Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 34, Number 19, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 January 1892 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER

C. TJOAM". jAn IX MAX A. A LIFE. Vtt 1W hi the rfUeU. Trader aad sweet and Wcadei lluac 00 the nursery wait. TumblUf abonl tlM unroot, f-utl o( hi kahy flee! Clf " ow eoeeaiae, .Votrunx m M he. ihllll n'OBSttOthe May I'M at but kail. Slyly kltn kto wtkoert, Over tbe orchard watt. Oo the tbor at the eouege, Sporting abam, 0reilit a bn utnaecj. Never a thought of pnta. u Hirled In t aeetUtnr fM, ISnttiisx (r Hie unit right: V.itrbtiMC bis bright ar rUiag. Guiding tilM In te ilght. Standing before ke Uve there bedding sway; Vowlaj to love aad eberUhTc that lll biad tor ay. Watching Wide a deathbed, Praying tor strength aad grace; Seeing tbe shadow nftlSeg Over the dear. wMt - wuing tor death free him From early scenes and strife; A m rt'te ab in Ihe ebttrefcyarA Cone tbe drama Life! S. Louis Kepubtle. A CLAJ1VILLE TKAGEDY. Bow Groon Goods Men Work tho Bural District. in l rerteBtH4 Looking Document Which surprised Ike Keedver The A lr failures ef Lm( NUhU Ileaeua witk a KawWiMt (luag. Zedektah Salter kept a general More in the village of Clamville, way down on Long Island. He was a deacon of the little wooden church with t!ie squat rel steeple, and on oaf occasion, many years ago, mere -rra ttlk of running him for supervisor. So Zedekiah was quite a personage. It was one day in early Maj when everything was green and hopeful, that the worthy deacou received a letter in a strange handwriting. He was lining at his desk at the furthest end of tin- counter: there were no custom er tn the store ami he was ousting hi ejes over some account when the boy brought the morning maiL The letter with the strange handwriting mwnI to prctrr.de itself from the bundle and Zedek'.ah found himself pexxliag over the 1k)!1, round hand. It was a portentous looking letter. Bay be a summons to court. There was a frow n ou Zedokiah's face as he opened the envelope. There were two meloaure. Ftrat a rfrMi!ar n"5ttlv mmtel on heavy paper. i I A wrapped around that a neat type-.J-ut.,, TiniH.ras-Milar and ltHere is what the circular sawl: I.or.t. Cnv. 1 I . lit,? t. Wt. 7 Z d k ah, S U-r. v.lHr &lr; Juvljlcs yoa to be a mnn ! boslwiw caj aCiijr la v.J.wk I can place ccutfCeeee aa2 t.htt ta a inUa t lindle?iy i?d!(lBrafe:4. I bate cmicltttfcd : write to jeu. If I J.fcve .at! a mlttako :ct a,Rtier dro;. My i ttKi; t In: 'XwitwMi a man ho U wfldaK l I r.re hk4f a Irk ad TM tusii.e-e cxn carried ttt I f aayeae hi will ilfivo;c a lltt'e ttwe aad atUutkM Wit, aJ I cuaruntce U.at If m au r tat lU'A m, you tuJI avcr rexret it a U Bf a ywe H0 My Htotl: ii tn dlSereat taea, ec-. two. Ave tri, t:.t arc a )erteet af tiueuta ktll ca nafte them, asd can be ea-tljr dlapted cf: If you eonc'tuto t r.wfr thU )ur aad wkwa I JiLow you u.eaa buitiae) I wi.l ;hea aead ya fail term .tnd pertcvUra, aad laid etdcaTor tatti;ycue every point, that it ytm arc y Iiicni. I ilt prove a true aad laetta to you. Do yon undent loud! KeeseaaWw 1 want f-ictpiy U eoarlace yoti tkat I an Jat a I ay, a trtvad ta a fria.t. Wkea ymm write be leru am! rad aw yoar name aad pol oBtee ad irr. r I ntffbt teae tb ooe I now bave betore fcrrrusr freat you agate, lean aad wul belp you octet any money trouble yea may be tt, ar.l do one im I be face C tka eartk need t tso wj.r aulcM yea betray ase. Reateaitor, 1 Ct sot a-k dm igl dolUr f yew aattt joc hive feea my whole Moeiuptek eat what Ta want and bare tbe goods ia your yoaeeilioa. tbrn you eaa y c 1 aleen; mtmulietare ibeae so-d. "TrufctiK tkat yea wM take ae e4leaee freai tbe above aad that we will toeeeaae better aqaainted, I reaiaia, Yftun eoaadontlally. CHARUt WIMOK. P. S.-rieae aaswerpreiapf.y." The letter went into Interesting details; ' DkiK SlK I am deatreu f ebtalaHHr a abread aeat uyeur Waltty to baadte y 'awdleiae.' The lahere berewitb grvee HI the iaU rmattea that eowtd be elred aad xia!ns Itself. It's a re eare foe tbe Wue" (read im). Aa opport sally te make aa fade Bdct fortune like tkii be aerVr creed lour rath before, aad. ta all prwbUUI:Ss ever afaia a ka aa yea lire. There" aoreiioawbyyoaakea'dbe a stave aad toil W of your life for aotbiax. If yea are feetteb tGUiehtoicta-rotdea ebaaee' Mke tbt yea by- all well aad good. If you are misertb!e and In waat of Uamial auttaaee ow vtr Is your time. Ia year to etnae, ekoatd Job ever Had yourself mm My ia need of tota la cJer U keep body aadfteel tcgetker. you will UveaoouetobUmeforyour wretched existence but yourself! Ti.U U serioe aad htffhly iapnrtsnt ffd firttituxbt! Year aober aad raest attention fboeld be etvea to trery ord ia tbU letter. A peraoa wltkHit tbe aat' Jersat ra.W -r'-tbe alatihty dollar-It tboukt eut little oa and U kxdcel ora aof aa Uarortaaeft to tke world. Ia't tbH true? 1 kaew abereol I apeak t ia termer year I kavedraek from tbe 'Utter cap' aaysK. "A kiat te tbe kitohsuffiiieaL' "U you have net tbe money to bay mr eeo&il oald conmt te your tak a sowe coafideatial Wend ta with yon who ban. .rotided.of eere. be U trutrcrtby aad e utd keep tbeaoeret. o could Hth then eeme ea tctber aad tbe deal. However, yoa would be very wollsSi to take anyoee in witk yea if you eon hi le enouk money "yourself. lf avy business akoaUl sett yea, H wilt he abwtely neceHary for you to eome ea borw aad me In betaon. I only deal face te taee w itk y cukio.uera. KxveHencekae taugbt we that tot 14 tte ateat and moat aatiafaetory war 'er botb, Hy j oar cocaine ea here you ace what Tea ate boy inc. and 1 see wbe I am doatwc Kk. ConnequenUyyoukuraooatta a kn,' e both feel better aatialied. "1 Van It a . . ?,k k ?( th tremeadous proata to be made " ". eomasrativeiy eneaklar, want ever, inii w f Ll yke a liberal alkm anee te eee ta Make ap yonr mlad W come on. I anew U always be tbaukfel far y btte aauare a te Me k- " vrvry pormewtnr. v nen yew orJJ l skew you my entire steek.

Thou,

aeY aewoa ao Ml alt NMtMtHIUUR Mtllllll eoeaacoc. 1 wl aaabo you neeaeat of Itja la eW, aad ateo naeoffully pay all exaeadlturea laeurrod aaoa yoar Jouraey. Tkai'a fafar aouga, iMt't Ut Mr yneea are a Mlows; Hr nelc 1341, MOO get H 0)0, kOU ireta liJUM ceu 4l.(ei. Tbe score you taveettke kcaper yi aellba irooda. Tte also sea from 1 to . Tkreo baadrol dotUnt' wortk of my Itoode k aoolUvely tbe very Mitalleat amount I wUI aell undTaayrircumatanea. U yon wJU laeeot MaO or more I will are to !ve yea tbe exeiaai ve atate ritbu Vow, akoakt you wink to do kaslaess with au yon must obey vke fallow. ta uutrnottoo and do only aa I toll yea. -First IX.ot.a loaz a you llvo, eror wrttea letter to mm until I ie yoa acrmUaioo. I." yew do, it wtll berrfrd. Keel I mean exact ly waat I aay. aad f! rt Waaoee, all lataoM betweea a will end. 'Heeoad it yon wiab to so mm. feud tbe fotlontac tmm ( bar telegram) only wi.t be reeolved)t stefdy aay: "Send iaslnacttoo, Tbea your nam aa nor 'aaaeword aad number Ctvoayoa. TbiMOa reeein-t of year tefcjram I wtll aoad you fall laaitraetloaa bow to meet me aad where to eta. Tbea no miataka wtu be made ia ftadtng oee another. In eoaelnabsa I wink to ay If you enanot somo on kern, or have not SXM to iaeV. almply let tke matter droa until you bear from ace agile. Tin will eertataly oeeur kedeee tke rxpirt4ots ct thirty days. Xow. kindly a'low me to caution yo aata aot to write letter. He patient aad watt uatti you bear from rae. You awl be xaidod by my adidee. U you do. you are bound to auceed. Ho Mcta tblaa; as fall Ac: annee. He true nad kemnrable. 1)9 me ao harm aad you will aerer reret It a loaf an you live Yea can snake money faator and easier by dentine: ia my iroode than you eeer dreaiaod of before la your tile. Won't yon try it "Caatioa Jfo other pe-aoa lv now aatboriaed by me to cwrrpoad oa tbe aubjoeC Im aot be deceived by sLeddy imltatlona. I am tbe sot owner and roarietcr i ( the sjeaufne tccmula. Oomninacatioax frcea other oaerlac; suailar goode are abaoletety unreliable aad positively wortbteaa. Pay ao atten'.lca to tbem. 'Nnloed." Yours very slneerety. Yoc Kow." Zedekiah stood for a whole hour turning the letter and eireular over. His elbows were planted on his desk, his brow was puckered thoughtfully. The letter was very startling Who waut this W'iImhi who sutWeiily started out of the ground offer: f unlimited gold? Tbedeaeoa km fifty years of age. The world, the flesh and the devil had long loat attraetiveness and Kwer to tempt him, so he flrmly beltervd. but now all the nnratified aml turns and asp: rtkos of his lift rose up, though home of them had been dead for thirty yea n. "There's no reason why you should be a slave and toll all your life for nothing." ald Wilson. The deacon had never observed before that h was a fcinvc. but now that his attention wait called to it it seemed true enough. When night eame and Zedekiah sent np his pious petition Mr. Wilson's proposal was remembered by the insertion of these words; "And permit Thy servant to do bosi- j neas with this man. r or I nou Kaowei the unregeaeratu of thtaplace, that they would not consult Thee. Therefore withlwdd not Thy servant, who would make good uae of wealth." Zedekiah tosaed all night, uneasy in conscience. At breakfast he ga wry short answers to hk wife and was short with the eh i Wren. After he arrived at the store he wrote thi letter: "Claktiujs. U L, May a. 1K. Jb"r. rht-b H1fea Dear Sir: Yur letr reeiTed and content noted. I dea't know who recpnr.se ndrd me yew. bat he enanot knve mr.l ( Mil 'he fact tbM I fttu deacon ot tbe CiaatviMe cluieii. Aa a Vstnr.' seaa 1 1 aak you fur yocr aucrtsM offer. A a deoecn I bate to tie c arloe-d that tere i aothinc iS la thU matter. I tra. Mr. r nr very hun.bie k-rvaal, Secskiak. .tkk I. S.I here to bear from you ou." For two days after he had dinpatehed the letter the deacon went about like a man rl.s trailed. At the end of the third day there eame a letter addremed to him in the bod round hand of the mrstcrhHts Vil!oa. It wa opene I hi a see r.d the deacon waa devouring k behind a jrile of boxes reganlieM of the customers waiting for hint. If he had expected Vilou t4i artrwe with him the moral questions involved 1 in their proposed m.Hhenie he wa jtrratly tn'mtaken. There were three mclosore a letter, a newspajier clipping and a two-dollar bill. Here is what the letter said: Ir.A Sir: In iwadlac yea a ,atcple of my jtoodslnaa breailncoae of the strictest ralea of wy bneise, bat I do It tkt time beeae I tklbk that yr a mean botdne-e aad beeanee I amsatlaBed that yo, will be true to me: how. If yon are writta;owtc! ewrioshy tttto enmple will aot satbfy you, but If you sseaa busiseoe yen eaa wdee ppt-r. priatlcc. eaeravlag, ete.. fml ne well from this as from ttve hundred nmries: all my stock Is exactly like anntptr. and when you eome kere. If yea and aayduToreaee at alt, thee, ysaaeedaot bey one dollar's wortk und I wiM par all your expence aad tve you It.OW ia gekl fee your trouble. Make ap your mlad to enter Into tad aad I swear to yea that I wBl asoktt yew to make a safe ferfuee. liiylnc you and I wW soon meet. I reaiaia "Yours la eeaHileaee. ' Return sample. The deacon took a trro-tlollar bill of the same issue from his till aad compared it with the counterfeiter's aamtde while the boy ran the store. Alter a time he procured a mieroseope. There was not the least difference observable. After a time he read the newspaper clipping ami this explained alt. It related to the arrest of aa alleged coun terfeiter named Wilson in New ork ami his acquittal in tbe First district court after the one hundred thousand dollars he carried in his traveling bag had been examined by government experts, who had been summoned from Washington for the purpose. The experts said: ... wr find that tbe Ualted States treasury note, wknek we karc exnmiaed a ere erlnted from reantae plates ated by former workmen la the priutinr bureau. It may - not ae amiss io mierm ie ewr ot fTrJVZ tue plates anppoHd to bave tsaea fnralek by eaeet the engraver la the eajfravtac bureau.' "Here the Misooer's eonasel asked tke corerameat experts K they would swear that the tstUc examined by them wore counterfeit. To the sstoalskaaect ot every member of tke arsed jury tbey replied that tbey would not, la fact could aot, aa they were padtire tke kills were as food aa aay Issued by the Rorerameat excepting tke fact Shot there waa not as much mlk ater Interwoven In tbe paper of the bills found oa tbe prisoner aa hi tae cenniae belearlnc tc the United Stales. The fault, contlaued the expert, toys la the caeeleot manner observed fa tke treasury depart meat tn nlmwfag tbe workmen to handle eaverameat uintea, avmung inks, dice, etc, aa tbey wished. Tke iedee and no ether alternative than to laket tke levy te discharge tke prisoner." The deacon sat at hk desk till darkness eame down, hk elbows were planted m front ef hln, has chin rested j kt hk haetkt he wan thwkkiff very

hard. At last k f4 (town and prepared v eloae up tke store, 'Tain t no eottttterfoit at all. 1 1 good money. Where's tke barm if 1 eaa buy thirty thousand dollars for one thousand dollars so long a it k all good money?' After tbe deacon cloned up the store h wrote this letter and got it in the last mail:

"tXAunuji U t, XayT, "Ma Cuarus Witaea: "eeuut tnat tke money In paod I at Wul rail a yen aay plane you seme. I am a man of experience who will stand ao uuuajr w,Ul but ca be a 1 frtead to yi if you are aa yon say. Will brine iboiuend doUara. "Xmhwuh KAI.VKK - Promptly after two days of waking came an answer from Wilson: "IvtMKi isitvu Crrr, May IS, MM, "Ksihckian Saivcu, Eso : fKAK SUu You will never regret your visit If yon some oa. Meet at Jti o'clock on tbe momiaK of May U at kosel. lax I!aad City. There U a e.ock m the bonae. At precisely ;&! by this clock I wtll be standlr at tbe barroom door holding my hat in ooe huttd and wipmc mf foreheal with my handkerchief. When ycu start seed a telegram to Caarien Wilton, ll Adams street Lroac Inland City. Your paMao'd aad atxa is Coddy pus. Do not alga aaylhlnx else. 'Caution Be sure yon have tke number 'plainly writtea) on teletram after yen slfa tbe word "Cuddy," otherwise yeatr lelef ram will positively receive no attention. Tke Ugarea are very Important. Zedekiah drew five hundrel dollars from the bank and mortgaged his story) for ftv hundred dollars more. To raise tbe one thousand dollars he bad promised Wilsou taxed all his resources, but I lie managed it On the afternoon of the Hth of May he took the train for Long Island City and telegraphed Wil son as directed. On the morning of the 15th at precisely 9:50 o'clock tbey met- Wilson was smiling and affable and the deacon very serious. After offering refreshments, which were refused, Wilson took his guest to his ofHee. reached by devious tacking about many cross streets, upening a black satchel be took out package after package of new aad beaut, ful greenbacks. "Take a bill, any one yon please, from one of these paekareH and we will go out and break it," he said. Tbe deacon selects! a five-dollar bill from the middle of a stack three inches high. They had not the least difficulty iu pas-dng the bill tin a neigh lor lug store. "Now let its get to business," said Wilson, when they had returned to his office. He undid the packages of money and counted "the bills. Then he paased them on to the deacon, who counted for himself. "Thirty thousand" asked Wilson. "That's what 1 make it," said the deacon, taking out a glass and making - ja 1 - A? a nnai examination.. "Put them in the valise yourself, they are yours," said Wilson, lifting the black bag to th table which stood against the walL The deacon put the packages of bills ia the Img and locket! it carefully. Then he put tbe ley In his pocket. "I suppose you hare the money?" said Wilson. Zedekiah turned sharp round aad produced his big leather pocketbeok. At the same time a panel in the wall behind the table slid swiftly and noiselessly aside, a hand reached in and seize:! the black bag. It disappeared through tbe panel and in another moment its place was taken by another black bag which wai an exact counterpart. Then th panel closed. It was o'clock at nUrht and the ClamviUe expre, which reaches Clamville at 1:$'X, was rattling along at the rate of seventeen miles an hour. On a seat ia the raiddU of the car was Deacon Salter, bolt upright, holding a black bag on his knee. His face was very solemn and he glanced furtively about. At last, being convinced that no one was watching him, he unlocked theluig and peeped in. There lay the green package all his own. now. The temptation to take out aotns of the money, hold it up t the liht and gaae on the beantif nl engraving was: too strong to be resisted. He opened the mouth of the bag ami took out A terrifie yell roused the brakctuan on the front platform and he rushed into the ear. All he found was a black bag filled with queer packages of green paper. Deacon Zedekiah Salter has aot been seea sinee. Brooklyn Eagle. WOLFRAM IN GUNS. A Metel That Ha Hue Koeently Hecnnse of Commercial Yntne. Wolfram, or tungsten, belongs to a group of rare metals, aad, until a comparatively recent time, was known only to the ehemist, and its value was known only in the laboratory. With the invention ef one hundred-ton gnns the demand for tungsten soon made the previously olcre metal well known throughout the mining world It waa soon found that the steel tube, lining tbe bore of these enormons guns, could not resist the shock entailed by discharging many shots without becoming fractured. Experiment proved that the addition of a sin all quantity of tungsten to the fine steel employed in gun-making rendered the latter metal wonderfully elastic so that the steel tube will expand under the tension of firing and contract again to its normal sise a great many times before the quality of the metal is in any way impaired. The German gun factories absorb most of the tungsten found in the world, and from being a mere euriodtr seeaonlr In the laboratory of j the chemist, this rare metal has acquircl eonslderable ralue Wolfram ! generally occur m eomWnatioa will , iron in Europe, but It is also fouml It i Sheelile. or tuiwrstate of lime. It ia in the latter form that It occurs in Otago. 'Ihe metal itself k of a white color, extremely brittle and heavy, the specific gravity being lt. 1. that of gold being IV. & It will thus be seen that tungsten kt a heavy metal, being only very slightly lighter than gold. X. Y. Ledger. A Feminine Seareh. lbhn-''IIow de do, lfcb? Where's rls?" Bob (sk's husband) "Gone sHoppiag." "What did she want?" "Nothing." "Then whr dWl she go shopping?'' "Te see If she' eould find anything that wewlJ make her want ae thing. MX. X Weekiy.

SUKNANDOAH VALLEY.

ojRaJp4usn4 ftSe9cMh ducC'cunt&VOriO Tit atari r fkttff rfMMt4 Mm lft! amtesmUBMdseJ am aa Vlukisl La fla luAlll swarmwers "g sera 00 osonpmrsnuj Mn r K imuil O ma o sman as rnBcm fusvMtuni XMT.I Long before the Cltesapeake k Okie ae$er the Shenandoah valley from the west, the veterans who trawl oa It are upon, their early fighting ground. At many turns the road comes upoe 'he lines of I Jen. Cox in the Kanawha, A Cook and Ave rill under Sigrl in the various moves on Saltrillc. Wythe vilie and the bridge over the New river, on what was then the Virginia Central road. While running down to Staunton both the natural beauties of the farfamed valley ami some of its most noted battlefields are under the eye. In a military sense the va ley was a vast covered way through which whole armies with their trains and equipment ICW BIYKK SCKNKXY XBAH 6AULKT kkiik:k. ceo. railway. eould move on the Hanks of 'he hosts contending on the p!a:ns of Virginia

to the eastward. Thus Jackson. Ewald J an(1 iv" on ai sil. but Jaekand Early used it. From itthemngeis ,Bi --hed the uooer vallev

of Ash by and Mosby dashed out from their cover. Through it Lee twice avaded the north. unewall Jackson was its southern Sheridan, driving Fremont, ISanks and others out of it. And so successful was this great southern soldier thst at the north the Shenandoah was called the "Valley of Humiliation." And so it remained until Slieridea swept it with the resistless storm of his troopers, leaving it bare as if from the breath of a cyclone and finally wresting it irom comeoeniie trol and making a auccessfat .ampaiga , gainst Lee's army a possibility. J Askie from tae interest witn which war history clothes this ralU'y, a W 4 its uaturw oeuuue "fe. tMrmirh tt lr"tu JvnUlrwi urMilrne. M Harriabttr?, I'a.. one of the mot attractive in any land. Whil the valiey.under the name of Shenandoah, ex tends enly to the Potomac at Harper's Ferry and Martin-berg, the ranges which bound it oa the east and wct sii.l run northwanl to the Snsque hanna. The vailey north of the Votemace changes its name to Cumberland. Like the region south of the rirer, it is not only rich, but notable for i stirring battle-history, as Chatnhrburg, Antietam. and the irtoveim Is before and after Gettysburg attestAs part of the natural attractions, the Luray eaves and the Natural bridge have a wor".d-vi hie remtatkn. and are properly classed among it wonder.. Both are within a short ride of Staunton or Wariie-.boro. But to the veteran, these will hold seocdary place beside the various battlefields with which these valleys are thicklv dotted. Every foot sottth o if t the Potomac wa fighting grour. t; every town was at otae time the headauarters of well-known forces: neatly every farmhouse was a hospital, and some of the dead and wtmatk'd of the many contests had fallen oa every acre. On the union side Fr -moot awl Sigel. Milroy and Shield-., Hunter ami Banks. Kelley and Crook, Wilson and Sheridan ami others of note had there met Jackson, Ewell. Early, Stewart, Ash by ami the advance of Lee tn force. There, were Innumerable small affairs, and many extended aad fierce

engagement. Columns in advance ( Through the valley he soon after reand In retreat ebbed and flowed s treaWd from his defeat at Antietam. there through every year of the war; t xmi i it he gave hih array rest and rewhile every gap owning caatwanl i tenished his stores. The next year.

poured ita footmen and its horsemen upon the flanks first ef the one army aad then of the other. From the opening of the coateet till

its close it was Ute vortex of strategy. shattered eolumnsantl pitchetl his camp The war found it an ideal pastoral , for recuperation along the Upcquon. country, of rwh aad beautiful farms, j when 14 opened it had been deof wealthy aad nristocratlc families, caa that no cam twin agahtst Kich-

where life in its ease and sunshine ri valed that ia older lands. It waa tke granary and storehouse of the confederacy. The war left It a hare, blackTOKMIMS TK KXKMT. ened and blasted region, It homes destroyed, On farms ibsolated. and its aide-bodied population decimated la the field Hut it lias fully recovered t m. mm arain. Grass and rrain have woven nature's beautiful covenng over mjgs b una T. o u an w c a m a v t w . scars of battle, and the countless miles . ' . ' ...r. L. of uarapets are green each year with verdure, and the fields and orchard are laden with flowers again. The connecting trains which run northward through the valley from the line of the Chesapeake Ohio reach .v.. . i,L..iA mm A tu poiuts of famous strategic interest In the inverse order of dates. Thus it was front Harper's Ferry that John ston, early in 191, began to maneuver V check I'attersoe, and from Winchester that he suddenly started to help Beanregant at Ball Kun. When the eampalgtM la the valley aasnud kt March. 14S, Jackson waa virtual!' ia iadepe talent eewtmaml. Kenki adrarcrd Ifct arst weak i that

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ItnWaMPe csBp n JCMPeuUntfaTVae lnUrasbMrg to Motiet Jackson west of Larny. From this point he moved saidoWaly to recover Winchester, under mistaken In'omnaUon aa to the union forces, lie made a movement marvel oats la its celerity, fell unexpectedly upon Shields at Kemstown and a battle followed ia which Jackson was defeated, but k was after some of tae sharpest fighting ea both side that the war had developed tap to that time. Jackson returned to Mouut Jaekaon and 1 tanks eame down to Ediabnrg. Next eame Jackson's blow from Port Republic at Milroy, near McDowell west of Staunton. It was a sharp affair, and resulted in Hanks' abandoning his plan of clearing the valley, aad in his returning to Straw, burg. On the Mth of May. Jackson, kilned by Bwell started north from New Market to attack iianks entrenched at Strasberg. Every town is marked with tbe history of that campaign, and the veterans who vit.it them will recall the stirring sciiies that nlled the valley through all the years of the war with every species of excitement which battle and campaign can give the elation of victory and the depression of defeat. And this is true of every station which the trains pass, for each waa at times the theater of alternating saeeeas and again for each the fields of defeat. At tli is period, the celerity of movement on both hides of the valley almost rivaled the train which hourly rush through it- Hanks fell back to the Potomac Jackson attacked Charleston, took it, and pushed on to Harper's Ferry. Next came fifteen thousand men from McDowell at Fredericks burg, through Mauaseas Gap, whose mission was to "bag Jackson." Tbe latter withdrew ia great haste to Strasburg- It was a race to save his army. Fremont was dosing in from the " west, Shields from the east and McDowell waited at Front Koyal to seise his nrer. There was immense sou woo, and reached the upper valley unscathed. Over every step of this advance and retreat, the blood of the union veteran who looks upon the familiar places will run fast wader the quickening of memory. Port Republic Cross Keys and Harrisonburg are dote to Staunton and Waynesboro. There were hot itattle near the latter place. At Port Republic, Jackson fell upon Shield aad aveaared Kern. town. At Cross Keys n J . He defeuted Fremont, m.th were fsmous engagements. He captured the Hkw rris4m ,t Frwnt Rural, aod &xm iuks across the Potomac. Theee were Mitring months the three which made up the spring of ii They e.',ssi Jackson's opcraUoas .operations . .- . .... . n u I 30T llc vijmc in toe mire,' ? ly and secretly withdrew aad astonbOted McClelian br aimenrtaer eat his naak at Cohi II sr Lor. From thee tao-tt general statements, and jsnsiet does jt:uiasit of detail., k; will be seen that there waa no other i ax itrtJolHC or PHEKxnAX a c.r.iaj. sfot during the early period of the ! war where movement and fighting was so sharp and eonstaat as na-hloah. cm the SheWit h the autumn of 1SK. the valley began to Witness campaigae. on a greater scale. la September, there came Lee's first invasion of Maryland, ami while his columns mrel aion'r east of the Blue f p,dge. th- valley was alive with sup,MV trains, and all the varletl aeeom- , MniuienlA of a great army's advance, after defeating Hooker at ChanevllorsI VtllC, IjCe swwcpiiin ur w , ley inarched north to Gettysburg. .,. r . : . tt.-. -i. . 'J hroogh it. he came baek with hk mond or Gen. Lee s army could ee successful unless the Shenandoah eould be cleared of con federate trsops and firmly held by th union forces. Gen. Hunter succeeded Sigel in May of that year. He moved with great energy and came to battle close along lite line of the Cbepeake A Ohio at Piedmont, near to both Stanaton and Waynesloro. Thence he pushed south to Lexington, and fought his way to the entrenchments around Lynchburg. Here Early, from Lee's army, by a riml inarch via Trevilian station, further to the eastward on the Cltesapeake Jb Ohio, had joined llreckinrhbre. Hunter then began a rapid retreat, and eluding these force, instead nt attain ntimr to withdraw down the valley which would have exposed him J to tbe dangers of movements kt hk rear from Lee's forces, struck directly l I westward for the Kanawha valley. H - - - - - - I first rested at White Sulphur, directly ! rWanuk Jk Oil Ml. and then ana aveav ' Vf ivwsc niwoo w moved along its line to Gauley bridge. Thence Hunter finally reached the Ohio river, and thence by boat aad rail was transported to the Potomac valley again. en ne reewneu v w., m the Baltimore A Ohio. Early, -vne. when Hunter uncovered the valley ay hk westward march, had pushed down to the Potomac, tr.raded Maryland, and waa well on hU way to Washington. Then followed the tremendous senaetion of the nmrly attack upon and final rcpnlse from in front of the capital by Gen. Wright' corps from Petersburg and part ef the XfaeteMtrth isoravs from IIanPtem KeaatM. laeru ire thousands W wedAotn , wha

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those stirring uvcata. Xext eame the groat union mooe hi awwhelmiag force for the final ehaartng of the valley. The veterans uHU clearly remember how the Army erf the Sheaandoah was eooMdiUrted: Theme divisions of Use Xinth corps, part f the Nineteenth, two divhkioa of Crook's Army of Went Virginia, Terbett's cavalry division from the Arm of tbe lsUmiae. Lowell's cavalry brigade, AveriH's, Dante's aad J. II. Witson's cavalry eommands-a splensnd army led by Sh-erbien. The season brought the great emgagenwntH under thin leader. Fans, however, he was compelled te withdraw from Strasburg to Marpera Ferry, thus repeating the move which had become au frequent for the valley as the routine statement ta tae rent dispatches after aany "Tbe Army of the Potomac pied iU old eeemp." But there ecuae a time hi the latter part of September. linU. when we valley wat to be nmally swept dew of t hostile forces, and blackened aad te aaporarily blasted by the breath of war. Sheridan, in force, osee uaere moved forward. Then came the noted batUea of W inchester, Pisher's DUL Tom's Brook and. Cedar Creek. The valley was cleared southward to the line of the Chesapeake A Ohio road. Early eUblished hesdeuarters at istauuton. On the d of March, IMS, by the victory of Waynesboro, directly on the Chesareake & Ohio road. Simrklan finally gained eeasplete control of the Shenaadoah. Thence he moved southward to Lynchburg, destroying the James river canal aad cutting various lines of railroad, on nV lth of March, reached White House, aadoa the let of , April he was tnrnincr Lee s leak at . Five Forks. Thus, in outlines only, are recalled the countless matters and the ia numerable points of absorbing interest ia the Shenandoah. The veterans who served there will readily fill ha picture with their personal rieeces of battles, camps aad Such of therm as wiadi te visit A a tietain and Gettysburg will and the- interest increasing every step after ernes ing the Potomac Antietam ia jaat over the river, and it is ant a few boars' ride to Gettysburg. Through the Cumberland valley, which is a continuation ef . the- henandah, i:u Pnttersoa came clown 'be fore Bull Ran to hold Johnoeoa in check. With him came GeL Thomas, afterwards commander of Army of h-e Cumberland, to first battle at Falling Waters. Under ; this leader, sk a private soldier; jcned ' Samuel J. KaadalL. afterward the , democratic statesman, then a private . democratic statesman, rdten eavairy wtuicr lire nut immm w " irwm the war department ia eulogy et " Thomas. The burnt section m atiU ' visible at Chambersbnrg: and there kv the monument to the first soldier 1 ha the defense of northern soiL All these arret t chapters ia history, which the veteran are coating to live through again, wake np but am of the side trips which the Chesapeake At, Ohio afford lor easy visit te the farfamed theaters of eastern fighting. Pausing eant from the Shenandoah, the line erosMau the Bine Ridge and eaters upon the great fields of'eaetera Vb-xiaw. H. V. Bov: ACROSS THE RCEF. An Exectlox Slrasicte The author of "A Cruise ia an Ofam Clipper" enlerlain his readers wkh a snrf-txmt adventure ia wk:ch he partie.pated off the eomsic Formosa, where it had become aecessartaieske fa lauding in a new and tfotgereun place Another man Xecdaace and I himself v ere to aeeompaay the eaptale. i and mke what soundings they could aa ! ther went thrwrh the surf. One end . of a long, light mamila line j into the surf-best and made fast. that those wh "vere left behind t draw the lwsi quickly agaha h ease of any rt-aster. Each ef us had a loose Use line mndn fast to his rer-see, loose eamagh to let j m. get from wnder the boo in the event ef a capsize, but still attaching the boat, so- that when k back we should be brought back though probably half drowned. Every thing; being ready, the maa carefully- counted Ihe rollers, besrinulnr witk ahe heaviest one. When J the twenty-ewenth the heaviest heat e- r& passed, he gve the sagael. and we aeea into the aea. one. Its white, hiauiry top covered im fore aad aft, ami firr a second the tost waa thrown ktn ana almost vertkal position. Then came down Hh a thud that have stove any lighter-built craft. Aa she tout ised the crest of the wave, the sixearMNo't let go their oars, whack foraseewad Itwag well secwred alongaide. Then, the crest being passed, kt a twinkling each oar was bent m nam eat to send her through the neat wave, Getting sonndings here waa no joke. AVbea tbe beat waa in her vertical mealtfcm an the crest of the wave, k took me all my time to hold on: and wheat Ahe was down ia the hollowl could barely get one cast before I was again earried skywnr.1 About half-way across we met the twcnt seveBth sea again. 1 shut, my teeth hArd, and rasped my held thtlr. as I araaeol ou the gigantic white. t Uiundering maet Completely swamped in it, the boat was yet camea atoi so high that fear a second I imagined a pmeratlt was to end onr voyage ef du-eovery. As the captain saW: "Wa just saved kelng somersanlted by the skin of our tseelh." As we recovered from the shock aad fell iato the hollow. 1 perceived a grist ot MtkfaethM on the dark vkage ef The men pulhd with new energy, and we reached the extremity of the broken water jest k lime to ride safely ever the next tweaty-eventh sect before K ear led its ereet aims the rodtr reef. Then w to faU a Utile away from the reef, kdd hm ear ears aad let gome anchor, te flee ua alsareertsadaWeeth bsrorewci weriWws f-wrney lite; YeatKhl