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St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11
AT STONE RIVER.
TWenty-fifth Anniversary OF o
Great Battle.
PHIL. sHERIDAN's DIVISION
His Brave Brigade Commanders
Were All Killed.

The Story of Seven Days Fighting-In-
structive Military strategy-On Both
Sides They Fought Like Brave Men,
Long and Well-The Ground Forest"
Portraits of Distinguished officers.
"OId Rosy's" victory-It Lost Ken
lucky to the Confederates- Bragg's
Battle Wheel.
copyrighted by the American Press Association
Christmas night, 1869, Col. g. W. Roberts,
of the Forty second Illinois regiment one Of
the unsung heroes of the Army of the Cumber-
land, gave dinner to a few brother officers.
He commanded the Third brigade in Gen.
Sheridan's division. He had been doing
garrison duty at Nashville, but had asked to
be sent where fighting was to ba.
His request was granted, and he was Or
dered to join the brigades moving to meet
Bragg at Murfreesboro. 1t was q time of
hurrying and preparation. The only Christ
mas soldiers of either army had was that
which they passed in thoughts linked with the
loved ones at home.
However, Col. Roberts and his friends
made the best of it. They splayed," as the
children do, that it was merry occasion;
that their soldiers fare was feast, and that
all around them was light and warmth and
joy. Among those present were Col Har-
rington and Lieut.. Col. Talliaferro.
Col Roberts was man of commanding pres
encc, a giant in strength and stature. He had
distinguished himself already for his dashing
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11
GEN. RO5EcRANS.

Oct. 4, 1862, Gen. William S. Rosecrans had
won the battle Of Corinth, Miss The Fed
eral army under Buell. had, meantime, been
tramping up and down Kentucky, fruitlessly
pursuing Bragg and letting him escape at
last. After the battle Of Perryville, KY,
Oct s, 1862, Buell. was relieved from COM
mand and Gen. Rosecrans was summoned to
take his place at the head of the Union army
in Kentucky. The day that he was thus
summoned Oct 80 he had just issued to his
troops dispatch congratulating them on
their bravery and endurance at the fight of
Corinth.
The two leading generals at this time In
The west were Grant and Rosecrans. Grant
commanded the Thirteenth army corps,
known as the Army of the Tennessee. To
Rosecrans was given the leadership of the
Army of the Cumberland His district COM
prised northern Georgia and Alabama and
Tennessee east of the Tennessee river.
Rosecrans was nothing if not energetic.
Oct so he was at Louisville The Federal
army had been ordered to Bowling Green,
KY, after Perryville. By Nov. l its adj
vance had reached there. Nov 2 Gen. Rose
Grams arrived in person to take command of it.
William Starke Rosecrans was an Ohio
nnan born in 1919 He was graduated at
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11
LOUISIANA AND THE TARIFF.
States.l

States
Our esteemed contemporary. tile
Times Democrat, is greatly disgruntled
over the report that the Ways and
Means Committee will report II tariff
reform bill reducing the duty on sugar
and placing lumber and salt on tie free
list. Onr protectionist friends hold
that, as these are Louisiana interests,
the tariff bill is likely to be {, severe
blow to this State.
The It'd. is sadly in error. Granted
that the 90 per cent. reduction on sugar
will, in a small measure, work to the de-
crease of the profits of the sugar plan
tiers; still it must be conceded by all in
telligent men who have followed this
discussion, that the reduction on sugar
and the repeal or reduction of the tax
on tobacco were compromises, forced
upon the revenue tariff Democrats by
the Protectinnist party, which has
hitherto bad the unreserved and vigor-
Gus support of the whole press of New
Orleans, except the States, and of the
sugar planters themselves.
The original, real and logical project
of revenue Democrats was to maintain
the taxes in full on whisky, and tobacco,
and the revenue duty on sugar as the
basis for reduction of the customs du-
ty and if they have been forced from
that position the protectionists, backed
by or contemporaries, and the sugar
planters, are the responsible parties.
We doubt, however, il the reduction
on sugar will really harm that industry.
With a thorough reform of the tariff
and its reduction to strictly revenue ba-
sis, the two millions the planters, it is
is claimed, will lose will be more than
made upi in the reduced price of all the
articles they purchase, and that enter
into the manufacture OF sugar.
The duty on salt is quite small; but it
is conceded, by all enlightened men,
thata salt tax is the most iniquitous
that can be devised. Indeed the gov
eminent might just as well lay its mo-
nopolistic hand upon the air we breathe
or the water we drink, as to put tax
on salt.
Nor. leaving the iniquity, the harbar-
ism of the salt tax out Of the question,
does the salt industry of Louisiana re-
dnire protection. Salt lies in our mines
in a profnsion that marks the benefi-
cence OF Providence. and from Which it
may profitably be taken in any Glanti-
ty, without taxing every human being
and, we may add, every beast Of the
held Tor the benefit of a company COM
posnd of few individuals.
The duty on lumber issanother in;aui-
ty.4 But iniquity or no iniquity, we
knowlof DO one in Louisiana whom tile
dnty can benefit. outside Of few spec
ulators who are buying up orr lands to
strip them of their timber and then
abandon them to waste.
The duty on lumber is simply tax
on the houses or tenemen.s Of the poor,
for the benefit of a few spectators in
timber lands, and to the ultimate and
speedy injury of this State.
On the ether hand, a thorough revis-
ion OF the tariff means reduction of
ruinous taxation npon our cotton plan
tiers and every ethsr industrial class, the
opening to American merchants and
manufacturers of the markets of Mexi-
co, South and Central America. and the
doubling af the population Of New Or
- n.1-A4--a.,.sa decade.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11
900 MEDICAL DCN'TS."

A little book by Fred C. Valentine.
Nj. d., contains the following "dont's :"
Don't ask a druggist to prescribe for
you.
Don't drink whisky in cold weather;
alcohol lowers the body temperature.
Don't chew anything that you don't
intend to swallow.
Don't pursue any line Of mental labor
exclusively, but vary it as much as pos
sible.
Don't endeavor to rest the mind by
absolute inactivity let it seek its rest
in work in other channels, and thus rest
the tired part Of the brain.
Don't direct special mental or physi-
cal energies to more than eight hours
work each dav.
Don't neglect any means in your pow
er to maintain an eqnable temperature,
about ESQ Fahrenheit, in your house.
Don't cultivate headaches, catt.rh,
etc, by wearing rubber oYershoes, I'M
less when required to keep the feet dry.
Don't wear a shoe the sole of which
is is not broader than the outline OF
your sole when pressed by your full
weight upon piece oil paper and marked
with a pencil.
Don't wear high heeled shoes.
Don't court sleep by artificial means,
or soon you will not be able to sleep
without them.
Don't use hair dyes; they all contain
poisons.
Don't smoke cigarettes but if you
persist in the habit, then consume not
more than one quarter OF each cigarette,
and smoke that in % holder into which
you pack some "absorbant cotton pre-
ViouS to each fresh assault uDnu yonr
life and lungs.
"Don't read even the address on an
eDvelop after dinner"
DON'T purchase vegetables or fruit
even ever SO slightly "specked."
Don't eat pork in any form.
Don't eat ice cream that has stood for
any length of time in tin vessels.
Don't drink green tea, and use biach
tea moderately.
Don't spend less than three quarters
of all hour at breakfast, half an hour at
lunch, and certainly over an hour at
dinner.
Don't keep milk in any vessels except
bottles or Theoretically -sealed' glass
jars.
Don't drink water, even if it is ALSO
lutely pure, that has stood in al open
vessel, especially not if it has remained
over night in bed room. 1t is sure to
contain putrld or organic matter.
Don't forget that Il person who should
reach eighty years must have slept over
twenty-six thereof; il he has not
done so, he certainly will not pass the
allotted three score and ten, in
most exceptionabla cases. Mature de-
mands rest, and il we will not give it
to her she will take it permanently.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11

tered the service GEN. ROSECRANS.
again, was made brigadier general of the
regular army in May, 1861, and sent to West
Virginia. There he made an enviable record
for himself In 1862 he went south, and in
October won the battles of Iuka and Corinth.
That year he became major general of volun-
teers. In December he fought and won the
battle Of Stone River. His career was almost
an uninterrupted success up to September,
1868, when he lost the battle of Chickamauga
He was thereupon relieved of the command
Of the Army of the Cumberland. In 1864 he
commanded the department of Missouri, and
rendered efficient service in defeating Price.
In 1867 he resigned from the army. After
wards he was minister to Mexico for O short
5iIne.
On assuming his new command Gen. Rose
Grams reorganized his army. He divided it
into right wing. center and left wing, COM
naah I'd respectively by Gems. A. Med. Nc
Cook George Ell. Thomas and T. L. Critten-
den. ~
Haell had left Negley and Palmer at Nash
Hhe with two divisions. Bragg, on march
iSg into Kentucky in the summer Of go, left
III Tennessee force Of 10000 men under Gen.
John G., Breckenridge to BLOCKADE Nash
vine. III Till 81, Sttld LUZ Weeks
and Pa1ner's men in Nashville had no COM
nilnication with the north.
After leaving Kentucky in October Bragg
began concentrating his forces at Murfrees-
boro, rightly judging that Federal attempt
would be made to relieve Nashville. A third
Of Breckinridge's force was cavalry, COM
naanded by n. B. Forrest and Joseph
Wheeler, and these had harassed the garri-
son at Nashville not little during the six
weeks siege, preventing them from gathering
supplies from the surrounding country ex-
cept by raiding parties. Il was just in this
element Of cavalry that Bragg's army was
superior to Buell's, and the Union force had
suffered accordingly. As soon as Rosecraus
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 1888.

w $780, ~
Tho Democrats of the Ways and
Means Committee are giving them
selves earnestly TO the arduous task OF
framing new tariff bill which they
hone will prove acceptable to tlelr as
sociates in the House and to the parry
generally. Those Republicans VINO
constitute the minority OF the commit
tee. will not be consulted In regard TO
the measure until the work is compete
and ready for final action. Inc major
itv ara we'll satisfied with the progress
tTev have made, and feel sangulne of
tho Ultimate success of their labors,
thnroh that most desirable result can
MT he reached without liberal conces-
sions to conflicting opinions. lt is
nrnnosed to have a general revision
ppnd readinstment of the tariff, and the
salient features of the bill will be- SINH
lar to that presented on former Occa-
SION Inv Mr.. Hewitt. The new bill will
make reduction of 20 per cent on SUI
.rar and also large reductions in the
faxes on fruit, hrandies and tobacco,
and will place salt, wool, lumber and
other raw materials on the Tree ilst-
The bill is practically, agreed upon
now, and it is probable that 1T VIII De
brought to the consideration OF the
House within the next three weeks.
Then will begin the. great battle
for tariff reform, which vii pc tie
kew note of the Democratic Presidential
campaign. ,c
MI. Randall threw himself in the
breach the other day, and by resortlng
to lilatory tactics, prevented the APP
poDtmeut of d day for the lntroduc-
tion of bills for the erection OF Govern
mani buildings. This was patriotic ser
vice on the part OF the distinguished
PENNSYLVANIA statesman, as there APP,
uears to be general sentiment through
ont the country to secure such apnro-
miatIons, II these raids upon the
treasury were not checked, there would
soon be no surplus to puzzle the mighty
intellects of our national Legislators.
Responsive to the popular demand
there appears to be pretty general
sentiment in the House IN favor OF an-
.thorizing the issue of about tweuty mil
lion dollars in fractional currency.
There seems TO be n shortage OF small
bills, as the Bureau OF Engraving ana
Printing is pushing work on the 50 and
a5 silver certificates, as the present de-
mand is greatly in excess of the supply,
but it is believed that in a few days The
stock will he sufficiently large.
hara hean citnd to appear before a
i Mnnsa conmittee and to- express their
,i""ns an saveral hills that are now I'M
a lI" co u,s some changes are
i; liz To" far Il Is An omen secret that the
,.nnnittee on civil service, more par
, ,.s,a,t th - chairman. Is opposed to
th Five" nres.nt law,
~" op paos Rannhlicap member. Rep
res can't White. Of Indiaaa, is
=, l,a nnsaated nnon the motion
W his connection. Ex-Congress-
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11

GEN. PALMEH~ WenU To uiSSOu1I
under Gen. Fremont; became brigadier
general in December, 1861, and assisted at
the capture OF New Madrid and Island No. III.
He commanded division under both Grant
and Rosecrans. and bore such gallant part IN
the battle of Stone River that he was pro
noted to major general. He was at the battle
of Chickamauga and commanded the Four
teenth corps during the Atlanta campaign
Of the two armies lying at Murfreesboro
and Nashville Bragg had 10000 men, one
third of it cavalry; Rosecrans $4,000, very
little cavalry While they thus waited an
affair occurred Dec. Z which conferred no
luster on the Federal arms At Hattsvlllo,
few miles east of Nashville, Col A. B. Moore
had been posted to guard ford over the
Cumberland river. Early on the morning OF
Dec.7 John Morgan and his men appeared
before the town without warning and Of
tackled it. His approach was a surprise to
the Federal camp. There was sharp lighting
for an hour, when Moore and his whole COM
mand were captured, with the loss OF $50 men.
For this exploit John Morgan was made a
brigadier general.
Dec. 90, Morgan and all his men, 4, 1000
strong, were off again for Kentucky: he had
orders from Bragg to destroy the Louisville
and Nashville railroad in Rosecrans' rear and
break his communications north. At the
same time Bragg sent Forrest on raid else
where. And this was exactly the time chosen
by Rosecrans, with full knowledge OF the
situation, to attack Bragg himself at Muir
freesboro Bragg's cavalry absent. their two
armies, his own and Bragg's, would be more
nearly euualized.
To be continued.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11

Yon cannot afford to waste time in
experimenting when your lungs are i'll
danger. Consumption always seems, at
first, only Il cold. Do not permit any
dealer to impose upon you with some
cheap imitation of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, but be sure you get the genu-
inc. Because he can make more profit
he may tell you he has something just
as good, or just the same. Don't be de-
ceiyed, but insist upon getting DR..
Kings New Discovery, which is guar
anteed to give relief in all Throat, Lung
and Chest affections. Trial bottles free
at Hamilton & Bailey's Drug Store. 6
Congressman Blanchard's bill to sub
divide the Western Judicial District of
Louisiana, which has been passed upon
favorably by the House Committees on
Judiciary provides that all processes
from the Circuit and District Courts of
the United States for the Western Dis
residing in the parishes of st. Landry,
fayette and Vermilion, in the State of
Louisiana, shall be returned to said
courts at Opelousas. All processes
against defendants residing in the par
ishes of Rapides, Vernon, AvoyelIes,
Catalonia, Grant and Winn shall be
returned to Alexandria. All processes
against defendants residing in the par
ishes Of Caddo, DeSoto, Bosser, Web
ster, Claiborne, Bienville, Natchitoches,
Red River, Sabine, Lincoln and jack
son, shall be returned to Shreveport, and
all processes against defendants resid-
ing in the parishes Ct Ouachita, Frank
lin. Richland, Morehouse, East Carroll,
West Carroll, Madison, Tensas, Con-
cordia, Union and Caldwell shall be re-
turned to Monroe.-Ouachita Telegraph.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11

arms All knew battle could not be long
delayed. Col Roberts made little speech
that thrilled his few hearers He spoke OF
the fight which he waited for like Jobs war
horse AS he raised his glass he closed his
speech with these words:
II, for one, will take all chances of rebel
bulletsl"
$50 will I!n "And I!D cried Harrington
and Talliaferro, as they too brought their
was drunk with cheers and enthusiasm.
A week afterward, Jan. 1, 1868, all three
Roberts, Harrington and Talliaferro-lay
dead upon the battlefield of Stone river.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11

bravery and skill,
and the future was
as bright before
him as that Of any
man in the United
States service that
night.
At the close Of
the frugal feast
Col. Roberts rose,
tall and splendid
in his strength,
and proposed a
toast to the sue
oaoc af tho JTniou
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11
II b. QSN
Bucklen's AFnIc:a ssl've.

The best Salye in tie world kaeassfs
bruises, sores, Ulcers, salt rheuin, HeVaN
sores, letter, chapped hands, eililbkssns'
corns, and all skin ernptfons, and phi
lively cures piles, or no pay reauirA. !.
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton, or money refunded. Price csc.
per box. For sale by Hamilton e. Bal
ley Opelonsas. La.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11

The people Of this State, by an over
wheming majority, endorsed General
Nichols and Judge Rogers, both Of
whom participated in tile Hunt move
ment, In 1SS4.-a movement aetnated
by the same motives that have inspired
the anti Ring movement in Ouaclita,
to-wit Resistancs toinachine tyranny.
--Quachita Telegraph.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11

uaaiis Ooih AZ AoLc'
West Point in 1912,
and entered the en-
gineers corps, to
which the most
proficient students
are assigned.
He was assistant
professor at W est
Point after his
grad u o tion. In
1854 he resigned
from the army be- !
cause of i'll health. J
At the beginning
Of the civil war,
however, he en-
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11
The February issue of the Southern

The February issue of the Southern
Cultivator, of Atlanata, Ga. not only
has an extra large and well filled "Poul-
try Department, with suitable illnstra-
tions, but gives its readers, in the last
pages, a fine Poultry Supplement"
containing full and accurate lists of all
lanta poultry and bench shows This
is in advance or any similar pub,ica-
ton in the South. aud shows that the
Cultivator does not in any way neg
lect its poultry breeding subscribers.
Send for specimen copy and see what
a splendid magazine you can get for
only one dollar a year-less than ten
cents number, although one issue is
frequently worth whole years sub
scription to progressive farmer.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11

According to statistics. there are but
40 00l 900 ueople in Christian lands,
Willie there are / 900, 900. 900 in heather
lands wlla never yet have heard OF the
itlnasea Christ.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11

1t is said that when an Indian dies his
surviving relatives pay all his debts. We
are acquainted with a man who we
heartily wish would turn Indian and
die-Philadelphi Cali.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11

Al white man named Braafry was
convicted of yagraney at Milan. r-u-r
Yesterday and was sold to q farmer for
= term OF six months, for the sum OF
Ar cents. This seems To be q very high
figure to pay for tran,p.-States, JAM
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11

chase's Barley Malt Whiskey is stimu-
sating and nonrishing to the consnmp-
five. the old aud feeble. It Is absolute
~ nure. Sold by G. Deitlein, ODelou-
Eag.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11

The funeral of the last Congressman
that died cost the Government only
$1,236,00. This was very reasonable
sum, and at the same figure the country
is willing to bury more Of them.-N. O.
States.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11

in Rosecrans' left
under Crittenden
at Stone River. He
was born in Ken
lucky in 1877, but
when a youth mi
grated to Illinois,
like Abraham Lin
coin, and, like him,
became @ lawyer.
In April, 1861,
Palmer became
colonel of the
Fourteenth Illinois
regiment, which
went to Missouri
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11
A Sound Legal Opinion.

E. Bainbridge Munday Esq, County
Atty, Clay Co., Tex says: Have used
Electric Bitters with most happy results.
My brother also was very low with Ma
larial Fever and Jaundice, but was cur
ed by timely use of this medicine. Am
satisfied Electric Bitters saved his life"
Mr.. d. I. Wilcoxson, OF Horse Cave,
KY, adds like testimony, saying: He
positively believes he would have died,
had it not been for Electric Bitters.
This great remedy will ward off as
we'll as cure all Malarial Diseases, and
for all Kidney, Liver and, Stomach Dis
orders stands unequaled. Price SOC. and
81. at Hamilton & Bailey's Drug
Store. 6
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11

millionaire Carnegie advises young
seas, to si4,ln three things First. liquor
drinking; second, speculation third,
iadogsatt0n.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11
Don't Experiment.

To be continued.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Mir. Parnell's prediction of 120 majority for Gladstone in the next parliament is thought by some good judges to be a moder- ate estimate.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-14
NO. I65

charms in this loving, appreciative mood. Poets came from out her warm mother heart, and many well remembered writers have known her stores of inspiration. But the historian or the master of fiction must yet come here. Only one whom the world re- members ever caught even tithe of the mo- Die uplifting to enduring fiction which cen- ters here from myriad mountains, streams and vales, and glints and glimmers from countless islands heroic suggestions of the great sea beyond. Hawthorne drew much of his inspiration from this immediate region. But one longs that some new Hawthorne-as spiritual, fine, true and tender, but made and moulded with the strength, vigor and cheeriness of our later and brighter time could come here to revive and preserve the fair and sweet, unctuous and sturdy, brave and noble pictures which life, death and change have here left upon the face of tine do not recall spot in any cline where land and sea- history and romance, age and newness, 50 blend in all the requisites for exalted work. Even Longfellow in his po- ems, nearly all made after he left the locali> him, barely hinted of what lay untouched. This whole coast liae should glow with TO- nance and echo with song; while the Ameri- can artist who lives in Dutch gsrret to mimic Rembrandt, or who becomes Thames water~rat to bedaub 8 canvas with the fog-mu1ls of Turner, deserts skies that rival Italy's, stretches of shore that are mo- bier than and as historic as England's, is- lands more picturesque than the Azores, vales sweeter and greener than lie between the Alps, streams more beautiful and win some than Great Britain's bards have sung, atmospheres as weird and dreamful as veil Venice, and snow-capped mountains that blend with the very heaven.
 EDGAR L. WAKKMAN.