The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-10

| COmUlGuQs Lie CdpbU1S 4AOAOOON
2c5 pieces of siege guns and light
artillery, 1000 head of cattle, 1000
hOgsheads of sugar, $4,000 rounds
I of fixed ammunition, $40 head OF
horses and mu eS, S5,0O0,0C0 worth
Of clothing Confederate prices
10000 stand of small arms and large
supplies of mOlasses, salt and bacon.
| 1t was a glorious victory.
And next we hear from Gen.
Prentiss. 1t is short, but sweet:
| Mdi.-Gen. Il. ". RaEIeck, General
i71-Chief::
We encountered the enemy, $1,000
strong, under Gems. Holmes, Price,
Marmaduke and others, on the morn
ing of the 4th of July, and whipped
them handsomely. We have cap
tured 1000 prisoners, 1900 stand Of
arms and two colors. Our total loss
will not exceed $50. The enemy's
losses are very severe, not less than
$500 in killed, wounded and prison
erS.
B. N. PRENTIss, Maj.-Gen'I.
And here are some more brilliant
Union victories: Col. Moore, of The
Twenty-ffth Michigan, after a hard
fought battle, repulsed Morgan's
minions al Green River Bridge
the losses beiRg-Union, six
killed, twenty-three wounded /:
rebel, fifty killed, 200 wounded.
And then comes the good
news that Sheridan, McCoOk,
Thomas. Crittenden, Mitchell and
Davis have succeeded in driving the
COnfederates from Tennessee. Gen
eral Smith telegraphs: I'VE hold
Holly Cap" French sends intelli-
gence Of his victory at William
port; daring Dahlgren assumes
command of our feet, besieging
Charleston; a few men of the Sixty
third Indiana drive the guerrillas
from Rocky Hill station; Sherman
and Hooker are made brigadier-gen-
erals U. S. A. There, reader, does
not July 4th, 1863, deserve a promi-
nenL place in the annals of our re-
public?
In 1864 Petersburg was cannon
AIDED, the hills of Harper's Ferry
again echoed the thunders of war,
our national Con2ress adjourned
and Sherman was nearing the Chat
tahOOchee, the RubicOn which flowed
between him and Atlanta.
One year later was our day of re-
joicing, Canada aud other lands
JOINING IN THE JUBILEE.
This day was consecrated by the
dedication Of the Gettysburg monu-
ment, General 0. Howard orator.
And now let us for moment look
at other events taken at random
from our records. On July 4th,
1926, John Adams, our second
president, and Thomas Jeffer-
son, our third, quietly passed
away in the midst of the Joy
Gus celebration Of our fiftieth birth
day. In 1881 James Monroe, like his
illustrious predecessors, died July
4, aged 70. On July 4, 1857, William
Learned Marcy, American jurist,
soldier and statesman, died at Ball
ston, Spa, n. Y. aged II years. On
July 4. 175S, Fisher Ames was born,
at Dedham. Mass, and Nathaniel
Hawthorne at Salem, Mass, July 4,
1904. 1t was on July 4, 1S48. that
President Polk proclaimed peace
with Mexico. On this date, 1885,
the United States Patent Office was
established. In 1927 the Erie canal
was commenced, and in 1886 the
Illinois and Michigan canal. July
4, 1927, slavery was declared extinct
in the Empire state. In 1868 came
President JohnSon's proclamation
of pardon, and the Inauguration of
Holden as Governor Of North
Carolina. July 4, 1926, saw the pub
LEGATION of Owens Dictionary Of |
Mental independence, and in 1876
well. you all know how we felt
and acted that day. Two years ago
New Haven celebrated her centen-
NAL, and one year since occurred the |
death of DR.. Ripley, founder of |
HaTpeT'S Magazine. almost a ma
tional Institution. Tappan did, on |
Monday, celebrate the lO7th ami
versary Of the issuance by it of |
declaration Of grievances to our
sovereign King George ILL.," with |
ceremonies. In conclu- |
sion, let us not forget the thermom-
eter, which annually, on this day, |
vies with the rockets in an upward |
fight. If it serves to melt our
brethren into pity for the
then the great struggle
which L have mentioned will not |
have been in vain.
A. G.. HAESELBARTH.
In n. Y. EUe7ling Post.