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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11

often sheet of flame, owing to the rap
idity of her discharges"
The Confederate batteries, supplement-
ed by one of the rifled guns did not
keep up as hot fire as the day before,
and twice ceased firing entirely, though
only to resume 1t. The Confederate COM
mander reported this as due to his in
ability to reach the vessels save when
they came opposite his embrasures, and
to the need of repairing the damage
done to the works and of saving am
munition.
The pier was set on fire by the Con-
federates and burned, and bridge was
fired and destroyed by the shells from
the vessels. Buildings about the bat
teries were demolished and the railroad
track was torn up in places.
BATTERY HOLDS OUT.
Opening fire at a distance of from 1000
to $500 yards, the Pawnee found her shell
falling short, so, ranging ahead of the
Freedom, she edged in to within 1.700
yards.
She was hit in all eight or nine times.
One shot pierced the smokestack. another
shattered the mizzenmast head and top
mast and third passed through the
maintopsail yard.
Other shots struck lower, smashing one
of the cutters, breaking through the
woodwork of the hull. passing through
the bulwarks and blowing up the deck.
Yet Commander Rowan could report that
the only injury to officers and crew was
a scratch, which he himself received from
a small splinter
More than 100 shot have fallen aboard
and around u.s." wrote Ward One shot
had grazed the wrought-iron wheel shaft
of the Freeborn and crippled the pilot
wheel, while others had started leaks, so
that she would be obliged to lay up at
the washington navy yard for repairs.
This vessel also, however. had no dead
or wounded to report.
Some time after 4 o'clock the steamers
ceased firing. The day was hot and the
crews were nearly exhausted from work
ing the guns. The vessels went back up
tho river. The bombardment was over,
the first engagement along the Potomac
ended and the battery left in possession
of the Confederates.
Copyright, 1911, by Associated Literary
Press)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11

Fifty years ago today some so miles
east of Charleston. the U. s. brig of war
Perry captured the schooner Savannah,
the first privateer commissioned by the
Confederate government
The Perry fired but 16 shots in ALL
the Savannah but four There were no
killed or wounded and neither vessel
was crippled, the Perry going unhit ana
the Savannah having only a couple<of
shot through her sails.
The Importance of the affair lay in the
fact that the capture of the Savannah.
the first made by a U. s. vessel in the
war, brought up the question of the
treatment of the captain and crew OF a
privateer-whether they should be con-
sidered prisoners Of war or pirates.
The capture was also significant be-
cause of the short distance the privateer
had proceeded on her voyage before be-
ing taken.
1t also was to direct attention to the
Elusive character of the south's hopes
of large advantage from privateering.
England had already (June - closed her
ports to Confederate privateers and their
prizes, and other European countries
were prepared to do the same. thus de-
priving them of base and haven in
the West Indies.
Altogether, therefore, although the
Confederates had other privateers at sea
the affair of the Savannah signaled an
inauspicious beginning for Confederate
privateering-which should not be con-
fused with commerce destroying as sub
sequently conducted by regularly COM
missioned Confederate vessels like the
Alabama and Florida These were not
privately owned vessels, as all priva-
teers must be.
THE SCHOONER SAVANNAH.
The Savannah had formerly been a
pilot boat in Charleston harbor, and had
been fitted out by several citizens on
that city in response to President Da-
Wis proclamation of April IT. inviting
applications for letters of marque and
reprisal.
On May is she had been commissioned
ito act as a private armed vessel in the
service of the Confederate States on the
high seas against the United States OF
America, their ships, vessels, goods and
effects, and those of their citizens" Her
commission was the first issued to PR
vateer by the Confederacy.
OF less than 50 tons bur- the little
schooner had as her sole armament I'm
I1s-pound swivel or pivot gun placed
amidships; but this and the small arms
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11
A PRIZE CAPTURLD.


Conditions were not in every respect
most propitious for the beginning of a
cruise against northern merchantme
ne sch oooner was small an weas.-
er was hot, and e men who hae. Deen
celebrating the night before and had
slept on deck were not feeling very ener-
getic
Yet when sail was sighted and fc
to be that of a Yankee vessel, the Sa-
vannah gave chase and eventually over
hauled the brig Joseph, of Rockland.
Me-, bound with cargo of sugar from
Cuba to L A4-4adelpnla.
The briggs crew numbered only six. all
tolu, and she was easily taken. A prize
crew of six men was put on her and she
was sent to Beaufort, s. c., there to be
condemned and sold.
Hardly had this been done, however,
when schooner and brig we're sighted by
the United States brig-of-war Perry, a
fourth-rate sailing brig of 270 tons, car
rying seven guns. commanded by Lieut.
E. G. PARROT.
The Perry had been cruising on the
watch tor privateers and in a measure
supplementing the blockading fleet. She
had already that day boarded and warn
ed off a merchant bark. and at 4 D. m.
sighted the schooner, apparently follow
ing the brig.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11

realized. With all the sail set that the
little schooner could carry the Savannah
made every effort to get away. The
wind, however. was light. Once for a
moment she displayed her colors, the
flag of the confederacy. but 50 briefly
that those on the Perry not make them
out.
At 7:l5 the Perry fred a shot cross the
schooner's bows, but she paid no atten-
ton to it and the chase continued, the
Perry twice wearing ship" and sailing
around the schooner. By 7:50 1t had
grown quite dark and Lieutenant Par
rott, fearing that the schooner might
escape him in the darkness, gave the
word to fire.
The smoke from his guns, however,
added to the difficulty of keeping the
other vessel in sight. and he therefore
fred in all but Is times, expanding "A
shot and two, shell. Two were sent
through the Savannah's foresail and one
between the sail and the deck.
At first the Savannah attempted to
return the fire with her pivot gun, and
sent four shot at her pursuer. But soon
her commander, T. Harrison Baker, re-
alizing that the brig could both outsaid
and outshoot him, saw that he must give
he was OF at first seen to have surren-
dered.
THE PRIVATEERS.
The Savannah was hardly a fair rep
resentafive of the kind of privateer with
which, during the first part of the war,
the south hoped to play havoc with Yam
kee shipping.
The south had no navy, nor could It
hope TO build an extensive one. 1t ex-
pected, therefore, that privately owned
vessels commissioned by its government
might prey on hts enemy's commerce for
what they could get out of IL.
President Davis had issued his call Tor
privateers April II, as a reply 10 Lin
coins first call for troops, and the Con-
federate congress on May had author
lied him to issue letters of marque. and
later had passed a supplementary act
regulating the sale of prizes and the dis
tribution OF the proceeds.
The news of the fitting out Of the south
ern privateers. which began to reach
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11
STEEL FRAME C0LLAPSES,
ONE DEAD, FOUR HURT

DALLAS, Tex, Aug. S.-One workman
was killed and four were injured. two
probably fatally. late today when steel
frame supporting big water tank at St
Paurs sanltarium collapsed, the tank
falling from height Of so feet, striking
the men as it fell. The men were re-
pairing the steel supports when the frame
work crumpled. Lee Hewitt Is dead and
Ed C. Shafer and Harry Myers, It Is
not believed win recover from their inju-
ries.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11
q Worse Disease

Bessie found getting wei nuch more
tiresome than being Ill, says the New
York Times. She was becoming very inn
patient about staying indoors and eat
ing soups.
When her aunt asked her how she felt
she replied that she was much worse,
that the doctor had found something else
the matter with her.
"Why, what is it?' asked her aunt
IT think the doctor said GONZALES
cence.'
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11
PI-RsuIT And SURRENDER.

After watching the schooner for some
time through his glass Lieutenant Par
rott decided that her movements were
suspicious enough to warrane further ~
vestigal4on. Al 4:S0 he began chase and
his suspicious were heightened when it
was seen that the strange vessel carried
a gun.
1t appears that the captain and crew
of the Savannah did not at first see the
Perry. or else did not appreciate her
nature. In their citation over the capture
of their first prize they may we'll have
failed to notice the threatening cannon
in the portfolios. and mistaken the brig
for another merchantmen.
The mistake, however made, was soon
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11
Fathers Fairy Friends

Out in Swarthmore, where everybody Is un-
usually bright and clever. little girl was
asked BIZ visitor who is spending the sum.
mer at Strath Haven Inn If she knew any
thing about fairies, relates the Philadelphia
Times.
.soh. indeed / do" promptly responded the
little S-year-old. They're particular friends
of papa. but mamma dosen't Ike EN-, ana
every time she's angry with father she scoids
him for associating with them
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11
BETTER THAN SPANKING

Spanking does not cure children of bed
wetting. There Is constitutional cause for
this trouble Mrs. NJ. Summers. Box S27 South
Bend Ind. VIII send free TO any mother her
successful home treatment. with full instruc
tons. Send no money. bus write her today n
your children trouble you in this way. Don't
blame the child. the chances it can't help
It. This treatment also cures adults and
ged people troubled with crime difficulties BY
day or night.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11

N e S6 I a ID le OOm-
pound and Sanative
Wash have done me.
i live on q farm and
have worked very
hard / am forty
five years old, and
am the mother Of
thirteen children
Many people think
DC strange that / am
mot broken do wn
with hard work and
the rare 0f my fam
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11
OmeIette au Rognon de Veau

Hachez un rognon de veau qui a etc
roti avec lie moroccan, faites-le reVenlr
dams une casserole sur un feu doux avec
un moroccan de beurre frais, ajoutez un
peu de sci, melee ensuite aux oeufs pre-
pares CONNIE pour Pomelette au naturel
ct faites-les CURE a rordinaire.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11
June 1861-The Confederate Prvateer Schooner Savan-
nah Was Captured by the U. S. Brig Perry-The Inau-
spCious Beginning of Southern Prvateering

of her crew of 20 were deemed more
than sufficient to look after any mer-
chairman that she might meet.
On lie evening of June 1 or early n
next morning the vessel slipped out of
Charleston harbor, eluding the United
States frigate Minnesota, flagship of
Flag Officer S. II. Stringham, of the
Atlantic blockading squadron, which was
maintaining the blockade of -..e port.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11
Natural Inclination

DO You think your nephew shows any pre-
objection for a useful pursuit7' asked the
serious relative.
~weIl." replied Mr. Groucher. Judging by
the way he tries to keep his face and hands
and clothes. think he would enjoy being a
chimney sweep"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11
MISS LAre's VACATION

Dear Household: Il has not been because
you were forgotten that ! have been silent. I
have not had even my usual health and have
been visiting around 10 see IL the change would
not benefit me.
! was IN Atlanta a while but the weather
was 50 hot and I was not certain that you
were there. 90 I did not go to the Young
Women's Christian association TO look you up.
However. ] did some Of the friends Of my
dear daughter that dear one that went to
China and 80 soon was called to her reward
They all agree that her resting place in China
should have something to tell who she was and
what she stood for. II VIII take long time
low workers in that PARKWAY land.
After my visit in Atlantis ] went to sea
some Of my relatives. ] also took In the Bap-
list Orphans Home, 10 Hapeville, and was
pleased TO see how wen those children are
cared for taught and trained. Too many OF
our people are prejudiced against the various
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11

..Bobby, Leach. who went over Niagara
Falls in a barrel yesterday will next appear
as a headliner in the moving pictures, the
15-cent magazines and vaudeville.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11
OWES
Her
HEALTH
To Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Scottville, Mich.-"I want TO tell
ron how much good LydiaE E. Pinkham's
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11

homes for children. II all the children that
are today cuffed around. half cared for or en-
tirey neglected. were put In the places where
good men and women could teach them to be-
come good citizens and earnest Christians there
would be brighter prospect for the future
citizens Of the state.
old, my father was killed in the war, his
property was squandered and his young chill
dren left on the mercy OF whoever mad tnat
much pity for the helpless. IL / could have
had the advantages of a home such they
have in Hapeville 1 might today do many
things for the uplifting OF the world that my
limited education forbids.
But / started to tell you about my trip.
was here awhile and there awhile, meet
ing friends and kinfolks. We laughed and
talked and sometimes cried as eve talked to-
how we had tried to help one another and in
SO doing had really helped own souls.
What great and grand privilege 1t Is to min
lister to even the least Of Christ's little ones.
l was gone seven weeks, and saw more or
my friends and relatives, In their homes and
at church and at the all day singings, than
had ever hoped TO again in this life.
might be right over there now, but the good
lady who kept my house for me wrote that
II did not come home that she m as.ad SCI SCI
toward home, then when got here was so
glad that / could again see my friends and
loved ones right here.
the visit and one enjoys getting bone and
has such stock Of things to think about
when the melancholy days snal come, anu
come they will Yours truly,
MRS. B. f. LANG.
ON THE SHORES OF LAKE cHAMPLAIN
Dear Household: l heard you ask. Where
are ali the HouseholdersT' So ] Will answer
the call and have little chat. There Is never
4 letter nor Chat that / miss We take several
other papers, but The Journal is our faVorite
We have had some very hot weather through
the last DAYS of June, and just two weeks OF
July but il Is much cooler now, for which
are are truly thankful We spent the Fourth
on Lake Champlain. 1t was nice and cool on
the water but we had the full benefit or the
heat when we came ashore again.
do hone that you who live In Georgia AMI
the south are not having Sunday baseball. The
ministers have done their best, but the people
got a blu through the house for Sunday base
ball In New York state. II 1t was only the
gambling. and Ii causes excursions TO be run
by trains and boats 10 bring outsiders and
niayers In town, and they get to drinking, when
otherwise good many would pass sober
Sunday If they didn't have the game to attract
them away from their homes. 1t would pc q
thorn in my side If my husband approved or
and went to the games, but he is disguised with
the idea of men and women oesecrathg the
Sabbath to that extent.
/ want to tell my friends who COMMENCED the
Bible ihis year that have the Old Testament
read through and today / begin the New
We have dear aunt and uncle IN Boiton
Ga who we would just love to be with today.
have never met with them, nor with sylvia,
of the Household, either, but ! have learned
to love them dearly through corresponding with
them. -, ,s
writer's SOO"' ~ COUSIN MAUD.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11

Canned Vegetable Soup.-Gather all the
vegetables just as you would for soup
sonatoes. carrots. onions, parsley,
sweet peppers and okra. Let 1t cook
thoroughly and TO each pint add half a
teaspoonful of salt. Put in cans, and
when winter comes, all you have to do
is TO add them TO any meat juice you
may have. or get can of clear soup and
add the vegetables.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11

Suppose some of you experiment with
your summer vegetables and tell the rest
or US how you come out. This department
should be place for all sorts of helpful
things
As the cooler weather comes the mem
oers are beginning TO return. and I'm
excepting q lot of them to tell their va
cation experiences, and surely some of
them have carried out plans that heIne6
them and could be q help to Others. LET
Us hear from you. Faithfully yours.
LIZZIE o. THOMAS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11

washed the preserving kettle, put the
Juice back, bring to the boiling point,
skim and boil rapidly for twenty min
utes. AS soon as the juice begins 10 boil,
measure an equal quantity of sugar and
put into q shallow pan; set the pan in
the oven and watch 1t that the sugar
does not brown. When the Juice has
boiled twenty minutes, add sugar and
stir until dissolved Turn into jelly
tumblers and set away to cool. Re-
member to scald the tumblers before put
ting in the jelly. Melted paraffin is good
to pour over the jelly after ii is cool.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-12-09
Pure Breds Paw Best.

The farm should have on II all the
good stock ii will keep and the help
you have can give the proper care The
we'll bred. profitable kind OF horses
will do the same work except more
of it-that the scrubs are now doing
1t is Just as cheap and much more
profitable to have pure bred beef cattle
instead OF common stun. II you are
milking a few cows and selling the
cream you can have. II you will. cows
which produce five or six times as
much milk as scrubs. You can have
pure bred hogs which make pork
cheaper than scrubs. and you can sell
a SOW OF a boar for breeding purposes.
A few sheep will help things. alone
Not one OF these improved kinds OF
live stock will in any way prevent
OF interfere with the growing of wheat
or corn for market which may just now
have your undivided attention. Think
this over. Resolve to get a few ami
mails of better than common stock mex
year. The good ones increase rapidly
and soon you'll have all you can keep
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-12-09

limbs until, II urged further. becomes
completely paralyzed behind, going
down and unable to rise. He also
shows considerab Bile pain. as though he
might be suffering from some form or
collie, with a profuse sweating. On
reaching this point the animal usually
ceases to void the urine. which. when
drawn, appears very dark brown or
coffee color The pulse and breathing
are somewhat accelerated. and ire
auently there is considerable nervous
excitement. The muscles Of the loin
and thigh are tense and rigid
The treatment should begin as soon
as the lameness shows itself. After a
few hours, of rest. the distress will be
over. The more exercise given the AMI
NAL after the lameness begins. the more
severe the trouble. and the more ener-
getic means of treatment required. In
case showing signs of nervous ,ex-
element, 1t should receive two table
spoonfuls OF bromide of potassium
every three or four hours until be
coming quiet Sweating should be in
duced by blanketing wrung out Of hot
water and covered with a dry one.
Allow all the water the animal will
drink and give 1t four tablespoonfuls
sweet spirits Of inter three times q
day II bladder is not paralyzed. II
unable to void the urine. the bladder
must be emptied three times daily. A
laxative or purgative should be given
early in the disease II the animal
remains somewhat stiff, give tea
spoonful In the feed twice a day OF
the following: Powdered nux vomlca,
four teaspoonfuls; powdered sulphate
of iron. six teaspoonfuls; powdered
gentian root. six teaspoonfuls.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-12-09
Gives Quick Action

The Brody Pharmacy reports
that A Single Dose of simple buck
thorn bark, glycerine, etc, as COM
pounded in Adler-i-ka, the new
German appendicitis remedy, re-
lieves constipation or gas on the
stomach, almost instantly.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-12-09
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department OF the Interior. U. Stand once
at Occur d'Alene, Idaho, November 22. 1911
Notice is hereby given that Francis Davis OF
Copeland, Idaho, who on August 16, 1910, made
Homestead entry. No. O56zS for E1S sWH, Lots
aud Sec. 0,Twp. GAN Range f., B. NJ, has filed
notice of intention to make Final Communication
Proof. to establish claim to the land above
described, before w. d. Baxter. U. 8. Commits
sioner at Boomers Ferry, Idaho, on the 23day OF
December, 1911.
Claimant names as witnesses: II. Harbrian.
Matt Ripatti. A, Nelson. Beulah Davis OF Cope
land, Idaho, II. Fl Rohde of Coolin, Idaho.
1l-2512-23 W. II. BATTING. Register.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-12-09
WANT COLUMN


School supplies at simonds drug |
store.
Common boards for aale. b. f. |
Lbr. Co.
Special price thia week on china
ware at Brody's.
A pure food Mistletoe Olemar.
garine, at Bush's.
Moores Furniture Co. do all kind
of furniture repairing.
Singing sewing machines on easy
terms at Ladley's studio.
WANTED-A good secondhand
organ. Enquire at this office.
II the Herald prints your butter
wrappers they are lawful in every
respect.
The B. F. Lbr. Co. have large
stock OF common boards that they
will sell cheap.
Day in and day out, and month
after month it pays to buy Hard
ware from a hardware company.
FOR SALE-Four mich cows
and four calves, address,
50-4t FRED LIPP. Copeland, Idaho.
For sALE-A horse five years
old, between LOO and 1920
pounds, gentle and sound. Will
sell cheap for cash. H. M. LESLIE.
Every family has need of good,
reliable linin.ent. For sprains,
bruises, soreness of the muscles and
rheumatic pains there is none bet
ter than Chamberlain,s, Sold by
ali dealers.
When your feet are wet and cold,
and your body chilled through and
through from exposure, take big
dose of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy, battle your feet in hot water
before going to bed, and you are
almost certain to ward off severe
cold. For sale by all dealers.
81 have been troubled with con
stipation for two years and triec
all of the best physicians in Bristol
Tenn, and they could do nothing
for me-" writes Thos. K. Williams
Middleboro, Ky. Two packages
of Chamberlain's Stomach anC
Liver Tablets cured me-" For sal
by all dealers.
When you have a cold get
bottle of Chamberlain's Cougl
= Remedy. 1t will soon fix you a.
all right and will ward off an.
tendency toward pneumonia. Thi
remedy contains no opium or othe
narcotic and may be given as con
tdently to baby as to an adult
Sold by all dealers.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-12-09
NOTICE FOR p1TBLICATIoN.

Department of the Interior. U. ). Lano one
at Occur d'Alene, Idaho, November 81. 1911.
Notice is hereby given that Jameson Hawkins,
o. Boomers Ferry, Idaho, who, on January %.
1909, made homestead entry. No. Ols5s for NW14
Sec. 4, Twp. 81 North, Range f. Boise NJ, has
filed notice of intention to make Final
Five year Proof, to establish claim to the
land above described. before W. d. Baxter
U. g. Commissioner. at Boomers Ferry, Idaho
on the 2nd day OF January, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses; Henry T. Hub
BILE, Walter T. James, Greed Parker. William
Parker all of Boomers Ferry, Idaho
ll-25-l2-23 W. II. BATTING, Register.