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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-02
CHAP1 Err III.

a few days afterwards General Banks,
Assistant Adjutant General, sent an Or
der to our commanding officer to furnish
him with full information about the cap
lure OF Miss Alice Batneley and Captain
Is. Latimer. This was the first Informal
tlon we had of who our captives were, as
we had been able to learn from them moth
ing that would lead to their Identification.
The special inquiry of course excited
curiosity and hundreds of questions were
asked about the two captives. First we
learned that Captain Latimer had been
sent along with a squad of prisoners to
Baton Rouge, by the very road on which
we marched. Near the location of our
own fight the guard was attacked bv Con-
lederates, and in the excitement Captain
Latimer escaped. The Union men had a
hard fight and barely got away from their
assailants. Captain Buckley, command
ing the squad, was afterwards placed un-
der arrest-nOt so much, We afterwards
learned, for losing his prisoners, but be-
cause he had special instructions TO look
out for Captain Latimer, who was a West
Point graduate and the best typographical
engineer the COnfederates had in that To-
cality. They knew full well that
should he get back into Port Hudson he
would prove a most undesirable antagO-
mist.
The siege was dragging from day to
day, from week to week, until 1t got to be
rom month to month. Charge after charge
had been made, with no result. We sue
ceeded in exploding the redoubt and cita-
del, but it accomplished no good. As we
rushed in, 1t was only TO find OF rselves in
deserted earthw0rks, faced by inner lines
Of fortified stronghOlds. Indeed, the I'M
taltering industry of the Confederates and
their seeming knowledge of our move
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-02

go forward, but they stubbornly refuse.
Then il is that part Of the command
dismOunt and, carbine in hand, bravely
dashed towards our lines, fighting, al
though at a disadvantage, with the same
undaunted tirmness as before.
II was in the midst of this clOse-quarter
conflict that General GreasOn, who had
LETT Baton Rouge three hours later than
ourselves, came in sight with two regl-
ments of his cavalry, one from Michigan
and one from Illinois. Wellington at
Waterloo never looked more anAiOusly
for Butcher and his 10000 men than did
we tor GreasOn and his cavalrymen. His
appearance put an end to the fighting.
Tue Contederates retreated with all posi-
bic haste. Our cavalry, followed by two
regiments of Infantry, were sent IN close
pursuit, with instructions to drive the
enemy into Port Hudson and keep them
there.
To our own regiment and what was left
of the One Hundred and Sixty-secOnd was
two hundred bodies lay upon the field.
The ordeal of interring the remains OF
dead soldiers. whether they be friend or
foe, is the saddest experience of military
life. The enmities OF the battle, the cru
elites, the savage desires, are all over
Swallowed by the sorrow that attends the
rude burial. Long trenches were dug and
the bodies, three ana four deep, were
placed in their last resting-place, with nc
religious ceremony, but with silence
that told elOquently Of the saddened feel
ings of our men.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-02

woman and strength of man. Hall
called his men, and they OverpOwered the
fair warrior as gently as they could. But
even then the bird had to be taken from
her, for she refused to give it up.
81 arrest you both as spies," said the
Lieutenant, and the ladies, seeing further
resistance useless, submitted without re-
monstrance.
lie got possession Of the paper. 1t was
written in handwriting extremely fine, and
read as follows:
"YOur message received just in time.
We are getting ready to surprise the sur
pTisers. How can we thank you for your
goodness! Were it not for your message
we could not hold out another week, for
we are now one against two. | shall
command a battery Tonight. Alice, pray
for my success, and remember that l
think of you always. God bless you.
"LATIMER."
AS soon as the ladies were safely under
arrest Hall lost no time in bridling a
horse. He rode swiftly to headquarters.
| He explained what had transpired. The
commander saw that he had been outwit-
ted by female spy. He decided to pre-
vent DlOOdshed
And that is why he cOuntermanded the
orders.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-02
THE LOST DIAMOND.
If shed Only Been an Actress

n lady was pOking up the straw in a
Third avenue car, when a serious looking
old gentleman entered and asked the OBJ
sect of her search.
~pye lost a diamond" she said, as She
Kept on piling up the straw in one end of
she car.
''Faluable?" the old gentleman inquired
Eeering at the floor through the gold rims
q his spectacles.
IL should think So" the woman an
severed, snappishly. "My husband paid
81, 200 for the pair"
+'Are you an actress p
"No, sir" Indignantly.
~Well, by J0ve, it's pity" sighed the
old gent, reaching over in the straw and
handing her hunk of carved soda bottle.
''Ef you'd a bin an actress YOU could a
had this driver arrested for highway rob-
berry, attached the robbers stock of the
road for contingent damages, lugged NE
IN as Il Witness after the fac, sued the
5eWeleI fur not settin' the stone in tight
got divorce from your husband for false
pretenses in the premises and had more
tree advcrtisin' in the newspapers in one
Eeek than ST. Patrick's oil, Barney's
kidney pad and the Strasburg clock pay
zur IN 4 whole year. Yes'm, it's Il real
downright pity"
She seemed To think so herself.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-02
CHAPTER ",

Lieut.. Hall had charge Of the guard at
the Batheley mansion. Being hand
some, polite young fellow, he was treated
with great consideration and kindness by
the ladies. In return he did them many
little services, for which they protested
deep appreciation. lie found his task q
pleasaut one. and the ladies seemed to en-
Joy his company as much as he did theirs.
Consequently there was no incOnsidera-
BILE fien ship between Hal, the protector
and the Batheleys, the protected.
The Lieutenant often wondered to him.
self why Miss Alice walked through the
grove alone every evening about twilight.
At first he attributed it to a love OF rO-
nance. but as Miss Alice was more a
woman of realities than Of fancies he had
"A vague suspicion that there was some
hidden cause for her unusual action.
One evening. after the sun went down,
he saw her taking her customary stroll,
and, letting curiosity get the better OF his
pOliteness, he joined her in the grove
As he approached her he noticed that she
was somewhat agitated, but he affected
not to see it. Presently, however, he
said:
lyon seem nervous this evening"
son, nop' she said, 81 only feel sorry for
your poor men, for Pm afraid you will be
DEFEATED again tonight"
SIS there to be an attack tonight"
"Why, yes; did you not knoWY'
II had not heard of it,
II thought everybody knew that" she
responded; and then she proceeded TO
sean the horizon carefully towards Port
Hudson.
From where they were standing they
had full sweep Of the country in that
direction. The Lieutenant had noticed a
pigeon flying swiftly towards them, but
he did not pay especial heed to it until
few minutes afterwards, when it alighted
on Miss Alice's shoulder. She took the
bird in her hands and began caressing
it. Presently it flew from her a short dis
lance. AS it did so Hall imagined hesaw
roll of paper affixed to its leg.
The bird, however, came back ana Mss
Alice, bidding the Lieutenant good
evening. walked towards the house with
the pigeon still fluttering around her
shoulder.
She had not more than reached the door
before terrible suspicion took possession
of Hall. Was the bird carrier plgeong
he asked. Was Miss Alice Bathe.ey
Confederate spy, in communication with
Port Hudson? How did she know OF the
night attack? These questions prompted
themselves more strongly every instant.
He determined to solve the mystery.
The light of the lamp showed him into
which room Miss Alice had gone. 1t was
on the second story. Hall carefully re-
moved his shoes, clambered noiselessly up
the pOrtice, and, to his joy, found small
aperture in the window through which he
could view the room.
Immediately he saw how correct his
suspicious were.- Miss Alice and Miss
Blanche were alone in the room. With
pair of scissors they were cutting the
small roll of paper from the pigeons
leg. He dtu not further hesitate. He
rushed INTO the apartment. Miss Blanche
tainted. Miss Alice frantically tried to
protect the dove. BY main force she
kept Hall at distance. GOaded on by
anger, she fought with the desperation Of
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-02
Dismissed from the Aus rian Army for
Not Fighting a Duel.


A warm discussion is going on in Wen
ma newspapers i'm connection with the
case of an officer recently dismissed from
the army for refusing TO fight duel. Two
young men named Hintner and MOri, both
LieUtenants in the Reserve, and both at
tending lectures in the University OF
Graz, met last October at . railway sta
ton. MOri made use of some offensive
expression which Hintner thought was
intended for himself. He asked Mort il it
was so, adding that if it was, or If the eX-
preston was repeated. he would box his
ears. Mort said 1t was intended for an
other person, and the incident ended.
Four weeks later Mort sent his seconds to
Hintner callirg on him for written
apology and withdrawal of the words,
otherwise challenging him to fight duel.
Hintner refused to withdraw his words.
He also "refused absolutely to fight
duel. because it was against his religion,
against reason and conscience, and also
because duelling was forbidden both by
the civil aud the military law" Hereup-
on the matter was brought before court
Of honor, consisting of superior officers oil
the Fourteenth Army Corps. The decision
of this court was approved" and pub
lshed on Jan. Il, and simply recites that
Josef HintneT, Lieutenant in the Reserve
of the TyrOlese JAEGER Regiment of the
Emperor Franz josef" is charged with
absolute refusal of a duel, and the SEN
tcnce is that the accused be deprived OF
his commission ana rank" This sentence
becomes forthwith operative.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-02
Women as ship Navigator,


airs. Mary A. MIller's application for a
certificate as master OF steamboat on
ahe Mississippi is considered highly i'm
proper by tine Solicitor of the Treasury
FhO reads her moral lecture on the suu-
Rect. We take il for granted that the
Solicitor never heard of Mrs. Capt. Patten.
Of Bath, Maine, who, while her husband
was lying i'll in his berth, naYigated his
snip around Cape Horn and up to san
Francisco, although his timid first officer
wanted TO stop at Valparaiso Tor assist
ance; nor Of Mrs. Capt. Abbie Clifford OF
she brig Abbie Clifford, who, after her
husband had been washed overheard.
brought the vessel safe into New York
saTbOr from below the Equator; nor Mrs.
Capt. Reed, Of the ship Oakland, OF Bruins
wick, Maine, who was practical naviga-
s0r OF celebrity; nor Miss Janet Thomas,
E1O often used 10 navigate her fathers
ship, who Is now teaching a school of
navigation in this city and who was, in
part, the author Of Thomas Navigator"
a boOk Of authority among mariners
These cases are all Of recent date. An
old sea captain Of this port said the other
day: 81 don't see why some women are
not as tit to navigate a ship as man is.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-02
..t;atb, Finds Everybody at Sea.

Norfolk, o., Letter to Cincinnati Enquirer IS
Wherever 20 in O.io find peOp.e OF
Do b parties sea on the p esldency.
n We heard Payne mentioned by two
wealthy gentlemen of Mansfield, Mr..
Busheil and MIR. Smith, the former.
| was told, probably the wealthiest
citizen. lie said Mr.. Payne could
beat John Sherman in Ohio. Sher-
mans following is not large, but very re-
spectacle. A Sherman man with earnest
ness is generally man OF intellectual or
business grasp. There seems to be
no mutual admiration society in
Sherman's following, but it is a
KIND of gray-eyed love. In some
Democratic quarters | am surprised
To find warm, real support for General
Hancock. Ouce such was said to me {:
THE further away we get away from
Hancock the more we get into the land OF
Has Beens and Of nediOcrities who are
beng galvanized by their political hee =
ers.' | have not heard George Edmuuds'
name mentioned IN Ohio, any more than if
he were Edward Nv. or Edward the Con-
lessor. He wants TO take hair oil, II
seems to me. and bring his hair out on the
summit Of his scOnce and vote for some OF
the BIZ authorizations.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-02
THE PHANTOM CITY.
rnwARn cANrWRLL.

Namelcss and serene in oceans deeps,
Wrapped in its liquid robes the city sleeps;
Wit walls in ruins stretched beneath the
aide,
And ent streets where thrOnging spectres
eide.
IRON them upward comes a peal Of bells,
Their clangOr mingling with the winds and
waves;
WON ans changeless love and funeral knells.
The seess wall Of broken homes and graves.
DeSr sacred shadow! loved until the day
No m rial dust shall longer. yearning, turn
To sex It's ndred dust, and earthly clay
No more by heavenly flames sustained shall
burn!
In every heart, unseen by thOugEtless eyes,
A pin tutOm city mOurns. Above Its cries
Ira X Jess oceans Il ,Od the pulses OF the soul
" at CHASTITY tides and surgng pillows roll.
wherever hearts beat are ruins. and no voice
Can lte walls rebuild or the waves rejoice
Till Jams feet the silent streets shai tread
And DAMS kiss shall wake To life It's dead.
- From the CGde. HoUrier, SdUdHltdh.
iSqrlsuah. n t., FetrUgTy. 1884,.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-02
The spots on the sun.

An Atom and a Molecule were taking a
d i've one afternoon IN the penumbra OF
L. KosmOs. Are you going 10 .he Ter
re-trial Ball this EVENING"" inquired the
Atom OF his pretty companion. NO" re-
piIed the latter, shyly, Il am not eX-
p cted." as your name down on the ma
rial list?" No" sobbed the Molecule,
lit IS only down on the Mill list.'' Then
1 must conclude" sighed the disappointed
Atom, THAT shall not meet yOR at the
Small and Early HypOdermic Injections ?"
An Asteroid, VINO was sitting on the rail-
ing OF Skeptcisin as they passed. cast a
doubt upon them. The result was that
their motor effected an escapement, and,
kicking over the traces OF the AzUic pc
Rod blew up. They were thrown across
the theory OF Assymptotes into the great
beyond, where they died. This teaches US
how TO account for the spots on the sun.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-02
For Charity-Gentle Charity's Sake

While winter cold rules every thing, it is
almost like ray of summer sunshine of
the incalculable heap of good (neyer to be
known by mortal ken on this earth that
is done daily and hourly in the city of
New Orleans, La. by the far-famed
Charity Hospital, maintained by the
Spaniard, the French, the American, the
Confederate State, and now more active
in its mission of good than ever, sustained
bp the royal bonus Of S1,003,O00 paid for
its franchises by the Louisiana state
Lottery. the next (the l66th Monthly
Drawing of which Will occur on March
II, 1854, aud Of which NJ. A. Dauphin, at
New Orleans, La, viii give all informa-
ton
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-02

For sale by r. B. Cassels. TAYLOR and East
Broad streets. Telephone No. 77.-Adv.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-31


I. L. Chapman, two story frame dweIlins
on Holly, 50. 600.
q. Seller. one and one-half story frame
dwelling on Charles, 81 600
u 6uertin, one aud one-half story frane
oTeiing on s. Anthony, $500.
p, y. si.caeis- one story carpenter shop on
on Summit, $500. s
a. krusewski, one and oue-half story fran,
dwelling on Eifclt, 1900.
:. MS VI. E Halpin, two story frame addi.
ton on Pleasant. Sl.5oo.
W W Rsnkert, one and one-haIf stor,
frame dwelling on Charles, 81, 200.
Cnrist caurch, one story frame chapel O.
), ISLANDER, two story frame dwelling or
:, 7. hastuer, two story brick veneered dwell
ing on Aurora. 5000.
W H. Barbricx, one and one-half sto-v
frame barn on Dale, S700.
Catharine McKeon, one story frame dzal.
ling on Lisbon, 81 600.
Vim. Foulke, two story frame DWELLING ON
Lincoln, $4,000.
w Moran, foundation on Pleasant. $500
Mrs. Ernst, one aud one-half story frans
dwelling on Louis. s., coo.
Blair, $1,000. ~
e, Z = Cannon, tWo-stOry frame store on
p, w ss y one story frame dwelling on
Mm' Harm gton, one story frame dwelling
on Topping, $1,000.
,ra +. Sherwood, one story frame dwelling on
Lee, $4,000. oN
.. christensen, one and one-half story
frame barn on University. $500.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-01
In the Pilot House.

"Yes, sir; this kind of work obges man to
keep sober a judge. OF all men in the world,
steamboat pilots and railroad engineers should let
liquor alone For on their cearness of sight and
GOODNESS of head depends the safety Of life and
property"
Keeping his hand on the wheel as he said this
Mr.. A. BrockmaD, of M. 2914 Silver street, Chicago
added "Of course some Of 'em drink; but the So
Der ones have the best positions and the best pay
Yes, the work and exposure sometimes tells on US
but for my part ! find PAKKEK's Tonic to be all the
invigorant need. I've got bottle aboard here
now y; never go on a trip without il. When haven't
any appetite, in any way of sorts, ii sets
me up in no time If drinking men would use the
Tonic 1t would help em to break Off (No, that
isn't lighthouse, it's star, low down near the
water As was saying, the Tonic is new life bot
tied up. You that flag staff Well, with bot
tie Of PARKER's Tonic in the locker can keep ma
laria as far from me as that all the time. My wife
has used 1t for three years for summer complaints
and collie, and an inygorant when she's tired out
from overwork. She says the Tonic is daisy
Goodbye! Don't break your neck going below"
This preparation, which has been known as PAR.
KER's GINGER Tonic, will hereafter be advertised
and sold simply under the name of PARKER's Tonic
As unprincped dealers are constantly deceivng
their customers by substituting inferior articles
der the name Of ginger, and as ginger Is really
unimportant ingredient, we drop the misleading
word.
There Il no change. howeyer, In the preparation
ITSELF and all bottles remaining in the hands of deal
ers, wrapped under the name of "PARKER's GIN
GER Tonic" contain the genuine medicine II the
facsimile signature of HIsCOx & Co is at the bot
tom of the outside wrapper. April lin
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mission with lighter heart than l had
l. Cor IL.


mission with a lighter heart than l had
known for many day.
sent up my card, and she entered the
room with a quick step and an anxious
face
you come from Willard Fleming"
she said hurriedly: he has heard of my
misfortune. Tell me, oh, tell me, he has
asked to be relieved"
He has," replied; he deserts you in
your trouble"
Thank heaven ~ she cried, sitting
down and covering her face with her
handkerchief. After . moment she be-
came calmer, and looking at me with a
smile, continued
find it hard to understand my own
mind. When l met Willard Fleming in
New York, | was not impressed favor
ably with him. But with his first letter
| changed my opinion. AS our CORE
spondence continued / learned to love
him for his letters They were those of a
noble, true-hearted man. Yet when
came back l was cruelty disappointed
The man had loved, the man who wrote
those letters, had ceased to be- Willard
Fleming impressed me, as at first, as a
cold, triflng, selfish man. did not love
him; | grew to abhor him. | would
sooner have died th,n marry him, yet
had no excuse. He has given me one,
but the mystery remains Has a man two
souls, or who was it that wrote me those
letters?"
"The man stands before vou," | re-
piled, in broken voice; | wrote those
letters"
Then | confessed the whole miserable
deception, without sparing my own weak
ness and folly.
If love be any excuse concluded,
cit is all | have to offer | could not
bear to hear from y~u again. believed
that you were favorably inclined to Will
lard, and | was weak enough to seize the
opportunity Of pouring out the sorrow
and passion that filled my heart under his
name. 1t may be you cannot pardon me,
but | am grateful that my deception did
not bind you fatally to man you dislike
and despise"
| watched the varying emotions cross
her face as | spoke, and with thrill of
Joy saw that her look became more gen
tie, her manner more tender.
sal", She replied, after a" nile,
"thAt loved the writer of those letters.
did and do. 1t has been my chiefest
sorrow to believe my ideal did not exist. :"
1t does" she added extending her hands
to me with a charming smile; why should
deny it %
Thus the love, which had run its course
through mystery and mistake found its
fruition at last They say poets soul is
mirrored in his works love, the supreme
poetry Of life, converts our slightest acts
into the language whereby hearts speak to
hearts
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A BROKEN STRING.

sing and to you No, no with one note Jared
inc harmony of Lfe's long chord is broken;
lour words were light, and by light lips were
spoken,
And yet the music that you loved is marred
one string, my friend is dumb beneath your hand
Stnke, and il throbs and vibratcs at your will
rhlters upon the verge of sound, and still
Falls back as sea waves shattered on the strand
Touch 1t no more, for you shall not regain
he sweet lost tone. Take what is left or let
Lies music sleep to death Let US forget
Inc perfect melody We seek in vain.
Ana yet perchance, some day before we die
AS half in dreams we hear the night winds sweep
Around our windows when we fain would sleep
Laden with one long, sobbDg, moaning cry,
One faint far tone will waken, and will rise
ABOVE the great wave voice of mortal pain;
HAND wi touch hand and lips touch lips again,
AS III tie darkness it recedes and dies.
VI lingering in the summer evening glow,
hen, when the passion of the crimson west,
burning like some great heart that cannot rest,
Stains as with blood the waters as they flow
some old forgotten tones may rise and wake
our dN ing youth, and set our he lrts afame
WIN their old swcetncss-tO our lips the name
OF love steal softly, for the od-love's sake
-C0rnhW Mdgozine
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Superphosphate, says a tobacco grower,
is very quick in it's effects, and it has al
ways been remarked that a spoonful Of it
in the hill would ripen the tobacco plant
week or more sooner than when we'll
rotted manure was alone used 1t has
also been the experience of our growers,
that superphosphate gives a fine, thin
leaf. This quick ripening is now thought
Objectionable by many, since if the plant
remains Of dark green, exhibiting "A
healthy, growing appearance for long
time, the leaf will be heavier and of i
darker color. This is effected, as is
claimed, by the use Of castor pomace and
cottonseed meal. Perhaps this theory
needs longer testing before it becomes a
fixed principle, yet this is the common
view Of growers.-F2oriaa Dispatch