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but delay could only serve to strengthen it
while giving opportunity for the arrival OF
jackson, Walker. and NcLaws. from Harper
Ferry; which Mcclellan now knew had
fallen that morning, Franklin having APP
pri>ed him OF tue holr when the sound OF
guns from that qGar er cease I.
Had Mcclellan then res lived to attack at
daylight next morning. he might before
hoon have hurled 50, gallant troops
against not more than half their number OF
rebels; for, though JACKSON arrived with his
over marched men til 1t morning. he left 4.
p. Hill beh nj at he Ferry while McLaws,
still confronting Franklin in Pleasant Val
lev WAS Obliged TO cross the Potomac at
liarper's Ferry, and recross it at Shepherds
town, III order to come up at all; and did
not arrive until the morning Of the 18th
Walker, clearing London Nights and cross
ing the Shenandoah on the 18th, had fol-
lowed Jackson during the night, and arrived
at Shepher lst ,w.n easly on the morning of
the 10th; crossing and reporting to Lee ut
Sharpsburg by noon.
LEES DISPLAY Or FORCE.
Lee, aware that every hours delay was an
inestimab!e advantage TO him, made as great
a display Of force as possible throughout the
l39ll iHu IDtn lNouEl ne thereby exposed
his infantryit seemed wantonly-to the
fire OF our artillery. But on the morning Of
the Eth when our columns advanced 10 the
attack, and the battle began in earnest, his
whole army, save A. i. Hills Division.
being on hand, the regiments and brigades
hitherto so ostentatiously paIaded seemed to
have sank into the earth and nothing but
grim and irowniDg batteries were seen cover
ing each Interest and trained on every
stretch of open ground whereby our soldiers
might'attempt to scale those rugged sleeps.
The struggle was inaugurated on the after
noon OF the 10th by our old familiar manu-
yer; Hooker, on our right, being directed to
flank and beat the enemy's left, backed by
Simmer, Franklin. and Mansfield, who were
to come into action successfully, somewhat
nearer the enemy's center.
1t would have been a serious objection. 10
hours before, to this strategy, that it tended,
even if successful, to concentrate the enemy
by driving him back on his divisions arriv-
ing or expected from Harper's Ferry, rather
than to interpose between him and them.
10 be cOntinued.i
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A Cavalry Encounter.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: 1t was
during the rebellion, and the incidents OF
which | will relate occurred June s, 1865.
The Reserve Brigade of Cavalry Army of the
PotOmac) was composed OF the 1St, 9th and
9th L. s. Cav. and 9th Pa. Cav.
The brigade was doing duty at or near the
town of Boonsboro, Md, and on June s,
1863, our brigade took hand with rebel
cavalry, who came charging down toward the
town Our troops, the Reserve Brigade were
mounted and near the old pottery shop, west
Of the town; the rebel cavalry was charging
some Union troops along the pike. AS soor
as the Union cavalry had cleared our brigade
the 1st L. S. give the rebels the contents Of
their Sharpe's rifles, which demoralized them
and they started i'll the direction whence
they had come.
Their horses were faded, ours fresh II
looked like crime to saber those boys. The
rebels had not the ghost of chance against
such stawart cavalrymen as the LIST u. S.,
many of whom had been in the service &c
years or longer. A boy should never be
allowed to do mans work. | saw an old
Sergeant with a right cut take off u young
rebels head as clean rs our wOmen-fOlks cut
off chickens. | teal you l was sorry fol-
the reb, but it had 10 be done, as the ret
was running around over the country doing
devilment. Poor chill l.! he had better been
| ut home going to schO i.
After the engageme 1t on that hot day all
the wounded were car d for, the dead buried.
and our cavalry reste But now comes the
point, to me, as the most interested party OF
| all and will state what SerS't Crockett, Co.
A, 1st U. S. Cav, related some weeks after
that fight.
l was supposed by the Sergeant to have
been killed, and as some had been buried
along the side of the turnpike, he thought
myself among them. The Sergeant, with
others, dug open the graves where had fallen,
but failed to find me.
After many days / opened my eyes ; con-
seriousness returned. l was sure I was in
Heaven, from my surroundings. There were
| two lovely ladies, whom mstOOk for angels,
but they soon assured me that l was OH the
ragged edge of life. The two young women
in week brought me around all right, and
in time to be at the battle of Gettysburg.
One of those young ladies 1--WE will call
her Ruth l often visited in the Valley, but
before the time came she sickened and died.
can yet feel her influence over me for good
works. Some time 1 will say something OF
Gettysburg or Wilderness S. B. JUD-
KINs, Manchester, o.
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brigade commanders were called together
and aSsented.
A white flag was thereupon raised. but the
rebels, not perceiving it, continued their fire
some 80 TO 40 minutes, whereby Miles was
mortally wounded. Jackson was just i'm.
polling general infantry attack, when in
formed that the white flag had been raised
on the defenses.
THE CAPITULATIoN.
At s a. III. n capitulation was agreed to,
under which II ,5S3 men were passed over to
the enemy, about half of them New Workers,
the residue mainly from Ohio and Maryland,
Nearly all were raw levies; some of them
militia called out for three months.
Among the spoils were 73 guns. ranging
from excellent to worthless; 1900 small
arms, 200 wagons, and large quantity OF
tents and camp-equipage. OF horses. provis-
ions, and munitions the captures We're Of
small account.
Jackson, whose appreciation of the value
of time was unsurpaSS ID, did not wait to re-
ceive the surrender, but, leaving that duty
10 Hill, hurried off the mass of his followers
to rejoin Gen. Lee, and by marching day and
night reached the Antietam, Sept. 10.
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Capt. Whitney tho young man who
was sent by the War Department upon a
secret mission to prepare the way for the
American army III Porto Rico He
travelled all over the island, communicate
ing his identity to a very few people, who
were trusted friends of the United States.
learning all about the political conditions
OF the island and the location of it's roads.
harbors, and other matters necessary for
the commander of the invading forces to
know in order to proceed intellgently
lie is small man, about five feet eight
inches in hight, and weighing not more
than l40 pounds. He entered the country
disguised as an English sailor, travelled
for two weeks, and returned with the in
formation that resulted in Gen. Miles's
plan of campaign.
When the American army invaded Porto
Rico he returned, but this time on Miless
stall. lie was promoted Captain for his
services and came back to the United
States last week with the Commander-in-
Chief.
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Bad blood becomes good blood on taking
Hoods Sarsapar!a 1t is the great blood purifier
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HARPER'S FERRY.


known that the forces from which he and
Franklin had just wrested the passes of the
South Mountain were all that Lee had to
depend upon, save those he had detached and
sent-mainly by long circuits-to reduce
Harper's Ferry, and which must now be
mainly on the other side Of the Potomac
Precious hours had been lost by massing
on his right instead Of his left, and fighting
for Turner's Gap, when he should only by a
feint have kept as many rebels there as pos
sble, while he poured the great body of his
army, in overwhelming strength and with
the utmost CELEBRITY, through Champion IS
Gap, crushing McLaws and relieving Harper's
Ferry.
But there was still time, il not to retrieve
the error at least to amend it. Our soldiers,
flushed with unwonted victory, and full in
the faith that they had just wrested two
strong mountain-passes from the entire rebel
army, were ready for any effort any peril
To press forward with the utmost rapidity
and so relieve Harper's Ferry, il that might
still be, but at all events to crush that por-
ton of the rebel army still north of the
Potomac if it should stand at bay, and rout
and shatter it should it attempt to ford the
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river; at the very worst, to interpose be-
tween it and the other half, under Jackson
and Walker, should it attempt to escape
westward by Hagerstown and Wiliiamsport,
and thus be in position to assail and over
whelm either half before it could unite with
the other. was the course which seems to have
been as obvious to Mcclellan as it must be
to everyone else.
ARRIVAL AT SHARPSBURG.
The advance was again led by Gen.
Pleasontons cavalry; who overlook at Boons-
boro the rebel cavalry rearguard, charged it
with spirit, and routed it, capturing $50
prisoners and two guns Richardson's Divis-
ion, of Summers Corps, followed; pressing
eagerly on that afternoon, Sept. 10, and,
after march of 10 or II miles, deserted the
rebels posted in force across Antietam Creek,
in front of the little village of Sharpsburg.
Richardson halted and deployed on the
right of the road from Keedysville to Sharps-
burg; Sykes, with his division of Regulars,
following closely after, came up and deployed
on the left of that road. Gen. McClel an
himself, with three corps in all, came up dur
ing the evening.
Lee had OF course chosen strong position;
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PICKET SHOTS.
Prom Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.

Chas Porter Co. f, 18th Vt, Grinnell,
Iowa, writes~-". In Picket Shots of Aug. Is |
find some curious lapses of memory on the
part of some comrades of the Ninth Corps.
For instance, VIM. S. Triol, Co. d. 59th
Mass. gives the regiments of the Second Bri-
gade, First Division, Ninth Corps, as Sd Md.
Tooth Pa, 18th n. Y, and 57th and 59th
Mass. Humphrey, in The Virginia Cam
paigns of ga and 49,, gives the Second Bri-
gade, Col. Daniel Leasure, as 21st Mass.
Tooth Pa, and Sd Md. The 14th y. Y. II.
A. was in Col. Marshall's Provisional Bri-
gade, with oath n Y. Dism't'd Cav. and I'd
Pa. Prov II. A.
MARK A. Fining, Ypsilanti, Mich, is
certain there was no Maryland regiment in
the Second Brigade, but there certainly was.
The 57th and 59th Mass were in the First
Brigade, First Division"
Was There Another?
James Allen, Assistant Surgeon, s9th N.
Y, Richford, \. Y, writes: a celebrated
the advent of peace by firing an old army
cartridge from an old army gun that
brought from the front over :s3 wears ago
Did anyone else do the same thing?"
Scattering.
John Stark, Co. II, Sd Nd, York, Pa.
writes: ''The Sd Md, belonged to the Third
Brigade, First Division, Ninth Corps, with
the Tooth Pa, 14th N. Y. II. A., 57th and
59th Mass. The Sd Nd. joined the Ninth
Corps prior to Gen. Grants campaign from
the Wilderness to AppomattOx.
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California Veterans.

The California Veteran Association met
at Cincinnati. The following officers
were elected: Pres, Charles Pansette,
Akron, o.; First V.-P., N. M. Ross, New
port, Ky; Second V.-P., Anthony Battles,
Plainville, o.; Third V.-P., Charles Irving,
Alexandria, Va; Sec. and Treas, Capt
George II. Pettis, Providence, r. L.; Asst
Sec, John M. Nelson, Ford City, Pa :;
Historian, z. c.. Hamilton, Berlin, Wis. !;
Assistant Historian. Alfred Haslop,
jamestown, Pa.
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Manned Soldiers.

The Manned Soldiers League held a
meeting at Cincinnati, at which opinions
were interchanged as to the best method
of having bills now in Congress passed
which increase the pensions OF all those
who have lost an arm or leg in the United
States military or naval service. A COM
mittee Of three was appointed to go to
Washington to attend TO the matter.
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EDITORIAL NoTE.-The bloody battle of
Antietam is described with instructive COM
ment in the next issue. Greeley's story of
the rebellion should be read by old and
young. The, coming installments treat in
strong style Of other his .oric events.
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At 8 n. m, Sept. IA, our cavalry, some
1000 strong, under Col. Davis, 9Th Y. Y,
made their escape from the Ferry, across the
pontoon- bridge, TO the Maryland bank, pass
ing up the Potomac unassailed, through re-
gion swarming with enemies TO the mouth
of the Antietam, thence striking northward
across Maryland, reaching Greencastle, Pa,
next morning, having captured by the way
the ammunition train of Gen. Lon.street,
consisting of so TO 90 wagons
Miles assented TO this escape, but refused
permission TO infantry officers who asked
leave TO cut their way out, saying he was
ordered TO hold the Ferry to the last extremity.
Next morning at daybreak, Sept 10, the
rebel batteries reopened from seven COM
handing points, directing their fire princi-
pally at our batteries on Bolivar Nights. Al
a. m, Miles stated to Gen. White that a
surrender was inevitable, his artillery am
nunition being all but exhausted; when the
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-05
ACCIDENTS IN ETTRlCKS.
\ Little Boy Seriously Hurt and Girl
Burned.

ETTRICKS, VA, May -Special-Yes-
terday while Master Aubrey Birdsons. a
hand at Blue Ridge cotton mill was en-
gagged carrying boxes Of thread from one
room 20 another ON the elevator the
gearing OF the machine became hitched
some way while the little fellow was yet
on the floor of the spinning room. ana
leaning over TO unhitch the gearing, IL
started off with a jerk running down
rapidly. Young Birdsong lost his bal
ancc and fell through the elevator hole
"A distance of about twenty feet, breaking
his collar-bone crushing in his skull, and
cutting his jaw.
He was taken to the Sick Home, in
Petersburg. ana his jaw sewed up. his
cOllar-bOne set, and his skull dressed. He
Is resting well this morning, and hopes
are entertained for his recovery
Great sympathy is felt for this unfortu-
nate little boy, rs he was very indus
triOus and is an orphan, only thirteen
years Old. He resided IN Etuicks with
Mrs Maggie Harrison. his sister.
Miss Pansy Walle. daughter OF Mr.. j.
W Vale who is "a spinner at Ettrlcks
cotton mill. was painfully burned a day
or so since by coming in cOntect with
steam pipe She f. dong fairly well, but
unable TO work.
Mr. W. p. Kelley who has been with
the Ettricks Cotton Mill Company for
some years IN the capacity OF weaving
room foreman. has resigned his position
and accepted q Ike position with q mill in
Georgia, whittier he Will remove ln
few days.
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Mr.. DAVS0NS INVENTION.
lie Has Been Granted Letters Patent
for Tooth Filings.

Dr. W. r. Dawson. a well-known dem
tist Of this city has been granted letters
patent for am Improvement BOO tooth hli-
iugs His invention is regarded hy the
officials al the Patent ONCE as "a most
valuable one.
The Doctor has discovered a tooth filling
such as no other known process pos
scsses. In filling teeth with gold as prsc-
tiCed az present. the entire cavity rs
filled with the gold foil or pellets Of
cohesive sold by steps so well known
as 90 need no description The mode or
pracucing Dr. Dsvisons invention rs as
follows. The cavity is first prepared IN
the usual manner. and then nearly filled
with the cement While the cement Is
yet plastic the gold is inserted therein
i'm some form. and then the cement Is
allowed 20 harden. The exposed surface
Of this irmly-scated gold will thus con-
stitute an anchor 20 which the outer fll-
ing of gold may be applied in the usual
manner The anchor thus described may
be- formed by a series Of gold pins or
posts seated in the cement with layer
of cohesive gold pellets or foil condensed
over the cement and between the pins or
posts. which are then bent down over the
cohesive layer thus formed. The outer
filling Of the gold may then De applied
In the ordinary manner.
There are other methods described for
forming the anchors. The invention in
other words. includes the inserting Of
gold anchors into the soft cement. AZ.
lowing the same 10 harden and thus
form a firm and solid foundation for the
outer gold filling. The gold posts. screws.
pins and pellets. or other anchors VIII
hold firmly in the cement and weld into
the outer filling Of gold that is applied
after the cement has hardened.
Many advantages are claimed for this
process
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William II. HOtOnp.

CHARLOTTESVILLE VA. May -
Special-Mr. William H. Hotopp one Of
Albemarle's most prominent and wealthy
farmers died to-day about ] o'clock at
Pen Park" his home. two miles north
OF the city. in the sixty-siXth year OF his
age.
MI Hotopp was paralyzed about ten
weeks ago. but had somewhat recovered
from the attack, and was able 10 drive
TO the city nearly every day. until a few
days ago he was attacked by bronchial
pneumonia, from which ne died.
4 wife and fourteen children survive
h.m-four sons and nine daughters
MIR. Hotopp was a native OF Germany,
and came TO Albemarle from New York
in 1864 lie was the first to introduce the
growing of grapes and the manufacture
OF wine in this county. and to-day he has
over one hundred acres in bearing and
two wine cellars. and his wines and bran
dies have a worldwide reputation. BE
sides the grape-sTowing and wine and
brandy business. he was n large and
successful farmer. and very popular with
lis fellow farmers
lis funeral and burial will take place
at Pen Park" tomorrow afternoon at
1 clock.
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THE INSURANCE MEN.
The Southeastern Tariff Association
to Fight the New Law.

NEWPORT NEWS VA. May 4.-spe-
cial.-Two hundred insurance men. rep
rtseuting nearly every State in the South,
tbronged the corridors Of the Chamberln
Hotel, al Old Point. to-day the occasion
being the annual meeting Of the South
eastern Tariff Association. The session
was called 10 order az H. o'clock in the
Chamberlins handsome ballroom.
After the usual opening ceremonies
President ;. f. Topper, Of Atlanta. Ga,
read HIS address which dealt with a
multitude Of subjects now engaging the
at tention OF insurance companies.
The address was warmly applauded ana
is regarded by thoughtful members Of the
association as q very able paper.
The remainder Of the day and the
evening were devoted 10 routine business.
and the work of the body Will not begin
in earnest until tomorrow morning The
only matter Of local interest 10 be dis
cussed by the association Is that relating
10 the action taken by the Legislature
Of this State at IT'S last session concerning
the formation of insurance trusts and
combinations for the purpose of establish
ing rates.
This law viii be fought to a finish
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The following incident occurred recently
in one of the largest hotels in Calcutta.
IL appears that about "a week ago an
officer Of the Gordon Highlanders arr
rived In town on his way home He had
al large sum of money with him-abOut
1000 rupees-1nd the usual ieWelry Of am
English gentleman. These were am locked
iu one Of his trunks. Returning from the
dining saloon 10 his room the other even
demonstrating natives boiling down the
corridor. ON entering his room Doe found.
ON examination. that AN his trunks had
been forced open and the contents thrown
about. but. strange 20 say. not "a piece Of
his money was missing nor any item of
jewelry. lie believed that the burglars
were Afridis. and the object Of their cu-
pidity a COPY OF the Koran. belonging ~
the Mad Mullah. which they somehow
learned was I'm his possession. The book
was rolled up iu an old siuglet and thus
escap ped the sPaTchnrs who appear 20
have tracked the officer from the front
London Empire.
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dered down the track and 10 the wire.
winner OF the twenty-f0urth Kentucky
Derby. Lieber Karl finished second. Isa-
bey was third a half length away and
Han Dor last by two lengths. sum
maries.
First receive and a half furlongs-
!. II. G. Is TO ID first. Bangle @ 20 - Sec
ond. Johnnie Williams % 10 ID third.
Time. 1903 IL.
Second race-ono mile-kris Kingle ~
10 D hrst. Paul Kauvar "a 20 y second,
Mil Stream @ 90 81 third. Time. las.
Third race-f0ur furlongs-Giac Hand
G 20 ID FIRST. Preliminary @ 20 d second
Bridal Tour no TO D third. Time. 81 l-l
Fourth race-kcntucky Derby. mile ana
a quarter. for thrcc-year-oids, stake
value S5OO0-Plsudit az. Sims. 10 Do
first. Lieber Kari 122 Burns. 10 b
second Isatcy Ol1 KNAPP. % 70 u third.
Ham DOR GL ConIeE % t0 D fourth.
Time 2.25 l-2.
Fifth racc-four and a half furlongs-
Parker Bruce o. 90 u FIRST Duke 81
BADEN e. TO- y second. Laurentian Is 10 D
third. Time 80 80.
Sixth race-six urlongs-Rey Salasar
q to ID first. Lady Irene - 20 Sd second.
Saratoga 90 20 D. Jhird. Time. t;lS.
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sew YORK. May 4-Results at Aaus
duc,
First race. FIVE furlongs-Judse war.
deli Is 10 - drst Queen OF Beauty - 70
/ and 10 d second Continental 90 10 d
third. Time l.02.
Second race. tive fiulongs-Ninety Cents
IS 10 81 first. Subject - 70 j and EVEN
second. Camatop 90 10 ID third. Tine
1.0f
Third race. about seven furlongs-war-
renton "a to 81 first. Mazerine III % 10
and OUT second. storm King Is 20 ID
third. Time l.26 3-5.
Fourth race. the Jamaica stakes. i've
furlongs-Vertigo Coupled with Passe
PariouD. Is 10 % first. Autumn IS 20
and 10 y second Roysterer 200 20 y
third. Time 102 As.
Fifth race. about seven furlongs-Near-
est @ 10 - first. Pink Chambray q 10
/ and EVEN second. Ella DAILY go 70
third. Time, lbs.
Sixth race. mile and forty yars-Words-
worth @ 20 y FIRST. Filament Geo 90 ] and
a. 20 j. second. fiesta e 70 D third.
Time, 1916 a..
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HARTFORD, 3; PATERSON, 0,
The silk Weavers Made Big Rally in
the Ninth, but in Vain.

HARTFORD, CONN. May 4-Special.-
Hartford whitewashed Paterson to-day
chiefly because the visitors were unable
to see the ball
Up 10 the ninth the contest was uninter-
esting. Paterson made a great rally I'm
the last inning and after filling the bases
were unable TO get a man home. For the
most part the game was a pitchers bat
tta V'na ecHras
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IL RHEUMATISM


lilies Of the 2G6 officers and men blown up
in Havana.
CURED by the American government
through the prosecution Of the war.
3. The cession OF the Philippines TO
guarantee the payment Of same, with the
proviso that IN not paid within one year
lney may be disposed Of, by sale or ex-
change. To- one or more OF the Powers as
the United States may see III. reserving
one island with good harbor for c)lllng
station.
Should the European powers insist on
recognition. it is sugscstel that the CAR
oline Islands be conceded 30 Germany.
Morocco 10 France. the Canaries 10 Eng
land and the Baearic Islands 20 Italy.
which viii absolutely and forever limit
Spanish misrule 20 her own territory
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Methodist GencraI Conference.

BALTIMORE May 4.-The Board Of
Bishops Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. South. met to-day and approved
the draft OF the Episcopal address made
to each geners. conference and assign
ed Bishop Hargrave 20 present the COO
ument. II also decided upon the order
OF service to be followed tomorrow
morning In opening the general confer
ence Bishop Keener, the senior bishop.
will preside Bishops Cranberry, Key.
Galloway and Duncan and DR.. Hunter.
the senior member OF The General Con-
ference in point Of service VIII take part
in the preliminary devotional exercises
The business OF the conference will then
be taken up which will include orgari-
zatlon and appointment Of committees.