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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 ???wUSflHStfflBe I ntsuopT r*i?? tJSZ*. wwUmwrTFsy**. Cent*, ft???*???*???^ **_ A '-. 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