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son, Longstreet. Magruder and Pickett
About dusk we approached so close to the
cnemy's line ;hat we fired four second
shells in their midst. Darkness coming
on, we ceased firing and lay about our
guns all night.
tour to the left, and about nine o'clock we
planted our battery in a skirt of woods
where We had plain view of the Federal
forces. General Bradley T. johnson, com
mander Of the Maryland Line" with the
Maryland regiment of infantry, were in
our rear as support
We were soon ordered to open fire
While seated on my horse taking note of
the premature explosion of some Of our
shells Caused by the inferior quality OF
iron they were made OF, which allowed the
flash from the gun to penetrate them
a soldier. mounted on magnificent horse
rode mp to me and exclaimed, stop this
tiring,' | looked at him and replied 81
guess not" Our horses were rubbing
their heads together, and l stroked the
beautiful horses name.
The rider was in his shirt sleeves. 81
was /, His shirt was flannel, like my
own. His trappings were Federal Sc
were mine, from the horse out For thai
reason I had no suspicion of who he was
When the guns had fired another volley
he yelled out at me: II tell you to stoI
firing, You are firing at our own mem
| replied: IF you have any orders tC
give. there's General Johnson below there
give them to him. He Immediately rode
over to the General. his fine horse stretch
ing himself out as his rider and the Gen
cral conversed.
While observing them and expecting or
ders I hear the General eXclaim: We'll
who are you, anyhow" With that tn,
| soldier wheeled around. struck spurs t
l.; 1,1I ci,, ,to1,, 40 ta al
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TORPEDO CRAFT.

The notable feature of this table is the
great reliance which France continues to
place on the torpedo boat. She has no
fewer than 43 new ones, either on the
stocks or about to be built. while the
other European powers have only "a be-
tween them. She is constructing more de-
stroyers now than she formerly did, and
has % of these vessels on her programme;
Great Britain has 81, and Russia only s.
France also has 43 submarines on her pro-
gramme and Great Britain IA. Russia is
going in for two of these vessels, Italy
three and the United States five.
OF the scouts, the newest type of vessel
in the British naVy-sOmething between Il
destroyer and a cruiser-there are four
building and four to be laid down. No
other power is building these boats at
present, The brand is exclusively Brit
ish.
In addition to the vessels included in the
above tables are the coast defense ships
Of which England has two, France a.
Russia 10 and Germany II, and the torpedo
vessels, which include the torpedo gun
boats of which England has by far the
greatest cumberland the torpedo depot
ships.
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NEW YORK'S GREAT CANAL
SCHEME,

The canal system of the State of New
York now consists of one trunk and two
branch canals. The main trunk canal
is the world-famed Erie. extending from
Buffalo to Troy, whence boats go by
the Hudson river to New York. The Os-
wego canal extends from Onondaga lake,
near Syracuse. to Oswego, on Lake On
tario; the Champlain, from the Hudson
river near Troy. up the banks of the
river to Fort Edward and thence to
Whitehall, on Lake Champlain Formerly
there were three other lateral canals,
reaching the southern sections of the
state at clean. Elmira, and Bingham
ton; but these have long since been
abandoned, as has tho Delaware & Hud-
son canal, connecting the Hudson river
with the anthracite coal regions, which
was owned by a private company. The
three existing canals, however, are the
only ones which have been considered
in the great scheme of improvement for
which the New York Legislature has
proposed the expenditure of slol ,NO 600
The Erie canal Is now $50 miles long
has a depth of from seven to nine feet
| and a width on the bottom Of 52i2 feet
| The capacity of its boats is $40 tons The
variations in depth are due to the fact
that the improvements begun in ls9;
were left uncompleted. Tho Oswego
canal is IS miles long, with the same
| varying depth as the Erie and the
| Champlain canal is 6s miles long, with
seven feet as it's greatest and five as Its
governing depth,
| What is now proposed is to enlarge
all three of these canals to a uniform
depth OF u feet with a minimum bot
| tom width Of rs feet, making them capa
BILE Of carrying boats $50 long. 25 fee
beam. and with a draught of 10 feet
The cargo capacity of these boats vii
be l,0O0 tons. or more than four time.
that of the present boats. This amounts
practically to building a new canal sys
tenn and for considerable portions of thu
routes followed 1t will be a new canal
involving the total departure from an,
abandonment of the present channels
Where the carly engineers preferred to dij
a ditch along the bank of a natura
water course, the new plan calls 70
the utilization Of rivers and lakes "A
much as practicable. Boats will use tn
Niagara river between Buffalo and iona
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A GERMAN CHICAGO

Mr.. Sydney Brooks writes entertainingly
about Berlin in the current issue OF
Harpers Weekly Berlin" he says
lis the Chicago Of Germany in the
rapidly of its growth If in nothing else
To one who has not visited it for ten 'or
twelve years the place seems to have
trebled and quadrupled itself. Very
likely it has: but what most impresses
one is not the extent but. the quality,
of its growth. 1t is the only modern
city 7 know Of that has managed Ia
escape looking artificial. Most foreigners
con plain that New York looks a : though
ii had been hit off at a stroke and
dumped down on Manhatten Island by
contract. They inveigh against its dead
" uniformity, its Euclidean lines. it,
prosaic. precision. They say that 1t has
been far too obviously mapped out by
architects and surveyors instead of by
nature None of these charges could
be brought against Berlin. The city
or most of II. at any rate, is as modern
as New York. but the labor of building
1t has been most deXteriously bidder
and high thinking seem well-nigh over
There may be plenty Of high thinking
done in the capital. but it certainly is NJ
longer city of conspicuously plar
living The rents are such rs to oper
even New Workers. eyes household
expenses are proportionatoly severe
and the clubs. the theatres, tho stores
and. above all, the hotels and restaurants
point in direction that does not leaC
by any means to economy. There are
hotels to-day in Berlin that rival an'
in some points even exceed the Waldorf
Astoria and the Carlton.
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A COMPARISON OF SHAMROCK Ill
AND RELIANCE.

With the new cup challenger, Sham
rock III, stretching her sails off Sandy
Hook. beside Shamrock |, and the new
cup defender Reliance, in training with
her two trial mates to eastward, the
most interesting period known to tho
history of American yachting lies fairly
before us. And to add to the interest
natural to the occasion it will he found
that the sharps detailed to watch the
work of challenger and defender will fail
to agree in their opinions, and even II,
their observations Of facts, and 1t is
therefore worth while to compare the
two leading racers in certain points that
will not only have an important bearing
on the result of the August races but
should also be kept in mind while con.
sidering the facts which will develop in
the trials.
The estimates in this matter are based
on very inadequate data-three or -four
more trials might easily reverse the
opinion, but from the present outlook
Shamrock III will prove a little swiftei
In running before the wind than Re
lance.
But If all tho trials so far hold he care
fully considered. and if the lines Of th'
Their fact that we are likely to hav,
Through shifting wind some reaching il
| the running part of the races to come
| If all this is taken into calculation. tn
| outlook for the Yankee boat in the Au
gust races is entirely hopeful.-John r
Spears, in the Illustrated Sporting News
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GAVE ORDERS TO THE
ENEMY.
Strange Adventure of Union Officer
in the Confederate Lines.

After the battle with Fremont at Cross
Keys, Va, and the complete routing Of
General Shields army at Port Republic
the morning following, says a CORE
spondent of the Washington Post, we
rested for a few days in Browns Cove.
From thence we proceeded to stanton,
Va. where we had been promised few
days rest by General Stonewall Jackson.
We arrived there on Saturday. and
were happily arranging for our comfort
when we received orders to proceed to
the enforcement Of Lee at Richmond,
as quietly and rapidly possible.
Our guns (of the Baltimore Battery,
Maryland line) were placed on freight
cars. and our men mounted on the
horses. proceeded in the direction of
Richmond, as directed. We finally arrived
near Richmond, on the Mechanicsville
road, in the rear of McClellan's army.
1t was there ! witnessed a council OF
war between FIVE of our generals. al
mounted, with maps on the pommels OF
their saddles. namely, Generals Lee. Jack
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ALLEN
Pretty Wedding in n Picturesque Sen
side Chapel.

on Monday afternoon last at four
o'clock. Joseph Dana Allen. formerly Of
this city, now headmaster of the De
Iancey school in Philadelphia, and Miss
Elizabeth Donnel Candy Of Wilmington.
Del, were married at the Church of St.
Andrew s-by-the-Sea Rye Beach. New
Hampshire The ceremony was perform
ed by the Rev. James DeWolf Perry,
II. u. of Germantown, Pa. The bride
was given away by her brother. Mr. w.
Poyntell Candy. and was attended ny her
younger sister. Miss Ethel y. Candy. as
maid Of honor Dr. Lyman Allen, of this
city, served his brother as best man. The
following We're bridesmaids: Miss Lea,
MISS Sparks and Miss Johnston of Will
mington: Miss Champlin of Cleveland
Miss Allen, the groom's sister, (who also
PLAYED the organ for the entrance and
exit Of the wedding party, and Miss
Mary Lyman Of Burlington. Mr. Harry
NJ. Candy of Wilmington Dr. J. Norman
Henry, Messrs. Leroy Harvey. Russell
s Hubbard and W. p, Remington of Phil.
adcphia; NJ. S. Allen. Harmon S. Graves
and James n. Benedict Of New York
Henry A. Torrey of Burlington, and
| George w. Benedict of Providence, were
ushers.
The picturesque little seaside chapel
daintily decorated with elder blow. wlC
! roses and ferns. was a charming setting
for what everyone present agreed in call
| ms an eXnuisitely simple and pretty wed
ding The brides gown was Of whit,
crepe de chine her veil of tulle, her bou
! ouet of lilies of the valley and nader
hair fern, The maid of honor, in whit,
| Persian lawn and lace. carried a bouque
of delicate pink and white poppies; ant
| the bridesmaids, also in white lawn, Will
sashcs of pink, carried bouquets OF pinl
sweet peas and mignonette The weddin.
procession formed under the trees in th
church yard, behind the church. an,
marched around the church, past the opei
| windows, to the entrance, where the,
| marched up the aisle to the little chanCel
which they completely filled. After tn
wedding an informal reception was he'll
al the summer cottage of the bride
grandmother, Mrs. Johnston of Whining
ton. and thence, after the wedding part
had sung a song composed in their honor
and drunk their health in n rousng toast
Mr. and Mrs. Allen drove off across tn
lovely sea shore country to begin thei
wedding journey,
Among the guests were Mr.. Charles
Allen. Miss Florence Lyman. Mr.. an
Mrs Elias Lyman. Mrs. Lyman Allel
and Master Torrey Allen Of Burlington
Miss Torrey, Miss Elizabeth Torrey an
Miss Margaret Torrey of Beverly. Mass
DIR. and Mrs. George W. Coggeshall c
Dedham, Mass; Mr.. and Mrs. w. 4
Thurher of Milton. Mass. besides cor
siderable number of relatives and friend
of the bride and groom from Wlmine
ton and Philadelphia.
on the preceding Saturday evening tn
groom entertained his friends at a yer
folly bachelor supper at the Farragr
| House
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The Control of the Rutland Railroad.

The frequency with which misleading
reports concerning the control, manage
ment and condition of the Rutland rail-
road are sent out for publication, in
dicates that there is somebody who has
an interest in dscrediting ooth the prop
erty and it's management First we are
told that it is about to become one Of
the Vanderbilt lines as If it were not at
ready ranked among the lines controlled
by Vanderbilt interests. Mr.. w. X. Van
derbilt has a large interest in the road
with DIR. Webb, and there is not the
slightest possibility of the control of the
property passing out of the hands of DR.,
Webb and his family friends, All at
tempts to bear the stock of the Rut-
land will therefore prove futile to bring
about a change in the ownership of the
line.
Even if DR.. Webb had any idea Of re-
linuuishing his ambition to have his sons
develop into railroad men in connection
with the operation of the Rutland rail
road, it is plain to any one who has given
thought to the subject that the road would
never be allowed to pass out of the con.
troll of some other member of the Van
derbilt family. At Ogdensburg the Rut-
land touches the New York Centrars
Utica and Black River railroad as we'll as
the old Rome. Wa tertown and Ogdensburg
at Norwood it again cuts the Rome road
at MORA it crosses the New York anc
Ottawa, which will unquestionably be
come Vanderbilt line unless some Can
adam railroad acquires the property first
at Malone it bisects the Adirondack di
vision of the New York Central runnin,
to Montreal; at Rouses Point it touche
the Delaware and Hudson in which tn
Vanderbits are already interested, thu
forming connecting link between thes
different lines, all of which could con
yeniently use the Rutlands shops at Ma
lone. The Vanderbilts are constantly
seeking to acquire railroads of strategi
Importance instead of turning them owe
TO rivals, and the Rutland is one of tn
last they would see pass beyond thei
reach. touching their interests at SO man
vital points as it does.
Another scheme on the part of the mis-
chief maker or makers is to convey tn
impression that the affairs of the roa
have passed entirely out of the hand
of DR.. Webb. As "A matter of fact ID
Webb sent his private secretary froi
England with proxies and with fun II
sired to have done at the annual meetin
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hearing. 1t was proved beyond question
that the car had gone at a rate far in
advance of the legal one; and it was also
proved beyond dispute that its owner.
against whom the proceedings were taken,
was in it at the time. The police court
judge convicted on this, and fined the
owner 10f., paying no heed to his conten
ton. which, indeed, seemed the merest
bubble that the police could not have
recognized him as the chauffeur, as he
whizzed past in a cloud of dust. The
owner however, was not satisfied. and
he carried his protest to higher court,
where it won the day for him, to the
great joy Of Belgian chauffeurs.
The defendant in the case stated that
he was not in fact. acting as chauffeur
at the time when the breach OF the law
was committed, but his plea did not rest
on fact, nor did he bring toward any evil
dcncc to sustain his statement. The
ground on which he went was that ii was
impossible for the police to identify the
driver of the car, since he, like each of
his companions was masked and spectacle
cd. The court accepted this plea. and in
acOuitting the accused motorist put 1t
officially on the record that lit is i'm
possible to recognize a person passing at
the speed indicated in the charge when
he Is wearing speCta Cles and other objects
| indispensable to those who circulate in
refused to "denOunce" the chauffeur, and
as all the powers of the Belgian law
| seemed unable to compel him to do so.
the case fell entirely to the ground and
the police found themselves proved i'm
potent and ridiculous. Whatever may be
| thought of it, the Judgment must he sound
! in Belgian law, for not only did the police
authorities carry the case no further but
similar judgment in another case at
Ostend, given on the same grounds, comes
to prove the validity of this one
A point which might escape notice is
that which legalizes. in the judgment, the
wearing of masks and sucn like protec-
tons against the wind and dust 1t is
Illegal in Belgium to disguise oneself al
any time other than that of the carni-
val or even to appear in public i'll fantas
tic or fancy dress and there is no minor
offense the police are quicker to pouncf
upon as English sportsmen going to a
| "chasse" in the uniform Of their hunt
and Highland soldiers travelling in Bel
gium have found out before now 10 their
momentary disturbance. OF course. il
the case of the soldiers and huntsmen tins
matter was speedily explained and settled
by profusc apologies. but it appears tina
motorists are henceforth to be above thu
ordinary law and at liberty TO disgus
themselves.
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Our Aim:
Banking.
THE BURLINGTON TRUST CO..
city Hall Square-NOrfh.

wanda; instead OF an aqueduct at Ro-
chester "A pool will be formed by a dam
in the Genesee river south of that city,
raising the river to the canal level; the
Seneca and Oneida rivers will he utilized
and the canal carried through Oneida
lake, and the Mohawk river will be canal
lied from Little Falls to Cohoes. In like
manner the Hudson river will be utilized
as far north as Fort Edward. This will
shorten the Erie canal to 342 miles, the
Oswego to % miles, ana the Champain
will remain of about the same length as
at present.
The undertaking thus planned Is almost
as great an enterprise for to-day as was
the building of the original Eric canal
for its day. 1t is a greater public i'm
provement for the State of New YORK
to carry out than Is the Panama cana
for the United States government, and
enthusiasts believe it is of hardly less
commercial value. It's cost will he more
than half the estimates for the Panama
Review Of Reviews for July.
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VERMONT WEEK
J.Y TRADE REPORT.

Reports to Bradstreets from var
ious quarters OF Vermont Indicate
that the conditions which were re-
rarded 50 serious several weeks ago
have greatly improved owing TO the
rainy weather. The hay crop which
ii was feared would prove almost q
total loss has been greatly benefited
hv the rain and succeeding warm
weather. and while il will he two or
three weeks late it is thought prob
able that from two-thirds to almost a
fun crop will he harvested, with quail
itv very fair. Agricultural interests
are also looking much brighter and
with this general Improvement has
come a better tone in business cir
Giles and collections are easier than
several weeks ago. Banks in most
portions of the State appear to bo
well supplied with money and labor
with a few exceptions is well en-
ployod Lumber is reported to he
falling off in demand from month
ago. hut the price is firm considering
the conditions and season OF the year.
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CRUISERS.

Protected cruisers arc divided into first,
second and third class. Great Britain has
q first class. 81 second class and 80 third
class But these include three of the
second class and one of the third class
only partially protected. Some of the
second and third class also are rather old,
but this applies also to those Of other
powers.
Great Britain has % armored cruisers
building, France II, Germany four. Italy
one and tho United States H. Russia is
building three first class protected cruis-
ers and two Of the second class. England
is building two second class and seven
| third class. Germany is also building
seven third class.
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Congressman Cannon Of Illinois, who
has often smarted under repeated rebuffs
from the upper branch of Congress,
would put the Senate and House on an
equal plane in legislative power. He pro-
tests against what he terms the in
creasing arrogance" of the Senate hold
ing that inasmuch as the House has the
constitutional power to originate appro-
priations the people at the other end OF
the national capitol ought not to have
dctatorial power when it comes to the
matter of determining what those APP
preparations shall be.
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A QUESTION OF TITLES.

The city treasurer Of Edinburgh, Col
Sir Robert Cranston, who has lately beer
knighted by King Edward, was called
upon recently by a commercial traveller
who wished to see the colonel on bust
ness. AS Sir Robert. like most of his as
socates. is of the volunteer corps, not
of the regular army, the travellers in
curry was for Mr.. Cranston. Colone
Cranston, he was informed was out
"Oh. very WE'LL can l sec Mr.. -
them" mentioning another member o
the flrm).
Major ------ is out too
And is Mr.. ----- out, also?
II am sorry to say that Captain -
has lust left to attend a musketry class.
The exasperated traveller turned to 60
when he was recalled and asked If h
wished TO leave any message.
Well" he replied. its of no conse
auence. but you might just say, If yo'
think Of it, that Lord Wolseley looke'
in "-Harpers Weekly.
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1t is announced that n movement is on
foot % secure one or both Of the ma
tional political conventions next year
for Baltimore, the recently elected mayor
of that city being at the head Of the
movement. The citizens Of Baltimore feel
that they have ample accommodations
for the enormous crowds that will at
tend both conventions and they expect
to reach the republicans through Senator
McComas while Senator German is count
ed upon to look after the democratic
gathering. The time has come when it is
regarded as almost as helpful for city
to get a national political convention
as to run into debt to the extent of mill
lions to run an international exposition.
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MOTOR LAW IN BELGIUM.
Recent Decision by Dinant Court
Causes Faster Driving.

A decision of much Importance to motor
lists has just been given by the court of
first instance of Dinant. Belgium. sitting
as court of appeals from the police court
of that town. 1t is one reversing the con-
yiction Of the owner Of motor car for
progressing at greater speed than the au-
thorizcd ten kilometres AN hour. The
facts of the case, as put forward by the
polIcc, seemed incontrovcrtible at the first