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II Mt Qito-Qtiik Smflmj, 5, 1891. Kfonflij ages; 10 HOPEFUL DAYS ilS UBBY KILPATBICX'3 JUID RAISED THE FRISOXZRS SPIRITS. tBi rAnrrrx. rifcxrrxnrrT ow tm VtOBT Of TBI ATTACK MffAI oLUwf rutcM l-ni nwf tocch or rsixo i bicbxoxd. anmannnBnn af'; CkrvHf uti.

eu jre rr imm Th OM ti tBMl Mt Lfbbf eOMd tlM C-euiedarate redeabld tbeir tUIImm Thr yled guard Dm MkrMa (after Am. iuri wm kpt ow ta th BMpttaLend my try howr nftr a Brgat and foxr (tarda, an eerrylag Uaterna, made a tour all th roeaw la to prlaaa, Tka Utter precaution MIT nMNMUr, Ml It AlatWMd prtaaner greatly. At night tb men lay pMked la long, eloM line along the floor, and la mak-tag taatr way through them tta guard fr-mOt topped aa nnfortaMto elMper. Th temptag weka Many vry om up, th glare ftt light aaddaaly neat-lag la thfMWM Minding, and th wbol eeheete waa aa lea wh torturing. Arm of taa aiaa, whom aa entering oeuld dla-anno, lmaglBed they aaaid retaliate tb me with taa teaterM ay valaUlag, la chorae, Taa Bafaaa March" wheMver Uey appeared bat it unnecessary to aay that It waa at efftect-tra la abating taa hourly nulMne.

It la aald that men eaa aeeoauna themaelve to tba moot trytfef oitoatioaa. Carta a It la that aioct of aa aoaa mt aa lnUarat to taa coming ot taa eardsat algbt to alaep etralght ra withes feeing dletarpad. Taa first week la March. 1864. vera tba fdaoffllottof all tba gloomy tlma tpeut within tha wan of Ubby.

Tb ratio did Mt Improve ladaad. thay grew laaa la qoastlty and worao that tha Miaa a4 bat Ut distant wl tha atroagaat awat giro ap tha lplring straggle-. Akwl thia tUao oar Oovernmeal again etered a aaad Urough food, clotting, medicine, and doctor, for tba itorlaa of tba man who had rent-bad oar llaoo ay tba tunnel had aumd tha paopla af tha Worth fa a honor at tb attffartaira af tha prtaoaarat bat traa to tba volley permitted la from tba nret, Uia auttiorltlea I la klcbiuoBd refnaad to raeotra aueb auppiioa. Taa dMpaadaacy mum4 by thia aowa waa foW lowod by raaotloa, and tba prtaoa bailed from noraiac tlUataat with ronMtra af eiebaoc. aad tbara wara taoM who know bow tbay loanod Aobudv aonld And out that on tho Monday fol lowing wa taonld laara Rtohniond nnder flag of truoa aad march dawa blow tha Bookata to a Ua whato a float of waU-provMoaad traaa-Lorta waa waitlaa to aarry ua Martk.

la tbo nlUtof all thia aeitnaont tbor mum to aa tb nora ralialtl nawa that tba Yankea cavalry, wnder Oaa. Ktlpatrlek, wu adTaaeing In foroo a KtehmoDd to rWaao tba prlaoaora la tibby and BUa Ula. Through tba law men, who attU had a littla Contadarato money left, wa obtainad tba Rloh- anond pauara, aad from then wa laaraad of tba raid. Tbo road wer Iraup, ao that borava In aoad ooadluoa aoald ba aaoTad wit vayidlty, Tbara wara no veteran organixatlona In or near ta Klohmoad at thia tlma, and tba aompaniea of department aiorka and la Vallda then la tba eity aould ofler ao aarloaa reatataneo to a dashing attaek aaada aa a wall-alld point, Aa aoaa it hMmu eartatn that our aaralrr wara ao- a ally advancing tha aieltamant la Ubby rosa to lover haat. and idm who had boon fretting thamaelvaa about tba asahango tbat never earns begaa to nray for tba advant of the raid era.

I raoall dtaUnetly taa graat ehaaco thia aawa wrauKBt la my eompanloa. and It ainat hava kad tbo an Oaet oa myaeLt. Tbo woakaat grawanddeuly atroag and tba deepondent ebeer-FuL Moa wbo had aot amiled for months went about robbing their banda gleefully and laagb-lag aWivary thing tbat waa aald. and knot of tba younger an could ba aaea hare and there llatenlng to tha advlee af aotue older officer wbo aought to ax plain Just aow wa prisoners could Help ami taa eatorpnae Baring oar ra-lease la view. CwL Corttoa af tho On Buadrodth Ohio.

wboa qaarasrs wars near my own in ui pper Cbleaaiaaca rooao. waa a young man. bat bM rank, latalugaaoo, and tha fact that ha had boaa adiiaatad at Wast rant maao aim aa aauor-Ity lu onr part af tba prlaon on military mat-tors. It waa hie oplato) that. If ear frteads eueeeeded la getting into RlcUnxmd.

wa eoutd arm tha prlaonera and either hold tha eity till help cam or else aet Ire to tba pnblla building and deetroT tha brklgae over tha Jama after wa had passed to tba aoath of tba river. There war aboat lOOoalaere la Ubby. rank-lag from veteran Brigadier Oenerals down to beardless Becoad Lieatrnanta, bnt all traa and tried aoldtera. aad la a mood at thia tlma to take tba meat aeaperato ehanoee. In tha I'ambortoa boUdlacaad otbea warebouaea, laoluding Caa-tla Thandar.

aad on Bella Isle, wa had about 20.0GO bob. to whleh to roe wa might add with aonndenoe 8,000 colored aen who would join na from la aad about the eity. Kllpetrtak waa ra miM to hava with hlai eemo troopora, ao that ha eomid oaea foroo hta way In wa should hava at least 88.000 man In tba Confederal oapttaL A majority of thoaa man wara waakanad by privation, bnt thl point waa carefully thought ever la Ubby, and It waa tha gan-oraf opinion that exeept tha wounded, and thoaa no abl to aova wltboat aaalataaea, all would ha found reasonably anVdaat whan tha hoar for etlon came. It waa known that maeh af Ln'i reserve field rtlUory waa than la hUehmead. Taa old arsenal waa full of Blanket and Infantry equln-.

menu, aad la tha aanta building there waa a crest quantity of axed ammunition of all klada, tiara, too, wara tha Quartermaater'a stores and tha batldlnga af tba medieal purveyor, with their nppUe for tha Army of Vor tharn Vlr-' vina. Hra. too. wara tha alothtaa faetortea. tho Tredegar Oaa Works, and all tha meehaaV eul aatabllahnianta an whleh tbo oanUnuaaeo ot tho war.

ta Vlrgiala, at least, depended. These wara graad prisea, aad taa paeaoaeWn -waa of tha greatest Important) ta tha an dor-taking that waa aaalabarataly planned In Llb by. Bnt, I must ooafeaa, taa aaptara of Jaffer-aon PavU and hta Cablaot, wuh tbo niombera tha Ooaiederata Coagrea than la Blehmond, waa not overlooked ta thia plaa at eampaign. la wa aot the draami ag of a lot of en ta a aUatlo hoys, but tb result of the earefuldeUberaUoa of many oflloare who had already dletlue-uiahed themaalvealathawar. lUfaaalbllltyrouldnotba anatleaedt but ana thtag waa naoeasary to certain i i aad tba waa tha Jlagle af Union eabbard aad the btest af Taakee baaiea In tba streets of Hlehaeond.

Aad tba fast that, whjlo tbo a rise acre war lay lag eat tho work ta ba doae, thai Cnton trooper were pushing south with all speed, and oomlag nearer every haur, aaeured aa af bmosmo. Taa very thought af It aaad tba asoat alugglah blood leap through tb vela aad thedaU ayo glow wlU tho light at hop aad heroism. Otl di Ceaaola of tooTonTth Kw-Tork Car airy, and aw at tho hand ot tha afetropoltua hiaeaaav Vaw-Tark, waa elected by hie fellow yrloMer to bet tba assault, when tbo hour wi tor oa asaktag a rush ea ta caard. Otar neere were aeleeted to eemmaad tba men la ash of tho alx rooms ot tbo prlaon. Gen.

aoeaaioa waa ta lead tha man In tba Lower Cblekansancn and CoLCarlton thoaa In tha Upper Cbiekawanga. Kaah group af man had Ite awn vwk assigned It. (M party waa ta make a dash for tbo Fswiaereoa BuUdlag and Castle Thunder, and, aner saaisg tb prisoner In the atraetarea. to argaale them and lead tnews to tha araeaal. ait their reoeat abode had aaM given to tba aamea, Anotaa party waa to posh direst! to BoU Iskv overpower tha guards, free the 13.000 aaea who Ware kaown to aa there, aad lead thorn lata Kteamond, where urma woald aa awaiUng them.

To ethers waa hn tha artna- af nubile hulldlaga aad factories. and to null other tha nroaervaUoa af necessary letalag and ouppUee. Tbat thia could not be doae vaa with Mr Mvalry within tho fertiaeatieaa about the eity witbMt aertoua laaa of life, we wail nnder- Thero waa Mt aa oBeeuv pooaeuatra la taa prison, and. In MttaipaUaa el our maaiag break, tM guaraa were aoantM bm a aanary of ltht artUksry wee brouah dwa aad posted la tM opM apoM tho othor aide af Carer The bar af tha wlndew wr ta ba tmaskod MV aad taa door broken open by meaae af tha henry era as seas oa ta upper aoore, and then tM aton on tM anpar flaore wero to aaara beass for albllaa dawa to th atreot, while tho ate a below were rushing oa tho gnarda Krouah tha dear and from tha prteoa aitioa. leparato wer thia for uaamtod ataai MV tho.

istf worn wUllnf to take do par to eaaaree la ardor ta roach tho arm ap at tM reenai. aad It wa wall understood that after th guards bd poured la laetr Br are tho urould net have Ubm to reload bafora thay war averpewarad by Ua weight ar aambora. Tb extra proeaaUoM In tho way of artillery ad double guarde shoved that tha CMfaderate (oared aa oulareak. aad that tboy wara Mt pra-parod to offer a atubbarn reeletaaM atroag attaek waa evtdMt to a froea Ua character of tbo orgMlaatloM Ua paeeed tto prlaon ea tbotr way to tM efra dsleanea. TneMargaav-taatloBe waroMmpoeed o( aid at arid Mye, few of tlsmked aalrme, and tbo farmattoM animaroaina-howwu' Ua Utoy ataad tM simplest rudtaeeate ot drtU.

It alad-osMd oar hourta ta ae Uooe men by, for now tolt ear that Bsatmo hww aaaaaroua advanoa by My rosf taaee thay might oaar. rrUlratttmaaiMa mv eooaing to Ihby all th arleoaora wore In high spirit. They aaeered Ua Um Wuarda aa tMy rasas, nun aad slena aad no few eatha wort kutai hatvrooa tM Ml use BMkrehlng th ualer man walehlag tii roue a tha Iran bare. Of eeauoa. aooh rluv uia wold hav bee hazied at Lo ptradd oraM bad tbry goM by awea, In rags tboy kU wm rWcat to resoeoted a gaUaat Tbera waa ut Utsi hatatery in aMivrftUxra army of lajeteianoa Ut caued Mt roar af kattott far a few atlaataa ta front of tM prison, It consisted of four PMontaia howiuar, that lMkad Ilka ioya.

knah gua wm drawn by aartianlarly gaunt mala, and aaeh mate wa lad by aiaa whoaahoartavidaatly WMMtyaarntng for tha alsaek of battlo. Dm of these male leader wm la ehargo of a burly Iticbaaaa with a bristling rod head and om oyer ta other mae hava bees lost ta battle, for he wm parttenlarty MV ter Md pugnneioaa. On af tho men In tha Upper rotomM room ailad down to taa Wh-maa: 'is ay, rat, wbor did rn gat th at nmle Kroat th Yaakaoa, dom ye wm taa reply. ThnfM atalohimt wauol him dom yet; thara'a no need for thaliu' what ln'i aa aiy ta tak," waa tb ra-tort. What' tha MMtlfulerealnr' aamol" gar, that brut' aaavf liasU Butler.

lent It, dlvli and tha ona-ayad man atrock tha nanla Mr wiU hi whip. My. Fat" called out odc of our Irtohmaa. If yon ran eoex that mala lla down tbor and ala. I'll bav yoa maaeedcut of purgatory whan you dla." i i Why da yoa want ould Bin to dl Beoaaae," aald Kyan, "ifll ba Ua lint thing like mato we've aaea near Ula prison for month Md month, and It may that they'll laaa him to with th morning ration." -Ha! ba!" snouted tho man wiU tho mnlo.

aad Ua oaa eye glared ap viciously, "ye'ra axis' a fitter ration thaa that, dom What la It f' If loik thl," ha replied, and ha coiled tha and of tho rope bo bad In hi head and held It np. with hla head to om aide, hi tongno ant. pad hi on ayo oloeed la a way that was horribly ogpsstlve. though tba graphic pantomime oat peals of laughter, not only from tha prisoners, but else from the anarda. The howitzer battery at length moved down Carry Mtreeu and tba general impression that onr aide did not hava the beat of Ua verbs! For th truth of too following I cannot vouch of my own kMWieaga, but a it wm aoocpted without question by the (floor of my acqnalnt-aaca there must hava been good reason for th belief, la soots way oome think tbat there wm a spy In tha prlaon who revealed tho matter Turner th anthoritieo got wind of Mr organ list I on to oo-opersts with Klips trick it I quite posslbl they may hava urmUed It, bnt be that It may a lumber af th leader wer called down to th afflea, and then told that Ua prison waa mined.

Turner I represented a Mying: If yon peopl coma Into BJehmond to-night, or you attempt ta make a break, by i wa will blow tba plaeo and every mnn In It to 11" Thl startling threat spread through Ua prison aad produced aayUIng but a comfortable feel-lag. Still, there waa not the least sia that It Intimidated any one or In any war weakened the resolution to Tarry out tba plan that had been dec Med on. Just be for dark aw etna prisoner la tho uniform of cavalrymen being taken to tlie Femberton Building, and wa Inferred from thl that Kllpatrlek wm close at hand and had had a brush with tba enemy. Our anxiety tba night of the eecape through tho tunnel waa very great, particularly to tno who wara determlaed to make a break for It," bat It war comparative calm In contrast with onr feeling on thi occasion, for every man had a direct personal Interest and would ba called on to Uko part la life-and-deaU atrnggle agalnat great odd before another dar dawned. It was a particularly dark, raw night.

Md I faney that the guard about tho prison did not call out with their enatomarr cbecrines. All' well 1" When o'clock came and with it the order for Ushts out." tbo men did not stretch themselves oath Boor aa had been tbeir habit, bnuatbered In little group In the dark' situation. How conld men think of sleeping above a mine wnion mini oe nrea at any moment and forever pat aa cad, aa far as we were concerned, to bunger and war and the ceaselea yearning for freedom and tb lgnt of loved one I Tb gnarda had just announced Half past eleven and all welir when, boom, boom, boom, came the sound of cannon from the aoutb, and tha stoutest heart stood Mill, then beana to throb rwlenUv. "Our hoy have attacked the workl Pray God they may get Urough them!" Three and tnitlar expression of eager hope and burning anxiety were psssed from man to man. In the latarvala, when even the gaards stopped ta listen, the paces of alienee between the pounding ot tb bum became painfully oppressive.

Tho guard announced 12 o'clock, then the Artec that had slackened for a time was re newed with comforting vigor. Om aonnd seemed to oome dearer, but aa far as could ledge of the direction It appeared to have swung farther to the east, leading as to believe that the nrst attack. It snob it were, had been a fall-ore. Twenty minutes or mors of hoarse reverberations, then suddenly the sound oeaeed. It meant that the attack had been occcml or that It had been atubbornly repulsed.

The scene of tM conflict wm only a few miles away, lfaur Mvalry bad won, tM ring of iron hoof a Md tha cheers of the victorious trooper la streets would soon assure us that the time for action or of death had come. The men who wero to handle the great Mama were in their place; th men who were to lead tho forlorn bop and receive tM are of tba guarda were ready to act, and. with muscles braced and lungs lariated, every man crouched ready for Ua signal en which so inuoh depended. out it Mver earn. -There wss no sleep In Ubby that night, nor did tba tuarda passlnc through with their lan tern wonder why the men were not all lying down.

It seemed a If day would never come. A the dreary black hours crept on our eptrlt sank lower and lower, aad when dayllxht came: bringing with It a priaoaer, who told ot tha fall-ore et Kllpatrlok' expedition, the reaction that became despair to so many act In. Ho terrible waa Ue dleapppointment that mea did not care to speak about it, but paced the floor In alienee and with clouded brows. A boot aeon cart drawn by mule paaaed tba piiaoa, la It there waa a body Dartlr covered with a blanket, and, la reply to a queetlon. om of Ue guard said with a aria: i It'a the Yankea, Danlgren, that wm killed iMt night." ao ended In disaster raid that promised much.

I have a word of eeuaur for the leader of Ue raid, far ala sours re wm undoubted and hla patriotism above reproach. for tha want of united Mtion on Ue part af hla eom-eaaad, and It may bo a feejlng of uncertainty to hla ability to overcome tho dlfflcnUle wbea he wm brought face to fee with Uem, there wm lost Uneet opportunity offered to My Mmmandar on either side In the Bourse af Ua whole war. Richmond could hava been taken Uen aad by the force nnder Kflpatriok. and would hava fouad an army af gallant men may to crown ni auoceas oy loreing uom to withdraw from Kortbern Virginia and avoided rant's bloody cam alga from Ue WU-derneea to tM Jamea. i Boon after thl disappointment our plrlt began to riM again, for CoL Cesnoli.

Gem Heal bow. and about sixty ether officer wero pc- olally exobaaged, and Wa bsgaa to bop one mora that a seneral xchan wauld follow, ThoM who could Mt ret away were always glad to see their friends called Mt Md arat dowa to CemmlaaioMr Ould'a flsg-ot-truoe Mat. I have forrottea her name, but our boat. Ua 'Kew- York, carrying Gen. Graaham, wm tha Teasel Uat alwara met Mr.

Apart from friendablD. wa had a aelflsh interest in seeing others go, tor It meant more blankets, more rajrred overcoats. aad aoma of Ua HtUeeeeentlnl belonging which men will gather about them, even la a place ilka Ubby Prison- On Ua 8d of Avrfl -I nervar can forret the oe- oaakin nor th dat reoelved a ratios of moot. It wm served Mt aa beef." and par-hapa It' waa, I know it wm very lean, end not mach of It: but. exeeritlnr in the hospital.

It wm tba rt Ua had been issued for month. and We-prteenera wer ae happy aver event cauarea at inrunnaeuuie. Any? )wmiw vavuobwo koto hi niviv iwui, whioh was vary doatrabi, for we had sua red nil Winter from overerowdiag, bat the possession of Uie privllea wm -only temporary. About tb mludl of th mnU th Kiehmoad papora leama tow with tramendona hdJlne Md hur axaiatnation point uinietig tb graad victory- Ga. Hoke had achieved aver Gob.

Wees la at Plymouth, Wa had learned to dlaMuat the mw In Ue CMfaderate Mum whioa. like our own, had a tendency to minimize defeat and ta oxar cerate eueeeae; but on Ula cess 1101 tMtr aeoertioa that tbry had ailed tM Yankee Witt iioko-AcM" prerad to bo Mr- root, i Gen. Weasel and th efflaar of hta command wore brourht en to Ubby, and freah aah" Ue were Initiated wiU mora than tba usual aoaerai I had grown a aoeuatoosod to tM race aud pinched, wbjt faoee of my companioa from oar every-day aaaociatioM that advent oi a BunarM ana more turay, nroniea mea. wita whole oat an uair back, rood shoe on Ulr IMt, aad trooaors oa their lege that did not need Mtckiaa Impressed me etraagair. and I looked at Uem with much tha eeao raellag wiU which a atnrvlag pauper awl regard tM laxurtoM aurrMBdings ar a millionaire.

Ilea, weeeel Md nla ntM otwwdod a urribly. bat, like a poor man evertBcroasIn- family, we were ware ready to- make room and share Mr privt-1mm with Ue las eomor. ThM geatlmea brourbt a tb MMaragtng new that Gee, fcbennea had a mMalflceat army nt Chatta nooga, with which he would tan march Into GMrgin, nod that Gen. uraat was massing hla lee-toae before Lm aad would aaova oa Bleh- nM wttnm row weaka. Th tc had left Ua canal and tM moa.

Th ground in front of tM pram Mowed green catches with a taw daadellrnt In their midst, aad mom thlaga, with tM milder air aad a ham of preparation aad tto marching ot rp la Om vU, Mid a tha eprtag had eoataand that th rasttag armto ware abat to raun Uwrkf oarnayo. corzj xot MVtrrrM mim dsahl TM Chief Clark af tM Caltod ataasa aad Bra- all Kail Btomnablr Company. Xr. W. A rogerty.

aaaad from Ula eity ta rbraary tha abtp tniaaM HaMdaf hart dleea shortly afler Ua vaI arrived at Xaranhaa, Ba cm baalMM for hi employ era. and wm MBMd bv ala wife. TM latter wmm wltt rriel at th toe of her husband taa eh died tare says after hi demfcaa Thhadav lis. Fa rtv waa talrtv mil are. mm XBitM employ oc tM WITH GUN AND CAISSON SC rs ttOM TBX yOTM BOOK OW AS JBTILLEETXiy.

Tax rmrrri.Kag battlb or rEDt- ICKlkcBO A YD THE BrTKAt CAvr ro tbk tnTri Acinr jt TBI BABCH htCDDr BOA Da. Tha lata Henry 3. Raymond, aft? returning from a vlak ta tha Army af the PetomM on tha avc of the tattle of rrodorlekaburc. la an artlcl la a magaslne gave a graphic account af the presaar i if Vorthora pnbllo Mntlmcnt on tbo Gvernm at Bo Insistent wa thl preeure. Mr.

Baym nd pointed out, that It compelled aa advanM i Ua army, aad be drew an awful picture of tb commanding General la saddle, on tl ralmuto aid of the rrver, on the night prec dlng the battle of Dee. 13. knowing that be mi ist hurl th splendid army alMplng on the plain I below against tbo frowning helghto of Fredcrlckaburg, yet eonaoioM Uat he wm without a plan of battle and almost without I For a whole week the Army of Ue Fotomao had been aoncentratlng on Fredericksburg, with aa Idle attempt at secrecy of moyemrat. Bey- sold' Battery, with the other artillery of Ue Flnt Corbe, broke camp at Brook' Station a early a the morning of Ue 6th, end. aner marching three miles, encamped la Ue snow.

rcsumlnc lthe movement on Ue 7th. Md going Into park at noon, several miles from Ue river, with order to hold itself In readlnes to move again at Junaet, At 7 o'clock that evening the batteries look Ue froafen road again, with order from Cap a De Ruaoay toadTance wiU all pos sible slle ice. Notwithstanding our effort to obey thl trder the heavy gun-carriage rambled loudly ov ar the stone and ke of the rough wagon wary, and the rattle of the batterie far In advance could be plainly heard en Ue frozen earth! It wm nearly midnight when we planted onr tx runs dn Ue Falmouth height overlooking 111-faied plain. The ground wa covered with a thl a layer of enow, frozen to a cruet, on which th men had walked as we came along. Ko Are ere allowed to be kindled, and without shelter were forced to bivouac on the cold ground.

(The thick tarpaulin from my gun wm spread on the hard anew and on one-half of thl the men tpread tbeir blanket and the other half was irawn over our shivering crowd after we got in bed. Llent Reynolds Joined and turned in atjny aide. We fell asleep comfortably enoui but when at dawn of day we were rudely av akened by Ue roar of siege gun and mortar rained on unhappy Frederioksburg, the beat if our bodies had melted the enow be neath ua and we were trembllur with cold. My ttrst thought was Uat if the commanding (Gen eral ba'l slept a we bad slept they wouldn have bad the nerve to tight a fly. Much dintoulty waa encountered in laying tne three ponton bridges, and it was not uutil 4 o'clock the night of the 11th that Uen.

FraukllnV grand division commenced to cross. At tbat lur we could hear the tramp of horses and the about of men on the bridge and the volley of musketry as the advance charged aoroa and drove the enemy out of the rltle pit at the brilge bead. The roar of the heavy bat teries bag continued on the height above tne city for three day of bridge construction before the crossing was begun. we pi led over at noon on the 12th. and we eauie rifle pits up on the hank among the deserted nd looked out over the wide plain, the panoram spread before us was mairnmoeui swiul The day was rental a day In soft breeze fluttering the scarlet Spring, tl peunous a regiment of lancers -whleh marked the pi oe oi uen.

tsurntiue ceaaquaner. plain frontlnr the bine linpreenable The vas height a covered with troops of all arms, the yellow the cavalry and the rot oi tne artii- lery bie ing in the waves or mineral blue. Thesunlfecht glltteiingon innumerable bayonets, Md flaebiuK from Ue abowy equipments of endless field and staff otlioers and over all fluttered thousands of national flags contributing blotches of etarrt azure and vermilion to Ue gorgeoua color effect i A few ahella feu around us na we debouched on the ala. and we were Immediately hurried forward into brief action which waa only an incident I I posting tne lines lor uie battle of the morrow. I me enemy oouiu be seen uiasmng troops fa away in our front, and after dark they Dorneasi vera! stack which lighted np the early hours ofjt ae nigni wiia a lunu counairrauon.

rday morning Ue bloody, bootless bst- On Bat tie of Fr icrlcksburg wa begun oy our kr. mlshers I front of Ue middle of the left Brand division.) Franklin's,) and we were engaged for an boor 1 the position we bad taken the day be- fore on I right of the First and rtlxth Ordered Uen to Join onr own division Gen. y'of First Corp we proceeded troubled to the extreme left, and, under a deluge of coa- nlotlnr orders, opened are upon position after posltlonJonly to ordered to another and another. The screaming shells tore up the ground nnd cut an the limbs from the tree and sealed many a poor fellow' fate: but through nil the turmoil the enemy kept hi agreaslve flank advanced further and further beyond our left, until the dar eloaed witb no around rained on our part and with the usual light mortality incident lo bb arniiery unci. we aieot on the neid by our auna.

tne pick et Irlng occasionally, and all night the relwl bxm ringing on their breastworks. Now and then we Leard the cry of some wounded ufferer lying between tne line and beyond the reach of help. Borne on the forward wind we oould even hear tbe movemente of wagons and batter ie along Ue hillside, and above tbeee fainter sounds ahe tibe Md taunts and loket of tha on- nosing outoosts. Alter tne tern Die connict ot eaturaay neither aide appeared drslrou of deaecratinr the Bab- bath by a general engagement, Md we listened au My id tne lueuiaae oi tne piegeta, wnicn sputtered Md crackled like a disc bar ire of firecracker on a Fourth of July. Occasionally In Ua eourVe of the day a spiteful shot would oome up the line from a hltworth gun far away, to tne telt.

giving a nasty reminder or Britten ym paUy. lne of these shell exploded la a mail bag of one of the brigade, distributing the let ters wllkout regard to their loving addresses. In Ue afternoon a flag of truce waa sent over to request privilege of burring the dead and uccoriiw tba wounded ea tM ground of Gen. Meade'aibattle, and pending the arrangement of terms, picket tiring ceased altogether, and the mea advanced promptly to an exchange of coflee ua tooaooo. Ma to noia amicable talk.

The moment the armiattM ceased, however, Uese same frooa-uaiurea xeuows proeeeaea to ptcc Men otqer on la tM moat lndustrtoua fashion. On ilpnday the eoadlttona of Sunday prevailed, kvlth innumerable rumor afloat touching tha knovemeota of troops. We bad no Idea of retreat when wa Iy down on Monday night in iron or na wm wnat we knew as tne tsowl- leg Or Boad, extending parallel with tbe Height its line marked aeroaa the nlnln ar many at ontod eedare growing along the four corner a eon eoutnern Breeze core to as tM eound of axes, and even tbe voice of Ue Con- federat outpost shouting. Hello, you Yank. eomaov aaa iraoe ua eonee a no toosceo." uj we knew that the vigilant enemr tb MU waa busily strengthening bis work, expecting na sooner or later to assail them, Boon if ter dark tM order was given to each command to flolelly follow the movement of a oraigaaiM predeeeneor to tbo bridge.

The artillery akoved Brat, and when Mr turn came we took out way OUletlv over tM turf, th ahuektar of the heavy axle fc Ue hubs, the rattle of tbe and Ua low voice of the driver Ua only Bufllbie Mend la tb withdrawal. When tbe batteries la front hrcaa to halt, awaiting their turn oa the bridge, wo patiently followed their lead, halting when tbay halted and moving when they advanced, it wm a misty night, with me a to reveal our movements, end we kept ekir drowsy eve on the long Um of mounted troops disappearing In the gloom toward kha bridge, always glad to aa astir to cloaked ngur-relieved against tba gray aky. A Last eur tnm-cauMi, and wound down Ua Utile blnff to Ua bridge bead and passed upon ttm pUaklag, feeling nnder onr horaee Ue undulating af the floating asnaeway It warpadj under the weight of a heavy gun carriage add roUad ap again under Ue hoofs of Ua Mlmald At dakllght tbe whole army wm oa tbo Falmouth (Ida ot tbo river again, tbo last picket aueceaafully withdraw In silence and secrecy nor or mMaignt, ana tne brtdgre tekea na Blx- MMd dead and wouaded were left a a iMrrni noiovaast to tM ineomn. Mmmaadera Md to th clamor ot th lthe battle of Fralriokburr th war a tiled Into Wtater qnarters, our battery select-lag a weeded slope bordering a ravin for tM eeareoience of drainage. Tb mea dug into tba banc fur foundation and constructed eomrort-abl log hate rMfad wiU caavaa.

Kach had a wide eatmaey carried ap wiU etirks Uid la mud aad a avail terminating as its In re Barrel, from whleh tb amok and parfnm of rook-lag aerapad all Inter. We built also a cordu. roy of hg on which tha horse tood at Ua picket rope, covered oy a roof ot Brwa timber and protected at ft aid by Interlacing of Bougaai ave-peu ut wiao. tiaa. M'aaawortn, wM commanded Mr divto- ton.

aaa ctsbltahd hi hamdquartora Mar by, on Ue toad leading dowa to tbe leading at Belle naia. ITMre was a eoMtant arrival at thia tint at MatrabMda froea. ta Muntry be lew, wMaaaaa. bag aad bag rag, la every varietv of i. WhMtM racbed hla rnrWWv tton tM Uaaeral took dr ozoa Md ask aad gav taa traasportaUr to WaahlBgtaa.

TM xen were nnlhwd ba building ardnroy roada, and muddy atopM nMat diviaton headquarter bristled with eacts and wacoaa. a thoash atheaaand tarmyarjU had Mm damtpad into Ike gallaat id Cwaral waa a snMfil hi-M at heart, wha had aoipped tha GevernaeM a heart, wh had anipp eariaad af Bf at Ua flnt maatertng af to be fed, Md followod la hot baato to afar hla MrvlM to com try. He ofto earn ever to ehat with Cap! BT-nolda, wh wm bi Chief artillery, and of ala pet hobbles wm Ua anbatituliaa of whlffle-tre for tb Immovable apllnter bar of Uo gun, ua wm a gaiiMt Bgnre oa ala ttoroaga-brew ebtaat mare. At ua crossing tn the ring be tow rrederleksborg. a Dank aaove mrat la CbaaeellorsvlU enmMign.

tba uen- oratlad hia tormina party la ponioM to tha atiacx ot tM enemy rin pit, swimming aia mare beeide Ue boat, aad carrying Ue works with the bayonet. One day I wa rtdiag by bis quarter with a Mvalry blanket under my Mddle whan be halted ma brusquely wltt tha de mand Where' your eearlet saddle blanket, Bar-feast 1 explained to him Uat I Med Ue Mae aaddle blanket about oamp, preserriag th other oue for state occasions, and he ended by graciously commending my economy. On Jan. Id order were iained to th army to lie ready to march on Ue following morning, A Held order from Gen. Buroalde wa promulgated, Mtting forth, among ether thing.

Uat the auspicious moment esenied to have arrived to atiike a great and mortal blow to The road Md tbe weather wer certainly favorable to a movement on tbe 16th, and an lingered until the 2Utn, enjoying tbe tine weather in camp, before tartluf to strike tM mortal blow." When tbe army did get under way tbe aky wm overcoat, Md before ztoou the rata began to fall In good earnest I bad ridden to the landing wiU several tbon-sand dollar ot tbe company' money in xprea package atowed tn my hone' nosebag, and Joined Ue column on the march. All My im rain pourea uowu, ana nouny ue mud grew deeper. Tbe patient men and the teaming horse floundered along In tbe mire, bnt tbe beet part of tbe day was spent in halt awaiting the movement of tbe column in advance. Our good blue overcoat abed Ue rain, but it streamed under Ue visors of our cap Md soaked through our unprotected knees. I had neglected to express my own money, and a roll of 7a, which I had tucked into the watch pocket of roy trousers, ws worked out by the action of my belt and probably got trodden into Ue mire.

Tbisaooidentdidn'timprove my humor when we went Into camp at night, the rain pouring steadily down. 1 slanted two fence rail aglnst a stump and lay down with a grumbling toothache, and watched the men climbing tbe pine tree to beat off tbe dead limb in the hope of boiling a cup of coffee with tbe help of tbe resinous wood. The next day Ue rain continued without cessation and the state of the road had grown infinitely worse. Insomuch that we floundered all day until after dark, and covered in the operation leaa than two milea of distance. On every band wagona were wrecked, guna and cannon half buried In the mud, aud long pontons stranded againit the slimy banks.

Regiment of infantry plowed by, the picture of dejection; toe Colonel and tbe field officers bowed to the storm on Uelr-bedraggled horses, and the gallant fellow of tbe line, Ue Captain and Lieutenant. Wbo had broken the hearts of tbe girl at borne pursuing in their glittering uniform, now poached through Ue mud. Ue rain streaming from their rubber poncboa, and their back and aides plentifully decorated with coffee pot and frying pan and other grimy utensil conducive to their comfort in camp, of which, however, they had never dreamed when in their first enthusiasm they had plotured the grandeur of official state Whether marching in dust or mud the men. unprovided with leggings, twlated Uelr trowsera about their anklet and drew tbeir woolen stockings np ou tbe outside. Now witb every step this foot gear wm buried In the mudwhich frequently claimed a hoe or a mule, or a whole train of wagons.

Long Muaeways of rails aud green timber ohopped in the nearest woods had frequently to be constructed to rea-ene stranded train, and conduct them to firm ground. With tbe most ot that gloomy day wa passed baited, awaiting the movement ot tbe immovable the counties vehicle and animals stuok in the mud and glued there like flies In molasses. Before finally going Into camp on an oasis of comparatively bard ground one of our carriage stuck faxt. and after vainly trying to tart it with six tec a cold and ihlvering horses, the prolong! wereattacbed and the men hauled It out of the mud. It waa long after dark when the camp flret were lighted among tbe clumps ot stunted cedars, and the dreary landacape took on a shade of warmth fro in -countless tires, which shone with a mluty light through the fog and Ue rain.

LAKEWOOL'S GAT EST WEEK. CBOWD3 OF VISITORS FIKD MOCH TO ENTERTAIN THEM. Luuwooo, X. April 4. This has been Lakewood' gayeit and brightest week since It became a Winter resort There was never another Easter in Lakewood like last Sunday.

The floral decorations in Ue chnrchea eclipsed all former display of tbe kind. In the afternoon the' drive were picturesque with handsome eunipMe and the by-paths and walks were like a flower garden full of life and motion. There ha been no lack of entertainment at the Lakewood of late. Last Saturday night the management and the guests gave Master of Ceremonies Bt John a benefit. In whleh Mrs.

Jennle-O'Selll Potter gave dialect recitation, and Ua waiter sang negro melodic. A fnll-dres hop concluded Ue entertainment On Monday evening the waiter gav a minstrel bow. On Wednesday afternoon a nine from tbe Laurel Honse contented with a nine from the Lakewood In a game of baseball on tbe Lakewood ground. The eore stood 7 to in favor of tbe Lakewood nine. To-night the orchestra of Ue Lakewood 1 having a testimonial benefit.

On Wednesday night a concert wm given by Mme. Bosa d'Erina and Irof. Vontom in the Catholic oburch. A fair In tba same place will follow Mxt week. Mr.

Edward Marsh and Ml March of Brooklyn are at tbe Laurel House. Mr. aud Mrs. Cornelius YanderbUt and four children are occupying a cottage aulte In Ue Lakewood. Mr.

and Mr. Ooldwin Smith, Mis Crooke, Mr. Henry and A. II. BaaselM ot Toronto are registered at the Laurel.

Mrs Hicks-Lord and Mlat flcbenck of New-York are at the Lakewood. Mr. Robert E. Livingston and Mia Livingston of New-York are at tbe Laurel House. Mr.

J. Hamliu, Mr. and Mr. Frank Hamlin, tbe Misse Hamlin, and Mrs. J.

8. Miller of BuAslo have a cotage suite in the Lakewood. Mr. and Mr. Frederick Cleveland and Ml Cleveland of Albany arc at Ue Lakewood.

and W. O. Rice, Mrs. George Douglas Miller, and Mr. F.

Hayek of the same city are at Ue Laurel. M. Livingston, ex-Consul to Turkey, la at tbe Palmer House. The Hon. Miles Ross, Mr.

Boss, and Mis Rosa of Sew-Brunswick, X. are at Ue Lake-wood. W. P. Milea.

Mia Milea, Miss V. T. Blakeley, and Ml Ida Townaend of Philadelphia are at Ue Laurel Mouae, aad from the same city at tbe Lakewood are Mr. and Mr. J.

Corban Wlleox. Ml M. Main and Mia J. Main of Saratoga are registered at the Laurel. Mr.

and Mr. George E. Walter' of Portland. are spending their honeymoon at Uo Lake-wood. Mr.

and Mrs. W. IX Bee. Mr. J.

B. Zerbe, Mis Zerbe. Md Mrs. Mavnard of Cleveland, Ohio, are registered at the Laurel. Mr.

and Mra. t'hurlee Evans and Miss Evan of Ua same eity are at the Lakewood. Mra. Sidney M. Hedges and Mia Hedge of Boston ar stopping at the Laurel Honse.

Mr. and Mr. 1. A. Monfort of Bt Paul, are at Ue Lakewood.

Among Ue latest arrival at the Laurel House ar taa following: From A'i- York. H. V. nodfra-r. VnAavtitii Mia Emma Leell.

Mrs George kocder. W. H. Ap- ffr.O. Uvlngatua.

Mr. aad Mra. Joseph Docker, i O. 0. Houghtollng, Ml J.

E. Fuller, Mr. I. D. l.lodgett.

Mia HiodgeU, Mr. sad Mrs. T. Wolf Tone. z.

ooiisy. air. an Mra. woodruff aattoa, Mr. aad Mra.

J. Ooodwla. Mr. sal Mrs. J.

T. Terrv. Mr. aad Mia Walter Carter, r. and Mra.

O. F. Juhnenn. trom and Mra. B.

F. Frotlilnaham. Dr. J. Whttaer Mr.

aud Mra M. B. band. Mrs. Mrsh Hoag.

Miaa Van Vredsaberga, Mis Core Boer, theaev. If. Frio cuter. tM Bv. J.

O. Baacbus, The latest arrivals at the Lakewood Include! u1 htra tJavid Jam King, Misses Hsiid. Mrs. K. W.

Poor. Mr. W. bond, Mr. aad Mra Edmund ot- irwi.

Mr. ad Mr. toorg ft Roger. (Ma. and T'rw Mr Md Mr Heorg W.

Moore, Mr. aad Mr. William H.lloo. Mr. and Mra jnowstMt, Mr.

aa Mra. C. 1. tMnwell, Miss atowelt. It and Mra.

L. Bradahaw, Mrs Albert raimw uemag. Mrs. a. a.

risnsr, Mr. ad Mr. A. C. Haat.

Mr. Md Mra W. I. Tiao. rv aad Mrs.

jr. K. Rtehardnoa, nrr r. Oiegory. Mi Kda Uto Danalng, ti M.

HMdrtcksoa, A. ttaazay. ory, Mrs. o. a.

srarweu. mim i a. Kaazey, Tb following are among tbo latest arrival nt wo I KiBior S19U and Mr. Jam T. VslL r.Uit v.it Mrs J.

a. Rogers. W. H. Moloney, Mr.

H. A. HuagUBd, Mra Joha Vaaderbiit, Mia at We'l. Mr. aauMra OreHaSetd.

Mr eel MrZ J. 77 w. X. cnavtll, Mr. aad uramor.

Mra. K. ti nuaey. Mrs. J.

w. uau rfkijr.Mt. and Mra. ft l. Ulzon.

Mr. a I Mr. r.G Greeawood. Mia ana mrs. t.

Jk, aiiob. Mra. Fraaka. MM K. rraakaT Mra.

AMQLtuniira a ivittAV. Collector Erhardt leaned am order yaeterder formally abolishing tho Twelfth ZHrkdoa of th vuatont atonaa, mora generally known Ue Immigration BorMa. Tb new immigration. law. which wewt Ut effect ea th let th monthv has mad th bunaa aaelsaay i tta eld dntie hov Mm traasferred to the Euperla-taadMt of Immigration.

TMawa Haat, Ue Uenaty CoQeetar who. baa bad eharg af Ua bnreau. is transferred a tba iata or Law LH-vlmloa. where he wUl 'aaaU Prouty CMIeetM About th nry thlag toft tor Ceatoetor ut tmmlgrauoa eaaee is donv papera where TtelattoB of Uo law la shown. iLvoid Sa With ita headache, backache, sneezing, ferer, prostration, lorenesa' of the stomach, throat, and lungs, and symptoms yitalLzing the ood with This medicine acts with stomach, liver, blood-purifying current every kidntjys, organs, trace of abling the system to resist its influence.

To relieve and cure what is known as the after symptoms of La Grippe, take AYER'S Sarsaparilla, Don't be persuaded to take any other. Ask for Ayer's Sarsaparilla Prepared fcy Dr. J. C. Ijer ft Co, Lowell, lm Cures others, will cure you PHASES OF CITY, LIFE.

Mach publieeurtostty baa been aroused by tbe vio lent departure from styl of tha old Westers Union Building of the four new upper torie. Every day aeore of people passing la Broad way look up at the work, note the contrast, and aaM each other wby encb. an odd piece of patchwork attoeud permitted. While Ue old structure I plentifully prlnklod with granite trimming Ue new part 1 utterly devoid ot Uem, nothing but plain red brick being aaed to repair the ravage of the Are. This striking oootrast certainly makea the tall building a very oonsptcuou ob ject.

Aa officer of the Western Union Building wm asked to explain tbe reason tor Ula peculiar state ot affair. He said that the owner ot 1 th building had been taught by th Are Uat granite was aot a desir able element in the wall of a building because It yielded as readily tc heat. As we do not want to be buraod out said the gestlsmaa. we ooncluded to omit the granite from the new walls. I know of no reason for the departure from Ue general architectural oa (lines of the old structure except that (he architect probably saw no neoesalty ot pre serving them under the circumstances." I There were some large collections taken np in Xew-Tork churche on Raster Sunday, and a urge proportion of the monoy thus obtained will be devoted to home missionary worn Tbe Rev.

David H. Greer, rector of St. Bartholomew's Church, where Cornelius Vsnderbllt. aa a Veatrynian. helps to paas the plate, told his congregation on, Easter morning tbat he wanted a liberal contribution to aid in the ex- tended mission work that ohuroh 1 prosecuting in this city.

He wanted not ICS than glo.OO.t The generous congregation gave him more than that amonot at the morning aervloe alone, and added largely to Ue total at the afternoon service. Visitor to Ue Clerk' office ot the Superior Court who have occasion to nse the writing table that stretches across the room have been startled recently by large plaoarda tacked about two feet apart informing whom It may concern that -these Inkstand mnst not be taken away." Since these inkstand" are about the size ot the average hat, and are kept filled witn ink, the warning seems- quite a gratuitous as it wool 1 be to placard notice to people not to walk off with a red-hot stove. A lawyer who took ofTenae at these notice got one of tne office veterans In a corner the ether day and asked him if he did not think each a notice waa carrying a Joke perilously far. The veteran shook his head, and saddened tone thus answered In Ue mistakes nt the past we should seek our guidance tor the future." An np-towa jeweler ha an order that would mean a year's profit to a small dealer, bt which can never be filled. Death has canceled it.

An tinmen silver vaa that received honorable mention at th Pari Exposition, having Mea designed expressly a a avis exhibit lor Uat occasion, Wa secured by a Baltimore admirer of tbe bite Staator Hearst. Be Intended to present it to Ue Senator, and. upon con sulting him about it, learned thai the gift would be especially appreciated if it could made into a fancy lamp for Ue moalo room of me Senator's bouse at Washington- This Intended conversion of -the ase Into a lamp Md its proposed destination were engraved on a silver plate, and the vase and plate were displayed at the tor In tM city. Tb alight delay incident to a public view of the treasure wss fatal to the order, for Senator Hearst's illness be came critical, and death followed before uyUlng could actually be done npon tbe work. There 1 oa Individual in this mast dlatressfnl world who i perfectly (attuned WiU hi lot.

He I the elevator boy In an uptown apartment bo us. Just now bat few of tbe apartment ar occupied. and after Ue men In tbe beeso bars gone in tM morning there is practically nothing for th elevator youth to do. Be kill! care by reaearch Into tha live of "Dick, Avenger," Md other celebrities of tha early day of tM Weat But lia a goad My, Md one of Ue tenant who bad takra a fancy to him conceived the Ms cf siring him a ehMce to get oa in the world. He oflered Ue elevator boy a place in hla office.

Much ta hi rorpris. th offer wa politely but promptly declined. 'Toull never amount to anything hero." said Ue tenant Never you mind." said the elevator boy. I'm one of Uem feller as know when he' got a good thing. I'm agotn' to anrae thl Job Just a long aa I can." Before Ue boy assumed charge1 Ue elevator he drov a milk cart.

Md It is not ao remarkable, per haps, that he thould cherish a position wMr warmth aad inactivity prevail. There wa but one vacant seat lu tM ear. Tw men. aa old, gray haired lady, wM wa lame in one leg. and a black haired, black-eyed, and extremely pert-looking mia of fourteen, perhaps, got la at a treet corner.

TM mea stood a p. TM old lady saw tM vacant aeat aad mo-rod slowly toward it, Th miaa. wM wa Just behind her, also saw Us aeat Sb moved rapidly toward It. ah plowed past th Md lady aad captured Ue aeat. Sb dropped la to it Md looked around triumphantly.

A aweet faced young woman, handsomely dressed, and with big Md sympathetic eye, wm plainly diapleaaed-at Ue girls' pr-mptMaoftMeat. SM roaa quickly and mv her aeat to Ue old lady. Then aba said indignantly to the Bilss: "Tn ought to ba ashamed ot your-elf!" "How-much do yoa get," replied part one, with a to of her head, for mlndta' other folks' kost- nr Before Ue young womsn could Mwer, th old lady poke. 8h gu. la thl rasa," she aaM, "Ue thaoki of a' very tired eld woman." A bunch of violet was ptnaed to Ue yocag we.

M'i mad Wbra Ue left th irar a few mom onto later Ue ewer lay to Us aid lady's lap. i Aawng Ua many aaBoyaace jlBcldrat to travel sa sisvsied roada, perhaps tM most Irrliatlag Is that experienced by the paasengeraj In a trala which rue ea a aid track while one of tlie eo-ealled "ei-area" goes by. This i aaN eaiaode for the wM down Ue WlaU Avua lla abont 10 o'clock la Ue morning. After passing rtfty-ninU Street Uelr tram com to atop aad thea bck slowly ever apoa th central track Md ap to tM tattoo again. Thea Ue express" come along, ps, and proceeds ea its way with a dsrislvs rattle, while Ue occupant ef it car -took ever at Ue peopl delayed trala wtu aa air that say plainly nought "We'll get down town Mteen mlaato before yoa do." It all right i exayigh to have om trains taster Um Uers.bat way weald It aot wall to ear wear and tear ah temper byhavtagtM guard oa to way train.

fifty. ninth- Street la reaebsd. aanoaare tbat Msg la aa expr tta poopl am harry eeald got eat aad avail Uamoorvo of tt adVMlagoat Certain worldly aad Irreverent peopl are taumg a etory about tb MmU aad Map which la aalouTated to shock th good CetoaeL. TMy aay Uat a aiM ef MleanfaeeaM clerical air entered that afltoe Ua ether day and, attar Boat heating arouad UaMsh, axed kaown the fact that hwa loetlag for amnloy-nmat. Wkea asked what ala particular Um at work might he, aald lmproaatrolyi "lama tHUaej.

aad thought 1 aslgbt a naaral la eMdraUag Jadgiar from eseaeef ta Ue M-ia-Uw bia-faCMr-ns-law' paper, aot only thl a trM etory. Vet tb Btobap get a tfjMWMtt a I freaa aaatt of rasrk htow ar Sk Marmt Tnir4 A aag trom the netU tide Farh atowntnar Grippe of pneumonia, by purifying and AYER'S Sarsaparilla. unfailing potency upon the and other blood-making, expelling from the life epidemio poison and en from Broadway and before tMy reach Contr Street you will often Md that yoa mast vary alert to do so. This I peoially trM after dark. Vary often tt oar ea th two roadrstart out at tt same time Md Uelr driver indulge In a rao np as far a Centr Street, The conductor I interested In th race and Ua algeal of would pMenger ar disregarded.

The tbe car ettea keep a sloe together that it I next to impossible for vn aa expert athlete to hoard Ue oar from Ue opposite aid of Ue (treet from Ue track. After Centr Street is reached Md US' race la over, Uo horses ore allowed to walk of Jo along on a alow trot. Tbe Park Mow hof car race ar dangerous nuisances, Md Ue soon or Ue manager ef Ue railroM put a atop to Uem Ue bettor it will for Uelr patrons A party of newspaper men wh wer todulgiag in a daybreak luncheon last week wr talking over Ue queer Incidents that bespangle their Iridescent existences. Tbe tnnnleel thing I've encountered lately," aald oae, vu connected wiU a very sad affair, Ue shouting of Ue young womaa organist ef a down town church by an insane stranger wM imagined ah bad Jilted him. I waa told off to break Ue new to her folks, (the was thought to mortally wounded.) and went around to Uelr apartment in a frightfully nervous condition.

When I reached there the door waa opened by a awt young man with banged hair Md a soprsoo voice, who announced, in answer to my first question, that wa the young tody's blotter. I beckoned him out Into tho hall and told him tt tory. Instead ot falling in a rage aad asking, Where 1 her mU average brother would do, he raised hi hand affectedly and said: 'Whatl My later sbott With a revolver 1 Well, I think that man wa real mean, don't you I He ought to have Uat pistol taken right away from I had Ue good fortune to be sent," said another reporter, to the big Cohen-Cohen wedding In Park Bow last year. I fell )nto Ue Mnds of Harris Cohen, the father, father-in-law, and uncle of tto Mppy couple, and went around with him to salute the brld. After I had performed that pleaaiug ceremony I Baked about the presents, "'On, dey haf said Mr.

Cohen i 'houeee. carriages, checks, ind di'monda, dl'monda, About bow many diamond are Uere altogether I asked. aald Cohen oareleaaly, I dinks dere vaa a pout droo qnotera of a BLUE GRASS HORSEMEN. SOME OF THE TROTTERS HOW TRAINING AT LEXINGTON. IH Lexiotok, April a.

Spring fairly opened here Wednesday, and the trotting horaemen are busy bee a. Everything to bustle Md activity tha trotting track, and Ue two hundred horse quartered tbor are being worked ovary day on BrMfleld A covered track. Th association la building a straightaway track about forty feet wide and half a mile long, to bo used by the colt handler when breaking nnd educating the youngster to drive. George W. St Clair hM perhaps the large! string of trotting hone of any trainer In tho PUte, be having forty-lire bead In hi eharg.

They are all youngster, and among the prom ialng two-year old are Moobar. Haxel Dell, Peggy Wilton. Flaguet, Wyoming, Dm, Knight, Betty Bird, Md other. They are by aueh aire aa Wilton, Aberdeen, Jay Bird. Woodford WUkea, BtrMger, and other leading horse.

Bowerman Brother' ttable 1 known tbo Wilton Stable." from the faet tbat nearly ail Uelr twenty-nine head were elred by that prom ising stallion. They have one animal by Empire Wilkes, one by Jay Bird, and one by Iiobert Mo- Uregor. the other all Ming or utom i Be geiu- Ing Mike Bowerman, 8 I the only old horse In the lot, the other being three-year- olds, two-rear-olda. and yearlings. The iiton yearling are (bowing well, and one Ally out of a Mambrlno mare, George Bowerman think.

I second Nancy Hanke. She hM a splendid way of going and show a much mum old bora. Brook Curry and Al Hutchlngsbave a aplendld stable of about twentv-flve horses. Among them la Ue sensational filly Evangeline, the faat Minnie Casaell. Cleopolltan.

May mra, ana warn KlghL The latter Is by Alerone. and prom ising young stallion. He will be trained for a record this season, and it Is believed Uat he will go btter than He met with au accident when Urae year old, but it ta believed tbat he will now stand training. Trombone. Uueea Bird.

Md Bt Clair are the lUn of Joe Thayer' tring of ten. The other seven, however, are very promising, and several of Uem abow well. Will J. Young baa eight head in training, mostly young things. Miss V- Is perhaps tM Mat of hi trlug.

Young did well with her last year, and he exDecta to give ber low mark in lSHL W. W. Milam hM eight horse In hi aUble, among Uem Ming Tooa- 11. P. Kelly la train ing about twenty boad for T.

Aaglla. in tne lot are tSe faat colt Sternberg Md the great Oily Angelina, besides a number of youngster by llke Bov. J. Harry Good ha nine head by ucb promising sire Wilton. Sentinel Wllkee, ana um uoy.

Among the other trainer at the track are Lee Daruaby wiU acven bead; William Delaney wltt ten. among tnem that superior staiiloa ranoe- ton. w. k. a-imuau witn ten horses CbariM Frell with seven: Charlie Patterson with ten.

and Cant William Boyoe with eight There Is virtually no sickness among tha horses, Md one well-known trainer ear the animals have wintered better here than they have for ton year. Many more horaee will be taken np within the next few week, so that by May 1 at leat 'lb trotter will be taking Uelr preparation on tbe Lexington track. ttldnay Balrd, who la bow trainer and maa- atr for I A. Ksgsdals. ciarkavui.

Tenn. write follow eoaoerulng tne borM he I working: Our horse are looking extra well. am working ten. ana tney nave aoma cpeeu. Mvenof the lot I believe are race boraea.

ba weather here Is miserable, however, two good dar being aMut tba Hunt eaca week, but alara' them along slowly In th mud. Th Aitelinily I growing rapidly and wo gem doxen or more leitere cease rain weeiir T.Uorar Cleland. Ksirbolm Park. Lebanon, hM Mid to Mlntoa Thornton. Marten County, tba My cult Divoroe, id,) by VBJIVr.

UBIU MH UUI ,1 IIIWIU U. 2. by kalller, ir of the dam of Kmoo Jim, li MMBd dam by tborougnurea jou Bell also the brown colt Woodford Wilkes. (3,1 by Artist Wllk, mi of Red Wilke. dam Kippley, by Woodford Abdallah, lr of KenllworU, mcom asm nsj roif.

TBS MVTMCBB TMMXIlf BALL. Th baQ given by the Dentach Vereln Thursday evening; wm Ue first one held la 'be mw honae, and wm a great uocea la iplte ef Ue bad weather. Tha ballroom wm beautifully m4 tMtefullr deooratod. and Ue favor In Uo couliion. which wm danced at midnight wer la tt abape of Spring flower.

Among thoM C-Mat ware Mr. preua, wuuam ntoinway, re, A dele W. emlth, Mia smith, Mia frchurx. Mia Harrtoon, F. Beraatth.

CmiI Keealar. CoMul Vol gel, Ferdlaand Mela, Theodore Dreter, ana ixui inamuiiar. IM BAQaAOB XMTMM CAM. Jadg ingraham ef the BupretM Court yeetar- day Aacidsd UM vldnc Mwd Uat Mr. Annl X.

GardlMr had ebtelaad board 1 lodgUg at tM Park irua) Htol for berMU nnd her ao by falM prtca, aad tMrafore dUmiaacd th writ of bba eorptw wbtoh wm Uktiwtw ft he roloao tram th Jeffereoa Marxet Priaea. Mra. GardlMr protoadad the kstsLwkm astkM MMtkw bill, tbat ah had baggage and ramittanc Mming. Thay never THE LAST OF A TWEED JOB PROBASLX MALX AS OLD JVXX Ot "XAVARRQ WATER METERS THIT OOfT T1W CXTT TI A MVLtlOW DOTJUkJU. BUT WXB ABSOLCTXLT vroBTXttst-rnts ttci tat DATS OF XXTSATAOAXCt, If tt true thai from tb exrertenoe of th not Ue leaaenaaf tb future moat drawn, tn People ot Kew-Torl may ftnl faod for rSee-Hoi ta a rumor that la now ourrebt Thl rumor, whloh anautot Tarifted, hut waleh oom to he warranted mmih It nggeU a inotlonbl ttep th part of th oily MtterV um.

reoau Ue figure of BUI Tweed. Thramori la that th 10,000 water meters, which hacaoiej fnatotu Mth Navarro water meter." whleh Tweed, OommlatloMf of Publle Work, eon-! tree ted for In behalf of tbe eity 1871 nt WTd nplaoa, or 700,000 for Ua lot, bnt whleh nJU-1 mately cost Ue city over a million and a Quarter dollar, Br to Bold tunk. The aTavarro water tne tare bav hM piled np tn tt eorporntton yards, aerrtakg other pnrJ, poa thaa to aoeutaolate rut, ever alne tb city porchaeed them. They hav bMn naa. I to Ueelty many bar ef pig tron would to apvtbeoary.

That their final deatlne-l tlonWMtheJnnk ilopkaiMM evident fromj beginning i yet now Uat It la itatod. Ml of- floially, but from a aonroe Ust warrMto Ita lief. UM Ud city la about to reUora fteelf frona UU shadow of Tweadiam, tb "rdgtm of x4 that la now bnt a memory to oli men Md tradition to young men, la vlvldljJ roealled. Tbe 10,000 pleoM of Junk, alia water maters, that Ue eity in mw en It hMda for aala a publle auction are not now object of anj pedal Interest to th publm, They plnyadi however, a leading role bt Ue Tweed extra vm gansa," and I wm not natU Oetober. 188, that they, by final deetelon af Ue Court ot Apaealai wiUdrew from public view, taking a fortnn from the eity' treasury wttt Uem.

If It be true) Uat at Ula late day tney ar to reappear fo final oonalgnment their obituary la la order. Back In 1S70 what became famoua th "water-mater Job" wm bora. Ita parent waj William M. Tweed. wboM star wm than I tha ascendant nnd ahinlng brightly.

Im godfather! wm Aleck" Ftom. whee ebar wm Mantowi om In Ue Tweed MMtollauon. BoU wer then member ef tM Legislature of thia Stato. Llk.a a Mrtain otbar great statesman, wM I mw hesitating 'twlxt love and duty," Tweed Freer were not content with one public office. tn addition to being mem her of tho Legltln ure, Uey occupied, respectively, Ue otboec ojl commissioner or rnoiie work ana Commltv toner of Charities Md Correction of the eitf Of New-York.

It wa by virtu of Uelr deal role Uat th contrived to bring into axlatenM watea meter Job." As member ot th Legialatur. Uey, by mean beat known to those wbo retort to tnem. contrived to dm through tha Legist la ure an Mt authorising the Couimlaaloner of Public Worka of Ue city of New-York to eana water meter to pot Into hotel, manufacturing establishments, and In all building when tne consumption or water wa likely to be unusually large. It happened at that time Uat Joe F. Navarre wm deeply Interested In a com- any that wm manufacturing water meters, and alio happened Uat Aleck" Frear obtained an interest in that meter patent In view of thee happening result followed that.

In oonsideratiou of later development. wm not ealeulated to cause surprise. Prear brought Tweed and Navarro together. Tim culmination ot tteee event Mm on Aug. 2.

1H71. when Tweed, In hi Mpaolty as Commissioner of Public work, aided by Frear as -a formal witness, contracted wltt Navarro under authority of tM bill whloh they leglalato bad pulled Urough to purchase In behalf of the city 10.OO0 water meter at 970 each. WlUitb thirty day Navarro had delivered one-half el the meter and Ue reet were delivered within tbe required time limit Tweed accepted then) a fast as tboy Mme and drew warrant on tt eity treasury for their payment i But while Uia pretty little gam wm Ming layed tbe tar-eyed goddess ef reform ap-eared on the aoene, nor first harbinger being Andrew II, Green, wbo had auooeeded Blip pery Diok" Connolly Controller. Mr. Oreea refused to pay for the water meters en the ground the Mt of 1870 did not authutr-ltc any suoh oontracl Tweed had entered Into with Navarro, Mntlment backed Controller Green In thi (tend, for a eommiMlon of expert.

Maded by Allan Campbell, bad declared tbat tbe water meters were abMiateiy wortnieaa. it wm at tni um may were thrown Into Ue yard ot Ua Department I rubuo work, where tney bat since remained, i Mr. Navarro withdraw from tha "water-meter Job" at this stage of Ue game, assigning hi claim of 9700,000 against the city to Job Balrd, who had previously been Interested water-meter patents. It wm In Balrd' natat tbat the year of litigation whleh followed wb carried on. He a nod for hi 700.000.

March, 1HH, Judge Donohue appointed ex-Judge John K. Porter referM In the mm Tbe eity tried to have the order vacated an th ground that tbe referee, having for year bMu JVevarro' private counsel, wm not a proper Th. a n. D.i. however, wm denied nnd Ue denial affirmed on appeal.

I porter ti therefor acted referee, and Oct 9. 1 8 80, reported In favor of Balrd. awarding him the $700,000 principal and interest, or a totaior Navarro, be ruled, had entered into the contract In good faith. By the time Judgment waa entered the eity' liability to Balrd wm 01. 126,14 13.

i On Oct ita, IHBa, tha a pre in court, Gonetal Term, overruled BeferM Porter' deolslon ba the came ground tbat Controller Uroen bad token. The eaae then went to the Court of Appeals, where on Got 7.l4a4,tteBoprmeGourV reversal wm reversed and ReferM Portef'i uqwmwu uimiuwi, 11 via wiis sifuui 1, 250,000 to pay for the 10,000 water meten Uat were piled np In Ita yarda 1 Suoh briefly le the story of th "Junk" whfrb it i now rumorea to onctionea on as em metal. Legal notice of sale hM Mt Men given. Tbe Commlsaloner of Public Work will only any tbat when the aale la decided npon legal notice will appear la Ue CUy iteeenf, aoocrdlpg to custom. 1 It la ancient history, hot It may be worth while to out out and put away the following little table, to filled out wbea tM famous Navarro water maters" are Mid aa junk Cost to the cltv gl.ISO.yOe 0,000,000 Meiers sold as Jaak for PuhUe moaay synmndered -f FEN AUD SCOUTERFEITS.

THERE CAR'T BX AXT PROFIT IM DCCINO THKM. In saloon near the corner of Broadway Bad Wall StrMt a counterfeit fifty -dollar bOLj Inclosed tn frame, hurl pou tho wall It greenback, Md nine person out of ton would Uke It for Ue genuine artlole. Inspeclloa audef a magnifying glM ahow Uat It wm made vflth a pen ud Ink, Md the om who made most bare been an expert of rare ability. There are other of Uese bill In existence, made wlth.pen and Ink, Md all preelaely allk. On la atitte Treasury Department In Washington In kha curio room of tbe bee ret Berrlce, and one la jtt property of a gentleman in CUetnnaU, 1 A great deal of buattag baa Ian done by 'the Goveraniebt oilleial for tb tuaMr of ties bill, but with success.

A curious thing tuy hava noticed la tbat new ones appear pioo Icallr, abont onoo la nine month or a year. Whoever I skillful enough wiU hta pen toiex-Mute Ula Iti work eoulu mak tuore motAir at legitimate buslae than la making Hfty-dJllar bill, tb do to tiro Mv concluded, for jib I require loan aad painstaking work. Tbe boa-Olualoa hM Moordingly beru ached Uat thi oounierfeltlng I limply a fad, or psrhabs mania, wiU tbe persua wh doe It, aad ks. not designed flnMelaily proOtoblaempioyuirnt Periiap tha bill ar made aa eurioeitm used are nottnteuded lor simulation, but Mmeoody't eapldity IndncM th possessor to paMtitein. From whatever motive tMy may bmadJtb proooM would be' stopped th TreaAury ofboial kMW tha maker.

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