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1 and should have succeeded. No one can
deny Meade a high order of aggressive
ness. and of strategic and tactical abil-
| ity. He frequently and narrowly escap-
ed crowning successes. In planning now
for a last decisive effort to destroy his
enemy before the Winter weather
should set in, he found that the neces-
sity of covering Washington, upon
which Halleck rigidly insisted, prevent
ed him from moving around Lees left
flank at Orange Court House, and from
shifting his base to the old position of
the Army of the Potomac in front of
Fredericksburg. He would, therefore,
cross the Rapidan at an unguarded por-
| tion, striking for the two parallel turn
pixies. which he had learned were un-
protected, when he hoped TO catch
Ewell and crush him before Hill could
come to his assistance This plan diff
fered from that of Hooker inasmuch as
after crossing the Rapidan and entering
the Wilderness, the Army of the Poto-
mac was to face to the right and strike
at Gordonsville, the important railroad
center. instead of facing to the left, and
moving on Fredericksburg. This plan
had, however, the same disadvantage of
Hooker's in the enormous difficulty of
| crossing a stream in front of a vig.lant
army with an immense army, its trains
and artillery. There was before it the
same probabilities which had contrib
uted so much to the wrecking of Hook
er's plans in the interminable labyrinth
of blind roads that led into each other,
or no where, in manner that even
the oldest inhabitants of the region
could not fully comprehend. Every one
of these roads and its twistings meant
| the probable misdirection of a corps, a
division, brigade, or battery or artil-
lery at critical time, and endless mis-
conceptions of orders. Yet the Wilder
ness was far better understood by the
commanders and their men than it was
when the Charlottesville campaign had
opened, and Meade hoped that with his
subordinates carefully instructed by
means of the maps which had been
made. they would somehow find their
way to the points upon which they were
directed.
The Order to March.
The order to march prescribed the
advance in three columns with Gen.
| French leading with the Third Corps.
He was to cross the river at Jacobs's
Ford, one and one-half miles below the
mouth of Mine Run, and march straight
upon Rcbertson's Tavern. The Second
Corps, under Gen. Warren, was to cross
at Germanna Ford, moving to Orange
Grove, and then march to reach the
turnpike between Wilderness Church
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By JOHN McELIOY.

bank of the Rapidan is divided into two
different and very unlike sections by
Mine Run, creek which runs down
from the rough and tangled Wilderness.
West of Mine Run the country is open,
with many cultivated fields, but near
Rapiran Station it is quite rough, and
rises into a group of hills called Clark S
Mountain. Following on to the east
of Mine Run, the banks are high. and
form the edge of the somber Wilder
ness. These high banks generally COM
mand the crossing of the stream. but
those a little lower down can be passed
with some difficulty. These crossings
are Jacobs's, Germanna, Culpeper and
Ely's Fords. The rough roads leading
to them pass directly into the gloomy
mazes OF the Wilderness, where the bat
tie of Chancellorsviile had been fought
nine months before. Two fairly good
roads run somewhat parallel to the
Rapidan from Orange Court House to
Fredericksburg. These are the old and
new turnpikeS. of such Importance in
the battle of Charlottesville. The turn
pike nearest the Rapidan and at ear
ter's Tavern receives the Culpeper road
coming by the way of Germanna Ford
Lees Position.
Lee was uncertain whether Meade
was aiming at Fredericksburg or at the
important railroad junction at Gordons-
vile. As the Confederate commander
could not-cover both places, he decided
to assume a position at Orange Court
House and cover Gordonsvilie. and take
his chances as to Fredericksburg. He
made his main line that of the Rapidan
between the railroad bridge and Mine
Run, giving up the lower fords of that
river Mine Run made strong protec-
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Shooting of Deserters.

Editor National Tribune: Will you
tell me when and by whom the law
was first enacted imposing the death
penalty for desertion?
2. Were the draft riots precipitated
directly or indirectly by the shooting of
deserters?-A. C. Cameron, Browns
dale, MINI.
The penalty of death for desertion is
as old as the laws of war. and is prac-
ticed by every Nation which makes war
Our articles of war were copied almost
verbatim from those of Great Britain,
and we get the penalty from that
source. The draft riots were largely
the Vaccinations of the emissaries of
the Southern Confederacy to start fire
in the rear, and advantage was taken
of the opposition of the people to the
draft to start the fire. There had not
beer many deserters shot up to that
time nor much said about it-Editor
National Tribune.
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CHAPTER XII
THE NINE RUN CAMPAIGN.

THE NINE RUN CAMPAIGN.
MeasEe Makes an Excellent Plan for
Destroying Lees Army, but 1t is Too
Finely Drawn. and Fails Thru the
Tarttincss of His Subord;nateS-Ge
Trench Again to Blame.
A. Brilliant Bit of Generaiship.
The capture of Rappahannock Sta
tion was brilliant exhibition of how
quickly and effectively the soldiers of
the Army Of the Potomac. and particu-
larly those of the Sixth Corps, could
strike. All that was needed was to let
them loose. Never had battlefield
witnessed more prompt, skilful striking
than the blow which Sedgwick had 6e-
1iyered against Lee II the general ccm-
mand of the Army of the Potomac had
been equal 20 the audacious skill of its
component parts, the war would have
been brought TO a close many months
before. The affair reflected as little
credit upon Lee and Ewell as it was
highly meritorious for Sedgwick. Rus
sell, HAYS and the men they command
ed.
For once Lee had counted too often
upon the hesitation of the Army OF the
Potomac 10 attack. In .pitc Of the
threatening array he saw develop on
the hills beyond the river, lea lad
gone BACK 10 ElS camp WEN the easy
confidence that nothing would happen.
He had seen the Army of the Potomac
in portentoUs attitude too frequently.
The skiTnlisa fire of the ene1ny Gnly
conveyed to his ears the impress on that
a feint of some kind was being attempt
ed, and. of conrse, he knew nothing of
the e rec. swift rush with the bayonet
at tie redoubis. which carried Russell :
men over the works and into the midst
of the garrison. The latter part of the
fight lasted only 10 ninute.. Dut 1t was
nd-to-hand and desperate. The 9Th
Me. came TO the nagonet point with
Hokes Brigade. and the 5t5iAF cid
the same thing in capturing The two
guns against which il directed its at
tack.
Early, who was in position to support
Hayes, was deceived as much as the
others, and gave no help. lie only
learned Of the disaster from the fugi-
tives crowding over The bridge, WHO
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"Lieut.-Col. Sherwin, 22d Mass, no
ticing a cavalryman closely buttoned in
a Union great coat, intently observing
the column, rode up to him, and not re-
ceiving satisfactory responses to his In
terrogations, demanded he should open
his coat and expose the uniform under
meath. His hesitancy confirmed the
Coloners suspicious. He instantly drew
his revolver. and with his other hand
tore open the coat. Beneath was a
Confederate uniform. Further parley
was unnecessary; weli-directed shot
brought the career of the spy to sud-
den termination. His body lay where
in order to confirm the story which was
soon abroad, dropped out of ranks to
view 1t. This man had evidently been
instructed, among other things, to count
the numbers moving to the Union left.
Unable to secure satisfactory point of
observation from distance, and deem
ing the duty Of sufficient Importance to
hands, and ventured once too often
within the Union lines"
Lee Alarmed.
While the Union troops, wearied out
by the fatigues, disappointments and
exertions of the day. were going into
bivouac for the night, Lee was getting
full information of what was planned
against him and taking the necessary
steps to thwart the blow. Urgent or
ders were sent to Hill to concentrate at
Orange Court House, and move with all
haste to Verdiersville. 1t was a ques-
ton of hours whether Lee could get
enough men on the line of Mine Run
to defend it, and these hours were given
him by Gen. French's bungling advance.
Lee himself left Orange Court House at
3 o'clock on the morning Of Nov. 81,
and rode down the Plank road to find
Stuart, who gave him full information
as to the movements OF the Union army
! and the positions it was then occupying.
The movement by this time had so far
developed that Lee could not mistake
its plan, and could therefore take suffi-
cient steps to Illustrate it. AS none of
the Union army had yet gotten across
Mine Run, there was time enough TO
| anticipate their advance and make this
stream formidable line Of defense
against them. Lee sent Hilps Corps
forward on three parallel roads. SO that
they could arrive simultaneously In FROM
of the Union advance. Early, on the
| right, followed the Plank road, Rodes,
| in the center, the one to Rapidan Sta
| ton, while Johnson, on the left, moved
down to encounter French's troops
which had crossed at Jacobs's Ford.
Ito be continued.)
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Meade,S Plans.

Like Meade's plans for cutting Lees
army in two at Manassas Gap, and for
forcing him to battle at Cuipeper. the
movement which the Union Commander
had now decided upon was admirable
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port that he repeated the blunder he
| made at Manassas Gap by being fright
ened at the appearance of small force
Of the enemy into state of extreme
caution. He wasted hours of inestimabIe
value in trifling with some insignificant
reconnoissances sent out by the enemy.
He says:
"At 7:45 a. m. received a report that
the rear of the Second Division was a
mile beyond its camp. Having now
seen the Thifd Division put in motion, 1
moved forward my headquarters, over
took the rear of the Second Division,
and crossed Mountain Run. moved
forward to Iacobs's Ford, arrived there
with the head of. the column at 1I:55
a. m Gen. Prince had preceded the
column and was ;reconnoitering the ford.
1 gave him orders to carry out the ar
rangements 10 cross the ford. The enc
my We're showing themselves in some
small force on tpe opposite side, and
reports had come to me from Gen.
Prince that 2 body Of infantry was seen
in the skirts OF the woods. and also
from the signalb officer that he saw a
section of guns. { 1t therefore became
necessary to act with due amount of
caution. I accordingly ordered up two
batteries OF aruitery to be placed in
posltloh' a regiment of infantry de-
ployed, and then the pontoon train. all
of which occupied a certain portion of
time, as the approach to the ford was
thru narrow country road. allowing
but one carriage to pass at once. AS
soon, however, as the pontoons were
brought up not a moment was lost in
launching the boats and throwing a
regiment of infantry across. At the
same time cavalry crossed at the ford.
The bridge was then laid and the troops,
which had been .s7Esed in the front
and rear of my column. moved across
with great rapidity. with the exception
Of the artillery. which, in consequence
of the precipitous banks on the oppc-
site side, it was deemed impracticable
to cross"
The Execution OF q Spy.
y: L. Smith, in the history of the
118th Pa, says:
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J. L. Smith. in the history of the
18th Pa, says:
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| The parlor where we were received
was furnished without taste, but solidiy
Icomfortable, and where nothing was
wanting On the wall few of the pre-
tentious daubs which the want of artis-
| tic Intelligence of the South accepts as
pictures were growing yellow. In fine.
everything appeared to be in its usual
condition, and nothing indicated that
the cheap carpets had been soiled by
the boots of the soldiery. The master
of the house soon made his appearance,
with the air that Marius must have
borne when confronted by the legienary
who was ordered to put him to death,
with the object of my visit, modifying
his expression, he took the initiative,
and began his Grafton.
"As l had not come there for flowers
i Of rhetoric. but on the matter OF trees
lcut down and fences burned, 1 hasten
led to give more practical turn to the
conversation. We had not the less to
listen to the reading of letter destined
for the Richmond Examiner. and in
which Mr.. Bolts complained bitterly of
the excesses committed by the Confed-
crate army to his prejudice. He in
Weighed particularly in the letter against
Gen. Stuart, who, little susceptible to
the charms of eloquence, had. 1T ap-
peared, caused the arrest of the orator,
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plants, which were either too long or
too strong. But where Mr.. Bolts lack
ed cunning was in the communication
to me of the reclamation for. damages
and injuries addressed to the rebel gov
ernment. 1t appeared to me that to
hold out one hand to Richmond and
the other to Washington might be
adroit, but to let me know of 1t was,- at
least, useless, especially when certain
damages. which 1 knew had been the
work of the enemy. were unjustly laid
to the charge of our troops.
THE conclusion was: Firstly, we were
to furnish detail of 100 men, with
wagons, to put up the fences, protected
by which the flocks of Mr.. Bolts could
Craze; that afterward a special COM
mission was appointed, to assess the
damage and present report on the
question of the indemnity. As l left
the army few days later, I am igno-
rant of what happened"
| Meade's Plans.
Like Meade's plans for cutting Lees
army i'm two at Manassas Gap, and for
forcing him to battle at Cuipeper. the
movement which the Union Commander
had now decided upon was admirable
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The Order to March.
The Fight Is On
Every moment Of your life, when
you arc at home or abroad,
awake or asleep

between the poison germs that are IN ar,
food and water, everywhere in fact
and the billions of your invisible friends,
thelittle soldier-corpusclesiny blood.
If these little soldiers are kept strong
and healthy by taking Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, you need have no fear of dis
ease. Begin using it at once if you are
at all under the weather, or have
troubles of the blood, stomach, liver
and kidneys. Get it Of your druggist.
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The Winslow mail., 1909-03-13
RHODES BELIEVED IN GHOSTS.
Empire Builder" a Superstitious as
Well as Untidy Man.

In his recently published book of
travel, Mr.. A. K Colquhoun has set
down some "reminiscences of Cecil
Rhodes, whom he knew to have been
afraid of ghosts
'At one time he shared a house in
Adderley street, Cape Town, with two
other men, and that house was haunt
ed. The ghostly visitant tramped
about at might, and so powerfully did
he affect the nerves OF MS fellow
dodgers that neither Rhodes nor the
other two would ever sleep alone in
occupied the house. and, without know
ing its reputation, was disturbed by
footsteps in the night He complained
to Rhodes next morning, and learned
the fact that the empire builder was
not proof against superstition. The
mystery was never solved"
The traveller describes Rhodes as
the worst dressed man he had ever
seen. His old felt hat was battered
and dirty his trousers bagged at be
He was "a firm believer in the power
of the dollar, and had no false shame
about his methods. | remember once
he said speaking of a man who was
notoriously upright, OF course, you
can't go and plank down a bag of dol
lars in front of him; he would kick
you out; but there are ways!'"
The Winslow mail., 1909-03-13
Teach
Health
Laws i'm
Schools
By DIR. HEALY H. ALMOND.

school venue propose regular open air drill children
chairman, with benevolent
complained of the fine
e.haaons school where the
drafts and preserved each days carefully the
In these particular directions things little better now
position of the enemy, where he grany at av
main nearly
marks be freely for tests of vision and hearing strength
grip walk, miles please
cepecase obstacle
Nor do see why marks should not be also boxing
gv1 would only pupils pursuits in which
activity direct useful but also would
Of modern city life better an excess
Tie the
supplied with blood from capacous
brisk crcuaon all all professors or devoted
TO research
belief that than hours should de-
schools
and half games rest of the
occupied with military drill with in
the shops, various kinds
excellent the ungsor PLAYING musical
The Winslow mail., 1909-03-13
Johnny on Baths.

Mrs. PhelpsStokes, the young and
brilliant Socialist worker recounted,
at Socialist meeting in New York
her amusing experiences amongst
slum children
On the subject of baths in winter
she said:
II expostulated the other week with
one of those mothers, who at the be-
ginning of cold weather sew their lit
tie ones up in fiannels, freeing them
with the return of spring. l persuaded
this mother to bathe her children reg
ularly. Then, recently, l visited her
again.
Well, l said, how do the winter
baths go?
The children don't like it, ma am,
said the mother. Johnny refused his
bath positively yesterday. He said you
could do as you liked, and he would
do as he liked. You like to be cold
and clean-he likes to be warm and
dirty"
The Winslow mail., 1909-03-13

The Texas legislature has be-
fore it a bill forbldding profanity
over the telephone. If the long
distance of the sweet-volced tele-
phone girl cannot prevent erup-
tive language, mere law will be
but vain vexation of spirit.
The Winslow mail., 1909-03-13

A number of people are won
dering if with the retirement of
its organizer the Ananias Club
will lose its charter or is it like
the Masonic societies, once a
member always a member.
The Winslow mail., 1909-03-13

A number of members of Con
gress have asserted that the
President cannot live on fifty
thousand dollars a year. Still a
number of them have done it and
we have never yet heard ola man
who refused the job because the
pay was to small.
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\ great voice is a gift, and not even its
posscssor can tell W ence it comes or how
It is constructed. The singer finds that
she is born with this wonderful machine,
and must then learn how to use it. Tetraz-
zini has tie wonderful formation of the
larynX and the cords which make for a
supcr5 voice, but she also has method.
This getting up some morning and discov-
crng that YOU are singer is veriest non
sense. TIE woman may be born with the
vocal cords or strings, but something be-
DIES sfrngs are needed, notably the brain
with which to control the proper muscles
The Winslow mail., 1909-03-13

The white ant is said to lay
$4,000 eggs day. If some
Luther Burbank would only Sc
cure cross between the white
ant and the hen, eggs would be
plentiful once more.
The Winslow mail., 1909-03-13

"a New York preacher says
the Bible has disappeared in that
CITY," says the Bridgeport Miss }
Post. Some philanthropist should
give Gotham another Bible.
The Winslow mail., 1909-03-13

Let Us all awake to the belief that the
laws of health are the laws of God, as bind
ing on us as if they had been thundered
forth from Sinai; that if those which are
now known with certainty were applied in
practice, the improvement in human life,
morality and happiness would be stupen-
dous; that they should be the first and para
mount subject of obstruction by precept,
habit and example in every school and in
every home, and gradually but ultimately
a code religously observed in mills and
shops and Offices.
Many years ago | was member of a
The Winslow mail., 1909-03-13

An exhibition of the works of
Missouri artists to be held in
New York. These Missourians
insist on being shown.
The Winslow mail., 1909-03-13

Andrew Carnegie has an
nounced a contribution for the
purpose of reforming Pittsburg.
At last, it would seem, he has
found method by which he
may die poor.
The Winslow mail., 1909-03-13

The blacksmith, who will make
his debut this week as an opera
tenor in New York, should be
able to make hit in the anvil
chorus.
The Winslow mail., 1909-03-13

A pretty New Jersey girl was
killed by trolley car while run
ming away from a kiss. TINS
should be sufficient warning
The Winslow mail., 1909-03-13

No married man would adyo-
cate a tax on bachelors. That
would be cOnfessing an envious
spirit that is no compliment to
his wife.
The Winslow mail., 1909-03-13

Oregon has declared war on
Hartman. If Oregon is not care
full. it will wake up some morning
as an inconsp;cuous way station
between Seattle and Frisco.
The Winslow mail., 1909-03-13

If the officeseekers' brigade
were allowed to march in the
inaugural parade. the line would
extend almost to Baltimore.
The Winslow mail., 1909-03-13

If it takes only 81 80 worth OF
wool to make a $50 suit of
clothes, it might be good idea
to get out the old looms and re
turn to hOmespun.
The Winslow mail., 1909-03-13

Boston calls DR.. Everett Hale
"the chaperon of the Senate. "
The Senate needs a chaperon. 1t
"shure do"