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down past the bat
Series, to receive double share of the terri
BILE fire.
A shell fragment struck the boatswain,s
mate, tearing or both his legs, and an arm
at the elbow. He lived only few moments,
mrmuring with his last breath, 'Don't give
up the ship, lads"
The terrible bend In the river made the
Confederate fire doubly deadly. At fits CEN
ter the boats were commanded by batteries
from each end On the bridge OF the Rich
mond stood her commander, Capt Alden,
and her first officer, Lieut. Com. Cum
mingS Cummings had his speaking trum-
pet In his hand, giving orders TO the men.
There was binding sheet OF fame, followed
by roar, and the two men fell upon the
deck as IL struck by lightning Men hastened
to raise them Capt Alden was unhur6 ak
cept by the conclusion. but Cummings lefs
leg was shot away at the knea As they
raised him from the deck he said:
''Put tourniquet ON my leg and send my
letters to my wifes Tell her fell doing my
duty. would give my other leg Il We could
pass those batteries"
As ever fell in discharge Of duty.
The Richmond and the Genesee passed down.
The river till they were CUB OF range and
were moored
The Monongahela, with her consort, the
Kineo. came next She grounded In the
darkness on the west shore The k1neo
broke loose from her and attempted to pass
ahead But her rudder was gone and she
grounded speedily. She hoated presently,
however, and backed down TO the Mononga-
bella and succeeded In dragging her frea
Again the Kineo and Monongahels started
ahead, dashed together. Fate was against
them. In few minutes the Monongahelas
engines stopped dead A heated bearing
made it impossible for her 20 proceed Moth
ing could be done but TO wait until it cooled,
which was impossible. and these boats. too
drifred down the river defeated
The Mississippi was now the only one left.
She was q side&heel steamer. and hence
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run the Port Hudson batteries, and the Es-
$reIla and Arizona, that had come up through
the Atchafalaya They were under COM
mand Of Lieut.. Com. John E Hart Then
Admiral Faragut returned to New Or
leans, turning over the Red river feet 70
Admiral Porter.
The gunboats reached Fort De Russy, be
low Alexandria, before the Confederates had
left on the Sd Of May The Union gunboats
attacked with great vigor, but the Confed-
crate steamers escaped to Shreveport with
their guns, giving up Alexandria
In the month from April TO May Q, 1883,
Banks had advanced from BraShear City 60
AlexandriA-from the Gulf to the interior
Red river region BE had captured 1900
prisoners, destroyed three Confederate gun
boats and taken twenty-five large guns
Re had cleared well nigh all OF Louisiana
Of Confederate rula There was no danger
longer Of molestation to the Union troops on
the Mississippi from the west He now
turned his attention seriously toward Port
Hudson. Part OF his instructions had been
to cooperate with Grant in opening the Mis-
Eissippd. Considerable correspondence as to
reenforcements from one to the other passed
between the two generals But it seems
never to have been quite convenient for
either one to re-enforcs the other. Con-
seouently the correspondents ended by each
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Gardner himself. rode out Of the opening
and ordered the surrenderisg regiment back
within their intrenchments
An incident both Iudicrous and tragic
caused the display OF this white Gag. A New
York colonel had been leading the advance
column. Carried away by his enthusiasm,
he had approached nearer and nearer me
Confederate works till, turning suddenly, he
found himself, single handed. mp 70 their
very lines Either to advance or retreat
would have been certain death. At this
emergency he tied his handkerchief to stick
In token Of his personal surrender. A Con-
federate colonel some distance away saw the
handkerchief above tho Confederate lines.
fancied it was displayed by the southern
side, and at onca got out his handkerchief
and waved It. believing that the proper
thing to do. The New York colonel guo-
ceeded In getting away, but the Confederate
colonel was court martialsd
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PORT HUDSON.

May "a, BankzP force crossed the Miszis-
Gippi and besieged Port Hudson On the north
The came day Gen. Angur marched from
Baton Rouge with 1850 men and invested
the place on the south. May o, the Confed-
crate troops inside the garrison made an
attack on Gen. Augur, but were repulsed
The general conformation OF the river
shore q the same as at VickSburg. A great
blufH rises abruptly from ths water to
helght Of eighty feet, and extends for mile
along shua Behind this cliR Is q semicfrcle
Of hil1s, Tn the ravines Of which were the
buildingA, not moro than dozen, all told
Bur Port Hudson was one OF the most adj
mirabIs points for defense on the Mississippi,
q facs the Confederatss were nos slow 60
recognise In the summer Of 1862 Admiral
Porter called the attention OF the Washing
ton authorities 20 the Port, telling them seFi-
Gus trouble would ariss unles they should
i occupy II This Wes NOS done. and By 1865
Port Hudson was frowning tortress whose
capture could only Be compasssd &C . cot Of
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In DaGsiDR It

Tt was 1850 O'Clock when the Mississippi
grounded. She lay there helpless for thirty
i've minutes. drawing all the fire Of the shore
batteries, her engines meantime backing
with all their force. buE In vain.
Her commander. Capt Melancthou Smith,
determined to set IRE 20 and abandon her.
Bier wounded were put upon shore, the fires
were Lit, and the captain and some OF the
crew took TO open boats and doaned down
the river past the batteries IN the darkness
The Runboat Essex, Capt @ q q Caldwell.
picked them up below.
Some Of the Missizippis crew Of 800 men
met with q tragic fasA The 6res In one part
of the vessel were lit sooner than was in
tended A panic ensued and many jumped
into the river Some were drowned; others
swan 20 or were landed on the west bank
Seventy started afoos down the west bank 60
rejoin the neek They suffered great hard
ships, Wading hayous. enduring hunger and
: lodging the Confederates. finally reaching
the point opposite the dset IN ssnsty. The
Essex took on the wounded er0m the west
bank.
The Nnssissippi. lighted ~ throwing over
board the small guns and BY the ahsence
OF 80 nen from her deckA. doaned again
She drifesd down stream - floating noun
tain OF dras A. frophseS Island there
was . ereme1dous explosion The namel
had reached the powder magaxana Ther
the hray0 cid Mississippl sa1k out q dGhh
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COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE, !
1000 Z


Board met as per adjournment.
Present: j. S. Grimsley, chairman
William Flickinger and T. E. McAil-
Ian.
The taxes on 10 acres in the south
east quarter of section -, township 70,
range I3. sold in 1888 for the taxes OF
1882 and all subsequent taxes together
with cost of making and recording tax
deed were ordered refunded with 10
per cent interest. said land being used
as cemetery and exempt.
Tax sale certificates numbers IO6 and
191, sale of 1894, were ordered refunded
with 10 per cent interest, said sales be-
ing on Illegal descriptions.
Bids for furnishing -four and coal to
the county and poor for the ensuing
year were then opened and awarded as
follows:
Eff. Sprsgue. coal to court Eouse
and poor.
8. II. Rich. coal TO pyor farm.
White & Hughes. flour to I-,1r farm.
JIG. Hornbarger, -four TO pon.
Board then adjonrned.
Attest: ROLAND LAKIa.
County Clerk
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rye Of the do

amor Of his state three terms, and major
general Of volunteers during the war. and
Congressman after it
Tho new commanders instructions devel-
cped q triple plan He was to guard the gulf
ports, to cooperate with Grant In opening
the Mississippi, clear the country south OF
Rad river and west OF the Mississippi from
Confederatsa, and take possession OF the
ukata OF LouiEiana The Confederate COM
mAndsr, Gen Richard Taylor, was in full
control Of most Of the region across the Mis-
1issippi from Vicksburg.
To fuldn the first part OF his commission
Gen. Banls dispatched Brig. Gen Cuvier
Grover up the Mississippi Immediately on
his arrival at New Orleans. The places
above New Orleans which the governments
dssirod TO capture were Baton Rouge. $50
miles above New Orleans; Port Hudson, 25
miles above Baton Rouge, and Vicksburg,
marty ESQ miles above Port Hudson and 400
miles above New Orleans.
Soon after Cen Banks arrival he sent q
rslfmenr to Galveston, Tex. This port had
been captured from the Confederacy in Oc-
0ober. Banks regiment reached Galveston
tho last of December. The place was imme-
diaheIv attacked by O Confederate force
undsr Gen Magruder and captured. They
bald 10 20 thu end Of the war.
Gen. Banks first important move was to
END two expeditions west from the Missis-
dPpL His army was called the Nineeeentn
army corps II was in four divisions, under
Mai Gen. Augur and Brig. Gems. I. w.
Sherman, Grover and Emory.
0an. Richard Taylor, u son of Zachary,
Nas peculiarly called ''Dick, and was famous
both for dash and strategy. The Confedarats
Rarrisons at VickSburg and Port Hudson
were supplied with provisions from the west,
and tn capture was therefore OF the first Inn
~. - v,.,, t,,a v.odar yin mite the course
OF Bayou Teche and the Atchafalaya- The
latter name Il commonly pronounced Chat
a-ly'a- Along that were Gen Taylors forth
6cafiona. from Alexandria, on Red river, to
Brashear City. Near the mouth OF Bayou
Cscho was q work called Fort Bis
land On the Aochafalaya. twenty miles
north OF Grand Lake. vas another AT a
point called butte a la Rose. a few miles be
low AisxandrIa, on He'd river. was Fort ID
Russsy, thought TO be strong enough - pre-
vent the passage Of Federal gunboata
Banks determined to work his way through
the swamps by way Of woods leading alont
Bayou Teche and the Atchafalaya 70 the Rex
river country.
BE sent Gen Godfrey Weitzel. late In Jan
uary, 1853, up Bayou Techs with 1000 men
Gen. Emory, with the other expedition, wa
to start from Piaquemine and advance 70 IN
AtchafalayA and Meet Weitzel, who was
move eastward from the Techa The tw
were TO cooperate and attack and captur
Butte a Ia Rose But Emory could not 70
low out the route laid down on account c
the gwamps. and the expedition came 20 noti
ing. Emory returned 70 New Orleans, leaN
ing Weitzel on the Teche.
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withdraw more closely within their lines,
and enabled the Union forces to advance pro-
portionaIIy. Banks lost in this assault 300
men Among the wounded was Gen. Neal
Dow, Of Maine. He was also taken prisoner
during the siege Of Port Hudson he Is q
native of Maine, born In 1903, an uncom-
promising temperance reformar, and author
Of the famous Dow prohibition law passed
In 1851.
A strange incident happened during this
assault that nearly resulted in the surrender
of Port Hudson. At one moment q white
Tag showed above rampant in the fort. 4
regiment of men in butternut gray fled out
at an opening and stacked arms
"What does that meant" asked the Union
troops nearest them
"We suppose we have surrendered" re-
piled the men in outternut gray.
II any Union officer Of sufficiently high
rank had haan present to order thu Union
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Banks force there numbered nearly 10000
men. Among them were several colored
reGimentA Augm's division increased the
number to over $4,000
From the top OF the Port Hudson parape1
TO the bottom Of the ditch below was q dis
lance Of fifteen feet, and the parapet was
twenty feet thick Twenty siege guns vers
mounted along the front bluff. The WORKS
had been constructed late In 1862, largely by
slave labor. On the landward side the heavy
parapet extended continuously around Port
Hudson In q semicircle for q distance Of
some four mila Ths parapet mounted
thirty guns.
In December, 1862, the Confederate Maj.
Gen. Frank Gardner, West Point gradu-
ate, took command at Port Hudson. His
force was 1000 men.
May 70, Gen. Joe Johnston, In chief COM
mand of Mississippi, sent an order to Gen.
Gardner to evaeuate Port Hudson and march
with his troops to jackson, where Grant
was making 1nroada But before the order
could be obeyed Banks had closed In on Port
Hudson. "Winding itself like great SER
pent closely about the rebel lines, cur army
entered upon the tabors of the siege" writes
Capt j. 3. Fits.
After the first stdrnish, May 25, the Union
army prepared for an assault The attack
was made May %, both by land and water.
III OA4O GANS1 AAOA4s 6S444Ao a. eAAAGSO1s "A1AA
i've guns madea heavy bombardment, which
was partly successful The deet captured
the lower battery and disabled several of the
shore guns
On the land side the troops were ranged In
the order shown BY the map, Weitzel on the
right. Gen. T. ". Sherman On the lefk The
order of the day was a heavy artillery
bombardment early In the morning, followed
by an assault. At 10 O'Clock it was begun by
Weitzel on the right. Grover and Paine con-
tinued it toward the left
The orders for simultaneous attack were,
however, es usual, not carried out The
left. under Gen T. W. Sherman, with Gen.
Augur on his right, did not attack TIL the
afternoon. WeitzeIs attack was continued
till In the afternoon His extreme right
was held by two regiments OF negro troops.
1t was the first time they had been called ON to
fight and many eyes were watching to 80
how they would behave. During that
bloody day they made three charges on the
Confederates. driving them into their forti-
dcations. Weitzel. on the right. was able &c
advance his line and hold it
For the fight the Confederates had chosen
strong position on the plain Outside Of
their principal defensea On the Union left
the attack, after it did begin, was desperate
bloody and persistent. The troops ever
reached the ditch around the parapet, but
could not mount the breastwork itself
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1AYLoR ON BAYOU rEcHe.

We left the indefatigabls Confederate gen
raj ~Dicks Taylor at Alexandria, after
accommodating Walkers unsuccessful expedi-
ton against MinikenAs Bend At Alexandria
he recruited and organised forcs Of more
than 5000 infantry, under command Of Gems.
Mounon and Thomas Green. and the cavalry
undsr Col Major, and prepared 70 recapturo
Louisiana while Banks was engaged at Pcrs
Hudson. The infantry moved down the
Tache river TO the front Of BrasheaF City.
The cavalry moved down from Opefousas,
capturing Plaquemine on thS way, and
attacked Brashear City In the rear. The
place was captured by Tsylors troops June
q, 1863 He carried away many supplies
and prisoners. With . larger fmcs he could
easily have taken New Orleans ftse1es Bis
pdckess approached within twenty-five miles
Of the city.
From Brashear City GeuA RGTesn and
Major marched to DoualdsonVi10 ed &C
tackled IL furiously, June q. but were driven
OF altar four hourS fighting by the combined
efforts Of the Union troops and three gun
boatA Ths naval part Of The affair wa
managed with great aim by Commander
Woolsey, Of the gunboat Princes Royal
The Confederates moved down ehs Mis-
'Sissippi river twelve miles below DonaIdson-
Vile and erected batteries which occasioned
serious annoyance tn the tan Of Port lind.
son. In paztng these batteries early n July.
Commands Abner Reed, Of the gunboas no.
uongahala, q gallant officer, was killed. he
was greatly Iemented by Admiral EA1agak.
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More Rain.

The rain of last night was the heay-
lest experienced here for several weeks,
If not the heaviest of the season. AT
IL O'Clock last night Commercial street
looked like a roaring river, the cutters
being full and the macadam entirely
submerged. Train men report as heavy
a rain at Newton and Florence.
From the following special from diff
farent points in the state it viii be seen
that there was much wind, rain and
hail all ever Kansas:
SEVERY, Kan, Aug. 7.-Heayiest
ram in three years, accompanied by q
hioh wind. The 81. Z. church was
blown of its foundation. A new stone
building that just had the walls up
was blown down, Quite number OF
small buildings and stables were blown
over. No one Was hurt.
FALL RIVER. aug. very neavy
rain with wind blew IN nearly eveEy
front of the business houses on Main
street. Many small houses went over,
cellars filed with water. No one hurt.
PARSONS, Aug. Tt began raining
at 10 last night and is still raining;
exterds into Texas on the south and
into Missouri on the east Wind has
done no damage.
TOPEKA, Aug. very nSaNy TAM
all night.
NEWTON, Kas., Aug. 7.-ExtremeIy
heavy rain; extend west and south to
the state line and beyond.
WHITE CRY. Kas., Aug. morris
county got soaker. We are wet, wet,
wet.
No damage by wind.
MADISON, Kas., Aug. Lots of
rain. No wind to do damage.
WICHITA. Kas., Aug. Lots Of
KANSAS CITY, Aug. Toured
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pass the batteries. His dagzhip was
the Hartford, Capt }. s. Palmer, COM
mander. OthsR Ve4elS were the Rich
mcnd, Commands J. Alden; Monongehala,
Capt J. p. McK1nstry; Mississippi, Capt.
Melancthon Smith; A1batross, Lieut. Com.
}. e. Hart; Gnesee, Commander W. H
Macomb; Kfneo. Lieut. Com. John Waterz
The Miziszippi was s1dsWhsel steamer;
the others Wero screw propeIler1. The vessels
left ProphetAs IGlAnd, . few niles below Port
Hudson, al i0oNciock AZ might, March Il. and
steamed quistly mp the river, the flagship
leading. Every veszel except the Mississippi
toWed another, lashed TO her side opposite
the batteries, thus diminishing the perils Of
the expedition. Five mortar boats were tied
up to Ghore az Prophetps Island They were
not to run the batteries, but were to bonn
bard them fromshora They opened fire on
the afternoon OF March Il The mortars
were Of large size. 13 inch, and the roar they
made was terrific. They were fred at an
angle Of IS degA, the shells went whistlinR
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II. COM ABNER REED the air, national
songs added to the rejoicing. 90 that the
sounds penetrated Gardeners lines.
'4Whats that fuss aboutF Confederate
pickets asked those on the Onion Gida
''Vicksburg has gone up,1 shouted the
Union pickets in reply
Gardner had repIied 20 RankuP demand for
surrender IN June that as long a. VicksburR
haid ont he felt Il his 6ufV 70 hold Porf
Hudson. When. therefore. the navs reached
him he sent q messenger asktn0 tor Official
assurance that the newS vas srra for
answer. Banks sent him q COPY OF GranrA
letter announcing the fact
Gardner sent back word that be would sur.
render. Mule meat had for some Sims been
dis4rib.Ifad among the t1ooua T9,ev had
even eaten the 6esh ~ rats. Gardner IA.
formed Banks that be had nrovtstons 60 bold
ont three days longer. but be was wiling 20
caDitulase at onca
July Q the formal surrender was mazda.
Tha nrrnh,er cf man taken and naroIed 80
nearly oD0 In che eiers Garssna- mad loz4
ahcnf 500
Manv rarnarkaI,Ta fY,caiant. occurred dnrsn0
thIe -;e0a- n tha UnioT hat4er1sa- na01n9
p11rs Of verv recanA maze. necezarIlv tr.ed
many experimeuts IN eunnery. In q eeN IN
Como fInYnauaa aharls h,rrxa mt q itf4la nv
frr,rn The rnIixzaaa Of the euns errRn xbsch
Ehov were fred. ana IN otnar CO. shaila
sGhnn1 fira. = q tha rhrsas a. axnloatnc, aroa
lime AIR etrfkfux. Rut eha most estouIsf.
inc oca1rra,ca vas the killing Of a Union
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REAs,ING NEWS.

READING, Aug. 7.-Reading people
are rejoicing over tie prospect fog
corn crop. It has rained every night
since August I'd. Something over two
inches Of rain fell in ali.
Several of our Reading families that
went to California in 1886 and 1887 are
planning TO return to Kansas this
month or next.
Frank and Henry Penn both spent
Sunday In Reading.
Rev.J. II. Hoover has gone 70 spend
ten days with his parents Horton,
Kansas.
Miss Watson, the postoffiee clerk, is
on the sick list.
w. II. Seyery is cutting the second
crop OF clover for seed. He has q ma
chine to fresh and clean it and expects
TO supply Lyon county with pure clover
seed.
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OEAAAAA4AO1o
An expedition Of .1b,0 900 men was fitting
out, nobody knsw for what point They left
the port Of New York In armed vessels and
steamera Thar leader. Gen N. p. Banks.
bore Q letter from Gen Halleck- Dec.
ID the mysterious heet anchored of New
OrIeana Halleckb letter directed Gen.
Banks forthwith to take command Of that
Department.. Superseding Gen. Benjamin
Butler. The latter issued TO his soldiers
stirring farewell address. In which he saidI
81 greet you. my brave comrades. and say
FAREWELL
SYou have deserved well OF your country.
"By your practical philanthropy you have
won thu confidence Of the oppressed race.
Railing you a. deliverers, they are ready to
aid you a. willing servants, faithful labor
era, or to fight with you In the field.
81 commend you to your commander. You
are worthy OF bis love Farewell. my COM
rades, again farewell"
Dec 10 Gen. Banks took charge Of the do
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Cooka They were
the Estrena, AEi-
zona, Clifton and
Calhoun. The ram
Queen Of the West,
which had been
captured from Ad-
nniral Porter's feet
some time before,
had been run down
the At6afalaya
from Red river
into Grand laka
April 10, during
the fight at Fort
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RUNNING THE BATTERIES

Feb. Q the Federal ram Queen Of the West,
Col Charles R Ellet. commander, had run
pass the Viclrsburg batteries from the Fed
eral Aset above, with the transport De Soto.
u was customary for q gunboat TO artemps
% run past batteries with a transports iaShed
% har On the side away from the batteries
The OuSsn OF the West made her way tri-
umphantly down the Mississippi and W Red
river, capturing Confederate supplies and
spreading something like panic through the
rich regions thereaboutA But ere long she
grounded and was captured. and the De Soto
Was destroyed When ne heard OF the cap
turo. Admiral FarraguS determined 20 take q
poE1inas bis asss up past Port HndSoD e
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ganantly across the
6eld to the assault
But early in the
day Q Minie ball
struck him. shatter
ing . leg. He fell
to the ground. and
his men passed on.
None could come to
his aid or could
carry him from the
field. To do so
would have been
certain death. A
dozen brave fellows
tried to hiring him
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hold in louisiana.
Shreveport, on the
Red, near the Texas
border. He dared
not risk a battle,
having only 1900
men
May oGen- Banks
took possession of
Alexandria A d
miFal Farragut
sent three gunboats
up Red river to CO.
operate with him
They were the Al
batross. that had
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coMMIss1oNfRs PROCEEDINGS.
COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE
Aupuat, e 1893.

Board of county commissioners met
as required by law for the purpose of
making the annual tax levy for the en-
suing year. Present J. S. Grimsley,
chairman, and VIM. Flickinger.
The following are the estimates of
expenses for the year 1888, taking as a
basis the expenditures for the year
1887 as shown by the expense book,
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Banks m owed
three divisions,
AugurA Emnry's,
and Growers, up to
Baton Rouge and
thence March Is,
both proceeded up
the river, Banks
BY land. building
bridges - he went.
On the night OF
March - FarrA-
gut started with q
portion Of his feet
Of gunboats. NOR
tar schoonerS and
sloops Of war to