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The Meeker herald., 1888-01-21

Hewitt, $40 TO 500; Thomas MELON,
aid, S2lo 10 siCO; Samuel Stevenson
s6is to $50; u. II. Thomas, sSi5 "a
500; Il. G. IL. Paris, $3.50 To $500;
Foley X Brashcr, $3.50 TO $500;
Brunicr X Reed, Si2, ,055 to ss,055; Phil
adelphia and Conejos Cattle Co.. s35,-
80. To s25,392; $. L.. Cable, sl,ol5 to
500.
Is. IL. Butcher, claim OF si7o, reduced
and allowed So.
Forbes Parker, claim OF sI,Ii5.aO. re-
dnccd to s762.s0.
j. w. Copeland was allowed $50 for
services NJ Jail guard; also II. X. Rhone,
sl0o, and e. II. Ben, so, attorneys
fees; j. e. Kendall. siS5.s0; j. +.
Clements. SIZES; j. S. Swan. si3s. 20.
The Sheriff was instructed to collect
license, Us prescribed by law, from all
persons conducting saloon or liquor
store In Garfield county, and 10 report
reinsals 10 pay the license 10 the
County Attorney. who shail Dsg,n legal
proceedings against such persons.
IL was also ordered that from and
after the 18th OF January, isss, any and
all applicants FOR the privilege OF con
ducting saloon shall pay into the
county treasury the sum of three hun
dred dollars, and shall in all other re-
spects comply with the law In regard
hereto made and prescribed.
The Commissioners will be In session
another week, when we will continue
the proceedings.
The Meeker herald., 1888-01-21
>roCk AND RANGE NHws.


The little of the cattle firm Of Rico 4
elise has been changed 10 ". &. Rice.
! Colonel Cooke and Ed Wilb.r droy.
bunch o' 1 T aud Nv cattle down
the river TUESDAY.
Aiyic-s from California repor, an In.
creased demand for b-cf cattle on III.
Coast and prices arc going up.
The sever. cold OF the las, two weeks
has been caus. Of some los, among
young calves. Several have been found
on tie range, supposed 10 have been
frozen To death.
/, Is feared that the unprecedented
cold weather Of the last few weeks will
have disastrous effect on psof stock.
With the thermometer ranging from
fifteen 10 thirty below zero ani very lit
Tie grass above the snow the old COW
iha, has pulled through many u winter
AMI the Young calf stand bu, u mighty
slim show OF getting whacs nj the
spring grass.
Among I'll. new brands appearing In
this iSuc Of rnI HERALD viii b.
found the brands of Adams y Pierce.
OF Msyb.ll, Routi county. Colo. and
tie Hayes Bfoa., Of Neoscr, Colorado.
49,. .-'.------ ...s =.
cattle on lower Snake river. Hear river
and the vicinity o! Ctnss mountain.
The Hayes G.os. run their horses on
Thurman's creek and on the t-rri,pr,
laying between ficc.ancc ani III,
Govrfnmca, road.
Their, Is n largely increased DISPOSE
,ion on the part Of mnn-yci men ia the
East Ia take hold OF western Land and
cattle Investments. II We may judge
from letters oi inquiry Of late received
by many Of our western friends. indi'
cations point To considerable trading In
the spring nj figures materially above
quotations during the past summer. O'
course th.r. will h. no mad rush after
cattle as there was In times past. but
In. fact las been demonstrated :la'
siock.taising is u profitable business
and when managed with common pru'
dcncc f,illy rs safe ~ any other calling
lIcnc. the disposition 10 take hani.-
CcyenBc journal.
The ca,,icmcn Of New Mexico have
reason to feel good over the condition o'
the range and their herds. Cai,i, and
ranges are indeed In prime condition
Although beef prices have been vcr'
low. the darkest hours Tor those wh'
ovcrrcachcd themselves, bnrrowiu.
money nj high rate Of interest. hav'
passed. There Is n iirmcr feeling thai
ever among the hes, business men tha
the large number of cows slaughtered
and spayed will hasten tile great rcac
ton In values which must soon set In
Hang and rattle with the old COW
BOYS. The bulldog icnaci,y Of stage
will land YOU in very prosperous quar-
,.rs IN coupl. Of years. III. men wiz
have not gone in debt need no cncour
agcment. for they have not felt tn
hard times. The fine winter and flint
ranges ensure a propi,ious year for ISIS
Rut,u Rauvp
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Cold weather On ,n, o",.,d-.

About last Saturday n blizzard nc
companicd by intense cold set in IN 'h'
northwest States and Territories. Wis
cunsin. Minnesota. Dakota. Montana
Iowa and Nebraska experienced Tho
coldes, weather that has visited The
cold belt in years. \ number of people
were frozen to death a, different, points
and good many are reported missing
At Butte. Montana, the thermometer
registered co degrees below zero: a
Helena. Montana. 10 below aud through
out the northwest generally 1t ranged
from 20 to 40 below.
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,.i.raao.. Mcpr..,ns.,i,c.

a Washington special TO the Repuh'
lican says the appointment Of Judge
s,ymes as u member of tie Committee e
on Territories and also on the special
Indian Dcprciations Committee. which
was created by the new rules. was q
great compliment TO the Colorado Rep
rcsen,atiyc IN the House and is cniitcl,
satisfactory to him. lie expected, how.
ever. TO be placed either on the Crinngc
Committc. ur tina. ON Mines and Min.
ing. but Judge sym.s has been
especially fortunate IN securing posi-
,ions on two Of the most important com.
mittrrs OF the iiCusc, where his ser
vices will prove valuable to the country
rs well rs To Colorado interests.
The Meeker herald., 1888-01-21

her husband Il hundred libations upon
tho altar OF jolly Bacchus with vastly
more ease than one foul sacrifice ut the
shrine OF lustful Venus. Our good
women have formed home protection
party. But is there no, another home
protection party needcdy You may
watch every house, stand guard by
every sweet'cider barrel, arres, eac,,
ferinenting wine cask, establish cor
don OF police among your borders, and
open every innoccntlooking soap box
and cider barrel, but you cannot stop
ins, by law. you canno, prevent its I'M
ror'a'ion nor prohibit its practice.
While sex remains and the hear: is cor
rnpt dangers abide wherever humanity
Is found In society.
More charity Is needed in the tenn
perancc work. The motto, malice to-
ward none and charity for ALL. Is la
danger Of being transformed into char
ity Tor none and malice toward all. Our
temperance workers nre - earnest tina,
rsiry uffen' ma..c ncsgi.e.. z;..e. .cr .,.-,s.
OF different education and views, Who
are perhaps M honest rs themselves.
Witness the assault upon Howard Cros-
by. do not defend his views, though
ance than lie. But dare no. iinpusn
his motives.
mo man living believes In absolute
prohibition Of the manufacture and sale
OF alcoholic drinks. Every sane man
admits their plnc. In III. numerous lines
OF Industries aud medicine. Maine and
Kansas max. ilirir careful provision Of
the sale OF liquors. Does IL moi seem
tina, tie difference between applatiei
prohibition and ha,siul liccns. is as
much In dcgrr. ns II Is In kindS The
objects M. different, but the traffic r-.
mains. In each ease there Is a monopoly
granted by the State, and lie who pays
Is In duty bound 10 pay for his privilege.
Our red ribbon movement IN Michigan
was strong by reason of it, religious
character and affiliations and brother
hoai. Hut the cluhs broke from tie
Church, often encouraged corrupt men
uTon their platforms, and too frequently
were used Tor political puri-oscs. No
wonder they dccly.i. have the great
cS; respect for all good men who atc In
the Prohibition party. iiu, 'loFr nj.
,oo many impraciicnblc, mciafitsblr
aud soE-h-aicd mcn Ia IL. have known
somc Of them 10 rejoice III the d':ca; o!
the moe, ultra temperance mrn aud In
the election of u i,baurh.c, simply be-
cause they hal shown that the, could
do something Ia Influence an election.
The Meeker herald., 1888-01-21

An ore train on the South Park iran
away while coming down Murphy
mountain. near st. Elmo one day last
week. and jumped the track ms ii
reached the foot Of the mountain and
the engine and four cars went over an
cmbankment. killing the engineer. Jas.
Connor. and the fireman. NJ. Wha'cy,
instantly.
The Meeker herald., 1888-01-21

The Utah Legislature met on the 9th
inst. and organized both branches. In
the lower house there are three Gentiles
and twenty y-one MormoDs; in the upper
two Gentiles and ten Mormons.
The Meeker herald., 1888-01-21
>~>

A syndicate Of California and Nevada
capitalists are negotiating for the pur-
chase of the Vigil and st. Nrain land
grant in the neigbborhood Of Trinidad.
consisting of some three million acres.
The Meeker herald., 1888-01-21
SARN

South Carolina Lad another earth
quake shock last week. The vibration
was also felt in North Carolina and
Georgia. No damage is reported.
The Meeker herald., 1888-01-21
SX.s

Representative, Springer, of Illinois
has introduced bill III the House,
whereby a ncw Territory is 10 lie
formed out Of part of the Indian Terri
tory and No Mans Land, and is lie
called Oklahoma.
The Meeker herald., 1888-01-21

"Psy as YOU go" is good enough cx-
cept at hotels. There YOU pay as YOU
come unless you have baggage
The Meeker herald., 1888-01-21
}. W. HuGus. n. MAJOR.
J. w. Hugus e. Co.,
BANKERS,
NEEkER, COLORADO.

TrS,.nct General banking business.
Highest price paid for County Warrants. In.
forest allowed on Time Deposits. Drafts
drawn on Eastern Cities AMI Europe.
Correspondents, kountre Hros., New York /;
First National Hank, Omaha; Colorado
National Hank, Denver: J. ". Iiusus S Co.,
kAwiins, wyo.
Collections Promptly Attended TO.
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preferred Knoxville as the place TO make
stand. Mr. Dana was at this time visiting
the Army of the Ohio. He agreed with Burn
sides judgment, and Knoxville was chosen as
the point at which to prepare for resistance.
Preparations were Immediately made to
fortify and provisior,K Knoxville. The defenses
were chiefly superintendent by Lieut.. s. N.
Benjamin, commanding Burnside's artillery.
There were already many earthworks on the
hills about Knoxville, they having been built
by Buckner, and abandoned by him when he
left East Tennessee on the approach of Burn
side.
The principal work was that named Fort
Sanders, in honor Of Gen. W. r. Sanders, of
Kentucky, Fort Sanders was a mile and
half out Of Knoxville, on the Kingston road,
to the southwest. All this part of the de-
fensive line was commanded by Gen. Ed
ward Ferrero.
Fort Sanders was situated on hill COW
cred by underground. The saplings were
cut down and the sharpened stumps convert
ed into veritable death trap. Telegraph
wire was woven in and around the stumps,
stretched tight and fastened firmly. This
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CUMBERLAND GAP,

When Buckner retreated from Knoxville,
be left behind him Gen. Frazier, who, with
1900 men, held Cumberland Gap. Buckner
retreated so hastily that Frazier had no in.
formation Of it, He had no orders what
TO do.
As Burnside was passing into East Ten
ncssee, he sent Col. De Courcey with force
eastward 10 threaten the gap. AS soon as he
was In possession Of Knoxville, he further
sent Gen Shackelford, Sept. 5, to aid De
Courcey against Cumberland Gap.
Shackelford and De Courcey summoned
Frazier to surrender. He refused Within
Frazier's lines was a mill which supplied his
troops with -four. Shackelfords men man
aged, one night to creep within the Confed.
crate lines and set fire to this mill and de-
stroy it. Then starvation threatened the
force at the gap.
Sept. Burnside in person left Knoxville
to assist III the siege He arrived Sept O.,
after forced march Of sixty miles. With
the bodies of troops, those of Shackelford, De
Courcey and the men just arrived. united in
front Of the gap, Burnside himself repeated
the demand for surrender. This time it was
complied. with, and the Confederate garrison,
with all its artillery and arms, fell into the
hands OF Burnside. Part of the men made
prisoners were Of those who had surrendered
to Burnside tho year before at Roanoke
Island
Dramatic and thrilling scenes occurred as
Burnside advanced into East Tennessee. At
one place on the road between Kingston and
Knoxville, the passing army was greeted by
group Of seventy women and girls, waving
each flag Of the stars and stripes and shout
ing "HUrraL for the Union Hundreds -oi
Union b9uners had been concealed under
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most energetic in advocating secession, al
though Tennessee was the last of the south
ern states to leave the Union. After Nash
vile and Memphis We're captured by the
Federal forces Governor Harris, without
government, entered The Confederate army
and served as staff officer
In 1877 Mr.. Harris was elected United
States senator from Tennessee, and has filed
that Office ever sI!re.
But East Tennessee never accepted the
ordinance of secession. At the Greenvile
convention it was declared that that ordi-
nance was not binding on loyal citizens. The
state legislature was petitioned to give East
Tennessee a separate government.
This was early in the summer of 1861. The
petition Of the loyal citizens was refused, and
Governor Harris took measures to force the
Union mountaineers into the Confederacy.
The result was the reign of terror already
mentioned, Confederate infantry and cav
airy secured the country, destroying prop
erty, Selling men and forcing them into the
Confederate army or imprisoning them at
Andersonviue, Richmond and elsewhere.
Many wealthy Tennesseeans fed north and
entered tine Federal army. The first Ten
nessee Union regiment was made up of these
loyalists.
The Union men who remained at home in
East Tennessee defended themselves in their
mountain Businesses as best they might. In
time there developed on both sides parties Of
guerrillas and bushwhackers They fought
against each other with all the intensity Of
passions engendered by this species of irieg-
ular warfare, Atrocities without number
were committed,
At length, February %, 1862, Nashville was
occupied by the Union army Governor
Harris moved his government to Memphis.
That, too, fell into the hands Of the United
States, in June, 1852.
Thence on there was no regular Confeder-
ate government in Tennessee. Andrew John
son was appointed United States military
governor IN March, 1862. West Tennessee
was put under martial law by Gen. Grant
Tennessee was then oyerTun in turn by
each army, and sometimes both together were
upon her hapless soil, Union flags, during
tine Confederate occupancy, had been hidden
IN huts in the mountains. At midnight gath
erings, by Pickering candle, armed and
bearded men unfolded these flags, and in low,
thrilling tones swore renewed allegiance to
the starry banner
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Then Sanders in zen W. SANpElS'
turn attacked in daring charge His lit
tie band was forced back and he himself fell
MORALLY wounded. He died that evening. as
brave and chvalrous a soldier as ever led
men to battle. He was only % years old
Gen. Burnside himself and staff watched the
dying hero. He said to them as he passed
from life; IL am not afraid to die. | have
done my duty, and served my country as
well as l could"
He was buried at midnight. 1t was after
his death that the principal fertilization at
Knoxville was named in his honor Fort San
ders.
When Gen. Sanders force was driven back
the Confederates Immediately occupied the
hill where it had been. 1t was now the even
ing OF Nov. IS. The advantage thus far was
with LonSStreet The Confederate general
determined to invest Knoxville 10y regular
siege.
Burnside had supplied Knoxville with pro-
visions i'll expectation Of this very event
His task was now to hold Knoxville till
Grant should send a relieving force. There
were three weeks supplies
Tho night of Nov IS Longstreet invested
Knoxville on the west, northwest and south
west. Burnside within the Notifications
q,
Nov. % to 25 occurred the battle Of Chatta-
nooga, in which Bragg was defeated That
left Grants army free. Knowing this, Long
street determined to end the siege 10y great
assault on Fort Sanders. That assault forms
famous chapter in the history of the war.
In the first dawn of November 90 the at
tack was made. 1t was begun by three bril-
gades of Gen. Lafayette McLaws' division.
Of laI i.
and triple shotted. McLaws' men advanced
to the ditch. At its edge they paused They
had no way to cross. Then the Federal guns
suddenly poured out thunder and lightning.
The ConfederateS fell right and left, many
rolling into the ditch. But only Tor a little
they paused. They forced their way across
the ditch and moved up the hill. Suddenly
the leaders of tho column were seen to fall,
stumbling one upon another They had
struck the telegraph wire stretched among
the stumps. Then another tremendous vol
ley from above was poured upon them. 1t
shook earth and sky. 1t pierced the column
through and through. Hand grenades fol-
lowed the voliey, some OF these being hurled
by Lieut.. Benjamin himself.
Nevertheless some pressed on and entered
the very embrasures. There was spatter
of blood and brains" says f. A. Pollard.
I'm comparatively an instant of time we lost
ZOO in killed, wounded and prisoners" The
trench was filled with dead and dying to
eight and ten feet deep. The assault lad
failed.
Longstroet withdrew his broken columns.
Altogether in the at,?ch he lost 100 men.
The loss in the fort was forty -tA!ce. The
dead were buried under hlG of truce. Long
street withdrew his army Doc. D. lie marched
into northeastern Tennessee and renamed
and engaging i'll various Skin nishes. Then
he rejoned Lee,
Dec. u Cen sherman reached Knoxville
with a relieving column of 5000 men. The
middle of December Gen Burnside turned
over his command TO Gen. John c. Foster,
and vat home to Rhode Island. Congress
rendered Llm IA vote o. thanks.
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SEIGE OE KNOXVILLE.

After the battle of Blue Springs Burnside
concentrated his forces about Loudon and
Knoxville, Oct. is, Gen. U. S. Grant was
made commander of the military division
of the Mississippi" thus becoming Burnside's
superior officer. There were at this time
three armies in Tennessee, namely that of
the Cumberland, the Ohio and the Tennes-
see.
These We're the three departments Of Cen
Grants new division. Burnside retained
command Of the Army of the Ohio, Rosecrans
was relieved from command of tho Army of
the Cumberland and Gen. George II. Thomas
succeeded him. Gen. W. T. Sherman was
placed over the Army Of the Tennessee. Hon.
Charles A. Dana, now editor of Tho New
York Sun, was assistant secretary of war
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EeNTucKe.

soldiers toput down the rebellion Tennessee
was asked for two regiments. Her governor
sent back word to Washington:
Tennessee will not furnish a m for pur
poses of coercion, but 900, if nece Sary, for
the defense of our rights, and those of our
southern brothers. lsHAM g. HARRIS,
"Governor of Tennessee"
When the ballot was taken on the question
of convention to consider the secession of
the state, East Tennessee voted NO by a
majority of over four to one, When, never
theless, Governor Harris and the legislature
precipitated the secession movement, the
people of the mountains remained loyal to
the Union. Early in June Governor Harris
had 25 600 men in arms for the Confederacy.
They took possession at once of the three
mountains passes in East Tennessee, Cum
berland gap, Wheelers gap, and the Fortress.
Measures of extreme severity were taken
against the people of East Tennessee to force
them into the Confederacy. 1t was the cruel
story Of border warfare over again. Union
men were hunted, shot and driven from their
homes. They took refuge i'll the mountains,
or fed to the north for their lives. Those in
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Knoxville Jail till March, 1862 Then he
was released ond went north. His family
were also expelled from Knoxville and sent
north by the Confederate authorities
Brownows life had been threatened and
he was in absolute danger of losing it a
number of times before he left Knoxville
After coming north he Travelled through the
country, making speeches, rousng the people
by his eloqueuce and by the burning words
with which he described the suilerings of the
Unionists of East Tennessee
Parson Brownlow lived to see peace and q
reunited country Then he returned to his
home in Knoxville. In 1863 he was elected
governor of the restored state of Tennessee,
serving until 1869. Then he was elected
United State senator, holding the Office till
his death in 1877.
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sides man of marvellous eloquence and in
tense convictions Added to the rest. he was
not at all an aboitionist, but decided pro
slavery man aud native of Virginia. An
unfiinching Union man, he believed at the
sam0 time that African slavery was right
and ordained by Providence
Brownlow received shower of letters pro
testing against his bold uttfrances. One Of
these, after painting TIE psIson in tie black
est colors, coacludes:
"There, you lying old hypocrite, is your
character, furnished by a Sonth Carolinian
from your own town"
For answer Brownlow gave back as good
as he received He replied in q long pub
lished letter in his own paper, concluding;
81 remain the defiant opponent OF a willful
and despicable South Carolina rascal"
In December, 1861, Parson BrownlOw was
ARRESTED on the charge of treason by the Con-
fcderato authorities ard imprisoned in tho
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and exceedingly patriotic and efficient in
military matters. He made a journey from
Washington and visited Tennessee and Burn
side at Knoxville to gain exact knowledge
of affairs there.
Oct 20 there was another fight in East
Tennessee, where the Confederates were again
threatening. Col Woolford held the Sweet
water valley with a Union force. He was
attacked not far from Philadelphia, Oct. 20,
and forced to retreat to Loudon. The Con
federates captured from him six guns, over
800 prisoners and wagon train.
1t was evident that East Tennessee was to
be fought tor once more. Nov. Is, Union
garrison at Rogersville was attacked and de-
feated, with the loss of another wagon train,
four guns. and 800 prisoners, and now it was
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Gen. Rosecrans' army on the west to the
Virginia line on the east The distance
was nearly 200 miles. Besides that, Halleck
ordered him to cooperate with Rosecrans.
The line he was obliged to guard was, how
ever, SO long that he could furnish no effect
ual aid to Iosecrans
Burnside's old corps, the Ninth, had re-
turned from Vicksburg and was resting n
few weeks in Kentucky. In accordance
with a command from Washington to
move all available forces into East
Tennessee, Burnside ordered the Ninth
corps to como to him. lie received
this order from Washington, Sept. 49,
Sept. II, Burnside received another order
He was now told to reinforce Rosccrans
with all possible haste. But the battle Of
Chickamauga was fought Sept 10 and 20. 1t
was over 10y the time Burnsdes forces could
be put in motion, and Rosecrans' army was
in Chattanooga
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ston. Nov. II, Burnside was ordered to
fall back to Knoxville, thus drawing
Longstreet as far away from Bragg as pos
sible He therefore withdrew to Campbell's
Station Here, Nov 16 there was another
fight, at the close of which Burnside with
drew to Knoxville, and entered its fortified
works.
Longstreet's cavalry had meantime adj
vanced on the south side of the IIolstOn On
the south side of the river at Knoxville was
Gen. W. 2. Sanders with a small Union
cavalry force. He communicated with
headquarters across the river by means of a
pontoon bridge. Gen. John 6. Parke had
command of Knoxville in the absence of
Burnside.
Gen. Sanders was able to keep Long
streets cavalry at bay till Burnside entered
Knoxville. Then he quickly and safely
crossed the river dnd took a position cover
ing the Loudon road.
There was continued skrmishing during
the day of Nov. II. Nov. Is, the battle be-
gun in earnest, and the brunt of it in the