1895-05-31; Clare Sentinel and the Democrat-Press

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THE HONORED BEAB
Thoughts  Suggested Tby Beeora*
Contributed hy Survivors   of  the
Bays of War.
We give below some thoughts and reminiscences suggested hy Decoration
day. They are not as extensive in amount as we expected to present this
week, hut the crowded condition of
our columns compels us to omit several
very interesting articles under this
head which may appear next week.
Z. Kump of this city, who served
through the Mexican war from 1346 to
1848 as corporal of Ca B, 5th Ohio infantry, and participated in the struggles of the late war from 1863 to 1865
as private in'Co. G, 2d Mich, cavalry,
gives expression to the following sentiments relative to Memorial day and
the events which are kept fresh in
memory thereby:
The memory of those trying times
of long ago grows more vivid as each
recurring spring decorates the landscape with nature's choicest colors. As
our thoughts journey backward
through memory's halls, how lovingly
we recall those who stood shoulder to
shoulder with us in defense of the nation's life, and who have since crossed
death's dark valley to the unknown
mysteries of eternity. With Memorial
day comes the expression of a nation's
gratitude for the brave men who suffered death that their blood might
seal the unity of the nation. The ceremony of strewing the early flowers of
spring upon the graves of the men who
laid down their lives for their country,
is a beautiful and touching one.
Although time has in a measure
mellowed the grief of the country for
its dead, still Memorial day retains its
original characteristics and increases
in interest each succeeding year. All
strife for business or pleasure should
cease upon this day, consecrated to patriotism, If there is anything that,
softens the heart and intensifies patriotism, it is to stand at the graves of
the men who sacrificed their lives for
tbeir country.
The American people honor the dead
union soldier, not because he slew so
many of the foe, but because he gave
up even life itself in the performance
of a duty. So long as the observance
of the day is kept in all its genuineness
and purity, not given up to frivolity
and amusement, it will impart to all'
a truer sense of the obligations resting
upon us. Reaping what the living and
the dead have sown, we now enjoy the
priceless blessings of peace and prosperity to life and property.
There are imposing monuments to
general officers, whose marble is none
too eloquent in their praise; there are
pages of history which "tell none too
eloquently their praise; but there are
also simple mounds in country church
yards, there are unknown graves in
southern fields enclosing the remains
of heroes, to whom chilling circumstances forbade distinction. It matters little to these men whether monumental granite marks the spot where
they await the last roll call, but they
will have died in vain if from tbe inspiration of Memorial day the youth of
our land learn not the lesson. For
what did these men die? They died
that the nation might live; they died
that this land should be an asylum for
liberty-loving men all over the world;
they died to make this land of ours
such that the songs of the laborers of
all nationalities, in our valleys and on
our hills, should swell and co-mingle
with the free anthem of America. Let
Memorial day teach the rising generation that the liberty and the govern
ment which were established and sustained at such terrible cost, should by
them be yielded up only when as did
the men. who wore the blue.
They rest with honor in a soldier's
grave; and should the men of future
years be tempted to surrender the
rights that were established upon so
many battle fields by these men, or become cold or callous in love of country
and its institutions, may the memory
of the green mounds spread all over
the land, covering the remains of the
loyalboysinblue, who yielded up their
lives with its hopes and pleasures, for
freedom and fatherland, hold them
firmly to public virtue. The national
trinity is unity: Liberty, Justice and
Law.
"Breathes there a man, with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
'This is my own, my native land!1
"If such there he, go mark him well,
For him no minstrel raptures swell.
Living, he shall forfeit fair renown,
And doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust from which he sprung,
Unwept, unhonored and unsung."
THE LAST BATTLE.
Dr. M. D. Davis, who has quite a
turn for stray historical facts, cites
Thatcher as authority for the following:
Numerous battles have been written
up as "thelast fight of the rebellion."
Without disputing in regard to the
matter, it is a fact not generally known
that a battalion of the 2d Mich, cavalry, under Captain Walt Whitmore,
(Co. A) charged the force (1000 men)un-
der General Hall, near Talladega, Alabama, on April 23d, 1865, and was supported by the regiment, scattering the
entire Confederate force and capturing the artillery and many prisoners.
This was 14 days after the surrender
at Appomattox and therefore quite
late enough after cessation of hostilities. The next day the country was
filled with small parties returning
home—a sadly broken down people.
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BLAIR AN© SHERIDAN".
Dr. Davis also contributes the two
following items relating to Sheridan,
which he has run across in his omniv-
erous reading:
Perhaps no governor of any of the
loyal states during the war of the rebellion, took a greater interest in tne
welfare of troops sent from their
states, than did Gov. Blair of Michigan. He spent a large portion of his
time visiting camps and hospitals
where Michigan soldiers were quartered, looking after their interests.
After the battle of Pittsburg Landing, he, with Adj. Gen. Robinson,were
looking over the troops. He said to
Col. Innis of the Mec. and Engineers:
"Where is there a suitable man to
take command of 2d cavalry, in place
of Gordon Granger, just promoted?''
"There is a man by the name of Sheridan over at Buell's headquarters that
I think would fill the bill." "Well,"
said the Governor, "send an orderly
for him," and taking a seat at Innis'
camp desk, wrote out a commission on
one of Innis' letter-heads. When the
orderly returned with Sheridan, Col.
Innis gave him an introduction to the
Governor of Michigan, who' presented
him with a commission as Colonel of
2d Mich, cavalry, and asked him if he
would accept it. The commission was
accepted. Sheridan's commission as
Colonel of 2d cavalry was dated May
25,1862, On the 28th he walked into
camp and was introduced to the officers by Capt. Russell Alger and Quartermaster Frank Walbridge. On the
27th he formally assumed command
and by his quiet, unostentatious way,
soon won the respect and confidence
of the entire command.
Sheridan was promoted to Brigadier
in October, to date from July 1st, (the
Boonville fight). On leaving the regiment it was thought some token of
respect might not be out of the wav.
Capt. A. P. Campbell, (Co. K. of Port
Huron, Mich.,) had a black colt which
he had brought from Michigan, a regular English fox hunter, (by the way,
Campbell was always afraid of him)
saying that the colt was as good a runner as Sheridan was a fighter—he
liked Sheridan and Sheridan liked the
colt, he would make him a present and
did so—and this was the black horse
that carried "Sheridan from Winchester down."
LINCOLN.
About the 1st of January, 1861, I received a telegram from Lincoln, requesting me to come to Springfield—
 I went directly from the depot to
Lincoln's house, and rang the bell,
wich was answered by Lincoln himself opening the door. I doubt whether
I wholly concealed my disappointment
at meeting him. Tall,gaunt,ungainly,
ill-clad, with a homeliness of manner
that was unique in itself, I confess
that my heart sank within me as I remembered that this was the man
chosen by a great nation to become its
ruler in the gratest period of its history.
I remember his dress as if it were but
yesterday—snuff-colored and slouchy
pantaloons; open black vest, held by a
few brass buttons; straight,or evening,
dress-coat, with tightly-fitting sleeves
to exaggerate his long, bony arms; and
all supplemented by an awkwardness
that was uncommon among men of intelligence. Such was the picture I met
in the person of Abraham Lincoln. We
sat down in his plainly f urnishod parlor, and were not interrutped during the
nearly four hours that I remained with
him, and little by little, as his earnestness, sincerity, candor were developed in conversation, I forgot all the
grotesque qualities which so confounded me when 1 first greeted him. Before half an hour had passed I learned
hot only to respect, but, indeed, to reverence the man.—By Col. A, K. Mc-
Clure in McClure's Magazine for June.
SOME WAR LETTERS.
The following extracts are from letters written home by Capt. George Elliot to his sister, Mrs. L. T. Olds of
this city. We should be glad to give
the letters entire, but space does not
permit. The first was written from
the battle field in front of Yicksburg,
about two weeks before it surrendered
to Grant.   He writes:
"We have been moved to the field of
action and are at this time on the battle field and inside of the rebel fortifications on the Yazoo river, forming
part of the line enclosing Yicksburg in
Gen. Sherman's corps. You have seen
something of war and I will try to give
you a brief sketch of the rebel works.
You know of Gen. Sherman's defeat
last winter; it is no wonder that he
did not succeed in capturing the works.
Nature has made it as great a place
for fortifications as you have seen, I
believe. It is high bluffs with deep
ravines, and ridges narrow and lying
in rows, mostly parallel with the rear
of the city and extending from the Yazoo river to Warrenton on the Missis-
sipi river, below Yicksburg, distance
about 20 miles of battlefield line and
in the center opposite to the city,there
is a continual fire kept" up day and
night. Not one minute passes without you see the cannon belching forth
its hail of iron into the rebel lines, and
by strategy Gen. Grant has been successful in getting up to within fifty
yards with his sharp shooters, so that
he has driven them from their outer
fortifications, but they are so stupendous that we are not able to scale
them, being some 12 feet in height and
perpendicular at that, but he will succeed. We are digging under the breast
works and will blow them up-in a few
days unless they capitulate. General
Grant held an armistice for 3 days on
part of the lines to let the women and
children come out of the city and this
morning the messengers of death have
again been hurled into the city with
ten-fold fury. It is one entire blaze
and roar the whole length of our lines.
We captured a rebel spy from Jo Johnson's camp that had been within our
lines. He had with him a chart of all
the camps and our picket lines, giving
the number of them, and said they did
not intend to attack us unless they
were sure of success."
The second letter was from Scotts-
boro. Alav Feb. 9th, 1864. He refers
to a scouting expedition of eight days
without tents or shelter in the rain
and cold, in which many a brave .soldier laid the foundation for future
suffering from rheumatism. This letter refers largely to friends at home
and shows how unlike are the sentiments of the Union volunteer and the
paid soldiery of Europe.
In another letter, a' month later,
from the same place, he has the following, which ought to silence the
thousands of croakers, who in thesela-
ter times try to discredit our noble
veterans by declaring that theirs was
an easy life.   He writes:
"We have again been out on a scout
to the front for 23 days; we are tired
and fatigued and have bad colds. We
were without tents or blankets and it
rained half the time that we were
out. This is the life of a soldier, but
it is wearing us away fast. I can see
that my health is failing, that my
constitution is broken, and it takes
but little to use me up inthe field service. I hope we shall not have much
more to do, but I shall always do all I
can." t>
Further on he has the following,
which is a reply to a claim made by
some copperheads at the north that
the general officers were prolonging
the war for personal gain and glory:
"It is believed by some that the rebels would deser.t and come over to us
enmasse, if they had a chance. But
such is not the case; there is still fight
in them. How many will come depends
altogether whether they are obliged to
or not, or nearly so. There are a few
that are tired of the war, but many
are stubborn still. This I know, as we
charged their works many times before we could drive them, and that at
the point of the bayonet. This does
not look like throwing down their
arms and giving up."
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A New Industry.
A few months ago Ernest Chinnery
came to Clare from Scottville, where
he had engaged with others in the
manufacture of Hartzell's medicines
which had gained an established name
in several states. Mr. Chinnery owned
the patents upon the several proprietary articles and began their manufacture in the Louch block. During the
past week a re-organization has been
effected, several local business men
taking financial interest in the concern. The medicines will be manufactured on a larger scale than heretofore. The company will put one salesman on the road next Monday and another a few months later. It is expected that inside of a year employment
will be given to quite a number of men
in manufacturing and selling.
The company will be known as the
"North Western Medicine Go." and
will manufacture Hartzell's medicines,
such as, Hartzell's Hindoo Oil, Curena,
Curena Pellets, Cough Syrup, Anti
Ceptic, and a number of others.
The capital stock is $2500. The officers are Dr. E, P. Thomas, president;
Ernest Chinnery, vice president; J. F.
Tatman, secretary and manager; J. H.
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states and the company starts out
with good prospects. The Sentxsteiu
wishes the gentlemen success.
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