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Gallant Gen. Dan Sickles Speaks—What Hancock Said at Gettysburg—Reunion of the Veteran Third Army Corps Upon the Field.

July 1, 2, 3, 1863, was fought in Adams county, Pa., the fight of Gettysburg, one of the great battles of

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the civil war. Whenever the name is mentioned, the mind instinctively reverts to Gen. Hancock.

By the way it was a black horse and (not a white one, is is generally supposed, that Hancock rode on that historic field. His sable steed was so

13TH MASS, STATUS. camped upon the field. men were there, too.

The autumn after the fight, part of the battle ground was"1, made a national soldiers' cemetery. It, was dedicate! to this 'tis9 by President Lin-. coin himself, in hist" most famous oration.

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covered with dust GEN. SICKLES. that it looked white they say, and that gave rise to the white horse fiction.

Washington swore at Monmouth, so also did Hancock swear at Gettysburg, and that furiously. A certain part of our army was badly demoralized at one point of line Hancock went thundering over there upon his black horse. He saw a colonel whom he knew, with a brigade. Longstreet's men were advancing in plain sight. It was a moment of suspense. At that portion of the lines there seemed to be no order or anything. Those who should have given command had lost their heads. In this emergency the colonel said to Hancock: "General, we can't get sny orders here Don't you think I better try and delay Longstreet as much as possible, with my little brigade?'' Gen. Hancock gave a glance at the coming foe, and replied instantly: ''Yes. and—quick."

That is one of the real incidents of battlefield which writers do not put into history, because they fancy

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J&p# fine, nor look well in type. This twenty-third anniversary of the fight at Gettysburg was the greatest occasion there since the battle itself.

The Third army corps had a reunion, the old Third army corps, that is, the volunteers who fought tho fight. Prom New York and New Jersey, from New England, from Pennsylvania, Indiana and Minnesota,they gathered and Many distinguished

The orator of the occasion was Gen. Daniel E. Sickles. Gen. Sickles had been on the Gettysburg battleffield before. He had not forgotten it, for he left apart of himself there. Here it was he lost his leg. It was amputated upon the battlefield. He commanded the famous old Third corps during the figkt. The 2nd of July was called the Third corps' day because it was on this date that they made their great fight The soldiers and their commander were young men then, reckless boys many of them. Now they are all gray heads together.

It was here that .... used the is to cp?words "In order that' government of the 3D MASS, BATTERY. people, for the people and by the people might not perish from the earth."

In the Gettysburg cemetery^lie the bodies of 3,600 soldier*. The different states engaged in tha fi?ht have placed monuments to their dead upon the ground. That of tho Thirteenth Masiachuseete represents a colorbearer. This monument stands near the

Mumtirasburg road. &par the point called "Round Top" is the solid pillar which stands as a memento of the Third Massachusetts battery. It „has a pile of cannon

balls on top and the corps badge carved upon its stone face.

Massachusetts was largely represented on

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arm of the service. A quaint monument is ill at of the First Massachusetts cavalry among the rest at Gettysburg. It consists of merely an upright, rough, four-cornered stone. A horse's head and crossed sabers are carved upon it in much the same ma loner as the dying lion was carved upon the cliff at Lucerne, Switzerland, by Thorwaldsen. Below an inscription upon a densely black ground designates the number of the cavalry regiment and the brigade and division to which it belonged. The words "OE detached service" are added below.

Gen. Sickles delivered his oration standing ill the open field, beside the monument of the One Hundred and Fourteenth Pennsylvania regiment. Gen. Sickles was a lawyer in practice in New York city before the war, and not ar West Pointer, though he made one of the best' of the minor commanders'. Afterwards he went as minister to Soain from

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Gen. Sickles returned from Spain to resume his old law practice in New York. Me is still occupied with it. Next to his speech the principal oration of the ocoasion was made '3 by Col. A. Wilson

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The monuments are placed directly upon the battle ground. They indicate where the respective regiments designated by them stood in position during the fight. Some of thim undoubtedly stood in several places before it was over. Twenty-one additional monuments were dedicated during this anniversary.

Harris. It was in dedication of a monument to mark the spot where Sen. Reynolds, of Penn­

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sylvania, fell. The state, mindful of him, set up the stone. No two of the monuments are exactly alike. There is nothing particularly striking about them, though they are substantial, and most of them tasteful Within narrow limits then is much variety. The great memorial mark of this battlefield is that upon the hill in the cemetery. It is a column sixty feet high, with a statue of liberty upon the top—a national monument.

The Gettysburg battle is considered by historians as the turning point of the war. It was an invasion of the north by the southern force under Lee and his most trusted generals. ln the terrific third days' fighting fortune hovered now above this banner, now above that At last Lee drew off his shattered army .and retreated back across the Potomac. Neither side had anything to boast of as far as losses were concerned. At first it was a toss-up in the engagement which would win. If the die had fallen the other way nobody can guess what the final result would have been. Gattysburg is only 115 miles from Philadelphia, and that is only two hours' ride by rail from New York. If Lee had not been repulsed at Gettysburg, it might have been Sherman's march to the sea turned the other end foremost. But Vicksburg fell at the very time Gettys-

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burg was fought, and after that the Confederacy declined. Gettysburg was the "high water mark of the Confederacy."

Near the old wheat field is the monument to the Twentieth Indiana volunteers. A mast interesting feature of the ce Isbration was the presence of Confederate soldiers and officers who had fougfet at Gettysburg on the other side. Gen. Longstreet was invited to be there by Gen. Sickles. It was Longstreet's oommand that fought the Third corps the hardest Thank God, the bitter feelings of those days are almost wiped out. A touohing, beautiful letter was written by Congressman Barksdale, of Mississippi, in answer to an invitation to be present He is the brother of Gen. Barksdale, who was in the Gettysburg fight Gen. Barksdale himself was a member of congress before the war. He wore a wig. In the melee at the time Charles Sumner was struck down, Potter, of Wisconsin, snatched Barksdale's wig off. In his excitement Potter, not knowing it was a wig, was almost wild with consternation lest he had togn £|arksdales, scalp off. T"

In answer to the invitation Congressman Barksdale writes: "I regret that my public duties will not permit me to visit the memorable battlefield on the interesting occasion to whioh you refer. The pleasure would be enhanced by the opportunity it swould afford of litHWWi

!?SK strengthening the ties .-A: of a united brotherhood and the bonds of im. a union which I trust shall stand forever upon a foundation of justice to every sec­

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tion of a'fcommon country, and of peace and good will to all. The recent celebration was under the charge of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial association, in connection with the Grand Army of the Republic, department of Pennsylvania. The Grand Army of the Republic veterans camped upon the battlefield six days, beginning July 21

The First Minnesota, suffered'l^rely in the fight. At the first summons to war they left their wheat fields, stalwart young pioneers, a regiment strong Many of them died upon the field. Along with their monument the illustration (hows their graves, row upon row.

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TERRE HAUTE. INDIANA, THURSDAY: JULY 15 1880- TWO PARTS: PART SECON! ON GETTYSBURG FIELD.

THE CHICAGO KACES.

MAGNIFICENT RACING CLUB HOUSE

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PlctnrtSW of Washington Parle Club House—Gen. PhlL Sheridan, President of the Association—Ike Murphy,

Lucky Baldwin's 86,000 a Tear Colored Jockey.

It was a shrewd stroke of business to elect Gen. PhiL Sheridan president of the Washington Park Racing olub, in Chicaga New York itself could not find so picturesque and so valuable a figure to set up at the head of any of its horse associations. But Chicago is young New York, with most things on a new, broad scale. It attains the best in whatever it undertakes.

About the last of the year 1882, a number of Chicago gentlemen, with the greatness of their windy city at heart, met and discussed plans for a horse club. Its objects were to promote good feeling, raise the standard of horses and horse breeding, and lastly, and perhaps away down in each gentlemen's heart, greatest of all, "exhibiting horses at me tings," in other words, racing:

In 1883, January, the association took 8ha- regularly, under the name of Washington Park club. Very soon after Gen. Sheridan was elected president of the club. He was not the general of the army then, but b?came so soon after, and since then he has not been too proud to continue the leading officer of tLe Chicago horse: club. The general iB 53 years old now, and good for many many more Chicago horse races, let us hope. He was only 20 when he graduated at West Point He took to horses away back, when he was a boy in Obio. Gen. Hancock called him "A whirlwind with spurs on." He himself was the observed and admired of all at the recent summer races of the Washington club. He sat in the judges' stand and watched the running with deep interest, very gray as to his hab* now, since the twins have made so roari^ demands on him, but erect, jaunty and bright eyed as ever. The general looks like a rather tall man when he is sitting dotra. But when he stands it is perceived that his lower limbs are short While he was in the judges' stand his brother, Michael V, wandered abo^t among the horsemen.

GEN. PHIL SHERIDAN.

CLUB HOUSE.

The grounds of the club contain eightythree acres, and comprise one of the largest race traoks in the country. The landscape is beautifully laid out with trees, shrubs, walks, flowers, and miniature lakes. The grand stand has a seating capacity of 10,000. The club house proper has accommodations for members and their families, dining rooms for both ladies and gentlemen, and a sumptuous table service, whose silverware is stamped with a stirrup and whip bent in the shape of a "W." There are magnificent stables and plenty of lodging rooms for jockey3.

Fifteen thousand people attended the great race of the summer series lately. It was a running race for young horses. The old favorites Were largely backed. There were nearly all the runners that had covered themselves with glory at the Louisville Derby—Ben Ali,. Blue Wing, Preciosa, and others. Ben Ali, who won at Louisville, was first favorite in the betting. Everybody believed he or Blue Wing would come out ahead. The horses of two Chlifornia stables occupied much prominence in the talk before the race. One owner was J. EL Higgins, to whom belonged Ben Ali and Ban Fox, the other was the eccentric Lucky Baldwin, with his racers from his Santa Anita stables. To him belonged Silver Cloud, the horse that, amid tremendous cheering and excitement, came in winner.

CLUB HOUSE FIREPLACE.

In a city as cold as Chicago artificial heat other than that obtained- at the gorgeous club bar, is sometimes required even during races. To meet this need the office of the club house is provided with arrangements for an open fire. The fireplace is a fine specimen of American artistic accomplishment

The race was intensely exciting. Lucky Baldwin has a certain little colored jockey whom he pays $6,000 a year to ride his horses at races. He seems to be the greatest jockey America has produced. He is said to be superior to Archer, the Englisman. Either his luck or his skill is something marvelous. They call him the "wonderful little nigger." At the Chicago races Silver Cloud sot expedited to win at all But Ike

Murphy, the little colored jockey, was upon his back, and he dashed in a length ahead of Blue Wing.

The Chicago Herald says of the scene that followed: sf "As Murphy came in tflider thft'Wlre ho was greeted with a storm of applause, and when he dismounted men ran up to him and patted him on the back. One man in a blue Culmination of suit threw his arms around his neck as though he was about to chew his ear. The great jockey was presented with a beautiful Baddle and was nearly borne off the track by men who thought he would win and had backed up their guesses with greenbacks and coin."

The result of the race was a surprise to the knowing ones who had bet their money on Blue Wing and Ben Ali. It was a surprise to Jockey Murphy, who said: "I didn't expect the horse wou'd win at all After he had run a mile he saw that he was behind and then he began to sulk. That's

an old triofc of his, and 1 just touched him up and gave him a word of encouragement The way he shot to the front nearly took my breath away, and I had to laugh to myself all the way down the stretco. The horse wanted some encouragement, that's al ."

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"Lucky" Baldwin, who wins about $9,000 in stakes, did not back his horse to win. He had little hope of seeing Silver Cloud get-a place, much less winning the race. After he had congratulated his jockey he riveted his plug hat on the back of his head and began to stroll about the grounds as though he wore lost Old horsemen who saw him said that the Californiaa was "kicking" himself. "Silver Cloud won the raca just beoause Murphy was on his back," said a man. "The next time I see that fellow on a horse I'm going to play him, no matter if it's a sawhorse he's on."

GEN. FITZ JOHN~PORTER

The Celebrated Case of This Country Settled at last. Twenty-three years ago this summer a court martial convened at West Point, ordered that Ma j.-Gen. Fitz John Porter be cashiered and dismissed from the United States army. He was further disqualified from holding any position under the United States government This severe sentence was passed at a time when the af'fairs of the union wept so crrtioiWthat men did not ^always act with |cool judgment ,The offence alleged was disobedience of the orders of Gen.

John Pope at Manassas Junction, Aug 28 and 20, 1862. He failed to jSup port Pope's ^movements. President Lincoln ap­

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proved the sentence, so did Secretary of War Stanton so at that time did Gen. Grant .Years afterwards, however, Gen. Grant and many others changed their minds on the question. There are those who do not hesitate to say that others higher in office than Gen. Porter deserved disgrace and even death at that time, if anybody did. It has been said, indeed, that half the important officers of the army deserved to be shot for their incapacity during the first years of the war. The reason alleged for Porter's negligence was that there was a ring of eastern officers davoted to Gen. McClellan who were determined that no western man should be the general of the army. If Pope succeeded he, coming from the west, would at once become the rising man of the hour. Therefore, he .was not supported with alacrity.

Such pitiful jealousies and criminations and recriminations look very contemptible now in the great light that the tremendous events of those years have thrown upon the civil war. But that such feelings did fexist abundantly is itself part of the history of the war. Gen. Port&r's case will be settled by every man according to his own beliefs and' prejudices.

Certain it is that he was a gallant officer and soldier aside from this event He was born in 1822, in New Hampshire, graduated at West Point in 1845, went through the Mexican war with distinguished bravery, and was in many battles of the early part of the civil war. Hie was a colonel in the regular army, and a major general of volunteers.

From the time of receiving his heavy sentence twenty-three years ago Gen. Porter has never ceased his efforts to have it recalled. The case is as celebrated as that of Jarndyce and Jarndyce in Dickens. He was a young, strong man when it was

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assed. He is now gray-haired and old. He said he did not care on his own account, but because of his children. He did not wish them to be freighted with the woe of being the sons and daughters of a disgraced man. His efforts have at length been rewarded. In 1878 an army board met and removed the heaviest of the disabilities. The recent act of congress signed by the piesident puts htm on the regular retired list of army colonels. Gen, Porter is one of the police commissioners of New York city.

The Hold That Habit Has.

The ruling passion strong in death w,as characteristically illustrated on the occaiion of a clergyman's prayer for a dying toll keeper. The poor man had not many hours to live, and the clergyman was in the middle of his prayer. "Stop a moment," interrupted the toll man, "I thunk I hear a wacon."—Troy Times. e-fs 1 ft

V- By No Means. Smoker—Look here, Isaac, this cigar that I just bought of you won't draw.

Isaac—Won:t draw? Veil, do you subbose Tse givin' avay sugtion bumps mit dem fife-cent Vigtoriasf—Jndx& 0

THE FRENCH EXILES.

PORTRAYS OF THE PRINCES W.HO WERE BANISHED FROM FRANCE.

Threatened Danger to

Oar Troubled Sister Republic—The Princes Are Expected to Yisit TUia Country.

Uneasy lies the head that has any aspirations for the throne of Prance, and restless, also, seems to be the republican form of government which it was expected would be sufficiently oily to quiet the troubled waters of French politics for all time. Looking at it from this distance, it does seem as if the government of France was not overburdened with popular approval, or its sapporters would not be disturbed by the presence of a ft couple of representatives of what is believed to be effete methods of government The three parties considered most dangerous to the republican form of government are the representatives of the Orleanist, Monarchist and Bourbon families. These factions are BO antagonistic to one another as to prefer even anarchy to the success of the other.

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The Orlsanlst party is rich, but not very numerous, and far from active. The Monarchical party i« in favor of a king by divine right, but has none to go ta The member of this party have been brought up to hate and despise the house of Orleaus, yet the elder branch having fallen, the hated head of that family is also the heir of Henry and of all their kings. They prefer the republic, prefer anything to having the grandson of Louis Philippe and the great-grand-son of "Louis Egalite" profane the throne of St Louis. '-*,2

The strongest party, the Boriapartists, want an empire, but are much in the same position as the Monarchists. The heir of tho great Napoleon is the hated Plon-Plon, the most unpopular man in all France. Besides this, it is objected, his father married a German princess, he an Italian. Many ardent Imperialists say that they can even place no hopes in the sons of a man like that until they have proven themselves possessed of the virtues that endeared the founder of their family to the French. Had the young of Napoleon III lived, they say he would: surely have been the emperor but he brave, handsome boy went to his death in Zululand to gain a little glory, and by his last acts endeared his memory to the hearts of his countrymen.

FRINGE LOUIS.

Nevertheless the French senate adopted a law on June 22 for the "expulsion of the princes." It is brief and as follows:

Art 1 The territory of the republic is and shall remain interdicted to the chiefs of the families that have reigned in France, and to their direct heirs in the o/der of primogeniture

Art 2b The government is author issed to interdiot the territory of the republic to the other members of these families. Such interdiction.shall be pronounced by a decree of the presi lent of the republic, issued in council of the ministry.

Art 3. Who*v*r. in violation of the interdiction, shall be !§found in France, in Algeria, or in tha ^colonies, shall be pan'shsd by imis on from two to five years. At the expiration of his sentence he shall be taken again to the frontier.

Art. 4 The members of the families that have reigned

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in France cannot enter the army or navy, or exercise any public function, or hold any elective offica.

The four persons immediately affected by the law are those whose portraits are given herewith: The Comte de Paris and son, the heads of the Orleanists, and Prince Napolean and son, the representatives of the Bonaparte family.

The Comte de Paris, who served during our civil war in the army of the Potomac, has already been cabled an invitation to come over by some of his old army comrades, and it is fully expected that he will

The comte has made friends on this

side of the Atlantic, and his literary labors in the revision of his history of the civil war would be facilitated by coming here. The young Due d'Orleans is 17 years pf age. He has grown much of late years. His face is intelligent and full of resolution and vivacity, and his dark e/es look you full in the face with manly frankness. He has a resolute anil decided disposition. He an indefatigable walker, an excellent fencer, swimmer and rider, and a remarkably good shotr He speaks correctly and fluently four or five languages.

Prince Jerome Napoleon has expressed himself on several occasions duringthe past few years as anxious to come to this country,and willdoubtles8 avail himself of the excellent opportunity for traveling offered by a forcible expulsion from France. Prince Jerome is in his'( every taste and characteristic as different from the first Napoleon as one man nqn be from another. His cowardice made him cut such a ridiculous figure during the Crimean war J»lon-Plon ho won then has stuck to, him

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ever since. He takes after the foucdar of his family in but one respect his personal ap -iLt pearance. Of this resemblance Prince Jerome is very proud he is rather taller than the "little corporal," and is just about a»'. fleshy as his famous uncle was in his latter years. HLs cheeks and iips are closely shavent and his features large and rather hand-ome. No one who is familiar with the pictures of Napoleon I would fail to recog* nize his lineaments in the face of his heir.^ Both of the sons of Prince Napoleon may -,v come to this country when they are pelled, and it is certain that Prince Victor, J?,1 who is now making a tour of the world will be here soon. «.

Several republican journals, while insisting on the execution of the law in regard to the princes, now demand that the ministry shall show tho same energy in dealing with the Anarchists and enemies of public order which it has displayed toward the royal «retenders.

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HONOR WASHINGTON

A Monument to Comraem0rate the End of the Revolution. Congress, aided by the state of Ifew York, hi about to erect at Newburg on the Hud- «, A son, a memorial to commemorate the closing scenes in the revolutionary •war. The sit* chosen is one of the most jpicturesque on the oontinent It is a bluff overlooking the river, and from it can be seen West Point and the towering peaks from whose altitudes the signal fires told the story of the birth of £.i^xh the revolution. It is also the site of /ash* ington's headquarters, while the whole region around it abounds in historic interest '{}, .f'r

THE WASHINGTON HEMORIAU The engraving from the drawing of th* architect Mr. John H. Duncan, of New York, will give a very good idea of thia unique structure. It will measure thirty* seven by thirty-two feet, with a total height of fifty-three feet to the ridge of tho roof. The material used. in construction will be granite gneiss.

In the center of the structure will stand a life-size bronze statue of Washington by O1Donovan upon a pedestal of polished red granite.

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The toptrf the towBi'-wltt- furnish a look- Jpout or belvedere, approach to which will had by means of two winding staircases in the corners of the tower. Two hundred or 800 persons at a time will find accomodations here, and the view which the tower will command will be attractive to tourists from all time to come. The roof will be of iron and dark red tile, supported by thirteen massive column", typical of the thirteen original states, and upon these columns it i» intended in time that the bronza coat of arms of the states shall be placed. Upon the east and west walls of the tower niches wih be provided for four figures in bro&«e, to b» put in place later. The present idea is that statues of Washington's four favorite generals may occupy these places, or allegorical figures may be substituted. On the western wall and at the right of the archway, aa seen in the sketch above, a bronsa tablet will be set in, to bear such commemorative inscription as shall be r.greed upon as ap« propriate. The interior walls it is designed to adorn with such proper medallions and bas reliefs as may be supplied from time to time. The memorial will be constructed under the supervision of tlfe secretary o£ war. _]

Ex-President Arthur's Summer Homa The friends of ex-Presilent Arthur everywhere will be pleased to see a picture of ^tbe modest but cczy little home he has choseA to rest and recuperate in.

THE JEROME COTTAGE.

Ex-President Arthur's cottage is one of a cluster which surround the aristocratic and exclusive Pequot house. It is located on the right bank of the Thames river, Connecticut, and but a mile or so from its ei^ trance into Long Island sound. The spot is regarded as an exceedingly salubrious one^ and it is hoped that in the retirement of his retreat the handsome ex-president may be restored to his old-time vigorous health. On the occasion of his start for this place the ex-president told his friends who had come to see him off that he was not troubled in any way whatever, except by his stomach, and added, with a laugh, "You know how strong that used to be."

He looks very pale and wasted, however, and seems a much sicker man than his friends or his physician will admit him to be. Win flowing side whiskers, which were once the distinguishing feature of ftis face^ are gone. An incipient mustache gives him a youthful appearance which is counterbalanced by the feebleness of his step. His son, and his constant companion, his daughter Nellie, accompany him here, as* ftlan his two sisters, Mrs. McElroy and Mrs. Caw. His intention is to remain here until the fall.

Influent* of Woman at the Ba& A woman has been admitted to the bar of the state, and other women who may wish hereafter to follow in her footsteps will find the way open to them. Inasmuch as we know teat there is no class of citizens more susceptible to feminine influence than jury'

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