Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-05-09

'S'''oi ''' ''O'''o anu 'o' o'''s" '''i'7ion
iO" "i'o"h' IL ef'''u "hn"aily' ahd th'
total SO contributed during thlS one Tastora't
amounted to Sl20,OOO, mostly in gold and
silver. Mr.. Coan is now scyenty-eight year:
Old.
The Protestant Missionaries in China, Of
all denominations American and E,ro,,o,
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male anu iemale, number about 41o. ol
these over 100 are from thirteen different
.,neri,a,, s,o;ot;o., Thoro :, ,,,;..1 :,
an ''' i"e'o - 'a'itn"'eu "
be only one female missionary to SOO, ,OOU
Chinese wo,,o,
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HOW THE TELEGRAPH BROUGHT THE NEWS or TIE
FALL OF RICHMOND.
from the PHILADELPHIA Tine..l
II >, cav, ,hot ~, ,,osson. .r,- so,,
ny 'elegrapn was oi sueh Natiohal ihteresl
as the one which Mr.. William h. Kettles,
| then an operator in the seryice of tho Cay
ernmeot a, III. War Doro,,m.n,i IN w.sb-
:" ""' D'pa' ''4eh' l" " ''H
ington' received from hichmond on the
morning of the 3rI Of April, Is6j Mr..
Kettles. then mers h,y If Is. but an ex-
' ' So ~ " -
pert telegraph operator, was working the
Fortress Monroe AMI City Point wire at
WASHINGTON. Sbortlr after o.3O the Wash
o,, Cho.u,u.a,,, -
''H ''N "'N ''0N0 Vf'' "eie en
gagged On long message, when suddenly
both men were taken ahack by whs; seemed
to be most foolish demand from Fortress
Monroe: "rurn down for Richmond.
Quick - Had flash of lightning struck
fhrnrph tho walls tbat ,,r,,cnt ,ho sb,,oi-
conId no, hars hcon areotsr tb"n !, -,
,he nor, Of o,.o-y n',o j., -. r','r, ''
Tboro uras ,rcst oI,,ritr IN t,rnin,, A 49,,
the ad;ns,mcot Tbora w. amhi1,, s.
gers wbile II was heinC done and ,bsre u,as
q oa,bering aronnd of man no, ,ors -
crrio.itv snsnonoo ond I,po,;anoa 40,
hinfd m ses ub,t II neat Snra ono,,,b
tho sign.Is of tho onc~atnr in P;.buon5 ..
The onerator !, WaShin,,on NO.. banrS,n,
aIong the line No .,snaI was avor on7
.vered more nromr,iv Thcr camo ,ho
nnes,inn
"Oo ynn not mo weIlp',
81 d.. 90 ahead g"
IAN rirht He's tn, frs. me.s,sa FIR
fonr Years
..RIcuvo,p. Va An,iIg Is.5
"H,n. +. NJ S,,,,,,. Sc--.,,,D ofU Ugr
W. erta nichr : Il, a.
"G. WrITzrL,
"BTgadicr General tommandns
Mr.. Kettles comedies that he copied the
message, but he could never tell how lie
remembers starting up from his chair and
upsettiDg inkstand and instrument, OF
kicking over tin that sat at the fireplace,
IN order TO make noise OF rushing for
Gen. Eckert's room. where sat President
Lincoln and Mr. Tinker, the cipher clerk.
saikinG in low tone. a, Kettles was
aoont 10 hand tho %ss7-.e = A. T',tl-
the PRESIDENT caught si4h. OF inc oouy
"orus, anu WIN one MOTION uuu 'mo sttlues'
~ message anu ioaI4ei. . "ei' "u' VI ais '' 1h
.ne way 10 oecIe.arS Stanton iooh; "5'
Tinker uhu every oouS else "'Ie uutn -iouhu
Gu. hetties quietiy retuIheu 10 MS ihstru-
heIt' "alhhs IKE oue III uFealh p'o
ceeueu htcnanl'aliy u urn tns i'iAstahu
rlsh. si"s uF' anu 10 SHGieh'eh up nis
O'erturnec inaehihe- ihth nc sal uo"n ID
ms cnalr anu stHleu s,faiHh. oeiore MN IN
oiahk anu 44meht' Arouhc MN were the
Ctner operaloIS, every mdu bike uustered
anu uhaple u get their minus Dack 10 their
"ork OF 10 utter cohhecieu words:
In less thah one, uar'er OF the time IL
takes 10 write this' inc operating room was
Iileu "itn olh'eIs anu suD-oticers' rfesi-
aeht Llncoin anu secretary stanton came
IN anu shIoK hahus win every one IN the
room anu theh every ohein the room shook
hsndS win one ahother' ana then with the
iIe~idcnt anu oecFelAIy a5ain' Ihen theS
al efo"ued AROUND inc Fortress Monroe
instrument hungry iof more news heIties
SAT al MS instrument WINE questions were
shOWereu IN on MIN from every mouth. lie
was asked more questions IN those ten
minutes thah ne VIII DO ikeiy 10 be ever
asked again IN that space oi Time. AZ iast
tn' ihioi oima'iou Taune tnat h'ehniohu nau
uiscohhccteu itSei' 'ot tHo present an
Ietifeu 10 ueh' L;kert room except MT.
linRer and hettle-, VINO stood hy tho WIN
uoW ehueavOrlhg 10 near themselves thlnK-
Nelther hau uia"h pefceptio!e breath ior
ten minutes. OUTSIDE were the broad grounds
oi the department ouiiuih@S. h'oklhg from
inc operating room "lnuo" the pto-pect"a5
c!esr moi slngie person was 10 O' seen;
ouuueu!y ueorgeio"n horSe car appearei
In the distance On II came at tue usual
rate Near the oui'dihs II stopped
man got OH anu started "ith slow, lelsurely
steps up the centre Walk TO the door. In
siue Tue operating room the thfilied opera
tors locked Out On hi' slow, steady pace,
and could scAreeiy contain themselves at his
uneOncern. lie was meii'atins' actually
meuitatlhe a. lhouPn thefo "a7
hothlhS 10 thio" tu us nat ior
anu cheer till ne Wa> hohFso hceplhs on
ne presently IiI'ei ms heau anu LOGGED al
the "ihuo"- lihHer WAS th'fe anu khe"
MIN.
Any no"s ne casually inquired
ilnker Iean.u lar OUT oil Inc Wlndow.
hiehhohu iai!eh ne Sa'l;
NJ tongue can describe Inc ieatureS OF
that man Wine ne was coming u himself
lie turned red and white by turns TIL,
a
words, he waved hi7 arm, then turned and
ran. Down the street he ran. spreading
the news to every one he met soon there
Wa great crowd. Inc excitement rose.
lhe people seemed almost VIII. Inc " At
Department was soon ho-icgci odtside
was Il mult'tnl'' lh-iu' were 'Sciteu
I,nc'i,' ''o'SS' "''I "a" 'A',.'u
ifcs'uo"'- ~ "u's'r'i 'n a. .iio
ihsi anu '"o No. - W." ' -"
9u'-lu'Is S pIe,;,"n, p1,,. 'ins I @ ,oa nn' L. ,a
.t'"i ~ -. -, - - i,
snou'1u "aIh HV' .'o'f ""p 0o"'u
sot VI Tta %
MlnuoH hv ,tan ean"u ~, tI'' ~ 49, ~,
~ ininp' anu '"'" ~ F'"'e. ~ WI '"i
wanted speeohes they pnt them IIIi A
d zen speeches were under way IN less than
that number OF minutes some were good
President OF inc 'hiteu o'ateS
AT ,hi- Po.ht So'hr tnI"s eA,'.,us w.. W
cuIreu, osolo'"ls ,'an'1" o"' 'ou w oiea
"as roi oIn. ,eI ~ :" lin ,h., hny
VIM had r.ceiyrh the me--ace, They
were Iormally introduced The next
moment Kettles found himself seized
by the Secretary and held at arm