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( Foraietly at Sttirvtan. ) affrSJCIJir AW SI SC EOS, Hit Waud wenrtaaeBtfy hi Souierwl ftr tba "f kla proteamai ff" 1 oor wat at rami HuteL ta rear el itb ywre. D TL E. W. BLOUGH, Tru1Th1a aprrWetA the mctl T -- 4rHritT. fallfta wmn crcnaMtry atmptl; i::.iel to" aa t toaa4 at othee r aigkt. m Tm.ifm.!llv enaaad. mw law m--r el inaawad. or ABem"- - 5.b wre. aprvau. tnvlen H nmfNaVeil teiic ta ta. eltl- - rw SiDeTatm VioaitT. I'BteproaraFWm- - rar(rl he m be toaad at ku ooaa, M Jaaia ean M the UlaawM- - TV- - H. BRUBAKER tenders his 1 ;npetBal arreVve t tka eltiaaa af Sb inat aa4 rWri!. nbr. la .net eat oi the rtataoad. DP.. WM. RAl'CH tenders his 1 aerrm to tfe dUaeaaf Sea- - and TVlnl T af Wayaa A BarkabDe iore. ,8.8. J. JtVYlLLE. Greutt ta Dfaiitfre ) Tf.i artentVn t l!e Preserta'toa f .i lateral Ter.k. Artlttrlai acit koaerted All "waive aiaraa eel aarwaeure. KSea ta Bfrk. ap natta Katnaea eae d waat !". Jewelry Store. aeuSAav DPa. J0HX BILI5. t DENTIST. ej rain IrOr A Beartu BfVk.SosMr- - Pa. D5 WILLIAM COLLINS. IlMTIST SIMTRRFT li. . .DW. S'JU V Oil, e aaere he eaa at all Uca ba foand prrpar-tea- li kaiaa a) arark. aarb aj fiUtnc ranv 'f ertratttair Ae. ArttSetal IMtofiil klaJa. - tae beat aaatarlal kaaerkad. UpenaUcaat arraaied. T T L' f TT T a.--T iv. .nii-ut- u lias wrxna- - Mtlr located h HftIIb anr tba araftta at ' "noa. trfte. oHneM. oaartea KrtaataaT- - .. e, ra-ti. QUMOND HOTEL, KTOYSTOWN. PENN'A. n ptauar and well lam beam Aaa latere " Uorw,c!T ew I j refluad wllh all awar 7w et tartltare. vktrfc ha Bab. H a werjr ul,u flaea tar tbe traawltac paMle. ail jlim aaa rwm , raaaot be rerpaaaM. aU be-- w tm elu.ttk a Ian. pabllc waH anaebad Jvi. Alaa taraa aa4 rT ataAMtw 17 " ta eaa be bad at the kiwaat pnv pneee, fcj ue aeek. Aa ar aaaal. AXrtXrT8TFJL Prap. a.E.Oar. Pwaiaal L. F. DABHELL, n-oRis- T, JOHNSTOWN, PA., aKM A aFauax.TT cm FINE FLORAL WORK (3 FOB Vails, Parties, f unerals, &c a4 arat aalely ai AtDITX3R"S NOTICE. tb ttaM "" .-- "' appotatad by tke I le fc. M? -- t Vaisve ' 'a 1 tie VOL. XXXIII. NO. 45. bjoiin-s- i To ReduceStock, in order to Make and Improving car Business boose, Line at Greatly iieduced 1 rices ior ine lOrflo. V.ter et- t 144aloa Water rineaet......... i.lk eu-- r Backet IHrk Paa..... ltun lnh Pu. at IiUh Pa . Boaet W suu.rt(.VmM Hwfcet.... i iiOmndllrctM e y aert UmnJ Bucket... ... Fane 1 ee-P- ..... 2 Fence Tea-P- Kuo Tea-P- ... 3t Pint Fu7 Tea-- Pot . Faarr Tea-Po- t 4 lUun(Mfftitr. 1 tUaul UoaM Builtr t Lnt (.No. .) l w The above Liet contains but Few Offer for Low Cah Prices for the next Thirty Dajs. Whether you wish to buy or not, Please Call and Examine the "Largest Stock of Stoves, Tin ware and House i urnuhmg Uoods e - 280 Washington Street F. S. Look Fur Mj Name on tJie Sum Fox. JosiaB Wot. SGHEfiSET mil! CDMFin. .v j.vrri cruris of PUBE BONE HEAL AND DISSOLVED BONE. i ' Theea Grade of Pbofphatea Manataetared aal krnt CtonaUaUT oa Han 1 : t JMflftlAL. Ammrmlated. EXCELSIOR. RawBeed. ACID, - Pboepbaia Oar factory if now la operation, lmajedlately Scaih of tbe u wn f Somerset, ua the line of tba old oeaierHet A Mineral Poll:; Kailruad. We auBatacttire dob. but STANDARD GOODS Guarantee all that we tare oU Cnr FeniUien are to BEST IN THE MARKET. Oar foreman. J. A. Johntoa. wa with Joehaa Horaer. of haltlaaare. tor oeer VI yearn. Tbe ea. partty of oar Faevery it M tntu per dae. la tak feViaea le exchacare Mr Pbeepbatc. Fencer and other caa aaa aencey be fratherin up all aoneeoa tbetr praaalaa. and bring lrg Uietstaaa. AU wa aik at lAat oar Good 22 cin:: a im wn, TaCltr) hV a W al 1 M KaM AffaWaiVr. In tfcat aWYatraTB Wa are here t May.ao aar ad. fpec fcr tbeneelTee W. bar. amlae railroad lacUi. tit for shipping. mWALL 0HDESS FIZlED FBOXtTLY. la aendlDc toot order, addrec mm mmmn apr3aa. SOMERSET. FA. DR. J. M. LOUTHER, PHYSICIAN ASD DRUGGIST, SOMERSET. PA. CSSSS2 13Z1S2S a SFICULL77. Tlx Pare a ix3 Beat PHTOS, PAINTS, OILS, TARNISHES, PATENT MEIIIcrNES, STATIONEBT, ; AC, At, Ae, Arat cwaafaafi ea aaaa aaa aM af la TER Y LO VTES T PRICES. Store aadOffieeoa Mala Street, three Eaet of tbe boawraet Hem. iSoaseraet. Pa. A aha re ofthepablic trnDaa W reapeetraUy Call and impact aij atack. J. M. LOUTHER, M. D. FARMERS. IMPROVE YOUR STOCK ! Tbe Imported CTrdeedaie Eon. B-A-3e03l- Nl, Will ttand fr tbe arreiee of Marc throacboat the waaoai of 1M, at aiy lana uaa mile wen af Slpeeeili. rEA.tf ..: t hi rare a Kara with pay. seat to ba aiad. wbea tbe aiare la known t be wKb toal. Abt oeraoa Danla; wltb or falliaw la attewd wHb aa bare red aiaiv will be held respna-Ibl- e Mr tbe teaaraaee. Proper ear will ba lak-a- bat do arroaotabiltty tor aeddeot. l.l KIPTIo r.w Baroa ta a beaatini aark bar. iBtwned from Soxland yean ace. welch, poaad. I 1 haoda hia. aad poeeean aond dob. aaa nsew, a ana aevjper. aaa m a apieuuju JOSIAH AXKFNY. BarlMaa. Ovi u a d Kaat7s EL. BOWERS, BAKER AND CONFECTIONER. SOMERSET PA. HarlBrUani efaara-- e of the pr"t;il ao4 flx- - tareof tbe rukery fortDeriy omHlacted by Albert Krk. aad rehuad aad re'ewnUbed the ata. 1 aew iirepared to famieb tbe ablr with every Lhttia ha aay line, steal laiuaiin at an avars. ob abort antee, ao4 at reaaooaDte rate. Wa Bar. eannantly oa Aaal tba ehatiaat CR0CER1ES AND CONFECTIONS, Aad are i n.aral t faratak BarUe. ball. Barak bp, wlib cevrytbina; la ear una Olrr a a call. aaarll. H. BOWtKS. " Siminit Distillery. LOCATED CIBEOTLT ON MAIN LINK PITTS. BIT. EkO LL. THCS SAV- ING EXTKA COST OF DEAT-IN- Sttaated oa aeasaitt af A lie beaten. m the era- - Ireaa aaU an wan la ryrtufm. That wHaky I a. he taw daai law itUBi &d aroaraa. aad Bar- - nnteed parfeetly pan aad rail proof. Alhai aaw alar at eacnreaV SpeciaL '. Ia arder to area Hotel KewDce aad Ilea Ten a arwaai opywraaairy Bm paior. OPal , win etae. araet fcr the aaaBafaetare f Wbbjky la aay aaav tlty froaa t te ta barrel, arteinc tbeaa tba prtrt-lea- af tetliat U ta kaaaf tar tbrae yaaara. ebara;-iaaab- a aaaall a. at lor atora?.. tia baad U barraa at Uad W Alakx, nAaOtaaj t te b BLa aee- - (aalhaa. ' wnta tar tail auutaan ra reward ea laraw naatltta B.r.tw Errtix sbsa. Baavi ra-aia- . Pa. T EGAL NOTICE. 1 ' ( CTk. aetata er Jam. 9. i itan- - aaariairt ttaaaa. Aee'eL f laava Ta. Aad awar towX. BTA Ma. ea, -- -. atoal tut L Lat. Aadllo. ta aaeariaa d anaea aad aaaae aaat raaaart a waatrttaftbai af tba faauaaatb laaadeaf A. F. Wekay. Eabii In at. laat anil aad taar.n ial of Jo. O. Oa taavvia.. deed, t aad aaaaaar ta lewaOy oatMed ti am Boaaaraat Ooaaty . (M. -- 1 Litraeta rcaa tb Seoord. Oertilad . bWaa Hareb, IM. i ' ! vatAa. o HBal lb. aeawa. Room for the Purpose of enlarging I will tell tor Cash all (roods in m t oiiowing usirty jjays. Saaea Taa yaartSaac fu .. ... utun uma in Caa. ......... , 14 4 Kun Oil Oen ....... . s d Qiiki Carbon UU Ui ) 30 Flow eiflm 1 La&4ry Fork. ......... ........ li E.Ulsir Fist . i Tow Roil t ............ Keeelty Caotbe " rintrer.... ....... .. 19 Karre-ao- FriSt of Six) a. Tea ioao (Set of Six). ...... ........ 1 fable Spoon (Sat of Six) IS Ladle l Soup - .- -. Svire PtttihiFm Kind) PerPeeer . Meat BruUrrf . M Lary Wh Bulsa. 1 of the Many Hundred Articles I will ersnown in jonnsiown. - Johnstown, Pa. Windoic. SOMERSET CGUHTT BM! (ESTAliLISIIKD IS 77.) CEiELL I. EiElSCK. II I PE1TTS. President Cashier roIlenioEj hud ta aU parti of th railed Mata. CHARGES MODERATE. Panic wlahlaa to aeod ajnney Wert eaa b bT d-- ea New York la any mm. Oollertionf mad. with prompuiea. V. S. Bod( boaibt aod auld. Moaey and ealaahle aernred byoceot inenoM celebrated taiea, witn a Bar-fea- t A Yala M time luck. ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. 49-A- lagal hoUdaji obKnaL-V- I Albkkt A. Horse. J. Scott Wiin HO Pi HE & WARD BTcnwia to EATON & BROS, VA v 97 FIFTH AVENUE. PITTSBURGH, PA. PPRIXG, 1882. NEW GOODS 24.7 SPSCTALTIZS ankrtiderlM, Ucat, mhtrj, Wh'rt 6edt, Dratt Triicaitagt, Hir7, Glrrati Cartel H asfla aaa aria Uadanraar, la bab' and CtiiiaWi Ctatkhij. Ftatj 6 seat, Yam, Zaakjrt, it-h- (li ef il KM r FaNCY WO IK, Mi MMi Mi, k, k vera raTaoaaaa la weraimiT outtTTjx, tQrAr by Ma3 attended to with Prompt-nes-a and XuiatcU. POLLS "THE OLD RELIACLE." 25 YCAWS IN USE. Tha Qrwataat atedieal Tnttgrph af tte Aa Indorsed all over the World SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. Loss of appetite- - Nausea, bo Pain in the Head. with a dTiU senr aaxioa ia thw back: part. Pain under tha t&oalder-blAd- a, falfiieis after eat-- witb a dismclinaUon to axertion of body or mind, InttabiHty of temp, er, I)w sjrfntsXoss of memory ,widi a feeling of haying neglected some duty, l2TiBess, FhitteT- -t ng of the Hearyfiots before the eyes, TeUowSana- at night, highly coloredUnne. TT THESX VAJ55TNGS ARE T5HH)DED, sootm tmtEia wnx. skb si tenures. TTJITB PILLS are eopweialiy adapted to aorh oaaea, oa doew elTreta aaeh acbaAga of fcnlimc a aasKbnaish tbe sarlerer. Tkev aana tbe Apawtiae, and caaj tbe body to Take A'aaah, Una the era-a- ,!. aad by tbetr Twauc AeaaWm ea Lb IHpcele Ortaaa, bteaTWV aar jiata are proiltK-e- Prwe eeaiaa. TUTTS linill DYE. bat Mara erWaiama ilnimil ta a Glot Black be a aina-i- e appltcaUoa at tbie ITX. It inparta a natttrai color, acta , . ii 1 ttija h. et by ezpreea oa reoednt ef ). : FASHIONABLE (TOTTER & TAILOR, Karlnjr had mny yaan raaerkeaie ia ail waarM af he Taalerlaa ba. " la. 1 fraaraaiee . Baucaaruaa t. au w" aaay cau .p. T A aa aae and fa Tor BM wtth their pat- - Xan,a&, ST. 1TOC1ISTK IXlEB. CHARLES HOFFMAN, 1111 OTSXTISFJCTIOM BUARAMTEED. CATARACT BLXNDNES8 eawaed by Wat f Braaaaaii aiy aftb. laaa. Whaad tba aop. barb la rwtar- - iV tlarat af M. by reaaeral l xTTs. tba opa-qa- e bady. Tba Bala af tba oper- - "ottee ta tatereataa i ywi aiwa b aweer -- w? "aweam ?y?r?Z?J?Al ' aad'tbatlwtUMWtS tbe datleclrib. ebawt ab- - V ' aeet of aew aeKbe0e, by wtitUT tknJll1- - ... i'7- - ' la:watTeWi.STet. r..er,rrVoy H patttB; a tew drop ta the eye, tbe ofr- - ". "" hi axaav tbe th dae e 1 aorb wbea aad X t baracby tbaaaeat Tba ,J -- rT"y' Aprlll t eut bee allirioB. tol4waM amaaBaU taay Wa 3HN rarartf an aeewred ta all Wa. .7'' reaa yrr baler. . talak r i aa1 Car, aawl -- IhraaU., AMaar. taAriL akuut. I Pllliban, !". omer lAnnals of lie M CHAPTERS OF UNWRIT- TEN HISTORY. APPOMATTOX AKHIVERSARY. Lee's Retreat and Surren- der as Called to Mind 20 Years After. APRIL, 1865. - APRIL, 1885, the Tsx Eidei ai tie Littla Crert Ezzzs ca tha EiYendie EL BY EE FA. LIFXT. COL. G. W. BEAN, Laxe of Cavalry Corpe, Army of the Potoatac From the PhiladelpUa Tlmrt. The remarkable events which im- mediately preceded the fall of Rich- mond and surrender of the great confederate chief at Appomattox on April 9, 1865, as seen from the Union lines, were as follows : Sheridan's abandonment of the Shenandoah Valley, the capture of Early's forces at Waynesboro, the James River raid, the battle of Five Forks, and, remotely, Sherman's march to the sea. From the Confederate lines the suej-estiv- e factors of the period were the refusal of the Confederate Con- gress to authorize the conscription of male neeroes within the military see, conditioned upon manumission after the termination of hostilities, as recommended bv Lee in the win ter cf 1SG4-- 5 ; the failure to hold the ground taken in connection with Gen. Gordon's successf ul assault of Fort Steadman, the inability of Lee to successfully withdraw his armv from the lines in front of Richmond and Petersburg, April 2, 1805, and unite them with the forces ef Gen eral Joseph E. Johnson, in North Carolina. Few, if any, will doubt that if Lee had made a successful retreat from Richmond and established a new de- fensive line of operations oa the Staunton or Roanoke rivers, within supporting distance of Johnson's ar my, then conlrontmg anerman in North Carolina, that the Confederate Corgrefs would have promptly reas- sembled, and as a ast resource giv- en the able-bodi-ed elave to the Con federate armies, and with one ortwo hundred thousand soldiers of this class lines could have been length- ened and strengthened, and a prom- ising campaign in the cotton States assured to Davis, who had stoutly resisted the measure. ' SHEBIDAN 3 ORDERS. It is evident from Gen. Sheridan's orders, February 27. 1 SG5, that Grant did not contemplate a direct assault upon Lee s works in front of Rich-men- d and Petersburg. The inevit- able sacrifice of human life was too appalling. Sheridan says in the re port reterredto: "Hiy orders were to destroy the Virginia Central Rail- road and the James river canal, cap- ture Lynchburg if practicable, and then join Major General Sherman wherever he might be found in North Carolina, or return to Winchester ; but in joining Sherman I must be governed by the position of affairs after the capture of Lvnchburg." The inference is reasonable that tbe Lieutentant-genera- l was meditating the concentration of Sheridan and Sherman and a final investment of the Confederate capital, and this view seems to have prevailed with Grant as late as March 2U, 1SG5, for Sheridan in his official report of events subsequent to that date, and what took place on that day, says : Tbe rirst and Second Divisions (cavalry corps) went into camp cov- ering the VaDghan. Flatfoot, Boyd-to- n and Fire Forks roads, all of which intersected et Dinwiddie Court House, rendering this an im portant point, and from which I was expected to make a cavalry raid on the Southside Railroad, and then join Gen. Sherman or return to Pe- tersburg, as circumstances might dictate. It is due to sav that when the re united corps of horsemen, First. Sec ond and Third Divisions, saw them selves in column on the morning of March 251, Imjo, issuing from the left flank of Grant's armv, the pro phetic at least of the staff felt the de parture to be ior the Carolinas ; tbe movement was hopeful of adventure and promised the beginning of tbe end, long and ardently looked for by alL GRANT AND SFIF.RMAN. The correspondence between Gen- erals Grant and Sherman, from and about the time when the latter cut loose from Atlanta, November 6, 1864, is conclusive that a potential I reason in Sherman's mind for pre- ferring to march to Savannah to ei- ther of the other two equally possi- ble movements, in different direc- tions, was the advantage that would result in reinforcing our army in Virginia. Sherman writes from Kingston, Ga- - Nov. C, 1S64 : u There may be reasons why one route would be better than another. There am three irom Atlanta, south- east, south, and southwest, all open, with no serious enemy to oppose at present The first would carry me across the only east and west rail- road remaining to the Confederacy, which would be destroyed, and thereby tbe communication! be- tween the armies of Lee and Beaure- gard severed. Incidentally I might destroy the enemy's depots at Ma- con and Augusta, and reach the sea- shore at Charleston or Savannah, from either of which points I could reinforce our armies in Virginia.n Grant to Sherman at Savannah : City Point, Va Dec. 27, 1S64. , It may not be possible for you to march to tbe rear of Petersburg, but failing in this you could strike ei- - tber of tbe seacoast ports in North Carolina held by us. From there you could easily 'take shipping. It j would be decidedly preferable, how- - set EST A TtT.TSEDED 1827. SOMERSET. PA., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 22, IS85. eer, if yon could march the whole, distance, from trie oest in term oa I have, vou will find no diffi- culty in supplying your army until you cross the Roanoke. Fruni there here is but a few days' march, and supplies could be collected South of tbe river to bring too through. Sherman, at Goldsboro, N. C, March 31, 1SG5, to Giaati " If Sheridan swing off and is likely to come down towards me, get me word that I may meet him. I doubt if be can cross the Roanoke for a month yet, unless he has pon- toons with him ; but he cannot be better employed than by raiding about Burksville." And in another dispatch from the the same place, as late as April 8, he says : If General Sheridan don't run his horses off their legs, and you can spare him for a week or so, let him feel down for me, and I think he can make a big haul of horses. Tell him I make him a free gift of all the blooded stock in North Carolina, in- cluding Wade Hampton's, whose pedigree and stud are of high de gree." THE CONFEDERATE RESOURCES. Although Lee keenly felt the scar city of quartermaster and commis- sary supplies during the winter and spring of 1865, this was by no means his greatest difficulty. He still held a great trunk line of railway, tbe southside branching out from Burksville, and at other points fur ther South and tapping many of the most fertile regions of the Cotton States. The James river and its system of canals was a highway, trib- utary to Richmond, drainine a pro- ductive portion of Virginia, and un- til in March, 1865, a safe line of op- eration for the accumulation of mil- itary stores. It was, therefore, not without reason that President Davis maintained with admirable self-a- s surance, "that, though Virginia should be lost, tbe Confederacy could and would be preserved below the Roanoke for an indefinite peri- od." Arms, ammunition, horses, mules, negroes, corn and bacon, all were to be had in quantities to sup- ply a larger army for months, and possibly for years. It was men that Lee most wanted. He was justly apprehensive of the ever-extendi- left flank of Grant, and without them he could not fill the gaps made in his lines from tbe Wilderness to the James, nor rea- sonably hope to much longer resist the forward movement that Grant would naturally make in aid of Sher- man's movement northward from Savannah. The attack upon Fort Steadman on the 24th of March wai well con- ceived and" executed. It" was in- tended to put Grant on the defensive and assure the safe and deliberate evacuation of Richmond, if it be- came advisable in tne judgment of those in supreme authority. SHERIDAN AS A SCOURGE. Sheridan left Winchester on the 27 tb of Eebruary, 1865, with two di- visions of cavalv, about 8,000 effec tives, under orders previously noted After the capture of Early's forces at Waynesboro he entered upon one of the most destructive raids in mod ern warfare. Sending bis prisoners of War under Coloner Thompson, of the First New Hampshire Cavaly, with about 1,500 men to guard them. back to mcbester, be destroyed the iron bndge over the Shenan doah, ourned the wagons and cap- tured stores, crossing the Blue Ridge at Rockfish Gap, pushing on to Char lottesville over roads rendered al most impassible by heavy rains and spring thaws. The trams were two days behind the troops in raaching this point Quartermasters, wagon- - masters ana teamsters will ever re call this mud march, whose nightly camp-nre- s were thronged with dis mounts, presided over by the geni- us of profanity. The work of de struction was general on the Rivana river and at all points to Charlotte- - ville. IN THE HEART OF VIRGINIA. Un the bth ot Marcn the com mand was divided into two columns and all points along and near the James nver, from bcotts- - ville to New Market and westward along the line ot the Lynchburg Railroad as far as Amherst Court House, were raided, and at all places where public property was found it was destroyed, bridges were burn ed and railroads torn up, canals and locks rendered - useless and boat blown to rieces. Succeeding day? were devoted to the destruction of public property along the James to and below Duguidsville and in the direction of Goochland. Sheridan was master of the situation north of the James, and his 6,000 raiders were on double duty in destroying public property and consuming and wasting the resorces of the common people among whom we were mov ing in short, it not easy march- es. ror , three weeks this roving scourge devastated the heart ofVir- - . , - - 1 - gima; then turning eastward and north of Richmond, our movements were hastened by troops sent out by Lee, and tbe corps reached the White House on the Pamunkey riv er on the lVtn ot March. WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED. . Some of the fruits of this move- ment towards Grant may be sum- med up in tbe following results : Three breaches in the James river and Kanawha canal locks rendered useless, five acqueducts (with fortv road and canaLjbridges) destroyed, twenty-si- x warehouses, two naval repair shops, one foundary, one lum- ber yard, twenty-cin-e canal boats loaded with army supplies, five hun- dred kegs of powder, ten railroad depots, seven flour and grist mills, four cotton and woelen mills, three tanneries, one jail used for confining Union prisoners, two hundred and twenty-fiv- e ambulances, ninty-eigh-a wagons loaded with ama- nition and stores, eighteen pieces of artilery and nine caisons, five hundred wall tents, two thous and small arms, sixteen battle flags twenty-on- e hundred and forty-thre- e . horses, tw.nty-thre- e railroad bridges averaging four hundred feet each, forty-on- e miles of railroad, six rail- - road culverts, three saw-mill- s, six hundred barrels of flour, eighteen wagons loaded with grain and com- missary stores, seventy-fiv- e beef cat- tle, five hundred thousand rounds of rifle ammunition, three thousand pounds of fixed amanition, besides great quantities of wool, cotton, bacon army candles, harness, blankets, shelter-tent- s, small arms and about sixteen hundred prisoners of war and several thousand contrabands, who brought in with them all man- ner of transportation, from the bull cart to the plantation carriage, with "massa's" best blooded roadsters. A3 TO NEW MOUNTS. I numbers, and our losses oi men m The loss of horses on this raid was , the encounters of the day were con-terribl- e, but the Lnion cavalryman ' rablri Viht settled down nnon had previously learned the art of keeping himself horsed while in the enemy's country. If his own steed went down from exhaustion or other cause, he carefully retained saddle bridle and blanket, while his com- rades foraged for a new one, or promptly dismounted a contraband irom horse or mule, it mattered rot which if well timbered, and he was speedily back in the rank with his comrades. This practical spirit of; comradeshio ran high amonc the veterans of the corps. IN CAMP NEAR HANCOCK. Upon reaching tbe White House Landing on the Pemunkey river a thorough inspection of tho command was made. All condemned horsde were sent North for care and neces- sary attention at the large (tables then near Washington, fresh ones supplied in their stead, absent offi cers ordered front forthwith and the command on the 26th of March crossed over the James river and on the dav following went into camp near HantS;k Station on the milita ry railroad in front of Petersburg. Here the Second division joined the First and Third, and the corps was again united. In the subsequent movements it was joined by the small division of General McKenzie, making fully ten thousand mounted men. SHERIDAN AT DINWIDDIE. The cemp at Hancock Station was of short duration. Orders to supply tbe command were promptly issued and officers provided for contingen- cies deemed by no means remote. The experienced eye saw indications of a great movement impending at all points along the line ot Grant, from City Point to the Boydton road. Early on the morning of March 29 tbe corps was in the saddle, with Dinwiddie Court house for an objec- tive point The clouds hung low and by noon tbe rain came down in torrents. The country through which we marched was of a swampy nature The troops and artillery moved with difficulty, while the trains, con- voyed by General Custer's Division mere stuck at point, after point and when night came on were several miles in the rear much to the chagrin of Cueter, who was obliged to camp near Malon's Crossing, on Rowanty creek, for their protection. The advance reach- ed Dinwiddie Court house between 5 and 6 P. M. The outpost of the enemy fell back with but slight re- sistance, and the First and Second Division went into camp, covering all public roads running south and west converging at this point RAINS AND BAD ROADS. The situation was certainly dis- couraging with reference to rapid movements towards Sherman ; the nature of the country, the condition of the roads and the presence of the enemy in our front his probable concentration at Fiye Forks, where converged all roads leading to the Southside Railroad, the next step on our march south, tbe destruction of which must be effected before we could hope to swing off for Sherman, the continuing rain and impossibili- ty of getting up our trains without corduroying miles upon miles of roadway these were difficulties con- fronting Sheridan on tbe firt night out ( March 29;. That all these exi- gencies were really shared by Gen- eral Grant, with whom Sheridan had parted company only a few hours before, is shown by the follow ing extract from the official report of the latter ouicer: "From Dinwidde I was expected to make a cavalry raid on the South-sid- e Railroad and thence join Gener- al Sherman. However during the night (of the 29) the Lieutenant General sent me instruc- tions to abandon the contemplated raid, to act ia concert with the in- fantry under his immediate com- mand and turn the right flank of Lee's army if possible." grant's purpose. What circumstances induced Gen- eral Grant to hold on to Sheridan at Dinwiddie and employed him in one more effort to tarn tbe right flank of Lee does not appear in the official papers of either. That he had made repeated and fruitless efforts to ac- complish this object from the point where he first confronted Lee in the Wilderness in May, 1864 to and over the James, and again to the left of Petersburg, is well known. But now, having Sheridan to execute his orders, he concludes to make one more effort and give to the Ar my of the Potomac one more oppor- tunity to meet and destroy the Ar my of Northern Va., before its escape South or the arrival of Sherman, and sharing with the army the honors of investment and capitulation. Pos- sibly Lee's movement on the 29tb, in throwing his cavalry and a large body of his best troops across the anticipated track of Sheridan's march, had something to do with his change of mind on this day or later in the evening of this day; be may nave inferred or known ol the interval between Lee's extreme right near the Crump road and Ander son a leit as entrenched at t lve Forks, and believed that Sheridan t could occupy this interval and thus j turn the flank of the enemy. Tbe best of counsel evidently prevailed ; and the authority given to this fam-- ; ous cavalry leader at or aooui this Vinne Vuh in tha rnmW nf Imnrw he might call and the power oi deal- - in? with tbeir commanding officers shows conclusively that most impor- - tant work was contemplated. 1 eraic BATTLE OF FIVE FORKS. On the morning of the 30th Gen. Merritt was directed to obtain pos- session of the junction of roads at Five Forks. A- - reconnoissnce in force was skilfully made by the j First Division, disclosing the fact; that the point was fortified by a large body of troops; the rain con- tinued; the roads were in an almost impassible condition, the artillery could scarcely be dragged into po sition, catting hub deep in the helds adjacent, the men were eaked to the skin, the most skillful officers (were everywhere met with equal tbe command without the accom- plishment of practical results, am ills t discomforts inbescribable. The morning of the 31st showed a clear sky at dawn of day, with a brisk northwest wind. chamberlain's creek. The advance was again directed upon Five Forks by Gen. Merritt supported by Gen. Uavies' Brigade 01 tr- - nd uivisioc, witn uen. Crook on our left with two brigades. After a severe struggle the junction of roads at Five Forks was reached by the advance, when it was con- fronted by both cavalry and infant- ry, and by 2 P. M. the whole line was hotly engaged along Chamber- lains creek or run. The enemy moved without wheels in well dressed lines of infantry, driving our carbineers back at all points. Our led horses were moved back thronsh miry fields and muddy roads with great difficulty, while our artillery was of r.o practical use whatever in resisting the enemy's determined advance. The eituation was painful in the afternoon. Cus- ter was hurried forward with his two brigades, leaving one for tbe protection of the delayed trains about Dinwiddie; but by about sun- set the main cotumand was drawn back to near Dinwiddie Courthouse, with the brigades of Generals Dev-e- n aiid Davies completely isolated on our right and who were forced to retir to the Boydton plank road, finding their way to SheriJsn by that road at a late hour in the night almost forgotten. It was while the command was rapidly falling back, though in ad- mirable order, closely followed by the enemy at a point perhaps two miles east of Five Forks, and where a nar- row and but little used public road intersected the main highway, down which, through a dense piece of woodland, a squadron of General Davies' tnei were holding the road barricaded. Davies had been driv- en bsck so hastily that he could not recall them. - General Merritt was apprised of the fact and concluded they must have a chance for their lives, though at best it was doubtful. Turning to the writer he gave the order, and reached his band, saying: ' Good-by- , Captain, it may be some time before I see you'again; bring the squadron out if you can." The boy? were promptly found, double-quick- ed to the point where we left the command, now occupied by the enemy thick as bees. A ' detour through the woods, however, was successfully made toward the Boyd- ton road with other demoralized troops, and reached the General's headquarters about midnight, re- porting the squadron safe and in time to tike coffee with the mess and receive the hearty congratula- tions of the party, who had given ns up as lost or captured. General Sheridan summarizes this discourag- ing day's work in his official re- port as follows : In this well contested battle the most obstinate gallantry was dis- played by my entire command. The brigades of General Gibbs and Col- onels Stagg and Fitzhngh in the First Division; Generals Davies, Grezg and Smith of the Second , Division; Colonels Pennington and Cooehart of the Third with each other in their determined! efforts to hold in check the superior efforts of the enemy, and their skill- ful rcanacement nf their trnors in this r.ecnliarlv difficult eonntrv en - 1 - titles them to the highest commen dation. Generals Crock, Merritt Custer, and Deven, by their courasre and . . .t. j.i aoiai'.y, bJsia.neu tueir comuiauusi and executed the rapid movements! of the day with promptness and I aritKntif. iVinfits.ini, TV.irt remits ' nf th ravlrtf iile ar-.- s Veenltr , ataiiji fccruijr ". . ! i. 1 t and dwitTlt was the com pi development of the enemy and the dangerous assurance it gave to Lee and Anderson that they were mas ters of the situation ia front of Din widdie. . THE HAND OF GRANT. The support of infantry wa3 now tendered to Sheridan, with the com- mand of the left wing of Grant's ar- my. The movement of Warren's Fifth Corps, during the early morn ing of April 1, induced Anderson to fall back rapidly to his works at Five Forks. This movement was promptly followed up by the cavalry and by 2 P. M. tbe carbiners were holding the Confederates close to their inLrenr.hmenU on the White! difficulty that our ammunition trains be along. They! were not within tour miles oi us after we charged enemy and him from his skirmish line in front of and into his main works on the White Oak road. HOLDING 'THE were given to every possible on-th- e line inz main road as center and pressing them the nearest point of contact, and then open and keep up a continuous fire upon the en- - uwM, - - . . - r i - r v ' I. .. ... ..... , . s--t a a ' , I were aoout two nunorea yaras. nrt tha TTnirn line rnnnintr Mr- - auei witn me one vac roaa ana 'mainly ' throuch heavy timbered: land, with more or less undergrowth, WHOLE NO. 17(52. horsemen from the train. Every man to his tree. L annates were laid at his feet in quantities to sup ply his wants. Field, rtiff and line officers were active and efficient in encouraging their men, intent on holding the enemy close to his works, assured openly that then- - dan was on the march and miht be expected at any moment to attack on tbe left flank of the enemy. We never saw a more dogged determi nation upon tie part of men nor experienced a severer test of patient endurance. hot work. For almost three hours the inces sant roll of small arms Continued, guns heated, vents were powder blocked; water was not near at hand. The smoke of burning pow- der was thick aud stiiiiug, the en- emy were pouring into the woods volley after volley and sweeping every road and opening with shut and shelL Our killed ahd wounded Uy aloug to Hue. tht aim. was low- ering, and at 4 o'clock no friendly volley was yet heard on our right from whence every miuute we hop- ed to hear the guns of Wur-re- n and Sheridan. All knew that upon the cavalry gaining the line now operations there were placed under the of Gen. Merritt and that Sheridan had gone to hasten the movement of tbe in- fantry. victory. A half hour more of intense firing', of anxious waiting and then there came distant scattering shuts on our right, then the maniacent lines of blue of the divisions of Avers and Crawford, as they come in view on the flank of unsuspecting Confeder- ates, with General Sheridan, For- syth ( his chief of euil") and others, occupying the interval between tne! two divisions, well to the frant with bis headquarters flag. Cheer after cheer ran out through the grand old forest Forward! rang out from a hundred bugles, bulled, shot and shell ceased to fly toward. uj ; a rush for the works foil-wtd- . Caval- ry and infantry mingled ia broken rtnks and vied with each other in the capture of men and the trophies of war. The sunset upon a victor- ious field ; 6,UJ prisoners, with arms, artillery, ambulances, wagons, horses and mules with the enemy's dead and wounded, all fell into our , , . J i. .1 L.i nana, ana tetter ui;, ukm in , fe?er, moaleQt and pai(J but little at-h-ad escaped were driven west and tur.;- - tQ our is:t to hi. without hope of reaching Lee for ef fectual service ior uaya te come. . A NIGHT CANNONADE. Sheridan was thoroughly con- scious of the importance of the work done and gravely solicitous concern- ing movements on the part of Iee and therefore made necessary J the thejightoftheSdontheNamorineroad, that deep General ' taken the of the victory and its fruits, h at once opened along bis entire line a cannonade with volleys musketry at all points until the earth shook and trembled the awful din of battle, making the nijht at Five Forks as hideous r.s the day had been and rest or sleep an impossi- bility. AN INCIDENT 0" THE NIGHT. By direction of General Merritt at the close of the tattle, the writer took charge of ail the prisoners, with . orders to have thera in readiness to march to City Point daylight on April 2. The task was a laborious one, as the names of all, with their regimental, brigade, division and corps had to be written asd the men guarded escape and otherwise cared for. About midnight we were met and recogniz- ed as a brother in a great fraternity, the beneficent and friendly offices which were not entirely obscured v . l v t:.: tui' u lue liuuuikies of raj. lurj, - , l a , a. a wa P'EB'UUU uu lJT i he requested was an hour later. name the person is net w;.l not i. given. He was a commissioned era- - cer of the artillery and belontred to I the command of General Pickett. ii. . i : . : : . ne was a veteran. ua .us; pui.ici piti ed in ail prominent battles with the Armv Nirjinia, in cluding the battle of on ara vunMa nr tha pharta v. ,r , " ' oi tits aivision. jus ! tohows : weJe and the Con federacy h a ve ruined tO-l- will never , ,.. . . R rrrt tV a nrm v nf nrt nam ir7in I Von haycapture and cat tt thA rlAVAr nt f.lir rm vr i h lm ula mmj aaw w u vut ua - outer r event is sudden and unlocked for at Richmond. We knew the must come, but did not think it near. If General Sheridan fallows up advantages, one of two thing. mnt speedily happen, namely, Lee must surrender or break up and disperse. And of one thing vou may rest as sured, that is, the Army of Northern Virginia will never rorren-de- r unconditionally to - General Grant. Come what may that is than our pride can bear, and we will not even it be demanded. The possibility of this contingency has been discussed by many of the officers, who know hat General Grant UP to this time bas taken of our army be made kaownUrj Grant and that he may be induced to respect it when tbe last hour comes, as it most now soon. gbant's terms. Trie earnestness with which these; disclosures were made left no doubt r - 1 . . 1 : - i' v..v. tbe man, who assured meii" wbea it ws understood in the army that Davis had defeated the proposed measure of the ne-cro- in the military service th end Was felt to be the surrender of uncondl- - (try Unon partlE? Wffil UUf urutiier . atari . . ' , . , J w,.,. , fM. '" earnestly re;uru tw "a use of all th information he had of given manY details, here Oak road, with General Custer dem-- j nothing but aa unconditional cg on their right render, he can never exact flank with mounted troops. While; from Lee and the men under him, the woods and fields were in much ! and chief object in this better condition for the operation of i wTtlTjoTrara has troops than on the 30th and 31st of j been in the hope that by6me prov-Marc- h. it was still with the utmost idential means this universal feeling could got the drove ENEMY. place carbineer cover- - the the to held directions possible with grants! about end erov's works. At hour the UneslLec a possibility, but ..,!.., Ammunition was brought by'tfonedsadif possible to appraise those in command of the ruined condition of Lees forces, resulting from the action of the day. The officer was ia no excitable condition; be was intelligent cool, and evident- ly a brave maa, but he thoroughly comprehended the situation a3 the sun'weot down on the, to them, ill fitted fields of Five Points, and lake hundreds and thousands of com- rades of that army, fought . and fought only on the succeeding days for honorable terms of surrender. It is gratifying to know, no matter what the inducing cause that General Grant make a new de- parture when the hour came, and proposed terms of the most consider- ate aad honorable character to all that was left of the Army of North- ern Virginia at Appomattox. THE LAST rCRSUTT. By daylight of April 2 the cavalry were well ia hand, in bright spirits and now fett while the road was open to Sherman's army, there was better game nearer at hand. weather was tine, tne roads were drying up, the country open and of a character that rendered the move- ment laraTw. - Lodiaa .. of mounted troops and artillery comparatively easy. The Southside Railroad, which Lee had staked so much twenty-fou- r hours before, was yielding to our passage without a hostile shot IU value to the enemy was not now worth the labor of its destruction, we left it in our rear without drawing a spike or remov- ing a rail. We now wanted Lee's army before L could possibly reach Johnston in North Carolina. The day closed by forcing the enemy's advance or right wing to the north side of the Appomattox, the cavalry being slightly engaged during the day, with a sharp fight at Scott's cross roads about dark, while mov- ing cn the left of Crawford's Division which pressed the enemy, forcing thousands of the enemy over the Appomattox in flight with consid- erable of material CUSTER IN LEAD. On April d the cavalry started by sunrise. General Custer having the advance. The pursuit was vig- orous and. the troops following his advance moved rapidly. The young officer keenly realized the post of honor on this day and he did not stop to gather up his captives. Abandoned artillery, wagons, horses mules were counted as nothing ; only prisoners of war and battle-nag- s were trophies of war worth accounting for now, and Cus- ter scented a surrender in the very air. We recall a sad scene as we hur- riedly passed a fine old mansion near the roadside. A splendid yours Confederate soldier been IL tail y shot t as he was making escape directly through the back, lie l'-l- l in front of the Louse, where he to be well known, a bed was spread for him on the lawn, where Le was surrounded by the 'itying'family, old and young; at- tended by distressed sympathiz- ing ladies and commiserated with a score ft wrhrred people. They seemed to be waiting for death ., , . . . 1 nougn no unpleasant word was said. thought a silent prayer in the hope the gallant fellow might live, and have often wondered if he was among- - therairseulous who could not be killed or would net die. UP THE RIVER. close of the day. On the 4th both armies moved along the Appomat- tox, Lee on the north and Sheridan on the south. The enemy's line of march could be distinctly seen every eminence hy the smoke of burning fences and pine trees, incau- tiously set on fire by the "coffee-maker- ." who forage, cook and eat under the most adverse circumstan- ces, and whose fires ax& left burning while he hurried on, often blown by the wind to fences by the roadside and firm thence to forests of pine and evergreen", sending up blaok clouds of smoke, denoting the lines of march for many miles in every di- rection. Jettersville was tbe objec- tive point on this day, and it was reached. were now up to and really south of the retreating army, and 'across the" Danville Railroad. Dispatches between Lee at Court House and the quartermaster at Lynchburg were here intercepted. wire's cut, infantry earthworks up, , . ., , J . trill I M -,- A lllD U1M LZLS:U lUlUUk serious trouble fLn Oheuth rwa;n ot eu. v.iwa., uu m 3onj. tactual work ia the ni rection ot ram s cross roaus, uener-- al Davids destroying a train ot one hundred eighty wagons, and capturing a large number of prison- ers. The Second Corps came up and went into position all now felt dou '!y assured that we could suc- - fi,ii ,K;it anT attarV tfct m,ht J ?. be made. By sunrise on the 6th entire cavalry moved to the left in the direction of Dracoosvilie. From point the trains of the UC Vlu J eccu aa via t.u sicibhuu " and at once became the objective point The attack was made with vigor, the point was ably defend- ed artillery and infantry. The mounted troops could not reach the road. Our cannoniers planted their shot and shell into the wagons and teams and at times seriously inter- fered with their passage, the long train Still moved on its Troops multiplied on both sides. This attack brought on the battle of Sailor's creek and ended, as" all know, in the defeat of General Kw-- ell and capture of about ten thous- and rrisoners and trophies of war enough to keep provost busy all the following night to clas- sify and care for. On tbe 7th Gen- eral Crook pursued in the direction of Faimville, where he met with a warm reception. General Gregg to Ihe'nc-rT- side of Appomattox, where a sharp fight in an at- tack upon the trains, during which the lattr general wasptured. Mer ntt with two divisions fluster s ana Deven Yi. moved to and beyond Prince Edward Court House and went into camp on tbe Buffalo creek. A SCARE, BUT SO ONE HURT. We recall an incident of this day s march at variance with our daily ex- - Wa in obedience to dispositions of his troops-t- resist .The cavalry encamped on any immediate movement on part of officer. This being near creek, wnere a slight skir-do-ne and Grant arrri?pd mish had place, towards of by organization from of greeting was cordial and confidential . f to res-.s- t an attack, should it re and strong. The brother ;.!.. interview The of) and the of Northern Gettv?r.ar?.aTid timnna cisciosures 48 been Yon so h's and more should may uputiuij further that putting near, tionai me not men- - extreme but this my seeking interview brother Orders this up his was, did that The of for now and but loss THE jaded and bad his and by his We that from will We Amelia and and the this but by but flight marshals creas- ing ensued haul, r "alTTr; -- n oraera, gone u me iruut enuacuiau nartv of men to establish a picket line for the night on a public road, leading towards Appomattox station. Passiog through a large pieca of woodland, thence to the open eouc- - beyon, we posted s, jncket, and burning found a road running Irom . . , - . i .. ?5 J . 7 Farmville. r lacing TMess as the intersection, we galloped oa to (Continued w Fourth Pje.)

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TEN HISTORY.

APPOMATTOX AKHIVERSARY.

Lee's Retreat and Surren-der as Called to Mind

20 Years After.

APRIL, 1865. - APRIL, 1885,

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EL

BY EE FA. LIFXT. COL. G. W. BEAN,Laxe of Cavalry Corpe, Army of the Potoatac

From the PhiladelpUa Tlmrt.

The remarkable events which im-

mediately preceded the fall of Rich-mond and surrender of the greatconfederate chief at Appomattox onApril 9, 1865, as seen from the Unionlines, were as follows : Sheridan'sabandonment of the ShenandoahValley, the capture of Early's forcesat Waynesboro, the James Riverraid, the battle of Five Forks, and,remotely, Sherman's march to thesea. From the Confederate lines thesuej-estiv- e factors of the period werethe refusal of the Confederate Con-gress to authorize the conscriptionof male neeroes within the militarysee, conditioned upon manumissionafter the termination of hostilities,as recommended bv Lee in the winter cf 1SG4--5 ; the failure to hold theground taken in connection withGen. Gordon's successf ul assault ofFort Steadman, the inability of Leeto successfully withdraw his armvfrom the lines in front of Richmondand Petersburg, April 2, 1805, andunite them with the forces ef General Joseph E. Johnson, in NorthCarolina.

Few, if any, will doubt that if Leehad made a successful retreat fromRichmond and established a new de-

fensive line of operations oa theStaunton or Roanoke rivers, withinsupporting distance of Johnson's army, then conlrontmg anerman inNorth Carolina, that the ConfederateCorgrefs would have promptly reas-sembled, and as a ast resource giv-

en the able-bodi-ed elave to the Confederate armies, and with one ortwohundred thousand soldiers of thisclass lines could have been length-ened and strengthened, and a prom-ising campaign in the cotton Statesassured to Davis, who had stoutlyresisted the measure. '

SHEBIDAN 3 ORDERS.

It is evident from Gen. Sheridan'sorders, February 27. 1 SG5, that Grantdid not contemplate a direct assaultupon Lee s works in front of Rich-men- d

and Petersburg. The inevit-able sacrifice of human life was tooappalling. Sheridan says in the report reterredto: "Hiy orders wereto destroy the Virginia Central Rail-road and the James river canal, cap-ture Lynchburg if practicable, andthen join Major General Shermanwherever he might be found in NorthCarolina, or return to Winchester ;

but in joining Sherman I must begoverned by the position of affairsafter the capture of Lvnchburg."The inference is reasonable that tbeLieutentant-genera- l was meditatingthe concentration of Sheridan andSherman and a final investment ofthe Confederate capital, and thisview seems to have prevailed withGrant as late as March 2U, 1SG5, forSheridan in his official report ofevents subsequent to that date, andwhat took place on that day, says :

Tbe rirst and Second Divisions(cavalry corps) went into camp cov-

ering the VaDghan. Flatfoot, Boyd-to- n

and Fire Forks roads, all ofwhich intersected et DinwiddieCourt House, rendering this an important point, and from which Iwas expected to make a cavalry raidon the Southside Railroad, and thenjoin Gen. Sherman or return to Pe-

tersburg, as circumstances mightdictate.

It is due to sav that when the reunited corps of horsemen, First. Second and Third Divisions, saw themselves in column on the morning ofMarch 251, Imjo, issuing from theleft flank of Grant's armv, the prophetic at least of the staff felt the departure to be ior the Carolinas ; tbemovement was hopeful of adventureand promised the beginning of tbeend, long and ardently looked forby alL

GRANT AND SFIF.RMAN.

The correspondence between Gen-

erals Grant and Sherman, from andabout the time when the latter cutloose from Atlanta, November 6,1864, is conclusive that a potential I

reason in Sherman's mind for pre-ferring to march to Savannah to ei-

ther of the other two equally possi-ble movements, in different direc-tions, was the advantage that wouldresult in reinforcing our army inVirginia. Sherman writes fromKingston, Ga-- Nov. C, 1S64 :

u There may be reasons why oneroute would be better than another.There am three irom Atlanta, south-east, south, and southwest, all open,with no serious enemy to oppose atpresent The first would carry meacross the only east and west rail-road remaining to the Confederacy,which would be destroyed, andthereby tbe communication! be-

tween the armies of Lee and Beaure-gard severed. Incidentally I mightdestroy the enemy's depots at Ma-

con and Augusta, and reach the sea-

shore at Charleston or Savannah,from either of which points I couldreinforce our armies in Virginia.n

Grant to Sherman at Savannah :City Point, Va Dec. 27, 1S64. ,

It may not be possible for you tomarch to tbe rear of Petersburg, butfailing in this you could strike ei--tber of tbe seacoast ports in NorthCarolina held by us. From thereyou could easily 'take shipping. It j

would be decidedly preferable, how--

setEST A TtT.TSEDED 1827.

SOMERSET. PA., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 22, IS85.

eer, if yon could march the whole,distance, from trie oest in term oa

I have, vou will find no diffi-

culty in supplying your army untilyou cross the Roanoke. Fruni therehere is but a few days' march, andsupplies could be collected South oftbe river to bring too through.

Sherman, at Goldsboro, N. C,March 31, 1SG5, to Giaati

" If Sheridan swing off and islikely to come down towards me, getme word that I may meet him. Idoubt if be can cross the Roanokefor a month yet, unless he has pon-toons with him ; but he cannot bebetter employed than by raidingabout Burksville."

And in another dispatch from thethe same place, as late as April 8,he says :

If General Sheridan don't runhis horses off their legs, and you canspare him for a week or so, let himfeel down for me, and I think he canmake a big haul of horses. Tell himI make him a free gift of all theblooded stock in North Carolina, in-

cluding Wade Hampton's, whosepedigree and stud are of high degree."

THE CONFEDERATE RESOURCES.

Although Lee keenly felt the scarcity of quartermaster and commis-sary supplies during the winter andspring of 1865, this was by no meanshis greatest difficulty. He stillheld a great trunk line of railway,tbe southside branching out fromBurksville, and at other points further South and tapping many ofthe most fertile regions of the CottonStates. The James river and itssystem of canals was a highway, trib-utary to Richmond, drainine a pro-ductive portion of Virginia, and un-

til in March, 1865, a safe line of op-

eration for the accumulation of mil-itary stores. It was, therefore, notwithout reason that President Davismaintained with admirable self-a- s

surance, "that, though Virginiashould be lost, tbe Confederacycould and would be preserved belowthe Roanoke for an indefinite peri-od." Arms, ammunition, horses,mules, negroes, corn and bacon, allwere to be had in quantities to sup-ply a larger army for months, andpossibly for years.

It was men that Lee most wanted.He was justly apprehensive of theever-extendi- left flank of Grant,and without them he could not fillthe gaps made in his lines from tbeWilderness to the James, nor rea-sonably hope to much longer resistthe forward movement that Grantwould naturally make in aid of Sher-man's movement northward fromSavannah.

The attack upon Fort Steadmanon the 24th of March wai well con-ceived and" executed. It" was in-

tended to put Grant on the defensiveand assure the safe and deliberateevacuation of Richmond, if it be-

came advisable in tne judgment ofthose in supreme authority.

SHERIDAN AS A SCOURGE.

Sheridan left Winchester on the27 tb of Eebruary, 1865, with two di-

visions of cavalv, about 8,000 effectives, under orders previously notedAfter the capture of Early's forces atWaynesboro he entered upon one ofthe most destructive raids in modern warfare. Sending bis prisonersof War under Coloner Thompson, ofthe First New Hampshire Cavaly,with about 1,500 men to guard them.back to mcbester, be destroyedthe iron bndge over the Shenandoah, ourned the wagons and cap-tured stores, crossing the Blue Ridgeat Rockfish Gap, pushing on to Charlottesville over roads rendered almost impassible by heavy rains andspring thaws. The trams were twodays behind the troops in raachingthis point Quartermasters, wagon- -

masters ana teamsters will ever recall this mud march, whose nightlycamp-nre- s were thronged with dismounts, presided over by the geni-us of profanity. The work of destruction was general on the Rivanariver and at all points to Charlotte- -

ville.

IN THE HEART OF VIRGINIA.

Un the bth ot Marcn the command was divided into twocolumns and all points along andnear the James nver, from bcotts- -ville to New Market and westwardalong the line ot the LynchburgRailroad as far as Amherst CourtHouse, were raided, and at all placeswhere public property was foundit was destroyed, bridges were burned and railroads torn up, canals andlocks rendered - useless and boatblown to rieces. Succeeding day?were devoted to the destruction ofpublic property along the James toand below Duguidsville and in thedirection of Goochland. Sheridanwas master of the situation north ofthe James, and his 6,000 raiderswere on double duty in destroyingpublic property and consuming andwasting the resorces of the commonpeople among whom we were moving in short, it not easy march-es.

ror , three weeks this rovingscourge devastated the heart ofVir- -

. ,- - 1 -gima; then turning eastward andnorth of Richmond, our movementswere hastened by troops sent out byLee, and tbe corps reached theWhite House on the Pamunkey river on the lVtn ot March.

WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED.

. Some of the fruits of this move-ment towards Grant may be sum-med up in tbe following results :Three breaches in the James riverand Kanawha canal locks rendereduseless, five acqueducts (with fortvroad and canaLjbridges) destroyed,twenty-si- x warehouses, two navalrepair shops, one foundary, one lum-ber yard, twenty-cin-e canal boatsloaded with army supplies, five hun-dred kegs of powder, ten railroaddepots, seven flour and grist mills,four cotton and woelen mills, threetanneries, one jail used for confiningUnion prisoners, two hundred andtwenty-fiv- e ambulances, ninty-eigh-a

wagons loaded with ama-nition and stores, eighteenpieces of artilery and nine caisons,five hundred wall tents, two thousand small arms, sixteen battle flagstwenty-on- e hundred and forty-thre- e .horses, tw.nty-thre- e railroad bridgesaveraging four hundred feet each,forty-on- e miles of railroad, six rail--

road culverts, three saw-mill- s, six

hundred barrels of flour, eighteenwagons loaded with grain and com-

missary stores, seventy-fiv- e beef cat-

tle, five hundred thousand rounds ofrifle ammunition, three thousandpounds of fixed amanition, besidesgreat quantities of wool, cotton, baconarmy candles, harness, blankets,shelter-tent- s, small arms and aboutsixteen hundred prisoners of warand several thousand contrabands,who brought in with them all man-ner of transportation, from the bullcart to the plantation carriage, with"massa's" best blooded roadsters.

A3 TO NEW MOUNTS.I numbers, and our losses oi men m

The loss of horses on this raid was , the encounters of the day were con-terribl- e,

but the Lnion cavalryman 'rablri Viht settled down nnon

had previously learned the art ofkeeping himself horsed while in theenemy's country. If his own steedwent down from exhaustion or othercause, he carefully retained saddlebridle and blanket, while his com-

rades foraged for a new one, orpromptly dismounted a contrabandirom horse or mule, it mattered rotwhich if well timbered, and he wasspeedily back in the rank with hiscomrades. This practical spirit of;comradeshio ran high amonc theveterans of the corps.

IN CAMP NEAR HANCOCK.

Upon reaching tbe White HouseLanding on the Pemunkey river athorough inspection of tho commandwas made. All condemned horsdewere sent North for care and neces-sary attention at the large (tablesthen near Washington, fresh onessupplied in their stead, absent officers ordered front forthwith and thecommand on the 26th of Marchcrossed over the James river and onthe dav following went into campnear HantS;k Station on the military railroad in front of Petersburg.Here the Second division joined theFirst and Third, and the corps wasagain united. In the subsequentmovements it was joined by thesmall division of General McKenzie,making fully ten thousand mountedmen.

SHERIDAN AT DINWIDDIE.

The cemp at Hancock Station wasof short duration. Orders to supplytbe command were promptly issuedand officers provided for contingen-cies deemed by no means remote.The experienced eye saw indicationsof a great movement impending atall points along the line ot Grant,from City Point to the Boydtonroad.

Early on the morning of March 29tbe corps was in the saddle, withDinwiddie Court house for an objec-tive point The clouds hung lowand by noon tbe rain came down intorrents. The country through whichwe marched was of a swampy natureThe troops and artillery moved withdifficulty, while the trains, con-

voyed by General Custer's Divisionmere stuck at point, after pointand when night came onwere several miles in the rearmuch to the chagrin of Cueter, whowas obliged to camp near Malon'sCrossing, on Rowanty creek, fortheir protection. The advance reach-ed Dinwiddie Court house between5 and 6 P. M. The outpost of theenemy fell back with but slight re-

sistance, and the First and SecondDivision went into camp, coveringall public roads running south andwest converging at this point

RAINS AND BAD ROADS.

The situation was certainly dis-

couraging with reference to rapidmovements towards Sherman ; thenature of the country, the conditionof the roads and the presence of theenemy in our front his probableconcentration at Fiye Forks, whereconverged all roads leading to theSouthside Railroad, the next step onour march south, tbe destruction ofwhich must be effected before wecould hope to swing off for Sherman,the continuing rain and impossibili-ty of getting up our trains withoutcorduroying miles upon miles ofroadway these were difficulties con-

fronting Sheridan on tbe firt nightout ( March 29;. That all these exi-

gencies were really shared by Gen-

eral Grant, with whom Sheridanhad parted company only a fewhours before, is shown by the following extract from the official report ofthe latter ouicer:

"From Dinwidde I was expectedto make a cavalry raid on the South-sid- e

Railroad and thence join Gener-al Sherman. Howeverduring the night (of the 29) theLieutenant General sent me instruc-tions to abandon the contemplatedraid, to act ia concert with the in-

fantry under his immediate com-

mand and turn the right flank ofLee's army if possible."

grant's purpose.

What circumstances induced Gen-eral Grant to hold on to Sheridan atDinwiddie and employed him in onemore effort to tarn tbe right flank ofLee does not appear in the officialpapers of either. That he had maderepeated and fruitless efforts to ac-

complish this object from the pointwhere he first confronted Lee in theWilderness in May, 1864 to and overthe James, and again to the leftof Petersburg, is well known. Butnow, having Sheridan to executehis orders, he concludes to makeone more effort and give to the Army of the Potomac one more oppor-tunity to meet and destroy the Army of Northern Va., before its escapeSouth or the arrival of Sherman, andsharing with the army the honorsofinvestment and capitulation. Pos-sibly Lee's movement on the 29tb,in throwing his cavalry and a largebody of his best troops across theanticipated track of Sheridan'smarch, had something to do withhis change of mind on this day orlater in the evening of this day; bemay nave inferred or known ol theinterval between Lee's extreme rightnear the Crump road and Anderson a leit as entrenched at t lveForks, and believed that Sheridan t

could occupy this interval and thus j

turn the flank of the enemy. Tbebest of counsel evidently prevailed ;

and the authority given to this fam-- ;ous cavalry leader at or aooui thisVinne Vuh in tha rnmW nf Imnrwhe might call and the power oi deal--in? with tbeir commanding officersshows conclusively that most impor--

tant work was contemplated. 1

eraicBATTLE OF FIVE FORKS.

On the morning of the 30th Gen.Merritt was directed to obtain pos-

session of the junction of roads atFive Forks. A- - reconnoissnce inforce was skilfully made by the j

First Division, disclosing the fact;that the point was fortified by alarge body of troops; the rain con-tinued; the roads were in an almostimpassible condition, the artillerycould scarcely be dragged into position, catting hub deep in the heldsadjacent, the men were eaked tothe skin, the most skillful officers

(were everywhere met with equal

tbe command without the accom-plishment of practical results,am ills t discomforts inbescribable.The morning of the 31st showed aclear sky at dawn of day, with abrisk northwest wind.

chamberlain's creek.The advance was again directed

upon Five Forks by Gen. Merrittsupported by Gen. Uavies' Brigade01 tr- - nd uivisioc, witn uen.Crook on our left with two brigades.After a severe struggle the junctionof roads at Five Forks was reachedby the advance, when it was con-

fronted by both cavalry and infant-ry, and by 2 P. M. the whole linewas hotly engaged along Chamber-lains creek or run. The enemymoved without wheels in welldressed lines of infantry, drivingour carbineers back at all points.Our led horses were moved backthronsh miry fields and muddyroads with great difficulty, whileour artillery was of r.o practical usewhatever in resisting the enemy'sdetermined advance. The eituationwas painful in the afternoon. Cus-

ter was hurried forward with histwo brigades, leaving one for tbeprotection of the delayed trainsabout Dinwiddie; but by about sun-set the main cotumand was drawnback to near Dinwiddie Courthouse,with the brigades of Generals Dev-e- n

aiid Davies completely isolatedon our right and who were forcedto retir to the Boydton plank road,finding their way to SheriJsn bythat road at a late hour in thenight

almost forgotten.It was while the command was

rapidly falling back, though in ad-

mirable order, closely followed by theenemy at a point perhaps two mileseast of Five Forks, and where a nar-row and but little used public roadintersected the main highway, downwhich, through a dense piece ofwoodland, a squadron of GeneralDavies' tnei were holding the roadbarricaded. Davies had been driv-en bsck so hastily that he could notrecall them. - General Merritt wasapprised of the fact and concludedthey must have a chance for theirlives, though at best it was doubtful.Turning to the writer he gave theorder, and reached his band, saying:' Good-by- , Captain, it may be sometime before I see you'again; bringthe squadron out if you can." Theboy? were promptly found, double-quick- ed

to the point where we left thecommand, now occupied by theenemy thick as bees. A ' detourthrough the woods, however, wassuccessfully made toward the Boyd-ton road with other demoralizedtroops, and reached the General'sheadquarters about midnight, re-

porting the squadron safe and intime to tike coffee with the messand receive the hearty congratula-tions of the party, who had givenns up as lost or captured. GeneralSheridan summarizes this discourag-ing day's work in his official re-

port as follows :

In this well contested battle themost obstinate gallantry was dis-

played by my entire command. Thebrigades of General Gibbs and Col-

onels Stagg and Fitzhngh in theFirst Division; Generals Davies,Grezg and Smith of the Second ,

Division; Colonels Pennington andCooehart of the Thirdwith each other in their determined!efforts to hold in check the superiorefforts of the enemy, and their skill-ful rcanacement nf their trnors inthis r.ecnliarlv difficult eonntrv en -

1 -titles them to the highest commendation.

Generals Crock, Merritt Custer,and Deven, by their courasre and

. . .t. j.iaoiai'.y, bJsia.neu tueir comuiauusiand executed the rapid movements!of the day with promptness and I

aritKntif. iVinfits.ini, TV.irt remits '

nf th ravlrtf iile ar-.- s Veenltr ,ataiiji fccruijr". . !i.1 t anddwitTlt was the com pi

development of the enemy and thedangerous assurance it gave to Leeand Anderson that they were masters of the situation ia front of Dinwiddie. .

THE HAND OF GRANT.

The support of infantry wa3 nowtendered to Sheridan, with the com-mand of the left wing of Grant's ar-

my. The movement of Warren'sFifth Corps, during the early morning of April 1, induced Anderson tofall back rapidly to his works atFive Forks. This movement waspromptly followed up by the cavalryand by 2 P. M. tbe carbiners wereholding the Confederates close totheir inLrenr.hmenU on the White!

difficulty that our ammunitiontrains be along. They!were not within tour miles oi usafter we charged enemy and

him from his skirmish linein front of and into his main workson the White Oak road.

HOLDING 'THE

were given to everypossible on-th- e lineinz main road as center andpressing them the nearest pointof contact, and then open and keepup a continuous fire upon the en--

uwM, - - . . - r i - r v 'I. . . ... ..... , . s--t a a ' , I

were aoout two nunorea yaras.nrt tha TTnirn line rnnnintr Mr- -

auei witn me one vac roaa ana'mainly ' throuch heavy timbered:land, with more or less undergrowth,

WHOLE NO. 17(52.

horsemen from the train. Everyman to his tree. L annates werelaid at his feet in quantities to supply his wants. Field, rtiff and lineofficers were active and efficient inencouraging their men, intent onholding the enemy close to hisworks, assured openly that then- -

dan was on the march and miht beexpected at any moment to attackon tbe left flank of the enemy. Wenever saw a more dogged determination upon tie part of men norexperienced a severer test of patientendurance.

hot work.For almost three hours the inces

sant roll of small arms Continued,guns heated, vents were powderblocked; water was not near athand. The smoke of burning pow-

der was thick aud stiiiiug, the en-

emy were pouring into the woodsvolley after volley and sweepingevery road and opening with shutand shelL Our killed ahd woundedUy aloug to Hue. tht aim. was low-

ering, and at 4 o'clock no friendlyvolley was yet heard on our rightfrom whence every miuute we hop-ed to hear the guns of Wur-re- n

and Sheridan. All knew thatupon the cavalry gaining theline now operations there wereplaced under the of Gen.Merritt and that Sheridan had goneto hasten the movement of tbe in-

fantry.victory.

A half hour more of intense firing',of anxious waiting and then therecame distant scattering shuts on ourright, then the maniacent lines ofblue of the divisions of Avers andCrawford, as they come in view onthe flank of unsuspecting Confeder-ates, with General Sheridan, For-syth ( his chief of euil") and others,occupying the interval between tne!two divisions, well to the frant withbis headquarters flag. Cheer aftercheer ran out through the grand oldforest Forward! rang out from ahundred bugles, bulled, shot andshell ceased to fly toward. uj ; arush for the works foil-wtd- . Caval-ry and infantry mingled ia brokenrtnks and vied with each other inthe capture of men and the trophiesof war. The sunset upon a victor-ious field ; 6,UJ prisoners, witharms, artillery, ambulances, wagons,horses and mules with the enemy'sdead and wounded, all fell into our, , . J i. .1 L.inana, ana tetter ui;, ukm in , fe?er, moaleQt and pai(J but little at-h-ad

escaped were driven west and tur.;--

tQ our is:t to hi.without hope of reaching Lee for effectual service ior uaya te come. .

A NIGHT CANNONADE.

Sheridan was thoroughly con-

scious of the importance of the workdone and gravely solicitous concern-ing movements on the partof Iee and therefore made necessary

J thethejightoftheSdontheNamorineroad,

that deepGeneral ' taken the

of the victory and its fruits, h atonce opened along bis entire line acannonade with volleys musketryat all points until the earth shookand trembled the awful din ofbattle, making the nijht at FiveForks as hideous r.s the day hadbeen and rest or sleep an impossi-bility.

AN INCIDENT 0" THE NIGHT.

By direction of General Merritt atthe close of the tattle, the writertook charge of ail the prisoners, with

.

orders to have thera in readiness tomarch to City Point daylight onApril 2. The task was a laboriousone, as the names of all, with theirregimental, brigade, division andcorps had to be writtenasd the men guarded escapeand otherwise cared for. Aboutmidnight we were met and recogniz-ed as a brother in a great fraternity,the beneficent and friendly offices

which were not entirely obscuredv . l v t:.: tui'u lue liuuuikies of raj. lurj,

- , l a , a. a

wa P'EB'UUU uu lJT ihe requested was

an hour later. namethe person is net w;.l not i.given. He was a commissioned era- -

cer of the artillery and belontred to I

the command of General Pickett.ii. . i : . : : .ne was a veteran. ua .us; pui.ici pitied in ail prominent battles withthe Armv Nirjinia, including the battle ofon ara vunMa nr tha phartav. ,r , " 'oi tits aivision. jus

!

tohows :weJe and the Con federacy h a veruined tO-l- will never

, ,.. . .R rrrt tV a nrm v nf nrt nam ir7in I

Von haycapture and cattt thA rlAVAr nt f.lir rm vr i h lmula mmj aaw w u vut ua - outer r

event is sudden and unlocked for atRichmond. We knew the mustcome, but did not think it near.If General Sheridan fallows upadvantages, one of two thing. mntspeedily happen, namely, Lee mustsurrender or break up and disperse.And of one thing vou may rest assured, that is, the Army ofNorthern Virginia will never rorren-de- r

unconditionally to - GeneralGrant. Come what may that isthan our pride can bear, and we willnot even it be demanded.The possibility of this contingencyhas been discussed by many of theofficers, who know hat GeneralGrant UP to this time bas taken

of our army be made kaownUrjGrant and that he may be inducedto respect it when tbe last hourcomes, as it most now soon.

gbant's terms.Trie earnestness with which these;

disclosures were made left no doubtr - 1 . . 1 : - i'v..v.

tbe man, who assured meii"wbea it ws understood in the

army that Davis had defeated theproposed measure of the ne-cro- in

the military service th endWas felt to be the surrender of

uncondl--(try

Unon partlE? Wffil UUf urutiier . atari ..' , . , J w,.,., fM. '"earnestly re;uru tw "a

use of all th information he had of

given manY details, here

Oak road, with General Custer dem-- j nothing but aa unconditional cg

on their right render, he can never exactflank with mounted troops. While; from Lee and the men under him,the woods and fields were in much ! and chief object in thisbetter condition for the operation of i wTtlTjoTrara hastroops than on the 30th and 31st of j been in the hope that by6me prov-Marc- h.

it was still with the utmost idential means this universal feeling

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..,!..,Ammunition was brought by'tfonedsadif possible to appraise

those in command of the ruinedcondition of Lees forces, resultingfrom the action of the day. Theofficer was ia no excitable condition;be was intelligent cool, and evident-ly a brave maa, but he thoroughlycomprehended the situation a3 thesun'weot down on the, to them, illfitted fields of Five Points, and lakehundreds and thousands of com-rades of that army, fought . andfought only on the succeeding daysfor honorable terms of surrender. Itis gratifying to know, no matterwhat the inducing cause thatGeneral Grant make a new de-parture when the hour came, andproposed terms of the most consider-ate aad honorable character to allthat was left of the Army of North-ern Virginia at Appomattox.

THE LAST rCRSUTT.

By daylight of April 2 the cavalrywere well ia hand, in bright spiritsand now fett while the road wasopen to Sherman's army, there wasbetter game nearer at hand.weather was tine, tne roads weredrying up, the country open and ofa character that rendered the move-ment laraTw. - Lodiaa .. of mountedtroops and artillery comparativelyeasy. The Southside Railroad,which Lee had staked so muchtwenty-fou- r hours before, wasyielding to our passage without ahostile shot IU value to the enemywas not now worth the labor of itsdestruction, we left it in our rearwithout drawing a spike or remov-ing a rail. We now wanted Lee'sarmy before L could possibly reachJohnston in North Carolina. Theday closed by forcing the enemy'sadvance or right wing to the northside of the Appomattox, the cavalrybeing slightly engaged duringthe day, with a sharp fight at Scott'scross roads about dark, while mov-ing cn the left of Crawford's Divisionwhich pressed the enemy, forcingthousands of the enemy over theAppomattox in flight with consid-erable of material

CUSTER IN LEAD.

On April d the cavalry startedby sunrise. General Custer havingthe advance. The pursuit was vig-

orous and. the troops following hisadvance moved rapidly. The youngofficer keenly realized the post ofhonor on this day and he did notstop to gather up his captives.Abandoned artillery, wagons,horses mules were counted asnothing ; only prisoners of war andbattle-nag- s were trophies of warworth accounting for now, and Cus-

ter scented a surrender in the veryair.

We recall a sad scene as we hur-riedly passed a fine old mansionnear the roadside. A splendidyours Confederate soldier beenIL tail y shot t as he was makingescape directly through the back,lie l'-l- l in front of the Louse, wherehe to be well known, a bedwas spread for him on the lawn,where Le was surrounded by the'itying'family, old and young; at-

tended by distressed sympathiz-ing ladies and commiserated with

a score ft wrhrred people. Theyseemed to be waiting for death

., , . . . 1

nougn no unpleasant word wassaid. thought a silent prayerin the hope the gallant fellowmight live, and have often wonderedif he was among-- therairseulous whocould not be killed or would net die.

UP THE RIVER.

close of the day. On the 4th botharmies moved along the Appomat-tox, Lee on the north and Sheridanon the south. The enemy's line ofmarch could be distinctly seenevery eminence hy the smoke ofburning fences and pine trees, incau-tiously set on fire by the "coffee-maker- ."

who forage, cook and eatunder the most adverse circumstan-ces, and whose fires ax& left burningwhile he hurried on, often blown bythe wind to fences by the roadsideand firm thence to forests of pineand evergreen", sending up blaokclouds of smoke, denoting the linesof march for many miles in every di-

rection. Jettersville was tbe objec-

tive point on this day, and it wasreached. were now up to andreally south of the retreating army,and 'across the" Danville Railroad.Dispatches between Lee atCourt House and the quartermasterat Lynchburg were here intercepted.wire's cut, infantry earthworksup,, .., , J

.trill I M -,-A lllD U1M LZLS:U lUlUUkserious troublefLnOheuth rwa;n ot

eu. v.iwa., uu m3onj. tactual work ia the nirection ot ram s cross roaus, uener--al Davids destroying a train ot onehundred eighty wagons, andcapturing a large number of prison-ers. The Second Corps came up andwent into position all now feltdou '!y assured that we could suc- -

fi,ii ,K;it anT attarV tfct m,htJ ?.be made. By sunrise on the 6thentire cavalry moved to the left

in the direction of Dracoosvilie.From point the trains of the

UC Vlu J eccu aa via t.u sicibhuu"and at once became the objectivepoint The attack was made withvigor, the point was ably defend-ed artillery and infantry. Themounted troops could not reach theroad. Our cannoniers planted theirshot and shell into the wagons andteams and at times seriously inter-fered with their passage, thelong train Still moved on itsTroops multiplied on both sides.This attack brought on the battle ofSailor's creek and ended, as" allknow, in the defeat of General Kw-- ell

and capture of about ten thous-and rrisoners and trophies of warenough to keep provostbusy all the following night to clas-sify and care for. On tbe 7th Gen-

eral Crook pursued in the directionof Faimville, where he met with awarm reception. General Gregg

to Ihe'nc-rT- side of Appomattox,where a sharp fight in an at-

tack upon the trains, during whichthe lattr general wasptured. Merntt with two divisions fluster s anaDeven Yi. moved to and beyondPrince Edward Court House andwent into camp on tbe Buffalo creek.

A SCARE, BUT SO ONE HURT.

We recall an incident of this day smarch at variance with our daily ex--

Wa in obedience to

dispositions of his troops-t- resist .The cavalry encamped onany immediate movement onpart of officer. This being near creek, wnere a slight skir-do-ne

and Grant arrri?pd mish had place, towards

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(Continued w Fourth Pje.)

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