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THE WEElCM
UVJIM. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY DECEMBER 1 3885.
BATTLE OF,THE CRATER.
THE FAMOUS MINE IN FRONT OP
PETERSBURG.
FcrtStaadman. rortrH??U";*ndJ*ort:,"D??mn*U<m"-
Tha Old Slaughter Fsn of tha *'Crot??r.*-'Tfc*
Story From tha Confederate Bida-Boanaa.
Incident*, of Ura Blood/Days,
line* for miles wore snrronndcd by gun crows,
and loaded and ready to Arc.
Tlii* waa the situation when, at half past 3,
the fuse was lighted.
Upon the federal aide men grasped their
muskets nervously, they held their breath in
awful suspense, and could hear their hearts
heat in the black stillness.
The confederates slumbered on peacefully in
the doomed fort, the men in their picket line,
____ In the perfect quiet, almost forgetting to peep
fponmortefthe Utt|?? f e.d. of northern nod
Western Virginia there Is little to aid the imagi- | j mn d m | f rr t away.
nation of the visitor. Where the land is worth
the trouble the earthworks, if there were any,
liave been leveled and there is nothing left to
mark the spots where great events transpired,
At Muuurao, the plain, fenced and cultivated, ^ ^ ^ wim> .....
lifts nothing to show whero the tremendous I jj erB tj, crf . was some message told in some way
battles were fought or particular deeds were | from the Fate that directed the course of the
ing Dame of the fuse was running along
through the dark gallery, nearer and nearer to
the 320 kegs of powder stored thirty feet be
neath them.
Uan we not think that to those sleeping sol
Done. A visit to the battlefields about Manas-
gas is not particularly intereating, except to
those who participated in those struggles. In
the southwest this is different, from the fact
yellow flame of the fuse. Did not some shadow
I of presentiment steal into their dreams as
nearer and nearer the fuse-flame crept through
the dark pa>sages to the stored up thunders he
???"??? ' 7 ??? I neatb them ? Can we nuv wen imagine it WJ-
that upon nearly all the great iwtficnelas J v j no j*||y tj, a t shed into the dreams of these
1 up
not well imagine a Ui
Altont Fredericksburg, Richmond aud Peters
burg, the earthworks remain untouched
except by the hand of time. Just as they were
fought over???Just ns they were stained with
blood and Reaped with dead and dying, and
plowed with shot and shell???Just ns they stood
When the war ended, there they stand to-day.
The rain has beaten them down somewhat, tho
grass in many places has grown over them and
the leaves accumulated in tho ditches and hol
lows. Pino trees as thick aa a man???s thigh have
grown upon them and tho scrub pinoa and
black Jark and chipqticpin make a thick under
brush. But in many places they stand uncov
ered, the hare, silent grim old red earthwork*
cf the war.
These give a guide to the Imagination mid
Assist the rcrol(actions and vivify the memories
(if I hose terrible events.
At Spottgylvauia you may stand upon tl??o
Deadly tingle where for thirty-six hours in
blood mid smoke and agony, in a tumult as if
Among fighting fiends of hell, the contending
nrmies wore clinched like wild licasts in
death stniggle that knew no mercy, gave no
quarter and asked for none. At Cold Harbor
you may go Into tho federal butcher-pen of I smoke floated off.
1804. You may stand In tho works where tho ' n ???"
federal troops lay clutching their rifles at
break of day ii|k>u that dreadful morning.
You may spring over those low parapets ns
they did in the dark and murky dawning, and
lie fore you see the slope, down and then up,
over which they swept in that fatal charge.
Before you stand the old works they charged.
jM inir jiiii ninim iin- um mum mi-j i -
frowning, impregnable, and between you and I buttery.
gallant men some glorious vision of light and
bcauty-as their fate entne upon them V Or did
some one stir uneasily and mutter in his sleep
just before the space lie tween flame and pow
der vanished? Or did another raise upon his
Ibow as an awful unknown fear came upon
him in the thick darkness that seemed stifling
and gasp: ???My Uod, wlmt is it!??? as thu end
came like the crack of doom!
Among them were the men of Pegram???s bat-
ry, brave soldiers as ever lived and gallant
young gentlemen of Petersburg. They were
lighting in defense of their native city,
sight or their homes, ami whero they slept
their feet had often strayed in boyish excur
sions about the old city.
There was the first faint streak of gray upou
the eastern sky as the mine exploded.
Those waiting felt- a strange thrill nn
through the earth, nml then, said one. ???I
seemed ns though the earth had exploded.'
The ground rocked under the tremendous re
solid muss of earth rose slowly two
hundred feet In the air, the exploding gun
powder blazing through it like ???lightning
playing through a hank of clouds,??? seemed to
hung poised an instant, and then with a vast
roaring sound in showers of stones, broken
timbers, cannon, blackened human limbs or
bodies, it fell, mid a heavy cloud of black
The dreadful work had been thoroughly
done. Where tho Elliott salient had stood
there was now a horrible rlmsm ono hundred
nml fifty feet long, sixty feet wide and from
twenty-five to thirty feet deep, and its hravo
garrison lay buried beneath tho jagged blocks
of blackened clay???in all, 250 officers nml men
of the Kightccnth nml Twenty-second Mouth
Carolina, and twenty-two men of Pcgram's
* tIm-ui is the space wherein fell thirteen thou-
Mild of the flower of the northern army in
large
Alla
nml lines of work may bo traced. Sometimes
they disappear in plowed and cultivated fields
to reappear beyond. Home of the forts, indeed
many of them, arc nearly perfect, and a day <
two wonld put them in us good trim as ever.
Down takiw, at Drury???s liltiff ami Fort Dar
ling, the works in many places need nothing
??? to put them in *
shape for occupa-
but the i
Hon.,
Dili tho most interesting of all are the works |
About Petersburg, tho historic city and tho
Center of interest is tho bhl Crater, as It is
called, the acenn of tho cxploalon of a federal
mine, July 90, 180-1, and tho dreadful sceuos
following.
1 spout a day riding along tho old linca at
PoUrsburg from Fort MoOilvcry past Fort
fttedmon, Fort llaskel, Fort Morton, Fort Mel-
Uo, Fort Rico, down to Jerusalem plank road
nml Foit Davis ami Fort Sedgwick, bettor
in appearance since being abandoned, except
for growth of brush and small timber. The
confederate works. Including Fort Mahono
(Fort baumatlou). have largely disappeared in
peanut and sweet potato fields. Fort Mahono,
Which faced Fort Hodgwlrk on tho Jerusalem
K lank road, has disappeared and loft no traro,
ut its grim opponent still stands in m:\Jcstlc
ruin, Impressively suggestive of tho vast *
massive character of tho earthwork.
Fort) ???Hell??? was an immense work, and re
mains now in huge tuihuli, deop moats, groat
ridges that look as thopgli turned by a gigantic
plowshare, weed and brush covering Wet ions
and salients, high mounds where tho maga-
Bines stood, and deep ruts marking tho old
nut stacks mark the
Fort Mahono.
Instantly the union batteries opened with
cry gun from Ap|ioninttox crock to Jerusa
lem nlank road, from Fort McOilvcry to Fort
Davis, in horrid uproar. The air was allvo
with howling shot and screaming shells, ami
Hid valley sbrowdod in billowy smoko. Tho
troops presses! forward Into tho crater and over
the lilies pf the enemy, stunned and demoral
ized, and the day of enrnngo began.
This was the scene God???s creatures prepared
to greet (foil???s sunlight ns it broko iu beauty
upon that summer morning.
Hundreds of people have tried, to tell tho
story of tho Rattle oi tho Crater, which began
with the explosion at 4 in the morning and
nded with tho recapture by tho confederates
nlsiut 1 Or 2 o???clock in tho afternoon. Tho
story can not !>o told. No languago can ade
quately descrilio it. It can not bo painted,
for no colors nro deep enough. Out
nil conflicting reports, out of tho
{led Btorles of cowardice, of bravery,
hindering, of incapacity, of savago ven
geance sod brutal butchery, we gather tho pic
ture that presents itself to tho imagination,
such as presented itself to Kldor when ho
I minted the noted picture that hangs in Ma
lone???s house. Tho stoVy from tho federal side
is not a proud one. Grant railed it a ???miser
able affair,??? ami summed up it was a disgrace
ful affair to tho union army, and cost tho lives
of nearly five thousand men.
Tho troops were tho iworest in tho northern
army, mixed white am! black, and led by men
who, if they possessed any knowledge, bravery
or Sense, failed to show it upon that occasion.
There was Individual gallantry and many exhi
bitions of high courage, and there was tho most
desperate nml deadly fighting of tho war, hut
in general there was no glory in tho day for
tho yunkccs.
Our men huddled up in tho Crater instead of
pushing on to Cemetery Hill, as ordered, and
Min nn enfilading fire made it ns dangerous to
go liock as to go forward.
It was not until 8 o'clock] that tho colored
troops wen' sent in. They charged over tho
beaus of the whites crowded in tho .Crater,
swept over tho crests cheering, and spread to
Jhc right, capturing two ..hundred prisoners
mid a flag.
times the very air seemed darkened by flying i
human limbs. Haskell, too, had moved up his
Eprouvettc mortars among the meu of the Six
teenth Virginia???so elose, indeed, that his pow
der charge was hut one ounce ami a half???and,
without intermission, the storm of fire beat
uponlthe helpless men imprisoned within. Ma-
hones men watched with great interest this
easy method of reaching troops behind over,
and then gathered up the countless muskets,
RESCUING A PRISONER.
BY AN EX-REBEL.
From the Detroit Free Press.
After Sheridan???s troops had carried out that order
to burn ten square miles of the Shenandoah Valley
there was a more bitter turn to the war waged in that
locality. 3fany of the confederate farmers who had
been neutral, or had tried to be, now became gucr
rillas and bushwhackers and lost no opportunity of
killing a federal.
Alter that burning Mosby had no difficulty In
curing all the men he could handle, and other
guerrilla bands sprang into life In tho various val
ley and scrupled at nothing which would cripple
the enemy. I know that scores of federal prison
ers, who would otherwise hove been treated a
prisoners, were shot down as toon as captured on
account of that burping.
Among those * ho turned bushwhacker was an
old man named Humphrey, living about two miles
from Strasburg. He was sixty-two years old, quite
lame in one leg from hip disease, and up |to tho
burning was looked upon ns a kind-hearted, good-
natured and forgiving old man. The federal*
burned the houses and bams of his two sons, fur-
I .hcMown.hev^y, .nd one d.jM,;. or three
by the fact that the Sixth Virginia, with 09 1 ????????????? *"???' ????????-
and propelled them with such l
they came down upon Lediie's men like the ,
rain of the Noracn arrows at Hastings.
When all had been retaken but the Crater,
tho confederate batteries ceased firing upon it,
and preparations were made for assault. Hap
pily, before the assaulting party could ho
formed, a white handkerchief, made fast to a
ramrod, appeared over the edge of the Crater,
and after a brief pause a motly crowd of pris
oners poured over the sides and ran for their
jives to the rear.???
In this battle tho federal* lost about 5,000 in
killed aud wounded, and 1,100prisoners. Two
brigade commanders were captured and
twenty-one flags according to the authority
tl.
i very heavy, too,
over hack and forth scon s of times; nml for
ten months tho rnnnnn boomed nml tho mus
ketry roared and death rode nn the winds In
this place of drvudful recollections.
Fort Morton, which faced tho salient blown
tip by the mine, has been leveled, am! some of
tho breastworks connecting it with tho forts | of men, alive,.wounded and dead, aud ghastly
north aud south of It. Fort Ktcdman is a 1 *?????????-??- ??.??????????*??
pretty well (deemed ruin, both it nml tho site
men, lost 88, one company from Norfolk hav
ing every man killed. The sharpshooters had
80 men and lost 0-1, among them their
mander, William Hroadhcnt, a roan, says
McCabe, ???of prodigious strength and activity,
who, leaping first over tho works, fell pierced
by eleven bayonet wounds???a simple captain,
of whom wo may say, ns was said of Ridge
???No man died that day with more glory, yet,
many died and there was much glory/???
The man who owns the farm charges visitors
a quarter n head and conducts them about.
Riillctfi and othe r relics are still plenty,
picked up several bullets in the plowed fields,
and also a piece of shell inside the ('niter Its -If.
There is a building full of relies picked up by
Mr. Griffin, the owner of the place. Three of
them are particularly interesting. One is made
by two bullets meeting in tho air, striking
point to point in exact range. The result ii
disk of lead ns large as a silver dollar, and
almut as thick, with the base of the yankoa
bullet showing in the center on one side, and
bel bullet oil the other. Had these bul
lets passed each other the fate of the men
firing them would not 1m; hard to reck'
Another queer relic is a confederate musket,
i the barrel of which two bullets met, split
ting the barrel open like n banana peel,
the two bullets can be seen.
The rebel bullet bad got about one-third of
o way out when it met th<
bullet on its way in, nml
trouble at once. Of course tlio yankeo bullet
had no busineM in there, or at least it should
have waited until the other got out. but it un
doubtedly was better for the holder of the gun
that it went in the barrel than in his eye.
Another relic which tells a ghastly story is a
union cross belt plate. These plates, as many
will remember, were circular, and worn
cartridge box strap, aud so came about o'
heart, while tho belt plate was eliptical and
came about over the stomach. Both boro the
letters ???U. 8.??? Through tho plate picked up
has passed a Imllct, making a huge hole, ami
of course the ball must havo passed into or
through the body of the wearer.
One musket shown has the marks of eight
bullets upon it. Two of them are flattened in
to the iron of the barrel and remain there. It
wns evidently pretty lively times in tho vicini
ty of the soldier that carried that gun.
There are thousands of other relics???caps,
canteens, sabers, bayonets, pistols, shells, shoes,
, ictnres, letters, etc., making a most interest
ing collection. There have l>oen tons and tons
of lead and iron carried away from the Helds
by relic hunters and tho supply seems inex
haustible. Every fresh plowing nml rain dis
closes them and you can hardly dig in vain iu
in tho leaves and uirt in
any direction. Indian arrowheads, axe-hoods
and other Indian relics are found also, and a
little deeper any quantity of fossil remains of
mariuolife. Sharks??? teeth, shells and' hugo
bones of old ocean monsters are plenty. It is a
locality with a history that did not begin with
the Crater fight.
Ono day while Mr. Griffin was showing a
party of northern men around, one of them
said: ???I am reminded of an incident that
mired here. I had charge of a gun over there
in the works near Fort Morton. On Sunday
while there was uo firing going on, and wo
were loafing about, I saw a man come over that
hill r--*" ??? *
this i
11 plot
vt Fort Morton Mug but a few rods from
dwelling houses.
The wsy up which the confederate* earn??
Whru they stunned and captured Fort Sedg
wick i* plain to view, and tho natural difficul
ties presented give uuo a better idea of the gal
ater itself has never lieen touched by
me profaning plowshare or spade. Tho works
on either aide have melted mvay under the
band of the husbandman, but the bloody
Otater has becu shunned nml spared. Of
course, tho ???Crater??? Itself has been filled In to
gome extent by rain washes and vegetable do*
malt, and the highest mounds beaten down a
trifle, hut in tho main the place remains un
changed *ce the close of the war.
You staud upon the edge of tho Crater over
which the opposing linos fought in fierce hand-
to-hand struggles with swords, pistols, knives,
clubl cd muskets and r ....
Into that terrible bole
memories. From that contracted space four hun
dred corpses have been dug, and no one knows
how tnauy mows remain to this day. Faring
you, only three liundw<d feet away, are the
federal outworks, for hero the two linea were
(separated for long, bloody months by only that
grace. From the rrsr oft he mourn! marking
the federal picket line straight up the slope to
tins tdge of the Crater before you runs what
distinct ???
. ... h grass
while on either aide the laud is plowed. That
marks the course of the old mine when? it ran
from down in the hollow within the tho union
line- up to and thirty feet under whew* you
atand, its length Mug 310 feet. In and about
the (???rater pcarh trees aw* standing that grew
from pits scattered rabout by the noldiers; in
.Iam.1 lit... -- ???- ..L .* . ??? L ! 1 . , I _ I A X
Rack of you Is Petentmrg, in the distance
Cemetery Hill, nearer aud close by, the ravine,
up which the confederates came to battle that
morning, and the plain over which the fighting
took place and across which the confederates
of *Mahone???s brigade swept down in the final
triumphant assault to retake the captured
works.
Von are gazing on the scene of events than
whirb there is nothing more grim and ghastly
in nil the history of war. Here scenes mow?
wild and dreadfttl than anything the imagina
tion is able to conceive of were enacted.
Here, upon that fateftil morniug, before even
the eastern sky hinted of dawn, the confede
rate soldiera lay sleeping around their guns,
aud all was ouiet. Down In the bowels of the
??**th Mieath them the enemy crawled through
???titling passages, placing in position the last
ketft of eight thousand pounds of gunpowder,
m d laying the train and making all ready.
Beyond those federal linea and all along that
valb y stood the men who were to make the
Assault, in long, still, expectant lines. Bat
talion after hnttallion crept noiselessly up
in the misty gloom, aud silently passed into it*
appmuted pi* Vs and stood waiting the dread
moment. They were men of Burnside???s Ninth
and among them were the colored troops
or Fcrrero???s division. At this moment, back
??f the main line*, a ltundwd thousand men lay
ready to advance on the second, aud every one
of the hundreds of guns along the federal
debris of tho explosion.
- The confederates trulncd???thcir heavy gm
upon this ml slaughter pen and dropped shell.*
into the frenzied masse*. Thu confederate
barged repeatedly and poured volleys iuto tho
crater.
ltaek and forth over tho edgo tho men
fought in desperate dashes. They threw hand
grenade* over. Tho confederates lighted
iMimhshells and rolled them over the parapet
into the crater.
Says Swinton: ???After the w???pulso of the eol
ored division all semblance of offensive efforts
ceased; blacks and whites tumbled pell-mell
into tho hollow of tho exploded earthworks a
slr.ughtcr pen, ill which shells and bonih-i
rained from tho enemy???s lines did fearful
havoc.???
The reoccupatiou should Ik* told from tho
other side, for tlu* glory of tho day was with
them.
Captain W. Golden McCabe, a confederate
historian, who was present, says oft lie retaking
of tho lost works spreading north from the
('rater;
???Scarcely had the order Won given when tlu*
head of the Virginia brigade Wgnn to debouch
from the covered way. Malumo stood at tho
angle, sneaking ouiotly and cheerily to his
men. Silently aud quickly they movi
and formed with thnt precision dear to every
soldier???s eye???tho sharpshooters loading, fol
lowed by the Sixth, Sixteenth, Sixty-Ant,
Forty-first ami Twelfth Virginia???the men of
second Manassas and Crumpton Gap. Tho
men were ordered not to fire until they reach
ed the edge of the ditch.
???Now the loading regiments of tho Georgia
brigade began to move out, when suddenly a
brave federal officer, seizing tho colors, called
on the right, running swiftly forwai ...
theirs was the greatest distance to travel, tho
whole line sprang upon the crest, aud then
bunt from more than eight hundred warlike
voices that fierce yell that no man ever yet
heard Anmovcd in the field of battle. Storms of
caunon shot from the right mingled with the
tempest of bullets that smote them from the
front, yet was there no answering volley. Still
pressing forward with steady fury, while the
enemy appalled by tho Inexorable advance
gave ground, they reached the ditch of tho
inner works; then one volley crashed from
the whole line, and clutching their empty
guusatid redoubling their fierce cries, they
leaped over the aetreuched-cavalier, and all
down the line the dreadful work of the bayo
net began. IIow loug it lasted none may say
with certainty, for in those fierce momenta no
mam herded time, uo man asked, no man gave
quarter.???
t root's,
steady storm of bullet* |toured up *u Mahone???s
nu n, and every gnn on the southern side was
pointed at that place.
Says Mrtfcbe:
???And now the scene within the horrid pit
jtht be fill;
Haute after
From the great mortara to the right and left
huge tuifilca fell at regular interval* with
dreadfttl accuracy, and bairst among the help
less masses huddled together, and every expto-
by piteous ???
slon was followed t
i cries, and often*
my m
hint, ami wo all
chuckled at the idea of scaring tho life out of
1iini. I took good aim and landed a shot
about six feet from him. You ought to havo
seen him git up and git. Ho was the scardost
and most demoralized Johnny Kelt you ever
saw. Ho went on at a rate that would ran a
dog to death, and wo roared with cheers and
laughter to see him dust.???
???So you are tho man tluit fired that shot, are
you???? asked Griffin.
???Yes; do you know anything about il????
???Well, 1 think 1 do,??? was tlu* reply. ???I was
the fellow yon shot at. I was a lad coming
with something for my lather, who was in the
works. 1 did not suppose there was a yankeo
fool enough or mean enough to shoot a cannon
nt ono little boy carrying grab to his fathor.
Rut you don???t cxsggeratc tho scare. I didn???t
grow another inch in a year.???
The incident caused hearty laughter, and an
other and more successftil attempt to shoot Mr.
Griffin waa made with a different tort of a gun,
which one of the gentlemen pulled from his in
side breast pocket.
Such of the confederate dead aa were ever re
moved from ^he groves in which they were
first placed have been buried in the oonfederato
cemetery on Cemetery Hill. Thcro is a pathos
in the jwiverty of the place when one compares
it with the bcautiftil aud careftilly tended na
tional cemeteries where tho federal dead sleep,
their graves kept green, their story told in
marble ami the flag kept floating abovo their
last resting place.
Here there is nothing of that, no such ]
humous houors for thu brave meu who dta
tlu* lost cause.
Only a mile or two away is a national ceme
tery, with green mounds, its hedges aud foliage
iinu flowers and handsome buildings and monu
ment and flags and three thousand white mar
ble headstone*.
Here the boys who wore the gray sleep in
lives unmarked. There haa been deal
an extensive cemetery, but it has not
???pt np-
llerc and there are poor little wooden
creeses hearing such mottoes ' as ???Our Rrave
Roys,??? ???Though Dead, They Live in Our
Hearts,??? ???Rest, Gallant Souls,??? ???They will
Rise Again,??? ???After the Battle, Peace,??? and
many others.
It was enough to bring tears to one???s eyes to
rend these loving ami simple mottoes painted
upon the cheap wooden crosses and see the ev
idences of the people???* desire to tenderly pre
serve the memories of their loved and lost who
died bravely in a mistaken cause, while their
??? them back. A large arch is
galvanized iron over the en
trance to the soldier part of the cemetery.
Upon it are the words, ???Our Confederate
IXwd.???
The most notable thing in the grounds is the
granite mausoleum erected for Mahono. It is
n very solid, handsome structure, and.bears the
letter ???M??? carved over tho heavy door*.
Of Petersburg very much of iuterest can be
written, for it is a historic city, but the Crater
was my object in this letter, os it was the object
f the federal charge on that bloody morning
twenty-one years ago. F. D. M.
TELEGRAPH BREVITIES.
half-drunken soldiers came to ibis house and de
roanded dinner. He refused to give them any
thing. ;One of them drew a revolver to
hlioot him down, but the weapon was
accidentally discharged and Mrs. Hum
phrey was mortally wounded. Alter her death
and burial old Humphrey disappeared and was
next heard of in the mountain?. He lived in a cave
and became a bushwhacker. That term Is hardly
strong enough. He became a man-hunter. While
confederate In sentiment, he had little to do with
them, securing his arms and ammunition from his
federal victims, and his few provisions from
the farm bouses. In his old age tho man be
enging spirit. There was something ap
palling In his tireless, vindictive trailing of fed'
crab. He bung about ramps and picket-posts and
marching columns, and he took desperate chances
to gratify his thirst for blood.. If he came across
three foragers together two would certainly bile the
dust, and he would not hesitate to attack
here the number was five.
In one year old Humphrey killed thirty-six fed
erate, I make the statement on the authority of
people who saw the tally. The old man 'preserved
???elie from each body???knife, ring, watch-chain
button???and there was no chance to mistake the
number.
One day, In making a scout near Cross Keys,
ns discovered by a scouting party of ten federate,
nd run into the mountains. The pursuit did not
???nd here. Fomc of themjdismounted and hung to my
trail for another hour. It was In avoiding these men
that 1 accidentally stumbled upon old Humphrey???i
hiding-place. It was a veritable cave, warm and
dry, and well bidden, and I hnd entered It beforo I
that it wns occupied. The old man was not
nt borne, but I had scarcely detected signs that the
place bad an inhabitant when a voice called from
the gloom nt the rear end:
???For'God???s sake, who is It???yank or rcb?'
???Jtob, I guess. Who are you????
???Then, there Is no hope!??? he groaned.
I struck o match and advanced towards him. On
rude bench was a dish of fat with a rag In it for a
wick, nml ns soon as I had lighted this I could see
crythlng in the cave. On the hard stone floor lay
n prisoner, tied hand and foot. He was a federal,
???nd lieutenant, and Mongcd either to the
Twenty-fifth New York or the Twenty-filth Pennsyl
niiia cavalry* Having nftcwnrds lost my note
book I nm not Mire of thej-egiment.
The cave contained a bench or two, a pile of
straw and two or three quilts for a lied, and a lot of
trophies in the way of guns and sabers.
Who arc your ??? I asked of tho man as I bent over
him.
'Lieutenant Johnston, of Sheridan???s cavalry,??? ho
answered.
???How came yon horef
T was riding with a dispatch last evening when
I was bushwhacked and mode prisoner. I have a
bullet in the left shoulder.???
Who brought you here?"
'An old man, who acts as if ho were crazy.
It wns the first prisoner old Humphrey ever took,
and I greatly wondered over It. His policy was to
kill, and how came ho to spare this man's life????
"Who are you???? suddenly asked the prisoner.
"Ono of General Early's scouts.???
???Then I have no hope. You may have tho heart,
however, to hand tnc a drink of water. I am burn
ing up with fever.???
There was a gourd on the bench, and tho purest,
coldest water ran down tho rocks at the door. I
raised the man???s head and he imbibed rnoro than a
pint.
His hands were tied together at tho wrists, and
the cords had sunk deep into tho flesh. I severed
the bonds with my knife and nibbed Ills arms until
the circulation of blood was restored.
???God bless you for that! I^have suffered death
twice overt??? he sold, sort o??? breaking down like a
woman.
His wound had not been dressed. I propped him
up, cut away his coat and shirt, and washed off
the blood and dressed the wound os well as possi
ble under the circumstances. I was finishing the
operation when I heard a step ptehlnd me, and os I
rose up and turned my head old Humphrey sprang
upon me. Hchsdagun with him, and why he
dld???t shoot me down I could not guess unless it was
In the hope of making another prisoner.
The old fellow sprang at me like an enraged
tiger, and during the lint Airy he got tho better o
me. However, alter a struggle of three or four
mlnutes;he lost his w Hid and I managed to tio him
hand ami foot. Then he broke out In rcvRIngs,
and such oaths and imprecations I never heard be
fore or since. He boasted that he meant to torturo
the lieutenant to death, and he called such curses
dow n upon my head os it did not seem possible for
human tongue lo utter.
By and by, when he had exhausted himself, the
prisoner asked:
What will yon do with me????
That was a puzzler. I had no show to get him
into our lines, I could not remain there and guard
him, and as for leaving him in the hands of old
Humphrey, it was not to be thought of. The old
man had endured privations and brooded over hi*
wrongs until he had become [Insane*. Ills ravings
showed that.
I???ll tell you,??? I replied to the prisoner, who was
on his feet to try his strength. ???I am going away
for three hours. When I return I shall take you to
Fort Republic. Be ready."
With that I walked out. It was six hours beforo
I returned. The prisoner was gone. Tho??? ???old
man lay on his back jurt where I had seen him last,
???nd as I bent over him I saw that he was dead,
day or two after a prisoner whom we captured ??t*
that the lieutenant got safe into Strasburg.
THE HALF BREEDS EXCITED.
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HOUSE,
17 to 27 Vandewater street, New York, will issue,
on or about December 1st,
THE CHRISTMAS NUMBER
OF TIIE
NEW YORK FASHION BAZAR,
with handsome Chromo-Supplement entitled
???THE MERRY MISCHIEF-MAKER.???
Price, with Chromo, 85 cents.
The Christmas number is one of the best numbers
ever published, containing Rich Evening
Costumes, Ball and Reception
Dresses, Lovely Paris
Costumes.
It is also particularly rich in Fashions for Children,
Home and Party Dresses for Boys and Girls,
Parisian Dresses for Little Girls, Children???s
Heavy Overgarments, Wool Suits for
Girls, and Combination Dresses.
Tho literary part of this number is excellent.
There Is a complete
CHRISTMAS STORY BY MRS. MARY E. BRYAN.
The commencement of a beautiful English Story
entitled,
???MARGERY DAW.???
The continuation of the serial
???LADY BRANKSMERE??? by ???The Duchess."
AN ARTICLE ON THE STAGE IN NEW YORK.
THE BAZAR RECEPTION ROOM, edited by Mrs.
Mary J2. Bryan, contains short spicy letters, char
acter sketches of interesting incidents and localities,
comments on dress, manners, literature, etc.
TOE NEW YORK FASHION BAZAR Is for sale
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with Chromo, 35 cents. Subscription price, $2.50 per
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CAPITAL AND SURPLUS' $300,000;
ONE OF THE BEST FARMS
???IN???
MIDDLE GEORGIA FOR SALE.
I OFFER FOR SALK MY PLANTATION, LYING
3 mile* west of McDonough, (An. The place co
tains 247 acres. There is n good Six-room dwelling
on the premises. All necessary outbuildings, and
oil good nnd comparatively new. Four tenement
houses, four good wells of water, six acres of or
chard, comprising nearly every variety of fruit
grown in this section, from the earliest to tho latest,
small vineyard of sixty vines, yielding nunuall:
100 bushel* of grapes: land well watered bycr
running through; 45 acres of line bottom land, ???2
high state of cultivation, 23 uncleared: 30 aero*. ...
original woods: 30 acres pasture; balunce in excel
lent state of cultivation: schools and churches con
venient. Terms???$4,000 cash, or $1,500 as follows;
f1,500 cash, 11,500 one year after date, and 11,500
two years after date of sale. Address
nov!7 w2t
8. E. CARMICHAEL.
McDonough, Oa
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by the only Method Known to Science.
The face, shoulders, limlis, etc., all mode to
harmonise.
Flesh increased or reduced ten to fifteen pounds
Hair, brows and lashes restored and dyed any
shade. Circulars and testimonials 5 cents.
MADAME LATOUIL
New York???s Popular and Reliable Cosmetiquc, 2,145
Ix-xlngton Ave,, N.??? Y. city.
DYSPEPSIA.
FHK TEST OF MANY YEARS AND THE
EXPERIENCE OF MANY THOUSANDS
AND TENS OF THOUSANDS ESTABLISH
THE FACT THAT NO ONE WILL RE
MAIN A DYSPEPTIC WHO WILL TAKE
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR.
and after our home pL.
me they advised removal to Colorado or Califor
nia in h( - ???
roon???s Liver Regulator, which I took, and I am
now taking the second bottle, and the ???fact i*
that words cannot express the relief I fool. My
*P)ietite is very good, and I digest everything
thoroughly, where I used to havo a poswige
every lour or five days, now I have regular
daily evacuations of tne bowels. I sleep well
now, nnd I used to be restless. I am fleshing up
so fast that I might bo accused of bloating if the
people did not know better. I have gained 30
pounds in tho last six weeks, good strong food
and Pimmons Liver Regulator havo done it alL
I write this in hopes of beneflttlng somo one
who has suffered as I did. and would take oath
to these statements if desired.,???
E. 8. BALLOU. Syracuse, Nebraska. .
There is but one Simmons Liver Regulator.???
Sec that you get the genuine, with the red Z
on front or wrapper. Prepared only by
J. H. ZHILIN & a)., Philadelphia, Pa.
NO MORE ???CHAPPED HANDS.???
^ DUCK IC1PLK and other articles of the IcipL
nnufurturing Company, of London. England,
Iciple Preserves Meat, Game.-Fish, Milk, Butter,
Eggs, and all ot! ??? ???-*
Ice, at a nominal
rnllE LARGEST STOCK CARRIAGES. BUG'
I gies and wagons in the south, will be found at
Mill Him wagon company's repository, Library
tfantr *-~
building, Atlanta.
TOR
Jr on
Broad
sun wky
jR SALE???A GOOD STRONG, LIGHT-RUNNING
one-horse carriage at a bargain. No. 7 North
???* eu,tu, thu.su
IE BEST GOODS ARE ALWAYS CHEAPEST.???
ou want* good buggy, wagon or carriage
the stock of the Milbum
sun why
i wagon company.
King Alfonso???s life wo* insured for f??W0,000
Archdukes Eugenic and Frederick of
Austria, have started for Madrid to attend the
Amend of King Alfimto, on behalf of the Emperor
Fnmcte Joseph.
The (Vrlist chiefs in Pari* have received a
s man Don
Bismarck,Dak. November 24.???A half-breed
hunter, who has arrived front the Canadian
northwest, reported that an extremely warlike
spirit exists among his countrymen in tho
northwest territory. No sooner did tho news
of Biel???s execution reach the Indians and the
half breed French than a movement era* inau
gurated to secure aid from the American half
breeds. At one camp an effigy of
Sir John Macdonald was hanged beforo tho en
raged ftmntieranen, who riddled it with ballot*,
cut it to shreds with knives, and gathering the
fragments, burned them to ashes. Tho hunts-
inan now here says he does not believe there
will be trouble during the winter, but think
the pentup vengeance of the followers of Biel
wilt break out in the spring and cre
ate sad^havoc among the frontier settler*
who are considered unfriendly.
Re states that the great need of the half-breeds
in the execution of their plans is a leader,to
take the place of Biel, and many of them pray
for the return of Gabriel Duuiout, who ex
hibited so much bravery and pluck during the
recent uprising, hut left after the surrender of
number of telegram* (Vran Don Carlo*. The dte* ???mUmUPHmPUmpmiiV
funny and bcllevca the army will suppress the ris- | 1^,11^ can do their r ??? "
ing ami r*!i> to hi* support.
While Thoa. Stanton wai^HHilH^^PH
over a fire in outskirt* of San Bernardino, Cab, he
w a* approach*! bjr four Indian*, who demanded
whisky. Having none to give them they tieat him 1
unmereiAiUy ami then held him over the fire. Ills ???
I tec* were burned to a crisp and he cannot Uve.
The Indian* wiU be lynched If dteoovered.
imping with Brig**???
tramfer paper*. A worm iron t??*sed over the back
of the paper* transfer* the design to any smooth
fabric. Anew Illustrated catalogue showing eleven
style* of initials aud five hundred design* suitable
for all kinds of art needle work, post paid on re-
??clpt of 25 rents, by W. II. Quinby, 11 Euclid ave
nue. Cleveland, O. IMr.* Quutby b perfectly rail*-
??
your neighbor, he will say buy the Milburn.
EH AVE A FEW BOAO CARTS LEFT!
ATLANTA BRIDGE WORKS.
GRANT WILKINS,
Civil ED|UKnnd Contracting A|mk
Bridges, Roofs and Turn-Tables.
Iron Work for Building*, Jails, otc.
Substructures and Foundation* a Specialty.
Specifications, Flans and Estimates Furnished on
Application. ddew
Mairand^Beast
^/Hosting Liniment is oldef
cost men, cod used mors sad
mere every Jiji.
VIDUA* 8UBPLtJB ???NMo? ??
In our active and growing city, money U alwan
in demand. Our rates reasonable. Give us a triA
We have a SAVINGS DEPARTMENT In which
we tone TIME CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT tea?
tog FOUR PER CENTINTERE8T. .
aug 27 d&wly t f fl n co.
6 BORGIA, FAYETTE COUNTY-TO ALL WHOM
ft *pay concent???K. B. Banks has in due form
applied to the undersigned for permanet letters of
administration on the estate of Netty A. Ba * * ???
PPW
CIV1ALE AGENCY. No. 174ToKoo S IrA
oct25???d sun wky ly
IEORGIA, FAYETTE COUNTY-MARTHA EL-
r dcr, administratrix of Miss Bethena Bally, of
said county, deceased, has applied for dismission,
and will pass upon said application on the fint
Monday in Deccml>er next. This September 1.
Monday
sep3* It wky3mo
V. M. FRANKLIN, Ordinary.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
. L PERSONS HAVING DEMANDS AO
Lthe estate of D. A. Brown, late of Fayetto coun-
??? ???* 7 notified to rena
igned according t
said estate are r
make Immediate payment this 27th day of Novem
ber, 1885. B. L. JOHNSON, Administrator.
LADIES!
NEUTRO-PfliLFNB,
OILY HAIR SOLTKIT KMWB
???m/ 1 1 ???< u PO?. ALL! ??5 TO $8 PER DAY
PRK *
IGENT3 don???t waste time canvassing forcbcan
SSSKyjYgaMags pur
eatalogurand description of oar now and elegant
AIR-BRUSH PORTRAITS
and doable yonrprofitsHHPMM
All yoa have to do 11 to show your
E-rflSHl-f ??? .-Jf
Any one can take ordsi
Charlatte, Mlahlgaa.
W
Aodl
[dress Charles D. Parker & Co.,. Atlanta, Go.
'Eis(s$fc.traBSls
mo??t thrinir<p*???r*on??] advoatarM,***
of Monti iMiplN, forlorn hfpstjhsf**
no?S???wkj52t not
Notice, to Debtor* and Creditors.
A ll persons ha vino demands against
the estate of William M. Rivera, late of Fayette
ccunty, deceased, are hereby notified to render in
their demand* to tho undersigned according to law:
pid all person* indebted to Mid estate are required
!9J? akc immediate payment this November arth.
dociwkCt ft. L. JOHNSON, Executor. ???
n A???DTYQ MEW SAMPLE BOOK CONTAIN.
VAlYl/lJ Ing 78 new cord* and scrap pictures,
C cent*. Ivy Card Co., Enfield, Ohio: Norithr, 4m
day can be quietly made. No* canViaiingT*no
*mp for reply. Mease address Globe Mfr Co.,
Boston, Mass., box 5844. mch 81 wky
immgmmreot Scrvoua Dei,liny, Is*>t Man-
Ptesa ifiBdUfi&s
???TU, 180 W. Sixth 8t,Ciaeina*U. 0.
aprt-dAwkyiy tho rat toe
UA
r 1
or Fayetteville, in Fayette county, Ga., on the first
Tuesday in January, 18??, the following land.
to v-* hth of an acre more or toa *> ft beto??
??? ???r-???!'...????????? jfng n iM.nii.1^
and fifty-nine feet, thence west fifty-two feet, thence
south one hundred and fifty-nine fact to right-of-
way, thence cost to Dunn bar's corner, also one
small tract of-land lying west of house lot com
all Imumled as follows: On east A. C. Dunnbar, on
north by Robert Woods and on west by J. R. Jones,
??? the south by S.??. A N. A. R. R., sold as the prop-
^ y of J. it. Jones, to satisfy a mortgage fl fit Issued
from Fayette superior court, in favor of Garnett
Stubbs & Co. vs. J. R. Jones, and J. R. Jones notified
T Mid levy. J. M. CARLILK, Sheriff.
Also at the same time and place will be sold the
1st half of lot of land No. SO in the seventh dis-
let of Fayette couutv, Ga., containing one hun
dred acre*, more or less, the same being the land
??? which David Allen now real.* * *
____ north by Jack Davis, south
east by Arch. MrHeamm, west b,
Glower. Sold to satisfy a fl fa issued from Fayette
superior court in favor of Ranyton and Hammonds.
S^V^UVw a ^g AUen - ^
J. M. CARLILK Sheriff -
Also at the same time and place will be sold 50
acres of land northwest corner of lot of land No. SS
- the 5th district of Fayette county. Ga., levied on
.the Property of Andrew McBride, deceased, to
satisfy three Justice court fl fas, issued from the
court of the 49Gth district, O. M., of Fayette
in favor of J. j* Blalock vs. Clark McBride
aim a. J. McBride, executor of Andrew McBride,
deceased, and B. ,F. McBride, secretary, J. O. Mc
Bride, executor of Andrew McBride, deceased,
notified of mM levy in writing, levy made by W.
N. Henderson, I* C.. and turned ores to me.
This November 1, 1885. J. M. CARLTLE,
dcc.l wky.It.Sheriff
5 TON
WAGON SCALES,
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