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St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21
r. Nj. NEWPORT & SON,
Investment Bankers.
a5s, 15s, 154 Drake Block. Loan Money
on Improved Real Estate Security,
At 9, o., 2, ~ and 9 per cent
On Shortest Notice for any amounk
Duluth Grain.

Special to the Globe.
DULUTH, Mimi, Nov. 20.-Notwithstand-
ing Pilisbury's late ''bull letter. and agitated
pleading for S1.70 wheat, it has steadily de-
clined since he made the letter public and
to-day was worst of all. The market opened
steady, sold up fraction on early business,
but soon broke off, ana, with trading largely
In May, went off from 81. .24l4 to 81. 22A,
while December, starting at $1.1S, broke
away to S1.l6, the lowest points. May
opened at S1.24 and went up Ac before
breaking. Both futures frmed up on late
business. and December went TO a close at
81. 17A, with May at 81 .23A, the latter with
sales. Cash stuff also sold more readily than
yesterday, and No. hard went at S1.1S, No.
/ northern at $1.12 and No. northern at
$1.05@1 .04l2. The flour business for the
week has been small. the receipts being but
26,015 bhls while the shipments have made
total of almost exactly the same, or 26, 1S7
bbls. There are in store 129, ,27O bbls OF
this nesrly all, or $4,000 bbls, are in the
sheds of the Eastern road, which has been
shipping but slowly. while the st. Paul G.
Duluth has 36,055 bbls. Nearly all of the
-four shipped went to Buffalo. For the pres
ent week The shipments will be very large,
and stocks will be but small next Tuesday.
Milwaukee Produce.
Muw1rEpE Nov 20-FlOur Qutet Wheat
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21

easy; cash. 81 .o07s December, 81 OF ia: JAN
uary, 81 .O3. Corn easy: No. 3. 4G@43c, for
old: new No. 5, 3sls@39c. Oats firm; No. .
white, 30@3lc. Rye easy; No.2, 512c. Bar
ley steady; No. 2, 71hc. Provisions firm.
Butter Butte higher: dairy. 800 Isa22c. Eggs steady; 9 !;
fresh, 20c. Cheese steady; cheddars. 10
@i0lac. .Receipts--Flour, Is. 400 bbls; wheat,
A., ,400bu; barley, 69,7O0 bu Shipments
Flour 1900 bbls; barley, 1900 bu.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21
Kansas CITY.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Nov. Cattle-Re-
ceipts, 1907; shipments, 29j1; active;
Texas steers steady and lOc higher, i'll some
cases 15c stronger; native cows steady to
strong; native steady; good tochoice corn
fed 81 75@5. %; common to medium, s3.25
@4.6U; stockers and feeding steers, SIS, O.
$40; grass range steers, $1.60@3; cows, ST.
@2.S5. Hogs--Receipts, II 1,70l: shipments,
none; steady; Good to choice, S5.5O@5.5O;
pigs, S3@4.oO. Sheep-Receipts, 4Os; no
shipments; firm: coed to choice muttons'
S35U@3.75; common TO medium $1.5c@$3
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21
GERMANlA BANK,
(sTATE BAKx.D
PAD UP cAEiTAL. s400.050.
Surplus and undivided profits. SIS, 600.
AlEx. RAMSEY. WILLIAM btcKEL-
PreSidens CaSn1eE
KansasC;ty Grain,

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Nov. 2O.-Wheat-
Receipts, 467 hu; shipments, 1000 bu; in
store, 333 924 bu; steady; No. = red. cash,
at 98c: No. 3 red, cash, 9712c bid S3l2c
asked; No. 2 soft. cash. 97c asked: May.
Sl.O6 asked. Corn-Receipts, 3.3s5 bu;
Shipments, 3.404 bu: in store, 1922 bu;
steady; No. 9. cash, 29l2c asked; No. 2; year,
o9c bid: 29lsc asked; May, 30c bid, 304sc
asked. Oats-No. =. cash, no bids nor offer
ings; May, 21lac bid. 25l4c asked.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21
THE CULUTH UNION NATIONAL BANK.
DULUTH, MINI.
a. s. Government Depository.
CAPITAL s6Co,O 1000
xsxnzsHA1l. Pre-. g. AVIAN. c.--:: cc>.--:I;ss.
St. Lou;. TroGuce.

81. LOU rrOuuCe.
s.. .1.or1s, Nov. 2O.-Flour quiet and
easy. Wheat-The market started in firm, and
sold i205sc hi,:her, in sympathy with ad-
yances elsewhere. but soon weakened and
closeo o@2ssc below ye:terday; No. 2
red cash. Sl.O2. nominal; December,
SI.07@I Oh, closing at $1.07ls bid; May
showed strength later; No. 2 cash, 35$4c;
wear, 34Gg34i2c, closing at 34lsc; Janu-
ary. 3:S6l:5:3isc. closing at 33lsc; May, 35l2
Ga35Sac, chasing al 35slc. Oats-Itising de-
mand for May and consequent advance in
that future: No. : cash. GSl2c; May, 29i2@1
Wisconsin, 19192c.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21
WALKER e CO.

Members New York Stock Exchange and CHI
cago Board Of Trade.
OFFICES: New York, A. Broadway; ST. Paul,
/ Gilhllan Block: Chicago, + Pacific Av.
STOCK, GRAIN, PROVISION. COTTON AND
OIL BROKERS.
Direct wires from our Office in 81: Paul, No
I Gilfillau Block TO New York Stock Ex.
ehsnge aud Chicago Board Of Trade.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21
Dr.. MEL SON.
126 Wash. Ave. s.. Cor. SrdAve
MINNEAPOLIS. MINI.

Regular graduate. Devoted 20 years 10
hospital ard special office practice. Guar
antees to cure without caustic or mercury,
chronic Or poisonous diseases of the blood
throat, nose and skin, kidney, bladder and
kindred organs, nervous, physical and or
ganic weakness, gravel. stri Htr1re etc. Acute
or chronic urinary disc ases cured in 3 to
days by local remedy No nauseous drugs
used. Hours 10 to y a. m., = to and to
SPIN. Sunday to p m. Call or write.
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j. j. WATSON, BRO. q HYNDMAN,
96 East Fourth Street,
REAL ESTATE AND MORTGAGE INVEST
MENTS.
FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY.
Toledo Grain.

TOLEDO, Nov 20.-Wheat active and lower;
cash. ST. O1@l.O4s4; May, .Sl.074. Corn
steady; cash, 44c. oats quiet; cash, 21l2c
Clover seed dall but steady: cash, $5.35 !;
December, $40. Receipts-Wheat $4,000
seed, SIT bags. Shipments-Wheat, 9.Oa0 bu;
corn, 1900 bu; oats, 3. 900 bu; clover seed,
/ 213 hays q
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21
CONTRACT WORK.
Sewer ON Beaumont and Rrebie
Streets.
OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC Works, !
CITY OF ST. PAUL. Mimi, Nov. Is. 1883. I

OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL. Minn., Nov. Is, 1883.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board Of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the city of st. Paul, Min
nesota. at their Office in said city. until
IL m. on the 26th dav of November.
A. ID. 1888, for the construction
of a sewer on Beaumont street, from
Edgert0n street to Preble street: and
on Preble street, from Beaumont street
to Phalen creek, in said city, according
to plans and specifications on file in
the office of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties
in sum of at least twenty t20) per cent
of the gross amount bid must accompany
each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids
X. l.. GORMAN. President.
Official: w. F. ERWIN,
32l-33I Clerk Board of Public Works.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21
LIVE STOCK.
Minnesota Transfer.

The market at Minnesota Transfer yester.
day was steady. The arrivals consisted Of
sheep. Good cattle, such as suitable for this
market continue in short supply. The offer
ings were nearly all taken, but good cattle
are needed most. There is also demand
for heavy feeders. Hogs were mostly all
pany., Sales were;
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21
= 8 Sr:RAuC a
~ A MINNEAPOLIS ~
I'VE RAILWAY H

Through Sleeping, Dining Cars and
Free COlonists' Sleepers to Butte,
Helena, Great Falls, " innipeg,
Fargo, Grand Forks and all
other important Northwestern
points. Tree CoIonists' sleepers
through to Pacific Coast.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21
Oil Markets..

P1TTsBUEG, Pa, Nov 20.-Petro1eum active
and firm National Transit certificates
opened at S45sc; closed at s6lsc; highest,
S6Ac; lowest, S4isc.
NEW YORK, Nov 2O.-Petroleum opened
steady at S4l2c. but after the first sales be-
came strong and advanced to s5iec; the mar
ket then remained quiet until the last hoGr.
ing was strong mt S64c Consolidated Ex-
change-Opening at S4l2c; highest. e6ssc;
lowest, s43sc, closing at s6Ac. stock Ex-
change-Opening at s4&c: highest s6Ac;
lowest, S4lsc. closing at S6Ac; total sales,
1S43OOO bbls
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21
LOMBARD INVESTMENT COMPANY,
Boston, Mass.
caeitai and Surplus, ST,

No. $50 Leadenhall st. London, f. C.Eng.
WESTERN OFFICE. KANSAS CITY, MO.
Loans on st. Paul and Minneapolis Real
Estate and improved Farms in Minnesota
and Western Wisconsin promptly closed.
No applications sent away for approval.
b. Lombard, Jr.. President; James L.
Lombard, Vice President and General Man
ager: Lewis Lombard, Second Vice Presl
dent; William McGeorge, Jr., Third Vice
President: w. E. Swentzel, Fourth Vice
President and Assistant General Manager:
William a Lonlbnrd. Secretary.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21
CLARK &c METZ,

104 E. Fifth Street. st. Paul, Mimi.
wG ENERAL MISSION. "a
Wholesale Butter and Eggs.
Consignmenls of Game Solicited
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r. M. NEWPORT & SON,
Investment Bankers,
f62. 165 and f54 Drake Bioc&. S. Aapl
Minn.
Buy ane Sell Etocka Bonds and Real Estate

Quotations of Stocks and Bonds.
NEW YORK Nov. 2O.-Stocks and bonds
closed at the following prices bid:
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21

IRE. C. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN
~ Treatment.-Fits, Nervous Neuralgia,
Wakefulness, Mental Depression, Premature
Old Age, Barrenness, Loss of Power in either
sex Involuntary Losses and Spermatorrh9a
caused by oyer-exertion of the brain, self.
abuse or over-indulgence. Each box con-
tains one months treatment S1.00 box,
on receipt of price. We guarantee six boxes
to cure any case. Guarantee issued only by
Hippler & Collier. Druggists, Sole Agents,
Seventh and Sibley. st. Paul, MINI.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21
SEVEN CORNERS BANK
faid Up can,saL 100000.

Z. n. Newport, President
W. B. Evans, CssAssa
Niehaa! Defel Vice President
e. A. Hawks. Asst Csshiee
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$3.50; snipe and yellow-legged plover, $1.25
$50: pheasants, 81. 2502.5O per doz.;
YeniSop, saddles I UMl 1c
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21

Cincinnati Whisky.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 20-Whisky firm; sales,
905 bblS finished goods on a basis of $1.14.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21
l16..... :. ................. .....s2 30
~ lambs bs................... .....5I 80
ST, PAUL UNION sTockYARDs CO.,
SOUTH ST. PAUL
Fhe Yards and Packing Houses Open L.
Business
Ready Cash Market for Hogs

st. Paul Union Stock Yards.
Receipts-34 cars hogs-2, 17O; 10 cars cat
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21
Dry Goods.

Dry Goods. :
NEW YORK. Nov. 19.-There was a fairly
good demand for miscellaneous assortmenfs
of seasonable fabrics. with much more done
in the laying out of spring selections. The
cotton goods market shows more tone, and
in some classes of wooden goods prices are
higher III consequence of the large advance
IN wool.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21

U. s. 4sreG..... 1855
do 4s coup. 12SM
do 4las reg. 1O7as
do 4i2s coup..l 1854
Pacific Gs of 80. .l21
La. stamped As. 81
Missouri IS. 102
Ten. new set is. 104
do do IS. 100
do do 3s. 71M
Can. So. DDS. -. 92A
Cen. Pacific lsts. .1l5
D. II r. G. lists llS&
do Is. -. 71M
d. IL R.G. w. lists. 80
Erie 2ds. 1OuE
NIX. d T. G. Us. 63&
do 5s. -. 5Sl:
Nut. Union 6s. :. 94l5
n. j. c. int. cert. 1861:
n. Pac. lists. .1l1i5
do 2ds. 80. lilo
Y. w. consols. .I14
do deb. Js..lO3L
Or. d. Trans. IS. lO2
St. J.. & /. .M.G.5s. 8 4.
st. l.. d S. F. GIN. .1l5
st. Paul consols. l 6
st. P.C.& p. lists. 1873
It. p. J.. G. Il. r. 94Ss
T. p. r. G. T. r.. -i0st
Union Pac. lists. ia
West Shore .... 104
Adams Express. 115
Alton d T. H.. 43
do pfd. 50
Am. Express iii
B., c. X. & NJ. 20
Can, Pacific. 80. 53ls
Can. Southern. 523t
Cen. Pacific. 80. 35
Ches. l. Ohio.... 10
do 1st pfd. .... 1G
do I'd pfd 49,. II
Chi. d Alton. 135
C.,B IL @. .109L
c., st. L. & p. Ia
do pfd. 36A
c. S. u G -. :. 63
Cleve. & Col. ..... 56E
Del. u Hudson. .1l9L:
Del, /. & W....l3s u
Den. d II. q. -. 16
East Tennessee. 9N
do 1st pfd. 49,. II
do 2d pfd.. :. %
Erie -. ...... 81
tdo pfd. ..... 62E
Fort " ayne. -. 14S
Fort W. IL D.. 23
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21

Milwaukee Produce.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 20.-Flour quiet. Wheat
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21
wUrAT NOvrMENT

The following are the receipts and ship
ments at primary points to-day, as reported
by Charles E. Lewis, Commission Merchants
1O4-lOS Third street tSouth
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-21
Northern Pacific Railroad |!

Dining Cars on Pacific and Winnipeg Ex.
press Trains.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09

do not always run in the same direction.
When the Arkansas river overfows, water
from it passes through the cut off into White
river, and thence into the Mississippi. When
ON tho other hand, White river is full, water
passes from it through the cut off into the
Arkansas
The siege of Vicksburg began in Decem-
Der, 1869, by a joint army and navy move
ment. Little thought the Union forces of
the long and painful work before them be-
fore Vicksburg should actually be taken.
A joint attack was made by land and
water by Gen. Sherman and Admiral Porter,
Dec. 20, 1862 1t failed.
The weather was like that which had
greeted Mcclellan ON the Peninsula in the
east. Incessant rains flooded the low swamps
around Vicksburg. Fogs obscured the air
sometimes till one could not see fifty feet
away. Soldiers were sick, dying and dis
couraged at the beginning of 1868, around
Vicksburg. Something must be DONE
Gen. Sherman proposed to Admiral Porter
that they abandon Vicksburg for the time
and go up the Arkansas river and take Ar
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
NO. Picayune.


LAFATEYE, La, June 4.-[Special] -
The Teachers Institute. conducted by
Profs. L. A. Smith and B. G. Cole, as
and Phillips opened here to-day with
the citizens Talks Hall had been
beautifully decorated for the occasion.
and selections of vocal and instrument
tai music were. interspersed with the
exercises.
Judge John Clegg made the opening
address, presenting many stern facts as
to the existing order of educational
affairs within the State. and making a
stirring appeal for the livlier interest in
what so directly affects the prosperity
of tle country.
Prof. Smith followed. giving empha-
sis to the necessity of methed in school
work. and showing the natural method
to he tile only trne guide In developing
the faculties. The professor displayed
much zeal in his work and was greeted
with enthusiasm.
Prof Cole spoke on language, saying
the cultivation of the three senses,
sight, touch and hearing, was absolute
ly essential to the development of this
subject ae through them came all men,
tal activity b
Misses Faiaehild and Philips also en-.
tered the audience with interesting
talks respectively 0p R1nsic and trains
ing children In correct forms of express
sion.
To-day'seessia was I,igly appracia-
ted, tllezhall being crowded with our
hest citizens and aisont forty teachers,
many Of the latter from Nermillion, st.
Landry and other parishes.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09

ron that engaged GEN. CHURCHILL
in the reduction of Arkansas Post were the
flagships Black Hawk, the Rather, the Louis
vile and the Cincinnati. The ram Monarch,
renowned in western waters took active part
in the fight
The Confederate officer in command at Ar
kansas Post was Gen. T. J. Churchill He
had at the Post 5000 troops.
Gen. T. j. Churchill, who commanded the
Post, was engaged throughout the war in ths
southwest He was an active Confederate
general in the forces that afterward fought
against the Federal Red river expedition.
Churchill's superior officer was Lieut.. Gen.
Theophilus H. Holmes, commanding the Con
federate department Of Arkansas. Gen.
Holmes had given orders to Churchill, il,
case of a siege, to ''hold on till help arrived
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09

GEN. S. G. BURBRIDGE. until the last man
was slain. He said that the display of white
handkerchiefs by the soldiers behind the
pa1apet, who were Texans, was unauthorized.
However, the fort was surrendered, with
large stores of army supplies Gen. Churchill
and 5000 troops became prisoners In killed
the Confederate lost sixty men, and seventy
five were wounded in the fight at Arkansas
Post. The Union loss was much larger, being
129 killed and 84S wounded and missing
The Federal forces at the battle of Arkan-
sas Post comprised two corps, Sherman's and
Netherlands, with McClernand in chief
command. Each corps was divided into two
divisions Gems Steele and Stuart com
manded Shermans divisions. Brig. Gen.
George w. Morgan, of Ohio, was one of Nc
Clernand's division commanders. Brig, Gen
A. j. Smith the other. On Netherlands as
Stunning general command Gen. Morgan be-
came commander of the corps. Brig. Gen.
Peter j. Osterhaus, of Missouri, thereupon
took command of Morgan's division.
After the capture of Arkansas Post it VAS
put in charge of Brig. Gen. Stephen G.. Bur
bridge, of Kentucky, Under his superin
tendence the fort was dismantled and blown
up. The Post was then abandoned by the
United States authorities, as it was of no
particular advantage
After the capture of the Post an armt and
navy force, Federal, under Gen. German and
Lieut. Commander Walker respectively
were sent up White river and captured the
towns of Des Arc and Duval's Bluff. Arb.
This was Jan Is. The main part of the ex-
petition returned to Vicksburg. The can
ttlre of Arkansas Post served its purpose.
and had very inspiriting effect upon the
Federal troops
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09

to the purity, self abnegation, generosity
fidelity and gallantry which characterized
him as man and soldier"
Gen. Alvin P. Hovey was brigade COM
mander in Gen. Steele's Federal division.
He was wounded while leading in the advance
of the land forces at Arkansas Post Gen.
Hovey was a native of Indiana, born in
1921. He was lawyer by profession and a
skilled one, but during the war proved
himself as good fighter with his sword as he
had been with his tongue He had been sent
from Helena, in November, 1862, to CO.
operate with Grants movements in Missis-
sippi. He was afterward engaged at Port
Gibson and at Edwards Station, and took
his part in the final assault on Vicksburg.
In the plan for taking Arkansas Post the
army landed four miles below the Post and
made march of some fifteen miles around.
Then it was to assault the fort in the rear,
while Admiral Porter's fleet bombarded in
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09
ARKANSAS POST IN 1868

then run his finger
up the line of the Mississippi river for about
100 miles, he will come to the mouth of the
Arkansas river, on the right bank of the Mis-
sissippi. If now he follows the Arkansas
river up some fifty miles from its mouth,
then stop, he VIII pause where the Union
army under Gems Sherman and McClernand,
and the feet of gunboats under Admiral
Porter stopped on Jan. 10, 1868, at Arkansas
Post. 1t is on the.left bank and north side
of the Arkansas river.
But the gunboats and the transports, load
ed with the infantry regiments, did not take
the direct route to Arkansas Post. II the
reader will look again upon the map he will
perceive a river employing into the M ssissippi
about fifteen miles north Of the mouth Of the
Arkansas This is White river. A branch
Of it. called 'cut off," leaves the main
stream little before 1t reaches the Missisip
nj, and flows into the Arkansas Thus there is
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09

GEN, 7. II. HOLMES. TedT, "dloihS w "0
tack the Federal force, which should ad-
vance by land.
Confederate Gen. Theophilus Il. Holmes,
who had given Churchill orders to hold on
till all were dead, was a graduate OF WesE
Point, of the class of 1929. He was q man
brave to rashness, and served IN the Mexican
war side by side with Jefferson Davis,
Holmes was a native of North Carolina Az
the outbreak Of the war he resigned from tho
United States army, in which he held tho
rank of major, and entered the Con-
federate service. He was appointed lieu
tenant general, and held a place at frss
under Lee in the east. At the battle OK
Malvern Hill he was blamed for neglecting
what was thought to be great opportunity,
and after that was sent to the far west. Ii
the latter part of 1868 he evacuated Little
Rock, Ark, with his army, and abandoned
it to Federal possession. He still commanded
the Confederate army of Arkansas
Jefferson Davis, in his "Rise and Fall OF
the Confederacy," says of Gen. Holmes:
''He has passed beyond the reach of censure
or of praise after serving his country on
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09

GEN. MCLERNAND. McCIernand ar
rived from Cairo to take command in Gen.
Shcrman's place of the land forces.
There was prejudice against Gen McCler-
nand among the regular army officers be
cause he was not a military graduate. It
cropped out in various ways that interfered
with his usefulness. He had been father
less boy who had divided the years of his
youth between farm labor and study, taking
in timc the profession of the law. He w
born in 1872 Like Lincoln, ne was native
Of Kentucky and migrated in early child
hood to Illinois In that state McCler1land
had great influence, raising brigade Of
Union soldiers by his personal popularity.
He distinguished himself calamity in vari-
ous battles, among them Belmont, F TT
Donelson and Shiloh. His corps also fought
despdhtely on the Big Black river in May,
1863 In November, 1864, McClernand, then
major general of the 18th army corps, re-
signed and left the army. West Poinsee Ulcers
were accustomed to call him q ''pot tical
general - III
The men Bstsse Vckshprg in yaoaary,
1865, numbered 4sSe& McClerR,idd took
command OF Them sahereuponf Admiral
Porter declined to CD ,pefSte in De expedi-
tion against Arkansas Fl It unfess Gen, Sher-
man commanded the Lanai, troops To this
Mcclernand agreed. HeSeowever, accom-
panied the army.
In good order the Federal transports and
gunboats steamed away from Vicksburg
and up the Mississippi, the Confederates
firing parting salute after them. The feet
did not enter the Arkansas river directly,
however. They moved up past it to Mont
frf,,,aysy r,raiut apYacitn tho month nf White
river. Entering that, they assembled it fif-
teen miles and came TO the before named
1cut off, Through that they entered the
Arkansas river, steamed up its waters with
81 haste, and in the morning Of Jan. 10.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09
ARKANSAS POST.
Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Its
Capture, Jan. Ill.
ARMY AND NAVY VICTORY.
The Men Who Took the Fort and
the Men Who Defended It.

Arkansas Post, Otherwise Called Fort
Hindman-Joint Army and Navy Expe-
dition Planned by Gen. Sherman and
Admiral Porter-They Had Had Hard
Luck at Viclksburg, and Gen. Sherman
Wished to Revive His Soldiers Droop-
ing Spirits-The "Cut OFF,"
Copyrighted by the American Press Association
In his account of the capture of Arkansas
Post, Admiral David D. Porter, in the "Naval
History of the Civil War; says:
''The battle gave general satisfaction to the
public. 1t was unexpected, and few knew
where Fort Hindman was situated"
The public of today is quite as ignorant of
the locality Of Fort Hindman as Admiral
Porters public of 1868 was Arkansas Post
was otherwise called Fort Hindman. II is a
St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-09

GEN. JOHN M. THAYER. into position in the
rear of the post Another brigade COM
nander in Gen. Steeles division at Arkansas
post was Gen. John NJ Thayer. His horse
was shot under him.
Gen. Thayer was engaged in much of the
fighting in the southwest. He was q far
western man, from Nebraska, having been
colonel of the 1st Nebraska volunteers.
The Confederates in the fort had prepared
for gunboat attack at long range. Instead
of this, however, the ironclad De Kalb
steamed up within 400 yards of the Post,
closely followed by the Louisville and Cis
cinnati Admiral Porter ordered number of
srtaller howitzer vessels to accompany them.
AT o'clock on the afternoon Of the 10th
word was brought to tho fleet that the army
had reached the rear of Arkansas Post, and
were ready for action Transformation was
afterward found to be incorrect The gun
boats, however, passed up the river and began
the attack on the strength of this mistaken
information.
A tremendous pounding was opened upon
the iron classmates of Fort Hindman from the
gunboats The cannon of the fort replied
vigorously. In an hour the fort guns were
silenced, the fleet doing fearful damage with
in the fort.
At dark the gunboats dropped down the
river and were tied to the bank Meantime
the sstinclad, y or light plated vessel Rather,
had been ordered to steam up past the Post
and cut Off the Confederate retreat in that
direction. Her commander attempted to do
SO, but guns from the fort opened on him and
knocked his ''tinclad' about SO effectually
that he was compelled to drop back out of
range. il was at this time, during the night
Of Jan. 10, that the Confederates might have
escaped across the river or up the bank, If
they had taken advantage Of the situation. as