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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-02-02
THE PASSION OF BATTLE.

The old story to the effect that the boys
learn in the columns Of the "E1eid'-when
speaking of tho soldier eleraent-siuror
prague mentem precipitant,' had no exhibit
ton in the contest OF tho war between the
states, or between theSo men in line OF bat
tie. Tho men as a rule stool off and shot at
long range at each other. When they got
to close quarters, and they were fighting
body to body and man to man, then of
course, as have above stated, there were
angry passions developed by tho contest
ants which did not apply to the body proper
of the armies on both sides in any oc-
casional engagement In the old days it
was shield to shield. All spear to spear, and
sword to sword. Toe best man was he who
was the strongest and most skillful- Now,
we can kill each other 1000 yards range. L
don't know that can better give an idea OF
the improved methods of modern warfare
than when 1 state that in the charge Of
Pickett's division at Gettysburg the entire
force was decimated long before they got
within reach Of the opposing batteries
i wish to give instances Of the peculiar
Tearing of the men in the battles wherein
my regiment was engaged. Fer instances:
When after the battle OF Gaines Mill 0he
second day OF the seven days fight in front
Of Richmond) there were numbers of tho
Union dead ami wounded around ana about
our bivouac, We did what we could for
them in the way of giving water and meii-
zines, ETC., but, as far as 1 can recall my
sensations, we paid no moro attention to
them than is usually done by poctators to
a herd of slaughtered bullocSs.
reoollect well the bushins AMI crowding
attendant upon an advance over rough
ground. 1t was almost impossible to keep
the alignment of dress paraie, ani under
The fire OF the artillery gaps We're con-
stantly being made in the ranks. Friend
AMI foo we pushed over. disregarjilg all
ppeals for help until wo had attained the
summit of that which We had been ordered
20 drive at by orr generals. IL is certainly
= sact that, rule, the mon on tho other
i when they were drawn up to fight had
o city good inkling of the work mappe1
cut FOR them.
PROF NITY-=nISnt, nrn--V ALOE
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-02-02
.CnER-VALOR.
PROFANITY


Finally, as for troops in actual bottle,
lave this much to say. that l nevor saw
mere profanity than in thu Standing up OF q
regiment anywhere. y missionary would
have but small chance for conversion. II
p distinctly in my memory, fox instance,
that at the battle OF Williams burg, ani the
battle Of the Seven Pines thereafter, the
men in my brigade swore like the army In
flanders In fight the men were like wild
aa'ls OF Bashan," and the file-cloSers, of
whum l was one At that time. had hard
work to keep them in order. BsfJre the
urler was given them u advance they were
quiet enough; but thereafter. in spite OF all
orders abjurgations, AMI prayers Of the Of
ser, commissioned AMI non conluIi STONED,
they would crowd in toward tho centre, and
thus were rendered in q measure incompe-
tent with the best action of our whole force.
Again / recollect that in the middle OF
one of the hottest battles OF the war, in
ls53, the captain OF n company told SER
sea1t that the ammunition was giving out.
The sergeant LEFT his position and darted for
the ammunition train. He got his cart
ridges anil started back. but on the way q
steu exploded near him AMI iguited his
cartridges, wouudiny and decorating him
severely about the face and boiF. When he
was lifted from under the debris the first
cuestio lie askei was "Dii get EN- IL all
right"
Now, it has been my fortune to have been
n more than dozsn pitched battles. and in
double the number OF skirmiShes that, as
far as the combatarts were concerned, ap.
pEosched almost to the dignity of a battle,
and 1 never saw as yet a man finch from
us duty. When the fight was raging, and
comrades were falling on every side, Inever
saw any OF the rest Of the men drop out q
carry them back.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-02-02
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Merchant Line

ST. JOHNS ElvER sFEAMERs-sIpE
WHEEL Low PRESSURE PALACE
STEAM TIS BUILT OF IRON.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-20
Brief Mention.


a vein Of coal. five and one-hah feet thick.
waS struck at Mount Vernon yesterday The
coal is pronounced to be of the finest quality,
very ike anthracite.
A barn belonging to James Ellars. located near
Arth8r. Was burned YESTERDAY. together with its
contents. consisting OF fonr horses. farm impe-
ments, has etc Loss, 81, 500; insurance.
Dr K FL Scott. of Australia, who died on
Wednesday. often EXPRESSED horror of being
buried alive and IN order to preclude such
thing he asked that his heart be- cut out after
life was extinct This was done, the organ be-
ing taken ont and replaced in the dead body.
The Hon. j. L. DRYDEN, attorney-at-law. for
merry Attorney general of Montana and for
manv years Circuit clerk of Warren county, was
struck by the engine of south hound train at
Alexis and knocked iEsensioIe. He was thrown
twenty feet onto the platform. The accident
Cured as he was attempting to PASS in front of
the incoming train. He was brought home and
lay for hours nsensible. There are hopes of his
recovery.
A curious contest is in progress between
Clinton county German farmer and miller
named Ike Shanatelt. of Salem Shanafelt is
fond of the chase. and keeps pack of hounds
Tor that purpose Last Sunday he started M
pig wolf and ran him through Marion into Gin
ton county, and the animal was finally killed on
the premiees of the German, who doggedly re-
fused to allow Shanafelt to take the hide. The
latter will resort to law to force the farmer to
give 1t up.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-20

risou In his magnificent campaign is the doctrine
of the Curtis letter and the inaugural. 1t WAS
the violent contrast between preaching and
practice between promise and performance, be-
rweeI what was TO he and what was. that made
Senator Harrisons speeches effective. He had
out to point to the solemn utterances of the Pres
ident and to apply those words to the facts as
they existed all over the State, in order to show
that reform" was the most wretehed of hum
bugs.
The National Republican states notorious
fact when it asserts that. with a few marke ex-
ceptions, the Indiana appointments have been
shamefully bad. 1t insults the intelligence OF
even the average citizen to preach sermon on
reform for his edifcation, and then proceed to
put good and capable man ont of Office to make
room for one who is known to be an ignoramus
and trickster. 1t exctes contempt to read
such order as the one on s'perncious activi-
~" in State where all the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ship. county and State-were packed with and
run by the federal oficeholders.
Ii is evident that the President will be able to
see in the chastisement inflicted on the spoils-
men of Indiana vindication of those principles
TO which he was indebted for the support of in
dependent Republicans. without which support
his election could not have happened. 1t was
necessary to condemn bad practice in order to
indorse beautiful theory
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-20
The Terms of County Offices.

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
In your editorials of to-day you say: 'Section
1898 Revised Statutes says that the county audi
tor shall take his Office the first Monday in
March following his election"
The section you cite went into force May 6,
1853 On March 3. 1855, an act of the Legisla-
ture was approved, fixing the time of the COM
mencement of the term of Office of auditor
sheriff, ETC., on the first Monday of November
Immediately following the general October cleo
tions.
In Howard VS.. State 10 Ind, 99) in a mandate
proceedings by the treasurer-elect of Benton
county to compel the clerk of the Circuit Court
to make out statement specifying the number
of votes given for the treasurer-eect, it was
held by the Supreme Court that the act of March
3, 1885, was unconstitutional
Again, In Douglass VS.. State (31 Ind, 429) the
act of March 8, 1855, came intoi review 1t was
there held that the act of 1855 was unconstitu-
tional or not applied to the facts of the partc
ular case. and explained and limited the decision
of Howard VS.. State, supra. 1t was held that the
act of May g. 1853 was repealed by implication
by the act of 1855 This being true, the law
mains that the auditor takes Office the first
Monday of November Immediately following the
general October election. The November cleo
ton taking the place of the October elections
leaVeS great uncertainty on the subject.
The act of May 6, 1853, was compiled among
the laws in Gavin & Hord Il G. & H. 1927. and
foot-note says the act of 1855 was declared un-
constitutional in Howard vs. State, supra. The
compiers of the Revised Statutes of 1881, not
having the act of 1855 before Them and their at
tention not being called to Douglass We State
supra, no doubt accounts for the reason why the
act of 1855 does not appear in r. S. 1881.
From the latest utterances of the Supreme
Court on the subject it seems to admit of no
49, Ia IL. ~ = A.
of May 6. 1853. is repealed. and that the auditor
commences his term in November, according to
the statutes, and not in March.
The Constitution and laws, and the decisions
of the Supreme Court as to the time of the COM
mencement of terms of Offices seem to me to be
in hopeless confusion. The amendment now
proposed to the Constitution being so indefinite
and uncertain, if adopted will make the con-
fusion vastly greater.
Let US hope that the Legislature, before adopt
ing the proposed amendment, will give it careful
attention. to see that it will perform the Office
intended by its adoption. E.G.H
DANVIIrE Nov
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-20

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journat
am inclined to take issue with the Journals
opinion that the Century's Nicolay Hay history
of Lincoln furnishes our hero President with
creditable background of ancestry. The chroni-
Gle seems to labor under paucity of material in
this regard, and succeeds only in damning with
faint praise the early representatives of tho Lin
coin family. The grandfather Abraham was of
respectable Quaker origin, but seems chiefly to
have distinguished himself by marrying into the
Boone family and by moving into Kentucky in
the wake of the famous Daniel Boone. Thomas
Lincoln, the father of the President, was we are
told, IAN easy going man, entirely without am
bition"-"a good carpenter when he chose TO
work at his trade;" then farmer, without ener
gy or thrift to make good iv-
ing for his small family When he
migrated from Kentucky to Indiana we are
moved to marvel at the statement that he en-
barked for the new home ION a rude raft loaded
with his kit of tools and four hundred gallons of
whisky" and afterwards returned to convey
thither the family and the household goods.
which latter consisted of insufficient bedding
and clothing, and a few pans and kettles" The
new home of the Lincolns in Indiana was mere
shed OF poles, open in front to the weather.
Even after the father had built cabin he left
it for year or two without DOORS or windows,
or floor Of the Presidents mother we learn
only that she was handsome young woman,
who could read and write and who taught her
husband to spell his name. Further details con-
corning her are disappointingly absent but we
are given plainly to understand that the second
wife, Sarah Bush, with her ''four-horse wagon of
household goods" inspired her husband to
greater thrift and industry. She dressed the
children in warmer clothing. and put them to
sleep in comfortable beds. Under her influence
Thomas joined the church, and the family were
much improved in appearance, behavior and self
respect" That this history, so far presented,
is interesting must be conceded, but it is matter
for regret that the father and mother of Lincoln
should stand before the world in so poor light.
The mother must have been a good woman. and
have taught her children the true way of life,
for we read that months after her death little
Abraham, unsatisfed with the scant ceremony
of her burial, contrived to have a wandering
preacher brought to the settlement to deliver
funeral sermon over her grave, already stiff and
white with early winter SHOWS. What pitful
incident, and yet what beautiful and touching
manifestation of strong love for a mother who
surely must have merited it. Let US hope for
the arising of some future historian who will
know more of the mother of Lincoln than Messrs.
Nicolay and Hay. N c.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-20
Minor Notes.

There is very determined move on the part
of the citizens of Jefersonville TO organize A
Merchants and Manufacturers Association
Robert S Cox president of the Terre Haute
Car-manufacturing Company. died suddenly. on
Thursday, of apoplexy, aged hfty-four years
Mrs. Columbia Pattison. wife of Dr. r. r.
Pattson. of Winamac died yesterday afternoon.
after short illness The funeral will take place
On Sunday. at o'clock.
The three-year- old son of Joseph Bowel, a
Grant county farmer, ate some arsenic pills
carelessly left within his reach Commissions
ensued, and in few hours the child died
Epizootic. or a malignant form of distemper
has broken out in the western part of Adams
county. The disease, so far has been confined
TO the Norman horses, for which that county is
noted. -Four head, imported in July by Capt.
Evan Terwilleger, have succumbed to the cpl
deGAe.
Two men. one named Brown, have been trav-
cling through Switzerland county buying feath-
srs $50 work over into mattresses for the or
Ohans' home" they say. This story is told to
excite the sympathy of those selling, that thew
will take less for their feathers They have
been caught cheating IN the weight several
kimea
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-20
THE DOWNING BEASLEY RECOUNT.
Judge McNutt, of Vigo Takes Downing's APP
plcation Under Amusement.
ial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Nov. 49, Judge Mack day
heard arguments the petition of Decatur
Downing for a recount of the votes cast in this
county in the contest for joint Representative in
the district composed of Vermillion, Vigo and
Sullivan. Judge G. F. McNutt appeared for
Beasley and held that the petition was not tech
nically correct in that it did not set forth the
names of. the political parties from which the
judge should choose the commission to conduct
the recount; that the petitioner did not swear
that he honestly believed" that fraud and err
rors had occurred, and that a recount could not
be granted except of all the ballots cast in the
district There has been no petition filed for
recount in Sullivan county Judge McNutt laid
particular stress on the point that mere election
rurnors and the excited talk of ward politicians
should not be the basis for petition for a
count. and that the Legislature used the term
honestly believe" to prevent the raising of con-
tests on idle rumors, and that no petition should
DO filed for political purposes merely Judge
Mack took the case under advisement until
Monday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-20
INDIANA 40 ILLINOIS NEWS.
lhe Daily Chronicle Of Happenings Of
All Kinds III the two States.
The Discovery Of Iron Ore in Miami County
The Postoffice Fight at RockviIle-FataEly
Injured by Irain-GIeanings.
The Miami County Iron Ore District-Pro-
posed Development of the Deposit.

The Miami County Iron Ore District-Pro-
posed Development of the Deposit.
Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal,
WABASH, Nov. 19-Parties of this city last
night returned from a visit TO the iron orc DIS
srict near Denver. Miami county. having made
careful examination of the deposits. They con-
firm the reports of the richness of the find. and
state that the people of Denver are in high
glee Specimens Of ore have been sent to Prof.
E. T. Cox. formerly State Geologist. and his
opinion was favorable to the theory that ex-
1sted in paying quantities. Secretary Crawford,
of the smelling company at Terre Haute, thinks
the specimens sent him will assay 80 or 80 per
cent. pur iron, and has made an offer fora few
carloads delivered at Terre Haute. Specimens
yesterday forwarded Edward Orion, State
Geologist of Ohio, for analysis, and,
if the assay indicates the presence
of iron in quantities to render working it profit
able, the company just formed for developing
the deposit will begin operations at once. Be-
low are the names of the officers of the organi-
cation, the capital of which is So 900: Presi-
dent, Spencer Augur; vice-presdent, Jacob
Sloppy; secretary John f. Millison; treasurer,
Wilson Newbolt; superintendent. Smith Ray.
IF Denver, and extend from northeast TO south
west. The area covered is about three miles
wide by four long. and upon this territory is
found in abundance Lake Superior and Alabama
ore. The former crops out in ledge along
Wesaw creek the vein being three feet in thick
ness. The red covers nearly every foot of
ground within the limits mentioned above, at no
point being more than two feet below the sur
lace, and in many places farmers have powed
ihrough ore for years in putting out their crops
The company has encountered some difficulty
n securing land. owners refusing Co sell, and re-
uctant even to lease. The officers, however
Aave leased two 160-acre and two eighty-acre
tracts at 10 per cent. of the gross product and
will immediately put force of men at work ex-
cavating Several Chicago and New York CAPT.
talists have visited Denver and obtained speci
mems, and estimates of the richness vary from
% to IS per cent Upon the result of Prof Or
toms analysis the future of Denver appears to
hang, and the residents are waiting in a fever of
anxiety for the verdict
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-20
Major Holstein for Governor in 1888.

70 the Editor of the Indianapolis journal:
The many friends and army comrades of Maj.
c. l.. Holstein in this city and county will pre-
sent his name before the next Republican State
convention for the nomination for Governor.
Excepting General Harrison, no in the
State did more effective work in the late cam
paign His speech at the courthouse, in this
city, on the Saturday before the election, was
pronounced the best of the campaign by ali who
heard him, and its effect felt to their dismay
by the Democracy of Jefferson county, when old
Jefferson sent up over 600 majority for the
State ticket Mr. Holstein has a good soldier
record. is of German decent, gentleman of I'M
sulied character, a lawyer of acknowledged
ability, fine speaker, and withal one of the
most able writers on State affairs Indiana
has ever produced. Place the Major at the head
of the Republican State ticket in 1888 and vic
tory is assured. His old home county will give
him nearly 1000 majority.
MADISON Noy
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-20
Browns Technical violation of Law.

Special to tho indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Nov 19-The announcement in
the Journal that Judge Woods recognized Van
D. Brown, well-known grocer and honorable
gentleman of this city. to answer United States
grand jury Indictment for violating the revenue
Jaw, was the cause of no little astonlshment here
1t develops that the original cause of the dilem-
ma was N not getting out special tax stamp to
sell cigars and tobacco until June, instead of in
May, when he was fiat on his back with infamma-
tory rheumatism and that the secondary cause
was the failure of the deputy collector to state
~theycause of Mr. Browns delay in complying
with the law when making out the affidavit, al
the time in June when he took out the tax stamp.
paying at that time SO per cent penalty that
necessarily entailed and might be supple
mented with a fine not exceeding $500.
The deputy collector, j. H. Macks, assumes the
blame, and thinks Mr.. Browns very good ex-
cuse will be deemed sufficient when the case
cones TO trial
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-20
Another Deputy for Clerk Noble.

pecal to the Indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, Nov. 19-The statement of the
Journal this morning that VIM T. Noble would
assume the duties of Clerk OF the Supreme Court
aext Monday, with John n Wheatly as chief
deputy. brought out the fact that c. NJ Ginrher,
lnewly-fedged attorney and frst-class young
man, of this city, would be another of his depu-
lies.
It also came ont this morning that Deputy
Sheriff Dormer is to succeed Patrolman Iredell
the police force, and the latter become deputy
under Sheriff Bond, just qualified Officer Gibbs
was also put on the force again by the police
hoard last night.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-20

Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal
ROCKVILLE. Nov. 19.-The fight among the
Democrats for the postofice in this place begins
60 grow warm rs the present incumbent, c. W.
Stryker, Republican, will vacate the Office Dec
T. He has been allowed to serve out his time
because the struggle among the applicants was
bitter. When the Democratic President was
first elected there were over dozen men seek
ing the place. but now it has smmered down to
three. viz: Will Henkel, editor of the Rock
Vile Eagle John Overmar and Tough Humph-
ries. All are strong men, and are backed by
their party leaders Will Henkel was promised
the Office by John E. Lamb on his first race for
Congress, but as he has been laid on the shelf it
is hard to tell which one lightning will strike
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-20
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
General Harrison for 1883.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal
Let me congratulate you upon your great vic
tory at the late election in Indiana. You did
nobly. and exceeded our expectations, to say the
least Republicans Of Indiana, once more to
the rescue close up your ranks and charge along
the entire line. Keep the balls rolling, and vic
tory will be ours. General Harrison is all right
in Ohio. and every other Northern State. He
will get thousands of Democratic votes in Ohio,
If nominated in 1888 Having voted for Mr..
Harrisons grandfather in 1910. am very anx
ious to vote for his grandson in 1888 if spared
Gen. Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana, could have
been nominated and elected in 1884 had the Indi-
ana delegation been united upon him. as it should
have been. l wish to see better management in
two years hence. The State of Indiana is one
OF the most important States in the United
States, and should furnish the next President.
CIRcLEvILLE, o.. Nov. 49, JAMES NJ. JONES.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-20
Recount Granted in Vermillion.

cpeClal TO the lndlanaDol16 jour lax
ROCKVILLE, Nov 19.-The Hon. A. F. White
newly elected Republican Judge of the Forty
seventh judicial district, consisting of Parke
and Vermillion counties, whose commission has
been delayed for reasons best known to the
Governor and his friends, received the document
on Wednesday morning At 11:20 o'clock he
qualified and left for Newport having been tele-
graphed to come there and appoint recounting
board on joint Representative. He and Sheriff
Musser arrived at Newport at 3 O'clock, and
Robert H. Nixon and Dr. Hall, Republicans and
James Chips Democratic. were appointed com
mssioners to recount the votes in that county
on joint representative of Vermiion Vigo and
Sullivan counties. The candidates were Decatur
Downing. Rep, of Vermillion, and John w.
Beasley DEM, Of Sullivan. The recount was
fixed for Monday. The Democrats thought they
had it arranged to have two Democratic COM
missioners in the contest, but made complete
failure of it.