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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-24
WICHITA, KANSAS.

Highest Glass work in College, Academy, Music
and Fine Arts. Commodious Dormitories for
Men and Women. Expenses low. Next year
opens Sept 10. HENRY E. THAYER, PRES
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-07-07
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called forth severe rebuke from Gen
eral Scott; but it met no resistance. and
was loudly applauded by the Impatient
public opinion of the north, which could
i'll comprehend the serious military risk
It involved"
These authors characterized General
Buffers movement as having been exe-
cuted in spirit of bravado"
MARYLAND PACIFIC.
At an earlier date, soon after the Balti-
more riot. General Scott had stated that
an aggregate OF about 1900 men might
be needed for taking Baltimore.
The recent rapid change In sentiment in
the state however, had greatly relieved
the minds of Lincoln and his cabinet.
Railroad travel through Baltimore, I'M
terrupted by the burning Of the bridges
near the city after the riot OF April -.
had been resumed on the 18th In fact.
troops brought from Perryvile by
steamer had been marched through the
city TO a railroad station on May
without molestation-
The state legislature. convened OH April
p, adjourned on May IA without ieclar-
ing for secession. Business interests in
Baltimore. hard hit by the recent disturb
ances, were strong for non-resistance-
Gov. Thomas H. Hicks. a Union man.
was now prepared to recruit the four
regiments asked for in Lincoln's first call,
In short, the crisis in Maryland was
considered over by the president and his
advisers, who, having fuller Information
of political conditions in the state than
General Butler could have, believed the
movement upon Baltimore not only UNI
necessary. but likely to undo some Of the
newly-made ties that were then binding
the state to the union.
Orders, therefore, were Formulated
forthwith to withdraw the troops from
Federal hill and General Butler was In
vited to come to Washington. Lincoln
had decided to promote him to the rank
of major general of volunteers and as
sign him to command at Fort Monroe.l
which, politically at least, was less a
danger point than Baltimore
In his interview with the president.
General Butler expressed doubt of the pro-
priety of his accepting the promotion,
telling Lincoln that he, Butler. had done
all he could to prevent Lincoln's cleo
ton.
sAn the better was Lincoln's repiy.
81 hope your example win bring many
of the same sort with you"
But" General Butler says he answer
ed, Il do not think can support the
measures of your administration ME-
President
Z do not care whether you do or
not" said Lincoln. IF you viii night
70 rthe country"
Copyright. 1911. Associated Literary
Press.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-07-07

Fifty years ago about 1000 Federal
troops were encamped on Federal Hill,
Baltimore, where they had arrived the
night before, greatly to the surprise Of
the residents OF the city.
The bulk of the troops were the sixth
Massachusetts regiment, which on the
18th of April had been assailed by mob
while} marching from one railroad station
to another in Baltimore. With them
were a part of the New York Eighth ana
a battery, the Boston light artillery
The arrival of this force, which was
under command of Benjamin f. Butler,
OF Massachusetts, brigadier general OF
volunteers, was one of the incidents or
tho early days of the war not generally
remembered in these days.
1t was not in accordance with the mil
itary plans of General Scott, commander
OK the army, nor of President Lincoln.
Its consequences might have been seri-
Gus, but happily were not, and the course
OF President Lincoln in promoting Cen
eral Butler afterward softened the asper-
tiles between that officer and General
Scott that resulted from General Butler
having occupied Baltimore without spe-
cihc orders from the commander-ln-
chief
The course of events leading up to
General Buffers move upon Baltimore
are easily traced.
1t viii be recalled that after the riot
.of April 10 railway travel through Balti-
more was suspended and northern troops
destined for Washington were moved
from Perryville, on the Susquehanna, py
steamer to Annapolis
At this point on April Y had lanoeu
the Seventh New York and Eighth Mas
sachusetts regiments. the latter forming
part Of the command of Brigadier Gener-
al Butler, who was with It, Other troops
followed until about 10000 were there.
START FOR BALTIMORE.
Conditions at Annapolis had ledstof the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-07-07

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MAY IA. 1861-Union Troops to the Number OF About
1000 Under Benjamin F. Butler, Brgadier General OF
Volunteers Were Encamped on Federal Hill, Baltimore
A MeIodramatiC Incident and Its Results

creation of the military department of
Annapolis" to command of which Gem
eral Butler was assigned. This embraced
20 miles each side of the railroad from
Annapolis to Washington, and all of
Maryland not included in the department
of Pennsylvania"
On May by order of General Scott,
General Butler, with two regiments, NOW
ed up from Annapolis to the Relay house,
eight miles from Baltimore, in order to
watch the trains from Baltimore passing
through the railroad junction at that
point for Harper ferry, then held by
the Confederates.
1t was from tlis point that General
Butler moved on Baltimore. The move
ment was begun on the afternoon of May
b. by placing the command in a train
which had an engine at each end, and
moving the train about two miles up
the track on on the Harper's Ferry line.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-07-07
THE
civil, WAR
FIf1Y VARS AGO TO-DAY
May 49, 1861-Great Britain in Proclamation by Queen
Victoria Declared Her Neutrality in the HoStties in
America, and Recognized the Confederacy as BeII
gerent--The Feeling Aroused

ports, declared by Lincoln April 49, was
Objectionable because inimical to British
trade. and finally that England must
have cotton, the staple of the south,
to keep her mills running.
These ideas, whatever their value, were
Of sort to excite popular prejudice
and make more difficult the labors of
the diplomat seeking to offset the ad-
vantage already obtained by the Confed-
eracy through the British proclamation.
ENGLAND'S JUSTIFICATION.
Lord John Russell, with whom Mr..
Adams had to deal, was man of iron,
Of harsh, brusque manners, and the APP
parent enemy of the United States gov
eminent in the matter in hand. But his
integrity was above question.
In firmness and directness he had an
equal in Mr.. Adams The men were to
understand and esteem each other
Englands justification for the procla-
nation was as follows A state of war
existed in America, as evidenced by
the attack on Fort Sumter and Lincoln's
proclamation of a blockade of southern
ports. 1t was in a measure a maritime
war England was a maritime nation
It's shipowners and insurers were alarm
ed. 1t was necessary for England to
protect her position as a neutral, to
consider the Confederacy a belligerent,
and not an insurgent and to hold her
vessels operating under letters OF
marque to be privateers and not pirates.
Such course would bring the maritime
activities of the war under the laws
Of nations and make neutral property
more secure.
On May 2 Lord Russell had said In
the house of commons that only imper-
alive duty to protect British interests
justified the government in its course.
I'VE have not been involved" he de-
clared. Sin any way in that contest,
and for Gods sake let US. If possible
KEEP out of it,"
While it was hard for the moment for
friends of the north to accept this state
-nent at it's true value. subsequent events
were to prove that Lord John Russell
at least meant what he said
In fact it was no unfriendliness to
the north, but quite another cause, that
FASTENED the British neutrality procla-
nation.
England's trade controlled her politics.
At that moment she had cargoes and
ships at Now Orleans alone worth $5,-
900, co., and their protection had more
weight in prompting haste than any abb
stract question of sympathy for north
or south. AS to the question of slavery.
the British statesmen appear to have
ish trade, and the possible participa-
ton of British subjects in the war, con-
trary to the so-called foreign enlist
ment act" were concrete, and therefore
to them more important.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-07-07

the city; that all law-abiding citizens
would be treated "as friends and broth
ers"
This proclamation was spread broad
cast in extra editions of an afternoon
newspaper. While Baltimoreans We're
reading 1t General Butler sent detach-
ment OF IS men TO warehouse near the
scent OF the riot to secure arms stored
there. The police were in charge Of
the place, and surrendered the arms I'M
der protest. These consisted of 2,100 mus
kets which had been sent from Vir-
ginia and 1920 pixies of the John Brown
pattern that had been manufactured by
Ross Winans
These arms were taken on IS wagons
and drays to Fort McHenry through
some of the streets in which the Mas
sachusetts soldiers had marched April
10. A threatening crowd gathered. but
the police prevented rioting.
GENERAL SCOTT TO GENERAL BUT
LER.
Meanwhile General Scott had heard OF
General Buffers occupation of Baltimore
The aged commander thereupon sent
General Butler the following dispatch:
"Sir-Your hazardous occupation Of
Baltimore was made without my knowl-
edge and. of course. without my appro-
baton. 1t is a godsend that it is with
out conflict of arms. 1t is also reported
that you have sent a detachment to
Frederick; but this is impossible. Not a
word have / received from you as to
either movement. Let me hear from
you"
In support of his course General But
Ter made the point that under his au-
dhority as commander of the department
of Annapolis. he required no specific or.
ders to occupy Baltimore
In his autobiography he says
IT was very anxious to go into Balti-
more l had promised my old friends of
the Sixth Massachusetts regiment that
would march them through Baltimore.
l desired to keep that promise.
Baltimore was in my military de-
partment. and in the absence Of special
orders to the contrary, 1 had as much
right to go there as anywhere else II
/ chose. had the strongest pos
sible suspicion that If 1 asked General
Scott for orders to occupy Baltimore he
would refuse them. 1 believed
and knew and so it turned out, that it
was comparatively as easy for me to cap
ture Baltimore as it was to capture my
supper.
Whether Baltimore needed capturing or
not, General Butler shrewdly calculated
that the movement would meet with
pu.dc approval in the north. which was
becoming impatient for more action IN
the war.
''The movement was entirely unauthor-
lied" say Nicolay and Hay, Lincoln's
secretaries, in their life Of Lincoln, "and
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souTH ENCOURAGED.


The queens proclamation encouraged
the south Her leading men believed 1t
was the first great step toward recogni-
ton, and that the need OF southern cot
ton would force England to break the
blockade.
Their hopes in this connection are
shown in a passage in the diary of Will
liam II. Russell, correspondent of the
London Times. At Charleston in late
where he saw bill announcing pro-
posed steamship lines sailings for south
ern European ports.
when do you expect that line will
be opened?' I asked. The United States
cruisers will surely interfere with it.
why, I expect, sir replied the mer-
chant "that II those miserable Yankees
try to blockade us and keep you from
our cotton you'll send their ships to
the bottom and acknowledge us. That
will be before autumn, I think
ut was in vain / assured him ne
would be disappointed.
Look out there, he said, pointing
to the wharf, on which were piled some
cotton bales; there's the key that will
open all our ports, and put us into John
Bulls strong box as WE'LL
No one could foresee, 80 years ago to-
day. that England at an early date
would close her ports to Confederate
privateers and their prizes, and be fol-
lowed by other European nations in that
course, thus dealing the Confederacy a
hard blow; that the blockade, the north's
greatest, single weapon in the war, would
become more and more effective.
Looking backward, it is easy TO see
that England could not long have delayed
nroclaiming her neutrality; and as events
developed. her declaration proved not so
damaging to the north, nor so helpful
10 the south, as it seemed to be at the
time.
(Copyright, 1911. by Associated Literary
PrqSs
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-07-07
Better THAN SPANKING

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wetting. There is a constitutional cause for
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Rouers
By Clinton soOnArd

We are rovers, rovers we.
We are wanderers from birth,
Sailing down the trackless sea-
Earring Ger the paths of earth.
We are rovers, rovers all,
Children of the wind and sun,
To the vagrant spirit thrall
Till our sands OF time are run.
We are rovers, rovers each.
Whatsoe'er our land and name,
Heritors of alien speech,
Yet at heart. at heart the same.
For though rovers, rovers still,
Howso far afield we roam,
One day we shall feel the thrill
OF the mother call-and home!
New York Sun.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-07-07

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ARF THFsE YnuRsI

Dear Household: Not long ago saw a dear
little girl drinking in her mothers words, and
that mother was fairly scoring the child's aunt.
Every word was true. but Il was pity for
the chEld's mind 70 be poisoned by hearing
harsh criticisms
II is one thing to tell children that they
must not talk about people and a very different
thing for them 10 stand and listen to Just such
which are they going TO follow,
the precept or the example?
Another thing that parents make mistake
In Is TO tell a child TO go and do a thing
and then not see that Il is properly done. GO
clean your face and hands" says a mother.
The child makes dab at dry towel or dins
his hands in the water and can find no towel,
and that's the end Of II. Thriftless people come
from such trifling ways and all the years Of
after life are spoiled by that lack Of careful
ness.
Train a child the way he should 90, and
when be is old be viii not depart from it," is
one Of the Bible truths that every parent needs
TO know.
This is lovely day. and I hate to spoil II
thinking OF bad children. but in the good old
sumner time" they are sure to be turned loose
on their much suffering relatives and friends.
am a lover OF children, but when some I
know heave in sight l begin to say. Dear
Lord give me patience enough TO stand this
''s''"'' MRS APRIL
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-07-07

tect me-" Fortunately her grandmoth-
er Is wise enough TO keep quiet when
there is a clash Of Wills between
mother and child. Many a child has
been spoiled by the family taking the
child's part when there was occasion
for discipline.
Before you read this the Fourth or
July will be passed and I hope that 1t
will bring to you only a happy holiday,
to so many the day is an anniversary
OF some catastrophe. personally
know more than one home that has
been darl1ened by the carelessness of
children. and sometimes of grown peo-
pie, they seem to think that there is
no fun without noise When we get
the savage element out of our natures
we will see pleasure in quieter things.
1t Is the savage that considers noise,
not harmony. the proper thing TO ex-
press pleasure. Our Fourth OF July
should be impressed on the minds OF
the children and the reason, not the
fact that there was war as result,
but the underlying principle that this
land OF the free was not to be ruled
by those who had no interest in us ex-
cept for the revenue.
God bless the stars and stripes"
Go ring the bells and fire the guns
And fling the starry banner out;
Shout Freedom till your lisping
ones
Give back their cradle shout"
Let us all live so that those who
come TO our shores will realize that
freedom does not mean license to harm
another, but freedom from bad habits
and the right of every one to so live
that he will not let his opinions nor
his pleasures harm his neighbors.
Faithfully yours.
LIZZIE o. THOMAS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-07-07
A LOVING WISH.
fTn Mss THOMAS

LOVING WISH.
CTO MISS TH0MAS.)
When the summer hath ended.
And the autumn days hath come,
May Joy and sweet peace blended
Drift round your quiet home;
May evedy sunny morning
And every golden noon.
Bring 70 your heart sweet fancies,
And keep Il all abloom.
And when the soft. sweet evening
shall drift into the night.
May hoars Of happy memories
And star shine fair and bright,
Pin yonr heart with a sweet refrain,
That viii llnger TIL summer comes again.
MAY u. MCMILLAN.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-07-07
A THEOLOGICAL FIND

a 0EOLOGlCAL FIND
want to tell you about trip several other
boys. my teacher and I took this spring for
tbs purpose OF gathering some botanical and
geological specimens. One day we were going
down a small creek at the foot OF very steep
bluff and imagine our surprise on pulling the
moss OF Of a rock at the waters edge 10 find
in the solid rock four large wide. distinct
tracks Of a man leading up out OF the water.
Robinson Crusoe could not have been more
astonished at finding the cannibai's track in
the sand on his lonely island than we were
Our minds ran back to prehistoric times. In
the worlds early dawn. when the esrth's crust
was softer and man wandered over the face
Of the earth in blissful ignorance and made
his home under the trees and chased the bear
and deer for sport and food. We found many
interesting things that day but this one sur
passed them all.
can't close this letter without saying
something about the school question. There are
than they are In their children. II they go
to make an investment. or lend money, they
are sure to investigate the matter to see If
It win be a paying investment or see II their
money viii be IN safe hands and in that they
show good sense. for all financial matters
should be done according to safe business meth
DDS. but when Il comes TO putting their chill
dren's futre into other hands to be made or
ruined. that does not receive much thought
or attention. There are but very few ques-
lions asked as to the moral character and
qualification OF the instructor. This is a far
more important question than the former be-
cause the Instructor has Il in his power to
make or mar the destiny Of the child in his
charge. n Is important that we demand the
very best men and women. with professional
training. 20 teach and direct our children. In
nlteracy Georgia is fourth from the bottom.
JrSt think Of thsi Isn't II burning shame 2
who Is to hlamef We'll. win leave that for
each Individual 10 decide. Things win not be
in any better condition. though. until parents
become more enthusiastic over this subject and
Georgia turns loose more money for educational
purposes. II we would pay our teachers more
aud demand a higher standard Of them we
would soon see marked difference. What
camuany Of men would think Of establishing
hank ana putting unframed and inexperi-
enced man at the head OF Il 10 handle other
people's money! Which is more important IN
the sight OF God: other peoples money or
their childrenT The world Is looking today
more than ever for trained men and women
IN all vocations. so let ms be ND and doing and
be ready when the demand Is made Of us.
Best wishes to Miss Thomas and all the
Householders-
MoUNTATNEER.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-06-28

The price of $2.25 per barrel
on Portland cement will not last
long. Do 1t now. Matheson Hard
ware Co., Westminster, S. G.
The Confederate monument on
Main street has been fenced and is
greatly improved by this addition.
A fence IS now being placed around
the Wagner monument. The iron
fences were purchased by funds
raised privately among few public
spirited citizens of Walhalla, who
deserve credit for their liberality.
Thomas Littleton, Of the Salem
section of Oconee, left Walhalla Mon
day for Greenville, where he will be
for a day or two prior to taking an
extended trip North, during which
he will visit Richmond, Washington,
Hagerstown, Md, and Gettysburg, Pa.
Mr.. Littleton is Confederate vete-
ran, and it is his desire to visit the
bat:lefields in Virginia, Maryland and
Pennsylvania, and particularly those
of Antietam and Gettysburg. He has
hosts Of friends in Oconee who will
join with us in the wish that his trip
may be most pleasant one. Mr..
Littleton had two brothers killed in
battle, and it is one Of the purposes
of his trip to locate, if possible, their
resting places.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-06-28
CITATION NOTICE.
(In Court Of Probate. J

\ln court OF PrODnte.)
The State of South Carolina,
County Of Oconee.-By d. A. Smith,
Esq, Judge Of Probate.-Whereas,
Mrs. Burt Bell has made suit to
me to grant her Letters Of Adminis-
tration of the Estate of and Effects
Of r. e. l.. Bell, deceased
These are, therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kin
dred and creditors Of the said
r. e. l.. Bell, deceased, that they
be and appear before ME, in the
Court of Probate, to be held at WAL
halla Court House, South Carolina,
on Thursday, the 9Th day Of July,
1911, after publication hereof,
at II o'clock in the forenoon, to
show cause. IL any they have, why
the said Administration should not
be granted.
Given under my hand and seal
this 22d day of June, A. D. 1911.
(Seal.) D.. A. SMITH,
Judge Of Probate for Oconee Coun-
ty, S. c..
Published on the 28th day of June
and 5th day of July 1911 in the Keb-
wee Courier and on the Court House
door for the time prescribed by law.
June %, 1911. 1921