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ward movement OF I0h9yTreet's Hf1Iy
Is contradicted by written order. My
sympathies are with you. for you have
spoken with the semblance of truth.
While I would gladly serve you, this
does not seem 20 be a matter which adj
mits Of any interference on my part.
A court has heard the evidence and has
convicted you. 1 have listened TO a re-
hearing. and cannot see how they could
have done otherwise than convict you"
Margaret stood pale but calm.
"And I must die?"
Gen. Heath, who had been standing
as II lost In some dread dream of the
past, at these words reused himself,
shook of the stupor that had chained
him, and in firm, loud voice. said;
''Cal Maj. Berna1 Berante."
For the love of heavenl Has She man
broken down under the strain2 is he
losing his reason? started towards
him and laid my hand on his arm
General, Maj. Berante is not here"
MAI. Berante is here You will find
him across the hail. He has come,
general" he said, addressing the chief,
ito testify In this case. sent a flag
of truce to bring him. He was per-
mitted by his commanding officer to
come only with the understanding that
his testimony is necessary to save a
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and a pontoon bT-Gge, ana body OF
5000 cavalry marching. Private Mel
lodew, who. accompanied the expedi-
ton. returned with written testimony
indicating that Gen. Longstreet had
been ordered in an entirely different
direction. 1 have suggested that you
hear the evidence bearing on the case
here rather than in your own head
quarters for reasons of convenience, as
viii appear as we proceed.
Another matter claims your atten-
ton. Margaret Beach was caught with
plans of Burnside's defensesi in her
hands, was tried for a spy by drum
head court-martinl and condemned to
death. Subsequently awaited myself
of her services as guide. promising
that II her efforts bore fruit the magni-
tude of the benefit TO the union cause
might warrant your interceding with
the president in her behalf for an par
don. Her life therefore depends upon
the evidence which is to be brought up
for your consideration and your sub
sequent decision, either to approve the
finding of the court or recommend
clemency."
? Gen. Heath then gave his commander
history of the case from the time
we first met Margaret Beach to our
return to Chattanooga. When he had
/ finished, Private Mellodew was called.
He came into the room with his usual
/ grin. which 1t was now plain came from
overstrained nerves He had begun by
, a lie, and had no choice but to continue
in lie. He asserted that no movement
northward of any large body of troops
had taken place, and that Margaret and
!. in order to save Margaret, had con-
spired TO report the passage of a few
scattered bodies of cavalry as a move
ment of Longstreet's corps. Not will
ing to be a party TO this fraud. he had
left us to make his way back to the
plantation alone. Meeting messenger
about to enter a confederate camp with
a dispatch in his belt, he, Mellodew,
had accosted him, won his confidence,
stolen the message and brought it in
for the information il contained.
At this point the general took paper
from his pocket and read:
Headquarters Army OF Tennessee.
November til, 1864
"Col. Roger Archard:
"Colonel-You will watch your opportun-
| ity TO rejoin with your command Gen.
! | Longstreet, who has been ordered to
| march through the gaps In Lookout Noun
tain. and take your position at or near
| Browns Ferry, with view TO cooperat
| ing in a general attack on the enemy al
| Chattanooga on or about November til
You Will doubtless be able TO cross tho
river from the north bank either opposite
Z or below the point OF rendezvous.
by order,
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cessionists, who assuming that / had
been successfully bribed, relaxed their
watchfulness, thus enabling me more
readily to reach the coast. 1 intrusted
the letter to Maj. Berante for delivery,
who put it in his pocket to be kept for
future use against me, and entered the
confederate service If you will In
trust me for q few minutes with its
keeping I will show you. my real re-
ply, my vindication, written with the
Juice of lemon on the very document
Mai. Berante has been. preserving for
my destruction"
Taking the discriminating letter from
the commanding judge. Gen. Heath
stepped to the fireplace. A thrill shot
through those present, thinking that
he was about to burn 1t. But no; he
held it before the flame, carefully keep
ing it far enough to. prevent its ignit-
ing. Not word Yves spoken, all eyes
| being fixed intentRy on the paper
/ curling in the heat. Presently the gen
eral drew it from before the flame,
glanced at il, then raised it aloft so that
it could be seen by everyone in the
room. Across it's face brown letters
had come out clear and distinct:
Yours received. Thanks. We march to
night HEATH"
Slowly the general in chief rose from
his chair, and, advancing to the vindi
Gated man, grasped. his hand; Margare
laughed and wept by turns, while thu
rest of us threw up our hats and shout
ed. When quiet was restored Gen
Heath concluded:
'Yor are aware, general, that during
the period of my service in the west ru
mors have been current that hav
been secretly and treacherously aidin
the enemy. 1t is now plain whence thi
secret malignant influence came. BE
zante zEas made prisoner at Shiloh an
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Incorporated March, 1897
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XXI.
WHERE LIES THE HEART.


In the hving-room of q house on the
north side of the Tennessee river, OPP
posite Chattanooga, sat the silent sol
der Before him stood Gen. Heath, at
ut Sindow sat Margaret and Georgia
Beach, while leaned against the wall.
Bat had no idea of stretching my
self or even seating myself In the pres
4ence of the commanding general, though
st was his exalted position rather than
his commanding appearance that de-
terred me. He was sitting sidewise, one
arm over the back of the chair, his
hands clasped negligently, his legs
crossed, boots Undiscovered, the pri-
Yates overeoat he wore thrown open,
showing a bit of wooden shirt under his
chin. In his mouth was the ever pres
ent cigar. He had come at Gen. Heath's
request to hear the evidence in the dis
-puted question as to where Gen. Long
street had gone, and to decide what
should be done with Margaret Beach
At @ signal from the general-in-chief
fhat he was ready to listen, Margaret
and Georgia came forward, and Gen
Heath spoke:
son the til of October you directed
me to head an expedition with view
to determining the truth or falsity O.
a report that Gen. Longstreet's corp
was to be detached from Bragg's arm,
and sent to crush Burnside. followe'
your suggestion to cut my way through
to the railroad, but was seldom per
snitted to get near it, and never at
time when the troops were passing.
last I determined. as suggested by 20
when received my orders, to send
small detachment with view to COZ
.cealment near the road to watch tn
passage OF trains. Lieut. Hall con
smanded the detachment, and this gir.
--pointing to Margaret-"acted
guide. The party gradually BEGAN
dispersed, Lieut., Han and Margar
Beach returning to report that the
cav o number of trains passing mort
loaded with infaqt<ys artille'
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XXI.
AN oPPoRTUNE ARRIVAL

There was a sound of high words in
the hall; the door was thrown open, and
an old man with hair and beard as white
as snow, ragged garments, and faded
straw hat, struggled past sentry who
was endeavoring to hold him back, and
rushed into the room. We all looked as
tonished at an intruder who showed so
little difference for the commander-in-
chief. The old man stood for a moment
casting rapid chances from one to an
other, evidently in search. then his eyes
became fixed on Mellodew, who from
the first moment OF the strangers en-
trance had shrunk away, endeavoring
to conceal himself behind the others,
chattsrirg and grinning ikea fright:
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had the ear Of union officers. Having
been exchanged before Chickamauga
he was present at that battle and had
an opportunity to converse with the
union officers captured there. leave
you TO infer whence came the reports
that the confederate successes were
largely due to a friend in the union
army, that friend being myself. Atlasti
/ am confronted with the author of my
misfortunes. 1 am unable to punish
him, for he has come into our lines
pledged to protection, but thank the
Great Jehovah, the God of battles and
Of peace, that from this time forward
he viii be powerless to iniure me-"
Notwithstanding wars horrors. it
has its pleasurable episodes. My most
delightful remembrance of that period
of strife and suffering is the few min
utes following the exit of Col. Archard
and Maj. Berante. There was sudden
wringing of hands, eyes looking into
eyes that danced triumphant, a babel eff
congratulations. AS for me, forgetting
myself completely, threw my arms
around everybody in the room exceps
the general-in-chief. embraced, sue
cessively, the general, Margaret, Punk.
and Georgia, whose enthusiasm, great
as it was, did not prevent her giving me
box on the ear, which she afterwards
admitted was not for thecaress, but The
cause of its publicity.
Our expressions of JOY were inter
rupted by the general-in-ehief taking
Heath aside and speaking with him in a
tone which. though too low to bse heard
by the others, brought light into his
eye that / had not seen there for
months. Then the commander OF the
armies of the west offered Margaret es-
peciaI thanks for the great service she
had rendered and hurried away. What
hewas going to do l did not know then,
but the next day the thunder of his
| guns told me that he was taking ndvan-
tage of the absence of Longstreet's
corps from the army of the Tennessee,
fighting and winning the battle of Mis-
sionary Ridge battle which marked
the beginning of the end of the confed-
eracy.
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Assistant Adjutant General.


Gen. Heath handed the order to his |
commander, who read it carefully, then |
without comment nodded his direction |
that the hearing should proceed.
| was next called, and began recital
which only showed an anxiety TO vindi-
cate Margaret The commander de-
parted from his usual silence to ask
me several questions, and my replies,
though ] answered truthfully, seemed
TO prove that was lying. When had
finished, I sat down overwhelmed with
confusion. and, unconscious that was
speaking aloud. blurted out: eff any
one II to be hanged. il is for fool"
A faint smile passed over the lips Of
/ the general In chief, and Margaret
Beach was called TO tell her story.
Margaret made what to me was per
fectly clear case, and I expected as
she proceeded that the commanding
| general would break up the inquiry,
asserting that her statement was all he
needed to prove her case. But looked
in his face in vain for anything to in
dictate the impression she was making.
When she had finished, he asked:
"What proof have you that it was
your brother and not your sister who
was with you-that he was the real pos
SCISSOR of the plans found on your"
"My sister will testify to that effect,
also Lieut.. Hall, who saw them both
together"
Neither Of these witnesses would
gain credence in a court of law, both
of them being much interested TO save
| O. l. ,r,f n WI
testimony Is unbiased?"
There Is one, but you cannot sum
mon him"
'Why not9"
"He is a confederate officer within tn
confederate lines"
do you know where he is now?"
5 "I met him few days ago near tn
Tennessee river not far from here"
, ''He might be reached"
81 do not wish it."
: The general-in-chief looked at MAJ
s garet, surprised. His eyes plainly aslxe
j. an explanation.
: "He would bring evidence" Ma
t garet said at last, "of the guilt OF OF
who has told me he is inoncent."
4 The words, spoken in clear, so
L. in one who had never given her the be-
eft of a single doubt, seemed
d buke from Heaven. Gen. Heath be
W his head. He seemed dazed. Thong
Of all the vigor of his persuasive tong
os was needed at this critical moment
~ one great effort to ward of the cala1
ID ity that had been brought about
yh his incredulity, he seemed in no cone
T. ton to make protest. The comman
er-iudge waited for him to speak, b'
At as he did not spoke himself to Nj
on garet.
a 81 cannot co..s-des 4 Ice you q
n unwilling to produce. The evider
ne that has been brought forward In yc
M behalf Is not only simple oral tes
RI mony, but the testimony of those de
as " interested IN you. The facts
me sn against you. First, you were caut
ret with the plans IN your handsi seco
icy you visited the enemy while under
tn role, presumably to bear informally
sry last your statement a. to tia noz
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the gray stood shoulder 20 shoulder
against the Spaniard. he became com
nnsuder In the blended columns.
THE END.
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As n love story this narrative must
necessarily be a fragment. What had
passed between Gen. (then. Capt.
Heath and Margaret Beach before he
met her between Chattanooga and Nor
gan.own Cross Roads l never learned,
for both were naturally reticent, and
especially so with regard to the most
sacred of all conditions. After.the bat
tie that followed in the wake of the
information we had gained and thegen-
erals vindication, was suddenly sum-
moned one morning to attend him. He.
rode straight to the plantation, where
he found Margaret, and am quite
sure that it was on this occasion that a.
treaty of peace was formally drawn be-
tween the two and their future rela-
lions officially settled. As to. their
courtship, except that courtship which
was going on under my eyes while the
general held Margaret as a prisoner, L
know nothing, but can vonch. for the
fact of their wedding, for / witnessed
| 1t, and they were afterward a, loving
couple, for have often visited them.
AS. to my affair with Georgia. an ac-
count OF what followed our few brief
meetings described in the last pages
| of this story would involve. another
volume of confessions not more credit
able to me than the foregoing. l made
avery unsatisfactory lover, forgetting
during an exciting campaign. 10 com
munieate with my inamornta fol
months at q time. But when the alb.
sorbing events of that most eventfuI
period in the nations history were
ended, I took as much interest in love
as had taken in war. But L mad,
slow progress rs a husband. For year.
Tcould never hear the rattle of drum
nor the bullet of some careless marks
man singing over my head, withou
showing a restlessness that trouble~
my wife and unsettled me 10 10 pur
pose. But as the years~went by grad
ually quieted down to the arts ofpeaSt
and the time came when I conceived a
much horror of war ash hadat one tim
felt admiration.
The general was. offered promotio
for his fundamentally in brinsin
the news of Longstreet's move. but re.
elutely declined IL. On the Atlant
campaign he did such effective serviC
as cavalry Tanker that he was agai
| offered. and acce0ted the double sts
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G'-fc6 sO9 W. kEl0H 81
Authorized Capital, $1,000.
Claims promptly psia as soon rs sat-
SsSacsory Detiee of sickn ess or death IL
placed in home office.
OFFICERS,
EO0isa e. Williams President
Kate Holmes. Viee-PresidenG
Bette Brown, Treasurer
NJ ildred Cooke Jones, Sec. Bus. Man
BOARD OF DIRRCroRR.
/ Louisa Is. Williams, Kate Holmes
R2Attie r. johnson, Ann NJ. Johnson
H-,ttie Brown. Mildred o. Jones.
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Fort -, Texas. March =. 1861.
''To the Mayor Of -.
THE consideration you offer is ample.
but It will require several days to disarm
the men, as / dare only order the with
draWal of few muskets at a time. making
excuses to send arms and ammunition to
neighboring posts on pretended requests.
"a. H.
Berante, having finished, stepped to
the presiding judge and handed rim
| the letter. The stiffness of death fell
upon us all. Margaret, notwithstand-
| ing its damning character, received it
with a defiant glance at the reader.
| The general in chief, beneath his
sphinx-lil<e exterior, gave evidence, in
the restless turning of his eyes from
accuser to accused, that he was deep
Nv impressed. Col. Archard stood thun.
-derstruck at the sudden turn events
had taken, regarding with surprise anc
anger his subordinate, who had with
held his intentions from him. Gen
Heath stood facing his accuser, bu
gave no token by his expression as Il
his guilt or innocence.
, Ibid you write that letter, general?
asked the chief.
! II did"
General" exclaimed Margaret, ad
: dressing the chief, ''the man who bear
that letter induced my brother, a mer
: boy, to put his neck in halter, an
when suspected threw the proof of hi
!. treachery on his comrade. I hav
known both these men, and 1 tell yS
!. that Maj. Berante is capable OF an
!, fniquity, while Gen Heath"
) The faces of the group fastened o
. her In surprise made Margaret suddeI
= ly conscious Of what
:. for a crimson fnsh
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-15
KIND WORDS
FOR COOPER.
Pastor Greene Speaks Pa,
thetically of the I'M
~~, fortunate Man.

THE remarks OF Rov w. M. Greene at
the funeral of Col. g. 7. Cooper at Wy
oming, yesterday, ware most pathetic. In
bis opening prayer ho acknowledged 10
God that Colonel Cooper had erred, ad-
hitting that he had many great virtues
endcaring him to mankind, but deplorihg
that it was too late 10 pray for the dead.
But he mplored that the living should re-
ceive prayers.
As the subject OF his discourse he took
the text, Come unto mo all ye that laDor
and are heavy laden. and will give you
rot" and observed that the majority OF
men in the world do not heed this. Men
aro born of trouble. he said. and he painted
pretty word picture, tinged with great
fervency, of what man could attain only
would he obey the mandates of the Master,
whose every thought is for the salvation
Of all in tronble, in distress. carrying the
burdens of life. Then speuKing personally
of Colonel Cooper be said:
Il have known tho deceased for many
years, end knew him to love him. IL is
true he fell, but as WAS said by my brother
in the prayer, no had great virtues, ard
many of them, as his friends know. He
had much to admire and great deal to
love And who knew him but to love him?
believe he was one of the many victims
of circumstances In our day, whore
chain OF misfortune seems to surround one
least expecting it, when one unsu pect-
ingly finds himself drifting with the cur
rent of adversely unable to stem the tide,
until troubles and trials and sorrows come
and set him to thinking over tho past and
looking ahead with sad heart. because
he did not mean 10 have 1t thus.
"Thus l have found the life Of our
brother. My heart has yearned with SYM
pathy through his sorrow, us L have SYM
tLiscd with him; and night after night
in the medltatons of my own chamber,
have lifted up my heart in earnest suppll-
cation that he might have peaceful hour
to die and a homo where the wicked cease
from trouble and tho weary are ut rest.
''Thero is friend that stickoth closer
than brother, and how love to recon-
mend this Friend, Who never leaves nor
forsa kes, and Who never is sought in vain.
TO tho friends of tho deceased gathered
hero today l would say that We should
ever remember that while the Savior never
looI:ed with allowance on sin yet He al
ways has place in His loving heart for
the rrodi2al son."
AS Pastor Greene concluded his touch
ing words, tears filled the eyes of many of
the ussemblage. Strong men, leaders in
political life, accustomed to the world.
were affected by the simple tribute coming
from fervent man. ono whom they knew
and respected for his utteranccs Hand
korchiefs were ed to dry tho tr.cSling
drops Of moistue on many checks. 1t
was an unusual sight, but it only again
showed the regard for the man about to
depart forever.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-15

Following is list OF tho candidates for
officers under the gift of ccuncil:
Clerk Of Council-William 2, Morrison
and Charles II. Ten Weeges, of the Fifth
ward and William Brommcll, of the
Sixth
Baiiff-John Crozor, of the Seventh
ward. James Gagan, of the Ninth and
John J. Crogan, Of the Tenth.
Auditor-Isaac c. Pyle, of the Sixth
ward, Herman f. Frist Of the First,
John d. Thompson, of the Second, Daniel
W. Lynch, of the Third and John Bough-
man, of the Twelfth.
Clerk of the Market-Michael ConneU
Of the Fourth ward, Thomas Newell, CT
the Third and Charles Hurlock and James
Thompson Of the Eighth.
Inspector OF Oils-Michael J. Kelley,
Michael Conway, Michael Cal Ian, and
Robert J.. Cot ingham of tho Tenth ward,
John Smith OF the Second, John Harkins
and John A. Butler of the Third William
p Windish of the Fourth, Louis Ham
nell of the Fifth, Michael Gillespie of the
Eighth, John ]. Ryan Of the Eleventh and
George {. Morton. james Schaetfer and
James f. Farley Of the Twelfth.
Meat ns?ector-George Abcle of the
Fourth ward, Michael Devine of the First,
Daniel Bickta of tho Fifth and Matthew
J. Gallagher of the Twelfth.
Treasurer's Clerk-Georgs ]. Kloberg
and Stephen S. Cook Of the Third Ward,
Richard Fox of the Fourth and Charles
J, Campbell of the Seventh.
It's the intention of the Democ ratio
members of Council to caucus-or begin
the caucus, for it may extend through
several nights-ou Monday night, with the
hope of having everything settled by
Thursday night, SO that the election will
be an easy matter.