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I II Little moral tales are not much itoThThI w3 R ) vttV ; fTvCV 'V. . ' IwA .sftrv: AAf 11" '"'Jr-kA- A A KJfcx , ! ' V W - JA' 1 ''.
Little moral tales are not much to the taste
jf of this "reforming" age; ;but violesome
t doses must be administered even though' un-
.IKuuiuivt " vt? pretwut me ioiiowitig from
1our old fritmd -Mrs. Opie, apologizing to the
I 'thither ei vilizutum" -pvnplt for introducing
f so iminipirtant a subject as 'A; They
; pifici tuc Winer eoior :
The Bank-Nok
1
Are
i vou retuniiiw .ia
returninjr
iii mediately
any Ithing f9r J you
8
H there F
;l -Yds
you. can do me a treat kikdiicss)
f "-u, : Fu' luiJi leiier in tinQ
jlteost-oiiice, as it contains a fiftv-niiiuhd
- r-.rs 1 , - " vi .1', x I 11 11 1 fll a ill . ii k. r ...... x . 1 -ill r 11 AffMll 1 -tr 1 l l - f . -. 17 m f , X i Aflv : w f X
to
!i v.wce8tepY" said J.ad JieRlie, a widow
;: residing hear that city, tola youn officer
hvho was paying her a moriiing visit j
if; "A am : can uo
C'PY eqnnuentiai - servant;'- Baynes, Is gone
fall out foi- the day and night! and I dU not
1 like t6 trust, my new footman, of whom I
jinote.
.7'
ft If
-lmleedl that , is
i to, the post.'
a lartfe
sum to trust
' veyance.
yante. It is, however, iuUe neef58ary
if that
Jl person whom I can trust. Uhonld
:f.i put tue letter in trie box."5' !l
1 :Ce tainly," replied Captain Fieland:
;r-Thoii, with ai) air that ahqwed he i-ohsid-B
er4d:'hmeif:' as a person td tie trusjted, he
$ deposited t he let terj n safely in-hipjpdeket
tgbook, iiwd toik leave ; proniising hej would
Ireturi1 to dinner the next ()av, wVithiwas
Sat an' ay. ; I . .. j ' j ij
X On his rtfad, Freeland irtet ;sonieJ ofi'his
Hijrpthe r officer., who werfe going Ib.asa
jjth'e;'ilar;airt
) as.thek' earnestly presseil him to Ucom
j pany them, he wholly torgt the letett en-
. trusted to , his care ; and, having despateh
ed his servant to Worcester, for hi sVf de
Adtt and other things, he turned back
with 1 is companions, and (passed the(rest
Jof the daMn that sauntering but amusing
llidlenei.s. that tlolcefar riie&etf. whih may
;bjj rec koned comparatively virtuods, fif it
': leads in the .; forget fulness of little duties
. .orily, Mid, is not attended by the positive.
'Iiinil'4cn'l,1,t of Kfetttr Butl:'iinot
jputtin ' this important letter into the ost;
;ap he had engaged to dcf. ; Freeland vio-
Ijjlated it real duty ; ami he might have i put
it in j,t Malvern, had not the rencontre
I with jhis ''bvother-officevsj banished iitshe
eomm ssion given him entirely from? his
vlfthoug its; - Nor did he remember! it 5tilL
A" : . .11-5 . . . . . . . ' - II r
ffas they rode through ttie village the next
inornihg, on their way ta Worcester, they
fint. Lady Leslie: walking Wihe roadj
At' sight of hejv Freeiand recollected
fulfilled the charge committed to him. and
b fain would he have passed ,ber unobserved:
Al r,. . ...... . . ... L: ! 1 1 'A , .
?i - ' T wpnmn pi jiign iasmon.
fg.vHi .iHivHis. wine nu i-ni) , iie yvas
llafraiditHat his neilijren!ee. ifv rtvowed
would not on lv cause him to fbrfiit Ihtfr
;ifavoi
but
expose him.
o her powerful
; sarcasm.
To
javoid being recognised was. how
ever, flinposibJeivand: as soon as Lady
Q.Leshe saw him, she exclaijned, "OH1 Capt.
Freeland. I am so erlad tofse'e vou f ! I, have
yy een buite uneasy concerning nlj let ter
Mj!ince..J;gave' it to your care - for it was of
J i;iuch fbiisequeiico J Did fon put i
in the
i
. iff post ypsterday ?" , .
flf 'Lertaiii v. Venhed b i-e laiirl: hnsfilv
ami in tlie hurrv.of the. moment, "eertain-
;tj;ly". liow eo'iilcl yoii, dear madamj thiubt
-I liny . o.bL-dienee to ynr coinmands ?!'
vji'Th ink you i - thank 31011 !" cried she,
iuhow .you have Relieved my mind !" V
lie had so : but! be had painfully bur-
jithenei
his owh. To be sure it wiasonly
white lie, the lie of fear. jStill he
illwas not "used to utter falsehood : iandkbe
ieit it
e meanness and deg
adationfof Hits;
t was misfhiev
caii presume to
He ha
1, yet to learn .that
if! ! I I
jous aifio
and tliat none
the most
jiapparently trivihl lie will end. As soon
lljas r re I'land parted with. ?aay; Le:Sue,rtie
bade vs IVieiwJ tare well, and, pnting
spurjto Jiis horse; scarcely slack4ne(if his
idpaCe till he had reache
a
ito n Aii I nnaf..
i office, hnd deposited"'. the.
etter
in safety
No.wJ then,'. thought hej
1 . 1
'I hope I Nball
rf-be able to return and dine With Lady
-syLesliej without shrinking trom her pene
43 HUllIliT lVf.
He found bei . when
1
e ai rive
U, very
rlpensivb and absent ; so much so, that she
leii, ii. necessary to. apologize xo nv guesis,
Intormiug-them that Mary BensOri, ahf old
servailt of hers, who was very deaf to her.
was eeriouslv fin. and paintulivfcimnn-
Stanced ; apd that she feared she liadj not
idone ttiev dutv Jbv hbr. HTo tell voulthe
rjffj truth, Paptain Freeljand, "paid she. sp0ak
; jfSing ' cj him in a lovoic, '-I blame jmy
r fmsenTibr not having ;sent for my cnfiden
Jltial servant, wlio was notfvery far olf,land
r j Iftdeepatiched him with theij money. -Instead
of trusting it to the postJ ','"'""4-'"'--l;
f i( "It would have been 1 better ft 6 Lave
i.-idone sb, eertai?dy'.r' rejihed- Fj eeland, deej)-
Ily blushing.
r',f " Yes ; for the
poor woman, to
whom I
.sent in: ib not only herself, on thes point ot
ji betfig confined, but she thas a juck jhus-
band, unable to be moved ; anc : as (but,
owing to no fault of his) he is on the jjioinf
: f bankruptcy, his cruel landlord has de--
clarednthat if they do not pay tjheir reiTt
r. Ih dM to-morrow, he wiU turn them! put iinto,
the street and seize the very bed they lie
6n! i ilowever, as you pt the Utter jinto
.the poet yesterday, they miist get; the fiftj--v
: pound note to-day; else jthey dould fhot ;
J p fbr there is no delivery of lettefs in Lon
don on a Sunday, you knejw."
I , lTrue. vtry true,", replied Freeland, in
: -a tone which he vainly jtried jto render
' stead v. :. ' ! ' I
; I "Therefore," continued jLady Llif , if
?3f you had told me, when we met, that the
t'- V I . . t i i , . L II . 1
vf letter vas not gone, i snouid naye recaneu
' j Bavne, and sent him off b- the mail to
t lonuon : and men ne woufu:nave rfatucu
vm somerfetown. where tne uensons nye
in
gojHMw-T" no.w,-trqugn
own it
"j would be a comfort to yme to
send jhim,
for fi-Vr nf nr-r idftlit. I COtlld llOt irctihim
.:-'v:;:-- "it - , - . .. , c?- .
j r back mrahh soon enoiiffh: the'retrire. I must
lx . i f-J- . i ,r .i.l-.iL.lv X .1 a
-r i j
! iei Things take their cnanter; a hi, asi it.
'. ters seldom miscarry, fheonly danger is,
ft hat the note may be taken oul.'V
hi I ft f . - . ' .1 ' a 1 ' . k
,i he might have talked an jiour witnoui
answer or interruption ; tor f reeianawas
jtoo much shocked, too mirch conscience
stricken, to renlv: as hd " foiilid that he
tad not only told a falsehod, but tht, if
ue.had. had moral courage enough tfjiteii
.t)ie truth, v the mischievous ii iegl gen of
which 1ie i.n(i .ppn riiiltv Aonld have been
k. . v m ' ,1 - m h k v v ? w m. m a mum w i . 1 k m -iv w t l. j 3 m t, . , . i 1, 'u m 1 ma r w m
VOL.1 1.
1 i 1 11
repaired ; but now, as Lady Leslie said,
"it was too late!','
But; while Lady Leslie became talka
tive, an d able to perform her duties to her
friends. after? she had thus unburfhened
her mind to i Freeland. he grew every
minute iaore absent, and more taciturn:
and. though he could not eat witli appe
tite, lie threw doim, rather than drank; re
peated glasses of hock and champagne, to
enable him to rally his spirits ; but in vain.
A naturally ingenuous and generous na
ture cannot fdiake off the first compunc
tious visitings, of conscience for having
CQmmitted an unworthy action, and hav
ing also been the means of injury to an
other., All 611 a sudden, however, Lis
countenance brightened ; and as soon as
the ladies left ) the fable, heistarted up,
left his compliments and ex-cuses Jwith
Lady5 Leslie's nephew who presided at
dinner ; said he had a pressing call to
Worcester; arid when there, as the Lon
don mail was gone, he threw himself into
a post-chaise, and ! set off for Somerstowh,
which Lady Leslie had named as the
residence of Mary Benson.
"At Mast," said -Freeland to himself
with a lightened heart , "I shall now have
the satisfaction of doing all I can to repair
my Vault' 'V ,j
But owing to the delay occasioned by
want of iiorses, and finding the ostlers at
the inns in bed. he did not reach London
and the Iplace'of his destination till the
wretched family , had been dislodged ;
yvhile the unhappy wife was weeping, not
only ovei the disgrace of being so removed,
and for her' own and her husband's in
creased illness in consequence of it, but
from the agonizing suspicion "that the
mistress and friend, whom she had so
long loved, and relied upon, had disregard
ed the tale of her sorrows, and had refused
to relieve her necessities ! Freeland: soon
found a conductor to the mean lodging. in
which the Bensons had obtained shelter ;
for they were well known ; and their hard
rate was generally pitied ; but it was some
time before he could speak, as he stood
by their bed-side he was choked jwith
painful emotions at first; with pleasing
emotions afterwards ; for his conscience
smote him for the pain which he had oc
casioned,
and applauded him for the plea
h he caine to bestow. j
sure whi
"1 comle
said he, at length, (while the
sufferers
waited in almost angiy wonder,
-nto hear his reason for thus intruding on
them,) "I come to tell you, from your
kind friend, Lady Leslie "
; lhen she has not
d .1
forgotten
me
i"
screamed out the poor woman,
almost
gasping for breath. " 5
"No, to be sure not ; she could not for-
get you ;
his voice
she was incapable
."here
wholly failed him.
','iiianK
heaven! cried she, tears trick
ling down her pale cheek. "I can bear
any tiling now ; for that was the bitterest
part of a 1 !" . ';
"My good woman,'":' said- Freeland- "it
was owing to a mistake ; pshaw ! np, it
was "owing to my fault, that you did not
receive a 50. note by the post yesterday."
"Fifty ..pounds "j cried, the poor man,
wringing; his hands, "why that would
have more than, paid all we owed ; apd I
could haVe gone on with my business, and
our lives would not have been risked nor
I disgraced !' - '
Freeland now turned away, unable, to
say a'" word more ; but recovering himself,
i I i ' . . i . - .i a i : ... . .
ne again urew nearnun ; uuu, inryinjr
his purse to the agitated speaker, said,
"there ! get well ! only get well ! and what
ever you want shall be yours L or J shall'
never lose this horrible choking again
while I live !" '
Freeland t6ok a walk after this scene,
itt id withl hasty, rapid strides; the painful
Cno.King .ueillg nw coiupauio-u fi-y uiitjit
during tile course of it for he was haunt
ed by t hie image of those whom he had
disgraced ;' and he could not help remem
bering that, however blamable his negli
gence might be, it was nothing, either in
sinfulness or mischief;- to the lie told to
conceal it : and that, but for that jae of
fear, the effects of his negligence might
have been repaired in time. '
But he was resolved that he would not
leave Somerstown till he had seen these
poor .people settled in a good lodging.: He
therefore , hired a conveyance for tfiehi,
arid superintended their removal jthat
evening to apartmentstull of every nHes
sary comfort. V i
"My good friends." !aid he, 1 caimot
recali the;mortification and disgrace wlhieh
you havei endured through my, fault ; but
I trust that you will have gained, in the
end, by leaving a cruel landlord, Who had
no pity for your unmerited poverty
Lady Leslie's note will, I trust, reach you
to-morrow ; but If not, I 'will mak'ejup
the loss: therefore her easy !i and when I
TO awaj' may! have the comfort ot know
Png that .your removal has done you no
harm !':
He then, but not till then, had courage
to write to Lady Leslie, and tell her the
whole truth ; concluding his letter thus .
"If your interesting proteges have not
suffered in their health, I shall not regret
what has! happened ; : because I trust that
it will be a lesson to me through life, and
teach rite! never to tell even the most t ap
nflrent 1 v trivial white lie again, llowun-
imnoHant' this violation of truth appeared
to me at the moment ! and how sufticienf-
lv motived ! as it was to avoid falling in
vonr estimation i but it was, you see, oyer
ruled for evil ; ano agony. oi minu, wis
grace? and perhaps risk of life, were the
consequences of it to innocent individuals,
notito mention my own pangs the paiigs
of an upbraiding conscience. But forgive
me, my dear Lady Leslie. However, I
trust that this evil, so deeply repented of,
will, be blessed to us all ; but it will "be
long before I forgive myself." , ; r
Lady Leslie was delighted with this
candid letter, though grieved by its pain-
fu 1 U eta i 1 s, w bile she viewed witn appro
batiou the amends which heryoun
tr friend
D V" "
CHAELOTTE, N. 0., THURSDAY, AERIL 21, 1870.
had made, and his; modest disregard of his
own -exertions.. I
The note arrived in safety ; and Free
land lleft the afflicted couple better in
health, and quite happy in mind; as his
bouniand that of Lady Leslie had left
them.". nothing toj desire in a pecuniary
ju)inf of view. - . .: ;.Ur
When Lady Leslie and he met, she
praised his virtue, while she blamed his
fault fand they fortified each other in the
wise and moral resolution, never to vio
late tiTith again, even on the slightest oc
casion as a lie, when told, however un
important it may at the time appear, is
like a" arrow shot over a house, whose
courscf is unseen, rind iriay be unintention
ally ttif cause, to
some one,, of agony or
death. .
The Battle of Elkhorn.
Heapquarters,2nd Heot. 1st Brio. )
Missouri Vol., ( ?.S. A., .
Cah Ilen tfcdtlloch, March 21. 1862. j
Col Hnry Little : v
Sir--S. have fo report to you the part
the Second Begimetit took in the late bat
tle of tltlkhprn Taycrn, in Benton county,
Arkansas, on tlte 7th and 8th inst.
On Monday morning, March 3d, 1862,
Col. Ikiyes received orders to draw and
have, cooked three . days rations, to the
man ; land each soldier to take with him
one blanket, 'and all to be ready to start
at 5 o'clock the next morning. Accord-
inglyjfhe column was put en route at the
appointed hour. By 10 A. M., Friday the
7th, we had reached the enemy's lines, a
distance of fifty-five miles,, where our ad
vance jfwias engaging him. We were or
dered'; to the front, halted. : and told to
OjHrselvos in Ireadiness to act as a
reserve, v.; - : '
. Aboitt 12 M., Col. Bives was ordered to
niovei diis regiment forward on the Tele
graph ioad, to support Col. Gates' caval-'
ry regiment, which, at the time, was.mov
i ng ii j( t o pecu j y the centre of Gen. Price's
commlnd. As we gained the top of the
hill with pur left, we met Col. Gates' com
mand alling b('k,i a portion of them dis
mounted, and closely pursued by .a heavy
body of the enemy's infantry, i innne-
d lately threw the three left companies of;
the regiment in line of battle, to the left ;
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11 IUC4UUU, IIIU JTIUI1ICU I 11C 111C III. 111C
J. ,'. , 1 1 i i i -i
annrrtt ir nh tiiivi in rliaru until
the remainder of the regiment could get
mto position. Colonel Hives ordered the
right of ; the regiment to hold their fire,
until Gates' men, who wre falling rback
to ouriright, 'teoulil pass out of range of
Our small arm's, iA tire was then opened
upon trie enemy, all along our line, which
soon repulsed hinL Capt. (ioyam, with
three pieces ot artillery, here cameto our.
support, and wasj put in position to re
ceive the enemy, jwho being re-enforced
soon rallied for a second chartje. He
was agiiin repulsed, with considerable
loss. Vou. Colonef then ordered the reg
iment tri move fVirward and dislodge the
eneiny and take his position ; which was
done in gallant style. We had only one
man killed and a few wounded in these
several engaginents.
Whiie! holding this last 'position, Col,
Gates arid Lieut. Col. Chiles brought tip
one hundred and tii'ly of their dismounted
men.' and formed them upon the left of
the main Toad, leading to Kayetteville.
The battery e&me. up to Pur support a
secondjtimei and returned' the fire of .the
eiiemyW bat tery, which was planted in
the road' in front of Elkhorn Tavern. Af
ter remaining in this .' position forty or
fifty mitlutes, during which time a sharp
canncfjialling was kept up, the regiment
was ordered to advance to the support of
Col. Burbridge, wlio was warmly pressed
by the enemy on his left and front.' The
ordemvtt's promptly. executed. The charge
was continued by the . Second Regiment
with Cpls. Gates' and Little's' command,
driving ;t he" Oth Towa and 8th Indiana
about1 a mile, and capturing two pieces of
artiileryt which had played upon us until
the gunners were all killed, wounded, or
driven from the post. ' .
MearjW hile, Col. Bu rbridge drove Plielps
and BPyd's Itegiment of Missouri troops.
In tbislpharge oiir.loss wa severe,, from
the welf directed fire of the battery, and
a heavyf body of infantiy Supporting it.
The iid;ntry of the eneniy took positions
behind the lot, and yard fences, and be
hind the, houses and out buildings ; and in
many instances held them until they were
dislodged a!t the point of the bayonet.
The pursuit was continued until the ene
my was driven into the open ground be
yond the woods. We were here ordered
to falj Lack and form the regiment to the
left of the road, opposite the -Tife ern. our
right: resting on the road.. "atthis
time discvered j a party of he jejneniy
endeayen ing to gain our reijir, by a flank
movepvept, I1 immediately: threw4 back
Capts. r Me Dowel, j Ganse and Kemper's
compares and attacked the party. After
a spirited engagement of several minutes.
we drove them back, capturing fifteen of
their litlmber. I tLen discovered another
party of the enein-. still farther to our
left antilrear. inoved back the same com-
pai
ne
aiKi eaixureo it, wiinout urm
a gun
It piovel to le Lieut. Col.. Chan-
dler, of the o.")tlr Illinois, with five cap
tains, seven lieutenants and fifty-six pri
vates;: 1 detailed Capt. Kemper; with his
com pany; to takethe prisoners to the rear,
with their arms and accoutrements, which
lie did ' and .'brought theny safely to Van
Burem ' :" . " .-' ..
5y t his time, the enmy (having-been
re-enforced ) was preparing . to make a
charge upon ins. when Colonel Rives gave
the order to meet the charge by charging
him.' We met them, and again drove
themiVom the1 field ; held the ground, and
bivouacked on it for the night.;. The men
being yery much exhausted for the want
of rest and provision;., sank down and
slept sound y, oh their arms, in line of
battle. Pickets were posted out, in front
of our line, to watch the movements of
the enemy. Nothing, of moment trans
pired during the niglit, except the cap
turing ot a caisson and driver, (which we
at. fii-st mistook for a piece of artilleiy,)
five horses and a sergeant belonging to
Gen. Sigel's command.
During the night, Col. Colton Greene's
command, was attached to us, and put in
position pn Our left, and remained with
us during the remainder of the engage
ment. March 8th. This morning still found
us in line of battle. At the dawn of day,
Capt. Wade's light battery of six guns
was in position on our right, and Capt."
Tail's battery on our left. Col. Burbridge
occupied the right of the road,' with his
left resting upon it, supported on his
right by Major Weightman's battallion.
Col. Hill, of Arkansas, was ordered up to
the left of Col. Greene's command. Thus
disposed, we were ready to reeeite the
enemy. ;
About sunrise, the enemy opened upon
us, from one of their batteries on the op
posite side of the field. Col. Wade re
sponded ; and from that the whole line of
artillery, then in position on either side,
was brought to bear upon each other.
Terrific -cannonading ensued for about
two hours and a half, when our batteries
began to withdraw, one after another, for
want of ammunition, until all of them had
retired from the field. About the same
time, the artillery of the enemy ceased
firing, and changed position preparatory
to an infantry charge.
The command on the -left of the road,
held u strong position behind a fence,
(during the 'whole of the cannonading,)
which fronted on the open ground, lying
between our lines and those of the enemy i
Our command being exposed on the left,
to a flank movement of the enemy, and
not being sufficiently supported, was or
dered to fall back within the lines, which
we did, arid took a position two hundred
and fifty yards to the rear, on a line with
Col. Bnrbridge's regiment. We held this
position under a most gallingdischarge
of grape and bomb, from several batteries
which jiad been planted on our right, to
cover the advance of the enemy. As soon
as their infantry line came within easy
range, we opened. a heavy fire upon them,
which, for a time, threw them into con
siderable confusion. But they were re-
. 11 1 11 i i. . 1
enforced by a heavy bodyT.of infantry, and
i
concentrated their whole force on the
centre of our Column, and, after a most
unequal and desperate struggle, which
lasted, thirty or forty minutes, we were
ordered to fall back, firing as we retired.
We took a new position about one hun
dred and fifty yards to thei rear, which we
held until the forces to our right had time
to pass to' our rear and take the' road
leading to Huntsville.
It was dnrjng the first engagement
with small arms that Col. Rives was mor
tally wounded and carried from the field.
We were a second time ordered to fall
back, firing as we retired We made an
other stand over the turn ot the bill, and
held that position for some time, still
holding the enemy in check.
TThis was the last time they advanced
upon us. We moved slowly across' the
uneven ground, and halted' the command
about two hundred and fifty yards from
the enemy's line of battle, and in plain
view of it. I made a short reeoniioisance
and reported to you the fact, that the
position then held ly us gave tine enemy
every advantage in thinking us on the
left Jand suggested the propriety ofjnov
ingSitill further to the rear, in order to
secure a stronger position, which' you
readily agreed to. Whereupon, you or
dered the whole line to be faced to the
left, and moved us by the left flank. As
we moved off, the Federals took oft' their
hats and gave us three cheers, which were
returned by our men.
While halted on the last ridge, Col.
Burbridge, with a part of his regiment,
came across the road and joined us. Af
ter leaving the last named position., we
were oixlered to take the road to Hunts
ville. Thus closed the evei'-memorable
battle of Elkhorn. After driving, the
enemjT from his : position and holding it
for twenty-four hours, we reluctantly re
tired, leaving the field in his pos'session.
I have already furnished you with a
list of the killed, wounded and missing
of the 2d Regiment. And I cannot close
without making special mention of some
of: those whose loss we lament. In the
death of Col. B. A. Rives, the country has
sustained an irreparable loss. He was a
man of genius, combining the skill of the
soldier with that of the statesman: brave
to a fault in battle he was cool, daring
and courageous. Firm in all his decisions,
yet kind in all his intercourse with his
men. You had. but to know to admire
and love Jiim.
Lients.'George, of Co. D, and Glasscock
ofCb. F, were killed on the field, while
bravely leading their men in a charge on
the enemy's lines. They were both prom
ising young officers, and had endeared
themselves to their comrades. Also Lt.
Burger of Co. A, who fell mortally wound
ed, Saturday morning, arid has since died.
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Missouri army from the beginning, and
had taken part, in ail the battles tougnt
by Gem PHce. Bergt. Albert Simpson,
of Co. K, fell Saturday morning, by a dis
charge of grape. He was l a- young man
of the finest promise. We mourn the
loss of such men-the country mourns
their loss. I . '' - v , - ,
Mai. Finley L. Hubbell was ever active
and prompt in the discharge of his duties
during both days'! lighting ever present
where the danger seemed to be the great
est -always present to urge his columns
on to victory. He is truly a most gaiiant
soldier. v
L But it would lengthen this report too
NO. 14.
much toatfempt to individualize. Suffice
it to say. tlift during both days' engage
ment, - both? fbfficers and men under my
command behaved themselves in the most
gallant manner. After having made
forced marches from Boston Mountains,
they marched all night Thursday night ;
had nothing to eat from Thursday even
ing until Saturday evening, and bore the
brunt of theJIbattle during the two days
engagement,! without a .murmur. Such
men deserve (the lasting gratitude of the
whole country ; and they will eventually
receive it. j bear the most willing tes
timony? to tne good conduct of both offi
cers and mn, during the whole action.
May they log-bc spared to enjoy in their
peaceful homes the fruit of their labors.
I-have thejhonor to be your ob't sery't.
JTameA. Pritchard, Lt. Col.j " -!
" Commanding,
After the reorganization of the "Armv
of the Wes," at Corinth, Miss., April,
1862, the nurjiber of the 2d Missouri In
fantry yyas cjianged and became the 3rd,
and Lt. Col. Fritchard was unanimously
chosen Colouid: He commanded the 3rd
Missouri Infahtr with distinction until
October, 1862, when Gen. Van Horn pin
dered an attack against Gen. Rosecraiis,
fortified in Cprinth, Miss., where Colonel
Pritchard, yvhile' gallantly leadingtlie 3rd
Regiment against: the enemy, received
a wound, from the effect of which fie after
wards died. The 3rd Infantry partici
pated in all fhe infantry engagements in
North and Middle Mississippi and was
captured when Yicksburg surrendered.
After its exeliange it formed a part of the
army that opposed.. Sherman until the
evacuation on Atlanta, Ga. The 3rd was
with Geneial Hood in his Tennessee cam
paign.' .After; his retreat to Corinth, the
3rd was ordered to Mobile, wherorit was
captured and, not exchanged until the
close of the war. J. M. A.
ami ccenfridiies. .
Rascality of'Sexator Harlan. Sid
ney Clark, -chfiirman of the House com
mittee On Indian Affairs, called the
attention of the Secretary p the Interior,
to the fact th Senator Harlan had muti
lated and abstracted certain important
papers. Secretary Cox replied as follows :
Hepartmjsxt of the Interior, .
, Washington, I). C, March 15. )
Sir : In accordance with your letter of
the 8th instant. I havecaused examination
to be made., to determine what portion of
the papers sept by me to the Senate, in
compliance with the resolution of Dee. 13,
1869, calling jTor'papers in relation to the
Black Bobs lands of the Shawnee Indians,
aud printed it the Senate executive docu
ment Xo. 40 of the current session. I
enclose herevfith. a copj of the letter
to Commissioaier Parker, of the 11th inst.,
from which itj appears that the document.
in question contains about one-fourth of
the papers transmitted by me to the hen
ate. As it purports to furnish all those
papers and not merely a selection from
them, and as J am aware of no reason for
supjiressiiig any of them, I shall call the
attention of life Chairman of the Senate
Committee on' Indian Affairs to the mat
ter, and shall take pleasurein transmitting
to you any explanation which I may re
ceive. Yery respectful ly ypur obedient
servant, . f J. Cox,'e'cretary.
Hon. Sidney Chirk. -Chairman Committee
on Indian Affairs, House of Represent-
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Secretary Oix has addressed the Senate
Indian Committee on the subject, and the
matter is one.vvhich will doubtless come
before the Senate. The case is pronounced
by some of. the oldest members as without
precedent; Paul's Pioneer. ')
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Mrs. E Cady Stanton was recently
elected to an honorary membership in one
of the ladies', literary societies ot the
college at Monmouth. Illinois. In the
Herolution she-styles it "Our first collegiate
honor."' SheWknowledges the election
in the following language : " .
Corresponding Sec. A. B. L. Society :
it gives me grear sausiaciion to learn
that I am elected an honorary member of
the "AmateurlHes Belle Lettres Society"
of Monmouth College. I accept the honor
with pleasure and with best wishes for
the success of a eollege that freely extends
its privileges io the noble daughters of
the land. : .
YourSy ! sincerely,
.": E. Cady Stanton.
St. Paid s Pioneer.
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Stealtno a State. The TForW calls
attention to a recent Act of the bones
and banjo Legislature of' Florida. It is
entitled "An Act to Organize the Aquatic
and Tropical Plant Propagating Com
pany." by which, if certain of the caqet
bag gentry infesting Florida will uhder7
take to drain, the everglades; they are tp
receive in fee-simple about one quarter of
of geographical area of the whole State.
The charteisgives them the country south
of Township 8, which as the reader will
perceive from' the map, includes about
one-half of Mantec county, the whole of
Monroe, nearly all of Dade, and all the
keys and islands South of Cape Sable.
Having : stolen about, everything ese in
the State on which they could lay claw,
we now findMlie . reconstructed govern
nieht of Fhlrida actually stealing the
State itself portioning it out, py the two-and-a-half
counties at a time, to the
thieving crews which environ the Legis:
lature.: ; , :
rsT'he Boston Tost says : General Butler
should be looking after the Massachusetts
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thick enough bere. if scattered through
the Southern' States, to place half a dozen
of them under military government, ac
cording to the Radical theory.
Edwin M. Stanton ani Roger B.
Tanky. In 1836, Roger. B. Taney was
appointed Chief justice of Ihe Supremo,
Court of the United StatesJ He held the
office until 1865", when he j dierJ, a period
of twenty-nine years. Indeed, since the
beginning of this eentury up to 1865,
there has been .but. two Chief Justices,
John Marshall and Roger B.Taney. The .
latter died full of years and honors.-
purjng his long administration; the most
importaut political and judicial questions .
were decided. His integrity was never
disputed. He died poor. IIe left life
family destitute. He left-two daughters!,
wlio now labor as cony ists,in Washi ugt on,
in order to obtain a livelihood. His lurst is
not in the vacant niche: provided for the
ex-Supremo Court Justice. ('
M While such has been ithe treatment of
an illustrious Chief Justieej who sat neaij-
ly thirty years upon the bench, but who
disagreed with the party in power, what
arc the honors jmeted put foEdwin M.
Stanton, who was appointed an Associate
Justice, but who never enteid one day
upon its duties, and never was even sworn
into place? His family is to: receive' a
year's salary, although - they are ,nbt in
need of it, being left in possession of an,
ample estate, which has been greatly ad-,
ded to by subscription of ind j vidua! friends.
Mr; Stanton's ? pbliticsi .a greed wit h
those of- the party in power, science this
discrimination in his favbrJand hence the
monstrous injustice involved in the treat
ment of him, as contrasted- with Roger
B. Taney, who was nearly a third of a
century an ornament of the bench upon
which Stanton never sat. 1 This is a re-
markable instance of partisan unfairness
and injustice, Cincinnati Enquirer.
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A Sad Case of Poverty. Gen. Sher-
man's poverty compels him I
to oppose any
reduction of army salaries,!
especially his
own., lie declares, that he can t live in
Washington City on a smaller salary than
he is now getting, which is $18,780 a year.
He ays he has spent -Ms money freely in
entertaining his friends and expgets to do
it again. -Therefore, to reduce his salary
would be an outrage .on. the. part of Con
gress. There1 is some justice in all this1,
for, in spite of the heroic manner in whicL
he scattered the Georgia women7 and chil
dren on his march to the sa, Sherman-p
shame upon his ungrateful country 'is
now almost a pauper ! Deprive him of a
single dollar of his salary, and he and his
family will be forced to find food and
shelter in the poor-house. It is true,
when he first went to Washington some
political speculators, who thought it pos
sible that he might succeed Grant to the
Presidency, made him a ; present of a,
house ; but that house cost but 665,000 at
the outset, and of course it . isn't worth
any more now. It is also true that Gen.
Sherman owns'some property, in St. Louis,
city and county probauly a 'Vacant lot
or an old frame building or so but this
fact should weigh absolutely nothing in
the argument, for the assessed value of
that entire property amounts but to the
mere bagatelle of $235,000. And how;,
let those say who have tried it, whether
it is possible for a respectable person, with
but three hundred thousand dollars-in
real estate, to subsist either, in or out of
Washington on less than eighteen thou
sand seven hundred and eighty dollars a
year without starving, to i death in six
weeks. It may be possible, but we shatl
never believe it-ufitil we see it done more
than once. Louisville Courier-Jouriail.
Simplicity at the White House. An
account that reaches us, oiice in a Whiles,
of a dinner at the'Executive Mansion, con
vinces us that a .truly Spartan. simplicity
obtains there, which beautifully harmon
izes with the simplicity that the Radicals,
when running Ulysses fot President, as--sured
us was a distinguished trait of his
character. This is very gratifying, for
nothing could be -more apjxropriate in 4
Republic, than simplicity in the Executive
head, and his "surroundings: The severe
economy, and classic simplicity so appa
rent in tlie style of living adopted by
'Lysses, is shown hy Colonel Fawn-tyt of
the Philadelphia' Press, in a description of
a Presidential dinner. Hear the Colonel!:
" In the beginning of the feast, fruitsj,
flowers and the sweetmeats grace' the
table, w hilst breadand butter only give
a Spartan simplicity to the "first course,"
which is compose jof French vegetable
soup; and no oup foreign or domestic, has"
ever been known to equal it. It is said to
be a little smoother than peacocks brains',
but not so exquisitivelj'' flavored as a dish
of nightengile's tongues, and yet '"Profes-.
scjv Melah'Ms the only man in the nation'
who holds in his hand the recipe for this
aristocratic, stew. The ambrosial soup is
followed by a French croquet of meat'.
Four admirably trained servants removed
the plates after each course, and their
motions are; as regular as clockwork."
These servants arc clad in garments , of
faultless cut, which serve to heighten" to
the . last degree their sable complexion!.
The third "course" of the dinner is comr
posed of a fillet of beef, flanked on each
side by potatoes the size of a walnut,
with plenty of mushrooms to keep them
company. The next coursp is dainty in
the extreme. It is made, up entirely of ,
the luscious legs of partridges, and bap
tised by a French name entirely beyond
ray comprehension, i As a general rule'
wine is served about every third "course.
Six wihe glasses of) uMflerent sizes, and a
small boquet ot flowers, are placed betore
eaeu guei at tue ucgiimiii.
St. Pauls Pioneer.
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! Defalcations -"Indebted to the Gov
eminent" is the polite. I official term ap- 1
plied to the ten defaulting paymasters in.
the Navj. The gross amount is about '
halt a million, ana that this - indebtedness"
(alias stealing) could have been incurred r
(alia$ committed), shows great negligence
or . rascality somevvherer The Secretary ;
of the Navy. has "called the attention" of
Congress to the matter. J
. Observer d-CpmtnonweaUh. i
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The Radical women'of the North havis :
made such a run upoii Revels for locks of.
his hair that, in order to supply the de- '
mand, he has been forced, it is said, to buy :
up all the black wool in the District of
Columbia." " -
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Thomas L. White the . man y ho shot ;
and killed Mrs. Katie A Hobbs. in Boston, ;
last August, has been tried. He plead ,
guilty of manslaughter, and was sentenced..
to the btate, prison for htteen years.:. '
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