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TH& WEEKLY C0NSTITUTION. ATLANTA; GA., TUESDAY DECEMBER 15 1885.
STORIES OF THE WAR.
ABOUND PETERSBURG.
A Graphic Description of the Scenes end In
cidents of the Battle.
[By IL.L. McCurdy, late Sergeant company D.
Eighth Regiment Alabama Volunteers.]
The Constitution of December 1 published
what purports to be an account of the battle of
the Crater. It la perfectly evident to the
miter, os to every other participant in that
???toggle,, that F.D.M. knows nothing about
what he attempta to describe. Nor does he
believe that F. D. M. belonged to the gallant
Virginia brigade, which had boon com
xnanded by General Mahone, and which
at that time was commanded by
Colonel Weiaiger. The exploita of that brig
ade were too glorious to noed bolstering
by claiming everything doue upon a battlefield
as the malt of its action, to the disparagement
of other troops. The writer docs not wish to
detract one iota of glory from the bright halo
surrounding this brigade. following, aa he does,
alter witnessing many or it* gallant feats, that
It was the equal of any body of men that ever
faced a foe upon the battlefield. Indeed, he
believes that, on a charge, it surpassed any bri
gade of the army of northern Virginia. This
is saying a great deal, as by its ride on many a
stubbornly fought field stood Harris??? Mississip-
g and Wilcox's Alabama. These three, during
e last year of the war, gave that reputation
to Maliono's division, which made it as famous
* on the side oftho enemy as upon that of north
em Virginia.
The wiitcr has not seen the scene of conflict
around Petersburg sfneo the fall of 18(11, but it
is aa vivid in his memory as if bnt yesterday.
The dsy before the explosion of the mine on
the Jerusalem road severe fighting had taken
. place in the vicinity of Fort Harrison, north of
the James. The whole of tho army of northern
Virginia, except tho divisiou of Mahone, of A.
P. Hill???s corps, had been concentrated there
under the command of General Longstrect.
Beauregard???s troops occupied the line at
Petersburg, from tne Appomattox to the angle
and Mahone extended this lino to near th
shot tower south of the city.
General Grant???s plan of campaign was an ex
cellent one, and ought to have succeeded. Ho
concentrated the greater part of his army to
the north of the James, in front uf Richmond,
intending to take that place by direct assault,
if not met by an opposing forco strong enough
to prevent; but, in case he found too strong an
opposition to overcome, to march back to tho
Jront of Petersburg daring the night, explode
the mine, and carry Petersburg, thus forcing
tho evseuation of Richmond by severing its
commnnicatidn with tho south. He soon dla-
covered the army of Virginia in such force in
bis front as to render tho first part of this plan
hopeless, and proceeded to the execution of
the' second. Tho facts show, that although
General Lee did not know of
the intended explosion of tho mine, nor of tho
concentration In front of tho place to bo blown
up, yet lie expected an attack at Petersburg.
'Only Ms hone???s division of his armyofVirgi-
' ilia was at that place; yot he and General A. P.
Hill both remainod, when the army marched
to the north of the James. The whole forco
at Pctcisburg received orders the night previ
ous to take their places in the fortifications at
B a. ni., and to remain in lino until further or
der*. * The troops were accordingly aroused at
tlu.%* 1 our,and formed ready for action. About
the break of day, thoy began to straggle back
into their blankets, grumbling, as usual, about
bciug disturbed. All of a sudden, a furious
cannonade was opened upon their lines by tho
enemy, from Ft. Mahono to tho Appomattox.
Thoso who hod crawled into thoir blankets,
lost no time in getting under tho cover of tho
breastworks, as a perfect hurricane of shot and
shell came plunging through their ranks. In
about fifteen minutes, several men came down
in rear of the works, covered with red clay,
and reported the explosion of the mine. This
occurred just beforo tho commencement of the
bombardment, the artillerymen having orders
to be ready and open as soon as they saw
the explosion take jdaco. They opened so
promptly*as to drown tho stand of tho explo
sion before it reached ns, we being about one
mile away. At this time Generals Lee, Hill,
and Mahone formed a group on the rising
they could see what was taking place at that
point. General Lee soon took his glasses from
bit eyes and said something to General Hill.
After parlying a little. General Hill turned to
General Mahone, and said something. The
men of t lie eighth Alabama,nearest where they
were standing, reported the following conver
sation:
General Leo???General Hill, take your com
mand, and retake that position.
General Hill???General Beauregard lost tho
position, and military etiquette requires that
lie have nn opportunity to retalfo it. I will
Strotrh out Mabone???sdivision and relieve his
troops, and let him retako it.
General Lee???You retake the position, and
we will talk about military etiquette after
ward.
General Hill???General Mahone, take your
command and recapture that position.
General Mahone???I do not need my wholo
division. I can retake it with two brigades.
General Mahone then strodo to his horse,
mounted and rodo off towards the right of his
command. Wclsiger???s Virginia and Wright???s
Georgia brigades soon moved ont of the works
and moved ofifin a direction to bring them upon
the scene ofronfi let facing the captured position.
The tremendous cannonade of the enemy so
completely drowned out every sound from tho
scene of the conflict that thoso out of sight of
it could not tell how tlio battle was goiug.
Stragglers reported tbo works blown up,
the commands in . and around
tbe ]KKiition destroyed, and tho
enemy in full possession. Orders soon caino
for the Alabama hrigodo to report at the sceuo
of conflict os speedily as possible. When it ar
rived, the crater and works for sorao distance
to the right were found in tho enemy???s posses
sion. Wit+iger???s brigade had charged with its
usual gallantry driving, with great slaughter,
the attacking column, which was formed in
four lines, hack to the works; and had recap-
tured tlicM! to tho left oftho crater. It was
intended that Wright???s brigade sbonld retake
the remainder, but half of tbe regiments fail*
ing to como to tbe scratch, tho others, upon
charging, found tbomsclvcs too weak
to cope with the forco In pos-
seesion. They obliqued to the left,
and entered tho works retaken by Weisiger.
General Mahone, upon seeing this, ordered up
the Alabama brigade. When it arrived he
conducted it up a covered way and placed it
opposite that portion of the lino still lu the
possession of the enemy. It remained In this
position for some time before being ordered
forward. Near 12 m. the following instruc
tions were received from General Mahone, and
a their strict observance the fire of the ar-
ery was very nearly avoided, as
the artillerymen filled to observe tbe
advance until done upon the infan
try: ???Advance as rapidly as possible,
charging with the bayonet, without halting to
fire, and without cheering.??? As soon as these
had been transmitted to the whole line, tho
order forward eras given. Jumping oat or tho
covered way at a single bound, a wild rush
was made for the captured works. One gun,
wh'ch had been dug out of the debris of the
explosion, opened upon tbe line, and the ene
my???s infantry poured In a heavy fire. Tho
forts in the rear of their line opened moro
than a hundred guns, but were so late in doing
to that their fire mostly passed over our
hesds and did but little damage. Paying uo
attention to all this, the brigade dashed up so
close that tho enemy was almost within reach
of its bayonets.
Pausing then for an instant, a well directed
volley from the whole line tra* sent right into
their faces. The brigade then sprang upon
them with the bayonet, and swdpt them from
tbe works to the right of the enter as qnickly
and as effectually as the forest is swept from
the path of the cyclone. Bntthe crater was so
densely racked that to spring upon tho bayo
nets was to be impaled. Seeing thU when
upon tbe point of springing Into tt, the Eighth
Alabama closed around the south aide of ft,
while tbe Eleventh took op a similar
portion on tbe opposite side. Every man on
the inside, who dared to raise his heed shore
the edge, was Instantly killed. When no head
was in sight, the rifles were laid over the edge
and tho balls sent into the dense moss packed
so ???closely that not one could pass without
striking several persona. The Cohorn mortar
batteries, which had been brought forward and
placed in tbe covered way from which tbe
brigade started on its charge, and which bad
been firing all the while the brigade occupied
that position, continued to drop their shells
amid this mass of flesh. Thoso of tho enemy
who attempted to fleo from the crater
and from tho line to the right
were compelled to pass in full
view of a portion of Woisiger???s line, and very
few escaped the well directed fire that greet id
them from that quarter. As soon as the cra
ter was surrounded, a white flag was display
ed; hut no attention was paid to this, as ???no
quarter??? had been the enemy???s battle cry at
A Mttle, and our stunned
, becu mercilessly bsy-
jps. The brigade had
this beforo it en
tered upon the charge, and instructed by
General Mahono to show them what
this cry meant. Soon after the aftpoarance of
the first flag a second mado its appearance, and
then a third. But they were not heeded until
General Mahone came along aud remarked
that we had better let them surrender, as
enough had boon done to show tbe moaning of
tho cry of no quarter. The firing ceased, and
those able to travel were ordered to the rear.
But comparatively few of these escaped, as
Weisigqr* brigade turned in the works and
fired upon them astboy ran serosas tho field for
more than a quarter of a milo. Tho largo
forts upon the other side opened all thoir guns
upon them, being led to bolievo by the action
of Weielgcr???s men that they wero our men re
pulsed.
Out of about nine hnndrcd that surrendered
only three hundred reached the shelter to the
rear. Weisiger???# brigade killed with the baro
net, everything it met during its cliargo. Tho
field in rear of tho crater, waa thickly dotted
with tho slain, and in many places along tho
trenches they wero piled three and four deep.
When thoso wero thrown out, tho blood re
mained shoe mouth deep. Tho day was the
hottest that tbo Alabama troops ever had ex
perienced, aud was said to be the hottest
In Virginia for thirty years. Under
the toys of the sun, the stencth of powdor and
blood which aroso was terrible to endure. In
au hour not more than one in ton of the
troops remained in tho line, and many of thoso
were vomiting. If the attack of the enemy
had been renewed tbe position, and the city
would have been taken.
If tbe enemy upon entering after tbe ex
plosion had daslicu upon the only battery loft
to oppose them; and had proceeded in tbe usu
al manner, to sweep tho line to the right and
to tho left of the break; instead of haltlug to
dress tbe lines, and advance in dross parado
style, the day would havo ended in greet dls*
aster to the confederates.
Only two batteries of artUery and six
companies of infantry belonging to a South
Carolina regiment were destroyed by the ex
plosion. Tbe batteries wero immediately over
the mine, and weio blown into tho air; tho
earth, etc., from the explosion, all fell to tho
north, on the infantry, destroying all out of the
liombproofs. Tho infantry to tho right and the
left were more or less unnerved by the shock,
and retreated,making but slight resistance. Tho
losses of tho enemy were stated at moro than
6,000, nearly all in killed. Mahono???s two
brigades lost T>80 In killed and wounded. This
loss was greatly in disproportion to the under
taking, but was no greater becauso oftho rapid
and desperate way in which the attack was
made. The enemy wero paralyzed as soon as
they perceived the nature of tbo charge they
were about to recoivo.
swung across the Ohio river. All were silently
gazing on tbe martial world around, when
we were startled by a cry, ???My God! John!???
It was the calm, indifferent woman???s cry. In
in instant all eyes turned to her. A smile
lighted np her freo???a smilo of Almost angelio
light, and shading her eyes with her hard,
brown hand, sho pointed toward the solitary
figure in blue, on sentinel duty at the end of
tbe pontoon bridge. ???I knew it, I kuow it,???
she cried; ???I told you so, for I prayed. I knew
God would bear me. He always hears Jane
Ostot???s prayers.???
Silence fell on all. I have passed through
many touching, tragic scenes since that au
tumn morning of '02, bnt never have I beheld
hard-fisted, brown-beaten men touched so tear
fully as was that company of soldiers that sat
transfixed before tbe evidence of the faith of
that simple woman???s prayer. The train stopped.
We saw her and her babes clasped in John???s
strong arms, and as we passed she granted us
a smilo of thanks. ???I prayed; my prayer was
beard,??? she said.
'Cavalry to tho Front; No Fighting Today.
From the Richmond State.
During tho armistice between Johnston???s
and Sherman's armies, near Hillsboro, N. C.
in tbe year of disaster, 1865, a detachment of
cavaliy was going on picket,and as they passed
the residence of Dr. C. there was standing In
the yard a lad of twelve who had invested
himself, I might have said almost hidden him
self, in the rccoases of a gray jacket, the prop
erty of an older brother, who was at that time
a captive In tlio hands of tho onemy. Seeing
the lad???s ???war paint,??? and guessing the secret
thereof, a mischievous cavalrymau, bent ou
fun, called out laughingly:
???Lay down, Meliah, wo are going to snap a
cop!???
???Mellsh??? happened to be ayoutb who was
never caught napping. Quick aa a flash he
whirled, eyed the column for a moment, then
turning ou his heel said, coolly, with just a
suggestion of satire in his clear, young voice:
???Oh! Cavalry to the front no fighting to
day!???
Quick to mako a Joke, and as quick to take
one, tho ???ragged rebels" shouted with laughter
at tlio young game cook???s answering chal
lenge. It was piuued along tho whole line, and
the laughter grow until ovory sabre jinglod as
Us fighting, fun-loving owner joined the merry
peal that rang out tho triumph of tho quick
witted, irrepressible war urchin.
OUR KNOWLEDGE-BOX.
Atlanta, Ga., wl
lowing the profit In manufacturing their combi-
*??? farm fence.
SHE IIAD FAITH.
How a Soldier???s Wife Found Her Husband In
a Crowd'of Twenty Thousand.
From the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette.
It was in the fall of ???02. Valley and hill
and stream were bathed ??in autumnal glory.
Motlrerr earth gfafed in the ???splendor or her
productiveness, and tho harvest was full. Yet
the voico of tho mower and tho spng of tho
reaper wore silent. Tho harvesters fhad fled.
The rebel forces were marching into Ken
tucky and taking possession of ono of the
strongest posts of tho union army. A cry of
alarm spread ovor tho country. Tho eyes
of the nation wero turned upon Kirby Smith???s
bold Kentucky invasion. Tho borders of
Ohio and Indiana wero exposod to tho in
vaders, and the people realising tho danger,
the governors of theso states issued proclama
tions calling every man to arms U
protect the frontiers. Louisville was tho rally
ing point of tho union forces.
Tho streets were thronged with bluo coats; a
raying phalanx of excited, serious, grieving
oplo blockaded tho depots, Six trains had
ft for Louisville that day, and tho sevonth
was pulling ont whnn we found seats in a rear
coaclihalf filled with soldiers. It was not
until wo left tlio city limits that wo becamo
conscious of a woman's presence. S'le sat near
the stove, a modest, sweet-faced, humble look
ing woman. A kalio not more than throe
weeks old slumbered on her bosom, while two
children, the eldest could not havo been four,
clung to her skirts. Her face wore a calm, al
most stoic expression, and sho seemed indiffer
ent to the suspense and anxiety of tbe com
pany around her. We became interested in the
children, consequently we soon won tho moth
er???s confidence. 8he was on her way to Louis
ville to find her husband. He had cnlistci in
the army the previous spring. She had not
heard from him since; she was destitute. 8ho
had waited and hoped patiently for his
return, but days made weeks, weeks rounded
into months, yet ho como not. Thou
she heard tho call to arras. All tbe able-
bedied men round her backwoods home
buckled on their armor. It was night when
she heard their mullled tread pass her cottage
door, and gathering her babies together she
followed the departing troops. Sho had paid
her fare, and twenty-five cents was all she had
now in the world.
???But I will find him,??? sho said, ???John was a
good. man. Ho will .not let his children
starve.???
What was tlio number of your husband's
regiment???? asked a gentleman. ???I don't
know,??? she replied, undisturbed by our expres
sion of sympathy. ???Do you know the name of
bis commandcrr??? ???No, sir.???
???Wbst makes you think you will find him at
Louisville????
I know It. He will be there.???
???My good woman,??? said our spokesman, ???I
am afraid your journey will be a fruitless one.
How can you hope to find your husband, one
man ont or an army of twenty thousand, when
you don???t even know the number of his regi
ment? It will bo like looking for a needle In
bay stack.???
???1 will find him,??? was her confident reply.
She heeded not our smile of incredulity. She
was apparently unmoved by oar sympathy,and
indifferent to our offers of assistance. She
limply smiled in the face of her sleeping babe
and drew her children closer. There was a
pathos, a heroism in the woman???s condition
and purpose that appealed to every man. Yet
sbe heeded not. Her eyes were beyond; they bad
reached tbe end of the journey, and were look
ing over the combined forces of our army-
locking for John.
Sbe was an ignorant, simple-minded woman;
never before bad she been beyond tbe limits
ofber backwoods home. As the train sped
along we discussed the iMMsibiliUea of the suc
cess of her errand, and finally suggested that
the best plan to pursue when sho reached the
city was to secure her lodgings in some quiet
quarter where sbe could leave her babas while
she searched for her husband.
hbe listened to onr proposal, but her
confidence was unshaken. 8ho repeated in
her quiet, trusting way, ???Do not trouble
yourself; I will find him.??? ???
Tbe river glistened in the morning sunshine,
reflecting in its bosom the bulwarks, campi,
and floating ensigns of oar army, Far and
near, like tbe outstretched wings of a huge
bird of freedom, the tents peeped above the
hillocks of earth raised along the southern
side. It was a glorious, inspiring scene that
bunt upon our eyes that lovely autumn morn
ing as we crossed on the pontoon bridge
answers to such questions as our readers mar de
sire to ai-lc???provided the questions aro of special or
general Interest. Answers may be delayed for a
week.]
erty, the hero of Waterloo. Is tho book
print, and where can it be obtained?
rerltapA some of our reaaers .wMJjo able to giro
the desired information.
Subscriber, Greenville, Tcnn.: How largo do
elephants grow?
The size of elephants has been greatly exaggera
ted. African elephants, which Major Denham,
one of the early explorers, supposed to bo sixteen
feet high, proved to bo less than ten feet when
killed, in Ceylon the native elephant, which
was formerly thought to be larger than the Afri
can animal, Is rarely tailor than nlno feet; and
Sir Emerson Tcnnent, in his celebrated work on
the natural history of that island, says that in tbe
district where the hunters agreo' that tlio largest
i-pcciincns are to be found, "tho tallest of ordinary
herds do not averago more than eight feet." In
India the same tendency to exaggeration prevails.
Dr. Falcomer was authority for the statement by
l???rofesror Anstcd, moro than a quarter of a contury
ago, that ???out of 1,100elephants from which tho
tallest were selected and measured with care,
ou one occasion In India, there was not oue whoso
height equaled eleven feet.??? At the present day,
probably, no ono is better qualified to speak with
reference to the size of Indian elephants than Mr.
O. P. Sanderson, the officer In chargo of tho ele
phant-catching' establishment maintained by tho
British government at Mysore. He does not bellevo
that there la an elephant In India ten feet high at
the rhonldcr. Mr. Sanderson, In his very entertain -
Jng week .on..the wild boasts of India, says that'
twice round and elephant's fooTIs bis height, with
in one or two Inches. Generally this measurement
will give the exact stature, but when persons un
familiar with elephants aro asked to guess how
many times the circumference of tho toot must be
multiplied to ascertain how tall the animal Is, they
say from tea to fifteen times.
G. II. J., Weaversvlllo, N. J.: My ancoitor.i
came from England; how can I find ont whethor
nr not there is money left me In tbe Bank of
England?
If you have good reason to believe that such
Binds are due you get a lawor to look into the
matter.
Subscriber, Covington, Ga.: How strong are
the Cherokee* st prerout, and how are they gov
erned?
Tho Chorokccs now number about 17,000 souls.
They have, according to lato reports, sixty schools
In successful operation, wlih an attendance of
about 2,200 scholars. An orphan asylum was estab
lished by the tribe In 1873, which U supported by
the nation. The sggregato wealth of tho Cherokee
nation Is over 15,000,COO. Under their present con-
Miration they are govcmcd,by agitational commit
tee and council, elected for two years by the eight
districts, Into which tho territory Is divided. The
executive Is called tho "principal chief of the Cher
okee nation,??? and Is elected for four years. Tbe
Chcrokccs have uo treaty Binds paid j to them or ex
pended for their benefit. They have, however,
United States and Mate*~bonds held In trust for
them by the secretory of tho interior to the amount
of Cl,f<23,fi27.fi!); also a recognized claim on account
ofsbttrsi ted stato bonds th the amount of 3*1,000,
on which the Interest Is appropriated annually by
ronRrox, making In all over $2,000,000, Tills money
It divided into three fond*???the national Bind, tho
erhool Bind, and the orphan Bind. Tho Intercut on
thews several sums i* paid to tho treasurer of tbo
C herukee nation, to be used under tho direction of
the national couudl|.for the objects indicated by
their names.
J. W. O. IT.. Hallaville, Miss.: Why Is tbo
Ticdmont region" called by that name?
Because it lies at the foot of a ridge of moun
tains.
Elten, Atlanta. Ga.: Will you give me the origin
or the word, "cabal?"
When Charles II deposed one of his ministers ho
appointed in his place five men, Clifford, Ashtolgh,
Buckingham. Arlington, Lauderdale. The Initial*
of the clique of five men who becamo notorious,
make tbe word "cabal,??? which passed into general
use, standing for any similar body.
Young Man, Reneea, 8. C.: Will you please gire
me the whole of the song, beginning:
When a young man falls in lore
With a little turtle dove, ,
He is pretty apt to linger
Round about her under jaw.???
We regret that we cannot give our correspondent
the remaining verses of a poem that opens so prom
isingly. When a young man needs a poem like
this, he is apt to need it badly.
fabric.
eleven styles of initial* sod five hundred designs
suitable tor si! kinds of art needlework, post paid
on receipt of twenty-five cents,by W. II. Quinby.lt
Euclid avenue, Cleveland, O. [Mr. Quinby is per
fectly reliable.???Ed.]
TEN POUNDS NET
WAS ALL THAT WAS I-EFTOFA800
* POUND MAN,
After Bis Body Bad Opne rhrough tho Mount OUrs
Crematory???A Buooomfttl experiment In Burn-
In* tho Homan Body-The Into rat tin*
Details of the Trlal-Zto* Etc.
It Is Well to Begin tbe New Year Aright.
I Tbe wheel of fortune turns on forever. Tues
day, November 10th, 1885, at New Orleans, La., at
the ltfitb grand monthly drawing of the Lontriina
f-tate lottery. Generals U T. Beauregard, of Louisi
ana. and Juba! A. Karlr, of Virginia, had tbe fol
lowing result: No. 46.7TO drew the flwt capital
prize of 175,000, sold in fifths st $1 each; one to M.
It. Nefrcn, job printer at No. 76 Merrimac street,
EoMon, Mass.; one to Joseph Fob!, Traverse city,
Mich., collected through First National bank of
Trsverre. Mich.; one to 8. If. Betty*, Mt. Olivet.
Ky., paid to Kentucky National bank of totiUville,
Ky.; end one paid to Well*. Fargo A Oo.???a bank of Hon
Fierthfo, c??l. No. 5.SW drew the second capital
Of fSfiJYo, N.ld in fifths also; iwo fifths to Arm and
Pit ssi, No. YA X A Esplanade street. New Orleans
La.; two fifths paid to Walls. Fargo & Co.???* bank.
Fan Francisco, Cal., fift. etc. Ticket No. J.W
Idn v. third capital of 910,000, sold in fifths; one paid
to F. Gross A Co . San Antonio, Texas; one to It
iRortnU-rg'* bank of Galveston, Texas, for John
IBrut-tcp. a cotton ??crewman there; and to W. P.
Campbell A Co., bankers, Florence, Ala. All In-
'??? stlon of tbe next (tbe lftwb) grand monthly
??????Inc on Tuesday, January 12,ISTO, ran tie bed
on application to M. A. Dauphin. New Orleans, Li.
It b well to begin the New Year aright.
From the New York Times.
Tbe gate forming tho entrance to the in-
clonuro in which the Mount Olivet crema
tory stands was locked on Friday night and
remained so until 10 o???clock yesterday morn
ing. Under no conalderation would tbe engi
neer, who waa in charge, open it until the ar
rival of Superintendent Merriam. The latter
reached the eeene promptly at 10 o???clock. The
crematorium, or audience chamber, had been
careftilly swept and all was in readiness to re
move from tbe retort tbe ashes of Eugeue Mo
vie, whose body hod been placed in the retort
at 3:15 o'clock Friday afternoon. The receiv
er, an iron trough, was placed Immediately un
der the door of the retort. Against it wan
wheeled the catafalque. Then the door of the
retort was opened. The iron-ribbed cradle
containing tho ashee was disclosed to view.
Then what a spectacle met the eyes of those
In the room. Tho Interior of the retort pre
sented tho appearance of a dark brown oven,
studded in regular lines with hundreds of
bright little circular spots, through which tho
subdued heat atlll permeated and circulated
through the chamber. The crib,already black,
seemed empty, but on ton and between the bars
extended a significant pile of ashes, from which
proceeded here and there a fragment of cal
cined bone. Ou the outer edge of the ashes
aud clinging to the sido bars were white and
almost intangible filaments of tho alnm
raturated sheet lu which tho corpse had been
oufolded.
When the gazq of the onlookers had been
satiated with tho spectacle Superintendent
Merriaui aud the engineor slowly drew the hot
crib out on the table,its rollers slightly squeak
ing aa they moved. With this Iron coffin sha
red pan came a few handftils of ashes, which
dropped Into the receiver. It was then drawn
away into the back of thsauditorium and there
allowed to cool while the removal of the aahes
.waa completed. It crackled and sprinklod the
floor with its shale aa tho heat naasod away.
Upon coming In contact with tho cool air of
tho room the cradle emitted a crackling noise,
and large thin flskea of iron peeled front it and
fell upon tho hard wood floor. In dragging
the cradle from the retort several handfuls of
ashes were scraped into tho receiver. Tho re
mainder waa swept into that rcceptaclo with a
long-handled steel brush. The Interior of the
retort, which had seemed of a dark brown hue,
became haxy with a cloud of fine ashes. The
contents of tbe reeoiver were of a varied char
acter. Mixed with the ashes of tho body wore
flakes of iron that had been scaled from tho
cradle by the intense heat. The mass also
contained a large percentage of aahes that had
found their way into the retort from the fur
nace. These aahes were of a reddish gray,
and were much finer than those of the bod/.
In life Eugene Llevre weighed 200 pounds.
Ilia body when prepared for incineration was
176 pounds In weight. The ashes taken from
the retort weighed about ten pounds. Eugene
Bcamsdcrfer instated, however, that tbe body
had not furnished moro than flvo pounds of
ashes, or about fifty per cent of the moss taken
from tho retort lie claimed that incineration
would reduce the weight of a body to about
three per cent of ita original weight. The en
gineer, who might be termed the man of all
work, explained tho proeenee of so much for
eign matter in the ashes by stating that the
furnace Jiad not been cleaned out since tho
ashes of a sheep had been removed from tho
retort a couple of weeks ago. Superintendent
Merriam coincided with the engineer, though
he did not appear at all aura of his ground.
Tho engineer offered the explanation lu a con.
attained fashion, os if ho hod nothing better at
A Brooklyn landlady accidentally put kerosene
Into her coffee the other morning, ana was much
mortified when her boarders unanimously congrat
ulated her upon tho Improvement created.
Mains is already harvesting its Christmas
trees, and preparing ts ship them to points where
evergreens do not abound.
MR8. WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP for chll-
dren teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflamma
tion, allays all pain and cures wind oolic. 25 cents
a bottle.
Kentucky deserves to bo called ???the moth
er of speakers.??? It.bas bccnlhonoxcdlwltli that of
fice eleven time*.
Helloffite Is the suggestive name or a new explo
sive. Mid to be more powerful than any yet discov
ered. It la called after its Inventor, who is a Km-
slan. and not named, as might be supposed, from
the kind of fight It could make.
A check drawn by Vanderbilt passed
through tho. Lincoln bank, a few days ago, tor
16,000,COO.
The Great Bamedy.
ROSA DALIS is a great remedy for 8orofula,
and all taints and diseaseaof tho Blood. It la
well known to Physicians, very many of
whom regularly prescribe it. It Is a strength-
Ing medieine, enriching the blood and build
ing up the system. Read the following: I
have suffered 87 yeara with Livor Complaint,
Rheumatism, Sick Headache, and disordered'
stomaehe. I was at one time raving dis
tracted, rubbing ray hands and halferasy
with pain. My wlfo sent for a doctor, and he
attended me nine monthi. He sold he eonld
he eould do me no good; but ono bottle of
ROSADALI8 did me more good than all the
medicine the doctors ever gave me.
J. U. WALKER.
Moor's Qrcek, N. 0.
I The appearanco oftho ashea was a sttrprlso
to Ibvaa who supposed that incineration would
turn out a substance aa fine as flour, nnd that'
bleached meant white. If Engineer Boamador-l
fer waa correct in his statement that the fine!
ashes were foreign material, tho ashes of tho
body wero grayinh In color and rangod in
coarseness from tho size of a small pea to that
of a large persimmon. Thoro was nothing
smooth or flue about them. Tho fiuest were
ond will crumbio at a touch,??? said Superin
tendent Merriam, picking up a piece of a fore
arm about six Inches long and an inch In cir
ri! inference. He dropped It as if it hod been a
red-hot Poker. It was Just aa warm and It
proved tno superintendent to bo mistaken. It
did not crumble to tho touch, and it required
two bands to break it. It glowed with heat,
though the retort had bocn cooling off for 15
hours.
Auothcr bit of bone, a fragment of shin, had
split exactly in tbo center. Adhering to tho
bone was a email quantity of marrow, and
sticking to that wns a minute piece ofthouluni-
???naked sheet In which tho body was wrapped.
The fibre of the sheet waa plainly visible.
Neither the superintendent nor the engineer
eyed this peculiar looking bit of bone with
S I ensure. Neither of them was able to account
dt ita wonderful state of preservation. Tlio
engineer admitted that the ashea of bodies in-
rincrated at Lnnraatcr, Penn., were finer. Ho
had never seen them there In a pulvorized con
dition, be said, nor were they bleached much
whiter In the Lancaster crenmroty than nt
Mount Olivet. ???We did better work with the
sheep???s bones.??? he added. He was naked if lie
ever expected to ace a body reduced to lino
ashes in the Blount Olivet crematory, ???i???ro-
ft*sor Ernes,??? he said in reply, ???expects to re
duce them to flour whilo blotching with Intense
heat.??? The ashes of Liovre, ho thought, had
been bleached in fifteen minutes after be re
moved the caps from the chamhor* through
which mid air was admitted to the retort. The
caps he bad removed at seven o???clock on Friday
night, and the ashes were bleaching from that
hour until ten o???clock yesterday morning. Jle
thought the ashes would have bleached more
easily had tbe door of the retort boon opened.
During the process of removing the numer
ous flakes of iron from the contents of the re
ceiver with a magnet, aud the fire ashes with
a fan, the cradle kept crackling cheerfully.
Hatches of a^rayish while cobwebby substance
clung to tbe bars on which the body had lain*
They represented the sheet in which the body
had been wrapped. On some of the bars on
which that portion of the back corresponding
with tbe stomach bad rested were clots of a
reddish, glutinous matter resembling blood.
Tbe superintendent confessed bis ignorance
of their nature. ???If tbe liver man
was here,??? said the engineer, ???be would any
those stains were the liycr.??? The ???Ilyorman,???
it seems, la a person who visited tho crematory
some days ago and fuformed tho engineer that
he eould not consume the human liyer. If
thfs personage bad seen tho cradle yesterday
he would have undoubtedly claimed that hia
view waa tenable. While in the retort tho
cradle probably loot a pound of its weight by
tbe scaling process.
When the ashes had been cleared of foreign
suUtancca they were placed in a circular tin
box. painted black. They weighed, according
to tbe engineer, about five pounds. Tbe box
was supposed to hold six pound*. It was fur
nished with a handle sunx in tbe top. It was
locked, addressed to one of Lie vre'* relatives,
laced in tbe express office. The boxes
rnlshed by the Cremation company. If
they were minted a more cheerful hue they
might pass for dinner pails.
A. W. Tompkins, M* D., 177 Clinton place,
New York, writes Juno 2,1883: ???In many of
tbo** Insidious disease* of the brain and spina
cord, where local stimulation must Iw obtaiuod,
and where liniments, blisters and various ap
plications fail, marked relief from pain can be
obtained, and tbe patient greatly benefited, by
placing strips of Allcock???s Porous Plaster* over
tbe spinal cord, from base of brain to tbe
end of spine. In all cases of spinal irritation,
weakness or nervous prostration, I recommend
Allcock's Parous Plasters.???
TpAYETTK COUNTY SHERIFF SALES-WILL
T be sold before tho courthouse door in the town
of Fayottevllle, In Fayette county, Ga., on the first
Tuesday In January, 1686, the following land,
to wit: An eighth of an acre more or leas, ft being
???* of lot No. seventy, lying east of McIntosh road
north of rt. G. it N. A. U. 1L, commencing at
Dunnbar's southwest, running north one hundred
and fifty-nine fret, thence west fifty-two foot, thence
south ono hundred aud fifty-nine fact to right-of-
way, thence cast to Dunnbar's corner, also one
small tract of land lying west of bouse lot oom-.
mencing at southwest corner of hnu*e lot running
???* along the right-of-way forty feet to houu lot,
?e south twenty fret, tnenco east forty toot to???
house lot, thence commencing comer twenty fret,
all bounded as follows: On east A. V. Drawbar, on
north by Robert Woods and on west by J. R.???Jones,
on the south by B. O. A N. A. It It, sold aa the prop
erty of J. R. Jonc*, to satisfy a mortgage fl fa tasuod
J. M. CAULILK, Sheriff.
m which David Allen now
the north by Jack Davis, south by ILmiJ. Adams.'
east by Arch. Mcllcnrutn, west by lands of Wm. T.
Glower. Sold to satisfy a fl fa issued from Fsyette
superior court in favor of Ranyton and Hammonds,
WJSft -MfnT-??? D " ,J A1Un
Also at the same tlinoami pi2e'wl?TbeSold60
r ere* or land northwest comer of lot or land No. 88
In the 6th district of Fayette county. Ga., leviod on
as tlio property of Andrew McBride, deceased, to
satisfy three jiwUce court fl fas, Issued from the
justice court or the 4DGth district, O. M., of Fayette
county in favor of J. L. Blalock vs. Clark McBride
and A. J. McBride, executor of Andrew MoBrldo,
dceeartd, nnd B. F. McBride, secretary, J. G. Mc
Bride, executor of Andrew* McBride, deceased,
notified of mid levy In writing, levy mado by W,
N. llcndcrron, L. C.. and Hinted ovex to me.
* X J?*M. UARLILE,
T- T Hhertff.
Most perfect made
Prepared by a physician with special regard
to health. Ke AamooU,LIasor AJtuu.
Notice to Debtors and Creditor*.
lentea to Mid estate are required to i
??? payment; this November 30.1A&
deo I, d 11, wky fit
Pack Fnn Cards. New Sample book aod
compicto outfit, 4 cents. Star Card Go.,
lH, ?? scpl wfim eomnol
ok Jlf A VUM new saggif
JtI/V. j. book nnd full outfit, C cent*. IVarl
Card Co., Knfield, Ohio. nov lOvvyltnootn
DRUNKENNESS
Zuastantly Cured. 4
Dr. Haines* flOT.DRN 8PEGIFI0<MW??N??fa
deatroyaall ai-i'- m.. r???r nlciiiui:- li-juora. I|oal
he meerrSiv administered In cofTaa, or
article of food, evan In tlqnnr ftwelf, wlUi weeoaS
fattino results. Thousand* of thiwont drnnfe
who know* of ita virtue# but saloon-kiwpasA
/or p.m??blrtj????uio!of fcuond. ??f US
i Ms. flora vM mafiaal asm rasa fiafeB
parts of tho oountry. Addranln ooafldaac*,
OOLOSE 6ISGI7X0 00.,Ill Base BL, OlasUmaB, %
.Sheriff* Hale,
t WILL BE BOLD ON THE FIR8T TUE8-
y, 1SS6, beforo the courthouse
??- ??????thin legal hours of
lo-wlt: Lot of Jsnd
fifty acre* of lot of
even acres of lot of land
lllllill
land number 108, seventy^PPE^^^W^WfaB
number inf??, fifty acre* of lot of land number 186.
and one acre in a square lit southwest corner of lot
of land number lul, in seventh district of said
county, known as homestead of L I* and taidndaj
J. Lanuuro, bounded, ??? Appear* by the return ofl
tbo surveyor,-on the anpucatlou for houtettoad.
end a* appears lu tho awn-eo In said homestead
on page JWfi of minute* of superior court, except
to acres of said survey to-wlt: 60 acre* in north trodj
comer of lot number 136, and thirty acre* off of
northwcit
citMofTof
corner of
[icvTctTon???M~the'property of L L Landum by]
???rtuo of a fl fa in favor of Chamberlin, Boynton
& Co. against L. L Landum, Issued from Fayette
superior court and returnable to the February termj
Do l, of said court, property poiuted out by plain]
Also, at same time and place, the west lialf of lot]
of land number 1MI, In the upper seventh dlstrtctofl
Fayette county, Ga., containing ono hundred (KM)
acres, more or los*, as the property of W. M^ Lin-
G eorgia, rabun county-will be hold
??? before the mutt liotvo door in the town of Clay
ton, In said rour.ty, within the legal hours of sale,
on the first Tuesday In January. I**6. the foltoftlof
B ???reel ??>f land, towlt: Ono hundred and fifty-on*
res of lot of land No, 4l>, In tho second district of
said county, the portion to bo sold being the north-
gm part of mM lot and bounded as follows, tow It:
- the north by lands of T. N. Horsey, on the east
by lands of A. f???bllyaw. on the west by land* of Joo
Ncvill. aud on the m??mii by lands of Mrs. W. M.
lliinnlcutt-which has been levied upon os the
property of Eugene W. Beck, tinder ana by virtue
iof a mortgage It fa, from the superior court of said
county, lu favor of J. W. and (J. 1*. Kites v*. Kujreno
IW. Deck, and being In the poasession of Mrs. O. C.
Wall as tho tenant of said Eugene W. lleck, notified
sams time and place one house and
????????????-??? i??????d county, contain-
idol on the north
r .on th*east by lot
B. W. Dover, on the south by ih* jail tot, on the
-ret by Main street, and now In tho nowcosion of
W. E. Conley, who I* notified of said sale. And
one piano, described as follows: Manufactured by
lot In tbe townofCla]
Ing four acre*
bjr lot of p.
Bcruggs, who is notified
upon as tbo property of Eugene W. Beck,
the defendants under and by virtue of a -
Illton rvi*rinr court, in favor of IL D.
Jones, securities; and said K. W. Bock notified
mail of said levlc* November 16*5. ???
J. f. GODFREY.
Bberif Rabun county, Ga.
'mars
roer profit*. Any on* can taka ordars.
Notice to Debtor* nnd Creditors.
A LL I???KKKOKH HAVING DKMANIH AGAINST
the estate of William M. Rivers, lata of Fayette
ceunty, Avreared, are hereby notified to render In
thrlr demands to the undersigned according to law:
and *11 perron* indebted to said estate are required
to make immediate payment this November 77th,
iw*. B. L JOHNSON, Executor,
dcclwket
It wns on tho morning oftho 23th of August, 1883
that tlio long frit want was eradicated.
What long foil want!
Why, tho establishment of tho Information office
at Brooksvlllc, Florida, conducted by A. IL Bchllitg
it Co., for tho benefit of thoso desiring to becomo
oof tho many advantages and dba-ivantagM
nted to tho uninitiated, anllclpalng tho talcing
Up of their Abodo In thU American Italy. Thou
sands, yea thousand* of letters have bwn matted
to the VHrlou* postmasters aud nthern making Inqnft
ties which wwc never answered, and are continuing
to pour In dally to their grout armoyunce, which wo
vnpoaa cheerfully ftamiddu ticnomptitdcd by a
huiMlMuno Florida curiosity for tho pnltrysumof
one dollar, llnd there loog aSosuch an office c??-
taldlMicd, doubtless there would lmvo been count
less hundreds of dolliuH saved to tho pocket* of tho
unwary newcomer nnd rapltnliu*. Therefore, tsko
timely warning andconiniiiulenie with
A. II. IIKHLINGAOfa. .
Main Hired, Brookivllle,
Hernando county, Fla.
Kamo this paper. scpTi wkySmo
i PRESCRIPTIONS
found In Ik*
w
Executor** Sale.
ILL BE RESOLD BEFORE TlIECOUnTHOUHE
county. Horn for tho purpose or distribution
among tha heir* of Edmond Jsrkson, deceawL
Terms ca*h. Till* December -till IW.
M. E. JACKSON, it G. W. ROBINSON.
m ^ r,u??. *(.. (i/tiUM a#
r.*owxu*ao*,HJ XAuVCcucziuMHa
A BIG OFFERJ?nhYvkmv'ayTS
. Bclf-Oprratln. Wulilnir JIkIiIim. If jroa
wut ono Kndiu four nuie.P. O. ??n.I ?????
t>rtM ofllco U once. Tlw Notional Co., p I>??
111.. .N. Y.Aug-n wky an
Cure Guaranteed
*yT>tJsnf^F ~ '
a?.i
How
nn be made RronUfof.
onjr Indy n
NATUJIK???fl WORST DEFECTS OBLITERATED.
Flesh Increased or rcduced|tlra to fifteen pound* a
THE BJ UN bmuciiSdmuut I FULLY WHITE.
Wrinkle*, pitting*, frocklM, mol???.moth, block
cad* and superfluous hair permanently removed.
Hairibrows and lash??? restored and dyed any
lade. Circular* and testimonials 6 cents.
MA1IAMK LATO UR.
New York???s Popular and Reliable Cosmctlquc, 2.UC
Lexington Avc??? N. Y. city. dcctwkyly
x*xuia tiiiaih
IMPOTENT MEH!
And ibou**nd?? of Cases of nm ocs ftUUk cmw
weakness, oertona prosiraUoo, pr.*rAUir#rtrcil??a *J
aff???Uon* speedily- u.oronyMj, p< ruaacatiy cured hr
rcEErsriTJL.
A trial packsga oa receipt of twelvscsaU poefaiw
m*??SCTaBK??e
wejasns
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I ntsuopT r*i??
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