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1873
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From the New York Weekly.
Tlie Root of the Evil.
BY FRANCIS 8. SMITH.
Old Mr. Grump, the millionaire.
Sat propp’d up In his easy chair,
Pretentious, pompous, stern and stout,
A martyr to ennui and
A table near the old man stood,
On which were bit i of dainty food ;
Nor did the tempting Spread-out lack
A bottle of old Cogniac.
While nibbling some delicious game,
The doctor he had summoned came—
And laying back his frame to rest,
Griimps thus the man of pills address’d i
“Now listen to me. Dr. Squill,
I wish you’d either cure or kill—
If you would have me use you civil,
Strike at the real root of lily evil.”
Tne doctor thought and paused awhile,
Then, with a very pleasant smile,
He raised his cane, and with one stroke
The well-filled brandy bottle broke!
GENERAL LEE IN MEXICO.
INTERESTING REMINISCENCES OF THE
MEXICAN WAR.
General D. H. Hill, editor of the
Southern Horae, in a highly compli
mentary notice of the lecture on Gen.
Robert E. Lee, recently delivered by
General Pendleton at the Charlotte
Institute,' supplies some personal
recollections of the , character and
services of the illustrious patriot arid
hero which will be fetid with inter
est. Gen. Hill says : ~.
The lecturer began with Gen. Lee,
as a cadet at West Point, Where he
knsiW t hitn intimately for three yeors,
and during all that time never heard
cadet Lee utter a word or do an act
unbecoming and improper: Catjlei
Lee graduated with the highest dis
tinction and was in command of the
corps of cadets at the time of his
graduation. Ho was described as a
model of manly beauty, dignified,
yet full of kindly hvi/hor, which how
ever, repelled coarse familiarity.—
The lecturer then sketched the career
of Captain Lee in Mexico, omitting,
through want of familiarity with
tbftt,ssjeqt, ! map v things reflecting
the highest credit upon !he young
Captain. It is well known that
Santa Anna entrenched himself at
Cerro Gordo, iu order to hold the
ApfenCaii arujy in tierra caliente ,
where the yellow fever Would de
stroy it. Twigg’s division, in ad
vance encountered fortifications on
the road and were unable to advance.
He halted and encamped for the
nigld; . , , i
- next morning, Capt. Joseph
E. Johnston (afterwards out* great
Confederate leader) started out upon
a reconnoissance, plunging into the
woods upon the left of the road to
see if the formidable fort upon the
road could net be turned. To Him
then is due the first suggestion in
regard to turning the Mexican posi
tion. The head of -Twigg’s column
was in some half ltiihs of this ferf,
the 4th Artillery acting as infantry,
being in advance. Captain Johns
ton was fired upon by the Mexican
pickets and badly woiinded. to
engineer officer being there to take
his place,' Gen: Twigg’s selected the
writer of this to act as an engineer
and gave him Capt. ? dhnston s spy
glass, yei wet and warm with his
blood.. He directed me to make a
reconnoipsance, oh the right of the
road and see if the fort could not be
turned in that direction, an<f when
a feasible point of attack was found,
id conduct the 4th Artillery to it, he
giving Major Gardner, commanding
that regiment, orders to make the
assault at once.
In about an horn*, oiir reconnoit
eriag party, cautiously feeling its
way through the woods, reached the
fop of Telegiapfo H3l and there dis
covered the enemy in perfect secu
rity, a large portion of them lying
apparently asleep in'the warm morn
in»sun. We were the first of the
American army to discover Cerro
Gor<fo Hill, just opposite, bristling
with canned and swarming with
**“?;*"
attack' that day and moved his troops
FOR TEE RIGHT—JUSTICE TO ALL.
BAINBRIDGE GA. ; 19th, 1g73;
back to camp, and dispatched a cod
! rier back to Gen. Seott in Vera Cruz,
informing him of the formidable for
tifications on the Jalapa road. On
the afternooil of the same day, Lieut.
Benjamiii, df the 4th Artillery, with
a small party, made a more
of Oerro Gordo than
that made in the naming, and con
firmed the report in regard to, the
carelessness of tho enemy and tile
feasibility of an attack in that direc
tion. On the second or third day,
Gen. Scott came up with Lee arid
Beauregard of the Engineers, and
those enterprising officers rhade
sketches of all the works obstruct
ing the American, advance and cut
a practicable road for infantry and
artillery entirely iu rear of Cerro
Gordo Hill and turning completely
the enemy’s left flank. The firsf
alarm given ,ihe Mexicans of pur be
ing in that direction was by the oc
cupation of Telegraph Hill on the
17th August, by Lieut. Frank Gard
ner (afterwards a Confederate Major
General ) with his company, 72 strong.
A regiment was sent- tb dislodge
Him, but he held his grojund till rein
forced by Smith’s rifle regiment,
when the Mexicans were driven back.
That night an assaulting column
was organized under Harney for the
assault of Cerro Gordo Hill at sun
rise the next day. Riley's brigade
was to Support Harney and Shield’s
Illinois brigade,' a de
tour was to leach the Jalapa road
in rear of Cerro Gordo Hill and cut
off the eijeriiy’s retreat! 11l [lie parls
of Gen. Scott’s wonderful orders were
carried out to the letter except two.
Pillow was disastrously reoulsed on
our left and Shields not goipg far
enough to the rear encountered a bat
tery, was bill down'by a grape-shot,
m3 command somewhat disorgan
ized and Santa Anna managed to
'escape with the bulk of his command.
The distinguished lecturer next
alluded .to Lee’s most remarkable
feat at Contreras,' which Gen. Seott
said in his official report was the
greatest physical effort ever made by
mortal i than. A recohqoissahce
showed that the fcf.t of Contreras
was open in the rear, and Riley’s
| brigade (to which the writer belong
ed) was sent across the “Pedregal ”
or lava beds, to make an attack on
the unfortified side of the work. —
The enemy supposed these lava beds
impa*sabfe by troops! Deep chasms
ran traversely across them, which a
soldier could with difficulty spring
over, carry gun and accoutrements.
Masses of scoria, prickly magueys
and thorns uiadq the inarch slow afld
difficult; .ihe brigade was led by
L&ht, Z. B. Tower of the Engineers
(afterwards a Federal General) arid
succeeded in reaching the deserted
hamlet of Ensalda between Mexico
and Contreras, cutting off communi
cation between these points. Our
advance was delayed by a heavy force
of cavalry until Santa Anna came up
in person with, 6jQOO infantry, 1,000
Cavalry and a battery of artilleryi—
Rileys brigade numbered about 1200,
and was betweeif'Contreras and
Santa Ahta with a goodly prospect
of being captured. .* a
Night closed upoj( the weMjhm
one of the most ram-Btojjjfi
ever known camejwown in drejjA^Vij
torrents upon Riley s brig(^®<ir.^n- ‘
had been reinforced
by the brigades of
and Cadwallader. On that ‘
night, Capt. Leo crossed Ped«|
and communicated with Gen.
It must always remain a mystery
hdvy he found his way in the storm
and Egyptian darkness, ancf Ke got
over the numerous and wide chasms
in the solid rock, which were from
two to six feet wide. . The severity
of the storin’ Was such Santa
Anna went bade to 0m . Jtnge l, six
miles, to get shelter for himself and
men. It was discovered that he was
gone, and we resumed about mid
night dor iharch to the rear of Con
treras. In.the dsrlness wegjotlost
an ‘J wandered about till dayhght,
when we found ourselves but a few
yards from our starting fc>omt ; the
before. The attack, therefore,
ad not fake plac© tot ah hour or
more after daylight,, and allowed
Lee time to get femforeementß in
position to cut off the Mexican re
treat* The surprise of Contreras
was complete, and the Mexicans
were so demoralized by finding a
force in their rear that they made
but a feeble resistance. The fight
lasted but seventeen minutes! tbe
enemy 6,000 strong, with twenty-six
pieces of artillery, fled before 1,500
m.ep, and fled straight into the jaws
of death, for they rushed right upon
the troops lying in wait to receive
them: >Vt ,. j li(i ,
The Palmetto Regiment killed and
captured more than they had in their
own command. An ex-President of
of Mexico, three general officers, 3,-
000 soldiprs and 26 pieces of artille
ry were the fruits of the victory.—
Not a ffl*)t was fired in the attack
upon the fort except by Riley’s bri
gade, and he was the real hero of
tllat flgHt, conducting bis operations
with skill, courage and prudence.—
Gen. Scott slurred over Riley’s
achievements so that the veteran in
dignantly said : “ Since I have read
Gen, Scott’s report I have begun to
think that I was hot at Contreras at
all!” Lieut. Tower, the engineer,
who led Riley’s brigade on the 19th
of August, led it also On .the 20th ih
the fight, and by his skill ih select
ing the point of attack he contribu
ted greatly lo the-victory! We were
side by side oh that day! but took
different vie&s of the situation in
Gen. Pendleton’s description of the
grand heroism of Lee on the retreat
from Petersburg, was very touching
to all true Confederates. Real great
ness of character never shines so
brightly as in tljie darls hoprs df ad
versity! den.-lie£’s deportment in
the last days of the Confederacy was
,worthy of his illustrious lineage, his
exalted reputation aiid his noble
cause. . .
How-Alligators Get Their Living.
—Alligators frequently fill their
stomachs with ducks. They find the
spots in the marshes Where thej ducks
huddle together at night, and make
a cfesceiit upon them... Frequently
while flocks of great fat ducks arc
swimming in the deepest part of a
liver or a lake, an alligator will glide
under ills. d|lcks and select those
that suit him best. They are d,faWn
under the water so quietly that the
flock is not startled for some time,
and the alligator manages to secure
a square meal before suspected.
On summer nights the alligator
crawls to a chosen spot in the marsh
es. The air is filled with millions of
mosquitoes. The monster opens his
enormous mouth and keeps his jaws
apart until the of hlf moutli
is black with insects. Then he brings
his jaws together with a snap, runs
His tongue about the inside of his
mouth add swallows his winged vis
tors. . Ete will kedp this up until his
appetite is satiated.
It appears that the venerable Gari
baldi has grown weary of the repose
of peace, and has determined again
io btibkle on t vord and enlist
the ranks of this ti^p
is
woadbffißH| " ensum
moned to to take
Its flight from the bloody shambles
for which it seems to pant, and in
which it seems to find its greatest
joy and glory. . -
j{ appears from a statement in the
New York Star that there is every
prospect during the coming summer
of a corner in ice. The Star is of
the opinion .that consumers will be
compelled to pay pi higher price for
this indispensable luxury than was
paid during the ice famine of 1871.
To make np for the ip?o years of
business all the companies of impor
tance have entered iuto.jst*f (iqn*aiige
ment, it .said,' to maintain uniform
prices at “ paying rates.” In the
event.of these being able to. main
tain the combination, the price of
ice will be doubled.
Fun for All.
Cold water increases in Hulk ks it
T’ -n • ii 11 :
approaches the freezing point.
Mercury freezes at thirty-eight
degrees below zero.
Leaf? Year i£i, Spded! hlid* once
more we can look a woman in the
fkce!
A little girl told a visitor that her
grandmother chewed tobacco with
her nose.
There aie some things that |t weii’t
do to trifle with—for. instance! a
woman’s opinion and the business
end of a wasp.
A grocer had a pound of sugar
returned to him with a note stating,
“too much sand for table use, and
not enough for building purposes.”
A farmer of Oglethorpe county
made last year four bales of cotton
oh jkwo acres of .fyndj and sold the
cotton seed for $l2O. The two acres
yielded about SSOO. Good for old
Oglethorpe.
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Agassiz says that any full grown
man can live for ten days by chew
ing at a pair of boots, and yet there
are men who will growl if they don’t
hare minc& pie every iheal!
i A yoking Irish girl in Jacksonville,
Illinois, has refiised SIOO for her
hair. ( it rebclieS the floor when sbe
stands erect.
, Brigham Young has ordered a cat
load of scabs shipped by express
from Boston to Salt Lake city. He
is going to vaccinate his family.
A clothes-wringer-man asked a
well known purchaser lor a testimo
nial add received the following: “1
like it immensely, t ran a whole
wood winch was unfit
to burn through it, and it has served
the for kindling ever sin6e.”
Western women are grumbling
terribly because the managers of ag
ricultural fairs didn’t give at least a
year’s notice when, they offer prizes
for the finest babies.
“Who made you?’* Waii asked of a
small girl. She replied, “God made
me that length,” indicating with her
hands the length of anew born in
fant,' “I growed the feet mySelf.”
A Rhode Island man has invenlecl
a torpedo in the shape of a kernel of
corh ? which is designed for the
beguilement of crows. As soon as
that offensive bird takes hold of it it
explodes and blows the top of his
head off , .
* ' ' •*'! ‘
Puzzle. —A boy being asked how
many chestnuts he had in his basket,
replied, that when he counted them
by twos, by threes* by fours, or by
gffes, He Had always one left butj
when He counted them by seven*,
they came - Out even, liow iiiany
had he? Who will answer?
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Warning to Umbrella Carrifers.
, 'J’Ke man who walks the streets carry
ing an umbrella under his arm, was at the
comer of Fifth and Vine this morning.
He stopped suddenly to sfieak to a friend,
and a iuan behind him jnearly broke the
end of by running his eye
um
h
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*£?.fV V;y?arii«i tin:
‘a moutii up ; •
at wbat he had
the umbrella down a by
stadiKthroat, at the same time he fas
tened the. hook-handle (the probabilities
are that the handle was not only hooked,
but he hooked the whole umbrella into a
colored citizens wooL In his efforts to get
his umbrella loose, the unfortunate owner
upset a fruit and eandy stand and plugged
headforemost into one of Squire’s
glass windows In.the excitement tod con
fusion that ensued, the umbrella was put
into a hack and driven to tbe hospital, and
the man was taken to an umbrella to un
dergo repairs. - - - —•
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An Irishman was once indulging in the
very intellectual occupation nf sucking' eggs
and reading a newspaper. By a mischance
he contrived to bolt a chicken. The poor
bird chiruped as" it went down his throat,
and be politely observed: _, . 4
“By the powers, my friend, ye’d spake a
little too late.”
. “Papa, sure you growiag still ?” “N o my
dear, what makes you think ,$o?” Because
the top of your head is comipg through
your hair ”
IN ADVANCE.
I Interesting Decisions
j In Ihe Supreme Court of the Uni -
j ted States on Monday last, in a omm»
from \V isconsin, the Court gave il m
its opinion that railroads are public
highways, no matter whether they
arq htliti afid operated by the State
pr by private qorbpraUpns; and that
the building of railroads is thefefor*
a matter of public concern,, to aid
which it is just , as to
levy taxes as for the buihjing of a
wagop road or sny other public work!
and ,tbe collection of these taxes can
not. be resisted by ( ai|tmjrity of arti
cle Y of amendments tb the Oonatilfl
tion of the United States, which .pro
vides, that, jjfivatb property pbidj not
be taken for public iwe without jus{
compensation! . H ,
Another decision of the same (niit
nal, theysame day, was that common
carriers cannot be reqflii'ed to tiidw
the contents elf packages not f aruo
ularly described by the shippers!
This suit was against an express com
pkHy iti ,Wliose charge there,had
a box of nitrb-giycerine when it
ploded and luined a building. Qf
course the express company had no
damages to pay;
Remember tbat ft. raw egg will
clear your Sell bones. Pul
one ih a little hoi, wine, add soms
sugar, and the fish bones will
down all the easier* Pi —You
ca ” wine and sugar!
anyhow!, 'they’re good as a preven
tive ; and you dop’t know what mo
ment you may get a fish bone in your
throat!
1 C ,-rrrn■ »■1 f-- »■ 'i-., i nr• • « -•I},
A Cpnnecticut youth, whose moth
er undertnnk bi snkiik him imdu
last week, stabbed her iff the" waft
with his. poiikqt-knitej gtfflS ail tlie
money she had in the boilsej >nd
went—where such a bad boy might
well expect to go—to Chicago.
Glass Clothing.,
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| To those only acquainted with glass in
its ordinary and brittle form, the possibili
ty of spinning and weaving would seem,
incredible. Yet a composition of glass
made in. Vienna is Wrought into colored or
friflifled yarns, of. the tteeS of which the
following description is.given : ,
These frizzled threads are said to mr
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pass m nneneas not only the finest cotton,
but even the finest cocoon cotton thread,
and their softness and elasticity is that
of silk lint. Recently' this woven ghss
flock wool has been used as a substitute
for ordinary wool wrappings for patients
suffering from gout, and its use for this
has been it is Btated, successful j
chemists and apothecaries have also found
it useful for filtering.
“The smooth threads are; noVj#&reri
into textile fabrics, whicii f into
cjishions, carets, tablecloth, shawls, neck
ties, cuffs, collars, and a variety of other
garments, etc,, and they may likewise be
used for weaving figures in brocaded silk,
or velvet Asa material for tapestry, for
covering furniture, for laces, for embroid
ery, etc., it is believed that this glass tissue
will at some future time, occupy a promi
nent plstce. \ t J,. n , , Ml .
“In softness the gjass yarn almost ap
proaches silk, and to the touch it is
like the finest wool or cotlt.possesses ‘
remarkable strength, and not only, reuiains
1 • -j •' - 1 A ‘T'jM
unchanged m but
not altered byjSPiPWMid adds. H* .
may readily be removed by washing, bfl
noninfiamable
as having great bruliiiticy and of col-
At, for dress fabrics—such
fafcri-58 fair this pupose being muckj marmsr,
too, than those of cotton or woolat the,
same time they are of low specific gravity.”
Railroad Progress im . T»XAB. PaR
80N8, K. ass as. April 7. —A contract has
just closed to transport from
Texas, by the Missouri,. |tan«* and TAaa.
Railway, over a .hundred carloads or soma
nine thousand sheep, for tye New York
market. Thu L anew feature io tfis Texas
trade * „ if h i.. -r.i:
Thirly-ohc anand
now laid on the extension, of the Misoonrl,
Kansas and Texas road from Sedalia, Mis
souri, leaving only twepty-one and a-half
miles to complete the line. Through trains
Will run from ~o*9ago and. St. totais ta
Texas bj j tfie first of May. New, lines of
railroads will soon he commenced in Texas
and Kansas, .arid,* rapid movement will be
made, gulf ward and Westward in tha latter
State. T *
‘’ * "‘Jjff'.Ulfr"*** l ‘ *
A young lady studying Fifgizh, and Anq
ing that “belle” told stti
one in a letter Sad a great deal of
belle weather fitely.
: “You exhaust my patience.” , Cried *i
doctor who was engaged ha a qfiarrel with
his wife. ~ . . . J) 1
“You exhaust your patients woiae «Mn
J than I do/’ was the retort.
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