Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 8

OAKLAND TRIBUNE. pressing forward. To the right hlsflwltli machine-like precision, and WWW WWWWWWWWW WWW Miss Horton's School, Corner 12th and Filbert Oakland, Cal. John Cook QUARTERMASTER'S CLERK. A STORYOF SMTTH'SJGUERIIXAS pnauj u.

man was mecnanicauy repeat- llder A In- "This RI River nonsense stops "Smith's Gruerrdlas," who stood Tight here-" like a wall, spread out their ranks so At the head of the line was John as to permit the passage oi the flot- Cook, as full of fight as In the ear sam borne by the tids of defeat. davs of the war, when tie thought that they closed together, a solid levee, and a month would serve to scourge the stood, fearless, unkempt, heroic. The Confederate armies into the sea. His day of the command despised and re- forty rounds of ammunition were gone. Jected at headquarters was at hand.

Hp was leading his comrades In pur- "Smith's Guenil.as" sneered as they suit of a fleeing enemy. In bis right hfard the hostile yell, they laughed In hand he waved an empty rifle, and the presence of an exultant foe. A his left a cap, shot and torn to tatters" sheet of flame bum from 7.000 mouths He heard the wi.d cries c-f the Thing In of steel. gray as It was torn by the volleys John Cook was among the first of rni the rifles of Company A. It tbat host which alternately shot and staggered on its myriad feet: it wav- oheered.

Before him lie saw forms red before the well-directed fire, and 1 1 hi 3 --I Riajr auu. gaum go aown line grass icoivea iis'-mi imo panic- into stricken foemen, who fled bafore that berore. the reaper. "Come on, boys!" he was crying. "It's time for "'Smith's Guerrillas' to show what they can do!" jjiinwauip cnarge.

From the rear sounded the thunder of mere than a thousand hoofs. The rue Confederate cavalryman v-ct cavalry pursued the scattered remnants of the Confederate armv. remnants of the Confederate army. heart and nerve. Th-v fli'hwfA 1 1 1 7 '5 VI my ri charge of that wild.

reWuJ' Smith waved a slouch feat band. The quartermaster's clerk and if abve b-ad as be called, his comrades charged into the depths ,1, uo iney tmnl- of the wood firing at the glmt of Sm tnA TT' carMnp barrels and the flsh of 1 tle left 01 me victorious host buckles. the companies of the 119th Illi- To Truhn r-rt o. "ere was joun in later as likLmii thft ceive the medal of honor was like aweot minstrelsy fr leading a gallant charge when all that his sun-rlcra rpmi'rc rrf Thev can't turn us!" shrieked the shells. oim had been to serve his country as the Minie a non-cfmbatam, and his quarter "We'll hold them," san balls.

master as a clerk. John Warner Har- inusser us cierK. wamer rvtmnom, Company A were advancing, firing rington-tn Everybody's Magazine. ST. MARY'S COLLEGE CONDUCTED BY THE BROTHERS OF THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS A S'oydclass8t Mist Hortcn's, r.tb end Filbert streets.

This school includes primary, intermediate, grammar nd high school grades; and prepares students for the State University, Stanford and other colleges. r. 4 a en 1 J3 1 i Ill; I 1UUJ ers In pursuit- His progress was slow, and the morning and part of the after-noon piRsed without the sound of a Confederate gun at the field of Pleasant Hill. "Smith's Guerrilla" waited in the lee of the woods. Time hung heavily on their -hands, and to Joan Cook it seerm-d as though ages were compressed Icto the compass of a single day.

He and his comrades fought over again the campaign of the Red River in many ways, all of which were different from the plan accepted by the four geneitt-S and the admiral who had conducted it. lliey reviewed tha incidents of every ngnt, and toid how victory might so easily have been taken from the Jaws or defeat. To "Smith's Guerrillas" it seemed as though the end of all things was at hand; to Company A it was evident that the situation was desperate; to John Cook, quartermasters clerk, it seemed as though the resonsibiiity for that day was lus personal burden. The scouts brought news of the Confederate approach. Churchill (had arrived within striking of the Federal lines, and nis exnausted followers wers lying on the ground resting from the iaiiguo or the uay and night.

Mower and Jimory were wailing in line of bat i.e. Two hours passed and Chen the Confederates, by repose and comident of victjry, moved against the ridge of faded blue. Over tne woods there whtst ed tuts first shell, and far toward tne edge of the fields the rina crackitd like thorns beneath the caidran or war. The pickets were driven in. Scouts galloped to headquarters with the news that the enemy was again on the move.

A new life came over that sodden expanse of undulating ground called Ploaiiant Hill. John Cook looked from the borders of the wood upon ragged fields strewn with irregular masses or stone, and heri and there garnished with stunted trees- Companies of men moved hurried. over the open space obedient to those who had arranged the board for the game of battle. Aiies galloped froma headquarter bearing the orders trom the knights to the pawns. John Cook saw tnat tn moves were pliand without any special reference to "dmiuh's Guerrillas." He was filled with the impatience of youth.

Had he remained a non-combatant, a quartermaster clerk, he felt that he could not have taken a less ictive part in the aftairs woich were going on around hinu. He was all, merely an idle spectator of swiftly changing scene. The attack became general, the Coniedcrateafadvanued in twee. Masses of men were forced backward before the hot breath of a monstrous Thing in gray, whica was slowly moving over lieias stained with biood and tern by snails. 'iiU3 Thing crept tor-ward beneath the cover of clouds of smoKe, ttoni wniua it dai-ietl it tongues ot nre.

out of the uun vapor tiieie came a cry shxiiltr unun the snriek of shells. Uae southern yell aud tne Soutaera charge! A regiment ot Zouaves struck oy tne biast wmch swept tae tieid wsie scatiexcd liite scaxii't-ciad maiiDettes caunt in tna wnir ol a storin. 'ine tusai-aucd figures fell broiteii and toia, tossed hitner and thitaei-, sned a new and a ueeper red. Joihn Couk saw the ridge of blue give Way. Uolouel iicaeUici Icll, and ins brigade was cut to piecea.

lue ceii tie oi uie ieUeial line was Doine ljiwaid aa uioU6a it Wcie Jt mui caraooaid. 'l'ae ilat was cruiupled up n.e tissue, iue vaaiiuibaea lied beiore tne wratn I victory. Men waoae faces Were wUvjtie eyes were wi.d ad staling, tuinoU tad rail witn ai tua oprea wouca tear COUid give to tottOI'j-ag limoiS- Hoises toiu uy shells piuagi-il inrough tae Ueeing JloSC. Vne woods to the left echoed with the rusn oi feet aiul uie snapping oi dead oraneaes trjUin uy aa itaVttaC-lug toe. Tae, Coaiccteiates had uie federal leiu Jomi cooic ruaued lorward, firing as he; ran.

coaie on, boys!" he cried. "We have got to hoia Uienii Nooouy else can It we don ioin amoag the pines there rushed a noiue ol feiojiua, iiiay-aiDcd aud au i-covered, uie ua-jiainrti Ovs-saeits ot tae Texas piaiaa. laey Were aiamjuatca, tor in uie taiigie oX uie uees auu oruah uicie vuj no room lor lrou-saoa anuauious. "Couie on, Dosi yeiied John Cook. "This is oui' caaa.ee! We have fcoi to turn mem:" a gunpowder she burst from the bordeis ol tae wood.

Mae taii lorms oi uie XeAans loouiea biimiy uotu tu nusid ot nitre, vjuid it be Uiat Company A was wavi'mgif 'lae Cicrt Saw u.d Jjual iuo-luiyie false aili.t haad aiid lail UicAkvaiaa. ie rka ooc. to nd uia.t lae soul aad lied lioiu tae lroiau oi tae oid bcot who was uie cuuipy pude. lae pressed tne puaieiead w.iat ot uie deau, aad lueu ne Cnecl'ed on tne boys as ne led uie line, xne pent-up rage oi a campaign cour'edhiuugh his veias. He saw Otlore nim uie lue-1CS3 form of tae one wiui wioom he had snared two years or privauoin and peril.

Daylight disclosed 'femitn Guerrilla" forming at Pleasant Hill to cover the retreat of the fleeing Army of the North. Lieutenant-General Grant had ordered that Shreveport, the Confederate stronghold of Louisiana, must be taken by April 10. 1864, or the, Red River campaign abandoned. Several division of troops and a fleet of gunboats were to cooperate In the undertaking when the river was swoolen by the freshets of spring. To better carry out the plan, Major-General Banks, who was In charge of the expedition, asked for an additional force.

He received ten thousand seasoned vet- erans commanded by Brigadier-General Andrew J. Smith. The new- comers were not handsome they had been active on the march and on the field of battle. They had a reputation for foraging which was equal to that of seven-year locusts. Major-General, Banks was not pleased "when he heard the report of his reviewing officers concerning the re-enforcements.

"I asked Sherman," he exclaimed, "for ten thousand of his best men, and he seut me these guerrillas." Hard work and little glory became the lot of those who, to the end of the chapter, were known as "Smith's Guerrillas." 1 Never was an excursion Into a hostile country more disastrous than was that campaign of the Red River. On April 8th, with Shreveport three days' march away, the Union forces were signally defeated, and only escaped destruction through the coolness and bravery of a single division under Brigadier-General Emory. They were in full retreat on the morning of April 9th toward Jram Etore, where Ahe Federal gunboats, held in the shoal water, were easy and waiting targets for Confederau cannon. Seven tnoutwmd oi "Smith's Guerrillas" Bto.u upon trampled and disordered ground fringed by scraggly woods. Whatever rise of land there may have been at Pleasant Hill was hidden by the motley hosts which possensed the fields.

The had been astir all through the night, for the of disaster travels with a speed whkh tactician caanot understand. 'J He story of the dtffcat had been whispered through every clump ot trees, oorne along wastes of unoei-bruan, fcucL. to.d by Uw vey aun.s scattered over the desolated plantations. tno springs issued from the earth at 1'itaoam. jtlui.

Mheie wan no water except luat contained In liie MWiuging caiettiift ot tne soiUieis. lUeie vua luuu to sustain tne federal hoot, tor mwt ol tne wugou tram va aiieaay railway tovvaia the souin "Uuju.il a OuejiUiaj took tnoir stauo. Anuoun tucy oore tntir uue vviai aituie.uy ooa s.uce, uicre "Was lot a j.auh1 ijL iu ou uial cuuiuuauu o'e-ueaiu wiiicii tne uauie "bmuu a jruer-riliui UlU Hot ia.xift.le. 'Xxie vveie in uu aiuiauid muoa wneu Uiey saw tne column oo. linwiy swing uczom la irout ut tiieni at 6 o'cioc tuat ivpiii iuiti'uiuii.

inc-y tncuiot'lvta nad expected to ioim the OiA.e wuicn wad Ui vep ba.c uie Cuu-leueiate uae. iaitoiy itaQ inuucuea at Stome ciooS-UoaOd, aud nis iowoveiS weie worn oul oy uie uaru-aiupd oi tue day auu uijju.t. iieinua uuer-rinas' a nttmwita.fy cavauy cmm-mauJ was uuieauig tne i i-aw-oonea stectut, a-iu a lew aiunery- Ibtu Wcie picpuii.f lilcU LuivaiS lO siug a batae cuoius. beikeaat iuoa wwo, Quartermaster's clejjt, out upon x-icuoojit xiiii tuiough tne must, ne was wriaag aoiut ceruun supplies uf utaus, coii.ee aad aaiUiuwjt aitbwa iroui u.e uumuion store, xxis uiului'iii was lauud uiku no denuite iiUe was reojg.jUa.Dit, aad hid hull- su-earned aowa over ms tuttertd couar. ne tnrew as.ue nis pen picked up a riue.

une uuartcniuxotcr loaed at han jng.uiii.jgiy. saia the oaiuiu, "you mecdnt stay uaicfes you want to. if you re bound to tight, i djn Know a there is any i ope at uuad your Jieeis, so xar as lm concerned." Company a of the 119 ih Illinois Refciuieut were sitting near the out-sau-ut ox a wood, oa harU- tack soaked In a aarK aeoouuoa prepared over Urusnwooa nres. Ua tne edge of of the groups of men appeared the Quartermaster's clerk. "You here, CookT" asatd tne second lieutenant.

xou re inuppoHed to be on spf.cial duty." quartermaster said it was all right," rcpildd cha newcoar.er. "Not that It makf-s iuumu dineivnue whetner he thinks so or not. You can't expect a man to ket-p gtocory accounts wnen he has served la the ranks of this company for a year and a Joan Cook, quartermaster's, clerk had taken neither sjrlp nor purse, lie bad no canteen, no haversack, no food ot any kind, and no blanket. His equipment consisted of a riUe, forty rounds of ammunition, and a piug of tobacco. A comrada gave him had a cracker and a drink or coffee fiom the rim of a retired oyster can.

Not until daybreak had the Confederates discovered the retreat of the Federal forces. The Southern Brigadier-General Churchill had been marching hither as In seven-leagued PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY, TWELFTH AND CASTRO ,1. rr. 7 1 ft Living in the same house, they preside at their recreations, and thus, wichout obtruding, give at once ar. air of refinement and a tone of morality to their actions.

THE STUDIES. The studies are divided into two courses, the Collegiate- and the Commercial. The Collegiate course embraces the usual four College Classes, viz: the Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior. The Academic Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Sciences are conferred on those who successiully complete this course. The Business College fovm3 a separate department.

Here bookkeeping, banking, commercial law. literary composition iu its var.ous forms, typewriting, architectural drawing, phonography and telegraphy are practically taught. A diploma Is awarded to the student who, completing this course, passes the required examination. There are also preparatory classes to fit students for the reuuiar Collegiate and Cotmmercial Courses. All the classes are examined publicly at the end of each term.

The result of the monthly examination of each student is sent to the parents or guardian. Besides the usual class exercises in elocution, Literary Societies are organized, to give the students furtner opportunity for the cultivation of general literature and public speaking. PHYSICAL CULTURE. Aware cf the advantages of a good phybical development recognizing it th be an essential feature of a thorough education, the Faculty spare no pains to secure lor their students all tne Denetits 10 be derived iroin approved moats of exeifcise. Dil exetciscs unuer a competent U.

S. otticer are neld legularly and on ail occasions special attention is paid to heaitn and siaceluinoss ot carriage. Jbor terms and urine: particulars, apply either at SU Marys, College, Oaaiand, or at the Sacieu Heart College, and Laimn streets, San rancisco. BRO. ERMINOLD, Conducted by the Urothers of the Christian Schools, hi the City of Oakland, California.

It is accessible in ten minutes by the street cars from Seventh and Washington streets, and by the Telegraph avenue cars which connect with the Narrow Gauge at the terminus, Fourteenth street. The College, founded in San Francisco, In 18b3, was Incorporated in 18V2, with all the rights and privileges accorded to Universities in this State. The object of the Society of the Christian Urothers is the Christian education of youth. During a period of twenty-one years, despite many disadvantages, arising mainly from the unfavorable location of the College, the brothers labored with unremitting energy at the Old St. Mary's on the Mission Road.

That they labored not in vain may be easily inferred from the number of their graduates who have attained distinction, not only in the ordinary paths of life, but also in the mercantile and the learned professions. Attracted oy the beauty of the scenery and the salubrity of the climate, the Faculty have erected in one of the most desirable locations on tne Pacific Coast, the New St. Mary's an educational institution unsurpassed for grandeur, beauty ar.d appropriateness of architectural design. Encouraged by past success, the Brothers, under new and more favorable auspices, offtr superior advantages to enable young men to oiaaln, -with greater facility, a tnoiough education classical, scientific or commercial. DISCIPLINE.

As the Brothers are a religious order of teachers, the public- need hardly be assured that the utmost care is bestowed on the moral and religious training of those under their charge. The discipline is mild but Arm. The Brothers, as far as possible, form a family circle with the students, -lf ing freedom. For one blessed moment sne belongs to no man; men sue pl'caeuts It to uer dUU iieuuc- tortn is in his power. xsot until tne uatlt century did Anglo-Saxon nave any rignt of cnoice.

Betruiht-d as children, tna bnueiuum's pledge was caned a wed, hence our word. Welsh laws permitted my moderate wn.e orating. Three blows were deemed sufficient, "witn a stick no longer than an Tne urcek Chuicn lias the moat elaborate ritual. Champagne is served in the Czars land and guests are given souvenir uuiitti ooxt-a ii uac. ah Brazil drinking brardy together may constitute a niaiTiug'-.

in Japan, tne same with wine. Jo join hands, sit together, are ail ola customs, also to be smeared with blood, or for the woman to tie a rope of grass around the rnau waist. llie fire to a man's tent; ihe Croatian bridegroom boxes the bride's while In Hungary even at the pivsent time tne bridegroom gives his wife a kick to inuicate her subjection. The Jewish bridegroom crushes the wineglass to atoms with nis foot, to obliterate the past. Ju China the maid steps over nre at the tnresholct, wnue the gypsy "hops the broomstick." All the be huperstitions have come to us in a modified form, but the love ot tradition ano tendency toward Imitation makes us slow to part with them.

Hndless jests have been made upon the word "obey," and women largely repudiate It, yet the great orthodox churcnes still retain it. In Denmark they have legally abo-Ished the word. The entire conception cf the functions of women in social and domestic life has so altered and broadened that it seems singular that so many of the old marriage customs are still preserved customs which, although amusing when traced to their source, are really typical of barbaric times and countries. Mrs. Gaetano Bresci.

the widow of Che assassin of King Humbert of Italy, has left her home In Cliffslde. N. J. Mrs. Richards, the owner of the house, said today: "Mrs.

Bresci has complained that the police were hounding her. but I could not interfere In the matter." From a New York Letter. "7 -t5ci THE OAKLAND VETERINARY HOSPITAL. WEBSTER STREET AND BRtlADWAY, OAKLND CAL PORTABLE HOUSES StroBj, AobstaatUI. Wind sod atber Proof; Made of Wood; An) one cas set tbtm up Send for Um tratcd ctta.oxue aad prite llkt.

Special izes made to ord.r. Bornham-Staodeiord Co. WASHINGTON ST. Bet 1st aad Zad Sts. OAKLAND, CAL.

Pbone Mala 330 Some Queer Customs. relic of the fetter by which the bride was bound, while the jocose Clipper is a remnant of the missiles hurled by the angry parent. The orange blossoms came In a more civilized age, uioiieh mcy are not Christian, aud symhouzed a large family. The veil, as still in modern Oriental countries, typifies exclusive possession by one man. Even the honoymoon is a symbol of the interval eiapstd- before ms Victor brought his bride from hiding and sought peace witn her wrathful kinsmen.

In Wales a wedding is very tame unless the bridegroom captures the bride after a thrilling pseudo skirmish. The relatives offer mock resistance, and much scuining and horseplay ensue. At the church the bride is snatched by her relatives and the bridegroom's party pursue on horseback. At last she is tossed back, and whoever receives her will wed within the year. Similar to our throwing the bride's bouquet.

Arabian fathers sometimes present their daughters with a sword, signify Mote (Philadelphia Inquirer. How little the bride of today realizes the that all the wedding customs of the present are rooted in the pagan past. The barbaric bridegroom procured his mate by one of two methods capture or chase. Now we always speak of. "capturing' a bride, and' "purchs.se" is not wholly unknown.

In the former the groom started upon the warpath with some chosen companion, whence comes the custom of having a "best man." The dainty gold ring of today is a V-onipany A beard the cry at tne quartei master's Cierit. Their illshod teet spurned the earth as tney hastened to do his bidding. Aoout the foi-ih of Joihn Cooa tne bullets sang. He had drawn to himself a concentrated fire. A ball wont through his right coat sleeve, another pierced his cap, aud a third passed so closely to his cheek that it seemed as though a glowing rod of Iron had seared the 'Jlesh.

He heard tha roar of battle around him, and he was fiercely glad. He saw his comrades of Company A boots, yet had arrived too late for the battle of Sahlne Cross Roads. When he found that the army of Backs was In retreat, tin started his weary follow Albany ra il JllIJBVAi'OK tw. 4'- Junction Cash Grocery Store I 15th St. and Broadway OAKLAND, The Only First-class Hotel Wltk all Modem Inprercaeat la the City tm 11 i--: 1 I II-ft- 1 TT ii Jl J.

Illll 1 ii of a 1314 io 1319 CENTER STREET and 1314 (o 1320 PERALTA STREET, Junction with 17th SC Oakland, Cal. 187T AMERICAN and EUROPEAN PLAN Established by WM. WALSH In 1 WII 1CD Dm 4r HEAD OFFICE REMILLARD BRICK COMPANY, SECOND AND CLAY STREETS, OAKLAND. T. J.

EDWARDS FISH MARKET, 914 WASHINGTON STREET, OAKLAND..