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or would there have been any attack up the
Emmittsburg road And if not, where would
the bolt have struck Such was the estimate
which Gen. Lee and the EngirAr officers of
the rebel army placed upon the ,,ogition occu-
pied by the Third Corps. and such the means by
which his wise generalship designed to wrest
not only the position, but, by the aid of it, the
victory, from Meade.
1t may be well now to return to our own
lines and ascertain the opinion of the only Off
Ger of our army, with the exception of Gen.
Meade himself, who ever officially inspected
it. Gen. Hunt Chief of Artillery, at the ur-
gent solicitations of Gen. Sickles, and by the
consent of Gen. Meade, rode out to examine it.
It will be remembered that the Third Corps
had never been placed in position by any one
from headquarters having authority to do So
Hence Gen. Sckles, while feeling assured of
the correctness of his own Judgment, was anx-
ious, lest his superior should transfer all the
blame to him in case events determined that
his decision was unfortunate, not erroneous
Gen. Hunt
AFTER FIRST FINDING FAULT
with that portion of the line that was never in
any danger, viz our right flank, says: 1t was
q very good line to occupy, provided it was
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Ths Snestest GIrI in Snhool.

"She's the sweetest girl in school +" enthusi-
astically exclaimed one young miss to another,
as they passed down the street together.
Edith is so kind, and gentle, and unselish,
every one likes her. And she has lovely golden
hair and pretty eyes. Isn't it a pity her COM
pIexion is SO bad; it spoils her looks. And
then she has such dreadful headaches" The
girls skipped along, but it happened Edith's
mother had heard what they said. 1t set her
thinking. What could be done for those head
aches and the rough, muddy complexion, that
was such trial to her gentle daughter. She
recalled what she had read of DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and on the spur of
the moment she slipped into to drug store
and bought supply. Edith took it faithfully,
with the result that it cleared her disordered
blood, relieved the headaches, made her skin
soft, fair aud rosy, and now she is not only the
"sweetest girl in school" but the most beauti-
full.
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manned oft under Humphreys's command, had
remained in position on the Emmittsburg road,
exposed to the enflading fire Of Longstreet's
artillery, but as yet unassailed by infantry
until the extreme left division of the Union
left wing had been driven back and the Peach
Orchard occupied by the enemy. This now
exposed Humphreys left flank, and Anderson
pressing into the gap the Second Division was
compelled to give way; although Hancock sent
forward two regiments to our assistance, yet
Humpreys's could not hold his men, for as soon
as they found themselves assailed both in front
and flank they broke and retreated. The con-
fusion was but momentary, for although dis
rupted and somewhat in disorder, they had
soldier for leader; they were soldiers them
selves, and almost Immediately rallied. They
understood the matter as well as their officers.
They knew that the position could not now be
held, and they seemed to have simultaneously
made up their minds that they were going back
to position they could hold, and back they did
go, but fighting, not disorderly. They would
fire at the enemy, yak to the rear, loading as
they went then turn, take deliberate aim and
fire again, and so on, but slowly and deliber-
ately, and so deliberately that the enemy kept
at very respectable distance. However, they
kept up a terrible artillery fire, killing and
wounding our poor fellows very rapidly; and
yet the GOODNESS and selfpossession of our men
under it was most remarkable. An incident
this. had dismounted and together with Col.
Brewster, who was in command of our brigade,
was walking to the rear. Col. Brewster's horse
had just been killed, and was leading mine,
with the bride thrown over my arm, when a
private belonging to my old company came up
to me with handsome bride in his hand all
covered with blood. He had an impediment in
his speech, and as he came up to me he said ::
NJ m-major, don't you want b-b-bridle2 5"
He had stopped under that terrible fire to un-
buckle the bride from Col. Brewsters horse for
the purpose of presenting it to me. Poor fellow,
in less than two minutes afterward he was
struck with grapeshot aud killed. This incl
dent wildly illustrates the
GOODNESS AND ELF-PossEssIoN
of our men. They had deliberately made up
their minds that they were going back to the
old line, not as though they were forced to go,
but they were going there TO reform; that was
ALL We went back to the old line and halted
there. That was as far as we were going then,
and it is fact that the enemy never reached
the original line on which the Second Division
| of the Third Corps had been posted.
swinton, in his Campaigns of the Army OF
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that, penetrated between it and Round Top
Anyone can see the result which must inevi-
tably have followed. But our men stood
bravely up to their work; that brigade held
magnificent position against front attack,
and three times hurled back the enemy with
fearful loss, and could have continued to hold
that position against any force he could have
sent against them had their flank been pro-
tected. The Fifth Corps was there, fully able
to do it had there been anyone to order that
corps forward and direct their movements
." Where, where was Roderic then;
One blast upon his bugle-horn
Were worth ten thousand men,"
Sickles could not order Sykes, but he sent to
him, urgently requesting him to advance and
protect his flank. But Sykes replied that his
men had just come off very long march and
were tired, and were then making coffee, but
that he would be up in time. Now, while it
was undoubtedly true that the Fifth Corps had
made
LONG AND FORCED MARCH,
It was no less true that they had made that
march for the purpose of fighting, and whore
they were now they were of no more use for
the present emergency than if they had been
10 miles off. I submit that under the circum-
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our left, now poured most fearful fire upon
our line. Anderson, Chief of Longstreet's artil-
lery, states that he covered that attack with GO
guns.
The Second Division of our corps. lying down
parallel TO the road, was directly in the line of
this, most of which was directed at Graham in
the Peach Orchard, aud was swept by it, while
Hills artillery, on our front, also joined in
This however, did us no harm, as we were
very low minded just then and lovingly Rugged
our mother earth very closely Notwithstand-
ing, we suffered severely by Longstrect's emf
lading fire; but not man moved. We had to
lie still and take it, although every few mo-
ments shell would strike IN amongst us. This
fire lasted from $3.50 till 5:15 and it was prelimi-
nary to the infantry attack which now fell
upon the left Of our line. Longstreet threw
his two divisions with fierce impotuosity upon
the one division Of cur corps; ia fact, the brunt
of that attack fell al first upon one brigade OF
that division Wards, and Hood overlapping
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THE End.I
Spelling Reform.

Whereas, we spell jail with j, an a, an and an
/, the Canadians perversely make Ii gaol-but they
get there all the same.-BUfdlo Courier.
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s. To hero bound for battle strife,
Or bard of martial lay,
'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life,
One glance at their array"

From our position on Cemetery Ridge to the
Emmittsburg road, distance of full half
mile, there was clear, unobstructed field, with
out a single vantage point or cover behind
which the troops might find temporary shelter,
and as the head of that magnificent column rose
into view it was at once opened upon by so guns
of our artillery. The mark was fair one. He
was poor artillerist who could not hit it.
They did hit it; nearly every shot told. But
unchecked and almost unfaltering that grand
body of men moved on, with the shells tear
ing great lanes through them, until within the
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Mistakes OF Gen. Meade's Staff
as to the Enemy's Intentions.
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ERHAPS it would be
well for Us now to
transfer ourselves 70
the enemy's lines and
try TO obtain an esti-
mate of the value OF
the position taken by
Gen. Sickles as seen
from their point Of
view. First we will
take the opinion of
Gen. Lee. He says in
his report: " 1t was de-
termined to make the
principal attack on the
enemy's left and en-
deavor tn Gain a no.
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sICKLEs's GENERALSHIP.
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WHAT GAINED VICTORY
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Rebel Testimony as to the Inn
portance Of Sickles's Position.
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KEY TO THE FIELD,

and would have insured our defeat had we
fought, or compelled most disastrous retreat.
But now our original line was firmly estab-
lished and held by a sufficient force. Little
Round Top, strongly occupied and with plenty
of artillery, was impregnable, and would with
its fire utterly crush any attempt he might
make on our left. We see that his Generals
thoroughly eomprehended this, and by their adj
vice he carefully avoided that point in his
attack the next day. Moreover, his grand de-
sign of turning our flank had been penetrated
and thwarted, and his losses in wrestling the
position from us, according to the concurrent
testimony of his Generals, had been fearful
certainly not less than 10000 men and thus, so
far as substantial results are considered, the
action to US had been a complete success. Al
though we too had suffered severely, yet our
lines remained intact and our troops elated,
enthusiastic and confident Of ultimate success
were prepared at any moment to renew the
conflict. The Third Corps, the worst whipped
corps of the army, and which some have said
had been wiped out that day, was now reorgan-
izing and wild with excitement. Smarting
under their defeat, and eager for another op-
portunity to try conclusions with the enemy,
it was only waiting in the hope that the coming
day would bring it the opportunity Of again
meeting him on some kind of equality, and
| certainly believe that the feeling which now
! existed in that corps would have made them
equal, even with their decimated numbers. to
| their full strength of the morning of that day.
never saw the men of that corps so eager for
a fight as they were that night.
| On the third day Lee put forth his last effort,
| melted thereto by his apparent success of the
| two previous days, and threw forward Pickett's
| Division in that memorable charge in the vain
hope of breaking through our center. When
that splendid division of Virginia troops formed
behind the cover of the Emmittsburg road
and advanced to the attack, there was pre-
sented a spectacle which might well elicit ad-
miration of their generous foes.
To hero bound for battle strife,
Or bard of martial lay,
'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life,
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zT COL. THOMAS RAFFERTY,, PLA1NFIELD, N. J.
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GETTYSBURG.

The Third Corps Great Battle on
July 2.
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AFTER FIRST FINDING FAULT

any danger, viz, our right flank, says: 1t was
q very good line to occupy, provided it was
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-15

an overshadowing Issue Of North
against South.
No greater danger than this has ever
threatened the country. The South
can be once more thrown into tho
anarchy of the reconstruction period,
but it can not be done except at the
expense OF the whole country. The
next four years will scarcely pass with
out such economic convulsions in the
Northern States as the strike of 1877.
The lies and demagoguery OF the Re-
publican National campaign have
made this almost inevitable. Every
factory operative, every day laborer
in the industrial States, has valid
| moral claim on the Harrison Admins
tration for the fultillment of every
| promise made in the campaign. The
| 1000. 900 men now idle under the trust
system have right to insist on imme-
diate employment at the wages of from
81 to So day shown in all the Repub-
| lican tables of statistics; and as they
have been told ten Thousand times over
that every other class in the commu-
nifty exists and should submit to dis
elimination for their benefit and in
their favor, they would be more or
less than human If they did not at
tempt to apply their political educa-
ton to their practical affairs.
The financial and business condi-
tions of the country are unnatural and
unsound. Its labor is justly discon.
tented, and its discomfort has been
increased by reckless and shameless
demagogy. It's agriculture is de-
pressed Its wealth is centralized,
and is being still further centralized
every day.
Such conditions demand the careful
conservatism of the patriotic states.
man. II instead of this we have the
methods of Blaine and Raymond, oi
Foraker and Tuttle, the wind the Re
publican party has sown will be reaped
in the whirlwind of disorganized socia
conditions, an enduring sectionalism
and financial collapse that will
touch the pockets of those who have
neither hearts nor consciences TO be
touched.-St. Louis Republic.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-15
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Mr.. Harrison. it is said, does
not intend to be overshadowed by any
body. What u Cabinet he will have il
this is true. Chicago Herald.
The number of farm mortgages
in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan
and Dakota is increasing. What
would the American farmer do with
out his 'home market?"-LOuiSriUe
Cou7fer-Journal.
The tariff of to-day is organized
robbery; it is slavery legalized. With
that tariff the Democratic party is at
eternal war, and. in possession of the
Government or in opposition. it will
talk and work and vote.-LouiSCiNe
Courier -jOHrRat.
1t is said that P. Z. Barnum is
to be made Secretary of the Interior.
1t would undoubtedly be good thing
to take him into the Cabinet in some
capacity or other. His experience as
a Snowman and the owner of Jumbo
would be OF great service to An Admin
istration which will have the Blaine
elephant to handle. Chicago Herald.
I'll am told that without the tariff
issue in the last campaign we should
have carried the country. That may
be true, but the time had come when
the issue between the two parties had
to be made and the Democrats made
it. / don't regret it. 1t is better To
be defeated battling for an honest
principle than to win by cowardly
subtcrfuge. ."-Grorer Cleveland.
The general feeling of Democrats
in this locality is not one of despair.
and they are preparing to renew the
fight on the same platform. They feel
that they are right, and their defeat
has brought them closer together and
made them more earnest in their en-
deavors to procure the legislation
which is best calculated to advance
the interests of the entire people.
quincy Herald.
elf there will be more than forty
thousand Democrats in Office on the
4th of March next about which
know nothing, they should all he re.
moved before the going down of the
sun on that day, and more than forty
thousand Republicans appointed in
their stead. What the attitude of inc
Administration will be i have neither
opinion nor information. Ex-senator y.
j. Mgaiis, in N. Y. independent.
A Cincinnati man suggests tina,
Mr.. Harrison form his Cabinet OF the
sons of Presidents, and mentions
Robert Il. Lincoln, Fred Grant, Burch-
ard Hayes, Harry Garfield and Allen
Arthur for Cabinet offices. The list
should include Mr.. Harrison's own son,
who is said to have shown considerable
financial ability in the recent cam
pai3n. and who might be made Sec
rotary of the Troasury' -Cascago
Heraid.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-15
REPUBLICAN, SCHEMES.
The Terrible Danger Which Threatens TIN
Peace of the Country.


Every step of the Republican cam
oaign was marked by fraud, bribery
and corruption. In the manufacture
ing States it was also cam
paign OF the meanest and most
brutal intimidation. The men who
have been made enormously wealthy
by taxes levied on the people
threatened their employees with cuts in
wages in repeated instances even dis
charging them for advocating the re-
duction OF taxes.
With this record unrepented OF and
not even denied, the Republican party
is gathering its forces for the infamous
work of destroying the new found pros
perity OF the Southern States and re-
newing the infamies of reconstruction.
1t is the cold-blooded plan of con-
science!ess political schemers who are
willing to sacrifice the peace and pros
perity OF the country to extend their
lease of power. They know that they
will be driven out on the tariff issue;
thoy know that they are not in u posi-
tion to prevent it by making any real
reduction of tariff taxation. and they
propose therefore to once more create
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-15
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

"A Vienna engineer proposes TO
coDdense the solid part OF the smoke
as it arises from the coal. and the car
bon which is formed is to fall back into
the furnace. II is to be done by cleo
tricity.
"A new preservative of iron and
steel has been found in modification
of tho well known Japanese gum lac
quer. After many experiments, the
preparation has been finally adopted
for the imperial Japanese navy.
Professor Absolute. of Berlin, has
succeeded in getting photograph of IL
rife bullet travelling at the rate of
1900 feet second, the plate which he
used for the purpose being exposed for
only 0.000076 Of second.
Eucalyptus leaves and extract have
long been used for the removal and
prevention of scales in steam boilers.
Scientific authorities recommend it.
and engineers in public service have
been advised to use it by the engineer
ing authorities at Washington.
In Germany a substitute for lignum
vitH in certain mechanical uses has
been found by impregnating soft wood
with oil and subjecting it to pressure
TO increase its density. Thus pre-
pared, the artificial is said to have all
the properties of good lignum vitae.
AS the best method of waterproof
ing soldiers clothing, the Belgian Gov
ernment has adopted dipping the goods
in acetate of alumina and then drying
in the air. The clothing is not in
| jured and is said to offer no obstacle,
to perspiration after treatment.
-Soapstone incorporated with oil,
after the manner of paint, is said to
be superior to any kind of paint as a
| preservative. Soapstone is to be had
in an exceedingly fine powder, mixes
readily with prepared oils for paint
use, covers well surfaces of iron. steel,
or stone, and is an effectual remedy
against rust. 1t has been known to
protect some stonework, such as ODE
lisks, in China, for ages past.
| "A Russian physician named Portu-
| galotf declares that strychnine is an
infallible cure for drunkenness, ad-
| III
The effect of the strychnine solution Is
to change the craving for drink into
positive aversion, and this change is
effected in u day. After a treatment of
eight or ten days the patient may ba
discharged. The strychnine is adj
ministercd by dissolying one grain in
! 200 drops OF water, and injecting five
drops of the solution every twenty-four
| hours.
| The plan has been proposed by :
competent authority in such matters
that in order to insure greater strength
| and consequently more safety in ropes
used for scaffolding purposes-particu,
| larly in those localities where the at
mosphere proves destructive of hemp
| fiber-such ropes should be dipped
when dry into bath containing twenty
grains of sulphate of copper per litre
| of water, and allowed to soak in this
solution some four days. BY pursuing
| this method, which is claimed to be
much more practicable and effective
than any other yet resorted to for this
purpose, it is found that the ropes will
| thus have absorbed a certain quantity
| Of sulphate of copper. which will pre-
| serve them for some time both fro m the
| attacks of animal parasites and from
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and imprisoned as mot being able to give

and imprisoned as mot being able to give
an account of myself"
passed a month in prison, q prey to tor
turing anxiety, and then--nothing having
been proved against mel was released,
and ordered to quit Koenigsburg immedi.
ately l had found an opportunity to con
fess my identity to a French gentleman liv'
ing in the neighborhood, and to his generous
assistance, and to that of some OF the inhab'
itants of Koenigsburg whom he had inter.
ested in my story, owed the means oi
travelling so rapidly that soon crossed the
French frontier. On the god of Septcmber,
eight months after leaving Ekaterininski'
Zovod. saw before me the lights OF Paris.
My desperate flight was accomplished! GOO
in His mercy had brought me to safe
haven. l write these lines far from the
scene of my dreary exile, far, alas from the
brave compntrots who suffered with me
Some, l know, are no longer among the
living, others still languish in captivity
May God have mercy alike upon the living
and the dead Prom the Polish 6y Mrs. LAM
ThoJuuSou in HdyDsyis Bdrnr.