The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-12-07

he TOOK his men up into marylano,
and they tore up section Of the Balti-
more and Ohio railway tracks, tagged
the first train, and with nothing save
plenty Of rope those 100 men carried the /
locomotive 80 miles over hills, across
streams, through bogs and woods, until l
they struck q line built by the Confeder.
acy. Then they ran the engine down
to Virginia.
When the president of the Baltimore
and Ohio railway heard of the exploit,
he would not believe it. He went out
and personally inspected the scene; went
over the route, and seeing what had been
done finally declared it the most won
derful feat in engineering ever accom-
plished.
After the war Mr. Garrett delegated a
man to hunt up the leader who had SUI
perintended the removal Of the locomo-
tive, and on the strength Of that single
exploit made him roadmaster Of his en-
tire system of roadbeds.
"Any man that can pick up an engine
with fishing lines and carry it over
mountain has passed his examination
with me-" said Mr. Garrett.
The hand that can take piece OF un-
wholesome bog and in q few months
transform it into a vision of beauty
whose matchless glory the world had
never dreamed before has in 1t the po-
tency of worlds redemption. We be-
lieve in the heroism of man. Can we
not enlarge our faith from the heroes Of
war to the heroes Of life?
THE HEROES OF FREDERICKSBURG.
A writer in The Cosmopolitan says that
| in the battles around Fredericksburg,
among the assaulting regiments was the
| Fifth New Hampshire, which lost 1876
out of the 800 men who made the charge.
The survivors fell back behind fence
within easy reach of the Confederate
rifle pits. Just before reaching it the
last of the color guard was shot, and the
flag fell in the open.
A captain, Perry, instantly ran out tc
rescue it, and as he reached it was shot
through the heart; another captain
Murray, made the same attempt, anC
was also killed, and so was a third
Moore. Several private soldiers met {
like fate. They were all killed close t
the flag, and their dead bodies fell across
one another.
| Taking advantage of this breastwork
Lieutenant Nettleton crawled from be
hind the fence to the colors, seized then
and bore back the blood won trophy.
Il Another such incident took place a
Gaines Mill, where Gregg's First Soutl
! Carolina regiment bore the brunt Of Al
assault upon certain strong position
Moving forward at run, the Sout
|, Caroliuiaus We're swept by fierce AM
searching fire.
II Young James Taylor, u lad of 1O, wa
r | carrying the flag and was killed afte
/! being shot down three times, twice ris
@ ing and struggling onward with the co
q ors. The third time he fell the flag wa
o seized by George Cotchett. and when h
n in turn fell by Shubrick Hayne. Hayu
Q also was struck down almost immed
ately, and a fourth lad-for none {
these men were over 20 years old
!. grasped the colors and fell, mortal
n wounded, across the body of his friend,
il The fifth, Gadsden Holmes, was pierce
I. with no less than seven balls. The siXt
>. man, Domlnick Spellman, more fortI
!. | nate but not less brave, bore the fla
Is throughout the rest of the battle.
,e man can so fight, can he not love wit
equal enthusiasm? When beings capl
Il BILE of such devotion to duty shall |
j. Taught the higher duty of fighting fc
n one another, not against one anothe
,. who can foretell the glory of his futur
il In the flash of these white palaces we b.
L. 4 Il.
d for humanity that shall at last put
h flight hunger and cold, filth and diseas
l. shame and crime, and give us a ne
is earth, whose law shall be Righteousness
because it shall be ruled by beauty.