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Longstreet put in his last reserves, every
thing not already in line of battle, before the
enemy. Longstreet says: ''When this charge
(Picketts had failed 1expected that of course
the enemy would throw himself against oul
shattered ranks and try to crush u.s." Gen.
Alfred Pleasonton writes about this critical
moment as follows: "From tho suddenness
of the repulse of the last charge on July 5 it
became necessary for Gen Meade to decide at
once what to do. Irode up to him. and after
congratulating him on the splendid conduct
of the army, said: General, will give you
half hour to show yourself great general.
Order the army to advance, while take the
cavalry, get in Lees rear, and we'll finish
this campaign in a week." Gen. John C.
Robinson, who commanded division in the
First corps, and knew the situation we'll, told
Meade that Lee should not be allowed to re-
cross the Potomac. On July 5, when it was
evident that Lee was preparing to retreat,
Meade called another council, and submitted
the question of attacking Lee ON Seminary
Ridge The vote was opposed to attack, and
SO the ablest soldiers in the army sustained
Meade in holding to the principle laid down
the year BEFORE under like circumstances, at
Antietam by Mcclellan. When urged by
Franklin and Slocum at Antietam to order
an assault Mcclellan used the same language
attributed to Meade at Gettysburg, 1--WE have
done we'll as it is.''
The controversies relating to the general
campaign of Lees invasion are too important
to be treated in the limits of this paper, and
do not properly belong to the story of the
battle. The most important one of these re-
lates to the movements of Cen J. f. B.
Stuart, leader Of the Confederate cavalry.
He has been charged with disobedience of
orders, and with going off OH wild raid
around the Union army, and causing great
embarrassment to Lee by his absence. Stuart
was killed in 1864, and never explained his
conduct beyond what was given in his official
report. By this it appears that he used his
customary discretion, and according to his
champion, Col. John s. Mosby, he left more
cavalry with the main column than he took
with him on his raid toward Baltimore For
some reason the Army Of the Potomac got
between Stuart and Lee, and Fitzpatrick,
with the Union cavalry, kept forcing Stuart
further and further from his chief, SO
that he did not join the army until the morn
ing of the I'd, and then with his men and
horses in jaded condition. 1t was a cam
paign of mishaps oil around, and explanations
that do not explain have been in order ever
since the battle took place. The investiga-
tions made by congress and the awards be-
slowed by that body drew the attention of
men who, but for that, would have allowed
their own private views and grievances to
remain in obscurity.
GEORGE L. KILMER.
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"Pickett's Charge" Thus the fame of two
very able corps commanders rests upon the
question SO boldly put before the country by
Gen. Sickles in his speech on the battlefield,
at the reunion Of his veterans in 1886.
But incidental to all this is the question
of the boldness of Reynolds, in bringing ON
the battle by his action on the first day.
The first real battle was fought between
portions of the Union corps Of Reynolds and
the Confederates under Hill, the divisions Of
Doubleday and Heth. The cause Of it is ex-
planned by Gen. Heth in the "Annals of the
War" "As opened the battle of Gettys-
burg, stumbled into it, going to Gettysburg
to get shoes, not to fight, claim I should
know as much about the opening operations
and whom fought as any man living.
The first force struck was infantry
reynolds corps.
"On July l, my division, accompanied by
Pegram's battalion Of artillery, was ordered
to move (from Cashtown) at q. m. in the
direction Of Gettysburg. On nearing tHe
town it was evident that the enemy was in
its vicinity in some force. At this
time g a. N.Y. was ignorant what force was
at or near Gettysburg, and supposed it con-
sisted of cavalry, probably supported by a
brigade or two of infantry. = Archer
and Davis were directed to advance with their
brigades, the object being to feel the enemy"
The enemy was Reynolds men.
The presence OF Reynolds at Gettysburg
was due to an order from Meade to find the
enemy and detain him. Maj. ]. g. Rosen-
garten, ordnance officer, First army corps,
and one of Reynolds staff, quotes Meade as
having said at the beginning ''that he meant
to engage the enemy whenever and wherever
he could find him"
Reynolds was fighting man, and Meade
sent him to Gettysburg with three corps sub
iect to his orders, and the challenge of Heth,
soon supported by Pender with his division,
was one no soldier of the Army Of the Poto-
mac would evade, much less Reynolds. He
accepted, and the battle began, to end three
days later in splendid victory for the Union
forces, but victory sealed in his own blood.
His movement, audacious as it was, seems on
the whole to have been suited to the crisis.
Howards responsibility for the misfortunes
that befell Reynolds corps is a question that
has been noticed at length by every critic.
The First corps fought against odds for sew
eral hours, and was finally outfanked by
new force, and it is said that if Howard had
obeyed the orders which he acknowledges to
have received at $50 a. M, on the 1st, to
move his corps to within supporting distance
of the First corps, he could have come to
REYNOLDS, relief Before the fighting began
one of Howard's aids met Reynolds on the
edge of the town, and was directed to tell
Cen Howard to hurry his men up at double
quick and place two divisions on the right Of
the First corps, leaving another in reserve on
Cemetery Hill, and Maj. Rosengarten affirms
that ''if these orders had been promptly
obeyed, in connection with the support Sickles
should have given, Reynolds could have held
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that it then formed in line of battle at about
right angle to the general line Of the First
corps, but did not connect with its right by
several hundred yards, and both the fanks
were in the air THAT is, they did not rest in q
defensive position and had no supports).
When Ewell's troops approached from Car
Isle and York, they struck the Eleventh
corps in front and on both TANKS almost at
once, resulting in an easy victory for the
enemy, and giving them possession Of Gettys-
burg before the First corps had ceased fight
ing or left its position west Of the Seminary"
Maj. Halstead states the case in its bald
ness, but he is true to the official recorda
Howard was acting under the same orders as
was Reynolds, whose corps was in marching
trim soon after daylight On the 1st, obeying
promptly the very spirit Of Meade's order,
and this promptness Of Reynolds with his
First corps, accounts for the difference be-
tween his arrival at Gettysburg and that Of
the Eleventh corps difference Of ssssA
three or four hours, yet both had the same
distance to 90! 5
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THE HERO OF THE FIELD.

Though Cemetery Ridge stretched out its
long line Of formidable crests, inviting tho
Confederates to further efforts, there was
not, in "nick o time," a superior commander
on the Union side to seize and man the posi-
tions Of vantage. But while Ewell was push
ing on his Reconnaissance, posting batteries
to shell the heights, and moving up his in
fantry for attack till everything looked
shaky to tho disorganized mass that had
taken refuge on the hills, a little cavalcade
came dashiug in from the TaneYtown road,
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entry changed anxiety and fear into hopeful
certainty. and decided at once the fate Of
Gettysburg. Yet the controversy as to who
the hero was that did this will doubtless 60
down to posterity, for congress honored
Meade for the whole campaign, while it gave
Hancock praise for his brilliant conduct on
the field Maj. Halstead, the only witness of
the meeting of Hancock and Howard, thus
describes it: 81 returned to where Gen. How
ard sat just as that brilliant, dashing sol
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such ability that he was appointed state land
agent. and held that office from 1875 to 1879,
but during one session Of the legislature in
that time he was assistant clerk In the house
Of representatives. In February, 1850, he
was appointed clerk in the state treasurer's
Office, and mastered the details so thoroughly
that In 1885 he was elevated to the office of
state treasurer.
Mr.. Burleigh Is a man Of fine presence, six
feet In height, we'll proportioned and full of
vitality. His manner is winning, and he
will make magnetic canvass, as his ac
quaintance throughout the state is very large.
He has a family and a pleasant home in
Augusta, where politics never enters to in
terfere with his social duties and pleasures.
He is q teetotaler and ardent temperance
man
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having for its CEN
trail figure a man
who, once seen on
the battle field,
could never be for
gotten. His very
bearing revealed
the presence of q
master OF war
Gen. Hancock. The
soldiers recognized
the leader at once,
and fell into posi-
tion as though by
magic, Hancock'S
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DR.. Holmes' Favorite Poems.

''1n my own opinion, The Chambered
Nautilus is my most finished piece Of work,
and think it is my favorite But there are
also The Voiceless,' My Aviary,' written at
my window there, The Battle Of Bunker
Hill' and Dorothy O. written to the por-
trait Of my great-grandmother, which you
see on the wall there. All these have a
liking for, and when speak Of the poems I
like best there are two others that ought to
be included-'rhe Silent Melody and The
Last Leaf think these are among my
best What is the history Of The Chambered
Nautilus'7 It has none-it wrote ITSELF So,
too, did The One Hoss Shay That was one
Of those random conceptions that gallop
through the brain and that you catch by the
bride. l caught it and reined it. All my
poems are written while am in sort of
spasmodic mental condition that almost
takes mo out Of my own sell, and write
only when under such influence. It is for
this reason, think, that I can never remem-
Der poem short time after it is written
any more than tho subject Of double con-
seriousness can recall the idea Of his other
state"-Dr. o. W. Holmes In Book Buyer.
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effort at Culp's Hill was made 50 late that
night put an end to Johnsons movements.
Longstreet's critics, among them Long and
Pendleton, assert that Ewell's attacks were
timed by those Of Longstreet, and the delay
of the latter on the left Naused the miscar-
riage on Ewells ground But Longstreet
began between and p. m., EARLY, at Gem
etery Hill, waited till sundown, about Z
o'clock, while johnson did not get fairly to
work until dusk
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Nov. q, 1S43, and
received his ed
ucation In the COM
mon schools there
and atHoulton. He
remained on the
farm and In the ad-
jacent village till
1870, when he Sc
cured a clerkship
in the state land
Office at Bangor.
There he displayed
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as stated in his re-
port, saw artillery
and infantry in
force on the
heights. This was
the Third division
Of the Eleventh
corps under Gen. A.
Won Steinwehr, who
had not advanced
north Of the town.
Ewell concluded to
await the arrival Of
his own Third divis-
so,. ,,r1or, Cav I'll
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xz,,ed Chairs In Hyde Park

There are thousands Of chairs % s;,.a !" 10y ayds
a, parR, sach and their history is an interest," ns
penny oye es T. dates back to shortly after the
+9a ing one ~ Waterloo, when IN English general
1ho had done good servee found nmss
dncea :. dsv acknowledged his past service. oy
o. tna. 80 Kim and his heirs forever the r,go. &
g.anstn at.;ns on on hire chairs in Hyde park. tos
OF le1t'ng gs+herad ~ his resources and started oe,
genera an chairs There arc now over ~! M,oo "
with loc .sa cu income from them amounting 70
cna's' go 1 ooo a year.-London Letter:
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A ship having sprung a leak at sea, and be-
ing in great danger, the carpenter could find
nothing to mend it with except piece Of
wood Of which the accompanying cut is q
sorrect representation. The black dots in 1t
represent holes in the wood, thus apparently
preventing him from cutting out of it the
sized piece he wanted, which was exactly one
fourth of its own size, having no holes in it.
Can you tell how the square piece was cut
from the boarda
No. 1O8.-Charades.
(a) My first's a prop, my seconds prop
and my whole is q prop.
() What do, what do not and what you
are.
G1 My first is equality, my second inferi-
ority, my whole superiority.
(d) He can seldom obtain my first, who
labors for my second, and few like to do my
whole.
le| Nv first is wise and foolish. my second
the physician's study, my whole the pleasant
est ornament of house.
n NY whole is under my second and sur
rounds my first.
ig) When you stole my first, / lost my
second. and wish you may ever possess my
whole.
(h) NV first breads my second, for my
second destroys my first, while many dellens
in nv whole.
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in front of the
mountains, the
very troops that
Ewell had failed to
keep occupied on
the right. Ewen
did, in fact, storm
East Cemetery Hill
and carried it with
Early's troops, and
he pushed John
sons divisi on
across Slocum's
abandoned breast
works at Culp's
Hill, but he was
driven of at Gem
vDsvr -
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. .
Meade, at some
hour in the morn
ing of the second
day, and hence his
denial does not
cover the period in
question. To sus-
tain Doubleday,
Gen. Alfred Pleas
onton, commander
of the cavalry
corps, has stated
over his own sigma
ture that Meade or
dered him at 5 p.
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troops had a pow
erful influence on
what followed. At
3p. M, when a gen
eral advance was
made by the Con
federates, r odes
speedily broke the
Union center, car
rying away the
right Of the First
corps and the left
Of the Eleventh and
entering between
them, disruptine
the whole line. The
left of the Firs1
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AS0 SSAAAAAA4Sk W.
battle until he
could see that cir
cum S tan ces fav-
ored him. Meade,
however, did order
an examination Of
the ground held by
Ewell, in front Of
Slocum's position,
on Culp's Hill, with
q view to an attack
on Lees left wing
the morning Of the
I'd. The plan was
reported against by
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therefore committed to Johannes Gelert, a
Danish artist Of Chicago, who has presented
model which is exactly suitable The fig
ure is to be nine feet high. Of copper bronze,
a heroic female form holding aloft an open
book of laws, and the figure is to typify
law. Wiol the minor accessories the statue
will plainly proclaim that law rules in tho
commonwealth. The figure stands in the
center of lofty granite forum, SO the crown
will be twenty-five feet high, and hence very
conspicuous. It will be located on knoll in
Union park, and will therefore be quite con-
spicuous. The total cost will be about $1O,-
0O0
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SiCkLES' SALIENT - LONGSTREET'S
RESPONSIBILITY.

A salient ON the battlefield is point in the
line Of battle which presents an angle to the
enemy's fire so that it will take effect in two
directions from any given place. Now, ON
the extreme left of the Union line along
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The Italian system.

A schoolboy being asked by the teacher
how he should fog him, replied: III YOU
please, sir, 1 should like to have 1t upon .le
italian system-the heavy strokes op"afo'
and the down ones light"
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They Como High.

It costs $4,000. 900 o year to maintain
the imperial family Of Germany. This
statement leads US to believe that the I'M
perial family must keep at least two girls
IN the kitchen. -Somerville Journal
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CANDIDATE IN MAINE.

Edwin c. Burleigh Named for Governor
by tho Republicans.
State Treasurer Edwin G. Burleigh, of
Maine, who has been nominated for governor
Of Maine by the Republicans, was born on an
Aroostook farm in the town Of Linuaeus.
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Very Thin

~ have just met your old acquaintance
DAILY" said an Irishman to frlend' ano
was sorry to see he was almost shrunk away
to nothing. You are thin and am tn'n' Du' y
he is thinner than both OF US put togetneF.
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GEN. HoWARp's ERROR.

As to the disposition Of his troops on the
field, this official report makes no mention Of
any orders received from Cen Reynolds to
Howard, and there seems to be no question
but the latter made a mistake in allowing
Rodes tConfederate) to occupy Oak Hill on
Reynolds right flank. Swinton, the first of
the critical historians, charges Howard with
the error Of trying to cover too much ground,
and says that this faulty placing of his
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his own, while the
other corps might
have been quietly
concentrating on
the hills back Of
Gettysburg.
Gen. WadswOrth,
who had q division
under Reynolds, re-
ports: ION the
morning of July l,
at 8 q. m, the di-
vision moved from
Marsh Creek on
Gettybu:g, under
A. S,>,,nnIsNk4 A$-
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corps of the Fed
erals, commanded
by Gen. Sickles. !"
OF Round Top, he
continues: s: 1.-The
Importance of
Round Top, as a
point d'appui, was
not appreciated un-
til after my attack.
Gen. Meade seems
to have alluded to
it as a point to be
occupied If practi-
CABLE but in such
Rliphtinp manner.
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ON TO THE ROUND TOP.

Longstreet also upholds Gen. Sickles in the
statement that Lee was particularly anxious
to get the Peach Orchard for his artillery,
>nd covo. ssThoro in front of ,s " &C tho Third
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burg road, the road
by which Sickles
had marcked in to
Gettysburg, and
beyond this, still
further to the west,
is a second ridge,
higher than the one
followed by the
e m mits b ur &
road. This second
ridge was covered
with forest extend
ing from the front
- M
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An East wareham t,.nsr@aGi t.ser Reir. , between
caught At the Ass.ss n'.s sdsp aip oss, @ her
:as 20 set,s sesss's =: ss ss;s e! deep sea fishing
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Cemetery Ridge-tho line from Round Top to
Cemetery Hill-therc is depression in the
ridge that makes it lower than the ground
within easy cannon range, just west Of it.
A1rpr, +I,o first r.,,nc tho Er,voifo.
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dier, Gen. Hancock, the hero Of Gettysburg,
approached at swinging gallop, and when
near Gen. Howard, who was then alone, sa-
luted, and with great animation, as if there
were no time for ceremony, said that Gen.
Meade had sent him forward to take COM
mapd of the three corps. Gen. Howard
woke up a little and replied that he was the
senior Gen. Hancock said: 4 am aware of
that, general; but have written orders in
my pocket, which will show you if you
wish to see them.' Gen. Howard said: mo,
do not doubt your word, Gen. Hancock;
but you can give no orders here while am
here'
"Very well, Gen. Howard, will second
any order that you have to give, but Gen.
Meade has also directed me to select field
On which to fight this battle in rear of Pipe
creek.' Then casting one glance from Culp's
Hill to Round Top he continued: But, I
! think this tl1e BtIungest position by nature
upon which to light battle that ever saw,
and if it meets your appreciation will select
this as the battlefield Gen. Howard re-
sponded: 4 think it very strong position,
Gen. Hancock, very strong position
Very well, sir, select this as the battle
field
"Gen. Hancock immediately turned away
to rectify our lines, and from that moment
till the close of the battle he was the inspir-
ing genius"
Meade reports: "About the time of this
withdrawal a D. m.. Howard had Just issued
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the order for re-
treat to Cemetery
Hill) Maj. Gen.
Hancock, whom I
had dispatched to
represent me on
hearing of the
death Of Gen.
Reynolds, arrived
In conjunction
with Maj. g 9 n.
How ard, Gen.
Hancock proceeded
to post the troops
on the Cemetery
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Meade. The sever
est allegations were
made, in the inter-
est Of the Virginia
generals, to the ef-
fect that Long
street lost Gettys-
burg to the south.
n ow Longstreet
and Sickles were
opposed. Long
street led the at
tack on Sickles and
be made the fatal
one on the third
Il AAv L,a1~ NO