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The Van Buren press., 1912-07-20

Copyright. 1912. BY Associated Literary Press'l
81 hope you appreciate your priyi-
Ieges in this respect" doomed Miss
MiIlent's deep voice.
Little Mrs. Cabot drew her face IN
to proper solemnity to meet the coun'
tenance Of her guest.
Indeed | do, Miss Millent,' she
said earnestly, Il told my husband
last night that | should certainly eX-
ert my privilege as voter and cast
a ballot at the school board election
tomorrow"
And what did Mr.. Cabot say to
that?" asked Miss Millent aggres-
sively.
Mrs. Cabot blushed warmly He
didn't say anything she admitted;
he Just smiled-well, you know the
way men smile when a woman at
tempts anything out Of her sphere
Pardon me, Mrs. Cabot, but ! take
exception to that phrase! Enjoy
ment Of the suffrage is entirely with
IN woman's sphere, as you call 1t,
and especially in the election OF a
school board should woman come
prominently to the front and declare
her sentiments
"Of course you are right, Miss NIL
lent" luttered Mrs. Cabot Il told
Mr.. Cabot that | should consider it
my duty to vote upon the school mat
ter for the sake Of the baby If moth
ing else He will be growing up very
soon and the question OF his educa.
tlon must be discussed
you must vote for the sake Of the
cause" insisted Miss Millent in a
displeased tone.
We'll, II It wasn't for the children
there wouldn't be any Cause-they
are future citizens protested Mrs.
Cabot
Miss Millent waved this argument
aside and arose to her tall height
Il can count on you to vote for
Mrs. Ely?" she asked.
"Of coursel" assured Nelly Cabot
in a shocked voice. Belle Ely mar.
ried my cousin, you know"
Miss Mlllent cast a baffled look at
the rosy little woman in the doorway
and her farewell was frigid indeed.
Dick" said Mrs. Cabot to her hus-
band that evening, Hannah Milent
was here today and reminded me
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CahVeY lhland.

CahVey Island, whore Il Ia proposed
to construct deep sea dock H. ana
OF The most un.Engltsh spots lp Tho
Kingdom, asserts the London chror.
lele, Ihe Island was almost submerged
unt'l 1922, when the owner, Sir Henry
Appleton, agreed to give onc.thlrd o.,
II to Joas Croppenburg a Du,ebmon
skilled In the making Of dlkcs. on CON-
ditlon that he "lnned" II. This m.
putehman did by the erection Of A aes
wall twenty miles In length NAM
OF inc workmcn whom Cropponburs
nfessAs oTo' settled on the reelaImos
land Some Of the old Dutch bonsos
sun remain, and the whole aspee, -,
the nat also ,reeless island, ia s,s,
ses''ve OF tho banks OF tho zuyds,
Zee, "u'u"f
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eresen, Day Juvenile Books Set a BAD
Example, According 10 Vet.
eran publlshsr

A publisher OF experience who nd.
dressed the booksellers convention In
New York drew attention TO tho fail.
are on the part OF some Of HIS con,
erees TO give due Significance 10 tho
juvenile population Of possible book
readers-the 25,OOO,OOO children be.
tween the ages OF and rs years.
lie deprecated the tendency, In
some OF the books written for chill.
dren, TO make butt OF the teacher,
gulliblo fool or an amiablo imbecIle
of the parent, and he found too often
that predatory mischief was eneour.
aged, the smart Aleck" was praised,
learning was below par and license nj
premium, Furthermore, tho Eng.
lish style OF tho author, IN Ia careless,
lack OF attention TO anything but n
sequence OF thrills, set tho worst OF.
ample,
The speaker pointed out that what
tho children read largely determined
The literary state Of years to come. that
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The pleyele,

From the best accounts II appears
that the first bicycle meaning a two
wheeled machine-was made In
France about the year 1915 This
pioneer machine was n very awkward
arair, consisting Of u couple OF heavy
wooden whels OF equal diameter one
behind the other, and Joined together
by a longitudinal wooden bar, on which
the riders seat was nSod, the mode OF
propulsion being the pushing the feet
against the ground Not for 1fty years
was any real progress made, IN 1863
the machine with the big driving
wheel was invented by Mlchaus OF
Paris and n few years later came the
safety" which with many improve
ments, Ia tho machine We have today.
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Old Cases Finally Settled.

Little Rock-The United states cir.
cult court OF appeals has handed down
an opinion In the case OF Theresa
Long against the Choctaw, Oklahoma
and Gulf Railroad Company, which
has been longer in the courts and
more frequently appealed than any
other action ever filed In the courts
OF Arkansas. The circuit court OF ap.
peals afflrms the judgment OF the
United States district court OF this
city, This finally disposes OF the
case The suit involved some land
appropriated by the old Memphis and
Little Rock Railroad Company at
Hopefield IN 1874, The land was yalu.
ed at SEAS, which was all the plaintiff
was entitled TO recover, The extended
litigation has been very expensive
the costs In all the courts being more
than $4,000 exclusive OF the lawyers
fees during the so years the litigation
was pending.
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The Editor az the Circus.

BY the way, the editor attended the
circus last week
And IN the hippodrome races there
were cowboys, cowgrls, Mexicans,
Texlcans, mossbacks and Cossacks.
Also there were Oriental riders. There
were dashing fellows from the Steppes
high steppers from Dashland. One
bunch Of reckless riders impressed us.
"Golly" We exclaimed those fel.
lows are Just the cheesel'
"Oi course" agreed our guide.
Those are the Kurds"
And as the fellow says in Tho
WitchIng Hour" could he think Of A
sweeter whey7"--Cleyeland Plain
Dealer
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Former Candidate Fined.

Fort Smith,. II, Smith, q cenor
date at the last primary for the les''.
laturc, was fined 81 and costs IN NV
circuit court at Greenwood by a ,un
on charge OF assault and ba''eI,'
Smith, who IL n wcll known tcacno,,
and vhe .aagh. schos! st sPrlHg ~" M
last year, was charged with plaeln,,
chewing gum In n boys hair at senVv'
and then pulling out tho childs n"'
He was arrested and convicted ID
Iustlee court and appealed to the u"
cult court.
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Prepare for Bio Peach Shipment

Conway,-Two carloads OF peacn
baskets a sufficient quantity to snip
20 cars OF the fruit, were received
here and distributed TO the peacn,
growers OF this vicinity, II 10 sta'oa
that the crop Of Elbortas, shipment o.
which will begin In about 10 days |.
tho finest ever seen hero, Most u
tho orchards are on Round Mountain
but n large number OF small orehafu'
In the vicinity OF Conway are begin
ming to bear for the first time 'n'
year.
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Fort Smith.-Fiye persons were hurt
when an auto driven by Mrs. Herman
Hunt, crashed into a street car. The
most seriously injured was Monte
Sharp, aged two years, son OF Attorney
Monte Sharp of Wheeling, w, Va, The
boy and his mother were visiting the
Hunt family The child sustained q
broken arm and probably internal In
jurIes. Miss Rachel Davis was so bad
ly injured she was taken to n hospl'
tal
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Susnnndnd Anlmatlnn.

As We descend In tho scale OF ami
nal life we hnd that what kills the
higher animals does not injure the
lower Cut a polyp In two, and you
have two living polyps instead Of one
dead polyp. Break of n lobster's
claw, and another will grow You,
may, It has been said freeze fly, but
you cannot freeze It to death. There
are infusoria called "wheelani'
malcues" These roufers have many
curious qualities among which Is that
OF suspendIng animation for nm In
definite period without ceaslng to 1.-Two,
Colonies OF rotltcrs may be desic-
Gated and rendered apparently llfeless,
and IN this conditions they may bo
kept for months and years, and pos
slbly centuries A single drop OF wa.
ter will restore them to life, and the
wheelbearers will instantly resume
their functional activity precisely at
the point whore Il was broken of
Uarpors Weekly
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Refuses Railroad Injunction.

Texnrkana--Judge Frank A. You
mans OF the federal district court, IN
session here, refused n petition for
On injunction asked for by the Cotton
Bolt Railroad Company against the
commissioners OF the Miller county
drainage d's,r'c' Mo, p restraln'ns
the members from building Red
river isyee between index and Garland
City 70 protect from overflow 10000
acres Of rich cotton land In Miller
sguAty.
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Peach pIcklno Beolns,

ToSarkana,-pickln the peach crop
In the lloratio peach district mas be-
gun, About so plckors loft here lo'
Horatlo, The owners OF the big no
ratio orchard have advertised for 2OV0
men and large girls and boys to gathel
their crop, Three hundred teams VIII
also be employed to haul the peaches
from the field
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Postaster Arrested.

Jonesboro. Mrs, Carrie l., Mattly,
postmaster, at Etowah, Mississippi
county, and her husband, the deputy,
were brought here under arrest by
United States Deputy Marshal u, d,
Bennett, charged with embczzlement
II Ia charged that the defendants en-
bo2,led about 81 GOO from the money
order department, The defendants de-
ny their guilt and assert that sl,lo0 OF
the amount alleged TO be short was
stolen from the office, the store being
broken into.
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Clarksville.-A fruit company O, -,
,ity has already shipped to date y y
cars of early peaches known as ~
Cannon variety. There has also bss'
a few mixed cars of peaches. ami,
and plums. The general belief is ~
he Elberta crop will begin to On :.
the market about July 25, II r.
weather conditions are unchanged
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Camden. Jesse Lide, 14-year-old sOp
of Mr.. and Mrs. S. B, Lide, of this city
was killed at the American Manuiac
turing Company's plant. 1t is report
ID a washer had fallen from the ina.
chine where he was working and he
,rawled under the floor to search foi
t. As he was gone longer than neces.
sary they became unseasy and started
1 search for him, finding him dead, L
S thought having been killed by The
main shaft
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Young Woman Drowned In River

Batesyille,-Miss Mildred Minor Of
Newport and Miss Elsie Moore o'
Batesyille were drowned here when a
barge towed by launch collded with
a government dredge boat Jay Ia
Grover and Robert Boone OF this city
were seriously injured when they were
thrown in the river and crushed be-
tween the barge and the dredge boat
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Surprise Boxes In Shark s,omach..

Fishermen In the Caribbean sea re-
Gently found in the stomach of a shark
which they had killed a good sized
bottle in which was half-decipher.
able letter from shipwrecked sailor.
Many such relies have been found. In
one case a lady's bracelet was found
In a state of perfect preservation, to-
gether with a silver spoon and thou.
sand Spanish reals in money. The
curious feature Of the finding OF the
money was that II was in an official
receptacle lost In the city OF Spanish
Town (Jamalca) during negro upris.
Ing In the seventeenth century. Where
had It been meantime? Surely not In
the sharks stomach. unless the shark
lives a much longer time (or some Of
them) than science has any reason to
suppose possible, On the other hand,
II In the sea It would have been ren.
dered unrecognizable in few weeks
Had It been In the possession OF some
one shipwrecked, why had II been left
intact? The conclusion was newt.
able that the shark must have hshed
II out from a compartment OF some
longsubmerged vessel. - Harper's
Weekly.
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Clarksville.-The railroad here h,,
completed sevral sidetracks and pear,
sheds enough to accommodate :,
more cars, which will enable the fup
growers Of this section to load abou
rs cars a day. The company ba,
also made extensive Improvements +,
Lamar this county.
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Washin-ton.-The Interstate Con.
nerce Commission has issued an order
making through rates on peaches from
points on the FL Dorado and Wesson
railroad via the Rock Island effective
upon one days notice. TIE Rock Is.
land had filed its supplement, but
when it became known that the rates
would not become effective until Aug
lst T. after the major part Of the
peach season is over, the Truck Grow.
ers' Association took the question up
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Washington.-A freight rate Of sa,
4 ton on cottonseed meal and bnr,
from Monticello, Ark, to destinatio,.
IN Louisiana was decided by the Int,
state Commerce Commission to be n,
reasonable. The carriers were ords,
ed to maintain during the next tv,
years a rate not exceeding $3I5 ,
ton.
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Hot Springs,-Rather than permit
ais wife, Lula, to obtain a divorce At.
.er a long series of quarrels and al
,eged brutal treatment on his part 4
C. Schuman. better known as She,.
man, fired three shots into his wife,
body from a 44-calibre revolver, prc
lucing wounds from which the woman
died few minutes afterward. Ths
killing took place at Mrs. Schumani
lome on Quapaw avenue.
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.sssssssssssssssssss...
: All Over Arkansas
sssssssssssssssssss..
Rogers.-Farmers are hnsr =. :,

Rogers.-Farmers are busy in -
corn crops and hay fields. Plen,
rain has fallen during the mast
Or three weeks and growing crons ~
doing we'll Oats and wheat have ~ y
harvested, but the yield did NOT NoN
Up TO the standard on accounts q, =
backward spring.
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Printers strike on Newsp aper

Hot Springs, The first strike In 0
local newspaper office since the Typo
GRAPHICAL Union was organized occur
red when five men walked out follow
Ing a discharge of c, b. Fort, a llno'
type operator, by the foreman OF the
New Era here,
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Many Cases Are Filed,

Hamburg Prosecuting Attorney r.
W. Wilson has filed 366 cases against
the Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf rail.
road, for alleged failure to keep switch
lights required by law at Rolfe juno.
tion. Beginning with July 10, 1910,
he has filed a separate case for each
day up 10 July 10. 1910, both dates In
elusive, In each case he asks that
the defendant company be fined a sum
not less than $25, nor more than 800
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Harmful to the Children

the boy forms the reading habit for the
man, In this view, II Ia Of tho utmost,
Importance whether literature Of tho
penny'dreadtul order or u book worth
while makes It's appeal to the Juvenile
intelligence.
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Invention OF Value.

For measuring the resistance 70 the
electrical current Of poorly bonded raj
Joints Ia the purpose Of q device In
vented by nm Ingenious FRI nchman.
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Helena, Ark.-Another disastrous
slough in the Mississippi levee on the
Arkansas side of the stream occur
red when fully $50 feet Of the embank
ment beginning about I, feet from
the crown of the dyke, sloughed and
'ell into the river leaving in its wake
long menacing gap, which viii re
luire immediate and efficient atten
lion.
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A Pioneer.

HewItt-He Is one of our most noted
men,
Jewett--W What has he done?
Hewltl--He was the pioneer In the
good roads movement for alrshIps.
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Fort smith.--"Bootleggers" had n
bad day in the circuit court at Green
wood, five out OF six defendants be-
ing convicted, Judge Hon imposed
fines ranging from s75 20 $780,
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0fe
CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
July IS, 1862.

July IS, 1862.
A body Of Union troops, under Major
Miller Of the Second Wisconsin cayal
ry, attacked a superior force OF Con
federates at a point eight miles beyond
Fayetteville, Arkansas. with such sud
den sayageness that the Confederates
we're defeated
The Confederate iron clad ram AT
Kansas passed down the Yazoo river
into the Mississippi and landed under
the batteries at Vicksburg, passing
through and receiving the fire Of the
entire Union feet of gunboats and
mortars The ram returned the fire,
which did her no damage. She did
little harm to the feet, beyond kill
ing and wounding a number of men
on the gunboats The shot which
struck the ram in great number We're
completely ineffective, cracking into
bits or bounding Of into the water.
At about six o'clock in the evening
the entire Union fleet before Vicks.
burg got under way, and while the
mortar boats attacked the land bat.
teries the gunboats, IN the hope Of
sinking the Arkansa. poured their en-
tire heavy broadsides into her, but
without effect. The bombardment
lasted for an hour, when the fleet
dropped below the city and anchored.
The town OF Henderson, Kentucky,
was entered by band Of Confederate
lrregulars who broke into the Soldiers
hospital, which had been vacated and
removed TO Evansville, Indiana, rob
bing It OF blankets sheets and pillow
slips Also, one embroidered bolster.
In consequence Of the difficulty Of
securing small change, caused by the
premium on specie, postage stamps
were spoken OF as a substitute.
Colonel Morgan with his band Of ir-
regulars visited Midway, Kentucky, at
noon, tore up the railroad, and helped
himself to what he could use. In the
evening he visited Georgetown.
Meetings were held in number Of
cities to inspire enlistment. In most
cases bounty was voted.
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July IS, 1862.

General Halleck, on retiring from
the command OF the Army Of the MiJ-
sssippi, issued an address to the
troops, expressing hi. high apprecia.
ton OF the endurance, bravery, sol
dierly conduct, and patience they had
exhibited on all occasions during the
campaign
The British schooner Agnes was
captured off Abaco Island by the U.
s. S. S. Huntsville, commanded by
Lieut.. Rogers.
John b. Clark OF the Confederate
senate, having addressed a letter to
the war department of the Confeder-
ate states, asking whether the par.
tisan rangers" then active In great
numbers in every section OF the war
ridden border, we're TO be considered
as belonging TO the Confederate
army, and whether the Confederate
government would not claim for them
the same treatment as prisoners as
was exacted for prisoners Of war; the
NtNINlhl VI wal l'bllNN NhhN Ioi 'i'oll
rangers were part Of the provisional
army Of the states IN rebellion, and
were subject 10 the regulations adopt
ed for its government, and entitled TO
the same protection as prisoners OF
war
William II Aspinwall OF New York
sent his check for s25.290,60, to the
war department, the sum representing
his personal share OF the profit made
by the firm OF Rowland and Aspinwall
on a contract for selling arms to the
government The secretary OF war
thanked Mr. Aspnwall, and eulogi2ed
"the dlsInterested and patriotic spirit
OF citizen who thus preferred the
public welfare TO private gain"
No check had been received from
Mr. Rowland up 10 the time OF going
TO press,
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Machine Telelraphy

by new system Of machine tele.
graphy three hundred words minute
can be sent
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July a, 1861.

A party OF national pickets we're
captured on the Lebanon road. tiye
miles from Nashville, Tenn, by a
body OF Confederate partisans.
Three bridges were burned on the
| Chattanooga road, within eight miles
OF Nashville.
The first anniversary Of the battle
OF Manassas was celebrated by the
Bee lodge OF Masons at Dill's farm, at
General Writings headquarters, near
Richmond, Va. An eulogy on the
Confederate general Barnard e. Bee,
who fell in the battle, was delivered
by Rev DR., Stewart, an Episcopal
| clergyman, who had been driven from
Alexandria by the United states gov.
ernment for refusing to Offer prayers
for President Lincoln,
General Boyle, commanding United
| States forces in Kentucky issued an
order from his headquarte,W in Louis
Vile informing the inhabit,nts OF the
state that no person hostile in opin.
ion to the federal government and de.
string It's overthrow would De allowed
to run as candidate for any Office In
the military district OF Kentucky. The
attempt OF such person to stand for
Office would be regarded AZ In itself
sufficient evidence OF his reasonable
intent to warrant his arrest.
The work OF recruiting the Union
army, under tho presidents call for
100000 more troops, wRs progressing
rapidly throughout the loyal states,
Brigador General Ross OF the Union
army issued an order from his head
quarters at Bolivar, Tennessee, to all
owners OF slaves living within ten
miles OF the post TO forward to his
headquarters three-fourths OF their
male slaves from sixteen to forty.nve,
20 aid him In erecting fortlhcations,
The Confederate steamer Reliance
commanded by Lieutenant 0ladding
from Dobay Bar, Ga, with n load OF
cotton, was captured by the United
states steamer Huntsville,
Copyright, 1919 by w, q, Chspmen,)
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July ", 1852,

A detachment OF tho Union army,
under General Pope, entered the town
OF Gordonsyllls, Virginia, unopposed
and destroyed the railroad, together
with quantity OF Confederate sup
plies that had been gathered together
there. Gordonsville was at the juno.
ton OF the Orange and Alexandria and
the Virginia Central railroads.
Morgan and his irregulars captured
| Cynthiana, Kentucky, after brusque
fight with q superior force Of Union
soldiers
The British schooner william, cap.
tured on the coast Of Texas by the Ma.
,onal steamer DO Soto, reached Key
| West.
Major. General Halleck, having re.
| linqulshed command OF tho Army Of
the Mississippi loft Corinth for Wash
/ ington
A bin authorizing the issue OF pos.
tai and other government stamps m
currency and prohibiting private
| banks from issuing currency below the
denomination OF one dollar passed
tho house OF representatives, and was
signed by the president
The congress OF the United States
adjourned sine die
Both branches OF the common coun.
ell OF Louisville Kentucky, adopted
an ordinance compelling tho board OF
school trustees OF that city TO require
all professors and teachers IN the
public schools before entering on
their duties, to appear before the
mayor and take oath to support the
constitutions Of the state Of Kentucky
and the United States
Gen Nelson arrived At Nashville
with large rcn'oroements and M,
tumed command there
A recohnolterlng party OF ten men
OF the Second Kentucky Union cayal
ry narrowly escaped capture at the
hands OF Confederate irresilars near
Columbia, Tennessee.
July 70, 1852,
Tho Confederate partisan Morgan
with his force OF lrregulars. terrorirec
Cincinnati by continuing to approach
the city, Colonel Burbank, Thirteenth
United States Infantry, assumed com
mand Of tho military forces OF the city
aad issued orders directing all Off
GERS Of tho volunteer service to repor'
TO him, The governor OF the state ala,
issued an order calling for volunteer,
10 serve for 30 days The excitement
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July 20, 1862.


A body OF cavalry belonging to
Kings command left Fredericksburg,
Va, on the night OF July l9, and. after
a forced march, made a descent at
daylight upon the Virginia Central
railroad, at Beaver Dam creek, de-
stroying the railroad and telegraph
for several miles, and burning a depot
containing 10000 rounds OF musket
ammunition, 100 barrels of flour, and
much other valuable property, besides
capturing the Confederate captain who
was guarding the place,
This morning a slight skirmish oc-
Cured at Orange court house between
a force of Union troops under COM
mand of Colonel Broadhead, First
Michigan cavalry, and body Of Con-
federates. The Union force eventually
entered the town, the Confederates
having withdrawn, They returned in
the evening with reinforcements. and
Colonel Brodhead retired, swimming
the Rapidan with his command and
camping on the opposite bank. No one
was hurt during the day,
General Halleck left ST. Louis for
Washington.
A skirmish occurred at Turkey Isl
and Bridge near Haxall's Landing
James river, Virginia between body
OF Confederate pickets and squadron
OF the Eighth Pennsylvania cavalry.