Evening star., 1914-08-09

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IN THE STAR
The failure of Gen. Grants mine explo-
sion at Petersburg to effect decisive
breach in the Confed-
PETERSBURG crate line of defense
seriously disappointed
ago. The columns Of The Star Of August
1 contain several publications on the sub
ject. One Of these is. in part, as follows:
I'VE have information from the army
to the effect that after the explosion on
the morning of the 3Oth everything be-
, tokened a brilliant victory. But soon
afterward matters assumed a different
aspect and part Of the attacking force
, gave way and the balance were exposed
to an enfilading fire from artillery and
infantry. The program for the assault
was not fully carried out. else decisive
victory would have crowned Gen. Grants
efforts. The program was: Mine to be ex-
ploded at am. and batteries. to open
along the entire line at the same hour {:
Ayres' Division Of the 9th and the Sd Di-
vision of the I'd Corps. was to charge
Immediately after the explosion. Every
thing was In readiness to carry out the
arrangements as ordered, but the explo-
sion was later than the hour designated.
the fuse having gone out twice after be-
ing lighted. At 40 all things were in
readiness and the fuse was again lighted,
and this time the explosion took place
and deafening roar of artillery followed.
At $40 the charge was, made and the
fort. with part of the line on each side
was carried in style to reflect credit
upon the veterans engaged in the charge.
The second line of the rebels. a short dis
tance beyond the fort. was carried by the
I'd Division of the I'd Corps. which was
on the center. and they advanced a short
distance beyond the rebel fort and rested,
| but held their ground with determine
ton that must have been appalling to
the rebels. The contest was here about
to be decided. Brig. Gen. Whites division
Of colored troops was ordered to push
forward and carry the crest of hill,
but after advancing in good order as far
as the first line they were checked by a
CALLING fire and the main body faltsred
and fell back, though a number kept on. ="
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The tournament is not yet past as a
means of public entertainment and di-
version IN this neigh
Old fashioned borhood. but 1t is no
~. longer as popular as in
Iournament. former years. Even
during the war tournaments we're held in
and around Washington. In The Star Of
August 2. 1894. is the following account Of
one Of these affairs:
Yesterday afternoon the announced
tournament came of at the park. The
grounds were hardly large enough.
and In the short distance the horses
ran they could hardly get steam
enough up for tournament purposes.
But nevertheless some Of the knights
showed good horsemanship. A stand
had been erected for the accommoda-
tion of the ladies alongside the track.
which was well filled by 5 o'clock. 4
few minutes after that hour the
knights entered for the contest made
their appearance in the following or
der: knight Of the District of Colnm-
bia. Mr.. Monday; Knight Of Maryland.
P. Mehrling; knight of Fenian Broth
erhood. John O'Meara: Knight of Ba-
varia, James F.. Seitz: Knight OF New
York. T. D. Bancroft: Knight Of the
Rose. E. oliver; knight of Pennsylva-
Carolina. William Bell knight OF the
Shamrock. William O'Meara knight
of Russia. Charles Klotz. The stand
was occupied by William A. Gary. Jo-
Capt. L. walker. 5th United States
Cavalry. umpire. and before these
the knights drew up and we're appro-
priately addressed by Mr.. Gary. after
which the fitting commenced. The
in the knight of North Carolina, Mr..
Bell. winning the first prize: the Knight
of Maryland, Mr.. Mehrling. the second:
the knight of Bavaria. Mr.. Seitz. the
third. and the Knight Of New York.
Mr.. Bancroft. the fourth. At the an
nouncement the knights were again
called before the stand and the prizes
were awarded by Mr.. Gary. Miss Mary
Wiser being &c erSwned ,snss queen 9uso Of love
and !. Archer maids of honor. In
awarding the prizes Mr.. Gary appro-
priately addressed the knights. after which
dancing was commenced in the pavil.
ion and was kept up until late hour"
A large traffic was engaged in at this
time fifty years ago in substitutes for
the army to take the
Traffic in place of men drafted
for service. This gave
ouOStltuteS. rise to various devices
for money-making, one OF which is in
dicated in The Star of August 5. 1854,
as follows:
William S. Brown. a substitute bro
ker of this city. was arrested this
morning by the military authorities for
attempting to colored substitutes
off to Baltimore. Brown had procured
four colored men at prices ranging
from $50 to $500. and In order to get a
large bonus for them he placed them
in a hack and sent them to Bladens-
burg, where they were to be put on
the cars and sent to Baltimore. The
military detectives. however. were on
the track of Brown. and before he had
time to get them on the train the
whole party was arrested. Brown has
been committed to the central guard
house to await an examination. The
duty of breaking up the practice OF
running substitutes out OF the city has
been intrusted to Provost Marshal In
graham, who expresses a determine
tion to put an entire stop to it. He is
upon the track of several other bro
kers. who will be arrested and severe
ly dealt with"
During the civil war the clerks of
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