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HOW MEN DIS IN BATTLE.
War as Seen by a Private or an Ob
servant Turn.
In Frank AVilkeson's “Recollections of a
Private in this chapter, which can not fail
to bo of greater interest to the average
reader than the war stories which are
written from the standpoint of men who
■were not in the fight, or, being there, treat
of the struggle in a general and tactical way:
Almost every death on the battle-field is
different. And the manner of the death de
pends- on the wound and on the man,
whether he is cowardly or brave, whether
his vitality is large or small, Whether he is a
man of active imagination or is dull of
intellect, whether he is of nervous or sym
pathetic temperament. I instance deaths
aad wounds that I found in Grant's last
campaign.
On the second day of the battle of the
Wilderness, when I fought as an infantrv 1
soldier, I saw more men killed and wounded
than I ilid before or after the same time. I
knew but few of the men in the regiment
in whose ranks I stood, but I learned the
Christian names of some of them. The
man who stood next to me on my right was
called Will. He was cool, brave
and intelligent. In the morning when
the second (Corps was advancing and driv
ing Hill’s soldiers slowly back I was
flurried. He noticed it, and steadied my
nerves by saying kindly: “Don’t fire so
fast. This fight will last all day. Don’t
hurry. Cover your man before you pull
your trigger. Take it easy, my bora, take
it easy, aud your cartridges will 'last the
longer.” This man fought effectively.
During the day I had learned to look up to
this excellent soldier, and lean on him.
Toward evening, as we were being
slowly driven back to the Brock
roar! by Lengstreet’s men, we made a
stand. I was behind a tree firing, with my
rifle barrel resting on the stub of a limb.
Will was standing by my side, but in the
' open. He. with a groan, doubled up and
dropped on the ground at my feet. He
looked up at me. His face was pale. He
gasj)cd for hreath a few times and then said,
faintly: “That ends me. lam shot through
the bowels." I.said: “Crawl to the rear. We
are not far from the intrenchments along
the Brock road. ” I saw him sit up, and in
distinctly saw him reach for his rifle, which
had fallen from his hands as he fell. Again
I spoke to him to go to the rear. He looked
at me and said impatiently: ,“I tell you
that lam as good as dead. There is no use
in fooling with me. I sludi stay here.”
Then he pitched forward, dead, shot again
and through the head. We fell back before
Longstreet’s soldiers and left Will lying in a
windrow of dead men.
When we got in the Brock road intrench
ments a man a few files to my left dropped
dead, shot just above the right eye. He did
not groan or sigh or.make the slightest phy
sical movement, except that his chest
heaved a few times. The life went
out of his face instantly, leaving it without
a particle of expression. It was plastic,
and, as the facial muscles contracted, it
took many shapes. When this man’s body
became cold, and his face hardened, it
was horribly distorted, as though he
had suffered intensely. Any person who
had not seen him killed would have said
that he endured supreme agon3 r before death
released him. A few 'minutes after he fell
another man, a little farther to the left, fell
with apparently a precisely sirfiilar wound.
He was straightened out and lived for over
an horn-. He did not speak. Simply lay on
his back, and his broad chest rose and 'fell,
slowly at first, and then faster and faster,
and more and more feebly until he was dead.
And his face hardened and it was almost
terrifying in its painful distortion. I have
seen deajd soldiers’ faces which were
wreathed in smiles, and heard their com
rades say that they had died happy. Ido
not believe that the face of a dead soldier,
lying on a battlefield, ever truthfully indi
cates the mental or physical anguish, or
peacefulness of mind, which he suffered or
enjoyed before his death. The face is plas
tic after death, arid, as the facial muscles
cool and contract, they draw the face into
many shapes. Sometimes the dead smile,
again they stare with glassy eyes and lolling
tongues and dreadfully distorted visages at
you. It goes for nothing. One death was
as painless as the other.
After Lbngstereet’s soldiers had driven
the Second corps into then- iutrenchments
along the Brock road, a battle-exhausted
Infantryman stood behind a large oak tree.
His back rested against it. He was very
tired, and held his rifle loosely in his hand.
The Confederates were directly in our front.
This soldier was apparently in perfect safety.
A solid shot from a Confederate gun struck
the oak tree squarely about four feot from the
ground, but it did hot have sufficient force
to tear through the tough wood. The
soldier fell dead. There was not a scratch
on him. He was .killed by concussion.
While we were fighting savagely over
these intrenchments the woods in our front
caught, fire, and I saw many of our wounded
burn to death. Must they not have suf
fered horribly! I um not at all sure of
that. The smoke rolled heavily and slowly
before the fire. It enveloped the wounded,
and I think that by far the larger portion of
the men who were roasted were suffocated
before the flames curled round them. The
spectacle was courage-sapping ''ana pitiful,
and it appealed strongly to the imagination
of the spectators, but I do not believe
that the wounded soldiere, who were being
burned, suffered greatly, if they suffered at
all.
Wounded soldiers, it mattered not how
slight the wounds, generally hastened away
from the battle lines. A wound entitled a
man to go the rear and to a hospital. Of
course, there were many exceptions to this
rule, as there would necessarily bo in* battles
where from 20,000 to 30,000 men are
wounded. I frequently saw slightly
wounded men who were marching with
their colors. I ponsonally saw but two men
wounded who continued to fight. During
the flirt day’s fighting iu the Wilderness I
saw a youth of übout 20 years skip
and yell, stung bv ‘a bullet
through the thigh. He turned to
limp to the rear. After he had gone a few
steps he stopped, then he kicked out his leg
once or twice to see if it would work. Then
he tore the clothing away from his leg so as
to see the wound. He looked at.it attentively
for an instant, then kicked out his leg again,
then turned and took his place in the ranks,
and resumed firing. There was considerable
disorder in the line, and the soldiei's moved
to and fro—now a few feet to the left, now
a few feet to the right. One of these move
ments brought me directly behind this
wounded soldier. I could see plainly from
that position, and I pushed into the gaping
line and began firing, in a minute or two
the wounded soldier dropped his rifle, and
clasping his left min, exclaimed: “I am hit
again!” He sat down behind the battle
ranks and tore off the sleeve of his shirt,
nie wound was very slight—not much more
than skin dorp. He tied his handkerchief
around it, picked up his rifle, and took posi
tion alongside of me. t said: “You are
fighting in bad luck to-day. You had I letter
Ret, away from here.” He turned his head
•> answer me. His head jerked, he stag
gered, then fell, then regained his feet. A
tinv fountain of blood and teeth and bone
and bits of tongue buret out of his mouth.
He had been shot through the jaws; the
lower one was broken and hung down. 1
looked directly into his oj>on mouth, which
was ragged and bloody and tongueless. He
cart his rtfle furiously on tho ground and
staggered off.
The next day, just before Longrtreet’s
toldleft made their flint charge on tin Sec
ond corps, I heard the peculiar cry a stricken
man utters as tho bullet tears through his
flesh, i turned my head ns 1 loaded my
nfie, to soe who was hit. 1 Haw a bearded
Irishman pull up his shirt. Ho Im/l been
wounded in the left side, just below tliefloat
lng rib*. His face was gray with fear. The
wojmd looked as though it was mortal. He
looked at it for an instant, and then poked
*t gently with his index finger He flushed
tcdjy, and siuiieil with satisfaction. Ho
tucked his shirt into his trousers, and was
fighting in the ranks again i**iorc 1 hud
capped my rifle. The bail had cut a groove
m his skin only. The oley of the Irishman's
wa so oxuresai ve.' his emouonx cUajiged
so quickly, that I could not keep from
laughing.
IVear Spottsylvania I saw, as my battery
was moving into action, a group of wounded
men lying in the shade cast by some large
oak trees. All of these men’s faces were
gray. They silently looked at us as we
marched past them. One wounded man, a
blonde giant of about 10 years, was smoking
a brier-wood pipe. He had a firm grip on
the pipe stem. I asked him what he was
doing. “Haying my last smoke, young fel
low, ’he replied. His dauntless blue eyes
met mine, and he bravely tried to smile. I
saw that he was dying fast.
Wounded soldiers almost always tore
their clothing away from their wounds, so
as to see them and judge of their character.
-Many of them would smile, aud their faces
w ould brighten as they realized that they
were not hard hit and" that they coiild go
home for a few months. Others would give
a quick glance at their wounds, and then
shrink back as from a blow, aud turn
pule, as they realized the truth that
they were mortally wounded. The
enlisted men were exceedingly accurate
judges of the probable result which would
ensue from any wound they saw. They hail
seen hundreds of solders wounded, and they
had noticed that certain wounds always re
sulted fatal. They knew when they were
fatally wounded, and after the shock of dis
covery had passed, they generally lanced
themselves and died in a manly manner. It
was seldom that an American or Irish vol
unteer flunked in the presence of death.
RARE OLD DOCUMENTS.
Diaries of George Washington and Al
manacs of Jefferson.
W ashington Correspondence Cleveland Leader.
Many of the most interesting possessions
of our government are never seen by the
stranger. The great departments of Wash
ington are packed full of curious autograph
papers and rare documents. The Treasury
has files enough to carpet any State of the
Union, and the State Department has im
poi-tant autograph letter describing tho in
side history of every event which has taken
place during the past 100 years. It has
diaries of George Washington, almanacs of
Thomas Jefferson with marginal notes, and
it contains, I am told, letters which if pub
lished would not leave the characters of
some of our heroes of the past as high on the
scale of morality as they now stand. The
War Deparment has all the telegrams sent
from the White House during the late war,
and in a book of these I found the other
day some curious messages which Abraham
Lincoln sent, in which he mentions his boy
Tad. It has all of the papers of the Confed
erate government as they were captured at
Richmond, and these gathered together in
one room makes up the picture of a dead
nution in a nutshell. The Pension Office has
many a curious memento which has crept in
among the papers. They are claims for gov
ernment land signed by A. Lincoln, Jeffer
son Davis, Ulysses S. Grant and John A.
Logan, for services in the Mexican war, and
I came across here a paper which showed
James G. Blaine’s great-grandmother got a
pension for the services of her husband in
1812. There are diaries here of soldiers of the
revolution, sent by their decendants to prove
that they were in the army, and there are
bushels of family Bibles which have served
the same purpose packed away, but ready
to be sent out to their owners if de
manded.
The Treasury contains much unwritten
history in the Pickett papers which Con
gress paid about $75,000 for, because they
contained information which aided in estab
lishing the loyalty or disloyalty of certain
claims made upon the government during
the late war, and its early revenue files are
full of interest ’
In the first records of the Supreme Court
you may see the books which have the sig
natures of Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamil
ton, and others of the great lawyers of the
past, made when they were here first admit
ted to practice. The first record of admis
sion is kept in a great vault, and its auto
graphs make it worth its weight in gold. I
nad the clerk to show it to me one day. It
is a very ordinary-looking blank book a foot
and a half long and Six inches wide. Its cov
ers are rusty with many years, and its
parchment-bound corners have been eaten
through by time. On its back is a red label,
and here is read: “The Supreme Court of
the United States.” Opening it, the paper
is rough and unruled, and its quality is
poorer than that now used as wrapping
sheets in a corner grocery. It has been dis
colored by the faaed pink blotters which lie
between its leaves, and, its ink has paled.
This book is within three years of 100
years old. It was begun in 17(0, and I
noted that for the first twenty years of the
Supreme Court's existence it'had but little
work to do. They are no admissions to its
bar recorded during, the first year, and the
first two lawyers that practiced before it
are John Caldwell and Benjamin R. Mor
gan, who were admitted in 1791. Two pages
of the record contain the names of ail the
lawyers who practiced before the court for
twenty-six years, or until 1810, and I note
that Alexander Hamilton, one of the most
noted lawyer of his time, did not see fit to
apply for entrance to it before 1822. Allen G.
Thurman’s name is read on the 35th page;
and after this time the admissions multiply
aud soon fill volumes instead of pages. The
Supreme Court work has sprung from noth
ing into the busiest and best-paying practice
in the country, and its lawyers often re
ceive fees which rot into the tens of thou-
sands.
More interesting than all else, however,
as far aa original papers are concerned, are
the file-rooms of Congress. The House of
Representatives has the original documents
of all the papers connected with its history.
It has every bill that has ever been intro
duced, every petition that has ever been
presented, every message that a President
has ever sent, and the original reports of the
Cabinet Ministers hick to the days when
Washington was President and Alexander
Hamilton managed the Treasury. It it impos
sible to conceive the extent of these jjapers.
They fill thousands of bound manuscript
volumes, and the brain reels in the attempt
ed comprehension of the matter contained
in them, The only man in the United States
who has any adequate idea of them is the
Hon, Kerris Finch, the fllo clerk of tho
House, who has had charge of them fora
generation, and who has brought them into
order out of choas. They are now so ar
ranged that at a moment's notice uny pajier
can be found, and as I walked through room
.after room walled with them to-day I
could see that tho completed classification
hail been made. I climbed story after story
of narrow iron stairs surrounded hv thoso
deail bones of past administration,and finally
away up under the dome of the capital
building, where the light comes in only
through a glass-covered hole in tho roof, I
found myself carried back to the earliest
flays of our government.
All around me, iu ledger-like volumes, lay
the messages of the earner Presidents, and
every look l o]x>ned brought to my eyes
something new and rare in antiquarian his
tory. Many of th messages .were in tho
handwriting of the President who signed
them, and the reports of the Secretaries
were often made in tho same way. I stum
bled across the papers in which Jefferson
announced to Congress that he would send
written messages to them, and would not
come in person to deliver speeches, as his
predecessors had done. Anil 1 found tho
written instructions, probably kept secret
when they were issued, on which in our
war with the Barbary piiwere the American
navel officers were instructed to pay $ 10,000
and $30,000 to secure immunity lor Ameri
can commerce from tneir piratical ships. I
saw many messages of John Adams iu his
bold up-and-down hand, as pompous in pen
and iiiK as their writer was in jierson, nod
as 1 read them i recalled Adams’ vanity, and
the remark he made when a friend said:
“Mr. Adams, you and Gen. WhashUiton did
well.”
With a straightening up of his little fat
form and ft throwing liack of his semi-bald
head, he replied: •'Beg your pardon, sir:
you should not say George W ashington ana
Jiitui Adam, hut John Adams anil George
Washington, for John Adams made George
Washington."
1 saw alow the autograph copy of the
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, MAY 22, 1887-TWELVE PAGES.
speech of the son of John Adams, the great
John Quincy Adams, in which he welcomed
j Kossuth to the United States, and I read
i message after message penned by
Madison and Monroe. There was
not so much ceremony in the writing
of State papers then. Parchment was
not used, and the rought, unruled wrapping
psper-like material is of all shapes and
sizes.
In a book containing the messages of John
Adams I across an autograph letters
of Martha Washington, sent to Adams
shortly after her husband’s death and sub
mitted by Adams to Congress. It relates to
the proposed removal of Washington’s re
mains from Mount Vernon to the national
capitol. aud as I read the trembling liiftvs I
could almost see the widow of the first Presi
dent seated in her little attic room at Mount
Vernon, to which she retired after his death
with only a cat, it is said, for company. She
kept her room, you know, for months, and
refused to bo comforted, and it was here she
wrote this letter. It is dated Jan. 81, 1709,
the year in which Washington died. On its
back there is aunote saying it was sent to
Congress with the message of the President
on Jan. 8, 1800. The paper is of the size of
the largest fashionable note-paper of to-day.
Its edges are yellow aud its color has been
faded by its eighty-seven years of age. It
is torn at the top, and Mr. Finch tells me
it was once stolen and afterward returned
as mysteriously as it was taken away. The
writing is plain and the words are so well
-spelled that it is fair to supposed that Tobias
Lear, Washington's private secretary, cor
rected the first draft of the letter, and
that Martha copied it before it was sent. It
reads:
“Mount Vernon, Dec. 31., 1799. Sir:
While 1 feel with keenest anguish the late
dispensation of Divine Providence. I can
not be insensible to the mournful tributes of
respect and veneration which are paid to
the memory of my dear deceased husband;
and as his best services and most anxious
wishes were always devoted to tho welfare
and happiness of his country, to know that
they were fully appreciated and gratefully
remembered affords no inconsiderable con
solation.
“Taught by the great example which I
have long had before me, never to oppose
my private wishes to the public will, I
must consent to the request made by Con
gress, which you have had the goodnes to
transmit to me; and in doing this I need not.
I can not saj-, what a sacrifice of individual
feeling I make to a sense of duty.
“With grateful acknowledgement and
unfeigned thanks for the personal repect and
evidences of condolence expressed by Con
gress and yourself, I remain, very repect
fully, sir, your most obedient and humble
servant, Martha Washington.”
The journals of all the Congresses are
here, and I looked with interest over the
first journals of the House of Representa
tives—a big, thick ledger, 14 inches wide
and 24 inches long. It was begun in 1789,
and the heavy calf in which it is bound is
worn through at the edges, and the red
canvas cover which is over this is frayed
and torn with the rubbing of more than
three generations of fingers. The writing,
however, is as plain now as when it was first
penned, and this clerk of the House of Rep
resentatives of ninty-seven years ago was
not a bad scribe. He took pride in his work,
and the first page is decorated as those done
by one of those artist monks of the middle
ages who made the illuminated Bibles of
antiquity. It has the fineness of an elabo
rate copper-plate engraveing, and this deco
ration is kept up during the session of the
First Congress. As the years go on the
careful writing dies out, and after a few
Congresses all that is aimed at is legibility.
The newness has worn off, and the clerk
evidently wants to finish his work as soon
as possible.
In a room at the right of the one in which
I looked at the above papers, there is
another packed with more of these old papers
and valuable autographs. Here is the full
testimony taken before the Committee .on
the Conduct of the War, and down below I
was shown thousands of files of war claims
which have been presented to Congress.
The testimony before the committees in im
portant cases is kept here, and when it is re
membered that one class of these war claims
brought in more than 22,000 claimants, and
the amount asked for was more than $60,-
000,000, somewhat of the extent of this class
of the records may be seen.
Many of these documents are confidential,
and there is a third room, which looks like
the cell of a prison, which is devoted to
these. Tho collection includes confidential
messages to the Congresses of the past, and
like much of the other matter, it is full of
unwrittin history. None of these papers are
overseen by strangers. They are hidden
away in looms off of tho corridors of the
capitol and are watched as carefully as the
surplus of the Treasury. It is well that it
is so, for an autograph theft could easily ruin
many valuable papers, and in such' a mass
the theft might not lie detected for years
after its commission.
A Half Million Discrepancy.
From the Albany (6t0.) A'eice and Advertiser..
One of the most startling announcements
that can oossibly bo received by an agent,
responsible for the disbursement of a fund,
is the official statement that there is a large
unexplained discrepancy in his accounts.
Tho discomfit is measured by the ability to
explain it away when conscious rectitude
tempers the annoyance that one must ex
perience, but still, with the knowledge that
every eent has been honestly accounted for,
uneasiness and unrest broods over tho mind.
Capt. R. Hobbs, of this city, after he hap
pened to the misfortune of losing his arm
on the battlefield during the late war, was
appointed purchasing agent in this territory
for the Army of Virginia.
Under the Confederate, law, prohibiting
the planting of more than three acres or
cotton, large areas of corn were cul
tivated in the South, and hogs and
cattle were raised and slaughtered in
great numbers. No marauding band
of Yankee soldiers penetrated this rich belt,
and it was the granary and meat house of
the Confederacy. For the last two years of
the war's duration a constant ami steady
supply of provisions for the Confederate
army flowed from this laud of plenty. The
ageiits of the Confederacy, with tireless en
ergy, scoured the country collecting the
grain and meat that sustained tho strength
of the fighting force.
Capt. Hobbs, as purchasing agent, paid
out monthly vast sums of Confederate
money, and sent in regularly his accounts
to be audited. On one occasion he was sur
prised and greatly •disturbed in mind at
receiving a telegram from tho auditor say
ing:
“There is n discrepancy of half a million
dollars in your account Come at once."
With all possible haste lie made prepara
tions to answer the urgent call of his su
perior. thinking the while how such an error
could have crept in. Ho hastily examined
his records, balanced his cash, and being ttn
ablo to discover anything wrong, was the
more greatly perplexed.
He took his departure for headquarters
with fore’nodings of iximing evil, but sus
tained and comforted with tiie conscious
ness of honest dealings. Arriving at the
Auditor’s office he hastily sought an expla
nation, and was overcome with a sense of
relief when told that the discrepancy was in
Ins favor, but that they wanted him to ac
count for it if possible. It liad never once
occurred to him that the error could possi
bly be,iu his favor. Corn paring the Audi
tor's record with the transcript of his books,
the < 'apt tin s'lon discovered that he had I wen
credit.'ll by two bushels of com for every
sack received when, in fact, tho sacks
weighed only 96 pounds. Tho explanation
was easy and satisfactory.
That will give our readers some idea of
the magnitude of tho undertaking to fix'd
the Confixlerate army. What an immense
quantity of com it would require, at an
error of a peek to the sack, to make $500,000
even at Confederate prices!
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FRANK FRAYNE AND HIS BEASTS.
Tho Actor Tells of His Experience
With “Bob Ingersoll,” the Lion.
From the Philadelphia, yews.
Frank I. Frayne tells a good story about
his Jersey farm and his ferocious lion.
“I keep my lion aud hyenas on the farm
and it’s very funny,” he said. “While they
are there the other fanners keep their doors
and windows locked, and never go out un
less armed with a shotgun.
“My lion Is very ferocious and requires
great care. I call him‘Col. Ingersoll,’ be
cause the Colonel once told mo that I was
committing a sin against nature in keeping
that beautiful animal caged up when he
ought to be in a jungle.
“Bv the way, that lion has a history. He
has killed two men and he carried a bullet
in his nose beneath his right eye, which he
received in Cuba. He belonged to Orrin
Bros.’ circus and they were showing in Cuba.
A Cuban who was attending him tied the
lion up to the grating and went inside the
cage. The powerful animal broke loose and
sprang on the man and Killed him. They
had a dreadful time to got the body out of
the cage.
“They put a hump on the animal’s back
pounding him with iron bars, but. it had no
effect, and finally a relative of the dead man
shot the lion in the nose with a ball from a
45 calibre revolver. That stunned him, and
they got the body out and buried it. The
lion caused the death of his second victim in
Mexico. The animal was with Sells Bros’
circus. A man got too near the cage and the
lion seized his arm and actually pulled it out
of the shoulder socket. Tho victim diod in
a few minutes.
“The most thrilling experience that I had
witn him was at tho beginning of this sea
son. We were billed to plnv in Cumberland,
Md. Tho theatre was in tho second story
and wc got a crowd of negroes to carry the
cage up-stairs and put it on the stage. They
did so, and then nearly every negro in the
town came in to see tho lion. The cage was
out of repair, and I had a blacksmith fixing
it. He took off a lot of the outside bars and
took them to his shop, when ‘Frank,’ one of
my young men, went to let the lion into the
outside cage for water not knowing that
some of the bars were off. The consequence
was that the lion walked out onto the stage
and started down towards the negroes. There
was never a hall cleared as quickly as that
ono was. In an instant not a negro was
seen. ‘Frank’ mounted to the top of the
cage, and from there he climbed up into the
Hies. Then the lion had full possession of the
theatre, and was trotting around among the
seats.
“I ran up to the hall and called fora lot. of
negroes in the street to come and help me
cage the beast, but it was no go. A cart
load of gold wouldn't have persuaded them.
I went into the hall and mounted the stage.
‘Frank’ was still up in the flies and when I
told him to come down and get me the lion's
meat he said he preferred to stay where he
was. I got the meat myself and the lion
watched every movement I made. I opened
the cage door and then stood outside and
waved the meat. In a moment the beast
came for me with a roar. It was life or
death, but I had to take the chances. As he
bounded on the stage I rushed in the cage.
He was right at iny heels and as I threw the
meat into one comer of the cage, it diverted
his attention and he bounded on it. Before
he could turn on me I slipped out and shut
the door and had hint safely caged. Then
‘Frank’ came down from the flies and in less
than five minutes the hall was again filled
with anxious negroes.
“Do my hyenas ever fight? Well, they
would, and savagely, too, if they got to
gether. because they are very jealous of each
other, but we take care to keep them apart.
Once they got into the Hame cage and began
a deadly combat, but I ended the fight by
turning a hose on them. Oue of them is
striped aud the othei- is spotted, and you
know they are born enenjiss. The spotted
one is tame and is of the species known as
the laughing hyena. The striped hyena is
untamable and is very ferocious. My two
bears are simply pets, and wouldn’t hurt
anything. My three dogs are very jealous,
as much so as opera singers and Italian
dancers. They are continually trying to
outdo one another. lam fond of animals
and have a great collection of them on my
farm.”
THE TENTH OF $50,000.
How a Colored Boy Became Rich, and
the Effect His Wealth Has Had- Upon
Him—One Dollar in the Louisiana
State Lottery.
Of course a majority of our citizens are
opposed to gambling, but there is considera
ble pleasure when you try it to know that
you are going to play a game that is fair.
Clifford J. Tweedy, the colored boy who was
the lucky holder of the one-tenth of ticket
23,899 —the second capital prize of $50,000 —
received about a week ago his one-tenth, or
$5,000, and our readers would perhaps like
to know something of this colored boy’s
life, and how he won the prize, and what
he has done and intends doing with his
money.
Clifford is a likely colored boy, about 21 or
22 years of ago anil was raised by Mr. Henry
T. Peay, with whom he has been for tho
past sixteen years. At the time of his draw
ing the SS,(XX) he was in the employ of Mr.
Peay, getting $8 per month. Ho has re
tained nis position with Mr. Peay, and does
his work as faithfully as over.
After receiving his $5,000 he deposited $4,-
000 in the Georgia Railroad Bank and took
SI,OOO and divided a portion of it amongst
his poor colored relations. Be it to his
credit, too, he did not forget his employer,
Mr. Peay, to whom he gave a present of SSO.
He says with the $4,000 that he has de
posited in the Georgia railroad ho intends to
buy Augusta’s real estate, another sign that
he has a level head. In answer to the ques
tion how much he had invested before wrn
ning, he replied that bo had bought a ticket
regularly every month for° tl*; last fifteen
months, and it was the fifteenth dollar that
did the work.— Augusta {(la.) Chronicle,
April 30.
lix/al NOTICES.
r pnr. CENTRAL THU NT COMPANY OK NEW
I YORK vs. THE EAST TENNESSEE. VIR
GINIA A.VD GEORGIA [{AiI,ROAD COM
PANY. In Equity. In the Circuit Court of the
United States for the Southern District of Geor
gia-
HENRY FINK, Receiver of the East Tonnes
see, Virginia anil Georgia Railroad, appointed
in laid cause, having made application to lie
discharged as said receiver, all parties at inter
est are hereby notified to file in the I ilerk * office
Of this court. in writing, on or before the
TWENTY-EIGHTH uMi DAY OF MAY, 1887,
their objections, if any they have, to the grunt
ing of the order discharging said receiver as
prayed for,
It Is further ordered that the foregoing order
tie published for ten (10) days In the .Macon Tele
graph and Savannah Morning News, newspaper*.
May 18, 1887. EMORY SPEER;
Judge of the U. S. Court.
IN i 'hathum Superior Court. December Term,
1888.—H. D. OANNICK vs. HAGER CAN
NICK. Libel for Divorce.
It appearing to the ('curl lhat service was not
perfected on defendant by publication', iu con
formity with an order granted June 12th. and
lhat the defendant docs not re*id* in thin county
or Slate, it iwonlereil that the defendant lie cited
to uppear at, the next June term hy the publica
tion of this order once a month for four mouths
in the Savannah Morning News,
iir.i r.UBKU 13, 188*. A. P. ADAMS,
Judge S. C. E. J. 0.
Husky M' Alpis, Petitioner’s Attorney.
A true extract from the minutes, t his'lgth ilay
of December, A. D. IHOH.
iMAbJ • JAMES K. P. CARR,
Deputy Clerk S. r r. C.
I N Chatham Superior Court, December Term,
1888. JACOB KILEY vs, LOUISA RILEY.
Libel fop Divorce.
It appearing to the Court, that service was not
perfected on defendant by publication, in o'ssli
rnoe to an order granted June 12th, 188*1, and
that defendant does not reside in this county
and State, if is ordered that the defemiaut lie
cited to appear at the June term, by the publi
cation of this order once a month for four
months in the Savannah Morning News.
Dkit.hszr I*. 1888. . A. P. ADAMS.
W!Vr '!• Me •thlon^M,{4s/rw r j
"i* v* fjisn liji l*ih lip
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iMAvi fM " i
CHEAP ADVERTISING.
ONE CENTA WORD.
ADVERTISEMENTS, 15 Words or
more, in this column inserted for ONE
CENT A WORD, Cash in Advance, each
insertion.
Everybody who has any want to supply,
anything to buy or sell, any business or
accom modal ions to seen re; indeed,any wish
to gratify, should advertise in th is column.
PERSONAL.
I ITT HE HARDHEAD: DM you disappear in
J the earth last evening? Eleven to-morrow.
Mr. JONES.
, j' , m-RSDAY AFTERNOON, about 8:30. young
i lady who took Abereorn street ear corner
Bryan street : If agreeable 1 would like to make
your acquaintance. H. DELMAR, care general
delivery. ‘
HELP WANTED.
YITAVITIOa barber. Apply at MARSHALL
YV HOUSE PALACE SHAVING SALOON at
once.
A A 7 ANTED, a white bnrber for a hotel In Flori-
VV da. G. A. DREKA, Carrollton Hotel, De-
Lund, Fla.
AITANTED, small girl, 12 to 14 years of age,
it for light housekeeping. Apply this even
in’,- 190 Montgomery street.
A XT ANTED, a respectable young Indy for a
1 > bakery store, one that will room and board
with family keeping the store preferred. Ad
dress R., Morning News.
\l T ANTED, a young lady to do office work;
t t one having experience preferred. Address,
with references, MANHATTA N, this office.
\\T ANTED, a reliable woman to care for two
VV children and help In housework of a small
family. Apply northeast corner Taylor and
Habersham street*.
YAf ANTED, a cook; white preferred. Apply
V 48 J ones si reet.
A A J ANTED, ft bright, intelligent Hoy with good
VV recommendations. Apply in own hand
writing. C. 8., News office.
AA7 ANTED, dry goods salesman with expert-
V V enee and first-class reference. G. ECK
STEIN.
TAT ANTED, two bread bakers. .T. J. WALSH,
I V Jones and Montgomery streets.
AATANTED, two good Hands to work at dress-
VV making. Apply to Miss DUFF’, 101 Lib
erty street.
TIT ANTED, man to take charge of dairy;
it must be a good milker. Apply to Mrs.
OIBBES' Dairy Farm, Ogeechee avenue.
YA7ANTED, a man and wife, without children,
1V to take charge of small truck and poultry
farm near the city; German preferred. Address,
with references, w , News Office.
ATT ANTED, men. women, boys and girls to
V i earn S7O per month at their own homes; a
nice, light, easy and profitable business: costly
outfit of samples, a package of goods and full
instructions sent for 10c. Address H. C. ROW
ELL ,t CO., Rutland. Vt,
EMPLOYMENT AVANTED.
A YOUNG COLORED MAN, with reference,
,i\. wants a situation traveling North; very
reasonable terms. Address F. A., this office.
MISCELLANEOUS AVANTB.
1 PARTNER WANTED.—A cabinet maker, who
is acquainted with the furniture business,
wishes a partner (with capital) to start a busi
ness in a Florida town. Address FURNITURE,
care Morning News.
WANTED, a horse or mule for light work.
Apply at 91 Liberty street.
WANTED TO RENT, very low, a pretty cot
tage 7-octave Piano. Apply at 158 South
Broad s^eetj
■VATANTED, for his board, during next few
'I mouths, a saddle horse; good care and
moderate use. CAREFUL, this office.
YT7 ANTED, purchasers of tickets to Tyhee on
VV 14th Inst, to know that by applying to the
agentfrom whom they bought they inuy have
them exchanged for excursion to Warsaw Tues
daynexh.Dl o'clock, or money returned.
AArANTED, immediately, one pleasant unfur-
Vt nished room for storing furniture, in
good neigh borliood. Address, stating terms,
L. H., care of News office.
ROOMS TO RENT.
IX)R RENT, CInSAP, a floor of four rooms,
’ furnished or unfurnished, with private hath
room and closet on same floor; suitable for light
housekeeping. Inquire No. 158 State street, near
Barnard.
ROOMS FOR RENT Oil first floor, with water.
Apply 194 Hull street.
(TOR RENT, a nicely furnished room, south
ern aud eastern exposure, with every con
venience. 41 Broughton street.
A LARGE FURNISHED ROOM, facing Telfair
square, on York, near Barnard street.
I3OR RENT, two cool, unfurnished rooms,
with bath, second floor, 153 South Broad.
I!?OR RENT, one, two or three nice, cool rooms,
furnished or unfurnished, at 37 Abereorn
street.
IAQR RENT, cool south rooms, large and
small, furnished; day board. 08 Barnard
street.
r pO LET, furnished rooms, with use of bath.
I. Inquire at 33 Hall street for three days.
MOUSES A\ 1) STORES 1 OK RENT.
FX)R RENT, bouse containing six rooms, on
Anderson street, between Abercorn and
Lincoln; rent moderate. Apply next door, or
at the corner of President and East liroad.
fT'OR RENT, house, five rooms, water, sl2,
r Harris street, between East Brood and
Price. P. R. COHEN, Lower Cotton Pres*.
fpOR KENT, from June Ist, large dwelling.
I with storo attached, southeast comer of
BiTan and Houston streets. Apply to R. S.
CLAOHORN, No. KH Bay street.
I.''OR RENT, the most desirable residence on
l 1 Taylor street, north aide, two doors west
of Abercorn street, with all modern improve
ments: possession given Immediately. Apply
to WALTIIOUR & RIVERS. No. 83 Ray street.
oil RENTS seven-room house; water on
'lt premise*. Apply to WM. BOUHAN,
Huntingdon and Mercsr streeta. •
17X)H RENT, storo and dwelling southwest
corner Arnold anil South Broad streeta.
Apply at 53 Reynolds street.
PX)K KENT, house 4T. Jones si reel; In good
order, with bath. Apply Price, four doors
from Taylor
IAOR RENT, one large six-room house: water
1 in yard. J. J. WALSH, Jones and Mont
gomery streets.
TJVJR RENT, the Bnekinghsm House at the
I 1 Isle of Ho|ie, with bath hone"; artesian
water on place. Apply to THUS. HENDERSON,
183 York street.
H'Olt RENT, house on Tattnall, between Harris
t and Liberty streets, with all modern Im
provements. GEO. W. RAKISH. No. 193 St.
Julian street.
I.X)R KENT, Residence tun Wsldhurg street;
1 water and gaa throughout; good neighbor -
hood. I. D. LaTK>CHK'KHONH.
OFFICE FUR RENT, southeast corner (’resi
dent and Kray-ton streets. Apply to WIL
LIAM U. ARAMS, at Port Warden's office.
FOR HALE.
INIR SALE, a comfortable Cabin Yacht, with
1 stove and full supply of cooking utensils;
very reasonable. Apply to N. PAULSEN & (JO.,
Market Lock.
F3OR BALE CHEAP, Stock and Fixture# of
Broughton Street Notion Store; hesi stand;
low rent. Address O’HHANTEit, care Morning
News.
I TOR HALE cheap one there capital stock
1 Workingmen's and 'trader's Limn Associa
tion. drawn at the lajUUMjfiltiE; will sell at a
discount. Address M T-
L'OR KALE. <h s, djTaSK's at Whites-
F iills er liiiyU i No. railroad;
located near depot:
: T dHHMMrc.f 1 AHiSVlftf
IVI WfcdMM|trret.
day by
Ij'Oß RALE, Strawberries, fresh from the
farm three times daily. W. BARNWELL,
Oglethorpe Barracks. _
FOR SALE, one Twelve-horse power Engine
and Boiler, Dexter make; one English long
Cotton Giu; one Brown Uin, fifty saws, self
feeder and condenser; one (iris! Mill, Circular
S;iw. Shaftings, Belting, etc.; all nearly new.
Apply to OAR.N ETT, STUBBS & CO.
SALE.—ROSEDEW Lots, tin feet on
I Front street along the river and 500 foot
deep, at 5125, payable $25 cash anil sl2 50 every
six months wit hint crest. FIVE-ACRE Lots In the
TOWN OK ROSEDEW, wit* river privileges, at
8100, payable s2oeaahandsseverv tliree months,
with Interest. Apply to I)n. FALLIGANT, 151
South Broad street, 9 to 10 a. it. daily.
LOST,
IOST. between Screven House and Central
s Railroad depot, ass clt%. Kewanl lor re
turn of unit' to 05 Bay street.
REMOVALS.
Removal.- John F. carpenter a Vo"
have removed from Broughton to Whita
ker and Perry street lane, tinder Masonic
Temple, where they will tie pleased lo see their
old friends 11ml patrons; satisfaction guaranteed
as heretofore,
FT EMOVAL.- I have moved tn v store from No.
\ 7 Jefferson street, to corner Gwinnett and
Burroughs street, and will open to-morrow. I
will Is* glad to sis* tuv friends and patrons at my
new house, PHILLtR BEAU.
HOARDING.
TIT ANTED, good, reliable boarders. No. 7
t V William street. Terms reasonable.
lUIOTOORAPWY.
SPECIAL NOTICE PHOTOGRAPHY Prices
It reduced Petitos $1 50, Cards $2, Cabinet
$5 l*>r dozen, and larger work in the same pro
portion.
J. N. WILSON,
MISCELLANEOUS.
I K you go to S. WHITE’S, you can have your
1 Clothing renewed, cleaned, repaired, hnuded,
dyed, remodeled, altered to suit your taste. S.
WHITE, corner Jefferson and State streets.
IT COI.I.AT BROTHERS'a splendid assort
i V meat of Straw Hats for Men and Boys.
c A VANN AH INTELIJtIENCF. OFFICE, MB
it Llb<*rty si reef.. Reliable servants always on
hand. City or country supplied.
( 3 ARDF.N HOSE at Bc. per foot; four and
\ * eight arm Lawn Sprinklers cheap. A
large stock of Saratoga Trunks just received at
lo>v prices. NEIDLIN’GI.U A RABUN.
VISIT THE SAVANNAH POULTRY YARDS,
V Ogeechec road, fourth door south of Ander
son street, and see the Taney Poultry and Pekin
Ducks Young Chickens now out and for side
at low prices. Eggs for batching.
■\TEW AT LIVINGSTON'S: Le Grand, Vanilla
is Glace, Coca Cola, Phosphoride and Pine
apple Hem.
HAIRWORK of all descriptions in stock. I
make to order wigs, beards, moustaches,
switches and bangs, fluffy and light make
especially for summer wear"; bangs trimmed a
la Langtry, ala Russian, Saratoga, Pompadour,
etc., etc. EMILE F. FEGEAS, 110t$ Broughton
street, Hair Store, ►
IYIIOSI’HORIDE for the nerves, Coon Cola for
the brains, only at LIVLNUHTON’S PHAR
MACY, Bull and State.
DON’T fail to call and see our Children's Car
riages. Our goods are bought direct
from factories and it enables us to sell them
lower than you can buy at uny public sale. We
also carry a complete lino of house furnishing
goods at NATHAN BROS., ltki Congress street.
DR. BLANCH VEGETABLE DEPURATIVE.
Sold only at LIVINGSTON'S PHARMACY,
•Bull and State street s.
AT OOLLAT BROTHERS’ the best line of
1-adies', Children’s and Gentlemen's Shoes
in the city for the least money.
HAIRCUTTINO distinctly fashionable and
becoming, by EMILE F. FKGF.AH, Brough
ton street., between Bull and Drayton; shaving
supplies for gentlemen shaving themselves
always in stock.
Belle of Baltimore.-a Beautiful com
plexion. Ladies, use Mine. Hoiinulea’s Paris
ian Nut Oil amt Milkweed Po.vder. It removes
and prevents wTinkles, beautifies and preserves
the complexion, and keeps it youthful. For sale
a! DAVID PORTER S, 122 Broughton street.
IJVINOSTO.VS NEW DRINKS. Milk did. p,
J Vanilla Glace, Le Grand, Coca Cola and
Phosphoride. Try the.m.
BOOKS AT AUCTION PRlCES.—Guizot’s
History of France, fa 00; Macaulay's His
tory of England, $2 50; Macaulay s Complete
Works, jfi OO: Irving's Works, $0 00; Hume's
History of England, $2 50: Gibbon’s Roman
Empire, and othors, @3 00. WYLLY & CLARKE.
TJINEAPPLE BON BON, the finest drink ever
1 sold In Savannah only, at LIVINOSTON'B
PHARMACY. .
I ,X)R HALE, a large lot of the very latest
I I styles Derby Hats of our own ami of the
celebrated Knox manufacture at a reduction of
33 per cent.; this we do In order to reduce our
stock. Cl U.I.AT BROTHERS.
(NALL and see samples of LAIJNKY A
J GOEBEL'S LIFE SIZE CKAYONH, In
handsome frames, complete, for sls and S3O.
Such folly was never known, but they must be
introduced and competition must be met; con
sult them on all style and size pictures before
having your work done: if will pay you.
DRINK CHOCOLATE CARAMEL, only at
LIVINGSTON S PHARMACY, Leader, lu
t roducer and Originator of all fancy temperance
drinks.
C3LOTHINO cleaned, repaired, braided, altered
J and dyed; new suits cut and made in latest
styles; charges moderate; satisfaction guaran
teed. A. GETZ, tailor, 31 Jefferson street.
/"A PEN SUNDAYS to supply Medicines S to 11,
l t Ito fl o'clock. G. M. HEIDT A CO.
HADERICKS" Ice Cream and Sherbets are
> pure, rich and delicious, and always reli
able. Try them.
MR. E. A RCHULTZE formerly music direo
tor of the Mozart Club) has returned to
Savannah and otters his services to the public a*
teacher of Singing, Voice Culture, Violin and
Cornet by the Latest improved methods now
used by all the leading teachers in Europe. For
further particulars and for terms apply at 130
Hulljdreet, the residence of Ur. L. Knorr.
MILK JULEP, the new shake, only at LIV
INGSTON'S PHARMACY, Leader and In
troducer, Bull and State.
CMOKED TONGUES, very choice, large ami
i ' fresh, ut sixty cents, for sale. A. 11.
CHAMPION.
ITNGI.IHH TOOTH BRUSHES only 30t\;
J monthly sales, two gross. LIVINGSTON 'S
PHARMACY, Bull and State
f PREVENTS and Cures Chafing. Prickly Heat
I and ull Skin Eruptions, “Borsclne Toilet
Powder." Try a package. Sold by aii drug
gists.
\H WNINGH made and put up; also Furniture
upholstering: ('arjiets taken up and cleaned;
all work guaranteed. W. D. THOMPSON, 49
Whitaker street.
\NYONE having translation of Spanish 1 jind
Grants in Florida will do well to commu
nicate with LA WSON, care Morning News.
re/v H. P. RETURN TUBULAR BOILER for
( U sale cheap. GEO. K. LOMBARD ft CO.,
AugustaXia^^^^
MILLINERY.
ST. JCLIAN AND BILL STREET!!.
SAXONY WOOL, 3 Hanks C3o.
MIDNIGHT WOOL 30c. Hank.
SHETLAND FLOSS 10c. Hank.
INFANTS’ CAPS from 15c. to $3 50.
SUN BONNETS from 10c. to $1 75.
CROCKED SACKS from 50c. to $3.
All new goods, latent stitches and best shaped
HACKS. Nothing to compare with them in the
city.
Full line of ARRABENE, CHENILLE, RIB
FERSINE, HLLOHELI.K and CREWEL
STAMPING at short notice.
Mrs/LK. POWER,
137 8i Julian StreaU
LL DDEN * RATES S. M. H.
L & B. S. M . H .
PIANOS AT SSO Each.
PIANOS At *75 Each,
PIANOS At $l5O Eafh.
PIANOS
OBCANS AT $24 Each-
ORGANS At $35 Each.
GROANS t $55 Each.
GROANS At $75 Each.
The instrument* above specified are beyond
all question (renuine llnrgains. and
must be seen to lie appreciated, our Ware
rooms are tilled to repletion, and. although
busy as I in tilling orders from all parts at
the South, and our own Forest City as well, wo
have enough to go round, and thereforo wan#
yuiir order to complete our happiness.
C A L LKA R L Y.
Ludden & Bates
Southern Music House,
SAVANNAH, GA.
PIANOS MOVED.
SHIPPING, Packing or Unpacking by expe
rienced New York Piano Movers. Work
done safely, quickly and without damage to
premises or instruments and at low prices.
PIANOS TUNED.
F> Y tho year or single tunings, and when w*
J take charge of Instruments by the year ws
make no additional diarge for strings or slight
regulation of actions. There Is economy in em
ploying g I tuners. Mr. H. N. MOORE sl.ll
looks after this branch of our buxines*.
3L_ &c 33_ S. 3VL- ZECs
DRY GOODS.
Exceptional Inducements
H OSIER Y
—-AT
Grohan & Dooner’s
SUCCESSORS TO
B. F. McKenna & Cos. f
Ladies’ Hose.
850 dozen Ladles' blank, colored and un
bleached Hose at 10c. a pair.
250 dozen Ladles' util.leached full regular
made Hose at 15c. a pair,
235 dozen Lillies’ black, solid colored and un
bleached Hose, full regular made, at 25c. a pair,
100 dozen Ladles solid colored hlaek ana un
bleached Hose, (till regular made, at Tie, a pair.
160 dozen Ladies' black and solid eoli rodßrfl
iiauULixle Hose at 50c., worth 75c. a pair, i S
Misses’ Hose.
.300 dozen Misses plain and ribbed black
colored Hose at 10c. a pair.
A Job Lot. f
160 dozen Mira's’ black and colored Rose,
broken f’zes, at 23c., regular price .35c. and 40c.
175 dozen Minxes’ plain and ribbed hi lak and
colored Hoe--, double heel and toes, at 'lsc.a nair.
50 dozen Misses’ black and colored Bialliant
Lisle Thread Hose, double knees, from 5 to
at 35c. a pair.
GENTLEMEN’S HALF HOSE
250 dozen Gentlemen’s British Half Hose at
15c. a pair.
200 dozen Gentlemen’s unbleached striped and
solid colored British and Balbriggan Half Hose
at 25c. a pair.
Summer Underwear
A complete assortment of all grades and sizes
in Hummer Underwear for Ladles, Genllemsi#
and Misses.
White Goods! White (i||l
.3.750 yards Corded Pique st 3Ue. a vailEx **?' *
vm p ■ ,-es India I .men, /inches wide,^Hß|f.
a yard. r&fSp-
Isn pi.-ccs India Linen. :J2 inches wide Bib,
a yard.
100 nieces India Linen, .33 inches wide,
a yard.
76 pic-, rh- 1 Nainsook, Cambric lljHbdji;
different patterns, at xUc. a yard.
to pieces shear finished Plaid Lawns,
wide, av a yard.
A full line of Blanched, Unbleached and Tur
key Red Table Damask, Damask and HuclC
Towels, Nankins and Doylies, Marseilles and
Honey Comb Quilts.
A SPECIAL DRIVE.
100 dozen bleached Huck Towels, 38 Inches
wide and 46 Inches long, at $8 per dozen; real*
lar price $4 23.
liffiil
New Goods
By Steamer Chattahoochee.
NEW LAWNS, NEW ORGANDIES, NEW
CRINKLE SEERSUCKERS,
A COMPLETE LINE of Ladles’ Children's
1 \ and Genii,'Summer Undershirts.
A full assortment of Empire State Shirts,
size from IS to Boys' Shirts, from IS tod JVtj.
Ladles’ and Children's Lisle Thread Hose, In
blade and colored.
Gents' Lisin thread and Rilbriggan Half Hosa
In plain and fancy colors.
Gents' Collars and Cuffs, with a complete Una
of Black and Second Mourning Goods, coiupria.
log everything now and desirable.
AT
GEB2 lAINEaH
Ni’xt Fm'ber’s. U3BI
TOOTII PASTE.
FOR 'PI IF T
j VRIKSTM. TOOTH PA-.TK. i'heiTt|^BS|
' ' I’asi •. ( him,ml Tooth Paste.
Cream Dentifrice, Lyons’Tooth Tablet’s,
Tooth Soap, ThomiMon's Tooth Soap, Carbolic
Toot h Soap, Tooth Powers and Washes all kinds
at STRONG'S DRUG STORE, corner bull and
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