'. 0v. 18, the battle he-
gun in earnest, and the brunt of it in the
beginning fell upOu -
Gen. Sandch’ j
small force. The, r “
whole force ff’ ,,
Longstrect’s t-,-
tack fell upon him,
For three hours to
sustained it, then
fell back nearei _
the town Here the; .
pursuing o n c m 3,
came within range,
of Forrero's gunsl,
which checked;
them. ' i '
Then Sanders mi, GEN. \V. P SANDERS.
turn attacked in alluring charge. His lit-
tle band was forcedback and he himself fell
mortally wounded. He died that evening, as
brave and chivalrots a soldier as ever led
men to battle. He was only ‘28 years old.
Gen. Burnside himself and staff watched the
dying hero. He sad to them as he passed
from life: “I am iot afraid to die. I have
done my duty, and served my country as
well as I could.” _
He was buried atmidnight. It was after
his death that tho brincipal fortification at
Knoxville was bani-d in his/honor Fort Sau-
ders. ?
When Gen. Sand '5’ force was driven back .
the Confederates inmediately occupied the
hill where .it had be‘tn. It was now the even-
ing of Nov. 18. The advantage thus far was
with Longstroet. '.’ho Confederate general
determined to iuvct Knoxville by regular
siege. ~
Burnside had sumlied Knoxville with pro-
visions in expectaton of this very event.
His task was nowjto hold Knoxville till
.Gmnt should send {relieving force. There
were three weeks’ 5 plies.
‘ The night of No . 18 Longstrcet invested
Knoxville on the w t, northwest and south-
west. Burnside i thin the fortifications
strengthened his wo ' and waited.
Nov. $3 to 25 occulred the battle of Chatta-
nooga, in which Brakg was defeated. That
left Grant’s army fret. Knowing this, Long-
street determined tfimd the siege by a great
assault on Fort San ers. That assault forms
afamous chapter in the history of the war.
In the first do ‘or November 29 the at-
‘ tack was made. It: as begun by three bri—
gades of Gen. Laf ette Mcbaws’ division.
The guns of Fort antlers had been double
and triple shotted. cLaws’ men advanced
to the ditch. At its 1 go they ppused. They
had no way to or Then the Federal guns
suddenly poured on .thunder and lightning.
The Confederates full right and left, many
rolling into the ditch But only for a. little
they paused. They forced their way across,
the ditch and moved up the hill. Suddenly
the leaders of the column were seen to 159.11,.
stumbling one upon another. They had
struck the telegraph wiro stretched among
the stumps. Then another tremendous vol-
ley from above was poured upon them. It
51:00]: earth and sky. It pierced the column
through and through. Hand grenades fol-
lowed the volley, some of these being hurled
by Lieut. Benjamin himself.
Nevertheless some pressul on and entered
the very embrasurcs. “There was a. spatter
of blood and brains,” says E. A. Pollard.
“In comparatively an instant of time we lost
70:) in killed, wounded and prisoners”, The
trench was filled with dead and dying to
eight and ten feet deep. The assault. had
failed.
Longstrcetg withdrew his broken columns.
Altogether in the attack he lost 1,400 men.
The loss in the fort was forty-three. The
dead were buried under flag of truce. Long-
street withdrew his army Dec. 5. Ho marched
into northeastern Tennessee, and remained
there till spring, subsisting on the country
and engaging in various skirmishes. Then
he rejoined Lee. '
Dec. 6 Gen. Sherman reached Knoxville
with u relieving column of 25,000 men. The
middle of December Gen. Burnside turned
over his command to Gen. John G. Foster,
and went home to Rhode island. Congress
{emit-red him a vote of thanks.
SABINE PASS.
(ion. Fiunldiii's Expedition Against It in
' 1863. ‘
Part of the boundary line between Louis-
iana and Texas is formed by the Sabine
river. It flows southward and empties into
what is called Sabine lake, near the Gulf of
Mexico. Sabine lake itself empties into the
gulf through a narrow stream called Sabine
Puss. At the southern end of Sabine lake is
Sabine City. ,
Sabine Pass figures variously in the war
history of the department of thejgulf. Oct.
1, 1862, Acting Master Cracker, with one
gunboat, a schooner and bomb vessel, cap-
tured the town and harbor from the Confed-
erate authorities. and. moved up the Sabine
river and destroyed a bridge and consider-
ablo property. The possession of Sabine
Pass by the United States put an end to a
heavy trade carried on by the Confederates
with Mexico through Sabine Pass and river.
- Oct. 1, 1862, Commander Renshuw, with a
small United States naval force, also cap-
tured Galveston harbor and city. But on
he lst of January, 1863, Gen. Magi-odor snc«
ceeded in capturing Galveston back again
for the Confederates.
Galveston is sixty miles west of Sabine
Pass. Having won Galveston, tho Confed-
wero chiefly superintended by Heat. 8. N.
heeisniinteeLLIm when some: eddies»
crates determined to attempt also to recap-
bin'B'Pass Jan. :51, 1805,31: a'dead osmium}
came down the river and attacked the Fed-
eral boats that blockaded the mouth of Sn.-
bine Pass. There were only two, the Morning
Light and the Velocity. The Confederate:
took possession of both vessels and then of
the garrison and its guns. The ' commander
of the Confederate force was Maj. Oscar M.
Watkins. .
No attempt to recover Sabine Puss from
the Confederates was made until September,
18%.
After the capture of Port Hudson, July 9,
1863. Gen. Banks received orders from Wash-
ington to take possession of some part of
Texas. The particular locality was not speci-
fied. After giving the matter consideration
Banks decided to make the attack on the
Texas coast. The co-opcrution of Furrugut’s
fleet was promised him in that event.
Banks decided finally to send an expedition
This position was
a. very important
one, and its loss to
the Union arms was
keenly felt. Its
possession a g a. i u
would give asecure
base of operations
to the Federal ur-
mies operating
either in western
9+. Louisiana or cast-
/ ern Texas.
The expedition
was not i'cudy to
sail till Sept. 5. It;
left; New Orleans,
and was under command of Maj. Gen. W. B.
Franklin. It consisted of a. land force of.
4,030 men and four gunbonts in charge of
Lieut. Frederick Cracker. Tho gunbonts
warm the Arizona, Capt. Tibbets; the Clif-
ton, tho Sachem and Granite City. The
Arizona led the way. Immediately follow.
MAJ. GEN. FRANKLIN.
»—ing.her was n'transport conveying a. portion
of the ,land force. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel
was on board the transport with his staff.
Gen. Franklin and Lieut. Cracker planned ’
their attack for daybreak, Sept. 8.
. Contrary to expectations, however, the
Confederate fort was able to make a spirited
resistance. It; contained eight guns and a
garrison of 200 men, well armed, under com-
mand of Capt. F.- A. Odlum. With this
force Capt. Odlum managed to capture two
of the gunboats, with the commander of the
fleet, cripple another of the vessels and
secure 200 prisoners, and drive the whole ox-
pedition of 4,000 men back to New Orleans.
A United ' States biockading vessel was
usually stationed'iu the mouth of the harbor.
Guided by her light, in the darkness of the
night; of Sept. ’t‘, the fleet was to enter this
harbor of the town and make the attack. Up
the pass it steamed, therefore, hour after
hour, keeping a lookout for the light of tho
blockader. But no light appeared, and at". 3
o’clock, Sept. 8, the fleet hove to and dis-
covered that it had long since passed
tho point where the attack was to
to be made; There was no blockudine vessel
there. It was away on a. cruise. By the
time the fleet had steamed back it would be
too late to make the attack.
Nothing. was therefore attempted, except
that somo shots from the Clifton were fired
into the fort early in the forenoon. N 0 reply
to this was made. The water was very low,
and it was with difficulty that the three other
gunboats and tho transports were able to get
over the bar. The transport anchored about
two miles away from the fort.
Thus, for the most of the day, Sept. 5, the
whole fleet and'ta‘ausports romaine in full
sight of the town and fort, giving the ‘Eon-
federates every opportunity to lprepare for
them. Late in the afternoon the Sachem,
Arizona and Clifton steamed up abreast of
tho fort and opened fire. It was not supposed
there would be much opposition. To t a sur-
isc of those on boar of the Union gun-
oats, however, a. great sheet of flame burst
from the fort, accompanied by a thunderous
sound. The fort was replying with atremeu-
dons fire from eight guns on the three light
armored boats.
The boilers of both the Clifton and the
Sachem were pierced with shot. Steam poured
forth, enveloping both in afog. Tho Sachem
was struck first, and lay helpless, swinging
around fast aground. She lowered her flag
in token of surrender.
The Clifton came next, moving swiftly for-
ward under full head of steam. ,On board of
her was a. detachment of sharpshooters. The
Clifton ran close up under t 6 guns of the
fort. She meant to deliver a. broadside, also
to give the sharpshooters opportunity to pick
off the Confederate gunners who were doing
such destiuctive wor . . >
As she a preached the. fort, under full
steam, the liftou struck hard 'agrouud and
swayed around broadside to the fort. She
continued firing a. few minnutes more, how.
ever, when suddenly a shot passed clean
throu h her boilers also, and all was over
with t 0 Clifton. She raised a. white flag,
and tho Clifton and the Sachem were at once
taken possession of by the Confederates.
Tho Granite City had remained behind to
guard the ti‘nnsports,two miles away, and was
not in the fight. There was, therefore, only
the Arizona now left. The channel— was so
narrow close to tho forts that there was no
room for her to pass the Sachem, which lay
directly in the channel. The Arizona there-
fore backed down stream and away from the
fight. , At length she too grounded, the third
and last but one of the guuboats accompany-
ing that ill starred expedition to Sabine Pass.
The ebb tide caught the bows of tho Ari-
zona. undtwisted her about till she lay di-
rectly across the channel. There was thus
no opportunity for the Granite State to come
to the rescue, even if she had desired to do so.
The officers and crews of tho Clifton and
Sachem were taken prisoners; so was Lieut.
Crocker, commanding the fleet. On board
both boats were sharpshooters. These, too,
were captured. A few men from the Clifton
escaped down tho beach and were taken of!
by the fleet. With the '1'ising of the tide in
the night, the Arizona got off and rejoined
the fleet. .
The fort still might have been taken by the
land forces. There were 4,000 men against
200 inside the works. But no attempt was
made avainst the Confederate gagrison by
Gens. “Poitzel and Franklin. There was no
attempt made to land the troops. '
’l‘ho naval force of the expedition was crip-
pled. The land force moved silent] out of
fho buy that: night and returned to ew Or-
sans
DEMOCRATS OPPOSE PROGRESS.
Clinging to Free Trade as They Did Be-
fore the War.
The south was as much devoted to free trade
as to slavery, and seceded to secure both.
The Hon. George D. Tillman, a native of
South Carolina, and a. member of Congress
from that state, in a letter to the Free Trade
association of South Carolina, of date April
23, 1886, used this candid language: “Shall
we of the Palmetto state always be self idol-
atrous Bourbons, never forgetting, never
learning anything? \Vas it not our intemper-
uto zeal for free trade that led to nullifica-
t' n, and was it not as much to enjoy free
ado as to protect Slavery that South Carolina.
seceded in 1860 3” Gen. Richard Taylor, a.
brother-in—law of Mr. J eE Davis, in his
book on‘ the war, makes this suggestion to the
Bourbon leaders of the south: “We made two
great mistakes :bad we avoided them we would
have succeeded. Tho first was, that we did
not destroy the last protective feature of the
tariff iii the winter session of 1857—53, by an
not providing for a sliding scale to the nearest
possible approach to free trade. As a Demo-
cratic measure we could have passed it, and
held it tight on the north and west until
their furnaces, work shops, cotton and- wool-
en mills, iron and steel works, were closed,
their workmen thrown out of employment
and scattered overthc prai'ies and territories.
When the war was ready, the north then
would not; have been ready for the war. It;
could not have armed, equipped, or kept in
the field its large armies nor builtanavy.
The north then would have been without sup-
plies, muchincry or workmen, without money
or credit. Our second mistake was in with-
from congress; how we blundcrcd in these
two respects I cannot understand, except
upon the hypothesis of an overruling Provi-
deuce.”
Pt'omiso and Performance.
The Democratic party is the party of pro-
fession (says The Sau' Francisco Chronicle);
the Republican party is the party of per-
formance. The Democrats profess to be
economical, but the records Show that; since
they have Obtained possession of the govern-
ment the expenditures have been largely in-
. creased; they profess to favor a reduction of
taxation; but they cannot point to a. dollar's
worth taken off: they profess to be alarmed
at an overflowing treasury and Republican
criticism was necessary to compel the re-
' demption of $195,000,000 of outstanding bonds
on which interest was being paid unneces-
sarily; they professed to desire civil service
reform, and have turned out every Repub-
lican official 'and filled their places with con-
victed thieves, ward strikers, etc.. and are
resorting in the most unblushing fashion to
tho disreputable system of assessing» office
this record with that: of the Republican
party. AS soon as possible every dollar of
internal taxation, except that on whisky and
suspended, several reductions of the customs
tariff were made and many non-competing
articles put upon the free list. No surplus
was piled up in the treasury, because the
money was promptly used to pay interest
bearing bonds, nearly two billions being re-
deemed in seventeen years, reducing the in-
forest: charge by nearly a hundred million
dollars a. year. The expenditures of all kind
were decreased, except payments of pensions,
which were largely increased with the up-
probation of the nation. Those uretho ro-
cords of the two parties, and yet Democrats
druwiu'r our senators and re )reseutntives,
(I \
holders for campaign purposes. Compare'
tobacco, was remitted, the income tax was-
Demourats Delay the Payment of Thorn.
Business Incapacity of Democratic Cou-
grcssmcn Demonstrated Again.
The house of repraentatives incontrolled by
southern Democrats, and they are apparently
incapable of prompt and business like action,
even on the most inbortnnt matters. The
French apoliatlon claims would have been paid
months ago had it not been for the dog in
the manger tactics of some of' the Democrats
in congress. They gained a victory in their
effort to postpone the payment of these
claims, but it is a victory, however, at which
all persons who value national honor and
honesty will grieve. These claims have been
held against the government since the early
years of the century. They grow out of
the capture and destruction by French
cruisers during the days of the Directory in
Franco at the close of the last: century of ships
and other property owned by Americans.
France, which, during that period, was en-
gaged in fighting combined Europe, seized
property when entering the port of its one-
jmies, even though this property was in vw
sols belonging to countries with which France
was at peace. This conduct was not in ac-
cordail'cc with international law, but was re-
sorted to, nevertheless, by all the combatants
at that time.
At the tcmporury collapse of the Europem
coalition against France, the United Stat”
pressed the claims of its citizens against that
country. Franco also had a claim against
the United States. In the alliance be-
tween the American colonies and France, in
17 78, during our war for independence, the
colonies agreed to allow, France favors in our
ports which would not be conferredon any
other nation. This country had not faith-
fully observed thc compact. The fulln‘u' "to .
do so was recognized as ’nwfair’oflset to the
claims which our g6vernment hud‘brought
against Franco. That country relinquished
its rights under the treaty against us, and
the United States assumed the payment of
the claims of its citizens against France.
Forty-four different committees of congress
in the past eighty years have reported in- fa-
vor of the payment by the government of the
French spoliation claims. J nines Madison,
Chief Justice Marshall, Edward Livingston,
Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Caleb Cushing,
Edward Everett, Rufus 'Choate. Charles
Sumner and many other of the most eminent
statesmen and jurists of the country have
pleaded for the payment of those dues. The
United States court of claims three years ago
by the unanimous judgment of its members
declared that: this was a.- just debt, which the
government was in honor bound to pay. And
yet the Democrats of the house committee on
appropriations have reported against: the sum
set apart; to pay' such of the claims as have
been established by the court. 2
All of the original claimants have long
been dead. Three generations have appeared
upon the scene‘sincc this question first came
before congress. The opponents of the
claims now desire to have the whole matter
sent to the supreme court, thus deferring for
many years more the final settlement. This
is not a. party question, but the toes of the
proposition to pay the claimants, however,
are Democrats. It is to the constitutional
inability of the Democracy to take a broad,
liberal and honorable view of any public
question that the country is today presented
with the disgraceful spectacle of the refusal
by the government to pay a trivial debt
which it has owed to its citizens for three-
quartcrs of a century, when its vaults are
filled with money for which it has no legiti-
mate use.
Southern Democrats Always for Free
Trade. .
Senator John T.liIorgau,of Alabamn,in 1883,
in a speech in the senate, said substantially
that he opposed protection because it increasd
the wages of labor; andvhe wanted cheap labor
for the cotton fields of the South. That pro-
tection cost each cotton planter twenty-five
cents a. day per laborer more than it other-
wise would. That he regarded the mineral
wealth and industrial development of Ala-
bama. doubtful blessings. In view of these.
facts how can any candid mind doubt that
free trade is _thc purpose of southern De-
mocracy, and as such the policy of the Demo-
cratic party? .
For as soon as the southern leaders again
got control of that party after thewar it was
proclaimed that the tariff was a local and not:
a national issue. Next a “tarifl for revenue"
was demanded. Then “a tariff for revenue
only, with incidental protection.” Now they
make the unctuous demand for “turifl re-
form.” It is thus plain that the ambition of
the southern leaders is now, as before seces-
sion, the spoils of power, the creation of a
governing class, the pauperizntion of
labor, the establishment of a system
of agricultural peonagc and the en-
couragcment of sectionalism. For these
objects the south, by fraud and intimidation,
has been solidified. The next step in this
programme is to control, by the aid of north-
ern Democracy, the government, as cfliectu-
‘ ally now as before secession. To repossess
themselvw cf everything except slavery,
that was lost by war; cut the locks of north-
ern strength; establish free trade; that the
south. by reason of the wealth of its cotton,
the great staple of exportation, may again
be firmly put “in the saddle.”
, A Former on the Mills Bill.
To the Editor of The Elmira. Advertiser:
SIR—If Mr. Cleveland is right when he
says that placing a duty upon an article in-
creases the cost of that article ;to the con-
sumer by the amount of that duty, then, cer-
tainly, taking off the duty from marticlo
must reduce its cost to the consumer that
much; so, under the operation of thoMills
bill. the funnel-would be obliged to take 35
per cent. less for his wool in order that the
consumer—tho manufacturer—may be able
to buy it; that much cheaper.
Now what do they give the farmer in re-
turn for his loss? Cheaper clothing? I guess
not! Why, the Mills bill increases the duty
on manufactured woolen goods from 35, the
present duty, to 40 per cent. ‘nnd according
to the condition that would confront us, if
Mr. Cleveland 'is right and the adding of a.
dutyto an article increases thecostto the
consumer that much, the farmer would have
to pay more his clothing than he does now.
And yet the Democratic party asks the
farmer to walk up to the polls, and blindly
vote for this unjust discrimination against
him. Farm
‘ Caton, Sept. 26.
A Broad and Noblo Platform.
The Republican platform proposes adis-
tinctly American policy: not one of narrow-
ness and bigotry, but one broad and philan-
thropic—n. policy that besthelps the whole
world by the example of a great, growing,
powerful nation, founded on the equality of
every man before the law.
It is for the American people to develop
and cultivate the continent to which, in tho
providence of God, they have fallen heirs.
They—should adopt a policy which looks
. steadily to this great end. With no spirit
of nurrownas toward other peoples. but
,rather in the highest interest of all, they
should find under their own flaga field of
limitless advance in the direction of the im-
rovement, the r ri undtlie incss
£2 man.—Mortol’i’mtteti¥of Accepm.
Direct from the Front.
KNOXVILLE, TENN., July 2, 1888.
The Swift Specific Co.,. Atlanta, Ga.:
Gentlemen—I can cheerfufly and truth-
fully say that S. S. S. is the greatest blood
purifier on earth. In 1884 I contracted
blood poison. Physicians treated me with
no good. results. I took a half dozen differ-
ent kinds.of blood medicines, but, without
receiving any permanent relief ! I was in-
duced to try. S. S. S. I the first
bottle with the gravest doubts of success.
I had been so often deceived. But im-
provement came, and I continued its use
until perfectly'well. I have since married,
and have a healthy family. No trace of the
disease i? seen. Swift‘s Specific did all
this for me, and I am grateful. Yours
truly, \‘ J. S. STRADER.
118 Dale Ave.
~ KEMP, Tsxns, June 23, 1888.
The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.:
Gentlemen—A sixteen-year-Old son of
mine was afflicted with had blood, and broke
out with an eruption on various parts of his
body. I put him to taking S. S. 3.. and a.
few bottles cured him entirely. I live at
Lone Oak, but my post-oflice is at Kemp.
4 Yours truly. W. S. Rosmsou.
Three books mailed free on application.
All druggists sell S. S. S.
Tim Swnrr Srscmc Co.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
‘ ' New York, 756 Broadway.
Glad tidings. Relief and cure of throat
and lung diseases. Fontainc’s Cure is
guaranteed to cure a cold in 12 hours.
For sale by C. Lapham, 11 Main Street,
Norwalk.
Vancouver Island coal is being mined at
the rate of 2,000 tons per day.
If you feel as though water was gather-
ing around the heart, (heart-dropsy,) or
have heart-rheumatism, palpitation 'of the
heart with suffocation, sympathetic heart
trouble, Dr. Kilmer’s Ocean-Weed reg-
Iinve the cheek totalk about economy and
reducing taxes
turc Sabine Puss. Four vessels, filled in
with cotton bales and armed with five guns,
7;: «mm: 600 men. ppmmdbefom So-
ulatcs, corrects and cures. ~ For sale by
C. Lapham, ‘11 Main street.
, Selling Agents.
I ~ — ABE workman!) ONLY BY
Absolutely 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, allumor phosphate powders.
ROYAL BAKING Pownim 00.,106 Wall 8L. N. Y. I
mus PUBLIC m'rsnss'rs '
Treated in a clean manly way. i
A heat! ny people make a prosperous nation. ‘
People made and kept healthy by
Bfllfll’l Gilli American Sliflilli.
Blue-mutton with its Vise-like p tortures Its
victim until he loses control of to temper, and
then comes grave mistakes. Another turn of the
vise and Nelnlgll. torments all tlence out of a
man. Relief from these terrible tseases 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 this climate, you cannot afford making the mis-
take of being without a bottle of this wonderful
remedy. Damp, chili winter winds, sleet, snow,
stop and ice are as certain to bring on the tar-
ments of KnBUXATlSM and tortures of Nxomwu
as tsBsnsn’s GREAT AMERICAN SPECIFIC to cure
them. Price 50 cents a bottle. Prepared only by
Maurice, Baker & Co., Portland, Me. Doolittle at
Smith, 24 and ‘26 ’l‘remont Street, Boston, Mass.
EEfllESS
LAIIIESit was
Do Your Own Dyeing, at Home.
They will dye everything. They erewld every.
where. Price 100.: package. Theyhuve , '
entertainment,
Bus removedto the building
lien in Gregory’s Stalin. Knight sheet
Where he cries first-class
Carriage Repairing and Painting
m At Reasonable Prices.
FURNITURE
A Full Stock of Furniture 01' all kinds-
PABLUR AND BEDBUUMSETS '
a epecluity.
DAVID STOW,
Main Street opp. Depot
SOUTHNORWALK,CON1N
P. H. DWYER.
The largest Stock of Harness
EVER DISPLIYBD ill TOWN.
, All First-Clue, Hull Stitched, 03k Tanned
ellnylvnll- Leather '
THIRD CLASS PRICES.
Colt early as I intend to sell at Sun. Psorrr,
SE YEN1 Y- F1 VE‘
Set Shale and Bonnie Harness.
HABBEIBROOK "All.
Over Mitchell's Market, next door. to P. II. D»?-
er’s old stand. lctf
EQUITABLE MORTGAGE 00.,
OF KANSAS CITY. CAPITAL 82,000,000
oandT
rcent. Debenture Bonds and Mort e
Loans at B: gag
r and Accrued Interest.
R. B. CRAUFURD, Agent.
Room 2 Masonic Bullet! g
for Strength, Brightness, Amount in Packages
or for Essence: of Color. or non-fading Qualities.
They do not crook or smut ; 40 colors. For sale by
J. G. Gregoryth 60.; C. Lupham, 11 Main street;
Geo. B. Plaisted. Drugglsts. 1m
sovnroh’s FURNACES
WIT t LATEST PATENT l-PIOVEIKN‘I’S
The Boynton Forms 00
N. A Benson. Prest- 207 d. 209 WATER 5L. NJ
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==. FOR SALE BY ...... -
r. w. JAQUI‘, Jr.
HENRY TILLY
CARRIAGE MAKER,
SOUTH NORWALK, - ~' CONN.
Manufacturer of
Family carriages, Victories, Bunnies, tie.
All Kinds of ,-Repairing.
'Q Joust s A'riiinsoh,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Harness, Blankets,
Tmm ks, Bags,
Sole Leather and Shoe Findings, and Boot
and Slice Uppers.
Corner of Pair-field Ave. and Biddle Street
Bridgeport, Conn.
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' ‘ For Sale.
DOUBLI‘.‘ BARRELLED RIFLEI madeby Joli
NORWALK. CONN.
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Heals Without Leaving a Scar.
d iseasc to the Internal Organs.
all the poisonous andrcorrupt liumors,
eradicates the disease fronf the system.
Sores,
everywhere.
results than any other medicine.
Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion.
Neuralgia. and Nervous Diseases.
Kidneys. Colds and Fever and A e.
HOFFAT‘S LIFE PILLS are
dinner Pill. one taken after dinner each
Dyspepsia,
Complaints, etc.
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'- THE ONLY
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Brilliant é;
Durable .
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Economical
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Are Diamond Dyes. They excel all others
in Strength, Purity and Fusiness. None others
are just as good. Beware of imitations—they
are made of cheap and inferior materials and
give poor, weak, crocky colors.-
36 colors; 10 cents each.
Send postal for Dye Book, Sample Card, directions
for coloring Photos, making the finest Ink or Bluing
(to cis. a quart), etc. Sold by Druggists or by
WELLS, RICHARDSON d 00.. Burlington, Vt.
For Gliding or Bronzing Fancy Article-.085
DIAMOND PAINTS.
Gold, Silver. Bronze, Copper. Only 10 Cents.
Page’s Cliniax Salve,
It .FAMILY BlESSING FOR 25 CENTS.
Its action upon the system is unlike any other external remedy, as it never drives the
lts properties go to the diseased part, and separate
through the perspiring vessels to the surface, and
We warrant it to cure Old Sores. Ulcers.
Scroiula Sni'es, Salt Rheum, Sore Breasts or Nipples. Inflamed Eyes. Swollen Glands,
Erysipelas, Bails, Scalds. Bums, Cuts. Bruises,
blains, Frosted Feet. and all cutaneous diseases on man and-beast.
’ PAOE’S CLIHAX SALVI acts like magic on horse flesh in curing Scratches, Mange, Old
Fresh Cuts, Snake Bites, Bruises, Burns, Saddle and Harness Calls,
lunxes three times larger than any other Salve, and sold a: the low price oftwcnty-five cents per box.
' it is warranttd to cure in every case or money refunded. For
Moffat's Life Pills are purely vegetable. _
and kidneys, purify and regulate the whole system, and are warranted a. certain cure
for all Malarious Diseases, Torpid Liver, Impurc Blood; Jaundice.
Blissett, London. Will be sold cheap to
main. Enouire at the office.
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at amino 99. PIWIS items on
Fistula, Piles. Corns, Bunions, Chil.
Clinics. etc. It is put up in
Sale by Druggists and Dealers in medicine
' OFFAT’S LIFE PILLS.
THE GREAT STOMACH AND LIVER REMEDY.
Established by one of our most eminent physicians and recommended by the medical
profession and druggists who know their real merit, and are used With more pleasing
They act on the stomach, bowels, liver
Bilious Complaints,
Costiveness, Nervous and Sick Headache,
Female obstructions and General weakness. Scurvy.
Inflammatory Rheumatism, Piles of every kind, Gravel and Diseases of the Bladder and
e egantly Sugar coated and easy to take and are a perfect after
day Will aid digestion and cure all disorders of the Stomach.
Headache and Sick Headachecanuotexistiithese l’ilis 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. They correct the secretions of the stomach and are a sure cure for
Sleeplessness, N ervousnees, Debility, Weakness, Loss of Appetite, Femal:
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.
will try them once, their use will convince the most skeptical.
'8 GLIHAX SALVE. 25¢. a Box. HOFFAT'S LIFE PILLS, 25¢. a Box. HOFFAT'S
PHOENIX BITTERS. $1.00 a Bottle. For Sale by Druggists and Dealers in mcdlcll. : everywhere,
or sent by mail or Express, prepaid, on receipt of price.
3’. P. MILLS, Sole Proprietor.
85 LIBERTY STREET. NEW YORK.
It is simply asked that the afllictcd
CELEBY
COMPOUND
PROOFS
"Paine‘l Celery Conn-
pound cured my nerv-
ous sick headaches."
Mrs. L.A. Busn‘msn,
San Jacinto. Cal.
Paine's
CURES
Neuralgia
Nervous
Frustration
“After using six bot-
tles of Paine's Celery
‘ , ’,I am cured
of rheumatism." -
Samoan Hurcumsort
South Cornish, N. If.
Rheumatism
"It has done me more
good for kidney disease
than any other medi-
Kidney
5 Diseases cine." Goo. Anson,
i Sioux City, Iowa.
"Paine's Celery Com-
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one i or iorp w",
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