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Another correspondent, H" dating from
Washington. December /. 1868, said: Il have
IN my possession a eell-worn piece OF bunting
which was pr, s.nted 10 me with the foiloving
letter: This - piece OF the original Fort
sumter fag iying al the time Of the lombard
nsnt IN April. lo6i- IL was presented by Gen.
Anderson u Maj Gen. sumner. who carried il
through the pcEinsular campaign and at the
battle Of Antietam and South Mguntain. as his
headquarters fag. On ms leaving the Army OF
the Potomac 10 sas obtained by friend of
mine. from whom procured this piece Per-
haps this was from hag No. 2, 10 which your
correspondent CO. tefers."
Another correspondent. who signed himself
"R =" Rochester. y. Y. December :, 1868, said:
IL would lks To state that have in my pos
session q piece of dag. presented to me by the
general himself. with the following indorse-
snent: In compliance with the request con-
..ined in Mr. --'s note OF -- instant. Gen.
Anderson takes pleasure in sending him ssmall
plece Of the Fort sumter flag"
Stili another correspondent, "S" Gen Tru-
man seymour. writing from Folly Island. s..
G. December ,. lo63. said; &C" 10 certainly
Al error. arising. doubtless, from q misunder-
standing Of the information given Shreds
~sre certainly cut from the Gag a. most pre-
eiotis memorials. but they were only shreds and
lid not materially affect i,s size or condition.
After being lowered at sumter the flag was
hoisted on the baltic. which steamer trans
ferred Anderson and his command 70 the North.
IL ~.- displayed at the great demonstration 10
rnion square soon afterwArd and u now safely
deposited In New York"
The New York Ty1bpe June II. 1875. said
~IDr. Eta PsiDe, . feminine surgeon Who did
sSsies during the war, displayed RON nsr
Uksdoy IN Westerly on Decoration Day the
&Dsriddlsd Gag from sumter. which Hal An
hrsen had given her, sad received . ssrsnsds
Goa patriotic bad"
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ory. ANDERSON.

GEN. ANDERSON.
After seeing these flags and obtaining
sketches Of them while looking up their his
tory 10 Was ascertained that there had been
some differences OF opinion with regard to
their still being in existence, and advantage Is
taken Of this opportune time to settle this
question and 10 establish the identity and 10
cate definitely the whereabouts Of these inter
ssting Tags.
AN Old CONTROVERSY SETTLED.
The disposition Of the flags was the subject Of
considerable correspondence published In the
Army and Nary Journal in 1858. corre-
spondent who wrote from Philadelphia Novem-
Der 81, 1853. over the signature of &C" said
that with the boats crew that was taken in the
unsuccessful assault upon Fort Sumter q flag
was captured which Beauregard and his con-
federaies received with unstinted bursts of
Joy. supposing 1t to be the flag which Maj. An
derson lowered With salute when he was
obliged to evacuate the fort, and that il had
been carried by the siorming party to rehoist
In triumph where it formerly waved. &C."
probably Surgeon Crawford says: when An
derson's Gag was lowered at Fort Sumter our
Spartan seventy determined to cut it into
pieces and keep the shreds as mementoes of
sAcH DHsfOon- OLe VI Anutrson primer
pal officers. who Is now general, was at my
house Just after bis return from Sumter. and
as a great favor, after telling the story, gave
me little scrap Of his precious piece. which
lies before me as / write. There may be-" be
adds. and usually are, two flags at a fort, one
for fair weather and one for storms, bu. only
one flag was hoisted during the bombardment;
only one braved the battle and the breeze; only
one can claim TO be the flag Of Fort sumter.
That flag exists only in the little carefully
boarded bits Of bunting and in the affections
Of al loyal Americana"
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this short service, deeming it necessary for the
good of the service that every captain should
be in command OF his own company. He bore
gallant and conspicuous part in the war with
Mexico. ls47, being engaged in the siege Of
Vera Cruz, battle of Cerro Gordo. the sklrmish
of Amazoque and battle of Molino del Rey,
where he was severely wounded in the assault
on the enemy's works. In that battle he re-
ceived three wounds and was reported among
the killed Mrs Anderson at that time was at
her fathers home. in the mountains of Georgia,
about i've miles from GAINESVILLE. and the re-
ports were studiously kept from her by
her relatives. She did not know of Anderson
reported death until he sat by her side and she
was told of ii By her father. lie was brevetted
major September s, 1S47, for gallant and meri-
torious conduct in the battle of Molino del
Rev. Such was the man who defended his
Sumter in lo60-Gl.
ORDERED TO CHARLESTON.
When Anderson was ordered to duty to
Charleston harbor the great secession con-
spiracy had taken root in the highest places of
national administration. In the Presidents
cabinet Floyd of Virginia, Secretary of War;
Thompson of Mississippi, Secretary of the In
terror and Cobb OF Georgia Secretary of the
Treasury, were of the most active and ardent
OF the conspirators. 1t has been asserted that
Floyd secured the assignment Of Anderson TO
the command of Charleston harbor with the
idea that being a southern man, with southern
sympathies, be would go with the south and
turn over the coveted forts in Charleston har-
Dor to the state of South Carolina. Both be
and Mrs. Anderson had hosts Of friends il
Charleston and it was hoped and expected that
Anderson would easily yield the forts, but
through IL all he was the embodiment of patri-
otism and homer. and his memory is ensbrined
in the hearts of his countrymen. Although all
his ties of kindred and marriage were with the
south. he having married q daughter OF Gen
Duncan l. Clinch OF Georgia. family whose
name had been associated with the history Of
that state from its earliest period. he remained
true to the Union. He Possessed. in common
with bis old commander and friend. Gen. Win
field ). Scott. who had given him his bride or
her wedding day, aud was godfather to one o
his children, those principles of loyalty anC
honor which held him true to his trust.
MOVED TO FORT SUMTER.
On December &c, 1860. upon his own respon
| sibility and to the deep chagrin CT the seces
| sionists and the exultation Of tho Unionists
Major Anderson secretly moved his garrison t,
Sumter. spiking the guns at Moultrie, and cut
| ting down the flagstaff that it might ''faun
no flag Of a strange device where the stars an
! stripes had futtered." On the eth. at merid
| ian, the old flag was flung to the breeze owe
| the battlements Of Fort Sumter. after impress
siye religions service and amid cheering an
patriotic music.
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The news Of Anderson's action was received
with enthusiasm throughout the north. He
received greetings and congratulations and
cannons were fred in every Union city and
village in his honor
The position Of Mai. Anderson and his little
garrison at Fort Sumter was one Of extreme
peril Mrs. Anderson, the devoted wife and
mother. knew this. When Maj Anderson was
ordered to Charleston harbor Mrs. Anderson,
herself an invalid stopped in New York at the
Breevoort House with her children, one Of
them an infant in arms, and nurse.
MRS. ANDERsoN's NARRATIVE.
To the writer Mrs. Anderson graphically re-
lated the story of her intense anxiety, her
sleepless nights and her fears for her husband,
her exciting trips to Charleston and Fort Sum-
ter and return to her babes in New York, &C
comprising by her womsn's wit and tact what
the government claimed it could not The
excitement in New York was intense, and Maj.
Anderson and Fort Sumter were on the tongue
and in the mind Of every one. 1t formed the
sole topic OF the hour. Cannons were being
fired in his honor in New York and all over the
country at the north while in the south praise
and fattery had degenerated into excavation
and curses loud and deep. The warmest SYM
patby was felt for Mrs. Anderson by all classes
and she was the constant recipient OF fruit
flowers. toys for the children and the like from
persons she had never met-tokens Of their
sympathy and OF admiration for her noble,
gallant husband, and many called to see her to
encourage and help her to bear her trying sus-
pense and anxiety. But amid all this excite
ment and expression of friendship and regard
she was sick at heart. 1t was like being ship
wrecked on the ocean, with water, water all
around, but not q drop to drink. A mothers
love was battling with wife's anxieties. Bend
ing all the energies of her mind to the solution
of the problem with that indomitable energy
and will which is characteristic Of the distin-
guished family whence she sprang, she at length
bethought her Of faithful Peter Hart. the ser
geant who had served with Maj. Anderson in
Mexico, and who had married their cook. She
then resolved to take Hart. il he could be
found, to her husband, SO that be might have
some one by his side In whom he could place
implicit confidence. surrounded as he was by
foes outside and possible traitors within. With
out communicating her purpose to any one
save her physician and friend she sought for
Hart in places where she thought she would be
most likely to find him, having heard seven
years before that he was living in New York
city
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correspondsnce with the authorities at west
Point. to which latter place 1t appeared, in the
course Of the resignation, one OF the hags had
gone. having covered the pail OF Gen Ander-
son when h.s remains were taken there In 1871
and being subsequently returned to the family,
the writer was enabled to trace them TO their
present place Of deposit in this city, in the Gus
tody Of Mrs Anderson The writer recently
called upon that lady for the purpose Of seeing
these flags and ob,aining sketches OF them for
TIE STAR. Mira Anderson, upon hearing the
object Of the visit very kindly consented to
allow the flags TO be sketched. SO that they
might be presented to the readers Of The star
during the Grand Army encsmpment, at the
same time remarking that ii was the first time
this privilege had been extended TO any one
and that the flags had never been out Of the
possession Of the family except on the one or
two important historic occasions which are
referred TO below. Mrs. Anderson regretted
very much that i'll health precluded the posi-
bility OF her remaining in Washington during
the eneampment, saying; Il should love to see
the old war veterans. being myself one Of the
order, though not enrolled among their mem
berS"
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A Nameless Grave.
HENRY wApswoRrH LoNoFELLow.

"a soldier Of the Union mustered OUT"
10 the inscription on an unknown grave
At Newport News, beside the salt-se3 wave.
Naneleas and dAteiess; sentinel'or scout
Shot down in skirmtsh. or disastrous rout
OF battle. when the loud artillery drave
Its iron wedges through the ranks OF brave
4 ID doomed battaliona. stoTmin9 the redoubt
= hon unknown hero sleeping By the go
In thy forgotten grave! with secret shame
I feel my pulsee beat. my forehead burn,
When remember thou hast civ n for me
All that thou hsdsk thy HE, thy veTy mama
And ! can give thee nothing IN return.
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The most daring and desperate oct Of The ~
BY any battery has been credited By bod
United States artllsry ,snd oocurrsd q ~ be-
tie Of epottsylvsnia Nay u l6oA
The grandest cha} OF The vsr = ers1issd b
Gen. Phil Sheridan % Goa Crook q HisAseS
Hill In september, 1854
most important event Of the vsr viii - sD
ception Of the fail Of nichmoUd 49, ~ 60
ture Of New Orleans end Fen rAflip - -
Jacksou-
The seventh Massachusetts fursisAsl oDGS
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The arst command 10 Are q ~ sneny Nth
era. Il was this corps that first. demonstrated
the importsncs Of this am IN a6tual SERVICE
The afst alloav engsgemsnt Of he var b.
tween The tvo opposin9 aFnAtes was - Fort
ssisssssspssd issS ississsk = esst
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THEY SANG IN PRISON.
Songs That Lightened the Burdens
Of Captivity.
PARODIES ON OLD VERSES.
How Chaplain McCsbe Sang Julia Ward
Howe's Battle Hymn ut Libby-Confeder.te
Songs Under Protest-singing to Keep
Away the Pangs of Hunger.
IL THE HORRORS

LII THE HORRORS
OF southern prisons
could not keep the
boys" from singing.
They might freeze to
death or s.arve to
death, be shot for in
fringement of rules or
even die because they
were tired of living,
still they sang. just
as long as life was left
in their bodies they
tainted the keepers of
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AN UNPRETEN-

" AN CNPRETEN-
tious yet pretty resi-
dence on Rhode Island
avenue Alra E b. An
derson. the widow OF
the late Brever Maj.
Gen. Robert Anderson
of Fort sumter fame,
resides in unostenta-
tious retirement. In en-
effort to locate the his
toric Sumter flags
through inquiries at the
w. Department and
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GARRISON FLAG.
Floyd, the Secretary Of War, sngriiy teie-
graphed: intelligence has reached here this
morning that you have abandoned Fort MouI-
trie, spiked your guns, burnt the carriages and
gone 70 Fort sumter. IL IL not believed,
because there ID no order for such movement
Explain the meaning Of this report"
Anderson Immediately replied by telegraph:
'1he telegram is correct I abandoned Fort
Mouitrie because vas certain that II attacked
my men must have been sacrificed and the
command Of the harbor lost spiked the
guns and destroyed the cerriA9es 70 keep
the guns from being turned against "a II
attacked the garrison would never have sur
rsndagsd without dghAs
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SUMTER'S TORN FLAG.
Sacred Relics Of the War Now Pre-
served in This City.
MRS. ANDERsON's TREASURE.
Th- Flags That Bade Defiance to the FirstGun
Of the Confedcraey-Gen. Anderson's De-
fsnse of ths Fort-Mrs. Anderson's Historic
srip-I.ttered Flag. with History.

= description OF the Sumter flags ana an account Of
setr preservation BY Mrs Anderson published in
-he s,ar % July . lat. That sccount hss been .
vt-ed b. the sgthor and s reyublisked . mat
tcr of e-pAl interest 20 the veterans and the pstr
otic eitz-ns Who taking part sreA; AMP
uaent--Ed St4r.l
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The confederate general, Beauregard. said,
referring TO Maj. Anderson ami his garrison.
with such material for an army, If properly
disciplined, would consider myself invincible
against any forces not too superior" But an
army Of thousands against q few score men!
Let Mai. Anderson tell his own story: Having
defended Fort Sumter for thirty-four hours,
until the quarters were entirely burned, the
main gates destroyed by fire, the gorge walls
seriously injured and the magazines surrounded
by flames and its doors closed from the effectS
| OF heat, four barrels and three cartridges OF
powder only being available and no provisions
remaining but pork, Fort Sumter was evacu.
ated. and the little garrison marched out of the
fort Sunday afternoon, the 14th instant with
colors flying, drums beating, bringing away
company and private property and saiuting my
flag with fifty guns"
Gen. Abner Doubleday claims the honor OF
having fred the first shot from Sumter in de-
tense of the old flag. Edmund Rufin of Viz
ginia claimed that he fred the first confeder-
ate gun at Sumter. Others have disputed with
him this claim TO notoriety, but--he committed
suicide soon after the close Of the war!
The flag that foated over Fort Moultrie bore
evidence of the spirit with which the little gar
| rison had replied to its assailants, having been
thrice cut by the federal shot Beauregard, ia
forwarding the fax to the confederate states
war department, said: being the first confed.
crate Tag thus baptized by FIRE have thought
It worth while sending to the war department
crate garrison flag OF Fort Moultrie, was cap
tured by the Union forces February 10, 1865
Shortly after his arrival in New York, after
the evacuation Of Sumter, Major Anderson
addressed . communication TO the War Depart
ment asking instructions ~ to the disposition
OF the Aags which he had brought away with
him. The War Department replied, substan-
tally, that the hags could not be In better
hands than In those Of one who had defended
them 70 nobly. Maj Anderson thereupon had
Peter Hart make box for than and placed
them in Il with his own banda The box va
then placed In the vaults Of The Dapk q Con,
nsges u New York toe pssseyvaAiaa.
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Libby and the other opens" with the most loyal
songs in their repertoire. They even composed
songs; that is, after they had fairly worn out
the favorites they made parodies and medleys
on all Of them. One OF the parodies which
has been sung in every campaign since the war
ran something after this fashion:
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HOME SONGS.

Oh, the sun can never dip SO low
Adown affections cloudless sky"
Each verse increases in dolefulness until the
last, which is pessimistac in the extreme.
at matters little now, Lorena,
The past is in the eternal past
Our heads will soon lie low, LorenA
Life's tide is ebbing outso fast
There is q future, o, thank Godl
OF life this is so small part,
IT'S death to death beneath the sod,
But therei up therei tits heart to heart"
A southern writer has said that this song
sung the heart right out Of the southern con-
federacy. Another song much in vogue was
sung to the old tune Ortonville.
'sThey grew in beauty side BY side,
They filed one home with glee,
Their graves are scattered far and vida.
by mount and stream and sea
The same fond mother knelt at night
Ger each fair sleeping brow;
She had each folded flower In sight
Where are those dreamers now7
One midst the forests of the west
By dark stream Is laid
The Indian knows his place Of rest
Far in the cedar shade.
The sea, the blue lone sea, hath ons.
He lies where pearls lie deep
He was the loved Of all, yet nons
Der his low bed may weep"
Among innunerable others we're the "old
0aksn Bucket" "Nellie Gray" 'sMassa's in
the Cold Ground" "Anna Isle" mo. Meier
Gan Thy Home Be Nine" and ''suanes River"
''Then You'll Remember Ne" and "Her Bright
Smile Haunts Ne Stiil' we're also great fsvoritss
nov. AxorHxn xaMous soxa wAs wRzrrxx.
Ths history Of ssWhen Sherman Marched
Down - the Sea" 4 both dramatic aad intsrsss-
inG. Il vas eompossd ~ & u. Il Rys3p. I'D
juisnt Of Ne lfth Iosa tn<Antry. Who ~ snss
been oeasuI genAral - Rome. During ~
1aseh = ~ -, cd ~ nany vsssy noufhs
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-10-21

adiuncts of the Pinkerton class, in the vain
hope of riding out the coming storm and
establishing on the ruins of WashiDgton's
republic a strictly Plutocratic government
like that of England, In which wage slavery
will be firmly substituted for chattel slavery.
The leaders of the Peoples party are calling
the men, and women too, Of every avenue OF
industry who earn their bread by the toll Of
brain and hand, TO take their places under
their banners, which is the place every
dictate of common interest and safety
points them to-the men 10 vote and the
women to pray, that the gathering tempest
may be averted. Many will not believe
there is any impending danger. The same
class did not believe the American revolu-
ton was coming or that the streets of Paris
would run with blood amid the tnmbling Of
thrones, less than century ago; or that
the shareholders rebellion would break like
a cyclone over the nation. Nevertheless all
these moral earthquakes did come upon the
people who would not believe they would
be the fruits of just such conditions as now
exist in this nation. The old parties from
now on will prove but snare and delu-
sion TO all who place their trust in them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-10-21
Mr.. Noyes' Address

Last week in supplement to THE
MIDLAND JOURNAL we sent out the
address of Col. Noyes' to the voters
of the second congressional district
in which he is the Peoples party
candidate for congress. The address
clearly states Colonel Noyes' position
on the most vital of the public ques.
tons of the day. Occupying the
position be does, he should receive
the vote of every farmer, mechanic
and wealth producer in the district,
and would not fail to receive them
were the people of whom this class is
composed as thoroughly educated
and organized on political lines as
the corporation classes are. There
is an unreconcilable conflict be.
tween those classes such as has al
ways existed in every nation prior
to its decadence.
Mr.. Noyes is a represent alive
farmer, man of frank. fearless as.
sertion of the principles be espouses
and he advocates them because he
firmly believes in them. His oppon-
ent on the republican ticket we do
not know, he having not been in
public life, but it is safe to conclude
that no candidate inimical TO corpo-
ration and class legislation can
receive a nomination on that ticket.
Mr.. Talbot the democratic nominee
we all know. He has been an office
hunter and county politician almost
from the cradle. He is acknowledged
to be clever fellow, in fact "devilish
clever" They ell are. That is their
strong hold on the average every day
careiess-go-easy man. He is ready
to do a good turn-in politics-and
oblige all who apply. But all this
does not constitute a statesman. To
fact it is sign of the most danger
Gus class of public men. They ought
not to be trusted with the destinies
of the nation. They have ever fallen
an easy prey, or become plant and
willing servants of the ambitious
enemies of the rights of the people as
they are opsequious and obliging to
the plain man in citizens dress.
Men of sweat and Drawn, vote for
the man of your own household and
not for the stranger of another guild.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-10-21
Loss of Gold.

The net loss TO the country in gold
since last January Is the enormous
sum of$52 ,154,l 8S. This in addition to
the S2OO.OOO,OOO in exports all gone to
pay interest and dividends tothe foreign,
ers, and three months more to run,
which at the same rate in round num-
bers will amount up to 1917 100000 paid
tc foreigners in the year 1892 who hold
the debts and dividend paving proper
ties of this country. Good people how
long can you who earn all of this
wealth stand such a drain which
steadily increases? Next year, If things
go forward without change 1t will
amount to a very much larger drain.
How long till the inevitable crash
comes?