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/The War as I Saw It.
BY N. H. COKER.
ji CHAPTER XXVII.—Con.
«’
The Battle of Mission Ridge.
I did not take any further part
in the tight that day. as 1 was com
pletely fagged out. Having had
no sleep since the night before
the battle of Lookout Mountain,
and the tramp from the top of the
mountain and down the valley to
where I found the command, nnd
then out of the valley up on top
of Mission Ridge, and—then—
the— whistling— bullets— and—
shells all helped me to feel tired
I suppose. 1 sat dowu behind a
big stump not far from the top of
the ridge, and the cannon balls
and shells came from the enemy’s
batteries nearly as fast as one
could count. During the time of
this heavy cannonading, General
Bragg and General Hardee with
• their staff, rode up to they
could see the federal force. Gen.
Bragg looked down into the val
ley about a minute; the shot aud
shell coming thick and fast; but
if he batted his eyes I could not
tell it, and I was within ten or
fifteen steps of him. General
Hardee would dodge whenever a
shot or a shell came pretty close.
The staff’ officers and escort dis
mounted and stood on the oppo
site side of their horses, but I
thought a horse would be a very
poor protection against a cannon
ball. After taking a look at the
federal army, the Generals gal
loped off down the line to the left.
I moved from behind the stump
to a place close by where there
was a kind of depression in the
ground, so that the shot and shells
could pass over me. In a few
minutes after I made this move, a
solid shot struck the stump which
I had just left and split it open.
If I had remained there a few
minutes longer, I would not be
here now writing about it.
The different regiments took it
by turns in fighting; that is, one
regiment, after fighting awhile,
would be withdrawn and another
would take its place, and in turn
that one wonld he withdrawn,
etc., till all the regiments took a
a hand iu the fight.
It was said that 001. McConnell
of the 39th Ga. asked permission
to take his regiment in before
their turn came. It seemed that
a heavy assault was about to be
made on our line just east of the
tunnel, and the Colonel wanted
to help repel it. At any rate the
regiment went in and during the
next few minutes an exceedingly
heavy charge was made by the
federals. The Colonel was on
horseback, on account of a wound
received at Baker’s Creek, Miss.,
which rendered him unable to
walk without considerable diffi
culty. During this assault on our
line, a bullet struck the Colonel
just about the top of his head and
he was taken off the field and
died iu a few days afterwards af
ter being carried to his house at
Ringgold, Ga. If he had been on
foot the ball would not have hit
him. The command of the regi
ment was then under Capt. Thos.
H. Pitner of Co. B. from Whit
field county. Captain Pitner was
a mau I liked very much.
Just m front of our breastworks
on top of the ridge at one place,
there was a kind of sink or de
pression and when the yankees
got into that depression, (it was
only a few yards from the works),
the fire from our line was so se
vere that the blue coated fellows
lay down and our bovs could not
hit them, but they kept firing on
our men. Capt. Brady of Co.
K. 39th Ga. ordered his men to
set down their guns and each
mau to gathar an armful of rocks.
These rocks were pitched over
among the enemy, and in a very
few minutes they rose to their
feet, and our boys jumped over
the works and took in about
eighty of them. They were all
Irish and all had on nice new uni
forms and long overcoats. Some
of them were bruised up consid
erably by the rocks. I was one
of the men detailed to guard
them off the field. We brought
them down to the railroad this
side the tunnel and turned them
over to the regular guards ami
they were sent South. One of
them, whose head was bleediug
from a wound made by one of
Capt. Brady’s missiles, said to
me: "Faith an’ I niver kno’d pa-|
pie t<> foit in the war with th’rocks I
befur.” He had a good blanket
and oil-c'oth. A straggler from
our army came along and took
the fellow’s blanket aud oil doth
from him and started off with
them. I had gone back towards
the rear of the line. The fellow
said to one of the guards: “Plaze
make that mou give me back moi
blanket,” but the guard did not
notice what he said. The strag
gler came on towards whereT was
aud the wounded prisoner asked
me to make him give him his
blanket. I told the straggler to
give the fellow his blanket, but lie
paid no attention to me, but tried
to pass me. I stepped in front of
him and put my bayonet against
him aud said to him: “You must
not take that wounded man’s
blanket, give it back to him.” But
he tried to pass me anyhow. I
braced myself and told him to
give up the blanket or I would
run my bayonet through him. He
pitched the roll, blanket and oil
cloih, like he was going to pitch
it to the fellow, but instead he
pitched it into a puddle of water
by the side of the railroad track.
I picked it up and gave it to the
prisoner who thanked me very
kindly.
(continued.)
TO ESC AP E FRE EZIN G
He Slays His Family of Six and
Then Suicides.
Guthrie, O.T.,Feb. 14.—Stories
are coming of awful suffering
throughout this territory during
the recent blizzard. Twenty
persons are reported frozen to
death.
A report comes from the north
ern part of the territory that six
members of the Stone family were
murdered by the father to pre
vent their suffering while dying
of the cold,
The seven bodies were found in
one house wish their throats cut.
Iu the house was only found a
note, signed by the father, who
left word that he had killed his
wife and children to save them
from freezing. He added that he
himself would commit suicide,
and the evidence of his words
aud a knife clutched in his right
hand as it lay beside him bears
out his promise of self-destruc
tion.
The following was the note
found on a table near by Stone.
“Wood all gone; Mollie frozen
to death, the rest of us freezing.
I have killed my family aud now
kill myself to prevent further
suffering. God have mercy on
us.”
Stone was a homesteader, and
lived ill a tent, through which the
wind whistled with great force.
It is thought after the snow melts
many dead people will be found
and hundreds, if not thousands,
of dead cattle.
Ordained to Preach
Boston, Mass., Feb. 14.—The
ordination of Mrs. Amelia A.
Frost, wife of Rev. George A.
Frost, of the Orthodox church
here, as the first woman preacher
in the Congregational church
body in Massachusetts, took place
here to-day. It is significant
that the council reported unani
mously upon her examination,
and no opposition was made to
her ordination. When Mr.
Frost was studying for the min
istry his health broke down and
Mrs. Frost assisted him in vari
j ous ways. After Mr. Frost be
| gan to preach his wife frequently
| assisted by preaching herself.
Some time since the society took
an informal ballot upon the ques
tion of asking Mrs. Frost to be
come its associate pastor, and
this led to her ordination to-day.
“I suffered for two years from a
bad cough and pain in my chest.
I tried a number of remedies,
but Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup was
the only one that effected a cure.
P. J. Murphy, Ashley/Pa.”
WALKER COUNTY MEBSENQEK.- FEBRUAItI' 22,1894.
A ROMANTIC REVOLUTIONARY
INCIDENT,
Arthur L. Carrington—Vi r g' n ' a
Randolph.
BY REV. W. H. BOBEUTS.
t I
Editor Index:—l find among
my preserved scraps of interest, j
the following, which seems to be :
well and fully authenticated. 1 j
place it at your disposal.
During the revolutionary war,
(1778) Arthur L. Carrington, a
noble young in.iu, had followed j
the fortunes of Washington, and
spent that awful winter with him
at Valley Forge.
In the pursuits of war he had
found and secured the heart of
the pretty aud pious “Virginia
Ilandoluh,” just eighteen years
old. He frequently wrote to her
from toe army and so was pre
pared with pen and ink aud
paper at all times. He was a
young man of more than ordinary
vim, and in his hazardous attacks
on the scouts of the British army,
he found a safe place to hide
from their approach, in a cave
near the Falls of French Creek,
Pa. He managed to secrete
himself by a rock, which he ar
ranged in the mouth of the cave,
and which he could remove easily
as he wanted to come out.
On one occasion, just ufteT he
had fastened up his entrance, the
British troops fired three shots
near by, aud the concussion was
so severe that he was fastened in
the cave in such a manner that it
was impossible for him to escape.
There were rays of sunlight that
enabled him to see, and under
stand his real condition. When
he knew that death was near
with a firm confidence in the God
in whom he trusted, he wrote a
letter to his betrothed, and put it
in a bottle which he happened to
find.
About ten or twelve years since,
a new cave was found in a granite
quarry which was then being
opened up and in it a skeleton,aud
bottle, and in the bottle the fol
lowing letter:
In the Cave, May 20th, 1778.
Miss Virginia Randolph:
My dearly loved aud betrothed.
—I am in my cave in which I
have ofton escaped the approach
of our enemies, but my darling, I
am confined now, and believe that
I shall never be able to get out.
The British troops who were hot
in my persuit fired three shots
nearby and the concussion moved
the rock whioh covered it, and
has so fastened it that I cannot
possibly get out, and I give you
these lines which may tell of my
fate. It is God who has allowed
this. God who created us all
must know what is good for us,
and we can only submit and trnst.
To know that your heart is mine
atones, far more than atones for
all I bare suffered or can suffer
in this life.
My life geems to have begun
with our love, Only since then
have I truly lived. You have
snielded me from evil thought. I
have been in every way abetter
mau Biuce I loyed you. When I
gaZe into the pure depths of your
dark blue eyes, doubts and
shadows flee far away from me.
Virginia! Ah Virginia, I am look
ing into them now.
God is good, God is merciful to
let you seem so near me. You are
praying for me]no». At this mo
ment I feel it. I know it is so
my beloved. It is not farewell,
I cannot say farewell. There is
no farewell to love like ours.
This agony will soon be over
with me, and I will be free. 1
will be waiting for you in the j
land of the hereafter, Virginia!
my best beloved, I am almost
there, and something tolls I
will not have to wait long for
your coming.
No one should ever doubt the
goodness or the love of God. I
feel his ways are best. He has
bound our soul 3 together forever
more. Blessed be His holy name.
As ever yours,
A. L. Carrington.
When this strange, and interest
ing letter was discovered inquiry
was made as to its contents, and
there was found in a family grave
yard in Virginia near the home
| of one of the old Randolph fiinii-
I lies a monument with thisiuserip
lion:
Died of a broken heart, Vir
ginia Randolph, on the Ist of
March, 1780, aged 21 years aud
I nine days. “Faithful untodeath.”
Centerville,Miss., Jan 25th, '94.
What will do it?.
Medical writers claim that the
successful remedy f<>r nasal
I catarrh must ho non irritating,
easy of application, and one that
will reach the remote sores and
ulcerated surfaces. Ino history
of the efforts to treat catarrh is
proof positive that only one
remedy has completely met these
conditions, aud that is Fly’s
Cream Balm. This safe and
pleasant remedy lias mastered
catarrh as uothiug else has ever
done, and both physicians and
patients freely concede this fact.
Our druggists keep it.
Farming that Paid.
Farmers throughout the
country, aud especially “garden
farmers,” can find a vegetable
lesson in economies in the ex
periences of the farmers of Long
Island, At the institute of Suf
folk county farmers George W.
Hullock of Orient, the pioneer
farmer of that county, read a
paper on practical farming, in
which he stated that on his farm,
which includes sixty-eight acres
of finely cultivated laud, he raised
last year:
6,000 quarts strawberries.
2,530 bushels of early potatoes.
6,100 barrels of cabbage.
3,950 bushels of onions from
sets.
2,700 bushels of late potatoes.
12,000 bushels of onions from
seeds.
12,000 bushels of currots.
21 bushels of white beans.
3 tons of Hungarian hay.
2( 0 pounds of onion seed.
75 pounds of carrot seed.
110 bushels of Brussels sprouts?
10,000 roots of celery.
800 bushels of corn on the ear.
300 bushels of onion sets.
275,000 cabbage plants to carry
over.
The secret of this farmer’s
phenomenal success may be told
in a few words. To each acre of
land he applies, on the average,
S2OO worth of chemical fertilizer
per year, usually in two install
ments, sometimes in three. Every
foot of land produces at least two
crops in the season, often three,
the second and third crops being
planted between the rows or hills
of the preceding maturing ones.
Consequently when the first
crops, as of peas or early potatoes,
are harvested, the second, say of
carrots or onions, is rapidly de
veloping. There is a saying
among Mr. Ilallock’s neighbors
that so closely does he cultivate
the ground that a row of onions
will thrive under a wire fence as
well as anywhere. A successful
painter was once asked by a tyro
what he used in mixing his paints,
and replied, "Brains, sir.” If
anyone should ask the Long Is
land farmer what he used in order
to obtain such magnificent results
from the cultivation of his land,
he could appropirately reply in
the same words. Brains and
horse-sense will go a long way in
making a successful farmer, as
thev will in any other occupation.
—Troy, N. Y. Press.
Criminal warrants for sale a
this office.
| Young • f
! i - Wives! I
Who are for the Fir»tTlme to undergo
©J Woman’s Severest Trial, we ofler you &)J
% “flot-hers’ Friend ” %
0 A remedy which if used as directed ©>
0 a few weeks before confinement/©. l
o robs it of its Pain, Horror and©]
yX Risk to Life of mother and child, as 'Q,
pi thousands who have used it testify.,
, S& <‘X used two bottles of ‘ Mothers' Friend • iyjj
■ ©- with marvelous results, anil wish every
m woman who has to pass through the or- ©J
Ss deal of chilli-birth to know If they will raS
©. uaa “Mothers’ Friend” for a few weeks it
47); will rob confinement of pain and Hurrcs* raj
ISO, and Insure Safety to Life of Mother mS
| and Child. MosJU |
BRADFIRIwU Hj ObLATOiI CO,. Atlanta,
Hr-'V
9ft IS 3 3 Gft For the care of
Kill " V Couchs, I Colds,Croup, I
mUB 7'T Sr- '.\m ft# Hoarseness, Asthma, 1
Whooping- Incipient 1
or sa, bilUbn,s.
and for the relief of 1)1193
Consumpt ivo persons, W§s 5 2 j
At all dealers. S.'cts. ftj f OB VI
BREAKFAST-SUPPER.
i r rs ) e. a o s
j l_-• m is
Cn.VnrFUL-COMFOKTSNG.
GOG O A
BOILING WATER OR MILK.
nil ro ITCHING PILEb
r|Lto BWAYNES
I ■■■■■w HINTMFNT
ABBOLUTILT OURRB. UHI ■ lllfcll ■
fYMPTOMR— IfoUturot Intfiw Itching «i»«*
•tU«ln«; most «*t night; worse by ■cratchlng. II
tllowrtl tn continue (nmori form and protrude,
which often bleed And ulcerate, beeonitiitT >en
sore. KVI AYNK'S OINTMKNT ntopo the lie!.'
nnd bleeding, hernia ulceration, and In mow I
Hmuvu tb« tuuora. A»h tour DnuujUt for i»
W. J. WEST!
Manufactures and
deals in both rough
and dressed lumber of
every description; also
Doors, Sash, Blinds
and Mouldings of ev
ery requirement.
Has m connection
with his planing and
saw mill machinery, a
number one corn mill,
which he will run for
its patrons during ev
ery day in the week.
Will dress and match
lumber for those who
wish it at reasonable
prices, as soon as de
livered in the mills.
Call on
W. J. WEST,
fobß6m Chickamauga, Ga.
SCHEDULE
—OF THE —
Central R. R. oi Georgia,
E. E. Jones, Iteceiver.
(CHATTANOOGA DIVISION.)
LOCAL TIME CARD.
In effect Nov.* 19tli, 1893.
O
No. 3. TBAINH HUM DAILY. No. 4.
MOUTH BOUND (STATIONS! SOOTH BOUND
BEAD OB EBAD DOWN
Arrive, Leave.
A. If, P. M.
10 25 Chattanooga 4 00
10 07 Rossville 417
10 00 Mission Itidga 4 23
ft 54 Hattie Field 4 28
9 44 Chickamauga 4 49
1) 30 Bock Hpring 4 52
9 20 Copeland 4 58
9 05 LaFayette 512
S4B Martindale 5 28
133 Trion 5 44
8 23 Summerville 5 55
8 10 Baecoon Mills 6 03
8 09 Lycrly 012
7 58 Holland 825
7 83 Lavender 6 48
7 00 Rome 713
8 55 Oliver Greek 7 75
< at g«<larWwu »o«
C. D, WILBUR#,
General Superintendent.
W. A. NICHOtS, Agt.
LaFayette, Ga.
I. L Ff,
—DEALER IN
GROCERIES
-AND
PROVISIONS,
Canned Goods,
Fine Cigars,
Tobacco, Etc.
-ALSO
COFFINS & CASKETS,
Chickamauga, Ga.
Septl7-
SOHEDUUi
—OF THE —
Chattanooga Southern
Railroad..
“Pigeon Mountain Route.”
In effect Oct 22nd, 1893.
Southbound. ,
Stations. 1 11
I Lv. p m a tn
I Chattanooga, 230 (! 30
Cliatta. Y’nls, 242 046
Fintstone, 3 00 0 08
Durham june. 3 0!) !) 13
Lisbon, 3 IK 0 26
Cooper Eights 330 948
Kensington, 3 40 10 10
Este a, 3 46 10 26
Marsh, 3 56 _ —.
Bronco, 4 06 11 10
Elairisburg, 4 26 11 40
Chosea, 4 40 12 00
Meno, 4 49 12 40
Chester tied, 6 00 1 00
Jamestown, 6 13 1 21
Banclie, 5 Zll 1 33
Bristow, 6 02 2 50
Gadsden, 7 00 4 30
Ar. p. m. p m
No. 1 daiyjNo.il L > i »ht
Monday,Wedn’su’v andSatudray.
Northbound.
Stations. 2 4 12
Ar. a m p m
Chattanooga, 11 30 4 30
Cliatta. Y’ds, V 17 3 05
Fintstone, 10 58 2 30
Durham pine. 10 50 1 42
Lisbon, 10 41 1 22
Cooper lights, 10 29 105
Kensington, 10 10 12 50
Este e, 1013 12 20
Marsh, 10 03
Bronco, 0 53 11 10
Harrisburg, 0 33 10 40
O beSeu, 0 18 10 20
Mono, 0 08 10 OS
Chestorfied, 8 56 9 48
Jamestown, 8 42 9 23
B audio, 8 35 9 13
Bristow, 7 53 8 07
Gadsden, 7 00 6 36
Lv. a in a in
No. 2 daily; No. 12 local freight
Tuesday,Thursday ami Saturday.
(pgP’The fare from flag stations
will be for the actual distance
traveled.
Joseph W. Burke,
Receiver and Mao’g’r.
H. P. Kaqar,
Gen’l F. A P. Agt.
F. S. W ALLACE,
Superintendent.
Cotton Belt Route.
(Bt. Louis Southwestern Railway.)
—T< >- -
ARKANSAS and TEXAS
THE ONLY LINE
—WITH —
THROUGH CAR SERVICE
—FROM —
Memphis to Texas.
NO CHANGE OF CARB
—TO —
FT. WORTH, WACO,
er Intermediate points.
TWO DAIL TRAINS
-CARRYING-
Through Coaches and
Pullman Sleepern-
Traverwng the finest farming, grazing
and timber lands, and reaching the
most ]>res|)erous towns and
citiea in the
Great Southwest.
Farming Lands.—Yielding abun
dantly all the cereals, corn and cot
ton, and especially adapted to the
cultivation of small fruits and early
vegetables.
Grazing Lands.—Affording excellent
pasturage during almost' the entire
year, and comparatively close te the
great markets.
T1 mlier Lands. Covered with almost
inexhaustible forests of yellow pine,
cypress and the hard woods common
to Arkansas and Eastern Texas.
Can he procured on reasonable and ad
vantageous terms.
All lincsconnect with and have tickete
on sale via the
|« COTTON »ll»BlLT»l [»ROUf L»j
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maps, time tables, etc., and write to any
of the following for all information you
may desire concerning a trip to the
Great Southwest.
K. T. G. MATTHEWS, D. F. A..
Louisville, Ky
FREI) if. JONES, D. I>. A.,
Memphis, Jena.
W. fi. ADAMS, T. V. A., Nashville, Turn.
If. 11. SUTTON, T. I’. A.. Chattanooga, Teirtt.
.1. A. EDHON, lien’l B'lpt., Texarkana, Tex.
E. W. LaBEAUME, O. I*. Si T. A.,
St. Louis, Mo.
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