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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-07-28

Of a log and earth fort In a few minutes
But this was not all Al the supreme
moment, after bombardment had done It's
work, y StornIing column Of infantry, fol-
lowed by horse batteries, was to press
through the gap and sweep whatever the
artillery fire spared around the fort or
beyond 1t. The fort once pHased, then on to
the reserve lines and through them TO the
town.
The men In Fort Sanders su:mised what
the enemy was planning to do. Every foot
hold on the exterior slope was pared Oh,
the ditch was widened, and Fiflemen stood
on duty along the parapet at the ticklish
hours Of twilight and dawn to welcome as
zailants In due fashion. A happy thought
Of Lieut.. Benjamin's placed another OBJ
siacle In the way Of theepemy. Along the
'front.' Of the fort was q field Of pine stumns
where the trees had been cut on two feei
from the ground. Benjamin, with his men,
wound telegraph wire about the stumDs,
stretching Il between them lust high
enough 70 trip soldiers on the march. An
Abatis OF brush was made under the screen
OF ridge, 20 Is TO be unseen until assail-
ants were almost upon it.
For some reason the Confederate attack
was made at the hrst streak Of dawn, leav.
ing but little time for the ARTILLERY pre-
lude. It was on Sunday, the day Of COUNT
less big enterprises In war, some lucky and
some just the contrary. The Confederate
batteries fired few signal shells at the
fort and tossed few more Into the lines
beyond Il. and were then called on their
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brigade, fought part Of the time against
these Carolinians, and Its loss that day
was the highest In the Union army.
The One Hundred and Fifty. first Penn
sylvania, also opposed to the CarOllnianS.
lost nearly 10 per cent Of itH men killed aud
wounded. Gen. llrth reported that al the
point where the Twrnty-sixth engaged the
second Union line, the tanks Of ltOwley'S
and Meredithis brigades, the Union dead
marked the line OF battle with the accuracy
Of line on dress parade" Il was Ia doing
this execution that the CarOliniilnS fired
away all their bullets and took to rifling
the boxes Of the drRl for more. And Il
got ~ good ~ 1t gave. One Of the wound
ed Of ltowIey's brigade. who lay Oh the Held
when the CnroliniRnS passed on In pursuit
Of the rCtreRting Cnion columns, said that
they dh.a't charge In line Of hattie, but In
squads, 80 hot was the Union fire. The
Twenty-Slxth showed no lire OF battle
when II finally advanced over the field Il
had wen, because there were only ten iso
lated squads where formerly the ten mag
rihcent companies bud been. Over 90 Of
the SEQ men had caught hot bullet apiece
and some OF them two or three. The roll
call that evening showed exactly go men
unhurt.
It might be thought that another fur
Tough would fall to the lot Of regiment
so terribly punished. No: It took its place
In line on July to support Pickett'S
charge on the left OF the column. Its place
that day WIS the right Of Pettigrew's di
vision joining the left Of Pickett, u con
Meeting link between the two. AZ Pickett
advanced the uneven ground broke the
formation Of the line, and the CArolinlans
touched elbows to the right and chung
close to Pickett's column. They kept In
step with his line over the meadows across
Emmitsburg pike, on. on up the slope to
the stone wall north Of the angle. At that
point the wall recede,l toward the Union
line and compelled them to 70 farther than
Pickett In order to reach Hancock II works
Bravely the little remnant, spared to come
From the jaws OF death.
Back from the mouth Of hell
on the first day, held their grip on the
flank Of PickPtt'sproud stepping hnttaliOns
like the little boys OIL the flying end Of the
line In Snap the Whip;" bravely they faced
the whitening blast Of fire that greeted the
charge, and bravely they leaped the stone
wall and struggled few PAGES beyond il,
carving the true high water mark Of the
rebellion; then the color bearer fixed the
staff among the lOOSe stones and fell dead
across the wall.
During the charge up the slope the regi
nient had fired but few shots, but at the
wall the rifles were busily piled until n
countprcharge on the flank and rear showed
Looking to the left Union brigaties and
batteries were sweeping the field. Not II
mounted officer survived In the Carolina
hriunba Innl.in0 IN h. rfubt Z hay ~. a, Diet,
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There was a surprised and very ludig.
nant young woman in Fourteenth street,
near Union square. a day or two ago.
The sky was cloudy and the young wo-
man carried . costly and nicely rolled
umbrella. Wholly intent upon some
particular mission, she hurried along
with the umbrella almost trailing ut her
side. She failed TO observe the close
proximity Of vicious street gamin un-
On she felt . sudden wrench on the UNI
brella, and looked down to find that the
stick had been broken in the middle,
and the grinning perpetrator of the mis-
chief was dancing with delight q few
feet away. She related the incident,
and showed a bluecoat her broken UNI
brella. he consoled her in this fashion:
"Yes, lady, ! know about that trick.
Them boys Is terrors. They break Q
dozen umbrellas just like that every
day. And they do it out Of pure cussed-
ness, lady, for . fact."-New York
Times.
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''TnERE, THAT WILL cool THEM OFF SOME. I"
down. Two Georgia officers climbed in at
= the embrasures; one was captured and the
other took one look and backed out again,
saving himself by the lively use Of a six
shooter.
But such deadlocks cannot last forever,
and II lay with Benjamin to break It. Dur.
ing the supreme crisis he coolly smoked a
pipe that he had freshly lit Just as the at.
tack began, and gave orders to his men
suited to the movements Of the enemy
outside. When the flags appeared on the
crest Of the parapet and he knew that the
ditch was filling with assailants, he began
to pitch shells with lighted fuses over
among them. A captain Of the Highland.
ers held blazing brand. the fuses were
cut close, then lie at the brand and the
missile whisked over into the luckless
crowd. There, that will cool them of
some" be would say blnndly, AZ he tossed
q lighted shell over the bank on Its deadly
GRAND. Benjamin's cannon swept the
ditch once or twice with canister. But
fresh aSsailants continually poured into IL
until II was crowded with men, and there
was for the fellows penned In there no
getting out Of the way Of the muplerous
grenades except by retreat. This at last
they did sullenly, leaving the three flags
on the parHpet. (The flag Of the Sixteenth
Georgia is now In the war department col
lection Of captured aags.l
The prisoners TAKE from the ditch and
the killed and wounded in front Of the fort
outnumbered the whole garrison three to
one. The unhurt prisoners were $50; the
dead and wounded IN the ditch were 200,
nearly all Of the wounded being mortally
hurt. The stump field in front was also
covered with victims who fell In the charge,
and Benjamin estimated that at least 900
were cut down between the starting point
and the pRrapet Of the fort. The loss In
the garrison was killed and wounded,
and In the adjacent Union lines about the
same number
The Confederate leaders spcculated for
some time about following up the charge
with fresh columns, but changed their
minds and called the battle OIL. As was,
the actual clash Of arms lasted but fifteen
minutes, and II It had been continued to
the average length Of battles with the same
rate Of slaughter, Nov. 20, 1863, might
have rivRled on the Confederate side the
bloodiest Sundays Of the war.
Benjamin was the hero Of the day, and
rapidly won promotion until he became
chief Of artillery In the Ninth Army corps.
He went through the siege Of Petersburg
and died In the regular service 10 1850.
GEORGE l.. KILNER
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The commander, Maj Jones, got to
gether GO men and led them hack to the
starting point. Describing the experience
Of the Twenty-Eixth during the charge he
said; when we had crossed about half the
intervening space the enemy opened upon
us a tremendous shower Of grape and can
lister, but on we dashed. When We had
gotten within about 200 ynr,ls Of the enc.
my's works we commenced firing, but still
advancing. The storm Of lead which now
met us is beyond description. Grape and
canister, intermingled with minies The
smoke was dense. and at times | could
scarcely distinguish my own men from
Pickett's. On we pushed, and were now
right upon the enemy's works, when we
received murierous fire upon our left
flank. looked to see where Il came frnm
and lol we were completely thanked upon
our left, not only by infantry, but by ar
tillyry, :
''At the very moment ! thought victory
ours, saw 1t snatched from our hands.
With no support on the left asked myself
what should we do. ] had only sixty men
left In my regiment and that small mum
Der was diminishing every moment The
order came from the right TO fall hack.
We did 70 at the same time with Pickett.
The day was lost" by way Of apology for
retreating from the angle he said. with
our thinned ranks in such position II
would have been folly to stand against
such odds"
There were 2l6 IN the band when Il start
ed to climb Cemetery Ridge, and that
night 50 answered TO roll call many OF
them wounded. In one company that mus
tered 81 on July |. only tie orderly ser
geant was left, and he wore II hulIPthOIe
In each leg. In another company a ser
geant and men were left, every last man
Of the absent being killed or wounded. 80
Il was throughout the regiment. When
the official count was made vi were known
10 have heen killed outright, M wOun,le,i
and 10 were missing. All Of the missing
were In Pickett's charge, and many Of
them should be added To the killed and
wounded. q
Three months after Gettysburg. the
Twenty sixth lost 70 killed aud woundsrl
In a charge at Bristol Station. Va. hut In
spite Of Its many disasters kept the field TO
the end and was among the elect found
fighting In the Confetleracy'S ''lAuSt Ditch"
GEORGE L. KILMER.
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exciting game 10 give cold steel chance.
Suddenly three lines Of men In gray, 1000
MisSissippians and 1000 .Georgians, from
Mcl4Aws' veteran division, rushed from
their cover. 800 yards from the goal, and
headed for IL at double quick. They moved
on noiselessly, without yelling or firing a
shot, but with their bayonets ready for ex-
ecution the instant the parapet was
reached. When fairly under way the col
umns wavered, the front ranks going
down on the tangled wire. Benjamin
opened his guns with canister. and the
TiHemen around him piled their shots upon
the discounted a0sailants. A setback
for them was inevitable, but the rear
ranks crushed the wire beneath their tread
and pressed on IN the face Of the storm with
mAtchleSs intrepidity.
They reached the ditch, but with their
ranks in iumbled mass instead OF de
ployed lines, ~ soldiers should move 10 the
assault. The northwestern bastion Of the
fort formed a salient angle and reached
out, as Il were, toward the Confederate
lines. In their haste TO be first on the
works, and possibly because Of the con
fusion over the tangled wire episode, the
heads Of the three columns converged at the
angle. On the edge Of the ditch everything
came to halt, but many Of the men were
cool enough 10 fire through the enbrasures
upon Benjamin's artillerists and on the
Hnemen above on the parapets The fire
Of the fort was soon silenced under these
telling short range shots and the Confed-
crates far in the rear believed that IL had
surrendered.
An awkward wait 1t was there under the
muzzles Of BenjRmin's guns; but that
wide, deep ditch, that high embankment
beyond, slippery with freezing rain, how
could men jump and climb and fight OF
opposition at the same timer The officers
and the color bearers.leaped down into the
ditch and tried 10 scale the bank. Their
men initiated their yalor, leapcd In and
ranged themselves at the bilse Of the high
bank TO make human scaling ladders, and
some few climbed on the shoulders Of their
fellows until they reached the top. The
flags Of the Thirteenth and Seventeenth
Mississippi and Of the Sixteenth Georgia
were made fast on the parHpet, and again
and again the men around them were shot
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A splendid way to improve the memory
Ia TO begin by treating II NJ II Il wer+ al
other person, and then charging IL. upon
peHAlty Of a severe upbraiding. to keep
until wanted the information, fact, date
name or whatever Is to be remembered
By this course you LncnnsciOusly do two
things-you sort out things worth while to
know, and you impress them uppn the
memory In such way "a to cause 1t TO
grasp and keep them.
The latter Is most important thing to
do. Half Of ones fOrgetfulness comes from
failure 10 properly grasp what Il iSthat you
are to remember. -IIarper'S Young People
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Deadly and dangerous ~ the cobras are
they may nevertheless be occasionally
handled with IMMUNITY by those who
know how, and possibly by persons who
possess some characteristic which makes
them less liable TO attack. as we know Is
the case as regards beesin our own country.
Miss Hopley relates q case Of n BrRhmin
boy, who could without any music but his
own voice attract and handle them with
IMMUNITY, and they would come forth from
thieketS or walls and go to him. lie was
regarded By some Of his countrymen as d..
vinely inspired, but In spite Of that he got
bitten at last.-Quarterly Review.
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$40 Reward.

strayed from PrOsser on June 18th, two pay
Homes, eight years old, cOllar marks, white
hind feet. branded a j on shoulder. Return
the same % q. Kehoe, Yakima city, or ". A.
Ward. Prosser, aud receive the above reward.
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MET A scATHTNo FTRE FROM TIKI EMMY.
battery was posted, covering the interval
between Rowley's men and the "Iron Bri-
gade." Whenever the ground was clear,
this battery showered the Carolinians with
grape. Eleven color bearers were shot
down one after another, during the death
tussle with Rowley and Meredith. Col.
II. K. Burgwin, a boy Of twenty-five. stuck
BY the Gag until he was bored through
both lungs, through the neck, and the
mouth. He fell at last and Lieut. Col
John r. Lane took his place by the eolors,
and he was soon cut down with three
woundA
To say that the slaughter was enormous
on that field Il to speak In played out
terms Battle historians formerly thought
Il worth while to go into enthusiasm when
ranks were decimatel. On the field
write about scores Of Union regiments lot
c0t0 1Oper cent. killed and wounded. That
means Q or out Of every 10 shot down.
The Twruty-fourth Michigan, Of the Iron
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FEW rods Of ditch
from five 10 ten
feet In depth, be-
hind IL n pararet
Of logs and earth
and behind that a
dozen cannon and
a couple Of hun
dred men armed
with rifles and
hand grenaSles; a
RfnrnintE enlumu
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A SUNDAY BATTLE.
THE BLOODY DAYLIGHT ASSAULT
AT FORT SANDERS, TENNESSEE.

Three Thousand cOnGedsrates st0rmsd .
log and Earth DAstIon, bat Got No
Farther Than the DIich--GrnIus and
Daring Of Lieut.. I;eRJAInIn.
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PAGE FIVE
" FOOD FOR POWDER. "
HOW THE TweNTY-sIxTH NORTH
CAROLINA CAUGHT HOT BULLETS.

A Pet Regiment That Never Knew
when to Quit and Practically Fought
on Its stumps After Being Shot All to
Pieces.
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ton. Book rights reserved.l
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-21
dfanamakers.


London is the home Of
Cunard and Galatea Stripes.
Wanamaker's is their Ameri-
can home. Delightful stufts
for Boys Suits and Women's
and Girls Outing Costumes.
10 styles Cunard at 35c.
rs styles Galatea at 3oc.
That long counter Of finest
Ginghams is in new dress. 1t
could be in new dress every
day for weeks and not dupli-
cate a style. Hundreds Of
patterns, every sun-checked
beauty that Ginghams ever
had. IS to 75c. the yard.
Just across the aisle are the
Brandenburgs, Organizes,
Linen Lawns, Dimities, Nous
seine de lInde, Como Batistes
and others Of the thin, thinner,
thinnest things.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-21
PHILADELPHl4 Affairs.

Arthur Farrell, aged about 40 years, was
run over and killed Tuesday evening by a
Market street cable car.
Moses Goldman. G2 years old, was run
over and killed Tuesday on the Reading
railroad 1T Ninth street and Girard avenue
4 man supposed TO be Gustavc Ludwig
fnll from a freight train and was killed
Tuesday on the Pennsylvania railroad,
near the Geological Garden.
The body of man supposed to be that
Of Henri Hopper was found floating iii
the Delaware river off Gloucester City,
Tuesday, and was removed TO the Cam
den morgue.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has reduced the carrying rates on anthra-
cite coal from si.70 TO SILL per ton. The
Reading company, il is understood, will
make no reduction.
The city treasurer has addressed letters
to banks calling their attention tOthe ordi-
nance providing for the payment Of inter.
est on city deposits and requesting the
banks to notify him by April ,ioth whether
q not they will accept the conditions OF
the ordinance.
The coroner's Jury founth Tuesday that
Michael v. Needham q years old died
on Sunday Of hemorrhage Of the brain
due e injuries inflicted by John Ruck and
that William Lyons was an accessory te
the crime. Both men were committed Il
await the action Of the grand jury.
John G. Biillitt has sent written opin
| ion to llillwyn Wistar chairman of thu
| Union committee, giving at length hi.
| reasons for believing the seven trolley or
expressing the opinion that it is by no
means certain that the proposed agreemen
| which the Traction Company has olferee
| to sign could be enforced.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-21

Our morning neighhor discusses the
currency plank Of the Pennsylvania
platform in n tone calculated to betray
an apprehension on its part that the
Democrats may carry Pennsylvania in
November. We hardly look for this
and shall not venture just yet toplace
that Republican stronghold in the
doubtful column. But the Democrats
Of Pennsylvania have put forward in
ringing words the issue of the coming
campaign and the man who stands in
the eyes of the whole American people
for that issue--the man whom, as ex-
Secretary Whitney well said yesterday,
the course of events has made "the
natural leader and "the necessary
choice of the Democratic party at this
time.' In the following two paragraphs
the Pennsylvania convention has adj
mirably set forth the sin hoe signo
yincemus" of a national Democracy:
L. That the paramount reform now de-
manded of the Federal legislature is the
reform of the tariff laws, ON the basis of
the Democratic national platform of 1888,
to the end that no money shall be need
lessly exacted from the industries and
necessities of the people; and that our in
dustrial interests shall not be prcindiced
by excessive taxation, false systems OF
finance or extravagant cost of production.
To this end the Mckinley Tariff bill
should be repealed, the essential raw
materials of American manufactures
should be put upon the free list and i re.
yised tariff should be adopted with due
regard for the rights Of American labor
and the preservation OF our manufactures
2. That, consistent with this issue and
with this demand the sentiment of Penn.
| syivania Democracy is erwhelmingly fol
the denomination 10 the Presidency Of the
man who gave TO his party intellectual and
| political leadership, and 10 the country a
| pure and elevated administration. We
| declare our conviction that the best interest,
| Of the party and the country demand the
| nomination and election oil Grover CleYe
land us President. and We are confident
that, under his leadership, the principles
| OF Democracy will win glorious victory
and TO the end that the vote and influence
| Of Pennsylvania may be most effectively
heard and felt, the delegates this day
chosen are directed 10 act as Il unit iii al
matters entrusted to their charge sait
action to be determined by the vote Of Til,
| majority of the delegates.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-21
The Modus yiyendi Ratified.

WAsuINGroN, April l9.--In his message
transmitting the Boring Sea modus yiyendi
convention 70 the Senate yesterday the
President said: ''As the value and eflec-
tiyeness of this agreement depend largely
upon its being put in force at once, re-
spectfuly request prompt consideration
Of the subject by the ssenaten The Senate
aceeded to his request with the greatest cx-
petition. The treaty was received yester-
day afternoon, referred 10 the committee
on foreign relations, which acted upon it
Ms morning, and reported ii to the Senate
favorably this afternoon, Less than two
hours was the treaty discussed, and then it
was ratified with substantial unanimity.
BY its terms the British government pro-
hibits, during tendency of arbitration,
seal killing iii that part of Bering Sen east
ward from the line of dcmalkaion Of
article ! Of the treaty of cession, and
promises to use best efforts to secure pro-
hibition by British subjects and VESSELS.
The United States agree to prohibit sealing
save 1900 for subsistence OF natives Pro
vision is made for the seizure of offending
vessels; fer continuance of the clause
allowing British agents to visit the seal
islands.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-21
THE CfRCus rs ColING.
Advent of Forepaugh's Famous Shows in
This city MnY I'd.

The arrival of the advertising car in this
city Tuesday Of the Adam Forepaugh
shows, which is now standing on the
Philadelphia, Wilmington Il Baltimore
railroad track at the foot of Front street.
is but confirmation of the rumor started
by the enterprising small boy some time
ago that the great show was coming
Already the small boys have begun 10
horde up their stray nickels in order to see
the elephant and the monkey and the
scores Of other objects to be exhibited at
the circus which shows here Oh May I'd.
II promises to he even more remarkable
than amy exhibition given in recent years.
'srhe Fall OF Nineyeh, as shown BY the
celebrated Forepaligh shows, is most
magnificent spectacle 1t is described as
being an exact production of the most
brilliant scenes Of the first capital of the
world. It is stated that the production is
made upon scale Of much layishnesa and
that 10000 people can witness the lnagnili-
cent sight at one time.
The circus is equipped with a more stu
pendous collection of animals and other
attractions than ever before, and ranks
now among the leading shows of the coun-
try. The tremendous shows, which appear
here on May 3D. will no doubt draw to-
gether one Of the largest audiences ever
beneath the canvas in the city.