Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-11-15

atr,l 1T WEST Point, "NpH lt1'tt"l ny
years ut active duty III the Mexican i
war and in other service .ts III officer
for tl,r regular :>rr1y, W<tS Ill excel |
lrnt urtilltri>,t. sighting II cannon
with Us much precision IT. II pistol on
,n,,Skct. 4\t the battle OF An1ictHm,
or Slrtrl,s1uar%, Mcclellan scnt Il
strong force uEai1lHt an naiuceu|lotl
portion OF L>nGstrtcts line. Inc
luttcr wax quick to notice this move
nrut Calling to General Sorrell
AMI Ct,pt;in Lut1ulc to follow him,
l.o1lys,rcrt &alloutsl tn thu gap IN his
linz, toward w]>it]l pant the l't>l'
erals WIRE advancing rapidly. Two
cannon h;.l 1ut'll lett there, pliao>t
tir'rnti1x crew ut 10th guns dead OF
lying desperately wounded.
Luugstlt.rt. instantly tli>1nutlntrtl,
AMI with thu aid Of Solrl} turl LII"
tro1r wheeled the heavy pieces into
line, double ~1lrtt*nl them and trained
th..nl on tic advancing Federal line.
Lo,1%<strcrt sighted both pieces and
,,e1;ctl the l!nya1r.- with his own
hu1lt1s Tho ctItH:! was terrific, Both
shots went through. moving great
CUPS in thu Federal l;ne. The pieces
we1., lu,nlel u,,'1 trained rapidly, no
that again a,nl again the advancing
line uf Fetltrals was broken nnd mo
mtnta1.ily halted. giving time to ;c
colnpli>h whit Longstrcet had in
vi,w the r.vStuhli>llmtnt Ut his
own line concentrating at that point
OF attack.
Noticing ii group OF Union soldiers
watching the fight from Il distant
hill, Lunv>1rrt elevated his two
pieces un,l fired ut them. Tile shells
went just above the group, i'll which
was Mcclellan, scattering them lin.
ntvliattly, Unknown tn the Con-
ft4lcrate officers Mcclellan sent post
haste for one Ut hix hest batteries. A
few minutes luter Leo and Long
street were convt1riny mi high hill
to tile ctlst IF Sharpsburg, near the
point from which Longstrect had
been firing. While these two were
talking General D. H, Hill rode up,
bringing q message to Lie. Long
street advised Hill to dis1nount, rs
his conspicuous appearance on horse
buck might draw the Federal fire.
For some reason the advice was not
followed.
A few seconds later puff Of smoke
drew their attention for tic first
time to the Federal battery which
Mcclellan Ind just posted. The
shell aimed at Lee, LpnGStreet and
Hill was we'll directed Lee was IN
one side Of Hill, his hand resting on
the bride OF the luttcr's horse.
| Lunystrect was Oh thu other side If
! tlx: horse, Il ftw feet away. The
SHELF struck Hills horse. cutting Oh
l>ntll lt.-:> just below the k1,tt*. The
poor brute fell to hi@ knees and TO-
ln,lincl in that position, with his
lirl: ut al awkward slant, while
Hill was making vigorous aud very
lut1icro,ls. because necessarily nwk.
ward efforts t., dis1nuunt. He first
threw his lev. in the usual fashion,
ovrr thu cuntlr 1T tho saddle, hut it,
his lluatc tu1:,H near topllln{ tor
ward over his hurscS head.
/ Ltc und LOn4strtct 10th laughed
/ heartily u. Hills position and has
tened To help linn 'ii$lnount. Hill
throwing one l,y over the 1mnmrl Oh
bis ::,ltlle 'l!&nuuntel without hell
u1lt then joined in tn. laugh ut hi,
expense I}lt. SAME shell from Mr.
C1tlla'l's battery. narrowly missing
LIT u11tl LunE>tltet and killing Hill:
hor>e, Went on its way ct tlestruc
| tion, cxl,lWli1lg over II Confederate
regiment: bt+llind Hill, killing I'M,
| wo.lnt1ing It considerable number III
1uen Atl:tlltt, Constitution. ,-.
ELEMENT or CHANCE IN GAMES.
Great Players Often Owe Their Most Bril-
| 1iHnt lt'ntt> to II EhancH tlMy,
| We should like to know how gool
Il player Il imam must lm ]+:forr he
cam truly say that he NEVER owes Il
| victory Or IL defeat ut chess to gootl
or i'll TUCK Chess, a. played by he
glnnc's, Ii fur more often decided by
cLancx than not As played even by
| fairly good players, it Is not always
u game which il entirely controlled
by their cn2ltt,nt'in$ skill. a more
than average player must often con
fess to himself That the result IF q
move was purely accidental, ant
that tn, very step which he re
GREETED the moment tllut it became
irrevoc:%blt, was the step which ulti
1nutc]y OPENED the way to success
No doubt among such chess player:
as Mess1s Elatkbu17lo, Sttlnitz ant
others this element Of chance is IL
duccu to the minimum; but oven 1t
thoil. ganlc it mist still exist to {
certain extent,