Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1912 — Page 2

The CIVIL WAR

FIFTY YEARS AGO g| THIS WEEK

May 13,1882. * Martial law went into force In Charleston, S, C. General Fremont with his command reached Franklin, W. Va., by forced marches, nnder the apprehension that an attack would be made on Generals. Schenck and Milroy, already in that neighborhood. His was part of the force of 70,000 men held from joining General McClellan’s Army of the Potomac on the peninsula by the elusive operations of Stonewall Jackson. The Army of the Potomac moved 12 miles nearer Richmond during the day. Major General Halleck, at Monterey, Miss., issued an order expelling newspaper correspondents from his lines. General Butler, In New Orleans, issued an order suppressing the New Orleans Crescent, owned and edited by a Confederate. Brigadier General Kelly’s force of National troops was attacked by guerrillas in a pass at Reedy Creek, Virginia. His men made a gallant charge up the mountain, driving the enemy. There was loss of only gunpowder and breath on either side. Suffolk, Va., was occupied by Nationals nnder Major Dodge. A Federal reconnoltering party under General Smith had a skirmish with Confederates near Monterey, Tenn. - - - • General Butler issued an order interfering with a day of fasting and prayer In the churches of New Orleanß, proclaimed by President Davis. The Union General Nfegley occupied Rogersville in northern Alabama. May 14,1862. In a BkiTniHh five miles from Trenton Bridge, North Carolina, Lieut. Rogers, a favorite Confederate officer, was killed and his men driven by a superior force of National troops under command of Col. Amory. The Charlestown Mercury published the following circular, composed by Pittgjfflg of New Orleans: “To cotton planters —New Orleans has fallen, not degraded or enslaved, but yielding to armed ships with guns leveled at the homes of our defenseless wives and children. The escutcheon of Louisiana Is untainted, and her flag has been desecrated but by her enemies. None could be found among us so vile, low, or degraded as to lower her national insignia. We have yielded to brute force but for the moment. "It becomes now the duty of all planters to display more than ever their patriotism and devotion to their country. They have sealed that devotion upon the battlefield. Now let us fight our enemies, as well by burning and destroying every bale of cotton upon the river or rivers liable to capture, as well as refusing ever to ship or sell a bale of cotton until peace is declared and our nationality fixed. Let their conquest be a barren one. “The merchant ships of Europe and Yankeedom will soon be bringing their riches to trade among us, expecting an exchange of cotton. . . . If we are true to ourselves there will be no trade, and the countless millions of foreign products will be without purchasers. How long will they remain idle spectators of such a scene? The powers of Europe will see that there no sentiment or regard for the old flag—that we despise the race; and when we withhold or destroy our property, they will find that Unionism is dead forever.” The U. S. S. S. Ceres and Lockwood captured the Confederate steamer Alice in Roanoke river, about two miles below Wllllamstown. She had on board bacon for the Confederate army, and the church bells of Plymouth, which were to have been cast into guns. May 15, 1862. A detachment of Infantry sent to guard the wagons of a column of Gen. Geary’s National forces, arriving at the destination of the march before the infantry, which was on a train, was attacked by Confederates and captured in a body. The U. S. gunboats Monitor, Galena, Naugatuck, Aroostook and Port Royal were repulsed in, an attack on Fort Darling 4n the James river.' 1 The one hundred pound gun on the Naugatuck exploded at the first discharge. Great excitement existed In Richmond over reported prqgress of the Union army under-General McClellan and'the Union fleet A joint committee was appointed by the legislature of Virginia to communicate with President Davis in relation to the defense of the city. general, assembly resolved that the capital of the state Should be defended to the last extremGov. Letcher Issued a proclamation calling all officers out of the service, others who were willing to unite in defense of the capital, to meet at the city hall that evening. The meeting was held amid great excitement and enthusiasm. The action of the governor Was warmly commended. In the senate of Virginia Mr. Collier submitted a joint resolution declaring that slavery was the fundamental doctrine of the southern civlllA skirmish took place nine miles * Gen. Butler Issued "Order No. 16" at thnf^PCnv

I by word, or gesture, or movement, insult or show contempt for any officer, . . . she shall be held and regarded as a woman of the town plying her trade.” May 16, 1862. President Lincoln issued the following order: “The skillful and gallant movement of Maj. Gen. John D. Wool and the forces under his command, which resulted in the surrender of Norfolk and the evacuation of the strong batteries erected by the rebels on-* Sewell's Point and Craney Island, and the destruction of the rebel Ironclad steamship Merrlmac, are regarded by the president as among the most important successes of the presept war,” The order continued, order, lng thanks to Wool and the officers and soldiers of his command. The U. S. 8. 8. Oriental was lost on Body’s Island, thirty miles north of Cape Hatteras, Carolina. Gen. Butler, commanding the National occupation of New Orleans, Issued an order suppressing the New Orleans Bee for encouraging the southerpers to burn their cotton, and prohibiting the circulation of Confederate notes. “On and after the twenty, seventh day of May Instant,” the order read, “all circulation in Confederate notes and bills will cease within this department; and all sales or transfers of property made on and after that day, in consideration of such, bills or notes, directly or indirectly, will be void, and the property confiscated to the United States —one-fourth thereof to go to the Informer." Two Union gunboats opened fire on Darien, Georgia, but did no harm. The day was observed as a fast-day throughout the Confederate states. The National Intelligencer carried a three-column article denouncing Gen. Hunter’s proclamation freeing the Blaves and asserting that the president would revoke it. Commodore Goldsborough, moving up the James river with four gunboats to reduce Confederate batteries on the southern shore, found them abandoned. May 17, 1862. There was a general advance of the Union lines toward Corinth, Mississippi, with much skirmishing and several severe engagements. Gen. Sherman’s division lost forty-four killed and a number wounded In a fight for the possession of Russell’s house. Capt. Henry Eagle, commanding the United States naval forces, sent a message to the commander of the Confederate defenders of Galveston, Texas, demanding the surrender of the place, and threatening a bombardment as soon as the National forces appeared, to which the Confederate general, Herbert, replied that an answer would be returned when the enemy arrived. The Confederate commander urged the people to keep cool, assuring them there was no danger and advising every man to hold himself in arms to fight for every inch of ground. The gunboat Currituck, accompanied by the transport steamer Seth Low, moved up the Pamunkey toward Newcastle, to destroy several Confederate vessels on the river. The vessels were burned by the Confederates. The gunboat Penobscot opened fire on the Confederate batteries at Newlet inlet, near Wilmington, North Carolina. Having developed the position and strength of the batteries, the gunboat withdrew. —- May 18, 1862. A skirmish took place near Searcy, on the Little Red river, Arkansas, between one hundred and fifty men of Osterhause’s division and some six hundred Confederates under Colonels Coleman and Kicks, In which the latter were defeated, with a loss of one hundred and fifty left on the field and quite a number wounded. A fight took place at Princeton, Virginia, between the Nationals under the command of Gen. Cox and a body of Confederates under Humphrey Marshall, in which the Nationals were defeated with a loss of thirty killed and seventy wounded. S. Phillips Lee, United States navy, commanding the advance naval division on the Mississippi river, demanded the surrender of Vicksburg to the authority of the United States. SufTolds, near Norfolk, Virginia, was occupied by Federal troops. Gen. jgrant invested Vicksburg, with communications opened via the Yazoo. May 19, 1862. Gen. Stoneman’s brigade of McClellan’s army advanced within fourteen miles of Richmond. They left their encampment near White house at daybreak and pushed on to six miles above Turnstabull’s Station. They were opposed only by a small body of Confederate pickets, who were dispersed in a charge. Gen. Hunter’s proclamation, by which the slaves of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina were declared free, was officially repudiated and pronounced void by President Lincoln. Governor Yates of Illinois Issued a proclamation asking for recruits to fill up the state regiments at the front, some of which had gone forward with little more than the minimum complement, and all of which had suffered' from death by bullet and disease. In a reconnoissance to Clinton, nine miles south of Newbern, North Carolina, the advanced pickets of the Confederates were encountered and a bloody skirmish ensued. The legislature of Virginia adjourned in accordance with a resolution previously adopted. In the house of delegates the speaker, Mr. Sheffey, of Augusta, delivered an affecting valedlc- - tory. rfr - - John T, Monroe, mayor or the city of New Orleans, and other municipal officers were arrested and sent to Fort Jackson by order of Gen. Butler of the National army. (Copyright. IM2. by W. O. Chapman.?

FISH SUPPORT `TOWN

Anchovy Found In Large Quantities in Holland. Fact Is Not Widely Known—Supposition That Mediterranean Sea Haa x Monopoly of Industry Is Erroneous. The Hague, Holland. —The coat of arms of Enkhulzeu. one of the dead cities of the Zuyder zee, bears three silver fishes, which, it is explained, are anchovies; for Enkhuizen* owed a great part of Its prosperity to the anchovy fisheries. It is generally supposed that the anchovy is caught exclusively in the Mediterranean sea, so it comes as a surprise to most people to hear that it is so largely caught off the coasts of Holland. Dutch fishermen have been familiar for ages with the fact that the anchovy comes up In great shoals ats certain times <of the year and enters the Zuyder zee to spawn. There have, however, been considerable lapses of time when no anchovies at all appeared, and when it was feared that the Dutch fisher folk had lost their .means of earning a livelihood, then, suddenly, without any apparent reason, the shoals of fish again became regular visitors. These last rew years the anchovy has been particularly plentiful. Many a Zuyder zee fisherman has made his living for the whole year during the anchovy season, which lasts from six to eight weeks, and as much as 1,000 florins ($400) worth have been known to be taken in a single day. Formerly the method of capturing s shoal of anchovy consisted In stretching an enormous net with small meshes between (wo boats. This net touched the sea bottom. Then the boats hoisted sail and the more wind there was the better pleased were the fishermen. They sailed bn for a. while and then when the net was lifted it contained thousands of silvery fishes. Later on they preferred to fish withstationary nets, because more fish could be caught in that way. Each fisherman places his own nets in a certain past of the sea, and after a while comes to see whether they have been filled-with fish. l__ The anchovy brings plenty of work for many another category of persons than the regular fishermen. For the fish have to be cleaned, salted and packed into casks. The cleaning Is done almost exclusively by women and children, the salting occupies the “salter” and the making of the many basks employs a littld army of coopers. Then the packing Is also done by experienced hands in such a way that the anchovy can be kept for many years without spoiling. The herring fishers also often secure millions of anchovy near the coasts of Holland. For as soon as they perceive a shoal coming their way they will fix anchovy netting Into their herring nets, and so often secure almost miraculous hauls. The anchovy is a small fish, the full grown specimen being only fifteen centimeters (5.9 Inches) long. The backof this fish is bluish and the under parts are white, glistening like silver in the sunshine.

LARGEST MAP IN THE WORLD

It Is Intended to Show Every Building In London —Is 580 Feet . Square. London. —If all goes well and there are no serious delays, three or four years hence the London county council will have completed what it is believed will be the most wonderful map In the whole world. Seventeen years have already been consumed in Its preparation and $85,000 has been expended on research and labor connected with it. A further expenditure of

Ireland’s Wealth in Peat

Country Has Abundant Supply in Its Bogs. Attention Is Turned to It ae Result of Coal Strike—May Result in Development of Resources Now Little Used. Dublin. —The coal strike In Great Britain has sent up the price of coal to such an extent in Ireland that the idea of turning to peat fuel as a substitute for coal is being seriously considered. A considerable quantity of turf Is consumed in Dublin at present, not indeed as an alternative to coal, but a$ an auxiliary to It. The poor use it instead of firewood to light their fires in the morning, and It Is also used chiefly by bacon curera, who find that turf smoked bacon has an agreeable flavor. A new aesthetic taste also accounts for the consumption of a further small quantity. Many Dublin people who have been caught by the glamor of the Irish language movement and have spent holidays in Irish speaking districts in the south or west of Ireland In the summer get a whiff of the countryside in their own drawing rooms in Dublin during the winter by using turf instead of coal In their fires. There are quite a number of houses of which this li true, not only in Bubiin. bat even in so-called Orange Belfast. , , However, all this consumption of peat is a mere trifle compared with the consumption of coaL What is how being discussed is the possibility of

NEW SENATOR FROM TENNESSEE

hf EWELL SANDERS has been appointed United States senator by the PI governor of Tennessee to fill the unexpired term of the late Robert Love Taylor, and has been sworn in and taken his seat

about $25,000 is looked forward to with equanimity by the authorities. . The great map will really constitute a twentieth-century London edition of England’s famous Doomsday Book. For It will show practically every building in the 116 square [miles that go to make up- greater London, setting forth, as far as possible, the most important owners. It has often been said that London was owned by a few great landlords, such as the Duke of Westminster, Lord Howard de Walden, Lord Cadogan, the Duke of Bedford and the Duties Norfolk. That is, of course, true In a general way, bub this map, shows that there are no fewer than 36,600 private owners who each possess '-enough property to make a notable showing on its face. The map will not be Issued to the public! but Is really being prepared for the use of the county council-itself. It

ÜBing peat as a substitute for coal. Ireland would be the. wealthier by thousands of millions of dollars If Its peat bogs could be turned to account on a sound commercial basis. The area of bog in Ireland is nearly 1,000,000 acres, or about 6 per cent, of the surface of the country. The Bog of Allen stretches across the great central plain, and in 1 the west of Ireland there are districts In which peat covers from 20 to 30 per cent of the entire surface. Most of this peat area Is at present lying waste. Two or three companies make peat moss litter In comparatively small quantities, and In very remote districts the turf Is cut and used a 3 fuel by the farmers. With the exception of the more or less artificial use of turf already referred to, these are the oply uses to which peat Is applied in Ireland. The methods of preparing peat for fuel are very primitive and would have to be changed completely to make peat fuel a real competitor with coal. An attempt was made some years ago to make turf briquettes, bat the scheme, though It promised well, did not tarn out as successfully as was expected and t£ e company, like the turf Itself, crumbled to plecef. The moisture was squeezed out of the peat by compression and the briquettes wheffi fresh seemed to be just the thing tost was wanted, hut whatever defect there was in the preparation of them they were not able to stand the knocking about they got in the- railroad wagons and canal boats. r The problem of making peat ; r*

is being drawn to the scale of five square feet to the square mile, so that the completed map, which, of course, wilt be made In sections, will measure 580 feet by 580 feet, or l-82d of a square mile in area.

Walks Ten Miles Asleep.

Lakeview, Ore. —Miss Nellie Porter, twenty years old, arose from her bed and while still asleep walked ten miles, and was found at 3 o’clock In the morning, when she fell exhausted upon the porch of the Glidden residence in Ney Pine Creek, fifteen miles south of here. **el‘ She did not know how she had reached the Glidden home. The list she remembered was going to bed at the home of the family for whom she, worked, three miles away. Her tracks were followed through the fields, woods, over rocks and through creeks which she had forded.

briquettes that can travel by train without falling to pieces has, however, since been solved io> Sweden and in other countries and this fact has given encouragement to Irishmen to take the matter up again. The coal strike has brought the question withttT the range of practical things as nothing else could have done.

MONKEYS BURNED TO DEATH

Menagerie Bums and Animals, Unable _ to Escape From Cages, Huddle Together and Are Bmothered. London. —Ten valuable monkeys and two dogs were the victims of a fire in a menagerie in Hackford road, Brixton. Shut up for the night In cages (three or- four in each), the animals had no opportunity 6f escape, and, although the fire brigade were on the scene within a. few minutes-and the fire quickly put out, it was too late to save them. When the fire was extinguished the dead monkeys were brought out, stifl in their cages, and placed in the yard. They presented a truly pitiable sight Lying In the blackened straw in a huddled mass — several to each other’s arms—they seemed to have collected together as if seeking protection from an unknown foe. ' Shoe Plcka Up Diamond. Worcester,. Mass.—MUs 'Dorothy R. Durkee, of No. 10 Perkins street, a student at the Normal echoed, found a diamond In a small hole in her shoe ' after walking all day. The goto Is flawless, admirably cut and of pure color. =- fjfr -?■ * ?

THE QUIET HOUR

Power in Using Kind Words

[HERE Is power In using kind words that does not belong to using harsh words; for “a soft answer turaeth > away wrath.” How much more good we

can do by talking kindly to each other than we can by talking harshly. It Is by using gentle language that we persuade folk to our Way of thinking and compel them to . turn their thoughts into other directions. How those who make it a practice to use harsh language lower themselves In the estimation of others, and how weak they become In influencing others. There is no power in a perpon who permits his tongue to control his judgment or gets into a passion over mere differences of opinion. Such people are subjected to the indifference of others who did not want to get Into communication with them. To those who are In the habit of not using kind words silence is golden: and the less they say the better they arq off. To some folk the perpetual temper In which they are found is very disagreeable and hard to be put up with, and the more they are let alone the better for all concerned. They are a source of annoyance to all those who come in contact with them. Train the Children. There is nothing more disagreeable than to find in children a disposition to get easily excited, children who are loud In their talk and demonstrative In their actions. Such children should be carefully dealt with and taught better manners. , There are many ways to cure them of such a bad habit, which can easily' be found out by experimenting withl them. Be patient with them and work' with them until they show improvement. It will be hard work at the beginning, but time will tell if proper 1 methods are used. How much it adds to one’s usefulness to use kind words in all conversation. It looks so Christlanlike to hear kind words coming from the Ups of those with whom you are In conversation- To be sweet In talking to others stamps you as a lady or gentleman. Uncouth expressions give to others the impression that you are deficient in good manners as weU as lacking In intellectual force. Be of a cheerful disposition to all with whom you come In contact and show them how well you can behave yourself even in debate. You ought to hold firmly to your opinions, but never lose your tempers while debating subjects. Give strong arguments, but express them in the choicest language. Bolace In Time of Trouble. How sweetly kind words are felt in, times of trouble; how they heal the sorrows of some and what a glorious j effect they have on the nerves of those who are afflicted with sickness or trouble. They act upon their hearers better than medicine and help the ones who hear them over many difficulties. Kind words can never die, but have the power of making the lives of some: people sweeter and the passage; through this life more easily traveled.. Better to use kind words to all with' whom you hold conversations than to: give offense by loud and boisterous talk that sounds harsh* and unfeeling. Blessed are the -men and women who know- exactly the time when harsh words are in place and when they can do some good by uttering them., The judgment of such people is worth possessing. t How pleasing are the ones who know when to say words that are encouraging to others, and who have the gift of saying the right words at the right time. Such people are worth associating with at all times. Keep free henceforth from all harsh talking and let your conversation be in language that will win the affections of all who hear you talk.—Sabbath Reading.

SORROW THAT BROUGHT JOY

God’s Lesson Necessarily Severe on Those Who Will Not Hear His Voles. ■’« ’ Certain parents had very adverse views concerning the education c* , their children. The mother was quiet and God-fearing, the father, however, was light-hearted and inaccessible to any serious consideration. “Children," he would say, “beware lest you be- ' come like mother ” But the oldest son became ill and soon the evidences pointed toward his end. The patient wanted only his mother to be around' him, who knew how to fill his heart - with consolation and readiness for his approaching death. The father was all broken down and when he once happened to stand at the bed of the hopelessly sick son the young man said to him : "Father, l know that 1 will aeon /lie; now, now, do yon want me to die in your or in mother’s .faitt*?" At first the father could not say anything, but after a while he said' “Rather in the faith of mother." From that time on there was a differ6nt spirit in tne House. Tins ioBB nad brought gain. Oh, how often must God deal severely with men before tffev hear his voice.-The Lutheran