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THE SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES.
VOL. 6.—NO. 8.
FEDERAL PATRONAGE.
SAVING THE PRESIDENT TROUBLE.
A N vel and Benevolent Scheme —How
Applications for Office are to Be
Made—A Clever Arrange
ment if it Works.
Washington, Jan. 2. —A few days since
it was announced that the Democratic mem
here of Congress had agreed upon a plan to
relieve President-elect Cleveland from the
troubles incident upon office seeking and
the annoyances which are thereby inflctel
on the Chief Executive of the nation.
According to a well informed member it
involves the dividing up of the patronage
of the government between the Represents
fives of the various States. It is very sim
ple. The Senators —if Democratic —and
Democratic members of a State will hold a
caucus and divide up the Post Offices, Col
lectorships, District Attorneyships, Judge
ships, etc., which are to go to that particu
lar State satisfactorily between them. When
the places are thus divided up all applica
tions are to be made to the Senator or mem
ber to whom the particular appointment
belongs. If an applicant in his ignorance
of this arrangement should send his appli
cation to the wrong Senator or member
it is to be referred to the proper person,
who has bound himself by solemn
compact to shoulder this portion of the ex
ecutive responsibility, and the apphcant
will be informed that his case has been so
referred and that it will be necessary to
secure the approval of that particular msn
before his application can be consider! d.
If any applicant should unadvisedly seek
the President he is to be similarly referred.
The President will simply say: “Yours of
blank date received. Please apply to Rep
resentative Blank, of yorr district. It will
be necessary to secure his indorsement be
fore I can consider your case. Sorry, but
Representative Blank has kindly relieved
me of any responsibility in the matter of
offices in bis district, and I must refer you
to him.”
This arrangement, it is thought, will
greatly assist President Cleveland in tilling
and making vacancies and will place the
Democratic party on a substantial basis for
the next campaign. The chief difficulty
with which these self-sacrificing Congress
men have to contend is in the division of
the offices in States where Republican Rep
resentatives are the rule instead of the ex
ception. The disposal of the Federal offices
in such States will be left to Mr. Cleveland
of necessity, but Democratic Senators and
members iu the above scheme agree to hold
themselves in readiness to give advice and
other assistance in the premises when called
upon by the President. It is realized
that a great rush will be made upon Presi
dent Cleveland for the hundred thousand
places at his disposal, and Democratic mem
bers of Congress are willing to step between
him and this expectant horde of hungry
henchmen. It is thought probable that ii
the President-elect had really understood
this arrangement for his relief and protec
tion he would not have recently rented a
house in Albany for the next two months,
but would have come ou immediately to
Washington, where he could live compa
ratively free from the cares of office and the
ann vances of office-seekers,
A SENSATIONAL MARRIAGE.
Elopement and Wedding of a Couple
Wldeh Had Adventures.
Reading, Pa., Jan. 2.—The Reading
papers a day or two ago contained the an
nouncement of the marriage of Miss Catha
rine Clubb, of this city, and Franklin Hcr
dyman, of New York, also formerly of
Reading. The b-ide is the only daughter
of a retired merchant of this city, who has
been successful in business and is reputed to
be worth over $150,000. The family live in
unpretentious style. The daughter hasbeen
the head of the household since the death
of the mother, several years ago. She is a
fine-looking brunette, 32 years old, and had
many admirers, but refused them all.
Herdyman has been a-sent from Reading
for several years. He is about the same age
as his bride. Twelve years ago he was
accused of assaulting the late Daniel S.
Francis, afterwards editor of the daily Spirit
of Berks, for which offense he served five
years in the jail of this county. After his
release he disappeared.
He went to New York, whe-e, his friends
sav, he has been leading a straightforward
and upright life. Several weeks ago he
suddenly appeared in Reading, after a pro
longed absence. Miss Clubb was an old
acquaintance of his, and it is said they
corresponded while they were separated.
Last Friday evening they were driven in a
clcse cab through the snow storm to the
parsonage of Rev Dr. McCauley, who made
them man and wife. Upon their marriage
being made public, it caused quite a
flutter among those who knew them years
S ”Herdyman says that he will take his
wife to New York in a few days. His bride
is remembered in connection with an ad
venture by which her father lost $6,000
several years ago. He discovered that non
registered bonds, which were negotiable at
any place, were missing from his safe. He
was under the impression that he had been
robbed, and offered a reward for the thieves
It came out that Miss Clubb had lent them
to an acquaintance, in whom she had the
utmost confidence, to pledge for a small
loan that he nee led. This friend proved
recreant to his trust and decamped with the
entire amount. All further proceedings
were dropped. Her friend die.l in the
Joliet, Illinois, penitentiary shortly after
wards. His name was John Miller.
Reduction of Wages.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 2. —The Bessemer
Steel Company reduced wages 33 per cent,
this morning. One thousand men are
affected. L ,
Coshocken, 0., Jan. 2.—The steel works
here reduced wages 15 per cent, to-day. bix
hundred men are affected.
ATLAN I'A AFFAIRS.
Alleged Fraud in Bryant’s Appointment—
A Sensational Divorce Suit—Minor
Mention.
Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times.
Atlanta, Jan. 2.—A considerable sensa
tion has been created among the politicians
i here by the statement that the comm s«ion I
|< f John E. Bryant is for four years instead |
of f r the unexpired term of General Long
| street as was intended by the Senate that j
I confirmed him. It is intimated in the Con
stitution this morning that there will be an
investigation into the matter and that there
i will be developments that will reflect on the
. 1 President. It is said that the confirmation -
, ; was for the unexpired term of Longstreet, I
i and that Bryant was commissioned for a full
j four years. It is said also that Bryant on-
I derstands that the thing is a fraud on the
1 I Senate and the people.
1 I A sensational divorce suit among the rich
I and respectable people has been filed here.
' | Mrs. Sarah Jane Purtell sues her husband,
’ | Edvard C. Purtell, for divorce on the ground
1 j of continued drunkenness,cruelty and failure
Ito support her. On the other hand, Purtell
■ | sues his wife for about $20,000 worth of
| property which he says she bought with
! money that he gave her in the hey day of
I prosperity when he was flush. The parties
in the case have sepaia'.ed. The lady ca Is
1 ■it desertion, and the husband says he was
1 “fired.” The lady in the case is the pro
prietress of a fashionable boarding house.
Sam W. Small is in Washington City fig
' uring for a position as stenographer for the
House of Representatives, made vacant by
the death of one of the stenographers. The
1 l position pays $5,000 a year. Mr. Small has
a verv strong backing for it.
Judge Marshall J. Clarke, the new judge
of the City Court, took his position on the
bench yesterday.
Judge Hillyer, the new Mayor, will be
inaugurated on Monday next. . .
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I SMYTH ALL RIGHT.
I
I He Turns up In Washington and Reports
to tire Paymaster-General.
I
I j Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times.
■ | Washington, D. C., Jan. 2. —Paymaster
I 'myth turned up here to-day, and reported
to the Paymaster-General. He explained
f his departure by saying that he went off on
a little spree. He says will make every
’ one whole, and that no will lose a penny by
j his fun.
[By United Press Association.] OKI
J Washington, D. C., Jan. 2. —Paymaster
Smyth, From Savannah, turned up here to
day and settled his accounts with the War
1 Department. He said he . left Savannah
while on a spree. He will probably be
court-martialed.
1 A MILLIONAIRE SOCIALIST.
! Co-operation the Hope of the Working
Mam
I
, Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 2. —Andrew Car
> negie, the millionaire iron manufaetvier,
' said in an interview yesterday that he look
ed forward to the time when all men would
work together for the general welfare, shar
ing the profits of general industry. In other
words, he was a Socialist. He believed that
b co-operation is the hope of the workingmen.
They were once serfs. They have risen and
in future will rise still further. Socialism
was the grandest theory ever presented, and
’ he was sure it would some day rule the
■ world.
SHOT IN THE NECK
f While Celebrating the New Year.
r
8 Dayton, 0., Jan. 2.—Charles Sellers was
5 shot in the back of the neck by his wife yes
-1 terday morning. He was shooting the old
1 year out, and, after snapping the trigger
i several times, laid the revolver down. His
t wife, thinking it was not loaded, in fun
i pointed it at his back, when the weapon
exploded, the ball loding in his neck. He
• is still alive, but in a very critical condi
! tion.
! A CHRISTMAS AMUSEMENT.
' Os a Very Serious Character.
Jerseyville, 111., Jan. 2. —At a dance
1 at Bachtown, Christmas Eve, Rube Howard
, fired both barrels of a shot gun into the com
’ pany, killing two and wounding five others.
[ Jealousy was the cause. The fact that no
telegraph or railroad penetrates that section
accounts for the delayed intelligence.
. MORE EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
I The Destruction of Alhama Completed.
1 Madrid, Jan. 2.—Dispatches received
this morning report fresh earthquake shocks
throughout Andalusia. The houses which
were left standing yesterday in the town of
' Alhama, with a population of about 7,000,
have fallen, completing the destruction of
the place.
MR. CLEVELAND’S LETTER.
Ex-Senator McDonald Much Pleased
With It.
, Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 2. —Ex-Senator
i McDonald said yesterday: “I am much
pleased with Mr. Cleveland’s letter. It
outlines just what I supposed what would
be the policy of his administration, and
ought to be satisfactory to the party and
the country.”
New Year’s Calls Getting Unpopular.
! New York, Jan. 2.—lt is conceded that
, there was less general observance of the
: custom of making New Year’s calls yester
day than ever before.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1885.
THENATIONAL CAPITAL '
THE UNITED SPATES JUDGESHIP. '
Interview With the Attorney-General—
The President Puzzle d—The Savannah
P.'stniastership—Cleveland’s Letter
—Preparing for the Inauguration.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
[ Washington, Jan. I.—The first day of
j the New Year finds President Arthur un
[ decided as to who he intends to appoint as
the successor of Judge John Erskine.
There appears to be a “hitch” in connection
' with filling the vacanc-*, which no one ex
cept the President is probably aware of. A
I few days ago your correspondent visited
j Attorney-General Brewster in his luxurious
quarters in the Department of Justice, and
endeavored to extract from him some in
formation on this subject. He said the
“Georgia Judgeship case” had passed out of
his hands several months ago. At the re
quest of the President, he had arranged all
th“ papers which had been filed in his office
for and against the various applicants, and
transmitted them to the White House. He
added further that he would not undertake
to make a prediction as to who will prob
ably be selected. Some time ago the indi
cations were very favorable to Mr. H. f’.
Farrow. Complications have since arisen
which can only be straightened out by the
President.
At the White House, the President’s
private secretary informed me that the Pres
ident at one time thought very seriously of
appointing Mr. Farrow, whom he says is
backed by Mr. Buck, Chairman of the Re- 1
publican State Committae, and several other
prominent Georgia Republicans. In conse
quence of the numerous protests which have
been filed against the appointment of Mr
Farrow, the President is somewhat puzzled ,
how to dispose of the matter. If it were
| possible for the President to delegate his .
: private secretary to make the selection, 1
I am convinced that Colonel C. P. Goodyear, .
|of Brunswick, would draw the prize. Colonel i
i Goodyear is said to have the indorsement of' '
i the leading citizens of the St Ge, including |
Republica> s. Independents and a few De - I
hocrats. Mr. John D. Cunningham is nls >
looked upon rather favorably by the Presi
1 dent, so lam informed. There are several
other names upon the President’s table for
I consideration in this connec:ion, and the
latter might take it into his head to g"
outside of the Stele to fill the office. It is
given out unofficially that the President
would like to provide a snug place at a fair
I compensation, for his esttemed friend,
I i Walter Evans, the present Commissioner of
' I Internal Revenue. The Commissioner’s
■ ■ personal friends are non-committal on the
• subject, and at the White House the rumor
is said to be without the slightest founda
i tion.
One is apt to lose whatever reputation he
may have earned, in attempting to forecast,
the actions of the present administration
In relation to the Savannah Postmastership
■ —two weeks ago I would have wagered a
I large red apple that General McLaws would
■be reappointed. I called at the Postoffice
■ Department one morning and found Post
master-General Hatton preparing to go to
Cabinet meeting. The youthful P. M. G.
said he intended to call up the Savannah
matters as soon as he reached the White
House. He referred to General McLaws in
the most complimentary terms,aud appeared
' fully satisfied with his personal character
and official capacity. He said McLaws was
appointed during Grant’s administration, and
from that time on had performed his official
i duties to the entire satisfaction of the Post
office Department. Under such circums’an-
• ces, and believing that Mr. Hatton could '
have no object in leading me astray, I
thereupon telegraphed to the Daily Times
that General McLaws’ reappointment was
probable. As I have already stated in the
Daily Times; Mr. A. N. Wilson was ap- ,
pointed as the eu cessor of General McLaws,
i the same day.
The Republican office-holders here ap- ,
pear highly pleased with Governor Cleve
land’s recent letter on the subject of civil
' service In fact, they really derive more
i consolation from it than do many of the
local Democrats. Some of the latter are I
foolish enough to imagine that under Cleve- I'
land’s administration, removals from office
will only be made in cases where it is proven j
I that parties have been active work rs in the I
j political campaign. Ex Governor Curtin,
of Pennsylvania, expresses the true Demo-
I cratic idea on this subject when he
■ says: “The people have said that there
must be a change of government, and you
can’t change the government without you
! change the agencies thereof. There may be
some officials now in office whose services
are valuable to any party that may be in
power, but all those whose places can be
filled as well, if not better, than they are,
should be turned out. That is the old
Jeffersonian doctrine; the government
should be in the hands of its friends.”
Governor Cleveland’s letter certainly ap*
plies to those officials who contributed to the
Republican corruption fund, and if the true
spirit of his letter is carried out, there are
very few now in office who will escape the ]
punishment that surely awaits them. It is
said that every man, woman or child who
contributed to the Clapp-Raum squeezing 1
committee, is known to certain Democrats, ;
who will, at the proper time, place the in- 1
formation where it belongs.
The gentlemen in charge of the inaugu
ration ceremony are working industriously
to make the event one long to be remem
bered. The new Pension Office building '
has been selected in which to hold the grand
ball. The capacity is almost unlimited, and
it is estimated that the proposed ball room
alone, not counting the numerous connect
ing rooms, will accommodate at best 12,000
persons. There will be dancing and prome
nade music. Provision will be made for the
comfort of those who simply go to look on.
A large gallery will be constructed, capable
of holding several thousand spectators.
United States Senator Brown and Repre
sentative Blount have been selected to rep
resent the State of Georgia on the Recep
tion Committee. Several Georgia military
organizations have applied t-j the Chairman
of the Military Committee for quarters,
stating that they propose to participate in
the inaugural ceremonies. The railroads
propose to make a liberal reduction to both
civic and military associations that visit
Washington on that occasion.
Representatives Hardeman, Reese and
Clements, of the Georgia delegation, are
spending the holiday recess in New York.
They may go up to Albany and pav their
respects io Governor Cleveland before re
turning to Washington. Representative
Nicholls, of the Savannah district, is hete
on guard wiiile his colleagues are absent.
“ Bob ”
BONDED WHISKY.
The Distillers May be Disappointed.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 2.—lt is be
lieved that the decision of the
General in effect that whisky may be re
tained io bonded warehouses indefinitely
after the declaration by owners that they
intend exporting it, will not result iu any
order to that effect by the Secretary ti e
Treasury. The fact is that the Kentucky dis
tillers have been doing much too talking
again.
The interview with them in several pa
pers show that they are saying that the
decision will enable them to keep their
whisky in bond as long as they like, and
then if the market gets good they will with
draw it from the warehouses and sell it at
home. The effect of this would be practi
cally an indefinite extension of bonded
period, and it is believed here that the
Secretary of the Treasury would hesitate
very much before doing what Congress has
by an overwhelming vote retused todo.
New York Stock Market,
New York, Jan. 2.—At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific 46%
Missouri Pacific 91%
Western Union Telegraph Co 54%
Pacific Mall 56
Lake Shore 62%
Louisville and Nashville 26
Texas Pacific 13%
Denver and Rio Grande 8%
Michigan Central 55
Delaware, Lackawanna West n 89%
Northwestern 85%
St. Paul 72%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 116%
Oregon Transcontinental 11%
Northern Pacific .. 40%
Kock Island : 106
Jersey Central 4 1
Memphlsand Charleston 29
East I'eniies.-ee, Va. A- Ga (com) 3%
East Tennessee, Vu. i Ga. (pfd) 5 I
Philadelphia and Reading 18% ;
Omaha (com) 23% !
Omaha (ptd) 83%
New York Central 85%
Kansas and Texas 16%
Erie 11%
New York Produce Market.
New 1 otiß, Jan. 2. —Flour quiet, super
fine $2 26a2 26, extra No. 2 $2 65a3 00
Wheat, No. 2 red winter, January 85}
Corn, No. 2 mixed, January, 49 J. Oats, No,
2 mixed, 34} asked for December and
February. Pork dull, mess sl2 25a12 50.
Lard, $7 06 for January, $7 06 for Febru
ary. Rosin quiet, strained to good strained
$1 22}il 27}. Sugar dull, refined cut ’oaf
6}, granulated 6}.
RAILWAY CONSOLIDATION.
The Houston and Texas, and Galveston
aud San Antonio Roads United.
Houston, Texas, Jan. 2—C. P. Hunting
ton, the railroad magnate, arrived here yes
terday accompanied by Thomas W. Pierce,
President of the Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio Railway. At the meeting last
evening of representatives of the various
interests, a consolidation was perfected be
tween the Houston and Texas Central Rail
way and the Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio system.
Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, Jan. 2. —Wheat opened }as-8c
higher than the closing prices Wednesday’
January 76j. Corn firm, January 34},
February 34|. Oats unchanged. Pork
20a40c higher, January sll 25: Laru un
changed.
A Handsome Schooner.
The schooner J. B. Jordan, which was
cleared to-day for Buenos Ayres, with a
cargo of lumber furnished by R. B. Eeppard,
Esq., is one of the finest and largest schooners
that has loaded at our port. She is com
manded by Captain B. S. Martin, Thomaston,
Maine, who is also part owner. She is 165
feel long, with 155 feet keel, 35 feet 6 inch
beam, 12 feet 3 inch lower hold, 5} feet
between decks. Her framing is of white
oak, and also mottled. Her tonage is 722
gross, 686 net tons; built bv Messrs. 8. S.
Gerry, of Thomaston, Maine, and has classed
Al for 15 years, with a carrying capacity of
1,15? tons. One of the greatest advantages
in this schooner is her after house, which is
32 feet long and 25 feet wide, containing
two very large and handsomely fitted cabins,
built of oak and cherrv, finely carpeted, and
seven state rooms, all nicely furnished, with
all the latest improvements.
A Complete Livery Stable.
Mr. E. C. Gleason does not claim to
know as much about running a bank suc
cessfully as a few gentlemen now living in
Canada do, but a glimpse at bis large and
commodious stables —the “Pulaski House
Stables,” next door to that well known
hotel —will suffice to convince the most
skeptical that since he has moved to this
place and fitted up things in spick
and span good order he has
displayed some knowledge of the
line of business which he follows. The
situation of these stables is too well known
and their popularity too great to need more
than passing mention, and since Mr. Gleason
has moved his more than completeoutfit in,
aud stuck out his shing e, the popularity of
the place can only increase the morr. Mr.
Gleason is prepared to board and
care for horses in the best of
style; can furnish carriages for indi
viduals or funerals, with the best of care
ful drivers, on the shortest notice; has some
of tae must elegant turnouts iu the city, and
can show some fastest horses on the road.
Mr. Gleason is reasonable in his charges, and
his conduct in the past is a guarantee that
he will always do what he promises. He is
entitled to a liberal share of the public
patronage.
REMINISCENCE OF WAR
NIGHT ON THE FATAL FIELD OF
FKEDERI' KBBURG.
A Graph’c Portrayal of the Ter.-ible Stf
ferings that Followed a Day of Un
availing Heroism.
Boston Congregationalist.
These are anniversary days. Twenty-two
years have passed since “Fredericksburg.'
Os what then was, not much is left but
memory. Faces and forms of men and
things that then were, have changed—per
chance to dust. New life has covered
some ; the rest look but lingering fare
wells.
But whatever changes may beautify those
storm-swept and’barren slopes, there is one
character from which they can never pass
Death gardens, haunted by glorious ghost-,
they must abide. No bloom can there un
fold which does not wear the rich token of
the inheritance of heroic blood; no breeze
be wafted that does not bear the breath of
the immortal life there breathed away.
Os all that splendid but unavailing valor
no one has told the story; nor can I. The
pen has no wing to follow where that sacri
fice and devotion spend their flight. Bit
memory may rest down on some night
scenes too quiet and sombre with shadow to
be vividly depicted, and yet which have
their interest from very contrast with the
tangled and lurid lights of battle.
The desperate charge was over. We had
not reached the enemy’s fortifications, but
only that fatal crest, where we had seen five
lines of battle mount but to be cut to earth
as by a sword-swoop of fire. We had that
costly honor which sometimes falls to the
“reserve” —to go in when all is havoc and
confusion, through storm and slaughter, to
cover the broken and depleted ranks of
comrades and take the battle from their
hands. Thus we had replaced the gallant
few still struggling on the crest, and received
that withering fire which nothing could
withstand, by throwing ourselves flat in a
slight hollow of the ground, within pistol
shot of the enemy’s works, and mingled with
thedeail and dying that strewed the field,
we returned the fire till it reddened into
night, and at last fell away through dark
! ness and silence.
! But out of that silence from the battle’-.
I crash aud roar rose new sounds mere ap
! palling still, rose or fell, you knew not
which, or whether from the earth or air ; a
strange ventrdoquism, of which you could
not locate the source, a smothered moan
that seemed to come from distances beyond
reach of the natural sense, a wail so far am:
deep and wide, as if a thousand discords
were flowing together into a keynote weird,
unearthly, terrible to hear and bear, ye:
startling with its nearness; the writhing
concord broken by cries for help, pierced
by shrieks and paroxysms; some begging for
a drop of water; some calling on God for
' pity; and some on friendly hands to finish ;
what the enemy had so horribly begun: i
some with delirious, dreamy voices murmur
iog loved names, as if the dearest were
bending over them; some gathering their
last strength to fire a musket to call atten
tion to them where they lay helpless and
deserted; and underneath, all the time,
that deep bass note from closed lips too
hopeless or too heroic to articulate their
agony.
Who could sleep, or who would? Our
position was isolated and exposed. Officers
must be on the alert with their command.
But the human took the mastery of ths
official; sympathy of soldiership. Com's’am
could be devolved, but pity, not. So will,
a staffofficer I sallied forth to see what we
could do where the helpers seem d so few.
Taking some observations in order not t<>
lose the bearing of our own position, we
guided our steps by the most piteous of the
cries. Our part was but little —to relieve a
painful posture, to give a coolin? draught to
fevered lips, to compress a severed artery, as .
we had learned to do, though in bungii g
fasihon; to apply a rude bandage, wh’ch yet 1
might prolong the life to saving; to ta'-e a I
token or farewell message for some stricken
home; it was but little, yet it was an end'ess |
task. We had moved toward the right and
the rear of our position—the part of the [
field immediately above the city. The
further we went the more the need deepened 1
and the calls multiplied. Numbers, half
wakening from the lethargy of death or < f
despair by sounds of succor, begged us to
take them quickly to a surgeon, and when
we could not do that imploring us to do the
next most merciful service and give them
quick dispatch out of their misery. Right
glad were we when, after mi Inight, the
shadowy ambulances came gliding along,
and the kindly hospital stewards, with
stretchers and soothing appliances, let us
feel that we might return to our proper
duty.
And now we were aware of other figures
wandering, ghost-like, over the field. Some
on errands like our own, drawn by compell
ing appeals; some seeking a lost comrade
with uncertain steps amid the unknown,
and ever and anon bending down to scan the
pale visage closer, or, it may be, by the light
of s. brief match, whose blue, flickering
flame could scarcely give the features a
more recognizable or human look; some man
desperately wounded, yet seeking, with
faltering step, before his fast-ebbing blood
shall have left him too weak to move, some
quiet or sheltered spot out of sound of the
terrible appeals he could neither answer nor
endure, or out of reach of the raging battle
coming with the morning; one creeping, yet
scarcely moving, from one lifeless form to
another if, perchance, he mi jht find a swal
low of water in the cauteeu still swung from
the dead soldier’s side; or another, as with
just returning or just remaining conscious
ness, vainly striving to rise from a mangled
heap that he may not be buried with them
while yet alive, or some man, yet sound of
body, but pacing feverishly his ground be
cause in such a bivouac his spirit could not
■ sleep. And so we picked our way amid the
stark, upturned laces to our little living
I line.
The night chill had now woven a misty
I veil over the field. Fortunately, a picket
fence we had encountered in our chargt
3 from the town had compelled us to abandor
i our horses, and so had saved our lives ot
the crest; but our overcoats had been strap
$6 00 A YEAR.
ped to our saddles, and we misse 1 them now.
Most of the men, however, had their over
vercoats or blankets—we were glad of that.
Except the few sentries along the front,all
j hail fallen asleep—the Jiving with the dead.
At last, outwearied and depress-. <1 with the
' desolate scene,my strength sank,and I moved
two dead men a little aud lay down between
- them, making a pillow of the breast of a
third. The skirt of his overcoat drawn over
my face helped also to shield me from the
bleak winds. There was some comfort even
in this companionship. But it was broken
sleep. The deipening chill drove many
forth to take the garments of those who
! could no longer need them, that they might
: ■ keep themselves alive. More than once I
I ' was startled from my unrest by some one
[ turning back the coatskirt from my fice,
; peering, half vampire like, to mv fancy,
through the darkness, to discover if it too
were of the silent and unresisting; turning
j away more d.sconcerted at my living word
I than if a voice had spoken from the dead’
[ Having held our places all night we had
to keep to them all the more closely the
next day; for it would be certain death to
[ attempt to move away. As it was, it was
. only by making breastworks aud barricades
of the dead men that covered the field that
( we saved any alive. We did what we could
to-take a record of these men. A Testa
r | ment that had fallen from the breast pocket
of the soldier who had been my pillow I
I sent soon after to his home —he was not of
t \my c< mix aid—aud it proved to be the only
| clue his parents ever had to his fate.
‘ | The next midnight, after 36 hours of this
, i harrowing work, we were bidden to with
k ; draw into the town for refreshment and
; rest. But neith, r e;t nor motion was to be
tnought of till we had paid fitt n; honor to
i our dead. We laid them on the spot where
i they had fallen, on the sheltered edge of
I the crest, and committed their noble forms
to the earth, and their story to their coun
try’s keeping.
“We buried them darkly, at dead of night,
The sod with our bayonets turning.”
i Splinters of boards, torn by shot and shell
from the fences we had crossed, served as
headstones, each name hurriedly carved
I under brief match lights, anxiously hidden
from tle fee. It was a strange scene around
that silent aud shadowy sepulpture. “We
will give them a starlight burial,” it was
siid, but l e.ven <r Li led a mure sublime
I illumination. As we bore tnem in a dark
i and sad procession their own loved North
’ took up the escort, and, lifting all her glo
rious lights, l. d the triumphal march over
: the bridge that spans the worlds —an
I aurora borealis of marvelous majesty 1
Fiery lances and banners of blood and
flame, columns < f pearly light, garlands and
wreaths of g. 11, all pointing upward and
becko: iag on. Who would not pass on as
they did, dead for their country’s hf>, and
lighted to burial by the meteor splendors of
their native sky ?
AT THE RACE COURSE.
The Gentlemen’s Driving Park the Scene
cf a Gay Crowd on Its Opening Day.
; Last afternoon about 500 or 600 people
were in attendance on the opening races at
I the Gentlemen’s Driving Park. The crowd
j is said to have been the largest and most re
spectable one ever on the course.
The races opened with a sweepstakes for
Savannah horses, best three in five, in har
ness, for a special purse of $100; $75 forth g
winner and $25 for the second best.
At 2:30, the Judges, Messrs. Geo. A.
Hudson, Thomas West and John G. Butler,
calle 1 time and the following entries were
made:
Charlie Gr ham’s Charlit; F. e 1 Kol
shen’s Pet, Sauu.-i Titu.nib’s Aiea T., W.
T. Birch’s Dora.
In the first heat Dora was distanced, and
in the fourth Aida T., was distanced. The
record of tue winner, and second best, is as
follows:
Charlie first, 3:10; second, 3:13; third,
3:21; fourth, 3:17. Pet, first, 3:13; second,
. 3:14; third, 3:20; fourth, 3:16f.
| The winning horse, a gray gelding, wts
bought by Mr. Graham about a year ago,
from Mr. Robert Rosenfield, of Louisville,
Ky., who mikes a regular trip here each
isas n with Kentucky stock. It was the
I tir.,t time that either the horse or driver had
i ever been on the track.
j In the running race for a special purse of
j S2O, best two in three half mile heats, there
i were on y t«o entries, W. T. Birch’s Jim,
l and W. E Fennell’s Dan. The race, a very
c'ose and exciting cne, was won by
Birch’s Jim, the first heat being made in
1:16, the seoi nd in 1:14, while Dan made it
in 1:16} and 1:14}. Between the sweep
stakes and the running race there was a lit
tle diversion gotten up by au impromptu
cock fight. One of the cock’s will fight no
more.
Several exhibition races were given
against time by gentlemen from the city.
Everybody was agreeably surprised at the
marked improvement in the track and all
surrounding-', and the turfmen could not say
enough in praise. Everything passed off
quietly and pleasantly. The races closed
aoout 5.30 o clock, and soon after the shell
■ road was the scene of lively brushes as dif
ferent gentlemen essayed the mettle of their
• respective steeds.
Superior Court
' Hon. A. Pratt Adams, Judge, presiding.
1 The State vs. Wm. Stoughton. Simple
: larceny; plea of guilty entered, and prisoner
J sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary.
State vs. Wm. McFarland. Burglary;
t plea of guilty, and prisoner sentenced to 10
> years in the penitentiary.
George Anderson vs. Susanna Anderson,
i Divorce; second verdict rendered granting
i total divorce.
Philip L. Smith vs. Mary Ann Smith.
1 Divorce; second verdict rendered granting
i total divorce.
f D. A. O'Byrne vs. James R. \\ ard. Ap-
- peal. At the close of this report the jury
4 was still out considering the case.
e Judge A. Pratt Adams, qualified as
g Judge of the Superior Court, and his com
mission was presented him by Ordinary
y Hampton L Ferrill.
it Solicitor General Charlton’s time having
;e expired, he presented the commission of his
n tuccessor, F. G. Dußignon, who was sworn
•n in and entered upon the pc rformince of his
p official duties.