Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-16

bOLLp tuo UobpOllSTb VI OUT uOm0b, THO
disturbers Of our family ties, face to
face, hand to hand. We are to decide
whether we are to be freemen or vile
slaves Of those who are free only in
name. and who but yesterday were.
vanquished, though In largely superior
numbers, on the ever memorable field
OF Shiloh. Let the impending battle
decide our fate, and add q more
illustrious page to the history Of our
revolution-one to which our children,
viii point with noble pride, saying:
Our fathers were at the battle Of
Corinth.' Soldiers. can the re-
suit be doubtful? Shall we not drive,
back into Tennessee the presumptu-,
GUS mercenaries collected for our sub
jugation? One more manly effort, and,
trusting in God and the right Of our
cause, We shall gain back more than
we have lately lost. Let the sound Of
our victorious guns be re-echoed by
those Of the Army Of Virginia on the
historic battlefield at Yorktown"
May 8, 1862.
The Nashville Union contained a.
call. signed by $50 prominent citizens.
assigning May 4 for a mass meeting
to take measures for restoring the re-
lations between Tennessee and the
United States Of America.
General Paine's division of General
Pope's Union force drove a smaller
force Of Confederates from Farming
ton, Miss.
Capt. William Wilson of the British
ship Emily st. Pierre was given an
ovation in Liverpool by merchants
and mercantile marines officers for
having recaptured his vessel from the
hands of United States naval forces.
by whom 1t had been captured OF
Charlestown, s. c.
The Confederate forces evacuated
Yorktown during the night, leaving
their heavy ordnance and some equip
age, and withdrew up the peninsula
on the Williamsburg road.
The U. s. s. s. Santiago de Cuba
brought into the port of New York
the rebel Confederate steamer Ella
Marley. captured on the way from
Nassau to Charlestown, s. c., loaded
with arms.
Jefferson Davis. president Of the
Confederate States of America, pro-
claimed martial law over the counties
Of Lee, Wise. Buchanan. Mcdowell and
Wyoming. Va
May 4, 1852.
General Mcclellan reported to the
war office as follows: "Our cavalry
and horse artillery came up with the
rear-guard in their intrench-
ments about two miles this side Of
Williamsburgh. A brisk fight ensued.
"The success is brilliant, and you
may rest assured that its effects will
be Of the greatest Importance. There
shall be no delay in following up the
The English steamer CircassIan was
captured by the United States gunboat
Somerset with cargo Of munitions Of
war, valued at half million dollars.
Rumors Of foreign Intervention in
American affairs still continued. The |
Paris correspondent of the London |
Daily News stated that the French |
and English ministers at Washington
had received identical instructions to
Ettempt a moral Intervention, exclu-
sive of the idea of force.
A pontoon bridge was thrown across
he Rappahannock-river at Fredericks-
burg and General Mcdowell and stan
}: the Union army crossed over and
Fredericksburg, notifying the
citizens to that effect.
The Confederate ram Mallory and
he Federal gunboat Cincinnati were
both sunk in a naval duel near Mem
)his.
May 5, 1862.
H NJ. Rector, governor Of Arkansas,
,alled upon the citizens Of that state
o take arms and drive out the
northern invader"
The Confederate Gen. ]. e. Johns
on, commanding the rear Of the Con-
ederate army in its retrograde move
nent from Yorktown, made a stand at
and held General Nc
Jlellan's entire army in check while
he Confederate army continued fits
march toward Richmond. General
Johnston withdrew at nightfall, hav-