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yeabs after.
rolled across thy gra^
i^^LoffnsP »***£. 10 * 01 luxuriance S raBB ~" wave
0011 1, its green breast, alas!
i WS" miner on thy
Ending it lost to Bight
; jji ' Bheetcf chilly white. much
precious name I iored BO
V ihe the haunts of men among;
lf ‘ r more outgrown tlij
‘ than plantest has
tree
touch, alien ears in murmuring song,
^ SI>B ° to tendance sweet,
e forgets thy
5r ', laughter, and the sod thy thy feet. violets
wlmn the dear wood where grew
track of travel, toiland trade;
imprisoned demon femes and
IfitiishriekstUat frets, scare the wild birds from
LveitteW I ibe shade; and on its shore
stream,
Ljjaid hxr 5 bell swings its chimes no more
Lyet-cven y e t—if I, grown changed and
K J'iift my eyes at head’s opemag wavmg of the gold, door,
again thy to
r thy dear eyes’ tender smile once
of parting like a breath would
1 rfflll
Jlshonldsay. 1 1 knew it was a dream 1”
w Elizabeth Yolks
HEAD of the war.
L ,,a P „pa gathered graveyard. from the ISA
TIUNAL
!, •EETol ,rom Captain Phistcrer’a “Sa-istieal
the Armies of rhe United
States.”— in the Late War there
Were 2,201 Engagements
ot all Kinds— Killed
ami Wounded.
I |cfStatistics Captain Fred of the Phisterer, war, gives in his us bcok the
liowiBg I figures:— statistical record learn
from this we
tint from April 12 and 13, 1861, to May
L 1865, a period of four years, one
month and thirteen days, there were
I between the confederate and the union
[ )r oes 2,291 engagements of all kinds,
latte following table w’e have the com
pjBtira losses in killed, w ounded, and
nissing of the confederate and national
troops in some of the principal battles.
losses in killed and wounded.
Union Conted.
losses, lossjs.
At Fort Donolson, Feb. 14 to 16, 1862... 2,331 15,J67
At Shiloh, April and 7, 1862............13,573 It),o99
At Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862, to Jan, 2,
...........................................11,578 Vicksburg, May 18 to July 25 360
Aisiore of 4,339
4, )S63..................................... kept. 31,277
AtChickaiuauga, 1863......................*.................15,851 Ga., 19 and 20. 17,804
it Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 23 and 25,
AtKenesawMountains, m ........................................ Ga., etc..June 5,616 8.684
9to3t), )m ........................... Northern Georgia . r . 8,670 4,60t
Id campaign of
from Cuattanoog’a 1864...........................37,199 to Atlanta, May 5
to Nashville, Sept. 8, Tenn., Dec. 15 and 16,
At 2,140
AtBuii Run ffirst), July 21, *1861..... ... 2,952 15.00<
Bull Run (second), Aug-. 30, 1S62,.... ... 7,890 1,751!
At 3,71);
At Seven Williamsburg-, Pines and Va., Fair May Oaks, 5. 1862...... May 31 2,228 1,000
At
la and Junel, days 1862.......................... retreat from Mechaiiics- 5.739 7.997
seven
ville to Malvern Hill, Va., June 26 to
At July Antietam 1,1862................................ (also Sliarpsburg,) Md., 15,249 17,583
Sent. 17,1862..............................12,469 25,899
At Fredericksburg-, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. .12,353 4,576
AtChancellorsville, 1863........................................16,030 Va., May 1 to 4,
AtGett ysburg. Pa., July 1 to 3, 1863... .23,186 12,281
At- the Wilderness, Va., May 5 to 7, 31,621
AtSpot'tsj'lvaiiiivi'c. 11 186)....................................28,441 HfiVa! .May's'to ’ ’
MColdHavbor, Va., June 1 to 12, 1884..14,931 9.000
At Petersburg, Va., etc., June 16 to 19, 1,700
AtPetersbu 1861......................................10,586 Va. trenches In front
Airaersuu ./WU?, rg, i-fr, va., , trend of Jl.496
004 -? 1 - 1864 .................
it Fall of Petersburg, Va., April 2,
116-...................... ccooV
“{pwttnto, Va April 1,1865..... 1,180
Lee Va., surrendered, April 6,1865......................... 1,041 26,’000
Joe Johnston surrendered, April 9, 1865...........
1885, April £6,
Dick Taylor surrendered. May 4, 1865... 29,924 10,000
Sam Jones surrendered, May 1*», 1865.... 8 01)0
Jeff. Thompson surrendered, May 11, ,
1885 7,45'
Kirby Smith surrendered, May 26, 1865. 2o,o(Hi
THE RECORDS OF OUB HOSPITALS
famish a Gory equally sliockiug. Tin
same soldier was again and again undei
medical care. Hence from May 1, 1861,
to June 30, 1865, in the hospitals of the
army, 6,010,618 cases were treated, of
vhich 185,353 died, and 223,535 mei
were discharged from the army in con
sequence of disabilities incurred througl
disease and wounds. During the yeai
ending Juno 30, 1866, 10.274 soldicrt
elso died, making a grand total ot
195,627 deaths in hospitals. In the fol
lowing we have a brief summary of tin
several statements of the different nffi
cers of the war department as to the ag¬
gregate of losses by deaths during the
rebellion:
Prov. Mar. Adit. Gen. Sur. Gen
Ped in battle..........01,362 lteport. Report. Beport.
Plea of wounds....... 34 773 44,238 33,993 35,4)*
5>ed of disease...........183 287 149,043 49,20c
Led of other causes.... 313 67,142 186,216
-
Total 279,735 294,416 271,355
And the quartermaster general esti¬
mates that of those buried in the National
cemeteries (of which there are seventy-
5in e ,) about 300,000 were union sol¬
ders. After explaining the causes of
these discrepancies, and discussing the
relative probabilities of these several
394,369 statements, Captain Phisterer arrives at
as the total of our losses by
eath. This, he considers, is as correct
* figure as it will ever be practicable to
obtain.
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>onr boy “they from tell me you’ve taken
What away the graded school.
8 that for r “ ’Cause, ” said Hob
Uhe master ain’t fit to teach ’im.”
<Jn, said Muggins, “I’ve heard he’s a
good master.” “Well,” replied
Robson, apologetically, “all I knows is
wanted to teach my boy to spell
ta hvs with a
There is probably no sadder scene on
tarth than is presented when the sum
| ;r ‘ r boarders, the after praising in glowing
iffls delightfully fresh flavor of
bie garden sass at their hotel, come
bom |‘»ve contained^th^se vegetables “fresh
the garden ” during the last
mouth.
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CONYERS, GA., JULY 20. 1883.
Flagrant Outrages on a Citizen.
The Providence, It. I., Journal gives
a detailed account of malicious persecu¬
tions to which Mr. William A. Weeden,
a farmer of Cumberland, has been sub¬
jected of late years. Twelve years ago
his two large barns were burned, with
cattle and horses. In 1882 his barn and
other outbuildings were again burned,
involving a loss of $2,400, on which
there was only $600 insurance. In clear¬
ing away for the new barn which ie now
being erected there was found among the
debris, in the centre of the cellar, a bot¬
tle containing dynamite. Soon after the
bam was burned several of the fences
about the land were torn down and
thrown into the road, and iike disgrace¬
ful actions are kept up until this day.
Recently outrageous actions have been
committed at the family tomb on his
farm. The door has been taken from
its hinges and thrown into the middle of
the road, and the gate has been torn off
and placed by the roadside. On the
-labs are caricatures of disgraceful ob¬
jects, and many lines of vulgarity writ
en with red lead. In the tombs are the
Jodies of Mr. Weeden’s father-in-law.
dster-in-law and his two children. At
the commencement of the season he
found in his lots which he intended to
now first, that in several places were
urge pieces of iron, umbrella wires,
urge stones and other missiles stuck
uto the ground, so that the knife of the
uowing machine would come in contact
with them. He discovered this by one
>f his hired men going through the field.
Vot long ago he was plowing, and al
night left his plow in the field. Upon
eturning the next morning the plow
was nowhere to be found. Finally it
was discovered in a swamp near the field,
with both handles'and the share broken,
which made it unfit for use. About the
first of last month Mr. Weeden went to
his well on the night before which the
teed was done, and found the bucket as
usual, all right. The next morning the
work girl went to the well, which has
two buckets; and on letting one down
for the other to come up noticed a change
•n the color of the water. She brought
t up, and upon making an examination
Lund the bucket to be filled with fresh
■ow manure. The water has been unfit
o drink or to use since this was done,
flthough it has been cleaned out. Fre
piently in the morning he has found tin*
rout of his house bedaubed with filth
aid the fences around the house torn
lown and mutilated. Only last Sunday
‘veiling ■ the bars at one place on his
arm were taken out and thrown into
die r ad. Mr. Weeden says he knows
if no reason for thus ill-treating him,
•xcept, perhaps, political animosity or
personal grievance, of which he is una
j ware. It would seem that the State
•nglit to take some means to protect a
•iiizen in his rights, if the town is mia
»ic to do so.
Thu Witnesses. —It is decided that ol
the independent witnesses who gave evi¬
dence against the Invincibles in Dublin,
Alice Carroll will receive $2,500 and
Emma Jones, Huscley, and Meagles
51,500. and all be sent out of the coun*
u-v. Alice promised the Invincibles not
to swear against Brady and Kelly if they
would give her $250, but as they did not
do so she offered her services to tha
crown.
Two voting city ladies in the country
were standing by the side of a wide ditch,
which they didn’t know how to cross.
They appealed to a boy who was coming
along the road for help, whereupon he
ointed behind them with a startled air
and yelled, “Snakes!" The young
ladies crossed the ditch at a single
bonnd.
' Joaquin Milleb says:—“I advise yon
if a man should steal your coat here that
.on proceed to give him the rest also.
We, your shirt, even to the undershirt,
-other than go to law in this uncertain
itv of dark ways and doubtful delays.
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NUMBER 17.
Watching For Their Master.
One of the most remaikable reasons
probably ever urged for pardon of a
criminal has been presented to the Gov¬
ernor of North Carolina in application
for the release of Tim Buckner, a negro
desperado, confined in jail at Plymouth.
About eighteen months ago Buckner in¬
cited. a riot, and placed himself at the
head of one hundred lawless negro lum¬
bermen, who threatened to destroy that
towui. The Governor was compelled to
call out the military before the lioters
were suppressed. Buckner was con¬
victed and sent to jail for two years for
being the ringleader of the mob. At the
time of his arrest the negro owned tw'o
coon dogs w'hicli daily visited the court
during the trial of their master and sat
by his side. After Buckner was sent to
jail, the poor brutes took up their sta¬
tion at the jail-yard door.
During Buckner’s imprisonment the
dogs have not been absent from their
post a single night. They relieve each
other during the clay to get food, bnt at
night are constantly at the door. The
people of the town became attached by
this singular evidence of the devotion of
the dumb creatures to their master.
They built them a kennel near flic, jail
doer and within sight of Buckner’s cell
window. Gov. Jarvis’s wfife visited the
place a few days ago, and was moved to
tears by the wondeeful fidelity of Buck¬
ner’s dogs to their master. She has
joined others in recommending the Gov¬
ernor to pardon Buckner, who still has
a year to serve.
The Food ol Slmth
Shad has been a mystery for years.
So .comes into the rivers in spring in
•ast numbers, and soon departs to the his
>cean. His food is little known and
ea life is a mystery. The bulletin of
fhe United States Fish Commission for
1881, contains a paper which throws
ome light upon the natural history and
mbits of the shad. The paper is found
d upon the examination of the sliad of
Southern rivers, immediately The after they
eave the ocean. microscope was
;alled into use, and revealed a remark
ible state of affairs. The shad is
oothless, ai d it has been a mystery how
ie lived. The naturalists of the corn¬
in' sion found that there was attached
o the alimentary canal a great number of
•ceca, or blind sac3, like the vermiform
ppenuix in man. inch to
Those pockets vary from an
’ hree inches seventy-five in length. each They fish. number It
ibout in was
iscertained that all these pockets were
'filed with food when the fish entered
tie rivers. The theory is that these
lockets are employed from as magazines time from time
vhich the fish draws fo
-hen in fresh water. The food was a
ea weed, with parasitic animals at
ached. The sea weed and the parasites
cere found to be undigested and intact,
t may be possible to find the ocean its
tome of the shad by the contents fish of is
nmerous food magazines. The
ery interesting and very delicious. It
s to be hoped that more of its life J»’s
orv may be traced.
One of the clerks in the general office
of a railroad was blessed by the gift of a
little responsibility’. The boys in the
office were in ignorance of the blissful
fact. The uewly-modc parent entered
the office, his appearance denoted some¬
thing unusual, but nothing was inti¬
mated by the young man. As he walked
to his desk, however, lie came upon a
dog, the pet of the establishment, and
heretofore an especial favorite with him.
Giving the dog a kick, he explained “Get the
whole situation in the one remark,
ut of papa's way, confound yon, sir.”
Lo’s Plea.
An Indian was accused of killing doer
during close time i '• Maine. He exhib¬
ited t<i the jury treaties from the general
Government and from Massachusetts
permitting Indians to hunt and fish.
The accused pleaded for his exemption
from the law, and manifested so much of
the traditional eloquence of his race that
he was ac quitted.
_
Teacher —If two boys should find
ten apples under a tree, how many
would each boy have ? Bright scholar
That would depend upon whether the
one that could lick was apple-hungry o’
not.— Boston Transcript.
Not the First Straw Hat.
About nine o’clock in the morning a
tramp who hold his hands in his pockets
to keep his trousers up, peered in through
a window on West Twenty-fourth street
while the Mullwaits were at breakfast.
“You want something to eat ?” said the
.distress of the house.
“If you please, madam.”
“You look as if yon stood in need of
Nothing, too. Sarah, go to the store¬
room and bring down that bundle that
you’ll find on the chest.”
Sarah having returned w-ith ted bun¬
dle, Mrs. Mullwait emptied the contents
in the hallway and invited the tramp in.
‘Here’s a pair of pantaloons belonging
:<> my husband.”
“What .size does your husband wear,
madam ? I think them's too narrow in
the knees for me, bein’ as I ain’t a dude.
You’d better keep them and I’ll send my
p il’d round; he’s as thin in the runnin’
gear as any dude that travels. There,
that’s a likely’ ’nough coat, but I see
from the collar that it was made by
Ramsberger <fc Ditch, and Ramsberger
.t Ditch is a mean firm clean through.
Last winter they refused to pay me in
idvance when I stepped in to ax ’em if
they wanted their snow cleared off.”
“You seem to be particular for a
tramp,” mildly replied Mrs. Mullwait,
Irawing near to the servant-giri.
“In clothes I’m always kind of par
lie’lar.”
“Here’s a good straw hat Mr. Mull
wait paid $4.50 for ouly last summer.
“Let me look at that hat, please.
Your husband paid twenty shillin’ too
much for that hat; there’s no air-holes
and the baud’s a quarter inch too wide.
Kin I see your husband ? I kin give
him a p’int or two on straw. I’ve slept
in more straw stacks than”
“Take it, will you, and don’t talk so
much ?”
“Madam, I don’t propose to be the
first man to trot out a straw hat thin
season, not by a long shot. If I were
; ,rung up before a police judge he’d pack
me off to the island if I wore that hat.
Aha, my man, using force, eh ; forcing
:he season, were you? Six months.’
Them’s the words the judge’d use, though
Ud been hauled in for bein’ a little drank,
[f you keep that hat until 7lune I’ll—
but
“Let me ask you, madam, did your
husband ever have any kind of a ketch
in’ sickness while he wore them clothes?
If he did I’ll lug ’em along, ’cause I got
a grudge agin a 10-cent lodgin’-house
keeper on the west side that has a weak¬
ness for changin’ the pillera of his lodg
rs—taking their bundles from under
. heir heads when they’s asleep and shov¬
in' an old salt sack in their place, and
hen in the mornin’ sayin’ they lining
nothin'in with them the night before
If you think them clothes has fl as,
bedbugs or yeller fever in ’em I’ll take
.-m long with thanks, but if they hasn’t
I’ll be content with a little toast and
coffee.”
Mrs. Mullwait went into the dining¬
room and Sarah sought some stale bread
the kitchen, while the tramp opened
refrigerator, drank the cream that
for custards and walked off with the
and pawned it for a drink on
corner below.— N. Y. WtrrUl.
An Amusing Scene.
Col. Bob Ingersoll, in his speech be¬
fore the star route jury in Washington,
devoted himself with much earnestness
and eloquence in the task of burying the
witness Rerdell, and ho consigned him
to an imaginary grave and decorated
him with a contemptuous epitaph with
evident enjoyment. The other day Mr.
Merrick who had been very effectively
picturing to the jury the efforts of Ste¬
phen W. Dorsey to drive Mr. MacVeagh
and Mr. James from the Cabinet, in the
hope that he would thereby prevent his
own prosecution, brought his speech to
a telling conclusion by portraying ail
other graveyard scene. Taking the In¬
gersoll idea he expounded it. Instead
of one grave he asked the jury to imagine
two graves. He made Rerdell’s grave
wide enough to hold two, and side l>y
side be buried Stepten W. Dorsey and
Rerdell, his tool and accomplice, the
man he had retained in his service until
August last, and whose name the defend¬
ants have been engaged in blackening.
Over these two graves he erected an arch,
on the keystone of which he inscribed
the words: “In their lives they were
inseparable, and in death they were not
livided.” Going on, Mr. Merrick pic¬
tured the risen Dorsey, and he stood be¬
fore the Searcher of all Hearts, con¬
fronted with the inquiry: “In your life
were you known as Stephen W. Dorsey ?’
Mr. Merrick’s face had been serious, his
tones impressive and subdued. Sud
lenly his features relaxed, a smile spread
>ver his face, and he roared out the
vords ro frequently used by Dorsey
• vben on the witness stand: “I don’t re
nember." The hit was so palpable that
be spectators all roared, and then amid
lie laugh ter the court adjourned.
A Change.— The employees of a large
mill in Lawrence, Mass., are now paid
weekly. This is a departure from a long
established custom. The idea has pre¬
vailed in Lawrence that a man with a
dollar in his pocket is bound to get
drank, but the manager of this concern
says that his hands will refute the slan¬
der.
A Christening. —German geographei s
propose to cliristen a portion of the
Vorthem ocean the Nordenskjold Sea.