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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1875-04-20
NneiNWetme.

Sn bier ftarfen 8Gnbeu itnb 10 e6en
sic Seri6te Der engli10em Go1nmtiiGre
aur @tener MISUNDERSTANDING pou 1873 Inv.
SruG erl@iensn. Sn benz 4. 8ahfye
befilDet ftG etn Gdptfel iiber bic oustIez
1telIt qetuelenen Deutiben H0etn1peti lie,
aus tpeldern Der GonDol1er @orrelpon.bent
Der &0lu. Big. folgelloe DttttDeii Mlgen
uladt:
SER s.. Giseteup, benz bic 8ef,anolltna
bes @eiucapttelS bon Der engltlden
Gornmiliion anDertraut tporoGn, er3a6lt
in Der @ialcituug, baB bic 10 u 8ien oe>
Ianbten %3tbeiuipeine eille 10 tjroBe Menge
biitorti0 merfniiroiger B'toben uunfaBs
ten, ais Die alier iibrtgen ipeiubalelioeu
Besirfe neutrality-suspicious.. Son Dem
eetD0lbtel gtefectOrtum Der alten Ber1s
baroiner : Mbtei in @b erba6, III befIen
&eueru ieBt bet groBe &5tetnber9er ldaert,
fameu Wtniter iGEIrntIt9er Cabinets
10GBe bes frllDeren Ser5ogS BON 9taIlau,
0arHnter etll ar0GtlWer 0oAbetler BON
l7e6, Der fomtt leine l67 Sabre ausgez
Dalert bat uno i'll WetnitoGsgeltalt le6te,
ais WarlbOr0llgD Die S@la0t bel 9tdz
nliQtes l0lug. Anoere 9OGbeiu1er itamms
ten aus Der 3ett beS amertfaniI0en I'M
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., uno tpieher Qn6ere,
perbdltulBmdBtg lugenbli1e. fparen nod
tnl iptloeu Orange Der @dbrung begrtffen,
ais bic Gd,laOt bon Sena gei1lagen
pur6e ltll0 1apolepn ben 9tiid3ug bon
Ntosfau antrat. Geiber mar BET ben
metlten oleler Q8eiue bic biltorii1e Gez
mitiScens Oas @~ert6polite. User bon
i6nen iiber % Sabre aft mar, gIt0 me6r
benz S1atteu 1eiuer eiuftigen @rDBe.
gfi@t aAein bGs urlprlnsIi@e feline
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1875-04-20

Geriu6e gema1t no6nsdb[en,
Stride SIT MAIDEN, init 5n bu6Itabtren,
.uno lllr etn e~in5tges Wal tit e5 mir ge=
lungcn Elm rleDrfa6 oortommenoes Wort
5u entStftern; t0 Las nod oasu fall6, tn>
Dem ib INNER vgar" betdm. Nm anoern
Wtorget er5Gblte mir Der Qlufie6er, baB
ullten III per Station tiefer elm unfug
nit Dem Gas getrieben tDor0en iet. Sin
@efan9ener bate ft6 ben S0er3 erlaubt,
ben 0aDn i'll ieiner Belle 5u3uoreben, ben
SrenHer 'abfltblen Au lailen, odltit ben
0aDn mte0er 3u offnen uro nit aler @e=
malt b~ineiuaubialeu. Daour6 tpar oas
Gas IN bier 3elen re0tS un0 linfS aus>
geblaIen tDDroen. 0aS tpur offen6ar
BON u1ten acknowledgements tporoeu,
ntetn 9ta9bar er3d0lte es Dem ieintgen.
So bate allO t a%nitatt s ge5G6lt. 8ie
l0tuerfalt9 bie1e Nrt oeS 8erfebres audi
letn mag, tie eeniigt on6 poafonnen.
SD entlinne MID bonn 8~olenproceHe Der,
odB odmalS feltgelteat tpur0e, tDie Stpet
e}l0ltrte, bon Deuen Der cine ul1ter Dem
anOern pobnte, in Der langen Dauer iDrer
Interchangeable auf 0teIe Wetle cine
Yartte S0G0 NIT chamber 9eiptelt Datz
ten. @infaWer 1T natiirlt6 oer 8erfebr,
lObalo etnl9e Der audi itren9lt Sloltrten
5ulammen9ebra9t iper0en, auf ben Spas
SIergdnger, IN oer STRIDE II. /. N. @s lit
oa Der fomilde Sau confutirt tporoel1,
baB itreng S~iolirte aaes, mas fte lid 5u
iagel batteu, in Der Girde 1tb ats Gborat
%Sugeiungen babeu.
2Bioer meme @eipoDn6eit 6eftel mid
idon gegen se6u ubr NbenoS cine getpiile
Wtloigfett. Wian bate Die Nufmerflamz
felt 9e6abt, Mir cine ganS 1teue Watra3e
uno eDenlo nod D0lig un9ebrau6te
lteber5ii9e gil geben; i'd bate alio nee
ntgltenS 0te Serubtgung, sum- erltenmal
in oielem Bette 81 liegen, un0 i'd beburfte
oteier 8eruDt8un8, UNI fir Die 0drte oes
Sa8erS lel6lt cine @ntibGOiguns gu
DaDel.
BaS t6 an Sen folgenben Tasen sez
leben uno erfabren, Die Dtott5e1, tpel1e
i1 mir ilber Die @efangenen un0 Die 9lnz
italt geiammelt babe, mid i'd IN etuem
~3lpelten Vrteie mtttbeilen. Wtan miro in
meiner Dariteuung isoenfaus Den poetic
i6en S6Duug, DER Silpio BeQic0'5
lie mic prigioni" ansseibuet, bermillen,
a6er t0 bore mir audi feline la0ltDen
llngenaut9tetteu gu SAuIoeH fomnlen
5u ldifen.
PauI 2~tn6au.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1875-04-20
(@titgetbettt pom GorreIponbtnteu Ser SGinoiS
StnatsSettllng.)
SapGncFi0e SptR@tp Srtee+

Nodo motto sengureba atsesa o waseru.
- Sin geIGtttster Wtllno pergiBt Den
Woblt6Gter.
Uranahi schia mi no uke schiraze -
@ubriager, iage Dir ielbit iDa6r!
Uso kara deta makoto. - Qtus Der 2ii9e
gebt Die Wabrbett.
Kusa o sesete hebi o dase. - Sn6em
man bas 0ras i9ldgt, Deria9t man Die
SbLangen.
Gouschia nj mo ittoku tzischia nj mo
ischitse. = Der llntpifienoe ielblt Fat Iuz
genoen, iotpie Der Netie Sebler.
Yassi mono kaki no semi uschinaki. -
Btuig f%aufen lit ietn @slo perlieren.
Yabu kara DO. = Qlu5 Der 8Qulbus>
bede fommen Die St0de.
Yanagi no yeda nj yuki ore wa naschi.
= Die 3tuetse ber Meioe breben Mot
uAter Dem 0etpi6t oes S1nee's.
Fumi o yaru nj mo kaku lie wa motaze.
= is lit l0tper, etnen 8rief su iGider,
tpel1i1 llall rt6t I6retben fam.
Furuki 0 tadsenete ataraschiki o schiru.
SnOem man baS 2lte ludbt, ftnoet man
ba5 Jteue.
Korobano saki no tseye! = @be Sic
fallen, nebmeu Sic SDren Stod!
OcbrA VI GOoC " XIV CtEASA Gul
benz 6ebler niOt Doran.
Ko o motto schiru oya NO kokoro. -
Wettn man &tnber bat, feltnt man bic
Gtcbe Der Gltern.
Kokoro kodo no 20 o heru. - Weuu
brt!9t lein Seben 81, ipte man oenft.
Am fureba dji katamaru. - g1ad1 6emt
Jtegen trodnet Die @rbe.
Aku dscho kagami wo utomu. - Sine
bdBlide Srau fitr0tet ben Spiegel.
Yamai kutschi yori iru. -Oie SerQnf>
beiten fommeu bur6 ben Muno.
Homuru wa soschiru no motoi. - Ser
Betfau lit Die 8ur3el Der S~1md6unq.
No aru TAXA We tsume wo kakussu. -
Sin fluger Noler p~erbirgt Die RraQen.
Aotoba o kereba, selma sukunaschi. -
@roBe 8orte, fteine I9ateu.
Hama yori dango. = &l0lter Iin0 better
ais Blunlelt.
Riyoyaku kutschi nj nigaschi. - @ute
Wteot3tn lbmeGt bitter.
Hin suru toki wa nussumissu .-Qrmut6
oerleltet gum Ste1len.
Tank wa sonki. = Seftigfeit lit yers
luft.
Narau yori mare. = @ctpo1nbett gebt
nor Serneu.
Iama nigakassareba nikari naschi. =
ursel9liffene G0elftei1e glGuSen nidt.
Sugitaru wa oyobasaru gotoschi. - gu
nIel astben lit nt9ts set9ap
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1875-04-20
Ste Gatiomats euame oer stedtea.
Meifter.

Die 2te3ten1tetn'i % a ii o.
9Dmne ipiro BON Der vSibD.
Yreiie" mitgetbeilt; le ip0rO i'll ben
Sluf5tger> SaDren bon etnem tatDolii0en
Bfarrer geOt6tet uao miro nod i'll Den
S0u[en DeS Siiritentbiiln6enS gelungen.
Gi,ti9e Strop9en mOgen bier 1te1sH:
OberIt am iunoen 9lbetn
&ebnet li4 &icbtea ItctlI
Stu Alpeab0b'n.
Sie3 liebe 6etmatblGno
SIM beuti9en GaterlanD
0at UDtteS luciie Qats
Sur unS erleb'n.
$50 emit ct. 2ucien
Srteheit narb Jtbdtleil
9lnetngebradt:
Sort an benz 8rdHSerfetH
hub lungs oeS lungen 9tbett
Stebt III d tt D 6 Gt6tett 1teIn
AHt Gent 0lanbs @a9t.
@on sriinen Sellenb6b'n
Ureunblt0 es lit 81 ie9'u
utt them BliG:
gSte Oes Gbein's Silberbau6
Sdunet bas id6ne 2aup,
GIN fltineS 8utrrlauo
Won 1ttuenl @tiiG.
9reu unO felt, menn d. on t(etu,
Sun eeuti6en &et6SDerein
JtuDt 2i9tenitein
2i9tuou auf elp'9em Gruhb,
@inig unb ferngeiun6
Sm Sturm tao Jta6t Dem 8un6
Seu9tltern gu icin.
Gbeitt ni6t bes 8arften Sers
@atcrli9 Treub' uno S9mers
Wtit 6tnOern bier
3i6t tbn erbalt 6as 2aub-
50 rei3et ibm 6te 9anb,
Sn unierm 8Gtertan6
G0ter nib Bier.
8slon6ers itD6n lit Ste 9oeTte bon
9ie6tenltetn's /Steaung vuuf 0euti0s
lanoS Wa6t". Dte oteienige, in pel6er
Die Siebe Der &te6tenltetuer 81 tbrem
Suriten oanttt motipirt miro, baB ie ibn
3u ernG6ren brauben.
8efanntli0 befommt baS tbpatlde B6lfz
chem bon teinem Titrlten fir oaS 3te8terts
tperoen iogar no0 etlpas beraMs.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1875-04-20

ie m6gli9er QSeiie sur 2itse un6 BAT 6as
nit iDren 3tpsf ais ebemaltge Ba6r6sit
erretd)t.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-10
A PARTISAN ROMANCE.

The following incident in the life of
Madame MacMahOn is related: In the mid
die Of the winter Of 1888 a FIRE broke out
in the female seminary at Limoges, France,
and spread with such rapidity that it was
feared all the inmates would perish. Sud
denly there was a cry that one little girl
had been left in her room. As the excited
spectators were beginning 10 pray for the
unfortunate child, a tall girl, with dis
heVeled blonde hair and flowing night
gown, cut through the crowd, and, with a
shrek Of an save herT' that rose above
the sound Of cracking timbers and falling
masonry, dashed into the doorway. A
loud hurrah that was prolonged to the echo
only to be repeated again attracted the at
tentiOn of the devOtees, and the pale-faced
girl was seen skipping through the flames
with the terrified child. A few days there
after King Louis Philippe sent the heroine
a gold medal for her bravery, and a captain
Of the French army, who had witnessed
the girls pluck, begged an Introduction.
The captain is now President of France
and the brave girl Madame MacMahOn.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-10
MISSISSIPPI

Negro Blood Needed TO Revive the
Radical Party.
fernando Special, Aug. 7, to the Memphis AI-
peal.
Col. 6. Wiley Wells, United States Dis
trict Attorney and 4 candidate for the Re
publican nomination for Congress In this
district, made a speech here to-day. He
denounced Gov. Ames in the bitterest
terms, and declared that in the interview
between Gov. Ames, Sheriff Crosby and
Attorney General Harris, al the time Of
the Vicksburg riot, the Governor instructed
Crosby to arm the blacks and march against
Vicksburg. Attorney General Harris pro-
tested against this advice and urged a Te-
sOrttO the courts. Crosby left with these
instructions from the Governor, who, after
his departure, tnrned to Attorney General
Harris and said: "That the blood Of
twenty-five or thirty negroes would benefit
the Republican party in the State" Col.
Wells says that be made this statement
upon the written authority Of one Of the
most reliable and truthful Republicans in
the State. Attorney General Harris was
present here to-day as a supporter Of Wells,
and heard these remarks without denial
and with approval.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-10
MAN AND WIPE DROWNED.


Yesterday afternoon James H. .Perrine.
residing at the corner Of Dean and Sack
man streets, East New York, aged thirty
i've years, and his wife, aged thiTty-twO,
went to ROCkaway Beach for a bath.
They stopped at the last landing, procured
bathing suits from ?. MOgerus and plunged
boldly into the surf, which was rather un-
usually quiet. Mrs. Perrine, who was an
expert swimmer, led, challenged Ter hus-
band to follow. They soon passed the
safety ropes, breastiEg the waves in a way
which showed confidence in their strength.
But they cid not calculate on the force Of
that fatal undertOW which has sacrificed
so many lives at all our seaside resorts.
A few minutes later the policeman on the
shore saw they were battling for life, the
man trying 10 help his wife. Hs at once
despatched Fritz krupp, the stOutest swim
mer Of the beach, who swan out to aid the
pair. Two other men, with life prsservers,
also started az once on the errand Of mer-
cy. krupp reached the scene while Mrs.
Perrine still had life. Her husband had
already sunk foe the last time. KrupP at
OnCe seized the woman and bore her 20
shore as quickly as possible, but life had
disappeared before she reached the sands,
and all efforts % restore animation failed.
The body Of Mr.. Perrine was found soon
after, but too late for TesusCItatiOu.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-10
STRANGE TASTE.
A Long Island Heiress Runs Away
With q Negro SerVanf-A Charm 60
Catch Young Girls
New York Sun, Aug. 8.

New York Sun, Aug. 6.
Mrs. Broucher, a widow, of Deer Park,
Long Island, adopted little girl several
years ago, and educated her. The girl is
now about seventeen years old, and was %
have inherited nearly all of Mrs. BrOucher's
real and personal estate, estimated at about
$4,000.
Mrs. BrOucher employed young cOlOred
man named Chauncey Brewster. He has
lighter complexion and straighter hair
than most negroes, and is considered hand
some. Last Saturday night she discharged
him, paying him $3.50 that, she owed him;
and this was all the money he had.
On Sunday night the girl started for
church, accompanied by another girl.
They were going to different churches, and
separated after they had gone a short dis
tance together. Miss Boucher did not
reach the church. On the way she met
Brewster, the cOlOred boy, and they talked
a few minutes. That night she did not 20
home, nor the next day, and on Tuesday
Mrs. BrOucher learned that Der adopted
daughter had elOped with Brewster, and
that they were living with a colored family
named Jackson, in Amityville.
Brewster and the girl were found in
JacksOn's house, and were taken before
Justice Cooper. Brewster said that on
Sunday night they walked from Babylon to
Amityville. II rained hard, and they were
wet through. He went to his mothers
house, but she refused TO receive the girl,
and they stayed under a tree until o'clock
in the morning. Then they saw light in
JacksOn's house, and went in.
Brewster's defense was that the girl went
with him Of her own will. The testimony
brought out a supposed charm that the
Babylon negroes have to catch girls with.
They take a four ounce bottle put in nine
pins and ten needles, some Of their own
and the girls hair, and fll il with water
on the first day of each month. Brewster,
it was charged, had used this charm on the
girl, and his bottle was shown in court.
A negro employed by Mr.. Southland, found
a similar bottle in one of his wagons, be
said, and his black boy told him what it
was for. The boy, when put upon the
stand, denied this. Other witnesses testi-
fed that they had seen the girl run up TO
Brewster in the house and kiss him.
The examination was adjourned until
to day, Brewster and the girl being held in
custody. 1t is believed that there is no
law under which they can be punished.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-10
RAILROADS.

The Chicago, DanVIlIe and Vincennes.
CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-The report of Gen.
Anderson, as Receiver Of the Chicago,
Danville and Vincennes Railroad, is pub
lished to-day. 1t shows the bonded in
debtedness of the road to be S6,OO0,O0O;
floating Indebtedness, S1,732,3 ,345; actual
cash floating indebtedness due and unpaid
July 81, 1915, $3.50, ,149.
The length of road now operated is 159
miles. The Receiver accompanies his re-
port with several recommendations, which,
If observed, he believes will enhance
the credit and prospects of the corporation
The.RaiIrOad War.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 9.-The railroad war
between the st. Louis, Kansas City and
Northern and the Missouri Pacific con-
tinues, and the Hannibal and st. Joe road
has entered the arena by reducing the fare
to Chicago tofive dollars, and round trip
tickets ten dollars, which has been met by
the St. LOuis, Kansas City and Northern
and the Chicago and AltCn roads. It is
said the fight between the roads will in.
clude freight rates as well as passenger
rates.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-10
BOLD LEAP By A GIRL.
London (Can-l } Free Press.

L4uA0l klaAlsI Il Aco 4 AGeca
A rash leap was made by young girl
last night, as the excursion train convey
ing the Bible Christian congregation from
Fort Stanley TO London was dashing past
the Rose Farm, about % miles from the
city. 1t appears that while at the spot men
toned, a girl named Mile George, about
u years Of age, daughter Of Mr.. William
George, corner Of Clarence and Nelson
streets, was standing on the platform Of
the second las. carriage, several Of the
other scholars being with her. a gust
of wind blew Off her hat. Apparently
thinking it was too good to lose, she jumped
of the carriage, unObseryed, strange
to relate, by any Of her companions. She
was seen TO fall on her hands and knees,
and to rise up, hat in hand, and run alter
the train. Those in the last carriage
pulled the bell-rOpe, but it was apparently
unwCrkable, or at least was unobserVed by
the conductors, as the train arrived in this
city before they were fully aPprised Of the
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-10
LOWER MISSISSIPPI.
Hopes that a Disastrous Flood May be
AVeFted,

AVerted.
MEMPHIS, Aug. S.-The river continues
to rise steadily al this point, and has risen
one inch during the past twenty-four hours.
Capt. Crane, of the Belle Memphis, reports
a crevasse formed at the Willis Plantation,
at Donsldson's Point, just above Island 10,
on Friday night, which swept over that
plantation, containing about three thOus-
and acres, and thence to the st. Francis
valley. This doubtless caused the river to
come to a stand here yesterday, and not
the crevasse at Bradley's as first supposed.
4 large volume Of water is now running
through st. Francis river, which will afford
relief to the plantations on the Mississippi
side TO Helena, and greatly incre lse the
danger on the Arkansas side. Planters on
that shore, between here and Helena, are
working on the levees in the rear TO pro-
teet their lands from the inundatiOn threat
ened from that direction. The water now
stands four inches below the great food of
last spring and two feet four inches below
the great flood of 1867. As a decline of
one inch is reported at Cairo to-day, old
steambOatmelI predict that the food will
not exceed that Of last spring.
CAIRO, Aug. S.-The river reached forty
five feet two inches yesterday afternoon,
and has been slowly receding since. 1t
has fallen one inch and a quarter; heavy
drift passing all day.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 9.-Up to O'Clock this
evening the river rose an inch and half
since the same time yesterday. II is now
within 30 inches Of the spring rise. There
is no change In the situation. Officers Of
the James Howard, from New Orleans, re-
pot no further damage below here than
already reported. Weather clear aud
pleasant.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-10
s0C,OCO EEGRs VOTES As A BAL
ANCE OF POWER

Mr. T.. II. LsugstJH, a colCred orator o
Lawrence, Kansas, al q picnic celebration
Of the emancipation Of The slaves in the
West Indies, condemned the Civil Rights
bill as a glitteTing fraud, and said that the
Republican party had lel the negroes in a
slavery nearly as degrading as that Of Old.
He continued: "TO leave the Republicans
and affiliate with the Democrats is Jump
ing from the frying pan into the fire. The
Republican party has now an opportunity
TO reform. If this is done the cOlOred peO-
pie have no alternative but TO cut loose from
all party ties and fight Oh their own hook.
Promises are getting stale. They have
been fed to surfeit on promises, and now
they require action, and immediate, de-
cis;ve action. The 100000 cOIOred voters
in the United States hold the balance Of
power, and should that vote hold itself
alOOf en- masse, a eIisis would quickly be
brought about. a few years reign Of ter
rOr might have a sslutary effect aud bring
people 10 their senses He believed that
il next year the total COlOred vote were
cast for some cOlOIed candidate Erred.
Douglass, for instaHce), and this persisted
in, in twenty years a cOlOred man would
occupy the Presidential chair. He advO-
Gated the same measure in regard to State
and county politics.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-10
THE TgRF.
Four Races at Buffalo Yesterday;

Four Races at Buffalo Heste. S"S
BUFFALO, Aug. 9.-The races to-CSY
were attended by 6,O00 people.
The unfinished 2:40 race OF SATURDAY
was won by Ashland Pet, who tsok the Ge-
Gliding heat in 2:36!, Woodruff second, and
Quaker Boy third. -,
In the purse for the 2:31 class, S5,OOJ,
$500 to the first, $3.50 to the second, S49O
TO the third, and $500 to the fourth, the
first aud third heats were won by Honest
Harry: the second and sixth by Idol, ana
the fourth and fifth by Lewinski; each
horse having two heats, the completion was
postponed till tO-mOTOw. Time, 2:2b
2:26, 2:255, 2:273!, .2:2S.4, Z:2S.
The race for 2:22 class, purse $4,000,
$1,000 10 the first horse, $1,000 to the
second, $500 to the third, and 500 to the
fourth, was won by Lucille GOlddust in
three straight heats. Time, 2:2l3, 2:22,
2:z35. Bella was second, Seafoam third,
Lady Star fourth, Thos. L. Young and
Grafton in the rear. The latter lost in each
heat.
The race in the 234 class, purse $500
81 ,25O TO the first, S625 70 the second, $50
to the third and $3.50 to the fourth, was
won by j. W. Hall in three straight heats.
Time, 2:3055 2:33ss, 2:303. Sir Wm. Wallace
was second, Billy Payer third, Larry john
son fO1rihs
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-10
NASHVILLE TENN. TUESDAY, AUGUST 10. 1875.
JOE JOHNSTON.
His Plan to Plank sherman az
- Atlanta.


q Atlanta.
Correspondence Chattanooga Commercial.
As We crossed the bridge over the Chat
Aahooenee river, one Of the party said: Il
passed Ihrough this section with a wagon
IN loOo, after the war elOsed. l crossed
the river at a ferry below this bridge. Near
the ferry came across a man Of middle
age, who seemed to be living on the road
near the ferry. A conversation ensued in
regard 70 the ferries and fords across the
ChattahOOehee river near Atlanta. This
gentleman said that there we're very few
practicable foTds on the river for many miles
above Atlanta. he further said that Joe
Johnston had sent for him a short
time before he was removed
from command at Atlanta, and
that he was required to give information
as to practicable fords and ferries above
Atlanta; that a ford known 10 but few, but
which was, as he knew, safe and not too
deep for artillery was selected, and that
two other fOrds, not so safe for artillery,
were also selected. The Federal army was
at the time on the south side Of the river,
and did not use the fOrds Of which be
spoke. He further said that on one Occa-
sion he was ordered to be ready to take
charge OF pioneers; to dig down the bank,
and make road for artillery at the best
ford, but the order was countermanded
without explanation. That the wagons Of
JOhnston's whole army were put in order,
packed with ten days ratiOns, and the
men ordered to cook five days ratiOns at
another time, when he had orders to pre-
pare the same road and ford. When Joe
Johnston was removed he was still under
orders to be ready to 60 to that ford, etc
The man seemed to be intelligent and re-
liable, and expressed as his opinion that
Joe Johnston was preparing 10 march rap
idly out Of Atlanta, cross the ChattahoOchee,
and perhaps make a stand at KennesaW.
A great many questions would arise at
once as TO feeding his army at Kennesaw.
Yet as Joe Johnston, in his narrative, has
failed to give his plan for defense when he
was removed, any theory on the subject
will interest the reader. Johnston owes it
to his own military reputation to give the
world the benefit Of his plans for the i'm
mediate future at the date Of his removal.