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‘Beginning of the Operations Described.
IT WAS TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AG .
An Attempt to Carry the City by Surprise—13hr) Outer Works Taken try-Ao-
sau.t«-Arrival of the Armies of Grant and Lee-Movements to Surround the
City-A Bold Raid Against the Railroads-
[Cormonr,_1889, or Ammm Panes Amman]
} lit was-not until June 13, milk—twmtyfive
years ago—that the troops of the Army of
the Potomac abandoned the lines at. Cold
Harbor. Then they moved to the left toward
James. liven-croming at right angles several
roads running into Richmond from the south-
east. Lee supposed that Grant was moving
to attack Richmond along these roads On
that same day Lee received an urgent dis-
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PETERSBURG AND wcmrrr.
patch from Gen. Beauregard, stating that
heavy forces were threatening l’etersbm‘g
and asking for re-enforeemcnts, At this time
Hancock‘s corps was on the James ready to
cross a short distance below the mouth of the
Appomattox. The Fifth and Ninth corps
were in the interior, on the peninsula. out of
sight of Lee’s scou‘s. The"James had been
obstructed above Gen. Butler‘s lines at Ber-
muda Hundred, and Butler’s force was still
active and holding the attention of the gmzmer
part of Beaumgard’s force.
Only one day before, news had come to
Lee’s headquarters that .9. strong Union col-
umn, under Gen. Hunter, was advmicing up
the Valleyof Virginia, threawning the cap-
ture of Lynchburg, the western gateway to
Richmond, and on that day, too, Hampton
had fought Sheridan in heavy column at
Trevillian Station, on the Virginia Central
railroad, two days’ march from the Confeder-
ate capital. Richmond was menaced onall
sides, and Lee kept his troops in hand close to
that city. Early was sent by rail toward
Lymchburg to meet Hunter, and Longstreet
and Hill were strung along the southerly
roads threatened by Grant.
Meanwhile an attempt. was made in a small
way to seize Peiersburg. Gen. Butler held
his force of about 15,000 men at Bermuda
Hundred whiletho fighting was going on at
Cold Harbor. Beauregard had closed lulm in
to the narrow neck on the land side, but he
had beats, and a naval convoy on the river
for protection to transports. Gen. Kantz
was at City Point with two small brigades of
cavalry, and on the 8th of June Gen. Q. A.
Gillmore, with a portion of the Tenth corps,
numbering about 3,000, moved from Ber-
muda Hundred to City Point and joined
Kantz. By :Llllglli‘; march they reached the
outskirts of Peters-burg on the east. Here
two roads—the Prince George’s Court House
road and the Jerusalem plank road—enter
the city from the east and southeast. Gill-
more took the shorter route and drew up be-
fore hitrenclnnents on the Court House road.
Kautz’s cavalry moved around to the Jeru—
salem plank road and here encountered ar-
tillery posted behind earth cmbaukmcnts,
called luncttes. _ '
A series of (hose luncttes, consisting of
three walls facing front, right, and left, and
provided with embrasures for cannon, had
been constructed from tho Appomattox river
to the Jerusalem road. At this time there
were no regular Confederate infantry troops
in the works except the brigade oeren. Hen-
ry .l‘iisc, 2,400 strong. These, with some
artillery, held the lines in front of Gillmore.
Gen. Kant-z; expected to surprise the slender
guard along the plank road, but at the first
appearance of the column in the morning
the alarm bells of Pctcrsburg had been rung
as a signal of danger to call to urms the local
defenders of the city. These Gen. Wise said
he had organized and drille: for such duty,
and they consislud of old men and boys with
fowl lug pieces and pistols. He even emptied
the jail and the hospital and organized com-
panies appropriately called “l."euitcuts" and
“Patients.” _
This militia was rallied under Gen. d runes R.
Colsion, who happened to be in the city, and
was place-.1 in the lunettes along the plank
road. Meanwhile Tv'ise went across the Appo-
mattox to hurry over recnforcements, for be
supposed that the long predicted assault by
Grantls army was now to take place. Kant-z
moved his men cautiously, skirmishing ahead,
and about 10 o‘clock he carried the lunettes
along the road by a mountedcharge. Gen. Col-
ston, a: he says, had 225 of the militia there,
and they stood to the work until about one—
fourth had been shot down and the position
was enveloped on three sides. 110 then drew
them 011’ along a ravine toward another line
of works on Reservoir Hill, nearer the city.
Kuutz’s men gallopcd in on the plank road,
but at the waterworks found a battery in
line, the militia that had rallied, and a. bri-
gade of cavalry that had been drawn in from
outpost duty.
Meanwhile there had been no communica-
tion between Gillmore and Kautz. The line
in from. or. ummoro was' turned by Keutz‘s
. .. success or, the plank
road. but the? two
Union forces'wcre
some miles :1 art,
and Gillmore , ul-
ly turned about
and marched back
to City Point with-
out firing a shot.
Before night fresh
troops of all mans
came to the city,
, and Gen. Beaure—
gard soon followed
1 and made it hisper-
our. Q. A. GILLMORE. 50ml care to place
:he town in a defensible situation until Lee
:xhould decide to come on with the army.
All of this appeared to Lee to be u. fexnt by
Grant, and he kept his tree )3 north of the
James, but the soldiers of l30uuregm‘d and
the citizens as well, were aroused to activ-
ity by the transient investment.
GEN. SMITH’S ASSAULT.
Gen. W. F. Smith‘s Eighteenth corm, 10,000
strong, drew out of the lines at Gold Hur—
bor Junc12, and marched to White House
landing on the Paunmkcy, thence, moving
tlu‘ough the York and James, rcachedu land-
ing on the 11p, mnuttmx river, about: ten
miles from Pctcrsburg, on the evening of the
l-ltl'l. Knutz’s cavalry and Gen. Hiuk’s (li-
vision of colored troops were use-igncd to
Smith. Smith had been under l‘.lcado"s or-
ders at- Cold Harbor, but as soon as ho was
detached from the Army of the Potomac he
came again under Butler’s connnand. In
sending Smith, Con. Grant instructed Butler
to 11:1: him to secure a landing on the south
side of the James, but not to attempt to
seize l’etcxslmrg unless- hrA was certain that
he could take it and hold it. The day that
Smith reached the .Ilppmuattox, Grant
reached Butler’s hemlqunrtcrs at Bermuda
Hundred, and he ordered Smith, with all the
ro-cnforcements at Butler‘s command, to at-
tack the defenses of l’etersburg on the east
side.
The long line of lune-tics from the plank
road to the Appomattox had been connected
by ditches and by high infantry breastworks,
and so far as they could be manned, they
made strong defenses. No furthr'r instruc-
tions were given, and Smith landed early on
the 15th and sent out Kuutz’s cavalry as skir-
mishcrs. The enemy was found intrenched
near the Peters-burg and City Point railroad.
The Work was carried by Illnks’ 'troops.
Hinks’ and Brooks’ division of Smith‘s corps
now moved in along the railroad and were
met at the enemy‘s intrcnehcd line by a heavy
artillery fire. Martincialc’s division of
Smith’s corps moved up between t1 lo railroad
and the Appmnattox. The intrcnchmeuts
were very strong,r and well supplied with ur-
tillery, and there were about 2,500 infantry
and a brigade of cavalry in.sllpp01‘t.
The Confederates had planted their long
range guns to sweep the ravines, which were
allalong their front, and some time was con—
sulncd in placing Union m'tillcry to bear
upon the works before assaulting. leforo
night closed in seven fortified batteries and a
mile and a half of infantry parapets were
carried by zrssaulb, with sixteen cannon and
many prisoners. During the afternoon Smith
received word'from prisoners mane-enforce—
meats from Lee’s army were crossing the
J runes to relieve the defenders of l’ctcrsburg,
and he also learned that Gen. Hancock, with
the Second corps, was coming up to his as-
sistance. Gen. lluneock was still six miles
011' and Smith waited for his aid, fearing that
in case Beauregard should be reeuforced, he
(Smith) would have all he could do alone to
hold what he had gained.
Gen. Beauregard was early apprised of the
gathering of ,forseg‘pp_ 311g 9293? 99514.41»-
Immatbo‘i‘ oversmlupuge lets-ac urgemTy
requested Gen. Lee to send help to hold Po-
tersburg, boatuso he believed that it was the
next point to be attackcxl by Grant. Hoke’s
division, which belonged to Beam‘cgerd’s de—
partment, was at the time near Drury’s Bluff,
and it was started on the morningof the 15th,
and by the time Smith had carried the outer
line of works at I’otersburg, as narrated,
these re-enforcemenfs were drawn upon a see
ond,1iuo closer to the city, and this they set
to work to lntl‘cnch. When Hancock ar-
rived in the evening some of his troops ro—
lievod Smith’s men in the trenches and noth-
ing further was done.
The failure to capture the city has given
rise to much controversy, and the late arrival
- - of Hancock's corps
is taken as a. cause
of the failure. The
distance from the
point where Hun-
cock’s troops landed
on the morning of
the 15th to Smith’s
camp was fifteen
miles, and his in-
structions, when he
started, w e r e t 0
move up to u
sitlou on the oil?
Point railroad, near
Peiersbur . Hun-
eock rece ved his
orders from Marcie;
Smith, Whom Han—
cock we: to assist, received his from Butler.
In his report Gen. Hancock states that he did
not know that Smith was going to make an
attack until after 5 o‘clock in the afternoon,
and consequently he had not made special
effort to reach the field.
Gcn. Beauregard had a. division of Confed—
erates on his old linesin front of Butler at
Bermuda. Hundred, commanded by Bushrod
Johnson, and it was armngcd on the night of
the 15th to leave a. light guard inthe trenches
there, move Johnson to Petersburg and leave
the Bermuda Hundred works to the protec-
tion of the advance of Lee’s army, now on
the north bank of the James. After John,
son had evacuated the lines in pursuance of
this plan some of Butler's pickets discovered
it, and by daylight Terry's division of But-
ler’s command were in on.
On the morning of the 16th Beauregard
had at Pctcrsburg the divisions of Hoke and
GEN. W. F. SMITH.
- Johnson and the brigades of \Visu and Elliott,
about 14,000 men, and plenty of artillery.
This force was placed between the Appomat-
for river and the Jerusalem plank road, a
stretch of about five miles.
Gen. Meade arrived during the morni,
and Hancock was placed in command of :5
the troops on the field and ordered to attack.
Two divisions of the Ninth corps had arrived
and the column was formed for assault at 0
o’clock p. m. Hancock’s Second corps held
the center and twodivisions of the Eighteenth
were on the right, with Burnside on the left.
The enemy was driven aloe the wholollne
and several fortified batteres were taken.
The fighting continued until dark and the
10$ was heavy, the Confederates attempting
several times to recover the lost ground. In
the assault Gen. J me! A. Beaver, since gov-
ernor of Pennsylvania, lost his leg. The Irish
brigade, of Hancock’s corps, lost its second
counnauder during the summer’s cam
Col. Patrick Kelly, Elghtyeighth New orig,
being killed at the head of his command.
Notwithstanding the heavy lcsses the com-
mands were prepared to renew the assaults,
and on the break of day the next morn
Potter’s division of the Ninth corps carried a
series of rcdoubts, making heavy ca tures in
prisoners, cannon and muskets. Th 3 attack
was a. complete surprise, the troops moving
upon, the sleeping Confederates and not firing
a shot.
The Fifth corps had. Emilie during the
nightof the 16th, @1951 In the course offlthe
day the entire llnioixs101ire bed Emilee
Confederate works of the outer lineandut
nightfall were c.1686. is» a, .3: menus. had
been taken upl on commanding ridges, three
miles from t_o city. The lines “fete very
close and ofierdflii‘cha 7" mode a. coun—
ter attack on one division o'_ , the Ninth corps,
Isdlie‘s, and recaptured Some breastworks
and many «prisoners. U to this time the
only Conf crate force _ the trenches at
Petersburg were Beanregurd‘s original com—
mand. None of Lee‘s unit had yet arrived.
On the Union side the econd, Ninth and
ma; corps were in position and News divi—
sion of the Sixth corps had arrived and taken
the place of Brooks’ division of the Eigh—
teenth corps, which now returned to Butler’s
lines at Bermuda Hundred.
On the morning of the 18th it was found
that Beauregard had retired again and had
placed a deep, swampy ravine between his
army and the enemy. ~
Gen. Meade now ordered his whole line
forward, and it moved to the assault. Two
general assaults were made, the first at noon
and the second late in the afternoon The
Ninth corps secured an important position
on thel‘l'orfolk and Pctcrsburg railroad, near
the crossing of the enemy‘s lntrénchments.
This was the point nearest toPetersbur , and
was in front of nu elevation known as ‘ me-
tery Hill, which completely shut out the
view of the city. The lines here were only
150 yards apart, and the ground was held by
Burnside until a. mine had been planted
under one of the works of the enemy on the
slopes of the hill
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now A PONTOON BRIDGE Is BUILT.
Hancock‘s corps was on the right of Bum-
sldejs and extended to the Appomattox river,
across the Prince George‘s Court House road
and the City Point railroad. Across the Ap-
pomattox there were strong Confederate
earthworks, with heavy guns, and Hancock's
line was subjected to a. severe fire from these
as well as from the batteries on his front.
The Union line here was within range of the
bridges over the Appomattox connecting
Richmond and Petersburg. The ground was
stubbornly contested by the Confederates,
and an attempt by Hancock‘s corps to carry
a ridge sixty rods in their front was repulsed
with heavy loss. Everywhere the Confed-
crate positions commlmded those of their
enemy. Lee had arrived at the front and
Anderson’s and Hill’s corps came to the field
during the day.
Gen. Grant also came to the front, and
when he found the two principal roads to the
city, the Jerusalem plank road, over Ceme-
tery Ridge, and the Prince George‘s Court
House river road blocked by strong works,
manned by Lee’s veterans, he ordered :1 cos-
sation of attacks and direcwd that the men
be given rest and supplies.
OPENING THE SIEGE.
Thelesses in these three days of assault
were about 10,500 men, of which about 2,000
were accounted for as missing. The killed
were 1,208, the woundedhtl’li’i The Second
corpshml lost in killed and wounded over
2,000 men, and nownumbcrcd, notwithstand-
A sou'runmx' MILITIAMAN.
ing some l'ecufm'cemcnts brought up during
the campaign, only 17,000 present for duty
against; 28,000 when it entered the Wilderness
on May 4. This corps nuulo a record in these
six weeks that was not Surprised by any
corps during; the war, not excepting the fa-
mous battalions of “Swllewall” Jackson in
18623 and ’63. At the lVilderuoss, at the
“Bloody Angle” (Spotls‘vlvunfa) and at Cold
Harbor it had been the fortune of Hancock’s
men to get into the thickest of the fight, and
it would be no exaggeration to say that every
eccond, men and officer in the rams had been
killed or wounded.
ucu. mum now determined to besioge
Pctersburg, beginning with a partial invest-
ment and gradually hemming inthe occu-
pants. Butler remained across Appomattox
river at Bermuda. Hundred, where his linm
were in reality a continuation of the lips of
the Army of the Potomac before Potetsburg,
the Appomattox breakhig the connection.
The Confederate lines in front of Butler were
also an extension of Lee’s lmes of defense at
Petersburg, and moreover, they guarded the
Richmond and i’etcmburg railway, the line
of communication between Lee‘s armyand
the capital.
The Army of the Poumec wasnowaecumly
planted on the south side of James river. The
Union navy had controlled these waters 09
far up as the obstructions and batteries at
Drury's Bluff since 180:3. Thobaseet sup-
plies wee established at City Point, on the
James below the mouth of the
mutton, end here steam loaded w th
food supplies and ammunition, found a
barber as secure as though no war
was going on. Ibssenger steamers for
the accommodation of civilians who a;-
eurcd permits made regular trips from m
timore and Washington. Grants headquar-
ters were established near the landing, in a
house built of logs, and inushort time the
lace becameu city in miniature. A heavy
inc of airthworks was constructed in a. circle
around the camp. Them was already a rail-
reod rennin between Petersburg and City
Point, and th was put in operation for some
distance toward Petersburg, and a brunch
track was laid all nlmg the rem-of the Union
lines, with stations convenient to each army
cox-5;, where "supplies could be unloaded and
mo . until noedszcihy the troupe-
Tho theeryof the attacks. on Wishing,
which was a. place of no military importan
will be understood by glen at a. map 0
the region south and west 0 James river.
The railroad from Richmond to Weldon, N.
0., run through Potersbm‘g, and from Weldon
there was a railway connection with Wil-
mington, the chief blockade running port of
the Confederacy on the Atlantic coast. The
Weldon road would be out if the Union
troops could secure Petersburg. Another
minced, the Southside, mu from Petemburg
to Lynchburg, Va, about eighty miles dis,
tent. and about. forty miles from Pctersbmg
the southsne road cmml the railroad from
Richmond to Danville, Va.
Allof these routrn were of great impor-
tance to the Confederates, and during the
operations of 1809 and 18%, and so for in
1864, they had been able to send troops by
rail from Richmond to Lynehburg, tothc
Shenandoah Valley, to southeastern Virginia,
round Suffolk to the coast of North Carolina,
'und to Charleston, 8. 0.. and in time of need
to draw m—enforcements from these regions
to engage in battles moor Richmond, with all
the rapidity that eilcmn affords. So long
' Ricluuond, L mchburg, Mrsburg and these
railroads an the u per James river re-
mained in ixxsscssion 0’; the Confederates Vir—
ginia was a great stronghold. The expat.
tiene sent out in May and June from the
Shenandoah Valley to take Lynchng and
come up in the rear of Richmond had failed.
[The story of these movements will be given
in a paper on the Shenundmh operations to
follow in this series.) It now became neces
sary for the Union commander to continue
to threaten Richmond and Petersbnrg out-ho
east, and at the same time operate as for as
possible south end west, in order to destroy
those railroads, feeding Lee‘s army on the
J nines.
Butler‘s army, as has been stetui, was in
lines at Bermuda Hundred, only a day’s
match from Richmond, and the Army of the
Potomac. had. nearly all of Leo's army in its
front at Petersburg. Thus the troops at
Grant‘s command in the mat were all occu-
pied in holding on to what had been gained.
To make up somewhat for want of men,
Grant begun the erection of heavgeintrench-
ments on the lines to be held at tersburg.
A chain of heavy forte, manned with large
cannon and connected by infantry breast—
works and small intrenched batteries for light
artillery, was at once begun. The materials
usedinthcso were logs, gunny bags filled with
sand, gabions, or baskets Without bottoms,
made of withm and filled with earth. The
soldiers did all the labor, working principally
at night tithe and always under a heavy fire
of shells and bullets. The opposing lines
were in some pineal only a hundred yards
apart. and at others from five to eight hun-
dred yards.
Assoon as the pmgress made iuthonow
works would warrant Grunt ordered a. move-
ment against the Weldon railroad, intending
to destroy its usefulness to the Confederates,
and, if possible, secure a position to intrench.
Once securely planted there the Union army
would have Petersbm‘g hemmed in on the
north, where Butler was, and on the east and
south by the Army of the Potomac. On the
fillet of J ace the Second corps crossed the
Jerusalem plank road under general instruc-
tions to cross the Weldon road and seize the
Southside road if pomblo. The Sixth corps,
Wright‘s, was to follow and the ground se-
cured was to be intrenched. Barlowb division
of the Second corps advanced to the Weldon
road, but found a. strong column of thoonemy
there to dispute the way. Gen. Bimoy, who
now commanded the Second corps in place of
Hancock (who was disabled by his Gettys-
burg wound breaking out efrmh), went out
boldly, enclfp'ushed the divisions of Barlow,
Mott' and u‘ibbon close u to the railroad
The Sixth corps, having urther to move,
swinging around south of Blrney, did not
keep up its connection with the Second corps.
The Confederates had moved at the some
time as Birney and Wright. and before these
commanders could form a. line Gen. A. P.
Hill, with the divisions of Muhone, Wilcox
and Bushmd Johnson, pushed. into the gap
Malione and Johnson fell upon Birnoy and
gained the rear of Barlow‘s division, break-
ing it completely. When Barlow‘s men with-
drew they carried along Mott's line, and these
in turn (lisnipi'cd Gibbon. The corps lost
about 1,700 prisoners, four cannon of Mo-
Knight‘s Twelfth New York battery, and sov-
erel colors. This disaster was e painful one
to the Second corps, which up to this due:
had not lost a gun and had never been sur-
prised But the movement was made on
strange ground, in o tangled thicket, and
moreover the veteran n‘g’lmenls in the ranks
bed been minced by losses in battle to more
handfuls. For some rmson the Confederates
did not followup their success, and Wright
and lllrney took u permanent lines west of
the Jerusalem roar about one mile and a half
from the lVeklon railroad.
A BOLD CAVALRY RAlD.
One of the holders:- opcrctlous in the history
of the cavalry corps of the Army of the Po-
tomac took place in connection with the
movement of the
Second and Sixth ‘
Corps against the , .
Weldon railroad. -' “ "
Gen. Sheridan was '
at. this time, June
22, absent on the ox—
pedition to Lynch-
burg, which, as nur-
ratcd in a previous 2
paper, malted in of"
cavalry battle at 3:3, , .
Trevilliun Station, i‘éf/yfp: '
on the Central rail- f: C "
we y, north of Rich-
mond, between
Sheridan with the
divisions of Greg and Torbcrt and the Con-
fedcretcs under Hampton and Fitzhugh Lee.
Sheridan left- the division of James H. Wil-
son to accompany the Army of the Potomac,
and it took the lead from the field of Cold
Harbor to the James river.
AffOI‘;CTOSSlllg the river and taking a short
rest Wilson was rocuiorced by Kant-5’s. di-
vision, belonging to Butler‘s army, and the
column started on the 23d with instructions
to crom the country south of Pctcrsburg and
strike the intersection of the Pelersburg and
Lynchburg and the
Richmond and
Dunville railroads.
This would cut com
munication—z: from
P o t o r s burg a nd
Richmond south
and west In ao-
ccpiing his instruc-
tions Wilson w us
aware that he must
GEN. W. H. 9. LEE
7'" a force of cavalrv
" under Gen. W. RF.
Lee, son of the Con-
federate leader,a.nd
moreover. would
find his pathway
:pposcd b . thonctlve :ul’autry of Leo‘s army.
it this t .e Sheridan 9nd Hampton were
confronting each other in the peninsula north
of the J amcs, and Wilson was assured by his
superiors that Sheridan would enoego Hump-
tou and hold him on that. side 0? the river.
lie was also assured that \Vrlght and Blrney,
with the Second and 1‘- 1th corps, would be
west of the Weldon moi, and that if over—
powered he could fail back upon that force
fornssistance. »
Wilson’s combined force was lee! than 041])
men, He crossed the Weldon read without
opposition, {Lashed across the Lynchburg
road and struck it fourteen miles below Pe-
tcrsburg, sweeping south thirty miles to the
crossing of the Danvllle road. The railroad
track, the depots, bzid'ges and tracks and all
the rolling stock was completely destroyed.
At the crossing of Staunton river, twenty
miles further south, Wilson found the bridge
guarded by earthworks garrisomxl by in—
fantry and supplied with artillery. The
river was not fordablc, and a brave attack,
led by Gen. Kant/1., failed to carry the posi-
tion. At this moment “I. H. F. Ice brought
up his cavalry division and attacked Wilson
in the rear, and managed to divide Wilson
and Kautz and to put his whole force between
them.
The raiders wclc new 100 miles within the
enemy’s lines. The news of their destructive
work had gone into Pctersburg, and the
forces there were scattering in all directions
to intercept them. At every cross read they
found militia troops in position to oppose
them, and often their scouting parties and
pickets were surroundoi ruid made prisoners.
The cuvalrymcu of- Wilscn and Kuutz were
continuoll 1 the saddle, not during to en-
cgpu) for s or flag; goal; rations, 'lecirfere
GER. FITZEUGH LEE.
ivfi'fiifiliin’ft‘fia‘t‘com "56mm, serum;
kernels of hard corn, which men and horses
munched together; again a farm house sup-
yturnlahecl a full meal of poultry, eggs,
bread, butter and milk.
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. A maroon.
Wihen sent word to Kant: to rctirethe
best be could,uud with his own force he
traveled as rapidly as he could back toward
the Weldon road. A rapid ride of eighty
miles brought him to the Nottowuy river,
thirty miles south of Petersburg and ten
miles from the Weldon road. From this
point Wilson atortednortheaston a road that
would carry him across the Weldon road and
to Prince George's Court House, east of P0—
terabu and in rear of Meade‘s army. But
W. H. . Inc had sent word to Petersburg
of the precarious position in whlch he hml
placed his enemies, and Gen. Robert E. Lee
at once recalled Hampton, who at that time
was dogging Sheridan's column across the
toward Jnmw river. Hampton
mught up three brigndw of cavalry and
reached Ilenm’s Station on the Weldon rail-
madon June 23 Hem he met Chumbllss’
brigade of W. II. F. Inc‘s division, and also
found two brigades ct infantry from Peters-
burg, under command of Gen. Mahone, st.-
ed to cover the railroad, This point. was il-
eon's creating place, and he oxpectrxl to meet
hem the infantry of Meado’s army sent out
toseizound hold this road. Hampton new
deployed two brigades across the read where
Wilson was coming a and he attacked the
moving column, keep ng up the battle until
night. Wilson's men, aided by Kautz, who
was again with him. fought desperately.
But Wilson learned what force was behind
Hmnptomzmd he now determined to push
north again up the Weldon road toward
Petersburg, where he expected to and some
of Meude‘a men. Wilson Withdraw in the
night, leaving Kuutz in position, and dashing
rapidly on he managed to secure :1 00d road
leading toward our lines But umpton,
[carving Fitzhugh Lee’s division to oppose
Keats, followed Wilson rapidly, intercepted
his column and cutoff a large portion, which,
however, wheeled and returned tomwt Knutz.
Knutz came on, and learning of Wilson’s bat.-
tlo and the divisionof his tomes, be deter—
mined to make a stand and summon aid
from Meade‘s army, which was within a. few
miles, although there was an enemy between.
One of Gen. Wilson‘estafl.’ officer-shad rc-
mnined with the party cut of! from Wilson’s
moving column when Hampton intercepted
it,u.nd Gen. Knutz sent him With a small
body guard to cut his way through the one
my and report to Meade This officer, Capt
Whitaker, made a bold dash and got through
the lines himself, though he lost all of his e9—
oort in the melee, and be reported to Meade
at my headquarter: within a few hours.
Wilson had mean
while Wheeled his
column around on
the back truck to
succor Knots, and
having made a ch»
c at t commssing
the W’eldon road
and found noUnion .-
u'oops in posses— 5;
sion, he determined 2,”
to Clancy every-
ing that could “:5
impede the move '
ments of his men
and hi: his way
out any cost
The enemy was
cast, north and
west of him, but a wide circuit south and
then cast might can him for enough from
the chem to enable im to reach some Union
tome wh ch he supposed would be sent south
tonid him. His ammunition was given to
his men, his wagons and cannon caissons de-
strayed.
Below the column could get. away, how-
ever Mahone‘s infantry attacked the line in
front and Fitzhugh Lee assailed the flank.
Mahone cut through, separating W'ilson‘s col-
umn again, but there was confusion on the
Confederate side as well as with Wilson’s
men, and Kautz, by a rapid march, dashed
off across the flank of his enemy, and, riding
hard, abandoning and spiking his cannon on
the way, he succeeded in reaching the Army
of the Potomac without further opposition.
Wilson,‘with his partfikept on in the south—
erly course which had mapped out,
followed sharply by all the Confederate cav
airy. A few miles would bring him to Not-
toway river, and if, he could put that. between
him and Hampton he hoped to be able to
stand and defend his retreat.
Before coming to the Nottmvay, however,
he had to cross a large stream known as
Stony creek, nudes he had in his column a
thousand u refugees that had followed
him all of t way out of the interior of
"Dixie," his movements were very much do-
? While he was crossing, Hampton‘s
vance arrived and began to shell the cross-
ing vigorously with their horse batteries.
The negroes werouot as manageable under
such circumstances as veteran troops, and
Wilson found thotho must lose his column
or abandon his words. He tookt‘nc latter
course, and having night to favor him, he
succeeded in reaching and crossing Nottoway
river, twenty miles below Peter-shore, before
midnight. He now moved eastward, follow-
thc course of the Nottowuy for some
miles, and then turned north egaln towards
the lines of Mandela (may.
Meantime Capt. thitakcr had reached
Meado’s headquarters and brought to the
army the first intelllgome from Wilson since
beset out on the raid. The Sixth corps, the
one lying nearest to the Weldon road on the
south of the Union army, was sent out to-
wards Roma's Station, where it was now
blown that Hampton and Wit-oz: hml fought
on June 2"). Arriving there it was found
that Muhmm‘s infantry ‘umi withdrawn.
Sheridan had also got arm James river
and learning of “Mann’s situation that ofih
oer sent out a division, but no force of either
army could be found Where Wilson had been
heard from last.
After emu),
modna'osst m
HENRY A “”85.
the Not-towny riwrr and
north Wilson rum to the
Bloch: r river,
a deep . u cam hav»
ing the: ~ mart".-
as the 1% )1 .
the north . . .
of it. ll are
bridge.) was
having been de-
Sirl‘uytvl ‘1‘ a previ-
reti by
T0 “'CTC
,, .., but. by
' {cutting stringers in
the woods and gatlr
orlmr lmerds an d
plaulis around the
country he a u c-
coodcd in crossiu ; but he was not a mo-
ment too soon. * is roundabout course had
brou ht him nearer to the Confederate forces
that had left behind on Stony Creek, and
Hampton and Fitzhugh Leo were close up to
him. Wilson destroyed the bridge within
sight of his fees, and finally gallopcd up to the
protection of gunboats on James river some
distance below the army depot at City Point.
It was now July 3. and the raiders had
been out ten days. They had traveled in di~
root line over 300 miles and had not halted
except to work or to fight. The men and an-
imals had no test and but partial supplies of
food. Much of the time the stars and their
compasses had been their only guides, and at
no time after crowing the chldon railroad
to the westward had they lmowlodge of the
whereabouts of their enemies 'Under such
circumstances only a sharp vigilance at all
times, the capacity for endurance and per-
sonal gallantry could save the expedition
from total disaster and the men from death
or imprisonment.
During the rapid movements, and especially
when sudden changes in their course was
necessary, the leaders were obliged to march
away with the main body and leave the ick-
ets and outposts to follow or to shift fort em-
selvea. In such times the men would dodge
the enemy, travel on unfrequented roads and
in some cases abandon their horses and take
to the woods or to the streams, and by the
waryfitactics known to backwoodsmen, con-
trive to escape the dangers around them and
make their way to the Union camps
Gen. Kautz reported that his command be-
come so much worn out, physically, that they
fell asleep in their saddles while under the
flreof the enemy in battle. In many cases
men were seized by the enemy while man
and horse both were drowsiug on the tedious
picket watch.
* Regarding the results of this mid, Gen.
Grant says in his official report of the cam-
paign: “‘The dam-
age done to the en»
my in this expedi-
tion more than
compensated t or
the losses we sus-
tained. It severed
all connection by
railroad with Rich-
mond for several
:7 ks.”
he actual rail'
road destruction -.-.'.
amounted to sixty
miles of tmck, and
all the equipment
along the road. .
Thirty miles of the A
destruction was on OEN‘ n. C'
the Bouthslde road between lietemburg and
Lynchbur . and thirty between Richmond
and Dan ' 1e and the destruction included
15 0 tracks ofboth romis, all around the June
on.
Thelosseéon the Union side amounted to
‘3401dllod and wounded and 1,201 missing.
Twelve guns had been abandoned one but-
tery of six hav been spiked by kautz and
then overturn 1 a swamp. At the time of
Mahone’s and Fitzhugh Lee’s night attack at
Ream’s Station. when Kautz and Wilson’s
ranks were cut in two Wilson spiked a bet-
tegyd of six guns and ulmndoned them in the
w s.
'l‘hiscavalrycampaign restored the “SM
that t e Confederate cavalr hudpga' fi
11115193 __tpg_1_r§ plugged lost in t e flrstco 'ct
the
grim e,
001..
'r‘. KELLY.
l‘. UT) .iZlL
l‘o ,
mm Sheridan m. 11:10?! -:;Lvern,, ween
Stuart fell. The chieftainshl was virtually
in the hands of Gen. Wade Imnpton, who,
though nominallya. division commander, was
senior in rank and therefore had command
on any field where he acted with the-other
divisions. In the pursuit of Sheridan across
the peninsula after the battle of Trevillir v. figm-
tion, the divisions of Hampton and Fl: ixu h
Leo remained together on Sheridan’s mu ,
and these two crossed the James together to
interce t lVilson's column. During the time
that I amp'Jou commanded on the field the
leadership of his owxl division fell to Gen. M.
C. Butler, of South Carolina, who had but
lately joined the cavalry in the Army of
Northern Vir, mm. The old bri rado leaders
were still in t 10 field, and he (i vision com—
manders Fitchugh Leo and lam )ton, having
been under Stuart in all of his hattles, were
endowed with the some dash and perseverance
thntlmd distin uishcd their leader. Inthe
combats with S eridnu the forces had been
nearly equal, but Wilson and Kautz, when
eonfroniedhy the two Leos and Hampton,
were largely outnumbered. However, the
Confrxlcrnto cavalry hull done its work and
checked two important expeditions nuainst
the railroads north, south and west of lch—
monrl, and their filllloCaS was encouraging to
the southern soldiers and at the same time
disheartening to those of the norl‘ , who had
believwl for a time that the power of the
chivalry on horseback would be broken when
Sheridan rallied his troopers. How far the
confidence of the men on either side would
have been sustained in a series of hot batllcs
between Hampton and Sheridan it is not pos-
sible to state. Sheridan soon left the penin-
sula for the Shenandoah, and only Lee's di-
visiouof the old conunaud 01’ Stuart went.
there to meet him. Hampton remained
around l’ctersburg until the beginning: of
Winter and then went south to confront Sher-
man‘s army, and Was still there when. in. the
spr g of 1515, Sheridan came back to the
Pet; ‘::bur:z lines to continue the struggle. In
rcallt" the dimer of Stuart’s cavalry ended
with the cmnlmu; of June, 181.54, when Sheri-
dan was checkmatcd in his move on Char-
lottcsrillc and “film" was routed on tho
Pctorslnu'g lines. After that divisions and
brigades were detached and the entire com-
mand did not again unite on the field.
The principal object of the movement
'which Meade made by \Vright and Blrum.‘
on the Weldon road in comlectlon’ with Wil-
son‘s raid \had failed. Although the Union
troops crossml that road at several points and
both Wright and Sheridan oceuplcd llcmu‘s
Station for a time on July 1‘, no permanent
Inclement was made.
Gen. Sheridan, in his “Personal Memoirs,”
just published, makes n. defense against the
criticisms of some military writers that he
should ham kept u a. contest; with liampton
from June 2'1 to J u y 1 on the north side of
James river, nndin this way rercnted the
Confederates from heading 0 Wilson and
causing such a 10$ in prisoners, cannon and
material.
Gen Sheridan asserts that he had no know-
ledge of W'ilson’s raid, that he had no reason
for supposing that Gen. Grant or Gen. Meade,
who were controlling the movements of him-
self und Wilson, expected that Hampton
would be detained north of James river. On
the return from his raid toward Lynchburg,
he had reached White House, on the Pumun-
key river, on J une 2‘2, and there he was met
by orders to break up the supply depot at
that place and escort all the mains and ani~
mels across the )OllllJSlllll to James river. He
set out on this uty J mm 22, and on the 24th
fought Hampton at St. Mary’s cross road, in
the middle 0 the pe :insulu, where the Con-
federate leader attempted to cut the column
in two and destroy the train. The presencejof
Hampton, moving on u parallel route, forced
him (Sheridan) to a more southerly course,
delaying his arrival before Petersburg.
Geo. L. mum
’HUUSAieNlC RAILROAD.—
Danbm'z/ and Normal/c Division.
Corrected February 41.11, 1859.
PASSENGER TRAINS
501721-25.
Lv.Se.Nomalk,
Lv. Nerwalk. Ar.Wiisen Poin
130212.111. 61011.m.!
732 (Lin. 756 “ 803 ‘-
517 J“ 827 “ 835 “
10021 “ 1013 “ 1020 “
12 to p. m. 1 00 p.111. 1 07 p. In.
434 “ l :16 c 45:: “
(.13 “ Nike-l cm; “1de. on; “ Mixed
802 H SOT “ Sir. ‘-
947 c 1024 ~‘ 102:1 “
NOH'JE'EI.
Lv.Wi.sonPoint Lv.So.Norwnll<, Ar.Norv.;2'k
3.13.1. 11. ill. 21. 11!.
625 “ 03:5 .. 541 ..
845 .. 018 “ 923 “
1201 “ 1213 “ 1218 “
250 p. m. '1 10 p.1a. 3161). m.
425 u 512 *‘ 517 “
715 “
550 “ 035 “ 6110 “
1010 “ 1017 “ 102! “
Limited Express, New York and l’itlslleld, via.
D..i-. N. Division, going South leave outix No;-
walk at 7:14 p. in. doing riorlll leave South sor-
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\V. H. STEVENSON \‘ice-l‘rcs
11‘. C. PAYNE, Supt .
A. \V.l’r:uul.\',1.:c .. :.
New York, blew Haven &
Hartford Railroad.
DECEMill-l l 2321, 1888.;
NE‘V YORK. DI‘JlSION.
and Com Manager
igcr Agent,
Trams leave Soun' Norwalk as follows:—
For New York.——Accnmmmlalion trains at
6.50, 3.3", 9.313, a. m., 1.20 (local) 2.4-1, 5.06,
and 11.35 (to Stamford only) 8.11, 10.15,]1. in. Ex—
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(local), 7.2:; (local), 7.50 (Ioc:ll)$.2d (local) 9.03
(Sprmglleld local), 10.13, 11.115 :1. m. ; 12.59(5prmg-
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FurNcw Haven and the Enst.—._lg:com1n0~
llaiieu int 3 at 6.31, 7.35.5.5”, 10.42 a. m., 1.45,
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(local), 3.0., 4.11 (llousaleuic ' Express) p.00
(Nanguluck Express) '1'. ‘, (Springfield local"),
12.13 a. In. (Boston express).
Snuduys.——Acccmmoduileu 7.38, 9.11 a. m.,
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I Must never live again.
Yet haply when your fancy strays '
O‘er unregurded things,
And half in druun your gentle gaze
Falls on its shattered strings,
Some loving impulse may endear
Your memories or the past,
And if for me you shed one tour,
I think ‘twould wake at. last:
Wake with a new so glad, so clear.
So lovely, so complete,
That birds on wing would pause to [war
Its music wild and sweet;
And you would know—alas, toe lanai——
‘ llow tender and how true
Is this fond heart that hugs its fate——
To die for love and you.
—Wlllizun Winter in l {nrlwr‘a
An Old Darlzy'o Consideration for a. Dog.
A Chicago manufacturer of a brand of
cigarettes has traineda small dog to go about
the streets wearing a business card for the
house and carrying a. cigarette in his mouth.
, The dog, after passing an mlmiring crowd of
1 people recently, started through an alley,
when an old negro, who carried a. rag hag,
looked at him and said:
“Hol‘ on dar, er miuit.”
The dog stopped.
“What. you doin‘ Vl’lfl (lat thing in yo mouf,
hall? Ain’t you got no better sense den to go
roun’ ycro wid dcin things in yo mouf'! Donn
you know dat all do doctors dun said dot
folks killin’ dursclves wid dem things? Does
you want to pizcn yo’scf right ycrc? Gimme
«lat thing (taking the cigarette out of the
dog‘s mouth). Now you go on. Reckon I’m
gwine stan’ by un‘ let you run yo’se’f inter
danger dis way?"
He struck 1-. match, lighted the cigarette,
and pulling it, added:
“Dose yerc thingsisfur ole folks. Go on
’bout yo’ bizuess new. I donu here if yo is or
stranger ter me, I ain’t givino see you ’stroy
yo‘sc’i'.”—Arknusaw Traveler.
Oriental Foot Gent.
In the Japanese shoe the hollow in front of
the heel is made for the sake of 1i htnem and
suggests the origin of the heel 0 on most
of our leather shoes. The Japanese in their
houses wear light shoes or slippers, with woven
soles without heels, or else go in their stock-
ing - feet. These stockings are made with
thick soles and are divided, like mittens,
compartment for the four lesser toes. This
bifurcation of the stocking enables the wearer
to put. on the shoe described above and get a
good grip on it with his foe. Japanese pens-
:mts wear also a rude wooden shoe raised on
stilts, like the Persian ceremonial shoe. One
of the simplest 1': :rms of shoes is that worn in
Singapore and India. It is merely a. wooden
solo, with raised heel and toe and a peg or
_. t in front. The shoe is adjusted with this
peg l'vctwcen the big toe and its neighbor,
and the shoe is held on by a. muscular effort
of the mes~lVashington Star.
1
Street Pavements.
If people who do much general driving had
the voting to do, there would be but little
granite street paving. It is about the worst
thing on horses ever invented. A physician
with a family practice scattered over a city
like St. Louis has better opportunity than
any other professional or business man to es-
tima to the advantages of one kind of paving
over another. If I had my choice I would
have nothing: but wooden blocks. They last
rensonabl y well, they give a surface sufficient-
ly smooth for driving over, and they have no
bad effects on a horse. Asphalt is very nice
to drive over, but it is hard and stoves a
. horse up very quickly. Then, as on granite,
there is no place for the animal to catch a
feetholxl. In the country a horse can be kept
shed for $1011 year, while in St. Louis, with
less use, it costs about $30 a yearn—Doctor in
St. Louis Globe-Democrat. _ i
Near the Rose.
What a marked day it is for us when we
actually see and talk with a. beloved hero.
“I have seen Emerson,” wrote George Eliot
to a friend. “I have seen Emerson, the first
man I have ever seen.”
Thackeray knew what it is to worship the
personality of a great soul.
“I should liketo have been Shakespeare‘s
shmblack," declared he, “just to have lived
in his. home, just to have worshiped him, to
have run on his errands and seen that sweet,
serene. fut-c.”
Such a man probably appreciated similar
tributes paid in his own genius. How he
must. have smiled, and yet how touched and
. vc been when, in passing a.
root Arabs, one of them call
: “iii, Archie! d’yo know who
lzim is? lio’s Becky Sharpl"—Youth‘s Com-
1111111021.
Washington as a. Hunter,
In the discussion of George Washington
and his times flu-re has been much comparing
the old order of things with the new in the
political and material phases of the country’s
development, and the comparison might be
carried further into the domain of nature and
the game supply. thatmoresuggcstive, for
instance, than the record of one of Washing-
ton’s hunts when he killed five buffalo on the
Little Kanawha river in “West Virginia?
This reads like fiction in these days, when for
generations the buffalo has been unknown in
the cast, and the if. ’IP-llf‘d bones of the bisons
of the Wrsl. are lacrcd on the plains and
. lands to mingle with the ship
~ 71' bonus of Egyptians in the mills of
f crtihzcr factories—Forest and Stream.
Vilmm It ls Safest
In 135331.120 chairman of the London and
Northwestern stated that there had not been
a single passenger killed on their line within
tbeprcvious tin-cc yczus. Sir John Hawk-
shew. king of safety on railways gen-
f‘i'f‘ll}‘, 1 “that only one passenger was
in). ml for ewry 4,000,000 of miles traveled;
and on an average a person may travel 100,-
000 milr‘scach year for forty years and the
chances are of not receiving the slightest in-
jury." A gain. Sir E. “Tatkin “maintained
that railway traveling was stfer than eating,
because it is a fact that more people choke
themselves in England than are killed on all
the railways of the United Kingdom.”—
Chmnhers’ Journal.
A “Ionderful Piece of Mechanism.
An Englishman has produced a piece-of
mechanism containing 400 figures represent-
ing horses, cannon, artillery, iufantry,nnd a
hand of fifty-two men, each with on instru-
ment. A tiny windmill turned by the cur-
rent from burning candles furnishes the power
to move all the figures automatically—New
York Telegram.
. The Usual Exception.
Customer—You sell cracked eggs at half
price, do you not?
Clcrlrech’m, wo always make a 50 per
cent. reduction on cracked goods. Anything
else today?
Cus homer—Yes, you may give me u dollar’s
worth of cracked wheat and here‘s your fifty
cents—Chicago Times.
The Way 110 Notified.
Assistant Attorney General Tyne-r, of the
postofllce department at “Tushington, who
was once postmaster gencml under President
Grant, tells a. story about- Henry Villurd
which is worth repeating. He had forgotten
the circumstance, but was reminded of it by
Mr. Villard. Years ago Gen. Tyner was
secretary of the Indiana senate. Several
members of that body were uumercifully
scored by the reporters of The Cincinnati
Conunercial, and the senate took the mat for
up and passed a resolution excluding the re-
porter from the press gallery. It was Mr.
Tyner’s duty to serve a certified copy of the
resolution upon the reporter, and he wont to
the young man and said: “It is my duty to
notify you of this action officially, but i‘ll be
hanged if I were in your place I would have
done the same thing.” The cm‘l‘cspom‘lcht
was Henry Villurd. now among the fore-
most men in finance in this country—St.
Paul Pioneer Prom.
A Curious Advertisement.
Foreigners used to reproach Englishmen
with a tendency to sell their wives for the
price of a. pot of porter. Some of these crit—
ics are new, it would appear, ready to sell
their daughters for from £1,500 to £2,000.
The following advertisement appears in the
Berlin 'Iugeblatt:
RARE CHANCE—A well educated and enter-
pris young man of a respectable Jewish fam-
ily able to start and manage a. brunch busi-
ness in Hamburg or London, will be accepted as a.
son-ln-law and partner by the owner of a flourish-
ing business (manufactory) in southern Germany.
Knowledge of English and capital of M. 80—40
millo required. I’lwse apply, inclosing photo,
under H. and L. 400 to Rudolf! Mosse, advertising
agency, Cologne.
-—London Globe
Forced to Leave Home.
Over 60 people were forced to leave
their homes yesterday to call for a free
irml package of Lane’s Family Medicine.
If your blood is bad, your liver and kid—
1193's out of order; if you are constipated
and have headache and an unsightly
complexion, don’t fall to call on any
druggist to—(lay for a free sample of this
grand remedy. The ladies praise it.
Everyone likes it. Large size package 50
cents.
When is e um prison win-
dow ?--thn it is gated.
p—-——-——
Pimplcs on the face cured. Sulphur
llitters will cure the worst kind of skin
disease; from a common pimple on the
face to that awful disease, scroiula, it is
the best medicine to use in all cases of
such stubborn and deep seated disease.
Do not delay; use Sulphur Bitters and
drive the humor from your blood.
Marrying “The British nobility has for
“occur, Winnipauk, 0mm. UM
more social than financial advantages.
there being a place for the big toe and another '
Can be Obtained
BY USING
GLIHTDH’S
WITCH HAZEL
prepmflnn in the
to cure and eradicate
.11 Impurities from the skin. not: a.
a he
7. Flea oral: and gun
IGnl-n. I gives the complexion a freshman and tramlnconcy
whichcannatbcobtaincdbyan whenever: thodnngmunnuof
male. It is unequaled u a ntlficr of I e hundy refining the
skin Indmnkingltsoft, clmr and white. Witch Hm] Toilet (hum
Is not a paint. or powder used to cover up the im rllleu of the skin.
a tune to‘cnvllhle
2:: a; mull-5:1? flu}: heatnporggglyglml‘gmveru
u . ecu r a x crude BY ALL DRUCGIS’I‘S.
“I 8'" "MIL "18kt! co. Gllfl'flllVlllE .GBHI.
1:2, ,
m. -7. ~
FEGHTER’S FAMOUS
FAIRICON No. 3..
a pnnuss um nnzssm.
is
cum for all Diseaseaottho scalp. W111
hair-FA?!310:1};N or. III-130:5 eta. bottle.
09. I“!
isfor heads entirely or amigf bald.
yenm' baldness have been cured. It leads the world.
Wan-mum not to contain any sugar of lead, nitrate q]
atluer, or other tug-mum ts. Will not stain.
Sold. bynlldruggista armtonreeeiptotprioo.
course 010. Senatorgenuino testimonial: to
PEWTER REMEDY 00., New Haven, Conn.
lino Fllrlcon Tu- Bonn for Toilet. Bub and Nursery.
It Is fool-loll for tho Complexion, Chopped Mol- Bough sun.
For Sale at 11. R. Hale’s Drug Store.
This Great German Medicine is the
cheapestand best. 12.8 dosesof SUL-
PHU ll. BITTERS for $1.00,less than
one cent a dose. It will cure the
worst cases of skin disease, from
a. common plm )16 on the face
to that awful (1 sense Scrotum.
SULPHUR BITTERS is the
best medicine to use in all
cases of such stubborn and ‘
deep seated diseases. '
not ever take
our Kid.
D0 neys are out.
oforder.Usc
X
ormcrcury,the
lsy. Placo youry trust in
ULI’HUR BITTERS,
the purest and best
medicine ever made.
Sign Bitters!
withayellowstlcky I on’t wait until you
I substance? Isyonr are unabletowalk,or
breath foul and are flat on your back,
nut get some at once, It
stomach is cut will cure you. Sulphur
of order. Use Metals
SUJE‘PTTHEU‘lS The Invalid’s Friend.
‘mmc‘nately Theyoung.theagedanatot.
tcring are soon made well by
its use. Remember what you
read here, it mu save your
ll y, 01' life, it has save hundreds.
Don’t wait until to-morrow,
Try a Bottle To-dayi
' Are you low-spirited and weak,
or sun'ering from the excesses of
. youth? If so, SULPHUR BITTEBS
will cure you.
Send 3 243th stamps to A. I'. Ordway Sc Co.
Boston, Mass. , for best medical work published
Dr. Seth Arnold's ‘
COUGH KILLER
is the Very Best Remedy
For a Cough
I ever used.
. 6312.9 ‘
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cannula
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J ”my MRS. A. J. CHURCH, _
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Druggists, 250,500. and $1.00.
Instant relief. Final cure in 10
days and £10110! returns. No
no . . vc no suppesilnr '.
'guflfggms Will learn of asimplc
remedy min: by addressing
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(ON INSTALLMENT PLAN.)
FOR SALE
0n Wilton A'v'rmuc
—Ai\‘1)—
81m. Souci Plot.
. APPLY TO '
A. ll. BYING'J‘ON,
GAZETTE OFFICE.
HENRY TILLY
CARRIAGE MAKER,
SOUTH N Oll WALK, ~ CON l‘t
Manufacturer or
Family Carriages, Victims, Buggies, 8w.
All Kinds of Repairing.
Building Materials, 866.
HILDING stl‘ONE,a11 qualities of sand, (.01
1am dug, gardens and grounds renovated
horses and carts for hire. 1 have somethoroughly.
rotted and very fine manure for flower beds.
J. W. EDMUNDS.
No.650uth Union Avenue.
l’. 0. Box 654, Norwaltlc
Oleave orders MP. W. Bates’Mu (1.1
JESSE HOPSON
Carriage Maker.
Carriageflepairing and Painting:
AT REASONABLE PRICES. :f
PLYMOUTH ROCK ICE.
HAVE a large quantity of Ice on hand. 1L was
frozen oupuro water. his clear, clean and
solid ice. All orders prompt 1y attended to.
Thanking my customers for past. favorsJ solicit,
a continuance 01’ their patronage.
11M 1:. l.. PILLS.
For Sale Cheap.
. SECONll-IIAND Cast iron Fence, with gate‘
all m perfect. order and as mad as new.
mom; 120 feet in length. Will he so u at a sacrlt
ncelf applied for soon. Enquire at
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