Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 131, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1912 — Page 3

The CIVIL WAR

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

May 20, 1862. Edwin Stanly of North Carolina received his commission as military governor of the state, with authority to perform all the functions of that sta* tlon and suspend the writ of habeas corpus during the pleasure of the president, or until the loyal citizens of the state re-established a loyal government, in accordance with the Constitution of the United States. Lieutenant Colonel Downey, who was sent to Wardensville,, near Norfield, Va., after guerrillas who had recently overpowered a company of convalescent wounded National soldiers, reported having killed the chief of the band and taken twelve prisoners. A train of seventeen wagons that left Rolla, Mo., was captured by a partisan Confederate band twenty miles out on- the Springfield road. The wagons and their contents were burned, and the mules driven off. Lieutenant Colonel West took possession of Tucson, Aris., for the United States. The Confederate force guarding the town retreated before overbalanced numbers, and the citizens turned out to welcome the Union troops. Four Union gunboats bombarded the Confederate works on Cole’s Island and Stone Inlet, S. C., compelling the Confederates to abandon the island, which they did after burning the barracks. General Shepley was made mayor of New Orleans by order of General Butler until such time as the citizens should elect to that office a loyal citizen of the United States. May 21, 1862. The second division of General Halleck’s Union army, advancing toward Corinth, under command of Gen. Thomas A. Davies, the Confederates battle at Phillip’s Creek, Miss. • General Stoneman, In company with Prof. Lowe, made a balloon reconnolssance from Gaines Mills, Va., where, from an altitude of 500 feet, they could see the city of Richmond, and : forces of Confederates in motion. General McClellan sent the following report to the war department:- “I have just returned from Bottom’s Bridge. Have .examined the country on the other side, and made a reconnolssance on the heels of the enemy, who probably did not like the skirmish of yesterday. The bridge will be repaired by tomorrow, and others built. All the camps have advanced today.” Two mortars opened on Fort Pillow at one o’clock and continued to fire until six. The fire was returned at Intervals. Deserters from Fort Pillow reported that 185 dead bodies had been removed from the gunboats after the recent engagement with the Union flotilla. Colonel Sedgewick, with the First, Second and Twentieth Kentucky 'National regiments, made a reconnolssance In front of Corinth to develop the position and strength of the enemy. He returned after a two hours’ scrimmage, In which he learned what he wanted to know. Recruiting offices that had been previously closed were reopened by order of the United States government ■ ~ ~ ■ ■ - Brig. Gen. I. P. Hatch, commanding the cavalry In General Banks* Union division, had a skirmish with some of Canby’s cavalry near Strasburg, Va. May 22,1862. An attempt by civil officers to arrest fugitive slaves In the city of Washington 'Was frustrated, after two negroes had been taken, by the Sev-enty-sixth New York. The soldiers leveled their muskets at the police and carried the remainder of the slaves away with them. The foreign consuls at Galveston, requesting of Captain Eagle, on the U. S. S. S. Santee, that he assign a place where they would be safe In the impending bombardment, received the following reply: "Let me assure you, gentlemen, that no person can deplore more than myself the misery that would result from the bombardment of the town Of Galveston and its fortification, yet it is a duty that will become necessary to enforce its surrender.. It Is not in my power to give you an assurance of security during the bombardment, for It is impossible to tell what direction the shot and shell will take.’* General Prentiss’ troops, captured at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, Miss., were paroled by the Confederates In Montgomery, Ala. The Court of Impeachment for the purpose of trying West H. Humphreys, late district judge of the United States for the Second district of Tennessee, on charges of treason presented by the house of representatives, was organized In the senate chamber at Washington, District of Columbia. May 23,1862. Colonel Kenly's Union command of Infantry and cavalry, in General Banks' department, was driven from Front Royal by the Confederates with considerable loss. Captain Tilford, stationed with forty men on the east side of the Rio Grande, seven miles below Fort Craig, was driven on the fort by an attack ot,two cundred Texans. He resisted for three hours. Portions of the Army of the Potomac crossed the Chlckahomlny river tn two places, Bottom’s Bridge and the Railroad bridge.

Colonel Heath, commanding a Confederate force of three thousand infantry and cavalry and six guns, attacked the Union force under Colonel Crook at Lewisburgh, Va., but was repulsed after a spirited fight lasting an hour, with the loss to the attacking column of four guns and one hundred prisoners. The Confederates burned Greenbrier Bridge In their retreat. The town of Grand Gulf, Miss., was shelled by the Union gunboats Richmond and Hartford. Considerable damage was done to the town, but no person was injured. The attack on the defenseless post was made because two' United States transports loaded with soldiers had been fired upon from a battery four miles from the town. May 24, 1862. A collision between a squad of Federal pickets and a body of Confederate Infantry at Craighead Point, near Fort Pillow, drew the Federal gunboat Benton into an engagement with the fort’s batteries. The Benton steamed up to the rescue of the pickets, who were hard pressed, and was opened on by the fort’s guns. The Benton retired upon the Union fleet. Four companies of the Fbuth Michigan dealt a heavy blow on the Louisiana Tigers In a skirmish at Cold Harbor; While the main body of the Michigan regiment was moving to the skirmish a •small detachment gained the rear of the Tigers and opened a demoralizing fire at short range. The jDonfederates were reported to have lost fifty killed and fifty captured. A Union meeting was held at Murphreesboro, Tenn., at which speeches were made by Governor Johnson and others. General Stopeman’s and General Davidson’s Union brigades of the Army of the Potomac were held in check for eighteen hours at Ellison’s Mills, on Bell’s creek, by four regl-, ments of Confederates, with nine pieces of artillery and a small command of cavalry. The Union force, on the move from New Bridge to clear the way for McClellan’s advance, found the enemy on t!Vo sides of the creek, and succeeded in driving them into the village with the fire from three batteries, but It was morn•ing before they were finally and completely dislodged. A reconnoitering party from Poe’s Union command encountered a force of eConfederates near Corinth and gained an advantage over them,, after a desultory but brisk engagement. May 25, 1862. The Confederate General Stonewall Jackson, continued his diversion In the Shenandoah to prevent McClellan from being reinforced, by attacking and defeating General Bank's command at Winchester, Va., in the valley. The government of the United States called for additional troops, and took military command of all the railroads, ordering that officials and servants of the railroads hold themselves in readiness to transport troops to the exclusion of all other business. The National force under General McDowell, long held In suspense by the activities of General Jackson In the Shenandoah, advanced.a short distance In the direction of Richmond and encamped six miles from Fredericksburg. The news of General Bank’s defeat and the call for additional troops aroused intense excitement throughout the north. In the city of Baltimore the enthusiastic rejoicing of southern sympathizers in Bank’s defeat and the repulse of the First Maryland regiment created extreme tension. k reconnolssance of the Confederate defences dT’Tlcksburg, Miss., was made by the Union gunboat Kennebec, under command of Captain Russell. The Kennebec gained within two miles of the works, when a battery opened on her, killing one man and wounding another. General McClellan Issued an order to the effect that upon the passage of the Chlckahomlny, the troops of the Army of the Potomac were to be "prepared for hattie at a moment’s notice.” May 26, 1862. Four regiments of New York militia were ordered to be ready to go to Washington. One militia regiment left for Washington, and another volunteered In a body. General Banks’ command crossed the Potomac safely at Williamsport, Md., driven from the Shenandoah' val ley by Jackson and EwelL Judge Richard Carmichael and James Powell, prosecuting attorney of Talbot county, Maryland, were ar* rested, charged with treason, by order of General Dlx. - The steamer Shawsheen, with one company of infantry, proceeded up the Whowan river. North Carolina, to Gates county and burned a warehouse containing heavy supplies of foodstuff for the Confederate army. The vessel was fired upon by a small squad of Confederate cavalry, but none was Injured. The confiscation bill passed the house of representatives. ;/ • The British steamer Patras was cap. tured twenty-two miles off Charlestown bar by the U. 8. S. S. Bienville. She carried gunpowder, rifles, coffee and quinine. She had no papers showing her nationality or destination. A landing party from the Union gunboat Kennebec at Grand Gulf, Miss., was routed by a body of Confederate cavalry, with the loss of their leader. Lieutenant Qe Kay, who was killed at me first flrou. '. _ Lieut Frank 0, Davis of the Third Pennsylvania cavalry returned to Fair Oaks station after successfully delivering a message from General McClellan to Captain Rodgers, in command of the Union gunboats on the James river. (Copyright, mg hy W.G, ChspmsaJ

BERLIN.— Despite the many accidents that have befallen the alrsMps of the Zeppelin type, the passenger season for these huge dirigibles has opined auspiciously. Several of them are making regular trips, and there is never any lack of men and women to take passage In them. The German people seem to prefer tbWL to aeroplanes.

A ROMANCE OF WAR

Death Recalls an Incident That Occurred in 1863. Mrs. Alexander Klaucke, Native of Carroll County, Dies In Germany Long After Marrying a Soldier Who Appealed to Her for a Drink. Westminster, Md. —Information has just been received in this city of the death of Mrs. Alexander A. C. Klaucke, a native of this county, at her home in Welsbaden, Germany, an event which calls to the minds of some of the elderly residents of the county ap interesting romance in connection with her marriage to Mr. Klancke. Mrs. Klancke’a maiden name .was Mary Freeze, and she was related to some of the leading people of this county. In the summer of 1863 she was visiting her aunt, Mrs. Joshua Smith, mother of the late Judge John E. Smith, on East Main street, this city, when the Sixth corps of the United States army passed through here on Its way to Gettysburg. Two officers of the corps, one of whom was Mr.

CUT OFF FOOT BY WIRELESS

Gulf Operator Told How to Perform Operation by Doctor on Ship 420 Mlles Away. New Orleans, La. —How a laborer on Swan island, a lonely wireless station In the gulf, sustained a Crushed foot; how the wireless operator on the Island communicated with a ship 420 miles away, raised the surgeon and got him to explain the proper way to ..amputate, and how thb operator’s assistant performed the operation, Is a story told by the manager of a big shipping flrm’. New Orleans physicians describe it as by wireless.” ' On Swan'lsland Is a wireless station, one of the links In the United Fruit chain to the When a laborer hurt his foot In. a tram car accident the wireless operator * concluded an operation was Imperative. There were no medical books at hand, qnd no one at the station ever had hacked at a fellow being. Then the operator had an "Inspiration.” He called a fellow craftsman on a ship passing 420 miles below into the Caribbean sea. The situation was explained to the ship's surgeon, and detail by detail he explained just how the amputation should be handled. —After the arteries had been tied and the wound dressed the patient recovered Ms senses and insisted on pressing at the wireless key to express his thanks. At last accounts he Wag getting well.

Yes, That’s One.

"Pa, what Is a moral certainty?" “That if a new play is a success ft b immoral.”

GERMANS LIKE TRAVEL BY AIRSHIP

Klancke, halted at the Smith residence and asked for water to quench their thirst, and it was Miss Freeze who handed a glass of water to the man who afterward became her husband. As It was the dinner hour, Mrs. Smith hospitably Invited the officers to dine with her family, an Invitation which was accepted with alacrity, especially by Mr. Klancke, who had promptly fallen in love with the pretty maiden from whose hand he had received the water. The sequel proved that the admiration of the officer was reciprocated, and ere he resumed bls march he had won Miss Freeze. Though it was a case of love at first sight, the lovers were faithful, and soon after the close of the Civil war they were married in Ascension Episcopal church, thia city, by Rev. I>r. Jamea W. Reese. Mr. Klancke was for a time a government official In one of the departments at Washington, but soon after his marriage resigned and with his American bride sailed for his home In Germany. It had then transpired that he was a gentleman of wealth and noble family, one of Ms near relatives having married a German princess.

Will Be Easier to Handle and More Effective Than Present Model. 1 London. —The British troops are to be armed with a new rifle. Ever since its Introduction In 1903 the Lee-Enfield rifle, with which the British forces are now armed, has been the subject of fierce controversy. The shortening of, the barrel was the point cMefly criticized, and as the rifle has not been able to hold Its own against the longer weapon with which the territorials have been equipped the controversy has never died down. The Idea underlying the adoption of the short rifle was to have a weapon which woqld be easily bandied by both mounted and dismounted troops. To suit the cavafry five inches was taken off the rifle and the reach of the infantry soldier with the bayonet was thus shortened. Attempts have been made to restore this lost advantage by the issue of A longer bayonet, but the developments of the modern high power cartridge have intensified the defects of the short barrel as regards fire efficiency. A longer barrel is necessary for accuracy and ease. The barrel of the new rifle will not have the foil five Inches restored, bat about one-half of that. A change of considerable Importance will be made In the caliber, wMch In the new rifle will be .276 instead of .303. An advantage In velocity Is expected from this change, as the ballet will be lighter. The chamber of the new rifle being larger and the breech mechanism stronger the explosive to bo used will possess very high power;

England Has New Rifle

He lived but a few years and died childless. Devoted to her husband’s memory, Mrs. Klancke made her permanent home in Welsbaden, where she was near his grave. She occasionally visited her relatives here and always kept herself well posted on local affairs in this county by correspondence and by subscribing for a county newspaper; )

7 BROTHERS ARE REUNITED

First Tims In Thirty-Five Year* All Children of Family Have Been Together. _ Belvidere, N. J.—A reunion of seven brothers, the first In thirty-five years, took place here when Winfield and Adam Wldenor arrived from Cuba and John Wldenor from Omaha, Neb., on a surprise visit to their four brothers -r-Georgfi. JTed«rtck, J®brose_ ®nd William—prominent business men of Belvidere. Although separated many years, the brothers kept up a regular correspondence and were in close touch with each other. A short time ago John wrote his two brothers in Cuba, proposing that they take a trip to Belvidere and surprise the others. The absentees met at Philadelphia according to the arrangements.

and it Is not improbable that the velocity will be 3,000 feet a second, as against 2,450 of the rifle and ammunition now In use. This would give Britain an advantage of 100 feet a second over the nearest rival, and with the alterations the bullet should never travel higher than the height or a man. The principle of the aperture sight, which makes aiming partially automatic, has been accepted, and the loading also will be much quickened by the new methods of feeding cartridges into the chamber. The new rifle will be a few ounces heavier than the present Lee-Enfield. It is expected that trials will be made with It by selected troops this summer.

REVERE BELL’S TONGUE OUT

It Falls From City Hall Tower, Bath, Me, and Makes Hole In RoofNo Curfew Rung. Bath, Me. —For the first time the Paul Revere bell in city hall tower did not ring out the curfew a few nights ago. When it rang for the noon hoar, as has long been the custom, Its pound tongue fell out and smashed a hole in the roof of the city * building. The bell Is the genuine Pau! Revere and nearly a century ago hung in the steeple of the old North church in Bath.

Famine in Chorus Girls.

Los Angeles, Cal-—A chorus famine Is on, and as a result fixture mea port a dun seaton. There are chandeliers to repair.

God’s First Question

4 ’ By Rev. Parley E. Zartmann, jociciary ct rjiimtioo iviooay Dune Institute, Chicago

TEXT—And the Lord God called unto Adam and said unto him, Where art thou?—Genesis 3:9.

us a greater confidence in himself. This first question occurs in the first great tragedy of the human race. It began with the devil’s insinuating question arousing doubt In the mind of Eve, and ended, so far as Adam and Eve were concerned, with their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. 1. Environment is not proof against temptation. The story of Eden Is the unfailing and satisfactory answer to that theory. Sometimes the greatest sinners have the least excuse for their misdeeds. Thank God we have a Gospel, and a Savior, and a grace which can make the foulest clean, and which is equally effective In the case of the most cultured and refined. ' 2. Eve was doomed as soon as she began to discuss the matter with the serpent. Had she said "Get thee behind me, Satan,” what misery would have been saved the human race. 3. Self-deceit is an early step toward ruin. When Eve was trying to convince herself that her sin was pleasant, she opened the door to a troop of evil thoughts, and made sin’s progress easy. 4. One sinner helps to make another. It is bad enough, and sad enough, that our sins entail suffering and misery on ourselves, but how much sadder is it that in going down we take others with us. Adam and Eve had to choose, and they made a wrong choice. God pity them, and pity us, for wrong choice is sin. The greatest lesson of the tragedy is that sin always defeats the purposes of the soul. "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” Results of Sin. 1. Shame and fear. “And the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of God.” It is always so with the sinner, and there, are two reasons for this—God’s holiness and man’s sinfulness. No, hiding win not cover sin nor end it, and continuance in sin ultimately brings a harvest of shame and fear. Though you may hide behind false hopes, though you offer a thousand excuses for your transgression, though you boast at your selfrighteousness, though you blame your environment for your sin, God hunts you out and says “Where art thou?” Are you ashamed of your sinful condition, and are you afraid of God? There is only one end to the misuse of Eden and that is: 2. Separation and Isolation. This is sin’s worst effect It sent the prodigal into the far country, and cast him off from his father's house. Finally sin separates us from the holy, and' isolates from heaven. “For know ya not that the unrighteous shall not in-* herit the kingdom of God, be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor ldola<tors, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, nor thieves, nor covetuous, nor tricksters, nor revilers, nor extortionists shall inherit the kingdom of God.” These two things make hell. For we can think of no worse condition than the conscious shame and fear, and the eternal separation and Isolation of the soul. A converted miner was asked, “Where is hen?” He said, “At the end of aiChrlstless life.” But that whole life has all these characteristics. Oh to have no hope In Jesus How dark this world must be. The best part of the story is left until the last The question really shows us God’s heart He is not a policeman hunting us out that he may punish us, but a loving father, sad without us and loving us with an everlasting love. He is seeking us by Ms mercies, by the wooing of the spirit by the ministry of the Gospel, by the providences which surround our lives, by a thousand things which tell US of God, and heasen, and eternity. Who can tell all that is meant by God as a going after the erring one and saying, “Where are thou** The sinner is the lost sheep. "But none of the ransomed ever knew How deep were the waters crossed. Nor how dark was the night that the Lord passed through . ■ Ere He found Hte sheep that was tost” • ... - • / But there is a ray of hope in tbs story—the promise of a Redeemer: “I will put enmity between thee and the wnman and tnv Ste&u HDu *l6* wuuiau, dliu WLWWCU V**J wseed; he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel” .•* - %

This Is God’s first question so far as we have any record. He is the great questioner, z and a study of his interrogations is most Instructive. Sometimes he asks a question to awaken us, sometimes to discover to us our greatest need, sometimes to encourage our wavering faith, and sometimes to give