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Wide discrepancies exist in these 6g.
ures; for instance, Gen. Slocum accounts
for 1888 prisoners captured, and Gen.
Howard for ,2S7. making 1925 in all,
to Johnston's 653-a difference of 872.
| have always accorded to Gen. john
ston due credit for boldness in his
attack on our exposed flank at Benton
vile, but | think he UNDERSTANDS his
strength, and doubt whether at the
time he had accurate returns from his
miscellaneous armv, collected from
Hoke, Bragg, Hardee, Lee, etc.
After the first attack on Carlin's Di-
vision doubt if the fighting was as des-
perate as described by him, p. $50, ct.
seq. / was close up with the Fifteenth
Corps, on the goth and 21st, considered
the fighting as mere skirmishing, and
know that my orders were to avoid q
general battle till we could be sure of
Goldsboro', and of opening up a new
base of supply. With the knowledge
now possessed of bis small force, of course
| committed an error in not Overwhelm-
ing Johnston's army On the 21st of
March, 1865.
But | was content then to let him 20,
and on the 22d of March rode to Cox's
Bridge, where | met Gen. Terry, with his
two divisions of the Tenth Corps; and
the next day we rode into Goldsboro',
where | found Gen. Schofeld with the
Twenty-third Corps, thus efeeting q
perfect junction of all the army at that
point, as originally contemplated. Dur
ing the 23d and Oath the whole army
was assembled at Goldsboro' Gen.
Terry's two divisions encamped at
Faison's Depot to the south, and Gen.
Kilpatrick's cavalry at Mount Olive
Station, near him, and there we all
rested, while | directed my special at
tention to replenishing the army for the
next and last stage of the campaign.
Col. W. w. Wright had been so indie
fatigable, that the Newbern railroad
was done, and locomotive arrived In
Goldsboro' on the 25th of March.
To h.
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A2d2rSo3viIlQ:
A Story Of Rebel Military
Prisons.
tCoPYRIGHT.l

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
The wonderful country about um'eriand
Gan, and the strategic Importance OF That
place. The great need of food and forage Tor
the garrison sends q battalion of cavalry up
Powells Valley TO clear il out and secure its
supplies. A rebel command starts down the
valley to drive the Union troopers out. The
two forces meet on top of hii. and prompt
charge gives the day to the Union men and
scstters the rebels in headlong tout.
The cavalry battalion occupies the country
gained. and protects the forage trains sent ont
to gather up the supplies and haul them IN
This duty lasts until the morning of Jan. 5,
1864. The battalion is attacked by Jones's
Brigade OF rebels, and after stubborn. dcsper-
ate fight is compelled to surrender. Ihe>prIs
pners taken by rail through picturesque
part OF Virginia to Richmond. searched at Lib
by. and sent to different prisons. First week
of prison life. Interior and exterior scenes in
Richmond. Stoppage OF exchange.
The fret squad of prisoners leave Richmond
for Andersonvle. Scenes along the route.
Arrival at the famous prison-pen.
Something as to southern Georgia. sterile
land. Ingenious construction of shelters against
the weather. Gen. Winder and Capt. Wirz
take charge OF the Prison.
The month of March is passed in the pen.
with little shelter from the snow, rain, and
wind. The prison fills up with additional
SQUADS including the deserters from Castle
lightning in Richmond, with whom the other
prisoners have much trouble. Mortality rap
idly increases.
Crowd inside the stockade constantly in
creases. Arrival of prisoners and guns from
OOlustee. Killing of " Poll Parrot" Prisoners
plagued by vermin. Trading with guards.
The prisoners minds are hent on exchange
or escape. Much time devoted to tunnel
digging. Traitors summariy punished.
The rainy month of Jume-The crowd in
side the prison rapidly increases, the rations
grow worse, and the misery intepsifes
Terrible ravaees OF diseases of the digestive
organs. Appalling increase in the mortality.
Some instances of deaths of the writer. conn.,
rades.
Raiders grow unbeatable. They attempt
the murder of Leroy L. Key, who forms a baud
Of Regulators.
The latter defeat the Raiders in terrible
battle. The Raider leaders are arrested, and
at a court martial of the prisoners six arc
sentenced to death. The remainder Wirz in
sists shall he released from the small stockade
The prisoners become infuriated at this, and as
the Raiders are let into the big stockade maui
them severely. A scaffad is built andtbe Raid
ere hanged amid intense excitement.
The executions followed by organization
of q strong police force among the prisoners,
and discipline becomes good.
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the rebellion. Now, more than ever,
had we reason to ardently wish for the
destruction OF the rebel power. Before
capture We had love of country and a
natural desire for the triumph of her
flag to animate us. Now we had a
hatred of the rebels that passed express
sion, and fierce longing to see those
who daily tortured and insulted us
trampled down in the dust of humilia-
ton.
The daily arrival of prisoners kept US
tolerably we'll informed as to tile general
progress Of the campaign, and we added
to the information thus obtained BY get
ting-almost daily, in some manner or
another-a cory Of a rebel paper. Most
frequently these were Atlanta papers, or
al issue of the +" Memphis-C orinth-Jack-
son-Grenada-C Chattanooga Resaca- Mari
etta-Atlanta Appeot," as they used to
facetiously term a Memphis paper that
left that city when it was taken in 1862,
and for two years fell back from place to
place, as Sherman's army advanced,
until at last it gave up the struggle in
September, 1864, in little town south
of Atlanta, after about two thousand
miles OF weary retreat from an indefati-
gable pursuer.
The papers were brought in by " fresh
fish" or purchased from the guards at
from 80 cents to 81 apiece, or occasion
ally thrown in to US when they had
some specially disagreeable intelligence
like the defeat of Banks, or Sturgis, or
Hunter to exuit over. | was particu-
larry fortunate in getting hold of these.
Becoming installed as general reader for
neigbborhood of several thousand men,
everything Of this kind was Immediately
brought 10 me TO be read aloud for the
benefit OF everybody. All the older
prisoners knew me by the nickname of
llinoy "a designation arising from
my wearing on my cap when / entered
prison a neat little white metal badge of
"Ills." When any reading matter was
brought into our neighborhood there
would be general cry of Take it up
to Illinoy, and then hundreds would
mass around my quarters to hear the
news read
The rebel newspapers usually had
very meager reports OF the operations OF
the armies, and these were greatly dis
torted. but they were still very interest
ing, and as we always started in to read
with the expectation that the whole
statement was mass Of perversions and
lies, where truth was an infrequent acct
dent, We were not likely to be much inn
pressed with it.
There was a marked difference in the
tone of the reports brought in from the
different armies Sherman's men were
always sanguine. They had no doubt
that they were pushing the enemy
straight TO the wall, and that every day
brought the Southern Confederacy much
nearer Its downfall. Those from the
Army OF the Potomac were never SO
hopeful. They would admit that Grant
was pounding Lee terribly, but the
shadow of the frequent defeats of the
Army of the Potomac seemed to hang
depressingly over them.
There came a day, however, when
our sanguine hopes as to. Sherman were
checked by possibility that he had
tailed; that his long campaign toward
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MOWERS SHARP DASH.

During the Goth we simply held our
ground and started our trains back to
Kinston for provisions, which would be
needed in the event of being forced to
fight a general battle at Bentonville.
The next day (2lsD it began to rain
again, and we remained quiet till about
noon, when Gen. Mower. ever rash,
broke through the rebel line On his ex-
IRENE left flank, and was pushing
straight for Bentonville and the bridge
across Mill Creek. | ordered him back
to connect with his own corps and, lest
the enemy should concentrate on him,
ordered the whole rebel line to be en-
gagged with strong sklrmish-fire.
| think | made mistake there, and
should rapidly have followed Mowers
lead with the whole Of the right wing,
which would have brought on a general
battle, and it could not have resulted
otherwise than successfully to us, by
reason of our vastly superior numbers
but at the moment, for the reasons given,
| preferred to make junction with Gems.
Terry and Schofeld, before engaging
Johnston's army, the strength of which
was utterly unknown. The next day
he was gone and had retreated on Smith
field, and, the roads all being clear, our
army moved to Goldsboro'.
The heaviest fighting at Bentonville
was on the first day, viz, the 18th, when
Johnston's army struck the head of
Slocum's columns, knocking back Car
Inns Division; but, as soon as Gen. Slo-
cum had brought up the rest of the
Fourteenth Corps into line. and after
ward the Twentieth on its left, he re-
ceived and repulsed all attacks, and
held his ground as ordered, to await the
coming back of the right wing. His loss,
as reported, was nine officers and 145 men
killed, SIG wounded; and 226 missing.
He reported having buried of the rebel
dead 1877, and captured 33S prisoners.
The loss of the right wing was two
officers and 80 men killed, II officers
and $50 men wounded, and 70 missing.
Gen. Howard reported that he had
buried 100 of the rebel dead, and had
captured 1897 prisoners.
Our total loss, therefore, at Benton
vile was:
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CHAPTER XL.

THE BATTLE OF THE ODD OF JULY-THE
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE ASSAULTED
FRONT AND REAR-DEATH OF GEN.
MCPHERSON OF COMMAND
TIE.
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Gen. Johnston, in his Narrative
(p. 1922, asserts that his entire forcs at
Bentonville, emitting Wheeler's and
Buffers cavalry, only amounted to a.
100 infantry and artillery and Up. $3.50
states his losses as follows:
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First publication September IL.
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ChEhltf SALE.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT
by virtue Of an order Of sale issued by
the clerk Of the district court OF the
third judicial district Of Nebraska,
within and for Lancaster county, in an
action wherein Julian c. Gregory is
plaintiff. and John ID. Slade ct al defend
ants. will, at 2o'clocx p. m. on the 18th
day OF October. A. d., 1897, at the east
door Of the court house. in the city Of
Lincoln, Lancaster county, Nebraska,
offer for sale at public auction. the fol-
towing described lands and tenements
wit:
Lot one ~, in block five %, lot four
~. 10 block ten QO). lot one ~. in block
eleven. Ql). lot three, 81 in block twelve
Oh. lot four AZ. in block twenty one (2l),
lot one IL. in block twenty nine (29), and
lots one III, two ~. three (3) and four
a.. in block thirty t3O). all in Washing
ton Heights. an addition to the city of
Lincoln. Lancaster county. Nebraska.
Given under my hard this Sth day of
Ser TENDER, 4. D., 1897.
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Sheriff.
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Every advertising rule depends for lis
success upon the Gtnes and common sense
with which It Is applied. General principles
arr Ike one Of Captain Cattle's observations,
tioa Of Il.
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HOFMANN'S STUDIO.
fCoRREspoNDfNr IN GERN,NYl.


ng, even TO The diiIefanfe. So sfter
mary plesdipgs from American ad-
mirers ia Dresden. Herr Holman con-
scented to open his studio from twelve
until two every Sunday. The villa in
which he lives is small and old fash
toned. II is surrounded by trees and
somewhat dismal looking 4 neat
little maid answers the bell and shows
the visitor up stairs into two rather
small rooms where the great artist is
surrounded by adoring tourists. Herr
Holman is well preserved man with
kind eyes and gentle manner. His hair
and beard are both grey. He has never
married, SO a sister keeps house for
him. He speaks almost no English, which
obliges me TO think up two or three
OF my newly learned German sentences
Many Americans, OF whom he will as
sure you he is very fond. buy his pho
tographs at some store and ask him to
sffix his autograph. This he does in
most gracious manner.
The studio itself is just little disap-
pointing. All the fascinating sketches
have been carefully Put away and half
finished canvasses are turned TO the
wall There were no bread crumbs or
mice or scft coatings OF dust and the
lay figure looked fit for promenade. 1t
is these half revealed thoughts from the
artists mind that give an admirer an
insight into an artists character. Perhaps
Holman gives the room over to the
neat little maid early Sunday morning
and she arrsnees it according to her
idea Of propriety.
Among the pictures on easels about
the studio is head OF Cbrist The
first study for that wonderful master
piece. "Christ in the Temple which
admirers rank next to the Sistine
Madonna among the religious paint
ings OF the world. Every one knows
this picture from copies il he has never
seen the original in the Dresden
art gallery. The Christ child is o, a
Jewish {, pc with dark, wonderful eyes
and radiance that shines from the
whole face. Another painting is Christ
and the Rich Young Man." which the
artist has always kept in his own
possession. 1t is the face Of the Saviour
that is marvellous in its spirituality and
ths other figures form a setting as il
we're. This gift OF portraying the spirit
shining through the face without the
conventional halo and other signs of
divinity is the power of Hofman's
work. There is scarcely a subject in
the New Testament that hs has not H.
iustratei with wonderful success. On
the other hard in his studio is large
painting OF ..Leda and the Swan" which
ID interesting although good enough in
color and drawing.
Holman must at some time have
thought it his duty to try a conven-
tionsl subject but it is to be hoped he
was soon convinced OF his unfitness for
that field.
As you leave the room you rotice a
little box near the door under which is
written Remember the Poor" All
visitors drop mark or so 10 the box
before leaving. Ii shoxs the heart OF
the mao who can portray so perfectly
the face II Christ.
rxnAE ca,H.r r,nc,. rNnIrnouoN-c
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George w. 8OH11ell.
Q. II. - =. a
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DEATH OF Mrs. JOHN DERN.-Mrs.
Katie Dern, wife of Mr.. John Dern
died at her home on Third street, on
Thursday of last week, after an ILL.,
ness of several weeks of typhoid
fever, aged about 20 years. She was
well-known and esteemed by large
concourse of friends. She was Miss
Katie Smith, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Adam Smith, before her mar
riage, and leaves husband and two
children. The funeral took place
from st. Johns Lutheran Church, on
Sunday afternoon, at 8 O'Clock,
Rev. G. S. Trump officiating. She
was laid to rest in Green Hill Gene
terry.
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/ desire to inform the residents Of
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Gerling Building,
West King Street
OPPOSITE KILMER'S CHINA HALL,

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where will be found a general lire of
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Sun
dries, Patent Medicines, Toilet Ar
ticles, etc.. etc. My entire stock is
new and fresh and has been selected
with the utmost care throughout all
the various lines of Drugs, Medi-
cines, Chemicals and Sundries, which
for purity and excellence are unsur-
passed. Special attention will be
given the Prescription Department,
which is under my personal super
vision. Having had sixteen years
experience in the drug business,
twelve years in Martinsbure and
four years in Baltimore and Wash
ington, will thereby exercise the
greatest care and accuracy in the
Compromising of Prescriptions. 1
respectfully invite inquiry for goods
IN my line. 1t shall be my aim and
constant endeavor TO furnish the
best at the lowest possible price.
Thanking the public for their es-
teemed favors 10 the past and solicit
ing a renewal of their patronage, /
remain,
Very Respectfully,
j. VI. O'NEAL.
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BAPTIST AssooIATIoN.-The 18th
Annual Session of the Shenandoah
Baptist Association convened at the
Baptist Church, in Charles. Town, ION
Wednesday morning last. Rev.
Julian Broaddus, of Berryville, Va,
was reelected president ; J. M.
Lave, of Wildwood, Va, clerk D.
G. O'Flsherty, of Front Royal, Va,
assistant clerk, and T. D. Gould, OF
Berryville, Va, treasurer. The an
nual Introductory sermon was
preached by Rev. G. P. Staley, oil
this city. In the afternoon Rev.
DR.. II. NJ. Wharton, of Baltimore
preached 10 large crowd on the
lawn of the church.
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THE WALLACE CIRCUS cir
Gus has come and gone, taking with
it large smount of money from the
people of this city and vicinity.
Tuesday was a regular old time cir
Gus day. The streets of the city
were thronged with old and young
from early morning until in the af-
ternoon, all anxious to see what was
to be seen, and awaiting the grand
street parade, which was to occur at
10 p. NJ. 1t did not take place,
however, until after p. M, on ac-
count of the late arrival in this city.
The tents were erected on the Boom
Land, southwest of the city, and
thousands of people turned out to
see the performance in the afternoon.
A large crowd also witnessed it al
night, but not near the number as in
the day time. The circus was a
good one, every feature being pre-.
scented as advertised, and the Wal,
lace Shows lett a good impression
with the people of this city and vi.
cinity, as all who witnessed the per.
Torrance spoke of it as being one Of
the cleanest and best shows ever
seen here.
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DEATH OF AN AGED LADY Mrs.
Elisabeth Rhineman died at the
home of her son on the Winchester
turnpike, on Sunday morning last,
aged rs years, months and 6 days,
Of general debility. She was the
wife of the late Conrad Rhineman
Of Jefferson county. She was con-
sistant member of the NJ, E.Church,
South, and died in the assurance of
eternal life. She leaves three chill
dren, Thomas II. and George H.
Rhineman, of this county, and Mrs.
j. OFT, of Rippon, Jefferson coun-
ty. The funeral took place on Mon
day afternoon, Rev. S. G. Ferguson
officiating, and the interment was in
Green Hill Cemetery.
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ANOTHER SLIGHT WREcK.-Anoth.
err slight wreck occurred on the B,
& O. R. r., on Tuesday morning
last, at 8 o'clock, caused by the
truck of a refrigerator car jumping
the track near Tabb's Station, about
three miles west of this city. II
consumed considerable time in get.
ting the heavy car back on the rail
which delayed the Wallace Circus
trains and several passenger trains
over an hour in getting to this city
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HORSES FALL.-On Tuesday morn
ing one of the horses of the Wallace
Show fell on King street, and was
dragged a distance of twenty feet
before the driver could check his
team. At midnight while loading
the horses in the cars at the rail
road another one walked on the Gov.
ering of the coal pen at Evans-Shaf.
fer.Grocer Co.'s place of business
which gave way giving him drop
in the coal. 1t was some time be.
fore he was extricated from his
perilous position. Besides a few
cuts and scratches neither horse suf-
fered serious injury.
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AooIDENT.-Last Friday, while
Hon. A. S. cambridge and wife were
on their way to the Bower the
horse they were driving became
frightened and ran of. The buggy
was upset and the occupants thrown
violently to the ground, sustaining
severe cuts and bruises. They were
both confined to the house for sew.
eral days, but we are 9glad to state
are now much better.
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ALL WEEK SERvIeEs.-Rev. DIR.
G.. w. White, of Moorefield, will
preach every night next week, be-
ginning on Monday, in the Presby-
terian Church in this city, under ap-
pointment OF Winchester Prcsby.
terry. Communion services will fol-
low on Sunday, September 9Th, at
IL a. N. The public is cordially in
vited to attend these services.
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Boy BADLY BEATEN.-A lively
fight took place at Failing Waters,
on the West Virginia side of the Pc.
tomac River, in which boy named
Snyder was badly beaten and may
die. Susan Yanigan and Matilda
johnson, two young colored girls
living in that neighborhood, were
on their way to the village grocery,
when young Snyder came along the
road. The girls thought they would
have some fun at the boys expense
and began teasing him. This he re-
sented by calling them "Niggers.''
This name so enraged the girls that
they threw him to the ground and
beat him in horrible manner.
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THE BABY SHOW OF THE INwooD
FAIR.-The baby show came off on
Friday and was an interesting feat.
ure. There were Is entries. The
Judges were Capt. j. NJ. Hickey
and Mrs. Hickey, OF Washington,
Mrs. Jacob Gassman, Miss O'Brien,
H. Smith and A G. Legg. Chifie
Shade was awarded the first prize,
S. in gold. The second prize, a
years subscription to the Statesman,
was awarded to Susan Randall, of
Grimes, Va. Edna Farnsworth was
awarded first prize, for handsomest
baby over l year, which was a hand
some ring offered by H. S. Hyde.
Harry b. Pitzer was the latest and
got Sl.00. Manager John W. Dodd
made the presentation speeches.