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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-24

the people would weary or go crazy
over a monotony of pedantic accuracy
in public print. The grandest mann
moth circus would not pay without its
clown.
The newcomer to this land learns
this Immediately on applying 10 be
admitted as member of Uncle
Sans family. | copy now from an
olicial foolscap bank, headed Mi
nor's Pet" probably because the
paper is as substantial as its phrases
are funny. The first declaration to
the applicant for naturalization sol
EMMY swears is that he as never
born any hereditary title. or been of
any of the orders OF nobility" His
sponsor swears that the applicant has
during five years been attached to
the principles of the Constitution =.
and well disposed TO the good order
and happiness of the same" Having
first sworn that he II no foreign
title. the applicant has to make his
third and final swear that, Il now
renounce and re.nquish said title,
and adjure all allegiance" to all for
eign monarchs.
The realistically minded may dis
cuss among themselves how far tie
signing OF such state document is
legally or morally binding.
Mrs. KS Gown.
One of the eloquent poetical writ
ers who report the costumes and eii-
quette al Washington penned this in
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-24
Difficult Census cIassifications.

OliiCult census CidSSificationS.
According To an official of the Cen
isus Bureau at Washington. that or
ganization Is often puzzled To know
how to classify the returns of occu.
patton In vases where the enumera-
tors have given Il too literal descrin.
ton of Il persons employment. There
are two census terms to cover such
cases. Occupations not included in
the regular list may be entered as
20. t. meaning "Other Things" or
mo. c." which stands for Not
Gainfui." TO choose between the two
sometimes suggests amusing compli-
cations.
An enumerator in Iowa reported
'drunkard' as the occupation OF one
of his men. The Census Bureau ent.
cred him AS IN c." since the next
column asserted this to be his occu.
patton for twelve months in the year.
New York cnumerator. who seem.
ed to evincc the inclnations of Il de-
lective, reported several men in his
district as "crooks.'' "pickpockets,'
and gamblers" They We're entered
as IN. g. although their occupations
may have been more gainful to them
than to their victims.
An Alabama man whose OCCUPATION
was reported as "odd-jobs,' goes on
the records under 20. r." COther
Thngs'D.
While some of the occupations
which the enumerators give are nm
usual. they are probably correct A
tramp was described as "loafcr not
gainful, unemployed twelve months"
An extra thrifty person in one i'll
stance was reported as Occupation,
miser,' and another Lives on say
lngs. a New England woman whose
husband was described as an "idler."
gave her own occupation as washing
md Wishing.v
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-24
INT OF LAUNDERING
Mistakes That Make tie
World Feel Better and
More Cheerful.

But for blunderers life would lose
one of its most precious Ireentives
of the dullness that is incipient lido
cy. The nlunderer has the compensa
ton of feeling that his talent, when
brought to its highest pitch, is close
kin to he true genius which is so
rare. That 1t is being cultivated IN
ven the highest quarters Is tribute
to the admirable Judgment of govern
ment, literary, journalistic, and com
merciai potentates. They foresee that
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Washington Flofsam and Jefsam

junction of two streets in Trenton us
a monument. There 1t remains.
The most celebrated gun used by
the British in the South African War
was called "Joey Chamberlain, after
the then Colonial Secretary. Joey
Chamberlain was u navy gun. and
when the war was. over It went back
on shipboard to fall INTO its old line
of duty.
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Noted Guns.

noted Guns.
Ii has long been a custom of the
English speaking people to give
names 10 formidable cannon employed
in their campaigns.
The original Long Tom" had q
strange and romantic history. II
was-or rather is, for it still exists--a
forty-two.pound gun of the old type,
which was originally Il part of the
armament of the French battleship
Hoche. II was captured by the Brit
ish in 1898, and soon after was sol'i
to the United States Government.
Iii this country 1t was placed IN tie
ship General Armstrong, and, after
some minor adventures with our
ships in the war with the Barbary
States. did good duty against its form
er captors, the British, by helping 10
run the piockade OF New Orleans III
1914. Afterward the Armstrong was
ssunk by tile Drit-on al ,no ia. DO ).
Fayal, in the Azores. There Long
Tom lay, dismantled, until patriotic
American procured permission to dig
il UP and carry it away, and II was
brought to New York city in 1893.
Probably the most famous persona
fed gun of the Civil War was the
Swamp Angel which figured very
largely in periodical literature ana
made a deep impression on the popu.
lar imagination. The Swamp Angel
was an eightinch Parrot gun, which
was mounted ON a battery bulit on
piles in swamp in the harbor OF
Charleston, South Carolina, and used
in the reduction of that city. he
Swamp Angel sang its song a long
time, and effected much destruction
in Charleston.
At last, however, 1t committed sui
eide by bursting, on August %. 1868
1t was sent to an iron foundry at
Trenton, New Jersey, as old iron, and
was about to be melted up. when a
soldier recognized it, and directed 10
cal attention to it. 1t was rescued
from the foundry; a granite pedestal
was provided for it by public sub
scripilon, and 1t was SCI up at the
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What Is Sent Us From Abroad.

The statistics prepared by the Gov.
ernmcnt bureaus Mt Washington with
reference TO the exports declared for
the United States" are not such dull
reading rs might be expected. horo
are many surprising details, which
If gathered together into comprehcn
sivc story would give an interesting
idea of the current of the worlu com
merce.
In the popular mind the names OF
important cities are often associated
with some distinguishing product. il
much the same way they would be rs
sociated with historical events or polit
ical prominence.
In the first place, take Brussels
Brussels suggests carpets, of course
yet for some years Belgium has no
exported to the United States NOR.
than a few thousand dollars worth o
carpets. But we do get from tina
country plate glass, cement, linens
and laces in tremendously large guam
titles.
Jamaica sends us some ginger; but
a great deal more in value OF bananas
and sugar.
From Cologne we receive fair
quantity of cologne; but fifty times as
many dollars worth of mineral waters.
Rome suggests ut once art and lit
erature; but nearly half of the i'm
ports from the Italian capital comes
in the form of C eese.
Athens sends but little, chiefly iron
ore. The other Greek cities sell cur
rants, which really form the staple OF
Greek trade with the United States.
Out of jerusalem we get religious
articles made of mother of pearl"
Genoa the birthplace of Columbus,
find in the land he discovered a mar
ket for olive oil. Raw silks lead in
Milan; horsehides are among the
great exports of MOSCOW; clay pipes
and lace are the somewhat incongru-
Gus combination forwarded from Ga
lais.
Antiquities and gum figure, high in
Cairo's list. From Egypt we also gel
some mummies from which a peculiar
pigment is made for the use of ar
fists.
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Of about mile, upon the western edge
and In plain view, stands the famous
bunker Church, in the border of a
patch of woods. To the right of it
and to the east of the turnpike is open
ground, and this is bordered on the
right by another patch Of woods. These
two patches of timber, with the fields
between, were the scene of the most
sanguinary fighting of Sept. II. Look
ing further to the right, to the north
east of the position of the observer and
at a distance of something less than
two miles, a large brick building may
be seen. This is Fry's house, round
which the tents of McClellan's head
quarters were pitched before and dur
ing the battle. The Antietam cannot
be seen, because of the depth of the
ravine which forms its bed, but its
abundant growth of the trees which
fringe its banks. Looking to the right,
and TO distance of about a mile, one
sees the upper part of a basin formed
by some hills At the base of these
hills the Burnside Bridge" crosses the
stream. In the further distance to the
right the spurs of Maryland flights
and the stately South Mountain range
frame the picture, which is as full of
beauty as it is of interest Practically
the whole of the battlefield may be
seen from this single point. To COM
plete the description Of it, it is to be
added that the woods in which the
bunker Church stands fringe the west
ern side of the Hagerstown pike for
about a quarter of mile. Then they
turn to the westward for about $50
yards, and, turning again at right an
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giles, the edge of the woods is parallel
to the turnpike for another quarter of
a mile. Further to the north the
ground is open Immediately to the west
of the pike, and there are two stable
woods, detached from each other, fur
ther to the west For convenience of
description the woods to the west,
north and northwest of the bunker
Church will be called the West Woods.
and the woods opposite and to. the
east of the pike, and separated from it
by open ground, will be called the East
Woods At the bunker Church two
roads meet the turnpike, almost form
ing a right angle with each other. The
course of the easterly of these two
roads is southwesterly to the pike,
while the other, which is little more
than wood road, runs a little north
of west from the church The West
| Woods are full of outcropping ledges
| of limestone which afford excellent
cover for troops. To the west of the
northern portion of the West Woods is
a hight far enough to the west to en-
able the force holding it to take not
only in flank, but In reverse, the whole
of the Confederate position"
| The Day Goes by.
| 1t is not over 10 miles by the road
from South Mountain to Antictam
Creek, but the only defensive move
ment during that long day was the de-
ployment of Richardson's and Sykes s
Divisions and some harmless artillery
duels. While time was all-important
to Mcclellan if he were going to oyer
whelm Lee before the latter could unite
his army, the Union commander GER
tainly showed no feverish haste about
coming into close contact with the foe.
Gen. Mcclellan says that after a
rapid examination of the enemys po-
sition he found it was too late to attack
on that day. He does not say at what
time he arrived at the front, nor why
it was not possible for him to have
done so earlier in the day. He seems
to have done nothing during the whole
of the day beyond this examination of
the front, except to order some bat
teries into position and the different
commands as they arrived to go into
bivouac on either side of the roads
from Keedysville.
Worse than the delay of the 18th was
the positive inaction on the 10Th All
| that long. hot day the troops lay around
| in the open fields or under such scanty
shelter as they could find, watching for
something to develop. Only the artil-
lerymen We're busy, who kept up an in
| termittent, but not at all dangerous fire,
upon the Confederate batteries station
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straight line is about six miles. An
tietam Creek, a considerable stream of
water, lies in a general direction al
most south, with a deep gorge at the
lower part of it's course. Lee formed
his line from the Potomac along the
Antietam up to a mile or more above
Sharpsburg, when it turned off then
to extend to the Potomac. This made
the Potomac the support for both
TANKS, his right at the mouth of the
hntietam and his left near MERGERS
vile. In this lower part the Antietam
is crossed by four bridges, while above
there are several good fords, tho these
are somewhat troublesome in passage.
Lees position covered the Shepherds
town ford across the Potomac, by
which he could receive reinforcements
or retreat
The point now occupied by the Ma
tional Cemetery at Antietam affords a
magnificent view Of the whole coun-
try, and there Lee took his stand to
watch the hosts of Mcclellan pouring
down upon him thru the South Noun
tain passes. The best Of Lees claims
TO greatness lie in his accurate esti-
mate of the commanders to whom he
was opposed, and nowhere does he
appear in as good light as at Antie-
tam, confronting with untroubled coun-
tenance McClellan's overpowering
forces, confident Of being able TO es-
cape the destruction which that force
| implied.
A Description of the Field.
f. w. Palfrey gives this picture of
the battlefield as seen from Gen. Lees
point of vantage:
THE National Cemetery at Sharps-
burg is situated upon the crest of a
hill to the eastward of the town and
just outside the houses. 1t fronts upon
the main road from the town to
keedysville, and lies on the southerly
side of that road. 1t commands view
or remarkable beauty and extent. With
IN its inclosure is a small mass of lime
stone, upon which it is said Lee stood
10 direct the battle. If one enters the
cemetery and takes his position at the
base OF the flagstaff, which stands on
the highest ground, he will be within
the .concave of the Confederate line as
it stood at the commencement of the
battle. On his left, as he looks north
ward, Is the town of Sharpsburg. lying
in hollow between the ridge which
rises to the west of the Antietam and
the Potomac. which is not in sight.
The Hagerstown pike may be partially
seen, extending northerly from the
town. and with a slightly oblique di-
rection to the right. At the distance
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, in the woods, which afforded splendid
defensive positions.
Seeing accurately the point of danger
Stonewall Jackson ordered Early to
come up ard take command of Ewells
Division, and reinforcements of eight
fresh brigades. which had not been en-
gagged. were hurried over from the Con
federate right to meet this new attack
Early formed his line behind the ledges
and in the little wood road before men
toned. which was at right angles to the
Hagerstown pike, and consequently di-
rectly on the left flank of Sedgwick's 5
column. In other words. Sumner and
Sedgwick were marching the devoted
division directly into a trap which had
been laid for them.
Suddenly, and without warning. a fire
from this great concealed force. only a
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v McELR0Y.
army beyond a possibility of es-

Lees army beyond a possibility Of es-
cape.
The course of the Upper Potomac is
remarkably Sinuous as the rushing
stream curves first around one giant
mountain abutment and then another
in making its way to the sea. The
country in which the armies We're now
manuvering is a valley with rolling
landscape, the streams cutting deeply
into the limestone formation. Just
above Sharpsburg the river sweeps
around to the west, and after some
minor curves comes back almost as
far east again at the mouth of the
Antietam. some three miles south of or
below Sharpsburg. At the beginning
of the turn to the westward is the little
village of Mercersville. From this
point to the mouth of the Antietam in
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Note.-A. East Wood" where Hook
er engaged Hoods Division from sun
set till dark, the 18th.
B. The "Cornfield," where Hooker and
jackson began the terrible contest at
dawn, the 18th.
G. "West Wood" where Sedgwick's
charge was repulsed.
d. Roulette's House, where French
and Richardson dislodged d. II. Hill
about the time Sedgwick charged.
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Nowhere on that long, sinuous, blazing
line of battle was a gray coat to be
seen nor an angry shot heard as a
remfniscence of the storm of fire OF
the previous day. All that was left OF
the enemy was an irregular line OF
cold clay forms which had once been
fierce foemen, but were now powerless
for harm, who had gone to that land
where wars and fighting are known no
more. These corpses were numerous
enough to mark the entire Confeder-
ate line. and where they lay in num-
bers indicated the storm centers of the
fight. Much the largest numbers
showed significant bullet holes in the
forehead, as silent testimony to the
craftsmanship of the Western troops
who had forced the position. Dead
horses and trees shattered by the fear
full artillery fire testified strongly to
the bitterness of the fray.
AS soon as the troops could be got
ten into column again they were push
ed forward in pursuit of the enemy,
and by O'Clock in the morning reach
ed the western base of the mountain
at the little village of Boonsboro. There
Mcclellan halted and established his
headquarters and sent orders 10
Franklin to join him. Franklin was
doing nothing where he was, since he
had allowed McLaws and Anderson 10
retire on Harper's Ferry unmolested,
and make a circuit thence by the way
of Shepherdstown to join Lee al
Sharpsburg. Mcclellan sent Richard
sons Division of the Second Corps for
ward, which moved rapidly thru
Keedysville, and found the Confeder-
ates in position behind the deep gorge
of Antietam Creek. Richardson's Di-
vision deployed on the east of the
stream and the right of the road lead
ing from Keedysville to Sharpsburg
Sykes's Division followed, and deployed
on the left of the road under the fire
from the Confederate artillery, strong.
ly posted on the bluffs across the creek
Lee ut Bay.
Lee had to turn and fight in order
to prevent his army from being cut in
two. With Longstreet at Hagerstowr
and Hill retiring from South Mountain
before McClellan's advance, with Jack.
son, McLaws, A. p. Hill and Walker
at Harper's Ferry, there had to be q
halt to bring these disjointed wings to.
gether. The position which Lee ha6
selected was the best for the purpose
of union, but If the Federal command.
er had been a man of ordinary COM
batfveness and energy, he could have
made of 1t trap in which to catch
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movement. and was driven back by
Doubleday's 80 guns.
j. Scene of Pleasonton's movement
K. The nights gained in the charge
across "Burnside's Bridge"
J.. The ford, from which Toombs was
driven.
NJ. Burnside's lines completed the de-
feat of d. H. Hills Division and gained
the outskirts of Shar-bsurg.
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The Advance to Antietam.

The soldiers who had fought their
way to the crests of South Mountain
on either side of the turnpike and of
the road thru FoX's Gap slept on their
arms, expecting to renew the battle as
soon as it was light enough to see
Before the first streaks of dawn ap-
peared the officers had aroused their
men and formed them in readiness.
But as the light grew stronger it was
seen that the enemy had disappeared.
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MAP OF THE BATTLE OF ANTIETA NJ.

AP OF THE BATTLE OF ANTIETA y
E. "Bloody Lane" wwhere d. H. Hill
reformed and was again dislodged.
richardson was mortally wounded in
Field e.
f. Hagerstown turnpike, where 1r-
wins Brigade was repelIed.
G. Piper's House, where d. II. Hill,
reinforced by r. H. And,rson's Division,
fought.
H. Where Stuart attempted flank
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A Good Picture.

Editor National Tribune: I have re-
ceived the Madonna Di San Sisto which
you have sent me, and am much
pleased with it.-Howard Arnold, Pasa-
dena, Cal.
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been done with a knife, and the slain
lay in rows, precisely as they had stood
in their ranks a few moments before
1t was never my fortune to witness
more bloody, dismal battlefield. Those
that escaped fled in the opposite direc-
ton from our advance, and sought
refuge behind the trees, fences and
stone lodges nearly a line with the
bunker Church, as there was no resist
ing this torrent of death-dealing mis-
sives."
Battery LOSSES.
For once the Union batteries had
been used with the same boldness and
quite as little judgment as the infantry
being in some instances run up close to
the line of fence or ledge of rock behind
which lay the line of infantry, that sent
volley to strike down gunner and
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THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.
The BIoodiest Dag fin American History.
McCleiIan's InactiOn for Two Days.
The Army Fought PiecemeaI as Usual.
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The Opening of the Battle.

The morning of Sept. II dawned with
all the briiliancy of perfect Autumnal
day, none of the mists or haze which
had appeared on the previous day be-
ing visible. Hooker has been accused
of undue -precipitancy in bringing on
the battle, and charged with having a
chronic desire to occupy the center of
the stage and snatch all the glory for
himself. Whatever may have been the
case in other battles, IL was certainly
not true in this. Everyone knew that
battle was to be fought in the morn
ing, and the time to begin a battle is at
daylight If Mansfield and Sumner
were not in their places at that time
they were to blame, not Hooker. Since
nightfall had come upon the shirmish-
ers sharply engaged and arrested them
in that position, nothing else could be
expected than that they would resume
their attack upon one another as soon
as it was light enough to see. Fore
warned, Lee had sent Stonewall jack
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The bunker Church. p


The bunker Church.
The little dingy wooden church used
by the Dunkers; who are numerous in
that fertile valley, became the sanguin-
ary center of the terrible battle to en-
sue, and gained a sad celebrity. as did
the Shiloh Meeting House at Pittsburg
Landing. The bunker Church was
about a mile north of Sharpsburg, and
the same distance from the Antietam
and the Potomac. 1t stands west of the
Hagerstown pike, and near the junction
of a good, much-traveled crossroad
leading to the northeast Along this
road was q thick wood, and beyond, to-
ward Hagerstown. was great open
clearing about 1900 yards across This
clearing was surrounded by woods with
one skirt extending about 800 or 400
yards to the HagerStOwn road 1t was
in this clearing and in the two woods
one west of the turnpike and one east
of it, that the fighting was to be the
fiercest. Thru these woods extended
lodges of rock, which afforded strong
defensive positions. Between the Dun
ker Church and the Potomac there was
a chain of hills, with cleared crests
which commanded the woods and took
them in reverse. The ground between
the bunker Church and the Antietam
was of the same nature. Some 400 or
500 yards from the church a sunken
road ran over the crossroad to the east.
and after a somewhat tortuous course
connected with the road from Sharps-
burg to KeedySville.