Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-30

manded minor army. Down there before
Culpeper Bedford took his men out one day
when attacked, and divided 100 of them
into two SQuadrons, and by his dexterity
and force he brought in llOO prisoners.
They were disguised when they came into
camp and found that 900 men had taken
that many prisoners. Bedford died of dis
ease during the war, and the army lost
him. Fitzpatrick had great authority as a
calvaryman; there was a good deal of blus-
ter about him. He could lose more men
and horses than anybody. He saved me
once, however, when about 100 of us were
caught off by the rebels on both sides and
we were wondering whether We had better
lose our lives in the last charge when all
at once Fitzpatrick came riding down and
| charged right through the rebels"
Were you at Cedar mountain
Il was. Banks was left out there unsus-
tanned, though McDowelrs corps was right
behind him Banks suffered terribly. 1
hardly ever saw battle where the dead
and wounded were more numerous I'm pro-
portion to those engaged. Banks men were
mad enough with Mcdowell to shoot him.
but the fault was with Pope. That man
ought never to have been placed in COM
mand of an army. When you have an in
efficient commander like that all the diyi-
sion and corps commanders suffer Nc
Dowell hardly ever recovered from the op-
probrium he got that day, and it should
have been laid upon Pope"
l told Mr.. Delamarter that IL was gener-
ally understood that Abraham Lincoln him.
SSiA Aie@o cSiSNtSu opc 10 command an
army.
Il didn't know that" said Delamarter
IF that was Lincoln's choice 1t does NOT re-
fleet upon his discrimination" Said Mr..
Delamarter: Il sat several years in the
city councils Of Hagerstown. Do YOU know
that we are still paying interest and in
stallments on the war debt of this town
when McCauslind came through here he
nned the town in money and goods about
SoO,OO. If 1t had not been raised he would
have burnt it, like Chambersburg. Then.
the soldiers and Union folks tore out two
stores at different times, or. rather a
newspaper office and store, which were
Kept by blatant rebels. They brought suits
In the courts of law and got damages
against the city. Hence. we are shoulder
ing about s65, 900 war debt"
/ mentioned Chambersburg as having had
hard luck.
Well said Delamarter, the Cumber-
land Valley railroad moved its shops to
Chambersburg and built I'D the town. until
II mas two or three times its old population
IL mad also the best general machine works
in the whole Cumberland valley until re-
Gently, when they shut down. Waynesboro'
over here has risen from a few hundred
people to be place of several thousand.
suppose there are $4,000 people in the three
towns of Haserstown, Waynesboro' and
Chambersburg"
The Trolley at Gettysburg.
1 sat down on box on that street of
Chambersburg which contains the three
hotels. and the new trolley railroad sent
its Jewel box cars flashing behind us every
few minutes. with the ringing bells Said
1 to my companion. Edward Mcpherson.
whom L have known about twenty-seven
years, Of which he spent half the time
clerk OF Congress at Washington: 81 do not
see that this railroad desecrates anything
much, for there are no dead buried under
the many monuments here and the monu-
ments were put up to be seen. They rather
desecrated my horses as / came into town
a rail
before"
That II it." said Mr.. Mcpherson, they