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Vol. 11.
My Old Kentucky Home, Good-
Night.
The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky
home,
’Tis summer, the darkeys are gay,
The corn-top’s ripe and the meadows in the
bloom,
While the birds make music all the day.
The young folks roll on the little cabin
floor,
All merry, all happy and bright,
By-’m-by hard times comes a knocking at
the door —
Then my old Kentucky home, good
night.
CHORUS.
Weep no more, my lady,
Oh I weep no more to-day ;
We will sing one song for the old Kentucky
home,
For the old Kentucky home, far away.
They hunt no more for the ’possum and the
coon,
On the meadow, the hill, and the shore ;
They sing no more by the glimmer of the
moon,
On the bench by the old cabin door.
The days go by like a shadow o’er the
heart,
With sorrow where all was delight—
The time has come when the darkeys have
to part,
Then my old Kentucky home, good
night.
The head must bow and the back will have
to bend
Wherever the darkey may go;
A few more days and the trouble all will
end
In the field where the sugar canes grow.
A few more days for to tote the weary
load —
No matter, ’twill never be light;
A few more days till we totter on the
road,
Then, my old Kentucky home, good
night.
Wheeler’s Cavalry.
As indicated in the article in this
issue, entitled, “The Great Retreat,”
one of the most efficient arms of service
to General Johnston during the Atlan
ta campaign, between Dalton and At
lanta, was Wheeler’s cavalry. We re
member hearing a great deal of criticism
of Wheeler’s cavalry during the war,
and the fact that they did no fighting, —
that is in no large battle,led to the judg
ment that the cavalry were very good
fellows to forage, but poor felloes to
fight.
.A. humorous dare-devil—the very man to su.it my purpose. Bulwee.
‘‘ZDEFETxTSE OF JkTLAJSTTJV” NUJSZIBEIt'.
The records of the Atlanta Cam
paign, however, show that General
Sherman, by the time he arrived at
Resaca, had about 20,000 cavalry; at
the same time Johnston’s cavalry num
bered less than 6,000. He received
re-enforcements of Jackson’s division
of cavalry, numbering 3,900 at Adairs
ville on May 17th ; but, altogether, he
had scarcely at the outside 10,000
cavalry while the army was fighting
north of the Chattahoochee River.
In spite of this fact, the Federal
cavalry, under the command of such
dashing and skillful leaders as Kilpat
rick, Stoneman, Elliott and others,
were never able to make much headway
against the Confederates. They had
numerous little scuffles with one an
other on the flanks of the two armies;
but these resulted in no substantial
advantage to the Federals.
They were never able to raid John
ston’s communications. They never
succeeded in passing around his flanks;
and in fact their service practically
amounted to protecting Sherman’s
flanks instead of doing serious detri
ment to their enemy.
The Confederate cavalry seemed to
be always on the alert. On one or two
occasion they did very good service
when dismounted, —notably at Dug
Gap, and at Pickett’s Mill, where they
held the Federals in check until Cle
burne’s division got into position, and
then had the gamest fight of the cam-
ATLANTA, CA., SEPTEMBER 15, 1887.
CAVALRY SKIRMISHERS.
paign, in which the “Confederate Irish
man,” as many called him, maintained
his usual reputation.
We have read a great many reports
signed by the Federal Commanders
during the campaign; and they almost
invariably speak of the Confederate
cavalry as outnumbering their own.
The fact that the official figures show
that they numbered only about half
as many as Sherman’s cavalry is one of
the highest compliments which can be
paid them when we read the reports of
the opposing cavalry commanders dur
ing May and June, 1864. B.
THE PIEDMONT FAIR.
President Cleveland’s Visit.
ILLUMINATION OF KENNE
SAW MOUNTAIN.
A. Royal Welcome.
The Piedmont Fair is almost exclu
sively an Atlanta enterprise; and it
is one of the biggest practical compli
ments which could possibly be paid
the city that it is getting up what
will be, beyond all question, one of
the greatest expositions ever seen in
the south. The fact that President
Cleveland is coming down to be presz.
ent speaks for the national interest
which it has excited.
Os course, he is, coming [via’.the
Western & Atlantic Railroad; and
there is where he gives another evi
dence of the strong good sense with
which he is endowed, and the correct
information which he obtains before
taking any step forward.
The city of Atlanta and the West
ern & Atlantic Railroad are going to
give the Chief Magistrate a truly royal
welcome. The arrangements are (per
fected for the fireworks
Kennesaw Mountain, and we’’can
state with the most positive assurance
that this will be the grandest scene of
the kind ever observed in the south.
There will be the dazzling flight of
hundreds and hundreds of sky rockets
from the summit of the mountain.
There will be a gorgeous display of
red fire, which will make the grand
old mountain glow like a volcano.
There will also be the flight of scores
of fireworks bombshells from mortars
planted near the summit of die moun
tain. These will dart some six or
eight hundred feet into the air and
then explode, throwing millions of
sparks out for the space of than
a hundred feet in width. The inajj
nificent crown of fiery splendor which
will illumine the air for a thousand feet
above the mountain top will be all the
more imposing with the cannon-like
reports which will accompany it.
The Presidential train, comingdown
from Chattanooga on the evening and
night of October 17th, will stop at
Elizabeth Station, which is almost at
the foot of the mountain; and from
this point the distinguished guests will
survey the Western & Atlantic’s wel
come to them.
There will be special low rates of
fare from Chattanooga and Atlanta,
and all stations on the Western & At
lantic Railroad to Marietta and Eliza
beth and return to enable everybody
to behold this imposing display. Spe
cial trains will also be run by the Wes
tern <fe Atlantic Railroad from Atlanta
to Elizabeth and return for the accom
modation of the tremendous crowds
who willy doubtless, wish to-go-up.
You should be sure to come 1 to At
lanta and visit the great Piedmont
Fair
NO. 18.