The Worthington advance., 1876-08-03

which had three men in it. Our
weights on its sides were SO great that
it upset, and all four were thrown
then swan over to the
boat from the dreadnaught, and was
pulled in. l consider the cause of the
accident due to bad management on
the part of Capt. Rowland in having
SO much sail up while at anchor, and
before the boat was fairly under head
way, with squall coming down in
plain view. heard the Captain give
an order to let go the sheets when such
a thing was impossible.
To day, when the body Of Mrs. Gar.
ner was raised, she had IN ugly scratch
on the left side of her face, and was
much bruised all over, as some of the
lead and heavy furniture was found
on her by the diver, and had to be re.
moved before lie could get her up.
The body was much swollen, and 1t was
at once removed to Mrs. Gamers sum
on Bard avenue, just
outside New Brighton, L. I. Great ex.
citement prevailed. The work of try
ing to straighten the sunken boat then
commenced, and ropes were fastened
to her masts and passed over pulleys
on the Wrecking Company's schooner
masts to powerful tug boats. Gradual
ly but surely the masts became more
and more erect until they stood per.
pendicularly out of the water. All of
the Hull of the yacht, and about ten
feet of the masts are covered with wa.
ter. The ladies' were imbedded under
meath the vast mass of furniture, bal
last, and other materials, and the cab
in was filled with broken glass which
cut the diver and greatly impeded his
working.
The sailing.master has been arrested
by order of the Coroner, and locked up.
All through the island the greatest in.
dignation is expressed at his careless.
ness, which caused such terrible re-
suits. The crew I'LL lay the blame OH
the Captain, and it is said that one of
them asked him if he would not cut
loose the main.sheet, as the squall was
just on them, but the Captain told
him to go forward and mind his busi-
ness.
STURGIS AND CUSTER.
Gen. Sturgis, Colonel of Clusters
regiment, has severely reflected upon
the bravery, military skill and COM
potency of Custer since the death Of
that brave man in the battle Of the
Little Big Horn. Thousands of the
veterans of the late war who live in
the Northwest will remember the disa-
strous Guntown engagement under
Sturgis, in Mississippi early in 1864,
and how by either his stupidity, ignor.
ance, cowardico or 4 direct sale his
command was cut to pieces by Forest
at the head of a few hundred men.
Sturgis boldly takes upon himself su-
perior military skill to Custer. which
the members of several Wisconsin,
Iowa and Minnesota regiments will
question, and it certainly does seem, if
Gen. Sturgis possessed any military
knowledge, that in the front of i
vig;lant foe was the place to show it.
The writer knows whereof he speaks !;
he was there. The cavalry should
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which almost all the wagon-train and
artillery formed the head of the col
umn; which objectionable mistake
Forrest was not slow to take advan-
tage Of, suddenly charging our train
and artillery (being ungallant enough
not to wait for our supports to come
to the rescue), capturing everything
but the troops, who were at least from
to 6 miles in the rear. Even after
every gun had been captured, if our
cavalry had been under the command
Of dashing, able leader, everything
could have been recaptured.
But alas for our army! Sheridans
and Clusters were much less numerous
than officers of the Sturgis type. You
can well imagine the suffering of our
discouraged, rationless troops, 80 miles
or more from supplies, and marching
back through country that had al
ready been stripped of everything.
The colored troops were fired upon by
the woman while retreating through
Ripley, Miss, and one of their white
officers killed. Decentralization and a
general stampede were, of course, the
necessary result Of such bad manage
ment on the start.
You may ask if there was no fight.
ing! To which l reply, Yes; but it
WAS dope 10y the men OH their own
hook, commanded mostly by the line
officers, as the Officers, especially
those Of the highest rank, seemed to
have important business at the head
of the retreating column. Whether
seeking a favorite place i'll which to
draw up the shattered column. or
whether a due consideration for their
valuable Ito them) skins, kept them
there but certain it was, we had no
brave Custer, nor anything like his
equal, to encourage us by ward or ex.
ample.
THE TlLTONS. n
Amutual friend says the exact truth
about the present relations between
MIR. and Mrs. Tilton is thus:
When Tilton was home to spend the
holidays, he sent his two daughters to
see their mother and carry her flowers,
and they were rudely repulsed. lie
made known to her lawyer that, if she
was unprQyided for, he would gladly
send her check for 81 900. She sent
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