The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-13

Dolsen was captured on the White
river, Arkansas, by the tug Spittire.
A fight took place on James Island,
S. c., between a body of Union troops
and q force of Confederates, resulting
in advantage to the Union force.
June IL, 1862.
Captain Craven of the United States
steam sloop Brooklyn, sent a marine
guard and party of seamen, number
ing In all about n hundred men, un-
der command of Lieutenant Lowry, to
Bayou Sara, La, for the purpose OF
destroying the telegraph apparatus and
cutting the wires. Lieutenant Lowry
returned to the ship after two hours,
having accomplished his work.
Gen. Jas. H. Van Allen, military gov.
ernor of Yorktown, Va, issued an or
der directing that all negroes in his
department, "contraband or otherwise,
should be under the immediate charge
and control of the provost-marshal,
and be allowed full liberty" 1t was
understood as a device to give the
slaves temporary freedom.
Captain Atkinson, Company G of
the Fifteenth Indiana, with twenty
men, captured six thousand, two hun
dred pounds of powder at Sycamore
Mills, thirty miles below Nashville,
Tenn, and five miles north of the
Cumberland river. The company also
stopped at Fort Zollicoffer, and
brought off a gun. &c..
June Is, 1862.
The Confederate General J. E. B.
Stuart. with a cavalry force, left the
Confederate lines near Richmond, Va,
on the 18th and rode through the lines
of the right wing of the Union army
in front of Richmond to Garlick's
Landing, Pamunkey river, where he
burned two.schooners; thence to Turn
stalls Station, where he fired into,
but failed to capture, a railroad train;
the Union army and into Richmond,
arriving on this date.
Lieutenant Commander Howell, in
the Union gunboat Tahoma, accom-
panied by Lieutenant Commander Eng.
lish, in the Somerset, crossed the bar
at Saint Marks river, In Florida, and
drove a company of Confederate ar.
tillery, with four or five field pieces,
from a fort near the lighthouse on
that river, afterwards landing and
burning the fort, with the barracks.
June is, 1862.
The Richmond Despatch of this date
printed the following: "Desertion has
become far too frequent in the Con
federate army. And yet the habit is
not peculiar to Confederate soldiers
There must be assertions from all
military service where there is nc
punishment for desertion. We near
no punishment adequate to the OF
fence-none which a coward or vaga
bond had not rather encounter thar
endure the service or the perils of {
battle. Death is the proper punish
: ment, and it is the punishment pre-
scribed in u laws-the punishment
melted to deserters by government
generally. We anticipate that our OWL
government will be forced to resor
! to 1t. With a creditable for
: b%earance and humanity, the policy O
appealing to the pride of a soldier b.
, advertisement, by disgraces, has beel
pursued by our commanders; bu
there is little pride and no honor il
a deserter, and the fear of disgrace
! will not deter him from %abscond1ng
= An example or two would have a fin,
l effect"
The battle of Secessionville, Jane
Island, S. c., was fought, resulting il
: the singing defeat of the Nationa
forces.
! At Memphis, Tenn, a large body o
Confederate officers and soldiers, to
gether with citizens of the city, tool
the oath of allegiance to the Unite,
States of America.
The Confederates in front of tn,
: National pickets at Fair Oaks al
tempted to flank a portion of tn
Union force during a violent thunde
storm, but were repulsed with som
loss. Lieutenant Palmer, aide to Gen
eral Sickles, was killed while givin'
orders to the commander of the reg
l ment attacked.
A squad OF Union soldiers, huntini
. for deserters lee Culpepper, Va
found a Confederate mail carrier hid
ing in the woods In whose pouch wa
a large number of letters to importan
Confederates, containing information
of value to the Union forces.
Copyright, 1912, by W. G. Chapman.)
Remember This.
When you go to call on the sick al
ways remember that the conversation
should deal with cheerful tonics an