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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08
A Virginia Snow storm.

HARRISBURG, VA, Dec. THE most
remarkable snow storm experienced for
years is now prevailing here. Snow has
been falling continually for sixty hours
and is now twelve to fifteen inches deep.
The thermometer is rising, with some
prospect of rain
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

HENRY GEoRGE made speech In New
Haven last night, and said that the ballot
was the correct method for organized la
Dor TO right their wrongs. OF course 1t
is, but what is the use of talking about
the ballot to men who believe in the boy
nr.AAa
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

IL L. l.. Foster is to be secretary OF
state, aud 1t looks that way to political
observers, he will make a good one. II
the papers who, in the beginning, created
Sui Ross aud made his reputation and
gave him his wonderful popularity, won't
object, the GAZETTE will say that Gov.
Ross might ind scores OF worse men for
the place than the amlable prohlbitlonlst,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08
MEXICAN swINDLER CAUGHT.
He is Thought to he an Alleged Partisan
Fugitive

He Is Thought to he an Alleged Partisan
Fugitive
NEW YORK, Dec. THE enterprising
person who recently sold $4,000 worth
OF unauthorized tickets for the Patti con-
cert In Mexico has been captured, it is
believed, by Mexican detectives. From
dispatches received at Abbey's Office yes
terday it is supposed that the swindler
has been found within thirty miles OF
tee City of Mexico, 1t is thought there
Is very good chance to recover the money.
The swindler is supposed to be an alleged
Partisan fugitive who stopped in this city
last fall for few weeks named Charley
Bourbon,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

WE trust that the Decatur papers will
not cruelty US :or stating that engineers
OF the late engineering corps Of the re.
cent G. Up. r. II. are applying to Fort
Worth railroad companies for employ.
mani
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

NJ. B. Curtis, proprietor Of this company,
was Indebted TO the jeffrey Printing com
pany in the sum Of 1890, and showed
his capabilIty for such position by skill
fully eyading the execution Of the law.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

FoRr WORM is the Mecca for railroad
pilgrims these days. Presidents and
committees and engineers (trom other
roads, and contractors and laborers, all
gather by the river at the Fort.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

Plnksrd s Joyce handle the biggest line
OF parlor goods aud fancy chairs ever
Drought to this market. Get their prices
before buying elsewhere. Goods sold ON
the installment plan. SYN Su
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

SAM'I or PosEN can add another scene
in the laughter.provoking exhibit OF ways
among the innocents He can now tell
how he passed the three hours In which
he was locked UP in his dressing-room at
Chicago % avoid the serving OF capias.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

THE gentleman writing to THE GAZETTE
Monday from Hillsboro, had clear Idea
OF Fort worth's need. This city should
organize u Merchants' exchange.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

GENTLY and softly, as one who is
somewhat exhausted, we speak IT. On to
Denver, via the only great line into the
Panhandle.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

Angostura Bitters is a household word
all over the world For over Gity years 1t
has advertised Itself by It's merits. 1t is
now advertised TO warn the public against
counterfcits Tue genuine article is man
uiactured by d.. j. G. B. Slegert 6 Sons.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

Arnold Edwin, Aurora Leigh, Aytoun,
Browning, Elizabeth g.; Browning. Rob
ert; Bryant's Early Poems, Burus, Byron,
Campbell, Nhaucer, Colerdge, Cowper,
Crabbe, Dante, Dryden, Eliot, Favorite
Poems, Goethe, Goethe's Faust, Gold
smith, Havergal and Slgourney, Heaven
In Song, Hemans, Hood, HAD Ingelow,
Keats, KIRK White, Lady OF the Lake,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

December 10. Give us your order for
your fruit cake TO arrive December "a
We guarantee them flrst-class.
FORT WORTH GRocrp 70
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

The stomsch must not be oyertaxed IN
the performance of its functions n 81
becomes weak Morris' Cascarine win en-.
able Tito resume It's work. : ~
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

ALI things come to him who has pa.
thence and railroads.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

THE GAZETTE has the Largest
Etona-flde Circulation Of any Daily
Newspaper Published in Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

None but the ignorant believe in violent
medicines. Morris Ctscarine Is gentle
and soothing ia its action.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

BLAINEs platform of the bloody-shirt
and protection is out of date.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

Explanatory descriptions principal will be
columns from week week List completed ana c
will be Exactly Advertised.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

Mr.. SAVERS of Texas did himself credit
In his courtesy to Sunset Cox.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08
suing the Western Union.

Special to the Gazette.
JEFFERSON, Tx, Dec. THE follow
ing suit was filed in the district court OF
Jefferson, wherein II. Sheffield Son OF
Lodi are plaintiffs and the Western
Union Telegraph company Is defendant,
the nature Of said plaintiffs demand be-
ing; resulting to plaintiffs by reason of
willful and gross negligence of defendant
and It's agents 10 falling and refusing to
deliver within reasonable time and &C
cording to the obligation OF the defend
ant the following telegraphic message,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

na-eubpcTibers wishing their address
changed from one postofce TO another, must
give tho oil address as well ms the new, or the
ehango cannot he made.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

''JEFFEHHUNi TEX OUU' 20 TOUT
"H. Sheffield & Son, Lodi-You had
better come and attend to your claim at
once, Signed w. Il. ATKINS"
Together with interest, costs and gen.
eral relief. Plaintiff sues for S2,6S4,4 40
actual damages and S250O exemplary
damages
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08
POETS.
The following List of Red Line number embrace al
Popular Authors The BOOKS Handsomely and retail

TVIJ HV""Wj "7
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Lost, Poe, Pope, Proctor, noss''
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ley, Songs, Sacred and Deyo''S %sa,
burue, Tennison, Thackers si,,,, ~ 4
Topper, Virgil, Whittier WINS
worth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

WEDNESDAY, mosNlHo. DECEMBER =.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-08

The Distribution will be supervised by committee Y
men residing in the city, who have Kindly consented "a
and attest the impartaIity of the award.
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RATES OF suBscRIp ION.

10 MAIL SUBSCRIBERS.
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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-07
MARX .wain,s" Lmck.

..Mark Twain" is the literary Midas
of the United States. Everything he
touches turns straight into gold. He
is now worth million. and his income
varies, running high into thousands of
dollars yearly. He made $4,000 as
his share of tho profits Of tho Twain
Gable" readings last year, and "Huckle-
berry Finn" has brought IN some
where in the neighborhood OF $75, 200.
Hc expects to make great Pile of tho
Grant memoirs, and in order to get
them for publication he made terms
with the Grants which other publish
ers did not dare TO make.
..Mark Twain" is now fifty years
old, or he will be in November. When
he wrote ..lnnoccnts Abroad here at
Washington less than twenty years
ago, he was living in a second-class
boarding house, in little back-room,
which was heated with sheet-iron
stove. Now he has an elegant resi-
dence at Hartford, Conn, filed with
treasures of furniture and pictures he
has gathered in his tours over the
world. In his home at Hartford,
MARK Twain's" workshop is in his
billiard-room AT the top OF the house,
and when he gets tired of pushing the
pen he rises and eases his muscles by
doing some scientific strokes with the
cue. "A Hartford man told me the
other day he was calling on Twain
In this room at one time during the
past year, whom tho fire in the CRATE
threw some sparks ont upon the floor.
These caught somc loose paper, and
the room for a moment promised
to break out in flames. ...Twain'
was playing billiards at the time, 4
says the man, ''and he did not
stop his game. He immediately
rung for the servants. and laz-
~ told them they had better ex-
tinguish the fire; and with that he
leaned over the tablo and made a
stroke with bis. billiard cue which
would have done honor to the worlds
champion. Twain, ~" said this man,
t.never gets excited. He walks slow
~. talks lazily and drawlingly. and
acts as though he did not care much
for Life or anything in 1t. He looks
sleepy, but ho is the most wide-awake
man 4 know. He understands making
. bargain, and ho 10 one Of tho best
advertisers In the United States. -
ClcrelQ,ad Leader.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-07
A walking Skeleton.

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bottle of this certain cure for all lung
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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-07

There is no crime in England. ex-
cept murdcr, which is yisited by such
severe penalties as thai Of marrying n
warI in rhane,'Ty without proper leave
Improvement Ior life Is the penalty
which ma. lie visited on one who
elope< VIII "a wari and Is afterward
obstinate bsugh not to purge his con-
tempt Uy coniri;u afiid.,yiL
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-07

A smooth complexion can be had by
every lady who viii use Parker's Tonic:
For promptly regulating the liver and
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Is nothing Ike Il, and this Is the reason
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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-07

Oliver Wendell Holmes has gray
goose-quill with 4 gold pen fastened to
1t which. hc says. has doue every bit
OF his literary wor1. lie has used diff
ferent holders. out the same pen. which
has only been mendcd once.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-07

Rheumatism is primarily caused by
acidity of the blood. Hoods Sarsapari-
ID purifies the blood, and thus cures the
disease,
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-05

exposure and sickness, their lives as
truly given for the defense of Georgia as
though they had persisted upon the field
of battle.
Alter the loss of Port Royal in the latter
part of 1861 it was deemed impracticable,
with the resources at command, to defend
all of the outlying islands OF the Georgia
coast. Among others, Tybee island was
evacuated, and Fort Pulaski became the
Outwork of the line of defense. About this
time Col. Mercer was promoted to a
Brigadier Generalship, and the following
changes were made in the field officers OF
the regiment: Z. Ii. Olmstead was made
Colonel, W. S. Rockwell retained the
Lieutenant COlOnelcy, and Capt. John
Foley, OF the Irish Jasper Greens, was
promoted Major. Nj. II. Hopkins was
appointed Adjutant vice Edward Lawton
promoted. Gen. Robert & Lee then
commanded the military district of South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and upon
ID visit to Fort Pulaski gave minute in
structlons for protecting the garrison
from the fire Of shells from rybee island
from which point it was thought that an
attack would be made.
MEASURES FOR DEFENSE.
1t is interesting to note how little the
minds OF the military men of the first
rank were prepared for the wonderful ad
vance about to be made in the power Of
attack by the use OF rfied cannon. Gen.
Lee said TO the writer of this article,
while looking at the nearest point OF Ty-
bee about 100 yards dIstant) the island
being then occupied by the Federals:
'Colonel, they will make it pretty hot for
you here with shells, hut they cannot
breach your walls at that distance" The
garrison vent vigorously to WORK to carry
out the orders of Gen. Lee. Pits and
trenches were dug on the parade to catch
rolling shells. huge traverses we're built
between the guns en- barbette, and all the
casemate doors in the entire circuit of the
fort were protected by he ANY blindages Of
ranging timber.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-05

panies OF the First Volunteer Regiment
marc ID in with drums beating and COL
ors fly ing, and so for them a soldiers lite
began.
The armament of the fort at that time
consisted OF but 20 Old-fashIOned long
32-pOunders mounted upon cast iron car
riages. rusty from age and lack OF care,
the magazines were nearly empty, few
solid shot were all the projecties that
could be found. And vet the
little garrison felt ready to
meet the entire navy of the United States,
tor hich, by the way, we looked at every
high tide. The duty of the hour called
for hard, vigorous work, and it was re-
frcshing to note the alacrity with which
this citizen sOldirry turned their hands
TO everything, from scraping the rust
from gun carriages to policing the case
mates. There was an individuality IN
each man, that marked characteristic of
the Southern soldier, that afterwards,
upon so many battlefelds, held grimly to
positions, from which, by all the rules OF
warfare, the COnfederates should have
been swept. All the routine OF garrison
duties was promptly inaugurated by Col.
LawtOn, whose West Point training and
army life here served him in good stead.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-05

formation, and the battalion tlcame Ihe
1 Ind4pandeDt Volunteer Regiment OF ca-
Vanuah. without furtne' Legislation.
! ON Dec. 30. 1859, the act OF Jan. 2o,ls02,
was amended as follows
SEC ION /. Be it enacted, etc, Ihat the
/ regiment formed under the second sec
| fi1n If said act shall be known as "Tne
| First Volunteer Regiment of the state OF
! Georgia" and may embrace as many IN
fautrv CORPS formed in said city as may
choose n conform to the reglmental or
Sci Provided for full Field and
staff
SIC III. Provided that the rights and
privileges accruing to said regiment shall
not fail by the consolidation Of two or
more companies, or the withdrawal or
dissolution Of one or more companies, but
the same shall vest IN and be enjoyed by
the corps composing the Volunteer Regi-
mpnt.
SEC. ~. Withdrew the regiment from
the First Brigade Georgia Militia and
placed II exclusively under the command
of its own officers.
In quoting the acts and amendment
above, the full text OF each is not given,
but only so much as is requisite tor a
clear understanding Of the corporate
beginnings Of the regiment.
THE FIRST VOLUNTEER REGIMENT.
Under the new organization A. r. Law
ton was elected aud commissioned as
Colonel, George W. Stiles as Lieutenant
Colonel and W. l.. Rockwell as Major
Bulloch Jackson was appointed Adju-
tant; John Fraser. Pay master; J. ID.
Fish. Surgeon; }. W. Johnston, Assistant
Surgeon. At the Lreaking out of HOSTILE
ties the field and staff were the same
with this exceptions Z. II. Olmstead,
Adjutant, vice Jackson resigned.
In these quiet, peaceful days it is hard
to realize the intensely excited state of
public feeling in the South in the latter
part of the year 1860. That the two sec
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-05

enemy. The garrison went TO their work
with enthusiasm and in a lew minutes the
roar OF artillery, the screaming OF shot
and bursting of shells made hideous that
lovely April morning. All day long the
firing continued With damage To the fort
that was painfully apparent TO its defen-
ders. Indeed, IL was noticed early in the
morning that one rife shot striklng the
wall under an embrasure while still in.
tact, had bulged the bricks inward in the
Interior A sample of the power Of the
new projectile that we were unprepared
for.
A few men were wounded but. thanks to
the labor that had been bestowed upon
the defenses and shelters, they were very
few. Al nightfall the firing slackened
and opportunity was had Tor examining
into the injury received by the fort. II
was appalling. nearly all Of the barbette.
guns aud m0rtars bearing upon the posi-
ton of the enemy had been dismounted,
and the traverse badly torn, many OF the
casemate guns were IN a similar plight
and the line OF officers qua, ters and
kitchen were wrecked. but most serious
Of all was the condition OF the southeast
angle OF the fort
PREACHING THE FORT
There the lire OF the enemy had been
concentrated with a view 10 making n
breach, and it needed but one look 70 con-
vince that an hour or two longer Of such
pounding would most certainly accom-.
plisn what was intended. The whole
outer surface Of the wall had been bat.
tertd away and nearly filed the moat. and
what Was lett standing between the piers
Of three casemates was shaken aud
trembling. the danger Of the position
was. that this wall once down. the same
projectles that had done the mischief
parade against the wall OF the main ser.
vice magazine on the opposite angle Of
the fort. During the nisht the firing con-
tinued a. short interya ais, and IN the early
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-05

a Photograph by E Wlson.l

Guards were regularly mounted, drills at
the heavy gums began at once, and a rigid
system of military discipline maintained.
LIFE IN THE FORT.
In course of time. the first three cOmpa-
MES were relieved from this duty and
others took their places, until every com
mand in the city, including the Georgia
Hussars and Savannah Artillery, had
again and again served at this excellent
school Of military instruction. True, it
was long ere an enemy appeared before
the walls of Pulaski, but the lessons
learned In garrison life there were fit pre-
paratiOn for active service on other fields.
Meanwhile military spirit ran high IN the
city, and during the first part OF 1861 sew
eral new companies were formed andaddrd
to the regiment under the provisions of
the act above quoted. Among these were
the Pulaski Guards, the Irish Volunteers,
Company b Irish Jasper Greens, the For
est CITY Rangers, the CITY Light Guard,
the Washington Volunteers. the Coast
Rifles, the Montgomery Guards. Each
and all were full companies, and did vail
ant service throughout the war.
In the spring OF that year the care OF
Forts Pulaski and Jackson and the outly-
ing batteries on Tybee island was surren-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-05

CAPT. GEORGE A. MERCER, COMMANDING
REPUBLICAN BLUES.
Oners of war. Those who recovered were
subsequently taken to Northern prisons.
From Governors island, N. Y, Col Ohm
stead addressed a letter of remembrance
on the subject to Secretary Stanton, and
also to Gen. Gilmore, whose name
had been signed to the articles.
Gen. Gilmore replied that be
had left the South supposing
that the terms had been complied with.
In point of fact the men remained prison
ers until all of the garrison were ex-
changed in the following autumn.
The Seventh Conn. Regt., Col. A. H.
Terry, was the first of the Federal forces
to enter the fort. 1t was gallant body
OF men, destined to meet the First Vol
unteer Regiment OF Georgia upon another
field. Officers and men of the Seventh
did what was In their power to maze or
first days of captivity more bearable,
and it is now pleasure to recall the sim
pie kindness that marked their course.
The garrison was removed by steamer to
Port Royal and from thence by the steam
ship Oriental to Governors island, New
York harbor. The officers were confined
in Fort Columbus, the men in that pepper
box of a fort on the shores of the same
island, known as Castle William.
AT JoHNsoN's ISLAND.
In the course of two months or so an
other change was made; the officers were
sent to the prison on JohnsOn's island,
near Sandusky, o., and the men to Fort
Delaware. IL is no part Of this paper to
give an account of prison life. Suffice 1t
to say that in Sept, 1862, gener al ex-
change of prisoners went into effect, and
the Fort Pulaski officers returned TO Sa.
Yannah by way Of Cairo, Vicksburg
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-05
MEMORIES OF THE PAST.

MEMORIES OF THE PAST.
Col. Mercer was descendant Of
the gallant Hugh Mercer, General
in the armies of the Revolution. who laid
down his life at the battle Of Princeton.
Like his distinguished ancestor, Col.
Mercer possessed, in marked
degree, the qualities that endeared
MIN to all who were thrown in contact
with him. graduate of West Point Of
the class OF 1928, the soldierly instincts
were strong within him, and, united with
them, a chIvalrOus and dignltied courtesy
of demeanor, fund of genial humor and
ripe scholarship that stamped him,
what be was. a gentleman of the old
school IN the high st. best acceptatIOn of
the term. Lieut.. Col. Rock well was a law
yer of prominence and ability.
From early manhood be had been
ideutihed with the volunteer serv' ce
of Georgia, and though advanced 10 years
beyond the period when the active lite OF
a soldier could have been expected or re-
quired of him, the call to arms found him
ready and anxious to do his duty. And
he did do it until in the summer of 1864,
failing health necessitated his retirement.
The name of Edward Lawton will evoke
a sigh OF tender regret from many heart