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WAITING.
I have two little angels waiting for me
On the beautiful banks of tb crystal sea;
Not impatiently wait my darlings there,
Kor smiles light up their brows so fuir;
And their little harps ring out so clear,
So soothingly sweet to faith’s listening car,
And they live in the smile of the Saviour s
love, .
Who so early called my darling above.
I have two little angels waiting for mo
On the beautiful banks of the crystal sea;
Forever free from sorrow and pain,
Spotless and pure from all eurthly pain,
Never in erring path to rove—
Safe in a bosom of infinite love,
Evermore, evermore walking in light,
Those beautiful angels robed in white.
1 have two little angels waiting for me
On the beautiful banks of the crystal sea;
When my weary heart is throbbing with
AndTfsi’n would clasp my darlings again,
1 look away from this earthly strand
To the beautiful fields of the “Better Land;
I will think of the angels waiting there,
And ofi'er to God a thankful prayer.
I have two little angels to welcome me
When I too shall stand by the crystal sea;
Whea the Great Ketiuer His image may
tin He has won by Ills saving grace.
And in robes of Christ’s own righteousness
Mv bou) shall seek the home of the blest—
.On the beautiful banks of the crystal sea,
My darlings, still waiting, shall welcome me.
THE COJTEEDEBATE SHIP AR
KANSAS.
TTHB BIGBBT NAVAL FIGHT OF THE WAR
AN INTERESTING .REMINISCENCE— TWO
HOURS AND FORTT FIVE MINUTES
ON THE REBEL RAM ARKAN
SAS —A HOT RNCOUNTEIi.
IFromThe 'Jefferson (Mo.) Democrat 1
Iu July, 1862, the writer of this wus a
■member of McDonald s buttery, iu the
■Confederate service, and in camp at Greu
*da. Miss., under the immediate command
of Genera! Tigblmau. While in camp, a
call came (from General Van Dorn, then
commanding the forces iu and around
Vicksburg) fur volunteers to assist in man
ning the ram Arkansas, for the pur
pose of running the blockade ot the Fed
eral fleet, then stationed at the,mouth of
the Yazoo river. Whentbe.call.came.it
was responded to by sixty Missourians,
'(in the language of Bill Arp,) ‘‘oue of
whom I was which.”
The Arkansas was at the time lying
above what was known as the Raft, four
teen miles below Yazoo City, whether she
bad been towed, (from Memphis, at the
time of the evacuation of that place,) for
■the purpose of completion, and that her
armament might be taken on board If I
remember rightly she was iu length 100
ifeet by a breadth of 32 feet, and was clad
outside with railroad iron, so placed as to
dovetail together, inside of which were
bales of tightly compressed cotton, while
still inside was a thickness along the vessel
side of twenty pnehes of solid “ live oak
Umber.” From thus being protected oue
would have supposed her sides to have
been impenetrable. Not so, as I will here
after state, and as we bad occasion to find
out.
The Arkansas sat about five feet above
water, while a midship was built a gun
deck, the sides of which were perpendicu
lar, while on IJje ends the inclination was
at an angle of forty-five degrees. Had
her sides the same inclination she would
have suffered comparatively little. Her
armament consisted of “ two smooth bore
sixty-fours ” in the bow, two “ rifle thirty
twos ” in the stern, two “ rifle thirty-twos"
aud a nine inch shell gun on each, the
starboard and port sides, making in all
-ten gnus. Bach gun was manned by six
, teen men, thus making 160 men exclusive
of officers, engineers, pilots, firemen, aud
„ coal-heavers, numbering twenty-five, thus
, making a total of 185 men, cooped up on
. the gun-deck inja space forty feet loDg,
and with the temperature 100 degrees Fah
. renheit.
The machinery ef the Arkansas all lay
■%*3ow the water line and far aft. The
pilot-house was situated in and was part
of the gun-deck, and was plated with
eight-inch steel. Still it was not ball
proof.
Captain Isaac N. Brown having recived
orders to proceed to Vicksburg as soon as
the Arkansas “waa ready for sea” (to use
a nautical phrase), cast loose from the
moorings on the morning of July 14, 1872,
and proceeded cautiously down Yazoo
river without any accident, notwithstand
ing the river was full of suags, and the
water at a very low stage.
On the morning of the 16th we hove in
sight of two Federal gun boats, the Car
ondelet and Tyler, then out as picket boats,
and about three miles in advance of the
main fleet, which was lying quietly at an
chor at the mouth of Yazoo river. The
Federal fleet numbered twenty sis vessels,
including the picket boats. Some of the
fleet was composed of the finest vessels
in the United States navy, among which
■were the sloop.of war Brooklyn, and the
steam frigate Hartford, the latter of
which bad a splendid armament, as we
found out to our sorrow during the fight.
When we came in sight of the picket
■boats a lively skirmish took place.—
they retiring, until just as they reached
the main fleet the Carondelet sunk, going
down until the water reached her port
holes. Her crew all took to the water,
and some of them attempted to save them
selves by getting on the Arkansas, but
were unauccessful in their attempts. A
fsw moments after the Corondelet went
down, the Tyler went up by -the assist
ance of a well-directed shot from one of
the bow guns, which shot went through
Iter boilera. At this stage of the game the
entertainment commenced in earnest, as
we were in the midst of the fleet, and as
we came within a few yards of the Hart
ford, that vessel discharged a terrific
broadside at us, with fears on our part of
blowing us out of the water. Only four
shota from the Hartford took effect on the
Arkansas, bat the damage they did amply
repaid for the lass df the remaining nine
the broadside. One of the shots, weigh
ing 128 pounds, took effect aft of and a
little above the forward porthole oa the
port side at which port I bad the honor of
ctwmandlng a gun. The 128 pound ball
went entirely through the layer of railroad
Iron, also through the bale of cotton
iliaron Duilij £nlrrprisr.
and twenty inches of wood, killing four
men in a row on the side of the ves
sel next where the ball entered, went
through the smoke-stack killing three
men on the other side and buried itself in
the wood beyond. Strange to say the man
standing nearest the place where the ball
entered, remained unhurt, which can be
accounted for only in this way.; He was at
the time the ball entered, stooping over,
adjusting the block and tackle in the ring
bolt, and the shot, weighing only ninety
pounds, struck aft the middle port hole,on
the port side, passing through the iron
railings aud lodging in the cottou. The
third ball of the same weight as the lust
named, struck aft of the rear port hole, ou
the port side and lodging in the cotton, set
lire to it, us did the second shot, both of
which compelled us to cut away the wood
work on the iuside, that we might rig hose
to extinguish the fire. The fourth shot did
no damage, having struck a quarter boat
which was hung to the davits, thus cutting
it in two. One stray "title thirty-two"
struck our pilot house, killiugone man In
stantly, and wounding another so badly
that he died in a few hours. The same
shot cut two felloes out of the wheel, but
not entirely disabling it. The Federal
fleet was so situated at anchor, aud moor
ed to the shore, that the vessels comprising
it were all brought to bear on the port
side of Arkansas.
The starboard side received only two
shots, they being from the Tyler, in the
beginning of the fight. The battle com
menced in earnest at 9 o'clock, and lasted
with unabated fury for two hours aud for
ty-five minutes, although the distance
from the Yazoo river to Vicksburg is only
eleven miles, still we could not run with
any speed, as I have before said, ou ac
count of the low stage of water, together
with the ignorance of the pilots as to the
channel. The Arkansas was said to be
capable of running twelve knots an hour,
but she cairied, during the fight, only ten
pounds of steam, just enough to give her
steerage way, while her capacity was 160
pounds.
During the fight all commands were
given by signs, as the roar of artillery was
ho deafening. Notwithstanding the dis
advantages under which the Arkansas la
bored, we landed at Vicksburg all right,
except the loss of ten men killed and fif
teen wounded, among the latter our Cap
tain, Isaac N. Brown. Our flag was three
times cut down, aud each time again
planted by our First Lieutenant, H. K.
Stevens, although exposed to a murderous
fire from riflemen ou the river bank, and
behind cotton bales, placed on flat-boats.
There were, even, six and twelve-pound
field pieces, mounted on flat-boats, and the
gunners protected by cotton bales.
On our arrival at Vicksburg, we could
not help experiencing a feeling of relief,
which, however, was disturbed by the
movement in the Federul fleet, above the
city. About dark six of the fleet got
under weight, and moved down the river,
determined to cut the Arkansas loose from
her moorings, or destroy her. As soon as
the vessels came in range qf the batteries
stationed on the river bank they were
fired on, and for more than an hour the
discharge of cannon was terrible, but not
replied to, until, as each of tha Federals
neared the Arkansas, they in turn gave a
broadside, none of which took effect, save
one shot, fired from the large gun of the
Hartford, which struck the Arkansas about
six inches above the water line, far aft, go
ing through the engine room, killing an
engineer and a coal heaver, who happened
to be out of his place, thus making a total
loss of only twelve killed, and fifteen
wounded, whale the report through the
Northern papers placed the Federal loss
at 500 kilted and wounded. The Caron -
delet Bunk and the Tyler blown up, to say
nothing of the damage otherwise done to
the fleet.
The battle was one of the most severe in
all the annals of naval warfare There
were, possibly, during the war, vessels
which destroyed more than did the Ar
kansas, but none which encountered such
odds.
One vessel fighting twenty-six, the form
er mounting only ten guns, while the lat
ter had no less than 300, and for a space
of two hours and forty-five minutes!
Is it ftot a wonder that we got to Vicks
burg at all V
DEATH OF PROFESSOR MAURY.
The death of Commodore Mathew Fon
taine Maury, at Lexington, Virginia, was
announced by telegraph in Sunday's issue
Perhaps no other American was, and is
more widely and favorably known. His
services rendered the scientific world have
met with the most grateful recognitiou
from foreign countries and potentates. He
had received gold medals from every
crown head in Europe, and had conferred
upon him the honors of all the principal
universities of England and the continent.
In addition to this, he was a member
of all the learned societies of Europe,
including the Royal Society ol London,
and the Academy of Science at Paris.
But the distinction of which he was
always most proud, wag the high ap
preciation that Baron Humboldt had of
him, between whom and himself
there was a strong friendship, which
was only ended on the death of that
distinguished and great man. Professor
Maury, who had attained his sixty-eigth
year at the time of his death, was a native
of Virginia, but when quite young, with
his parents, came to reside in Williamson
County in this State. In 1825 be entered
the naval service as midshipman, and dur
ing the next four years made a voyage
around the world. In 1836 he waa pro
moted to a Lieutenancy, and appointed as
tronomer to the South Sea expedition, bnt
resigned it. An accident received in 1838
incapacitated him for active service afloat,
and he was placed in charge of the depot of
charts and instruments at Washington,
afterward known as the hydrogrsphical
office. Upon the organization and union
with it of the national (now naval) ob
servatory in 1844 be became Superinten
dent of the combined institutions. But
before this period, Lieutenant Maury bad
begun investigating the physical geogra
phy of the >ea,as Humboldt termed it. His
conclusions respecting the gulf stream
ocean currents and great circle Bailing,
were made known in a paper read before
the National Institute, and printed in the
Southern Literary Messenger, entitled “ A
Scheme for Rebuilding Southern Com
merce.” The principal results ef Commo
dore Maury's researches are embodied in
the wind and current charts, and the nail
ing directions published by the Naval Ob
servatory for general distribution among
MACON, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY fl, 1873.
navigators, and in more populur style iu
the "Physical Geography of the Sea,” pub
lisher! in New York in 1856.
Among the practical commercial results
of these explorations are claimed to be the
sbortniug of the passage from the Atlan
tic to the Pacific ports of the United States
by about , forty days, aud proportionately
voyages from America to Europe, the dis
covery of the telegraph plateau, and the
indication of good whaling grouud. In
1865 Maury (then Lieutenant) waa pro
moted to the rank of Commander In the
United States Navy. He held this position
until the beginning of the war. w hen he ro
sigued and cast his fortunes with those of
Virginia.
It was at Ibis juncture that the then
Czar of Russia, appreciating his eminent
services as a scientist, ottered him high
rank and emoluments under the Russian
Government, but he declined the offer,
preferring not to leave this country, un
der the circuuistauces. Uuder the Con
federate Government he ranked as Com
modore, though he was uot prouiiuent iu
his connection with the war, being most
of tbe time on duty at Richmond, or else
in Europe. Prior to 1860 he published
several works, other than those above
mentioned. Among them are “ Letters
on the Amazon and the Atlantic Slopes
of tjouth America; Relations between
M/guetism aud the Circulation of the At
m/isphere_ju the Appendix to Washing
toil Astronomical Observatories, aud Let
ters Concerning Laws for the Steamers
Crossing the Atlantic.”
Sieee 1866 he had filled the chair of
Physics and Natural Philosophy at the
Military Institute in Lexington, ami like
wise conducted the physical survey of
Virginia, with a view of showing the
advantages of Norfolk as a port ot entry
aud departure. The observations upon
this subject, is comprised in u large vol
ume published siuce the war, are highly
interesting and important, if the people of
this section could ever he awakened to a
sense of their wants and the proper was
of supplying them. The moat of his
time since the war, however, was occu
pied in the preparation of anew series of
school geographies, which have already
become quite popular, and, like his
other publications, evince a high or
der of merit. Ho also prepared very
interesting papers looking to the applica
tion of the United States Signal Service
to Agriculture, and one of his latest con
tributions to the scientific literature of our
country, was an astronomical treatise,
published originally in a Nashville maga
zine, (the “Mosaic) since suspended.—
Professor Maury has many relatives in
this State and city. Just before the war
he delivered an able address on agricul
ture at the inauguration of the Agricultu
ral Fair Association of this city, which
was listened to by perhaps the largest as
semblage ever collected on a similar oc
casion in this State. His whole life had
been devoted to scientific research, and he
died, literally, in harness—ripe in years
and full of honors, bequeathing to his
country aud kindred a rich legacy of well
earned fume and the memory of a useful
life and rare abilities, employed to the ad
vancement of civilization and culture, and
to the benefit of mankind. —Nashville Ban-
Her.
woman iu Ven Cysylite, Wales, was
ill and apparently died, lately. Prepara
tions were made for the funeral, but just
betore the time to place the body in the
coffin liar hpsband pereeived that, though
insensible she had moved Friction and
stimulants freely applied caused au indeti-.
nite postponement of her burial.
A Scranton man who went home the
other evening and found his house locked
up, after infinite trouble managed to gain
.entrance through a buck window,aud then
discovered on the table a note from his ;
wife, reading : “ I have gon.o out; you
will find the door key on one side of the
door step.”
The Appeal tslls of a Memphis lady
who wrote to a New York matrimonial
agent for a husband. The agent trans
ferred the letter to a crusty old bachelor,
who, iu replying to It, accidentally sub
stituted for his own photograph that of a
pet ouraugoutang. The ludy answered,
“There is certainly not much personal
beauty übout you, but you appear to have
au honest, manly face. 1 accept.”
A woman visitor at a Bennington (Vt.,)
paper mill was sufficiently energetic in
her laughter, while standing by the engine
where rags are ground into pulp, to eject
a plateful of teeth into the machine. Im
mediately effort was made to rescue the
valuable article, but when found nothing
but the gold plate remained the porcelain
substitute for the fair ivories having gone
to increase in trade of the manufacturer.
A political orator, Bpcakiug of a certain
general whom he admired, said he was al
ways on the field of battle, where the bul
lets were thickest. “Where wus that! 1 "
asked one of the auditors. “In the ammu
nition wagon,” responded another.
There were no less than fourteen presi
dents of the confederation of American
colonics from September, 1774, to the in
auguration of Washington, April, 1789.
Which of our readers can name one of
them (without reference to the Atlantic
Almanac)? — Ex.
A man and a woman have died recent
ly in North Falmouth, Muss., from the re
sult of vaccination. The former’s arm
began to swell in four hours from the time
of vaccination; in twenty hours he be
came delirious, aDd within a week he
died.
A schoolboy’s toast.—The girls—may
they add charity to beauty, subtract envy
from friendship, multiply genial affections,
divide time by industry and recreation, re
duce scandal to its lowest denomination,
and raise virtue to its highest power.
It was Daniel who said, “Many shall
run to and fro, and knowledge shall be
increased. ” He clearly referred to report
ers in this remark, and this suggests the
idea that Daniel was in that line himself;
it is certain, at aif events, that he wus
allowed to pass in free to see the Hons.
Mark Twain says the memory of the
rescue of the crew of the Charles Ward
“ Stirs a body so that I would swing my
bat and disgorge a cheer now. if I could
do it without waking the bady ; but if
you get a baby awake once you never can
got It aeloep again, and then you get into
trouble with the whole family. Some
how I don’t seem to have a chance to yell
now the way I used to.
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TlfE SUN i'Olt 1873.
Mpcclul Anneiißcemeul.
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with several important changes, which will, we
trust, commend It yet more to the patronage
of the reading public. The dbbscription to
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The purpose of this reduction Is to . place
the Daily within reach of those of every cluss
who desire to read—the workingman und the
farmer, as well as of the merchant and cap
italist.
While The Sun is not quite so large as our
cotcirtporarles of this city, and we shall not
attempt to compete with them in the amount
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in quantity of news, cither Foreign, National,
State or'Local. Our
MARKET REPORTS
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EDITORIAL STAVE
receives two valuable accessions, in the per
sons of Mr, C. H. C. Willingham, (late editor
of the Lagrange Reporter) \n the Political De
partment, and Mr. \V. 11. Moore, well known
In this city by a former connection with The
Sun as Its City Editor. The Editorial corps of
Tub Sun will be as follown :
ALEX. H. STEPHENS, Political Editor.
SAM’L. A. ECHOLS, Associate Editor.
C. 11. C. WILLINGHAM, Ass’t. Political
Editor.
PASCAL J. MORAN, News Editor.
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lic patronage, which we shall endeavor contin
ually to merit.
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uud reliability of age, it has all tho vigor and
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J. 11. KfITILL,
Janl7-tf > Hiivanmili, tin.
H. C. STEVENSON,
—WITH —
CHAS. McMASTE R,
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I’ll Ml A WO, I LI..
D . A ...
ORDERS for Western Produce tilled In any
quantity desired. 11
Bacon, Dry, Salted and Green Meats, Lard,
Sugar-cured or Green Hams Shipped in bulk or
boxed as directed.
(ORV OATS,
WHEAT, II AY,
BICAN and ELOIIC
From the highest to the lowest grades.
The cheapest market In the United Stutes.
If. C. STEVENSON, Agent
For Cbas. Me.Mastcr for the State of Üb.
Jan 7-tf
FOR SALE.
A FOUR room dwelling and vacant lot,
also, splendid well of water in the yard ;
fronting on Spring and Rose Streets, contain
iug one quarter of an acre. For sale cheap.
Apply to
GEORGE SCIIMIDT,
nov. 25—lm. corner Third and Plum Streets.
PROSPECTUS
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FOR THE FALL AND WINTER TRADE
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LAWTON Ac BATES
Fourth Street, (Next Door to Lawton A Willingham,)
prepared to furnish tho trade with
UROEKItIKN, I’ROriNIONN, PLANTATION ML Pi’Ll KM, DAG
UI.YG, TIEM, ETC., ’
nno reasonable terms ns any house in Georgia. We will keep constantly on band BACON
LARD, CORN, OATS HAY, SUGAR, COFFEE, BAGGING and TIES, and ageneral wott
meat of uucli goods us are kept lu a first class Grocery House. Give us a call. We are running
the EAGLE FLOURING 9IILLM, and
dlreet-speciul attention to our “CHOICE,” “EXTRA,” "FAMILY" Flours Thay will be
found exactly adapted to the trade, and we guarantee every barrel to glvii satisfaction UUr
prices ureas low as those of the same grades can be bought in the South.
CORN MEAL, bolted and uuboltcd, always on baDu, of our own make and of the beat
sM J. H. BANDY & CO.
TIN AND BHEET ,RON ROOFING,
Srtteriu, Flntoi aii Repairini,
1! i'' { iL ®°
r 1 y j tin and galvanized iron corniow
'""I W 1 If] : I Executed at short notice and satisfaction
\ I J Vyp guaranteed.
X. J) s' \ J No. -I® Third Mtreet, Hsi ton, Ua.
\ Particular attention given to Guttering put ap
V WOODRUFF’S
PATENT LAVE FABTENINGI.
DH-aug H
improved m Rear.
SOMETHING NEW.
SUPERSEDES ALL OTHER HORSE POWER
IT IS NO HUMBUG!!
THE settling of tlio Gin House floor has no efiect on the Gearing. King Post of Iron and all
the work bolted to Iron.
IT IS MADE TO LAST, AND TO RUN TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT. LIGHTER THAN ANY
OTHER POWER IN USE.
Call and see for youasclf.
I build a Portable Dorse Power that challenges all other MAKES, but It will not do the work
with the same Draft that my PATENT GIN GEAR will.
All kluds of Machinery made und repaired nt
EUOCKETT’M IRON WORHN,
108-186 Near Brown House, Macon Georgia.
BROWFS GALLERY.
No. 8 Cotton Avenue,
Is the place where all the differ
ent styles pf pictures are made
at greatly reduced prices.
W. & E. P. TAYLOR,
Cor. Cotton Avenue aud Cherry Street*
DEALERS IN
FURNITURE, CARPETS k ICS,
OIL CLOTHS, WINDOW SHADES, etc.
Metalic Burial Cases & Caskets,
Fine and Plain Wood Coffins and Caskets.
mi
fsgrOrder* by Telegraph promptly attended to. _
J* AES H. SLODST. ISAAC HARDEMAN.
BLOUNT ft BABDEHAN,
ATTORNEYS*AT LAW,
MAOO.V, GEORGIA.
QFFICE, At entrance Balaton lUlUCkcrrj
Barber Shop For Rent.
THE Basement room, formerly occupied by
Mike Napier, In Brown’a Hotel building li
for rent This la one of the best stand, for a J
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