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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-08-12

LITTLE ROCK. Aug. S.-Waliam Il.
Somerville. a brother-sn-lew of Senator
James X Jones. who is In Geneva. hss
received a letter from the senator in
which he says. Il am. think. sourh her-
ter. and l hope 60 20 home entirely vel. =
Senator Joaes says he wants to be In
New York sept l.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-08-12

WAIlJNGFoRD. Conn. Aeg. a.
WallinSford officers have arrested George
3. Leighton. wanted az Taunton. Nasx.
on a charge Of emhezzlement from the
Coniesv Engineer company o< Scrsnsou.
The authorities az TauHsen h4ve b~sa 30
s<1a3 " tAs sxsvsl
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''Sire," said 1, and the tears would
trickle down my cheeks whilst spoke
"When you are dealing with man like
me you would find it wiser to deal
openly. Had known that you had
wished the dispatch to fall into the
hands of the enemy, I would have seen
that it came there. AS I believed that
was to guard it I was prepared to
sacrifice my life for it. I do not be-
ieve, sire, that any man in the world
ever met with more tolls and perils
than have done in trying to carry out
what l thought was your will"
dashed the tears from my eyes as
spoke, and with such fire and spirit as
could command 1 gave him an account
OF it all; of my dash through Scissors,
my brush with the dragons. my adven-
ture in Senlis, my rencontrewith Count
Boutkine in the cellar, my disguise,
my meeting with the Cossack officer,
my flight, and how at the last moment
1 was nearly cut down by French
dragon. The emperor Berthier and
Mcdonald listened with establishment
upon their faces. When 1 had finished
Napoleon stepped forward and he
pinched me by the ear.
''There! There!' said he Forget
anything which I may have said. I
would have done better to trust you.
You may 60"
turned to the door and my hand was
upon the handle when the emperor
called upon me to stop. You will see"
said he to the duke of Tarentun, that
Brigadier Gerard has the special medal
of honor for believe that if he has the
thickest head he has also the stoutest
heart in my army"
THE END.
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yards from the Uh1ans, when suddenly

yards from the Uh1ans, when suddenly
You can imagine my feelings when
saw q real Cossack coming galloping
along the roadway towards me.
All, my friend, you who read this, if
you have any heart, you will feel for a
man IAN like me, who had gone through SO
many dangers and trials only at this
very last moment to be confronted with
one which appeared to put an end to
everything. will confess that for a
moment lost heart and was inclined
to throw myself down in my despair,
and TO cry out that / had been be-
trayed But no, was not beaten even
now. opened two buttons Of my
tunlc so that might get easily at the
emperor's message, for it was my fixed
determination, when all hope was gone,
to swallow the letter and then die
sword in hand Then felt that nv
little crooked sword was loose in its
sheath and trotted on to where the
avedettes were waiting. They seemed
inclined to stop me but pointed to the
other Cossack, who was still couple
OF hundred yards off, and they, Under
standing that merely wished to meet
him, let me pass with salute.
! dug my spurs into my pony then,
for II were only far enough from the
'lancers thought might manage the
|Cossack without much difficulty. He
was an officer, a large bearded man
with gold chevron in his cap Just the
same as mine. AS I advanced he I'M
consciously aided me by pulling up his
horse, so that had a fine start of the
vedettes On I came for him and I
could see wonder turning to suspicion
IN his brown eyes as he looked at me
and my pony equipment. I do not
know what it was that was wrong,
but he saw something which was
as it should not be. He shouted
out question, and then, when
gave no answer, he pulled
out his sword. I was glad in my
heart to see him do so, for had always
rather fight than cut down an unsus.
pecting enemy. Now I made at him
full tilt and, parrying his cut, got my
point IN just under the fourth button OF
his tunic. Down he went, and the weight
of him nearly took me off my horse
before could disengage. I never
glanced at him to see if he were liv
ing or dead, for I sprang off my pony
and on to Violette, with shake of my
bride and kiss of my hand to the
two Uhlans behindsme. They gallopec
after me shouting, but Violette had had
her rest and was just as fresh as wher
she started.
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very we'll. He and LiZette and I
supped together in his rooms, and all
my dangers were forgotten. In the
morning l found Violette ready for.
another twenty league stretch. It was
my intention to return instantly to the
emperor's headquarters, for I was, as
you may imagine, impatient to hear
his words of praise and to receive my
reward.
I need not say that rode back by a
safe route, for had seen quite enough
of Uhlans and Cossacks. I passed
through Meaux and Chateau Thierry,
and so in the evening I arrived at
Rheims, where Napoleon was. still
lying. The bodies of our fellows and
of St. Prest's Russians had all been
buried, and I could see changes in the
camp also. The soldiers looked better
cared for, some Of the cavalry had re-
ceived rasaounts and everything was
in excellent order. It is wonderful
what a good general can effect in a
couple of days.
When came to the headquarters l
was shown straight into the emperor's
room. He was drinking coffee at a
writing table, with big plan drawn
out on paper in front of him. Berthier
and Mcdonald were leaning one over
each shoulder, and he was talking so
quickly that don't believe that either
of them could catch half of what he
was saying. But when his eyes fell
upon me he dropped his pen on to the
chart, and he sprang up with look in
his pale face which struck me cold.
what the devil are you doing here?'
he shouted. When he was angry he
had voice like a peacock.
81 have the honor to report to you,
SIR" said I, s'that I have delivered
your dispatch safely to the king OF
Spain"
what" he yelled, and his two eyes
transfxed me like bayonets. Oh, those
dreadful eyes, shifting from gray to
blue, like steel in the sunshine. can
see them now when have had a bad
dream. s..s5a
what has become of Charpentierq"
he asked. 80.
HE is captured said Mcdonald.
by WhOm"' '.,r =.
''The Russians" ~ ....
'"The Cossacks?"
mo, single Cossack". g..
"He gave himself up?"
Without resistance"
HE is an intelligent officer. You
will see that the medal Of honor is
awarded to him"
When heard these words had to
rub my eyes to make sure that was
awake.
las to you," cried the emperor, TAX.
ing step forward as if he would have
struck me. "You brain of q hare, what do
you think that You were sent upon this
mission for? Do you conceive that !
would send really important message
by such hand as yours, and through
every village which the enemy holds9
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BELIEVED IN FRESH AIR.
The Cool Travellers Way Of CompleteI

The Cool Travellers Way OF Completely
Defeating the Pussy Man.
In train that left the Grand Cen
trail depot the other afternoon were
seated two gentlemen, one directly in
front of the other, says the New York
Advertiser. Both were well dressed.
The gentleman in front had the calm,
self-cOntained manner of a well-bred
man, the other the fussy air of person
who deems himself of considerable i'm
portance. There were only few per
sons in the car besides the persons
mentioned, and dozens of seats re-
manned unoccupied. AS the train
rushed out of the tunnel into the sun
light of an unusually bright day the
serene gentleman raised the window
and proceeded to read his evening
newspaper. A minute later the fussy
man arose, leaned over and closed the
window. The serene man paid no at
tention to the act for minute, and
then, as though having just discovered
that the window was down, raised it
again and went on reading The fussy
man glared at the back of the other,
moved about unsteady in his seat, and
with an air of angry defiance closed
the window again, this time with a
bang. The other did not take his ewes
from the newspaper for few minutes,
but continued reading as though he
was in no wise concerned in the singu-
lar contest. Finally he glanced toward
the window, and without any sign that
his temper was in the least ruffled, took
up his silver-headed cane and with the
head of it shattered the pane and
knocked out the small pieces of glass
that stuck to the sides. Then he re-
placed his cane in the corner, took up
his newspaper and resumed its perusal
1t is doubtful if the combined efforts
of the worlds greatest word painters
could do even partial justice to de-
scription Of the fussy mans face as he
witnessed this extraordinary proceed
ing. Pity for once that the camera
fiend was not on hand to preserve it
for posterity. But he was not, and SO
no one save those present will ever
know how he looked. 1t seemed at
times as though he, were secretly
pinching himself to see if he were re-
ally awake. Not word was uttered,
however, by either man. At Larch-
mont manor the serene man was about
stepping from the train when he met
the conductor.
"By the BY" said he, as though just
remembering some long-forgotten in
cident, GIVE broken window pane in
there. Here's my card"
A moment later he had jumped into
handsome turnout and was spinning
up the road. The fussy man did not
look. He had not come out of his coma
OF bewildering amazement.
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crooked sword. Be 1t well understood
that in changing the tunicsI did not
forget to change my thrice precious
letter also from my old one to my new.
With your leave, said I. Il shall
now bind You to a barrel. 5.s
He made great fuss over this, but
have learned in my soldering never to
throw away chances, and how could
tell that he might not, when my back
was turned, see how the matter really
stood and break in upon my plans. He
was leaning against . barrel at the
time, SO ran six times around it with
q rope, and then tied it with big knot
behind. If he wished to come upstairs
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OF folk rid ing or running behind me-
Word had got about from the dragons
1.-TWO Of them had come with mel
and every body knew about my adven-
lures and how / had come by my uni
form. It was a triumph men shout
ing and women waving their handlser-
chiefs and blowing kisses from the win
dows Although am a man singular
" free from conceit, still must confess
that on this one occasion I could not re-
strain myself from showing that this
reception gratified me. The Russian
coat had hung very loose upon me,
but now / threw out my chest until it
was as tight as a sausage skin And
my little sweetheart of mare tossed
her name and paved with her front
hoofs, frislsing her tail about. as
though she said: ''We've done it to-
gether this time. 1t is to us that COM
missions should be intrusted." When
I kissed her between the nostrils when
I dismounted at the gate of the Tuil-
leries there was as much shouting as if
bulletin had been read from the grand
army. 4 ....z.s Il.
I was hardly in costume to visit a
king. but, after all, if one has soldier
ly figure one can do without all that. I
was shown up straight away to Joseph,
whom had often seen in Spain. He
seemed as stout, as quiet and as anna
bic as ever. Talleyrand was in the
room with him, or suppose should
call him duke of Benevento, but I
confess that like old names best. He
read my letter when Joseph Buono-
parte handed it to him, and then he
looked at me with the strangest express
sion in those funny, little, twinkling
eyes of his. 49,.
''Were you the only messenger" he
asked.
''There was one other, SIR" said I,
"Maj. Charpentier, of the horse grena.
diers.'
HE has not yet arrived" said the
I king of Spain.
IF you had seen the legs of his
horse, sire, you would not wonder al
it," remarked.
''There may be other reasons" said
Talleyrand, and he gave that singular
smile of his.
Well, they paid me compliment o,
two, though they might have said 9
good deal more and yet have said toe
little. I bowed myself out, and very
glad I was to get away, for hate a
court as much as love camp. Away
I went to my old friend, Chaubert, il
the Rue Miromesnie, and there got
his hussar uniform, which fitted m.
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he would at least have to carry thou
sand litres of good French wine for a
knapsack. I then shut the door of the
back cellar behind me, so that he might
not hear what was going forward, and,
tossing the candle away, I assembled
the kitchen stair.
There were only about twenty steps,
and yet while I came up them I seemed
to have time to think Of everything
that had ever done, and everything
that had ever hoped to do. 1t was
the same that 1 had at Eylau when I
lay with my broken leg and saw the
horse artillery galloping down upon me.
Of course knew that if were taken
I should be shot instantly as being dis
guised within the enemy's lines.
Still, it was glorious death, in the
direct service of the emperor, and I re-
hected that there could not be less than
five lines and perhaps seven in the
Moniteur about me. Palaret had eight
lines and I am sure that he had not so
| fine a career.
When I made my way out into the
hall, with all the nonchalance in my
4dCC dAIl ludAucI L11dG L COu1u dSSu1uG,
the very first thing that saw was
i Bouvet's dead body with his knees
drawn up and broken sword in his
hand. could see by the black smudge
that he had been shot at close quar-
tiers. should have wished to salute as
went by, for he was gallant man,
, but feared lest should be seen, and
SO passed on.
The front of the hall was full of
Prussian infantry, who were knocking
loopholes in the wall, as though they
expected that there might yet be an
other attack. Their officer, little rat
of man, was running about giving di-
rections. They were all too busy to
take much notice of me, but another
officer who was standing by the door
with long pipe in his mouth, strobe
across and clapped me on the shoulder.
pointing to the dead bodies of our poor
hussars and saying something that was
meant for a jest, for his big beard
opened and showed every fang in his
head. I laughed heartily, also, and
said the only Russian words that
know. l learned them from little
Sophy at Wilma, and they meant: IF
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the night is fine we shall meet under
the oak tree, and if it rains we shall
meet in the byre" 1t was all the same
to this German, however, and I have no
doubt that he gave me credit for say
ing something very witty indeed, for
heroared laughing and slapped me On
my shoulder again I nodded to him
and marched out of the hall door as cool
ly as if were the commandant of the
garrison. There were hundred
horses tethered about outside, most of
them belonging to the Poles and hus-
sars. Good little Violette was waiting
with the others, and she whinnied when
she saw me coming towards her. But
I would not mount her. No, was
much too cunning for that. On the
contrary, chose the most shaggy lit
tie Cossack horse that I could see, and
l sprang upon it with as much as
surance as though it had belonged to
my father before me. It had a great
bag of plumber slung over it's neck, and
this laid upon Violette's back and led
her along beside me. Never have you
seen such picture of the Cossack re-
turning from the foray. Itwas superb.
Well, the town was full of Prussians
by this time. They lined the sidewalks
and pointed me out to each other, saw
ing, as I could judge by their gestures:
''There goes one of those devils of Cos
sacks. They are the boys for foraging
and plumber" One of two officers
spoke to me, with an air Of authority,
but shook my head and smiled, and
said: IF the night is fine we shall meet
under the oak tree, but if it rains we
shall meet in the byre." At which they
shrugged their shoulders and gave the
matter up. In this way worked
along until I was beyond the northern
outskirt of the town. could see in
the roadway two lancer vedettes, with
their black and white pennons, and /
knew that when was once past these
I should be free man once more. l
made my pony trot, therefore, violette
rubbing her nose against my knee all
the time, and looking up at me to ask
how she had deserved that this door.
mat of creature should be preferred
to her. was not more than hundred
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1took the first side road to the west,
and the first to the south, which would
take me away from the enemy's coun-
try. On we went, and on, every stride
taking me further from my foes and
nearer to my friends. At last reached
the end of a long stretch of road, and
looking back from it could see no signs
of pursuers. I understood that my
troubles were at last over.
And it gave me a glow of happiness
as rode to think that I had done to
the letter what the empe1 or had or
dered. What would he say when he
saw me? What could he say which
would do justice to the incredible way
in which had risen above every dan
ger? He had ordered me to go through
|Sermoise, Scissors and Senlis, little
dreaming that they were all three oc-
cupied by the enemy. And yet had
done it. had borne his letter in
safety through each of these towns.
Hussars, dragons, lancers, Cossacks
and infantry, had run the gauntlet Of
all of them and had come out IN
harmed.
When I had got as far as Dammartin
I caught a first glimpse of our own out
posts. There were a troop of dragons
in field, and of course could see from
the horsehair crests that they were
French. Igalloped towards them in
order to ask them if all was safe be-
tween there and Paris, and as rode 1
felt such a pride at having won my
way back to my friends again that
could not refrain from waving my
sword in the air. At this young Of
fccr galloped out from among the dra-
goons, also brandishing his sword, and
it warmed my heart to think that he
should come riding with such ardor
and enthusiasm to greet me. l made
Violette caracole, and as we came to-
gether brandished my sword more
gallantly than ever-but you can
imagine my feelings when he suddenly
made a cut at me which would certain;
~ have taken my head off if had not
fallen forward with my nose in VIC.
lette's name. My faith, it whistled
just over my cap like an east wind OF
course it came from this accursed uni
form which, in my excitement, had
forgotten all about, and this young
dragon had imagined that was some
Russian champion who was challeng-
ing the French cavalry. My word, he
was frightened man when he under
stood how near he had been to killing
the celebrated Brigadier Gerard.
Well, the road was clear, and about
three o'clock in the afternoon was at
St. Denis, though it took me long
two hours to get from there to Paris,
. for the road was black with COM
missariat wagons and guns Of the artil-
lery reserve, which were going north to
Marmont and Mortier. You cannot con-
ceive the excitement which my appear
ance in such a costume made in Paris,
and when I came to the Rue de Rivoli /
should think had quarter of mile
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How you came through them passes
my comprehension, but if your fellow
messenger had as little sense as you my
whole plan of campaign would have
been ruined. Can you not see, colon,
that this message contained false
news and that it was intended to
deceive the enemy whilst put very
different scheme into execution?'
When heard these cruel words and
saw the angry white face which glared
at me, had to hold the back of chair,
for my mind was failing me and my
knees would hardly bear me up. But
then took courage, as reflected that
Twas IN honorable gentleman and that
my whole life had been spent in toll
ing for this man and for my beloved
country. n ~ t..-.
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"A
OF WINE"
that the door flew open and 1 came
down with crash upon my back, the
candle flying out of my hands, so that
I found myself in darkness once more
picked myself up and stared through
the black archway into the gloom be-
yond.
There was slight ray of light coming
from some slit orgrating. The dawn had
broken outside and I could dimly see
the long, curving sides of several huge
casks, which made me think that per
haps this was where the mayor kept
his reserves Of wine while they were
maturing. At any rate, it seemed to
be safer hiding place than the outer
cellar, so gathering up my candle, l
was just closing the door behind me,
when I suddenly saw something which
filled me with amazement and even. I
confess, with the smallest little touch
of fear.
have said that at the further end OF
the cellar there was dim. gray fan OF
light striking downward from some.
where near the roof. Well, as peered
through the darkness, suddenly saw a
great, tall man skip into this belt of
daylight, and then out again into the
blackness at the further end. NV
word, I gave such start that my busby
nearly broke it's chin strap. It was
but glance, but none the less had
time to see that the fellow had hairy
Cossack cap On his head, and that he
was great, long-legged, broad-should
cred brigand, with a saber at his waist
MY faith, even Etienne Gerard was a
little staggered at being left alone with
such creature in the dark.
But only for a moment. Courage,
| thought. Gam not a hussar. q
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-11-06
Boundary Commission Meets.

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Nov. 6.-The
commission to settle the disputed
boundary between Greenbrier and
Summers county, has met at Alder
son. There are three commissioners
appointed by the county court OF
Greenbrier; w M. Lyree. Samuel
Gilmer and ] Austin Burr, and
three appointed by the county court
of Summers county; NJ. Manning,
J. B. Lavender and M. Gwinn. Geo.
Z. Price, of Charleston, is umpire.
He was chosen by the above named
commission. The controversy in
wolves about twenty five square miles
of territory. A similar controversy
between Monroe county and Sum
mers county involves six or eight
square miles, including the town OF
Anderson. The town OF Anderson
has heretofore been considered with
in the jurisdiction OF Monroe coun
ty, and North Anderson, just across
the Greenbrier, has been considered
In Greenbrier county. The present
claim of Summers county would in
clude these two towns within her
boundary.
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Fer the Ladies.

i The Jackets, Capes and Furs we
have been talking to you about
have arrived. To say this is the
finest display of Ladies garments
ever shown in this State is putting
it mildly. More of the larger city
stores can excel them. All the new
and latest creations from New York
and foreign markets and the prices
we assure you are lower than asked
for inferior garments. See display
in our north window. s. es -
HIRscHMANs,
the Big Store.
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One STILL ALIVE.
One Son of Rev. and Mrs. Lee
Saved.

First Reports We're to the Effect that
all We're L0st-Fiye Dead and Three
of Their Bodies Not Recovered-A
Draft Sent to Mrs. Lee-More Should
Be Sent.
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Notice to Hunters.

Hunting with guns or dogs on
any of my land Is positively forbid
den. The law will be enforced
against any person disregarding
this notice.
As ct. GEORGE ROGERS.
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Union Improvement 60.
SuDpIierS Of Natural Gas & Water.
PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING

All VINO contemplate having plumb
ine or gas fitting done should consider
that little saving in first cost is not
always economy. We buy our goods
at first hands, strictly for cash. We
have expert plumbers and will guar
antee all work, at prices as low as
consistent with first-class material
and workmanship, We will be here
to protect our work as long as gas
lasts and people use water.
This is a point worth considering.
Remember everything first class and
work guaranteed to be according to
the most approved sanitary regula-
tiOnS