Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1913 — Page 3

CIVIL WAR

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

March 24, 1863. The Confederate steamer Havelock, under the command of Capt L. M. Coxetter, ran the blockade Into Charleston, S. C. A correspondent for the Mobile Register gave the following accout of her escape: “She had run through the blockaders just before day, having left Nassua on the twentieth instant, bringing a most valuable cargo. After crossing the bar, however, she ran ashore on Drunken Dick shoals, and it was feared the enemy’s gunboats would run in and endeavor to capture her, which might have been done at the time had they had pluck enough to have attempted It* The Confederate States rams Chicora, Captain Rutledgfe, and Palmetto, Captain Tucker, got under way and went down to offer battle, should the enemy attempt a capture. There was evidently great commotion among the fleet, who could be seen rapidly signaling one The battery was crowded by spectators watching events, and eagerly looking forward to some demonstration pn the part of the Federate, as our rams glided down to the scene of action. The British steamer Petrel, which had been delayed in rendering assistance to the French steamer Republic, Renaudin, which had just gotten off, was seen going out at this time, passing Sullivan’s Island. Numerous sailboats and barges were seen running down the bay, adding to the interest of the scene. For a time the greatest Interest and excitement prevailed. By the assistance of the high tide, and after throwing over some ten slabs of iron and fifty boxes of tin, the Havelock floated off and came safely up to the city, much to the chagrin of the Yankees." Ponchatoula, La., was captured by the expeditionary Union force under Colonel Clarke, after a brief skirmish with the enemy. March 25, 1863. The United States rams Lancaster and Switzerland undertook to kun the batteries at Vicksburg. As soon as they came within range, the Confederates opened a tremendous fire, The Lancaster was struck thirty times. Her entire bow was shot away, causing her to sink immediately, turning a complete somersault as she went down. All but two of her crew escaped. The Switzerland was disabled by a sixty-four pound shot entering her steam drum. She floated down, the batteries still firing and striking her repeatedly, until finally the Albatross ran alongside and towed her to the lower mouth of the canal. Both these gunboats were improvised from light-weight river steamers, and were not fit to withstand a heavy fire.

Confederates under Wheeler, Forrest, Stuart and Strong, captured Brentwood, Tenn., garrisoned by five hundred Federate under Colonel Bloodgood. After the capture the Confederate force was overcome by a body of Union troops under Gen. Green Clay Smith, who follwed them for several miles, inflicting some desultory punishment in a running fight. The citizens of Savannah,*Ga., were suffering greatly from the want of a sufficient supply of nourishing food. Sven cornmeal could be had only in limited quantities. The railroads were forbidden to carry any food out of town. K Governor Brown of Georgia sent a message to the legislature of that state recommending an act restricting the planting of cotton to a quarter of an acre to each hand, under a severe pepalty. He also recommended. that further restrictions be put on the distillation of spirits, so as to prevent the use .of potatoes, peas and dried peaches for that purpose. He was in favor of giving a cordial support to the Confederate government. The Union fleet of ironclads, monitors and gunboats, Admiral DuPdnt commanding, left Hilton Head, S. C. The Confederate schooner Clara was captured on the blockade at Mobile. March 26, 1863. A large and enthusiastic Union meeting was held at Buffalo, N. Y., at which resolutions were unanimously .adopted declaring firmly and decidedly for the support of the government and the prosecution of the war until the Confederates were forced to sue for peace. The legislature of Maine adjourned, having adopted concurrent resolutions fully Indorsing President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, approving the use of negroes in the military service of the United States, and oppbsing all suggestions of compromise. An expedition sent to Rome, Tenn., by Gen. George Crook, commanding at Carthage, Tenn., returned with twenty-eight prisoners, among thorn a Confederate Captain Ride, together with seven wagons and thirty horses. General Burnside Issued an order assuming command of the department of the Ohio. March 27, 1863. The following bill was introduced in the legislature of Virginia: "Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, that If any person buy any article of food (including salt) for man or beast, and withhold the same from market, or ask and receive more than five per eentum' commission or profit on coat and transporation, such person

shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall forfeit the article so bought—one-half to the informer and the other to the commonwealth provided, that this act shall not apply to marketmen collecting supplies for dally cify consumption, or to any person bringing such food from beyond the Confederate army lines, or purchases for family consumption. “This act shall be in force from its passage, and continue during the war.” » An important debate took place in the British house of commons concerning the depredations of the Confederate privateer Alabama. Jacksonville, Fla;, was burned by the National troops under Colonel Rust Colonel Fawcott, of the Confederate army, was arrested at New York city. The English steamer Ariel was captured by the gunboat Stettin while attempting to run the blockader off Bull’s Bay, S. C. Robert Gay, of Company D, Seventyfirst Indiana, was shot as a deserter at Indianapolis. National soldiers prevented ministers Of Norfolk from holding fast day worship in their churches, in compliance with the proclamation of President Davis, setting aside the day for the purpose. The U. S. S. S. Hartford, Admiral Farragut’s flagship, engaged the batteries at Warrenton, three miles below Vicksburg, and passed below, accomplishing nothing. ' March 28, 1863. The legislature of Massachusetts passed resolutions thanking the soldiers of the state serving in the war, and promising them such re-enforee-ment as the National government might demand. The National gunboat Diana was captured by the Confederates near Patterson, La. ■ , - Coles island, nine miles from Charleston, S. C., was occupied by New York troops. Confederates burned the temporary bridge with which the National engineers had replaced the stone bridge at Bull Run, Va. They also collected all the grain and other supplies they could obtain In London and Pauqier counties. The steamer Sam Gaty, carrying a number of negroes, was stopped and boarded by Confederate partisans at Sibley, Mo. Twenty of the negroes were reported killed, and a large quantity of government store destroyed, before the vessel was permitted to proceed. A foraging expedition of National troops under Colonel Fairchild of the Second Wisconsin returned to Belle Plain, Va., after an expedition to Northern Neck. A quantity of pork, bacon, corn, wheat, peas and beans was secured. The cavalry connected with the force seized a number of horses and mules, captured prisoners, and brdke up the ferries at Union and Rappahannock. A schooner engaged in smuggling was burned. March 29, 1863. The schooner Nettle was captured by the United Stated steamer South Carolina twenty-five miles east of Port Royal, jvith a cargo of mostlydamaged. A party of blockade runners was captured at Poplar Hill Creek, Md., by a detachment of the First Maryland regiment, under the command of Lieut. J. L. Williams. A detachment of the Sixth Illinois cavalry, under command of Lieut Col. Lewis Loomis, in camp near Somerville, Tenn., was surprised by a large force of Confederate irregulars under Colonel Richardson, but extricated itself after a terrific struggle, in which over forty of their number were killed and wounded. National pickets in thevlcinity of Williamsburg, Va., were attacked early in the morning by a large force of Confederate cavalry. Two were killed, and six founded, and three taken prisoners. Lieutenant Wingel, of the Fifth Pennsylvania, in command of the pickets, was among the wounded. General Gilmore defeated the Confederates under general Pegram near Somerset, Ky. General Grant despatched General McClernand, with the Thirteenth corps to gain the rear of Vicksburg vte New Csfrthage, Ark. There was a sharp fight at Point Pleasant, Va., in which the Confederates Were repulsed. (Copyright, 1913. by W. G. ChapmanJ

New Trlck.

Said the curious luncher to the head waiter: "What is that man at the corner table up to—the one who sends the waiter scurrying to and from the kitchen so often?" "He is a thermometer crank," said the head waiter. "Never see one? There are any number of them floating about. He carries a little thermomter packed away in a velvet case. He uses it especially to test the temperature of food and drink. Every bite he swallows undergoes tho thermometer test before it gets into his mouth. If it isn’t the right temperature at the first trial he keeps on heating it over or cooling it off until it is right. Some scientist has figured out at just what temperature all food should be eaten to best agree with the system. That man has secured a table of statistics and he now regulates his life according to It and a thermometer."

Between Friends.

Young Bride —Jack and I are tiro souls with but a single thought Friend —How uharmlng! Who has the thought In keeping tonight?—Har per’s Basar. ' ’ !

IS WITHOUT A FLAW

Mystic Crystal Sphere Is Mor* gan’s Gift to Museum. - Water-Pure Globe Venerated for Cehturies In the Orient Now Where Visitors Gaze Into Its Liquid Deaths. New York. —The Museum of Natural History recenUy has acquired a “mystic crystal sphere”—a silver-mounted globe of quartz, water-pure and of wonderful symmetry. This curious bauble for centuries has bene regarded with veneration and even fear by people of the far east Unknown powers of hallucination furk within its limpid depths, and this has been utilized by wizard and seer with no little profit in bygone days. The crystal Is the gift of J. Pierpont. Morgan. Nearly five inches in diameter, it is absolutely devoid of flaw, cloud, stain or Irregularity, and even the most cynical disbeliever in matters mystical cannot but admit a fascination, a subtle sense of the occult, when looking into its clear depths. Where did it come from? What is its history? . These are questions that must remain unanswered. About its glassy surface hangs strange delusions of prophecy and clairvoyance—tales of credulity and superstition that are not always scoffed at by the most scornful of scientific writers. Fabulous are the weird stores told of its effect upon the lives of men and women. There was the young girl of San Saturn, who eloped with her sister’s husband. She took a famous crystal—a family heirloom with her—and the morning after the escapade she was found lifeless on a couch with' the crystal broken in a thousand pieces on the floor. Probably the most expert crystal fashioners were the Japanese and Chinese of a thousand years ago! They had no labor-saving devices, but skill, patience and hereditary pride made up for their lack of mechanical tools. The masses, at first rounded into globular form by chipping with small steel hammers, were subsequently ground down to an even surface with powdered garnet or emery. The last transformation polish was ImpartedV by rubbing the surface with bamboo and with the hand, which had previously been dipped in a rough kind of rouge. The largest and most perfect sphere known is kept in the Green Vault at Dresden. It weighs fifteen pounds and is seven inches in diameter. The great value of the large spheres arises from the rarity of the quartz

Woman Veteran in Want

"Mustered Out” of New York Municipal Service; Was Wounded In Battle.

New York. —Kady Brownell, the only woman veteran of the civil war, has been mustered out of the civil service, under which she had served the last seventeen years. She and her husband, Robert S. Brownell, have been living in the Jumel mansion, corner of One Hundred and Sixtieth street and Edgecomb avenue, where they have bqen acting as caretakers. Commissioner Stover of the park department tried to arrange with the Grand Army of the Republic, of which both Mr. and Mrs. Brownell are members, to take care of them in some institution for the rest of their lives. The difficulty is that the organization has not had to consider similar case before. Mrs. Brownell’s military career may be said to have begun with her birth on the battlefield, when her father, Colonel George Southwell was stationed in Caffaria, South Wales. Her mother died a few days later, but the child was sturdy and lived to go home with her father. After a time he was ordered back to Africa and the little girl came to the United States with another friend of the father's, Cameron McKenzie. While living in Central Falls, R. 1., she met and was married to Mr. Brownell, she being then barely 18 years old. Three days after her marriage the war broke out and her husband, who was one of the charter members of the Mechanics’ Rifles of Providence, was summoned to go to the front. He went home and broke the news that he yras going to the war. His wife said she, too, would go to the front and fight beside her husband. Both Mrs. Brownell and her husband were wounded during the war, the latter seriously. In 1884 congress passed an act granting her a special pension. Since 1903 she has been employed by the New York Department of Parks. *

ESCAPE RENT DAY 7 YEARS

Helre of Late Landlord Found, New York Tenants Hear Homee Will Bo Sold. New York. —Rent days are due for the families who for more than seven years since the death of Frederick S. Copley on December 9, 1905, have been occupying free of charge three dwellings in South Prince street Flushing. Copley, an Englishman, died on Staten Island, leaving no wilt After a world-wide search, Nelson Tunnicllffe, an attorney of this city, found the heirs in England. Africa and Australia. They have authorized the sale of the property. *

WITH SMILE AND SILK HAT

Woodrow Wilson didn’t want to wear a silk hat, even for his inauguration as president, but he yielded to custom and the camera caught him smiling as if he were well pleased with the new headpiece.

masses of desirable quality for their creation. The islands of Nippon and Fujiyama yield a superior grade of material, the fragments being uncovered in the gravel beds of ancient streams. That the use of crystals by spiritualistic mediums is by no means of recent origin may. be gathered from the observations of Garcia, a Spanish phil-

ASK GUARDIAN FOR NATIONS

Estrada, Zelaya and Castro for Presidents of Republics to Request Wilson for Armed Protectorate. New Orleans.—Juan Jose Estrada, former president of Nicaragua, who overthrew Jose Santos Zelaya by a revolution three years ago, will ask President Wilson to establish an armed protectorate over all Latin-Ameri-ca, including the Republic of Mexico.

Juan Jose Estrada.

Estrada, Zelaya and Castro, the deposed dictator of Venezuela, held a conference in Havana recently. They will meet in the Plaza Hotel, New York, it is said, and then go to Washington.

Limit Is Placed on Meals

Club of Women of Newport Organized In Which Cost of Refreshments Must Not Exceed "Two Bite." Newport, R. I.—Twenty-five cents is the price Newport society people now pay for their dinners. A club. “The Limit,” has been formed. It is a dining club only, the/ ’limit” being a quarter as the price of a meal. When members of the cltib are entertained at a luncheon or dinner the expense account of the hostess Is read to show the cost of everything served has been within the 25-cent limit There was much discussion when the club was formed as to the proper sum to spend and really make it a ’’stunt” and it was decided that 25 cents should be the limit spent for each of the members. » Mrs. Edward Stanley Kellogg was the hostess last night Other mem-

among the natives practiced a sort of divination through the use of rock crystal and brought its influence to bear upon their crops.”

Man Battles a Porpoise.

Palm Beach, Fla. —Peter Rogers had a hand to hand fight with a porpoise while bathing, and was severely injured by its fins before he was

DREAMS HE’S ON VOLCANO

Man Uses Warmer in Bed and the Illusion Is Shattered on Arrival of Firemen. Chicago.—All his life J. B. Greiner, 631 Lake avenue, Wilmette, has been troubled with cold feet Finally he purchased an electric pad foot warmer.' One night recently was the first time he bad occasion to use it Wrapping it carefully around his frigid feet, Greiner drifted off into pleasant dreams./ Warmth Suffused his whole system. He was in a bathing suit, dabbling in the tropical waters of the gulf. He walked barefoot on warm, white sand. He swam in warm water far out into the gulf to a tiny speck in the distance. It was an island, the peak of a volcano. The lava was warm and soothing to his former chilled feet. He sat on the edge of the crater and dabbled his feet in the water within. ’•Worn!" "Ob-h-h!” "Ouch!" A terrific shriek arose in the night and the echo reverberated. Flash! Just like that disappeared the warm vision. But some of it was real. Greiner could smell the crater's smoke. Outside a clanging announced a fire department answering a call. Scorched feet within told Grenier that heat somewhere was real. Then a halfclad volunteer fireman of the Wilmette department burst into the room. Ten minutes later that part of the bed and house that had caught fire from the foot warmer had been saved from further’ruin, and Grenier soothed his bums with oil. "Cold feet again," he mused disconsolately; "I might have known that dream of warmth was too good to be true.”

bers are Mrs. Walter Coles Cabell, Mrs. George W. Williams, Mrs. W. 8. Sims, Mrs. Edward Sturtevant, Mrs. Ernest Howe, Miss C. Olden Jones and Mrs. William Satterlee Pye So keen is the competition among the members that the prospective entertainers consult with their grocers to get prices of fancy morsels. All the delicacies are listed and the women return home to arrange various combinations that will provide alluring menus within the 25-cent limit

Leaves His Partner $1,000,000.

New York. —Carrying out a compact made four years ago that whichever of the two died first should leave the other a million dollars, the will of the late George W. Crossman, a leader tn the coffee market leaves to his partner. Herman Sielcken, the sum agreed upon. 4

Know Each Other

By REV. JAMES M. GRAY. D D„ Daa As Moody BMe ImAbMi, Chicago ; - a

TEXT—For what is our hope, or joy or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, st His coming? I Theas. 3:19.

which is expressed on every tombstone and heard in the hymnody of the church in all the centuries. A belief of a few men in a few places is not a sufficient ground of evidence, but a belief of all men in all places is very different- God would seem to be the author of a belief like this, and, if so, there must-be a ground for it. In the second place, the reasonableness of the idea strengthens the conviction of its truth. For example, the resurrection of which the Bible speaks is one of individuals, but individuals are capable of Identifying themselves only as they identify others with whom they were associated. If,"ln other words, we shall know ourselves In the resurrection, then we must know others who have helped to make us what we are. But the ob-i ject of the resurrection is equally convincing, since it is to bring reward to the righteous and punishment to the wicked. These rewards and punishments are based upon the deeds done in the body, but to remember the deeds, we must remember those for or against whom the deeds were done. What the Bible Says. In the third place, while the testimony of the Bible in this respect is not definitely clear, it is inferentially so. Certainly Christ’s words to Martha with reference to the resurrection of her brother Lazarus, imply that in the resurrection they would be known one to another. Read the story in the eleventh of John to prove this. Furthermore, we have the teaching of Jesus in the parable of the unjust steward, recorded in Luke 13, where he says: “Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that when ye fail they may receive you into everlasting habitations.” It M difficult to interpret this in any other way than that in the life to come those saints of whom we have made friends here by our treatment of them will know and welcome us into the joys beyond. And Paul’s words in the text are to the same purport.

Possible Objections. It is no objection to this that Jesus teaches in another place, (Matthew. 22:30) that in the resurrection there is neither marrying nor giving in marriage, for such relationship is not necessary to Identity nor the spiritual joy of it Some would say that in the life to come many friends would be missed who have not died in the faith of Christ, and that from such a point of view recognition and reunion would make for sorrow instead of joy. But as Bishop Mant says: "Fear not, the prospect of the realms of love Shall mar thy bliss, or thence sad Ughte. arise To blunt thy sense of heaven’s ecstasies: There. If thy heart with warm devotion glow. Meet for thy place, ’twill solace thee to know No friend of thine, mid those keen agonies In that dark prison-house of torment Iles: For none Is there but Is of God the foe. And alien thus from thee. The ties of blood. And earth’s most sacred bonds, are but a twine Of grossamer, compared with what Is owed To Him, the Lord of all’ On Him recline: He shall thy heart of every care unload. He bld thy day with cloudless luster shine." The practical effect of such a hope as thia is an extended one. In th* first place, it brings us strongly under the power of heavenly realities. In the second place, it Induces us to form only holy friendships that can be tinned through eternity. In the third place, it affords the most precious consolation to the bereaved. "As year by year we lose Friends out of sight to know How grows In Paradise our store!" Let the fact be emphasized, in closing, that we are talking about Christians and not the unbelieving people of the world. Trte Christians are those who have received Jesus Christ as their Saviour by faith, and who. regenerated by his holy spirit, are following him as Lord and master.- It is these who have this hope before them, and only these. Let us then ask ourselves with candor, as In the sight of God, whether we belong te this blessed company.

What more interesting and tender question do. Christians ever put one to another than this Shall we know each other in the life to come? The Bible nowhere definitely answers that question, but the inferences are many of an affirmative kind. .For example, there Is the universality of the belief or hope of . such recognition.