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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-02-19
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The p1Yty which knows how to run the
government without an income tax and can
keep the treasury in money without 8. ling
BOMBS will be invited back.
Senator Gray's Speech.
The Sum
. The cuckoos all agree that the Hon.
George Grsy's long speech ia the Ser ate 10
the ablest and most logical defence Of the
Policy Of Infamy that has yet appeared.
Atle it undoubtedly is. Senator Gray is
an accomplished advocate; and tie more
desperate the case that engages his profess
sional efforts. the abler the speech he can
make. He rises to the occasion. Absolute
hopelersness is to him only stimulus and
an inspiration.
Logical it is not. A very few words will
show that it 10 not loeicsl.
Having swallowed the Policy Of Infamy
whole; having eulogized Mr.. Cleveland for
making the attempt for restoration which
fsiled having declared his personal con-
viction that right and justice require this
government to interfere in behalf Of Lii
iuokalsni, why does Senator Gray stop
short Of the logical conclusion, namely
Congress must do what the President has
failed to do; and l, - o senator of the
United States, demand that the Policy of IT,
fanny be pursued by this government to the
bitter end"
Then Mr.. Gray's speech would be logical.
Every argument - to right, justice and
duty, that he has employed forensically in
the defence of Mr.. Cleveland, applies with
equal force to himself as tenator and .
practical statesman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-02-19
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No notice whatever will be taken Of nm,
signed communications.
TIE J0uxsAs.cAsNOT BE HELD REsPoksI
BILE yoR THE PRESERVATION on EETUax or
RzJxcTzD coxxCEIcATIoxs.
Address oil com munica.ions relating TO
Subscriptions and advertisements to BURIEIGEi
4 FLYST, Publishers, Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-02-19

The dog .io.the-msrg, policy Of Clcve-
land IL NOT agreeable to Pres dent Dole OF
Hawaii. And Who IL there to ny that this
country has the right to disregsrd that little
country, and yet assume to Say that il shant
receive favors from any other nation than
the United States? Take II or leave it.
10 fair play.
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Aside from the ques ion Of whether Peck
ham was qualified to all the position on the
supreme b. nch to which the President APP
pointed him, and this was not the issue b.
fore the Senate, his rejection 10 m event
Of great importance and is Likely to exert
powerful influence on the present national
administration IL it i. not utterly gone mad.
The opposition to the appointment of
Hornblower originated in part in the belief
that he was mot . fit man for the place.
While there were reasons for believing that
Peckham would never become shining
light on the bench and, however great may
be his knowledge Of the law, not = man of
judicial temperament. Ills un6tness. what
ever ito degree, had comparatively little to
do with his rejection.
President Cleveland had inaugufated
ward-poiitician fight, with all the bitterness,
trickcry and Objectionable features Of such
fights, had introduced it, too, In connection
with an appointment which should be - far
removed from politics - possible and 10
smirched to an unprecedented degree In be-
coming the football Of ward "heelers."
S. nator Hin could wage the fight without
any loss of dignity, such ~ he may
have acquired since coming into the Senate,
but no man ~ the executive Of this nation
could do a. Grover Cleveland has done
without counting and mourning disgrace.
ny selecting two candidates, neither of
whom had anything to specially recommend
them save their we'll known and bitter hos
I lity to Hill. Cleveland exhibited himself in
the light Of anything but statesman. His
manifest purpose was personal revenge to
be secured in . most shameless manner.
The supreme court wac 10 be drsgged into
the melee. Cleveland's almost insane de-
sire to play the dictator and enjoy the role
Of bully were TO be grati6ed. The Senate
OF the United States Vas to be lashed into
line BY the pros tuition Of patronage, by
every appeal to greed and every artifice
calculated to play upon weakness. Exult-
ing in the authority conferred upon him by
the people, Grover Cleveland threw down
the euage to Hill. Here perhaps was an
opportunity to humiliatc his home opponent,
thing that be had never succeeded 10 do
ing in their atate hghts but which BY the ad-
ventitious aid OF his high Office seemed to
HE dasxled ego:ism nov possible. He has
been Inundated - no President has been
sincc Andrew johnson. In eober realixa-
ton Of what he has brought upon
himself he must see that the only
way ia which he can possibly re-
tsieve any part Of Tie loss he has suffered
in the eatimation Of the nation i By max
ing an appointment which shall mot BE- sub
iscs 70 The lsase suspicion Of political n.
vengs. He deserved he great humiliation
he received q the banda Of DE Senate and
The atncsphere Of natioaal politics u clear.
= hepanse - ~ sscsived Il. Unlsss h
peseslves thees tSaAu - spplise - lesss1
~ a1ninieeslien I'M - ~ u IL dis.
ggses = wtiek \ - wellews.
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Former members in the next Maine Leg
islsture will miss the presence Of one OF
the most dignifed and intelligent looking
Indians that ever visited the State House.
Last week Joseph Nicolar died at bis home
with the Pcnobscot tribe. Mr.. Nicolar was
fairly well versed 10 knowledge and has
done much for the advancement Of the
tribe. He had recently published book
entitled, 1.-THE Life and Traditions Of
the Red Man." purportiug to give
q full account of all the pen
traditions which have been handed
down from "The-Man-from-N Nothing" the
beginning of the red mans world, to the
pre- sent time. He had spent forty years in
collecting matter for this work and revi.ing
it, and was at work on material for another
book at the time of his death. He was 81
years old and HE death resulted from pneu-
mouia. He left the first will ever made BY
q Penobscot.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-02-19

Hawaii coulIn's be bulIied neither could
the United States Senate. Queen Lib 10
not on ths throne and Psckham il not on
the bench.
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Phillips I'honograph.

The Lewiston creditor who dunned ms n
for 81 cents with the sarca.tic remark, "1f
you can't pay it now pay it in installments,
regrets his rash words. The debtor Is pay
ing il cent at . time and demanding .
receipt and statement Of account each time.
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There ought to be six hour law for such
dentists ~ the one in Norway who pulled
one day last week 800 teeth in seven hours.

Phillips has an inventive genius which
seems to be bottled up by circumstances.
He had an idea that the report from gun
could be overcome and that fortune was
awaiting him 40 . result. The theory was
to close the muzzle of the gun instan-
taneously with the exit Of the bullet and
prevent the entrance of the air. Intri-
cate and fine working attachments were
made but success failed to crown HE efforts.
He did, however. succeed 10 running about
925 worth Of guns and rifles with his expert
ments and put in about years time At odd
jobs.
A faint comprehension Of the task gal
liant game wsrden would have enforcing
the law in the vicinity Of Milo msy Be had
from On occurrence there one day last
week. Some women saw what they were
sure was moose and one Of them who 10 .
good shot got her rifle and sallied forth to
Kill it. She doubtless would have done 70
had il not been stump.
A Norway veteran has $500 confederate
bond which be captured in the South, and
which falls due thi, year. Perhaps some
ANTIQUE Greenbacker would take il OF his
hands q . discount % an object Lesson.
A West Rockpnt man has varied show
cling snow with thinking. He now has :
| plsn for breaking roads without giving shift-
/ lkss San q wv Wfisn a oppostunity 10
CAoa11ng the tswn. His plAa ~ "LNe
- nn1no11en asRnnsak anPvpvnpa - rno6
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MAINE GOSSIP.

Faces OF Those who ScOrn the Plum
Trust.
This is the way they leave the town
: Upon rome early morning,
o To vii, the hero OF great renOwn.
) : { All opposition ''0Fnins'
~ Tneir hopes behind them leaving,
% That Joyful loot thy seem to lack,
Each face is full OF gsieving.
Phillips Phonograph.
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TNOls SALE-On second GLASS Caligrapn In
E good condition, for sale AZ great bargain.
Apply at the Water Once, $50 Water street.
- f.htAdtr
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NOR DALE-A good blacksmith shop and lot
il at Kings Mills, whitetcld, Me. A great
opening for good smith, 1t bling within . few
nov being constructs d. For particulars, inquire
Of W. II. Heath, Whiteftld. or II. A. Heath.
Augusta, Maine fcblidtf
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TOR sALE-California fruit landr, tracts Of
IL 20 acres for $780, Send for pamphlet. Cor.
respOudencc invited. II. w. Dlkemap. owner.
Il. 3ix No. 80 Clark street, Chicago. jan .0sstiSt
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NOR SALE-A lot of new and second hand
IL pulieys, hangers and shafting, all sizes, at
short notice. Telephone connection. II. II. Har.
vcy, Machine Shop, Augusta, Maine.
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Do You Want Money?
FOR SALE.

NOR LEAN uprIght plsno. almost new.
u l.w for cash. Address H.. Journal Office.
fcb1.diw.
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NOR SALE In Augusta, arm Of - acres on
Il Bangor road, "a miles from bridge. Yielded
$500 worth Of strawberries the past season. Good
buildings, hay in barn, COWS. hennery and farm
ing tools. JAMES W. DANA, Augusta, Me.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-07-21

Davis and his men dashed into the Shelby
vile square upon the Confederate artillery.
1t wa a scene Of wild excitement. The
charging column spurred their horses over
the guns at a gallop, sabered the gunners and
rushed madly upon the Confederate cavalry.
Capt. Davis himself, saber in hand, de-
manded the surrender Of one of the guns as
those in charge Of it were endeavoring to
carry it off the field. Both gun and gunners
were surrendered.
In a very few moments all was over in the
public square, and thousands Of Confederate
cavalry were fleeing for their lives. Forrest
~endeavored to join them, riding at a gallop
toward %Shelbyville, but before he reached
the town Wheeler's men were already far on
the road in their fight. Forrest made a de-
tour to the right to escape the town and
crossed Duck river four miles out of Shelby
vile. The Union troops pursued as far as
Duck river and then returned.
There was one bridge by which Wheeler
had intended to make good his escape across
Duck river. It was called ScuIl Camp bridge.
1t was near Shelbyville, and when the Con-
federates were driven from the public square
they made a wild rush for Scull Camp bridge.
But an artillery caisson was accidentally
overturned upon the bridge and choked up
the path Of retreat Ii their panic the fly
ing Confederates plunged madly into Duck
rive, then bank full and twenty feet deep
The Opelousas courier., 1894-07-21
GUYS GAP, JUNE 81.

Bragg meantime retreated southwark.
Gen. Stanley and the Union cavalry had
joined Gen. Changers division at Christiana.
The road to Shelbyville led through a noun
tain pass called Guys Gap. Granger and
Stanley, on the extreme Federal right, adj
vanced on Guys Gap, June27. Bragg was
already retreating from Shelbyville, but he
had left a force at Guys Gap, under Gen.
Wheeler.
Minty's brigade Of Union cavalry attacked
this force. He made a sweeping charge
upon them, and drove them out of the gap.
They retreated into their intrenchments
north of Shelbyville. Charging them again,
Minty drove them into Shelbyville.
Gen. R. B. Mitchell's division was immedi-
ately behind Minty's cavalry. As the Con
federates poured into ~Shelbyville Mitchell
got upon their right and cut off their direct
retreat. They took another route and at
tempted to escape by swimming Duck river.
Some did so, among them Gen. Wheeler
himself, but many were drowned in the
river. Wheeler's artillery was left behind
in this hurried fight, and 500 Of his men
were made prisoners.
Stanley and Mitchell entered Shelbyville,
only to find that Bragg had entirely aban-
doned it and his strong works there.
Wheeler's cavalry had been left behind to
cover his retreat. Granger and Stanley took
possession Of ~Shelbyville, capturing three
guns and a large store of army supplies.
Col. Minty's cavalry charges were noted
throughout the Army of the Cumberland.
In the advance toward Shelbyyille another
The Opelousas courier., 1894-07-21

the defeat and capture Of Col. John Coburn
and his brigade by Forrest and Van Dorm.
March 20, at Milton, Tenn, near Murfrees-
boro, the Confederate Gen. John Morgan
was defeated by Col. A. S. Hall, with 1,4oO
men. Morgan was the attacking party.
April 10, at Franklin, the Union general,
Gordon Granger, with a force of 1890 cav
airy and infantry, repulsed the attack Of
Earl Van Dorm with 1900 men.
April 81, a Union force consisting of Col.
fantry, and the First brigade of cavalry
under Col. Robert H. G. Minty, captured
McMinnville, Tenn.
raid of the Union Col. A. D.. Streight in
northern Georgia, resulting in the capture Of
Streight and his men by Forrest and Roddy.
In the early summer Of 1868, Rosecrans pre-
pared for his great move southwark from
Murfreesboro. Halleck at Washington urged
this forward movement, but Rosecrans under
took it against the advice of his generals.
Bragg's army was at this time in the vicin-
ity of Duck river, which appears on the map
below. Gen. Buckner, the present governor
of Kentucky, was in East Tennessee with
10000 men. Thefe was a strong intrenched
Cdulp tt 1ullduOlua, SOuIu Oh LUCK river.
Polk and Hardee were north Of Duck river.
Polk was at S~helbyville, Tenn, with $4,000
men behind strong Notifications. The earth
works had been built by slaves brought from
Alabama and Georgia.
Hardee, with Il, 600 men at Wartrace, de-
Tended the mountain passes of Liberty Gap
and Hoover's Gap, ten miles south of Muir
freesboro. Bragg could summon for battle
$4,000 electives.
Rosecrans' first task in his southwark move
ments was to take possession Of Liberty and
Hoover's gaps He numbered $4,000 men fit
for battle-a greater force than Bragg, but
Bragg had four times as much cavalry as
Rosecrans. In the mountainous region in
which the two armies were contending cav
airy was indispensable. Rosecrans had Of
mounted men in active service 5000. Rose
Grams base of supplies was at Murfreesboro;
Bragg's at Chattanooga.
Bragg's strongest point was at S~helbyville,
where Polk was. Plainly that was not the
point for a Federal attack. Rosecrans re-
solved to make a feint against S~helbyville,
but to reserve his real attack for Bragg's
right at Wartrace, some ten miles northeast
Of Shelbyville.
Gen. R. B. Mitchell commanded the first
cavalry division. In pursuance OF the plan
of making o pretense of attack on Shelby
vile, Gen. Mitchell made an attack on
Bragg's advance guard on the S~helbyvi}'o
pike, and drove it in, on the 23d Of june.
The same day several infantry divisions
moved out of camp with several days rations.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-07-21
FIGHT OF p II.

Thus Negley, with one division, had
Bragg's whole army in front of him. He
discovered this just in time to prevent his
division from being crushed, and just in time
TO save Thomas corps from disaster. Brig.
Gen. Raird's division was some distance in
Negley's rear.
Negley summoned Baird to come to him
with all speed. BY 8 o'clock a. IL. Sept. II
Baird was in supporting distance.
Bragg had ordered Hindman to attack
Negley at McLemore's Cove at daylight Sept.
II. The order added: "Cleburne will attack
in front the moment your guns are heard"
Bragg and Cleburne waited for Hindman's
guns to be heard from McLemore's Cove at
dawn. Hours passed, and still they waited.
Noon came, yet not a gun had been heard.
One, two o'clock p. M, and still no sound
from Mclemore's Cove. Three o'clock, boom,
boom from the northwest announced that the
attack was on.
Cleburne FASTENED to the scene. Negley
was no longer OF Dug's Gap. He had taken
advantage Of the delay i'll Hindman's attack
to fall back to Thomas main body at Stevens
Gap. Hindman's attack was made on Neg
ley's left. Negley resisted the attack as best
be might while he was Withdrawing his
divisions. There was some severe fighting,
but Negley was able to reach Thomas corps
without the loss of q wagon or a gun, at 10
o'clock at night, Sept. II. Hindman's delay
in attacking had saved him. Bragg's first
attempt to crush Rosecrans' corps singly
had failed.
Then the Confederate leader turned his at
tention to Crittenden. Sept. IL, Crittenden
had moved his corps from Ringgold to Lee
& Gordon's mills. Bragg had given siren
uous orders to Polk Sept. IL to attack Crit
tenden's corps before the whole force could
be brought from Ringgold and concentrated.
He wrote to Polk also on the 18th:
This presents you a fine opportunity Of
striking Crittelidoa in detail, and I / hope you
will avail yourself of it at daylight to-mor-
row. This division crushed, the others are
yours. We can then turn on the force in
the cove"
But Bragg's generals did not obey him
promptly, and the opportunity to crush
Crittenden's corps was also lost.
The next move in the campaign was the
battle Of Chickamauga- :
The Opelousas courier., 1894-07-21

vicksburg. Bragg prepared once more to
move on.
He had with him about Chattanooga 5000
men. His army, before he received re-en-
forcements, was equal to Roseerans'. the
Union commander having been obliged to
detail numerous regiments toguard his long
line Of communication behind him.
Bragg marched out of Chattanooga Sept.
7and s. He went southwark to Lafayette,
Ala. a town to the east Of Pigeon mountains.
Here he waited for Rosecrans' next move in
this game of retreat and advance. Safe out
side of Chattanooga, where he could COM
mand the road furnishing his supplies, he
could, if necessary, even take the offensive.
The fall of Vicksburg had released $1,000
Confederate soldiers from Johnston's army
for the reinforcement Of Bragg. Buckner's
command, from East Tennessee, had also re-
enforced Bragg.
At Lafayette Bragg had Thomas corps in
front of him. C%rittenden, with the Union
left, was something over twenty miles to the
right of him. McCook, with the right wing,
having crossed Sand and Lookout noun
tains, was about the same distance away on
Bragg's left.
AS early as Aug. 80 Gen. Thomas learned
ofrthe heavy re-enforcements that had come
to Bragg from Johnston. After crossing
the Tennessee, Sept. 4, Thomas four divis-
ions marched directly on over the mountains
into Wills valley. Negley's division was in
the advance. A brigade from it was sent
forward at once eastward to seize Stevens
gap, in the Lookout mountain range. The
Eighteenth Ohio regiment advanced as far
as the top of Lookout mountain. They met
Confederate pickets. This was Sept. 6.
Negley's advance fell back and waited till
next day. Then, going forward with re-
enforced numbers, it took possession Of the
top Of Lookout mountain at this point. BY
Sept. 10 Negley's division had crossed Mis-
sionary ridge and gained McLemore's cove
They found the Confederate cavalry drawn
up in line to meet them across the entrance
to Dug gap. They found, furthermore, what
seemed to be a whole Confederate army, ar
tillery and all, In front Of them.
There had been ruulors before this that
Bragg had evacuated Chattanooga. On the
morning Of Sept. 9 a regiment from Rev
nolds' division Of Thomas corps was sent
along the top of Lookout mountain to recon-
hotter.
The regiment from Reynolds division was
mounted. As the men rode along they ex-
tended their reconnaissance nearer and
nearer to Chattanooga. Towards noon they
came to the town itself. They found the last
OF Bragg's army in the act of leaving.
Sept. 8, Rosecrans had become certain by
the great number Of the enemy On Negley's
front that Chattanooga had been abandoned
by Bragg. He sent a dispatch at once to
Crittenden, on the north, to take five days
rations and start in pursuit. .C%rittenden
received this message at 8 o'clock on the
morning Of the 9th.
McCook lad likewise executed the part of
the plan assigned to him, and was now in
Wills valley, between the Sand and Lookout
ranges. Sept 0 Rosecrans sent him orders
to hasten his march eastward and intercept
Bragg's retreat southwark, and attack his
right flank.
Accordingly McCook hurried to Alpine,
across the Lookout mountain range, and en-.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-07-21

Wilder's brigade came near losing their pris-
oners and beeves and being captured in their
turn, before Reynolds advancing soldiers
could reach them. Reynolds division came
in the nick Of time, however, and the Con
federates We're driven back to the woods.
Thomas other divisions occupied the gap
during the night.
The campaign had opened successfully. So
impatient was Gen. Halleck, at Washington,
for some decided movement to be made, or
for a victory to be gained somewhere, that in
the spring of 1868 he wrote a duplicate letter
to Grant at Vicksburg and Rosecrans at
Murfreesboro. There tvas a vacant major
generalship in the regular army at that time,
and in his duplicate letter Halleck offered
this place to either Grant or Rosecrans,
whichever should first achieve an important
victory.
The way in which this letter was treated
by the two generals was characteristic of
each. Grant, the silent man, folded his copy
up and laid it away without a word, pro-
The Opelousas courier., 1894-07-21

from tho constant rains. May were thus
drowned.
Capt. c.. c.. Davis received honorable nell
ton for the Shelbyvllle charge. Gen. Rose
Grams had named the Seventh Pennsylvania
cavalry the "Saber Regiment of the Army of
the Cumberland Gen. Thomas, meanwhile,
on the center, had advanced from his camp
at Beech Grove, near Liberty Gap, and made
the attack against the Confederates on his
right, June 20. The continuous and extra
ordinary rains retarded all the movements OF
the Army of the Cumberland at this time,
and it was near noon before Thomas could
attack OH his right. He was, however, sue
cessful. and cleared tlhe way for the advance
to Manchester. ThetConfederates retreated
to Fairfield, on the west.
June 81, Rosecrans' headquarters were at
Manchester. Wilder's mounted infantry had
taken possession Of the tow il the early
morning of that day. By evening Thomas
whole corps was in the tow ready for the
advance to Tullahoma, twelve miles distant.
In pursuing the Confederates to Fairfield,
near Wartrace, Thomas soldiers found that
Hardee's corps, that had held Wartrace, had
retreated and their camp was abandoned.
McCook and Crlttenden were forwarding
their troops over the heavy roads towards
Manchester as rapidly as possible. Crltten-
den was coming down from McMinnville.
While waiting for these corps, Rosecrans,
June %, sent Col. Wilder's mounted infantry
southwark to burn the railway bridge over
Elk river and destroy the railroad from
Cowan to Decherd. Part of the command
was detailed to operate Oh the railroad, part
to de.troy the bridge. The expedition to
Dnchpri was successful.
When, however, the detachment that lad
peer sent to burn the bridge reached it, they
found it already heavily guarded by the
Confederates. Rosacrans' precautions were