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ADDRESS BY 8. CADWALLADER.
Long the Only COrrespondent a.
Grants Headquarters.


In time of war the press by a law of its
existence becomes a powerful assistant
TO the government. Should the press op-
pose war, the enemy would consider #
an admission of weakness; should II favor
war it would be thought an evidence Of
strength: should 1t be mismanaged govern
menu and people would suffer.
1t is the duty of the press to support
the government In carrying on q inst war
by publishing true and favorable accounts
OF al con pleted operations and by with
hoidirg any news by which the enemy
might profit.
By the law of reciprocity a corresponding
duty devolves upon those in authority. 10
leep the press Informed concerning every
thing which affects the public welfare.
When war occurs a republic 1t NAV
be set down as a postulate that the peopIe
are entitled to and will obtain full accounts
from the field
The true interest of government and peo-
truthful reports from the army.
Unbridled license by CORRESPONDENT. and
arbitrary suppression by military author.
ity are the extremes to be avoided
1t Is an admitted fact that the efficiency
of an army depends more upon its intelli-
gence than its physical development The
press Is great educational factor. Our
soldiers are newspaper readers. Their en-
durance Of hardships and their heroism in
battle are largely due to patriotic reading.
An army Of free born American citizens
would be damaged more by suppressinR
the circulation Of newspapers than by be-
ing placed on half rations in the face of
the enemy. They would soon rebel against
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ordered Gen. Patrick to expel Crapsey from
the army.
Probably no work of his life was more
ccngenial to this 'Squeers' Of the military
He mounted Crapsey on sorry-loeking
mule, face backward, covered him with
placards, marched him through the lines to
the tune of the "Rogues' March," and
started him homeward.
had long conversation. at his own re-
quest, with Gen. Meade on this subject the
next spring. in which he frankly confessed
that he made great mistake In permitting
such a degrading form of punishment. He
said that when he wrote his official report
of the battle Of Gettysburg, with reports
Of all his subordinates before him, he
nevertheless made many mistakes. Since
then he had always felt the utmost charity
for correspondents who were compelled to
write hastily from the field. without the
slightest opportunity for revision or verif1-
cation. 1t was a noble confession land
tribute to correspondents) by an honest
man and able commander.
Story of the Press Censorship.
The following facts concerning the gov
ernmental censorship Of the press during
the war seem necessary In any intelligent
treatment of the subject:
Early in the first session Of the Thirty
seventh Congress iwinter of 1s61-2) the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted by the House
of Representatives: Resolved, That the
judiciary committee be requested to inquire
If a telegraphic censorship Of the press has
been established In this city. and II so. by
whose authority, and by whom 1t is now
controlled; to report II such censorship has
not been used to restrain wholesome politi-
cal criticism and discussion: while its pro-
fessed and laudable object has been to
withhold from the enemy information In
relation to the poyements of the army"
To enable the committee to prosecute its
Investigations effectively. the House. on
January 8, 1862 clothed it with power to
send for persons and papers and take tes-
umony. iG
On January 90 1862, that committee re-
ported that q censorship did exist-that the
government assiffned exclusive control Of
the telegraph hHesS in April, 1S61-that the
censorship was first under the control of
the Treasury ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1t
was transferred to the War Department,
and then to the State Department, where
was reassumed by the Secretary Of War.
The committee also reported:
soon after Gen. Mcclellan assumed COM
mand Of the Army of the Potomac a series
of resolutions were adopted by the repre-
sentatives of the press, including the
Washington city correspondents Of the
daily papers of New York. Philadelphia,
Boston and Cincinnati to determine a rule
for the guidance of these newspapers,
and the press OF the country, in the publ
cation of matter which might be connected
with the interest OF the government These
resolutions were signed by Gen. Mcclellan
and the repres entatives OF twelve leading,
innuential newspapers, and were as fol-
lows: Resolved. that we accede to the fol-
lowing suggestions made by, Gen. George B.
MCCLELLAN and that we transmit them to
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authority which shut from them all sources

authority which shut from them all sources
of Information.
The law Of self-preservation Will compel
the government to a wide diffusion of news
affecting its welfare. In prolonged wars
the existence Of any government depends
upon the loyalty Of Its troops. but in none
so much as ours, where the soldier never
sinks his citizenship. and where the army
Is but the embodiment Of national patriot
ism.
Correspondent Qualifications.
Having promised that wars will arise in
the future; that the people Of q republic
are entitled to full information concerning
the official acts of public servants; that
the press must always be an ally OF both
government and people; that republican
soldiers are still citizens. and republican
armies but q part Of the people, 1t remains
to consider what should be the character Of
war.correspondence and the best means
The first requisite is accuracy and abso-
lutte truthfulness. written without fear,
favor or affection.
1t should be as minute and detailed as
possible. 1t should be penned under the
excitement and Inspiration Of battle sur
rolndings, when practicable. and In the
fewe st words that will convey a pen picture
of the battlefield and it's attendants.
1t should DE in sturdy Anglo-Saxon YER
nacular. nervous. vigorous and concen-
trated in description, and bring to the
reader In all their realities the scenes in
which the writer was an actor. The grand
ciimactera of great battle should elimi-
nate puerilities and eXaggerations.
A great battle possesses an absorbing,
terrible interest to the typical correspond
emit Who witnesses it. exerts a fascination
wholly indescribable and superior to any
otter on earth. His whole soul will be
THROWN into his account of 1t, and he will
find neither time nor inclination to gar
ntsh pretty story.
The zip and ping of mimic balls the rat
Ting, rolling. swelling ard falling musket-
~ fire, the trembling. laundering roar Of
heavy artillery. the shouting and yelling
of coEtending hosts, the groans of wounded
men, the screaming of crippled horses, the
bl1hding sulphIrous smoke, the horrible
scenes of destruction and death which
cover field Of battle are all legitimate
subjects for description and afford play
for every natural and artificial faculty
His imagination can never exceed the reali-
ties before him.
The master of the art. however, never
allows these minor delineations to become
the chief features of his correspondence
and never so exhausts himself on skirm-
ish that he cannot describe a battle. He
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The rise of the illustrated press was much
later than that of the descriptive press.
In the newspaper Illustration of the wa,
Frank Leslie, once Carter. an English on
graver. led the way and commenced a for
tune He had worked on Gleason's illus
trated papers in Boston, and felt the Amerf-
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To shut on snl forestall any and all
unjust suspicious in these after DAVIS I
state clnphatically that &c all the personal
notices OF General Grant written l,y me
from the beginning Of the war 10 its close
were collected and published they would
not MAKE two columns of solid nonpareIl
In the New York Herald, Sun or World.
Personal Review
The chief requisites OF successful cor
respondent are lncorruptible honesty and
never tagging industry in his vocation
So far as 1 can su1ge of my own qualifica-
tions Tor lack of them) Whatever measure
of success 1 attained was due to a faculty
for condensa don. and n strict adherence
to what / believed to ba facts
1hlat l was osten misinformed or mis-
taken about many details need scarcely he
stated. bat in this day of retrosrection I
can truthfully affirm that I never know
ingly wrote an untruth for publication.
1 excelled in securing quick transmission
of dispatches to the Office of publication
My employers preferred early news to fine
writing
My faults were those of being n slow
penman-of spending too much time i'm
gathering material. and verifying state
ments-of coliensing much that deserved
elaboration-and the very common fault of
overlooking. or emitting, many small de-
tails which seemed 10 me at the time too
insignificant TO mention. / was not a
Voluminous correspondent, and never
SouSht W coNer tiie proacSiUe or a news
paper unless the magnitude of the affair
demanded 1t.
AS chief correspondent with the Army of
the Potomac. my duties were also editorial
l read the dispatches of all the other
Herald correspOndents-revise them nv
correcting contradictory or misstaiements
Withheld some of them. perhaps. till the
writers could be seen-and was expected to
give unity to what appeared each day in
the paper. The labor OF doing this was
greater than may be supposed and SUBJ
tracted from time which would have been
given to writing.
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concerning such operations on the part
of the government, except when 1t may be-
come necessary for the government. under
the authority of Congress-, to assume ex-
elusive control Of the telegraph for its own
legitimate purposes. or to assert the right
oNpriority in the transmission of its own
dispatches"
Despotism of Satraps.
In consequence of some improper publ
cations In the Washington Chronicle, the
following order. was issued: ,-s-..
WAR DEPARTMENT.,
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE.
WASHINGTON, August %, 1881.
BY the fifty-seventh article Of the act of
Congress entitled AN act for establishing
rules and articles for the Government az
the armies Of the United States" approved
April 10. 1905, holding correspondence with
or giving intelligence to the enemy, either
directly or indirectly. IL made punishable
by death or such other punishment az shall
be ordered by the sentence of q court-mar-
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Brutality to Correspondents.

10 correspondents.
coward Crapsey. correspondent of the
Fhaieadsiphia IHaqirer, sslked In his. account
OF the Wi!dernea battle that Gen. Meade,
at one time.aafavorep retreating to the north
bank OF the Rapidan, as he had done after
the Mine Run engagement the year before.
Meade, pronounced 1t an absolute falsehood,
and was greatly incensed by its publication.
When We lay in front Of Cold Harbor, he
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weaves them into his account as bits of
colcring, to set off stupendous facts. He
remembers that the chief interest will al
ways center on the heroic deeds of those
engaged, the responsibility Of each for
failure or success and the paramount ques-
ton of whether the field was lost or won.
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NOTICE OF SHEER FFvS Sarr
superior court Of the STATE ~ s-T TT-.ia Tie
ton. for the county OF Kirv ,vsasaiag-
Beck, plaintiff. vs.. J. VI R5vs aassgIe
ME \. Boyd. his wife. C;sS @n9 Faa-
Pheters. and Austin NJ Nrps.M No
Annie J. AcPheters, his wifs and
ants No. - 65s osSeaa-
Under and by virtue OF an a,s.
anu special execution. issued Ss, sac
above named court. in the $780,, St q To
seton. ana 70 me directed and aes3ruslei
l have duly levied upon TIE fSI,es..apse res
scrieed real property. situated - d.
county. Washington, to-wit. IA King
The south siXty-live (sSl fee, =,
Qof. in block one On. in the Sanss-- 20 ten
Real Estate Ccmpany's hrst ssooansa
the city Of Seattle N@iAoa Ia
Notice is therefore hereby gtvs, -
Friday the Slst day Of JAaus-S N saAt en-
the hour OF ten o'clock a. m ~ s, ~ AZ
at the front door OF the coor, ST. 80. Gag.
the city Of Seattle in said Eie,, Ss. u
l viii sell the above described nys- S.aits,
pu3o..ic auction. 10 the hIghes, S,,ss q
Dated this the 9Th day az us,au
1926. A. T. VAN DE Va S 'zS,sEnoss
Blaine & DeVries. Attorneys. H.
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SEALED PROPOSALS.-Sealed bids will
be received until 2 o'clock p. m. Thurs
day. January 80. 1896, at the office OF the
Washington, for all labor and materials
required in the erection and completion
of the new state capitol building At
Olympia, Washington, according to the
plans and specifications therefor. pre-
pared by Ernest Flagg. architect. now
on file in the office OF. the architect in
the old capitol building in Olympia.
Washington. and also at the office of
said architect at No. "a Broad street.
New York city.
Attention is called to section seven %.
chapter 1Ss, page 4s2, session laws OF 1898.
a portion Of which section is as follows:
1.-THE performance OF every contract
shall be secured by bond TO the state OF
quarter OF the contract price, secured by
two t2) securities qualifying in double the
be a bona fide resident OF this state. said
bond TO be conditioned for the faithful
performance OF said contract.
Each bid shall be accompanied by a
similar bond conditioned for the execution
and faithful performance Of a contract in
accordance with said bid Il the same oe
contractors Will be made in cash.
Blank forms for bids and OF the contract
and bond which the successful bidder viii
be required TO enter into are on file with
the plans aud specifications in the ONCE
OF the architect. which contract and bond
the successful bidder will be required TO
execute at once upon the acceptance or
his bid.
The right is reserved to reject any or all
bids Bids should be addressed 10 Tire
State Capitol Commission, Olympia Wash
ington, and envelopes should be marked
bid for New State Capitol Building"
Blank bonds and forms for bids will be
furnished TO intending bidders upon appii-
cation TO the secretary OF the State Capt.
tol Commission, olympia, Washington.
Dated December 81 1895.
J. II. McGRAw,
JOHN =. FROST
JOSEPH ;. ALLEN,
CHARLES r. MUNDAY
EDMUND RICE.
Commissioners
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NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE-In the
superior court OF the state of Washing
ton. for the county of King. Dexter
Horton & Co. bankers. a corporation,
and Frank +. Van Tuyl. plaintiffs, VS..
Joseph Green and Zoa f. Green, his
wife. John II. Allen. John II, Powell and
Jay c. Allen, co-partners doing business
under the firm name and style or Allen
a. Powell, William Wadhams, doing bus
mess as Wadhams & Co, +. III. William
son. William Cuff, the Riverside orange
Company. a corporation, 3. n. Trooock
and Alexander Bergen. co-partners do
ing business under the firm name and
Kowalsky. defendants. No. 0,60S.
Under and by virtue OF an order of sale
and special execution, issued out of the
above named court, in the above entitled
cause. and to me directed and delivered,
| have duly levied upon the following de-
scribed real property, situated in King
county. Washington. to-wit:
Commencing at the corner OF sections
70 q 81 and 3d. in township twenty-four
t2D north. range four D east, thence west
50-10o chains, thence south ~ chains,
thence east 50-100 chains to the line be-
tween sections "a and 30 and to the south
west corner of lot one Cd in section 30,
thence south 10 chains. thence east 10
chains, thence northWeSterly 10 a point IN
center OF slough about s 5o-I0o chains east
of the line between sections "a and 30 and
from the southwest corner of lot one Cd
in said section 80. thence west TO a point
l 50-l00 chains east OF the southwest cor
ner of lot one o.. section 30, thence north
3Is degrees west 10 50-l00 chains to the
place of beginning. containing ID acres
more or less. Also beginning at a point
10 rods west OF the northeast corner OF the
northeast quarter of the northeast quarter
of section thirty-four (Si), township twen-
ty-four CAD north or range four "a east
of the willamette meridian, thence south
eighty $50 rods. thence west ten Q0) rods.
thence north eighty S0 rods, thence east
ten Q0) rods TO the place of beginning.
containing five 90 acres. together with the
appurtenances. Said lots, tract or par
cells of land being in the county of King,
state of Washington.
Notice is therefore hereby given that on
Friday. the 31st day of January, 1896, at
the hour of ten O'Clock m. Of said day,
at the front door of the courthouse, in
the city OF Seattle, in said King county.
will sell the above described property at
public auction. to the highest and best
bidder. for cash
Dated this the 9th day OF December.
1895. A. L. VAN DE NANTER.
Sheriff.
Blaine & DeVries, Attorneys.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SAI-E-In the
superior court Of the state OF Washing
ton. for the county or King. Andrew
Selscn and and c; ?: Nelso1. planting las W. "
Hutchcrafr, defendants. Ne. gf.Sn.
Under and by virtue OF q writ OF sxecu-
IN the above entitled cause. and 70 me di-
rec1ec and delivered. | have duly levied
upon all the right. title and interest OF
The defendants p r. Pratt and Lizzie G
Pratt. in said writ named. in and 10 the
following described real property, situated
IN King county, Washington, to-wit;
Lots seven % and eight Co. in block
TWO %. of Mob Hin addition TO the city
o. Seattle; north half OF lot SIX tsl, OF
BOOK a. of supplemental plat OF blocks
A. B. and &C. TO Mob Hin addition 10
TWO 60, Of McCaliister's addition 10 the
city of Seattle; south half of lot eight ~,
IN block forty-seven 90, OF {. c. Terry
nrst addition to the city of Seattle, two
and one-half t2lsl acres off the south
end OF lot four (l. i'm section twenty-five
l25l. township twenty-five (25i north. range
point on south line of Pratt street. pro-
duced easterly, which point Is enc hun
dred and fifty C5W feet east Of the east
line OF Dexter street, thence south ninety
three $3.50 feet. thence east seventeen un
feet TO the shore line Of Lake Union.
thence northerly along the shore line or
street produced. thence west sixty-five 9S5l
feet TO the point OF beginning. in section
thirty (So). township twenty-five C25l
north, range four ca east; the undivided
one-half Cal Of lots one % and two 90,
and the south half OF the northeast
quarter of section six C6), township twen-
ty-three t2Sl north. range eight t9 east:
the southeast quarter of the northeast
quarter. and the east half of the south
east quarter of section five (5l. township
twenty-siS&t26) north. range six 90 east;
east half Of the southwest quarter OF sec
ton nine (N, township twenty-siX COD
north. range six 90 east: commencing al
point sol. co feet west and 625 feet south
OF the quarter section corner at north
east corner Of lot five (S). of section thirty
t3Ol, township twenty-five CS) north.
range four ca east. of w NJ, on section
line section between sections nineteen usl
and thirty tS0, township and range last
aforementioned. thence west Az feet 10
point which is the point of beginning.
thence west 1lo.73 feet, thence south
Sli.50 feet 10 north line of Mercer dona-
ton claim; thence east along said north
thence north 22i50 feet. thence west 40
feet, and thence north ninety GOD feet 10
the place of beginning.
Notice is therefore hereby given that on
Friday, the 3lst day OF January, 1896. at
the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. OF said day. at
the front door OF the courthouse. in the
city of Seattle, in said King county, |
viii sell the above described property at
public auction to the highest and best bid
der, fer cash.
Dated this the soth day of December.
1895.
A. T. VAN DE VANTER. Sheriff.
Rochester q Huston, Attorneys Tor
Plaintiff.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

coNoyER-The funeral services over the
fatrs Mace this morning al ~ o'clock
from the pariors u he Seattle Under
taxing Company Services NlN y leis
by Rev. Watson. Friends are invited 10
attend.
t.spr.AsE-r--In Seattle. Monday. January
q $50. at the Butter hotel. Of heart fail
are AIRS Eta EoeneT. wife OF W. u,
Tbener. president Of the E5ener Gold
Mining Company Of Alaska, aged -
years.
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NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALEM the
superior court OF the state OF Washing
ton. for the county Of King. =. j. Glen
non, plaintiff, vs. Chin QUOng Fook and
Chin You Ling. co-partners under the
firm name Of Gee Lee a. Co. NJ F.
Backus. Frcdolin Wilhelm and Regina
Wilhelm, A. HANBACK,. ". II Carraher
W. +. MCElwain. Manson r. Backus az
receiver OF the Rainier Power and Rail-
way Company, and the Rainier Power
and Railway Company. defendants. No.
IS. +0l
Under and by virtue OF an order Of sale
and special execution. issued out OF the
above named court. IN the above entitled
cause. and 10 me directed and delivered
I have duly levied upon al the interest
of the defendants chin Cugng F0Ok and
Chin You Ling. cO-partners as Gee .ee A.
CO.. BY virtue o. an indenture OF lease.
dated November ian, fNse between the
Wilhelm. as lessons, and said co-partneF-
ship u Gee Lee A. Co. as lessee in ard
10 the sasterly sixty BY sixty (ytxsD feat
Of lCf five co. IN block sixteen 00 Nav
nard : plat 90 the town tnow city) % Sc
attic together with t8ree-stOry brirL
building and basement situate within he
limits OF said !ot. and wing and being IN
the city of Seattle. King county, Wash
Notice IL therefore hereby given thar an
Friday. the Sist day Of January 1866 al
the hour OF ten octock a. m % said dsv
al the front door OF the courthouse- IN
the city q Seattle. iu said King 'rourtv'
puzzle auction 10 tie highest and best
bidder. for cash.
Dated this the 18th day o. December
lss5. a j. VAN DE VANTER.
sausman. Kslleher & Emory. Attorneys.
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COUNTY NOTICES.

NOTICE or EXAMINATToN.--Not.s.e.e. rs :
hereby given that the next qnarleIILS' ,' ae
animation OF teachers for kins eo " NJ
will be held I'm the library room os an An
courthouse In Seattle, WashinI ,.ua,.,
iSGg J. W. LAfHuf. 80
Superintendent OF Schools. KING e0'"'''
Wash.
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INPOIrNDED STOCK NoTICE.-The FOL
lowing described horses We're p.a nT ,, n
the city pound on Jan. %, lsso, ana VIZ
be sold at public auction to the hignes -
bidder for cash in hand to pay 49, So. ~
impoundlng and advertising. Wednesaas;,
E'ehruary IL. 1896, AZ 10 o'clock a. m. ~
,ba front door of police headquarters
corner of Third street and Yesler ave
nue.: So, sa~a.
one bay horse, white stripe down i 49,
one bay mare colt, white stripe cow h,ysss
THE owner of the above described hofSes
pe'is - BOLTON ROGERS.
chief Of Police.
Date OF first publication, January -
fcaE
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BIRTHS.

pOYT-In SeaftIe Wash. Sunday, Janu-
ary % 1896. 70 Ar. and Mrs j. r. Hoyt-
Of 81 Fourth avenue, son.
gFrNTER-To Mr. and Mrs John Bunter.
al % Lineoln street, sunday, January
Is 1875. son.
r-TspRHsE-In Hartford Wash. sunday,
Jaruary Is fss@ 70 the widow o. the
late Or. G. n E.ldrige, son
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In order TO secure correct insertion 81
v.-stnex under these headings. the same
siso1Id be Iest al the business offices OF
tbls paper no charge is made for suca
notices
II al anuotfucerner will be charged AT the
rate of 10 cents per lire each Insertion.
ST-INTELLIGENCER Co
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STORAGE.

STORAGE and Distributing Warehonss'
41O South Second street. }. = he"O'''
Telephone Main lUo.